Would Winamp be as popular or successful if it was a Linux-only app? I doubt we would be talking about Justin Frankel today if we was a "Linux programmer". Winamp has some cool ideas, but the implementation stinks. It just filled a void in a huge market: the mass-market Windows home PC market.
Before you put too much faith in "unbreakable" JVMs, you should read the comments about Sun's JVM source code on Slava Pestov's Weblog: "HotSpot source code is a bad joke". scary!
He said "minimal changes since the last release candidate, 2.6.10-rc3." And if Linus actually practiced SANE release management, there would be ZERO changes between the final RC and the real release.
Yes, the PostgreSQL name is a horrible accretion of hacker word puns that few can pronounce correctly. If I remember correctly, I think the history of names is:
Ingres
Postgres
Postgres95
PostgreSQL
I think a good name would be "Progress". It hints at the program's history. It is easy to pronounce and it has GOOD connotations!:D
She claims that the books are NOT about "a great duality of spirituality versus paganism and wizardry, male and female duality. The final moments of the film culminate in the union of all that and represent two different belief systems in this world."
She then claims the books ARE about "the wizardry of the Archipelago and the ritualism of the Kargs are opposed and united, like the yang and yin. The rejoining of the broken arm-ring is a symbol of the restoration of an unresting, active balance, offering a risky chance of peace."
That sounds pretty close to the same thing to me. Me thinks she is just peeved about some petty matter..
The Better Business Bureau's give.org charity reports web site says Red Cross CEO Marsha Johnson Evans' base salary is $450,000 and former American Red Cross CEO Dr. Bernadine Healy received total compensation of $1,921,913 (which includes a $1,569,630 severance)!! I know some charities offer high salaries because "executive-quality" people can find high paying jobs elsewhere, paying THAT much for a charity does not project a good image. >:\
I am/was a member of the Sierra Club, but I agree that they have become WAY too politicized. Sure, George Bush is a "bad, bad man", but every Sierra Club newsletter blows endless hot air about Bush this, Bush that.
I also don't like how the Sierra Club is so focused on promoting government regulation. My new favorites are the Nature Conservancy, which works quietly but effectively, and the Rainforest Action Network, which works directly with polluting corporations without relying on (much?) government strong arming.
hmmm, thanks for the article link. I'll need to research the Red Cross more.:\ I was also contemplating the United Way instead of the Red Cross, but most of the United Way programs seem to brag about how they promote and work with goverment agencies (instead of directly helping people).
Even though I'm a libertarian, I still like to help people.;-) But where are the libertarian-friendly, tax-deductible charity organizations? Libertarians talk about how private charities would be more beneficial and efficient than bloated gub'mint bureaucracies, but many of the libertarians don't put their money where their mouth is.
Here is the list of charities I've settled on. They are not 100% Pure Libertarian, but I think they honor the spirit of small-l libertarianism. These links are ALL tax-deductible.
The ACLU Foundation is the arm of the American Civil Liberties Union that conducts its litigation and communication efforts. ACLU Foundation is tax-deductible, but the ACLU is NOT tax-deductible.
The American Red Cross offers domestic disaster relief; community services that help the needy; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) provides effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals through national programs in humane education, public awareness, government advocacy, shelter support, and animal medical services and placement.
Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination.
The Cato Institute seeks to broaden public policy debate to include the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation works to protect fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties.
The Nature Conservancy preserves the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive through land acquisition and conservation easements.
The Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants, and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through grassroots organizing, education, and non-violent direct action.
Trickle Up helps the lowest income people worldwide take the first step up out of poverty, by providing conditional seed capital and business training essential to the launch of a microenterprise.
But many of those European nations' emissions have reduced because of economist downturns during the USA's 1990s boom. Those European nations are not saints for "saving the earth"; they are more concerned with slowing down the US economy than actually saving the earth.
"Right To Work" laws stop unions from forcing employees to join the union. If someone wants a job, but doesn't want to be forced to pay union dues, that seems fair to me.
What the USA calls liberals is what the rest of the world calls social democrats or something similar. What the rest of the world calls liberals, the USA call libertarians.
Someone pointed out that about:config lets you set browser.cache.memory.enable=TRUE (the default) and browser.cache.disk.enable=FALSE. This (apparently) disables Firefox's disk cache, so there is nothing cached to clear when you exit!
When I first read your description of Automatic Calendaring, it seemed unnecessary in our "connected" world. But as a recent convert to PDA-style calendars and task lists, RSS-like calendar "subscriptions" sound like a fantastic idea. I imagine organizations publishing their event/meeting calendars, other groups collating them into calendar feeds, and even private calendars published by friends and family.
Is anyone working on this? Do any of the current internet calendaring standards do RSS-like calendar publishing?
Does this only work with certain TiVo versions? I have TiVo Series 2 (?) and I've never been able to get this hidden feature to work. I hear the bing-bing-bing, but the skip button still jumps to the show's end or 15 minutes.:\
You complain that Verizon has no camera-less phones, yet they had three from which to choose. You walked out a happy (?) customer. I don't see the problem.
If public schools are adequate, then why do public school teachers send THEIR children to private schools at TWICE the rate (25%) as the general US population (12%)? Washington Times: "Public schools no place for teachers' kids"
If the ONLY link to his web site is from Google and MSNbot is screen-scraping Google's search results, HOW would MSNbot KNOW to search Google for his web site's name??
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good point. btw, I don't use Linux or XMMS.
Would Winamp be as popular or successful if it was a Linux-only app? I doubt we would be talking about Justin Frankel today if we was a "Linux programmer". Winamp has some cool ideas, but the implementation stinks. It just filled a void in a huge market: the mass-market Windows home PC market.
Before you put too much faith in "unbreakable" JVMs, you should read the comments about Sun's JVM source code on Slava Pestov's Weblog: "HotSpot source code is a bad joke". scary!
why did the post say "minimal changes?"
He said "minimal changes since the last release candidate, 2.6.10-rc3." And if Linus actually practiced SANE release management, there would be ZERO changes between the final RC and the real release.
Yes, the PostgreSQL name is a horrible accretion of hacker word puns that few can pronounce correctly. If I remember correctly, I think the history of names is:
I think a good name would be "Progress". It hints at the program's history. It is easy to pronounce and it has GOOD connotations!
huh?
She claims that the books are NOT about "a great duality of spirituality versus paganism and wizardry, male and female duality. The final moments of the film culminate in the union of all that and represent two different belief systems in this world."
She then claims the books ARE about "the wizardry of the Archipelago and the ritualism of the Kargs are opposed and united, like the yang and yin. The rejoining of the broken arm-ring is a symbol of the restoration of an unresting, active balance, offering a risky chance of peace."
That sounds pretty close to the same thing to me. Me thinks she is just peeved about some petty matter..
The Better Business Bureau's give.org charity reports web site says Red Cross CEO Marsha Johnson Evans' base salary is $450,000 and former American Red Cross CEO Dr. Bernadine Healy received total compensation of $1,921,913 (which includes a $1,569,630 severance)!! I know some charities offer high salaries because "executive-quality" people can find high paying jobs elsewhere, paying THAT much for a charity does not project a good image. >:\
I am/was a member of the Sierra Club, but I agree that they have become WAY too politicized. Sure, George Bush is a "bad, bad man", but every Sierra Club newsletter blows endless hot air about Bush this, Bush that.
I also don't like how the Sierra Club is so focused on promoting government regulation. My new favorites are the Nature Conservancy, which works quietly but effectively, and the Rainforest Action Network, which works directly with polluting corporations without relying on (much?) government strong arming.
hmmm, thanks for the article link. I'll need to research the Red Cross more.
Even though I'm a libertarian, I still like to help people.
Here is the list of charities I've settled on. They are not 100% Pure Libertarian, but I think they honor the spirit of small-l libertarianism. These links are ALL tax-deductible.
But many of those European nations' emissions have reduced because of economist downturns during the USA's 1990s boom. Those European nations are not saints for "saving the earth"; they are more concerned with slowing down the US economy than actually saving the earth.
If vulcanism accounts for "only" 50% of CO2 emissions, then humanity's C02 contribution is, by definition, not the PRIMARY cause.
"Right To Work" laws stop unions from forcing employees to join the union. If someone wants a job, but doesn't want to be forced to pay union dues, that seems fair to me.
What the USA calls liberals is what the rest of the world calls social democrats or something similar. What the rest of the world calls liberals, the USA call libertarians.
In the last century, communists have killed millions and millions more people than the "evil" corporations ever have. So who is truly evil?
I'm super bummed that Arc seems to MIA. Paul Graham seems to be taking a perfectionist/cathedral development approach..
that and price caps set by the Canadian gub'mint.
Someone pointed out that about:config lets you set browser.cache.memory.enable=TRUE (the default) and browser.cache.disk.enable=FALSE. This (apparently) disables Firefox's disk cache, so there is nothing cached to clear when you exit!
Some people are already working on RSS Calendars. Looks promising!
no, your personal calendar could be kept private for friends and family.
When I first read your description of Automatic Calendaring, it seemed unnecessary in our "connected" world. But as a recent convert to PDA-style calendars and task lists, RSS-like calendar "subscriptions" sound like a fantastic idea. I imagine organizations publishing their event/meeting calendars, other groups collating them into calendar feeds, and even private calendars published by friends and family.
Is anyone working on this? Do any of the current internet calendaring standards do RSS-like calendar publishing?
Does this only work with certain TiVo versions? I have TiVo Series 2 (?) and I've never been able to get this hidden feature to work. I hear the bing-bing-bing, but the skip button still jumps to the show's end or 15 minutes.
You complain that Verizon has no camera-less phones, yet they had three from which to choose. You walked out a happy (?) customer. I don't see the problem.
If public schools are adequate, then why do public school teachers send THEIR children to private schools at TWICE the rate (25%) as the general US population (12%)? Washington Times: "Public schools no place for teachers' kids"
If the ONLY link to his web site is from Google and MSNbot is screen-scraping Google's search results, HOW would MSNbot KNOW to search Google for his web site's name??
ah, I see Linux's usability has greatly improved!