Well in my case my native language (and the language of my country) is Dutch. But I do understand English and I prefer to have the movie in the original language instead of dubbed in Dutch.
In Belgium where I live we speak Dutch. Dubbing is NEVER ever done and I'm very glad it isn't. We always have subtitling for all foreign movies. The *only* exception is for movies that are specifically for kids who cannot read fast enough to see the subtitles.
It really has been a long time since I've encountered a web page that doesn't work with Mozilla. Could you perhaps give some examples of (popular) web pages that don't work with Mozilla? I'm currently not aware of any really.
Yes I also agree that the GNU/Linux naming thing is far overdone. But in this particular case (the SCO case) it does make sense though. As here it is important to distinguish about what the case actually is. Is it about Linux (the kernel) or about GNU/Linux (the operating system)? That's what the article in this post is about.
You're supposed to refer to Linux as GNU/Linux if you are talking about the operating system. But you're supposed to refer to Linux as just Linux if you are talking about the kernel alone.
So talking about Linux is just fine. But (according to FSF) it means only talking about the kernel. Not the entire OS.
In this SCO case it is actually Linux that is under attack (i.e. the kernel) and not the entire OS.
There are still many cases where you need to use switch in Java. For example, many Java classes (like in Swing) use final int constants and sometimes you want to switch on that.
Also there is a basic problem with polymorphism which is that you can't change the type of an object once created. i.e. you can't change the class of an object. But you can change the value of an integer. So sometimes you have an integer containing some state (which can change) and you want to switch on that state.
Apparently you didn't read the parent. The problem is that they do not WANT to type in the password every time they go away for a short time and come back. That is what the proposed system of the slashdot article is about. Not having to type the password every time you come back at your computer.
For me great SF (and Fantasy for that matter) means mostly the way they created their world. Some examples of SF/Fantasy writers that put a lot of effort in building a big world are:
Dan Simmons: Hyperion and the follow up books. The world depicted in these books is really huge. I really like the scale of these novels. For me this is probably one of the best SF novels ever written.
Tolkien: obviously Tolkien put a LOT of effort in making a big world. Including inventing several languages (which he actually did before writing the books) and a complete mythology.
Robert Jorden: The Wheel of Time. Jordan also made a huge world. The depth of the world of Tolkien is a lot more but the world in Jordan's books is not bad either.
There are some other examples. Aside from the world the writer creates another big factor (for me) for a good SF/fantasy book is the surprise factor.
Note: the following is not my opinion. I'm just the messanger.
The reason this singularity is bad (according to the lifeboat people) is that it will cause several inventions that we will not be able to handle correctly. More importantly they talk about 'gray goo', a kind of nano-robot that instantly eats all living organisms and would kill of the entire planet once it is invented. The lifeboat people claim that this grey goo will be invented BEFORE we are able to cope with it. Additionally they also talk about artifical black holes and other calamities that will be invented before mankind is capable of properly controlling that stuff.
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Hmm. I think that defines on how you define AI. If you define AI as Artifical Intelligence with artifical in the sense of intelligence by a non-natural entity (i.e. a computer) then it still remains artificial.
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You are making a rather daring claim:
'Anything a computer can do is not AI.'
Why do you think that is true? That's like saying a computer can never do AI and that's something that I certainly don't believe (after all, the 'A' in AI stands for 'articifial'). The problem may be defining what AI actually is. This boils down to defining what intelligence is. And that's something I'm not going to do here in this limited space:-)
I would turn this off immediatelly even if it works correctly. I have limited bandwidth every month. I only want to load what I need. Not what the server thinks that I need.
To me providing a patch in source form is exactly the same as providing a description. Source code is readable. People who can program in the language that the patch was made in, can understand (with a little bit of effort) what is going on there. So to me this patch is a description. It is only given in another language then plain english.
I leave aside what this implies for the DMCA though:-)
There are plenty of binary files in many Open Source projects. It is (nearly) impossible to define photographics images with vectors. And why should you even desire to do that? It will make the image a LOT bigger and it has no use.
In Crystal Space (the project I manage) we use binary files for: images, sounds, a few 'zip' archives, font files, an AVI file (try to code that with vectors!:-),...
The point is that there are plenty of binary formats and they are not always replacable by an ascii version (unless you use uuencode or something but that's ugly).
The difficulty of learning a language has little to do with the number of keywords it has. It is more a matter of how those keywords (and operators) are used together to enable programmers to do things. C is not that hard but in some cases it can get complex compared to other languages (even if those other languages have more keywords). Pointer arithmetic is one area in which many people struggle. Especially if you come from a programming language (like Java,...) which doesn't have that.
C++ adds a number of keywords to the C language but not that much. Even so it is a highly complex language with lots of special constructs and exceptions.
He is not talking about Mozilla The Browser. He is talking about Mozilla the Application Framework. Mozilla is more than just a browser. It is an entire application framework in which you can make applications that do NOT require or run in a browser.
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Well in my case my native language (and the language of my country) is Dutch. But I do understand English and I prefer to have the movie in the original language instead of dubbed in Dutch.
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In Belgium where I live we speak Dutch. Dubbing is NEVER ever done and I'm very glad it isn't. We always have subtitling for all foreign movies. The *only* exception is for movies that are specifically for kids who cannot read fast enough to see the subtitles.
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In Belgium voting is always in the weekend. Not too many people have to work then.
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And what if I'm:
I think music playing without me specifically requesting it is ALWAYS a bad idea. Same as I don't want my browser to open unrequested windows EVER.
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- zooming in/out - I HATE the tiny fixed size fonts used these days.
Mozilla has this too. Ctrl-+ and ctrl-- do this.
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It really has been a long time since I've encountered a web page that doesn't work with Mozilla. Could you perhaps give some examples of (popular) web pages that don't work with Mozilla? I'm currently not aware of any really.
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Why?
Except that this 'cache' doesn't prevent the site from going down. A real cache could.
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Yes I also agree that the GNU/Linux naming thing is far overdone. But in this particular case (the SCO case) it does make sense though. As here it is important to distinguish about what the case actually is. Is it about Linux (the kernel) or about GNU/Linux (the operating system)? That's what the article in this post is about.
Greetings,
You're supposed to refer to Linux as GNU/Linux if you are talking about the operating system. But you're supposed to refer to Linux as just Linux if you are talking about the kernel alone.
So talking about Linux is just fine. But (according to FSF) it means only talking about the kernel. Not the entire OS.
In this SCO case it is actually Linux that is under attack (i.e. the kernel) and not the entire OS.
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scanline (CIA Bot maintainer) feels he is spending too much time on this feature so he wants to stop it. Is someone willing to take over here?
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There are still many cases where you need to use switch in Java. For example, many Java classes (like in Swing) use final int constants and sometimes you want to switch on that.
Also there is a basic problem with polymorphism which is that you can't change the type of an object once created. i.e. you can't change the class of an object. But you can change the value of an integer. So sometimes you have an integer containing some state (which can change) and you want to switch on that state.
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I tried the link you gave and with Mozilla 1.2.1 these ads don't work (with popups disabled).
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SAMBA and NFS only work if the two computers are on the same network. That's not always the case.
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Because a faster 3D card allows you to:
- Spend more time doing other things.
- Make more detailed worlds.
Running the old games at such high speed doesn't make much sense of course. But it does make it possible to created even more detailed games.
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There are some other examples. Aside from the world the writer creates another big factor (for me) for a good SF/fantasy book is the surprise factor.
Greetings,
The reason this singularity is bad (according to the lifeboat people) is that it will cause several inventions that we will not be able to handle correctly. More importantly they talk about 'gray goo', a kind of nano-robot that instantly eats all living organisms and would kill of the entire planet once it is invented. The lifeboat people claim that this grey goo will be invented BEFORE we are able to cope with it. Additionally they also talk about artifical black holes and other calamities that will be invented before mankind is capable of properly controlling that stuff.
Greetings,
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'Anything a computer can do is not AI.'
Why do you think that is true? That's like saying a computer can never do AI and that's something that I certainly don't believe (after all, the 'A' in AI stands for 'articifial'). The problem may be defining what AI actually is. This boils down to defining what intelligence is. And that's something I'm not going to do here in this limited space
Greetings,
I would turn this off immediatelly even if it works correctly. I have limited bandwidth every month. I only want to load what I need. Not what the server thinks that I need.
Greetings,
To me providing a patch in source form is exactly the same as providing a description. Source code is readable. People who can program in the language that the patch was made in, can understand (with a little bit of effort) what is going on there. So to me this patch is a description. It is only given in another language then plain english.
:-)
I leave aside what this implies for the DMCA though
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There are plenty of binary files in many Open Source projects. It is (nearly) impossible to define photographics images with vectors. And why should you even desire to do that? It will make the image a LOT bigger and it has no use.
:-), ...
In Crystal Space (the project I manage) we use binary files for: images, sounds, a few 'zip' archives, font files, an AVI file (try to code that with vectors!
The point is that there are plenty of binary formats and they are not always replacable by an ascii version (unless you use uuencode or something but that's ugly).
Greetings,
The difficulty of learning a language has little to do with the number of keywords it has. It is more a matter of how those keywords (and operators) are used together to enable programmers to do things. C is not that hard but in some cases it can get complex compared to other languages (even if those other languages have more keywords). Pointer arithmetic is one area in which many people struggle. Especially if you come from a programming language (like Java, ...) which doesn't have that.
C++ adds a number of keywords to the C language but not that much. Even so it is a highly complex language with lots of special constructs and exceptions.
Greetings,
He is not talking about Mozilla The Browser. He is talking about Mozilla the Application Framework. Mozilla is more than just a browser. It is an entire application framework in which you can make applications that do NOT require or run in a browser.
Greetings,