Grusse Herr Zemran.
Maybe France is too stupid too learn anything but you (I assume you're American) don't seem keen on giving a proper education to your feloow-citzen, especially after watching your staffing issues that urge you to beg for some French workers to help you meet the deadlines your stupid project leaders set.
So, stop this (stupid would be a pleonasm) flamewar and just assume that in a country which population is mostly composed of strangers you just appear to be even more stupid when you spit at your relatives who you owe BeOS and Altavista amongst others.
Adiö Mitenand. --
this would be nice to ask which media-specific peripherals/technologies could be used for other purposes.
For example, as a former Amiga geek I used to dedicate my MIDI setup to networking tasks (it was quick enough to play)...
And now, as a musician, I was wondering if somebody would create some AGP sound board in order to benefit from an even wider data bandwith (imagine yourself simultaneously sampling 64 CD-quality channels)...
Of course, sysadmin could also dream of even faster AGP-based network adapters.
Finally, the most realistic bit : the ones who are deseperately looking for some fine random number generator could also look forward to sample ambiant noise with their sound board. In this case we are dealing with easy-to write software. --
Maybe (if this is not directly possible) you could encapsulate the raw data to be saved in video struct : this way, any software aimed at exploiting these data would "see" proper video whereas an eye would only see some "noise" ?
Why "if this is not directly possible" ?
I once used my camera's 32Mb Smartmedia card to store MP3 in order to carry these between 2 laptops and it has been unusable since then.
That's why I guess there might be a problem with some types of data. --
We have the seasons because of earth inclination.
This means that because of several hundreds of kilometers (look in your old trigonometry books), a place in the North hemisphere and a the corresponding place in the South hemisphere won't have the same climate.
OK, the ellipsoidal nature of Earth's revolution also helps but not quite much more.
My question is that if we have Jupiter-like planets, how could they be uniformly warmed by their Sun ?
What about their rotation, their revolution ?
Is it sure any point of their surface would equitably benefit from enough light rays to maintain it a temperature suitable for life development ?
I am an Acorn RiscOS user.
On our platform there is an outstanding MIDI sequencer called Inspiration.
It always worked, from the oldest ARChimedes to the most recents RiscPCs.
I wanted to buy it because it would have been worth several dozen ounds.
I have never been able to find its author.
Even its concurrents could'nt help me.
I think this is because I was a "late" Acorn user (1994) and Inspiration's author had changed of development platform.
It is a pity because he really desserves his money.
I however kept this floppy and even "shared" it around me.
We all know we will gladly pay the guy who'll prove us he made it.
My favorite game *ever* is Commander Keen[456].
I used to play it for hours and I was proud to sort out all of its enigmas, and zto find all its secrets levels or areas.
I know who made it and I contacted them to order it in its official package.
No answer...
I however found the 6th episode on some "unofficial" web site.
In this case however, I found a way to retribute ID: I just bought some of their others games: Doom and Quake3.
I still think I bought these for the wrong reasons (I don't play them that often) but it was the only way I found to pay them...
I was looking for a fine Christmas present for my nephew and you just suggested me the perfect educative gift for all the family : a nice set of Lego/Mindstorms which IMHO is the only thing in your list that has the following qualities:
Useful
Educative
Durable (now that he is old enough to play this, I am sure at 40 he will still enjoy these:-)
I just wonder why Aibo didn't appear in this list, even if it is might not seem as educative as the Lego/Mindstorms, I am sure that it could be interesting to exploit. --
What is it about ? The almighty Buck or Freedom Of Speech ?
Anyway even though I don't follow such events I am quite annoyed by this announce.
but now, look closer to it:
how can they ensure it won't be broadcasted on the Internet ?
No way. --
Hep Cmdr, with all due respect, are we talking about the same thing ?
I am a Java coder and I code under Linux using IBM's excellent JDK1.3.
This is fast so why do you say it is bloated, slow or whatever else ?
Do we speak about James Gosling's language above Linus Torvald's OS ?
Is it forbidden to call myself one of the Linux Lovers if I don't jilt Java ?
Come on : I think you really desserves -1 karma for either trolling or flaming innocent Slashdot users.
You may mod me down but I *do* feel hurt by what I just read.
A Satellite is an expensive appliance that only big corporations can afford.
If satellite radio becomes a standard then it is obvious small, independant radio will disappear.
Unless they are *given* an unlimited free broadcasting access, which should be a sign of democratisation of the media.
Until then, I will still see Eliott-Carver-ness whenever I'll access information. --
We need to process domain name registrations and to apply an eventual priority to this.
This should be managed by a program, not by an office : an office means staff and also costs.
Hence the title of this reply.
You have to ask them to allow you to use a given name, why ?
What if by hashing your domain name string a program would just be quick enough to tell you "Ye're the first, buddy, this name's yours.".
If instead of this you need some useless, redundant organisation that will prefer spending time and money to define a.museum TLD instead of.sex (like it or not, this would be the best way to limit e-pornography), then we definitely shouldn't discuss.
Icann wrote they are here to govern the Internet (their word, not mine).
So, I'll advise decent Internet people to just choose freenet as their Mayflower before it is too late. --
When I have learnt my job, the motto was: "no data loss at all"
It is a shame, a privacy violation or whatever you'd like to call it to just admit that somebody could wipe out something belonging to you, even if the MP3's presence on a web site are not "pertinent" in some cases, the owner should be advised on such irregularities instead of just being constrained to such a destruction.
Why not just using this rule in the httpd.conf file ? RewriteRule/(.*).mp3/sorry.html [R]
At least this would be a fairer action against copyright infringers.
--
I seriously don't like the idea that they took common GUI instead of "rich" ones.
By comparing 3 similar GUIs (each having the same look'n feel), they just restrict their expectation of a GUI.
Maybe, if they had tested RiscOS4, BeOS or MacOS against Windows, they'd have found some others PROS/CONS as they don't interact the same way.
BTW, It could also be dangerous as mixing heterogeneous GUI features might lead to a feature-rich but totally illogical interface... Which actually hapened to Windows95 that was a cross between MacOS, Risc Os and XWindow and that they decided to personalize focussing by adding that browser features in it.
Finally, I hate the 3 latter for many reasons among which "focus-theft" is well-placed : while you are typing something, outlook throws an alarm windows that "absorbs" any keyboard event until you focus back to your work.
--
Variex is a typical Frnech slang word to design the kind of W4rr10rZ that love to boost their pissies.
I personally use a K6-2/350 (half what you call a low-end PC) with an ATI-AIW (Rage128)/16Mo.
I have never attempted to measur my framerate under Quake3 or UT but I just love it as it is.
Do you think I am a spoiler or I am just trying to open your eyes on the difference between specs and sufficient confortable playability ?
--
I agree with you though:
IIRC, the Beatles stuff is now owned by somebody else than themselves.
You can't copy a Mozart CD as the interpreter still own its interpretation.
Concerning the Math stuff here, it is obvious most mathematical concepts' authors (who might be quoted in this book) are dead and thus won't sue anybody.
So, CRC owns the "structure" and can plaid a plagiarism.
I agree, but I can't accept it except if (I have not checked) they did introduce some revolutionary and proprietary way to demonstrate these to their readers.
So, I just say here that it is somehow sad. --
What if Pythagora, Euler, Pascal and Minkowski sued this editor for publishing their works without paying any royalties to their descendants.
Come on : Science is Public Domain.
There's no valid ethical reason to restrict its diffusion by patenting its presentation. --
You don't seem to understand the point : even though I know this *is* possible, I don't want it to be considered as *legal*.
I want to have the right to contest such practices. --
I am married and I communicate through email with my wife.
We happen to exchange, say, 3 or 4 mails during the day. which is not that much.
We consider it private and would be quite pissed off if anybody decided to monitor our conversations, even though they remain "soft" because I am here at work and not prepairing tonight festivities.
I admit English accept this rule, because they're so.
But I take this story as a warning not to accept my next job in England because if I am considered as brilliant by my colleagues, I also admit I use the corporate network to coimmunicate a bit while working. It is necessary for me to swap between tasks.
I then should be considered as somebody who's working habits are shocking ?
what about my work, what I am here for ???
If this law was about to pass in a Latin country (France, Italy... even here, in Switzerland) most people would refuse it because I am far from alone in this case.
--
Well, they will have to avoid the DCA as it might be possible for the force generated by the fans to trigger the mines if they are too close from the ground. --
Some years ago there was a lot of hype about the whales, elephants and also the fur coats.
Now, if these endangered species just happen to be "industrially" renewable, then I am afraid that people will simply consider fur as they consider leather and will just seem to ignore how cruel it might have been to collect it.
I don't appreciate the idea of solving the consequence of human idiocy. Only the cause needs a fix.
Less than twenty years ago (Jesus, I am getting damn old...) I used to play a computer video game called Parsec on a Texas Instruments 99/4a computer.
Naming a game "Parsec" sounds like copyright infringment to me.
After all, MB was about to sue a friend of mine because he was about to call his Acorn RiscPC Doom-like "Destiny" so, don't the guy who wrote this Parsec take some risks ??? --
Pardon my lack of artistical sense but there's nothing new in these snapshots : Windows 2 thousands just seems as it always looked like.
OK, some icons are a bit bigger but I really don't understand where all that hype comes from ?
I read again the topic : no. It is not supposed to be a joke.
So : what's up ? --
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Grusse Herr Zemran.
Maybe France is too stupid too learn anything but you (I assume you're American) don't seem keen on giving a proper education to your feloow-citzen, especially after watching your staffing issues that urge you to beg for some French workers to help you meet the deadlines your stupid project leaders set.
So, stop this (stupid would be a pleonasm) flamewar and just assume that in a country which population is mostly composed of strangers you just appear to be even more stupid when you spit at your relatives who you owe BeOS and Altavista amongst others.
Adiö Mitenand.
--
this would be nice to ask which media-specific peripherals/technologies could be used for other purposes.
For example, as a former Amiga geek I used to dedicate my MIDI setup to networking tasks (it was quick enough to play)...
And now, as a musician, I was wondering if somebody would create some AGP sound board in order to benefit from an even wider data bandwith (imagine yourself simultaneously sampling 64 CD-quality channels)...
Of course, sysadmin could also dream of even faster AGP-based network adapters.
Finally, the most realistic bit : the ones who are deseperately looking for some fine random number generator could also look forward to sample ambiant noise with their sound board. In this case we are dealing with easy-to write software.
--
Maybe (if this is not directly possible) you could encapsulate the raw data to be saved in video struct : this way, any software aimed at exploiting these data would "see" proper video whereas an eye would only see some "noise" ?
Why "if this is not directly possible" ? I once used my camera's 32Mb Smartmedia card to store MP3 in order to carry these between 2 laptops and it has been unusable since then.
That's why I guess there might be a problem with some types of data.
--
We have the seasons because of earth inclination. This means that because of several hundreds of kilometers (look in your old trigonometry books), a place in the North hemisphere and a the corresponding place in the South hemisphere won't have the same climate.
OK, the ellipsoidal nature of Earth's revolution also helps but not quite much more.
My question is that if we have Jupiter-like planets, how could they be uniformly warmed by their Sun ?
What about their rotation, their revolution ?
Is it sure any point of their surface would equitably benefit from enough light rays to maintain it a temperature suitable for life development ?
--
On our platform there is an outstanding MIDI sequencer called Inspiration.
It always worked, from the oldest ARChimedes to the most recents RiscPCs.
I wanted to buy it because it would have been worth several dozen ounds.
I have never been able to find its author.
Even its concurrents could'nt help me.
I think this is because I was a "late" Acorn user (1994) and Inspiration's author had changed of development platform.
It is a pity because he really desserves his money.
I however kept this floppy and even "shared" it around me.
We all know we will gladly pay the guy who'll prove us he made it.
I used to play it for hours and I was proud to sort out all of its enigmas, and zto find all its secrets levels or areas.
I know who made it and I contacted them to order it in its official package.
No answer...
I however found the 6th episode on some "unofficial" web site.
In this case however, I found a way to retribute ID: I just bought some of their others games: Doom and Quake3.
I still think I bought these for the wrong reasons (I don't play them that often) but it was the only way I found to pay them...
--
- Useful
- Educative
- Durable (now that he is old enough to play this, I am sure at 40 he will still enjoy these
:-)
I just wonder why Aibo didn't appear in this list, even if it is might not seem as educative as the Lego/Mindstorms, I am sure that it could be interesting to exploit.--
--
What is it about ? The almighty Buck or Freedom Of Speech ? :
Anyway even though I don't follow such events I am quite annoyed by this announce.
but now, look closer to it
how can they ensure it won't be broadcasted on the Internet ?
No way.
--
Hep Cmdr, with all due respect, are we talking about the same thing ?
I am a Java coder and I code under Linux using IBM's excellent JDK1.3.
This is fast so why do you say it is bloated, slow or whatever else ?
Do we speak about James Gosling's language above Linus Torvald's OS ?
Is it forbidden to call myself one of the Linux Lovers if I don't jilt Java ?
Come on : I think you really desserves -1 karma for either trolling or flaming innocent Slashdot users.
You may mod me down but I *do* feel hurt by what I just read.
--
--
A Satellite is an expensive appliance that only big corporations can afford.
If satellite radio becomes a standard then it is obvious small, independant radio will disappear.
Unless they are *given* an unlimited free broadcasting access, which should be a sign of democratisation of the media.
Until then, I will still see Eliott-Carver-ness whenever I'll access information.
--
We need to process domain name registrations and to apply an eventual priority to this. .museum TLD instead of .sex (like it or not, this would be the best way to limit e-pornography), then we definitely shouldn't discuss.
This should be managed by a program, not by an office : an office means staff and also costs.
Hence the title of this reply.
You have to ask them to allow you to use a given name, why ?
What if by hashing your domain name string a program would just be quick enough to tell you "Ye're the first, buddy, this name's yours.".
If instead of this you need some useless, redundant organisation that will prefer spending time and money to define a
Icann wrote they are here to govern the Internet (their word, not mine).
So, I'll advise decent Internet people to just choose freenet as their Mayflower before it is too late.
--
When I have learnt my job, the motto was: "no data loss at all"
/(.*).mp3 /sorry.html [R]
It is a shame, a privacy violation or whatever you'd like to call it to just admit that somebody could wipe out something belonging to you, even if the MP3's presence on a web site are not "pertinent" in some cases, the owner should be advised on such irregularities instead of just being constrained to such a destruction.
Why not just using this rule in the httpd.conf file ?
RewriteRule
At least this would be a fairer action against copyright infringers.
--
I seriously don't like the idea that they took common GUI instead of "rich" ones.
By comparing 3 similar GUIs (each having the same look'n feel), they just restrict their expectation of a GUI.
Maybe, if they had tested RiscOS4, BeOS or MacOS against Windows, they'd have found some others PROS/CONS as they don't interact the same way.
BTW, It could also be dangerous as mixing heterogeneous GUI features might lead to a feature-rich but totally illogical interface... Which actually hapened to Windows95 that was a cross between MacOS, Risc Os and XWindow and that they decided to personalize focussing by adding that browser features in it.
Finally, I hate the 3 latter for many reasons among which "focus-theft" is well-placed : while you are typing something, outlook throws an alarm windows that "absorbs" any keyboard event until you focus back to your work.
--
Look at the UT test :
The new P4 even gets poorer performances than the P3...
--
Look at the bottom of the Q3 test page.
:
In 640x480 we have :
Athlon 1,2GHz -> 170 (fps/GHz=141.66)
P4 1,5GHz -> 191 (fps/GHz=127.33)
Winner: AMD
In 1024x768, we have
Athlon 1,2GHz -> 100 (fps/GHz=83.33)
P4 1,5GHz -> 101 (fps/GHz=67.33)
Winner: AMD
--
Variex is a typical Frnech slang word to design the kind of W4rr10rZ that love to boost their pissies.
I personally use a K6-2/350 (half what you call a low-end PC) with an ATI-AIW (Rage128)/16Mo. I have never attempted to measur my framerate under Quake3 or UT but I just love it as it is.
Do you think I am a spoiler or I am just trying to open your eyes on the difference between specs and sufficient confortable playability ?
--
I agree with you though :
IIRC, the Beatles stuff is now owned by somebody else than themselves.
You can't copy a Mozart CD as the interpreter still own its interpretation.
Concerning the Math stuff here, it is obvious most mathematical concepts' authors (who might be quoted in this book) are dead and thus won't sue anybody.
So, CRC owns the "structure" and can plaid a plagiarism.
I agree, but I can't accept it except if (I have not checked) they did introduce some revolutionary and proprietary way to demonstrate these to their readers.
So, I just say here that it is somehow sad.
--
What if Pythagora, Euler, Pascal and Minkowski sued this editor for publishing their works without paying any royalties to their descendants.
Come on : Science is Public Domain.
There's no valid ethical reason to restrict its diffusion by patenting its presentation.
--
You don't seem to understand the point : even though I know this *is* possible, I don't want it to be considered as *legal*.
I want to have the right to contest such practices.
--
I am married and I communicate through email with my wife.
We happen to exchange, say, 3 or 4 mails during the day. which is not that much.
We consider it private and would be quite pissed off if anybody decided to monitor our conversations, even though they remain "soft" because I am here at work and not prepairing tonight festivities.
I admit English accept this rule, because they're so.
But I take this story as a warning not to accept my next job in England because if I am considered as brilliant by my colleagues, I also admit I use the corporate network to coimmunicate a bit while working. It is necessary for me to swap between tasks.
I then should be considered as somebody who's working habits are shocking ?
what about my work, what I am here for ???
If this law was about to pass in a Latin country (France, Italy... even here, in Switzerland) most people would refuse it because I am far from alone in this case.
--
Well, they will have to avoid the DCA as it might be possible for the force generated by the fans to trigger the mines if they are too close from the ground.
--
Some years ago there was a lot of hype about the whales, elephants and also the fur coats.
Now, if these endangered species just happen to be "industrially" renewable, then I am afraid that people will simply consider fur as they consider leather and will just seem to ignore how cruel it might have been to collect it.
I don't appreciate the idea of solving the consequence of human idiocy. Only the cause needs a fix.
--
Less than twenty years ago (Jesus, I am getting damn old...) I used to play a computer video game called Parsec on a Texas Instruments 99/4a computer.
Naming a game "Parsec" sounds like copyright infringment to me.
After all, MB was about to sue a friend of mine because he was about to call his Acorn RiscPC Doom-like "Destiny" so, don't the guy who wrote this Parsec take some risks ???
--
Pardon my lack of artistical sense but there's nothing new in these snapshots : Windows 2 thousands just seems as it always looked like.
OK, some icons are a bit bigger but I really don't understand where all that hype comes from ?
I read again the topic : no. It is not supposed to be a joke.
So : what's up ?
--