Remember how DVD-Audio and DIVX died. Well lets encourage this new DRM encumbered format to do the same.
I'll wait until:
- I could play and write this media in Linux. - I could backup (perhaps multiple) DVD9 movies to this [HD]DVD20. - A DVD Video player that supports [HD]DVD20, but in standard DVD Video format. - Some movies would be sold in DVD20 format (standard DVD-Video, perhaps enhanced with MPEG4/DivX or higher res.) , some in HD-DRM+++-DVD format. - Hopefully people would not buy the DRM+++ format, as you can't play them in on a PC. - Only the DVD20(DVD40?) format survives (hopefully)
The next step with Gas/Electric Hybrids is the ability to plug it in. A Prius can be modified to allow this. Saab is working on a plugin Hybrid.
Once people have plugin hybrids, then they will have a choice of never going to the pump, and instead plugging it in at night: perhaps operating at a cost of less than a penny a mile. (At current gas prices, Hybrids operate at 4-5 cents a mile).
Since much cheaper, regularly plugging in would become more common. The gas part of the hybrid would be for emergency or long trips (with no place to plug in).
Once many people are using these plugin hybrids, there would be a large demand for 'plugin' stations. So more plugin stations would become available.
At some point, plugin stations would be as common as gas stations. At this point, people never use the gas engine in the hybrid.
Once the need for the gas engine starts to diminish, a car manufacturer will release there "hybrid", minus the gas engine...a pure elctric car. (which would be much less complex than the hybrid, obviously)
The voting software is probably not that complicated, and would work on Wine or ReactOS. Only the driver for those card readers may need extra work to work in Wine or ReactOS.
But a universal driver kernel api could help reinvention of wheels. So perhaps a Linux network/wireless driver could be recompiled as is and used on BSD, ReactOS or GNU/GNU/Hurd.
The affect of plant/tree removal must be considered when considering our impact on the world.
Perhaps the worse thing that could happen is the invention of fuel that is basically FREE, and perhaps even a zero emission fuel. Because such an event would cause the parking lots and roads to expand at an even faster rate, causing more destruction of more plants and tree, and thus causing arguably more enviromental damage than a expensive ( and perhaps dirty ) fuel.
More expensive fuel would be good for the environment if it would cause less vehicles to be on the road, perhaps utilizing mass transit, and cause people to live closer to where they work and play. An inexpensive fuel causes the reverse to happen.
In July 1989 President George H.W. Bush proposed what came to be called the Space Exploration Initiative. Bush called for NASA to return to the Moon and send humans to Mars. NASA responded with a 34-year plan that would have established a permanent lunar base by 2001 and landed humans on Mars by 2016.
The distinction you make between web item clicking and desktop item clicking is artificial. What if you go to a web/ftp page with an index of file links that you want to copy. This situation is no different than the desktop. You can have mouse-over feedback in the desktop similar to in a web interface (both windows and kde). There is no reason to have separate paradigms. This will only confuse an initial user.
Yes, single-click only is quite suitable. I have only used it for years, and am annoyed when I have to double/triple/...click in old style UI's. Though even most double-click UI's do tend to gain more single clicking in the for of tool bars.
A comparison to pencil/paper may no longer be meaningful, as many people now use a keyboard/mouse much more often. But if someone were asked to select (with a pencil), symbols printed on paper, they would cirle them, not tap +them with the pencil.
Yes, circling them may be more work then tapping, but the assumtion is that multiple selection for moving, deleting,... occurs much less often than activation. So by giving activation the simplest interface (single-clicking), there is less wasted effort. And yes, double clicking is more work. Imagine if you had to double click for every web link. It would be as tiring as reading/writing meaningless comments on slashdot.
"grandpa, who had to practice to learn to double click".
This is true. I have seen people learn how to double click.
And there is no need for this. Double clicking is an obsolete concept.
I have read that mac/windows users are actually afraid of accidentally clicking something. That's why they like double click. Are they also afraid of accidentally clicking a web link or a toolbar button (which are single click)?
I have seen windows users double click on web links, and double click toolbar buttons. This inconsistency and confusion does not need to exist.
Single click operation is very simple, and can work the same across all buttons and links. Click to open. Possibly hold and move to drag (not essential operation. but easier for granpa to learn than double clicking). And of course, the second button can remove confusion. Left click to open. Right click for advanced/non-esential operations including move.
For wireless (and internet in general) we are currently in a mostly toll-road type of system. You pay to get on at home, and you pay to get on at the coffee shop.
Some stores, offer free internet to customers, because it is relativly inexpensive, draws customers in, and differentiates them from the competition.
Some cities are starting to offer free internet for the same reasons. It is relativly inexpensive to offer, and draws the interests of potiental residents and businesses. This is similar to why a city would provide paved roads. Except that roads are much more expensive to maintain. Of course, the companies that offer the info-toll-roads (phone/cable/cell companies) are against such a public good, as it would mean the end of much of their business.
"This new information super highway should not be a toll road" -Al Gore.
That is quite different as mr gates has financial interests, did not write the EULA or the software. But some clarification (along with historical eviden ce concerning intent of licence) from Microsoft may be admissible.
Of course, if as you said the said, the EULA were found to be entirely illegal, then the Restrictions of the EULA would not apply, and the software would be only protected by standard Copyright law.
The same would be true for GPL. if found not legal/valid, then it would fall back to standard copyright protections alone.
The MS EULA only specifies additional Restrictions.
The GPL specifies some addional Freedoms that allowed only if additional Restrictions are accepted.
It would make no sense to invalidate the restrictions without invalidating the freedoms that depend on those restrictions.
If such a question did arise, the original authors of the software in question could be put on the stand and asked directly what the intended purpose of using the GPL was.
"intent of the author to allow use and distribution of the software"
You are missing the essential part of the GPL.
Microsoft intends for you to use software too. That does not make it public domain if their license agreement is invalid.
The intent of author as derived from the GPL is to allow use and distribution of the software such that modified versions of the software are also made freely available to be used and distributed.
If you say that this essential "such that..." part is invalid, the intent of the author would be invalid, and you could only renegotiate new terms with the author in order to use the software.
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Remember how DVD-Audio and DIVX died.
Well lets encourage this new DRM encumbered format to do the same.
I'll wait until:
- I could play and write this media in Linux.
- I could backup (perhaps multiple) DVD9 movies to this [HD]DVD20.
- A DVD Video player that supports [HD]DVD20, but in standard DVD Video format.
- Some movies would be sold in DVD20 format (standard DVD-Video, perhaps enhanced with MPEG4/DivX or higher res.) , some in HD-DRM+++-DVD format.
- Hopefully people would not buy the DRM+++ format, as you can't play them in on a PC.
- Only the DVD20(DVD40?) format survives (hopefully)
The next step with Gas/Electric Hybrids is the ability to plug it in.
A Prius can be modified to allow this.
Saab is working on a plugin Hybrid.
Once people have plugin hybrids, then they will have a choice of never going to the pump, and instead plugging it in at night: perhaps operating at a cost of less than a penny a mile. (At current gas prices, Hybrids operate at 4-5 cents a mile).
Since much cheaper, regularly plugging in would become more common. The gas part of the hybrid would be for emergency or long trips (with no place to plug in).
Once many people are using these plugin hybrids, there would be a large demand for 'plugin' stations. So more plugin stations would become available.
At some point, plugin stations would be as common as gas stations. At this point, people never use the gas engine in the hybrid.
Once the need for the gas engine starts to diminish, a car manufacturer will release there "hybrid", minus the gas engine...a pure elctric car. (which would be much less complex than the hybrid, obviously)
Try this, from Firefox:
File -> OpenFile,
Now type '/etc/fstab'
You get a dialog with '/etc/tc/fstab'
If you are a beginner typist, the inteface may work.
Type '/' (look), type 'e' (look), type 'f' (look)
But this is very painful if you can type at all.
My conclusion is that this interface was designed by and for beginner typists.
Why cant they make a 16:9 laptop, not 15:9, not 16:10 ...
I guess everyone loves the GlareBright (tm) screens too.
I would consider using my gmail account if IMAP was supported. ...
So I can use a proper mail client
The voting software is probably not that complicated, and would work on Wine or ReactOS. Only the driver for those card readers may need extra work to work in Wine or ReactOS.
... insert comment here ...
Multicast is still far more efficient than any P2P "broadcast", if a million or so people are watching the same thing?
I guess when Bittorrent supports multicast for sending file chunks, it could at least optimize when a multicast network is available.
Perhaps not a binary layer.
But a universal driver kernel api could help reinvention of wheels. So perhaps a Linux network/wireless driver could be recompiled as is and used on BSD, ReactOS or GNU/GNU/Hurd.
do the scratches prevent operation of unit or cut it's life short?
NODRTA.
The affect of plant/tree removal must be considered when considering our impact on the world.
Perhaps the worse thing that could happen is the invention of fuel that is basically FREE, and perhaps even a zero emission fuel. Because such an event would cause the parking lots and roads to expand at an even faster rate, causing more destruction of more plants and tree, and thus causing arguably more enviromental damage than a expensive ( and perhaps dirty ) fuel.
More expensive fuel would be good for the environment if it would cause less vehicles to be on the road, perhaps utilizing mass transit, and cause people to live closer to where they work and play. An inexpensive fuel causes the reverse to happen.
If he touched any metal he would have lost most of the charge.
Also was he wearing bunny slippers and shuffling his feet?
In July 1989 President George H.W. Bush proposed what came to be called the Space Exploration Initiative. Bush called for NASA to return to the Moon and send humans to Mars. NASA responded with a 34-year plan that would have established a permanent lunar base by 2001 and landed humans on Mars by 2016.
For some reason I am reminded of this movie.
The distinction you make between web item clicking and desktop item clicking is artificial. What if you go to a web/ftp page with an index of file links that you want to copy. This situation is no different than the desktop.
... occurs much less often than activation. So by giving activation the simplest interface (single-clicking), there is less wasted effort. And yes, double clicking is more work. Imagine if you had to double click for every web link. It would be as tiring as reading/writing meaningless comments on slashdot.
You can have mouse-over feedback in the desktop similar to in a web interface (both windows and kde). There is no reason to have separate paradigms. This will only confuse an initial user.
Yes, single-click only is quite suitable. I have only used it for years, and am annoyed when I have to double/triple/...click in old style UI's. Though even most double-click UI's do tend to gain more single clicking in the for of tool bars.
A comparison to pencil/paper may no longer be meaningful, as many people now use a keyboard/mouse much more often. But if someone were asked to select (with a pencil), symbols printed on paper, they would cirle them, not tap +them with the pencil.
Yes, circling them may be more work then tapping, but the assumtion is that multiple selection for moving, deleting,
"Single-click ...useless for selecting things"
"no way to make multiple selections"
To select, just "lasso" the items, or use ctrl/shift selection modifications.
This is how KDE works.
And I am not talking about mouse-over behaivior. Any mouse-over behaviour should be cosmetic only, not fuctional.
"grandpa, who had to practice to learn to double click".
This is true. I have seen people learn how to double click.
And there is no need for this. Double clicking is an obsolete concept.
I have read that mac/windows users are actually afraid of accidentally clicking something. That's why they like double click. Are they also afraid of accidentally clicking a web link or a toolbar button (which are single click)?
I have seen windows users double click on web links, and double click toolbar buttons. This inconsistency and confusion does not need to exist.
Single click operation is very simple, and can work the same across all buttons and links. Click to open. Possibly hold and move to drag (not essential operation. but easier for granpa to learn than double clicking). And of course, the second button can remove confusion. Left click to open. Right click for advanced/non-esential operations including move.
For wireless (and internet in general) we are currently in a mostly toll-road type of system. You pay to get on at home, and you pay to get on at the coffee shop.
Some stores, offer free internet to customers, because it is relativly inexpensive, draws customers in, and differentiates them from the competition.
Some cities are starting to offer free internet for the same reasons. It is relativly inexpensive to offer, and draws the interests of potiental residents and businesses. This is similar to why a city would provide paved roads. Except that roads are much more expensive to maintain. Of course, the companies that offer the info-toll-roads (phone/cable/cell companies) are against such a public good, as it would mean the end of much of their business.
"This new information super highway should not be a toll road" -Al Gore.
It should be interesting to finally see KDE native to windows, as the free QT4 is now supported for windows.
Imagine Windows (or ReactOS), running KDE as the desktop, with applications like Firefox on top. This is Windows?
Sounds like a bug...
Doesn't Debian run on PPC?
What exactly are the applications that depend on the backass ints?
That is quite different as mr gates has financial interests, did not write the EULA or the software. But some clarification (along with historical eviden ce concerning intent of licence) from Microsoft may be admissible.
Of course, if as you said the said, the EULA were found to be entirely illegal, then the Restrictions of the EULA would not apply, and the software would be only protected by standard Copyright law.
The same would be true for GPL. if found not legal/valid, then it would fall back to standard copyright protections alone.
The MS EULA only specifies additional
Restrictions.
The GPL specifies some addional Freedoms that allowed only if additional Restrictions are accepted.
It would make no sense to invalidate the restrictions without invalidating the freedoms that depend on those restrictions.
Over and Out.
If such a question did arise, the original authors of the software in question could be put on the stand and asked directly what the intended purpose of using the GPL was.
Not that any of this would/should ever come up.
"intent of the author to allow use and distribution of the software"
..." part is invalid, the intent of the author would be invalid, and you could only renegotiate new terms with the author in order to use the software.
You are missing the essential part of the GPL.
Microsoft intends for you to use software too. That does not make it public domain if their license agreement is invalid.
The intent of author as derived from the GPL is to allow use and distribution of the software such that modified versions of the software are also made freely available to be used and distributed.
If you say that this essential "such that
If the GPL is invalid, then they have no right to copy the code.
So your concusion should read:
"If the GPL is invalid, then they CANNOT take and redistribute all the software they want without any reprocussions from copyright law."
"Right in the kernel, in the heart of the operating system, I found a developer's comment that said, 'Does this belong here?'"
OMFG!!