Here in Norway, almost nobody pays for internet access except for the phone costs. This is thanks to private ISPs, though. Our government could never be bothered into something like this (although they are currently talking of going Linux and tossing MS)...
Using the + operator for string concetenation is extremely natural. I can't think of any ways "Hello " + "world" wouldn't "sum up" to "Hello world".
For more complex structures such as dates and matrices there could be confusion, and having "add" methods instead of "special function" operators seems far better (although perhaps not from an efficiency stance?).
I can't answer for Nautilus, but the way Konqueror does this is if you click a file and there's a component for that file type, it is opened in the same window for viewing only. For editing, you open the full relevant application.
This is not awkward, but people need to drop their conservative ways and try to adjust. Otherwise, nobody's going to force this technology on you (not in Linux anyway), so you're free to change to any other way of managing and viewing files.
Well couldn't you say the same about driving a car? How intuitive is that? If people had the same mentality about car driving, they'd expect to be seated in the car by some kind of lift, having the doors automatically shut, and then be put into some artificial sleep and then be awoken to sweet music at the time of arrival.
This is such a common, and utterly stupid complain. Go with the evolution - Nautilius is componentized. It IS no web browser, it simply HAS a web component which allows it to understand HTML, sometimes over HTTP. Building components for Nautilus will bloat it no more than kernel modules bloats the kernel.
In fact, Nautilus isn't even a file manager, however it does have one among it's components, so it can be used as one if you feel like it.
This is the way it's done these days, both in Gnome, KDE (esp. in the new Konqueror in KDE2), on the Mac and even in old (shrug) Windows.
Here that sound? That's the sound of a thousand components coming this way.
Says Valenti, "Not so on the Internet, where some obscure person sitting in a basement can throw up on the Internet a brand new motion picture, and with the click of a button have it go with the speed of light to 6 billion people around the world, instantaneously." I really, really wish we had that kind of wild bandwidth here in Norway. I have to get moving over to the States RSN:)
You're referring to the time when/. had like two hundred users. It now has well over 100.000 (judging from the highest UID#s). You know zip about online communities if you think/. could go on with anonymous posting (and things like moderation).
That isn't funny, it's actually quite sad. Some people (esp. kiddies on the european demo scene) just hang on to DOS for their lives, while trying to display their aversion for Microsoft. The irony of it all...
I guess stories like these are necessary to make sure the journalistic independancy is still functional now that/. is part of this "mega-corporation":) It's good to see that they're "allowed" to post even negative views about their owners. Good going.
Microsoft is all over the place. That doesn't mean they might have manipulated the data from this survey (ok, so they have a history of doing so;).
I think the results stem from the fact that many people don't see how a break-up would be a good thing. MS would still be MS if broken in a couple of pieces. People just want an OS and software that doesn't require them to learn that scary computer stuff.
Most notably, and are gibberish to Communicator 5 and will be ignored. The same goes for the Navigator 4 DOM extentions -- if you use document.layers[] in your JavaScript, it will fail. In fact, Communicator 5 will be more similar to IE 4 and IE 5 than to Communicator 4.
Well from what I've heard, you can grab a copy of Matrix for $3 in the Asian piracy market. Don't really know how though, since blank disks are supposed to be priced at twice the price as recorded disks...
That was my point - copying DVD movies IS, and always has been possible. They can be copied bit-by-bit, like any other digital media. This is what the DVD associations deny - believe it or not - and this is also why they don't have a case.
There have been 1735 signers as I write this (the number actually went up by three in about 20 seconds:). It's great to see the enourmous support Jon gets, although it's no surprise.
On a completely different note:
Yesterday was a debate on our national television (in Norway) with very prominent debaters on "our" side and some twisted, desperate ones on theirs. The DVD associatons' attorney, Tøndel, were the biggest joke of a lifetime, especially when he couldn't explain why copying DVDs is impossible without DeCSS... He kept talking non-stop througout the show to try to silence the opposition. I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry. Unfortunately, at the point where the charges against Jon were called fascism, the show ended.
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Well there's already georgewbushsucks.com and the likes :)
Here in Norway, almost nobody pays for internet access except for the phone costs. This is thanks to private ISPs, though. Our government could never be bothered into something like this (although they are currently talking of going Linux and tossing MS)...
These things should be included with the story...
http://opencores.itvc.com/
Using the + operator for string concetenation is extremely natural. I can't think of any ways "Hello " + "world" wouldn't "sum up" to "Hello world".
For more complex structures such as dates and matrices there could be confusion, and having "add" methods instead of "special function" operators seems far better (although perhaps not from an efficiency stance?).
It is, right here. You should read it, it's worthwhile. In particular I like the quote "Java isn't platform independent; it is a platform." :)
Scuse my ignorance, but what is Goslings regrets with regards to Java? Lack of multiple inheritance? Lack of operator overloading?
It's here. Some very interesting statistics :)
This is not awkward, but people need to drop their conservative ways and try to adjust. Otherwise, nobody's going to force this technology on you (not in Linux anyway), so you're free to change to any other way of managing and viewing files.
Well couldn't you say the same about driving a car? How intuitive is that? If people had the same mentality about car driving, they'd expect to be seated in the car by some kind of lift, having the doors automatically shut, and then be put into some artificial sleep and then be awoken to sweet music at the time of arrival.
In fact, Nautilus isn't even a file manager, however it does have one among it's components, so it can be used as one if you feel like it.
This is the way it's done these days, both in Gnome, KDE (esp. in the new Konqueror in KDE2), on the Mac and even in old (shrug) Windows.
Here that sound? That's the sound of a thousand components coming this way.
Says Valenti, "Not so on the Internet, where some obscure person sitting in a basement can throw up on the Internet a brand new motion picture, and with the click of a button have it go with the speed of light to 6 billion people around the world, instantaneously." I really, really wish we had that kind of wild bandwidth here in Norway. I have to get moving over to the States RSN :)
You're referring to the time when /. had like two hundred users. It now has well over 100.000 (judging from the highest UID#s). You know zip about online communities if you think /. could go on with anonymous posting (and things like moderation).
That isn't funny, it's actually quite sad. Some people (esp. kiddies on the european demo scene) just hang on to DOS for their lives, while trying to display their aversion for Microsoft. The irony of it all...
I guess stories like these are necessary to make sure the journalistic independancy is still functional now that /. is part of this "mega-corporation" :) It's good to see that they're "allowed" to post even negative views about their owners. Good going.
While the new site looks great, the tables don't scale to various window sizes/resolutions, so you have to scroll horizontally.
http://dailynews.y ahoo.com/h/nm/20000207/tc/corel_inprise_2.html
Microsoft is all over the place. That doesn't mean they might have manipulated the data from this survey (ok, so they have a history of doing so ;).
I think the results stem from the fact that many people don't see how a break-up would be a good thing. MS would still be MS if broken in a couple of pieces. People just want an OS and software that doesn't require them to learn that scary computer stuff.
Could anyone post the lyrics for that song Emmet performed? :)
Most notably, and are gibberish to Communicator 5 and will be ignored. The same goes for the Navigator 4 DOM extentions -- if you use document.layers[] in your JavaScript, it will fail. In fact, Communicator 5 will be more similar to IE 4 and IE 5 than to Communicator 4.
Well from what I've heard, you can grab a copy of Matrix for $3 in the Asian piracy market. Don't really know how though, since blank disks are supposed to be priced at twice the price as recorded disks...
So, at what age can someone in Norway sign a legally binding contract?
:)
That would be 18. What a relief
That was my point - copying DVD movies IS, and always has been possible. They can be copied bit-by-bit, like any other digital media. This is what the DVD associations deny - believe it or not - and this is also why they don't have a case.
There have been 1735 signers as I write this (the number actually went up by three in about 20 seconds :). It's great to see the enourmous support Jon gets, although it's no surprise.
On a completely different note:
Yesterday was a debate on our national television (in Norway) with very prominent debaters on "our" side and some twisted, desperate ones on theirs. The DVD associatons' attorney, Tøndel, were the biggest joke of a lifetime, especially when he couldn't explain why copying DVDs is impossible without DeCSS... He kept talking non-stop througout the show to try to silence the opposition. I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry. Unfortunately, at the point where the charges against Jon were called fascism, the show ended.