The iPod is successful NOT because of technology, or nifty programming tricks, or being able to play every free codec in existence, or what have you.
It's successful because it's stylish, because it's simple to use, and because -- and this is the only reason I use mine instead of having it sit in the junk drawer with my last 2 mp3 players -- because the software you use (iTunes) to sync with the device is USEFUL in it's own right.
Really, the key for devices like this is how well the software on the host device works. iTunes is good enough that I was using it to manage my music before I even had an iPod. Does it do everything under the sun like foobar2000 (which is what I was using before iTunes)? No. But it does the core tasks well enough that I find it very useful.
The usefulness or lack there of of the host software is going to determine how useful the Neuros product is. If it shows up as a drive, and they expect me to "manage" my music or video by copying over music out from underneath my music management software manually, I'm sorry, but it loses.
On the flip side, the old logo (though fun) was terribly amateurish, and impeded taking the OS seriously. Then again, Linux was taken seriously in spite of the goofy penguin.
Only if they release it. .... which was the assumption that was underlying this whole thread. It started with an offhand statement that ended "(unless Google releases GoogleFS)".
So yes, if they release GoogleFS, and if it requires kernel modifications, and if they don't sequester the binary module away behind a kernel-space loader like nVidia does with thier graphics drivers, then yes they will need to make it GPL-compatable.
a) Acrobat is a program, not a format. If you're on windows, check out a program called Foxit PDF Reader. It's much nicer as a reader (but doesn't print on my box, oh well).
b) To make Acrobat play nicer with your browser, go into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins and remove all the files EXCEPT AcroSign.prc, EWH32.api, Search5.api, Search.api -- the freezing of your browser is caused by Acrobat loading all it's extra plugins, so just remove them and it will be faster.
Personally, I have the Acrobat plugin disabled, and I have the browser open PDFs in Foxit. But whatever.
I (Sean) have been hired by Google, moved to Seattle, and have been working on the Google Talk team for about a month and a half. The goal of Google Talk is to make real-time communication as open as possible, and in that regard, I've been working to offer all of Google Talk's features into other clients. Currently, I'm working on making it as easy as possible for other clients to use Google Talk's voice features. You can expect Gaim and other clients to be interoperable with Google Talk's voice features in the near future.
It's also worth pointing out (in favour of the grandparent's point) this clip from the Onion's interview with Neil Gaiman about the movie:
NG: [...] Once I started writing, we'd get into a load of arguments, and Dave was in the right, but I still didn't quite get it in terms of... He figured out how he could use his $4 million budget to make a movie, whereas I came from the school from which I have written my Hollywood scripts in the past, which is that realistic stuff is cheap and special-effects-y stuff is expensive.
AVC: And the entire movie is essentially a special effect.
NG: Right. I wanted to do a school scene, and Dave said, "We can't afford it. We'd have to have at least 10 kids, we'd have to have chaperones, a teacher, locations, this, that, and the other, and it will cost." And he'd see my expression and he'd say, "But look, if you wanted the world crumpling up like a piece of paper and turning into a flower, I can do that for nothing." So we had this very, very strange and testy series of days on the thing. And I think a lot of it was just a shock of discovering that this wasn't as easy and pleasant as everything else in our collaboration had ever been.
CGI is cheap these days in film. It will eventually become the same way in games, as well. It's just a matter of time.
Well, if you want to substitute Rail Shooter for FPS, then you should check Rez out. The creators of Rez site the Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky as a major stylistic influence.
I use Rose at work, and I find it to be fine to work with -- all I'm trying to do is create a few diagrams, and it makes it relatively easy (relative to Visio) to piece together a class or use case diagram with as little work as possible.
It's bloated, but as long as your company furnishes you with decent hardware to run it on, that's hardly an issue.
It needs some work on exporting the diagrams to a useful format (a vector-based diagram export, such as SVG or eps, would be a nice addition) but in general it does a good job of... doing whatever it is it does.
I can't comment on using it as part of the entire RUP, as we just use it for diagrams.
You aren't strange, you aren't different, and you certainly aren't special.
People have been critisizing television as mind numbing drivel for decades upon decades.
It also seems to have become some sort of holy symbol, you have those that 'escape' the cult, who are then scorned and looked on as kooks and mistrusted by those who are left behind(of course some people who free themselves from any vice can be a bit self-righteous) but overall there is a feeling of distrust towards those that are no longer captive, i know because i remember a number of times in my life feeling just that towards people who have simply stated they dont watch TV.
Well, it depends -- if the person who stopped watching TV is an ass about it, then sure, they're going to be treated like one.
But what it sounds like is that you make the assumption that a) television is repulsive, and as a concequence of that b) no one would watch it of thier own free will. After all, if you find it repulsive, then it is repulsive, right?
People aren't controlled into watching TV, they watch it because that's what they want to do.
(Since you claim you're reading now, I'd recommend reading this before you go start screaming "WAKE UP!" in your best Zack De La Rocha voice at people).
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Language evolves. Get used to it.
The iPod is successful NOT because of technology, or nifty programming tricks, or being able to play every free codec in existence, or what have you.
It's successful because it's stylish, because it's simple to use, and because -- and this is the only reason I use mine instead of having it sit in the junk drawer with my last 2 mp3 players -- because the software you use (iTunes) to sync with the device is USEFUL in it's own right.
Really, the key for devices like this is how well the software on the host device works. iTunes is good enough that I was using it to manage my music before I even had an iPod. Does it do everything under the sun like foobar2000 (which is what I was using before iTunes)? No. But it does the core tasks well enough that I find it very useful.
The usefulness or lack there of of the host software is going to determine how useful the Neuros product is. If it shows up as a drive, and they expect me to "manage" my music or video by copying over music out from underneath my music management software manually, I'm sorry, but it loses.
But the date didn't end with sex.
It ended in him mocking her because of her beliefs on copyright law.
Certainly very slashdot.
On the flip side, the old logo (though fun) was terribly amateurish, and impeded taking the OS seriously. Then again, Linux was taken seriously in spite of the goofy penguin.
Conclusion: You can't take FreeBSD seriously.
Later, with absolutely no mandate from the UN or NATO, very few allies (with the exception of the UK), and no occupation plan, the US invaded Iraq.
You forgot Poland!
Have you ever tried to operate a PDA with just your thumb?
Only if they release it. .... which was the assumption that was underlying this whole thread. It started with an offhand statement that ended "(unless Google releases GoogleFS)".
So yes, if they release GoogleFS, and if it requires kernel modifications, and if they don't sequester the binary module away behind a kernel-space loader like nVidia does with thier graphics drivers, then yes they will need to make it GPL-compatable.
Since google's massive infrastructure is built on Linux, chances are any kernel-space filesystem they release is going to have to be GPL compatible.
a) Acrobat is a program, not a format. If you're on windows, check out a program called Foxit PDF Reader. It's much nicer as a reader (but doesn't print on my box, oh well).
b) To make Acrobat play nicer with your browser, go into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins and remove all the files EXCEPT AcroSign.prc, EWH32.api, Search5.api, Search.api -- the freezing of your browser is caused by Acrobat loading all it's extra plugins, so just remove them and it will be faster.
Personally, I have the Acrobat plugin disabled, and I have the browser open PDFs in Foxit. But whatever.
Hey, some of us like the taste of Asparteme!
Did you somehow not notice that the URL starts with babelfish.altavista.com...?
Perhaps they should tell him that:
Working at Google
I (Sean) have been hired by Google, moved to Seattle, and have been working on the Google Talk team for about a month and a half. The goal of Google Talk is to make real-time communication as open as possible, and in that regard, I've been working to offer all of Google Talk's features into other clients. Currently, I'm working on making it as easy as possible for other clients to use Google Talk's voice features. You can expect Gaim and other clients to be interoperable with Google Talk's voice features in the near future.
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Dave McKean's Mirrormask comes to mind.
It's also worth pointing out (in favour of the grandparent's point) this clip from the Onion's interview with Neil Gaiman about the movie:
NG: [...] Once I started writing, we'd get into a load of arguments, and Dave was in the right, but I still didn't quite get it in terms of... He figured out how he could use his $4 million budget to make a movie, whereas I came from the school from which I have written my Hollywood scripts in the past, which is that realistic stuff is cheap and special-effects-y stuff is expensive.
AVC: And the entire movie is essentially a special effect.
NG: Right. I wanted to do a school scene, and Dave said, "We can't afford it. We'd have to have at least 10 kids, we'd have to have chaperones, a teacher, locations, this, that, and the other, and it will cost." And he'd see my expression and he'd say, "But look, if you wanted the world crumpling up like a piece of paper and turning into a flower, I can do that for nothing." So we had this very, very strange and testy series of days on the thing. And I think a lot of it was just a shock of discovering that this wasn't as easy and pleasant as everything else in our collaboration had ever been.
CGI is cheap these days in film. It will eventually become the same way in games, as well. It's just a matter of time.
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Well, if you want to substitute Rail Shooter for FPS, then you should check Rez out. The creators of Rez site the Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky as a major stylistic influence.
It's also an awesome game.
I use Rose at work, and I find it to be fine to work with -- all I'm trying to do is create a few diagrams, and it makes it relatively easy (relative to Visio) to piece together a class or use case diagram with as little work as possible.
It's bloated, but as long as your company furnishes you with decent hardware to run it on, that's hardly an issue.
It needs some work on exporting the diagrams to a useful format (a vector-based diagram export, such as SVG or eps, would be a nice addition) but in general it does a good job of... doing whatever it is it does.
I can't comment on using it as part of the entire RUP, as we just use it for diagrams.
Is the Z22 backlit? The blurb doesn't say.
I would have bought a Zire 21 ages ago for a cheap e-book reader, had it been backlit.
I guess my old Handspring Visor Deluxe will still be in use if it's not.
You aren't strange, you aren't different, and you certainly aren't special.
People have been critisizing television as mind numbing drivel for decades upon decades.
It also seems to have become some sort of holy symbol, you have those that 'escape' the cult, who are then scorned and looked on as kooks and mistrusted by those who are left behind(of course some people who free themselves from any vice can be a bit self-righteous) but overall there is a feeling of distrust towards those that are no longer captive, i know because i remember a number of times in my life feeling just that towards people who have simply stated they dont watch TV.
Well, it depends -- if the person who stopped watching TV is an ass about it, then sure, they're going to be treated like one.
But what it sounds like is that you make the assumption that a) television is repulsive, and as a concequence of that b) no one would watch it of thier own free will. After all, if you find it repulsive, then it is repulsive, right?
People aren't controlled into watching TV, they watch it because that's what they want to do.
(Since you claim you're reading now, I'd recommend reading this before you go start screaming "WAKE UP!" in your best Zack De La Rocha voice at people).
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1) Go to Wal-mart (or if you're still drinking your anti-consumerist kool-aid, then go to "your local store" and pay more).
2) Go to the place where the DVDs are.
3) Notice that they sell full seasons of TV series for $50 or so.
4) Watch. With no commericals!
Why, are you a PSP fan?
a) You can access gmail's mail with POP3 (you can't get at Yahoo's pop access with a free account).
b) You can read POP3 mail with a Yahoo account
So, umm, yeah, you can use the Yahoo interface to read your gmail mail.
Next.
Nah, girls just want to have lunch.
PST if you need a tank for BFD.
B)Laast time I checked, it was illegal in the US for telemarketers to call cell phones.
First word of headline is.....?
I assume I'm not the only Canadian to have been pulled out of a meeting by my cell phone to be told I've won a vacation.