I'll second this. Gonick is very good at getting the basic principles across in an interesting and non-threatening way. There is very little math in the book, but most beginners find the math intimidating. Once they understand the concepts, they'll have a much easier time learning how to work through problems from another source.
But there's absolutely no point in buying a closed platform when the software, specially designed for that platform, sucks. At least with PCs, I can run BeOS on a laptop; with Macs, such is no longer an option.
You know, that is an opinion.
Actually, it isn't. The last Mac system BeOS ran on was the PPC 604. The specs for the G3s and G4s were only made available to Apple, and Be didn't have the resources to reverse-engineer.
Also, if you want to dual boot, you're out of luck if you want to use MacOS 9.0 or better. Since 9.0, MacOS hasn't played well with the Be bootloader.
Labor strikes used to be broken up with armed troops
This is true, but misleading. This makes it sound like the strikers were being forced at gunpoint to return to work. They were not. The troops were used to protect workers (or "scabs") who were hired to replace the striking worker. It was common practice in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries for striking workers to physically assault the scabs, or even to seize the factory by force and refuse to allow anyone else in.
Slow Down Cowboy! [omitted] If this error seems to be incorrect, please provide the following in your report to SourceForge.net: [omitted]
When I get an error message like that, it only takes me a few seconds to skim it and get the information I need (usually, I'm done after "Slow down Cowboy!").
If you have a competer generated voice read it to me over the phone, it will take 115 words/60 wpm = just under two minutes for me to get the same amount of useful information. Most of that time will be used up being forced to listen to irrelevant info. My annoyance at that will carry over and make me annoyed at the grating tone of the CG voice as well.
Stallman wants fame. Partly as an end in itself, and partly so that people will listen to his ideas. As long as Torvalds gets primary credit for Linux, he has more fame than Stallman.
Comparing MS Office to Emacs is like comparing sitcoms to Mozart
Mozart and sitcoms are targeted towards very different audiences. By all accounts, Mozart is of higher quality than sitcoms. Sitcoms are far more popular than Mozart.
The Congress shall have power... to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
Does this mean that any IP laws which do not promote the progress of science and useful arts are unconstitutional?
Similar logic has been applied (rightly or wrongly) to the second amendment to limit the right to keep and bear arms to members of militias.
"Yeah boss, I need a larger monitor to display more code and a faster processor to compile faster!"
I actually do need this. The code I could get by with a small monitor, but a large one is nice. As for the processor, it takes 10 minutes to build the whole project and 2 minutes to just build the part I'm working on. It was even worse on my old computer.
Why do people still refuse to believe that humans have visited other celestial bodies?
Since they weren't "fooled" by the "fake" moon landings, and we were, that must make them smarter than we are.
Another factor is that people who are generally suspicious/disdainful of the US as a whole, or the federal government specifically, can support their beliefs with the claim that one of the US gov't's high profile acheivements was actually a fraud. I'm not claiming that these people are deliberately lying, just that human nature makes us more likely to believe claims that support our prejudices.
Maybe its just good design. BeOS, which was developed in part by ex-apple people, manages to install in 10-15 minutes on just about any system, without control of the hardware. The only problem I've ever had with it is lack of drivers.
I used to do QA for Be, so I've installed BeOS hundreds of times, on clean systems, on top of older versions of BeOS, on top of other OSs, and on a new partition alongside MacOS, Windows, or Linux.
I prefer reading ebooks from my palm to paper books. Ligher, just as easy on the eyes (easier in low light, thanks to backlighting), and searchable. Lots of public domain books online, and there are freeware programs to convert from plaintext to palmdoc. There is also an Acrobat Reader for Palm.
Now, lets have bush raise the school budget to 150 billion from the little tiny 20 billion that it is, (currently we spend 400 billion and rising per year on the military)
In the USA, primary responsibility for education spending is with the state and local governments. According to this, education spending ranges from $3,700 to $8,100 per student. Military spending is only $1,400 per US citizen.
Don't we all spend enough time before computers already?
I was born in 1981. Personal computers were first mass-marketed in 1979. Mainframes were around for decades before that, and adding machines for decades before that. I didn't spend any time before computers.
Airships are big balloons. We've all rubbed balloons against our shirts, then stuck them to the wall. This is an "electrostatic" effect. If you rub an airship against a big enough shirt, it will accellerate towards the nearest large wall. The clever bit is that you pile a bunch of drywall slabs on the back of a truck, then drive the truck around while the airship follows. Since the wall is moving, the effect is "electrokinetic".
I'm waiting for a report that the development of the large shirts in the 1950s was partially responsible for the Paul Bunyan legend.
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This job would be great if it wasnt for the customers!!!!
There's a way to get them to stop bugging you...
I'll second this. Gonick is very good at getting the basic principles across in an interesting and non-threatening way. There is very little math in the book, but most beginners find the math intimidating. Once they understand the concepts, they'll have a much easier time learning how to work through problems from another source.
But there's absolutely no point in buying a closed platform when the software, specially designed for that platform, sucks. At least with PCs, I can run BeOS on a laptop; with Macs, such is no longer an option.
You know, that is an opinion.
Actually, it isn't. The last Mac system BeOS ran on was the PPC 604. The specs for the G3s and G4s were only made available to Apple, and Be didn't have the resources to reverse-engineer.
Also, if you want to dual boot, you're out of luck if you want to use MacOS 9.0 or better. Since 9.0, MacOS hasn't played well with the Be bootloader.
Labor strikes used to be broken up with armed troops
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This is true, but misleading. This makes it sound like the strikers were being forced at gunpoint to return to work. They were not. The troops were used to protect workers (or "scabs") who were hired to replace the striking worker. It was common practice in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries for striking workers to physically assault the scabs, or even to seize the factory by force and refuse to allow anyone else in.
Sources:
http://www.detroit300.org/detroit300curriculum/dl
http://www.labornet.org/viewpoints/meister/sitdow
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/casey.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Writings/WarOf
cummon the undead
That's disgusting. Whatever room you do that in is secure from me, at least.
...This guy
But if they were launching from the US, they'd still need permission to export the same parts to the moon.
Insert traditional "The Moon is a Left Wing Hoax" troll/joke here.
Slow Down Cowboy!
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If this error seems to be incorrect, please provide the following in your report to SourceForge.net:
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When I get an error message like that, it only takes me a few seconds to skim it and get the information I need (usually, I'm done after "Slow down Cowboy!").
If you have a competer generated voice read it to me over the phone, it will take 115 words/60 wpm = just under two minutes for me to get the same amount of useful information. Most of that time will be used up being forced to listen to irrelevant info. My annoyance at that will carry over and make me annoyed at the grating tone of the CG voice as well.
Hacker's Diet
You type "Arrrrgh!" when you get hit by a meteorite? I guess you must have been dictating your post.
I Am Not A Lawyer, But I Study Law.
I prefer IANYAL = I Am Not Yet A Lawyer.
Stallman wants fame. Partly as an end in itself, and partly so that people will listen to his ideas. As long as Torvalds gets primary credit for Linux, he has more fame than Stallman.
Comparing MS Office to Emacs is like comparing sitcoms to Mozart
Mozart and sitcoms are targeted towards very different audiences.
By all accounts, Mozart is of higher quality than sitcoms.
Sitcoms are far more popular than Mozart.
Seems like a pretty good analogy.
The Congress shall have power ... to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
Does this mean that any IP laws which do not promote the progress of science and useful arts are unconstitutional?
Similar logic has been applied (rightly or wrongly) to the second amendment to limit the right to keep and bear arms to members of militias.
I will officially give up computing when I need a two gigahertz P4 and a $500 video card to do a Word mail-merge...
With Apple rendering the GUI in the video card, this may not be that far off. We'll miss you, drunkmonk.
"Yeah boss, I need a larger monitor to display more code and a faster processor to compile faster!"
I actually do need this. The code I could get by with a small monitor, but a large one is nice. As for the processor, it takes 10 minutes to build the whole project and 2 minutes to just build the part I'm working on. It was even worse on my old computer.
So you intend to rust my tank to death?
Why do people still refuse to believe that humans have visited other celestial bodies?
Since they weren't "fooled" by the "fake" moon landings, and we were, that must make them smarter than we are.
Another factor is that people who are generally suspicious/disdainful of the US as a whole, or the federal government specifically, can support their beliefs with the claim that one of the US gov't's high profile acheivements was actually a fraud. I'm not claiming that these people are deliberately lying, just that human nature makes us more likely to believe claims that support our prejudices.
Maybe its just good design. BeOS, which was developed in part by ex-apple people, manages to install in 10-15 minutes on just about any system, without control of the hardware. The only problem I've ever had with it is lack of drivers.
I used to do QA for Be, so I've installed BeOS hundreds of times, on clean systems, on top of older versions of BeOS, on top of other OSs, and on a new partition alongside MacOS, Windows, or Linux.
I prefer reading ebooks from my palm to paper books. Ligher, just as easy on the eyes (easier in low light, thanks to backlighting), and searchable. Lots of public domain books online, and there are freeware programs to convert from plaintext to palmdoc. There is also an Acrobat Reader for Palm.
Now, lets have bush raise the school budget to 150 billion from the little tiny 20 billion that it is, (currently we spend 400 billion and rising per year on the military)
In the USA, primary responsibility for education spending is with the state and local governments. According to this, education spending ranges from $3,700 to $8,100 per student. Military spending is only $1,400 per US citizen.
But I don't know how to use the Three seashells.
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Don't we all spend enough time before computers already?
I was born in 1981. Personal computers were first mass-marketed in 1979. Mainframes were around for decades before that, and adding machines for decades before that. I didn't spend any time before computers.
Airships are big balloons. We've all rubbed balloons against our shirts, then stuck them to the wall. This is an "electrostatic" effect. If you rub an airship against a big enough shirt, it will accellerate towards the nearest large wall. The clever bit is that you pile a bunch of drywall slabs on the back of a truck, then drive the truck around while the airship follows. Since the wall is moving, the effect is "electrokinetic".
I'm waiting for a report that the development of the large shirts in the 1950s was partially responsible for the Paul Bunyan legend.