"I have a firm belief that computers should conform themselves to my behavior, and not the other way around." --Steven Levy, on the original Newton release of the Graffiti pen input system now used in the palmpilot
Well, the Graffiti system in the Palm is totally different from the handwriting recognition of the Newton. While the Newton tried to make sense of the letters you scribbled on the screen (using a dictionary based approach), the Palm requires you to learn the graffiti strokes. So the Palm forces you to adapt to the machine while the Newton tried to adapt itself to you.
If it isn't outright insults then it is
implict insults ("We hereby grant you forgiveness..") Come on! WHO ARE YOU? GOD?
No, but the holders of the copyright on a lot of gpl'ed software.
Before 1996 two german journalists who specialized in security and espionage news and investigative journalism wrote a book on PROMIS. After reading it I believe the story. The journalists also did a book on the Clifford Stoll case, viewed from a german perspective.
Book details:
Egmont R. Koch, Jochen Sperber: Die Datenmafia. Computerspionage und neue Informationskartelle. Rowohl TB 1996. ISBN 3449602474. DM 16,90.
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Exactly, this is what the agile methodologies do. See the Agile Manifesto.
The founders of XP are part of the agile alliance.
Well, the Graffiti system in the Palm is totally different from the handwriting recognition of the Newton. While the Newton tried to make sense of the letters you scribbled on the screen (using a dictionary based approach), the Palm requires you to learn the graffiti strokes. So the Palm forces you to adapt to the machine while the Newton tried to adapt itself to you.
If it isn't outright insults then it is implict insults ("We hereby grant you forgiveness..") Come on! WHO ARE YOU? GOD?
No, but the holders of the copyright on a lot of gpl'ed software.
Before 1996 two german journalists who specialized in security and espionage news and investigative journalism wrote a book on PROMIS. After reading it I believe the story. The journalists also did a book on the Clifford Stoll case, viewed from a german perspective.
Book details: Egmont R. Koch, Jochen Sperber: Die Datenmafia. Computerspionage und neue Informationskartelle. Rowohl TB 1996. ISBN 3449602474. DM 16,90.