this project is not about god damn images. its about clean concise standards compliant code that can display the content of a page similarly between browsers/platforms.
yes they are in chrage of standards, and the standards are what ie5.5/ns6/mozilla/opera5 support. w3c can't force anyone to change their browser tho. it takes a genius like zeldman to come up with this idea, and he has many followers. and as i've stated in another post, not every single site will participate in this project. hardcore users who like jakob nielson type websites will stick with their outdated browsers and read their simply designed pages. all they want is content, and that is what they'll get. i'm not complaining to these users, for their desire will be fulfilled by their old browser. i just see no reason to use a browser that takes back to 1997 - nn4.x. if you wanna use nn, then use nn6 or the latest build of mozilla.
i'm sorry but if you are using a non-standards compliant version you are living in the damn past. for you hardcore people out there, the sites you want to see wont be upgrading by the way of the web standards project. your group of users aren't interested in current web technology, you simply want information delivered to you. i'm not saying you are ignorant, thats just the way you like things. so your sites will continue to work for you.
for the rest of us, the web has evolved. the technology of the web has evolved. there are very few reasons to be using browsers whose technology dates back to 1997! what good is the w3c at all if developers dont pay attention to them at all? i am a web developer, and it is a pitiful shame how i have to make my code a god damn mess for old browsers. if you would look at jeffrey's source code on www.alistapart.com it is fuckin beautiful. i'm amazed. he has completely separated style from content using html and css. and it looks good on any standards compliant browser. the real web developers of the world need to unite and make a stand, which is what we are doing. if you want to live in the past you can stay there. we won't miss you.
I agree completely with you. Personally I was a CS major and Philosophy minor at a difficult liberal arts school in PA. I have such a vast background in a variety of subjects, plus I learned many technical skills. Sure I can go learn to program in some language quicker by myself than goin to class, but college helps build the foundational set of skills necessary to be able to pick things up quickly. Plus there's the beer and women...
You know, this makes me wonder...Does Bill Gates read Slashdot? You'd figure he would right? It is important news and all... And he could easily be posting anonymously if he wanted...or he could have an account set up to look like someone else. This guy really sounded like Gates whining and crying in response to my comment...heheheh
I'd love to hear Bill Gates stuttering response to these little tidbits of information. Gotta love the confidence they have in their inferior products!
Method and apparatus for accelerating the rendering of images (6,092,124)
Well that that looks like quite a broad patent! Maybe NVIDIA should just sue all the other graphic chip manufacturers! Soon Microsoft will have the 'OS' patent...heheh
Well this is quite a Microsoft-esque tactic if I've ever seen one. Let's just kill off the small little competitor! My opinion of NVIDIA really dropped today after reading the news of this case. Aren't they doing enough damage to 3DFX already? 3DFX was making some kick ass chipsets before NVIDIA started whoopin ass in the 3D scene, so we gotta pay em some respect for basically starting the whole 3D revolution.
I guess NVIDIA is just getting a little bit too greedy. I guess their outrageous share prices aren't enough for them...
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It's really good that we get to hear something from a Tazmanian viewpoint, since a vast majority of us have never heard of this creature before today. But I just have one thing to say:
I wanna see through clothes, not through skin! What's the use of this stuff? Wasted technology I tell you, we need more pr0n tools like that "feeling" mouse! just kiddin...
I definately see this as a worthwhile project. Many libraries of inner city schools would benefit from a free cataloguing[sp?] system. I see XML being mentioned in the article post, but what exactly is being done with XML in this project arena? Personally, I can see XML as the perfect tool to fit into a card cataloguing system. An XML card catalog language specification should be constructed, and used for inter-library communication between school libraries, college libraries, and public libraries.
So yes, there seems to be some value in the project
I believe that the true benefit of these books is more of an eye-opener for many individuals who would not normally open a book that says 'linux' on the cover. If they see 'dummies' associated with 'linux', some people might recognize that the OS is not quite as complex as some of the common news sources report it is. It won't hurt the linux community to have some more publicity by the sale of these books.
I'm not trying to be funny, I'm being serious. This thing could do wonders for the pr0n industry on the web [not that it is currently suffering or anything]. Imagine being able to feel that someone's breast with a mouse. Gotta love technology...
Great, this is just what we need--another way to get more advertisements shoved in our face. Just imagine the possibilities, considering the baseball game example shown in the article.
Unrelated to that, I can see some neat new philosophical arguments that could arise from examples of this technology. We already know how our sense can deceive us, which in turn makes it harder for it to affirm reality, but this new twist of technology used to deceive the senses is interesting. I bet Hume never thought of this one... Sorry for my philosophical blabber.
Finnish Karate Champion...and where would one come across this useful tidbit of info? For some reason geek gods and karate champions aren't exactly on the same end of the spectrum in my mind...but hey, more power to him:)
Remember when the gameplay was what really mattered in games? Remember walking through dungeons, which pretty much lacked animation? It was the gameplay that mattered. Nowadays, companies try to make their product as graphically impressive as possible and compromise gameplay. Another problem is development time - since the companies focus so much on graphical content, their development time is vastly increased, and by the time the product ships, it is no longer graphically pleasing [cuz technology has moved on] and the gameplay is unsatisfactory. All this does is make for horrible games.
Many gamers out there still enjoy non graphical MUDs, since all that matters is the quest and the emotional involvement in a created world. Graphical MUD type games are the thing of the future, and games in general are completely becoming online based. The new era of gaming includes other real people, and this all started with the emotional involvement in games that was created by Doom. I'll never forget those first times I got to chase my friends around and kill them...hehehe...you know what I mean.
So lets move gaming technology forward not simply in graphical content, but game companies need to do more psychological studies on what gamers need and what they desire in their gaming environments. This is where the true advances can take place.
The main advantage I see this device having over Palm is in the realm of development. Palm development seems to require an expensive IDE to code in. There will be a multitude of open source IDEs developed for the Agenda platform. Tons of us geeks will flock to Linux PDA development once devices are released. When it comes down to it, people love free software. I dont wanna pay 10.00 for every little utility that someone writes [like you have to for most palm apps]. So I'd like to either write them myself, or have another developer out there make an open-source version.
Hopefully you are simply joking when you call something jap filth. And if you are not joking, then you are simply ignorant, and you sound racist. Also, I can't believe how many ignorant people post on slashdot. Seriously people, why in the hell do we have to fight about an anime? I've seen Lain; I like anime; Lain is pretty fucked up; Lain is interesting. OK, look! I spoke my opinion! I'll be damned, I think i'm allowed to do that right? Would everyone just frickin calm down over this?
Anyways, I personally think its interesting to read about anime news on slashdot. I'm no huge anime fan, but I know plenty of geeks like me are. So I have respect for other people in the tech community, many of you should learn to do the same.
There's my two cents...well maybe a wooden nickel's worth...
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that standardization of the the linux UI will simply transform linux into an open source version of windows? Personally, one reason why I enjoy linux is the complete customization of one's desktop and entire working environment. And I do agree that a standardized Linux UI would be better than Windows, but I'd rather keep the variety that is present today.
If this standardization takes place, KDE will simply be a thing of the past. I was a long time KDE user until recently, due to Gnome 2.0's superiority over KDE. Hopefully KDE 2.0 will put up a fight, so that we will once again have two great window managers to choose from, and two great window managers to develop for.
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this project is not about god damn images. its about clean concise standards compliant code that can display the content of a page similarly between browsers/platforms.
yes they are in chrage of standards, and the standards are what ie5.5/ns6/mozilla/opera5 support. w3c can't force anyone to change their browser tho. it takes a genius like zeldman to come up with this idea, and he has many followers. and as i've stated in another post, not every single site will participate in this project. hardcore users who like jakob nielson type websites will stick with their outdated browsers and read their simply designed pages. all they want is content, and that is what they'll get. i'm not complaining to these users, for their desire will be fulfilled by their old browser. i just see no reason to use a browser that takes back to 1997 - nn4.x. if you wanna use nn, then use nn6 or the latest build of mozilla.
aol making netscape 6 bad? netscape 6 is a great browser. its just packaged up mozilla, which is open source, not made by aol.
i'm sorry but if you are using a non-standards compliant version you are living in the damn past. for you hardcore people out there, the sites you want to see wont be upgrading by the way of the web standards project. your group of users aren't interested in current web technology, you simply want information delivered to you. i'm not saying you are ignorant, thats just the way you like things. so your sites will continue to work for you. for the rest of us, the web has evolved. the technology of the web has evolved. there are very few reasons to be using browsers whose technology dates back to 1997! what good is the w3c at all if developers dont pay attention to them at all? i am a web developer, and it is a pitiful shame how i have to make my code a god damn mess for old browsers. if you would look at jeffrey's source code on www.alistapart.com it is fuckin beautiful. i'm amazed. he has completely separated style from content using html and css. and it looks good on any standards compliant browser. the real web developers of the world need to unite and make a stand, which is what we are doing. if you want to live in the past you can stay there. we won't miss you.
it seems that you need the $3499 model to get it. its not even available as a choice to upgrade in the custom configurations of the other models...
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I agree completely with you. Personally I was a CS major and Philosophy minor at a difficult liberal arts school in PA. I have such a vast background in a variety of subjects, plus I learned many technical skills. Sure I can go learn to program in some language quicker by myself than goin to class, but college helps build the foundational set of skills necessary to be able to pick things up quickly. Plus there's the beer and women...
-=MeMpHiStO=-(mind you this is before Amazon diluted itself by selling so much crap, that buying books became a pain)
Wow they really do sell Crap
-=MeMpHiStO=-You know, this makes me wonder...Does Bill Gates read Slashdot? You'd figure he would right? It is important news and all... And he could easily be posting anonymously if he wanted...or he could have an account set up to look like someone else. This guy really sounded like Gates whining and crying in response to my comment...heheheh
I'd love to hear Bill Gates stuttering response to these little tidbits of information. Gotta love the confidence they have in their inferior products!
-=MeMpHiStO=-I must admit, you are quite correct. I guess NVIDIA wants to get them back, and wipe them out at the same time.
-=MeMpHiStO=-Method and apparatus for accelerating the rendering of images (6,092,124)
Well that that looks like quite a broad patent! Maybe NVIDIA should just sue all the other graphic chip manufacturers! Soon Microsoft will have the 'OS' patent...heheh
-=MeMpHiStO=-Well this is quite a Microsoft-esque tactic if I've ever seen one. Let's just kill off the small little competitor! My opinion of NVIDIA really dropped today after reading the news of this case. Aren't they doing enough damage to 3DFX already? 3DFX was making some kick ass chipsets before NVIDIA started whoopin ass in the 3D scene, so we gotta pay em some respect for basically starting the whole 3D revolution.
I guess NVIDIA is just getting a little bit too greedy. I guess their outrageous share prices aren't enough for them...
-=MeMpHiStO=-It's really good that we get to hear something from a Tazmanian viewpoint, since a vast majority of us have never heard of this creature before today. But I just have one thing to say:
The dingo stole my baby!
-=MeMpHiStO=-I wanna see through clothes, not through skin! What's the use of this stuff? Wasted technology I tell you, we need more pr0n tools like that "feeling" mouse! just kiddin...
-=MeMpHiStO=-I definately see this as a worthwhile project. Many libraries of inner city schools would benefit from a free cataloguing[sp?] system. I see XML being mentioned in the article post, but what exactly is being done with XML in this project arena? Personally, I can see XML as the perfect tool to fit into a card cataloguing system. An XML card catalog language specification should be constructed, and used for inter-library communication between school libraries, college libraries, and public libraries.
So yes, there seems to be some value in the project
-=MeMpHiStO=-I believe that the true benefit of these books is more of an eye-opener for many individuals who would not normally open a book that says 'linux' on the cover. If they see 'dummies' associated with 'linux', some people might recognize that the OS is not quite as complex as some of the common news sources report it is. It won't hurt the linux community to have some more publicity by the sale of these books.
-=MeMpHiStO=-I'm not trying to be funny, I'm being serious. This thing could do wonders for the pr0n industry on the web [not that it is currently suffering or anything]. Imagine being able to feel that someone's breast with a mouse. Gotta love technology...
-=MeMpHiStO=-
Great, this is just what we need--another way to get more advertisements shoved in our face. Just imagine the possibilities, considering the baseball game example shown in the article.
Unrelated to that, I can see some neat new philosophical arguments that could arise from examples of this technology. We already know how our sense can deceive us, which in turn makes it harder for it to affirm reality, but this new twist of technology used to deceive the senses is interesting. I bet Hume never thought of this one... Sorry for my philosophical blabber.
-=MeMpH1St0=-Finnish Karate Champion...and where would one come across this useful tidbit of info? For some reason geek gods and karate champions aren't exactly on the same end of the spectrum in my mind...but hey, more power to him :)
-=MeMpHiStO=-Remember when the gameplay was what really mattered in games? Remember walking through dungeons, which pretty much lacked animation? It was the gameplay that mattered. Nowadays, companies try to make their product as graphically impressive as possible and compromise gameplay. Another problem is development time - since the companies focus so much on graphical content, their development time is vastly increased, and by the time the product ships, it is no longer graphically pleasing [cuz technology has moved on] and the gameplay is unsatisfactory. All this does is make for horrible games.
Many gamers out there still enjoy non graphical MUDs, since all that matters is the quest and the emotional involvement in a created world. Graphical MUD type games are the thing of the future, and games in general are completely becoming online based. The new era of gaming includes other real people, and this all started with the emotional involvement in games that was created by Doom. I'll never forget those first times I got to chase my friends around and kill them...hehehe...you know what I mean.
So lets move gaming technology forward not simply in graphical content, but game companies need to do more psychological studies on what gamers need and what they desire in their gaming environments. This is where the true advances can take place.
-=MeMpHiStO=-When I read "space laser broom" which "sweeps up debris", all I could think of was MegaMaid in Spaceballs going from suck to blow...
-=MeMpHiStO=-CodeWarrior is an IDE, gcc is a compiler.
-=MeMpHiStO=-The main advantage I see this device having over Palm is in the realm of development. Palm development seems to require an expensive IDE to code in. There will be a multitude of open source IDEs developed for the Agenda platform. Tons of us geeks will flock to Linux PDA development once devices are released. When it comes down to it, people love free software. I dont wanna pay 10.00 for every little utility that someone writes [like you have to for most palm apps]. So I'd like to either write them myself, or have another developer out there make an open-source version.
-=MeMpHiStO=-Hopefully you are simply joking when you call something jap filth. And if you are not joking, then you are simply ignorant, and you sound racist. Also, I can't believe how many ignorant people post on slashdot. Seriously people, why in the hell do we have to fight about an anime? I've seen Lain; I like anime; Lain is pretty fucked up; Lain is interesting. OK, look! I spoke my opinion! I'll be damned, I think i'm allowed to do that right? Would everyone just frickin calm down over this?
Anyways, I personally think its interesting to read about anime news on slashdot. I'm no huge anime fan, but I know plenty of geeks like me are. So I have respect for other people in the tech community, many of you should learn to do the same.
There's my two cents...well maybe a wooden nickel's worth...
-=MeMpHiStO=-Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that standardization of the the linux UI will simply transform linux into an open source version of windows? Personally, one reason why I enjoy linux is the complete customization of one's desktop and entire working environment. And I do agree that a standardized Linux UI would be better than Windows, but I'd rather keep the variety that is present today.
If this standardization takes place, KDE will simply be a thing of the past. I was a long time KDE user until recently, due to Gnome 2.0's superiority over KDE. Hopefully KDE 2.0 will put up a fight, so that we will once again have two great window managers to choose from, and two great window managers to develop for.
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