We already knew that particles are also waves... What does this experiment show us that's new? Does it show that two particles are a wave, or something?
It tells us nothing new about waves and particles, but it does confirm that there is no difference between a pair of slits separated by space and a pair of slits separated in time. IOW it confirms that time is just another dimension.
When our laptop was stolen, insurance company replaced it. The old laptop ran linux. The insurance replacement came with windows xp. The first time I turned it on, I was presented with an EULA. This was not presented at time of purchase. I clicked on "I do NOT agree" and it told me I had to click on "I agree" to use the system. It wouldn't let me past that screen. So I rebooted with a Mandrake insall CD and blew away the OS I wasn't allowed to use - according to the manufacturer - even though no such restrictions were presented at the time of sale.
Now, if I needed wine - which I don't - but if I did - then I would feel entitled to use whatever windows components where sold with the laptop. No post-purchase EULA will be honoured by me - although I will honour any agreements made before the sale.
So when linux reaches critical mass and people spend as much time searching for/writing worms for it as they do for windows, how's that support ration going to look?
So when apache reaches critical mass and people spend as much time searching for/writing worms for it as they do for IIS, how's that support ration going to look?
Customer now thinks Open Source people are clueless freaks, and any mention of this stuff is taboo. I see this *all the time* and it really gets me upset.
It upsets me too. I'm reluctant to promote OSS until I've asked a few questions about what the other person needs, and I try to point out all the pitfalls too. That way, if a person tries Linux for example, and it's not as hard as I said it might be, they're impressed. Raising expectations and then not meeting them is not a good practice in the long run.
Since both GNOME and KDE are increasingly adopting standards from freedesktop.org, they increasingly interoperate well.
This is even better than ending the so-called "KDE vs Gnome wars". With this it looks like KDE and Gnome will be two different implementations of the same standard, each with their own distinguishing features. Nothing wrong with that.
Now, within any given corporation that decides to use linux desktops, it will either be all KDE or all Gnome, as dictated by the IT dept. Nothing wrong with that either.
The hardcore geeks can still use windowmaker, icewm, et al. Nothing wrong with that either.
My computers all run GNOME. And mine all run KDE. Not because KDE is any better, but because that's what I've grown acustomed to. I still have the GTK libs so I can run gnome apps - eg I run grip for ripping my CD collection.
By grandparent you mean speedplane? nnappe hit the nail on the head. I was backing him/her up by offering some extra vocab. I see no reason why english can't borrow a couple more words. Just anglicise them a bit and add 'em to the rest:-)
My first language was dutch (but I've lived in English speaking countries since I was 5 so I speak english better). The dutch use "gratis" for "free-as-in-beer", but I always thought it was borrowed from french. Maybe I was wrong.
You've reached the limitation of the english language. Time to switch to french which has the useful distinction of gratis vs libre. The english modifiers as-in-beer and as-in-speech do get across the general idea, but not as well as gratis vs libre.
We should be executing archaic 30-year-old scum like you
32 next month, actually. I had my first taste of the Internet in about 1994 using IRC and usenet. I don't know if Sir Tim had invented the WWW yet then. I do use the phrase "way back when" when refering to early days of internet (I realise the net had already been around for a while when I started using it).
In Christchurch, New Zealand, a city of 400,000 people, I found only one shop that sold tri-wing bits for my screwdriver set. It was a specialist shop for unusual tools. Tri-wing screws are used on Telecom's demarcation boxes.
If you own the vehicle, as long as it's safe, why would you be unable to drive it after replacing parts? [emphasis mine]
It doesn't just need to be safe - it needs to be certified as safe. If the authorities in charge of traffic safety where you live can't verify that it's safe, they'll err on the side of caution and not let you drive it. For your safety and others'. Those authorities are accountable to society for maintaining safety and they will cover their own asses.
Even worse, I can see this breaking the end-to-end nature of the internet where anyone can be a content publisher.
It's been said that "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one" and that "The Internet is the biggest threat to any regime wishing to control its population".
This is not good for the general public. Instead of active participants in creating discussion, ideas, rants etc, we will become mindless consumers of commercial content. Please don't let this happen.
Time to re-read this essay. Stallman's disturbing future scenario is getting scarily closer with every new technical or legal development in this field.
Even if you don't normally agree with Stallman, read the essay anyway, and the notes that follow.
Actually, what's wrong with a peice of paper in your shirt pocket? A hacker can't remotely access my shirtpocket. A pickpocket would have access to trouser pockets and coat pockets, but would be noticed lunging for your chest. If someone does get access to your shirt pocket you have bigger problems than someone getting your password.
I don't need justification for my RPN calculator (HP48s). That stack thing has proved useful so many times with complex multistage calculations that I miss it when I use a conventional calculator.
Is RPN for everyone? Probably not. Is it for me? Definitely. Couldn't bear to be without it. I think the same applies to mice. I like middle-click tabbed browsing and middle-click copy&paste. Many other people I know never touch any button except the left. It's good that Apple offers its customers the choice. No other PC maker that I know of offers a one-button mouse.
In fact, one might argue that double-clicking to launch apps is a kludge too. A lot of people have trouble with double-clicking, it requires a bit of dexterity, and we didn't all grow up playing Asteroids. Double-clicking is an awkward convention forced onto Apple by their choice of a one-button mouse, and then thoughtlessly copied by everyone else.
Double clicking to open files and lauch apps. Hate it. I'm glad that both KDE and Windows have a setting that allows you to launch with single clicks. Single-left-click - Open. Single-right-click - Menu. Single-middle-click - Paste (X11 only).
Multiple clicks are good for: double-click - select whole word. triple-click - select whole line.
The above are my prefs. A good gui will let you change behaviour to match your prefs and a good OS will remember separate prefs for each user. You may take this for granted - I remember when this wasn't the case.
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We already knew that particles are also waves... What does this experiment show us that's new? Does it show that two particles are a wave, or something?
It tells us nothing new about waves and particles, but it does confirm that there is no difference between a pair of slits separated by space and a pair of slits separated in time.
IOW it confirms that time is just another dimension.
Did you read the EULA?
When our laptop was stolen, insurance company replaced it.
The old laptop ran linux. The insurance replacement came with windows xp.
The first time I turned it on, I was presented with an EULA. This was not presented at time of purchase.
I clicked on "I do NOT agree" and it told me I had to click on "I agree" to use the system. It wouldn't let me past that screen. So I rebooted with a Mandrake insall CD and blew away the OS I wasn't allowed to use - according to the manufacturer - even though no such restrictions were presented at the time of sale.
Now, if I needed wine - which I don't - but if I did - then I would feel entitled to use whatever windows components where sold with the laptop. No post-purchase EULA will be honoured by me - although I will honour any agreements made before the sale.
Whats next, microsoft buys lots of non voting shares in linux ... ?
What stock exchange is linux listed on?
One can buy shares in Red Hat, Novell or any other linux distributor I suppose.
So when linux reaches critical mass and people spend as much time searching for/writing worms for it as they do for windows, how's that support ration going to look?
So when apache reaches critical mass and people spend as much time searching for/writing worms for it as they do for IIS, how's that support ration going to look?
there's also a textual description of the device
According to the bios hack site linked to in a previous thread, the whitelist in the bios only includes the numeric IDs.
Customer now thinks Open Source people are clueless freaks, and any mention of this stuff is taboo. I see this *all the time* and it really gets me upset.
It upsets me too. I'm reluctant to promote OSS until I've asked a few questions about what the other person needs, and I try to point out all the pitfalls too. That way, if a person tries Linux for example, and it's not as hard as I said it might be, they're impressed. Raising expectations and then not meeting them is not a good practice in the long run.
Since both GNOME and KDE are increasingly adopting standards from freedesktop.org, they increasingly interoperate well.
This is even better than ending the so-called "KDE vs Gnome wars".
With this it looks like KDE and Gnome will be two different implementations of the same standard, each with their own distinguishing features. Nothing wrong with that.
Now, within any given corporation that decides to use linux desktops, it will either be all KDE or all Gnome, as dictated by the IT dept. Nothing wrong with that either.
The hardcore geeks can still use windowmaker, icewm, et al. Nothing wrong with that either.
My computers all run GNOME.
And mine all run KDE. Not because KDE is any better, but because that's what I've grown acustomed to. I still have the GTK libs so I can run gnome apps - eg I run grip for ripping my CD collection.
By grandparent you mean speedplane? nnappe hit the nail on the head. I was backing him/her up by offering some extra vocab. I see no reason why english can't borrow a couple more words. Just anglicise them a bit and add 'em to the rest :-)
My first language was dutch (but I've lived in English speaking countries since I was 5 so I speak english better).
The dutch use "gratis" for "free-as-in-beer", but I always thought it was borrowed from french. Maybe I was wrong.
You've reached the limitation of the english language.
Time to switch to french which has the useful distinction of gratis vs libre. The english modifiers as-in-beer and as-in-speech do get across the general idea, but not as well as gratis vs libre.
Disclaimer: IANAF
"Twice as old as the universe and they still haven't replaced the diodes on my left side."
We should be executing archaic 30-year-old scum like you
32 next month, actually. I had my first taste of the Internet in about 1994 using IRC and usenet. I don't know if Sir Tim had invented the WWW yet then. I do use the phrase "way back when" when refering to early days of internet (I realise the net had already been around for a while when I started using it).
I wonder if now'd be a good time to mention copy and paste.
Yes? What about it?
I think you mean WYSIWYM, in which case I would agree with you.
Ctrl-S is a reflex action at the end of each paragraph (sometimes sentence) for me.
In Christchurch, New Zealand, a city of 400,000 people, I found only one shop that sold tri-wing bits for my screwdriver set. It was a specialist shop for unusual tools. Tri-wing screws are used on Telecom's demarcation boxes.
If you own the vehicle, as long as it's safe, why would you be unable to drive it after replacing parts? [emphasis mine]
It doesn't just need to be safe - it needs to be certified as safe. If the authorities in charge of traffic safety where you live can't verify that it's safe, they'll err on the side of caution and not let you drive it. For your safety and others'. Those authorities are accountable to society for maintaining safety and they will cover their own asses.
Sure, with more OS/2 users, there may not have been so many people developing for Linux but it would still be here.
I'm not a developer, but I do fit this demographic. I turned to linux only after IBM stopped developing OS/2 Warp.
Even worse, I can see this breaking the end-to-end nature of the internet where anyone can be a content publisher.
It's been said that "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one" and that "The Internet is the biggest threat to any regime wishing to control its population".
This is not good for the general public. Instead of active participants in creating discussion, ideas, rants etc, we will become mindless consumers of commercial content. Please don't let this happen.
Time to re-read this essay. Stallman's disturbing future scenario is getting scarily closer with every new technical or legal development in this field.
Even if you don't normally agree with Stallman, read the essay anyway, and the notes that follow.
What one generations tolerates....the next generation embraces
Thanks for my new sig.
... 18 live CDs based on unix-like OSes, or 17 live linux and one live BSD.
Actually, what's wrong with a peice of paper in your shirt pocket?
A hacker can't remotely access my shirtpocket.
A pickpocket would have access to trouser pockets and coat pockets, but would be noticed lunging for your chest.
If someone does get access to your shirt pocket you have bigger problems than someone getting your password.
I don't need justification for my RPN calculator (HP48s). That stack thing has proved useful so many times with complex multistage calculations that I miss it when I use a conventional calculator.
Is RPN for everyone? Probably not. Is it for me? Definitely. Couldn't bear to be without it. I think the same applies to mice. I like middle-click tabbed browsing and middle-click copy&paste. Many other people I know never touch any button except the left. It's good that Apple offers its customers the choice. No other PC maker that I know of offers a one-button mouse.
In fact, one might argue that double-clicking to launch apps is a kludge too. A lot of people have trouble with double-clicking, it requires a bit of dexterity, and we didn't all grow up playing Asteroids. Double-clicking is an awkward convention forced onto Apple by their choice of a one-button mouse, and then thoughtlessly copied by everyone else.
Double clicking to open files and lauch apps. Hate it. I'm glad that both KDE and Windows have a setting that allows you to launch with single clicks.
Single-left-click - Open.
Single-right-click - Menu.
Single-middle-click - Paste (X11 only).
Multiple clicks are good for:
double-click - select whole word.
triple-click - select whole line.
The above are my prefs. A good gui will let you change behaviour to match your prefs and a good OS will remember separate prefs for each user. You may take this for granted - I remember when this wasn't the case.