One could propose that intelligence and creativity are qualitative (i.e. not quantitative) variables. If one accepts this proposition, then it is impossible to impose an order on the values of the variables.
At the risk of sounding bewilderingly behind the times, I was surprised to see no mention of Adobe Connect, and a comparison of what Wave has over Adobe Connect (a.k.a. Macromedia Breeze).
First of all, I am currently serving in the U.S. Army, so I can make this anecdotal claim with a fair amount of certainty: Adobe Connect is a big deal for the Army and is quickly becoming as indispensable as e-mail for a means of collaboration. If a briefing involves a distributed audience, then it is probably going to be a PowerPoint presentation shared via Adobe Connect.
So, what does Wave have to offer that Adobe Connect does not? One thing is certainly the ability to edit documents in real time. But how far behind is Adobe Connect from that? Not far at all, I imagine. I've never tried this, but here is what I think folks could do, in Adobe Connect terminology: a user with host (who wants to modify the document in question) status edits a shared file and then re-uploads it to the Adobe Connect Server. The client application already has a chat widget, so that covers instant messaging.
Want a bot that can participate? There are scripting tools out there - the kind that can automate typing and clicking, and windows script host scripts that can automatically generate office documents from other data sources.
I can see one big objection to my good-idea-fairy inspired commentary, and that is Adobe Connect seems better geared towards one way communication; it works well for scenarios where one person at a time disseminates prepared information, and everyone else listens to what the current speaker has to contribute.
What I am writing to let my fellow slashdotters know, as it seems this might not be common knowledge, is that there is (in the U.S. Army, and particularly the Army in Iraq) an entrenched product that comes close to what Google is offering. Something that my fellow slashdotters already know, but that bears repeating at this juncture is that product entrenchment goes a long way to staying entrenched, and a product that is entrenched in the U.S. military has a good foothold in the climb to becoming a standard.
Besides the argument that stars orbiting around the fringes of galaxies appear to be moving too fast to stay in orbit without extra mass, what other observable evidence of dark matter is there?
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WORD WORD WORD WORD I have an iMac that I spent about $2,000 on a while ago, and it wheezes when running OS/X; however, it runs Ywllow Dog like the Champion Server it's named to be. I think the (hotly debated) question of "Why to run Linux on a platform what already has a *cool looking*?" interface is answered by this fact: Apple Corporation doesn't give a damn about the hardware/software you shelled out for a couple years ago...yet the hardware is such quality. And while I'm at it, does anyone know where I can get a job making Linux run on Macintoshes...I mean if it makes first page on/....
Did anyone see that SNL skit "Nick Burns, The Company's I.T. Guy"? I'm working on linux from scratch now, and I can tell you, the mailing list is currently choc full of "Nick Burns"'s. If you haven't seen the skit, by "Nick Burn"'s I mean that there are a lot of people who, while being *somewhat* helpful, appear to be contributing to the list in order to get revenge on all the people who made them feel stupid for not knowing some important, but not well known, aspect of linux by doing the same to others. In fact, the world of computers has a lot of these people, who have fallen under the illusion that they are of a class of "knows" in a world of "know nots" when actually, they specialize in a field that exists to give the "know nots" the same ability as the "knows".
For example In the 1700's, you had to be like Gauss to visualize a surface like
z = sqrt(sin(x^3/e*pi))*cos(y^(4/5)-y^2+pi/2)/x^95,
but these days, all you have to do is type that into Mathematica (tm) or whatever math program floats your boat. You don't have to be Gauss. But a lot of people think they are, just because they know about Mathematica, and you don't.
I imagine the originator of this post has run into more than his/her fair share of people like Nick Burns...because this kind of "instructor" - I have more choice terms like ***** and ******* but - is not relegated to the Linux community.
@Home just announced they can't run a tight enough ship to remain listed on the Nasdaq. If I was an @Home user, I'd be looking for another ISP anyway since they're probably not going to be around in a year.
If I understand the article, it sounds like Comcast is offering AT&T 44 Billion $ for AT&T to take ownership of "...the combined entity." So there must be a catch - I mean, how can you buy something and not own it afterwards?
A man's social stature does not determine his wisdowm: witness the social stature of hitler (lower-case letter for the first name added by the author).
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One could propose that intelligence and creativity are qualitative (i.e. not quantitative) variables. If one accepts this proposition, then it is impossible to impose an order on the values of the variables.
At the risk of sounding bewilderingly behind the times, I was surprised to see no mention of Adobe Connect, and a comparison of what Wave has over Adobe Connect (a.k.a. Macromedia Breeze).
First of all, I am currently serving in the U.S. Army, so I can make this anecdotal claim with a fair amount of certainty: Adobe Connect is a big deal for the Army and is quickly becoming as indispensable as e-mail for a means of collaboration. If a briefing involves a distributed audience, then it is probably going to be a PowerPoint presentation shared via Adobe Connect.
So, what does Wave have to offer that Adobe Connect does not? One thing is certainly the ability to edit documents in real time. But how far behind is Adobe Connect from that? Not far at all, I imagine. I've never tried this, but here is what I think folks could do, in Adobe Connect terminology: a user with host (who wants to modify the document in question) status edits a shared file and then re-uploads it to the Adobe Connect Server. The client application already has a chat widget, so that covers instant messaging.
Want a bot that can participate? There are scripting tools out there - the kind that can automate typing and clicking, and windows script host scripts that can automatically generate office documents from other data sources.
I can see one big objection to my good-idea-fairy inspired commentary, and that is Adobe Connect seems better geared towards one way communication; it works well for scenarios where one person at a time disseminates prepared information, and everyone else listens to what the current speaker has to contribute.
What I am writing to let my fellow slashdotters know, as it seems this might not be common knowledge, is that there is (in the U.S. Army, and particularly the Army in Iraq) an entrenched product that comes close to what Google is offering. Something that my fellow slashdotters already know, but that bears repeating at this juncture is that product entrenchment goes a long way to staying entrenched, and a product that is entrenched in the U.S. military has a good foothold in the climb to becoming a standard.
Besides the argument that stars orbiting around the fringes of galaxies appear to be moving too fast to stay in orbit without extra mass, what other observable evidence of dark matter is there?
WORD WORD WORD WORD I have an iMac that I spent about $2,000 on a while ago, and it wheezes when running OS/X; however, it runs Ywllow Dog like the Champion Server it's named to be. I think the (hotly debated) question of "Why to run Linux on a platform what already has a *cool looking*?" interface is answered by this fact: Apple Corporation doesn't give a damn about the hardware/software you shelled out for a couple years ago...yet the hardware is such quality. And while I'm at it, does anyone know where I can get a job making Linux run on Macintoshes...I mean if it makes first page on /. ...
Did anyone see that SNL skit "Nick Burns, The Company's I.T. Guy"? I'm working on linux from scratch now, and I can tell you, the mailing list is currently choc full of "Nick Burns"'s. If you haven't seen the skit, by "Nick Burn"'s I mean that there are a lot of people who, while being *somewhat* helpful, appear to be contributing to the list in order to get revenge on all the people who made them feel stupid for not knowing some important, but not well known, aspect of linux by doing the same to others. In fact, the world of computers has a lot of these people, who have fallen under the illusion that they are of a class of "knows" in a world of "know nots" when actually, they specialize in a field that exists to give the "know nots" the same ability as the "knows".
For example In the 1700's, you had to be like Gauss to visualize a surface like
z = sqrt(sin(x^3/e*pi))*cos(y^(4/5)-y^2+pi/2)/x^95,
but these days, all you have to do is type that into Mathematica (tm) or whatever math program floats your boat. You don't have to be Gauss. But a lot of people think they are, just because they know about Mathematica, and you don't.
I imagine the originator of this post has run into more than his/her fair share of people like Nick Burns...because this kind of "instructor" - I have more choice terms like ***** and ******* but - is not relegated to the Linux community.
@Home just announced they can't run a tight enough ship to remain listed on the Nasdaq. If I was an @Home user, I'd be looking for another ISP anyway since they're probably not going to be around in a year.
If I understand the article, it sounds like Comcast is offering AT&T 44 Billion $ for AT&T to take ownership of "...the combined entity." So there must be a catch - I mean, how can you buy something and not own it afterwards?
A man's social stature does not determine his wisdowm: witness the social stature of hitler (lower-case letter for the first name added by the author).