Actually this brings up an interesting point. Would it be at all possible to use neutrinos to slice bread? I'm going on the presumption that not having to sharpen your knife outweighs all possible disadvantages.
Actually, I pronounce it 'taw', undoubtedly because my first physics professor pronounced it that way (maybe it's because he's British?). Merriam-Webster at least agrees that there are two ways to pronounce tau, but neither of them come anywhere near close the pronunciation of tao. So I guess this whole post is pointless. Such is the life of Slashdot I guess.
The smarty man behind the project is apparently Jeremy Cooperstock who has a small page about the project. He also seems to be working on a number of other projects of a similar nature.
Also, a person by the name of Wieslaw Woszczyk seems to be involved in the project, and has done a lot of research on various aspects of sound recording, sound mixing, especially involving the Internet 2.
Couldn't find any specifics on the technology other than it uses Dolby 5.1 digital sound, and a couple places elude to the fact that it's the same system used in digital movie (as in the big white screen) playback.
Support is not the only way to make money off GPL'd software. Just look at Cygnus and what they did with gcc. Sure, they did offer support, but they also charged people to let them add features. I'm not sure how well it worked, but hey, they're still in business:D
Well yes, but I think he was talking about how the Unix community hasn't been able to develop anything *good* on top of it. Gnome is basically in immature Win95; KDE is basically a slightly less immature Win95. Nobody really likes Win95, so we it's pretty hard to say that we have a good desktop right now.
Well in all fairness, CDE was an attempt, and I think some people actually liked it *shudder*. For me, once GNUstep hits 1.0, I'll be fine, though maybe Berlin will be usable by then, too:D. Then again, maybe by then I'll be able to afford a G4 and I can leave all this Linux silliness behind me.
While your comparison is very nice, it's quite moot. Comparing X to Windows is akin to comparing VNC to Windows. X is a remote display protocol and that's about it. Yes, cut-and-paste and drag-and-drop were added for no real reason, but if you ignore that, all it is is a protocol to display graphics across a network.
Just a question, but wouldn't it be a lot easier to get people to speak their native languages instead of getting the software to recognise the odd accents? Well, except for language-teaching programs maybe:D. Unless you were just saying that being able to do that would be a good benchmark?
I don't think you gave too many good reasons for it.
The crappy motion-sensors on the doors could be better improved by just putting in *good* motion-sensors, perhaps not unlike the ones in Star Trek. I'd rather see the guys at Safeway spend an extra $3.99 for a better motion sensor (okay I really have no idea how much motion sensors cost) than have them go through the trouble of putting in voice recognition. I'm sure demand for employment at Safeway would go down once all the customers start yelling "OPEN DOOR!" whenever they leave or come in.
As for driving, well I understand that paraplegics can drive already with moderate success (enough that they can get around and not get into accidents anyway). True, quadreplegics are pretty much right out of luck, but I'm a bit skeptical as to how the "TURN RIGHT! No not quite that far. Just a little further now. The lane's open! GO! GO!" system would work. You'd be better off trying to abolish minimum wage so you can hire a driver for a dollar an hour.
Programming the VCR and TV might be a good use. Mind you if they're going to raise the price enough to put in the type of circuitry to do voice recognition, I'd just prefer they leave it as is and make the interface a bit responsive (what kind of ICs are these guys using anyway that it takes almost a full second just to scroll up or down in a menu?).
The major foundation of science is that you can't make a real claim without some evidence to back it up and they simply never had the evidence to say these things.
This is exactly the point. They had no valid evidence that suggested that neurons to not regenerate. If they did have evidence to suggest that, then by definition it's not valid "evidence" and their methods are severely flawed. If they didn't have evidence and just made something up, such as "well, it doesn't look like the regenerate, so we'll just say that they absolutely do not reproduce", which seems to be what you're suggesting, then they are not scientists by any stretch of the imagination.
I recall very specifically of reports in text books, technical literature and even science shows on TV and in other mass media stating in very clear and specific terms that neurons do not regenerate. I believe I was even taught this in school. Since this is wrong, they must have had no valid evidence to base this on, and preferrably should not have spread lies to so many millions of people.
We already have large caches you know. That 'cached' category when you run 'free' (under Linux) or 'top'? That's a cache of the most recently used files. If you think you know more than the kernel does, and want to set up your own cache, then make a ramdisk. The point is that I think adding more main memory will always make more sense than adding a large cache to the hard drive, especially since (on modern systems) 90% of main RAM is unused 90% of the time.
First of all, it is not unreasonable for one parent to stay home with the children in many situations. If you reject the current consumerism trend, you can live very happily on a tiny salary (assuming your kids aren't teenyboppers). If not (hey, some people are materialistic, and some people are single parents), I'm sure many grandparents would love dearly to spend time with their grandchildren during the day (though if grandparents are already considered a necessary twice-a-year-visit evil in the child's life, then this will probably not work).
That said, the causes of this law should be looked at carefully, other than just brushing it off and saying that "it's useful" (which it probably is to a large number of people). There was a time, probably not twenty years ago (well maybe it never happened in big cities, I don't know), when if a child were vandalism something, harassing someone, or even just outside of school grounds during the day, 9 out of 10 adults would stop them and question them and bring them to the attention of their parents. By slapping a law over top of this without trying to figure out what the actual causes are, you are most likely going to make the problem worse in the long run.
No, they're all over. At first I thought it was just in the arcade on campus, but now I've been seeing it all over the place, most recently at the Calgary Stampede. I think if there's ever been a reason to put in place a trade embargo, that "Dance Revolution!" game is it.
Yes but there is the issue that there seems to be a Mac equivalent of nearly every kind of X application. Probably the only notable exception would be for scientific applications. Of course there could be people who use just prefer the X11 version for some odd reason.
IIRC, Apple did throw a hissy fit when Aqua look-a-likes (though unfortunately very Aqua un-feel-a-likes) started popping up on themes.org. The problem was the people were using Apple's artwork (e.g. copying widgets directly from screenshots), which was not cool with Apple. If there were people who (god forbid) created their own artwork and wrote their own code, then I don't believe Apple would have any real legal grounds to sue on (not that they'd want to anyway).
No. There is NO replacement going on. Either read the article or... well read SOMETHING that might give you clue as to what's going on. They are *not* replacing the Mac OS X interface. They even say explicitly that X11 applications will co-operate and communicate well with native Mac OS X applications. This is *not* a replacement; it is an addition of a remote display protocol.
Okay can you just shut up if you've never tried it? Have you never tried one of those X servers for Microsoft Windows? THEY ARE USEFUL. No one's forcing you to buy this X server, but believe me, sometime, somewhere, somebody (or more accurately, a few hundred or thousand somebodies) will want to run an X application on Mac OS X. Keep in mind that X11 is not so much a windowing system as it is just a remote display protocol. Would you be so upset if someone made a VNC server for Mac OS X? Making an X11 server is really no different.
No, to carry on the dumb analogy, it would be like having both a Ferrari and a Yugo engine in a Ferrari. This would make it useful for the times when you have a Yugo-only passenger. Really, though, it sounds like it's going to be well-integrated with the Mac OS X desktop, so the only place this would come in handy is when you have to run one of those X-only applications.
You have to work with Macs but you also have to work with X11 applications? Sounds like an odd assignment:). Unless that's the case, I don't see how an X server could make using a Mac any more tolerable.
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Actually this brings up an interesting point. Would it be at all possible to use neutrinos to slice bread? I'm going on the presumption that not having to sharpen your knife outweighs all possible disadvantages.
Actually, I pronounce it 'taw', undoubtedly because my first physics professor pronounced it that way (maybe it's because he's British?). Merriam-Webster at least agrees that there are two ways to pronounce tau, but neither of them come anywhere near close the pronunciation of tao. So I guess this whole post is pointless. Such is the life of Slashdot I guess.
The project in question is the AES project, not the SRE project which I originally linked to.
Also, a person by the name of Wieslaw Woszczyk seems to be involved in the project, and has done a lot of research on various aspects of sound recording, sound mixing, especially involving the Internet 2.
Couldn't find any specifics on the technology other than it uses Dolby 5.1 digital sound, and a couple places elude to the fact that it's the same system used in digital movie (as in the big white screen) playback.
Support is not the only way to make money off GPL'd software. Just look at Cygnus and what they did with gcc. Sure, they did offer support, but they also charged people to let them add features. I'm not sure how well it worked, but hey, they're still in business :D
Thank God. For a second there, I thought Slashdot might go a whole seven minutes without off-topic Microsoft bashing.
Well yes, but I think he was talking about how the Unix community hasn't been able to develop anything *good* on top of it. Gnome is basically in immature Win95; KDE is basically a slightly less immature Win95. Nobody really likes Win95, so we it's pretty hard to say that we have a good desktop right now.
Well in all fairness, CDE was an attempt, and I think some people actually liked it *shudder*. For me, once GNUstep hits 1.0, I'll be fine, though maybe Berlin will be usable by then, too :D. Then again, maybe by then I'll be able to afford a G4 and I can leave all this Linux silliness behind me.
While your comparison is very nice, it's quite moot. Comparing X to Windows is akin to comparing VNC to Windows. X is a remote display protocol and that's about it. Yes, cut-and-paste and drag-and-drop were added for no real reason, but if you ignore that, all it is is a protocol to display graphics across a network.
Just a question, but wouldn't it be a lot easier to get people to speak their native languages instead of getting the software to recognise the odd accents? Well, except for language-teaching programs maybe :D. Unless you were just saying that being able to do that would be a good benchmark?
I don't think you gave too many good reasons for it.
The crappy motion-sensors on the doors could be better improved by just putting in *good* motion-sensors, perhaps not unlike the ones in Star Trek. I'd rather see the guys at Safeway spend an extra $3.99 for a better motion sensor (okay I really have no idea how much motion sensors cost) than have them go through the trouble of putting in voice recognition. I'm sure demand for employment at Safeway would go down once all the customers start yelling "OPEN DOOR!" whenever they leave or come in.
As for driving, well I understand that paraplegics can drive already with moderate success (enough that they can get around and not get into accidents anyway). True, quadreplegics are pretty much right out of luck, but I'm a bit skeptical as to how the "TURN RIGHT! No not quite that far. Just a little further now. The lane's open! GO! GO!" system would work. You'd be better off trying to abolish minimum wage so you can hire a driver for a dollar an hour.
Programming the VCR and TV might be a good use. Mind you if they're going to raise the price enough to put in the type of circuitry to do voice recognition, I'd just prefer they leave it as is and make the interface a bit responsive (what kind of ICs are these guys using anyway that it takes almost a full second just to scroll up or down in a menu?).
This is exactly the point. They had no valid evidence that suggested that neurons to not regenerate. If they did have evidence to suggest that, then by definition it's not valid "evidence" and their methods are severely flawed. If they didn't have evidence and just made something up, such as "well, it doesn't look like the regenerate, so we'll just say that they absolutely do not reproduce", which seems to be what you're suggesting, then they are not scientists by any stretch of the imagination.
I recall very specifically of reports in text books, technical literature and even science shows on TV and in other mass media stating in very clear and specific terms that neurons do not regenerate. I believe I was even taught this in school. Since this is wrong, they must have had no valid evidence to base this on, and preferrably should not have spread lies to so many millions of people.
So you want to double the amount of email sent for no benefit? Good plan.
We already have large caches you know. That 'cached' category when you run 'free' (under Linux) or 'top'? That's a cache of the most recently used files. If you think you know more than the kernel does, and want to set up your own cache, then make a ramdisk. The point is that I think adding more main memory will always make more sense than adding a large cache to the hard drive, especially since (on modern systems) 90% of main RAM is unused 90% of the time.
You should read the article. That is a voluntary practice followed only by "member-theatres" of that association.
First of all, it is not unreasonable for one parent to stay home with the children in many situations. If you reject the current consumerism trend, you can live very happily on a tiny salary (assuming your kids aren't teenyboppers). If not (hey, some people are materialistic, and some people are single parents), I'm sure many grandparents would love dearly to spend time with their grandchildren during the day (though if grandparents are already considered a necessary twice-a-year-visit evil in the child's life, then this will probably not work).
:).
That said, the causes of this law should be looked at carefully, other than just brushing it off and saying that "it's useful" (which it probably is to a large number of people). There was a time, probably not twenty years ago (well maybe it never happened in big cities, I don't know), when if a child were vandalism something, harassing someone, or even just outside of school grounds during the day, 9 out of 10 adults would stop them and question them and bring them to the attention of their parents. By slapping a law over top of this without trying to figure out what the actual causes are, you are most likely going to make the problem worse in the long run.
Not that I'm saying I actually have a solution
No, they're all over. At first I thought it was just in the arcade on campus, but now I've been seeing it all over the place, most recently at the Calgary Stampede. I think if there's ever been a reason to put in place a trade embargo, that "Dance Revolution!" game is it.
Yes but there is the issue that there seems to be a Mac equivalent of nearly every kind of X application. Probably the only notable exception would be for scientific applications. Of course there could be people who use just prefer the X11 version for some odd reason.
IIRC, Apple did throw a hissy fit when Aqua look-a-likes (though unfortunately very Aqua un-feel-a-likes) started popping up on themes.org. The problem was the people were using Apple's artwork (e.g. copying widgets directly from screenshots), which was not cool with Apple. If there were people who (god forbid) created their own artwork and wrote their own code, then I don't believe Apple would have any real legal grounds to sue on (not that they'd want to anyway).
Your household consists of a *man*, some *women* and some children? Only joking.
They should just change the name to "Mac OS XI" to save us the grief (or, god forbid, "Mac OS 10").
No. There is NO replacement going on. Either read the article or ... well read SOMETHING that might give you clue as to what's going on. They are *not* replacing the Mac OS X interface. They even say explicitly that X11 applications will co-operate and communicate well with native Mac OS X applications. This is *not* a replacement; it is an addition of a remote display protocol.
Okay can you just shut up if you've never tried it? Have you never tried one of those X servers for Microsoft Windows? THEY ARE USEFUL. No one's forcing you to buy this X server, but believe me, sometime, somewhere, somebody (or more accurately, a few hundred or thousand somebodies) will want to run an X application on Mac OS X. Keep in mind that X11 is not so much a windowing system as it is just a remote display protocol. Would you be so upset if someone made a VNC server for Mac OS X? Making an X11 server is really no different.
No, to carry on the dumb analogy, it would be like having both a Ferrari and a Yugo engine in a Ferrari. This would make it useful for the times when you have a Yugo-only passenger. Really, though, it sounds like it's going to be well-integrated with the Mac OS X desktop, so the only place this would come in handy is when you have to run one of those X-only applications.
You have to work with Macs but you also have to work with X11 applications? Sounds like an odd assignment :). Unless that's the case, I don't see how an X server could make using a Mac any more tolerable.