Emusic are quite good and they are set up to work with Zinf, but I got pissed off with them and stopped my subscription beacause many alot of their music (esp all my favourites on the Matador label) is only downloadable from within North America. I was paying the same price as a North American but only getting half the service.
I think you're being a bit hard on these people. In philosophy ontology is the study of what exists. With knowledge engineering the question is more like what SHOULD exist. But when you look at philosophical arguments, you see that the questions really collapse into one another, and the philosophical question becomes one of what should exist in order for us to make sense of the world: forms, ideas, windowless monads, or just facts. In the context of a semantic web, I imagine that similar arguments will need to be made as to what the building blocks of that wordl will need to be. I think the use of 'ontology' in this context is both useful and appropriate.
Some of the most interesting window managers I've seen lately are those that are controllable from the keyboard, like ratpoison and ion. I've been using Ion just about exclusively for the past month and it is really quite good. You can arrange your windows the way you want once and save the configuration so you'll never have to waste time moving xterms around so you can see them all. And because all desktops are tiled, screen real-estate wastage is minimised.
One of the 0845 isp is uklinux. The difference with them is that some of the revenue they get from local rate charges goes to open source software. you can sign up at their website and get a password etc befor you go.
I agree with the above post. If you have an intranet and a complicated application then you may as well provide your client machines with a downloadable application (this can be done through the intranet site using something like Java Webstart). That being said, if you really MUST provide a web-based applictation, I'd recommend taking a look at the Echo Web Application Framework. I haven't played with it much but it purports to allow one to produce HTML-Javascript applications using Swing style programming.
Getting a new laser can also be worthwhile. I got a Brother HL-1440 recently and it's brilliant: works perfectly with Linux, powersaves, quick, and doesn't take up any more desk space than an inkjet.
I was just doing a quick search and found that there was recently a conference devoted to open source content management systems. A look at the conference agenda points to a number of interesting projects. Wyona and Bitflux sound especially interesting.
The main determinant in your choice shouldn't be cost but finding a system that meets your requirements. In addition to their price, alot of the big commercial content management systems are aimed at big commercial sites. For smaller sites, you're better off writing your own system or using an open source system.
I remember back at Expo 1986 in Vancouver the Japanese pavillion had a maglev train running on about 1km of track. They made it sound like mass use of this idea was imminent.
I switched to a Dvorak layout last year. I was a 60wpm Qwerty touch typist but it only took about 3 weeks to get to the same speed with the Dvorak layout (I think I'm probably faster now). It is alot more comfortable because my fingers don't have to travel so much, and I find I can type for longer without getting uncomfortable. It's not a cure-all but it is crazy that people are still using an ergonomically inferior layout when all major operating systems support the DVORAK layout.
Doesn't a G4 consume less power than a Pentium/Athlon? The picture here shows that it does have fans, but I would assume that maybe that don't have to work as hard as those on an X86 system? So would the running costs be less for the Xserve?
I'm not sure about your choice of Laffer as a 'serious economist'. He was the one whispering in Reagans ear about supply-side economics, arguing that a reduction in taxes would actually increase tax revenues. This did not happen when it was tried in the US. This is not to say that there isn't a point at which increased taxes lead to declining tax revenues, but it is debatable just where the crest of the Laffer curve lies.
I don't know much about flash but I have fooled around with SVG and IMHO you can do MOST of the things that flash is usually used for in web-sites with SVG, Javascript ande SMIL animation. Also, SVG carries a lower network payload.
There are a couple of tools for viewing SVG already: Batik, Mozilla can be compiled with native SVG support, there is and the is a general-purpose SVG plug-in put out by Adobe-- wonder if that's a motivation for them here. There are also tools to convert SWF files to SVG files.
Here are some relevant URLs: http://www.webreference.com/authoring/langu ages/sv g/intro/ http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/comparis on_flash_s vg.html
One extreme programming tool written in Java which I haven't seen mentioned here is that of Naked Objects. I had play with it the other day and thought it quite a neat idea.
Looking at the rpms, there are a couple of Reiserfs tools so I'd assume it's that one. I must say I'm a bit disappointed. I was hoping they'd opt for xfs seeing as there's already an xfs installer.
Guiness SHOULD be served cold. Go into any pub in the UK or Ireland and ask for a Guiness and you will find that it is served up cold. There is now an additional variety called "Guiness Extra Cold" which is served in many pubs over here, but I prefer the original. Perhaps you are confusing Guiness with Bitters which SHOULD be served at room temperature?
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This seems quite similar to echo which is getting close to reaching 1.0. Can anyone comment as to how the two compare?
It was about 9 months ago in the days when Zinf was still Freeamp so I didn't get to encounter these problems.
Emusic are quite good and they are set up to work with Zinf, but I got pissed off with them and stopped my subscription beacause many alot of their music (esp all my favourites on the Matador label) is only downloadable from within North America. I was paying the same price as a North American but only getting half the service.
The problem is that OpenOffice is a BIG download. Maybe an OpenOffice viewer... On second thought, just send a pdf...
I think you're being a bit hard on these people. In philosophy ontology is the study of what exists. With knowledge engineering the question is more like what SHOULD exist. But when you look at philosophical arguments, you see that the questions really collapse into one another, and the philosophical question becomes one of what should exist in order for us to make sense of the world: forms, ideas, windowless monads, or just facts. In the context of a semantic web, I imagine that similar arguments will need to be made as to what the building blocks of that wordl will need to be. I think the use of 'ontology' in this context is both useful and appropriate.
Some of the most interesting window managers I've seen lately are those that are controllable from the keyboard, like ratpoison and ion. I've been using Ion just about exclusively for the past month and it is really quite good. You can arrange your windows the way you want once and save the configuration so you'll never have to waste time moving xterms around so you can see them all. And because all desktops are tiled, screen real-estate wastage is minimised.
One of the 0845 isp is uklinux. The difference with them is that some of the revenue they get from local rate charges goes to open source software. you can sign up at their website and get a password etc befor you go.
I agree with the above post. If you have an intranet and a complicated application then you may as well provide your client machines with a downloadable application (this can be done through the intranet site using something like Java Webstart). That being said, if you really MUST provide a web-based applictation, I'd recommend taking a look at the Echo Web Application Framework. I haven't played with it much but it purports to allow one to produce HTML-Javascript applications using Swing style programming.
Getting a new laser can also be worthwhile. I got a Brother HL-1440 recently and it's brilliant: works perfectly with Linux, powersaves, quick, and doesn't take up any more desk space than an inkjet.
I was just doing a quick search and found that there was recently a conference devoted to open source content management systems. A look at the conference agenda points to a number of interesting projects. Wyona and Bitflux sound especially interesting.
The main determinant in your choice shouldn't be cost but finding a system that meets your requirements. In addition to their price, alot of the big commercial content management systems are aimed at big commercial sites. For smaller sites, you're better off writing your own system or using an open source system.
I remember back at Expo 1986 in Vancouver the Japanese pavillion had a maglev train running on about 1km of track. They made it sound like mass use of this idea was imminent.
I switched to a Dvorak layout last year. I was a 60wpm Qwerty touch typist but it only took about 3 weeks to get to the same speed with the Dvorak layout (I think I'm probably faster now). It is alot more comfortable because my fingers don't have to travel so much, and I find I can type for longer without getting uncomfortable. It's not a cure-all but it is crazy that people are still using an ergonomically inferior layout when all major operating systems support the DVORAK layout.
Doesn't a G4 consume less power than a Pentium/Athlon? The picture here shows that it does have fans, but I would assume that maybe that don't have to work as hard as those on an X86 system? So would the running costs be less for the Xserve?
I'm not sure about your choice of Laffer as a 'serious economist'. He was the one whispering in Reagans ear about supply-side economics, arguing that a reduction in taxes would actually increase tax revenues. This did not happen when it was tried in the US. This is not to say that there isn't a point at which increased taxes lead to declining tax revenues, but it is debatable just where the crest of the Laffer curve lies.
I don't know much about flash but I have fooled around with SVG and IMHO you can do MOST of the things that flash is usually used for in web-sites with SVG, Javascript ande SMIL animation. Also, SVG carries a lower network payload.
u ages/sv g/intro/s on_flash_s vg.html
There are a couple of tools for viewing SVG already: Batik, Mozilla can be compiled with native SVG support, there is and the is a general-purpose SVG plug-in put out by Adobe-- wonder if that's a motivation for them here. There are also tools to convert SWF files to SVG files.
Here are some relevant URLs:
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/lang
http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/compari
One extreme programming tool written in Java which I haven't seen mentioned here is that of Naked Objects. I had play with it the other day and thought it quite a neat idea.
On the XML and Python front, you might want to look at 4Suite.
There was a good article in September 2001 issue of Linux Journal. Scripts are available at ftp.ssc.com/pub/lj/listings/issue89/
Odd. I was able to rip Pneumonia to mp3s (the later Ryan Adams stuff hasn't been any problem either)
Do you have any more information on this (link, etc)?
Looking at the rpms, there are a couple of Reiserfs tools so I'd assume it's that one. I must say I'm a bit disappointed. I was hoping they'd opt for xfs seeing as there's already an xfs installer.
Guiness SHOULD be served cold. Go into any pub in the UK or Ireland and ask for a Guiness and you will find that it is served up cold. There is now an additional variety called "Guiness Extra Cold" which is served in many pubs over here, but I prefer the original. Perhaps you are confusing Guiness with Bitters which SHOULD be served at room temperature?
On a serious note, why is Microsoft allowed to use the .net name? Surely some domain-registration organisation has the rights to that name?
I think it's: Ni you feng xin.