lots of avant-garde websites use shockwave for their site design. Being much more flexible than flash amazing results can be achieved. Applets are also useful, for things like my ISP ATTBI, which has online tech support chat through applets embedded in webpages. Without applets they surely would have gone with something that required download, which would definitely have been windows only.
Does anyone here know why they let the partition size issue languish for so long? Hell, I've had files larger than 1GB (and not porn! go figure). Hard disks have been at the 10 GB mark for years, where it really doesnt' make sense to have 10 partitions. I wish richard luck. On another note, does anyone know how HURD benchmarks against linux?
This only affects you if your router has 'remote management' enabled. Since so few people need this, and those that do are more technically minded, this shouldn't be much an issue. The worst this flaw can cause anyways is for the router to crash. The software in there sucks. My linksys crashes if it can't find a dhcp server, that a simple cgi script error crashes it is nothing new to me.
It is just you, it isn't ugly at all in my opinion. I couldn't tell you for sure until I saw it in person, but from the pictures I thought it looks fine. Is your zealotry clouding your taste? I think it looks pretty cool. Besides blah blah blah hardware etc half the time slashdot rails against consumers for buying more than they need because hardware is so far ahead of software, the other half the time they reject computers for not being at the cutting edge. If you just want to get your office work done in a super cool looking way then go with it! Looks are more important to some than others, I recently bought a $200 printer not because it had features the ones at half the price didn't but because it was the cheapest one that looked good to me!
I'd wager that since that averages out to 12 seconds per query that your metric is useless, besides DB queries reflect the database more than anything else, all the language does is send a string off to a C API which then queries the DB and gets the info. Same thing with the GUI. A better metric for the language would be say processing large amounts of data.
The menu paradigm in the GUI world was taken from that of NCURSES. All you need to know is TAB, Arrow Keys, Spacebar, and Enter. The menus usually have some sort of message like 'Use the tab key to move between fields' and sometimes the same for the Enter and Spacebar keys.
Ncurses is fine, it takes literally one paragraph for someone to learn how to use it, and most pick it up intuitively. If you're going to run a distro like libranet and you can't figure out NCURSES then you'll suck a lot when it boots up too. There's a reason mandrake and lindows exist
I found the link on the forums, here's the relevant part of the show
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0208/29/asb.00.ht ml
COOPER: Well, it's the tale of two pictures. We're going to show them both to you now. The one on the left is Valerie Fiorez (ph), heroine of the comic book Radix. The one on the right is MIT's idea of the soldier of the future. You notice something?
MIT used that image on the right to win a $50 million research grant from the Pentagon. The two comic book creators, Ray and Ben Lai, are not pleased. MIT has taken down the image from its Web site. The brothers are considering a lawsuit.
Joining me from Montreal, Ray Lai.
Thanks for being with us, Ray.
RAY LAI, CO-CREATOR, RADIX: Thank you, Anderson.
COOPER: How did you hear that MIT had basically used your comic book idea for their $50 million proposal?
LAI: We have fans from California calling us saying that when, you know, they saw it in the newspaper. So, basically, that's what -- that's how we found out about it.
COOPER: The -- MIT has said that they did, in fact, copy it, though innocently. They said they did not intentionally do it. They were unaware of it. Is that good enough for you?
LAI: You know, of course they're saying it now, but -- you know, I don't know what really happened, but they put somebody else's name on it. So -- and it's not as simple as just taking it off the Web site. They actually scanned it off the books.
COOPER: Now, the idea of your comic -- and, I mean, the heroine in your comic basically has -- I mean, this suit and sort of supernatural powers, as I guess a lot of comic characters do, and that's sort of what MIT was selling to the Pentagon. They were talking about developing technologies with suits that would heal soldiers, would make them able to leap 20 feet. I mean, do you see similarities in the idea that MIT is proposing to your comic books?
LAI: Well, there's definitely some similarities, especially when they use the image to describe what they're doing -- they're trying to do. So, I don't know how much of it is from the comic book. I don't know if they really know about it. All I know is they published the image without our permission, and they did it with -- by putting somebody else's name on it. COOPER: Besides your obvious anger over this, I mean, does it kind of scare you that, you know, the Pentagon is giving $50 million to folks to develop ideas based on a comic book, or at least develop images based on a comic book?
LAI: Well, I mean, that's up to the public to decide. I mean, you know, it's scary that if they actually make it into reality, I don't know what kind of world we'll be living in.
COOPER: Are you going to sue? I mean, I know you sent a cease- and-desist order, or your lawyers did, to MIT to take it off their Web site. They've sort of apologized. Is there another step? I mean, I suppose you could sue for copyright infringement or something.
LAI: Well, some think that, but I'm leaving that to our lawyers. So, we're weighing our options right now.
COOPER: Always an ominous sentence, weighing options and leaving it to the lawyers. What -- just to inform some viewers, this -- MIT is basically going to start an institute for soldier nanotechnologies, so that's what this $50 million is going to. What -- when you look at the image that MIT sent into the Pentagon, I mean, what do you see from your comic book? We're showing both images side- by-side right now.
LAI: Well, they actually took more than just the main character. They took the background off another page inside the book, and they took the helmet off another page inside the book. So, you know, the entire image is piece and bits from different parts of the book.
COOPER: There are some who say, you know, this is really a plus for you and your brother, that, you know, this is getting your comic book a lot of publicity, a lot of notoriety. A lot of people probably talking about it who wouldn't before. Do you agree?
LAI: Well, of course -- I mean, we're getting a lot more coverage than if this didn't happen. But, I think the important thing is for the other universities to know about it, what MIT did, and let them judge whether the competition was fair or not, because it is -- it was an open competition.
COOPER: You're saying that because other universities were also applying for this Pentagon, and MIT is the one who won. Just, you know, for the record, the Pentagon has said that it wasn't just the illustrations in the pentagon -- in the MIT proposal that won then that day was their ideas, as well. So -- but, Mr. Lai, we appreciate you coming in and appreciate you talking with us, and good luck with your comic...
LAI: All right.
COOPER: We'll follow the story as it develops.
LAI: OK, thank you.
COOPER: Thanks a lot. A few quick stories from around the world tonight. Pretty rare. We can combine shameless pandering and a shameless pun at the same time. It's a rare day. Yes, it's a panda story. Even better, a baby panda story. Nielson families, take note: two Chinese Pandas, Bean-Bean and Shu-Lan, are the proud mothers of two male pandas. Oh, yes. No names yet. This is the 14th panda Bean-Bean has had, or should we say the 14th baby Bean-Bean will admit to. That's right, Bean-Bean gets around. That's what I heard, anyway. People are talking. That's what the other girls in the restroom are saying.
They call him "Crocodile Boy." Actually, that's what we call him. He's a 10-year old Thai boy who allegedly adopted a crocodile as a pet. It's one of those things, like, the video pops up. Who knows if it's real? I don't know. Seems we get along well with this croc, too. His favorite pastime is watching TV and, apparently, brushing the teeth there. I don't know. I'm not sure I buy it.
From Japan, a story that needs no commentary, and please, no commentary or e-mail. Such a dumb idea, it speaks for itself: a bra made of glass. For the time being, the company is, mercifully, not selling any to the public. Yeah. Ahead on NEWSNIGHT: Remembering.
font making is not something you just 'pick up'. It requires years of experience and study of existing fonts to even start making something decent. Typography is undertaken by few because of this. In addition, the work is tedious, and painstaking. You have to commit to this, it may take years before you are good enough to make a suitable replacement for these classic fonts.
JMAX and PD (pure data), which are probably the most professional audio solutions for linux are not on the list, I wonder why. They are simply linux ports of previously mac software. Both of these are damn good rivalry to MAX.
You can get JMAX here: http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel/jmax /en/ind ex.php3
i nearly fell of my chair when I first saw the Visual Studio.net ads on slashdot, but this, this is just crazy. Why do they deserve kudos for demonstrating security vulnerabilities to a standalone. They still suck where it counts, who cares if they help where it doesn't matter. MS sucks, and I doubt they'll earn anyone's respect through one small act.
then those who own copyright on their gpl producs include anti-dmca provisions in the GPL AND restrict redhat's use of their software so it can't be used.
that you think a game's graphics are outdated non-constructive, I honestly think that the freeciv graphics suck nuts. Sure it's strategy, and I realize that OSS has a tough time in this area, but they really do suck.
as a canadian you are so proud because the U.S. planted so many bombs in canada? Or are you proud of being a citizen of a non-US country so you can poke fun at us?
well yet another argument for the human race to move to machines instead of biological bodies, the tech (at least according to kurzweil if i'm not mistaken) is supposed to be ready by then right? then we'll just be bots mining silicon living in a virtual earth.
the tech has advanced, and techies are more likely to download music now that before. Better technology, and more users have made filetrading easier, so those who were too unsavy (or had a life) to use ftp or newsgroups can now use simple tools like gnutella.
your average 6 year old britney fan probably wants a cd because it's not just the music, it's a piece of britney. hell, i'd rather download the album, it is really only mediocre, but that doesn't make downloading it alone any more excusable. People before would be more willing to buy the cd because mediocre music could not be obtained in any other way. Now that people can get it free, why pay for it? There's no incentive to support the artist like there is with great music where you are truly grateful to the artist. I don't think this situation is right at all. But i'm poor and morals are expensive so feh.
I believe moby is right on the money with his claim but the times are a changing and little aside from legislation can stop them.
we don't use those pilots anymore really. The US has been moving steadily towards long range engagement where the combatants don't even see their enemy, rather they fire when the enemy is spotted on radar.
Best Male Performance: Will Smith: Ali Best Femaile Performance: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge Best Onscreen Team: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the fast and the furious Best Villain: Denzel Washington, Training day Best Comedic Performance: Reese Witherspoon, legally blonde Best Musical Sequence: Ewan MacGregor and Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge Best Kiss: Jason Biggs and Sean William Scott, american pie 2 Best Action Sequence: Perl Harbor, the attack scene Best Fight: Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan versus The Hong Kong Gang, Rush hour 2 Breakthrough Male: Orlando Bloom, LOTR Breakthrough Female: Mandy Moore, a walk to remember Best Movie: LOTR
of course maybe the tiny area in the shuttle that contains a single 8086 processor may be just a little too small to fit a new zSeries, or PC for that matter.
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lots of avant-garde websites use shockwave for their site design. Being much more flexible than flash amazing results can be achieved. Applets are also useful, for things like my ISP ATTBI, which has online tech support chat through applets embedded in webpages. Without applets they surely would have gone with something that required download, which would definitely have been windows only.
Does anyone here know why they let the partition size issue languish for so long? Hell, I've had files larger than 1GB (and not porn! go figure). Hard disks have been at the 10 GB mark for years, where it really doesnt' make sense to have 10 partitions. I wish richard luck. On another note, does anyone know how HURD benchmarks against linux?
This only affects you if your router has 'remote management' enabled. Since so few people need this, and those that do are more technically minded, this shouldn't be much an issue. The worst this flaw can cause anyways is for the router to crash. The software in there sucks. My linksys crashes if it can't find a dhcp server, that a simple cgi script error crashes it is nothing new to me.
I live in LA, this is about twice as snappy as the current server is. time wget slashdot.org is about .9 ms slower than brak. Sux0rs to be east coast ;)
It is just you, it isn't ugly at all in my opinion. I couldn't tell you for sure until I saw it in person, but from the pictures I thought it looks fine. Is your zealotry clouding your taste? I think it looks pretty cool. Besides blah blah blah hardware etc half the time slashdot rails against consumers for buying more than they need because hardware is so far ahead of software, the other half the time they reject computers for not being at the cutting edge. If you just want to get your office work done in a super cool looking way then go with it! Looks are more important to some than others, I recently bought a $200 printer not because it had features the ones at half the price didn't but because it was the cheapest one that looked good to me!
I'd wager that since that averages out to 12 seconds per query that your metric is useless, besides DB queries reflect the database more than anything else, all the language does is send a string off to a C API which then queries the DB and gets the info. Same thing with the GUI. A better metric for the language would be say processing large amounts of data.
The menu paradigm in the GUI world was taken from that of NCURSES. All you need to know is TAB, Arrow Keys, Spacebar, and Enter. The menus usually have some sort of message like 'Use the tab key to move between fields' and sometimes the same for the Enter and Spacebar keys.
Ncurses is fine, it takes literally one paragraph for someone to learn how to use it, and most pick it up intuitively. If you're going to run a distro like libranet and you can't figure out NCURSES then you'll suck a lot when it boots up too. There's a reason mandrake and lindows exist
I found the link on the forums, here's the relevant part of the show
t ml
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0208/29/asb.00.h
COOPER: Well, it's the tale of two pictures. We're going to show them both to you now. The one on the left is Valerie Fiorez (ph), heroine of the comic book Radix. The one on the right is MIT's idea of the soldier of the future. You notice something?
MIT used that image on the right to win a $50 million research grant from the Pentagon. The two comic book creators, Ray and Ben Lai, are not pleased. MIT has taken down the image from its Web site. The brothers are considering a lawsuit.
Joining me from Montreal, Ray Lai.
Thanks for being with us, Ray.
RAY LAI, CO-CREATOR, RADIX: Thank you, Anderson.
COOPER: How did you hear that MIT had basically used your comic book idea for their $50 million proposal?
LAI: We have fans from California calling us saying that when, you know, they saw it in the newspaper. So, basically, that's what -- that's how we found out about it.
COOPER: The -- MIT has said that they did, in fact, copy it, though innocently. They said they did not intentionally do it. They were unaware of it. Is that good enough for you?
LAI: You know, of course they're saying it now, but -- you know, I don't know what really happened, but they put somebody else's name on it. So -- and it's not as simple as just taking it off the Web site. They actually scanned it off the books.
COOPER: Now, the idea of your comic -- and, I mean, the heroine in your comic basically has -- I mean, this suit and sort of supernatural powers, as I guess a lot of comic characters do, and that's sort of what MIT was selling to the Pentagon. They were talking about developing technologies with suits that would heal soldiers, would make them able to leap 20 feet. I mean, do you see similarities in the idea that MIT is proposing to your comic books?
LAI: Well, there's definitely some similarities, especially when they use the image to describe what they're doing -- they're trying to do. So, I don't know how much of it is from the comic book. I don't know if they really know about it. All I know is they published the image without our permission, and they did it with -- by putting somebody else's name on it. COOPER: Besides your obvious anger over this, I mean, does it kind of scare you that, you know, the Pentagon is giving $50 million to folks to develop ideas based on a comic book, or at least develop images based on a comic book?
LAI: Well, I mean, that's up to the public to decide. I mean, you know, it's scary that if they actually make it into reality, I don't know what kind of world we'll be living in.
COOPER: Are you going to sue? I mean, I know you sent a cease- and-desist order, or your lawyers did, to MIT to take it off their Web site. They've sort of apologized. Is there another step? I mean, I suppose you could sue for copyright infringement or something.
LAI: Well, some think that, but I'm leaving that to our lawyers. So, we're weighing our options right now.
COOPER: Always an ominous sentence, weighing options and leaving it to the lawyers. What -- just to inform some viewers, this -- MIT is basically going to start an institute for soldier nanotechnologies, so that's what this $50 million is going to. What -- when you look at the image that MIT sent into the Pentagon, I mean, what do you see from your comic book? We're showing both images side- by-side right now.
LAI: Well, they actually took more than just the main character. They took the background off another page inside the book, and they took the helmet off another page inside the book. So, you know, the entire image is piece and bits from different parts of the book.
COOPER: There are some who say, you know, this is really a plus for you and your brother, that, you know, this is getting your comic book a lot of publicity, a lot of notoriety. A lot of people probably talking about it who wouldn't before. Do you agree?
LAI: Well, of course -- I mean, we're getting a lot more coverage than if this didn't happen. But, I think the important thing is for the other universities to know about it, what MIT did, and let them judge whether the competition was fair or not, because it is -- it was an open competition.
COOPER: You're saying that because other universities were also applying for this Pentagon, and MIT is the one who won. Just, you know, for the record, the Pentagon has said that it wasn't just the illustrations in the pentagon -- in the MIT proposal that won then that day was their ideas, as well. So -- but, Mr. Lai, we appreciate you coming in and appreciate you talking with us, and good luck with your comic...
LAI: All right.
COOPER: We'll follow the story as it develops.
LAI: OK, thank you.
COOPER: Thanks a lot. A few quick stories from around the world tonight. Pretty rare. We can combine shameless pandering and a shameless pun at the same time. It's a rare day. Yes, it's a panda story. Even better, a baby panda story. Nielson families, take note: two Chinese Pandas, Bean-Bean and Shu-Lan, are the proud mothers of two male pandas. Oh, yes. No names yet. This is the 14th panda Bean-Bean has had, or should we say the 14th baby Bean-Bean will admit to. That's right, Bean-Bean gets around. That's what I heard, anyway. People are talking. That's what the other girls in the restroom are saying.
They call him "Crocodile Boy." Actually, that's what we call him. He's a 10-year old Thai boy who allegedly adopted a crocodile as a pet. It's one of those things, like, the video pops up. Who knows if it's real? I don't know. Seems we get along well with this croc, too. His favorite pastime is watching TV and, apparently, brushing the teeth there. I don't know. I'm not sure I buy it.
From Japan, a story that needs no commentary, and please, no commentary or e-mail. Such a dumb idea, it speaks for itself: a bra made of glass. For the time being, the company is, mercifully, not selling any to the public. Yeah. Ahead on NEWSNIGHT: Remembering.
font making is not something you just 'pick up'. It requires years of experience and study of existing fonts to even start making something decent. Typography is undertaken by few because of this. In addition, the work is tedious, and painstaking. You have to commit to this, it may take years before you are good enough to make a suitable replacement for these classic fonts.
JMAX and PD (pure data), which are probably the most professional audio solutions for linux are not on the list, I wonder why. They are simply linux ports of previously mac software. Both of these are damn good rivalry to MAX.
x /en/ind ex.php3
You can get JMAX here:
http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel/jma
PD Here:
http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html
i nearly fell of my chair when I first saw the Visual Studio.net ads on slashdot, but this, this is just crazy. Why do they deserve kudos for demonstrating security vulnerabilities to a standalone. They still suck where it counts, who cares if they help where it doesn't matter. MS sucks, and I doubt they'll earn anyone's respect through one small act.
then those who own copyright on their gpl producs include anti-dmca provisions in the GPL AND restrict redhat's use of their software so it can't be used.
ummm, no free host will host a site that large, regardless of popup ads...
that you think a game's graphics are outdated non-constructive, I honestly think that the freeciv graphics suck nuts. Sure it's strategy, and I realize that OSS has a tough time in this area, but they really do suck.
IMO the best of electronica (not cliched, not trendy, everyone will ask you whot hat great band is)
Plaid
Tortoise
Stereolab
Squarepusher
as a canadian you are so proud because the U.S. planted so many bombs in canada? Or are you proud of being a citizen of a non-US country so you can poke fun at us?
well yet another argument for the human race to move to machines instead of biological bodies, the tech (at least according to kurzweil if i'm not mistaken) is supposed to be ready by then right? then we'll just be bots mining silicon living in a virtual earth.
cuz i'll take you down in a steEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL CAGE!
good guide on hardware for watercooling, but the video has the most atrocious trance as the background music that's been heard since 1999!
the tech has advanced, and techies are more likely to download music now that before. Better technology, and more users have made filetrading easier, so those who were too unsavy (or had a life) to use ftp or newsgroups can now use simple tools like gnutella.
your average 6 year old britney fan probably wants a cd because it's not just the music, it's a piece of britney. hell, i'd rather download the album, it is really only mediocre, but that doesn't make downloading it alone any more excusable. People before would be more willing to buy the cd because mediocre music could not be obtained in any other way. Now that people can get it free, why pay for it? There's no incentive to support the artist like there is with great music where you are truly grateful to the artist. I don't think this situation is right at all. But i'm poor and morals are expensive so feh.
I believe moby is right on the money with his claim but the times are a changing and little aside from legislation can stop them.
we don't use those pilots anymore really. The US has been moving steadily towards long range engagement where the combatants don't even see their enemy, rather they fire when the enemy is spotted on radar.
think fully automated.
of course the use of 'a lot' is generally considered a sign of poor writing.
here are the winners
Best Male Performance: Will Smith: Ali
Best Femaile Performance: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Best Onscreen Team: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the fast and the furious
Best Villain: Denzel Washington, Training day
Best Comedic Performance: Reese Witherspoon, legally blonde
Best Musical Sequence: Ewan MacGregor and Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Best Kiss: Jason Biggs and Sean William Scott, american pie 2
Best Action Sequence: Perl Harbor, the attack scene
Best Fight: Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan versus The Hong Kong Gang, Rush hour 2
Breakthrough Male: Orlando Bloom, LOTR
Breakthrough Female: Mandy Moore, a walk to remember
Best Movie: LOTR
he was also a member of the local gun club. I'm sure that gave him far more training than playing CS did.
of course maybe the tiny area in the shuttle that contains a single 8086 processor may be just a little too small to fit a new zSeries, or PC for that matter.