The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, at a scale of 1:20 million. The Sun is represented by the Globe arena in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in the world. The planets are placed and sized according to scale with the inner planets being in Stockholm and Jupiter (diameter 7.3 m) at the International airport Arlanda. The outer planets follow in the same direction with Saturn in Uppsala and Pluto in Delsbo, 300 km from the Globe. At each planet station, exhibits provide information about astronomy and the natural sciences, and also about related mythology and culture. The Stockholm Information Service is a sponsor of the project, like several museums, theaters, parks and scientific institutions.
"Sweden Solar System" is 1:20 million in scale, with the sun represented as the Globe Arena in Stockholm. The Globe Arena is 110 meter in diameter, but was not built for this purpose, of course.
That would just make it even more obvious that MS dumps prices in other to get a competetive advantage. You are not allowed to sell products at loss in order to push competitors out of market.
.. about a week or two ago all of java.sun.com , www.javasoft.com etc was down for more than a day. Not only did this affect people trying to surf on java-related pages. It also affected some java tools that tried to validate EJB deployment descriptors as the default DTD was located at this server. Certain default ant tasks hung since they tried to do lookup of http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/ejb-jar_1_1.dtd, and this was not available. I wonder how many application servers were affected by this downtime? It was briefly mentioned on TheServerSide.com.
Before the web, I believe what you describe could have been true. But today, most people are used to browse the web, which is a kind of file manager interface. Perhaps people don't think about the similarities, but I doubt anyone expects a link equalling a new window with a specific position. The browser is a window to the web, and adapting that to be a window to the underlying file system should work well for current computer users, I believe.
To give different places on the file system their own "look", perhaps each directory could have its own background color. It could be dynamically computed from the path, and give each "place" on the file system its unique identity. A unique background pattern could be added as well. Has anyone experimented with that?
With all respect, I doubt any of these email clients belong to the next generation, they are rather of the current generation. The next generation includes
Chandler from the OSA Foundation.
There is more to convergence than just toolkits. It is unfortunate that every comparison between Gnome and KDE always involves comparing toolkits and the differences between them. A desktop is so much more than just the stuff that builds the GUI. Actually, I think we should stop talking about desktop at this point, since the "desktop problem" is more or less solved. I would say both Gnome and KDE have accomplished what was envisioned at the point when the KDE project was started. I say there is a need for a new vision now, something that goes beyond just the simple toolkits on the desktop.
Convergence can take place in a number of areas. The configuration problem needs to be dealt with. Ideally, all programs should have a common configuration mechanism. Apache, Samba, mail servers, X, drivers etc should be easier to configure. There is a need for a common approach to these problems. This is a major problem to solve, since it needs cooperation and a common vision between all developers, not just the desktop developers.
Better hardware handling. There is work in progress here, and it is more important than most other things going on in KDE or Gnome.
Documentation and help systems. Every program should deliver documentation in a way so that can be integrated in a common help system. It should contain relevant metadata, be easily translatable, viewable in different environments. The information about available programs in the system today is scattered: there is information in the package management database, in the man pages, in the doc directory, in the menu hierarchy, but it is loosly coupled and it is not easy to find the documenation given the.desktop entry in the menu directory. I believe the free software community should define a metadata format like the one that freshmeat uses. Every tarball should include descriptions in a common format, and it should be usable in a number of contexts. There is a need for a distributed web of metadata. Today it seems the metadata is centralized in the package repositories and on freshmeat. There is a gap between description of packages and descriptions of the programs they install. Every available application needs good descriptions. Not just "Mozilla" "Web browser". "Konqueror" "Web browser".
In java terminology, a web application is a special concept that it supports fairly well. A complete web application, such as Slashdot, could be developed in Java, jarred up in a single file (called slashdot.war for example) and dropped in a servlet container such as Tomcat or Resin. Of course, Slashdot would need more than one front runtime to handle the load, but my point is that deployment of a java web application is very easy. And the application word is sutiable as well.
Can someone summarize what System.Forms does, how it does it and how well it works? I am a java developer that have heard many mention it, so it sounds like something very cool. I would like to know how it compares to any eventual java equivalents or whatever good comparisons there are.
I don't think mining ever will be a good reason to explore other planets. After all, we are living on a giant rock, containing enough gold to cover all continents knee-deep. It is just a matter of digging deep enough, which of course is not simple nor cheap, but probably more realistic than mine another planet.
Today, the most valuable resource we can get from other planets is knowledge. Knowledge is the currency that can be transferred to money, if applied well. For example, finding DNA on Mars would tell us immensly about our own origins. How is that transferred to money? Don't know, can't tell, but I strongly believe it would be worth more to me than whatever shiny things we could make of metals from Mars.
Are these the best commercials?
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I don't live in the US, but I have read that people gather up in front of the TV when it is Super Bowl, partly because of the "great" commercials. I now watched all ten in this list, and I am puzzled. Are these really the best commercials in the country of consumerism and capitalism? Because frankly, I don't find them very good. There is some kind of "grand" feeling to some of them, some might have been expensive to make, and they probably appeal to many people by using some lower denominator. But they lack humour, the acting in them is bad, and I don't feel much when I see them. I think this is because they are aimed at a very big and diverse audience. I have seen plenty of better commercials here though (where here is Sweden). We also have the usual rubbish with shampoo, soap and pampers, but those that are good are more creative than these shown here, and often have great acting, and are more funny.
What are your feelings about the Super Bowl commericals? Are they the best you get there, or are the local ones, or more odd ones better? My feeling is that if you aim at a smaller audience, chances are you end up with a better commercial (where I define "better" as more entertaining to watch).
What is the difference? Constitutional sounds like a qualifier, a kind of monarchy. I can speak as a Swede, we have a king, and the king is indeed our head of state. With little to none real power though.
The idea is not bad, but too static. A better approach would be if there was a unique id that could be matched against a database of some kind.The database could be upgraded in an apt-get manner, and it could include the latest info about the drivers. I think this is somewhat where the HAL project is heading. That is, let vendors or others provide device info files that describes the devices. Such a file could perhaps include an URL.
(Or replace the URL with an URI, perhaps that would solve it)
Please be more specific, because I bet you are WRONG. You are mixing up proposed laws from a few crazy politicians, and basically saying that these were the laws at the time.
So: which northern european country are you talking about?
I have read hundreds of replies now, and not a single one seems to be concerned where and how the "favourites" will be stored. That is vital!
Mozilla, KDE, Gnome and OpenOffice must all share the same set of favourites in their file dialogs. If I add a favourite in Gnome, it should turn up in KDE's dialog boxes as well. This must be standardized. I suggest that there exists a directory where.desktop files are stored for each "favourite".
Not only should it be configurable, but it should be configurable in a cross-desktop-compatible way. Please GTK-developers, bring this issue to freedesktop.org!
I don't know much about Centrino, but as far as I can tell, the nicest looking laptop (excluding Mac laptops) uses it - HP/Compaq Presario X1000. However, Linux does not run well on it. Is that why you call it crap?
His points are still valid. I don't think the java libraries include many special purpose classes that are more special than a priority queue. I think it depends on the context. What is basic for you is special purpose for me.
Can you elaborate on how Java's libraries are a total mess? I don't think they are especially bad. Some deprecated old stuff could probably be removed, but I find my way around there without major difficulties. Noone uses all of it of course, but most of it is useful I would guess. What would you like to change? What need to be improved?
Linux annoyances.
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O'Reilly has a book about Linux annoyances as well. However, they named it Linux Server Hacks
This is more true than it first may seem. After following both KDE and Gnome mailing lists I get the impression that some developers want to create their own "clean world" where only libraries of their favourite language should exist. The alternative is called "bloat" is never considered further.
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From this link:
The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, at a scale of 1:20 million. The Sun is represented by the Globe arena in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in the world. The planets are placed and sized according to scale with the inner planets being in Stockholm and Jupiter (diameter 7.3 m) at the International airport Arlanda. The outer planets follow in the same direction with Saturn in Uppsala and Pluto in Delsbo, 300 km from the Globe. At each planet station, exhibits provide information about astronomy and the natural sciences, and also about related mythology and culture. The Stockholm Information Service is a sponsor of the project, like several museums, theaters, parks and scientific institutions.
"Sweden Solar System" is 1:20 million in scale, with the sun represented as the Globe Arena in Stockholm. The Globe Arena is 110 meter in diameter, but was not built for this purpose, of course.
http://www.astro.su.se/swesolsyst/moreinfo.html
That would just make it even more obvious that MS dumps prices in other to get a competetive advantage. You are not allowed to sell products at loss in order to push competitors out of market.
.. about a week or two ago all of java.sun.com , www.javasoft.com etc was down for more than a day. Not only did this affect people trying to surf on java-related pages. It also affected some java tools that tried to validate EJB deployment descriptors as the default DTD was located at this server. Certain default ant tasks hung since they tried to do lookup of http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/ejb-jar_1_1.dtd, and this was not available. I wonder how many application servers were affected by this downtime? It was briefly mentioned on TheServerSide.com.
Yes, or how good is Tkinter in Python? AWT quality in my opinion.
Before the web, I believe what you describe could have been true. But today, most people are used to browse the web, which is a kind of file manager interface. Perhaps people don't think about the similarities, but I doubt anyone expects a link equalling a new window with a specific position. The browser is a window to the web, and adapting that to be a window to the underlying file system should work well for current computer users, I believe.
To give different places on the file system their own "look", perhaps each directory could have its own background color. It could be dynamically computed from the path, and give each "place" on the file system its unique identity. A unique background pattern could be added as well. Has anyone experimented with that?
With all respect, I doubt any of these email clients belong to the next generation, they are rather of the current generation. The next generation includes Chandler from the OSA Foundation.
There is more to convergence than just toolkits. It is unfortunate that every comparison between Gnome and KDE always involves comparing toolkits and the differences between them. A desktop is so much more than just the stuff that builds the GUI. Actually, I think we should stop talking about desktop at this point, since the "desktop problem" is more or less solved. I would say both Gnome and KDE have accomplished what was envisioned at the point when the KDE project was started. I say there is a need for a new vision now, something that goes beyond just the simple toolkits on the desktop.
.desktop entry in the menu directory. I believe the free software community should define a metadata format like the one that freshmeat uses. Every tarball should include descriptions in a common format, and it should be usable in a number of contexts. There is a need for a distributed web of metadata. Today it seems the metadata is centralized in the package repositories and on freshmeat. There is a gap between description of packages and descriptions of the programs they install. Every available application needs good descriptions. Not just "Mozilla" "Web browser". "Konqueror" "Web browser".
Convergence can take place in a number of areas. The configuration problem needs to be dealt with. Ideally, all programs should have a common configuration mechanism. Apache, Samba, mail servers, X, drivers etc should be easier to configure. There is a need for a common approach to these problems. This is a major problem to solve, since it needs cooperation and a common vision between all developers, not just the desktop developers.
Better hardware handling. There is work in progress here, and it is more important than most other things going on in KDE or Gnome.
Documentation and help systems. Every program should deliver documentation in a way so that can be integrated in a common help system. It should contain relevant metadata, be easily translatable, viewable in different environments. The information about available programs in the system today is scattered: there is information in the package management database, in the man pages, in the doc directory, in the menu hierarchy, but it is loosly coupled and it is not easy to find the documenation given the
I don't think it has been a failure. Quite the opposite. I think it is well on its way to do that, but it will take time, of course.
In java terminology, a web application is a special concept that it supports fairly well. A complete web application, such as Slashdot, could be developed in Java, jarred up in a single file (called slashdot.war for example) and dropped in a servlet container such as Tomcat or Resin. Of course, Slashdot would need more than one front runtime to handle the load, but my point is that deployment of a java web application is very easy. And the application word is sutiable as well.
Can someone summarize what System.Forms does, how it does it and how well it works? I am a java developer that have heard many mention it, so it sounds like something very cool. I would like to know how it compares to any eventual java equivalents or whatever good comparisons there are.
I don't think mining ever will be a good reason to explore other planets. After all, we are living on a giant rock, containing enough gold to cover all continents knee-deep. It is just a matter of digging deep enough, which of course is not simple nor cheap, but probably more realistic than mine another planet.
Today, the most valuable resource we can get from other planets is knowledge. Knowledge is the currency that can be transferred to money, if applied well. For example, finding DNA on Mars would tell us immensly about our own origins. How is that transferred to money? Don't know, can't tell, but I strongly believe it would be worth more to me than whatever shiny things we could make of metals from Mars.
I don't live in the US, but I have read that people gather up in front of the TV when it is Super Bowl, partly because of the "great" commercials. I now watched all ten in this list, and I am puzzled. Are these really the best commercials in the country of consumerism and capitalism? Because frankly, I don't find them very good. There is some kind of "grand" feeling to some of them, some might have been expensive to make, and they probably appeal to many people by using some lower denominator. But they lack humour, the acting in them is bad, and I don't feel much when I see them.
I think this is because they are aimed at a very big and diverse audience. I have seen plenty of better commercials here though (where here is Sweden). We also have the usual rubbish with shampoo, soap and pampers, but those that are good are more creative than these shown here, and often have great acting, and are more funny.
What are your feelings about the Super Bowl commericals? Are they the best you get there, or are the local ones, or more odd ones better? My feeling is that if you aim at a smaller audience, chances are you end up with a better commercial (where I define "better" as more entertaining to watch).
I think it could be ant tasks that show a progress bar. Also there is some ant task that can show an about box.
What is the difference? Constitutional sounds like a qualifier, a kind of monarchy. I can speak as a Swede, we have a king, and the king is indeed our head of state. With little to none real power though.
The idea is not bad, but too static. A better approach would be if there was a unique id that could be matched against a database of some kind.The database could be upgraded in an apt-get manner, and it could include the latest info about the drivers.
I think this is somewhat where the HAL project is heading. That is, let vendors or others provide device info files that describes the devices. Such a file could perhaps include an URL.
(Or replace the URL with an URI, perhaps that would solve it)
Please be more specific, because I bet you are WRONG. You are mixing up proposed laws from a few crazy politicians, and basically saying that these were the laws at the time.
So: which northern european country are you talking about?
Mozilla, KDE, Gnome and OpenOffice must all share the same set of favourites in their file dialogs. If I add a favourite in Gnome, it should turn up in KDE's dialog boxes as well. This must be standardized. I suggest that there exists a directory where .desktop files are stored for each "favourite".
Not only should it be configurable, but it should be configurable in a cross-desktop-compatible way. Please GTK-developers, bring this issue to freedesktop.org!
I don't know much about Centrino, but as far as I can tell, the nicest looking laptop (excluding Mac laptops) uses it - HP/Compaq Presario X1000. However, Linux does not run well on it. Is that why you call it crap?
Do you have a link for this?
His points are still valid. I don't think the java libraries include many special purpose classes that are more special than a priority queue. I think it depends on the context. What is basic for you is special purpose for me.
Can you elaborate on how Java's libraries are a total mess? I don't think they are especially bad. Some deprecated old stuff could probably be removed, but I find my way around there without major difficulties. Noone uses all of it of course, but most of it is useful I would guess. What would you like to change? What need to be improved?
O'Reilly has a book about Linux annoyances as well. However, they named it Linux Server Hacks
This is more true than it first may seem. After following both KDE and Gnome mailing lists I get the impression that some developers want to create their own "clean world" where only libraries of their favourite language should exist. The alternative is called "bloat" is never considered further.