That's why someone -- whoever is trying to break Linux into the desktop -- needs to take charge and make a decision. Compromises must be made and obviously not everyone is going be happy, but it's a necessity to promote a single, unified desktop experience for Linux.
Why on earth do we need a unified desktop experience? Linux is by the hackers for the hackers. The reason why most OSS is written is to scratch a personal itch. Call me selfish, but I'm not going to lose my choice simply to get a few more users for Linux.
It's great if more users switch to Linux, but I'm not going to passively sit and watch Linux as *I* (and the majority of the current userbase) like it be destroyed because some people think that Microsoft should be crushed.
Sure, and how does one company (or group of companies) promoting one tool as their "default" prevent anyone from seeking alternatives?
Internet Explorer on windows, Windows Media Player? Those are two examples of this. Maybe more so for OSS, if nobody is shipping it or using it, why bother? There's no kudos to be earnt from writing software that nobody uses.
I think that your confusion reigns from being raised in a Microsoft world. The whole idea behind unix is LOTS of little tools that can be used in many ways. The *nix community doesn't (generally) believe in having one bloated tool that does everything (like msoffice), instead we have tools that are REALLY good at something.
(And yes I know that emacs is the msoffice of the shell - but I don't use it anyway... My PERSONAL preference is vim, and I like it that way)
there is a time and place for school work and thats at school. This wasnt a matter of me not being able to do the homework, it was a matter of respect, it is disrespectful for you to tell me what I am to do with my free time at home. Maybe I want to spend some time with my friends, my parents, or just watch some tv, giving me hours of homework which could have been given to me in school is pointless.
It's not disrespect, it's your teacher trying to do what's best for you. It's not disrespectful to try and teach you some discipline and to try and help you attain the ability to work for yourself. You're obviously a 16 year old/. troll who has never been to University, the workforce or another place where you have to work by yourself, in your own time in order to pass.
And besides, the homework was given to you in school. If you finished your in class work, I'm sure that your teacher would have had no problems with you doing it in class.
We can teach each and every student at that students pace using E-software, the internet, computer technology, etc. This seems to work well at the college level
No we can't, and no it doesn't. Even long distance (school of the air in Australia) students have regular contact with a teacher. As a university student, I have many hours of tutorials each week. Sure, some course materials are delivered online.
But, the internet is not a wondrous teaching tool. It is not some fantastic panacea to help people learn. The internet is simply another media type that has the ability to deliver teaching materials.
Regardless of the software written, somebody who knows what they're doing must customize it for each student. You say that you can do it: Have you invented AI on the side by any chance?
Its not that I hate authority, I hate authority which attempts to rule over my entire life
Does authority exist if it is not used? You're whining about a few hours of homework, which, if set correctly (in my experience, mine generally was) would have helped you greatly. Homework falls into the learning method of "the zone of proximal development" - think building a scaffolding to the learning objective through experience and putting small pieces of information together to form a whole. Besides, if you treat your boss like this, you won't have one for long.
I'm not saying that it's fun, it's good for you. I'm unsure of where your epicuran (in the traditional pleasure-seeking sense) educational philosophy came from, but the primary reason you are at high school is to learn. By all means, if you enjoy yourself while you're at it, good!
But rejecting authority which is wiser, better, and certainly more knowledge through years of research because you think you can do better yourself is foolish, to say the least. If you honestly could do better you'd be published in educational journals, and probably would have proper grammar and punctuation.
Well, that sort of already happens at my university in Australia.
If I don't get (pay $$$, of course) a swipe card for lab access, after 4 weeks of being enrolled in a second year subject, I automatically have all my user accounts suspended in the Comp Sci faculty.
It doesn't matter if I've been logging in to it remotely (all you need for console java apps) or even if I do remote desktop via X11 (I'm on the LAN in college:) I'll still have my account suspended.
Although, if you are having low test scores because you are a poor test taker, maybe you should be in remedial classes, because, unfortunately, it's how this world ranks people.
I just wish that I never had to write (handwrite) code in an exam. How much further from a real life experience can you get?
Actually, Samba was developed in Australia, and under our legal system, reverse engineering for compatibility reasons is perfectly legal (at least according to high school of many years ago - it mentioned some case of Sega vs somebody). Samba is probably the clearest cut case of this possible.
Unfortunately, our laws are heading towards the US style of things, in regards to copyright:(
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The biggest problem with DNA fingerprinting, is the contamination problems. Before a restriction endonuclease (DNA cutter) is added to cut up the highly repeated elements of DNA, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is used to make many, many copies of the DNA. (2^20 to 2^30 iirc)
The big problem with this is, that a tiny contamination will cause deviances from what would be expected.
As most uni (college) biology students will tell you, it's really easy to contaminate what you're working with if you're not careful, when you're using PCR. As a crime scene is certainly not a lab, the potential for getting the wrong DNA is possible in some cases.
Although, I imagine that this is mitigated somewhat by obtaining DNA samples of the victim, and others who may have legitimately contaminated the scene.
There's a difference between showing that DNA at a scene matches a suspect, and showing that the DNA at the scene was there because of the criminal activity.
I'm not saying that DNA fingerprinting is not a legitimate technology, it's just like all technologies - not foolproof, and we should remember that, rather than treat it like a panacea.
(And for those people worried about insurance companies, etc, the police DNA database does not contain information about whether you are more likely to get any particular disease)
There used to be a search engine running on my college LAN on a community based site with forums, chat, etc. Since all of this legal crap has gone on, and we can't afford lawyers, the search module has been switched off.
This has resulted in webalizer stats dropping from 106,000 hits/day on average to 6,000. So, a search engine that serves approx. 2,200 students will obtain roughly 100,000 hits/day.
All the same, it's fairly amazing how well that server stayed up under a slashdotting, considering all the company sites that go under...
Convince the police to conduct a raid on all MP's houses
That'd be great, but (correct me if I'm wrong - this comes from a high-school trip many years ago), MP's in Australia aren't bound by copyright for their term of office. So really, they couldn't be charged with anything.
I hope that ISP's stand up and fight this anyway - they've got enough problems with the way the US Telco's charge them for bandwidth - the last thing they need is more red-tape caused by the USA's deputy sheriff, our own John Howard.
Apple, does in fact, advertise to Linux users. Inside the cover of New Scientist, 29 June 2002 (AU edition) there is a double page advertisement entitled: "Sends other UNIX boxes to/dev/null."
They really are targeting OS X at the scientific Unix crowd, even Linux, as the ad says: "'After two-and-a-half years of Linux, I've finally found joy in a UNIX operating system. And I found it when I purchased a Macintosh - the first one I've ever owned.' - John Hummel Jr., The Gamers' Press"
While I can see them winning business off expensive Unix hardware, I wonder how effective they will be in targetting linux users.
Just recently, when I was surfing the 'net, I noticed a web site of a computer retailer here in Australia passing price as a variable in their CGI!
So, I went to the site, added their most expensive items as $0.00 and sent them a screenshot of their checkout screen, and an explanation of the problem. (I didn't buy the items either). After explaining it in an email, I sent it to quite a few different people at the company. But they just didn't listen and refuse to reply. Is this common to other people's experiences? And my question is, what should I do if they continue to refuse to reply and do not fix it?
Slashdot Mirror
Ext2FSD - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/
That works nicely for me on both Win2k and XP if you're after a deeper implementation.:)
Last time I used it, it did read/write on ext2 and read only on ext3.
What I'd *really* like, however, is a JFS driver for windows. (IBM JFS, that is)
Robert.
That's why someone -- whoever is trying to break Linux into the desktop -- needs to take charge and make a decision. Compromises must be made and obviously not everyone is going be happy, but it's a necessity to promote a single, unified desktop experience for Linux.
Why on earth do we need a unified desktop experience? Linux is by the hackers for the hackers. The reason why most OSS is written is to scratch a personal itch. Call me selfish, but I'm not going to lose my choice simply to get a few more users for Linux.
It's great if more users switch to Linux, but I'm not going to passively sit and watch Linux as *I* (and the majority of the current userbase) like it be destroyed because some people think that Microsoft should be crushed.
Sure, and how does one company (or group of companies) promoting one tool as their "default" prevent anyone from seeking alternatives?
Internet Explorer on windows, Windows Media Player? Those are two examples of this. Maybe more so for OSS, if nobody is shipping it or using it, why bother? There's no kudos to be earnt from writing software that nobody uses.
I think that your confusion reigns from being raised in a Microsoft world. The whole idea behind unix is LOTS of little tools that can be used in many ways. The *nix community doesn't (generally) believe in having one bloated tool that does everything (like msoffice), instead we have tools that are REALLY good at something.
(And yes I know that emacs is the msoffice of the shell - but I don't use it anyway... My PERSONAL preference is vim, and I like it that way)
You sure you haven't been drinking Foster's?
:-p
We don't touch the stuff here, and only export it to stupid foreigners, who don't know better
I've already upgrading to 2.6.0-test4, and I find it fantastic - all round works a whole lot better on this Inspiron 8100.
Anyway, I stuck up a Redhat 9 specific guide for this at http://www.fearthecow.net (be nice).
Robert.
there is a time and place for school work and thats at school. This wasnt a matter of me not being able to do the homework, it was a matter of respect, it is disrespectful for you to tell me what I am to do with my free time at home. Maybe I want to spend some time with my friends, my parents, or just watch some tv, giving me hours of homework which could have been given to me in school is pointless.
/. troll who has never been to University, the workforce or another place where you have to work by yourself, in your own time in order to pass.
It's not disrespect, it's your teacher trying to do what's best for you. It's not disrespectful to try and teach you some discipline and to try and help you attain the ability to work for yourself. You're obviously a 16 year old
And besides, the homework was given to you in school. If you finished your in class work, I'm sure that your teacher would have had no problems with you doing it in class.
We can teach each and every student at that students pace using E-software, the internet, computer technology, etc. This seems to work well at the college level
No we can't, and no it doesn't. Even long distance (school of the air in Australia) students have regular contact with a teacher. As a university student, I have many hours of tutorials each week. Sure, some course materials are delivered online.
But, the internet is not a wondrous teaching tool. It is not some fantastic panacea to help people learn. The internet is simply another media type that has the ability to deliver teaching materials.
Regardless of the software written, somebody who knows what they're doing must customize it for each student. You say that you can do it: Have you invented AI on the side by any chance?
Its not that I hate authority, I hate authority which attempts to rule over my entire life
Does authority exist if it is not used? You're whining about a few hours of homework, which, if set correctly (in my experience, mine generally was) would have helped you greatly. Homework falls into the learning method of "the zone of proximal development" - think building a scaffolding to the learning objective through experience and putting small pieces of information together to form a whole. Besides, if you treat your boss like this, you won't have one for long.
I'm not saying that it's fun, it's good for you. I'm unsure of where your epicuran (in the traditional pleasure-seeking sense) educational philosophy came from, but the primary reason you are at high school is to learn. By all means, if you enjoy yourself while you're at it, good!
But rejecting authority which is wiser, better, and certainly more knowledge through years of research because you think you can do better yourself is foolish, to say the least. If you honestly could do better you'd be published in educational journals, and probably would have proper grammar and punctuation.
Well, that sort of already happens at my university in Australia.
:) I'll still have my account suspended.
If I don't get (pay $$$, of course) a swipe card for lab access, after 4 weeks of being enrolled in a second year subject, I automatically have all my user accounts suspended in the Comp Sci faculty.
It doesn't matter if I've been logging in to it remotely (all you need for console java apps) or even if I do remote desktop via X11 (I'm on the LAN in college
Although, if you are having low test scores because you are a poor test taker, maybe you should be in remedial classes, because, unfortunately, it's how this world ranks people.
I just wish that I never had to write (handwrite) code in an exam. How much further from a real life experience can you get?
Actually, Samba was developed in Australia, and under our legal system, reverse engineering for compatibility reasons is perfectly legal (at least according to high school of many years ago - it mentioned some case of Sega vs somebody). Samba is probably the clearest cut case of this possible.
:(
Unfortunately, our laws are heading towards the US style of things, in regards to copyright
(IANAL)
The biggest problem with DNA fingerprinting, is the contamination problems. Before a restriction endonuclease (DNA cutter) is added to cut up the highly repeated elements of DNA, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is used to make many, many copies of the DNA. (2^20 to 2^30 iirc)
The big problem with this is, that a tiny contamination will cause deviances from what would be expected.
As most uni (college) biology students will tell you, it's really easy to contaminate what you're working with if you're not careful, when you're using PCR. As a crime scene is certainly not a lab, the potential for getting the wrong DNA is possible in some cases.
Although, I imagine that this is mitigated somewhat by obtaining DNA samples of the victim, and others who may have legitimately contaminated the scene.
There's a difference between showing that DNA at a scene matches a suspect, and showing that the DNA at the scene was there because of the criminal activity.
I'm not saying that DNA fingerprinting is not a legitimate technology, it's just like all technologies - not foolproof, and we should remember that, rather than treat it like a panacea.
(And for those people worried about insurance companies, etc, the police DNA database does not contain information about whether you are more likely to get any particular disease)
There used to be a search engine running on my college LAN on a community based site with forums, chat, etc. Since all of this legal crap has gone on, and we can't afford lawyers, the search module has been switched off.
This has resulted in webalizer stats dropping from 106,000 hits/day on average to 6,000. So, a search engine that serves approx. 2,200 students will obtain roughly 100,000 hits/day.
All the same, it's fairly amazing how well that server stayed up under a slashdotting, considering all the company sites that go under...
Convince the police to conduct a raid on all MP's houses
That'd be great, but (correct me if I'm wrong - this comes from a high-school trip many years ago), MP's in Australia aren't bound by copyright for their term of office. So really, they couldn't be charged with anything.
I hope that ISP's stand up and fight this anyway - they've got enough problems with the way the US Telco's charge them for bandwidth - the last thing they need is more red-tape caused by the USA's deputy sheriff, our own John Howard.
Apple, does in fact, advertise to Linux users. Inside the cover of New Scientist, 29 June 2002 (AU edition) there is a double page advertisement entitled: "Sends other UNIX boxes to /dev/null."
A copy of this ad can be seen here.
They really are targeting OS X at the scientific Unix crowd, even Linux, as the ad says: "'After two-and-a-half years of Linux, I've finally found joy in a UNIX operating system. And I found it when I purchased a Macintosh - the first one I've ever owned.' - John Hummel Jr., The Gamers' Press"
While I can see them winning business off expensive Unix hardware, I wonder how effective they will be in targetting linux users.
So, I went to the site, added their most expensive items as $0.00 and sent them a screenshot of their checkout screen, and an explanation of the problem. (I didn't buy the items either). After explaining it in an email, I sent it to quite a few different people at the company. But they just didn't listen and refuse to reply. Is this common to other people's experiences? And my question is, what should I do if they continue to refuse to reply and do not fix it?