Am I the only one who thinks these large, monolithic office suites are a dying breed? I could be wrong, but it seems like Google Docs is the wave of the future. If I didn't work disconnected to the Internet usually that seems like it would be an ideal solution for a company. Come to think of it don't they have a version that you can run on a local network?
Yes, it has fewer features, but it's catching up. For the large majority of even corporate documents it can work. Easier sharing, no more worrying about compatibility, no separate installs, it seems like a winner as the features start to catch up.
Everyone seems to be forgetting a couple of things, and part of the reason I bought the Kindle. The speakers are supposedly better on the Kindle and the Dual Band/Dual Antenna WiFi can also make for a faster internet experience. So I wouldn't say it's a slam dunk that the Nexus 10 is "better specced."
I get the impression that in the Engineering and Scientific community Python is the new Fortran. I hope so, because it would be "Fortran done right".
I love Python and think that would be generally good but there is a problem with that. Fortran runs fast, in real-time. For all the talk about how speed doesn't matter when you're doing real-time signal processing it does. I like numpy/scipy/matplotlib for prototyping but then I have to implement algorithms in C/C++. It would be nice if a higher level language than C came along that could still compile to fast code.
Bullshit. I have one of the nicest looking WM setups I have ever seen, and people who are used to Windows always do a double-take and ask me what software I am using to get such an awesome look.
Until you run Firefox or Synaptic that is...(ducking for cover)
Not to delve too deeply into it but there's a reason it's faith and not knowledge. You don't have faith in a thing when it's proven to be true, it's just true. Faith itself implies an element of doubt and the "you could be wrong" of which you speak.
Why use the inefficient method sending your message/data/... everywhere when it is really only destined for 1 place.
I think you're forgetting about broadcast transmissions. You know, TV, trunked mobile communications...messages that will reach multiple locations simultaneously. Now the distances involved and the spreading loss, that's another issue. There is only so much coherent integration that can be done usually.
I'm pretty sure when GP mentioned it was a hassle to set up, they were referring to setting up Google Voice so it was VOIP. This can be done with GrooVeIP (android app) or using any number of SIP apps with a SIP proxy server. It can be done so that Google Voice uses zero minutes and only data.
Is that on WiFi only or does it use the native data capability of the phone to route calls over the data link?
Caldera --> Slackware --> Ubuntu --> Fedora --> Linux Mint Debian Edition
Of course dabbling in a little bit of everything, BeOS, FreeBSD, CentOS, Linux Madrake, etc.
I haven't used Unity but, to be honest, the one thing I can't get over is the lack of symmetry. I know, it's petty, but it just hits me as wrong, like fingernails on a chalkboard wrong, to have something on the top and left side of the screen. Is that changeable?
I lived in the Atacama dessert for a couple of years so I can attest to the oasis concept, at least in part. For the most part I lived in cities and didn't know where I got my water, although I know there is one main river that makes it down to Antofagasta (the Loa river). But one time I took a trip a few hours inland. Now, keep in mind, the Atacama dessert (apart from the cities) isn't like your Mojave or anything like that, with tumbleweeds and Joshua trees and cacti. It's more like the surface of the moon (in fact there is a "valle de la luna"). Between cities there is nothing but dirt.
At any rate, we eventually arrived at any incredible oasis. A nice stream flowing in a small valley, or more like a tunnel or crevice. I don't know if they were planted but there were tons of fruit trees (membrillo). Lots of lush vegetation. It was truly amazing, like something out of a movie, except you didn't see it until you were there because it was down below the surface.
The ugliest desktop I have ever used or laid my eyes on. I remember in college trying with all my might to compile, install, and run Blackbox on the computer lab HP-UX machines without root just to avoid the hideousness of CDE. I'm sure it was fine when it came out but I don't see the point to this now.
Incidentally, does anyone remember when XFCE came out I thought it was initially billed as an open source version of CDE. Of course it's gotten much better and is actually my primary desktop. I might be misremembering that though.
I use Firefox over Chrome now for a few reasons:
1) I can install a rocker gestures add-on in Linux. That never worked well in Chrome and now doesn't appear to even work at all.
2) I can install it on my work Linux box without having root access, in my home directory.
3) Oddly enough, I had intermittent but distinct problems with Chrome not working with gmail...of all things! The site would sometimes not load at all in Chrome. Then I'd go to Firefox and it always works perfectly.
4) Context menu open in background. In Firefox I can change a setting in about:config that allows me to "Search Google for..." and it will open the results in a BACKGROUND tab. I found an extension in Chrome that allows this but it's a bit of a pain with having to traverse a few layers of menus.
5) Session manager in Firefox is simple and defaults to just saving my tabs and re-opening them. I imagine it's possible in Chrome but after trying one or two I couldn't set up that default behavior without more interaction.
I imagine I could fix a few of these things in Chrome if I put in some time and research. But why bother if Firefox gives me what I need?
I can't find it now but a few years ago there was an article in the IEEE regarding what alternative energy sources could meet the (as then) current demand for the entire world. I think it was in the Signal Processing proceedings, of all places. Anyway, the technology that they said could fit the criteria was a parabolic trough.
Nevermind, the column heading indicates it was mandatory in C99, but optional in C11. I agree, that is stupid as that was one of the best features of C99.
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Am I the only one who thinks these large, monolithic office suites are a dying breed? I could be wrong, but it seems like Google Docs is the wave of the future. If I didn't work disconnected to the Internet usually that seems like it would be an ideal solution for a company. Come to think of it don't they have a version that you can run on a local network?
Yes, it has fewer features, but it's catching up. For the large majority of even corporate documents it can work. Easier sharing, no more worrying about compatibility, no separate installs, it seems like a winner as the features start to catch up.
Everyone seems to be forgetting a couple of things, and part of the reason I bought the Kindle. The speakers are supposedly better on the Kindle and the Dual Band/Dual Antenna WiFi can also make for a faster internet experience. So I wouldn't say it's a slam dunk that the Nexus 10 is "better specced."
An Amazon Instant Video...flash only currently.
Thank you for looking that up for me. I knew the obligatory XKCD link would likely already be in here.
Is there a name yet for the phenomenon wherein: "For every absurd claim there is likely to be an appropriate XKCD cartoon"?
I think it's the Robertson Conjecture. There you go, now you're famous...on slashdot. You should create a wiki page.
Unless you're keying the bits with a set of telegraph keys attached to your CPU's data bus, it's cheating!
I prefer a magnetized needle and a steady hand.
http://xkcd.com/378/
I get the impression that in the Engineering and Scientific community Python is the new Fortran. I hope so, because it would be "Fortran done right".
I love Python and think that would be generally good but there is a problem with that. Fortran runs fast, in real-time. For all the talk about how speed doesn't matter when you're doing real-time signal processing it does. I like numpy/scipy/matplotlib for prototyping but then I have to implement algorithms in C/C++. It would be nice if a higher level language than C came along that could still compile to fast code.
Bullshit. I have one of the nicest looking WM setups I have ever seen, and people who are used to Windows always do a double-take and ask me what software I am using to get such an awesome look.
Until you run Firefox or Synaptic that is...(ducking for cover)
Not to delve too deeply into it but there's a reason it's faith and not knowledge. You don't have faith in a thing when it's proven to be true, it's just true. Faith itself implies an element of doubt and the "you could be wrong" of which you speak.
Why use the inefficient method sending your message/data/... everywhere when it is really only destined for 1 place.
I think you're forgetting about broadcast transmissions. You know, TV, trunked mobile communications...messages that will reach multiple locations simultaneously. Now the distances involved and the spreading loss, that's another issue. There is only so much coherent integration that can be done usually.
The Mona Lisa? Are you serious? Way to break tradition NASA, my heart weeps for Lenna:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/lennapg/lenna.shtml
I'm pretty sure when GP mentioned it was a hassle to set up, they were referring to setting up Google Voice so it was VOIP. This can be done with GrooVeIP (android app) or using any number of SIP apps with a SIP proxy server. It can be done so that Google Voice uses zero minutes and only data.
Is that on WiFi only or does it use the native data capability of the phone to route calls over the data link?
You're supposed to know how to hack your xconfig with vi. Setting up two displays is supposed to hurt.
Don't be ridiculous, you're allowed to use vim in this day and age.
Caldera --> Slackware --> Ubuntu --> Fedora --> Linux Mint Debian Edition Of course dabbling in a little bit of everything, BeOS, FreeBSD, CentOS, Linux Madrake, etc.
I've said for a while now that desktop Linux's biggest problem is that the de facto primary consumer distro doesn't use KDE by default.
You mean KDE 3 right?
I haven't used Unity but, to be honest, the one thing I can't get over is the lack of symmetry. I know, it's petty, but it just hits me as wrong, like fingernails on a chalkboard wrong, to have something on the top and left side of the screen. Is that changeable?
Ruby or Python.
I lived in the Atacama dessert for a couple of years so I can attest to the oasis concept, at least in part. For the most part I lived in cities and didn't know where I got my water, although I know there is one main river that makes it down to Antofagasta (the Loa river). But one time I took a trip a few hours inland. Now, keep in mind, the Atacama dessert (apart from the cities) isn't like your Mojave or anything like that, with tumbleweeds and Joshua trees and cacti. It's more like the surface of the moon (in fact there is a "valle de la luna"). Between cities there is nothing but dirt.
At any rate, we eventually arrived at any incredible oasis. A nice stream flowing in a small valley, or more like a tunnel or crevice. I don't know if they were planted but there were tons of fruit trees (membrillo). Lots of lush vegetation. It was truly amazing, like something out of a movie, except you didn't see it until you were there because it was down below the surface.
Pretty much every day, but I write digital signal processing programs in C/C++.
The ugliest desktop I have ever used or laid my eyes on. I remember in college trying with all my might to compile, install, and run Blackbox on the computer lab HP-UX machines without root just to avoid the hideousness of CDE. I'm sure it was fine when it came out but I don't see the point to this now.
Incidentally, does anyone remember when XFCE came out I thought it was initially billed as an open source version of CDE. Of course it's gotten much better and is actually my primary desktop. I might be misremembering that though.
I recommend python as a great starter language. I haven't seen this reference here yet:
http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/#
Of course, the previously recommneded Dive Into Python is good as well.
I use Firefox over Chrome now for a few reasons: ..." and it will open the results in a BACKGROUND tab. I found an extension in Chrome that allows this but it's a bit of a pain with having to traverse a few layers of menus.
1) I can install a rocker gestures add-on in Linux. That never worked well in Chrome and now doesn't appear to even work at all.
2) I can install it on my work Linux box without having root access, in my home directory.
3) Oddly enough, I had intermittent but distinct problems with Chrome not working with gmail...of all things! The site would sometimes not load at all in Chrome. Then I'd go to Firefox and it always works perfectly.
4) Context menu open in background. In Firefox I can change a setting in about:config that allows me to "Search Google for
5) Session manager in Firefox is simple and defaults to just saving my tabs and re-opening them. I imagine it's possible in Chrome but after trying one or two I couldn't set up that default behavior without more interaction.
I imagine I could fix a few of these things in Chrome if I put in some time and research. But why bother if Firefox gives me what I need?
Here it is (pdf) : http://phoenixprojectfoundation.us/uploads/IEEE_Solar_Hydrogen_Paper.pdf
I can't find it now but a few years ago there was an article in the IEEE regarding what alternative energy sources could meet the (as then) current demand for the entire world. I think it was in the Signal Processing proceedings, of all places. Anyway, the technology that they said could fit the criteria was a parabolic trough.
C11 will make var arrays, one of the most widely used C99 features, optional due to pressure from Microsoft, who refuses to implement C99.
This lists variable length arrays as mandatory. Is it wrong? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11_(C_standard_revision)
Nevermind, the column heading indicates it was mandatory in C99, but optional in C11. I agree, that is stupid as that was one of the best features of C99.
C11 will make var arrays, one of the most widely used C99 features, optional due to pressure from Microsoft, who refuses to implement C99.
This lists variable length arrays as mandatory. Is it wrong? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11_(C_standard_revision)