Adobe had nothing to do with it. Macromedia did all the legwork before they got bought.
Also, you can't really blame Sun for not having Java pre-installed on most desktops. There were certain monopolists doing everything in their power to prevent Java's emergence as a solid platform.
* Cross-platform (windows, mac, linux and solaris)
That's not cross-platform. Does it run on a PS3 or a Wii? How about on cell phones? No? Then spare us your myopic claims. Go run along and play; the adults have work to do.
I was indeed using Kubuntu's System Preferences applet, and it uses the coloring technique but doesn't have drop downs. When you search, the icons that don't "match" turn monochrome.
What was the problem? The icon I needed to click is ALWAYS monochrome! I thought the search was excluding it.
XP has GUI functionality for pretty much all of ipconfig (and in fact does better than an ipconfig/release && ipconfig/renew -- that doesn't/completely/ refresh the IP). But you're right about ping. And add traceroute to the list as well as about half the functionality of the "net" command. Pretty much the first thing I do when logging into Windows is open a command line. (Actually, I open two -- one as me, and one runas'ed an administrator.)
The option that always pisses me off is the one that allows you to change from 'single-click activate' to 'double-click activate'. I end up looking through all the various "Look & Feel" panels to no avail. (Yes, I know where the option is, but I have to hunt for it every time.)
The main problem, to me, is that KDE doesn't differentiate between per-user and system-wide System Settings, but the labels imply that it does. "Personal" and "Look & Feel" are obviously per-user, and "Computer Administration" implies to me that those are system-wide. In reality, it's a mish-mash of the two. This is an important distinction for me, as my wife and I both use the same computer with different profiles.
And that make debuggers a circumvention device; and Microsoft (and Borland, and Apple, and FSF) would be guilty of trafficking in circumvention devices.
The latency wouldn't be when you check e-mail, it would be when e-mail is/delivered/. This is already a high-latency process, so adding a little more is negligible. Plus, users tend not to notice latency at that stage.
Well boo hoo for them. If I set network policy, I wouldn't allow people to download foreign e-mail. If the user's just getting e-mail froma POP connection, you lose the ability to check it for viruses, spam, phishing schemes, etc. Basically, you might as well let people plug laptops right into the enterprise LAN (you're NOT doing that, right?). If they want to receive e-mail at work, they should have it sent to their work address (perhaps via auto-forwarding).
Scan every e-mail at the SMTP server. Scan every download at the proxy server. Protect your network. A little bit of latency isn't going to kill anyone.
The government has faith in itself. Registered US mail is acceptable even for transmission of classified material. Sure, he could have refused to sign for it, but he would have had no reason to do so until after he knew the contents.
None of the parent comments said DX was better than OpenGL. They said it was/broader/. OpenGL is a 3D programming framework. DirectX is a collection of frameworks: DirectDraw for 2D, Direct3D for 3D, DirectInput for user input, DirectPlay for networking, etc.
Comparing OpenGL and DirectX is like comparing Abiword (just a word processor) and OpenOffice (a word processor, a spreadsheet, a vector graphics editor, a presentation designer, etc).
Comparing OpenGL to Direct3D is an apples-to-apples comparison. That's usually what people mean when they talk about comparing DX and GL (since it's the only comparison that makes sense). But that's intellectual laziness.
A few months ago, I decided to build a fanless desktop.* The socket AM2 had recently debuted, so I decided to buy one of them and pair it with one of the new low-power Semprons. It took days just to/find/ someone who actually claimed to be able to get their hands on one. When I finally ordered one, the order got delayed -- first by one week, then by two. I think it finally arrived three weeks after I ordered it. And I'm lucky, I think. My supplier was in Germany; I don't think American suppliers had/any/ low-power chips at all.
* It mostly worked -- I can use the computer normally for days on end no problem. When I decided to rip some DVDs, it overheated. Oh well -- the CPU fan is barely noticeable anyway.
When did I say research should be halted? Unforunately, if something can be done, it will be eventually. There's no point delaying the inevitable. Our effort would be better spent, as you alluded, preparing for it.
Really. They proved that they didn't (nor did anyone else later) plant false evidence? All the DNA testing in the world only establishes reasonable doubt. It doesn't prove anything.
(No, even a DNA match doesn't prove anything -- thousands of people would probably be an equally good match. With 6 billion people to choose from, even a 99.999999999% accuracy rate would produce identical results for a handful of people.)
We have "mistrials" and "hung juries" which may or may not be similar to the Scottish "not proven". But "guilty" or "not guilty" is not a false dichotomy. The purpose of a trial is not to establish innocence -- it is only to prove guilt, if possible, and to acquit in all other cases. If we had notions that acquitals equated to a proof of innocence,/then/ we'd have a false dichatomy.
You cannot prove innocence. That's why our verdicts are "guilty" and "not guilty". As much as you can prove anything about reality, you can only show that an event occured; you'll be hard pressed to show that it never did, and it's at least approaching the impossible to show that it wasn't/going to/ happen. Not to mention that intentions and actions are two very different things.
This is a scary, scary device. Props to the submitter for recognizing the professor's justification as doublethink.
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Or just download a .deb and sudo dpkg -i.
And Toyota seems to have done OK too. I guess Microsoft didn't care too much for the car market. What was your point?
If it's so great, why am I not already using it?
Congratulations are due to you, sir. That is the stupidest comment I've read this month.
Adobe had nothing to do with it. Macromedia did all the legwork before they got bought.
Also, you can't really blame Sun for not having Java pre-installed on most desktops. There were certain monopolists doing everything in their power to prevent Java's emergence as a solid platform.
* Cross-platform (windows, mac, linux and solaris)
That's not cross-platform. Does it run on a PS3 or a Wii? How about on cell phones?
No? Then spare us your myopic claims. Go run along and play; the adults have work to do.
And what's the reason Ubuntu devs replaced that excellent tool with a craptastically misfeatured knockoff?
I was indeed using Kubuntu's System Preferences applet, and it uses the coloring technique but doesn't have drop downs. When you search, the icons that don't "match" turn monochrome.
What was the problem? The icon I needed to click is ALWAYS monochrome! I thought the search was excluding it.
XP has GUI functionality for pretty much all of ipconfig (and in fact does better than an ipconfig /release && ipconfig /renew -- that doesn't /completely/ refresh the IP). But you're right about ping. And add traceroute to the list as well as about half the functionality of the "net" command. Pretty much the first thing I do when logging into Windows is open a command line. (Actually, I open two -- one as me, and one runas'ed an administrator.)
The option that always pisses me off is the one that allows you to change from 'single-click activate' to 'double-click activate'. I end up looking through all the various "Look & Feel" panels to no avail. (Yes, I know where the option is, but I have to hunt for it every time.)
The main problem, to me, is that KDE doesn't differentiate between per-user and system-wide System Settings, but the labels imply that it does. "Personal" and "Look & Feel" are obviously per-user, and "Computer Administration" implies to me that those are system-wide. In reality, it's a mish-mash of the two. This is an important distinction for me, as my wife and I both use the same computer with different profiles.
And that make debuggers a circumvention device; and Microsoft (and Borland, and Apple, and FSF) would be guilty of trafficking in circumvention devices.
I'm having a boring day. Bring on the lawsuit!
The latency wouldn't be when you check e-mail, it would be when e-mail is /delivered/. This is already a high-latency process, so adding a little more is negligible. Plus, users tend not to notice latency at that stage.
Roaming profiles, FTW.
Question asked and answered. Discussion closed. Next!
Well boo hoo for them. If I set network policy, I wouldn't allow people to download foreign e-mail. If the user's just getting e-mail froma POP connection, you lose the ability to check it for viruses, spam, phishing schemes, etc. Basically, you might as well let people plug laptops right into the enterprise LAN (you're NOT doing that, right?). If they want to receive e-mail at work, they should have it sent to their work address (perhaps via auto-forwarding).
Scan every e-mail at the SMTP server. Scan every download at the proxy server. Protect your network. A little bit of latency isn't going to kill anyone.
The government has faith in itself. Registered US mail is acceptable even for transmission of classified material. Sure, he could have refused to sign for it, but he would have had no reason to do so until after he knew the contents.
None of the parent comments said DX was better than OpenGL. They said it was /broader/. OpenGL is a 3D programming framework. DirectX is a collection of frameworks: DirectDraw for 2D, Direct3D for 3D, DirectInput for user input, DirectPlay for networking, etc.
Comparing OpenGL and DirectX is like comparing Abiword (just a word processor) and OpenOffice (a word processor, a spreadsheet, a vector graphics editor, a presentation designer, etc).
Comparing OpenGL to Direct3D is an apples-to-apples comparison. That's usually what people mean when they talk about comparing DX and GL (since it's the only comparison that makes sense). But that's intellectual laziness.
Yes. You do realize you can have multiple TFTP servers, right?
Actually, DOS is used often enough in embedded environments.
Yes, I have an ASUS, and it's very nice. The fan doesn't even spin most of the time.
Yeah, if you can find them.
/find/ someone who actually claimed to be able to get their hands on one. When I finally ordered one, the order got delayed -- first by one week, then by two. I think it finally arrived three weeks after I ordered it. And I'm lucky, I think. My supplier was in Germany; I don't think American suppliers had /any/ low-power chips at all.
A few months ago, I decided to build a fanless desktop.* The socket AM2 had recently debuted, so I decided to buy one of them and pair it with one of the new low-power Semprons. It took days just to
* It mostly worked -- I can use the computer normally for days on end no problem. When I decided to rip some DVDs, it overheated. Oh well -- the CPU fan is barely noticeable anyway.
When did I say research should be halted? Unforunately, if something can be done, it will be eventually. There's no point delaying the inevitable. Our effort would be better spent, as you alluded, preparing for it.
Really. They proved that they didn't (nor did anyone else later) plant false evidence? All the DNA testing in the world only establishes reasonable doubt. It doesn't prove anything.
(No, even a DNA match doesn't prove anything -- thousands of people would probably be an equally good match. With 6 billion people to choose from, even a 99.999999999% accuracy rate would produce identical results for a handful of people.)
Yes, I embrace my Amero-centrism.
/then/ we'd have a false dichatomy.
We have "mistrials" and "hung juries" which may or may not be similar to the Scottish "not proven". But "guilty" or "not guilty" is not a false dichotomy. The purpose of a trial is not to establish innocence -- it is only to prove guilt, if possible, and to acquit in all other cases. If we had notions that acquitals equated to a proof of innocence,
I'm kinda playing devil's advocate here, but proving innocense (if such a thing were possible) is surely the best way to disprove guilt.
You cannot prove innocence. That's why our verdicts are "guilty" and "not guilty". As much as you can prove anything about reality, you can only show that an event occured; you'll be hard pressed to show that it never did, and it's at least approaching the impossible to show that it wasn't /going to/ happen. Not to mention that intentions and actions are two very different things.
This is a scary, scary device. Props to the submitter for recognizing the professor's justification as doublethink.