I've seen some research where differences in the brain were seen for ADD patients as well. More specifically, a lot of activity was found in places normally found dormant or rarely active. The source I studied (sorry I can't cite it, been awhile) called it an "Evolutionary Brain" which seemed to imply that this will eventually become the measure of a "Normal Brain".
That might be true, but projects like Mono exist for that reason. Besides, not everything proprietary is evil. I wouldn't mind non-free.NET if it ran on my PowerBook VIIV.
I used to scoff at the prospect of programming in VB. Even did it for a short while. Fast forward three years to just about a month ago. I checked out VB.NET for the first time. It blew my fucking mind. This IDE has actually got me interested in learning object oriented programming. The book I bought to learn from last weekend shows VB code and C# code side-by-side and I can actually understand it..NET is really all the good things people say about it. Not only does it have the potential to be as platform agnostic as Java is, it it living up to it's full potential of being *language* agnostic, which Java was never designed to be. Who knows, Microsoft may even port Visual Studio to the Mac some day. They've done well with their Office port.
I doubt their DRM is in the chip itself. Also, the plans are finalized already for the consoles Sony's two competitors will be launching. It will be years before we see Cell in another game console because of that.
The Powerbook I bought two weeks ago is officialy obsolete. Apple is only offering discounts for people who bought computers before or after today, the announcement date. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment, I went ahead and pre-ordered anyways.
Especially under HIPAA, we are talking thousands of dollars *per* violation. To simply write zeroes or random bits to each sector is not good enough. Melt that thing into slag or destroy it in acid, then pick randomly from the leftover bits and dispose of them in separate physical locations.
XM is very very good. I was skeptical at first whether or not I would use it, but the Comedy channel is great and totally uncensored. I just bought two years of service.
GCC 4.0 has been in experimental for months. Actually seeing binaries produced from it even in unstable could take a while though. Very little will compile cleanly with it yet anyways.
You are both morons. If someone is smart enough to know the difference between windows and linux, they are smart enough to build their own computer. The car reference just does not apply. Are people crazy who replace the engine in their car with a beefier one?
Just because the Linux kernel is GPL does not mean software that interfaces with it properly needs to be. Look at the closed-source NVidia and ATI drivers as an example.
If the needed TC kernel interface was written properly, it probably would not matter if it was GPL, because it would not disclose any private keys. Why would someone even put a secret key in hardware if it was intended to be accessed by a piece of software? I really doubt any needed software interface would have to disclose the key.
I bought one for my parents for christmas and another for myself after playing with theirs. I love it and do not mind the monthly fee at all. I even networked my own TiVo to prepare for tivotogo. If tivo dies after I finally broke down and bought one, well, that would just suck the petrified shit out of a dead man's ass!
Because by having open source software that can replace an existing MS app, pretty soon MS will be down to the point that nobody wants to buy their software because the free alternatives are just as good. Then as people start to learn there is even a free OS that can replace it, there will be no reason to keep running Windows.
Because after years of watching Microsoft dominate and constrain our choices in software, it is nice to finally see somthing that makes progress in "crushing" that monopoly. Sure, a lot of people are using VB.NET now. But there is still a lot of legacy VB code out there which will easily port over to gambas. Besides, I do not think there is an equivalent yet for VB.NET in Linux.
No, I do not hate Microsoft, but it is always nice to see an egomaniacal business have it's bubble burst by the commoners. Obviously losing the antitrust lawsuits did not make them much better.
This makes PyQt particularly useful as a rapid prototyping environment for applications that will eventually be implemented in C++.
Oh. And I just love to script up a nice application in Bash/Kommander as well before I go and write it for real in C++. Come on, we are talking about a cross-platform self-hosted IDE here. Not a prototyping platform.
Most medical practice management/payment software is pretty much database-driven. The challenge is in keeping up with new business rules which come out quarterly. Personally my goal is to have a unified software base which embodies medical billing and payment. Imagine software that bills and pays in the same model. I'm talking ANSI X.12 with all it's sub-formats talking together as they were meant to be..
I actually designed a practice management system database from scratch. to do so for a payment system too is just the next logical step.
You are not an idiot, and you are entitled to your opinion. However, separation of church and state should be a consideration in your vote too. Having faith is all well and good, but it is up to us to take care of things here on Terra Firma.
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I've seen some research where differences in the brain were seen for ADD patients as well. More specifically, a lot of activity was found in places normally found dormant or rarely active. The source I studied (sorry I can't cite it, been awhile) called it an "Evolutionary Brain" which seemed to imply that this will eventually become the measure of a "Normal Brain".
Isn't there a minimum salary in California to be considered exempt?
That might be true, but projects like Mono exist for that reason. Besides, not everything proprietary is evil. I wouldn't mind non-free .NET if it ran on my PowerBook VIIV.
I used to scoff at the prospect of programming in VB. Even did it for a short while. Fast forward three years to just about a month ago. I checked out VB.NET for the first time. It blew my fucking mind. This IDE has actually got me interested in learning object oriented programming. The book I bought to learn from last weekend shows VB code and C# code side-by-side and I can actually understand it. .NET is really all the good things people say about it. Not only does it have the potential to be as platform agnostic as Java is, it it living up to it's full potential of being *language* agnostic, which Java was never designed to be. Who knows, Microsoft may even port Visual Studio to the Mac some day. They've done well with their Office port.
No one was even close to the ease of use that Windows offered
ahem... AmigaOS, anyone?
This is great, now I can have Cedega for OSX!
I doubt their DRM is in the chip itself. Also, the plans are finalized already for the consoles Sony's two competitors will be launching. It will be years before we see Cell in another game console because of that.
Do people not keep .plan files anymore?
The Powerbook I bought two weeks ago is officialy obsolete. Apple is only offering discounts for people who bought computers before or after today, the announcement date. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment, I went ahead and pre-ordered anyways.
Especially under HIPAA, we are talking thousands of dollars *per* violation. To simply write zeroes or random bits to each sector is not good enough. Melt that thing into slag or destroy it in acid, then pick randomly from the leftover bits and dispose of them in separate physical locations.
XM is very very good. I was skeptical at first whether or not I would use it, but the Comedy channel is great and totally uncensored. I just bought two years of service.
GCC 4.0 has been in experimental for months. Actually seeing binaries produced from it even in unstable could take a while though. Very little will compile cleanly with it yet anyways.
One word: Cell.
You are both morons. If someone is smart enough to know the difference between windows and linux, they are smart enough to build their own computer. The car reference just does not apply. Are people crazy who replace the engine in their car with a beefier one?
Damn, that *is* cheap. How can you afford to charge that little and live in SF?
I can never get it right if Sigourney Weaver was the keymaster, or Rick Moranis.
Just because the Linux kernel is GPL does not mean software that interfaces with it properly needs to be. Look at the closed-source NVidia and ATI drivers as an example.
If the needed TC kernel interface was written properly, it probably would not matter if it was GPL, because it would not disclose any private keys. Why would someone even put a secret key in hardware if it was intended to be accessed by a piece of software? I really doubt any needed software interface would have to disclose the key.
I bought one for my parents for christmas and another for myself after playing with theirs. I love it and do not mind the monthly fee at all. I even networked my own TiVo to prepare for tivotogo. If tivo dies after I finally broke down and bought one, well, that would just suck the petrified shit out of a dead man's ass!
I bought myself Cedega and play Half-Life 2 on Linux just fine.
Because by having open source software that can replace an existing MS app, pretty soon MS will be down to the point that nobody wants to buy their software because the free alternatives are just as good. Then as people start to learn there is even a free OS that can replace it, there will be no reason to keep running Windows.
Because after years of watching Microsoft dominate and constrain our choices in software, it is nice to finally see somthing that makes progress in "crushing" that monopoly. Sure, a lot of people are using VB.NET now. But there is still a lot of legacy VB code out there which will easily port over to gambas. Besides, I do not think there is an equivalent yet for VB.NET in Linux.
No, I do not hate Microsoft, but it is always nice to see an egomaniacal business have it's bubble burst by the commoners. Obviously losing the antitrust lawsuits did not make them much better.
This makes PyQt particularly useful as a rapid prototyping environment for applications that will eventually be implemented in C++.
Oh. And I just love to script up a nice application in Bash/Kommander as well before I go and write it for real in C++. Come on, we are talking about a cross-platform self-hosted IDE here. Not a prototyping platform.
Just to follow up because I left the most important factor out. HIPAA. The actual implementation language is the least of your concerns..
Most medical practice management/payment software is pretty much database-driven. The challenge is in keeping up with new business rules which come out quarterly. Personally my goal is to have a unified software base which embodies medical billing and payment. Imagine software that bills and pays in the same model. I'm talking ANSI X.12 with all it's sub-formats talking together as they were meant to be..
I actually designed a practice management system database from scratch. to do so for a payment system too is just the next logical step.
You are not an idiot, and you are entitled to your opinion. However, separation of church and state should be a consideration in your vote too. Having faith is all well and good, but it is up to us to take care of things here on Terra Firma.