Despite all the talk about supporting chinese distributions, there is still no* written chinese character recognition for desktop linux that i can find, specifically so that a pen and tablet or mouse can be used to write characters (this would be an additional input method since emacs already supports
several keyboard chinese input methods but many people don't know 'Canjie Input')
This should not be an insurmountable tasks since there are many windows programs that do this that are sold for very low cost with small cheap graphics tablets designed for this task in Hong Kong.
This defecit is bound to hurt desktop adoption among Chinese speakers, it also makes using Ubuntu and other linux flavours as an alternative to windows a more difficult proposition.
* There does exist a project with some GPL code, but it requires Sun's Java libraries and is not fast enough in response time for real usage and suffers some other problems. http://www.kiang.org/jordan/software/hanzilookup
in case anybody was wondering "what's a ponzi scheme?",
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns ("profits") to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business.
> A real educator would more likely reject them all, and set their students to the task of building their own > computer system, following the precedents of Tannenbaum and Torvalds (and the Berkeley gang). They'd have a > lab with a few of each available system, for showing what has been done and asking "How could we do it > better?" But they'd put the emphasis on learning by doing.
I don't think that "build your own and do it better" is a good starting point for computer education. It would first require a great amount of understanding of how operating systems work. This understanding is likely to be a lot easier if you can examine the source code.
> But having only linux in a school makes about as much sense as, say, having only Honda in the auto (driving and > shop) classes. OTOH, having only Microsoft computers would be like having only drivers' ed classes using Honda; > the "shop" classes would only read about cars but would never be permitted to open up an engine compartment or > remove a dashboard.
Ah, the traditional if not tired car analogy, which doesn't work too well, however... I would suggest that using a car analogy that the Microsoft car has the bonnet welded shut not allowing access to see or tamper with the working of the engine. The linux car does allow this access and also provides some free tools to do so. In addition everybody can have a linux car for free whereas you need to purchase each Microsoft one.
From the article > Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source software like Linux > to improve their malicious code, a researcher at McAfee has said.
From your comment. > You really have to question McAfee's motives here in their Sage magazine
I think that this comment captures the essence of the matter.
McAfee's market is home and corporate users running Microsoft Windows. Every computer that runs GNU/linux or similar is no longer a potential sale or subscriber to their services. If they can write an article that helps spread some FUD about linux and slow adoption rates a little bit, then it's good for business.
not in my case, I have finally found a phone that I am happy with,
the Motorola A732 which has my two most desired features:
-1- hand-written chinese traditional character recognition using your finger that actually works well. Writing Chinese SMS text messages is really useful in HK. -2- it's very compact
although I would agree with simplicity being a good thing since I don't use most of the other numerous features of the phone (i probably only use the address book, alarm clock and chinese/english dictionary.)
Additionally HP-UX, Linux, NetApp NetCache, Solaris and recent releases of FreeBSD cycle back to zero after 497 days, exactly as if the machine had been rebooted at that precise point. Thus it is not possible to see a HP-UX, Linux or Solaris system with an uptime measurement above 497 days.
there are already a number of really crucial commercial packages for linux such as oracle, sap etc. for business, however there are far less for designers, (yes gimp is great)
however there is at least one more commerical package that i would like to see...
e-onsoftware have said
that they would seriously consider porting Vue to linux if they received 500 pre-orders.
Since there is no way to place a pre-order for a linux version, please sign this petition
to show there is real interest for porting this software to linux.
being able to open up an xterm and apt-get make linux my system of choice. the only thing that is missing for me : i wish e-onsoftware would release a linux port of their vue software...
I have had an ADSL line for a while now,
BT provides the Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem but you need to use MS due to the absence of linux drivers.
it looked like some drivers were forthcoming
but Alcatel removed any reference from their news page about the linux drivers 2 weeks ago
http://www.alcatel.co.uk/adsl/techcentre.htm
and have ignored my email enquiries.
the other source of hope seemed to be Johan,
http://kapu.name.daemon.xs4all.be:8080/Projects/ sp eedtouch.php3
but nothing seems to be forthcoming:(
dear santa clause please let me have linux drivers for my adsl modem for Xmas pleeeeeeeease!
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Despite all the talk about supporting chinese distributions,
h inese-handwriting-under-linux
there is still no* written chinese character recognition for desktop linux that i can find,
specifically so that a pen and tablet or mouse can be used to write characters
(this would be an additional input method since emacs already supports
several keyboard chinese input methods but many people don't know 'Canjie Input')
This should not be an insurmountable tasks since there are many windows programs
that do this that are sold for very low cost with small cheap graphics tablets
designed for this task in Hong Kong.
This defecit is bound to hurt desktop adoption among Chinese speakers,
it also makes using Ubuntu and other linux flavours as an alternative to windows
a more difficult proposition.
*
There does exist a project with some GPL code, but it requires Sun's Java libraries
and is not fast enough in response time for real usage and suffers some other problems.
http://www.kiang.org/jordan/software/hanzilookup
Some more info is here:
http://www.hungmaow.org/index.php?2005/08/28/78-c
since the site is slashdotted, but the description is
p g
> takes the form of a thin, bald man with yellow glasses who wears a white turtleneck sweater.
it could be describing Steve Jobs,
http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/7630571_f.j
but they craftily have switched the colour of his turtleneck so that
you will always know which one is the chatbot and which one is the real person.
in case anybody was wondering "what's a ponzi scheme?",
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns ("profits") to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme
> A real educator would more likely reject them all, and set their students to the task of building their own
> computer system, following the precedents of Tannenbaum and Torvalds (and the Berkeley gang). They'd have a
> lab with a few of each available system, for showing what has been done and asking "How could we do it
> better?" But they'd put the emphasis on learning by doing.
I don't think that "build your own and do it better" is a good starting point for computer education.
It would first require a great amount of understanding of how operating systems work.
This understanding is likely to be a lot easier if you can examine the source code.
> But having only linux in a school makes about as much sense as, say, having only Honda in the auto (driving and
> shop) classes. OTOH, having only Microsoft computers would be like having only drivers' ed classes using Honda;
> the "shop" classes would only read about cars but would never be permitted to open up an engine compartment or
> remove a dashboard.
Ah, the traditional if not tired car analogy, which doesn't work too well, however...
I would suggest that using a car analogy that the Microsoft car has the bonnet welded shut not allowing
access to see or tamper with the working of the engine.
The linux car does allow this access and also provides some free tools to do so.
In addition everybody can have a linux car for free whereas you need to purchase each Microsoft one.
As normal, Penny Arcade provides authoritative commentary.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/07/31
Anything else is just superfluous
perpetuate failed memes... I would never do that however,
your ideas intrigue me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
From the article
> Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source software like Linux
> to improve their malicious code, a researcher at McAfee has said.
From your comment.
> You really have to question McAfee's motives here in their Sage magazine
I think that this comment captures the essence of the matter.
McAfee's market is home and corporate users running Microsoft Windows.
Every computer that runs GNU/linux or similar is no longer a potential sale or
subscriber to their services.
If they can write an article that helps spread some FUD about linux
and slow adoption rates a little bit, then it's good for business.
I also wrote my first book* in LaTeX,
which allowed me to concentrate on the content rather than the formatting.
Given that you clearly know how to use LaTeX, what on earth has possessed
you to attempt to write your second book in word?
*Practical Tai Chi Student's Handbook - you can buy it from amazon.co.uk
(I also designed the cover with gimp and made the barcode using barcode).
In Soviet Russia OpenOffice advertises you!
or something link that.
[Your funny comment about old people in Korea
could be in this space here!]
or six words :)
not in my case, I have finally found a phone that I am happy with,
the Motorola A732 which has my two most desired features:
-1- hand-written chinese traditional character recognition using your finger
that actually works well. Writing Chinese SMS text messages is really useful in HK.
-2- it's very compact
although I would agree with simplicity being a good thing since I don't use most
of the other numerous features of the phone (i probably only use the
address book, alarm clock and chinese/english dictionary.)
Teachers look no further...
this has to be one of the best examples of irony, ever.
not to worry, at this rate it WILL be perfectly timed for the holiday period...
xmas 2007.
I think Penny Arcade nailed it,
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/28
I think that this is very unlikely to happen,
but anyway you do have an alternative choice - run linux.
If you tried it you might even find you like it.
www.ubuntu.com is a decent starting point.
$ which nmap
/usr/bin/nmap
double plus bad.
(maybe the book should have been titled 2012 rather than 1984)
No wonder linux doesn't appear in that list,
if you looked at this page on netcraft's site...
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/accuracy.html
You would see the following information...
Additionally HP-UX, Linux, NetApp NetCache, Solaris and recent releases of FreeBSD cycle back to zero after 497 days, exactly as if the machine had been rebooted at that precise point. Thus it is not possible to see a HP-UX, Linux or Solaris system with an uptime measurement above 497 days.
- 3 servers in a data centre
- 1 server in an office
- 1 laptop
- and 1 desktop machine
the upgrades were smooth and easy, with the machines running variety of packages.no breakages!
so that's another data-point or six.
there are already a number of really crucial commercial packages for linux such as oracle, sap etc. for business, however there are far less for designers, (yes gimp is great)
however there is at least one more commerical package that i would like to see...
e-onsoftware have said that they would seriously consider porting Vue to linux if they received 500 pre-orders.
Since there is no way to place a pre-order for a linux version, please sign this petition to show there is real interest for porting this software to linux.
being able to open up an xterm and apt-get make linux my system of choice.
the only thing that is missing for me : i wish e-onsoftware would release a linux port of their vue software...
at least your entry is better than the new netbsd logo.
The one application that I would like to see on linux is
Chinese handwriting recognition
(there are plenty for windows and a few for mac for example see worldlanguage.com but NONE for linux)
There are keyboard input methods that works under linux, and i use emacs for keyboard entry, which is a partial solution for me but not perfect.
obviously i would prefer to see some software like this under gpl but i am prepared to pay for a commercial offering
i think that such software would have the potential to greatly enhance linux uptake in China as well (think aunt tilly in china)
I have had an ADSL line for a while now,
/ sp eedtouch.php3
:(
BT provides the Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem but you need to use MS due to the absence of linux drivers.
it looked like some drivers were forthcoming
but Alcatel removed any reference from their news page about the linux drivers 2 weeks ago
http://www.alcatel.co.uk/adsl/techcentre.htm
and have ignored my email enquiries.
the other source of hope seemed to be Johan,
http://kapu.name.daemon.xs4all.be:8080/Projects
but nothing seems to be forthcoming
dear santa clause please let me have linux drivers for my adsl modem for Xmas pleeeeeeeease!
xfig is another alternative