"The fact is that all the information the user cares about is accessible (read and write) with this "unprivileged" account, in Linux, Windows and OsX."
I don't know about you, but my back-ups (containing all the information I care about) are not accessible with my unprivileged account...
Are those like the potion of delusion? Where you're completely convinced it's a good magic item, like glasses of true-seeing or something, until it's too late.
It seems a large amount of these 'Nigerian' email originates right here, in the suburbs of Amsterdam, from where it's probably sent through open relays worldwide, so it's not much use blocking Nigeria. Every Nigerian Internet cafe has 'No 419!' signs all over the place anyway.
And please don't block us either;) . We're trying to make at least a bit less easy for them here. Arrests of scammers are quite common, though they are mostly caught by immigration officers and returned to Nigeria instead of being prosecuted for fraud.
To make this less off-topic: no, OLPC won't increase the amount of 'Nigerian' email. But it could educate a whole new generation around the world, it's a daring but hopefully noble cause!
If you read the review all the way through page 10, there's a picture of the 'ctrl+alt+del' button ( http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/system/tablet/ FIC/SlateVision/buttons.jpg (minus any spaces introduced by the/code) , it's the button on the right).
I'm sure it's just to enter in to secure mode, like the other poster said...;)
to go to a university only to face a crowd of filesharing student can either be pictured as stupidity or courage, so let's at least give her that: she was coureagous.
If you take the final output of your experiment (the modified 18kHz wave) and record it, put it on a CD and play it back, wouldn't you hear the same modified 18kHz sine wave, without being able to reproduce the 36kHz wave?
Isn't this why CD's get mastered on expensive equipment, so we don't need that expensive equipment at home?
The BBC has always cared about handicapped people (at least those with a hearing handicap), a lot of their tv-programs are subtitled (optional, via a BBC-text page that overlays the subtitles (the subtitles are great for non-native english-speakers too)), they have a special program for the deaf (hear-speak?)(with sign-language and subtitles), covering both general interest and thing of particular interest for the target-audience. They also repeat a lot of 'normal' programs with a sign-language translator on-screen.
I don't know if they do this because they're required to by law, or because they choose to, but it's nice anyway . I see it as a positive side of public television, as I haven't seen this on any commercial channels.
the documentation that comes with our software alone is worth the price
Well, then you can give away the source and charge for the documentation, right? It seems it might get you a new part of the market. These guys seem to choose Free Software because it's open, not because it's free. Like the article said, these guys pay for Free Software.
BTW: this is just an idea, not an attack on how your company chooses to do business...
Here's the best part: There was a contingent of canadian rowers rowing across the atlantic ocean in small boats to set some sort of record and Bell Canada (a big telco here and a sponsor of the team) equipped them all with satphones or whatnotso they could get 128 kbit while on the ocean.
They should have tied some (a lot actually) fiber to the back of the boats and ask them to hook it up if they reach Scotland.
There is no advantage to having media files stored locally on the device, its only redundant.
I don't agree. I've been looking into building an mp3-stereo-component and I'm sure I'll include a large HDD in it.
If it can only play from a network source, you'd always need a machine online to provide the music. I can't afford a separate pc for this, so it would mean the songs are played from my desktop machine. This would mean no music when the desktop-machine is offline (rebooting, installing, turned off because it makes to much moise, etc.). This would defeat the purpose I'm building the mp3 player for, to have a silent device that can play my music any time I want to. The device should at least be able to cache a few hours worth of music from the network. Ofcourse it will be able to read/write to the network too.
Just use the preview function (if WMP has one) to play a few seconds from each track.
Then use the time you spend waiting for your new 'licences' contemplating what lessons you've learned from using Windows Media Player (or 'free' MS software in general)...
It's Cooler Master's ATC-600, pretty expensive, but it looks neat, though I would prefer a black one (some paint will do I guess..). On the same page is a link to a similar case by Lian Li, which is cheaper.
You're right... Except maybe there are too many 'essential' books (and movies/plays) out there to make them all required reading/viewing. It might be best to make a (large) list of suggestions from which everone has to read/watch a certain amount, and have teachers that can guide their students and interest them in these books. I know my teachers (some of them) did this, so I got to read 1984 (and other books) in school, because I chose to, not because I was forced, which I think helps appreciate a book better.
By the way, also check out 'Utopia' by Sir Thomas More. It's interesting how close his utopia comes to Orwell's dystopia...
Anyway, yes, everyone should read this book, and so many other books that we all should be busy reading the next few years.
I'd say 1984 is about the opposite of a prediction... It's a warning where we should NOT go in the future.
As soon as anything like in the book happens, people start yelling "Big Brother!", thanks to the book. (Although I'm afraid we're getting a new generation that only thinks of the TV-show when they hear the term Big Brother).
An "advanced" windows-giu-user would use more different features from the windows-gui than the moderate users, so it will take a longer time to become just as efficient in using the various Linux-guis. Ofcourse the extra experience with guis in general should speed up the learning process.
I've been using Linux and Unix on and off for about 3 years now, and seriously for the last few months, and I still find that I'm "better" at using the windows-giu than Linux's, but I also miss a lot of Linux-stuff in Windows (window-shading, virtual desktops, sending a window to the back, etc.). At least I got to the point where I can work both interfaces equally pleasant and efficiently. The only thing I miss now in Linux is a really good Exlorer-replacement (the filemanager, not the desktop-shell or the webbrowser).
IMDB has a lot of movie-related stuff, and this game surely belongs there, as it was actually created by the python team. It's almost as hilarious as the movie, even the manual and credits are hilarious (like on the old videotapes). The game has different subgames based on the movie, like 'bring-out-yer-dead-tetris'...
I've seen it in various bargain-bins, if you see it, it's well worth picking up.
btw, I'm really glad my favourite director gets to direct one of my favourite book. It will be interesting to see who will be the actors, Gilliam has had some great all-star casts before (Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing...)
I think our legal system is ok (as far as legal systems go).. We just seem to have a few judges who just don't quite understand how the Internet works. We saw it in the first Kazaa-ruling and now here. Ofcourse there are also a few that do get it.
You are right ofcourse, but please don't call this theft.
It's 'piracy', though I prefer the term 'illegal copying'. If you steal something from someone (theft), that person no longer has the item you stole. An illegal copy is just that, a copy, and Nintendo still has the original.
I'm not saying this is right (or wrong), but please call the beast by it's name. After all, we don't call speeding 'rape', or spreading virii 'murder'. It is typical of powerfull institutions to give something they're opposed to a fearfull name (see Communism, Fascism, 1984, etc.). 'Stealing' or 'Piracy' sounds a lot more dangerous than what it really is: illegal copying. You see the same thing happening with thing getting labelled 'terrorism' these days. Let's not let "them" get away with this.
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"The fact is that all the information the user cares about is accessible (read and write) with this "unprivileged" account, in Linux, Windows and OsX."
I don't know about you, but my back-ups (containing all the information I care about) are not accessible with my unprivileged account...
NachtVorst
Maybe he's moaning about the state of animal rights these days? The next dog or chimp in space will probably be Chinese.
Are those like the potion of delusion? Where you're completely convinced it's a good magic item, like glasses of true-seeing or something, until it's too late.
It seems a large amount of these 'Nigerian' email originates right here, in the suburbs of Amsterdam, from where it's probably sent through open relays worldwide, so it's not much use blocking Nigeria. Every Nigerian Internet cafe has 'No 419!' signs all over the place anyway.
;) . We're trying to make at least a bit less easy for them here. Arrests of scammers are quite common, though they are mostly caught by immigration officers and returned to Nigeria instead of being prosecuted for fraud.
And please don't block us either
To make this less off-topic: no, OLPC won't increase the amount of 'Nigerian' email. But it could educate a whole new generation around the world, it's a daring but hopefully noble cause!
NachtVorst
Here's the PDF specification, if that's what you mean...
PDFreference.pdf
It's almost 1000 pages, I found it pretty useful.
NachtVorst
If you read the review all the way through page 10, there's a picture of the 'ctrl+alt+del' button ( http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/system/tablet/ FIC/SlateVision/buttons.jpg (minus any spaces introduced by the /code) , it's the button on the right).
I'm sure it's just to enter in to secure mode, like the other poster said...;)
NachtVorst
to go to a university only to face a crowd of filesharing student can either be pictured as stupidity or courage, so let's at least give her that: she was coureagous.
Or maybe it was stupidity after all?
NachtVorst
I Am Not An Audiophile, but...
If you take the final output of your experiment (the modified 18kHz wave) and record it, put it on a CD and play it back, wouldn't you hear the same modified 18kHz sine wave, without being able to reproduce the 36kHz wave?
Isn't this why CD's get mastered on expensive equipment, so we don't need that expensive equipment at home?
NachtVorst
Cool, it's even open-source...
They even have a Sourceforge-page...
The BBC has always cared about handicapped people (at least those with a hearing handicap), a lot of their tv-programs are subtitled (optional, via a BBC-text page that overlays the subtitles (the subtitles are great for non-native english-speakers too)), they have a special program for the deaf (hear-speak?)(with sign-language and subtitles), covering both general interest and thing of particular interest for the target-audience. They also repeat a lot of 'normal' programs with a sign-language translator on-screen.
I don't know if they do this because they're required to by law, or because they choose to, but it's nice anyway . I see it as a positive side of public television, as I haven't seen this on any commercial channels.
NachtVorst
the documentation that comes with our software alone is worth the price
Well, then you can give away the source and charge for the documentation, right? It seems it might get you a new part of the market. These guys seem to choose Free Software because it's open, not because it's free. Like the article said, these guys pay for Free Software.
BTW: this is just an idea, not an attack on how your company chooses to do business...
NachtVorst
Here's the best part: There was a contingent of canadian rowers rowing across the atlantic ocean in small boats to set some sort of record and Bell Canada (a big telco here and a sponsor of the team) equipped them all with satphones or whatnotso they could get 128 kbit while on the ocean.
They should have tied some (a lot actually) fiber to the back of the boats and ask them to hook it up if they reach Scotland.
NachtVorst
There is no advantage to having media files stored locally on the device, its only redundant.
I don't agree. I've been looking into building an mp3-stereo-component and I'm sure I'll include a large HDD in it.
If it can only play from a network source, you'd always need a machine online to provide the music. I can't afford a separate pc for this, so it would mean the songs are played from my desktop machine. This would mean no music when the desktop-machine is offline (rebooting, installing, turned off because it makes to much moise, etc.). This would defeat the purpose I'm building the mp3 player for, to have a silent device that can play my music any time I want to. The device should at least be able to cache a few hours worth of music from the network. Ofcourse it will be able to read/write to the network too.
NachtVorst
Just use the preview function (if WMP has one) to play a few seconds from each track.
Then use the time you spend waiting for your new 'licences' contemplating what lessons you've learned from using Windows Media Player (or 'free' MS software in general)...
NachtVorst
Seems you're looking for this
It's Cooler Master's ATC-600, pretty expensive, but it looks neat, though I would prefer a black one (some paint will do I guess..). On the same page is a link to a similar case by Lian Li, which is cheaper.
NachtVorst
You're right... Except maybe there are too many 'essential' books (and movies/plays) out there to make them all required reading/viewing. It might be best to make a (large) list of suggestions from which everone has to read/watch a certain amount, and have teachers that can guide their students and interest them in these books. I know my teachers (some of them) did this, so I got to read 1984 (and other books) in school, because I chose to, not because I was forced, which I think helps appreciate a book better.
By the way, also check out 'Utopia' by Sir Thomas More. It's interesting how close his utopia comes to Orwell's dystopia...
Anyway, yes, everyone should read this book, and so many other books that we all should be busy reading the next few years.
NachtVorst
I'd say 1984 is about the opposite of a prediction... It's a warning where we should NOT go in the future.
As soon as anything like in the book happens, people start yelling "Big Brother!", thanks to the book. (Although I'm afraid we're getting a new generation that only thinks of the TV-show when they hear the term Big Brother).
NachtVorst
An "advanced" windows-giu-user would use more different features from the windows-gui than the moderate users, so it will take a longer time to become just as efficient in using the various Linux-guis. Ofcourse the extra experience with guis in general should speed up the learning process.
I've been using Linux and Unix on and off for about 3 years now, and seriously for the last few months, and I still find that I'm "better" at using the windows-giu than Linux's, but I also miss a lot of Linux-stuff in Windows (window-shading, virtual desktops, sending a window to the back, etc.). At least I got to the point where I can work both interfaces equally pleasant and efficiently. The only thing I miss now in Linux is a really good Exlorer-replacement (the filemanager, not the desktop-shell or the webbrowser).
NachtVorst
Both Opera and Trolltech (creators of Qt) are Norwegian, I think. NachtVorst
IMDB has a lot of movie-related stuff, and this game surely belongs there, as it was actually created by the python team. It's almost as hilarious as the movie, even the manual and credits are hilarious (like on the old videotapes). The game has different subgames based on the movie, like 'bring-out-yer-dead-tetris'...
I've seen it in various bargain-bins, if you see it, it's well worth picking up.
btw, I'm really glad my favourite director gets to direct one of my favourite book. It will be interesting to see who will be the actors, Gilliam has had some great all-star casts before (Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing...)
NachtVorst
Who cares if it's (slightly) offtopic when StarCon is comming to Linux?
Thanks for the link! I'll keep watching the project and see if I can contribute.
NachtVorst
I think our legal system is ok (as far as legal systems go)..
We just seem to have a few judges who just don't quite understand how the Internet works. We saw it in the first Kazaa-ruling and now here. Ofcourse there are also a few that do get it.
NachtVorst
You are right ofcourse, but please don't call this theft.
It's 'piracy', though I prefer the term 'illegal copying'. If you steal something from someone (theft), that person no longer has the item you stole. An illegal copy is just that, a copy, and Nintendo still has the original.
I'm not saying this is right (or wrong), but please call the beast by it's name. After all, we don't call speeding 'rape', or spreading virii 'murder'. It is typical of powerfull institutions to give something they're opposed to a fearfull name (see Communism, Fascism, 1984, etc.). 'Stealing' or 'Piracy' sounds a lot more dangerous than what it really is: illegal copying. You see the same thing happening with thing getting labelled 'terrorism' these days. Let's not let "them" get away with this.
NachtVorst
Then they'll just invent Secure-Paper (tm), which burns at a lower temerature than the chip.
I'm sure the readers will be willing to give up real paper to stop these terrorist book-lifters.
Funny, I can't watch that page in Opera nor Mozilla (windows)... It renders fine in IE. Anyone else have the same problem?
Acording to Lycos:
Dutch Courage: Sometimes Offensive. courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking.
I love the context-menu's in Opera... You can select a word and then search for it, translate it, or look in the dictionary/encyclopedia.