...what gives one nation the right to 'force' another nation into the 21st century?
How well would it wash with the American public, if the US government tried to force electricity and the Internet down the Amish people's throats?
The critical difference here is that Tibet had an oppressive form of government, while the Amish must choose the lifestyle - they are NOT forced into it. In fact, Amish teenagers are encouraged to sample "modern life" before deciding whether to remain Amish or not. They have complete freedom.
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As of Android 2.0 Google has opted to not released the code to the Android Open Source Project. Those 10 million lines of code are for the most part closed. Sure, they have to release the kernel itself, but "Android" is theirs and they are keeping it.
Dude. Android 2.0 was just announced in October. Give them a little time, sheesh. You think they're going to go through all this trouble to set up an open-source alliance for their code, then not release it as open source?
They're most likely just busting their butts to support all the new phones coming out for Christmas. I bet they work on cleaning up the code & releasing it early next year.
Where most people will be scared of trying linux, they'll trust it when it has the Google brand. Where many people might be confused by an OS that looks mostly like Windows but where everything is just different enough to be confusing, they'll probably understand the concept of "Chrome OS is just a browser & nothing else". The remaining question is if ARM + Chrome OS will drive prices down low enough that people will be willing to forego the flexibility & familiarity of a regular Windows laptop.
This will allow for the development of much cheaper netbooks!
Sorry, I fail to see how a notebook will be less expensive using Google OS. You assume every notebook has "Windows XP" or some such on it. The reality is notebook manufacturers SELL you a non-free OS which bumps the price of the notebook. You can make your notebook cheaper by not fitting it with expensive softwares that have free (as in beer) equivalents...That works well
...and Chrome OS is exactly that - a free equivalent to XP + IE. Google won't be charging for this, if that's where you were confused.
Furthermore, Chrome OS will run on ARM chips. They are cheaper than x86 CPUs. They are much less power-hungry than x86 CPUs, which translates into either longer battery life, or smaller (& cheaper) batteries. And the minimal OS running underneath Chrome should have lower resource requirements than WinXP, allowing less memory and smaller hard drives to be used.
Judging by Google's vague statements, it doesn't appear to be meant as a bare metal OS, but something you add on top of what you have. ICBW.
What were you reading that made you jump to that conclusion?
It seems pretty obvious that this will be Chrome on a new windowing system on a linux kernel, developed for use on netbooks. There's no need for a VM, and they don't plan on having people download this - it will be the preinstalled software for low-end netbooks.
This should have dramatically lower memory requirements than Windows XP, and it will run on non-x86 processors. This will allow for the development of much cheaper netbooks!
Bah! I did a little bit of experimentation with different antenna designs, and found that loops seemed to work better for me than bowties. So I ended up building a quad loop antenna, and it's been working incredibly well for me.
Note that I live directly between Pittsburgh & Youngstown, so leaving the reflector off means that I can pick up stations from both cities simultaneously!
I don't use the Google Browser because I don't want all my browsing history and everything else put in their databases. I think they are overstepping their welcome.
Common Google, how about the security of what we post, look at and search for? Are you the FBI? NSA? CIA?
Read the privacy notice. It explains in pretty plain language exactly what information gets sent to Google. Note that "all your browsing history" is NOT one of the items. It also provides links explaining how to disable various features if you don't want that information being sent.
Slashdot UIDs are somewhere over 1.27 million now... even if there are fewer than 500,000 active users, I'd chip in $100 toward buying a Space Shuttle...
But the trolls who have 100 UIDs each probably aren't willing to invest $10,000.
Many cities are full of strange intersections. Street View is great for getting a good look at them before you have to drive a route. It's extremely useful for driving around Pittsburgh, where roads often overlap in the vertical dimension thereby making the satellite view useless.
1: Build something using multiple file upload fields. (This could be done elegantly -- by hiding one as soon as it's set, and generating a new one.) In other words, we force the user to select each file individually, and click browse again -- and the files can't start uploading until they've all been selected.
You can do this now with Gears. For those of you not familiar with Gears, it's a browser add-on available for Firefox, IE, Safari, and Google Chrome. It adds extra functionality to browsers which will hopefully turn into standards in the future.
The latest version of the YouTube multi-file uploader uses Gears to do this. You can also look at an example implementation of a multi-file uploader on the Gears Sample Applications page.
I wrote some code for my company. It was a tool to help developers work better (A web interface to Perforce: PB.
Since it was not related to the primary product of the company, I simply asked if I could release it to the public. They agreed, so I slapped a company copyright on the file with a BSD-style clause and released it. Unlike you, I was not concerned about ownership - I just wanted to make it available. Now, this was at a startup run by engineers, so it was a pretty easy sell, but it's probably still worth a shot. Just ask - worry about the paperwork after you ask.
Make a program that plays Connect 4 against you. (basic algorithmic concepts, basic "AI")
Make the above program graphical, for fun (GUI / display concepts).
Funny you should mention that. My 8yo was begging me to teach him "how to program" after a Bring your (Sons &) Daughters to Work day. So I dug my old Commodore out of the attic and set it up for him. As his "final exam" (for which he would get a much more modern Pentium III computer), I had him create a Connect 4 game. In BASIC, on the Commodore. He did a great job (with some help of course). I had him change the display from ASCII art to actual graphics. He also had to update the routine that checks for a winner to be faster (1MHz machines running interpreted languages are quite slow, mind you).
Now he's playing with LOGO. I'm trying to look for good online tutorials for other languages as well.
16T will not necessarily levitate a frog. It takes a certain magnetic field gradient to achieve this. This is typically done with magnets that produce about 16T
In what part of the world do people typically levitate frogs?
I am enjoying the second act that F. Scott Fitzgerald said we Americans don't get to have in our lives -- instead of just being a guy who "used to be" an actor, I'm also a guy who "currently is" a writer -- and even though I don't think any of us knew it at the time, Slashdot played a huge part in making it happen.
Definitely. I ended up buying a copy of Just a Geek due to those Slashdot interviews, and your general participation in various Slashdot discussions. I'm sure others did too.
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...what gives one nation the right to 'force' another nation into the 21st century?
How well would it wash with the American public, if the US government tried to force electricity and the Internet down the Amish people's throats?
The critical difference here is that Tibet had an oppressive form of government, while the Amish must choose the lifestyle - they are NOT forced into it. In fact, Amish teenagers are encouraged to sample "modern life" before deciding whether to remain Amish or not. They have complete freedom.
As of Android 2.0 Google has opted to not released the code to the Android Open Source Project. Those 10 million lines of code are for the most part closed. Sure, they have to release the kernel itself, but "Android" is theirs and they are keeping it.
Dude. Android 2.0 was just announced in October. Give them a little time, sheesh. You think they're going to go through all this trouble to set up an open-source alliance for their code, then not release it as open source?
They're most likely just busting their butts to support all the new phones coming out for Christmas. I bet they work on cleaning up the code & releasing it early next year.
So you think it's OK for Google to co-opt my rights as an author to control my work - for profit - without either my permission or compensation?
So you think it's OK for you to maintain control of your out-of-print and otherwise unavailable work ad-infinitum?
What then is my motivation to produce for distribution future works?
Money. Because you're no longer making any off of the out-of-print books that the Google book deal covers.
When I spray coke over it like I normally do when reading Slashdot?
Use flour instead of coke. Less expensive and achieves the same look.
The continent named America, eh? The Irish public school system must be every bit as good as the American.
Where most people will be scared of trying linux, they'll trust it when it has the Google brand. Where many people might be confused by an OS that looks mostly like Windows but where everything is just different enough to be confusing, they'll probably understand the concept of "Chrome OS is just a browser & nothing else". The remaining question is if ARM + Chrome OS will drive prices down low enough that people will be willing to forego the flexibility & familiarity of a regular Windows laptop.
This will allow for the development of much cheaper netbooks!
Sorry, I fail to see how a notebook will be less expensive using Google OS. You assume every notebook has "Windows XP" or some such on it. The reality is notebook manufacturers SELL you a non-free OS which bumps the price of the notebook. You can make your notebook cheaper by not fitting it with expensive softwares that have free (as in beer) equivalents...That works well
...and Chrome OS is exactly that - a free equivalent to XP + IE. Google won't be charging for this, if that's where you were confused.
Furthermore, Chrome OS will run on ARM chips. They are cheaper than x86 CPUs. They are much less power-hungry than x86 CPUs, which translates into either longer battery life, or smaller (& cheaper) batteries. And the minimal OS running underneath Chrome should have lower resource requirements than WinXP, allowing less memory and smaller hard drives to be used.
Judging by Google's vague statements, it doesn't appear to be meant as a bare metal OS, but something you add on top of what you have. ICBW.
What were you reading that made you jump to that conclusion?
It seems pretty obvious that this will be Chrome on a new windowing system on a linux kernel, developed for use on netbooks. There's no need for a VM, and they don't plan on having people download this - it will be the preinstalled software for low-end netbooks.
This should have dramatically lower memory requirements than Windows XP, and it will run on non-x86 processors. This will allow for the development of much cheaper netbooks!
You forgot to tell us to "get off your lawn".
From the Official Google Blog posting:
The planets may appear a bit different (Jupiter being brighter than Venus?).
And I wonder how meteors might look different in the Martian sky.
I need a plugin that looks for the word "link" in an email that does not contain a link.
Bah! I did a little bit of experimentation with different antenna designs, and found that loops seemed to work better for me than bowties. So I ended up building a quad loop antenna, and it's been working incredibly well for me.
Note that I live directly between Pittsburgh & Youngstown, so leaving the reflector off means that I can pick up stations from both cities simultaneously!
Reminds me of my old Commodore 128. It had a MOS Technologies CPU for the main processor, and a Z80 CPU for running old CP/M programs.
I don't use the Google Browser because I don't want all my browsing history and everything else put in their databases. I think they are overstepping their welcome. Common Google, how about the security of what we post, look at and search for? Are you the FBI? NSA? CIA?
Google Chrome Privacy Notice
Read the privacy notice. It explains in pretty plain language exactly what information gets sent to Google. Note that "all your browsing history" is NOT one of the items. It also provides links explaining how to disable various features if you don't want that information being sent.
Slashdot UIDs are somewhere over 1.27 million now... even if there are fewer than 500,000 active users, I'd chip in $100 toward buying a Space Shuttle...
But the trolls who have 100 UIDs each probably aren't willing to invest $10,000.
Many cities are full of strange intersections. Street View is great for getting a good look at them before you have to drive a route. It's extremely useful for driving around Pittsburgh, where roads often overlap in the vertical dimension thereby making the satellite view useless.
You can do this now with Gears. For those of you not familiar with Gears, it's a browser add-on available for Firefox, IE, Safari, and Google Chrome. It adds extra functionality to browsers which will hopefully turn into standards in the future.
The latest version of the YouTube multi-file uploader uses Gears to do this. You can also look at an example implementation of a multi-file uploader on the Gears Sample Applications page.
A small but practical improvement: automatically placing the signature before the included message in a reply.
Since it was not related to the primary product of the company, I simply asked if I could release it to the public. They agreed, so I slapped a company copyright on the file with a BSD-style clause and released it. Unlike you, I was not concerned about ownership - I just wanted to make it available. Now, this was at a startup run by engineers, so it was a pretty easy sell, but it's probably still worth a shot. Just ask - worry about the paperwork after you ask.
Now he's playing with LOGO. I'm trying to look for good online tutorials for other languages as well.