most of the people this article is referring to will never install an os on their computer. these people get computers with the software preinstalled by the oem. so if the oem employs an someone like the AC from the original post to configure the systems they sell, it can be just as easy as windows for some new person.
i work in a research group, and we only have one windows computer for viewing word documents/printing using the fancy printer functions/etc. the others in our group dont really understand linux. i installed/configured the workstations, and after about 15 minutes they were using it just fine...
The only way you ever know what crap they are putting on there is to click the custom.
actually the only way you ever know what crap they are putting in is to look at and understand the source code. this wont be achieved with a click any time soon. the custom click just gives you a false sense of control.
but there are alot of linux dists. out there-redhat, debaian, suse etc dont define linux. freedom defines linux. if you dont like where redhat is going there is sure to be an alternative that suits you. go here for a good list:
the scsi standard has been around forever. why are they trying to recreate the wheel. sure scsi is expensive, but this ata 1.0 stuff isn't going to be cheap. if as much money, effort, and time had been spent on getting people to use scsi disks as has been spent on ide crap, then the price for scsi devices would be compairable to that of ide.
it is important that people realize that there is a difference between a crime and the tools used in a crime. there are many rights granted by the constitution that are being taken away by legislation under the guise of protecting the people. fundamental rights like speech, right to bear arms, etc are being blamed for problems that already have applicable laws.
the readers should take note of this and see how it applies to them. sure you say:
"i dont need guns so make them illegal" or "i dont use computers in libraries, so the filter software doesn't bother me"....
what you dont understand is that if your rights are taken away slowly then you are less likely to notice. the next right to be taken may be speech-then it's too late to complain.
----RANT----
i kinda wish that long term exposure to cell phones did cause cancer. then all the fscking people could focus more on their driving than the oh so important conversation that cannot wait until they are at their destination. i understand that sometimes it's necessary for people to get in touch with you, but it really pisses me off when i'm sitting in a class and i hear someones cellphone go off. if i'm ever a professor, i'll state on the first day of class that the person who forgets to turn off thier cell phone (or what ever it is that people are using then) will be failed.
----/RANT----
you take the ap test after completing the corresponding ap class... so you would have had a years worth of exposure to java at at that point. the class would have been taught to you based on guidelines set by the college board... so if you fail it would be your own fault.
it was a md sony deck for a home stereo system and a portable player for about 250$. you would need the deck to record and listen at home. the player to drag around with you. you can also get a portable player/recorder for about 200$
this may be out of your price range, but consider this:
another benifit to the md stuff is that it is pretty standardized. i think the cd mp3 players are going to flipflop around with different standards for a while.
i have a md and it works great for running/biking.
the battery lasts forever. i just plug the output of my soundcard into it and hit record. the discs are about 1.50-2.00 each and they can be rewritten several times-they hold about 74 min, and they use the same technology as cd-rw's.
hey i thought if he was heading for nanotechnology and writing operating systems the knuth book would be a good start for him. reguardless of the language though, knuth teaches good programming. if the kid is really bright and can focus (which is what i would expect form a prodigy) volume 1 is a really good place to start.
'd like to eventually get into nanotechnology, but are there other fields that are starting to become edge-breaking that would be beneficial to learn?"
really though-don't try to live your life through this kid. if he wants to know about nanotechnology then thats what you should teach him. dont try to teach him what you would want to know.
he expressed an interest in java? then teach him java. if he just wants a good primer on computer programming i would look into the art of computer programming by donald knuth. this book is language neutral. it teaches how to be a good programmer. this can then be applied to any language.
And then, you can turn the RBL off. Victims of Censorware can't turn it off because they aren't allowed to do so.
perhaps you work at your isp but most people don't. most people wouldn't even know who to complain to, what to complain about, or even when to complain. they would hit the message listed above cock their head to the side and move on.
Most of the people here, I would imagine, could buy themselves most of the presents straight off (I just got a 17" TFT)
i dont know about this. i bet i'm not the only grad student who reads/.
however, i do agree with you. christmas is too focused on purchasing crap. the people who really suffer are younger children of poorer parents. it really sucks to go to school and see all of the other kids with their new stuff. it's ok once you realize what is important, but society(at least the society in the us) tends to equate importance with massing alot of stuff.
it's a cyclic thing. the parents let the tv raise their children--> the tv tells the children to be comsumers and aquire stuff they really don
't need-->the parents try to buy their childrens love instead of taking an interest in their lives --> the parents have to work more....
when you sign up for dsl use the service, dont use the email. use something like hotmail or yahoo. you can also setup filters in pine to block spam. ie dont read anything from *.verizon.com..
So you can view the data to verify their research, but you can't use it as a basis of your own research.
this kinda defeats the purpose of publishing the information. you publish to get the information to others so they can _build_ on it. this is really sad.
hey. i've made an online reference manager for research groups who want to share references. it exports int bibtex format-the format latex uses. it's done in php and stores the information in postgresql.
I start downloading the 8-bit games movie (pretty damn cool) when there were only 3 comments posted. Starts out dloading
at 45 K/sec, but steadily drops... and drops...
i agree with you. thats why i said that you need to educate the public about options. i work in a research group, and not using microsoft products was one of the caveats to joining this group. this worked out really well with my advisor since he had planned on using linux on all of the computers except the $2000 word/excel/powerpoint viewer in the corner.
other students in the group had never used linux until they joined. i take every advantage i can to help them with linux and point out it's strengths and weeknesses. i believe it's my responsibility to pimp linux off on any one i can.
the revolution will start small, and it will start with individuals like you and i. it will be a better victory if we win without the courts.
Clearly corporatism only has its own greedy profits in mind when it makes decisions. We need to have people in control that represent OUR interests.
we do have these people they are called "consumers". companies are directed by money, and consumers are where the companies get their money. (note: i am not advocating microsoft-just pointing out that consumers are responsable) if the population in general is unhappy with something a company does with product A, and this unhappyness is enought to offset the inconvienence of not having product A, then the people will not buy product A. if product A is not selling, the company will stop producing product A or fix the dissatisfying part of the product.
the only thing you can hope to do is educate the people out there and show them that there are alternatives. if enought people see the alternatives, and the alternatives dont exact more trouble than they are worth people will choose the alternative.
honestly if "NOBODY" watched late night comedians, they would be unemployed. the fact that people pay attention to them is what makes them money.... therefor there were "SOME" people who cared-"ENOUGH" people infact to merit the ratings of the late night dorks.
i agree that the real issue is that he lied under oath-the media however focused on what got the ratings. ie the media focused on his sexual exploits. people in other coutries don't see him laying his pipe in other yards as being a big deal. they think we are foolish for even caring.
exactly. that is why the rest of the world found humor in the fact that _americans_cared_ about that aspect of the whole mess. i grew up with bill clinton as the gov of arkansas, and there were many more befor flowers.
look like the entertainment industry. other nations look at the crap with clinton and laugh at us like a bunch of monkeys. most of them think it's funny that we care he had a mistress. politcs in this country has become disenchanting to many of the public for this reason.
it doenst matter wich of the republicrat candidates you voted for-they both represent the same entity. they both pretend that they care about the "issues", but will go along and represent different special interest groups once they get into office.
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most of the people this article is referring to will never install an os on their computer. these people get computers with the software preinstalled by the oem. so if the oem employs an someone like the AC from the original post to configure the systems they sell, it can be just as easy as windows for some new person.
i work in a research group, and we only have one windows computer for viewing word documents/printing using the fancy printer functions/etc. the others in our group dont really understand linux. i installed/configured the workstations, and after about 15 minutes they were using it just fine...
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
The only way you ever know what crap they are putting on there is to click the custom.
actually the only way you ever know what crap they are putting in is to look at and understand the source code. this wont be achieved with a click any time soon. the custom click just gives you a false sense of control.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
but there are alot of linux dists. out there-redhat, debaian, suse etc dont define linux. freedom defines linux. if you dont like where redhat is going there is sure to be an alternative that suits you. go here for a good list:
http://www.linux.org/dist/english.html
is small is what you want try mulinux:
http://mulinux.nevalabs.org/
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the scsi standard has been around forever. why are they trying to recreate the wheel. sure scsi is expensive, but this ata 1.0 stuff isn't going to be cheap. if as much money, effort, and time had been spent on getting people to use scsi disks as has been spent on ide crap, then the price for scsi devices would be compairable to that of ide.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
it is important that people realize that there is a difference between a crime and the tools used in a crime. there are many rights granted by the constitution that are being taken away by legislation under the guise of protecting the people. fundamental rights like speech, right to bear arms, etc are being blamed for problems that already have applicable laws.
the readers should take note of this and see how it applies to them. sure you say:
"i dont need guns so make them illegal" or "i dont use computers in libraries, so the filter software doesn't bother me"....
what you dont understand is that if your rights are taken away slowly then you are less likely to notice. the next right to be taken may be speech-then it's too late to complain.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
i dont know. i like the idea of a slow painful death. there's nothing like having your body eat itself from inside out.
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----RANT----
i kinda wish that long term exposure to cell phones did cause cancer. then all the fscking people could focus more on their driving than the oh so important conversation that cannot wait until they are at their destination.
i understand that sometimes it's necessary for people to get in touch with you, but it really pisses me off when i'm sitting in a class and i hear someones cellphone go off.
if i'm ever a professor, i'll state on the first day of class that the person who forgets to turn off thier cell phone (or what ever it is that people are using then) will be failed.
----/RANT----
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http://sage.che.pitt.edu/~harrold/infocom-paper.pd f
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you take the ap test after completing the corresponding ap class... so you would have had a years worth of exposure to java at at that point. the class would have been taught to you based on guidelines set by the college board... so if you fail it would be your own fault.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
it was a md sony deck for a home stereo system and a portable player for about 250$. you would need the deck to record and listen at home. the player to drag around with you. you can also get a portable player/recorder for about 200$
this may be out of your price range, but consider this: another benifit to the md stuff is that it is pretty standardized. i think the cd mp3 players are going to flipflop around with different standards for a while.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
i have a md and it works great for running/biking.
the battery lasts forever. i just plug the output of my soundcard into it and hit record. the discs are about 1.50-2.00 each and they can be rewritten several times-they hold about 74 min, and they use the same technology as cd-rw's.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
hey i thought if he was heading for nanotechnology and writing operating systems the knuth book would be a good start for him. reguardless of the language though, knuth teaches good programming. if the kid is really bright and can focus (which is what i would expect form a prodigy) volume 1 is a really good place to start.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
'd like to eventually get into nanotechnology, but are there other fields that are starting to become edge-breaking that would be beneficial to learn?"
really though-don't try to live your life through this kid. if he wants to know about nanotechnology then thats what you should teach him. dont try to teach him what you would want to know.
he expressed an interest in java? then teach him java. if he just wants a good primer on computer programming i would look into the art of computer programming by donald knuth. this book is language neutral. it teaches how to be a good programmer. this can then be applied to any language.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
And then, you can turn the RBL off. Victims of Censorware can't turn it off because they aren't allowed to do so.
perhaps you work at your isp but most people don't. most people wouldn't even know who to complain to, what to complain about, or even when to complain. they would hit the message listed above cock their head to the side and move on.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
Most of the people here, I would imagine, could buy themselves most of the presents straight off (I just got a 17" TFT)
/.
....
i dont know about this. i bet i'm not the only grad student who reads
however, i do agree with you. christmas is too focused on purchasing crap. the people who really suffer are younger children of poorer parents. it really sucks to go to school and see all of the other kids with their new stuff. it's ok once you realize what is important, but society(at least the society in the us) tends to equate importance with massing alot of stuff.
it's a cyclic thing. the parents let the tv raise their children--> the tv tells the children to be comsumers and aquire stuff they really don 't need-->the parents try to buy their childrens love instead of taking an interest in their lives --> the parents have to work more
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
when you sign up for dsl use the service, dont use the email. use something like hotmail or yahoo. you can also setup filters in pine to block spam. ie dont read anything from *.verizon.com..
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
So you can view the data to verify their research, but you can't use it as a basis of your own research.
this kinda defeats the purpose of publishing the information. you publish to get the information to others so they can _build_ on it. this is really sad.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
hey. i've made an online reference manager for research groups who want to share references. it exports int bibtex format-the format latex uses. it's done in php and stores the information in postgresql.
anyone interested check it out here:
rmdb.webpipe.net
email me and i'll give you an account so you can mess around with it.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
I start downloading the 8-bit games movie (pretty damn cool) when there were only 3 comments posted. Starts out dloading at 45 K/sec, but steadily drops... and drops...
me too.
here you go
http://sage.che.pitt.edu/~harrold/Vcsclip.mov
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
i agree with you. thats why i said that you need to educate the public about options. i work in a research group, and not using microsoft products was one of the caveats to joining this group. this worked out really well with my advisor since he had planned on using linux on all of the computers except the $2000 word/excel/powerpoint viewer in the corner.
other students in the group had never used linux until they joined. i take every advantage i can to help them with linux and point out it's strengths and weeknesses. i believe it's my responsibility to pimp linux off on any one i can.
the revolution will start small, and it will start with individuals like you and i. it will be a better victory if we win without the courts.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
Clearly corporatism only has its own greedy profits in mind when it makes decisions. We need to have people in control that represent OUR interests.
we do have these people they are called "consumers". companies are directed by money, and consumers are where the companies get their money. (note: i am not advocating microsoft-just pointing out that consumers are responsable) if the population in general is unhappy with something a company does with product A, and this unhappyness is enought to offset the inconvienence of not having product A, then the people will not buy product A. if product A is not selling, the company will stop producing product A or fix the dissatisfying part of the product.
the only thing you can hope to do is educate the people out there and show them that there are alternatives. if enought people see the alternatives, and the alternatives dont exact more trouble than they are worth people will choose the alternative.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
honestly if "NOBODY" watched late night comedians, they would be unemployed. the fact that people pay attention to them is what makes them money.... therefor there were "SOME" people who cared-"ENOUGH" people infact to merit the ratings of the late night dorks.
i agree that the real issue is that he lied under oath-the media however focused on what got the ratings. ie the media focused on his sexual exploits. people in other coutries don't see him laying his pipe in other yards as being a big deal. they think we are foolish for even caring.
use LaTeX? want an online reference manager that
NOBODY cared that he had (another) mistress.
exactly. that is why the rest of the world found humor in the fact that _americans_cared_ about that aspect of the whole mess. i grew up with bill clinton as the gov of arkansas, and there were many more befor flowers.
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look like the entertainment industry. other nations look at the crap with clinton and laugh at us like a bunch of monkeys. most of them think it's funny that we care he had a mistress. politcs in this country has become disenchanting to many of the public for this reason.
it doenst matter wich of the republicrat candidates you voted for-they both represent the same entity. they both pretend that they care about the "issues", but will go along and represent different special interest groups once they get into office.
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he was pointing out the _good_ things at&t did.
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