One of the nice things about laptops is their portability. (Duh, I guess.) If Compaq can come out with a desktop that's got nearly the portability/small form factor of a laptop as well as most of the power of a desktop (and a full keyboard) then really, what's not to like?
Not to mention that we could intimidate the shit out of our enemies: "We overpower you in nuclear weapons, speed, and sheer badassness. Kind of reminds me of Hiro's bike from Snow Crash. Or or Raven's, for that matter, though I don't see a "nuclear sidecar" option on the site.
The better Open Source starts looking to people who are capable of using it. It's not yet at the level where secretaries/grandmas can use it, and although I sincerely hope that it reaches that level soon, there's no reason to wish misery on the majority of computer users.
I disagree with your assumption that anyone can compile their own binary. Any sufficiently experienced UN*X user can, of course. However, you have to admit that it's nowhere near as easy as installing a package.
If Linux is indeed bent upon Total World Domination, then these sorts of things will have to be taken into consideration; end users are, for the most part, sure to run away screaming from such things.
Because Indymedia is likely to get DOS'd, attacked, and abused by various users. Presumably, they'd like to be able to keep track of that sort of thing.
Wow. What a wonderful way to ensure that the FBI keeps monitoring traffic to the site. Not to mention the likelyhood that you'll put the IMC in a difficult position, and posibly force them to delete posts. Bravo.
This is amazing; the FBI seems to be trying to correlate internet news activity with criminal actions. Besides being illogical, it's got to be unconstitutional -- especially the part of the order where they ordered the IMC not to divulge the existence of the order. That's prior restraint, and it's a big no-no.
Besides that, what did the FBI seriously hope to gain from this? Is it just scare tactics, or are they honestly going to track down users by IPs?
This is great news; Blogger made maintaining a webpage much easier for a lot of people, and it's really opened up the web a lot. Its ease of use gives it a real advantage over the alternatives out there.
The most important question about SDL is its ease of porting from DirectX. Since, let's face it, most games are written for Windows, the ease of porting will be a major, major factor in developers' decisions of whether or not to port.
For years now, I've been looking for a disgusting photograph of a man presenting his distended anus to the viewer. Unfortunately, all of my searches on this topic have been fruitless. Apparently, there's just no such thing on the 'net.
If these things are AOL-branded, then presumably, the users will have to sign up for AOL service for some specified amount of time. That's where they'll be making the money; let's say they sign up for three years of 'net access at $20 a month. That's $720 right there - enough to make a low-end computer.
Very nice. I was dreading the cost of the Geforce3, but kind of resigned myself to buying it.
This sort of thing could really scare nVidia if it takes off; it'd be interesting to see if they come out with a Geforce3 Lite, or something, in order to compete with it.
Blogger, and other such easy-to-use services, are making journal publishing much easier and more convenient than it had been, and the wealth of bloggish material now available on the Internet is testament to that.
What's really nice about blogs is that they make the Internet a more personal place. Rather than reading someone's list of, I don't know, favourite video games, we can read their diary. This is a direction that I'd really like to see the Net move in.
Of course, both BeOS and QNX are being aimed not at the desktop market, but at the embedded/internet appliance market, so this sort of thing makes sense, especially if they're trying to court developers.
Personally, I'd love to see both OS'es get GPL'd, but I guess that's not likely to happen while hell is hot...
It'd be interesting to compare the performance of Apple's window-managing system to X. I mean, granted, XonX isn't done yet, so it wouldn't be fair, but all the same...
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One of the nice things about laptops is their portability. (Duh, I guess.) If Compaq can come out with a desktop that's got nearly the portability/small form factor of a laptop as well as most of the power of a desktop (and a full keyboard) then really, what's not to like?
So do you guys make a distinction between "zhongguoren" and "hanren?"
I'd like to see a Kawasaki or a Yamaha go from 0-200 in 15 seconds.
...can you imagine a BEOWULF CLUSTER of these? That'd be some serious power!
Wow, this is cool, but it doesn't seem that practical. I mean, did they decide that not enough people got seasick playing Quake notmally?
The better Open Source starts looking to people who are capable of using it. It's not yet at the level where secretaries/grandmas can use it, and although I sincerely hope that it reaches that level soon, there's no reason to wish misery on the majority of computer users.
I disagree with your assumption that anyone can compile their own binary. Any sufficiently experienced UN*X user can, of course. However, you have to admit that it's nowhere near as easy as installing a package.
If Linux is indeed bent upon Total World Domination, then these sorts of things will have to be taken into consideration; end users are, for the most part, sure to run away screaming from such things.
However, the order not to tell readers about the FBI's court order WAS censorship. It was a writ of prior restraint.
Because Indymedia is likely to get DOS'd, attacked, and abused by various users. Presumably, they'd like to be able to keep track of that sort of thing.
Wow. What a wonderful way to ensure that the FBI keeps monitoring traffic to the site. Not to mention the likelyhood that you'll put the IMC in a difficult position, and posibly force them to delete posts. Bravo.
This is amazing; the FBI seems to be trying to correlate internet news activity with criminal actions. Besides being illogical, it's got to be unconstitutional -- especially the part of the order where they ordered the IMC not to divulge the existence of the order. That's prior restraint, and it's a big no-no.
Besides that, what did the FBI seriously hope to gain from this? Is it just scare tactics, or are they honestly going to track down users by IPs?
This is great news; Blogger made maintaining a webpage much easier for a lot of people, and it's really opened up the web a lot. Its ease of use gives it a real advantage over the alternatives out there.
(1) How flexible are these fibres? Can they take the standard wrinkling/crumpling associated with clothes?
(2) How light are they?
The US is switching over to metric time some day, mark my words. Remember this moment, people: 80 past 16 on the 35th of March.
The most important question about SDL is its ease of porting from DirectX. Since, let's face it, most games are written for Windows, the ease of porting will be a major, major factor in developers' decisions of whether or not to port.
And then all of their equipment would run so slowly that they'd be completely immobilized! Brilliant tactic, general!
For years now, I've been looking for a disgusting photograph of a man presenting his distended anus to the viewer. Unfortunately, all of my searches on this topic have been fruitless. Apparently, there's just no such thing on the 'net.
If these things are AOL-branded, then presumably, the users will have to sign up for AOL service for some specified amount of time. That's where they'll be making the money; let's say they sign up for three years of 'net access at $20 a month. That's $720 right there - enough to make a low-end computer.
Very nice. I was dreading the cost of the Geforce3, but kind of resigned myself to buying it.
This sort of thing could really scare nVidia if it takes off; it'd be interesting to see if they come out with a Geforce3 Lite, or something, in order to compete with it.
This reminds me of a short story by Larry Niven, but I can't remember what it was called....anyone out there know the one I'm talking about?
Blogger, and other such easy-to-use services, are making journal publishing much easier and more convenient than it had been, and the wealth of bloggish material now available on the Internet is testament to that.
What's really nice about blogs is that they make the Internet a more personal place. Rather than reading someone's list of, I don't know, favourite video games, we can read their diary. This is a direction that I'd really like to see the Net move in.
Of course, both BeOS and QNX are being aimed not at the desktop market, but at the embedded/internet appliance market, so this sort of thing makes sense, especially if they're trying to court developers.
Personally, I'd love to see both OS'es get GPL'd, but I guess that's not likely to happen while hell is hot...
It'd be interesting to compare the performance of Apple's window-managing system to X. I mean, granted, XonX isn't done yet, so it wouldn't be fair, but all the same...