I guess I'm just tainted by so many other app releases lately. It's easy to get your hopes up regarding an app like Evolution, then only to realise that it's not much more than an Outlook clone (albeit more secure, I hope). I suppose the "watch this baby rip!" application enthusiasms of a couple of years ago (hello, Nautilus) have sown the seeds of distrust today.
Best of luck to Chandler - and thanks for the response:)
...about whether this is Outlook2 or not, my question is: Why the hell is Slashdot promoting a 0.1 release? Should I expect the next point-release of Slypheed or Aethena to be similarly promoted?
If it's about the author, focus on him...the app itself is practically useless at this point.
Quote: " The simple fact is that we're probably not going to get to Mars in the next 20 years, it simply isn't as simple as people would like to think.
Of all the arguments heard on Slashdot and abroad regarding human travel to Mars, I have yet to hear anyone consider it as "simple".
Quote: "I do agree that it probably would be more interesting for mankind to solve our problems on this planet before heading for the next one..."
Why do we assume that there's a "solution" for being human? What could that possibly be? No matter how all-encompassing a philosophy, no matter how common-sensical a religion, there is no way to create total peace and total harmony. Empirical proof: it's never existed previously (Eden aside).
We have to accept (and to some extent embrace) the fact that what makes us unique and "human" is the fact that we're different types of people living together; a "solution" to this only allows fascism and corporate-style removal of ethics to take control and - inevitably - destroy the very things we're trying to discover about ourselves.
As for space travel, *any* type of exploration is natural, so long as we have imaginations and curiosities to healthily indulge.
Your situation not withstanding, my experience with Tektronix has been bitter. They bought-out Lightworks - the only feasible adversary of the AVID non-linear editing system in it's day - and basically sat on it until it died. Oh, and they released Lightworks VIP...which was a painfully under-developed product with a nice GUI.
Undoubtably, I'm sure there's some foul play from the "kiddies", but they sure as hell didn't "accidentally" bomb the Al Jazeera HQ during the Afghan conflict two years ago.
I tell you, folks, if *we* aren't going to look into the cause of this, no one else will. Angel or devil, Al Jazeera offers another viewpoint - and considering the frighteningly narrow perspectives we get in North America, we could use all we get right now.
...is just impolite, national security or not. Next thing you know, he's going to start cursing in front of the Chinese and he'll go to h-e-doublehockeysticks.
Firstly, allow me to take the foot off the pedal and say that I'm not taking pleasure in other people's unemployment (read: evil).
Secondly, (re: "The big question for me at this point is who will fill the void for a uniquely Canadian view on the intersection of culture and technology?"), if there's a need, it will be filled. That's the nature of the marketplace (and no, I'm not one of those Ayn Rand-toting uber capitalists). One of the problems with Shift (imho) was that it actually wasn't very much of anything: not very deep, not convincingly stupid, not particularly Canadian. The good news (if you're still reading this, and I apologize if my opinion is a bit acidic...I've had too much coffee) is that society always gets what it wants. Dreams do come true; the problem is that the reality of our day-to-day wishes is less profound and exhalted than we'd like to think.
Sorry, but I'm dancing on Shift magazine's grave. It stood for all of the bullshit artifice, me-too ass-kissing, and vacuous intellect that has plagued the technology/culture mag niche.
Shift magazine never had a shining moment, save for the plastic wrapping.
If there's anything worse than a corporation that doesn't hide it's troubling/unethical behaviour, it's a knee-jerk reactionary website where disparate characteristics are conveniently grouped together, very tightly, in the desperate hope that they will make sense to someone perhaps less paranoid (or more) than the author.
Though this will undoubtedly provide much entertainment for the Linux elitists in our crowd in the short term, I cannot help but wonder what the long-term effects will be.
There are so many people out there who cut their teeth on Mandy, some who have become like the aforementioned zealots, but many like myself who still respect and support Mandrake the distro, and Mandrake the company. It's important that we separate those two things: the distro has always been user-friendly and remarkably scalable, whereas the company has been less stable than a beta-release.
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Come on, who would win the fight?
(highest modded is highest modded, right?)
Point taken.
:)
I guess I'm just tainted by so many other app releases lately. It's easy to get your hopes up regarding an app like Evolution, then only to realise that it's not much more than an Outlook clone (albeit more secure, I hope). I suppose the "watch this baby rip!" application enthusiasms of a couple of years ago (hello, Nautilus) have sown the seeds of distrust today.
Best of luck to Chandler - and thanks for the response
...about whether this is Outlook2 or not, my question is: Why the hell is Slashdot promoting a 0.1 release? Should I expect the next point-release of Slypheed or Aethena to be similarly promoted?
If it's about the author, focus on him...the app itself is practically useless at this point.
Flight Gear...versus multiplayer dogfighting over Russian ice caps...hmmmn...
In the name of God, I hope this game will work under 3.0. Linux needs flight sims!
Quote: " The simple fact is that we're probably not going to get to Mars in the next 20 years, it simply isn't as simple as people would like to think.
Of all the arguments heard on Slashdot and abroad regarding human travel to Mars, I have yet to hear anyone consider it as "simple".
Quote: "I do agree that it probably would be more interesting for mankind to solve our problems on this planet before heading for the next one..."
Why do we assume that there's a "solution" for being human? What could that possibly be? No matter how all-encompassing a philosophy, no matter how common-sensical a religion, there is no way to create total peace and total harmony. Empirical proof: it's never existed previously (Eden aside).
We have to accept (and to some extent embrace) the fact that what makes us unique and "human" is the fact that we're different types of people living together; a "solution" to this only allows fascism and corporate-style removal of ethics to take control and - inevitably - destroy the very things we're trying to discover about ourselves.
As for space travel, *any* type of exploration is natural, so long as we have imaginations and curiosities to healthily indulge.
Yes, if you're working for free.
I predict that in 2010, there will be a so-so sequel to a reality that didn't happen in 2001.
Your situation not withstanding, my experience with Tektronix has been bitter. They bought-out Lightworks - the only feasible adversary of the AVID non-linear editing system in it's day - and basically sat on it until it died. Oh, and they released Lightworks VIP...which was a painfully under-developed product with a nice GUI.
Am I the only one who picked up on the "B6G" inverted fifth? Delicious!
Agreed! I love his films...but it's not unlike a penchant for self-mutilation. Dead-Ringers makes Videodrome look like a Frank Capra film.
Directed by William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist author), based on his book "Twinkle Twinkle, Killer Kane".
A mind blower.
Undoubtably, I'm sure there's some foul play from the "kiddies", but they sure as hell didn't "accidentally" bomb the Al Jazeera HQ during the Afghan conflict two years ago.
I tell you, folks, if *we* aren't going to look into the cause of this, no one else will. Angel or devil, Al Jazeera offers another viewpoint - and considering the frighteningly narrow perspectives we get in North America, we could use all we get right now.
Oh, I know a target market: digital video editors.
Trust me, I know some folks who will be very excited about this.
Silly...it's ManHamDrakServSetupConfig.
*sheesh*
You raise an interesting tangent (okay...it's my tanget, but it's based on your subject). Jeez...
If I may go on a tangent here, I'd be interested to know what the largest patent-holder companies are (ie Top 10).
My guesses (in some semblance of order): IBM, Xerox, Sony...?
Quote: "Subscribers now see stories posted on Slashdot from The Mysterious Future!
Okay, share the time machine. Jeez...
...is just impolite, national security or not. Next thing you know, he's going to start cursing in front of the Chinese and he'll go to h-e-doublehockeysticks.
Firstly, allow me to take the foot off the pedal and say that I'm not taking pleasure in other people's unemployment (read: evil).
Secondly, (re: "The big question for me at this point is who will fill the void for a uniquely Canadian view on the intersection of culture and technology?"), if there's a need, it will be filled. That's the nature of the marketplace (and no, I'm not one of those Ayn Rand-toting uber capitalists). One of the problems with Shift (imho) was that it actually wasn't very much of anything: not very deep, not convincingly stupid, not particularly Canadian. The good news (if you're still reading this, and I apologize if my opinion is a bit acidic...I've had too much coffee) is that society always gets what it wants. Dreams do come true; the problem is that the reality of our day-to-day wishes is less profound and exhalted than we'd like to think.
Sorry, but I'm dancing on Shift magazine's grave. It stood for all of the bullshit artifice, me-too ass-kissing, and vacuous intellect that has plagued the technology/culture mag niche.
Shift magazine never had a shining moment, save for the plastic wrapping.
If there's anything worse than a corporation that doesn't hide it's troubling/unethical behaviour, it's a knee-jerk reactionary website where disparate characteristics are conveniently grouped together, very tightly, in the desperate hope that they will make sense to someone perhaps less paranoid (or more) than the author.
If anyone can find a changelog showing the fixes (if any) between rc6 and the full 3.1 release, I'd appreciate it. KDE doesn't seem to want to share :)
You got me there...silly me. *sigh*
Though this will undoubtedly provide much entertainment for the Linux elitists in our crowd in the short term, I cannot help but wonder what the long-term effects will be.
There are so many people out there who cut their teeth on Mandy, some who have become like the aforementioned zealots, but many like myself who still respect and support Mandrake the distro, and Mandrake the company. It's important that we separate those two things: the distro has always been user-friendly and remarkably scalable, whereas the company has been less stable than a beta-release.
Still, it would be a shame to see it go.
Just wait until Hollywood get their hands on this. You should know better, Slashdot!!
Can't wait to see the monacled German doctor who secretly heads-up the nuclear program.
"I vudent vurry about ze people in Chicago...de test is all dat matterz!"
(yes, that isn't how Germans pronounce English, however Hollywood has convinced itself that Germans do pronounce English exactly like the Dutch)