I know most people will shudder, but this is possibly great news for Linux on the desktop.
If more and more of the infrastructure of a desktop environment (like GNOME) could be moved into kernel space, it wouldn't be the first OS to more closely tie the GUI to the kernel. As long as all the pieces are stable and the whole operation was well thought out (admittedly, not a trivial expectation for Linux code) it would surely mean a more integrated (and speedy) desktop. There's alot you can't do with a GUI in UNIX because of the rift between userland and kernelland.
Imagine...GNOME/Linux on store shelves, with a custom kernel patched to take advantage of this. GNOME bigots, I can hear you gagging, but noone really cares;-).
This is excellent advancement. The more places we can use robotics to replace humans in places of danger, the better.
Heres a thought...how many of these sorts of "disasters" are created by humans? If more robotics are used in daily life, could human error be downplayed, therefore reducing the situations in which humans might be put into danger? Prevention is the best cure, they say...
I'd first like to question that this is a "paper"...calling it that might make it sound as if some serious academics have been pulled off, but it's no more than an observation. An attempt at "blowing the whistle" on someone, it seems.
Secondly...this is obvious. Hell, it's *smart* to block translation sites. If you're selling software to perform a certain service, it should perform that service well, should it not? Is it not elementary that a translation site would offer an easy way around the restrictions?
You can debate the merits of such software until you're blue in the face, but the fact of the matter is that some people want this service, and companies are going to provide it. And as long as it isn't infringing the rights of adults in their homes, using private property, theres really nothing that can be done about it.
It's important not to become to rabid in our beliefs that we abandon common sense.
I see a slight parallel between Kaufman's insistance on the audience's intellectual integrity and Richard Stallman's insistance on "freedom"...doesn't RMS (and GNU in general) do the same thing with people's right to use software? People just want to make their computers run...shouldn't we give them the right to pay for something if they want to (even when we can see that it's a ripoff)?
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I know most people will shudder, but this is possibly great news for Linux on the desktop.
;-).
If more and more of the infrastructure of a desktop environment (like GNOME) could be moved into kernel space, it wouldn't be the first OS to more closely tie the GUI to the kernel. As long as all the pieces are stable and the whole operation was well thought out (admittedly, not a trivial expectation for Linux code) it would surely mean a more integrated (and speedy) desktop. There's alot you can't do with a GUI in UNIX because of the rift between userland and kernelland.
Imagine...GNOME/Linux on store shelves, with a custom kernel patched to take advantage of this. GNOME bigots, I can hear you gagging, but noone really cares
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If this doesnt prove that absolute power corrupts absolutely, I don't know what does. AOL would rather embrace an enemy than the public.
;-) ) but this has only drove my opinion of the company lower.
I've previously supported AOL as the owners of Netscape (Netscape 6 is neato
This is excellent advancement. The more places we can use robotics to replace humans in places of danger, the better.
Heres a thought...how many of these sorts of "disasters" are created by humans? If more robotics are used in daily life, could human error be downplayed, therefore reducing the situations in which humans might be put into danger? Prevention is the best cure, they say...
I'd first like to question that this is a "paper"...calling it that might make it sound as if some serious academics have been pulled off, but it's no more than an observation. An attempt at "blowing the whistle" on someone, it seems.
Secondly...this is obvious. Hell, it's *smart* to block translation sites. If you're selling software to perform a certain service, it should perform that service well, should it not? Is it not elementary that a translation site would offer an easy way around the restrictions?
You can debate the merits of such software until you're blue in the face, but the fact of the matter is that some people want this service, and companies are going to provide it. And as long as it isn't infringing the rights of adults in their homes, using private property, theres really nothing that can be done about it.
It's important not to become to rabid in our beliefs that we abandon common sense.
I see a slight parallel between Kaufman's insistance on the audience's intellectual integrity and Richard Stallman's insistance on "freedom"...doesn't RMS (and GNU in general) do the same thing with people's right to use software? People just want to make their computers run...shouldn't we give them the right to pay for something if they want to (even when we can see that it's a ripoff)?
:-)
Hmm..no. RMS is right and so was Kaufman.
Gee, Slashdot didn't sound half as remorseful about erroneously posting JZW's death.
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