I'd also like to point out that a lot of computer users use their keyboards for 8hrs+. Im not sure how that compares to a practicing pianist, but I somewhat doubt that they dont use the pianno for as long (no offence intended). Also, its a matter of 8hrs+ per day, 5 days+ per week etc
A friend of mine did indeed back up a said cd onto his hard drive and has no problems whatsoever in doing so. It was marked on the cd that it was copy-protected, but the protection was not apparent when attempting to back up the disk. Maybe not all of the cds include the copy protection they say, or maybe there are some cd writers that are not effected by the protection?
Sometimes I get days where I cant be bothered to speak. Most of them in fact. I think we're gonna be seeing things like lost voices etc anyways, so whatever happens, we'll still need these keyboards.
Also, I feel a bit of a dickhead "speaking" to my computer with other people around, it just doesnt seem natural speaking to a dumb terminal. Heh, not sure if anyone else has noticed that;)
All in all, I still prefer the good 'ol mouse and keyboard interfade "command. delete last word" interface.
The fact that you dont need a GUI to acomplish something. Many things just get confusing when using a GUI in my opinion. A lot of the time it is more efficiant to use a CLI as well.
I dont see any problem with this in theory. After all, most winmodems are now covered by their linmodem driver counter-parts.
The problem, however, lies in the problem that manufacturers may be forced into 'doing what microsoft say' as it were, and work with microsoft to make it pretty much microsoft-specific. The same happened with winmodems.
From the hardware side, it certainly is a lot cheaper to let the drivers do all the hard work. As long as the manufacturers are willing to work with the linux developers as well, then there wont be a problem in making drivers that work without ugly hacks.
Perfect is one of those funny terms that everyone uses. I define perfect as suiting my needs in total. The specifications that are said here are not "perfect" for me.
I dont want any other crap in my email client. I want something that... delivers my email heh. Nothing more, nothing less. I dont want no funky coffee maker plugin that determines when im stressed out. I dont even want html rendering in my email client. I pretty much prefer something almost console-like in its simplicity:D But this is just my opinion.
Giving specifications for a "perfect" anything for that matter is fundamentally flawed. As you can see, I prefer speed and no shit on my email clients - you may prefer more gubbins and plugins. Fair enough, but surely its wrong to say that everyone would want this "perfect" email client
Ok, so has anyone got a download link to 'Xenix'. Im sure it'd be a good laugh getting it running on an old pc. (Laugh being to laugh at not laugh for enjoyment of)
Bell Labs scientists transmit 64 channels of data at 40 gigabits per second per channel over 4000 kilometers (2500 miles)
You'll therefore notice that it is more like 40/8 = 5 gigabytes per second to be stored by any one interface. This is more. If you had an array of 64 lots of 5 gigabyte standard DRAM memory modules, this would easily be able to take in the data on a temporary measure. However, with more permanent things such as hard drives, I would still agree with you that they could not reach the needed speeds of 5gbytes per second
I've observed the following: @ People hate remembering things. @ People think that passwords are inconvenient.
Therefore, a normal person using a computer that requires a password will not only think of a password, but will try and make accessing that pc as easy as they can - ie the common mistakes we know of as writing the password on a post-it note and chucking it on the side of the monitor. Or if they can, getting a computer to auto-login. Why do most internet passwording systems nowadays have "remember me" and "auto-login"? Exactly - convenience.
The core problem with passwording systems are that normal users *do not give a shit* about security. Sad, but we all know that its true. Sysadmins and people who know anything about computing will obviously use clever passwords, different passwords for each login/signin etc but the majority will not.
And as we know, there is a lack of knowledgeable people in the it world - im thinking that only 10% of the people that use computers are the type that read/. and the type that know what they're on about. Therefore we have a big problem.
Im not suggesting a solution to the problem, but im saying that the cause is not that users are stupid as such (well they are generally stupid but thats not the point;), the reason is that it is awkward to login etc from the users point of view.
I think a particle accelerator has a slightly different configuration of magnets. First off they are electromagnets pulsing on and off in syncs with a passing particle and secondly, they are wrapped around the particle accelerator 'pipe' (heh I doubt if that is the technical term for it)... Hmm, I guess someone has already made a real 'Large Accelerator' shall we call it;) Anyone got any links for this? Otherwise im gonna have to make my own:D
Is it not only mathematically proven, but obvious and logical as well?
We all know that anything readable by a machine is readable by a human (ie cracker) in some shape or form and therefore is crackable. Also, this paper would apply to hardware protection because if you think about it, there isnt any *real* difference between hardware and software protection, besides the fact that the protection is physical rather than "virtual" (?)
Theres plenty of proofs of cracks on the net to prove that protection does not work.
Basically, if someone wants to crack/distribute a program then they *will*. It is just a hassle for legitimate end users to configure the software protection most of the time, and just a minor issue for a cracker.
Hmm, surely you're tachyon drive would zoom off into the distance and the rest of your matter would do nothing? Since the only thing that can travel faster than the speed of light as we know are tachons and definitely not standard matter at any rate:/
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I'd also like to point out that a lot of computer users use their keyboards for 8hrs+. Im not sure how that compares to a practicing pianist, but I somewhat doubt that they dont use the pianno for as long (no offence intended). Also, its a matter of 8hrs+ per day, 5 days+ per week etc
A friend of mine did indeed back up a said cd onto his hard drive and has no problems whatsoever in doing so. It was marked on the cd that it was copy-protected, but the protection was not apparent when attempting to back up the disk.
Maybe not all of the cds include the copy protection they say, or maybe there are some cd writers that are not effected by the protection?
Sometimes I get days where I cant be bothered to speak. Most of them in fact. I think we're gonna be seeing things like lost voices etc anyways, so whatever happens, we'll still need these keyboards.
;)
Also, I feel a bit of a dickhead "speaking" to my computer with other people around, it just doesnt seem natural speaking to a dumb terminal. Heh, not sure if anyone else has noticed that
All in all, I still prefer the good 'ol mouse and keyboard interfade "command. delete last word" interface.
Well, the first distro 'available' with KDE3 was RedHat SkipJack (ie 7.3beta1), but its still in beta since it uses the KDE3beta2 I think
Aha but you are missing the points:
1) The idea is simple, cheap and it WORKS
2) The idea is quite ingenious for the price.
Look at the wheel - simple, it definitely works heh and its cheap. You see, its not always complexity that reaps the advantages.
Also, you're showing the wrong design heh. Its a open-box and then a lid soldered on if I remember correctly
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The fact that you dont need a GUI to acomplish something. Many things just get confusing when using a GUI in my opinion. A lot of the time it is more efficiant to use a CLI as well.
Hehe now that has to be a BT OpenWorld broadband connection ;)
I dont see any problem with this in theory. After all, most winmodems are now covered by their linmodem driver counter-parts.
The problem, however, lies in the problem that manufacturers may be forced into 'doing what microsoft say' as it were, and work with microsoft to make it pretty much microsoft-specific. The same happened with winmodems.
From the hardware side, it certainly is a lot cheaper to let the drivers do all the hard work. As long as the manufacturers are willing to work with the linux developers as well, then there wont be a problem in making drivers that work without ugly hacks.
Perfect is one of those funny terms that everyone uses. I define perfect as suiting my needs in total. The specifications that are said here are not "perfect" for me.
:D But this is just my opinion.
I dont want any other crap in my email client. I want something that... delivers my email heh. Nothing more, nothing less. I dont want no funky coffee maker plugin that determines when im stressed out. I dont even want html rendering in my email client. I pretty much prefer something almost console-like in its simplicity
Giving specifications for a "perfect" anything for that matter is fundamentally flawed. As you can see, I prefer speed and no shit on my email clients - you may prefer more gubbins and plugins. Fair enough, but surely its wrong to say that everyone would want this "perfect" email client
Yes, thats right - why not? I believe that this is one of the many things that M$ are resorting to, to try and keep living in the server world.
:)
They know that once they have died in the server world, the client computers and desktop computers will follow.
Additionally, if *nix isnt harmed from these campaigns (of course they wont heh), then it'll only serve to make them stronger. And this cant be bad
Ok, so has anyone got a download link to 'Xenix'. Im sure it'd be a good laugh getting it running on an old pc. (Laugh being to laugh at not laugh for enjoyment of)
You'll therefore notice that it is more like 40/8 = 5 gigabytes per second to be stored by any one interface. This is more. If you had an array of 64 lots of 5 gigabyte standard DRAM memory modules, this would easily be able to take in the data on a temporary measure. However, with more permanent things such as hard drives, I would still agree with you that they could not reach the needed speeds of 5gbytes per second
I've observed the following:
/. and the type that know what they're on about. Therefore we have a big problem.
;), the reason is that it is awkward to login etc from the users point of view.
@ People hate remembering things.
@ People think that passwords are inconvenient.
Therefore, a normal person using a computer that requires a password will not only think of a password, but will try and make accessing that pc as easy as they can - ie the common mistakes we know of as writing the password on a post-it note and chucking it on the side of the monitor. Or if they can, getting a computer to auto-login. Why do most internet passwording systems nowadays have "remember me" and "auto-login"? Exactly - convenience.
The core problem with passwording systems are that normal users *do not give a shit* about security. Sad, but we all know that its true. Sysadmins and people who know anything about computing will obviously use clever passwords, different passwords for each login/signin etc but the majority will not.
And as we know, there is a lack of knowledgeable people in the it world - im thinking that only 10% of the people that use computers are the type that read
Im not suggesting a solution to the problem, but im saying that the cause is not that users are stupid as such (well they are generally stupid but thats not the point
I think a particle accelerator has a slightly different configuration of magnets. First off they are electromagnets pulsing on and off in syncs with a passing particle and secondly, they are wrapped around the particle accelerator 'pipe' (heh I doubt if that is the technical term for it)... ;) :D
Hmm, I guess someone has already made a real 'Large Accelerator' shall we call it
Anyone got any links for this? Otherwise im gonna have to make my own
Is it not only mathematically proven, but obvious and logical as well? We all know that anything readable by a machine is readable by a human (ie cracker) in some shape or form and therefore is crackable. Also, this paper would apply to hardware protection because if you think about it, there isnt any *real* difference between hardware and software protection, besides the fact that the protection is physical rather than "virtual" (?) Theres plenty of proofs of cracks on the net to prove that protection does not work. Basically, if someone wants to crack/distribute a program then they *will*. It is just a hassle for legitimate end users to configure the software protection most of the time, and just a minor issue for a cracker.
Hmm, surely you're tachyon drive would zoom off into the distance and the rest of your matter would do nothing? Since the only thing that can travel faster than the speed of light as we know are tachons and definitely not standard matter at any rate :/
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