well, maybe this is offtopic but...
why isn't more effort being put into exploring our oceans? They compose upto 70% of the earth's surface, and are right here in our backyard. Yet when everyone thinks of the expanding human race, it's always in the space direction -- never seawards. It's quite possible that in a few years we may have artificial gills to survive underwater. If that happens, there's could be a literal explosion in the space available to humanity. Why isn't this in the public consciousness and the budget allocation?
I doubt that the source code has been made available to "Dan Jackson". Relveant quote from the post original program's author made on the newsgroup:
Please note that right now this is VERY alpha. It's the first release. It also
is available only as a binary, for Windows console. I wrote a GUI in ASM, but
porting it to WINAPI is a pain in the arse... I won't bang on about it, but
it's pathetic that it's easier to code in ASM than C on the Windows platform.
The original was written under *NIX --- but I'm not willing to distribute the
source just yet, for a variety of reasons.
There WILL be a polished GUI, as well as a source release in the future. I am
unable to post here anonymously (and hence using a public library system and
some vulnerable machines for this post) so, updates will probably NOT be
announced here, unless someone is willing to play proxy for me.
Gutenberg invented the printing press at a time when books were worth their weight in gold (in europe, at least) where even the largest of universities might have a few hundred books. No one was prepared for the revolution in publishing that occurred--just like the people in power right now. Wait, and eventually they'll lose, because they're gonna be as dead as a dodo.
The education system in India is largely a joke. WEll that's not fair, but let's just say it's one of the worst in the world.
and you, my highly-learned friend, are WAY off base. The education system in India is VERY good, it's just that it is skewered in favor of the middle-class--those who are poor can find it difficult to complete education. IMHO most people over here are doubtful of the benefits of education and hence do not complete it, even though banks are willing to give educational loans. Even the people who do complete higher education are disenchanted with it and just do it for the "degree".
Some places such as Bihar and Orissa have literacy rates around 30% and you think some memo about linux in schools is gonna make a difference?
Let me see, 30% of 1billion+ is 300million. Yup, that's NOT gonna make a difference worldwide, right?
I really hope that the Debian installer would have support for autodetection and configuration of all installed hardware, something like Knoppix (which is based on Debian) does. I know you can manually configure everything, but having all the hardware already known to it detected and configured would be great. This would mean that Debian would again be on the innovative edge of GNU/Linux distros...Debian does have the reputation of being a slow-moving, but stable distro.
there is too much of RMS-bashing these days, here on slashdot and on a lot of other places. Sure, whatever his faults, he has contributed significantly to the software community in general. How many people here can say that? It pays to remeber that even the greatest of minds (Edison, Newton, etc) were often on the wrong side; that doesn't detract from their acheivements.
Your ISP provides the service; therefore, it has the moral right to decide the terms under which the service is offered. Besides, your ISP isn't the government. If you don't like it, you can always go elsewhere or do without altogether.
Often, you have no alternative ISPs or ISPs which provide exactly same TOS (only diff is price). Also, ISPs over here (in India) block certain services of other ISPs (eg. voice telephony) or some arbitary sites, as and when they wish and you have no say in it. Plus, the government is heavily into the telecom field over here...
What is scary is that this is possibly the start of something like Big Brother. I mean, I pay the ISP for MY net usage, not what he thinks is appropriate for me. I can agree with higher charges for P2P (heavy leeching causes slow networks here) but interfering in any way pisses me off. Soon they'll protect us from porn, terrorist propoganda, etc. and before you know it, you have a media oligarchy which controls all aspects communication, just like in the feudal ages.
You know, it's really sad to see classical music being affected such. People who listen to classical music are a dying breed...although I'm a big fan of it myself, people simply do not like classical anymore nowadays. Also, the availibility of good classical music is thin where I live...people simply buy the latest songs or just pirate them and are happy with most of the (in my opinion) crap music that exists out there. Sigh...there goes the chance for people to listen to good classical music in their homes, hassle-free.
Folks, if you dislike the RIAA's tactics and would like to listen to some alternative music, please give classical music a try...there's nothing like listening to some good ol' music.
Such FUD is pure nonsense, but does Joe User know of it? He looks at XP, says it looks better than 98/ME/2000, and hey everything's easy for me. He will not look much further for other choices, as his needs are met by it.
remeber, it's not the geeks microsoft is tring to attract, but the people who are not familiar with PCs -- particularly the older generation, which will be happy to use it.
if you want a really, really secure system, turn of all services and disconnect it from the network (oh yes, and protect the physical location too).
that said, imho it is more easier to install and maintain a reasonably secure Linux system than a comparable Widnows system.
TCP/IP? That's wasteful...afaik most VoIP use UDP, as TCP carries a much alrger overhead and there's no harm if some UDP packets are lost (hey, you missed 1/50 of voice data. doesn't matter). regarding why internet is preferable, I think it's already been answered...
hmm...just a curiosity, but I know that DARPA is sponsoring lots of biometric/robotic related research. Are the results of the research freely available? I mean, can we see what has been the results of such research? The current HCI is way too outdated, and I think it may be obsolete in a few years.....
you know, reading articles such as this always leave me with the feeling that we aren't really exploring the use of the seas in future. Almost 70% of the earth is water, but we do not have that much effort or research money in it that we have for space exploration. It's really quite illogical to hope for the stars while ignoring your own backyard. Also considering that pure water is going to be one of the world's biggest problems, we should be paying more attention here.
just a curiosity...what is the reason that all the *BSDs are sticking to gcc2.95.x? I know that Linux has been using gcc3.2 for quite a bit of time now, and it can be considered somewhat stable.
EULAs apply to usage of the software, while GPL/BSD/etc place no restrictions on use of the software but on further redistributions and modifications which aren't normally allowed by EULAs at all.
AFAIK, Linux has already been introduced in univs. In Mumbai University, for the first year of Engg. (common across all branches), there is a compulsory course "C on Linux". The adoption rate has been slow (people are still unfamiliar with linux, I recently helped the lab assistant in our college to setup Redhat) but now Linux is being made a option for other courses too, even in the final year.
the problem with Palms is that entering information is not convenient. The handwriting software is sketchy most of the time, and to use it is a pain compared to writing on a scrap of paper. And using small keyboards (if they exist) is not really comfortable...
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a desktop computer which is present behind the monitor? a keyboard which folds up? that's sounds more like a laptop to me, folks...
well, maybe this is offtopic but... why isn't more effort being put into exploring our oceans? They compose upto 70% of the earth's surface, and are right here in our backyard. Yet when everyone thinks of the expanding human race, it's always in the space direction -- never seawards. It's quite possible that in a few years we may have artificial gills to survive underwater. If that happens, there's could be a literal explosion in the space available to humanity. Why isn't this in the public consciousness and the budget allocation?
well, it wasnt there when I posted the comment... thanks, anyway.
Please note that right now this is VERY alpha. It's the first release. It also is available only as a binary, for Windows console. I wrote a GUI in ASM, but porting it to WINAPI is a pain in the arse... I won't bang on about it, but it's pathetic that it's easier to code in ASM than C on the Windows platform. The original was written under *NIX --- but I'm not willing to distribute the source just yet, for a variety of reasons.
There WILL be a polished GUI, as well as a source release in the future. I am unable to post here anonymously (and hence using a public library system and some vulnerable machines for this post) so, updates will probably NOT be announced here, unless someone is willing to play proxy for me.
Gutenberg invented the printing press at a time when books were worth their weight in gold (in europe, at least) where even the largest of universities might have a few hundred books. No one was prepared for the revolution in publishing that occurred--just like the people in power right now. Wait, and eventually they'll lose, because they're gonna be as dead as a dodo.
The education system in India is largely a joke. WEll that's not fair, but let's just say it's one of the worst in the world.
and you, my highly-learned friend, are WAY off base. The education system in India is VERY good, it's just that it is skewered in favor of the middle-class--those who are poor can find it difficult to complete education. IMHO most people over here are doubtful of the benefits of education and hence do not complete it, even though banks are willing to give educational loans. Even the people who do complete higher education are disenchanted with it and just do it for the "degree".
Some places such as Bihar and Orissa have literacy rates around 30% and you think some memo about linux in schools is gonna make a difference?
Let me see, 30% of 1billion+ is 300million. Yup, that's NOT gonna make a difference worldwide, right?
I really hope that the Debian installer would have support for autodetection and configuration of all installed hardware, something like Knoppix (which is based on Debian) does. I know you can manually configure everything, but having all the hardware already known to it detected and configured would be great. This would mean that Debian would again be on the innovative edge of GNU/Linux distros...Debian does have the reputation of being a slow-moving, but stable distro.
there is too much of RMS-bashing these days, here on slashdot and on a lot of other places. Sure, whatever his faults, he has contributed significantly to the software community in general. How many people here can say that? It pays to remeber that even the greatest of minds (Edison, Newton, etc) were often on the wrong side; that doesn't detract from their acheivements.
What's the status of the XFT support? I heard that was to be *the* new feature of 3.1, I didn't see it mentioned anywhere.
try Zope ... it's open source, and very well-known, too.
Besides, your ISP isn't the government. If you don't like it, you can always go elsewhere or do without altogether.
Often, you have no alternative ISPs or ISPs which provide exactly same TOS (only diff is price). Also, ISPs over here (in India) block certain services of other ISPs (eg. voice telephony) or some arbitary sites, as and when they wish and you have no say in it. Plus, the government is heavily into the telecom field over here...
What is scary is that this is possibly the start of something like Big Brother. I mean, I pay the ISP for MY net usage, not what he thinks is appropriate for me. I can agree with higher charges for P2P (heavy leeching causes slow networks here) but interfering in any way pisses me off. Soon they'll protect us from porn, terrorist propoganda, etc. and before you know it, you have a media oligarchy which controls all aspects communication, just like in the feudal ages.
Folks, if you dislike the RIAA's tactics and would like to listen to some alternative music, please give classical music a try...there's nothing like listening to some good ol' music.
remeber, it's not the geeks microsoft is tring to attract, but the people who are not familiar with PCs -- particularly the older generation, which will be happy to use it.
if you want a really, really secure system, turn of all services and disconnect it from the network (oh yes, and protect the physical location too). that said, imho it is more easier to install and maintain a reasonably secure Linux system than a comparable Widnows system.
TCP/IP? That's wasteful...afaik most VoIP use UDP, as TCP carries a much alrger overhead and there's no harm if some UDP packets are lost (hey, you missed 1/50 of voice data. doesn't matter). regarding why internet is preferable, I think it's already been answered...
hmm...just a curiosity, but I know that DARPA is sponsoring lots of biometric/robotic related research. Are the results of the research freely available? I mean, can we see what has been the results of such research? The current HCI is way too outdated, and I think it may be obsolete in a few years.....
you know, reading articles such as this always leave me with the feeling that we aren't really exploring the use of the seas in future. Almost 70% of the earth is water, but we do not have that much effort or research money in it that we have for space exploration. It's really quite illogical to hope for the stars while ignoring your own backyard. Also considering that pure water is going to be one of the world's biggest problems, we should be paying more attention here.
does it have the contents of the stomach? I'd sure like to know how the dinosaurs managed to balance their food diet considering their weight...
just a curiosity...what is the reason that all the *BSDs are sticking to gcc2.95.x? I know that Linux has been using gcc3.2 for quite a bit of time now, and it can be considered somewhat stable.
EULAs apply to usage of the software, while GPL/BSD/etc place no restrictions on use of the software but on further redistributions and modifications which aren't normally allowed by EULAs at all.
sorry, it renders fine on Mozilla 1.1 on XP. I must have seen this site at least 3-4 times (tried to submit this, too). Please check your facts.
AFAIK, Linux has already been introduced in univs. In Mumbai University, for the first year of Engg. (common across all branches), there is a compulsory course "C on Linux". The adoption rate has been slow (people are still unfamiliar with linux, I recently helped the lab assistant in our college to setup Redhat) but now Linux is being made a option for other courses too, even in the final year.
the problem with Palms is that entering information is not convenient. The handwriting software is sketchy most of the time, and to use it is a pain compared to writing on a scrap of paper. And using small keyboards (if they exist) is not really comfortable...
so how safe are these new fuels? I'd hate it if they were to cause problems in mid-air....