... I mean, a lot of the computer scientists who work for Microsoft very definitely have an agenda and if its not so much of a social agenda, I don't know what it is.
It is naive to think that computing sciences is stagnant or not going anywhere, because it is: in big ways, and small ways, and all kinds of ways. Moores law, and the fundamental principles of computer science, all lead to a heck of a lot more advances in very short periods of time, in ways which fundamentally change our culture. Look at the cultural/technological shift from 1994 to 2004, 10 short years of Internet acceptance in modern society, for example.
Microsoft know this - the core 'knowledge pool' of the company know this. Heck, grand new order thinking, such as PDA-style computing, has been in design and a tangible target in many corporations strategic agenda's for years; the ideal of ubiquitous computers is at least 50 years old.
Microsoft are playing big games. They want to be the ones who turn on the worlds largest computing system, defining the standards for such a beast, and it is this factor that drives the company's strategies of acquisition in technologically compelling competitors...
in my opinion, he's being a good neighbor by sharing the details of next-doors wlan setup. if his neighbor gets hacked, its only a short time until his net would be next in line for attention...
not that i'm planning on deploying any windows software, anywhere, any time soon, but if there's an opportunity for me to ever have to use this unix for windows kit, i'm sure as hell not going to do it without having the source.
disclaimer: i also work in embedded, also love linux, and also agree that its not always the best tool for the job...
The Linux support I'd like to see from tools vendors is better tools on the Linux workstations
The 'cocktail distro' front has some interesting advances in this department. I think its getting easier and easier to do the RYE linux setup for embedded too, and still get a cross-platform development environment (%embedded_cpu, linux-x86).
The more and more distro tools evolve, the more we'll see complete platform coherency - matched libs across multiple platforms on a common kernel core - so the possibiities are very interesting.
Particularly if you consider the system-on-chip advances in silicon fabrication recently, it makes for some interesting hardware times ahead. I think a whole new battle of OS's/computer technology is on the horizon in the realm of embedded and 'deployed' computing, but then I'm pretty biased in that regard...
Sure it was. Completely arbitrary. Could've gone in any direction at any juncture.
And yes, there was some -planning- going on with languages over time (de-germinification of english, perhaps?), but this is my point... the word itself doesn't do anything. The people who agree to its meaning do.
... and I'm even willing to propose that not only is it ready for the desktop, but its ready for a lot of other things as well.
Linux' recent advances in the embedded industry mean that the desktop is really just one place for vmlinuz-xx to succeed. And oddly enough, I also think - as a long-term linux user - that this is an advantage for both fronts, desktop/embedded.
The cool distro's are doing some interesting work too, I might add. Embedded distro's, or more appropriately "source control", are putting a standard system image in some very interesting places, all at once.
2004 is gonna rock. And I know its just my opinion, but I had to say it...
Could you just make up words with no meaning and assign them to any old thing? Sure. But if you compose words from existing bases, prefixes, and suffixes in the language, you convey a sense of meaning without people even knowing what the word really means.
Okay, so English is derived from some old language... but... but... the words in that language were arbitrary too.
Its only when humans -agree- to something that the arbitrary nature of the universe goes away, and even then only for a little while...
What is important is for people to form their own opinions of the proceedings on the basis of their understanding of the issues involved. In fact, Court is for the public, but in my opinion rarely does the public ever really use it, or at least 'not until needed'.
Alas, it is pretty clear that a lot of people ignore what goes on in their courts to their own peril... because it seems that its fairly easy for big companies to obfuscate things in their favour, through legal and other means.
Making up a word is just like composing a song. It doesn't mean -anything- until someone else has heard it and derived some meaning from it... you're right.
The conveyance of the idea behind ampfea wouldn't have happened unless there were a group of people who were willing to agree on the nature of the meaning of that word, and at that point the 'arbitrary' nature ends... but words, themselves, are completely arbitrary.
Its up to humans - groups of them, preferrably - to make anything matter...
I have no problems with the Dock whatsoever. It sits there, hidden until I use it, and tells me whats going on with my system. I like that. I don't need anything else.
Of course, I've registered and use Launchbar.
And I tell you what: I *hate* going back to my Linux box (KDE) after a few hours working on my tiBook... it just feels so lame to not have complete hotkey control over my entire system. I know, I know, I can set it up however I want, but I'm quite happy just ssh'ing to my linux machines from OSX and using them that way...
Just today someone was complaining "no right mouse button?!!" on their new Mac, and I realized (and told them) that I rarely ever use the Mouse for anything other than dragging/dropping... everything I do on OSX is a total keyboard experience.
Being a Unix lover, this is important to me. To have such a nice looking GUI experience (hey, Jaguar -is- nice looking) and total control from the keys, well... its like OSX is the 'vi' of User Shells.
But, I suppose, "keyboard only control" isn't sexy any more, and I guess you -have- to use the mouse to be a 'modern user experience', eh?
Venus can tell us a whole lot about planets though, and we don't really know that much about them, except for ours, and... well... we're still learning a *lot* about this one.
70's era technology got there. Imagine what 21st century tech could do, if it were done right?
Venus would be a great place to stash all our radioactive by-products, if only there were a way for us to get it there easier...
No, there's a flap that goes over the zipper, this is held together with magnets. The rest of the jacket is a myriad of flaps and zippers and folds and holes.
Its just a really low-quality jacket, is all I'm saying. Feels cheap, and was cheap.
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i feel like my life is about to implode.
i make synthesizers.
The nature and form of computing as it progresses and adapts over time to the needs and demands of its users.
... I mean, a lot of the computer scientists who work for Microsoft very definitely have an agenda and if its not so much of a social agenda, I don't know what it is.
...
It is naive to think that computing sciences is stagnant or not going anywhere, because it is: in big ways, and small ways, and all kinds of ways. Moores law, and the fundamental principles of computer science, all lead to a heck of a lot more advances in very short periods of time, in ways which fundamentally change our culture. Look at the cultural/technological shift from 1994 to 2004, 10 short years of Internet acceptance in modern society, for example.
Microsoft know this - the core 'knowledge pool' of the company know this. Heck, grand new order thinking, such as PDA-style computing, has been in design and a tangible target in many corporations strategic agenda's for years; the ideal of ubiquitous computers is at least 50 years old.
Microsoft are playing big games. They want to be the ones who turn on the worlds largest computing system, defining the standards for such a beast, and it is this factor that drives the company's strategies of acquisition in technologically compelling competitors
eh? what makes you think he was bragging?
...
in my opinion, he's being a good neighbor by sharing the details of next-doors wlan setup. if his neighbor gets hacked, its only a short time until his net would be next in line for attention
yeah, why else do you suppose i want the source?
not that i'm planning on deploying any windows software, anywhere, any time soon, but if there's an opportunity for me to ever have to use this unix for windows kit, i'm sure as hell not going to do it without having the source.
having the source is -part- of the service.
Yeah, but will we be there to watch it?
cool, coz lockin is really old-school.
disclaimer: i also work in embedded, also love linux, and also agree that its not always the best tool for the job...
...
The Linux support I'd like to see from tools vendors is better tools on the Linux workstations
The 'cocktail distro' front has some interesting advances in this department. I think its getting easier and easier to do the RYE linux setup for embedded too, and still get a cross-platform development environment (%embedded_cpu, linux-x86).
The more and more distro tools evolve, the more we'll see complete platform coherency - matched libs across multiple platforms on a common kernel core - so the possibiities are very interesting.
Particularly if you consider the system-on-chip advances in silicon fabrication recently, it makes for some interesting hardware times ahead. I think a whole new battle of OS's/computer technology is on the horizon in the realm of embedded and 'deployed' computing, but then I'm pretty biased in that regard
Move along.
... lots and lots.
I work in embedded systems in Germany, and there is -plenty- of linux going on
Linux levels the playing field in grand new ways, even for the embedded folks, even for the snooty ones.
Dan will eat crow.
It wasn't a random or arbitrary process.
Sure it was. Completely arbitrary. Could've gone in any direction at any juncture.
And yes, there was some -planning- going on with languages over time (de-germinification of english, perhaps?), but this is my point... the word itself doesn't do anything. The people who agree to its meaning do.
... and I'm even willing to propose that not only is it ready for the desktop, but its ready for a lot of other things as well.
...
Linux' recent advances in the embedded industry mean that the desktop is really just one place for vmlinuz-xx to succeed. And oddly enough, I also think - as a long-term linux user - that this is an advantage for both fronts, desktop/embedded.
The cool distro's are doing some interesting work too, I might add. Embedded distro's, or more appropriately "source control", are putting a standard system image in some very interesting places, all at once.
2004 is gonna rock. And I know its just my opinion, but I had to say it
Dude, where does it say I can't be part of something in order to make an observation about it?
Cretin.
I disagree. Words are not hard to create, you fuhrkle!
Could you just make up words with no meaning and assign them to any old thing? Sure. But if you compose words from existing bases, prefixes, and suffixes in the language, you convey a sense of meaning without people even knowing what the word really means.
... but ... but ... the words in that language were arbitrary too.
...
Okay, so English is derived from some old language
Its only when humans -agree- to something that the arbitrary nature of the universe goes away, and even then only for a little while
An acronym is a form of word, duh.
Too right.
... because it seems that its fairly easy for big companies to obfuscate things in their favour, through legal and other means.
What is important is for people to form their own opinions of the proceedings on the basis of their understanding of the issues involved. In fact, Court is for the public, but in my opinion rarely does the public ever really use it, or at least 'not until needed'.
Alas, it is pretty clear that a lot of people ignore what goes on in their courts to their own peril
Never mind my brain, put those things in my pants and then turn on slashdot, yeah!
front a bittorrent link if you want to be even cooler ...
(darn, wish i could do it, ah well, guess i'll play setup...)
yeah, but is the source of the package which microsoft releasing available, including all mods?
thats what i want to know. clearly, if its 95% openbsd, then theres 5% other stuff, and i want to see that.
No, I mean arbitrary.
... you're right.
... but words, themselves, are completely arbitrary.
Making up a word is just like composing a song. It doesn't mean -anything- until someone else has heard it and derived some meaning from it
The conveyance of the idea behind ampfea wouldn't have happened unless there were a group of people who were willing to agree on the nature of the meaning of that word, and at that point the 'arbitrary' nature ends
Its up to humans - groups of them, preferrably - to make anything matter...
I have no problems with the Dock whatsoever. It sits there, hidden until I use it, and tells me whats going on with my system. I like that. I don't need anything else.
Of course, I've registered and use Launchbar.
And I tell you what: I *hate* going back to my Linux box (KDE) after a few hours working on my tiBook
Just today someone was complaining "no right mouse button?!!" on their new Mac, and I realized (and told them) that I rarely ever use the Mouse for anything other than dragging/dropping
Being a Unix lover, this is important to me. To have such a nice looking GUI experience (hey, Jaguar -is- nice looking) and total control from the keys, well
But, I suppose, "keyboard only control" isn't sexy any more, and I guess you -have- to use the mouse to be a 'modern user experience', eh?
Venus can tell us a whole lot about planets though, and we don't really know that much about them, except for ours, and ... well ... we're still learning a *lot* about this one.
...
70's era technology got there. Imagine what 21st century tech could do, if it were done right?
Venus would be a great place to stash all our radioactive by-products, if only there were a way for us to get it there easier
Anyone know?
I'm not gonna use it unless I get the source. Period.
No, there's a flap that goes over the zipper, this is held together with magnets. The rest of the jacket is a myriad of flaps and zippers and folds and holes.
Its just a really low-quality jacket, is all I'm saying. Feels cheap, and was cheap.
You could put a small laptop in the back pocket (in the small of your back), but then you'd sit on it all the time.