The Air Force must not have gotten too far because DARPA is currently requesting proposals for research leading to a Brain-Machine interface.
Yeah, I remember that now. They weren't doing too well with it, the guy testing it could think certain words and they'd appear, and could move a cursor around a bit, but that was it - no 'computing at the speed of thought' or anything. They might have been just trying to get it to the point where a pilot could move his radar cursor around.
Saying the SGI is unjustified simply because a good PC can be had for a fifth as much is just a really short-sighted, oversimplistic way of looking at things
Congratulations! You now understand Corporate America.
Oracle is big and mean enough that they could crush Windows for such a move if they had a case. Don't think Larry isn't salivating at that possibility. He might be an ass, but he doesn't like Bill. Or so I hear.
in my original post I said that I liked KDE's apps. However, 'business' means working with other people, and KOffice still can't read Word 2000/XP formats..
What is the cartoony part? The icons? You can get other icon sets at www.kde-look.org, as well as window decorations, color schemes and background images. The icons, especially. The thing is, GNOME looks better out of the box, and I've got things I'd rather do than play that nifty new "configure the window manager" game that everyone's talking about. Time was I loved that stuff, but not anymore - not enough hours in today's day.
Jeez, the way some of the AC's are posting, you'd think I insulted their children or something..
I love KDE's apps (Konqueror rules and KDevelop is a nice tool), but KDE's look is too 'cartoony' for me. I think GNOME looks more businesslike, which is how I prefer my GUI to be.
On my laptop, though, which is old and haggard, I use Xfce, so I've got no issue with minimalism.
At work I have been using CDE, and I think that it is an excellent all-around desktop environment that is easy enough for newbies to use and yet allows more experienced users quick access to things they need without playing hide-and-seek games.
You've gotta be kidding me. Easy for newbies to Solaris from another motif-style window manager, maybe.
Having to write a shell script to add something to your quick-access menu does not equal ease of use for anyone other than people who already write shell scripts and find tinkering with this stuff easy. Get your head out before spewing...
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The Air Force must not have gotten too far because DARPA is currently requesting proposals for research leading to a Brain-Machine interface.
Yeah, I remember that now. They weren't doing too well with it, the guy testing it could think certain words and they'd appear, and could move a cursor around a bit, but that was it - no 'computing at the speed of thought' or anything. They might have been just trying to get it to the point where a pilot could move his radar cursor around.
... if they're not offended by the pushiness. persistence pays off, but being an annoyance never does.
I saw this on a special about 'future tech' on PBS one time. the US Air Force was working on it. The current system used electrodes on the forehead.
Also, there was a biofeedback-based game controller that looked like a Secret Decoder Ring or something, that a guy was playing a skiing game with.
sorry, but unless I have to send an electronic file, that's when I reach for the phone (that quaint device with the wire, next to the PC)
I don't know about you but I am insulted by return receipts on email.
If you don't trust me to read what you send, why are you sending it?
using a tb array for anime is like having one of your turds bronzed.
Saying the SGI is unjustified simply because a good PC can be had for a fifth as much is just a really short-sighted, oversimplistic way of looking at things
Congratulations! You now understand Corporate America.
great place to put a Carnivore... right at the firewall that (hopefully) protects this thing from the outside world.
you Xerox people always forget about your desk.
if you don't stop I think I'm going to be provoloned from my swiss-like neutrality.
Essentially, you had to reformat and restore from backup to defrag a native PICK machine
Ah, just like the Windows registry! hmm...
Oracle is big and mean enough that they could crush Windows for such a move if they had a case. Don't think Larry isn't salivating at that possibility. He might be an ass, but he doesn't like Bill. Or so I hear.
redundant? please... this was the third post.
Did the FreeBSD port of the JDK make it into 4.5?
in my original post I said that I liked KDE's apps. However, 'business' means working with other people, and KOffice still can't read Word 2000/XP formats..
"Keep everything with a dollar amount on it" is wise for personal use; I would guess that it would be wise for business as well.
What is the cartoony part? The icons? You can get other icon sets at www.kde-look.org, as well as window decorations, color schemes and background images.
The icons, especially. The thing is, GNOME looks better out of the box, and I've got things I'd rather do than play that nifty new "configure the window manager" game that everyone's talking about. Time was I loved that stuff, but not anymore - not enough hours in today's day.
Jeez, the way some of the AC's are posting, you'd think I insulted their children or something..
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I love KDE's apps (Konqueror rules and KDevelop is a nice tool), but KDE's look is too 'cartoony' for me. I think GNOME looks more businesslike, which is how I prefer my GUI to be.
On my laptop, though, which is old and haggard, I use Xfce, so I've got no issue with minimalism.
At work I have been using CDE, and I think that it is an excellent all-around desktop environment that is easy enough for newbies to use and yet allows more experienced users quick access to things they need without playing hide-and-seek games.
You've gotta be kidding me. Easy for newbies to Solaris from another motif-style window manager, maybe.
Having to write a shell script to add something to your quick-access menu does not equal ease of use for anyone other than people who already write shell scripts and find tinkering with this stuff easy. Get your head out before spewing...
I've had New England-based (spec. Boston area) tech recruiters use "CV" when asking for my resume.
WTF does CV stand for? That's a New England term for resume, right?
or maybe old P-Funk videos. All George Clinton, all the time. Make way for the Mothership.
and here's the power-up sound:
"Oh, you think I'm funny? That I'm here to amuse you? You mean funny like a clown?"
Ironic that you should bring her up. I was just thinking that she sucked this morning when the idiots on the radio played her music.
Despite the reality, to the average Joe it means this thing is going to crash often and not work the way I want it to.
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What do you mean, DESPITE reality?
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