I remember RealPlayer becomming ad-ladden only after the release for free of WMP. They tried everything they could to survive but failed because MS used their monopoly to crush them.
1. Entourage is a word that means something last I checked in the dictionary. The metaphor is easy to understand for users of the software (provided they know the real meaning of the word). As for Outlook I can understand the metaphor and Excel is the only one without a metaphor but it is short and easy to remember.
2. Maybe you prefer typing complicated commands. 99% of people prefer clicking on start > find > "myfilename" rather than type > find . "myfilename"
3. thanks I tried the command but it didn't work like many complicated things.
[root@localhost init.d]#./ifconfig start bash:./ifconfig: No such file or directory
4. granted
5. Ok maybe this doesn't have to do so much with simplicity as much as speed. Imagine installing from a 1x cdrom or from a HDD. To me it makes sense to install from a HDD. Maybe you never needed it but it doesn't mean the feature couldn't be useful to someone.
6. "What windows are you using?" answer "XP." to me this means a heck of a lot more than "What version of Linux are you using and what distribution and what kernel?" answer "Version 8.2 of Redhat with kernel 2.0.49". You see from a dot to another in the kernel you can have huge feature differences yet no one bothers to call it 3.0 when big changes are made.
Names that mean something (Internet Explorer vs Mozilla/Konqueror, KDE/GNOME vs Windows)
A way to do everything graphically (yes I know that we have unmatched power on the command line but doing things graphically works for everyone)
Internet Connection Sharing (yes it would be very
helpful)
NTFS write support (would help people out)
Installation without a CD or a Floppy (using a Linux box you insert a HDD, format it, put all the installation files, put the HDD in the new computer and boot for installation).
Simple folder naming convention like Program Files, Document and settings, (what the heck does var, etc, proc mean anyway?) etc...
A single distribution that comes out every two years with only non-beta software (version x.xx.xx.xx of something doesn't meant a thing to me either, give me a version 1, 1.5, 2005 or something that Joe Blow can understand please)
CMDRTACO, blew things out of proportion saying that it is now illegal in France to use anything but courriel. It isn't illegal it just became a logical recommendation that people will follow. Get your story straight next time. Since the illegal war many Americans that can't take the criticism from the world and use France as a scapegoat. If you fall in that category go vote for someone better next time but don't blame the French for pointing out that your war was illegal and unethical and that the Bush administration is the bully in the world's school yard,
The French Academie is there to make sure that words aren't poorly used, important words don't change meaning (by taking over the meaning of an existing word like the word radical in English that suddenly started meaning cool, wait a second cool already means...). They act as a point of reference so that people can all use the same language no matter where they are.
French is no perfect language, it isn't better than English. But having an Academie makes sure it's usage is easier and more effective for everyone.
wouldn't it be nice if Slashdot had a temporary copy/cached web sites they linked to instead of the original? I'm sure this would greatly reduce sladotting problems.
in that link you send us there is the reason why they didn't use the wheel. Did you see the mountains? Did you see the slopes? To them a wheel wouldn't have had much to offer.
So yeah make people dialogue rather than have monologues is bad for critical thinking right?
Maybe Germany should stop doing those kinds of efforts and do like they did just before Hitler came to power. Have all media more patriotic than the other in a time their mark was loosing grounds to other currencies, when their country was living a recession (wait a minute isn't that what is happening in the US right now???). Damn I just had a thought and that isn't popular right now.
I better go watch CNN so my brain is too numb to think. I wouldn't want thoughts in my head about how uncanny things are.
So long as it doesn't feel like joints dislocating but like muscles burning you are doing your body some good. Eventually your muscles will be capable of handling it. Don't worry the pain goes away.
PS: if one day you work out and the next you feel all stiff going for a short ride just to oxygenate your muscles will remove lactic acid from them making the pain go away. Try it.
1. set up a site where we can log IP addresses that come from Microsoft's search bots.
2. Then we disallow these IP's and bots from indexing our sites at work and home
3. continue telling everyone that google is better than MSNbiteMe
4. upgrade Linux so that embraces and extends the ideas behind longhorn
5. integrate google into Linux
If this fails we can sue MS for stealing our bandwith by indexing our web sites.
yes we bash MS regularly on/. who is to deny that!
But say who has more media power? MSNBC or/.?
Say if MSNBC comes out with an article that states that Linux is loosing ground for such and such reason and that Windows is more powerful. We'll rant about it on/. and our audience (people interested in news for nerds) will see it but not the same audience that MSNBC reached. Damage done, MSNBC is happy and MS's sales go up, crushing OSS's hope in the process.
To level the playing field a ROR would give Linus reply right to the same audience that MSNBC bashed. Do you see the distinction? We can repair where the damage was done. Ranting on/. is free speech but is it as powerful and meaningful as what ROR provides?
Has anyone actually read the article? How does this limit free speech?
Fred Cook was granted ROR by a court of law until Reagan stepped in to protect protect his media friends at WGCB radio station and the conservative bigot who critisized Cook.
We all know that Reagan did radio for many years (http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=18 719) and we all know that Reagan was conservative. Was he attempting to protect free speech or his friends?
Now if someone could please explain how exactly that ROR which promotes dialogue reduces free speech? I'd really like to know. Or does ROR only limit the amount of criticism and control the organized media has on what is said on the air?
Free speech is not hindered by this law. It is enhanced.
There is only good with the US constitution's goal especially regarding freedom of speech. However today a few media giants control what information you are presented with and it is very hard for many people to have an unbiased point of view.
You are right to ascertain that two conflicting points of views means that one certainly isn't right. I'd even go so far as saying that two conflicting articles could both be wrong!
The point is to get people thinking. Slashdot allows us to say things and receive backlash or commendation for what you say and what you say stays (accessible if you wish by changing your settings). Can you do the same on CNN? Are you allowed to see messages that really go deep on how a certain article is biased?
People need to think more and R-O-R is important especially when huge media factories pump out whatever information suits them.
Politicians and media in the US live in a free haven from public backlash. Europeans don't want the same to happen to them.
Compagnies like Microsoft can bash linux as a file server or Java as a viable programming language and Sun and the OSS community can't do anything about it. With laws like these the truth can come out. It is a law of fairness. Not just the rich media have a voice anymore.
I'd love to see such fairness happen in North America.
Usability doesn't mean common denominator like Windows XP does. It means building applications for the end user.
Programs like X-CD-ROAST are nearly unusable without documentation on the side. The *acceptance* of GIMP and blender only has to do with the fact that they are the only free programs that do what it sets out to do.
Programs that copy or build upon existing usable programs tend to do really well at being accepted really fast in the OSS community. Check out XMMS, Evolution or Firebird. Are their interfaces usable? Are their power immediatly recognized by the end user? Yes.
Slashdot Mirror
This means that using web standards will only ever work in Mozilla or other OSS browsers.
40 single IP
17 mass defacements
Win 2000 (98.2)
Linux (1.8)
better breeds of politicians (not politicians that get rich thanks to a war).
I remember RealPlayer becomming ad-ladden only after the release for free of WMP. They tried everything they could to survive but failed because MS used their monopoly to crush them.
your tact is amazing.
./ifconfig start ./ifconfig: No such file or directory
1. Entourage is a word that means something last I checked in the dictionary. The metaphor is easy to understand for users of the software (provided they know the real meaning of the word). As for Outlook I can understand the metaphor and Excel is the only one without a metaphor but it is short and easy to remember.
2. Maybe you prefer typing complicated commands. 99% of people prefer clicking on start > find > "myfilename" rather than type > find . "myfilename"
3. thanks I tried the command but it didn't work like many complicated things.
[root@localhost init.d]#
bash:
4. granted
5. Ok maybe this doesn't have to do so much with simplicity as much as speed. Imagine installing from a 1x cdrom or from a HDD. To me it makes sense to install from a HDD. Maybe you never needed it but it doesn't mean the feature couldn't be useful to someone.
6. "What windows are you using?" answer "XP." to me this means a heck of a lot more than "What version of Linux are you using and what distribution and what kernel?" answer "Version 8.2 of Redhat with kernel 2.0.49". You see from a dot to another in the kernel you can have huge feature differences yet no one bothers to call it 3.0 when big changes are made.
the last movie I saw was a French/American co-production and set in Paris/Chicago. The name of the movie was Crime spree with big names as Depardieu!
The French Academie is there to make sure that words aren't poorly used, important words don't change meaning (by taking over the meaning of an existing word like the word radical in English that suddenly started meaning cool, wait a second cool already means...). They act as a point of reference so that people can all use the same language no matter where they are.
French is no perfect language, it isn't better than English. But having an Academie makes sure it's usage is easier and more effective for everyone.
eveytime there was code on the screen it was funny as hell!
If (byte byte)
{
byte byte byte
Byte ** asdfasdf
Byte byte is good for a byte()
so byte byte byte
}
If they'd sell their OS to any platform Apple would be capable of really competing. I'd buy it.
We always hear people complain about the slashdot effect and I was earnestly asking for clarification which you provided and am happy with.
Contrarily to some people that just mod me down and keep me in the dark you actually did something constructive by explaining things to me. Thank you.
wouldn't it be nice if Slashdot had a temporary copy /cached web sites they linked to instead of the original? I'm sure this would greatly reduce sladotting problems.
in that link you send us there is the reason why they didn't use the wheel. Did you see the mountains? Did you see the slopes? To them a wheel wouldn't have had much to offer.
Thank God we're not "institutionally stupid"!
Thank God most of the inventions we create are used for the military otherwise we'd go extinct too!
Anyways God Bless You!
Maybe Germany should stop doing those kinds of efforts and do like they did just before Hitler came to power. Have all media more patriotic than the other in a time their mark was loosing grounds to other currencies, when their country was living a recession (wait a minute isn't that what is happening in the US right now???). Damn I just had a thought and that isn't popular right now.
I better go watch CNN so my brain is too numb to think. I wouldn't want thoughts in my head about how uncanny things are.
isn't a problem. The people I hear most often complain about SPAM are North American and UK people where SPAM isn't illegal.
PS: if one day you work out and the next you feel all stiff going for a short ride just to oxygenate your muscles will remove lactic acid from them making the pain go away. Try it.
1. set up a site where we can log IP addresses that come from Microsoft's search bots. 2. Then we disallow these IP's and bots from indexing our sites at work and home 3. continue telling everyone that google is better than MSNbiteMe 4. upgrade Linux so that embraces and extends the ideas behind longhorn 5. integrate google into Linux If this fails we can sue MS for stealing our bandwith by indexing our web sites.
that is it! Hide behind your anonymity you filfthy nazi.
But say who has more media power? MSNBC or /.?
Say if MSNBC comes out with an article that states that Linux is loosing ground for such and such reason and that Windows is more powerful. We'll rant about it on /. and our audience (people interested in news for nerds) will see it but not the same audience that MSNBC reached. Damage done, MSNBC is happy and MS's sales go up, crushing OSS's hope in the process.
To level the playing field a ROR would give Linus reply right to the same audience that MSNBC bashed. Do you see the distinction? We can repair where the damage was done. Ranting on /. is free speech but is it as powerful and meaningful as what ROR provides?
Fred Cook was granted ROR by a court of law until Reagan stepped in to protect protect his media friends at WGCB radio station and the conservative bigot who critisized Cook.
We all know that Reagan did radio for many years (http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=18 719) and we all know that Reagan was conservative. Was he attempting to protect free speech or his friends?
Now if someone could please explain how exactly that ROR which promotes dialogue reduces free speech? I'd really like to know. Or does ROR only limit the amount of criticism and control the organized media has on what is said on the air?
Free speech is not hindered by this law. It is enhanced.
There is only good with the US constitution's goal especially regarding freedom of speech. However today a few media giants control what information you are presented with and it is very hard for many people to have an unbiased point of view.
You are right to ascertain that two conflicting points of views means that one certainly isn't right. I'd even go so far as saying that two conflicting articles could both be wrong!
The point is to get people thinking. Slashdot allows us to say things and receive backlash or commendation for what you say and what you say stays (accessible if you wish by changing your settings). Can you do the same on CNN? Are you allowed to see messages that really go deep on how a certain article is biased?
People need to think more and R-O-R is important especially when huge media factories pump out whatever information suits them.
actually many papers found that their sales went up when they included a reply article! :-)
Compagnies like Microsoft can bash linux as a file server or Java as a viable programming language and Sun and the OSS community can't do anything about it. With laws like these the truth can come out. It is a law of fairness. Not just the rich media have a voice anymore.
I'd love to see such fairness happen in North America.
Programs like X-CD-ROAST are nearly unusable without documentation on the side. The *acceptance* of GIMP and blender only has to do with the fact that they are the only free programs that do what it sets out to do.
Programs that copy or build upon existing usable programs tend to do really well at being accepted really fast in the OSS community. Check out XMMS, Evolution or Firebird. Are their interfaces usable? Are their power immediatly recognized by the end user? Yes.