I've found man pages to be more helpful than Windows help. And a few good Linux books helps too. Sigh, the usual dilema of programmers writing documentation.
> I would expect a book titled, "Perl for System Administrators" to assume no knowledge of Perl.
Ummm, I wouldn't. Perl is the first word in the title. Mayhap if the title was "System Administration for Perl", I would assume you didn't need previous knowledge of Perl. Besides, I have "Learning Perl" (among other O'Reilly Perl books), and I wouldn't want this book to duplicate the information in "Learning Perl".
Without the rotors, the Enigma device returned to the BBC would have been useless. As if anybody is really using it these days for encryption purposes. Shesh!
I've always found that O'Reilly books are the same price or less than other publisher's books. Though compared to other books, the O'Reilly books have a higher density of information.
This makes IBM commercial with the shady looking guy in the grocery store all that more possible. Every item in the store could have an RF ID, and all you have to do is go through a scanner to check out.
The machine has 8,192 CPUs, weighs 106 tons and takes up two basketball courts' worth of floor space.
These stats remind me of Univac and other early computers. The were measured in tons and took up megaspace. Then in the 70's they put the same amount of power in a hand held calculator.
So in another 20 to 30 years, ASCI White very well might fit into the palm of your hand. Yikes!
A short, truly provocative article by Katz?!?!?
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Wow! Unbelievable! I can't believe that Katz wrote such a good, short article! If that is possible, mayhap we do have a chance of having an effect on our goverment.
All humor aside. This comments related to this article are some of the best I've seen on Slashdot to date. This is how we should talk about our politics, all the time. The media gives their own song and dance and the politicians feed it with their own smoke and mirrors.
Some where in there we lose the true discourse we need. And possibly that is the problem these days, as a country we've forgotten about discourse and get led (or blinded) by the media flash.
It makes me wonder, will we ever have statesmen again? Tis a shame that true statesmen are far and few between. And when they do exist, American media tends to ignore them. Mostly because they are on the international scene.
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"usher in a new paradigm of creative interactivity and illustrative expression that trashes all the stale old educational and institutional models."
LOL. This one is worth all the mod points that it has been given.
These stats practically prove that there's less and less violent crimes for the media to report on. So what does the media do in response? Hype and blow what is left out of proportion.
I must admit that it's ironic that TV media is blaming the internet for many things; all the while people are watching less TV, and replacing it hours in front of a computer.
Pretty funny link. Since it is on M$' website, of course they are going to promote Windows. If you were a drug addict and told your dealer that you wanted to go cold turkey, wouldn't the dealer give reasons not to go cold turkey?
So, does a newspaper create a community? Does a phone create a community? We might have a community of computers, but do we really have a community of people. Does ICQ, AIM, eMail, IRC make a community?
I think I agree with an earlier post, who has time for community. At least within the old style sense. We only have communities these days by associating with small groups, and how those groups interact with other small groups (6 degrees of seperation and all...). How many of us know more than 10 households within a block of us? And associate with them on a regular basis?
If anything, computers make it easier to stay in contact with certain sets of people. And in someways have become the new form of corrospondence. Where in days of old we sent letters through the mail, now we have email.
Come to think of it, let's clarify something here. What is being talked about is a limited lifespan for humans. The Earth will move on, and keep on doing what is doing, whether we are here or not. So far humans are a small blip on the Earth's time line.
Sometimes we think too much of ourselves. Is it all that important that the universe has developed a race that is sentient? Maybe, maybe not. Let's leave that one to the philosophers, theologians, cosmologists, and the nilhists.
to clean up the planet we are on now, has anyone ever thought that it might not be possible?
Imagine the resources it would take to move 6 Billion people off the planet. They each need life support, supplies, food, propellant. Sounds like cleaning up things would be much easier. Instead of putting those resources into flying people into space, put it into clean-up.
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YODA: Run! Yes. A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of
the dark side. Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force
are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you
start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny,
consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice.
LUKE: Vader. Is the dark side stronger?
YODA: No...no...no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
LUKE: But how am I to know the good side from the bad?
YODA: You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses
the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.
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I think that says it all...
No only if Lucas would use his own philosophy.
The idea is that the break up will effect other industries. It sure will effect the stock market. I guess the idea is a bit of a domino theory... Microsoft takes a hit, then so will the next tech company that uses M$, and the next, and the next. Soon ALL tech companies will be floundering. So just remember the mantra "THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING".
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Well, the book that clarifies this issue best, is O'Reilly's Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution. Freely available here. The introduction has a good rundown on the history.
So, "Are The Benefits Of Technology Waning?" Or are we "Pushing the Envelope"? Kind of interesting that these two articles were posted back to back.
I've found man pages to be more helpful than Windows help. And a few good Linux books helps too. Sigh, the usual dilema of programmers writing documentation.
I think there should be some sort of Moore's Law for 3D Graphics.
So then, let's make a corollary.
Wayne Gayle's Corollary to Moore's Law: The need for 3D graphics power, by programmers and artists, will match or exceed Moore's law.
> I would expect a book titled, "Perl for System Administrators" to assume no knowledge of Perl.
Ummm, I wouldn't. Perl is the first word in the title. Mayhap if the title was "System Administration for Perl", I would assume you didn't need previous knowledge of Perl. Besides, I have "Learning Perl" (among other O'Reilly Perl books), and I wouldn't want this book to duplicate the information in "Learning Perl".
Without the rotors, the Enigma device returned to the BBC would have been useless.
As if anybody is really using it these days for encryption purposes. Shesh!
VIM (VI) is also available for Windows.
I've always found that O'Reilly books are the same price or less than other publisher's books. Though compared to other books, the O'Reilly books have a higher density of information.
O'Reilly does have an Upgrade Policy.
Read the blue book, wake up in bed believing anything you want.
Read the red book, and your life will never be the same.
-Morpheus
This makes IBM commercial with the shady looking guy in the grocery store all that more possible. Every item in the store could have an RF ID, and all you have to do is go through a scanner to check out.
The machine has 8,192 CPUs, weighs 106 tons and takes up two basketball courts' worth of floor space.
These stats remind me of Univac and other early computers. The were measured in tons and took up megaspace. Then in the 70's they put the same amount of power in a hand held calculator.
So in another 20 to 30 years, ASCI White very well might fit into the palm of your hand. Yikes!
Wow! Unbelievable! I can't believe that Katz wrote such a good, short article! If that is possible, mayhap we do have a chance of having an effect on our goverment.
All humor aside. This comments related to this article are some of the best I've seen on Slashdot to date. This is how we should talk about our politics, all the time. The media gives their own song and dance and the politicians feed it with their own smoke and mirrors.
Some where in there we lose the true discourse we need. And possibly that is the problem these days, as a country we've forgotten about discourse and get led (or blinded) by the media flash.
It makes me wonder, will we ever have statesmen again? Tis a shame that true statesmen are far and few between. And when they do exist, American media tends to ignore them. Mostly because they are on the international scene.
"usher in a new paradigm of creative interactivity and illustrative expression that trashes all the stale old educational and institutional models."
LOL. This one is worth all the mod points that it has been given.
Sometimes you've got to wonder why computer gaming is considered a waste of time, and TV isn't.
In "TV Land", the Internet is a shopping mall with a keyboard, a playground for criminal hackers... and a source for hoaxes and rumors.
And for everyone else, it's AOHell.
These stats practically prove that there's less and less violent crimes for the media to report on. So what does the media do in response? Hype and blow what is left out of proportion.
I must admit that it's ironic that TV media is blaming the internet for many things; all the while people are watching less TV, and replacing it hours in front of a computer.
-Kazir (c:
Pretty funny link. Since it is on M$' website, of course they are going to promote Windows. If you were a drug addict and told your dealer that you wanted to go cold turkey, wouldn't the dealer give reasons not to go cold turkey?
This is right up there with Linux Myths, or How to Remove Linux and Install Windows 2000 or Windows NT on Your Computer.
What about shoes that don't fit, and digital watches?
So, does a newspaper create a community? Does a phone create a community? We might have a community of computers, but do we really have a community of people. Does ICQ, AIM, eMail, IRC make a community?
I think I agree with an earlier post, who has time for community. At least within the old style sense. We only have communities these days by associating with small groups, and how those groups interact with other small groups (6 degrees of seperation and all...). How many of us know more than 10 households within a block of us? And associate with them on a regular basis?
If anything, computers make it easier to stay in contact with certain sets of people. And in someways have become the new form of corrospondence. Where in days of old we sent letters through the mail, now we have email.
Some people say that Perl is line noise. What about Katzian prose?
Come to think of it, let's clarify something here. What is being talked about is a limited lifespan for humans. The Earth will move on, and keep on doing what is doing, whether we are here or not. So far humans are a small blip on the Earth's time line.
Sometimes we think too much of ourselves. Is it all that important that the universe has developed a race that is sentient? Maybe, maybe not. Let's leave that one to the philosophers, theologians, cosmologists, and the nilhists.
to clean up the planet we are on now, has anyone ever thought that it might not be possible?
Imagine the resources it would take to move 6 Billion people off the planet. They each need life support, supplies, food, propellant. Sounds like cleaning up things would be much easier. Instead of putting those resources into flying people into space, put it into clean-up.
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YODA: Run! Yes. A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of
the dark side. Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force
are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you
start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny,
consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice.
LUKE: Vader. Is the dark side stronger?
YODA: No...no...no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
LUKE: But how am I to know the good side from the bad?
YODA: You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses
the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.
-------------------------------------------------
I think that says it all...
No only if Lucas would use his own philosophy.
The idea is that the break up will effect other industries. It sure will effect the stock market. I guess the idea is a bit of a domino theory... Microsoft takes a hit, then so will the next tech company that uses M$, and the next, and the next. Soon ALL tech companies will be floundering. So just remember the mantra "THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING".