Oh yeah, the main characters dies and comes back from the dead while saving the world at the same time. Of course, that automatically makes it a Christ allegory. Whatever.
I remember when the Matrix came out there was a similar debate about the influences and the deeper meaning behind it. Some people associated Neo with Jesus;
Deeper meaning in the Matrix? The movie with characters whose lines are mostly taken from Chinese cookie fortunes? Whatever.
So, are you going to have someone to support these machines full-time after you leave the monastery?
It seems to me, that while many open-source projects put a lot of effort behind internationalization, there's an enormous wealth of information about Linux that's only in English. I think that would make things difficult for the monks...
Well, if the monks don't know English, it would be very difficult for them to acquire the technical knowledge necessary to understand and operate Unix.
And actually, I think that would be true for any platform -- it's much better to have a full-time support person.
The only exception in the case might be Macintosh -- Macs have always had localized, well-translated versions of their system software for most languages. Of course, they are much more expensive.
I'd say that stress is a lot more important factor (as far as cancer and heart disease are concerned) than electro-magnetic interference.
I'm too lazy to look it up now, but wasn't there a famous experiment, which is believed to be the first demonstration of the effects of stress, when they were injecting mice with a certain chemical, and the experimenter discovered that the mice who got the most injections developed cancer, entirely unrelated to what they were being injected.
And, of course, as our society is becoming more complex, the levels of stress increase.
Are you saying you can't compile most Windows 3 code on XP?
That probably depends on what is "most" Windows 3 code. And, as a matter of fact, OLE wasn't even documented when Windows 3.1 first came out. Try writing any fairly complicated application without OLE (or COM, which certainly didn't exist in Win 3).
The thing people miss who read the book out of context is that it is a pointed, specific criticism of the State Capitalism that Stalinism had become in the USSR.
The stuff Orwell wrote about in '1984' was already taking place in the USSR when he wrote the book. It should have more properly been titled '1949'.
I disagree. I think that Orwell took the existing oppresive ideological regimes (Communism and Fascism -- NEVER forget that 1984 alludes to Fascism a lot), and projected them to a future development.
This would explain the concept of three super-states, which constantly shift their political position and alliances. I think this was one of the most important points of 1984 -- it suggests that while the super-states may use the disguise of particular ideologies, on the inside they present the same gruesome reality of complete destruction and degradation of the human spirit.
Oh, okay. I was thinking more along the lines of "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..." from Exodus (I don't have King James with me, so I can't quote exactly).
Inside the flat a fruity voice was reading out a list of figures which had something to do with the production of pig-iron. The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, though the words were still distinguishable. The instrument (the telescreen, it wa s called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.
[...]
Behind Winston's back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig-iron and the overfulfilment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan. The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.
The MS APIs have been reasonably consistent since Windows 3.
Such as, for example, the backporting of Win32 from NT to Windows 3.x. Microsoft's API are consistent. They have always been consistent. Big Brother Bill tells me so. Production of boots has increased 75%.
It should also be noted that instructors at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech (which I'm also attending) have been known in the past to accept money from Microsoft in exchange for their appraisal of certain Microsoft products during lecture.
So unfortunately, this entire school is Microsoft-friendly. Thank goodness we are still allowed to use an operating system (Linux) for project development in most CS classes.
The first principle is, of course, consistency -- or to quote my eng. psy. textbook -- "Consistency in the interface allows users to transfer their knowledge and skills from one part of the interface to any other. [...] Consistency in a visual interface helps people learn and then easily recognize the graphic language of the interface [..] then they can explore new applications or new types of interfaces using skills that they already have."
Unfortunately, the problem with some X11 widget sets is precisely their attempts to emulate the dysfunctional Microsoft interface; namely, KDE and Gnome have ugly "task bars" (although theirs to act more like panels, and are therefore more standard than the Windows crap).
Which is the reason why I don't use either; I use a combination of Sawfish and Emacs, which allows me to do my job quickly and efficiently and be done long before a Microsoft luser has finished clicking on their Start button.
The so-called "task bar" is a non-standard widget, which is not seen anywhere else. Its existance alone is already a violation of the first principle of engineering psychology (or interface design, if you prefer).
I think Microsoft has the "user-friendly" zealots -- as in "even my hamster can use Windows, blah, blah." Whatever. I'd rather automate my daily tasks with simple scripts, rather than click with the mouse through an idiotic, inconsistent, poorly-designed interface.
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Oh yeah, the main characters dies and comes back from the dead while saving the world at the same time. Of course, that automatically makes it a Christ allegory. Whatever.
I remember when the Matrix came out there was a similar debate about the influences and the deeper meaning behind it. Some people associated Neo with Jesus;
Deeper meaning in the Matrix? The movie with characters whose lines are mostly taken from Chinese cookie fortunes? Whatever.
So, are you going to have someone to support these machines full-time after you leave the monastery? It seems to me, that while many open-source projects put a lot of effort behind internationalization, there's an enormous wealth of information about Linux that's only in English. I think that would make things difficult for the monks...
Well, if the monks don't know English, it would be very difficult for them to acquire the technical knowledge necessary to understand and operate Unix.
And actually, I think that would be true for any platform -- it's much better to have a full-time support person.
The only exception in the case might be Macintosh -- Macs have always had localized, well-translated versions of their system software for most languages. Of course, they are much more expensive.
So, is this the Shaolinux temple, mentioned in the signature of a Slashdor poster?
I'd say that stress is a lot more important factor (as far as cancer and heart disease are concerned) than electro-magnetic interference.
I'm too lazy to look it up now, but wasn't there a famous experiment, which is believed to be the first demonstration of the effects of stress, when they were injecting mice with a certain chemical, and the experimenter discovered that the mice who got the most injections developed cancer, entirely unrelated to what they were being injected.
And, of course, as our society is becoming more complex, the levels of stress increase.
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What the...? That ought to teach me not to post on a Friday...
Actually, I saw it on gnu.emacs.sources a while back, but since I didn't have the post, I couldn't give proper attribution. Sorry.
It said Requires Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux. Now what?
Prior to developing the product and forming a company, did anyone mention the words "business plan" to you?
:-)
1. Write codec
2.
3. Profit
Are you saying you can't compile most Windows 3 code on XP?
That probably depends on what is "most" Windows 3 code. And, as a matter of fact, OLE wasn't even documented when Windows 3.1 first came out. Try writing any fairly complicated application without OLE (or COM, which certainly didn't exist in Win 3).
Isn't this a logical fallacy? MS has vulnerabilities in its products, Unix System V has vulnerabilities, therefore Microsoft makes quality products.
I'd say there's a subtle, but important difference between insecure by design and insecure due to a programmer's mistake.
The thing people miss who read the book out of context is that it is a pointed, specific criticism of the State Capitalism that Stalinism had become in the USSR.
The stuff Orwell wrote about in '1984' was already taking place in the USSR when he wrote the book. It should have more properly been titled '1949'.
I disagree. I think that Orwell took the existing oppresive ideological regimes (Communism and Fascism -- NEVER forget that 1984 alludes to Fascism a lot), and projected them to a future development.
This would explain the concept of three super-states, which constantly shift their political position and alliances. I think this was one of the most important points of 1984 -- it suggests that while the super-states may use the disguise of particular ideologies, on the inside they present the same gruesome reality of complete destruction and degradation of the human spirit.
I see this as a warning to future generations.
Oh, okay. I was thinking more along the lines of "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..." from Exodus (I don't have King James with me, so I can't quote exactly).
Such as, for example, the backporting of Win32 from NT to Windows 3.x.
May I inquire why this is a troll? Because I disagree with the above's poster opinion, perhaps?
Inside the flat a fruity voice was reading out a list of figures which had something to do with the production of pig-iron. The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, though the words were still distinguishable. The instrument (the telescreen, it wa s called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.
[...]
Behind Winston's back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig-iron and the overfulfilment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan. The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.
The MS APIs have been reasonably consistent since Windows 3.
Such as, for example, the backporting of Win32 from NT to Windows 3.x. Microsoft's API are consistent. They have always been consistent. Big Brother Bill tells me so. Production of boots has increased 75%.
It should also be noted that instructors at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech (which I'm also attending) have been known in the past to accept money from Microsoft in exchange for their appraisal of certain Microsoft products during lecture.
So unfortunately, this entire school is Microsoft-friendly. Thank goodness we are still allowed to use an operating system (Linux) for project development in most CS classes.
I'd be pretty shocked to see Miguel being objective.
Perhaps "objective" in this context means "praises Microsoft and bashes Java?"
often complains of the oldness of the pipe and socket IPC systems in Unix, which while powerful, are dreadfully simple
Of course, I'd rather avoid the dreaded simplicity of Unix and use Windows and Gnome, which both are buggy and take 2^48 bytes of memory to run.
Ever heard of KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID?
The first principle is, of course, consistency -- or to quote my eng. psy. textbook -- "Consistency in the interface allows users to transfer their knowledge and skills from one part of the interface to any other. [...] Consistency in a visual interface helps people learn and then easily recognize the graphic language of the interface [..] then they can explore new applications or new types of interfaces using skills that they already have."
Unfortunately, the problem with some X11 widget sets is precisely their attempts to emulate the dysfunctional Microsoft interface; namely, KDE and Gnome have ugly "task bars" (although theirs to act more like panels, and are therefore more standard than the Windows crap).
Which is the reason why I don't use either; I use a combination of Sawfish and Emacs, which allows me to do my job quickly and efficiently and be done long before a Microsoft luser has finished clicking on their Start button.
God's copy protection.
:-)
So are the Ten Commandments the EULA then?
The so-called "task bar" is a non-standard widget, which is not seen anywhere else. Its existance alone is already a violation of the first principle of engineering psychology (or interface design, if you prefer).
Linux has zealots, MS doesn't.
I think Microsoft has the "user-friendly" zealots -- as in "even my hamster can use Windows, blah, blah." Whatever. I'd rather automate my daily tasks with simple scripts, rather than click with the mouse through an idiotic, inconsistent, poorly-designed interface.
School was so long ago..
Yeah, I know. I only remember Robinson Crusoe, because it was the first book I ever read. I don't remember almost anything from school, though...