A few characters per file name - yes those couple of bytes will save gobs of bandwidth.
2. Easier to type.
How often do you actually type file names? I do it once - when I create the file, I think I can afford the few seconds.
3. Backward compatability.
With what??? I am willing to bet that whatever you dig up that requires 8.3 will not be compatible with the actual file format.
I cringe when I see people have named the file some big long gobbledegook like bobbys_8th_book_report.doc when bookrep8.doc would have done just fine.
Yes, that's a stupid name, and no bookrep8.doc is not better. Who numbers their bloody book reports? I think little bobby will get a bit confused a few years down the road when he gets to bookrp48.doc How about "steppenwolf report.doc"? or "glass bead game report.doc", I really do think I see how these are better than stpwlfrp.doc and glbegarp.doc
It downloads so quickly, that it goes back in time, creating a prallel universe where jpeg2000 does not exist. This, obviously, causes a normal jpeg file (which has the same image as the jpeg2000 file you were downloading) to appear in our universe, on your computer, at about the same time as when you request the download, but spinning in an opposite direction (also, and I am not sure about this, if you are using IE, the little globe icon also spins in the opposite direction).
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How are "individual particles" not matter? What are they, information particles?
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That would require that our universe is the only one to discover time travel and none of the parallel ones send anyone to us.
By the by, did I mention this is all bollocks?
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The ironic part here, is that despite all of this, no one (even those who are "in the field") really knows more about it than the average slashdotter.
No one has done it, no one has seen anyone do it and those who have written the theses live in their own little worlds, mostly inspired by popular science fiction.
I mean, take sentences like "those travelers would continue to exist in a 'parallel universe.'" - based on what?? So far this guy's idea is to concentrate a lot of energy in a small space, and hope that something happens, because well, we all know that shit happens when you concentrate stuff. Then he immediately proceeds to state as some sort of fact things that, while popular in culture, really have no scientific bases for existing in general, or happening in the given situation.
Oh sure, we all watched Sliders, we are all very keen on infinite parallel universes (being "cool" here has more to do with it than any sort of scientific background), but I hardly see how that helps any paradox that's introduced - if every possible event happens in a parallel universe then somewhere he has already gone (or will inevitably go) back to warn his father about the evils of smoking, which resulted in the universes where his father followed his advice, those where he didn't, those where his dad killed him on sight with a led pipe and those where an invasion by evil aliens, which before was failed when they all were killed by cigaretts (thinking them harmless), in fact succeeds because his warning is intercepted (hey, everything is supposed to happen).
So what is he trying to accomplish? He can't change this universe, he can't interfere with others, does he want to watch his other self warning his other father (which in no way helps him, or his father)? Oh, of course he will also "create" a new one, which doesn't really seem possible when all the universes already exist, but then it's also kind of hard to swallow that a nut with a laser can create a completely new universe, equivalent to ours - I mean, that even took fucking god at least seven days.
While we all like this sort of shit, I do have to say that our (and I do mean everybody) ideas about what time travel would look like (should such a thing exist) are very, very naive.
btw, props to that professor on the nice timing, maybe it's just me, but I've always had dificulty taking anything seriously that coincides with a movie release.
Hello! Does the addition of the word internet make this entirely different or something?
Yes. Not just the word internet, but the words computer and database. Adding these words to existing things has been the primary means of "innovation" over the last couple of years.
I am getting a blue G3 to play with, it will probably never see X and will mostly do some number crunching and web serving - what's the best distro to go with? As I understand it, the major ones for PPC right now are YDL and Mandrake (and I believe RedHat is coming out with something) - anyone have any comparative experiences on the non-desktop side of things?
The laws don't restrict the research itself, they restict the number of cell lines available for research. So yeah, it would've been possible in the US, provided the scientists could get their hands on the stem cells.
This is all nice and everything, but you are coming at it from far too logical and ehtical a position. You don't really think Sony execs are sitting around thinking what the fair thing to do is, do you?
One thing I like about these labels is that now they are very honest about what it is they are "protecting" - it's their revenue streams, and not your freedoms, or fair use. And my guess is, that while the prices "should" be lower, since the don't "have" to be lower, they won't be. The consumers have spoken - they've shown that it's ok to treat them like shit, and they will still buy whatever shit these companies produce. There's no need for these companies to treat anyone fairly to get the most money possible, so of course they won't. If that wasn't the case, they wouldn't be in their current, rather lucrative, position.
What you are saying would make a lot of sense, if you didn't call it "ethics in journalism" and go on about "duties" and such. It's a software release, there's no fucking ethics involved; and/. sure as hell doesn't have anything to do with "journalism"
I like foobar, I have a book for a software engineering class that constantly uses examples that have nothing to do with software whatsoever - my favorite is about building a house - "well great, if I ever need to build a house I'm all set, now about that software thingie?"
They should work to ensure that Visual C can use GCC as its compiler, and that anything that the Visual C compiler can build can also be built by gcc.
I would love to see MS cooperating with open and free software as much as the next/.er (actually, I am not too certain how much that is), but this point strikes me as a) unfair and b) unworkable. While it's certainly reasonable to hold a company to a standard (which makes competition more fair) it's hardly reasonable to expect them to baby-sit a competing product (which would not help fairness in competition). And we can't epect them (much as we dislike them) to be held accountable for things that are not under their control, but under the control of a competitor.
SQL Server? It's true I haven't looked at it in a while, but isn't it just, well, shit?
This isn't actually flamebait or trolling (believe it or not) I was just curious why someone wanted SQL Server. Again, I haven't looked at it in a long time, things might've changed.
Hmm... I think you are missing the reason why most people run Linux - while some don't like Windows, most don't like dealing with Microsoft. I'd say you overestimate the popularity of any MS product on any GNU/Linux product. Also, I am not too clear on how you can "port" one OS to another.
The question which you quote the response to is literally translated as "do you have something to say to your russian readers" which is a common enough expression in interviews, akin to the english "Do you have something to add?" when the interviewer gives the interviewee a chance to speak about something that's not necessarily on the "agenda"
Of course it's presented to Linus as this "special message" which he ovbiously takes as "messages" in his book. But then the russian translation of his response, can once again be taken (especially in view of the question) simply as "I don't want to say anything to anyone at all" which I found rather odd when I read it.
I am curious though, why you translated "Saegraem, paren'?" as "Let's rock, pal?" It's an idiom that literally means "Shall we play, you man?" (for lack of a better word), but I'd say that it has the same general meaning as "Party on, dude"
But then again, I haven't lived in a russian speaking country for some time, either; and yeah the translation is not exactly stellar.
Or the person who merely loaded the DNA info and clicked the button?
This same argument applies to DNA patents themselves - should it belong to the people whose DNA was used, the people who designed the PCR machines, or the mutliple alignment software, rather than the people actually performing the experiments?
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A few characters per file name - yes those couple of bytes will save gobs of bandwidth.
2. Easier to type.
How often do you actually type file names? I do it once - when I create the file, I think I can afford the few seconds.
3. Backward compatability.
With what??? I am willing to bet that whatever you dig up that requires 8.3 will not be compatible with the actual file format.
I cringe when I see people have named the file some big long gobbledegook like bobbys_8th_book_report.doc when bookrep8.doc would have done just fine.
Yes, that's a stupid name, and no bookrep8.doc is not better. Who numbers their bloody book reports? I think little bobby will get a bit confused a few years down the road when he gets to bookrp48.doc How about "steppenwolf report.doc"? or "glass bead game report.doc", I really do think I see how these are better than stpwlfrp.doc and glbegarp.doc
It downloads so quickly, that it goes back in time, creating a prallel universe where jpeg2000 does not exist. This, obviously, causes a normal jpeg file (which has the same image as the jpeg2000 file you were downloading) to appear in our universe, on your computer, at about the same time as when you request the download, but spinning in an opposite direction (also, and I am not sure about this, if you are using IE, the little globe icon also spins in the opposite direction).
How are "individual particles" not matter? What are they, information particles?
By the by, did I mention this is all bollocks?
No one has done it, no one has seen anyone do it and those who have written the theses live in their own little worlds, mostly inspired by popular science fiction.
I mean, take sentences like "those travelers would continue to exist in a 'parallel universe.'" - based on what?? So far this guy's idea is to concentrate a lot of energy in a small space, and hope that something happens, because well, we all know that shit happens when you concentrate stuff. Then he immediately proceeds to state as some sort of fact things that, while popular in culture, really have no scientific bases for existing in general, or happening in the given situation.
Oh sure, we all watched Sliders, we are all very keen on infinite parallel universes (being "cool" here has more to do with it than any sort of scientific background), but I hardly see how that helps any paradox that's introduced - if every possible event happens in a parallel universe then somewhere he has already gone (or will inevitably go) back to warn his father about the evils of smoking, which resulted in the universes where his father followed his advice, those where he didn't, those where his dad killed him on sight with a led pipe and those where an invasion by evil aliens, which before was failed when they all were killed by cigaretts (thinking them harmless), in fact succeeds because his warning is intercepted (hey, everything is supposed to happen).
So what is he trying to accomplish? He can't change this universe, he can't interfere with others, does he want to watch his other self warning his other father (which in no way helps him, or his father)? Oh, of course he will also "create" a new one, which doesn't really seem possible when all the universes already exist, but then it's also kind of hard to swallow that a nut with a laser can create a completely new universe, equivalent to ours - I mean, that even took fucking god at least seven days.
While we all like this sort of shit, I do have to say that our (and I do mean everybody) ideas about what time travel would look like (should such a thing exist) are very, very naive.
btw, props to that professor on the nice timing, maybe it's just me, but I've always had dificulty taking anything seriously that coincides with a movie release.
Just registering my opinion, not actually adding to the conversation.
Yes. Not just the word internet, but the words computer and database. Adding these words to existing things has been the primary means of "innovation" over the last couple of years.
I wouldn't by the Nautilus submarine until at least version 1.04 - everything earlier never goes above .5 knots (surface, or submerged).
I am getting a blue G3 to play with, it will probably never see X and will mostly do some number crunching and web serving - what's the best distro to go with? As I understand it, the major ones for PPC right now are YDL and Mandrake (and I believe RedHat is coming out with something) - anyone have any comparative experiences on the non-desktop side of things?
That is true, however the effect is still that the overall number of (embryonic) cell lines is smaller, which was my point ;)
The laws don't restrict the research itself, they restict the number of cell lines available for research. So yeah, it would've been possible in the US, provided the scientists could get their hands on the stem cells.
One thing I like about these labels is that now they are very honest about what it is they are "protecting" - it's their revenue streams, and not your freedoms, or fair use. And my guess is, that while the prices "should" be lower, since the don't "have" to be lower, they won't be. The consumers have spoken - they've shown that it's ok to treat them like shit, and they will still buy whatever shit these companies produce. There's no need for these companies to treat anyone fairly to get the most money possible, so of course they won't. If that wasn't the case, they wouldn't be in their current, rather lucrative, position.
What you are saying would make a lot of sense, if you didn't call it "ethics in journalism" and go on about "duties" and such. It's a software release, there's no fucking ethics involved; and /. sure as hell doesn't have anything to do with "journalism"
I like foobar, I have a book for a software engineering class that constantly uses examples that have nothing to do with software whatsoever - my favorite is about building a house - "well great, if I ever need to build a house I'm all set, now about that software thingie?"
I would love to see MS cooperating with open and free software as much as the next /.er (actually, I am not too certain how much that is), but this point strikes me as a) unfair and b) unworkable. While it's certainly reasonable to hold a company to a standard (which makes competition more fair) it's hardly reasonable to expect them to baby-sit a competing product (which would not help fairness in competition). And we can't epect them (much as we dislike them) to be held accountable for things that are not under their control, but under the control of a competitor.
This isn't actually flamebait or trolling (believe it or not) I was just curious why someone wanted SQL Server. Again, I haven't looked at it in a long time, things might've changed.
Phase 2: Sell it
Why is this so hard to grasp?
Hmm... I think you are missing the reason why most people run Linux - while some don't like Windows, most don't like dealing with Microsoft. I'd say you overestimate the popularity of any MS product on any GNU/Linux product. Also, I am not too clear on how you can "port" one OS to another.
Of course it's presented to Linus as this "special message" which he ovbiously takes as "messages" in his book. But then the russian translation of his response, can once again be taken (especially in view of the question) simply as "I don't want to say anything to anyone at all" which I found rather odd when I read it.
I am curious though, why you translated "Saegraem, paren'?" as "Let's rock, pal?" It's an idiom that literally means "Shall we play, you man?" (for lack of a better word), but I'd say that it has the same general meaning as "Party on, dude"
But then again, I haven't lived in a russian speaking country for some time, either; and yeah the translation is not exactly stellar.
Damn I'm a fucking pedant.
A bit of an oxymoron, isn't it?
Sadly, I think the venerable BSOD will then be replaced with the even less pleasant RFOS - Room Full of Shit.
wouldn't this sart opening up huge metal faces on Mars and shit?
Of course the case is quickly thrown out when Nature provides copious prior art.
This same argument applies to DNA patents themselves - should it belong to the people whose DNA was used, the people who designed the PCR machines, or the mutliple alignment software, rather than the people actually performing the experiments?