It doesnt matter whether they are educated or if they vote randomly. The point is, the more urban youth that vote this election, the more important this group will be viewed by politicians. Right now politicians widely ignore urban youth because they dont vote in large masses. If, this tuesday, 20 million go out and vote (even if they vote completely randomly) and all it takes is 5000 votes to change the output, then next election you WILL see politicians focusing on issues fundamental to urban youth.
why do people always use Duke Nukem Forever as the example and always forget abotu Team Fortress II? I had a PC Gamer from at least 5 years ago with in game screen shots of TF II saying an entirely new engine was complete and that it would be game of the year easily. Which year, they didnt say. It even won a few awards in E3 a while ago. Then, all of a sudden, it dissappeared.
It is because on your PC at home you're running an operating system that costed a lot of money to program.
The OS on your Xbox wasn't designed to handle any of the things you're raving about.
You modded your Xbox, it's hacked. Don't bitch about crap that doesn't work when you're messing aorund with things that weren't intended to be messed with by the company.
Language in this case has certainly limited their ability to express concepts. Their brains, however, will still recognize the existence of four or five things. Unfortunatly the limitations on their language will keep them from expressing verbally that knowledge. It could even bar their comprehensive abilities.
On the simulated Dashboard you can have all sorts of nifty mini-programs called Widgets. One of Apple's sample programs is a stock price table, and they're up 7.36 percent.
Sounds just like what I have on my desktop know with gdesklets/gnome. I'm not gonna become one of these stupid "This idea was stolen from xyz." But, I'm sure in a year I'm going to hear Apple fanboys claiming yet another Apple innovation when gdesklets runs right now very stable, fast, and super customizable.
I use this, Agendus a powerful to-do list solution for a palm if you've got one.
I know you wanted a PC solution but let's face it - they all mostly suck. I need something super-portable and syncable if it's going to be my to do list for the entire day. That's why I prefer the PalmOS software.
It costs a bit of money but you know, who pays for these things anyway? Well it should be you.
...if Windows users would start using Firefox or something with some real protection on it.
For example back at home my dad and sister both have their own computers. Both of these computers are constantly just clogged with so much ad/spyware that they are a chore to use. After formatting them both and reinstalling Windows XP I decided to install Firefox for them to use as their browser. It's been several months since then and both computers are FAIRLY free of all malware. There is still some but it is a major improvement.
Anybody on a Windows machine plagued with stuff needs to drop Internet Explorer unless they can manage to avoid going to sites that are notorious for infecting your computer with stuff.
...as we know them today. Turing believed that machines could be created that would mimic the processes of the human brain. He acknowledged the difficulty people would have accepting a machine to rival their own intelligence, a problem that still plagues artificial intelligence today.
He likened new technology devices such as cameras and microphones to parts of the human body and his views often landed him in heated debates with other scientists.
Turing believed an intelligent machine could be created by following the blueprints of the human brain. He wrote a paper in 1950 describing what is now known as the Turing Test.
The test consisted of a person asking questions via keyboard to both a person and an intelligent machine. He believed that if computer's answers could not be distinguished from those of the person after a reasonable amount of time, the machine was somewhat intelligent. This test has become a standard measure of the artificial intelligence community.
I know it wont work for you, sicne your donating an iMac (i dont believe Knoppix is available for PPC's), but I recently setup a school computer lab and found the best solution to keep the computers working is just leave a knoppix cd in the drive and use knoppix live cd as the OS.
They can listen to their music, compose documents (OO), browse the web with flash, install plugins for firefox (granted its linux so they cant install much), etc. Plus, some of the older kids even like to mess around in linux to learn it a bit. They can do anything that they need to, and the best part: no matter what, when they reboot the computer is back to normal.
I've seen similar windows software (fortess, deep freeze), but they all resulted in crippled systems (fortress wouldnt let you right click because then you could potentially disable the program). I also was able to get around deep freeze in high school in about 30 minutes, and Im sure some smart student can bypass fortress if they truly wanted to (it was not used when i was in school). Knoppix, however, is not subject to such vulnerabilities and provides more functionality. Plus, its free and 3rd party apps can cost a heapload.
Seriously, if you're doing a project like this guy with x86's, at least consider knoppix as an option. It really does have a lot of pro's.
I was previously unsuccessful at installing MandrakeLinux because I couldn't find a driver for widescreen monitors. My laptop is widescreen and all the resolutions looked like crap on it.
If Mandrake really wants to be user-friendly, it needs to at least compete with Windows XP (which automatically found the perfect resolution) in terms of video ability. Let's face it, 2D video code is so arcane that any software developer should be able to manipulate it perfectly.
You have the first worry about what will be used to fuel these cars. Hybrid cars are nice, but a completely different fuel from gasoline would be better.
Ford as well as several other car companies have been looking into using hydrogen, biodiesel (similar to diesel fuel but made from plant or animal fat).
After you've got a very renewable resource as fuel, then you can worry about new car designs. I'm sorry for Toyota but glad personally that the United States would never start driving cars like that. Hybrid SUVs are the closest thing you'll get to a typical yet environmentally-sound American car. And let's face it, the United States population represents the majority of car buyers worldwide.
Here are the upgrades you can make to the Xbox hardware to make it run better. First you have to install a mod chip which will allow you to:
*Any software not signed by Microsoft can be run * Use of hard drives up to 120 GB * FTP data transfer to the Xbox using various dashboards (e.g. the XBMC) * Use of 128 instead of 64 MB RAM
The ram is still really low and the processor slow unfortunately.
I hope this technology doesn't delay Doom III anymore. John Carmack will probably want to program in full support for his new engine before it ships off cause he has to make money of licenses until he makes the next one.
Instead of comparing them against each other, its more important to use both internet based as well as "old fashioned" resources together. Its important to realize that hard backed enyyclopedias are better than google and wikipedia for some things, and not for others. The younger generation needs to learn how to recognize what source to use, instead of automatically going to google. The internet should not replace old fashioned resources but merely embrace them.
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It doesnt matter whether they are educated or if they vote randomly. The point is, the more urban youth that vote this election, the more important this group will be viewed by politicians. Right now politicians widely ignore urban youth because they dont vote in large masses. If, this tuesday, 20 million go out and vote (even if they vote completely randomly) and all it takes is 5000 votes to change the output, then next election you WILL see politicians focusing on issues fundamental to urban youth.
why do people always use Duke Nukem Forever as the example and always forget abotu Team Fortress II? I had a PC Gamer from at least 5 years ago with in game screen shots of TF II saying an entirely new engine was complete and that it would be game of the year easily. Which year, they didnt say. It even won a few awards in E3 a while ago. Then, all of a sudden, it dissappeared.
http://teamfortress2.sierra.com/
Anyone know where it went?
It is because on your PC at home you're running an operating system that costed a lot of money to program.
The OS on your Xbox wasn't designed to handle any of the things you're raving about.
You modded your Xbox, it's hacked. Don't bitch about crap that doesn't work when you're messing aorund with things that weren't intended to be messed with by the company.
All of the computers on campus (Georgia Tech, we have a ton of computers) have Firefox on them and are constantly upgraded.
Language in this case has certainly limited their ability to express concepts. Their brains, however, will still recognize the existence of four or five things. Unfortunatly the limitations on their language will keep them from expressing verbally that knowledge. It could even bar their comprehensive abilities.
"Restoring sight to the blind is a Bibical miracle, a sign of divine powers."
I think the word you're searching for is "Biblical"
Sony is the only electronics provider I can think of who, no matter what department, they always seem to try and adopt these industry non-standards.
I'm sorry but who the fuck do they have making decisions at Sony and why wouldn't they have gone with Mp3?
It's competition Apple, make your hardware hack-proof like everybody else has been doing for years. Or trying rather.
On the simulated Dashboard you can have all sorts of nifty mini-programs called Widgets. One of Apple's sample programs is a stock price table, and they're up 7.36 percent.
Sounds just like what I have on my desktop know with gdesklets/gnome. I'm not gonna become one of these stupid "This idea was stolen from xyz." But, I'm sure in a year I'm going to hear Apple fanboys claiming yet another Apple innovation when gdesklets runs right now very stable, fast, and super customizable.
probably a bad weekend to hold this since most parks here in atlanta are full with gay pride participants.
Seriously, I would like to go but seeing as its Gay Pride festival weekend I dont think there will be any space for amatuer radio.
I already got an account! send me all the freakin spam and meaningless chain letters you can muster up! I've got a whole gig to waste on the stuff now.
I use this, Agendus a powerful to-do list solution for a palm if you've got one.
I know you wanted a PC solution but let's face it - they all mostly suck. I need something super-portable and syncable if it's going to be my to do list for the entire day. That's why I prefer the PalmOS software.
It costs a bit of money but you know, who pays for these things anyway? Well it should be you.
...if Windows users would start using Firefox or something with some real protection on it.
For example back at home my dad and sister both have their own computers. Both of these computers are constantly just clogged with so much ad/spyware that they are a chore to use. After formatting them both and reinstalling Windows XP I decided to install Firefox for them to use as their browser. It's been several months since then and both computers are FAIRLY free of all malware. There is still some but it is a major improvement.
Anybody on a Windows machine plagued with stuff needs to drop Internet Explorer unless they can manage to avoid going to sites that are notorious for infecting your computer with stuff.
...as we know them today. Turing believed that machines could be created that would mimic the processes of the human brain. He acknowledged the difficulty people would have accepting a machine to rival their own intelligence, a problem that still plagues artificial intelligence today.
He likened new technology devices such as cameras and microphones to parts of the human body and his views often landed him in heated debates with other scientists.
Turing believed an intelligent machine could be created by following the blueprints of the human brain. He wrote a paper in 1950 describing what is now known as the Turing Test.
The test consisted of a person asking questions via keyboard to both a person and an intelligent machine. He believed that if computer's answers could not be distinguished from those of the person after a reasonable amount of time, the machine was somewhat intelligent. This test has become a standard measure of the artificial intelligence community.
I know it wont work for you, sicne your donating an iMac (i dont believe Knoppix is available for PPC's), but I recently setup a school computer lab and found the best solution to keep the computers working is just leave a knoppix cd in the drive and use knoppix live cd as the OS.
They can listen to their music, compose documents (OO), browse the web with flash, install plugins for firefox (granted its linux so they cant install much), etc. Plus, some of the older kids even like to mess around in linux to learn it a bit. They can do anything that they need to, and the best part: no matter what, when they reboot the computer is back to normal.
I've seen similar windows software (fortess, deep freeze), but they all resulted in crippled systems (fortress wouldnt let you right click because then you could potentially disable the program). I also was able to get around deep freeze in high school in about 30 minutes, and Im sure some smart student can bypass fortress if they truly wanted to (it was not used when i was in school). Knoppix, however, is not subject to such vulnerabilities and provides more functionality. Plus, its free and 3rd party apps can cost a heapload.
Seriously, if you're doing a project like this guy with x86's, at least consider knoppix as an option. It really does have a lot of pro's.
Playing all of those old LucasArts puzzle games was my first PC gaming experience. And they were awesome.
I hope this fan site will remake more classics like Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle, etc. etc. but those mihgt be under more strict copyrights I guess.
Um here are the important things... the screenshots of it. Who cares about reading a description of a browser theme, I mean really??
"Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of Linux Today"
It's pretty bad style to use "Linux Today" twice in a 9 word headline.
Link has been Slashdotted...
Here is the Google cache of the PDF in HTML format.
"$190 and $14,500"
This takes the sound bite "prices may vary" to a new level.
I was previously unsuccessful at installing MandrakeLinux because I couldn't find a driver for widescreen monitors. My laptop is widescreen and all the resolutions looked like crap on it.
If Mandrake really wants to be user-friendly, it needs to at least compete with Windows XP (which automatically found the perfect resolution) in terms of video ability. Let's face it, 2D video code is so arcane that any software developer should be able to manipulate it perfectly.
You have the first worry about what will be used to fuel these cars. Hybrid cars are nice, but a completely different fuel from gasoline would be better.
Ford as well as several other car companies have been looking into using hydrogen, biodiesel (similar to diesel fuel but made from plant or animal fat).
After you've got a very renewable resource as fuel, then you can worry about new car designs. I'm sorry for Toyota but glad personally that the United States would never start driving cars like that. Hybrid SUVs are the closest thing you'll get to a typical yet environmentally-sound American car. And let's face it, the United States population represents the majority of car buyers worldwide.
Here are the upgrades you can make to the Xbox hardware to make it run better. First you have to install a mod chip which will allow you to:
*Any software not signed by Microsoft can be run
* Use of hard drives up to 120 GB
* FTP data transfer to the Xbox using various dashboards (e.g. the XBMC)
* Use of 128 instead of 64 MB RAM
The ram is still really low and the processor slow unfortunately.
I hope this technology doesn't delay Doom III anymore. John Carmack will probably want to program in full support for his new engine before it ships off cause he has to make money of licenses until he makes the next one.
Instead of comparing them against each other, its more important to use both internet based as well as "old fashioned" resources together. Its important to realize that hard backed enyyclopedias are better than google and wikipedia for some things, and not for others. The younger generation needs to learn how to recognize what source to use, instead of automatically going to google. The internet should not replace old fashioned resources but merely embrace them.