My name you see, Well it is Willabee, And I've been reluctant, To run KDE.
I'm over weight (now that's phat!), I need Jeff Bates (that dirty rat!), To coreograph my cousins, Palastinian skipping routine.
No, seriously. With RISC, you are liable for kipple, but I wouldn't recomend eating Bob Saget, cause he's an exotic young virile bitch. Phew, seems I've eaten enough Luxembourgian staplers for one afternoon, it's time to build an exruciating gumnut and assault my friend Rocko.
That's right, I want an artificially intelligent, extremely large sheltering device. Got a problem with that?
Never ceases to amaze me.
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How people always predict these whacky cliched technology innovations for the fairly near future, and nothing of the sort is ever created. Mind reading machines? I hate to sound like the guy who used to think the worl was flat, or the guy that said we would never go to the moon, but come on.
New technology is far more likely to be very sensible, merely adding more "grunt" to what we have already, with a few sub-innovations here and ithere. As a people we are already discovering what we want; Fast data communications, medcine, digitalization, AI (a huge umbrella), time savers, entertainment etc.
Let's start being more specific, choose certain already established technology and predict where it will go. All tyhe best technology evolves from working with what we have. We should try and built the bridges before we try to cross them.
*sigh* I've began to sound like a whining, ranting Slashdotter more every day.
The article says that the software may or may not decide who to save in what order.
If I was a developer, I wouldn't touch a decision-making feature with a 20 foot pole. Even with Microsoft's (for example) legal team. Imagine the lawsuits! There would be people saying the computer made the wrong decision, and even worse, there could be bugs which make fatal mistakes.
Somehow if a loved one is dead, I really wouldn't want to hear "Well, there's a patch for that now..."
A policy (standard procedure) for how to treat "far-out" theories is silly, not to mention restrictive. All theories should be argued and discussed credibility-wise, and let people make their own decisions.
Outlook is extremely overrated, people use it simply because it comes with the most widely used desktop OS on the planet. I think Evolution is equal to Outlook (and better because it has none of those vunrabilities).
I for one think the "Identity/Account" system is one of the most self-contadictory buggy confusing systems in any mail client. It sucks! I think apps like Evolution, KMail, Mozilla Mail, Netscape Communicator and even pine tower over outlook in usability.
I'm really looking forward to the maturation of the K suite (KOffice), as it works in such harmony with the K environment. As soon as the prones at K ditch XFree86 (a looong way down the track) in favour of a nicer, more responsive light system (ala OS X), I will be home and hosed.
Outlook has already been "bested", but if Kapor wants to throw another superior client out there, then I'm all for it!
>One woman, a Web designer who asked that her name not be used, said she lost her job because of what she wrote on her Web log.
Emphasis on what she wrote, not Web log.
The Web is one way to publish information, be it through a homepage, an article, a comment in a discussion, or a blog. Books are another, flyers are another etc. If this woman displayed sensitive information (thereby breaching a contract), she has to pay the price regardless of whether it was in a blog or anything else.
There is nothing special or untouchable about a blog, and there is no reason to write an article explaining that although some people think that their blogs are anonymous, they can be tracked down. This is the same with a dozen other mediums.
Despite the unwarranted focus on web logs, this article does deal with some issues of freedom of speech, perhaps that's what this/. discussion should mostly be about.
If.NET/Hailstorm was to become too successful, it would be another dose proprietry/closed network solutions, the evil that is centralizing the Internet. See, people buy a PC with XP or whatever Microsoft OS has been bundled, the OS "assumes" that the user wants to be a part of.NET, makes them think that.NET is the only way to use the 'Net, and the real Internet becomes weaker and weaker because of it.
.NET's Hailstorm suite cannot be the next revolution, because no other players (or non-MS fans exersizing some choice) are invited, just MS and their corporate allies.
Re:There's no reason why geekism's a problem.
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I totally understand what you mean, and it is a problem. But, anyone who has made something technological and good/profitable must be smart, and there is very little social engineering could do to convince them otherwise. Now, one way to ensure your geek software project stays pure is to GPL it, or put it under a similar open liscence.
Also, often a geek will allow themselves to be "bought out" by a Bill G entrepreneur type because they think that it will be best for that particular project. On the other hand, the Bill G type could mislead the geek, or change their approach to the product/service later on, but that's life. You sell something to someone, they are going to be able to screw it up. That's life.
There's no reason why geekism's a problem.
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At the risk of sounding like a naive geek or fanatical OSS advocate, I don't see why volunteer geeks can't exist in harmony with bussinessmen and bussiness.
A geek writes some software/builds some hardware that takes off, and starts to become recognised as good/cool via word-of-mouth. Geeks everywhere start to chip in and help him, because that's by nature what geeks do. A bussinessman sees an oppourtunity to provide a service of some sort that will enhance the geeks' new toy. The bussinessman makes money, the geek gets recognition (and job offers), the consumers/users win.
While this is very simplistic, I can't see why this process can't be applied to most good, cool, or useful things. No matter what anyone says, if something is useful or entertaining, it is profitable, directly or otherwise.
So all technologists with or without dayjobs, make time to help/start geek projects. After all if you're a real geek, this sort of work doubles as play.
Nine times out of ten, when people speak of quanta, they really mean photons. Photons are a typr of quanta, and by far the most understood type in science today. Photons are the quanta that make up the energy we see in light, and can detect along many of the frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.
When Planck was studying spectra, he was mostly dealing with photons, and then layed down the fundamental parts of quantum theory, outlining the physics behind these "digital" packages, which Einstein later defined as photons.
companies can just recompile on linux, and let it run!
Not entirely. "Porting" a DirectX API means porting driver interaction, or drivers themselves. This has always been a selling point for Linux (hardware support), and new drivers could disrupt that reputation. We would see lots of buggy beta-stage things, as is expected with OSS, or on the other hand, the port would have to be more of a re-write.
Just my un-informed $0.02, and that's the Aussie dollar...
I've always thought Bioware had a really cool sort of cross between mysticism and sci-fi image. I thought this was evident with their partnership with Lucas in 2000. They give alot of depth and realism to otherwise far-out schemas.
I don't know much about NW, but it looks like a lite sort of RPG, not like a 3d shooter (they don't call CS a "client", do they?), I think I might check this game out...
It's obviod that the Russians aren't proud of this, nor would the US be if it happened to them.
What I am now wondering is how anyone found out about this, and discovered the finer details. It seems that Russia have done alot of things in secret, in the space race of the 60s for instance. The US has also had it's fair share of foul-ups (Hubble, anyone?). How often could this sort of thing be happening, and more importantly, how much is it costing?
There are many charitable places for money to go on Earth.
In the late nineties... when the Information Super Highway was so cool and modern and fantastic, I read that the Government was working on an "Internet II" that wouldn't be popularised and wouldn't become cool and modern and fantastic.
This sounds useless and it was probably bullshit but I don't know... anyone care to enlighten me and everyone else that couldn't be bothered to ask?
I was more talking about who they might choose... not who I would like to see in the roles... but, IMHO Ben Afleck's pretty good. 'Course I'm not in the industry or anything...
A while ago I saw a pretty insightful documentary in Australia about the making of Disney animated films, and the bussiness strategies that go along with them.
It appears that since the Lion King, every Disney film has been either kids only, or failed to get very popular and gone to video/DVD quickly. This doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the quality of the entertainment either.
The doco' explained that Disney don't actually make money on these any more, or at least weren't doing so in late 2000. This could put these real "long shot" and geek projects in jeopardy.
Without sounding like a drone, I would recommend that the geek community don't just leech these movies in divx and keep them. If we like these films, we should support them by going to the cinema (just a *little* nicer than divx huh?) and/or purchasing the DVD. If we have to get the divx it should be more of a preview thing and serve a decision making process.....that's all..... back to warezcrawler.....
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My name you see,
Well it is Willabee,
And I've been reluctant,
To run KDE.
I'm over weight (now that's phat!),
I need Jeff Bates (that dirty rat!),
To coreograph my cousins,
Palastinian skipping routine.
No, seriously. With RISC, you are liable for kipple, but I wouldn't recomend eating Bob Saget, cause he's an exotic young virile bitch. Phew, seems I've eaten enough Luxembourgian staplers for one afternoon, it's time to build an exruciating gumnut and assault my friend Rocko.
WARNING: The collective voice of Bell's admins will not be suitable for young children.
That's right, I want an artificially intelligent, extremely large sheltering device. Got a problem with that?
New technology is far more likely to be very sensible, merely adding more "grunt" to what we have already, with a few sub-innovations here and ithere. As a people we are already discovering what we want; Fast data communications, medcine, digitalization, AI (a huge umbrella), time savers, entertainment etc.
Let's start being more specific, choose certain already established technology and predict where it will go. All tyhe best technology evolves from working with what we have. We should try and built the bridges before we try to cross them.
*sigh* I've began to sound like a whining, ranting Slashdotter more every day.
If I was a developer, I wouldn't touch a decision-making feature with a 20 foot pole. Even with Microsoft's (for example) legal team. Imagine the lawsuits! There would be people saying the computer made the wrong decision, and even worse, there could be bugs which make fatal mistakes.
Somehow if a loved one is dead, I really wouldn't want to hear "Well, there's a patch for that now..."
Jeez, I can't get a word in here!
Watch out, he might start writing essays again!!
It's a non-issue.
I for one think the "Identity/Account" system is one of the most self-contadictory buggy confusing systems in any mail client. It sucks! I think apps like Evolution, KMail, Mozilla Mail, Netscape Communicator and even pine tower over outlook in usability.
I'm really looking forward to the maturation of the K suite (KOffice), as it works in such harmony with the K environment. As soon as the prones at K ditch XFree86 (a looong way down the track) in favour of a nicer, more responsive light system (ala OS X), I will be home and hosed.
Outlook has already been "bested", but if Kapor wants to throw another superior client out there, then I'm all for it!
>One woman, a Web designer who asked that her name not be used, said she lost her job because of what she wrote on her Web log.
Emphasis on what she wrote, not Web log.
The Web is one way to publish information, be it through a homepage, an article, a comment in a discussion, or a blog. Books are another, flyers are another etc. If this woman displayed sensitive information (thereby breaching a contract), she has to pay the price regardless of whether it was in a blog or anything else.
There is nothing special or untouchable about a blog, and there is no reason to write an article explaining that although some people think that their blogs are anonymous, they can be tracked down. This is the same with a dozen other mediums.
Despite the unwarranted focus on web logs, this article does deal with some issues of freedom of speech, perhaps that's what this /. discussion should mostly be about.
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I can just feel the -1's already...
Also, often a geek will allow themselves to be "bought out" by a Bill G entrepreneur type because they think that it will be best for that particular project. On the other hand, the Bill G type could mislead the geek, or change their approach to the product/service later on, but that's life. You sell something to someone, they are going to be able to screw it up. That's life.
A geek writes some software/builds some hardware that takes off, and starts to become recognised as good/cool via word-of-mouth. Geeks everywhere start to chip in and help him, because that's by nature what geeks do. A bussinessman sees an oppourtunity to provide a service of some sort that will enhance the geeks' new toy. The bussinessman makes money, the geek gets recognition (and job offers), the consumers/users win.
While this is very simplistic, I can't see why this process can't be applied to most good, cool, or useful things. No matter what anyone says, if something is useful or entertaining, it is profitable, directly or otherwise.
So all technologists with or without dayjobs, make time to help/start geek projects. After all if you're a real geek, this sort of work doubles as play.
Here are some places around the web for more TTT info/media:
http://www.darthscreencapture.com/LOTR/ttt.html: Trailers and previews.
The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers Official Movie Site: The name says it all.\
TheOneRing.net(TM)| Lord of the Rings Movie News and Rumors: Very useful news site.
TolkienMovies.com - Lord of the Rings Movie News, Rumors, Photos: Alot of available stuff, but nicely colated.
Hope that helps...
When Planck was studying spectra, he was mostly dealing with photons, and then layed down the fundamental parts of quantum theory, outlining the physics behind these "digital" packages, which Einstein later defined as photons.
Not entirely. "Porting" a DirectX API means porting driver interaction, or drivers themselves. This has always been a selling point for Linux (hardware support), and new drivers could disrupt that reputation. We would see lots of buggy beta-stage things, as is expected with OSS, or on the other hand, the port would have to be more of a re-write.
Just my un-informed $0.02, and that's the Aussie dollar...
I don't know much about NW, but it looks like a lite sort of RPG, not like a 3d shooter (they don't call CS a "client", do they?), I think I might check this game out...
....I believe they are limiting the characters in an evil plot design to get some of these people laid!
LOL, I live in Sydney!
After my brief stint recently with a friend's laptop running Win ME (no memory management just like 98), I think I'd prefer the term "asylum seeker".
What I am now wondering is how anyone found out about this, and discovered the finer details. It seems that Russia have done alot of things in secret, in the space race of the 60s for instance. The US has also had it's fair share of foul-ups (Hubble, anyone?). How often could this sort of thing be happening, and more importantly, how much is it costing?
There are many charitable places for money to go on Earth.
In the late nineties... when the Information Super Highway was so cool and modern and fantastic, I read that the Government was working on an "Internet II" that wouldn't be popularised and wouldn't become cool and modern and fantastic. This sounds useless and it was probably bullshit but I don't know... anyone care to enlighten me and everyone else that couldn't be bothered to ask?
I was more talking about who they might choose... not who I would like to see in the roles... but, IMHO Ben Afleck's pretty good. 'Course I'm not in the industry or anything...
A while ago I saw a pretty insightful documentary in Australia about the making of Disney animated films, and the bussiness strategies that go along with them.
....that's all..... back to warezcrawler.....
It appears that since the Lion King, every Disney film has been either kids only, or failed to get very popular and gone to video/DVD quickly. This doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the quality of the entertainment either.
The doco' explained that Disney don't actually make money on these any more, or at least weren't doing so in late 2000. This could put these real "long shot" and geek projects in jeopardy.
Without sounding like a drone, I would recommend that the geek community don't just leech these movies in divx and keep them. If we like these films, we should support them by going to the cinema (just a *little* nicer than divx huh?) and/or purchasing the DVD. If we have to get the divx it should be more of a preview thing and serve a decision making process.
The story said "live-action". There is no live action CGI or Animation...