What if all these adware/spyware/malware companies had been smart and hired people that wrote good software, that didn't slow down amd mess up the host computers. They'd be a much bigger threat. Good thing they're (after) dumbasses.
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Don't discount the brain yet, one day it may be able to decipher digital signals directly.
Funny thing, Wikipedia has the.com redirect to the.org, yet you still see many news articles continue to reference the.com. My guess is that people are lazy, they remember the first part, and then they add.com (or maybe IE automatically does that).
Wasn't mozilla browser supposed to be just proof of concept, and a tool to help them get the kinks out of the internals? I thought the mozilla devs encouraged others to build real browsers based on their code at some point.
That wouldn't work. Making Linux work with all the different hardware out there is hard. Making Gmail work with all the browsers out there is infinitely easier, and Google hasn't done that. Likewise, for their toolbar and desktop search, they only support windows. It's easy, so they did it. I just don't see how Google could get into the distro business without going into the hardware business ala Apple (or at least partner with some company that sells PCs), and that's just not Google's cup of tea.
The browser on the other hand they could easily do because firefox already works under windows (with the added benefit of the other platforms), and they'd hardly have to do much work. They could easily get a big chunk of people to adopt it in the wake of all the viruses/spyware/etc.
The beauty of Wikipedia is that it can adapt. There already is a simple version (Simple). All you need is more volunteers. Considering that there are only about 6000 active editors throughout the different projects (Active wikipedians), and we have achieved this much, can you imagine what could be achieved if 10% of students throughout the world got involved. You could have a K-12 edition in one year. Likewise, once Wikipedia hits 1.0 you have a reviewed edition.
Don't think that this is that it is just a dream, it can happen with enough people, which just means enough access and exposure. There is a very low barrier to participating in Wikipedia (yes, I can hear people saying that will just mean the unwashed/uneducated masses), compared to other open source projects. Most people really are good. Once the Internet takes off in the world, and once Wikipedia becomes more well known, you will see it become an even more useful project.
You can just link to a specific version of an article, it doesn't look as good but it works. Of course, then you'll end up with what Britannica has (which you consider superior): an outdated article. The good part is that you also have access to the current article.
Having a stable release will also help with this. Wikipedia 1.0 might just be comparable to Britannica (if not better), and it will be just as stable. You could think of the current setup as a beta, and I think it's pretty good for a beta.
Well, it's not cool for us lowly souls who are stuck with dialup. It'd be great if google offered POP or at least some way of offline reading. From what I hear, they might offer POP, though it might cost some (Features in progress).
Off topic, but I just wanted to say that Fact Index is one of Wikipedia's mirror sites. If you want the most up to date info and don't like the ads, here's Wikipedia's article directly: Microsoft Bob
Kick backs??? No need for that, at my school some of the professors wrote the textbooks they required us to buy. One chem prof would change the book slightly each year just to make more moola.
Please sign up and take action at EFF if you live in the US. I have used the default forms many times and I have received back many letters from my representatives even though these are just e-mails that I have sent. Specifically, on HR 107, I just received yesterday a page and a half (typed, but still) positive response from my representative. With so many slashdotters, I am sure we can make a tiny difference.
Please try it, it takes only a few seconds after you have signed up to send an e-mail on each topic that comes up.
Wikimedia Foundation, the one that also hosts Wikipedia, has a similar project called Wikibooks. It also runs on the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia, and the contents are licensed under the GFDL.
You do make a good point, so I'll amend mine to say that the attachments should have a temp link so they could be downloaded through a browser and not count toward the receivers limit. To make this less prone to abuse, the download could work only once or twice, as well as expire after say one or two weeks. Pipe dream I know, but as long as I'm wishing
A couple of features I didn't see mentioned and that I would like:
1 - ability to save a selection or all my e-mails offline (say a big zip file)
2 - label contacts, and create e-mail lists (say all friends, all coworkers, etc)
3 - bigger e-mail attachements, say 50MB (I know this will never happen as it will lead to abuses, but with digital cameras that can support short videos, this would be nice so I wouldn't have to send several messages with split attachements)
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Patrick is a great guy and slackware is the only distro I like. Good to see that he is recovering.
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What if all these adware/spyware/malware companies had been smart and hired people that wrote good software, that didn't slow down amd mess up the host computers. They'd be a much bigger threat. Good thing they're (after) dumbasses.
Don't discount the brain yet, one day it may be able to decipher digital signals directly.
Funny thing, Wikipedia has the .com redirect to the .org, yet you still see many news articles continue to reference the .com. My guess is that people are lazy, they remember the first part, and then they add .com (or maybe IE automatically does that).
...a simple freaking linein jack to my stereo system?
Do you remember the SCO debacle and their conference calls?
Wasn't mozilla browser supposed to be just proof of concept, and a tool to help them get the kinks out of the internals? I thought the mozilla devs encouraged others to build real browsers based on their code at some point.
That wouldn't work. Making Linux work with all the different hardware out there is hard. Making Gmail work with all the browsers out there is infinitely easier, and Google hasn't done that. Likewise, for their toolbar and desktop search, they only support windows. It's easy, so they did it. I just don't see how Google could get into the distro business without going into the hardware business ala Apple (or at least partner with some company that sells PCs), and that's just not Google's cup of tea.
The browser on the other hand they could easily do because firefox already works under windows (with the added benefit of the other platforms), and they'd hardly have to do much work. They could easily get a big chunk of people to adopt it in the wake of all the viruses/spyware/etc.
Does someone have a link or two describing how to properly secure wireless networks in different OS's?
The beauty of Wikipedia is that it can adapt. There already is a simple version (Simple). All you need is more volunteers. Considering that there are only about 6000 active editors throughout the different projects (Active wikipedians), and we have achieved this much, can you imagine what could be achieved if 10% of students throughout the world got involved. You could have a K-12 edition in one year. Likewise, once Wikipedia hits 1.0 you have a reviewed edition.
Don't think that this is that it is just a dream, it can happen with enough people, which just means enough access and exposure. There is a very low barrier to participating in Wikipedia (yes, I can hear people saying that will just mean the unwashed/uneducated masses), compared to other open source projects. Most people really are good. Once the Internet takes off in the world, and once Wikipedia becomes more well known, you will see it become an even more useful project.
You can just link to a specific version of an article, it doesn't look as good but it works. Of course, then you'll end up with what Britannica has (which you consider superior): an outdated article. The good part is that you also have access to the current article.
Having a stable release will also help with this. Wikipedia 1.0 might just be comparable to Britannica (if not better), and it will be just as stable. You could think of the current setup as a beta, and I think it's pretty good for a beta.
Well, it's not cool for us lowly souls who are stuck with dialup. It'd be great if google offered POP or at least some way of offline reading. From what I hear, they might offer POP, though it might cost some (Features in progress).
Off topic, but I just wanted to say that Fact Index is one of Wikipedia's mirror sites. If you want the most up to date info and don't like the ads, here's Wikipedia's article directly: Microsoft Bob
Sounds pretty similar to this idea
Anyone else reminded of the DBZ fight scenes while watching those fights?
Kick backs??? No need for that, at my school some of the professors wrote the textbooks they required us to buy. One chem prof would change the book slightly each year just to make more moola.
Get yourself Swaret and you're set.
Please sign up and take action at EFF if you live in the US. I have used the default forms many times and I have received back many letters from my representatives even though these are just e-mails that I have sent. Specifically, on HR 107, I just received yesterday a page and a half (typed, but still) positive response from my representative. With so many slashdotters, I am sure we can make a tiny difference.
Please try it, it takes only a few seconds after you have signed up to send an e-mail on each topic that comes up.
Wikimedia Foundation, the one that also hosts Wikipedia, has a similar project called Wikibooks. It also runs on the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia, and the contents are licensed under the GFDL.
For some discussions have a read at the wikipedia-l mailing list.
That still doesn't make them stop with ESC, which is very irritating when using public computers (i.e. no saved settings).
The release is followed by a proof of concept jail sentence ;)
You do make a good point, so I'll amend mine to say that the attachments should have a temp link so they could be downloaded through a browser and not count toward the receivers limit. To make this less prone to abuse, the download could work only once or twice, as well as expire after say one or two weeks. Pipe dream I know, but as long as I'm wishing
A couple of features I didn't see mentioned and that I would like:
1 - ability to save a selection or all my e-mails offline (say a big zip file)
2 - label contacts, and create e-mail lists (say all friends, all coworkers, etc)
3 - bigger e-mail attachements, say 50MB (I know this will never happen as it will lead to abuses, but with digital cameras that can support short videos, this would be nice so I wouldn't have to send several messages with split attachements)