On a related tangent, how long before our schools start teaching kids how to write in hypertext? I would love for MLA to cover rules like "the linked resource should be relevant to the words that are used to link to it," "never include punctuation in hyperlinks," or "you will die a fiery death if you link the word 'here' to a resource."
... And this doesn't deal with the statistics of sequels, but Wario Ware for the GBA kicks all sorts of ass. It's the most original game that I've played since Typing of the Dead for the Dreamcast, and I can't recommend it enough.
That "internet millionaire" is John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has been protecting techie rights from the get-go. If you're at all concerned about the stuff you mentioned (intellectual property issues, privacy...) you should consider sending them some money.
I have an AT&T GSM phone and have played with the feature. It requires a bit of setup to get going, it's very hard to unintentionally set up. If you want to try it email me (george at hotelling.net) and I will give you my info.
Of course once you try it out a couple times I'll delete you from my list because it's kind of creepy letting a random person on the Interweb know where you are at all times.
Just out of curiosity, have you done what you're advocating? Have you installed Linux on the desktop of a user who is so lost in Windows that they need to hire people to come fix it? Seems like that kind of user would benefit more from the UI research that Microsoft has put into Windows than they would from the stability of Linux.
Admittedly remote administration is nice, but you can do that on Windows as well.
Blogdex and Daypop already are close to this, by keeping track of what the current popular links are. Every time a weblog links to something, it's a vote for that URL. That's the closest to democratization of the media if I've seen yet.
The only thing that needs to happen to match your view is personalization through a web of trust. Perhaps a person's FOAF defines who's opinions they value, and their RSS Aggregregators will rate stories accordingly. I think NewsMonster is working on something like this, but I don't know if it's implemented yet.
I read the Zope Bible which I recommend. I haven't looked at the other Zope books, so I don't know how good it is in relation to the others, but it walked me through the basics and I figured the rest out on my own. A lot of time I needed to look at the source code to see how things were working, which speaks poorly for the documentation, but I got the job done.
Also, the way zope.org's login is overridden is default in CMF with the Cookie Crumbler product. I don't know if this is available outside of CMF but you can look at the source to see how they do it.
Zope is a very cool web application system, and while I don't know of Guido's specific contributions I have to assume that they were great. Still, I'm confidant that Zope will carry on.
For those not familiar with Zope, it is a web application server written entirely in Python. It features an object database that, for example, lets you create an image object, and then call it from other code to automatically build your image tag based on the dimensions and title of the image stored in the object.
Zope does have a pretty steep learning curve, if you don't do stuff with "real" web applications (stuff that needs access control lists, user management, templating, etc) it might not be right for you, but it's great for bigger applications. Edd Dumbill talks in a recent blog entry about why Zope is worth learning and DevShed (which runs on Zope) has a good overview.
Guido and Dan Farmer are both smart guys and I'm sure that we can expect good things.
Anyways, BACK TO DEMOGRAPHICS, they should really reconsider their choice, since the Cube has Animal Crossing, Pikin, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Party 4 and nearly every other good wholesome game devoid of violence, blood, cuss words(THPS), and sex appeal.(I play games with that, but there's no place for it in a library)
You're right about there being no place for that stuff in a library. Libraries should only stock books from family friendly publishers, and get rid of that awful Robert A. Heinlein (he encourages bloody revolutions and polygamy!) and J.D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye? More like Catcher in the Sin) and William Shakespeare (Sex, murder, psychopaths). I'll let all the violence, blood, cuss words and sex appeal of the Bible through because it's holy, but not the Quran or the Torah because they're only for the heathens.
Librarians tend to be pretty anti-censorship when it comes to books, aside from media bias (the old video games don't tell stories fallacy) I can't see why they would refuse to stock a game simply for its content.
(For what it's worth, since the Dreamcast went to the great Funcoland in the sky the Nintendo has consistently put out some of the most innovative games on the market. I still can't put down Warioware)
Maybe if the NYT (registration required) allowed Google to index their stories (registration required) then Google would be able to find their article. It's not rocket science or evil conspiracies, it's just that GoogleBot doesn't have an NYT registration.
I haven't seen any Netflix popups with Safari, can you point us to a site that causes the popup? Also, I frequently find myself accidentially turning off popups - I hit Cmd-K (toggle popups) instead of Cmd-L (location). Why did they have to put the two shortcuts so close together? Why even have a shortcut for popups in the first place?
Anyway, I guess all I can say is make sure you are using the latest version, remember that this is still Beta software until 10.3 comes out, and check out Camino if you haven't already.
Try WarioWare - it's not one of thse 10 or 20 hour games, you can complete a game in 5 seconds. Oh, and it's horribly addictive. BestBuy had it on the display GBA and I highly recommend checking it out.
Without a "pause live radio" feature, or a "Record all episodes of Howard Stern" this thing is akin to a VCR, not a Tivo. Anyone who's used a DVR wouldn't think of this as Tivo for radio.
A post above had a good point - should TV's cost more because they use up a significant portion of the electricity - after all, more electricity, more damge to the environment and more cost to the Power company!
You pay a flat rate for power? Like a lot of people, I pay a metered rate, which means that my TV costs me money when its on.
Check out papercdcase.com. It won't solve your scratching problem but it will solve your ulgy paper problem.
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I'm all for smaller government, but your evidence doesn't seem to follow your argument. Maybe there's more to the deregulation of the cable industry than I'm familiar with, but if deregulation leads to higher rates doesn't that make regulation the preferable state?
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On a related tangent, how long before our schools start teaching kids how to write in hypertext? I would love for MLA to cover rules like "the linked resource should be relevant to the words that are used to link to it," "never include punctuation in hyperlinks," or "you will die a fiery death if you link the word 'here' to a resource."
... And this doesn't deal with the statistics of sequels, but Wario Ware for the GBA kicks all sorts of ass. It's the most original game that I've played since Typing of the Dead for the Dreamcast, and I can't recommend it enough.
That "internet millionaire" is John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has been protecting techie rights from the get-go. If you're at all concerned about the stuff you mentioned (intellectual property issues, privacy...) you should consider sending them some money.
I have an AT&T GSM phone and have played with the feature. It requires a bit of setup to get going, it's very hard to unintentionally set up. If you want to try it email me (george at hotelling.net) and I will give you my info.
Of course once you try it out a couple times I'll delete you from my list because it's kind of creepy letting a random person on the Interweb know where you are at all times.
I don't think anyone on Slashdot uses Macs.
Just out of curiosity, have you done what you're advocating? Have you installed Linux on the desktop of a user who is so lost in Windows that they need to hire people to come fix it? Seems like that kind of user would benefit more from the UI research that Microsoft has put into Windows than they would from the stability of Linux.
Admittedly remote administration is nice, but you can do that on Windows as well.
This is a great example of why you should never, ever build a computer for someone who has your home phone number.
I always find it ironic when people post on Slashdot that they never read weblogs. Slashdot is a weblog! Weblogs can be collective, personal and filled with bad poetry, or just recent news stories. They can have original writing or boobies. Weblogs are lots of things, and Sturgeon's Law applies.
Blogdex and Daypop already are close to this, by keeping track of what the current popular links are. Every time a weblog links to something, it's a vote for that URL. That's the closest to democratization of the media if I've seen yet.
The only thing that needs to happen to match your view is personalization through a web of trust. Perhaps a person's FOAF defines who's opinions they value, and their RSS Aggregregators will rate stories accordingly. I think NewsMonster is working on something like this, but I don't know if it's implemented yet.
I read the Zope Bible which I recommend. I haven't looked at the other Zope books, so I don't know how good it is in relation to the others, but it walked me through the basics and I figured the rest out on my own. A lot of time I needed to look at the source code to see how things were working, which speaks poorly for the documentation, but I got the job done.
Also, the way zope.org's login is overridden is default in CMF with the Cookie Crumbler product. I don't know if this is available outside of CMF but you can look at the source to see how they do it.
Zope is a very cool web application system, and while I don't know of Guido's specific contributions I have to assume that they were great. Still, I'm confidant that Zope will carry on.
For those not familiar with Zope, it is a web application server written entirely in Python. It features an object database that, for example, lets you create an image object, and then call it from other code to automatically build your image tag based on the dimensions and title of the image stored in the object.
It's open source, developed both by the Zope community and the Zope corporation. There are at least two kick ass, open source content management systems built on top of Zope Corp's content management framework that I know of: Plone and Silva. There are a ton of add-on products that are downloadable too.
Zope does have a pretty steep learning curve, if you don't do stuff with "real" web applications (stuff that needs access control lists, user management, templating, etc) it might not be right for you, but it's great for bigger applications. Edd Dumbill talks in a recent blog entry about why Zope is worth learning and DevShed (which runs on Zope) has a good overview.
Guido and Dan Farmer are both smart guys and I'm sure that we can expect good things.
Librarians tend to be pretty anti-censorship when it comes to books, aside from media bias (the old video games don't tell stories fallacy) I can't see why they would refuse to stock a game simply for its content.
(For what it's worth, since the Dreamcast went to the great Funcoland in the sky the Nintendo has consistently put out some of the most innovative games on the market. I still can't put down Warioware)
Maybe if the NYT (registration required) allowed Google to index their stories (registration required) then Google would be able to find their article. It's not rocket science or evil conspiracies, it's just that GoogleBot doesn't have an NYT registration.
I haven't seen any Netflix popups with Safari, can you point us to a site that causes the popup? Also, I frequently find myself accidentially turning off popups - I hit Cmd-K (toggle popups) instead of Cmd-L (location). Why did they have to put the two shortcuts so close together? Why even have a shortcut for popups in the first place?
Anyway, I guess all I can say is make sure you are using the latest version, remember that this is still Beta software until 10.3 comes out, and check out Camino if you haven't already.
There are plenty of things that your browser does better than the generic brand.
Try WarioWare - it's not one of thse 10 or 20 hour games, you can complete a game in 5 seconds. Oh, and it's horribly addictive. BestBuy had it on the display GBA and I highly recommend checking it out.
Nope, PDFs are an open format. For more information on the subject check out this DevShed article.
I forgot to mention, I saw that review at the difl? Sidekick Blog...
Without a "pause live radio" feature, or a "Record all episodes of Howard Stern" this thing is akin to a VCR, not a Tivo. Anyone who's used a DVR wouldn't think of this as Tivo for radio.
Cnet has a review at http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-2709830-404-2 1169039.html?txt that goes into more details.
I've heard that the SDK comes with source and a binary for SSH.
Check out papercdcase.com. It won't solve your scratching problem but it will solve your ulgy paper problem.
I'm all for smaller government, but your evidence doesn't seem to follow your argument. Maybe there's more to the deregulation of the cable industry than I'm familiar with, but if deregulation leads to higher rates doesn't that make regulation the preferable state?