Linux is open source, and be configured to be used as an educational system. Windows on the other hand is solely an all-purpase OS. So it's often abused in schools (kids play video games on it, etc.). Linux would be by far a better choice for an educational enviroment.
Using OBD-II you can literally pull everything you'd ever need from the car's internal computer. Literally hundreds of different values. Everything to smart GPS and "car benchmarking utilities" can be made to utilize OBD-II. My riced out Escalate got over 11,045 AutoMarks, woohoo!
Alot of people seem to want to know how do this. It is possible using a on-board standard known as OBD-II (OnBoard Diagnostics rev. 2). Despite what you think, all cars past year 1996 are fully OBD-II compliant (by law), so there are standards in automobiles (that are often government sanctioned). Using OBD-II you can connect a PC to a car and get all sorts of useful information from the car's internal computer (mostly related to diagnostic problems, but stuff like RPMs and fuel can be gotten as well, using a system like this you could have your car automatically look for a gas station via GPS when the fuel is low, etc.). There is even open-source software for Linux, that aids the task.
We were using N2H2's filtering software in school. One day I had to do a report on the Cold War, but most sites that delt with "the other side" where blocked from being "Tasteless". Same with democraticunderground.com and other anti-goverment poltical sites.
Java also lacks a persistant interface. The widgets most VMs use to do not look at home in any Operating System.
Java is not accepted for anything but Java applets. In fact most people who know what Java is do not know you can even make stand-alone applications with it nor have they seen any stand alone applications written in Java. JSP far behind PHP/Perl and ASP in terms of acceptance as well.
No I don't think Java is the wave of the future. The saying "if you must do something, do it well" still stands. I dislike, the whole revolution by companies like Sun, Apple and Microsoft to sacrafice reliability, functionality, and performance for easy of use or simplicity. It is not my vision for computing.
1-2years old is not old, as another poster said it's likely higher MHz then the average. In the end of the day the excessive slowdown and unresponsiveness of java doesn't justify it's portability or ease of use for anything but applets.
You also have two possible ways to have security holes in a Java application, one in the application itself and one in the VM that runs it.
Using C++ you can also use toolkits like Qt and wxWindows it is possible to make portable applications that can run on multiple operating systems without changing a single line of code, and these toolkits are getting better.
I am not saying that java can't get there, once Java can be compiled directly into machine code easily, then Java will likely be more accepted. When that happens Java will be a portable, easy to use, and FAST language.
...computer moniters can give you cancer, using a 801.222b/a wireless NIC gives you cancer, and living in a concreate house can give you cancer, and drinking soda can give you cancer, oh did I mension that wind gives cancer as well because of Nuclear fallout from testing which is and will be carried around the Earth for thousands of years?
Everything gives cancer. You'll even get cancer if you live in the middle of a fucking forest in a lead house and eat nothing but blueberries (cancer fighting food) all day.
Try running jEdit on a 533MHZ PII System:)
Lets just say 20 sec to load a notepad clone is sad, and it has to redraw all widgets when you multitask. (which can take another 10-20sec)
Picked up Crimoson Editor, written in C++, has many more features, and runs like a charm.
Perhaps if someone came out with a Java Compiler that turns Java code to machine code I'd like it better.
Until then, you have fun with your Java proggies, I stick with my C/C++ programs.
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Devolopers can use whatever licence they want. If you have a problem with that go code your own stuff and release it under the BSDL.
It says this exact thing in the Jewish Talmud, that God's name was forgotten. Gods real name is very long (something like 42 hebrew letters I beleve) and supposivly very powerful (in the Torah Joseph used God's name to raise his dead father from the Nile). YHWH is the short form of this 42 hebrew letter word, much like a acoronym and hence it can't (intensionaly) be prononced.
Current Version: 1.0.1
Website: http://www.abiword.com/
Licence: GNU General Public Licence
Operating System: Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX (including Linux), BeOS
Size: 4MB
Tested on: Windows 98
Major Propertary Competitors: Microsoft Word
Screenshot:
[N/A]
Ease of Use Review:
Interface (9/10)
Suprise! Suprise! Anyone who ever used Microsoft Word before should have no problem using AbiWord, as the interface is modeled after it. Very easy to find formating functions and there are even the red lines under misspelled words.
Help System (6/10)
While the help system is very detailed, it is not easy to navigate. Lack of a "search" feature is also a minus. It would be best if the authors of AbiWord compiled the HTML files into a single Windows.chm Help file.
Speed (10/10)
Jebus! This thing is fast! In the test, AbiWord loaded 6 times faster then Microsoft Word. It's lack of any bloat really gives it a advantage on Microsoft Word on both loading of the program, opening/saving documents, and running on lower end systems.
Overall (8/10)
AbiWord is a great alternative to Microsoft Word for most uses. Most of the important features that exist in Microsoft Word exist in AbiWord, however I miss grammar check. It supports *.doc files well, and autoamticly ignores objects it doesn't know in the MS Word file.
First of all, the news is kind of old, as AbiWord 1.0.1 was put out more then a week ago. (April 29, 2002)
Secondly, I would like to praise the AbiWord team. I use AbiWord for pretty much everything I need to formally write. It covers all the features most people use and I love how it loads so damn fast. (Six times faster the MS Word when I tested it.)
I have some suggestions though in order of prority (if your not already working on it):
- Grammar Check
- Tables (sorry if I'm wrong and AbiWord does support tables)
- Compile html files to a Windows standard help file
Thank you for such a great piece of software!
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Will the Playstation 3 seriously use this? I heard them talk about it using it in the past.
Linux is open source, and be configured to be used as an educational system. Windows on the other hand is solely an all-purpase OS. So it's often abused in schools (kids play video games on it, etc.). Linux would be by far a better choice for an educational enviroment.
Usally copyright laws are retroactive. Otherwise it wouldn't benifit Disney and the MPAA to lobby the government to 'save' Mickey Mouse, right?
Using OBD-II you can literally pull everything you'd ever need from the car's internal computer. Literally hundreds of different values. Everything to smart GPS and "car benchmarking utilities" can be made to utilize OBD-II. My riced out Escalate got over 11,045 AutoMarks, woohoo!
Alot of people seem to want to know how do this. It is possible using a on-board standard known as OBD-II (OnBoard Diagnostics rev. 2). Despite what you think, all cars past year 1996 are fully OBD-II compliant (by law), so there are standards in automobiles (that are often government sanctioned). Using OBD-II you can connect a PC to a car and get all sorts of useful information from the car's internal computer (mostly related to diagnostic problems, but stuff like RPMs and fuel can be gotten as well, using a system like this you could have your car automatically look for a gas station via GPS when the fuel is low, etc.). There is even open-source software for Linux, that aids the task.
Pocket PC? All I need is another thing to be able to BSOD on me... Chick: What time is it? Me: It's *bsod* 4B:1A5EDB1
Liberal \Lib"er*al\, n. One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer
It's a non-free distributation.
We were using N2H2's filtering software in school. One day I had to do a report on the Cold War, but most sites that delt with "the other side" where blocked from being "Tasteless". Same with democraticunderground.com and other anti-goverment poltical sites.
I bet they got the idea after seeing the movie "Richy Rich".
Slashdotted in less then a minute!
No need to hack a site to down it, just sumbit it in a story to slashdot.
That's because Muslims are too busy destroying things.
Java also lacks a persistant interface. The widgets most VMs use to do not look at home in any Operating System. Java is not accepted for anything but Java applets. In fact most people who know what Java is do not know you can even make stand-alone applications with it nor have they seen any stand alone applications written in Java. JSP far behind PHP/Perl and ASP in terms of acceptance as well. No I don't think Java is the wave of the future. The saying "if you must do something, do it well" still stands. I dislike, the whole revolution by companies like Sun, Apple and Microsoft to sacrafice reliability, functionality, and performance for easy of use or simplicity. It is not my vision for computing.
1-2years old is not old, as another poster said it's likely higher MHz then the average. In the end of the day the excessive slowdown and unresponsiveness of java doesn't justify it's portability or ease of use for anything but applets.
You also have two possible ways to have security holes in a Java application, one in the application itself and one in the VM that runs it.
Using C++ you can also use toolkits like Qt and wxWindows it is possible to make portable applications that can run on multiple operating systems without changing a single line of code, and these toolkits are getting better.
I am not saying that java can't get there, once Java can be compiled directly into machine code easily, then Java will likely be more accepted. When that happens Java will be a portable, easy to use, and FAST language.
...computer moniters can give you cancer, using a 801.222b/a wireless NIC gives you cancer, and living in a concreate house can give you cancer, and drinking soda can give you cancer, oh did I mension that wind gives cancer as well because of Nuclear fallout from testing which is and will be carried around the Earth for thousands of years?
Everything gives cancer. You'll even get cancer if you live in the middle of a fucking forest in a lead house and eat nothing but blueberries (cancer fighting food) all day.
Try running jEdit on a 533MHZ PII System :)
Lets just say 20 sec to load a notepad clone is sad, and it has to redraw all widgets when you multitask. (which can take another 10-20sec)
Picked up Crimoson Editor, written in C++, has many more features, and runs like a charm.
Perhaps if someone came out with a Java Compiler that turns Java code to machine code I'd like it better.
Until then, you have fun with your Java proggies, I stick with my C/C++ programs.
Devolopers can use whatever licence they want. If you have a problem with that go code your own stuff and release it under the BSDL.
What if someone hax0rs the robots, like the enemy?
Seriously.
Welcome to hardware, when you buy something you always know a better one will come out in 6 months. There is no end.
It says this exact thing in the Jewish Talmud, that God's name was forgotten. Gods real name is very long (something like 42 hebrew letters I beleve) and supposivly very powerful (in the Torah Joseph used God's name to raise his dead father from the Nile). YHWH is the short form of this 42 hebrew letter word, much like a acoronym and hence it can't (intensionaly) be prononced.
Now I can play Gameboy ROMs!
Current Version: 1.0.1
.chm Help file.
Speed (10/10)
Website: http://www.abiword.com/
Licence: GNU General Public Licence
Operating System: Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX (including Linux), BeOS
Size: 4MB
Tested on: Windows 98
Major Propertary Competitors: Microsoft Word Screenshot: [N/A] Ease of Use Review:
Interface (9/10)
Suprise! Suprise! Anyone who ever used Microsoft Word before should have no problem using AbiWord, as the interface is modeled after it. Very easy to find formating functions and there are even the red lines under misspelled words. Help System (6/10)
While the help system is very detailed, it is not easy to navigate. Lack of a "search" feature is also a minus. It would be best if the authors of AbiWord compiled the HTML files into a single Windows
Jebus! This thing is fast! In the test, AbiWord loaded 6 times faster then Microsoft Word. It's lack of any bloat really gives it a advantage on Microsoft Word on both loading of the program, opening/saving documents, and running on lower end systems. Overall (8/10)
AbiWord is a great alternative to Microsoft Word for most uses. Most of the important features that exist in Microsoft Word exist in AbiWord, however I miss grammar check. It supports *.doc files well, and autoamticly ignores objects it doesn't know in the MS Word file.
First of all, the news is kind of old, as AbiWord 1.0.1 was put out more then a week ago. (April 29, 2002) Secondly, I would like to praise the AbiWord team. I use AbiWord for pretty much everything I need to formally write. It covers all the features most people use and I love how it loads so damn fast. (Six times faster the MS Word when I tested it.) I have some suggestions though in order of prority (if your not already working on it): - Grammar Check - Tables (sorry if I'm wrong and AbiWord does support tables) - Compile html files to a Windows standard help file Thank you for such a great piece of software!
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All I can say is DAMN! Mommy mommy buy me one!