An email with an weekly overview could be an compromise. If give the parents information on what their child is doing, but also doesn't have the "continues controle" effect.
As for the homework and progress, the general outline should be available from the beginning of the year already. It just takes a little interest from the parents.
Bugging 7 or more teachers should never be nessecary. Don't american classes have mentors or smt alike who should have a general idea off what's happening with the students in that class?
> Why do so many people believe that "less technical users [are those] who value eye candy"?
Personaly I don't. Less technical people use what their boss tells them to use. They don't have the time, energy and mostly interrest to fiddle around with settings and toys. (and if they had the interrest, they wouldn't stay "less technical" very long..;)
Yes you can use different software. But first of all, since you're a reader of/. I can assume you know your computer. Most people wouldn't know where to start installing new software. Seconds the main problem is simple. Say I have a company selling cute pink little windows extentions and they become a hit. MS decides to add them to the standard windows for free. Not as good, but he..
So from one day on an other my company has become obsolete. Everybody has windows, they all enjoy free pink fluffy thingies and I'm will be out of bussiness.
MS used their monopoly to take over the pink fluffy thingies market. This is forbidden in most civilized countries.
They use windows to promote office, I never heared of stacker again. QEMM was driven out of the market by EMM386.sys (hardly as good, but good enough) IE was improved until netscape was a footnote in history. After that there were hardly any real improvements anymore (besides those features needed for the deeper intergration into windows.. Look judge! Windows will not work without...)
Did the world become a better place? Yes and no.. John Doe gets a complete and nicely intergrated system.. but.. the with profits as high as they are the windows/office monopoly it is an overwelming proof why monopolies are bad. They higher the prices and stiffle innovation. (and no, I don't consider again an other interface and the addition of extra features which were available for free already innovation. The only innovations from MS are in the marketing department. And maybe in the financial/juridical part)
Anyhow, as far as I can see MS is becomming it's own worsed enemy and one way of the other, they will go the way of the greeks, the romans and the other "empires". Some of the good things live on, a lo of the bad things will disappear for a generation or smt. and for the rest they will become history.
selfish? Nope, that's the way civilisation came till here.. if the people who dreamed up the use of fire, round things to use as wheels, and basicly everything before or after that kept the "idea" to themselfs humanity would be nowhere. If you have such a great idea, implement it, write a book about it, sing a song about it. All physical things which are yours, all yours.. but don't tell me now you had such a great idea and just because you have easy access to the patent office noone worldwide is allowed to think your thought again without paying.. talking about shortsighted and selfish..
No, one should profit from the implementation of this bright idea. Which, if done well, can be as restrictive as, but at least doesn't directly limit others to keep on building on top of other peoples bright ideas.
yeah, and then we collect them, fill them up with porn and let them lay around in places.. Maybe we can even take bets on howlong it will take for the first lawsuit accusing AOL of distributing pr0n..;)
While linux can have it's problems during setup, it all depends on the hardware. The last time I had to install win2000 on an empty machine (had to format the disks!) it took me 3 days before all the hardware worked. Linux usualy takes me a morning..
The biggest problem I ever had there was an soundblaster cd-rom which wasn't detected and needed kernel parameters. (half an hour with the RedHat docu). The biggest problem with 2000 was getting a soundcard to work which involved weird things like installing and removing a fixpack. Installing the software and then reinstalling the fixpack. All from an MS knowllegbase article. It took me 3 days finding and fixing.
Most people who say that windows is easy to install, never tried to do it on unsupported hardware IF they actualy ever DID a clean install.
But in the end, installing an OS is as easy as the experience of the installer makes it.
Sure, but you do prove the point here why people feel forced to pirate the stuff. The real power of MS is not in their OS but in the office suite. Call every windows computer a node, then the documents office produces are the connections between those nodes. If you want to (or need to) be connected.. Well. there you go..
It maynot be a lot of fun, put yeah.. you probably can avoid to die THAT easy. Personaly I don't bother realy until it starts looking like a worthwile game.
While I'm not a lawer and certainly not one specialiced in american copyrights, I'm quite certain that over here (the Netherlands) there are different kinds of things that can be copyrighted among which a collection. And given that copyright laws have a tendency to converge..
Concreet example, While i'm allowed to call everybody personal and ask them for their phonenumber and other info. Compile them in a handy index and publish it as telephone reference. I'm NOT allowed to take a shortcut and copy all this info from a phonebook.
Amazon may not have the copyrights on the artwork for cd covers, they probably do have a right on the collection in their database and can prohibit redistribution. Given that this is america it wouldn't supprice me if they licensenced the artwork themself.
Anyhow, in general it's my understanding that the right to use content on a public network doesn't imply the right to redistribute.
But then again, with LOTR the effects were needed to make the visualisation of the story possible in the first place. Just enough to make it happen (which is still a lot, but that's due to the story!)
With SW there is way to much effects in that it get's in the way of the story. Not just what's needed, but it gets a life of its own.
Hmm.. off course you're right since huffman was from 1952 and morse is older. My bad. But then again, morse was coded to get short codes for often used characters and Huffman is working on the same principle, assigning shorter codes for often repeated characters so there is definitly something they have in common..
I don't confuse anything. This article was presented under the header of "your rights online" and shares that header with copyrigth discussions, lost of personal freedom and rights due to moronic laws etc.
Dalnet enforcing users to chat instead of using a chatprotocol for file-exchange has as much to do with my rights as the local supermarket stopping to sell my favorit brand of coffee.. (or more in the service context, stops providing free coffee to the shoppers) If you don't like it use an other network. It's not that there's a lack of them.
Restrictions on the use of IRC are not new and usualy the motd mentions other things which are forbidden.
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An email with an weekly overview could be an compromise. If give the parents information on what their child is doing, but also doesn't have the "continues controle" effect.
As for the homework and progress, the general outline should be available from the beginning of the year already. It just takes a little interest from the parents.
Bugging 7 or more teachers should never be nessecary. Don't american classes have mentors or smt alike who should have a general idea off what's happening with the students in that class?
> Why do so many people believe that "less technical users [are those] who value eye candy"?
Personaly I don't. Less technical people use what their boss tells them to use. They don't have the time, energy and mostly interrest to fiddle around with settings and toys.
(and if they had the interrest, they wouldn't stay "less technical" very long..;)
aye!
(actualy I was somewhat supprised there wasn't one already..;)
well, at least there I have the excuse that english isn't my first language (or second for that matter..)
He, I'm at slashdot.. nobody does realy expects me to know what I'm talking about do they? ;)
Sure, but it helps if you step in the right direction..
Well, there is dosemu and wine.. and dosemu comes with a dosversion..
Yes you can use different software. But first of all, since you're a reader of /. I can assume you know your computer. Most people wouldn't know where to start installing new software. Seconds the main problem is simple. Say I have a company selling cute pink little windows extentions and they become a hit. MS decides to add them to the standard windows for free. Not as good, but he..
So from one day on an other my company has become obsolete. Everybody has windows, they all enjoy free pink fluffy thingies and I'm will be out of bussiness.
MS used their monopoly to take over the pink fluffy thingies market. This is forbidden in most civilized countries.
They use windows to promote office, I never heared of stacker again. QEMM was driven out of the market by EMM386.sys (hardly as good, but good enough) IE was improved until netscape was a footnote in history. After that there were hardly any real improvements anymore (besides those features needed for the deeper intergration into windows.. Look judge! Windows will not work without...)
Did the world become a better place? Yes and no.. John Doe gets a complete and nicely intergrated system.. but.. the with profits as high as they are the windows/office monopoly it is an overwelming proof why monopolies are bad. They higher the prices and stiffle innovation. (and no, I don't consider again an other interface and the addition of extra features which were available for free already innovation. The only innovations from MS are in the marketing department. And maybe in the financial/juridical part)
Anyhow, as far as I can see MS is becomming it's own worsed enemy and one way of the other, they will go the way of the greeks, the romans and the other "empires". Some of the good things live on, a lo of the bad things will disappear for a generation or smt. and for the rest they will become history.
Ok, not strickly a technology.. but still..
selfish? Nope, that's the way civilisation came till here.. if the people who dreamed up the use of fire, round things to use as wheels, and basicly everything before or after that kept the "idea" to themselfs humanity would be nowhere.
If you have such a great idea, implement it, write a book about it, sing a song about it. All physical things which are yours, all yours.. but don't tell me now you had such a great idea and just because you have easy access to the patent office noone worldwide is allowed to think your thought again without paying.. talking about shortsighted and selfish..
No, one should profit from the implementation of this bright idea. Which, if done well, can be as restrictive as, but at least doesn't directly limit others to keep on building on top of other peoples bright ideas.
Nah.. Waiter.. My bug is buggy..
> (late at night, for example)
Off course your late at night is my early morning..
yeah, and then we collect them, fill them up with porn and let them lay around in places.. Maybe we can even take bets on howlong it will take for the first lawsuit accusing AOL of distributing pr0n..;)
While linux can have it's problems during setup, it all depends on the hardware. The last time I had to install win2000 on an empty machine (had to format the disks!) it took me 3 days before all the hardware worked. Linux usualy takes me a morning..
The biggest problem I ever had there was an soundblaster cd-rom which wasn't detected and needed kernel parameters. (half an hour with the RedHat docu). The biggest problem with 2000 was getting a soundcard to work which involved weird things like installing and removing a fixpack. Installing the software and then reinstalling the fixpack. All from an MS knowllegbase article. It took me 3 days finding and fixing.
Most people who say that windows is easy to install, never tried to do it on unsupported hardware IF they actualy ever DID a clean install.
But in the end, installing an OS is as easy as the experience of the installer makes it.
Sure, but you do prove the point here why people feel forced to pirate the stuff. The real power of MS is not in their OS but in the office suite. Call every windows computer a node, then the documents office produces are the connections between those nodes. If you want to (or need to) be connected.. Well. there you go..
Nah, limited idea about the game..
Step - search 20 - step - search 20..
It maynot be a lot of fun, put yeah.. you probably can avoid to die THAT easy. Personaly I don't bother realy until it starts looking like a worthwile game.
sure, but it still will be cracked and no longer trusted. You can sue someone for breaking your eggs, but it will still be omelet for diner tonight..
While I'm not a lawer and certainly not one specialiced in american copyrights, I'm quite certain that over here (the Netherlands) there are different kinds of things that can be copyrighted among which a collection. And given that copyright laws have a tendency to converge..
Concreet example, While i'm allowed to call everybody personal and ask them for their phonenumber and other info. Compile them in a handy index and publish it as telephone reference. I'm NOT allowed to take a shortcut and copy all this info from a phonebook.
Amazon may not have the copyrights on the artwork for cd covers, they probably do have a right on the collection in their database and can prohibit redistribution. Given that this is america it wouldn't supprice me if they licensenced the artwork themself.
Anyhow, in general it's my understanding that the right to use content on a public network doesn't imply the right to redistribute.
But then again, with LOTR the effects were needed to make the visualisation of the story possible in the first place. Just enough to make it happen (which is still a lot, but that's due to the story!)
With SW there is way to much effects in that it get's in the way of the story. Not just what's needed, but it gets a life of its own.
IMHO this clearly a case of "less is more".
Hmm.. off course you're right since huffman was from 1952 and morse is older. My bad. But then again, morse was coded to get short codes for often used characters and Huffman is working on the same principle, assigning shorter codes for often repeated characters so there is definitly something they have in common..
yeah.. wasn't sure and to lazy to click on kdict.. Oh well, at least I'm part of the proud tradition of /. misspellings.. ;-)
Wasn't morse-code basicly a huffman compression?
here it give 1952 as date of first mention.
sure, but Opera is also available for iTv, Smartphone, symbian and verticals and those are markets MS would love to enter and konquer...
People have to stop thinking that the PC is all there is on the net...
I don't confuse anything. This article was presented under the header of "your rights online" and shares that header with copyrigth discussions, lost of personal freedom and rights due to moronic laws etc.
Dalnet enforcing users to chat instead of using a chatprotocol for file-exchange has as much to do with my rights as the local supermarket stopping to sell my favorit brand of coffee.. (or more in the service context, stops providing free coffee to the shoppers)
If you don't like it use an other network. It's not that there's a lack of them.
Restrictions on the use of IRC are not new and usualy the motd mentions other things which are forbidden.