Watson and Crick got the answer. A lot of people didn't like the way they did very few experiments (they relied on the KCL results quite a bit) and spent the entire time *thinking* about what DNA must look like.
The thing is, they knew what they were looking for. They stumbled across gold, but they were looking for gold. And they knew it when they found it.
And they were lucky, too:-)
Rosalind Franklin was well on the way to getting the structure, but Watson and Crick were valid contenders. And a lot of her work was in the public domain.
The cool thing about biometric-based ID systems is they can be completely automated. A TV camera and a laser - if someone approaches and their retina is not on file, zap!
Well, the rumour on the devel lists was that it was going to be wrapped. Gtk 2 is API stable, so the old API will still be there anyway.
But it turns out tbat the old API exposes too many internals to be wrappable, so I was wrong: it will not be a drop-in replacement.
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Although thumbnailing is:
1. Extendable in nautilus, and 2. A freedesktop.org spec, so in theory KDE should use the same spec soon so all apps can share thumbnails.
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Galeon2 embeds into Nautilus - that makes it a real web browser IMHO (though still beta).
Nautilus can thumbnail, and in GNOME 2.2 it thumbnails movies thanks to gstreamer.
Yup. That's right. An ugly hack involving taking a shot of the root window, which creates some really strange effects if you put a window behind a panel:)
Still, it's better than nothing. Alpha blending in X would be sweet though.
Enlightenment is trying to be a desktop shell "Without the bloat" (so they call it) - this means there's a shell, but applications don't get a mime system and other libraries.
Metacity is a window manager pretending to be a window manager, and just a window manager, nothing else. It just manages windows.
The file selector does suck, but it takes more than a month for us to implement a good one. When it comes, it will rock, but since it should have a stable API for a long time we want to get this done right.
The file selector will be in Gtk 2.4, releasing in September. At this point you can drop the new Gtk library into place and all Gtk programs will have the new file selector.
The KDE attempt is a failed past attempt; however, the spec for startup notification has been developed with input from GNOME and KDE guys on freedesktop.org and will be implemented in a release of KDE Real Soon Now.
First of all, how many available, attractive women actually go to the trouble of putting up their own sites or publishing their info?
What about society newsletters, competition results, etc.? A lot of things get internet-google-archived these days.
It has been argued that accessibility improvements in all areas, but specifically software (and presumably web sites), can benefit everybody even people who are not handicapped (yet:-) ). But to me, advantages in this area seem to be entirely theoretical since accessibility applications are targetted towards handicapped people - for example, I don't need or want a screen reader. Do you forsee a technology improvement that will mean people designing software for accessibility will make it easier for me to use my computer?
OK, this is offtopic. But can anyone explain why slashdot.xml shows a story called "China Concerned About Internal Copyright Infringers" which, interestingly, is not on the front page and the link doesn't work.
If you give me a glass of magic water, water in all respects but with 3 quorns in each proton/neutron instead of quarks but something that acts in all respects like WATER, it would not concern me. No.
You're not _using_ the electrons. If you drink a glass of water you're not using the... I don't know, let's say quarks:-) [1] since they aren't being changed or performing any useful function. In a water computer, electrons are there but they don't do the computing.
[1] I know they're really a theoretical model. You think of a better analogy.
It's the job of the maintainers to ensure that patches are safe. I wouldn't advise downloading a random patch and applying it to your computer, but an "official" signed patch should have been reviewed and be safe to apply before Susy release a new binary.
Zealot > Look at this! It's a demo of Unreal Tournament under Linux. You just put in the CD and it runs.
Poor dude > What's all that writing?
Zealot > That's it booting. You don't need to worry about that.
Poor dude > Why's it taking so long?
Zealot > That's the amazing thing! Gentoo compiles the kernel, the libraries, the compiler, the compiler again, X, AND unreal tournament before running it! So it runs really fast!
Poor dude > So how long does it take to get working?
Zealot > About 3 days from pressing the power on button. But it's fast!
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As a GNOME developer, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Which technologies? Or are you just trolling?
Watson and Crick got the answer. A lot of people didn't like the way they did very few experiments (they relied on the KCL results quite a bit) and spent the entire time *thinking* about what DNA must look like.
:-)
The thing is, they knew what they were looking for. They stumbled across gold, but they were looking for gold. And they knew it when they found it.
And they were lucky, too
Rosalind Franklin was well on the way to getting the structure, but Watson and Crick were valid contenders. And a lot of her work was in the public domain.
If you read his autobiography, he was very busy trying to get a girlfriend anyway :)
The cool thing about biometric-based ID systems is they can be completely automated. A TV camera and a laser - if someone approaches and their retina is not on file, zap!
Maybe not such a good idea on second thoughts.
Well, the rumour on the devel lists was that it was going to be wrapped. Gtk 2 is API stable, so the old API will still be there anyway.
But it turns out tbat the old API exposes too many internals to be wrappable, so I was wrong: it will not be a drop-in replacement.
Although thumbnailing is:
1. Extendable in nautilus, and
2. A freedesktop.org spec, so in theory KDE should use the same spec soon so all apps can share thumbnails.
Galeon2 embeds into Nautilus - that makes it a real web browser IMHO (though still beta). Nautilus can thumbnail, and in GNOME 2.2 it thumbnails movies thanks to gstreamer.
Yup. That's right. An ugly hack involving taking a shot of the root window, which creates some really strange effects if you put a window behind a panel :)
Still, it's better than nothing. Alpha blending in X would be sweet though.
Enlightenment is trying to be a desktop shell "Without the bloat" (so they call it) - this means there's a shell, but applications don't get a mime system and other libraries. Metacity is a window manager pretending to be a window manager, and just a window manager, nothing else. It just manages windows.
The file selector does suck, but it takes more than a month for us to implement a good one. When it comes, it will rock, but since it should have a stable API for a long time we want to get this done right. The file selector will be in Gtk 2.4, releasing in September. At this point you can drop the new Gtk library into place and all Gtk programs will have the new file selector.
The KDE attempt is a failed past attempt; however, the spec for startup notification has been developed with input from GNOME and KDE guys on freedesktop.org and will be implemented in a release of KDE Real Soon Now.
No it isn't. Check the mirrors :-)
In Halloween VII, assuming it's genuine, MS decided not to attach the OSS process but rather make economic arguments for Windows. Um.
What else would be number 2 on the desktop?
Windows? Why is linux slipping to number.....
Oh, I get it. Hahahaha! You mean "mainstream." What's a mainstream?
First of all, how many available, attractive women actually go to the trouble of putting up their own sites or publishing their info? What about society newsletters, competition results, etc.? A lot of things get internet-google-archived these days.
It has been argued that accessibility improvements in all areas, but specifically software (and presumably web sites), can benefit everybody even people who are not handicapped (yet :-) ). But to me, advantages in this area seem to be entirely theoretical since accessibility applications are targetted towards handicapped people - for example, I don't need or want a screen reader. Do you forsee a technology improvement that will mean people designing software for accessibility will make it easier for me to use my computer?
Hmmmm....
As a Brit, I'd have to say that's the point.
If you give me a glass of magic water, water in all respects but with 3 quorns in each proton/neutron instead of quarks but something that acts in all respects like WATER, it would not concern me. No.
You're not _using_ the electrons. If you drink a glass of water you're not using the ... I don't know, let's say quarks :-) [1] since they aren't being changed or performing any useful function. In a water computer, electrons are there but they don't do the computing.
[1] I know they're really a theoretical model. You think of a better analogy.
You were lucky. When I was young, we had to write a utility that could open, recompile and optimise itself in 4 bytes of code.
I suggest you read "The Dosadi Experiment" by Frank Herbert. He evolved courts to ... pretty much what you just said.
Imagine a beo.... [clonk]
It's the job of the maintainers to ensure that patches are safe. I wouldn't advise downloading a random patch and applying it to your computer, but an "official" signed patch should have been reviewed and be safe to apply before Susy release a new binary.
Zealot > Look at this! It's a demo of Unreal Tournament under Linux. You just put in the CD and it runs.
Poor dude > What's all that writing?
Zealot > That's it booting. You don't need to worry about that.
Poor dude > Why's it taking so long?
Zealot > That's the amazing thing! Gentoo compiles the kernel, the libraries, the compiler, the compiler again, X, AND unreal tournament before running it! So it runs really fast!
Poor dude > So how long does it take to get working?
Zealot > About 3 days from pressing the power on button. But it's fast!