If this 3D desktop works, then it could very well be the definative "killer app" for linux.
And what exactly would you do with this 3d desktop? In terms of productivity? Does reordering translucent windows on your virtual bookshelf all day long count as productivity? I think not.
In your post you mention Visicalc for apple and Lotus for Dos, and I agree they did drive these oses, but this is just another window manager , and has nothing to do with an application.
Now, if this environment exposed an API that allowed a given developper to use 3D Widgets in order to move out of the 2d windowpane concept, maybe we could be on to something. Especially for Data Analysis tools, but right now, as a standalone WM on top of 2d Widgets, this is completely useless.
I'm sorry but I think your argument has a weak point:
Quote: A digital watch shows the numbers. If you can read them, you can tell the time.[[snip]]You have to learn what each hand means
Have you considered how long it takes for someone to learn reading numbers, especially a child? I remember being able to tell the time of the day before being able to read numbers.
Pressing ALT-F , Q, Enter : 1 second
Pressing Shift num + UP, UP, Up, UP, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, SPACE to open the file menu, then DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, space for 'quit'... 15 seconds, 45 swearing words...
This ain't the same level of functionnality:)
I kept on being labeled an elitist when I was at the university advising most people to drop cs and go straight to marketing courses, cause they clearly didn't have the spirit for CS work.
Now, most of these IT Experts are unemployed. One of them followed my advice and became a succesful real-estate agent.
If you don't enjoy doing something DON'T BASE YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE ON IT.
You mean, cool as. say... XUL?
The great advantage of XAML over XUL is the fact that the embedded C# code will be compiled, JIT'ed and cached on the fly. AFAIK, XUL's javascript doesn't get the same treatment.
Feel free to prove me wrong and educate me !:)
Ah nom de dieu c'est fou ce que je m'enjoie la, thanks dude, best cyber ever:)
Side note: Did any euro mac/.er out there take advantage of the euro / dollar exchange rate to buy an us mac? A 2000 dollars powerbook costs 3000 in France, given the exchange rate that's, well, a sweet commission for apple store france!
I will.
In the meantime, why not moving over to Europe? Here, when someone claims he's a citizen, he's usually a right-wing hardliner...
Well, in France that is.
I, for one, welcome our 394 lame assjokes overlords from 1999.
can't we just update the lameness filter, or does the lameness filter update us the soviet russian way??
Asp.Net protects users from XSS by default since version 1.1 by parsing the parameters of a page and looking for javascript/html code in the query.
Of course I was bitten by this feature when upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1, but that's just because I didn't bother reading the readme.txt:)
Automatic protection bundled with any application server is good, especially if you can turn it off [you can in asp.net , validateRequest=false et voila].
to the replyers: guys, which part of
(posting anonymously so that nobody can associate my username with the company I work for) don't you understand? Of course his company is SwiftView, now, what's his/. username please?
[Warning: I'm just guessing there, I don't have Mono running on my compy right now]
IF your CLI supports System.Xml and System.Windows.Forms, then MAYBESharpDevelop will run on your computer.
I tried it once using the early 1.0 framework, worked nice, a bit clunky if you are used to vs.net but then again SharpDev was an alpha OSS tool back then [now I gather it's a beta OSS IDE;) ]
Please feel free to flame me to death for my ignorance or just post a 'WFM'.
Slashdot Mirror
isn't that the way it works for http://www.google.ru ? :)
I could not grep any 'Bandwidth' occurence in the article.
What's the use of having a 4mm 18Tb chip if the bandwith still is 1Mb/s?
As they used to say: Never underestimate the bandwith of a truck full of tape drives
And what exactly would you do with this 3d desktop? In terms of productivity? Does reordering translucent windows on your virtual bookshelf all day long count as productivity?
I think not.
In your post you mention Visicalc for apple and Lotus for Dos, and I agree they did drive these oses, but this is just another window manager , and has nothing to do with an application.
Now, if this environment exposed an API that allowed a given developper to use 3D Widgets in order to move out of the 2d windowpane concept, maybe we could be on to something. Especially for Data Analysis tools, but right now, as a standalone WM on top of 2d Widgets, this is completely useless.
How else would you explain the time it took for most us software houses to move over to unicode?
Those pesky europeans with their damned
Firefox was set to 800x300 , here's what I could read:
As a part of the Bangla/Bengali GNOME l10n team, I decided to give the GNOME HEAD
those bengali guys sure are strange...
Simple, the GM is another player as well.
:)
Most times, Mastering PARANOIA was so much funnier than playing it.
Especially when your group plays for the first time, each player tries to discover how the others can/will play.
Well, now that I come to think about it, Mastering a game with any group of player that meets for the fist time is an interesting experience.
Unless the game starts in an inn...
I'm sorry but I think your argument has a weak point:
Quote: A digital watch shows the numbers. If you can read them, you can tell the time.[[snip]]You have to learn what each hand means
Have you considered how long it takes for someone to learn reading numbers, especially a child? I remember being able to tell the time of the day before being able to read numbers.
None, else we would not do it.
Okay, next question, let's see what's on ask slashdot
as in .. DNA Desing, the crew that came up with the oringinal Lemmings on the Amiga and published it with psygnogis?
You've come a long way, baby...
Read the parent again, he was talkinag about X support, not KDE.
Pressing ALT-F , Q, Enter : 1 second Pressing Shift num + UP, UP, Up, UP, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, SPACE to open the file menu, then DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, space for 'quit' ... 15 seconds, 45 swearing words...
This ain't the same level of functionnality :)
I kept on being labeled an elitist when I was at the university advising most people to drop cs and go straight to marketing courses, cause they clearly didn't have the spirit for CS work.
Now, most of these IT Experts are unemployed. One of them followed my advice and became a succesful real-estate agent.
If you don't enjoy doing something DON'T BASE YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE ON IT.
common sense 101
Completing their migration from hebrew to english in just more than one month :)
You mean, cool as. say... XUL? :)
The great advantage of XAML over XUL is the fact that the embedded C# code will be compiled, JIT'ed and cached on the fly. AFAIK, XUL's javascript doesn't get the same treatment.
Feel free to prove me wrong and educate me !
Enjoyez-vous.
:)
/.er out there take advantage of the euro / dollar exchange rate to buy an us mac? A 2000 dollars powerbook costs 3000 in France, given the exchange rate that's, well, a sweet commission for apple store france!
Ah nom de dieu c'est fou ce que je m'enjoie la, thanks dude, best cyber ever
Side note: Did any euro mac
I will. In the meantime, why not moving over to Europe? Here, when someone claims he's a citizen, he's usually a right-wing hardliner... Well, in France that is.
Darn Compuserve users, straying from the one true path!
He did the movie a disservice by writing something about it.
All we need to know about Shaolin Soccer and Hero can be accessed using AOL keywords SHAOLIN SOCCER and HERO.
Move along citizen, the computer is your friend.
I, for one, welcome our 394 lame assjokes overlords from 1999. can't we just update the lameness filter, or does the lameness filter update us the soviet russian way??
Asp.Net protects users from XSS by default since version 1.1 by parsing the parameters of a page and looking for javascript/html code in the query. :)
Of course I was bitten by this feature when upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1, but that's just because I didn't bother reading the readme.txt
Automatic protection bundled with any application server is good, especially if you can turn it off [you can in asp.net , validateRequest=false et voila].
to the replyers: guys, which part of (posting anonymously so that nobody can associate my username with the company I work for) don't you understand? Of course his company is SwiftView, now, what's his /. username please?
:)
Palad1, karmawhoring as the rest of us
[Warning: I'm just guessing there, I don't have Mono running on my compy right now]
;) ]
IF your CLI supports System.Xml and System.Windows.Forms, then MAYBE SharpDevelop will run on your computer.
I tried it once using the early 1.0 framework, worked nice, a bit clunky if you are used to vs.net but then again SharpDev was an alpha OSS tool back then [now I gather it's a beta OSS IDE
Please feel free to flame me to death for my ignorance or just post a 'WFM'.
astroturfing 101 :
/.
pose your product as anti-ms and get free press on
echo $close($site)+$slashdoting($site->server) +" very effective"
or am I too late already?
Because she got _so_ tired of having her browser hanging while the mail client chocked on an imap problem.
;)
She switched to thunderbird + firebird, separate processes, no more browser freezes.
me?
uh, fb+tb but that's because I'm l33t