Some people might be better off without lights or connection to a power grid. People should think twice before trying to invade rural areas with technology.
I was under the apparently mistaken impression that/. users could find anything but I don't see any contact info for judge steven limbaugh sr. I am beginning to lose faith in you guys...
I would really prefer that there was no law, but as it is minors really don't have any rights and denying them access to some video games probably doesn't violate any laws.
I disagree completely with the judge's ruling that video games don't deserve first amendment protection...that is ridiculous. Video games are unquestionably "a work of art or expression worthy of the name 'free speech.'".
It is great to see that such a big fan enjoyed the movie so much. I can't wait to see it. I am heading to the theatre for the 7:45 pm show. I wonder...if Spiderman is really good will it give Attack of the Clones a challenge this month? Star Wars is unquestionably huge but there are also a lot of Spiderman fans and a lot people that feel burned by Phantom Menace.
I do not think an interface design should be patented. Obviously you should be able to copyright your code if you want but these software patents are out of control.
Dockable components which overlap to save space...? That's not a universal GUI concept; showing and hiding tool windows or popping up dialogs in a stack is a traditional means to handle this problem. Overlapping components are very common in software and in web design. Maybe they should sue Google for their use of components which overlap with their tabbed menu of web, images, groups, or directory search. I would say that overlapping components are more common these days than popping up dialogs in a stack. Adobe did not innovate this any more than I did when I wrote labels on the little folder tabs in my desk's file cabinet.
How are tabbed palettes patented? That is totally inane! From the article: 'alleging that the user interface of Macromedia's Flash Web animation tool infringed on Adobe's patent for "tabbed palettes," a feature that allows users of design software to rearrange the work space on the PC screen.'
Won't Star Wars make that money back? A lot of it will go right back into the economy (minus a hefty sum George Lucas will pocket). As shitty as Phantom Menace was it still made $925,600,000 worldwide. I think that more than compensates. Now there could be argument made that the world will become dummer from ditching classes to go to Star Wars (that's what I am doing).
I tried using themes.org last week for the first time and found it very unusable. I think themes.freshmeat.net is a big improvement. I am a little concerned about the homogenization of the OSDN network...themes.org looks identical to freshmeat.net, but it is a better interface.
I see your point but wouldn't a wireless network like this be more susceptible to interference and degradation of the supposed 144 Kbps than a wired network? Apparently the average is around 50 Kbps (overhhead for wired networks isn't that bad is it? ~65%), which still isn't bad but as other posts mentioned if this takes off the airwaves are going to clogged up and bandwidth will suffer. Oh well, who really wants to post to slashdot on a cell phone anyways. BTW, don't cell phones cause cancer?
It says up to 144 Kbps but with this disclaimer and no further explanation I wonder how fast it really is: 'The Express Network is capable of data speeds bursting up to 144 Kbps. You will experience slower data speeds dependent on network and equipment capabilities and other variables of wireless service.'
Sounds promising...
I posted the program and source code at: http://3fingersalute.net/other/news/ in case he gets slash-dotted or in case he ever has to take it down because of AGFA Monotype's legal actions.
I don't think I ever seen a fontz site. I guess Tom is part of a rare breed of font crackers. Maybe I should join him. I wonder if fontz.ru is available?
It would be kind of fun to mirror Tom's program and source all over the web just to mess with these idiots who are trying to stop him. I wonder if he would mind.
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Some people might be better off without lights or connection to a power grid. People should think twice before trying to invade rural areas with technology.
Red Hat 7.2 with KDE is running pretty damn good on my pc with only 128 MB. Of course the 1.6 GHz processor probably helps.
Why did the mirror have 6 holes in it? A blonde tried to shoot herself!
I knew /. wouldn't let me down.
I was under the apparently mistaken impression that /. users could find anything but I don't see any contact info for judge steven limbaugh sr.
I am beginning to lose faith in you guys...
Does anyone have any contact info for the judge so we can tell him what we think?
I would really prefer that there was no law, but as it is minors really don't have any rights and denying them access to some video games probably doesn't violate any laws.
I disagree completely with the judge's ruling that video games don't deserve first amendment protection...that is ridiculous. Video games are unquestionably "a work of art or expression worthy of the name 'free speech.'".
You can deny access of violent games to underage people without violating the first amendment can't you?
It doesn't matter how bad Episode 1 was or wasn't I will be waiting in line for Episode 2 on Thursday!
It is great to see that such a big fan enjoyed the movie so much. I can't wait to see it. I am heading to the theatre for the 7:45 pm show. I wonder...if Spiderman is really good will it give Attack of the Clones a challenge this month? Star Wars is unquestionably huge but there are also a lot of Spiderman fans and a lot people that feel burned by Phantom Menace.
I do not think an interface design should be patented. Obviously you should be able to copyright your code if you want but these software patents are out of control.
...? That's not a universal GUI concept; showing and hiding tool windows or popping up dialogs in a stack is a traditional means to handle this problem.
Dockable components which overlap to save space
Overlapping components are very common in software and in web design. Maybe they should sue Google for their use of components which overlap with their tabbed menu of web, images, groups, or directory search. I would say that overlapping components are more common these days than popping up dialogs in a stack. Adobe did not innovate this any more than I did when I wrote labels on the little folder tabs in my desk's file cabinet.
How are tabbed palettes patented? That is totally inane! From the article: 'alleging that the user interface of Macromedia's Flash Web animation tool infringed on Adobe's patent for "tabbed palettes," a feature that allows users of design software to rearrange the work space on the PC screen.'
Won't Star Wars make that money back? A lot of it will go right back into the economy (minus a hefty sum George Lucas will pocket). As shitty as Phantom Menace was it still made $925,600,000 worldwide. I think that more than compensates. Now there could be argument made that the world will become dummer from ditching classes to go to Star Wars (that's what I am doing).
I tried using themes.org last week for the first time and found it very unusable. I think themes.freshmeat.net is a big improvement.
I am a little concerned about the homogenization of the OSDN network...themes.org looks identical to freshmeat.net, but it is a better interface.
I see your point but wouldn't a wireless network like this be more susceptible to interference and degradation of the supposed 144 Kbps than a wired network?
Apparently the average is around 50 Kbps (overhhead for wired networks isn't that bad is it? ~65%), which still isn't bad but as other posts mentioned if this takes off the airwaves are going to clogged up and bandwidth will suffer. Oh well, who really wants to post to slashdot on a cell phone anyways.
BTW, don't cell phones cause cancer?
It says up to 144 Kbps but with this disclaimer and no further explanation I wonder how fast it really is: 'The Express Network is capable of data speeds bursting up to 144 Kbps. You will experience slower data speeds dependent on network and equipment capabilities and other variables of wireless service.'
Sounds promising...
If we are going to infect mars we probably allready did it with that little rover deal we drove around remotely a year or two ago.
We might also want to take the time to deal with the mutant bacteria here on earth that is becoming increasingly resistent to our antibiotics.
We need to reduce it to a few lines of perl and print some t-shirts...
I posted the program and source code at: http://3fingersalute.net/other/news/ in case he gets slash-dotted or in case he ever has to take it down because of AGFA Monotype's legal actions.
I don't think I ever seen a fontz site. I guess Tom is part of a rare breed of font crackers. Maybe I should join him. I wonder if fontz.ru is available?
It would be kind of fun to mirror Tom's program and source all over the web just to mess with these idiots who are trying to stop him. I wonder if he would mind.
I want a remote controlled rat for Christmas! hmmm...I could send the rat into the girl's locker room.
We took apart an iMac at work the other day and there was a fan in there.
The Japanese were about to surrender and the US government knew it. The war would have ended without the nukes.