The point of the saying is that when it's gone, it's gone. When you've eaten it, you can't have it back again. You've either got to eat the thing or lug it around.
I don't like the saying either, and you probably already knew the above, but, yeah.
Sad to say, some people pay for their Hotmail accounts, which I think is absolutely laughable, given that there's no way to tell between a free and paid one by the email address. Try signing up to something wiath a hotmail.com address and you risk getting rejected even if you have a paid account.
But those paid accounts could account for some of those that hang around. Also, mail retention; now that Hotmail gives 250MB as standard, people may well have lots of email in their account. If they move, they lose that mail, and 250MB is a lot of mail to lose.
Then again, people might just not have heard of anything else. That's where evangelism comes into play.;)
He *did* use paragraphs. You can see he did when you view the source. He just forgot to use the "Plain Old Text" option so it would add
tags automatically.
But the very fact that you can enter a seed value in the first place should draw your attention to the face that it's pseudo-random, not really random. Computers need seed values because without any source of true random input - like radio wave interference - and because computers are predictable, they need a number to seed from.
The current time works for casual randomosity, but a better method that most people would have would be to calculate a seed from mouse movements, key presses, etc. Even then, it's still never truly random - and neither is pi, because as has been pointed out, it's not random. It may be irrational, but that doesn't make it truly random.
I saw this when it was mentioned on the LangaList a few weeks ago. Very funny, in my opinion, and it's good to see that this company doesn't take itself *too* seriously.
It's probably safe to say I'll remember them, so from a marketing point of view it would be a success.
Microsoft has never released anything better than anyone else and that's not about to be changed by another silly promise.
That depends on your interpretation of the word "better". Sure, most of Microsoft's releases have been bought from others, and they have better marketing, but they must have done *something* right in their development of the software, even if it was in the past - otherwise they wouldn't be in this position in the first place. You don't rise to become a monopoly by being worse than everybody else, dude.
So, sorry, but that argument doesn't hold water. I hate Microsoft as much as you do, but saying they've never released anything better than anybody else is delusion. Or overenthusiastic zeal, take your pick.
That brings up an interesting point, actually. The website talks about it being an open source project, and they use the GNU logo on the page. From this, people can reasonably assume that it'd be GPL. But I don't think it actually says anywhere that it'd actually be GPL. They could have another trick up their sleeve
Obviously, as PearPC is GPL, legally CherryOS would have to be GPL, so I could be on an entirely wrong track here, but is there a form of open source license that prohibits forking?
Whether or not you can physically harm it doesn't matter to your average user. The problem is that most people are scared to death of potentially having their computer in a state where it's impossible to do anything with it.
Wiping a computer clean is not something that the average user will take lightly, because they've never done it and they don't know whether or not they can recover from it. You could liken it to bungee jumping or something similar.
I actually already heard about that from a mailing list I'm on (which, if you are who I think you are, I believe you're on too;-)) which called for reviewers on it. I meant to read it but so far I haven't got round to it. I will be reading it, though.
I also use OpenOffice.org. However, at the church I go to I often take part by using the church laptop to project hymn lyrics, and annoyingly, when I use OpenOffice.org Impress to make PowerPoint files, the positioning isn't exactly the same as it is on the normal PowerPoint files, which means that it doesn't look exactly the same as the other files.
The situation is unfortunately made worse by some macros we have for automatically adjusting templates - they rely on the positioning of certain items to know what styles to apply to them. Silly, I know.
For most things, I use OpenOffice.org. For church stuff, I use MS Office running under CrossOver.
I think the argument was against the AC's tone and attitude more than it was about the actual fact of the matter.
The thing is, as you say, even without having coding knowledge you can help fix bugs, if you take the time to know how to report bugs effectively. A good, well thought out bug report is probably the most important factor in helping to get bugs fixed, short of knowing the actual language itself.
Trust me, it's like a breath of fresh air when I see good bug reports.
I would definitely be interested in helping with making something like this if it turns out there isn't one (or if there is, I'd be interested in helping to maintain it). It sounds like a good idea.
Just reread your answer, and it mangles the question. He said from ISP X to ISP Y, not ISP Y to ISP Y. I think the parent was well aware that it would be possible for one ISP to have one router which both users are logged into otherwise he wouldn't have explicitly stated the two different ISPs.
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The point of the saying is that when it's gone, it's gone. When you've eaten it, you can't have it back again. You've either got to eat the thing or lug it around.
I don't like the saying either, and you probably already knew the above, but, yeah.
Actually, Quake's been done this way too.
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http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/projects/ARQuake/ww
Sad to say, some people pay for their Hotmail accounts, which I think is absolutely laughable, given that there's no way to tell between a free and paid one by the email address. Try signing up to something wiath a hotmail.com address and you risk getting rejected even if you have a paid account.
;)
But those paid accounts could account for some of those that hang around. Also, mail retention; now that Hotmail gives 250MB as standard, people may well have lots of email in their account. If they move, they lose that mail, and 250MB is a lot of mail to lose.
Then again, people might just not have heard of anything else. That's where evangelism comes into play.
He *did* use paragraphs. You can see he did when you view the source. He just forgot to use the "Plain Old Text" option so it would add
tags automatically.
Oh yay, so Bill Gates gets to be immortal as well as evil.
"What are we going to do this millenium, Bill?"
"Same as we do every millenium, Ballmer..."
But the very fact that you can enter a seed value in the first place should draw your attention to the face that it's pseudo-random, not really random. Computers need seed values because without any source of true random input - like radio wave interference - and because computers are predictable, they need a number to seed from.
The current time works for casual randomosity, but a better method that most people would have would be to calculate a seed from mouse movements, key presses, etc. Even then, it's still never truly random - and neither is pi, because as has been pointed out, it's not random. It may be irrational, but that doesn't make it truly random.
You just proved your own point - it's LiveVault, not FileVault. ;-)
I do get what you mean though.
I saw this when it was mentioned on the LangaList a few weeks ago. Very funny, in my opinion, and it's good to see that this company doesn't take itself *too* seriously.
It's probably safe to say I'll remember them, so from a marketing point of view it would be a success.
Microsoft has never released anything better than anyone else and that's not about to be changed by another silly promise.
That depends on your interpretation of the word "better". Sure, most of Microsoft's releases have been bought from others, and they have better marketing, but they must have done *something* right in their development of the software, even if it was in the past - otherwise they wouldn't be in this position in the first place. You don't rise to become a monopoly by being worse than everybody else, dude.
So, sorry, but that argument doesn't hold water. I hate Microsoft as much as you do, but saying they've never released anything better than anybody else is delusion. Or overenthusiastic zeal, take your pick.
Whatever it is, I'm glad that they won't be using DRM.
Interesting. Do you have any links? I'm interested in seeing it. Not that I don't believe you, but I just hadn't heard it before.
That brings up an interesting point, actually. The website talks about it being an open source project, and they use the GNU logo on the page. From this, people can reasonably assume that it'd be GPL. But I don't think it actually says anywhere that it'd actually be GPL. They could have another trick up their sleeve
Obviously, as PearPC is GPL, legally CherryOS would have to be GPL, so I could be on an entirely wrong track here, but is there a form of open source license that prohibits forking?
I'm using Firefox 1.0.2 on Gentoo from source and it's vulnerable as well.
2. Look at their last modified date on the website. 2 days ago.
I don't think they could have done all this in one day. That's why it was last modified 2 days ago.
This is why you learn to download the "Windows 98" version. It's the same, it just doesn't include iTunes. :D
Whether or not you can physically harm it doesn't matter to your average user. The problem is that most people are scared to death of potentially having their computer in a state where it's impossible to do anything with it.
Wiping a computer clean is not something that the average user will take lightly, because they've never done it and they don't know whether or not they can recover from it. You could liken it to bungee jumping or something similar.
Actually, you could replace the "&&" with "-c" and it'd have the result you intended. :)
I know the mag you mean. In fact, I had the same issue, and while I don't have the article text, I do have the maps themselves as they appeared on the disk. Hopefully that can help. :D
Completely agreed that it was a great mag.
Actually, I believe they meant "drive letters".
I actually already heard about that from a mailing list I'm on (which, if you are who I think you are, I believe you're on too ;-)) which called for reviewers on it. I meant to read it but so far I haven't got round to it. I will be reading it, though.
Sorry, I should have been clearer.
:D
I also use OpenOffice.org. However, at the church I go to I often take part by using the church laptop to project hymn lyrics, and annoyingly, when I use OpenOffice.org Impress to make PowerPoint files, the positioning isn't exactly the same as it is on the normal PowerPoint files, which means that it doesn't look exactly the same as the other files.
The situation is unfortunately made worse by some macros we have for automatically adjusting templates - they rely on the positioning of certain items to know what styles to apply to them. Silly, I know.
For most things, I use OpenOffice.org. For church stuff, I use MS Office running under CrossOver.
Hope that explains it.
Hear, hear. That's what I do. I use Linux with CrossOver Office and a fully legitimate version of Office.
I think the argument was against the AC's tone and attitude more than it was about the actual fact of the matter.
The thing is, as you say, even without having coding knowledge you can help fix bugs, if you take the time to know how to report bugs effectively. A good, well thought out bug report is probably the most important factor in helping to get bugs fixed, short of knowing the actual language itself.
Trust me, it's like a breath of fresh air when I see good bug reports.
I would definitely be interested in helping with making something like this if it turns out there isn't one (or if there is, I'd be interested in helping to maintain it). It sounds like a good idea.
Just reread your answer, and it mangles the question. He said from ISP X to ISP Y, not ISP Y to ISP Y. I think the parent was well aware that it would be possible for one ISP to have one router which both users are logged into otherwise he wouldn't have explicitly stated the two different ISPs.