Of course they'll tell you they won't run linux. I'd do the same. Imagine what would happen if they said it worked fine.
"Hey, you said this Linux works on this laptop but I type cd.. and it says command not found!" "How do I run a file I compiled? It says permissions denied!... now it says syntax error... cp file.c file.exe"
Not to mention the actual problems such as acpi-suspending, irda, tv-out and other things that are notorious for being bitchy at times. What if you require binary, non-free drivers for any of the components? Where do you draw the limit for when linux runs and when it doesn't?
If you add "Well, unofficially, a friend of mine said it all worked." or "Feel free to try this knoppix CD I keep in my wallet more often than my rubber" that's another thing.
Uhm...this is slashdot. Few people would be able to describe their clothes without looking down, and none in terms other than colors and what thinkgeek printed on them.
"candy or (coke and chips) or milk"? The only way they can get two items there is if they pick coke and chips (if they've learnt logical operators). People already know what "or" is and what "and" means, they probably just misunderstood you in some unrelated way.
I suppose I should have thought the lightning thing through more. I just saw "Why does lightning make sound also could it be because those were both electrical?" and replied to it (this is./ you know:D )
+ as a unary operator means positive, as a binary operator it means add. Unary: (2x)(+3x)=6x^2. Binary: 2x+3x=5x. Same thing with minus. And signed terms are 3x+(-5), unsigned terms are 3x-5. They mean the same thing, so you don't even think about it when you do it.
And sure, I agree. Everything you learn should have applications mentioned. If the applications you want to mention lie reasonably close to the path you intended to take.
Ok, now you look up fast.
Quick to understand or learn., or if you don't accept that this is what the processor does, Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift. Well, our processor does not move, it just sits there, but you might say it acts quickly or swift. Swift means accomplished quickly, which points us back to quickly. Quickly is the adverb of quick, which means Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy. Rapidly leads us back to fast, energetically to exerting energy. Since Megahertz does not say anything about energy in itself, this is a dead end. Quickly also means achieved (...) in a relatively brief period of time.
So a processor is only faster if it accomplished the task in less time, which means you are wrong.
I'll bill you for the hours it took to write this.
There's a problem with teaching binary and logical operators: If you teach some of it, people won't see the relevance and just think of it as a waste of time. If you teach things like addition, some might get it, but still, how is this relevant with these contrived operators when you have a '+' that does the same thing only better? You'd have to go through relays before there's really a point. But by then most would be bored, except for the geeks. Just like art history is boring, except for the slackers.
It's really hard, if not impossible, to interest and teach such wide groups, which is why high schools (here atleast) have elective classes for dealing with radio (physics) and binary (math).
Why does lightning make sound also could it be because those were both electrical?
I'm sorry, what? If a rock falls to the ground, is it electrical? I'll assume you just struggled for an example.
Where is the information stored? Why is some information preserved when I turn off the computer while other information isn't? How do I know? I am sorry, but the basics of computing should be common knowledge today.
How come you didn't mention binary logic this time? Or how to represent things in numbers?
If you took my examples of openoffice, File|Open to be a complete list, then I'm sorry. It was more of an attempt to set the scale than enumerating it.
I'll agree that knowing what a hard disk is, a permanent storage medium, is good, but sectors, cylinders and write heads are just too much. You don't have to mention NFS, CIFS, query broadcasts and mount daemons to talk about network storage, just say the computer saves the file on the server. You don't need binary logic or even knowledge of fourier transforms to use wlan, just say "It connects the laptop to the network wirelessly."
Just explain that the computer is built of black boxes instead of being one. No need to explain everything down on molecular levels like electricity and radio.
Think of it this way: Do you want more than basics points about postindustrialistic influence of abstract art?
Just step 2 is it's own curriculum. Not everyone's a slashdotter you know.
People don't need to know the detailed inner workings of a computer. Society is permanently stuck with cars as well, but do you know the inner workings of them? If you say pistons and combustion, I say doubleclick OpenOffice and File-Open. I won't say binary and programming until you say floating caliper disc brake and vacuum control valve.
So please, don't think of what you want to or wish you had learnt, think instead of what one could realisticly need for a general education.
If you invent something like this, you have every right to exploit it and indeed you should. They've spent a conciderable amount of money, and the patent ensures they can make that money back plus hefty bonuses if the idea is good (which this certainly seems to be).
If there were no patents, you'd either have to keep it hidden from everyone forever (bad for science), or let everyone know and likely undercut you in selling it since they don't have the huge debt of research behind them (bad for innovation).
There's nothing wrong with getting filthy rich when you've worked for it.
when was the last time you saw anything on mainstream media subtitled?
Yesterday, the day before that, and the one before that, etc. Here in Norway, the only things that are dubbed are programs and movies for children under 11-12 and often the narration on documentaries. Other than that, every foreign piece of video is subtitled.
It's quite amusing, since so very few shows are dubbed, the same people are recurring. You can hear Papa Smurf (played by Harald Maele) in most of them:)
I rue the day when viruses attack these carts, telling everyone to go buy Brand X
I, for one, welcome our new shopping cart overlords.
You don't have to do everything the cart says, and unless it starts tipping groceries into itself while you're not looking, I wouldn't worry. And there is always the choice of shopping somewhere without these carts (make sure to complement the staff about it, to properly register your votes).
That's fine if you know exactly what you are looking for. For example if you want to get that book about 'replicants' you'll find Blade Runner, but you won't find anything else.
Just like search parties come home from the woods with the missing person, instead of ten random other people who also look like great guys. Searching is done for specific things, browsing might be more what you're after.
it most likely isn't going to be a specific word you remember, it will be the tune or the plot
I've searched and found titles of songs countless times based on for example bits of the chorus. It obviously fails for classical music, but it's still not bad.
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Yeah.. Just like you're addicted to air.
Of course they'll tell you they won't run linux. I'd do the same. Imagine what would happen if they said it worked fine.
... now it says syntax error ... cp file.c file.exe"
"Hey, you said this Linux works on this laptop but I type cd.. and it says command not found!"
"How do I run a file I compiled? It says permissions denied!
Not to mention the actual problems such as acpi-suspending, irda, tv-out and other things that are notorious for being bitchy at times. What if you require binary, non-free drivers for any of the components? Where do you draw the limit for when linux runs and when it doesn't?
If you add "Well, unofficially, a friend of mine said it all worked." or "Feel free to try this knoppix CD I keep in my wallet more often than my rubber" that's another thing.
Doom III will be released for linux together with the windows version. Yay for ID software.
Uhm...this is slashdot. Few people would be able to describe their clothes without looking down, and none in terms other than colors and what thinkgeek printed on them.
!yvan eht nioj
uphill! both ways!
Indeed. Several attempts have been made, but none have been successful.
I'd agree too, with no german skills.
German: ueber wachungs strategien
English: over watching strategy
(Latin-ish: super visio strategy)
Yay for germanic languages!
I suppose I should have thought the lightning thing through more. I just saw "Why does lightning make sound also could it be because those were both electrical?" and replied to it (this is ./ you know :D )
+ as a unary operator means positive, as a binary operator it means add. Unary: (2x)(+3x)=6x^2. Binary: 2x+3x=5x. Same thing with minus. And signed terms are 3x+(-5), unsigned terms are 3x-5. They mean the same thing, so you don't even think about it when you do it.
And sure, I agree. Everything you learn should have applications mentioned. If the applications you want to mention lie reasonably close to the path you intended to take.
So a processor is only faster if it accomplished the task in less time, which means you are wrong.
I'll bill you for the hours it took to write this.
It's really hard, if not impossible, to interest and teach such wide groups, which is why high schools (here atleast) have elective classes for dealing with radio (physics) and binary (math).
Why does lightning make sound also could it be because those were both electrical?
I'm sorry, what? If a rock falls to the ground, is it electrical? I'll assume you just struggled for an example.
How come you didn't mention binary logic this time? Or how to represent things in numbers?
If you took my examples of openoffice, File|Open to be a complete list, then I'm sorry. It was more of an attempt to set the scale than enumerating it.
I'll agree that knowing what a hard disk is, a permanent storage medium, is good, but sectors, cylinders and write heads are just too much. You don't have to mention NFS, CIFS, query broadcasts and mount daemons to talk about network storage, just say the computer saves the file on the server. You don't need binary logic or even knowledge of fourier transforms to use wlan, just say "It connects the laptop to the network wirelessly."
Just explain that the computer is built of black boxes instead of being one. No need to explain everything down on molecular levels like electricity and radio.
Think of it this way: Do you want more than basics points about postindustrialistic influence of abstract art?
People don't need to know the detailed inner workings of a computer. Society is permanently stuck with cars as well, but do you know the inner workings of them? If you say pistons and combustion, I say doubleclick OpenOffice and File-Open. I won't say binary and programming until you say floating caliper disc brake and vacuum control valve.
So please, don't think of what you want to or wish you had learnt, think instead of what one could realisticly need for a general education.
Yes, it's kind of fair, but the beaver is the one who jumps into it at every possible opportunity.
If there were no patents, you'd either have to keep it hidden from everyone forever (bad for science), or let everyone know and likely undercut you in selling it since they don't have the huge debt of research behind them (bad for innovation).
There's nothing wrong with getting filthy rich when you've worked for it.
If there's a market, there will be people to cater to it.
That's why I don't go cruising for chicks with 7-year old brother, he gets all the babes.
Yesterday, the day before that, and the one before that, etc. Here in Norway, the only things that are dubbed are programs and movies for children under 11-12 and often the narration on documentaries. Other than that, every foreign piece of video is subtitled.
It's quite amusing, since so very few shows are dubbed, the same people are recurring. You can hear Papa Smurf (played by Harald Maele) in most of them :)
Much better for the individual fish.
A girlfriend?
On the other hand, girlfriends come and go, but the love from a Dual 2ghz G5 is pure and everlasting, until people outspec it on their PDAs next year.
This is getting old.
I, for one, welcome our new shopping cart overlords.
You don't have to do everything the cart says, and unless it starts tipping groceries into itself while you're not looking, I wouldn't worry. And there is always the choice of shopping somewhere without these carts (make sure to complement the staff about it, to properly register your votes).
Just like search parties come home from the woods with the missing person, instead of ten random other people who also look like great guys. Searching is done for specific things, browsing might be more what you're after.
it most likely isn't going to be a specific word you remember, it will be the tune or the plot
I've searched and found titles of songs countless times based on for example bits of the chorus. It obviously fails for classical music, but it's still not bad.
The third time you BSOD, Microsoft goons will show up at your door and make sure you don't tell anyone.
(I made mine echo "Oh, for crying out loud\!", since I constantly tried to reboot dosemu.)