"The first iteration will have a 5 volt power transfer rate, but it is expected to deliver up to 100 watts for higher power applications in the future."
Why are we comparing a 5volt transfer rate to 100watts in the same sentence? Sooo confused!!
What happens when microsoft retaliates? That would be bad.
All the websites made by frontpage, and whatever servers running IIS, suddenly boot firefox..
seriously, this is a terrible idea. Let's not stoop to their level!
Also, Is it possible some users would think it's some kind of spyware? Users that were advised not to install stuff just because a website asks them too?
How about older opera users who identify as internet explorer?
Later that day,Vijaypat confessed that it was not a balloon, but rather he was having a picnic, and the mumbai (Bombay) fumes/pollution/cow dung odour had lifted his picnic-blanket off the ground and into the sky.
I just thought I'd drop my 2 cents and say that abiword is my favourite word processor.. It is so easy to use and fits in GNOME like a glove. OpenOffice really is a big mess code-wise. Abiword has much more volounteers than Openoffice. (OpenOffice devs are paid)
I think in the long-run, Abiword (and Koffice) will be the office tools of choice because of the fact that they can move faster with their smaller code-base, as well as rely on other GPL tools more.
Abiword is lightweight, and as a result keeps less prone the upgrade cycle. (YES, I'm referring to the linux upgrade cycle, the kind where applications continue to get bigger, and new computers are required.. It appears better than the windows one, but it is still an annoyance when I think that my 900Mhz computer has the same function which my 166mhz one used to. )
I went to a pretty posche high-school. (Not yuppy, just slightly below) And many students had laptops. I only found it usefull for making OpenOffice Impress from linux. (Windows boxes had different fonts as default)
Laptops are a luxury really. I only got one in grade 12 for university.
Laptops these days (In my price range) are so bulky that they aren't even portable. They are just portable enough to move from home to university and back for weekends. The portable laptops that have any performance worth buying end up being too pricey for me.
The end result is you end up with a movable desktop.
Until I got my laptop, I'd have vnc on my linux desktop, which I'd access from school computers. This was usually more than enough.
In most schools, the windows computers are soo very old AND locked down, so students don't install random fishy fudge and take the computers down.
Unix-like system are perfect for mult-user environments.. They're designed for it.
Very Computer literate students will adapt and find that they have more priviledges and options than before.. Like installing applications as a user.
Students who care less about computers will continue to flame their admin about how they can't install pirated starcraft on it. (which they couldn't do before on these boxes.)
I once had a CO-OP job where they developed imaging software that ran on just about any platform... We had SUN supercomputers and OSX for some developers, new students could use windows, and many used Linux.
The windows boxen will shortly become very small in number..
We have all heard software monoculture is bad from a security standpoint...
Would running one of these things be more secure than running debian on x86 since the hardware is different?
Call me crazy.. But I want more distros!! More Choice!!
Yes it is intimidating to new linux users.. But I like having specialized distributions.
I like having varying filesystem heirarchies and all that shizzle.
It produces more robust code. Applications get tested on everything from XBoxes to Tea Kettles.
It allows for more specialization. If there was one distro targetting n00bs... Then what would happen to the 1337 people?
I think variety is awesome! Find a bug in one distro that is taking time to fix? Switch to another one.
Also, there is only so much development that can happen under one management. There is only one vision with one managing group. With the current system there are many visions for tomorrow, each one bold and new!!
Also, multiple distros mean competition!! Which we all know is great!
I like the whole redistrubatable deely..
Maybe we could have an apt or portage repository.. Then one could daily do an apt-get install tvshow or emerge tvshow?
Now that would be super Cow Powers!
Just when you aren't looking the bear will ask children if they want to buy the latest Microsoft ______ software for kids.. Or even the latest toy.
I'd hate to see what happens if the bear gets hacked and spammers figure it out.
We all know that by 2011 Canada will be invaded and will become the 53rd state. I like the plan... make promises to spur on the rest of the world that you don't have to keep!
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"The first iteration will have a 5 volt power transfer rate, but it is expected to deliver up to 100 watts for higher power applications in the future."
Why are we comparing a 5volt transfer rate to 100watts in the same sentence? Sooo confused!!
Strange,
Vastu is my name, Utsav, backwards. Utsav means festival in Hindi.
In other words: Firefox=Firefox, Realplayer=Realplayer+Firefox
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Recursion Error.
Is that why they had to put so much time energy and money to convert Hotmail away from BSD?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/08/01/ms_hotmai
What happens when microsoft retaliates? That would be bad.
All the websites made by frontpage, and whatever servers running IIS, suddenly boot firefox..
seriously, this is a terrible idea. Let's not stoop to their level!
Also, Is it possible some users would think it's some kind of spyware? Users that were advised not to install stuff just because a website asks them too?
How about older opera users who identify as internet explorer?
Later that day,Vijaypat confessed that it was not a balloon, but rather he was having a picnic, and the mumbai (Bombay) fumes/pollution/cow dung odour had lifted his picnic-blanket off the ground and into the sky.
I just thought I'd drop my 2 cents and say that abiword is my favourite word processor.. It is so easy to use and fits in GNOME like a glove. OpenOffice really is a big mess code-wise. Abiword has much more volounteers than Openoffice. (OpenOffice devs are paid) I think in the long-run, Abiword (and Koffice) will be the office tools of choice because of the fact that they can move faster with their smaller code-base, as well as rely on other GPL tools more. Abiword is lightweight, and as a result keeps less prone the upgrade cycle. (YES, I'm referring to the linux upgrade cycle, the kind where applications continue to get bigger, and new computers are required.. It appears better than the windows one, but it is still an annoyance when I think that my 900Mhz computer has the same function which my 166mhz one used to. )
New /. insult.
Your Mama, She's so fat, I typed her name in on google and saw a satellite photo of her!!
I also thought I'd mention avidemux as a great and simple general purpose video editor.
I've also used Kino, but that only edits DV files.
Both are great pieces of software worth mentioning.
I went to a pretty posche high-school. (Not yuppy, just slightly below) And many students had laptops. I only found it usefull for making OpenOffice Impress from linux. (Windows boxes had different fonts as default) Laptops are a luxury really. I only got one in grade 12 for university. Laptops these days (In my price range) are so bulky that they aren't even portable. They are just portable enough to move from home to university and back for weekends. The portable laptops that have any performance worth buying end up being too pricey for me. The end result is you end up with a movable desktop. Until I got my laptop, I'd have vnc on my linux desktop, which I'd access from school computers. This was usually more than enough.
In most schools, the windows computers are soo very old AND locked down, so students don't install random fishy fudge and take the computers down. Unix-like system are perfect for mult-user environments.. They're designed for it. Very Computer literate students will adapt and find that they have more priviledges and options than before.. Like installing applications as a user. Students who care less about computers will continue to flame their admin about how they can't install pirated starcraft on it. (which they couldn't do before on these boxes.)
I once had a CO-OP job where they developed imaging software that ran on just about any platform... We had SUN supercomputers and OSX for some developers, new students could use windows, and many used Linux. The windows boxen will shortly become very small in number..
I often find old office documents that do not open in newer versions... How does microsoft deal with this problem internally?
We have all heard software monoculture is bad from a security standpoint... Would running one of these things be more secure than running debian on x86 since the hardware is different?
Call me crazy.. But I want more distros!! More Choice!!
Yes it is intimidating to new linux users.. But I like having specialized distributions.
I like having varying filesystem heirarchies and all that shizzle.
It produces more robust code. Applications get tested on everything from XBoxes to Tea Kettles.
It allows for more specialization. If there was one distro targetting n00bs... Then what would happen to the 1337 people?
I think variety is awesome! Find a bug in one distro that is taking time to fix? Switch to another one.
Also, there is only so much development that can happen under one management. There is only one vision with one managing group. With the current system there are many visions for tomorrow, each one bold and new!!
Also, multiple distros mean competition!! Which we all know is great!
I like the whole redistrubatable deely.. Maybe we could have an apt or portage repository.. Then one could daily do an apt-get install tvshow or emerge tvshow? Now that would be super Cow Powers!
In Soviet Russia, Citizens have RIGHTS!!
Just when you aren't looking the bear will ask children if they want to buy the latest Microsoft ______ software for kids.. Or even the latest toy. I'd hate to see what happens if the bear gets hacked and spammers figure it out.
correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't XvMC do Mpeg-Decoding using NVIDIA's hardware acceleration?
While I personally believe in a Sixth Sense. I remember reading that Indian tribespeople avoided the tsunami for two reasons:
1) Their land was not deforested and the trees slowed down the onslaught of the waves.
2) An ancient legend warns them to seek higher ground when the ground shakes.
Thus, all of them survived.
It says there's a pop-up ad blocker enabled by default...
How innovative, I've never seen that before!
The only thing that's gonna land is a lawsuit by phoenix technologies.. Then The plane will be named firebird, and then firefox, and then...
-Silly tech, tricks are for kids,
What a waste of valuable battlefield skill that can only be obtained by digitally blowing up peoples guts!!
We all know that by 2011 Canada will be invaded and will become the 53rd state. I like the plan... make promises to spur on the rest of the world that you don't have to keep!
Back in my day, viruses came in via the boot-sector of floppy drive. You actually had to know fudge to write one.
You yung whipper-snapper virus writers and your MS holes got it way too easy.
On one hand it seems to be written by the RIAA, on the other it looks like some linux loony, can it be both?!