Bumps and dimples tend to make things fly more reliably, by letting small eddies of air whirl. The same effect can be seen in golf balls-- a golf ball with dimples (like all the ones today) will fly farther and straighter than a perfectly spherical one.
because I've talked to many educators about technology.
I've also talked to administrators, parents,
and students from primary and secondary schools.
There is *brilliant* work on this by Seymour Papert
(see the book The Learning Machine and Lego/Logo)
and many, many teachers who also develop software.
Yes, there are profound problems with technology
in schools-- as in our everyday corporate world--
and tech is not a magic bullet for everything.
Need starting points? Try my site
School.Net
and please suggest improvements and additions.
Sun puts lots of money and research into free tools,
some big examples being Java and Open Office.
Sun is also now among the largest Linux success stories,
selling a million new Linux installations to China,
and even more amazingly to consumers at Wal-Mart.
Does it matter if the CD says "GNU" or "Linux inside"
to the Chinese, or Wal-Martese, or end user?
Likely not. As long as Sun honors the GPL--
and Sun does seem to be honoring the GPL--
then how about looking at the positive side?
More Linux installations will lead to better
succes for all of us. I want to see easy installs,
good video drivers, plug-and-play printers, and more.
Sun's success will help us get this, so cheers to them.
If you can legally rip a stream, can you use enhancement tools to improve the quality?
And can these enhancement tools download higher-quality bits from P2P systems?
In other words, once you're able to listen to the song (on a low quality stream), do you have any rights to listen to a higher-quality version (downloaded P2P)?
From my experience running this kind of thing,
I highly recommend discussions via newsgroups.
They are easier to use than most web boards,
which leads to better/easier user feedback.
The newsgroups are easy to set up,
for examples see www.netwinsite.com.
The servers provide full text search,
straightforward email-to-news gateways,
various authentications, chat, etc.
Once you have your newsgroups working,
ask your participants what they use
for bug databases, source systems, etc.
Use the tools they know and recommend,
and you'll likely get better participation.
The Sun application server software team
has people with very deep backgrounds
and the right experience and equipment.
I was truly impressed working with them.
They do massive testing projects
and have all the necessary contacts
with other enterprise app companies.
Why use StarOffice v. OpenOffice? A few reasons...
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From the OpenOffice website...
The source code available at OpenOffice.org does not consist of all of the StarOffice code. Usually, the reason for this is that Sun pays
to license third-party code to include in StarOffice that which it does not have permission to make available in OpenOffice.org.
Rave is great, well worth trying for Java apps--
but the homepage introduction is horrendous.
powerful technologies that can be
used productively and effectively.
leverage the power of the Java platform
Can someone at Sun get a clue about this?
I'm a Java developer (and former Sun employee)
and I don't need to read words like "leverage"
and "powerful technologies" and buzzwords.
Instead: tell me what the tool is,
what it does-- ideally with screenshots--
and how it fits with my other Java tools.
Slashdot Mirror
are from the Aeronautics and Astronautics
group at the University of Washington.
They also have nice slides on airplane/spacecraft design,
also in PDF here
Best of all, you can download the Indie Game Jam games:
http://www.indiegamejam.com/igj2/games.html
Why does a golf ball have dimples?
I've also talked to administrators, parents,
and students from primary and secondary schools.
There is *brilliant* work on this by Seymour Papert
(see the book The Learning Machine and Lego/Logo)
and many, many teachers who also develop software.
Yes, there are profound problems with technology
in schools-- as in our everyday corporate world--
and tech is not a magic bullet for everything.
Need starting points? Try my site School.Net
and please suggest improvements and additions.
Cheers, Joel
Bill Gates says the freakish buildings and twisted angles will be correctly aligned by the upcoming Stata Service Pack 1.
wopr# globalthermonuclearwar
...to design new levels for Quake.
He's a smart guy-- no one gets to his level
without substantial skills and experience.
And the MPAA is leagues ahead of the RIAA...
Hey, Sun really does have the rings!. html
http://java.sun.com/features/1998/07/ring-project
some big examples being Java and Open Office.
Sun is also now among the largest Linux success stories,
selling a million new Linux installations to China,
and even more amazingly to consumers at Wal-Mart.
Does it matter if the CD says "GNU" or "Linux inside"
to the Chinese, or Wal-Martese, or end user?
Likely not. As long as Sun honors the GPL--
and Sun does seem to be honoring the GPL--
then how about looking at the positive side?
More Linux installations will lead to better
succes for all of us. I want to see easy installs,
good video drivers, plug-and-play printers, and more.
Sun's success will help us get this, so cheers to them.
And can these enhancement tools download higher-quality bits from P2P systems?
In other words, once you're able to listen to the song (on a low quality stream), do you have any rights to listen to a higher-quality version (downloaded P2P)?
especially for server software that threads.
I'm especially intrigued on how this will
work with the Java NIO (new IO) libraries,
which handle pooled selectable IO channels.
Niagra and Java NIO together looks like
a really fast way to do mass serving...
Can anyone comment on threads sharing IO?
From my experience running this kind of thing,
I highly recommend discussions via newsgroups.
They are easier to use than most web boards,
which leads to better/easier user feedback.
The newsgroups are easy to set up,
for examples see www.netwinsite.com.
The servers provide full text search,
straightforward email-to-news gateways,
various authentications, chat, etc.
Once you have your newsgroups working,
ask your participants what they use
for bug databases, source systems, etc.
Use the tools they know and recommend,
and you'll likely get better participation.
If you can afford it, get help from Sun.
The Sun application server software team
has people with very deep backgrounds
and the right experience and equipment.
I was truly impressed working with them.
They do massive testing projects
and have all the necessary contacts
with other enterprise app companies.
Cheers, Joel
they are the ones to fix this problem.
Second, if the technical staff does not fix it,
contact your school's Deans for intervention.
Third, if the Deans do not get the problem solved,
contact your school paper and ask for help.
This all shows that you're a team player,
in case you need to escalate it later.
check this summary of spam methods.
http://netextend.com/junkmail
Overview
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Read the full report at
http://netextend.com/junkmail
The source code available at OpenOffice.org does not consist of all of the StarOffice code. Usually, the reason for this is that Sun pays to license third-party code to include in StarOffice that which it does not have permission to make available in OpenOffice.org.
- Certain fonts (esp. Asian language fonts)
- The database component (Adabas D)
- Some templates
- Extensive Clip Art Gallery
- Some sorting functionality (Asian versions)
- Certain file filters
Here is a detailed comparison datasheetI forgot one key thing...
Google users will need an office suite.
And guess what Sun happens to own...
Google search, email, and file storage
Sun Java Linux desktops for home users
Sun Ray thin X clients for corporations
Sun enterprise servers running it all
How superb this could be...
and what would Microsoft do?
Cheers, Joel
... when do the kids get a robot named Python?
but the homepage introduction is horrendous.
- ...powerful technologies that can be
...leverage the power of the Java platform
Sun's marketing is hurting their own tools--used productively and effectively.
good software deserves a good explanation.
Cheers, Joel
but the homepage introduction is horrendous.
used productively and effectively.
leverage the power of the Java platform
Can someone at Sun get a clue about this?
I'm a Java developer (and former Sun employee)
and I don't need to read words like "leverage"
and "powerful technologies" and buzzwords.
Instead: tell me what the tool is,
what it does-- ideally with screenshots--
and how it fits with my other Java tools.
Cheers, Joel
the P2P Sockets project paper has interesting
comments about this (it's a JXTA core project)
P2PSockets Intro
Cheers, Joel
so you can buy a phone, try it as you wish,
and if you don't like it you can return it.
I have done this *many* times with them,
and each time the return process was easy,
fast, no questions asked, with a full refund.
Hope this helps!
Cheers, Joel
p.s. I'm not affiliated with Verizon,
just a sastisfied customer.
you don't "save" using any of these, right?
Instead you commit, or upload, or send.
Maybe you'll click "Check" when you're ready,
and the file will do what it needs to do--
commit itself, upload itself, send, save, etc.
Cheers, Joel