Well, the article mentions transmitting information between buildings. Someone might need to transmit data between the 54th floor of one building, to the 49th floor of an adjacent building. Having a cable pulled there wouldn't be that great, but they could just stick these things in the windows.
Hehe. I understand many Latin words because English is my third language. I took Latin for half a year, but ditched it in favor for Japanese, which is due to be my fifth language when I speak it fluently enough, at which time I'll be able to use more Latin-derived terms such as "quentilinguality" to describe myself. Learning basic Latin compounds, such as "ex" and "post", do help in understanding English, though.
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I don't know why all you guys seem think Kazaalite and BearShare are for MP3s... They're for downloading RedHat ISO's, silly!
I'm not sure. Maybe it's because I am able to download at 95% of my max speed immediately from an FTP site, instead of waiting for three hours to download at 10%.
Okay, back on topic. Red Hat should be able to bundle any themes that they'd like along with their distribution. This particular interface does not seem as daunting to Windows users as the default Gnome team, and that will make them more comfortable. When I first ran KDE (which was not long ago, I admit), I immediately switched to the Redmond theme, because it looked much more familiar. That's just what this is about.
One thing I didn't notice in your post is how knowledgeable you are with their language? There are 4 parts to learning a foreign language: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. I studied German in High School and am still able to get by with the reading and speaking, but listening was hard (different intonations and accents) as was the writing (like programminng in a language I didn't know too well.) At least German uses basically the same alphabet as English (with the addition of some umlauts -- the two little dots over vowels). Japanese -- you need to learn a whole new alphabet, let alone the vocabulary and grammar. You've got your work cut out for you. And, if you've never learned any language other than English, doubly so. It was a real struggle to learn German in high school -- it was a whole new way of thinking. It's not like I'd think of what I wanted to say in English and do a literal translation! I had to learn to THINK in German.
Oh come on. You don't need to conjugate verbs and nouns in four cases, three genders and eight tenses in Japanese. Japanese isn't very difficult. I can recommend the Pimsleur lecture tapes; they're good if you're busy.
But I agree with the general consensus here; you should definately try to get at least a basic grasp on the language before attempting a journey. If you don't, then you will have problems.
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Well, the article mentions transmitting information between buildings. Someone might need to transmit data between the 54th floor of one building, to the 49th floor of an adjacent building. Having a cable pulled there wouldn't be that great, but they could just stick these things in the windows.
Hehe. I understand many Latin words because English is my third language. I took Latin for half a year, but ditched it in favor for Japanese, which is due to be my fifth language when I speak it fluently enough, at which time I'll be able to use more Latin-derived terms such as "quentilinguality" to describe myself. Learning basic Latin compounds, such as "ex" and "post", do help in understanding English, though.
I'm not sure. Maybe it's because I am able to download at 95% of my max speed immediately from an FTP site, instead of waiting for three hours to download at 10%.
Okay, back on topic. Red Hat should be able to bundle any themes that they'd like along with their distribution. This particular interface does not seem as daunting to Windows users as the default Gnome team, and that will make them more comfortable. When I first ran KDE (which was not long ago, I admit), I immediately switched to the Redmond theme, because it looked much more familiar. That's just what this is about.
Oh come on. You don't need to conjugate verbs and nouns in four cases, three genders and eight tenses in Japanese. Japanese isn't very difficult. I can recommend the Pimsleur lecture tapes; they're good if you're busy.
But I agree with the general consensus here; you should definately try to get at least a basic grasp on the language before attempting a journey. If you don't, then you will have problems.
Sounds to me like these guys are just trying to make money for doing something totally useless. It almost seems like a kind of a trend right now.
I personally think you should "confront" the company first, and I mean "confront" as in "threaten". If they still refuse, go ahead.