Wasn't our space program fueled by a tense rivalry with Russia? Didn't we build rockets rivaling and eventually surpassing Russia's because of the competition with the Soviets? If you think it was a battle of the intellect, you're sorely mistaken. We wanted to be better than them, pure and simple. I don't think that we should seek to drop weapons on the rest of the world -- I hate it -- but it's naive to think that a space program can exist divorced from any military interest.
It's a rare thing for me to be able to find something I'm searching for, and I often find that my searches come up with irrelevant results. IMO the search needs some rethinking.
Not likely. Apple's profits on music come from selling iPods and not selling the music -- they barely break even there. Also, you seem to forget that some people *don't* have consoles, and that they can't play the good ol' game without paying $150 extra for the good ol' console. Whereas with backwards-compatibility, you get the best of both worlds. And considering that MS loses on each console sold, you'd think that it'd be a wise decision.
I was going to say that I thought Windows wasn't particularly bad...but...you're RIGHT. BLEAH! Look at that crappy interface. You can't even tell what's supposed to go where and what button starts which program!
There's generic icons -- lots of them -- hardly any space for the task part of the taskbar (FADING IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR A USELESS, IF SOMEWHAT PRETTY, TASKBAR!), the weird bottom arrow for the scrollbar is confusing (I'll move my mouse to the top or use my mousewheel, thank you), and there's a bunch of icons that explain very little about what they do (on the taskbar and in Konqueror -- and last time I checked, both stars AND hearts were used to denote favorites)! The only redeeming feature would be a decent theme, but it's doesn't even look like the icons are consistent in feel and quality!
Those screenshots reflect a failing of open-source: their design is inconsistent, self-absorbed, cluttered, and useless. I'm all for universal contribution, but when it results in crap I'd rather use something that has some semblance of consistency: XFCE or Gnome, thankyouverymuch.
Hmm. The problem is, though, 3D processors, unless redesigned, would have a far greater area:surface area ratio, which is bad, since the chip generates heat, and the surface area provides for its dissapation. I'm not saying 3D processors are impossible, it just adds a whole dimension to creating processors, as cooling has just gotten a lot harder. Also, antifuse won't work as RAM, unless you run Windows, in which case your computer, frozen forever, would work as expected (just kidding -- antifuse is write-once).
Some posters above have said "oh, kids nowadays can't even do math without a calculator." Bullshit -- I've been on the computer since age 4 (12 years) and I can integrate quite a bit with just some paper and pencil, not to mention I've known my multiplication tables (and state capitals!) since second grade. "The old fashioned way" -- as you call it -- is alive and well except in the minds of aging skeptics.
Now, I do agree (and I'm presuming you think this way) that standards have been lowered too far, and that students are more content going to the mall and socializing on cell phones than learning, but that isn't an educational problem, it's a cultural problem. Inattentive parents or parents who don't give a proper emphasis on education, I think, have more to be blamed for than the mass of students you're generalizing does.
Computers in schools are most certainly not the problem -- without them, some other facility would distract them*. It's not the options available to the students -- it's their attitudes towards learning that affect their choices, and taking computers away won't change that.
*Oh, and I manage to get an unweighted GPA of around 3.7 with 3 AP-level classes and 3 honors, while spending one of the periods playing on the computers and several hours at home on forums and on slashdot. And, occasionally, coding PHP/MySQL, DHTML, or installing/trying out Linux distros. And meanwhile, I maintain a social life.
My mother uses it to call my grandmother in Japan or her sister in Germany, and it's clear as can be. I think that it has a great deal to do with your connection and the phone number you're calling than the software itself.
I get the feeling you haven't Read The Fine Article -- having closed formats is a big issue for governments that don't want to -- in Paul Kangro's words -- "ask a third party for permission to open them [the documents]".
Why have closed formats when open formats would give you better business?
...in the nation (Don't read the book School of Dreams -- it's woefully inadequate to describe our school), SmartBoards have been very useful -- my Geography class last year was essentially a bunch of PowerPoint slides (It's not Linux/OO.org, but don't mod me down:P), and my physics teacher makes very, very good use out of diagramming circuits, undo-ing, re-diagramming, etc. On the other hand, some classes use it when they don't need to (and other classes don't need it and so don't use it at all). Computers aren't enhancements or distractions -- they are tools that have some specifically productive uses.
Quick wikiquote check says: You don't know what you're talking about. I suppose that Al Gore invented the Internet too?
Unless I'm mistaken, we don't need any more decoding power for FLAC or other lossless codecs. That's mainly a bandwidth issue -- investing more into compression algorithms might offer returns, but another radical change in music compression (and how much you can compress) isn't likely to happen.
Thing is, you can have email, webcam, web pages, and somewhat 3D renderings. The "revolutions" will occur in how these are used (& in fairly specific areas such as gaming) rather than the raw power behind them. Unless holograms become viable for consumer electronics I think it's safe to say that the processor has passed puberty, and for a while will mature more than it will grow.
Because grandma can't remember 10.4, but she can remember "Tiger". It's that simple. How many times have you asked the typical Windows user what OS they run? They usually don't even know!
Capacitors keep their charge, so you might want to be careful with anything that has them -- they could short out. If anyone has tips to safely wash electronics, let's hear them.
Quoted Daniel Foesch to pearpc-devel ---- I have information that they're not intending on using an existing license. Which means they will still be violating the GPL.
I knew this was not the end of it. And apparently, this move is to "prove to the world, we have not lifted code."
Just an FYI. Do not respond. --- This ain't over yet.
There's been no (official) talk of this on the mailing list or (as far as I know) the forums. To GP: Please research before making such baseless speculation.
I disagree. Windows is an excellent web development environment and makes it much easier to install stuff (non-free). As a production environment, carefully setting up Linux server is great, but for fast and dirty development without detailed setup questions, Windows takes the cake. Power Users are typically advanced enough to use each OS for its strengths.
And thus there would be no legal recourse if someone, in turn, copied their ideas, interface, etc. Without copyright, software would be free to redistribute (anything that tried to stop this would inevitably be cracked). How would a company sell something that everyone had the right to distribute freely? No copyright would free software -- as in beer. Freeing software in the other sense would be likely to *gain* from lack of copyright, not to mention it would just motivate companies to sell related services. It would virtually destroy proprietary protocols, unless they were designed with extremely high security and limited distribution in the first place.
It should be pointed out that a power user is much less likely to get hijacked, as one would more than likely use Firefox, firewalls, Windows Update, and a properly configured antivirus program.
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Wasn't our space program fueled by a tense rivalry with Russia? Didn't we build rockets rivaling and eventually surpassing Russia's because of the competition with the Soviets? If you think it was a battle of the intellect, you're sorely mistaken. We wanted to be better than them, pure and simple. I don't think that we should seek to drop weapons on the rest of the world -- I hate it -- but it's naive to think that a space program can exist divorced from any military interest.
Thank you. I'd probably use search a lot more then. Maybe a search button needs to be put up at the top where editors and users alike can see it.
It's a rare thing for me to be able to find something I'm searching for, and I often find that my searches come up with irrelevant results. IMO the search needs some rethinking.
Opera supports it. Firefox supports it (I tried w/ 1.0.3). IE with Adobe supports it. Consider yourself corrected.
For anyone wanting to read the article, here it is, sanitized of personally ID'ing info: http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=148847&c id=12476760
Not likely. Apple's profits on music come from selling iPods and not selling the music -- they barely break even there. Also, you seem to forget that some people *don't* have consoles, and that they can't play the good ol' game without paying $150 extra for the good ol' console. Whereas with backwards-compatibility, you get the best of both worlds. And considering that MS loses on each console sold, you'd think that it'd be a wise decision.
I was going to say that I thought Windows wasn't particularly bad...but...you're RIGHT. BLEAH! Look at that crappy interface. You can't even tell what's supposed to go where and what button starts which program!
There's generic icons -- lots of them -- hardly any space for the task part of the taskbar (FADING IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR A USELESS, IF SOMEWHAT PRETTY, TASKBAR!), the weird bottom arrow for the scrollbar is confusing (I'll move my mouse to the top or use my mousewheel, thank you), and there's a bunch of icons that explain very little about what they do (on the taskbar and in Konqueror -- and last time I checked, both stars AND hearts were used to denote favorites)! The only redeeming feature would be a decent theme, but it's doesn't even look like the icons are consistent in feel and quality!
Those screenshots reflect a failing of open-source: their design is inconsistent, self-absorbed, cluttered, and useless. I'm all for universal contribution, but when it results in crap I'd rather use something that has some semblance of consistency: XFCE or Gnome, thankyouverymuch.
Hmm. The problem is, though, 3D processors, unless redesigned, would have a far greater area:surface area ratio, which is bad, since the chip generates heat, and the surface area provides for its dissapation. I'm not saying 3D processors are impossible, it just adds a whole dimension to creating processors, as cooling has just gotten a lot harder. Also, antifuse won't work as RAM, unless you run Windows, in which case your computer, frozen forever, would work as expected (just kidding -- antifuse is write-once).
Some posters above have said "oh, kids nowadays can't even do math without a calculator." Bullshit -- I've been on the computer since age 4 (12 years) and I can integrate quite a bit with just some paper and pencil, not to mention I've known my multiplication tables (and state capitals!) since second grade. "The old fashioned way" -- as you call it -- is alive and well except in the minds of aging skeptics.
Now, I do agree (and I'm presuming you think this way) that standards have been lowered too far, and that students are more content going to the mall and socializing on cell phones than learning, but that isn't an educational problem, it's a cultural problem. Inattentive parents or parents who don't give a proper emphasis on education, I think, have more to be blamed for than the mass of students you're generalizing does.
Computers in schools are most certainly not the problem -- without them, some other facility would distract them*. It's not the options available to the students -- it's their attitudes towards learning that affect their choices, and taking computers away won't change that.
*Oh, and I manage to get an unweighted GPA of around 3.7 with 3 AP-level classes and 3 honors, while spending one of the periods playing on the computers and several hours at home on forums and on slashdot. And, occasionally, coding PHP/MySQL, DHTML, or installing/trying out Linux distros. And meanwhile, I maintain a social life.
Thank you. My mind will now proceed to explode. This is at least as perverse as nested wine-cygwin installs, only worse.
My mother uses it to call my grandmother in Japan or her sister in Germany, and it's clear as can be. I think that it has a great deal to do with your connection and the phone number you're calling than the software itself.
Wouldn't that open them up to antitrust lawsuits? Anticompetetive actions and all..
I get the feeling you haven't Read The Fine Article -- having closed formats is a big issue for governments that don't want to -- in Paul Kangro's words -- "ask a third party for permission to open them [the documents]".
Why have closed formats when open formats would give you better business?
...in the nation (Don't read the book School of Dreams -- it's woefully inadequate to describe our school), SmartBoards have been very useful -- my Geography class last year was essentially a bunch of PowerPoint slides (It's not Linux/OO.org, but don't mod me down :P), and my physics teacher makes very, very good use out of diagramming circuits, undo-ing, re-diagramming, etc. On the other hand, some classes use it when they don't need to (and other classes don't need it and so don't use it at all). Computers aren't enhancements or distractions -- they are tools that have some specifically productive uses.
Quick wikiquote check says: You don't know what you're talking about. I suppose that Al Gore invented the Internet too?
Unless I'm mistaken, we don't need any more decoding power for FLAC or other lossless codecs. That's mainly a bandwidth issue -- investing more into compression algorithms might offer returns, but another radical change in music compression (and how much you can compress) isn't likely to happen.
Thing is, you can have email, webcam, web pages, and somewhat 3D renderings. The "revolutions" will occur in how these are used (& in fairly specific areas such as gaming) rather than the raw power behind them. Unless holograms become viable for consumer electronics I think it's safe to say that the processor has passed puberty, and for a while will mature more than it will grow.
Because grandma can't remember 10.4, but she can remember "Tiger". It's that simple. How many times have you asked the typical Windows user what OS they run? They usually don't even know!
Capacitors keep their charge, so you might want to be careful with anything that has them -- they could short out. If anyone has tips to safely wash electronics, let's hear them.
Quoted Daniel Foesch to pearpc-devel
----
I have information that they're not intending on using an existing
license. Which means they will still be violating the GPL.
I knew this was not the end of it. And apparently, this move is to
"prove to the world, we have not lifted code."
Just an FYI. Do not respond.
---
This ain't over yet.
Isn't it because you usually say it "Month, Day, Year" as in "January 01, 1979" rather than "1979,January 01" or "01 January 1979"?
There's been no (official) talk of this on the mailing list or (as far as I know) the forums. To GP: Please research before making such baseless speculation.
I disagree. Windows is an excellent web development environment and makes it much easier to install stuff (non-free). As a production environment, carefully setting up Linux server is great, but for fast and dirty development without detailed setup questions, Windows takes the cake. Power Users are typically advanced enough to use each OS for its strengths.
And thus there would be no legal recourse if someone, in turn, copied their ideas, interface, etc. Without copyright, software would be free to redistribute (anything that tried to stop this would inevitably be cracked). How would a company sell something that everyone had the right to distribute freely? No copyright would free software -- as in beer. Freeing software in the other sense would be likely to *gain* from lack of copyright, not to mention it would just motivate companies to sell related services. It would virtually destroy proprietary protocols, unless they were designed with extremely high security and limited distribution in the first place.
It should be pointed out that a power user is much less likely to get hijacked, as one would more than likely use Firefox, firewalls, Windows Update, and a properly configured antivirus program.
Are you implying that small battles have nothing to do with large battles? Defending the right for OSS to stay OSS sounds pretty damn important.
Same. 13 of my almost 17 years have been spent in front of a computer almost daily. Maybe my eyes have just grown up with monitors. :P