Agreed! You have to consider the kiosk to be a hostile device and assume that it is going to be cracked no matter what you do. Limit it's access over the network and secure the server/daemon it connects to.
> Why should I have any respect for an organisation that's been convicted of anti-competitive practices on 2 continents? Microsoft >is a bunch of crooks selling a third-rate products. Respect has to earned, not expected.
I'm glad I read the comments before posting! Otherwise, I would have duplicated Mister_Woods post.
Let's see... 1700 years ago approximately... the Roman Empire fell. From what I gather, the Roman Empire had, at the end, a melting pot of sorts as far as citizens go. Then, gothic and slavic tribes moved in and pretty much decimated what remained of Roman power and population. With the collapse of order came the Dark Ages and it's accompanying calamities such as civic and academic loss, famine and plague. Former Roman citizens would have lost everything to the invaders.
These tribes were largely extended family groups of interrelated people. Where is the surprise in the lack of mitochondrial DNA diversification?
Don't know if anyone has thought of this... What if there are large meteors or planetoids orbiting some body or the galactic core and every so often we pass into the vacinity? Or, the meteors come from our own solar system but are disturbed by some juxtaposition of gravitic fields causing disruption in the orbits of said meteors.
Sounds like a job for FAT32 to me. If you need to maintain filesystem permission and things... just tar.gz from *nix and zip from windos. Works for Macs too except for the loss of the use of certain parts of the characterset for filenames and filesystem niceties.
Ok. I've read a bit about this scheduler thing and I'm not a kernel programmer but I wonder... why can't more than one scheduler be present in a kernel or at compile time and let the user decide? Do they want a scheduler that works good for server tasks or one that optimizes for gaming? Real-time scheduler etc... Maybe make it a policy decision or something.
Are not Windows (tm) and Microsoft (tm) trademarks of Microsoft Corporation? If Microsoft allows others to use their trademarks and doesn't defend them does not Microsoft lose enforceability of these trademarks regardless of locale?
Humans don't have enough heart/s, any regeneration ability, or brain capacity - at least that is my understanding.
> Re Rose: "in which she was pretty clueless about everything going on"
That's what makes humans useful to the Time Lord! They see things from a different perspective and can sometimes recognise things that the Time Lord might overlook. The whole reason for their being sidekicks of the Doctor in the first place!
Now, I wouldn't object to a hybrid timelord/human.:) Codifex
Ghirardelli's gets a vote from me! I must be starved for chocolate variety because Ghirardelli's are about the best I've tasted so far. (Now if they could only get good whole almonds like in a Cadbury's bar they'd be even better.)
There was once a day when I was in the GNOME camp. I didn't like the non-free Qt stuff. These days, Qt is not much of an issue. I still appreciate the GNOME guys for giving us an alternative but...
Why does GNOME always seem to be in a state of trying to define itself - to always be in the concept stage? Perpetually in ALPHA state.
Is GNOME still the GNU Network Object Model Environment of old?
Now, in favor of GNOME I must add: There are some GNOME apps that just rock. I really like the process list, some of the games and the panel apps. The widgets are crisp, beautiful and intuitive just like they were on the original GIMP.
The GNOME guys have got alot of impressive code. Now to use that code to form a cohesive and easy to use interface that doesn't change drastically with every point release.
> a $100 computer to go down-market in some of these > countries. We have to engineer (PCs) to be lighter > and cheaper,
How much cheaper can Microsoft expect hardware to get? It's almost costless as it is now.
The Microsoft OS is the real cost barrier. The cheaper hardware gets; the more folks will want an OS just as cheap. Microsoft will have to lower their prices.
When Microsoft lowers their prices then they will have to partition their market into full/higher cost solutions and chopped/lower cost solutions; this will give Linux a clear advantage because Linux can offer a fully appointed OS with no cost differential.
I expect Microsoft's momentum to carry it a few more years yet... but after that the energy will have bled off and people will begin to see the benefits of Linux more clearly.
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Agreed! You have to consider the kiosk to be a hostile device and assume that it is going to be cracked no matter what you do. Limit it's access over the network and secure the server/daemon it connects to.
I'd mod parent one up if I had mod points.
> Why should I have any respect for an organisation that's been convicted of anti-competitive practices on 2 continents? Microsoft
>is a bunch of crooks selling a third-rate products. Respect has to earned, not expected.
I'm glad I read the comments before posting! Otherwise, I would have duplicated Mister_Woods post.
O BIBLIO means The Book
Let's see... 1700 years ago approximately... the Roman Empire fell. From what I gather, the Roman Empire had, at the end, a melting pot of sorts as far as citizens go. Then, gothic and slavic tribes moved in and pretty much decimated what remained of Roman power and population. With the collapse of order came the Dark Ages and it's accompanying calamities such as civic and academic loss, famine and plague. Former Roman citizens would have lost everything to the invaders.
These tribes were largely extended family groups of interrelated people. Where is the surprise in the lack of mitochondrial DNA diversification?
Don't know if anyone has thought of this... What if there are large meteors or planetoids orbiting some body or the galactic core and every so often we pass into the vacinity? Or, the meteors come from our own solar system but are disturbed by some juxtaposition of gravitic fields causing disruption in the orbits of said meteors.
Just a thought.
Use the tool that created the file to read it. Then use the scripting language in the tool to write your own output module for the format you desire.
The hard part comes in selecting a desirable format; this seems to be what the EU is proposing and I like it.
Sounds like a job for FAT32 to me. If you need to maintain filesystem permission and things... just tar.gz from *nix and zip from windos. Works for Macs too except for the loss of the use of certain parts of the characterset for filenames and filesystem niceties.
Ok. I've read a bit about this scheduler thing and I'm not a kernel programmer but I wonder... why can't more than one scheduler be present in a kernel or at compile time and let the user decide? Do they want a scheduler that works good for server tasks or one that optimizes for gaming? Real-time scheduler etc... Maybe make it a policy decision or something.
Has this been done?
Are not Windows (tm) and Microsoft (tm) trademarks of Microsoft Corporation? If Microsoft allows others to use their trademarks and doesn't defend them does not Microsoft lose enforceability of these trademarks regardless of locale?
IANAL but...
Codifex Maximus
With the luck of Teela Brown, some will manage to survive.
Fosters is a whole lot better than Coors or Budwieser. Just what kind of beer are you Aussies not sending to America?
Every piece of GPL software always begins with the PREAMBLE. You start by including a copy of the GPL like so:
#include <stdio.h>
#include "gpl.h"
int main(void) {
fprintf(stdout, "%s", gpl);
return (0);
};
gpl.c:7:6: warning: no newline at end of file
Syntax error line 10: Unknown token at end of line.
10 PRINT "I am Awesome ";
You are obviously a sickly C programmer! BASIC rox donchaknow?
10 PRINT "I am awesome!":GOTO 10
We are trying to optimise remember?! Get with the program.
Sheesh.
BAZZZZAT! Whuuuump... drag..... drop..... sizzle.
Yeah, I guess yer right. Also, that comment of yours, earlier, about the best idea in three days was bloody funny. :)
> "Rose could apparently become a Time Lord"
:)
Humans don't have enough heart/s, any regeneration ability, or brain capacity - at least that is my understanding.
> Re Rose: "in which she was pretty clueless about everything going on"
That's what makes humans useful to the Time Lord! They see things from a different perspective and can sometimes recognise things that the Time Lord might overlook. The whole reason for their being sidekicks of the Doctor in the first place!
Now, I wouldn't object to a hybrid timelord/human.
Codifex
> since my Doctor is Baker
Yeah Baker! Now HE was the Doctor! Anybody care for a jelly baby?
K9! K9!
Yes doctor?
Reset the matrix calculations! Hurry!
Affirmative!
Codifex
Ghirardelli's gets a vote from me! I must be starved for chocolate variety because Ghirardelli's are about the best I've tasted so far. (Now if they could only get good whole almonds like in a Cadbury's bar they'd be even better.)
The first thing that came to my mind, when I saw this article, was Netforce.
There was once a day when I was in the GNOME camp. I didn't like the non-free Qt stuff. These days, Qt is not much of an issue. I still appreciate the GNOME guys for giving us an alternative but...
Why does GNOME always seem to be in a state of trying to define itself - to always be in the concept stage? Perpetually in ALPHA state.
Is GNOME still the GNU Network Object Model Environment of old?
Now, in favor of GNOME I must add: There are some GNOME apps that just rock. I really like the process list, some of the games and the panel apps. The widgets are crisp, beautiful and intuitive just like they were on the original GIMP.
The GNOME guys have got alot of impressive code. Now to use that code to form a cohesive and easy to use interface that doesn't change drastically with every point release.
> But you then get into a bidding war for your own name.
And of course you are right. I think the world is sinking in a sea of litigation.
> For the price of the google ad the other company
:)
> has effectively stolen all of Louis Vitton's
> advertising effect on that person.
Sounds to me like Louis needs to pony up a little more cash to get better add placement on Google.
> a $100 computer to go down-market in some of these
> countries. We have to engineer (PCs) to be lighter
> and cheaper,
How much cheaper can Microsoft expect hardware to get? It's almost costless as it is now.
The Microsoft OS is the real cost barrier. The cheaper hardware gets; the more folks will want an OS just as cheap. Microsoft will have to lower their prices.
When Microsoft lowers their prices then they will have to partition their market into full/higher cost solutions and chopped/lower cost solutions; this will give Linux a clear advantage because Linux can offer a fully appointed OS with no cost differential.
I expect Microsoft's momentum to carry it a few more years yet... but after that the energy will have bled off and people will begin to see the benefits of Linux more clearly.