Innovation projects sound like a pretty good idea. Too many science courses, including comp-sci, are excessively theory-oriented. Innovation is the lifeblood of science, not the ability to recite a text-book.
Every course should have something along these lines.
This project could do with some marketing. I genuinely had no idea that it was even comparable to Excel in terms of features, and I'm no Linux n00b. One of the problems with OS software in general, I guess. And what has to change.
This is an excellent idea, and one which deserves to do well. The delicate system of checks-and-balances has been become skewed of late, and our privacy has been steadily eroded.
The balance needs correcting, and this is a good way to set about it, by affecting the decision-makers personally.
"To receive additional copies of these Official Rules, or a Prize Winner list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Open Source Development Network, Inc., 47071 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538; Attention Slashdot T-Shirt Design Contest. Specify Prize Winner list and/or Official Rules on your request. Replies will be sent after the completion of the Contest." - Official rules
Ah, yes. Requesting rules after the competition ends. Sounds like those slashdot Eds again.
Change like this is inevitable, and indeed to be encouraged, in the internet. If this project is really worth something, it will be continued by someone else. More probably, it's good points will be incorporated into another project. This is what drives innovation. COBOL and Fortran were great at the time, but do we regret their demise? No. We still have their benefits.
It's difficult to see how spammers could remain annonymous. At the moment, they're an annoyance, but if they enter the realm of law-breaking to this extent, it is likely that there will be a major crackdown. And this shall not be difficult, because of the very nature of spam -- to get you to buy a product. Therefore, there must be a link to the spammer.
The will be an interesting battle. JSP and PHP are now broadly identical in syntax and OO implementation. Who'll win? PHP is OS, but JSP has a huge amount of support from corporations.
Isn't it, perhaps, the whole idea of an automobile, which is inherently inefficient, which needs re-thinking? It seems that support for rail over long distances, and metro-like systems for shorter distances might be more beneficial to all. Trains do not require huge streets, they do not require huge areas for parking, they do not lead to massive congestion, they do not cause deaths on a huge scale. (More Americans are killed every year from road fatalities than were killed in the war in Vietnam).
It may be that the car is too ingrained in the American psyche to dispense with it... but that's no reason to keep it either
It seems that Sun is recognising that Java in general was in danger of stagnation. Recently, we've had a major push into the mobile phone arena, the bundling of JREs with Dell and HP PCs, SDK 1.5, and now this.
This might well be in reaction to the threat posed by.NET, but it seems that Sun are actively seeking to innovate once again, before.NET has a chance to catch up
And that's, long-term, probably a good thing for the development community
It seems that whenever a story related to music comes up, somebody tells us in self-righteous indignance that they never by CDs by the big-bad record companies.
A knee-jerk reaction might be to rubbish this as a crude measure, which infringes on free-speech, but upon consideration maybe it isn't so bad after all.
If you are confident in your criticism; if it's valid, and if it's true, then there is no problem with this. There ought to be no easy reply or rebuttal, and, if you still are in receipt of one of these letters, it shouldn't be too hard to show how it is invalid. Indeed, it might give you more opportunity to elaborate on your criticism.
If, on the other hand, what you write is merely polemic and diatribe, with poorly-researched or untrue facts, this law could be a major irritant. And here is where it would be most useful
Begaune maybe the internet needs more of the first sort of people and less of the second
This article is, generally, totally irrelevant. The European Parliament holds virtually no power, and is, generally, merely a talking-shop. The Council of Ministers, and, to a larger extent, the Commission hold all power. There are attampts to change this with the work-in-progress that is the Constitution.
This lack of power of the Parliament leads many single-issue candidates, washed-up politicians, and other power-hungry novices to run for election to European office in the Parliament. Very few serious politicians will be found there, bar those who lead the political factions present. As such, we can safely ignore the warblings of this MEP.
If only we could find a similarly talkative Commissioner. It's what the EU needs
It's difficult te feel excited, or indeed surprised, by announcements such as this thanks to the unending stream of similar stories. How many articles on nanotechnology have you read in the past year, all showing how it was just around the corner? More than you care to remember, no doubt.
This goes to show just how messed-up the current domain-ownership system is. For property, there is a tightly-controlled system of deeds, and clearly defined ownership. It is almost impossible to acquire ownership of land without the consent of the owner. This is how it should be
Many domains, however, are more valuable than land. And there are far too many cases such as this with disputed ownership and other such claims. A rethink of the system is necessary. It does nobody any good for people such as this to be able to abuse the system.
This is slashdot! GAIM has most of the functionality of Trillian, and some rather nice plug-ins to boot. It will even run on Win32 for those who haven't seen the light, yet.
You have to wonder how long it will be before people realise, though, that relying on something owned by just one commercial entity (AOL, MSN Messenger, ICQ, etc) is never a good idea. I'm not sure about the feasibility of Jabber, though.
And, after that, no cities (understandably) were founded until farming became common-practice. Cities required administrators; those who didn't need to hunt/farm to acquire their food. And it wasn't until the advent of farming that this became possible, with surpluses in food production. Also, population density was another prime contributing factor, and, once again, the new sedentary lifestyle allowed, and indeed encouraged, population to grow around existing settlement. It is no co-incidence that the first civilisation and the first farmers both had their origins in Mesopotamia.
It's about time that AMD got some recognition for their work, and, more specifically, their R&D. 3DNow! was miles ahead of MMX, and the Athlon was vastly superior to the P3. The AthlonXP in turn beats the P4, Mhz for Mhz.
The widespread opinion is that AMD processors are the poor-man's Intel. "Good, but not as good". Hopefully the new Opertron (it will be amazing if the Itanium does nearly as well in the 64-bit marked) and announcements like this will help redress the balance.
And show that marketing budget isn't a measure of CPU quality.
Linux is ideal for places like Council Offices -- little complex software beyond Word-processors or Spreadsheets is required, meaning any OS can conceivably be used. What sets apart one from another is the cost, and ease of maintenance/deployment. And, here, it is obvious that Linux wins.
Having said that, this doesn't do much for Linux in the home, or for those who use PCs for anything more complex.
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Innovation projects sound like a pretty good idea. Too many science courses, including comp-sci, are excessively theory-oriented. Innovation is the lifeblood of science, not the ability to recite a text-book.
Every course should have something along these lines.
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This project could do with some marketing. I genuinely had no idea that it was even comparable to Excel in terms of features, and I'm no Linux n00b. One of the problems with OS software in general, I guess. And what has to change.
This is an excellent idea, and one which deserves to do well. The delicate system of checks-and-balances has been become skewed of late, and our privacy has been steadily eroded.
The balance needs correcting, and this is a good way to set about it, by affecting the decision-makers personally.
"To receive additional copies of these Official Rules, or a Prize Winner list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Open Source Development Network, Inc., 47071 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538; Attention Slashdot T-Shirt Design Contest. Specify Prize Winner list and/or Official Rules on your request. Replies will be sent after the completion of the Contest." - Official rules
Ah, yes. Requesting rules after the competition ends. Sounds like those slashdot Eds again.
Change like this is inevitable, and indeed to be encouraged, in the internet. If this project is really worth something, it will be continued by someone else. More probably, it's good points will be incorporated into another project. This is what drives innovation. COBOL and Fortran were great at the time, but do we regret their demise? No. We still have their benefits.
See the bigger picture.
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It's difficult to see how spammers could remain annonymous. At the moment, they're an annoyance, but if they enter the realm of law-breaking to this extent, it is likely that there will be a major crackdown. And this shall not be difficult, because of the very nature of spam -- to get you to buy a product. Therefore, there must be a link to the spammer.
It won't work.
The will be an interesting battle. JSP and PHP are now broadly identical in syntax and OO implementation. Who'll win? PHP is OS, but JSP has a huge amount of support from corporations.
I'm betting on JSP
Maybe the fact that Google doesn't need to register just proves the point...
Isn't it, perhaps, the whole idea of an automobile, which is inherently inefficient, which needs re-thinking? It seems that support for rail over long distances, and metro-like systems for shorter distances might be more beneficial to all. Trains do not require huge streets, they do not require huge areas for parking, they do not lead to massive congestion, they do not cause deaths on a huge scale. (More Americans are killed every year from road fatalities than were killed in the war in Vietnam).
It may be that the car is too ingrained in the American psyche to dispense with it... but that's no reason to keep it either
It seems that Sun is recognising that Java in general was in danger of stagnation. Recently, we've had a major push into the mobile phone arena, the bundling of JREs with Dell and HP PCs, SDK 1.5, and now this.
This might well be in reaction to the threat posed by .NET, but it seems that Sun are actively seeking to innovate once again, before .NET has a chance to catch up
And that's, long-term, probably a good thing for the development communityIt seems that whenever a story related to music comes up, somebody tells us in self-righteous indignance that they never by CDs by the big-bad record companies.
Enough!
Bah, typo. "Begaune" should be "because".
A knee-jerk reaction might be to rubbish this as a crude measure, which infringes on free-speech, but upon consideration maybe it isn't so bad after all.
If you are confident in your criticism; if it's valid, and if it's true, then there is no problem with this. There ought to be no easy reply or rebuttal, and, if you still are in receipt of one of these letters, it shouldn't be too hard to show how it is invalid. Indeed, it might give you more opportunity to elaborate on your criticism.
If, on the other hand, what you write is merely polemic and diatribe, with poorly-researched or untrue facts, this law could be a major irritant. And here is where it would be most useful
Begaune maybe the internet needs more of the first sort of people and less of the second
This article is, generally, totally irrelevant. The European Parliament holds virtually no power, and is, generally, merely a talking-shop. The Council of Ministers, and, to a larger extent, the Commission hold all power. There are attampts to change this with the work-in-progress that is the Constitution.
This lack of power of the Parliament leads many single-issue candidates, washed-up politicians, and other power-hungry novices to run for election to European office in the Parliament. Very few serious politicians will be found there, bar those who lead the political factions present. As such, we can safely ignore the warblings of this MEP.
If only we could find a similarly talkative Commissioner. It's what the EU needs
It's difficult te feel excited, or indeed surprised, by announcements such as this thanks to the unending stream of similar stories. How many articles on nanotechnology have you read in the past year, all showing how it was just around the corner? More than you care to remember, no doubt.
This goes to show just how messed-up the current domain-ownership system is. For property, there is a tightly-controlled system of deeds, and clearly defined ownership. It is almost impossible to acquire ownership of land without the consent of the owner. This is how it should be
Many domains, however, are more valuable than land. And there are far too many cases such as this with disputed ownership and other such claims. A rethink of the system is necessary. It does nobody any good for people such as this to be able to abuse the system.
This is slashdot! GAIM has most of the functionality of Trillian, and some rather nice plug-ins to boot. It will even run on Win32 for those who haven't seen the light, yet.
You have to wonder how long it will be before people realise, though, that relying on something owned by just one commercial entity (AOL, MSN Messenger, ICQ, etc) is never a good idea. I'm not sure about the feasibility of Jabber, though.
The answer to that relatively well understood
Firstly, we had to wait until the ice-age passed
And, after that, no cities (understandably) were founded until farming became common-practice. Cities required administrators; those who didn't need to hunt/farm to acquire their food. And it wasn't until the advent of farming that this became possible, with surpluses in food production. Also, population density was another prime contributing factor, and, once again, the new sedentary lifestyle allowed, and indeed encouraged, population to grow around existing settlement. It is no co-incidence that the first civilisation and the first farmers both had their origins in Mesopotamia.
It's about time that AMD got some recognition for their work, and, more specifically, their R&D. 3DNow! was miles ahead of MMX, and the Athlon was vastly superior to the P3. The AthlonXP in turn beats the P4, Mhz for Mhz. The widespread opinion is that AMD processors are the poor-man's Intel. "Good, but not as good". Hopefully the new Opertron (it will be amazing if the Itanium does nearly as well in the 64-bit marked) and announcements like this will help redress the balance. And show that marketing budget isn't a measure of CPU quality.
Linux is ideal for places like Council Offices -- little complex software beyond Word-processors or Spreadsheets is required, meaning any OS can conceivably be used. What sets apart one from another is the cost, and ease of maintenance/deployment. And, here, it is obvious that Linux wins.
Having said that, this doesn't do much for Linux in the home, or for those who use PCs for anything more complex.
Please! No more stories of death-defying calculators. Really - they're not that complex. Just durable (duh).