Context is used to determine the actual meaning of the word. A word can be spelled randomly as another valid word. I think given a sample sentence, the true meaning can be derived.
"Tikang garet crae, I septped bihend the gril, and fdnoled her basters"
Um, that is a little hard to read isn't it. Well, ok, I think you're right. Notice "gril" and "basters" in the same sentence, make you think of cooking.
And yes, this statement could be offensive. Well, I'm male. I can't really help it.
This is good for mandrake. They are simply adding bookmarks to websites of the people who paid to advertise. Bookmarks are quite a bit different than the tone generated by the post and responses; it's not like the link is "embedded" permanently in the browser. You just go to edit bookmarks, delete, if you don't like the link. Mandrake is not forcing you to keep the link in your bookmarks.
I think it's cool. Mandrake needs the money, and this is the sanest and cleanest way of doing it. I'm a silver member of Mandrake, and even though I download mandrake from the 'net, I'm perfectly fine with this development. BTW RC2 is out, and it rocks!
Does anyone REALLY pay attention to any of the comparisons on slashdot anyway? I know that all of them are biased, and I just choose ths OS which I think is best from my own personal experience, and experience of people I work with whom I trust.
That really is quite interesting. That made me see google in a slightly different light, especially the whole google toolbar/alexa connection, and the "immortal" cookie; Anyone know if France or Germany are creating an alternative to Google? (Hey, I like France's Linux distro, Mandrake...So maybe they could make a search engine I would like too =)
Look, the reason Google has changed is because of those people who thought that material was "potentially offensive." Google doesn't have absolute power over how and what it searches for; it has to abide by the requests of people with money, because if they don't, they'll get sunk. Can you honestly say that there will ever be an alternative that can search without "filters and junk" without getting sued up the wazoo?
It's a fact of the current internet world, it is extremely difficult to be a good search engine. I think google does a pretty good job.
So, what do we do? A system funded by our tax payer dollars where Corporations are allowed to do as they please is pretty much a broken system. I'm sure that was never the intention of the founders of our nation. How to fix it is another matter entirely...
We could just throw away the government completely and institute Corporate Feudalism.
Serfdom, here I come!
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It's hard to say, but by 2006, Linux will hopefully be pretty advanced. Just look at the improvements in the past year, Linux Desktops have made leaps and bounds in usability. The kernel is in pretty good shape, the only thing that could use improvement is the GUI, which, though difficult, is not as difficult as a complete rebuild of the Windows kernel/GUI. Microsoft is trying to be everything, and will soon find out how difficult that is.
Perhaps they will succeed (In fact, I'd be surprised if they weren't able to roll-out a decent product...You'd think they would have learned from their past mistakes by now!) So, all in all, I'm pretty excited about all the developments, though I do think that a later release date is both better for Linux desktop users and for Microsoft as a whole; it'll mean Linux will have more time to penetrate, and Microsoft will not release such a product riddled with exploitable code (*cough* RPC *cough*).
It's better to set a standard of slow-and-steady than fast-and-inaccurate.
Am I alone in thinking that maybe if Microsoft takes more time to develop their product, it will benefit everyone, Windows users and Linux users alike?
I disagree with you're assumption that open-source advocates are pirates. Look, just because we have high ideals of what software should be, doesn't mean we disobey the law. The fact is, these small webcasters can do whatever the hell they want in the court of law. That's the whole point of the justice system. They may get completely shot down for an idiotic case, or they might win. Laws can be rewritten, corporations thwarted. It may be difficult, but change IS possible. It's up to the judge. Do you expect the world to never change?
Also, just because you're an open-source advocate, does NOT mean you use P2P. In fact, I don't use P2P because (1) it's a huge timesink, and I have better uses for my time (2) it hogs my network (in fact, I've banned it's use on all the computers on my home network, since all that's downloaded tends to be pr0n) and I have better uses for my network bandwidth, and (3) I can get higher quality by purchasing products that I need.
In fact, it appears to me you are assuming all open-source advocates are 13-year-olds who also like to pirate all their windows software and new games. Well, I say that assumption is wrong.
It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this court case, because if the webcasters are able to win (As unlikely as that is), then the RIAA will most likely have to make room for the smaller players. Personally, I don't listen to webcast streams anymore; the quality tends to be shoddy, the music isn't on my computer, and I can't pause it and come back to the same song later. It might make the RIAA a bit more lenient though. However you look at it, taking away college students' life savings for going along with the herd is just the wrong way to do ethical business.
All I know is, I just downloaded Beta 2, and burned the cds...and then they come out with RC1. Sheesh. I didn't even have time to install it! They release very fast. It's cool though, I'd rather have fast releases than vapor-releases.
Also, Mandrake is probably the easiest for Linux Newbs, so it's always good to see new developments. I don't know if it warrants slashdot frontpage, but hey, it's a slow news day =)
WhereIsIt already does pretty much what you're talking about. It's a program I used for keeping track of my CDs (since I have over 400 cds and I'm not going to spend all day looking for that one cd...). I'm able to write descriptions for files so I can search for them later if I want. It does require a bit of work sometimes. In some cases, WhereIsIt can automatically determine some things about the file. It's been a while since I used it, but I know that you can also use it for your hard drive. A pretty useful and particularly easy to use program, IMO.
How long will it take to watch all this programming? You could spend your whole life watching it.
The amount of historical material is mind boggling! I'll be eager to support once it is available. We should have more broadcast companies trying to give "public value." Heh. I honestly can't imagine a company in the U.S. doing something like this.
However, just to ponder, I remember reading that the BBC was getting a lot of flak for the suicide of David Kelly. I hope it's not too cynical to suggest that perhaps in some way, they are doing this to restore some of their image that may have been tarnished?
At any rate, this is definately a very magnanimous thing for the BBC to do, and I am glad to see it.
Not "let's do it the microsoft way" but, "let's make sure that users can import previous work in all other major products."
Oh, and by the way, there's only so many ways to make a usable spreadsheet program. If a standard spreadsheet application exists, and a way of doing things already exists, why reinvent the wheel? This is just so people can be free from the Microsoft grind of upgrading every couple of years to a new, more bloated version of office.
There's still a long way to go though, just because we have all the functions of Excel doesn't mean that it's Excel, or that people won't have functions in Windows (i.e. Macros in VBA) that they need (Like in accounting).
IP needs to go, or be massively revised. IP as it is, is abused and manipulated in such a fashion as to allow companies to squash competition, and beat other countries into submission (i.e. developing countries). The idea that IP in developing countries will aid technological advancement because of "Financial incentives" is simply ridiculus; where is that money coming from? And besides, if everything is closed source, won't it all come from Microsoft?
Open-source allows each country to be less dependant on the United States for advances in computer technology, because they won't be tied down to Microsoft. This is just the same game the U.S. plays with all other things; we want complete domination of the world market.
IP is ok if only the United States exists in the world, but once you get the whole world involved, open-source becomes much more attractive as a computing solution.
People will probably say, "Without IP, you can't survive if you write programs etc." Well, there must be a way to set up a system that WILL allow you to make money, without invoking IP. Perhaps someone more knowledgable than me can say what that is.
Yeah, dumbing stuff down is great. It means each user doesn't know the first thing about actual security, and they also know nothing about what to do when/if something catastrophic occurs.
Ignorance may be bliss, but it sure causes a hell of a lot of problems when something goes wrong. Of course, that's what the computer repair guy is for, but still, it would be nice if average users knew a little bit more than they do.
Actually, I forgot to mention I saw Winged Migration which is a really good film and everyone should see it. Does that also go to the MPAA regime? I tend to like to see foreign films; I haven't seen the Matrix Reloaded.
Hmm...Mary Poppin's Christmas with the Smurfs....Somehow, that just seems wrong.
Some movies, you just need to see on the big screen to appreciate. Winged Migration is a case in point. I'd still really like to get it on DVD though.
Who is responsible for these events? Microsoft, who allowed these security breaches through their code, or the people that wrote the worms themselves? Or maybe the sysadmins who didn't have firewalls installed?
Something needs to be done, to hold someone accountable. This can't keep happening. Microsoft can't keep saying "Oh, we're concentrating on security *snigger*." Either that or the worm writers need to be held accountable.
I find it incredible that people just seem to think there's no way of solving the situation, so just leave it as it is.
Oh well, at least I have my linux box, though I'm sure as many people say, if linux was more predominant, then we'd have our fair share of worms.
Heck, I don't need a reason to not buy cds or see new movies...They all suck, and I don't intend to see any... Well, except for the lord of the rings. I can't give that up, sorry; it's kind of a family thing.
Other then that, I haven't bought cds since 2001 (And those were just second-hand jazz cds). I have all the music I want, and none of the new music is very interesting. Oh, except for Ben Verdery (really cool guitar), but that isn't RIAA owned, he's independant.
I don't know about you, but I really don't like the idea of Microsoft having access to my emails while they are stored on their server. In fact, I will never trust any company with my emails on their server, ever. It's not because I don't like Microsoft (I don't like 'em), but it's because I hate the idea of having all my emails on someone else's server. They could be the best admin in the world, and I still wouldn't trust them. Emails are important, and I want them locally, and I want to be able to access them without internet access. No thanks, to webmail.
Man, I don't know what you're talking about, if people are old and crufty for 200 years, I for one want no part in any society like that!
Even if you can solve the problem of physical decay, how long do the neurons in the brain last? New neurons cannot be created, only new connections can be made...People would probably die of brain death, while their bodies were in perfect health. I think it's kind of silly to think that we should strive for immortality. What are you going to do with all those years? Can you seriously imagine what it would be like to work for 200 years, as opposed to 65? That's more than 3 times the current retirement age!
We will all have to face death one day, and promises of immortality are just a waste of time and energy.
Why don't they just get rid of teachers if they're so concerned about "abuses"? Just make a computer that teaches 'em all the information; after all, that's all administrators expect teachers to do anyway. They sure didn't hire those teachers so they could be human and interact with their students! They hired them so that the students would get a good score on the SOLs.
I don't see how monitoring classrooms with cameras will help anything, because who's going to watch the cameras while school is in session? It's got to be pretty boring; And besides, how are the schools going to hire people to do the monitoring, with the extremely low levels of funding they get?
I could agree to the practicality of cameras monitoring while tests are being taken though, especially SOLs and other standardized tests.
I heartily agree with that quote. Computer use can turn you into a pessimist too; after losing a months worth of data because you forgot to back up for a while, it kind of makes you think "Oh god, what if my computer fails...better backup stuff" Thankfully I haven't had a HD crash since I had my 240 meg drive (Lost all my Zeliard saves =(((( I still remember that horrible day when I was 9); I've always been able to catch data before the HD failed. But software bugs and hard crashes in Windows really led me to backup things regularly. It's really important, because there's nothing like losing that one important file because you forgot to backup your important stuff. Linux makes it so easy to backup stuff too, so I'm glad I use it now =)
Isn't S.A.D. caused by lack of sunlight? I don't think any amount of artificial light can help people while there's no sun. We could put a huge lamp in the sky, but then, we have the sun don't we? I don't think removing artificial lights at night would suddenly make everyone extremely depressed and want to kill themselves. Then again, I don't think to many artificial lights are killing people either.
Now, I could agree that artificial lights throw off sleeping patterns, disrupt natural cycles, etc. But artificial lights killing people? That seems too large of a conclusion to draw from the article. I don't think that the article was really saying that people die from too much artificial light. The article was saying that animals and ecosystems suffer and can die from artificial lights (i.e. the mating process of moths, birds that crash into windows, etc.)
Now that mousing hand will not only have to move the mouse itself, but will also have to manipulate a "secondary" trackball-type mouse in the existing mouse with one finger. I have a feeling that people that use these mice will develop extreme pain in their middle finger...
Maybe this will eliminate the traditional insult among FPS geeks? We'll have to invent a new one.
Nah, I don't know about you, but I'd rather keep my middle finger. I like the WASD combination anyway, keeps the continual stress on my hands balanced.
So, basically what you're saying is, even though we can see the code that is property of SCO, they can charge us for it as long as we don't know which part of the code it is? This seems like one of those ridiculus mindgames. My head hurts now...
I don't get it. If SCO's code is freely available to everyone, how can they possibly say they own it, and expect people to pay to use it? It's kind of a moot point now. It can't be proprietary because everyone has seen it.
This whole SCO debacle is like getting pecked to death by chickens. Someone needs to make a comic or something about this, I for one would find it highly amusing.
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Will the slashdot effect be ruled a "worm"? It seems to propogate itself pretty well =)) It's like a DDoS attack isn't it?
"Tikang garet crae, I septped bihend the gril, and fdnoled her basters"
Um, that is a little hard to read isn't it. Well, ok, I think you're right. Notice "gril" and "basters" in the same sentence, make you think of cooking.
And yes, this statement could be offensive. Well, I'm male. I can't really help it.
I think it's cool. Mandrake needs the money, and this is the sanest and cleanest way of doing it. I'm a silver member of Mandrake, and even though I download mandrake from the 'net, I'm perfectly fine with this development. BTW RC2 is out, and it rocks!
Does anyone REALLY pay attention to any of the comparisons on slashdot anyway? I know that all of them are biased, and I just choose ths OS which I think is best from my own personal experience, and experience of people I work with whom I trust.
That really is quite interesting. That made me see google in a slightly different light, especially the whole google toolbar/alexa connection, and the "immortal" cookie; Anyone know if France or Germany are creating an alternative to Google? (Hey, I like France's Linux distro, Mandrake...So maybe they could make a search engine I would like too =)
It's a fact of the current internet world, it is extremely difficult to be a good search engine. I think google does a pretty good job.
We could just throw away the government completely and institute Corporate Feudalism.
Serfdom, here I come!
Perhaps they will succeed (In fact, I'd be surprised if they weren't able to roll-out a decent product...You'd think they would have learned from their past mistakes by now!) So, all in all, I'm pretty excited about all the developments, though I do think that a later release date is both better for Linux desktop users and for Microsoft as a whole; it'll mean Linux will have more time to penetrate, and Microsoft will not release such a product riddled with exploitable code (*cough* RPC *cough*). It's better to set a standard of slow-and-steady than fast-and-inaccurate.
Am I alone in thinking that maybe if Microsoft takes more time to develop their product, it will benefit everyone, Windows users and Linux users alike?
Also, just because you're an open-source advocate, does NOT mean you use P2P. In fact, I don't use P2P because (1) it's a huge timesink, and I have better uses for my time (2) it hogs my network (in fact, I've banned it's use on all the computers on my home network, since all that's downloaded tends to be pr0n) and I have better uses for my network bandwidth, and (3) I can get higher quality by purchasing products that I need.
In fact, it appears to me you are assuming all open-source advocates are 13-year-olds who also like to pirate all their windows software and new games. Well, I say that assumption is wrong.
It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this court case, because if the webcasters are able to win (As unlikely as that is), then the RIAA will most likely have to make room for the smaller players. Personally, I don't listen to webcast streams anymore; the quality tends to be shoddy, the music isn't on my computer, and I can't pause it and come back to the same song later. It might make the RIAA a bit more lenient though. However you look at it, taking away college students' life savings for going along with the herd is just the wrong way to do ethical business.
Also, Mandrake is probably the easiest for Linux Newbs, so it's always good to see new developments. I don't know if it warrants slashdot frontpage, but hey, it's a slow news day =)
Here's the website.
The amount of historical material is mind boggling! I'll be eager to support once it is available. We should have more broadcast companies trying to give "public value." Heh. I honestly can't imagine a company in the U.S. doing something like this.
However, just to ponder, I remember reading that the BBC was getting a lot of flak for the suicide of David Kelly. I hope it's not too cynical to suggest that perhaps in some way, they are doing this to restore some of their image that may have been tarnished?
At any rate, this is definately a very magnanimous thing for the BBC to do, and I am glad to see it.
Oh, and by the way, there's only so many ways to make a usable spreadsheet program. If a standard spreadsheet application exists, and a way of doing things already exists, why reinvent the wheel? This is just so people can be free from the Microsoft grind of upgrading every couple of years to a new, more bloated version of office.
There's still a long way to go though, just because we have all the functions of Excel doesn't mean that it's Excel, or that people won't have functions in Windows (i.e. Macros in VBA) that they need (Like in accounting).
Open-source allows each country to be less dependant on the United States for advances in computer technology, because they won't be tied down to Microsoft. This is just the same game the U.S. plays with all other things; we want complete domination of the world market.
IP is ok if only the United States exists in the world, but once you get the whole world involved, open-source becomes much more attractive as a computing solution.
People will probably say, "Without IP, you can't survive if you write programs etc." Well, there must be a way to set up a system that WILL allow you to make money, without invoking IP. Perhaps someone more knowledgable than me can say what that is.
Ignorance may be bliss, but it sure causes a hell of a lot of problems when something goes wrong. Of course, that's what the computer repair guy is for, but still, it would be nice if average users knew a little bit more than they do.
Hmm...Mary Poppin's Christmas with the Smurfs....Somehow, that just seems wrong.
Some movies, you just need to see on the big screen to appreciate. Winged Migration is a case in point. I'd still really like to get it on DVD though.
Something needs to be done, to hold someone accountable. This can't keep happening. Microsoft can't keep saying "Oh, we're concentrating on security *snigger*." Either that or the worm writers need to be held accountable.
I find it incredible that people just seem to think there's no way of solving the situation, so just leave it as it is.
Oh well, at least I have my linux box, though I'm sure as many people say, if linux was more predominant, then we'd have our fair share of worms.
Other then that, I haven't bought cds since 2001 (And those were just second-hand jazz cds). I have all the music I want, and none of the new music is very interesting. Oh, except for Ben Verdery (really cool guitar), but that isn't RIAA owned, he's independant.
I don't know about you, but I really don't like the idea of Microsoft having access to my emails while they are stored on their server. In fact, I will never trust any company with my emails on their server, ever. It's not because I don't like Microsoft (I don't like 'em), but it's because I hate the idea of having all my emails on someone else's server. They could be the best admin in the world, and I still wouldn't trust them. Emails are important, and I want them locally, and I want to be able to access them without internet access. No thanks, to webmail.
Even if you can solve the problem of physical decay, how long do the neurons in the brain last? New neurons cannot be created, only new connections can be made...People would probably die of brain death, while their bodies were in perfect health. I think it's kind of silly to think that we should strive for immortality. What are you going to do with all those years? Can you seriously imagine what it would be like to work for 200 years, as opposed to 65? That's more than 3 times the current retirement age!
We will all have to face death one day, and promises of immortality are just a waste of time and energy.
I don't see how monitoring classrooms with cameras will help anything, because who's going to watch the cameras while school is in session? It's got to be pretty boring; And besides, how are the schools going to hire people to do the monitoring, with the extremely low levels of funding they get?
I could agree to the practicality of cameras monitoring while tests are being taken though, especially SOLs and other standardized tests.
I heartily agree with that quote. Computer use can turn you into a pessimist too; after losing a months worth of data because you forgot to back up for a while, it kind of makes you think "Oh god, what if my computer fails...better backup stuff" Thankfully I haven't had a HD crash since I had my 240 meg drive (Lost all my Zeliard saves =(((( I still remember that horrible day when I was 9); I've always been able to catch data before the HD failed. But software bugs and hard crashes in Windows really led me to backup things regularly. It's really important, because there's nothing like losing that one important file because you forgot to backup your important stuff. Linux makes it so easy to backup stuff too, so I'm glad I use it now =)
Now, I could agree that artificial lights throw off sleeping patterns, disrupt natural cycles, etc. But artificial lights killing people? That seems too large of a conclusion to draw from the article. I don't think that the article was really saying that people die from too much artificial light. The article was saying that animals and ecosystems suffer and can die from artificial lights (i.e. the mating process of moths, birds that crash into windows, etc.)
Maybe this will eliminate the traditional insult among FPS geeks? We'll have to invent a new one.
Nah, I don't know about you, but I'd rather keep my middle finger. I like the WASD combination anyway, keeps the continual stress on my hands balanced.
I don't get it. If SCO's code is freely available to everyone, how can they possibly say they own it, and expect people to pay to use it? It's kind of a moot point now. It can't be proprietary because everyone has seen it.
This whole SCO debacle is like getting pecked to death by chickens. Someone needs to make a comic or something about this, I for one would find it highly amusing.
Yeah. Pecked to death by chickens.