Well there is an argument for saying that Windows is the standard *desktop* OS.
That doesn't mean it's the standard server OS, or embedded OS.
You could generalise further to say that by volume Windows is the standard OS, but that just isn't necessarily very meaningful to someone making a decision in regard to a large data centre deployment, for example.
But Lewis Black, great as he is, presents as a comedian. If Ann Coulter presented as a comedian she'd bomb - she isn't funny. And Lewis Black doesn't get to have the kind of effect on the overton window that Coulter does. She somehow manages to get herself presented as a serious pundit.
But, it does allow you to export your bookmarks to xml, so I guess you could write a perl script or something to turn it into a native safari format (or one may already exist).
delicious2safari does the job, no fuss, no muss. Nice job to the author.
In Safari the first 9 (maybe 10) bookmarks on your bookmarks bar get CMD-1 to CMD-9 (maybe CMD-0) as keyboard shortcuts. So i have CMD-3 as add to delicious for example. I don't actually use the bookmark bar except for via these shortcuts.
What about calls to external libraries. I realise there's a lot of code in there, so a lot of the libraries will be covered too, but there'll surely be calls out into the operating system and so forth.
This has been dealt with, on alt.tv.battlestar-galactica amongst other places. In the UK series == US season, so calling ep 1.13 the series finale doesn't mean it's the last episode ever. In actual fact its believed that Sci-Fi are going to decide within the next couple of weeks whether to make season 2.
On galactica.tv's forums Aaron Douglas (who plays Chief Petty Officer Tyrol) states that he will be told whether his option is being picked up on the 18th Feb.
You may joke, but when I was 10 I, together with three other kids chosen to represent a broad spectrum from stupid to prodigal, trialed a six-key keyboard for the BBC Micro based on the Microwriter keyboard (later used in the hybrid Agenda). You could hook four of the keyboards up and play silly multiplayer games where you had to press the right combination of the keys (chord) to match a falling letter a la asteroids.
Anyway, I can still tap out the alphabet on my knee today some twenty years later.
I beg to differ, 10.1 didn't allow a lot of things 10.2 did, such as DVD playback
I beg to differ with you. I still run 10.1 on my iBook and watch DVDs almost daily. With the video output running into my TV it's a great little entertainment box (together with iTunes handling my music collection).
Many "skeptical, scientific people" have worked out that metaphysics, being eponymously outside the scope of the physical sciences, is best left to personal taste.
At this point it's like software: it's too complex to fix
One quite remarkable feature of the account is that the shuttle software appears to have functioned flawlessly. The various control systems ordered technically accurate corrections right up to the limit of the physical capabilities of the craft.
To be honest reading this article I found myself astonished that any shuttle has ever landed successfully. Astonished that just the smoothness of a surface was governing the successful creation of a critical barrier zone of air.
The code was not 'open' in the GPL/Open Source way, but open as in.. not protected.. somewhat in the same way that nearly all Perl scripts you can buy now are readable source-wise (even if they're obfuscated).
Aw, c'mon - don't go bringing those lame-ass write-only flames of Perl into the matter...
Third, even if Windows is a nonoptimal way to operate, many, many people know how to use Windows and Windows software. They're familiar with Windows interface conventions, and anything different from Windows will face an immediate barrier.
LOL, but that's not really the point. We may be a poorer country but the idea of keeping our national IT infrastructure running on warez doesn't seem quite right.
With Microsoft's desire to have complete market dominance, how long before they start offering schools free, or cut-rate discounts all under the guise of "charity"?
In South Africa they've already done this. In fact the story goes that the Department of Information were making very positive noises about a state pro-open source policy a couple of years ago, and then just a couple of days later Gates had flown out to meet Mbeki and Mbeki was announcing the "generous" gift of free MS software for all South African educational institutions (don't have time to seek out the reference for this story right now).
In South Africa the issue is more than just getting people hooked to the company. Bigger than that for us is the question of being dependent on the US for our IT infrastructure. What happens if South Africa falls into disfavour with the mighty America and we cease to be able to get software or support, but all our data is tied into MS proprietary formats.
Open source is a question of sustainability and survival for countries like mine.
There's been extensive discussion of this over on python-dev. Includes some interesting debunking by Python guru Tim Peters, plus another example of the same type of weakness involving backtracking regular expression engines.
I like your treatment. I like a lot of your thinking. I'm not sure all the references you see are intended, but they may be, and in any case you highlight some salient imagery from the movie. Your justification the rave scene makes perfect sense - the scene didn't jar for me.
However, on the subject of the Oracle: if she is indeed the "mother" of the matrix, what did the architect mean when he said "please"?
it's quite full-featured, growing constantly, and currently undergoing a C to C++ conversion so adding features will be even faster in the near future.
Absolutely. I most enjoy reading his stuff when I'm around other people. Am I a big DNA fan? Well I'm not obsessive but I've always bought his books as soon as published, and remember watching H2G2 on TV when it was first shown in the UK. My mum let me stay up past my bedtime!
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Well there is an argument for saying that Windows is the standard *desktop* OS.
That doesn't mean it's the standard server OS, or embedded OS.
You could generalise further to say that by volume Windows is the standard OS, but that just isn't necessarily very meaningful to someone making a decision in regard to a large data centre deployment, for example.
Snap!
Bruce Dern and strange 70s pacing came into my mind straight away, but I kept rereading the descriptio and couldn't work out why.
But Lewis Black, great as he is, presents as a comedian. If Ann Coulter presented as a comedian she'd bomb - she isn't funny. And Lewis Black doesn't get to have the kind of effect on the overton window that Coulter does. She somehow manages to get herself presented as a serious pundit.
But, it does allow you to export your bookmarks to xml, so I guess you could write a perl script or something to turn it into a native safari format (or one may already exist).
delicious2safari does the job, no fuss, no muss. Nice job to the author.
In Safari the first 9 (maybe 10) bookmarks on your bookmarks bar get CMD-1 to CMD-9 (maybe CMD-0) as keyboard shortcuts. So i have CMD-3 as add to delicious for example. I don't actually use the bookmark bar except for via these shortcuts.
Very true - my 500MHz iBook is still going strong today.
Actually so is my 600MHz iBook, but I guess it must be an anomaly from all I read.
What about calls to external libraries. I realise there's a lot of code in there, so a lot of the libraries will be covered too, but there'll surely be calls out into the operating system and so forth.
where are my +1 funnies when I needs 'em
Or "Numbers?"
Apparently Apple have trademarked 'Numbers' recently, so I'd bet on that.
other stuff
This has been dealt with, on alt.tv.battlestar-galactica amongst other places. In the UK series == US season, so calling ep 1.13 the series finale doesn't mean it's the last episode ever. In actual fact its believed that Sci-Fi are going to decide within the next couple of weeks whether to make season 2.
On galactica.tv's forums Aaron Douglas (who plays Chief Petty Officer Tyrol) states that he will be told whether his option is being picked up on the 18th Feb.
According to emails in NANOG, Panix believed the domains were tagged REGISTRAR-LOCK.
You may joke, but when I was 10 I, together with three other kids chosen to represent a broad spectrum from stupid to prodigal, trialed a six-key keyboard for the BBC Micro based on the Microwriter keyboard (later used in the hybrid Agenda). You could hook four of the keyboards up and play silly multiplayer games where you had to press the right combination of the keys (chord) to match a falling letter a la asteroids.
Anyway, I can still tap out the alphabet on my knee today some twenty years later.
I feel programmed!
mod parent up - funny or insightful or both
I beg to differ, 10.1 didn't allow a lot of things 10.2 did, such as DVD playback
I beg to differ with you. I still run 10.1 on my iBook and watch DVDs almost daily. With the video output running into my TV it's a great little entertainment box (together with iTunes handling my music collection).
Many "skeptical, scientific people" have worked out that metaphysics, being eponymously outside the scope of the physical sciences, is best left to personal taste.
At this point it's like software: it's too complex to fix
One quite remarkable feature of the account is that the shuttle software appears to have functioned flawlessly. The various control systems ordered technically accurate corrections right up to the limit of the physical capabilities of the craft.
To be honest reading this article I found myself astonished that any shuttle has ever landed successfully. Astonished that just the smoothness of a surface was governing the successful creation of a critical barrier zone of air.
The code was not 'open' in the GPL/Open Source way, but open as in.. not protected.. somewhat in the same way that nearly all Perl scripts you can buy now are readable source-wise (even if they're obfuscated).
Aw, c'mon - don't go bringing those lame-ass write-only flames of Perl into the matter...
[fx: groan]
Third, even if Windows is a nonoptimal way to operate, many, many people know how to use Windows and Windows software. They're familiar with Windows interface conventions, and anything different from Windows will face an immediate barrier.
Kind of like qwerty keyboards really...
LOL, but that's not really the point. We may be a poorer country but the idea of keeping our national IT infrastructure running on warez doesn't seem quite right.
With Microsoft's desire to have complete market dominance, how long before they start offering schools free, or cut-rate discounts all under the guise of "charity"?
In South Africa they've already done this. In fact the story goes that the Department of Information were making very positive noises about a state pro-open source policy a couple of years ago, and then just a couple of days later Gates had flown out to meet Mbeki and Mbeki was announcing the "generous" gift of free MS software for all South African educational institutions (don't have time to seek out the reference for this story right now).
In South Africa the issue is more than just getting people hooked to the company. Bigger than that for us is the question of being dependent on the US for our IT infrastructure. What happens if South Africa falls into disfavour with the mighty America and we cease to be able to get software or support, but all our data is tied into MS proprietary formats.
Open source is a question of sustainability and survival for countries like mine.
There's been extensive discussion of this over on python-dev. Includes some interesting debunking by Python guru Tim Peters, plus another example of the same type of weakness involving backtracking regular expression engines.
See sig.
I like your treatment. I like a lot of your thinking. I'm not sure all the references you see are intended, but they may be, and in any case you highlight some salient imagery from the movie. Your justification the rave scene makes perfect sense - the scene didn't jar for me.
However, on the subject of the Oracle: if she is indeed the "mother" of the matrix, what did the architect mean when he said "please"?
s/features/bugs/
Absolutely. I most enjoy reading his stuff when I'm around other people. Am I a big DNA fan? Well I'm not obsessive but I've always bought his books as soon as published, and remember watching H2G2 on TV when it was first shown in the UK. My mum let me stay up past my bedtime!