Isn't this the same argument which is normally given with regard to linux? Strikes me that the same solution works here too - if the manufacturers opened their specs and implementations, it wouldn't be their problem, and well, it wouldn't even necessarily be Microsoft's problem since anyone could do the necessary fixes...
I had serious problems with my tosh laptop overheating and bringing about similar issues as you describe (complete lock up, need to power down etc). Fixed it with a usb laptop cooler... ymmv, but might be worth a shot?
Hmm - aren't you missing the point about, say, cost to students, or more specifically, the student's parents?
I'm not in the educational system but I have two children - if they were to use a product at school (say, Photoshop, Word, Excel or whatever) and my home system doesn't provide those tools because I run Linux, my children are at a disadvantage to their peers who have the necessary software at home (or have pestered their parents into purchasing it in order to be ahead of the class...).
While I know the whole 'have computer'/'can't afford a computer' is divisive in itself - the wealth of the parents does affect the child's ability to acquire access to equipment, but surely, adding a third level of division in the 'those who can't run the software' area, as well as creating a new division in the 'can afford computer, can't afford the software' bracket is a completely unnecessary one? To my mind, your 'cost for us' attitude is one that is liable to bring it about.
Don't know - strikes me as a bit short sighted somehow...
It was explicitly stated in the show that his survival of the blast would not be due to a hero being immune to the effects of his own power (i.e. iceman never getting frostbite, the human torch never getting burns) but because he got the healing factor from the cheerleader. Can you recall by who and to whom they were talking? I have a dim recollection that it was related to Nathan by his mother in an effort to say 'don't worry, Peter will be fine' - thus convincing Nathan that his allowing it to happen wouldn't hurt his brother...
But maybe she was lying or guessing?
The main thrust of the save the cheerleader arc was to prevent Sylar from becoming indestructible - Peter acquiring that skill was coincidental. It's quite possible that neither brother survive...
FWIW, I thought the finale was excellent, as was the rest of the show. Am looking forward to season 2 (and would even be happy if both brother's survived:-)).
Well, I have read the article now - it's a bit speculative ('google doesn't say if...'). Who's to say they won't allow you to keep the email address when you change ISP? Just 'downgrading' it to a regular gmail account (without all the isp specific branding) but with the same domain name? Even if they just allow you to migrate (notifying people in your address book automatically), that'd be a huge step up from your normal ISP lock in.
There's a flaw in this argument - as someone who works from home, I freely admit that my most productive time is generally between 7am and 2pm (though often I start flagging before 2). In fact, I would go as far as to say that my productivity tails off somewhere around 11am.
Now, if I were working in an office and my commute took me an hour during the time that my mind is most active, my employer looses out.
To my mind, the commute and 9 to 5, are anachronisms which telecommunicating lays to rest (though not without some adjustment on both parts). And that's before you mention the social interaction that an office entails (there's no guarantee that close proximity with your work mates is going to be beneficial from anybody's point of view - as the saying goes, familiarity breeds contempt:-)...)
I think you're missing the point - the commendable thing about Harry Potter is simply that it isn't a 'TV show' - kids are reading and for many, HP is their introduction to the diverse world of literature.
And I would cast another light on the poor role model complaint - people who make good role models are not perfect. If that was a requirement, then no one on the entire face of the planet would qualify. The fact that Harry Potter is not portrayed in an idealistic/impossible manner - with all his faults and failings laid out in front of us - makes the story more interesting and accessible.
I can't really think of any character from any work of serious fiction (fantasy, sci fi or otherwise) who doesn't have faults. I would probably go as far as to say that a recurring theme in fiction is the consequence and sometimes resolution of the protaganists failings.
Or the other smaller organisms might need something similar to a meteor hit in order to wipe out the dominant life forms... ie: something happening which is outside of the evolutionary process.
I have never had problems with usb keyboards on linux, but on my intel mac... well, every time I boot up, either the keyboard or the mouse of my el cheapo wireless set isn't working.
Now, my gut reaction would that the particular keyboard and mouse are not compatible with OS/X. The fix will just be to buy a replacement (.. but then, I live in Belgium and good QWERTY keyboards are like gold dust here - I'm just waiting for the next time I'm going to the UK or Holland:-)).
Just a thought, but have you tried another keyboard?
FWIW, the same el cheapo set works perfectly on Linux laptop - go figure...
You were indeed in it (largely being credited for substituting Free for Open), and I would be happy to send you a DVD or provide a download if you don't already have a copy.
For the record, my take on the documentary was that it was fairly good on the whole (ignoring some obviously glaring mistakes in the voice over), but it gave way too much airtime to the Microsoft spokesman. Worth watching though.
Umm - it uses JNI (Java Native Interface) - that means they didn't 'remove' linux. They have to add a native implementation just like they do for every other platform they want to support.
The jahshaka application is starting to move in the right direction too, in particular for the linux platform.
The current video editor component is based on heavily on the work of the Kino developers and one of our forays into TV broadcasting. Some more details can be found here.
There should be a full release of the new jahshaka real soon:-).
Well, he's already got at least one granddaughter...
Very true - procreation sometime within the next two generations would certainly tie up that particular William Hartnell era loose end... maybe my comment wasn't so far out afer all...
I'm going to take a wild guess here - the Doctors lives are running out and I think his apparent infatuation with Rose is a sign that he's starting to feel a genetic disposition to procreate:-).
Hope so, especially since Mr. Eccleston has decided not to hang around, and thus using another generation in a single season... sigh...
I totally agree with your first paragraph, but not with the second. For me it's a simple case of 'honour the license'. As a result, the second paragraph is nonsensical, but then, so is the article we're discussing...
The real power of P2P is pretty much untapped - the ability to provide resource for the sharing of legal content is a fringe activity, but it should be the one that is encouraged.
The kind of two fingers to the corporate world that the article encourages is short sighted and rather depressing...
First you complain that Microsoft has an unfair advantage with bundling their apps.
The operative word is 'their'.
Open Source distros often come with not just one of a particular thing - they often come with multiple implementations of the same functionality from different people (and many of these are commercially funded).
Microsoft bundling 'their' software is simply wrong - if they bundled other vendors software (freely), they'd have a better distro and one which couldn't be accused of abusing their monopolostic position...
I developed open source for free, got my name known, prove my skills and I'm now getting paid to develop Open Source for money...
Am I making as much as I did when I was contracting before? Well, I'm not far off... Am I working on stuff that I actually like and would want to use (and more importantly, be able to)? You bet.
Free distribution does not imply that there's no money involved...
As someone who spent some time unemployed after the contract market contracted (if you'll pardon the pun), I can vouch that Open Source is a great way to obtain additional skills and, in my case, has lead to many contracts directly built on the Open Source work I did during the period.
I chose the projects I worked on based on what I felt I would use - this was audio streaming and video editing.
Result? Well, on the back of the video editing, I picked up some paid for contracts from broadcasters and software vendors (and am continuing to get more work each year).
So, yes, if they want to do something like tcl front ends for cdrecord or whatever, great - go for it. Programming skills are gained by simply taking an idea and implementing it - it doesn't matter if the idea is original or even needed, but it does matter that you enjoy doing it and that you learn from the experience. If it leads on to better things directly, well, that's superb:-).
I know - was just messing around:-). It was the 'Warning you have an Error' thing that caught my eye and made me chuckle.
Didn't mean any offense by it - your original reply made me chuckle too btw:-) (fwiw, your code looks fine to me - though I confess to not having used php at all).
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Isn't this the same argument which is normally given with regard to linux? Strikes me that the same solution works here too - if the manufacturers opened their specs and implementations, it wouldn't be their problem, and well, it wouldn't even necessarily be Microsoft's problem since anyone could do the necessary fixes...
I had serious problems with my tosh laptop overheating and bringing about similar issues as you describe (complete lock up, need to power down etc). Fixed it with a usb laptop cooler... ymmv, but might be worth a shot?
Hmm - aren't you missing the point about, say, cost to students, or more specifically, the student's parents?
I'm not in the educational system but I have two children - if they were to use a product at school (say, Photoshop, Word, Excel or whatever) and my home system doesn't provide those tools because I run Linux, my children are at a disadvantage to their peers who have the necessary software at home (or have pestered their parents into purchasing it in order to be ahead of the class...).
While I know the whole 'have computer'/'can't afford a computer' is divisive in itself - the wealth of the parents does affect the child's ability to acquire access to equipment, but surely, adding a third level of division in the 'those who can't run the software' area, as well as creating a new division in the 'can afford computer, can't afford the software' bracket is a completely unnecessary one? To my mind, your 'cost for us' attitude is one that is liable to bring it about.
Don't know - strikes me as a bit short sighted somehow...
But maybe she was lying or guessing?
The main thrust of the save the cheerleader arc was to prevent Sylar from becoming indestructible - Peter acquiring that skill was coincidental. It's quite possible that neither brother survive...
FWIW, I thought the finale was excellent, as was the rest of the show. Am looking forward to season 2 (and would even be happy if both brother's survived
Well, I have read the article now - it's a bit speculative ('google doesn't say if...'). Who's to say they won't allow you to keep the email address when you change ISP? Just 'downgrading' it to a regular gmail account (without all the isp specific branding) but with the same domain name? Even if they just allow you to migrate (notifying people in your address book automatically), that'd be a huge step up from your normal ISP lock in.
Agreed.
And having just woken up and not RTA, surely if it's hosted by google, then why would you lose it when you switch ISP?
There's a flaw in this argument - as someone who works from home, I freely admit that my most productive time is generally between 7am and 2pm (though often I start flagging before 2). In fact, I would go as far as to say that my productivity tails off somewhere around 11am.
:-)...)
Now, if I were working in an office and my commute took me an hour during the time that my mind is most active, my employer looses out.
To my mind, the commute and 9 to 5, are anachronisms which telecommunicating lays to rest (though not without some adjustment on both parts). And that's before you mention the social interaction that an office entails (there's no guarantee that close proximity with your work mates is going to be beneficial from anybody's point of view - as the saying goes, familiarity breeds contempt
I think you're missing the point - the commendable thing about Harry Potter is simply that it isn't a 'TV show' - kids are reading and for many, HP is their introduction to the diverse world of literature.
And I would cast another light on the poor role model complaint - people who make good role models are not perfect. If that was a requirement, then no one on the entire face of the planet would qualify. The fact that Harry Potter is not portrayed in an idealistic/impossible manner - with all his faults and failings laid out in front of us - makes the story more interesting and accessible.
I can't really think of any character from any work of serious fiction (fantasy, sci fi or otherwise) who doesn't have faults. I would probably go as far as to say that a recurring theme in fiction is the consequence and sometimes resolution of the protaganists failings.
Try '#!/usr/bin/env bash' instead.
Or the other smaller organisms might need something similar to a meteor hit in order to wipe out the dominant life forms... ie: something happening which is outside of the evolutionary process.
I have never had problems with usb keyboards on linux, but on my intel mac... well, every time I boot up, either the keyboard or the mouse of my el cheapo wireless set isn't working.
:-)).
Now, my gut reaction would that the particular keyboard and mouse are not compatible with OS/X. The fix will just be to buy a replacement (.. but then, I live in Belgium and good QWERTY keyboards are like gold dust here - I'm just waiting for the next time I'm going to the UK or Holland
Just a thought, but have you tried another keyboard?
FWIW, the same el cheapo set works perfectly on Linux laptop - go figure...
You were indeed in it (largely being credited for substituting Free for Open), and I would be happy to send you a DVD or provide a download if you don't already have a copy.
For the record, my take on the documentary was that it was fairly good on the whole (ignoring some obviously glaring mistakes in the voice over), but it gave way too much airtime to the Microsoft spokesman. Worth watching though.
Cheers,
Charlie
Says so in the linked article (right at the bottom along with the original)
Umm - it uses JNI (Java Native Interface) - that means they didn't 'remove' linux. They have to add a native implementation just like they do for every other platform they want to support.
The jahshaka application is starting to move in the right direction too, in particular for the linux platform.
:-).
The current video editor component is based on heavily on the work of the Kino developers and one of our forays into TV broadcasting. Some more details can be found here.
There should be a full release of the new jahshaka real soon
Well, he's already got at least one granddaughter...
Very true - procreation sometime within the next two generations would certainly tie up that particular William Hartnell era loose end... maybe my comment wasn't so far out afer all...
I'm going to take a wild guess here - the Doctors lives are running out and I think his apparent infatuation with Rose is a sign that he's starting to feel a genetic disposition to procreate :-).
Hope so, especially since Mr. Eccleston has decided not to hang around, and thus using another generation in a single season... sigh...
Well, there is this one which looks kind of relevant here (there and everywhere...)
I cannot think of one thing in this world that has not been used illegally in some way at some point in time.
/me thinks hard about illegal uses for toothpaste...
I totally agree with your first paragraph, but not with the second. For me it's a simple case of 'honour the license'. As a result, the second paragraph is nonsensical, but then, so is the article we're discussing...
The real power of P2P is pretty much untapped - the ability to provide resource for the sharing of legal content is a fringe activity, but it should be the one that is encouraged.
The kind of two fingers to the corporate world that the article encourages is short sighted and rather depressing...
First you complain that Microsoft has an unfair advantage with bundling their apps.
The operative word is 'their'.
Open Source distros often come with not just one of a particular thing - they often come with multiple implementations of the same functionality from different people (and many of these are commercially funded).
Microsoft bundling 'their' software is simply wrong - if they bundled other vendors software (freely), they'd have a better distro and one which couldn't be accused of abusing their monopolostic position...
Like others, I would question your logic here...
I developed open source for free, got my name known, prove my skills and I'm now getting paid to develop Open Source for money...
Am I making as much as I did when I was contracting before? Well, I'm not far off... Am I working on stuff that I actually like and would want to use (and more importantly, be able to)? You bet.
Free distribution does not imply that there's no money involved...
As someone who spent some time unemployed after the contract market contracted (if you'll pardon the pun), I can vouch that Open Source is a great way to obtain additional skills and, in my case, has lead to many contracts directly built on the Open Source work I did during the period.
:-).
I chose the projects I worked on based on what I felt I would use - this was audio streaming and video editing.
Result? Well, on the back of the video editing, I picked up some paid for contracts from broadcasters and software vendors (and am continuing to get more work each year).
So, yes, if they want to do something like tcl front ends for cdrecord or whatever, great - go for it. Programming skills are gained by simply taking an idea and implementing it - it doesn't matter if the idea is original or even needed, but it does matter that you enjoy doing it and that you learn from the experience. If it leads on to better things directly, well, that's superb
I know - was just messing around :-). It was the 'Warning you have an Error' thing that caught my eye and made me chuckle.
:-) (fwiw, your code looks fine to me - though I confess to not having used php at all).
Didn't mean any offense by it - your original reply made me chuckle too btw
Or like this perhaps:
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;-).
define ('PROG_MSG_ERROR_IN_EXEC','Warning: an error occured during processing');
found on http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/showdeltree.php..
Sorry - couldn't resist