Well, I'd have to say that I sort of agree with you. I would moderate you up,...
Moderation isn't about pushing someone up that you agree with! It's about promoting meaningful discussion! Don't moderate people down if you don't agree with them, moderate them down if they truly *are* trolling, or offtopic.
That said, here's my attempt to bring this back ontopic. I agree with the above poster : Windows 9x/2000/NT is a very good GUI. It's a good answer to the question of how a user should interact with an Operating System. That doesn't mean its the ONLY answer!
Who's to say that a billion users will be added to the linux user base?
From the article: The deal will allow a variety of server side applications to be run on cost efficient Linux boxes in Chinese universities, military installations and even within the government.
Most of the Chinese population are peasants anyway, and I'm guessing (I don't have numbers, anyone who does please toss em up) that most of them don't have their own computers.
The article says that Linux was chosen because of the Chinese gov't's "enthusiasm". While this could be the author's choice of words, but I think it is exactly that. The Chinese gov't appreciated the idea that is a good thing, and therefore called it their "official OS."
Chances are it will just sit in campuses and military installations, and that's it. Better than NT, but not many people will care.
Seriously, does it *matter*? Who cares? This is going to be talked about for a short period (not much longer than this is on the front page of slashdot), and then forgotten about.
The endorsement of the gov't of PRC won't make a difference in Linux development.
What I understood from the article was that CMU only took away Intranet rights? Anyway, I was referring to people who's friends got their right taken away.:)
Word on campus (RPI) is that some kids lost Network Access (temporarily) for posting copyrighted movies. Most everyone shares MP3s (many people have password-protected their folders now) but nothing has happened to them.
If another RPI student could verify this, it'd be appreciated. I know plenty of them cruise slashdot.
Until the FCC steps in and declares standards for this industry, the US will be stuck with this. The FCC has been hesitant to declare a standard, and therefore encouraged the creation of incompatible technologies.
The FCC should take notice that Europe is ahead of the US in this respect (and others, not flamebait) and declare standards.
Out of curiosity, is Qualcomm's High Data Rate another incompatible technology, or does it fall under previously established category?
(I've posted something similar to this before, check out my User Info if you care)
Screw the floating disembodied head! Make it a floating talking paperclip! and then at the WORST times (when he's *with* his wife?) make it pop up and say "Hey! Do you need help with that?"
What I want from a remote is an LCD panel, and a cursor, and a "select" button. The LCD panel can display the different buttons, and ONLY the relevant buttons. I hate having buttons for features I'll need once, but I also hate not having a button when I need it.
I think Microsoft makes a remote like this.. *duck*
Does this mean that (if this gets by) no commercial sites can use Shockwave or Flash? I'm not familiar with either much, but I imagine that you can't throw alt tags onto it.
Interpret this as a good or bad thing, whatever you wish.
Most LCDs give you 160 degree viewing angles. I'm on my laptop right now, and 160 degrees seems like a bit much. I would guess more like 90 degrees for a good view, and you should pretty much be directly in front for a perfect picture.
The "QuickVote" on the side asks "Is Windows 95/98 a buggy operating system? Yes | No" Currently 3081 votes say "Yes" and 370 votes say "No" (89%/11%).
Slashdot Mirror
or if it was pushed up to 5 (insightful or whatever), then pushed down to 4 as a troll, then upped once as "underrated."
The "underrated" and "overrated" moderations dont change the latest comment, just the score.
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
go to their website -- the plural of lego is (still) lego. like "moose".
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
Wireless networking, and a laptop. Can you download stuff to a palm & read it like that? I don't know, I dont have a Palm (yet).
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
But.. What will happen to the slashdot effect? Thousands of geeks running down newsstands? :)
Slashdot thrives on constant updates and its comments. No way to duplicate that in print, unless you want to print out LAST weeks slashdot...
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
Sure! Throw it between Hope College & the Geek Compound! Everyone sure could benefit from Hope's Comp-Sci Grad School!
i dont display scores, and my threshhold is -1. post accordingly.
Then the original moderator should post to the article, and thereby nullify his/her moderation.
jawad
Its redundant since the story TELLS YOU to check the source. Repeating the story shouldnt' be considered informative!
Not to sound like a flamer, though....
jawad
I don't know bout you, but i'm hitting 200k/sec from my school (RPI)'s T3 line.
jawad
Interesting point...
Does that mean that when Linux is an absolute breeze to set up, RedHat stock will crash because no one will need technical support?
jawad
Well, I'd have to say that I sort of agree with you. I would moderate you up,...
Moderation isn't about pushing someone up that you agree with! It's about promoting meaningful discussion! Don't moderate people down if you don't agree with them, moderate them down if they truly *are* trolling, or offtopic.
That said, here's my attempt to bring this back ontopic. I agree with the above poster : Windows 9x/2000/NT is a very good GUI. It's a good answer to the question of how a user should interact with an Operating System. That doesn't mean its the ONLY answer!
Keep that in mind.
jawad
The parent post shouldn't have been moderated down due to "flamebait," but rather for being "redundent" [sic]. :)
In the same lines as this post.
emm. The "final exam" was *given* by Mark Steigler.
From the article:
The deal will allow a variety of server side applications to be run on cost efficient Linux boxes in Chinese universities, military installations and even within the government.
Most of the Chinese population are peasants anyway, and I'm guessing (I don't have numbers, anyone who does please toss em up) that most of them don't have their own computers.
The article says that Linux was chosen because of the Chinese gov't's "enthusiasm". While this could be the author's choice of words, but I think it is exactly that. The Chinese gov't appreciated the idea that is a good thing, and therefore called it their "official OS."
Chances are it will just sit in campuses and military installations, and that's it. Better than NT, but not many people will care.
I may be wrong, I hope I am...
Seriously, does it *matter*? Who cares? This is going to be talked about for a short period (not much longer than this is on the front page of slashdot), and then forgotten about.
The endorsement of the gov't of PRC won't make a difference in Linux development.
hehe,
:)
What I understood from the article was that CMU only took away Intranet rights? Anyway, I was referring to people who's friends got their right taken away.
Word on campus (RPI) is that some kids lost Network Access (temporarily) for posting copyrighted movies. Most everyone shares MP3s (many people have password-protected their folders now) but nothing has happened to them.
If another RPI student could verify this, it'd be appreciated. I know plenty of them cruise slashdot.
for those of you copy/pasting impaired...
http://www.qualcomm.com/hdr/hdr99/wha tis.html
Until the FCC steps in and declares standards for this industry, the US will be stuck with this. The FCC has been hesitant to declare a standard, and therefore encouraged the creation of incompatible technologies.
The FCC should take notice that Europe is ahead of the US in this respect (and others, not flamebait) and declare standards.
Out of curiosity, is Qualcomm's High Data Rate another incompatible technology, or does it fall under previously established category?
(I've posted something similar to this before, check out my User Info if you care)
Screw the floating disembodied head! Make it a floating talking paperclip! and then at the WORST times (when he's *with* his wife?) make it pop up and say "Hey! Do you need help with that?"
Except that, for anonymonity (sp?) and privacy, this is the *anti* DIVX. And wasn't that the whole issue with DIVX?
Found it!
m
It's called the Microsoft Universal Take Control Remote, made in conjunction with Harman International.
http://www.micro soft.com/products/hardware/takecontrol/default.ht
What I want from a remote is an LCD panel, and a cursor, and a "select" button. The LCD panel can display the different buttons, and ONLY the relevant buttons. I hate having buttons for features I'll need once, but I also hate not having a button when I need it.
I think Microsoft makes a remote like this.. *duck*
Does this mean that (if this gets by) no commercial sites can use Shockwave or Flash? I'm not familiar with either much, but I imagine that you can't throw alt tags onto it.
Interpret this as a good or bad thing, whatever you wish.
Most LCDs give you 160 degree viewing angles. I'm on my laptop right now, and 160 degrees seems like a bit much. I would guess more like 90 degrees for a good view, and you should pretty much be directly in front for a perfect picture.
A comment:
The "QuickVote" on the side asks "Is Windows 95/98 a buggy operating system? Yes | No" Currently 3081 votes say "Yes" and 370 votes say "No" (89%/11%).
Lets see the Slashdot effect on THAT!