“Apple's solution to this is to recommend that customers put the computer on a desk or other flat surface. And, not surprisingly, the word "laptop" does not appear once in the MacBook's manual.”
None of you have any idea what's going on! What really happened is these scientists have stumbled upon a gateway to hell, and this abnormally high temperature eminating from it is just the beginning of what can come out! We need to stop the scientists NOW before it's too late!
Brilliant! No, seriously, this is the perfect way to introduce prospective CS students to the geek culture. I have friends that are very worried about their future, and aren't sure whether they're ready to commit themselves to studying CS yet, but a film like this is the perfect way to help alliviate some of their fears. It wont solve any outsourcing dilemmas, but it will certainly encourage them.
Alright, you slashdotters really need to make up your minds. Either going into the computer industry is a bad choice or it's not. First, you say it's a bad idea because most jobs are being outsourced to other countries. Then you publish articles downplaying those claims, and saying companies are fighting to get CS grads and schools fighting to get more people into CS. You see, I will tell you all a little story of a boy who was turned off to his potential future as a programmer:
There once was a boy, aged 12, who was introduced to computers through a Christmas present (more of a "hand-me-down") and became interested in programming. He had to research for weeks just to learn what how to get a compiler on his Windows 95 operating system, and spent the next few months introducing himself to various open source programs. Fast forward about two years and you'll find him spending all the money he recieved every birthday and Christmas on those expensive $100 programming books at Barnes & Noble and reading them. You'll find him immersing himself in his own programming creations, very mature and sophisticated for a boy of 14 years of age. He loved programming! He thrived on it (and coffee). He just loved the idea of creating something out of nothing. Fast forward another 2 years: He now is interested in many fields of computers, such as operating system development, language development, game development. He owns books such as "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System" and "Modern Operating Systems". He just begins to hear of this "outsourcing" epidemic. He's unsure of his future, but he continues to plan his life accordingly and wants to be a computer scientist. Fast forward, once more, another 2 years. He's created his school's first computer science club. It has approximately 20 active members and he lectures every week. He is now VERY unsure of his future. All the years of slashdot's warning to prospective CS students has finally gotten to him. The stories of unemployed CS grads and outsourcing and low paying EA-like jobs have gotten him worried. He now programs less, and is seriously considering majoring in Philosophy and English, because those are two other majors he thinks he would enjoy. "What happened," he sometimes asks himself, "why has it come to this?"
One year later he's been out of high school for a year and works at the local grocery store behind the butcher block because he was left stranded and confused. He didn't make up his mind about his future in time for college deadlines, and still reads slashdot and their conflicting outlooks on the future. If he's going to take any plunge he's going to do it with Philosophy and English. The liberal artsy-fartsy way that will at least give him a better understanding of the human condition before he dies of starvation.
P.S. Whether you believe it or not, the anti-bot image I had to type in was "overtime". Hah...
I must say, this is one of the greatest ideas I've heard in a long time!
Now, I've spent a good few minutes thinking about this, and these are the conclusions I've come to:
1) This is the most HUMANE version of a zoo, which is always a plus for animal activists. While animals really SHOULD be able to roam wherever they please, this is all one can really expect of America right now. 2) It will keep development in the areas reserved for them non-existant, which is always a plus for anarchists. 3) Revunues generated from the safaris can can be used to upkeep the reserve, which is always a plus for environmentalists.
Oh yeah, and I hate replying to myself, but if they really did build this from the ground up it would be the worst case of reinventing the wheel I'd have ever witnessed.
Only question now is not if but when will Linux become the number one OS on earth?
How many times does this REALLY have to be asked? It's beginning to become cliche...
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-1 Boasting ? :-(
Au contraire, mon frère! It seems the MacBook isn't really a "laptop" anymore!
Is it just me, or is having stringent hardware requirements for the OPERATING SYSTEM kind of ridiculous?
I want software made by artists.
None of you have any idea what's going on! What really happened is these scientists have stumbled upon a gateway to hell, and this abnormally high temperature eminating from it is just the beginning of what can come out! We need to stop the scientists NOW before it's too late!
Only legal if you're in the UK. Not truly open, is it? :-(
Brilliant! No, seriously, this is the perfect way to introduce prospective CS students to the geek culture. I have friends that are very worried about their future, and aren't sure whether they're ready to commit themselves to studying CS yet, but a film like this is the perfect way to help alliviate some of their fears. It wont solve any outsourcing dilemmas, but it will certainly encourage them.
"I'll show you something goat-rendering awful!"
They'd also be blocking all VOIP calls, peer-to-peer call sessions, Skype, and...oh...wait... :-/
Why is this on the front page of Slashdot...? I mean, I love FF7 like the rest of you, but this doesn't deserve the front page, I'm sorry.
Second stage: Anger
Wait...is he going BACKWARDS!?
Alright, you slashdotters really need to make up your minds. Either going into the computer industry is a bad choice or it's not. First, you say it's a bad idea because most jobs are being outsourced to other countries. Then you publish articles downplaying those claims, and saying companies are fighting to get CS grads and schools fighting to get more people into CS. You see, I will tell you all a little story of a boy who was turned off to his potential future as a programmer:
There once was a boy, aged 12, who was introduced to computers through a Christmas present (more of a "hand-me-down") and became interested in programming. He had to research for weeks just to learn what how to get a compiler on his Windows 95 operating system, and spent the next few months introducing himself to various open source programs. Fast forward about two years and you'll find him spending all the money he recieved every birthday and Christmas on those expensive $100 programming books at Barnes & Noble and reading them. You'll find him immersing himself in his own programming creations, very mature and sophisticated for a boy of 14 years of age. He loved programming! He thrived on it (and coffee). He just loved the idea of creating something out of nothing. Fast forward another 2 years: He now is interested in many fields of computers, such as operating system development, language development, game development. He owns books such as "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System" and "Modern Operating Systems". He just begins to hear of this "outsourcing" epidemic. He's unsure of his future, but he continues to plan his life accordingly and wants to be a computer scientist. Fast forward, once more, another 2 years. He's created his school's first computer science club. It has approximately 20 active members and he lectures every week. He is now VERY unsure of his future. All the years of slashdot's warning to prospective CS students has finally gotten to him. The stories of unemployed CS grads and outsourcing and low paying EA-like jobs have gotten him worried. He now programs less, and is seriously considering majoring in Philosophy and English, because those are two other majors he thinks he would enjoy. "What happened," he sometimes asks himself, "why has it come to this?"
One year later he's been out of high school for a year and works at the local grocery store behind the butcher block because he was left stranded and confused. He didn't make up his mind about his future in time for college deadlines, and still reads slashdot and their conflicting outlooks on the future. If he's going to take any plunge he's going to do it with Philosophy and English. The liberal artsy-fartsy way that will at least give him a better understanding of the human condition before he dies of starvation.
P.S. Whether you believe it or not, the anti-bot image I had to type in was "overtime". Hah...
Yes, because Knoppix is so much more familiar to the Slashdot crowd than Windows...
The poster was using sarcasm.
That $380 million means it made the top 7 highest grossing films ever:
7. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $380,176,196
Get it now?
This is what we call "bureaucracy."
News agencies will pick up Microsoft's Race-to-Linux, but not Mono's Birds-of-a-Feather.
Yet another up-and-coming technology bought out by corporate mammoths.
I remember when even eBay was a fledgling company, trying to find it's market.
Our government can't possibly control the weather!
It's seriously time to wake up, people!
I must say, this is one of the greatest ideas I've heard in a long time!
Now, I've spent a good few minutes thinking about this, and these are the conclusions I've come to:
1) This is the most HUMANE version of a zoo, which is always a plus for animal activists. While animals really SHOULD be able to roam wherever they please, this is all one can really expect of America right now.
2) It will keep development in the areas reserved for them non-existant, which is always a plus for anarchists.
3) Revunues generated from the safaris can can be used to upkeep the reserve, which is always a plus for environmentalists.
See!? Everyone is happy!
Dude, I'm sorry...
1) Invent something
2) Sit on your invention and never plan to market it
3) Let someone else use your invention and keep quiet
4) ???
5) Profit!!!
Haha! If I had mod points I would give them to you, because that does not deserve a -1. I was LMAO at that one.
Weren't slashdotters recently getting huffy-puffy over the Hubble not getting it's last servicing mission...?
You mean we trolled for no reason!?
Oh yeah, and I hate replying to myself, but if they really did build this from the ground up it would be the worst case of reinventing the wheel I'd have ever witnessed.
Aren't there already like 3 or 4 FOSS Java implementations already?
Why is everyone getting hibbidy-jibbidy over this "proposed" implementation that was conceived on a forum?
Is it because a few high-standing developers are saying, "Oh yes, yes, this one, this one!"
I just don't get why this is different, other than maybe the licensing...
Only question now is not if but when will Linux become the number one OS on earth? How many times does this REALLY have to be asked? It's beginning to become cliche...