They are paying you. Have you ever noticed that you don't need to pay anything access the websites (like the one you're on right now), public broadcast tv shows, public broadcast radio stations, etc that you enjoy every day?
These all exist because the companies who want access to your eyes are subsidizing most, if not all, of the costs to produce them.
If you disagree with the methods used to advertise you have two choices: send a message by not utilizing their services, or don't.
That being said, I do use some basic ad-blocking to prevent inappropriate popups and content on sites I am not as familiar with. However, in general, I choose to only do business with sites that don't use intrusive advertising.
Are you telling me that their big demonstration was to simulate the motions and expressions of an actress using the motions and expressions of that same actress?
That is either the most mind-numbingly stupid demonstration I've ever heard of, or one of the most brilliant. I'm not really sure which yet.
Based on the higher resolution video that was posted earlier I have to say that if you are correct, I am REALLY impressed.
A quick check of IMDB says that the article has it all wrong. "Emily" is a real person and actress, the only parts that were simulated were only the crappy looking (although technically very difficult) modifications made at the end. According to the credits at the end of the video, her name is Emily O'Brien (imdb)
So I guess all the "fake" and "awkward looking" gestures she made in the video weren't proof it was fake, just proof that she's a bad actress.
where's the news?? I've been using wine to run Picasa for over a year now. Wine has become quite good over the last few years, all I had to do is download the Picasa install file and open it with wine. Picasa installed with no problems, I put a link to it on my desktop, and now it runs as if I were on Windows. Problem solved.
I haven't tried yet, but I'm sure Earth will run just as smoothly.
I already get more spim than I do spam, and have been for over 2 years now. Granted for few months it seemed to die down, but now it is without a doubt back. Being a college student, I use AIM (actually gaim) a lot to communicate with friends, family, and classmates - but not everyone I want to talk to is on my buddy list, so I can't just block everyone who's not on my list. I tried having it ask me before accepting messages, but what's the difference between getting that popup and an IM popup?? nothing really. Unfortunatly, I never considered SPIM when I signed up for mailing lists, forums, and things of that sort so my user names are usually my screen name. I'm assuming this is why I get so much more of it than most people I know. I tend to get 5-10 spims a day (all of which are porn - ranging from Fred violating Wilma, to Farm Animals Gone Wild), whereas with my mail filters I tend to only receive a small number of spam in a month.
We could all just stop visiting sites that use these unwanted forms of advertising. People always seem to forget the fact that, if the advertising isn't working, companies won't use it. With spam, if NOONE bought things that were advertised from spam, noone would send it. The same goes for popups!
But, since people are idiots, I'll keep using Mozilla's popup blocker anyway...
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Again, I'm not saying anything negative about teaching Java to students for topics on UI, Software Engineering, etc. In fact I took a project sequence on GUI design, most of which concentrated around Java. I just think it's extremely dangerous and is an injustice to the students if the school concentrates SOLELY on Java and leaves out the other important concepts that are best studied in some other language, and there are schools out there doing this.
When programming is incorportated into an architecture course it provides the students with a level of understanding that would otherwise be impossible. In my architecture course we wrote programs that would simulate different architectures (x86, Sparc, etc). In doing this I learned FAR more than I ever could have chugging through facts in a textbook and being quizzed on it. To be effective, these simulators had to be very low-level though (written in C) so they could access hardware, deal with registers, etc.
The curriculum you described sounds similar to the curriculum I am currently involved in, which exposes the students to a broad range of different languages and techniques. This is the type of program needed. I'm not claiming my school has a perfect education, because believe me... I would change a few things if I could. The schools I am referring to are the ones that are essentially teaching the students nothing more than how to write code in Java and passing this as an education in Computer Science.
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I didn't mention the school's name because I didn't want it to end up becomming a "I just graduated from there, and the education is MUCH better than at YOUR school!" type debate.
I haven't done much research in wxWindows, but I've been meaning to.
I actually do like coding in Java when it's appropriate. I haven't found much better for GUI-type applications (although maybe once I do some research into wxWin I will;-)
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Part of what I was including in "Computer Science Fundamentals" is the way the language itself implements the various features that are offered. In order to make Java platform independent, these features are so abstracted from the surface that it is difficult to actually study how they are implemented. In languages like C, C++, Lisp, Scheme, etc the implementations are easy to see and study.
I do agree with you that University does NOT exist to teach people all the practical skills necessary, if this was the case your education would be outdated by the time you graduate. It IS however important for students in their final years in school to learn the details, and gain valuable experience in applying these concepts and learning which tools/languages are most appropriate for the job. This is not possible of your only learning one language.
My main concern is not specifically that the students are being taught Java, but they are being taught nothing but Java. Since Java is such a high level language, you miss out on many of the low-level concepts that are needed in the industry. Sure if you went through and read Java's source code and delve down into the innermost corners of the language you MAY be able to locate the implementations of these concepts, but that's obviously not the best way to go about it.
And I agree that if students miss out on those concepts it is their own damn fault, unfortunately many of them do. And since they end up graduating with the same diploma as those who actually made the extra effort and learned the underlying details, they become a bad reflection of the school and the school's curriculum.
I personally have done some Java programming, I can see the power the language has and I do respect that. However, I do NOT feel the language is appropriate to teach students the innermost functionality of how a computer works.
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There's a huge glut of programmers on the market with little or no experience using any other programming language other than Java.
I for one know that MANY major universities are now requiring ONLY Java programming courses in order to gain a Computer Science degree.
As a CS student at a university that does NOT follow this practice (in fact we only have one Java class, and that's really enough) I think this is a terrible way of training future developers. How can a graduate who has NEVER had any experience in any sort of low (or even middle) level language possibly hope to develop anything other than a pretty GUI with some network support.
Don't get me wrong, Java does have it's place. It's great for developing GUI applications, or applications where speed and efficiency is not an issue. But a primary language to teach computer science fundamentals, it is not.
SURE we can reach them!! All we need to do is construct an infinite improbability drive and plug in the improbability of M$ on day writing a secure, reliable operating system and we can go anywhere we want...
How long do you think it will be before the Cable Companies convince the govt to make this illegal??
Think about it. If you could set this up on one system, and have hundreds of people access it (which if it's not possible now, it soon will be) then why pay for cable?? Find a server somewhere that plays some shows that you like, and watch them from there.
I'd be willing to bet that within 6 months of the first one being sold in the US the Nexedi will be in court.
It's a shame though, I could have some fun with this!!
If the new Indiana Jones movie takes place in the 1950's, then Ford will be just about exactly the right age to play the part. The trilogy took place around the 30's and were recorded about 15-20 years ago. Indy was about 30-35 ish then, which would make him in his 50's for in the 1950's. Granted he is a little old to be running around with a wip, but remember... he DID drink from the Grail and he is now immortal!!
**By the way rumor has it, Sean Connery will also return as Indy's dad**
I don't really understand the purpose of this. I mean, do you really WANT M$ to have any part of Linux?! Even if it IS just a bootloader!!!
Secondly, I don't think M$ would really even CARE if someone DID release this exploit (making the bold assumption that it actually exists) because they have really all but abandoned the XBOX already anyway. The only reason they're still keeping any ties to it is so that when XBOX 2 comes out it won't seem like they completly dropped the first one!
This should be illegal.... I understand that there are lic. issues, but once a product is sold, it should be too late for them to do anything about it.
The product was purchased with certain product specs, which included the applications/games installed, if Danger decides to remove anything from the default installation without your concent you should be intitled to a full refund.
No questions asked
If Danger screwed up the licenses, they should settle the lawsuits and move on.
I understand that two wrongs do not make a right. The question is who defines wrong? Does the MPAA define wrong? The government? The lawyers? The courts? These people cannot define what is right and what is wrong, they can merely create laws based on their interpretation of right and wrong.
200 years ago slavery was legal, does that mean it was right? no.
This may be an extreme example, but it brings up a good point. Making something illegal does not make it wrong, and making something legal, does not make it right. If we let the laws define what is right and wrong, and never make any efforts to change these laws, the large corporations with the big bucks to pay off the lawyers will find and exploit every loophole these laws have.
Copyright apologists often use words like ``stolen'' and ``theft'' to describe copyright infringement. At the same time, they ask us to treat the legal system as an authority on ethics: if copying is forbidden, it must be wrong. So it is pertinent to mention that the legal system--at least in the US--rejects the idea that copyright infringement is ``theft.'' Copyright apologists are making an appeal to authority...and misrepresenting what the authority says.
The idea that laws decide what is right or wrong is mistaken in general. Laws are, at their best, an attempt to achieve justice; to say that laws define justice or ethical conduct is turning things upside down.
Violating the Copyright laws may not be legal, but that does not mean it is not ethical. These companies have been ripping off the masses for years now through price-fixing and a variety of other, truely unethical, means.
We have Roll up Keyboards and now a roll up monitor. Once some new, smaller, hardware comes out, what's stopping someone from having a complete fold-up/roll-up system???
Just imagine being able to roll up your entire computer, with a 17+" monitor and stick it in your backpack, or fold it up and put it in your pocket!!
Anyone that really knows operating systems knows for a fact that Windows is not even in the same league as a Linux box. Hell it doesn't even come close to matching the abilities of Linux.
The problem isn't the people who know OS's, the problem is the 90% of users that don't. These people hear all this talk about alternatives to Windows and don't know what to think of them. They want to see how these other OS's compare to the one they have known for years now. They want to know how easy it will be to set up and maintain, and that all their hardware will be supported.
It's comparisons such as these that will really boost the acceptance of Linux as a marketplace competator. I agree this article is a little incomplete and doesn't do a great job of making an all around comparison, but it's a good start.
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They are paying you. Have you ever noticed that you don't need to pay anything access the websites (like the one you're on right now), public broadcast tv shows, public broadcast radio stations, etc that you enjoy every day?
These all exist because the companies who want access to your eyes are subsidizing most, if not all, of the costs to produce them.
If you disagree with the methods used to advertise you have two choices: send a message by not utilizing their services, or don't.
That being said, I do use some basic ad-blocking to prevent inappropriate popups and content on sites I am not as familiar with. However, in general, I choose to only do business with sites that don't use intrusive advertising.
Are you telling me that their big demonstration was to simulate the motions and expressions of an actress using the motions and expressions of that same actress?
That is either the most mind-numbingly stupid demonstration I've ever heard of, or one of the most brilliant. I'm not really sure which yet.
Based on the higher resolution video that was posted earlier I have to say that if you are correct, I am REALLY impressed.
A quick check of IMDB says that the article has it all wrong. "Emily" is a real person and actress, the only parts that were simulated were only the crappy looking (although technically very difficult) modifications made at the end. According to the credits at the end of the video, her name is Emily O'Brien (imdb) So I guess all the "fake" and "awkward looking" gestures she made in the video weren't proof it was fake, just proof that she's a bad actress.
where's the news?? I've been using wine to run Picasa for over a year now. Wine has become quite good over the last few years, all I had to do is download the Picasa install file and open it with wine. Picasa installed with no problems, I put a link to it on my desktop, and now it runs as if I were on Windows. Problem solved.
I haven't tried yet, but I'm sure Earth will run just as smoothly.
I already get more spim than I do spam, and have been for over 2 years now. Granted for few months it seemed to die down, but now it is without a doubt back. Being a college student, I use AIM (actually gaim) a lot to communicate with friends, family, and classmates - but not everyone I want to talk to is on my buddy list, so I can't just block everyone who's not on my list. I tried having it ask me before accepting messages, but what's the difference between getting that popup and an IM popup?? nothing really. Unfortunatly, I never considered SPIM when I signed up for mailing lists, forums, and things of that sort so my user names are usually my screen name. I'm assuming this is why I get so much more of it than most people I know. I tend to get 5-10 spims a day (all of which are porn - ranging from Fred violating Wilma, to Farm Animals Gone Wild), whereas with my mail filters I tend to only receive a small number of spam in a month.
We could all just stop visiting sites that use these unwanted forms of advertising. People always seem to forget the fact that, if the advertising isn't working, companies won't use it. With spam, if NOONE bought things that were advertised from spam, noone would send it. The same goes for popups! But, since people are idiots, I'll keep using Mozilla's popup blocker anyway...
Again, I'm not saying anything negative about teaching Java to students for topics on UI, Software Engineering, etc. In fact I took a project sequence on GUI design, most of which concentrated around Java. I just think it's extremely dangerous and is an injustice to the students if the school concentrates SOLELY on Java and leaves out the other important concepts that are best studied in some other language, and there are schools out there doing this.
When programming is incorportated into an architecture course it provides the students with a level of understanding that would otherwise be impossible. In my architecture course we wrote programs that would simulate different architectures (x86, Sparc, etc). In doing this I learned FAR more than I ever could have chugging through facts in a textbook and being quizzed on it. To be effective, these simulators had to be very low-level though (written in C) so they could access hardware, deal with registers, etc.
The curriculum you described sounds similar to the curriculum I am currently involved in, which exposes the students to a broad range of different languages and techniques. This is the type of program needed. I'm not claiming my school has a perfect education, because believe me... I would change a few things if I could. The schools I am referring to are the ones that are essentially teaching the students nothing more than how to write code in Java and passing this as an education in Computer Science.
I didn't mention the school's name because I didn't want it to end up becomming a "I just graduated from there, and the education is MUCH better than at YOUR school!" type debate.
;-)
I haven't done much research in wxWindows, but I've been meaning to.
I actually do like coding in Java when it's appropriate. I haven't found much better for GUI-type applications (although maybe once I do some research into wxWin I will
Part of what I was including in "Computer Science Fundamentals" is the way the language itself implements the various features that are offered. In order to make Java platform independent, these features are so abstracted from the surface that it is difficult to actually study how they are implemented. In languages like C, C++, Lisp, Scheme, etc the implementations are easy to see and study.
I do agree with you that University does NOT exist to teach people all the practical skills necessary, if this was the case your education would be outdated by the time you graduate. It IS however important for students in their final years in school to learn the details, and gain valuable experience in applying these concepts and learning which tools/languages are most appropriate for the job. This is not possible of your only learning one language.
My main concern is not specifically that the students are being taught Java, but they are being taught nothing but Java. Since Java is such a high level language, you miss out on many of the low-level concepts that are needed in the industry. Sure if you went through and read Java's source code and delve down into the innermost corners of the language you MAY be able to locate the implementations of these concepts, but that's obviously not the best way to go about it.
And I agree that if students miss out on those concepts it is their own damn fault, unfortunately many of them do. And since they end up graduating with the same diploma as those who actually made the extra effort and learned the underlying details, they become a bad reflection of the school and the school's curriculum.
I personally have done some Java programming, I can see the power the language has and I do respect that. However, I do NOT feel the language is appropriate to teach students the innermost functionality of how a computer works.
There's a huge glut of programmers on the market with little or no experience using any other programming language other than Java.
I for one know that MANY major universities are now requiring ONLY Java programming courses in order to gain a Computer Science degree.
As a CS student at a university that does NOT follow this practice (in fact we only have one Java class, and that's really enough) I think this is a terrible way of training future developers. How can a graduate who has NEVER had any experience in any sort of low (or even middle) level language possibly hope to develop anything other than a pretty GUI with some network support.
Don't get me wrong, Java does have it's place. It's great for developing GUI applications, or applications where speed and efficiency is not an issue. But a primary language to teach computer science fundamentals, it is not.
SURE we can reach them!! All we need to do is construct an infinite improbability drive and plug in the improbability of M$ on day writing a secure, reliable operating system and we can go anywhere we want...
As long as you can make the middle finger honk the horn and swirve, I'm happy!!
The whole project goes under the acronym Falcon - Force Application and Launch from the Continental United States
Does anyone else see something wrong with that acronym??? Like it doesn't spell FALCON, is spells FALCUS!!!
How long do you think it will be before the Cable Companies convince the govt to make this illegal??
Think about it. If you could set this up on one system, and have hundreds of people access it (which if it's not possible now, it soon will be) then why pay for cable?? Find a server somewhere that plays some shows that you like, and watch them from there.
I'd be willing to bet that within 6 months of the first one being sold in the US the Nexedi will be in court.
It's a shame though, I could have some fun with this!!
If the new Indiana Jones movie takes place in the 1950's, then Ford will be just about exactly the right age to play the part. The trilogy took place around the 30's and were recorded about 15-20 years ago. Indy was about 30-35 ish then, which would make him in his 50's for in the 1950's. Granted he is a little old to be running around with a wip, but remember... he DID drink from the Grail and he is now immortal!!
**By the way rumor has it, Sean Connery will also return as Indy's dad**
How about
"Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Retirement Home"
or
"Indiana Jones: The Temple of Viagra"
or
"Indiana Jones: The Last Erection"
I don't really understand the purpose of this. I mean, do you really WANT M$ to have any part of Linux?! Even if it IS just a bootloader!!!
Secondly, I don't think M$ would really even CARE if someone DID release this exploit (making the bold assumption that it actually exists) because they have really all but abandoned the XBOX already anyway. The only reason they're still keeping any ties to it is so that when XBOX 2 comes out it won't seem like they completly dropped the first one!
This should be GREAT for train/car rides!!
This should be illegal.... I understand that there are lic. issues, but once a product is sold, it should be too late for them to do anything about it.
The product was purchased with certain product specs, which included the applications/games installed, if Danger decides to remove anything from the default installation without your concent you should be intitled to a full refund.
No questions asked
If Danger screwed up the licenses, they should settle the lawsuits and move on.
Wrap one of those foldable monitors around one of these, add a roll up keyboard, and you've got one hell of a portable system!!
I understand that two wrongs do not make a right. The question is who defines wrong? Does the MPAA define wrong? The government? The lawyers? The courts? These people cannot define what is right and what is wrong, they can merely create laws based on their interpretation of right and wrong.
200 years ago slavery was legal, does that mean it was right? no.
This may be an extreme example, but it brings up a good point. Making something illegal does not make it wrong, and making something legal, does not make it right. If we let the laws define what is right and wrong, and never make any efforts to change these laws, the large corporations with the big bucks to pay off the lawyers will find and exploit every loophole these laws have.
Violating the Copyright laws may not be legal, but that does not mean it is not ethical. These companies have been ripping off the masses for years now through price-fixing and a variety of other, truely unethical, means.
We have Roll up Keyboards and now a roll up monitor. Once some new, smaller, hardware comes out, what's stopping someone from having a complete fold-up/roll-up system???
Just imagine being able to roll up your entire computer, with a 17+" monitor and stick it in your backpack, or fold it up and put it in your pocket!!
Anyone that really knows operating systems knows for a fact that Windows is not even in the same league as a Linux box. Hell it doesn't even come close to matching the abilities of Linux.
The problem isn't the people who know OS's, the problem is the 90% of users that don't. These people hear all this talk about alternatives to Windows and don't know what to think of them. They want to see how these other OS's compare to the one they have known for years now. They want to know how easy it will be to set up and maintain, and that all their hardware will be supported.
It's comparisons such as these that will really boost the acceptance of Linux as a marketplace competator. I agree this article is a little incomplete and doesn't do a great job of making an all around comparison, but it's a good start.
if a software company didn't lie about its benchmarks?!