>> The treatment of climate change runs counter to our overall position and crosses 'multiple red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to......Like getting off our lazy selfish butts and actually taking some action.
I understand the US may have some objections but at least everyone else is trying to do something, not just sit on their fat butts and avoid taking any active measures. The US's argument is just an excuse to maintain a delaying tactic so that Bush's oil buddies can get richer for a while more at the cost of the whole planet.
I really don't understand you wierdos that think being concerned about the quality and survival of life on our planet is just a left-wing political issue. Oh and BTW there's nothing wrong with being left-wing (not that I am but I appreciate different viewpoints). This isn't the Mcarthy era any more you know.
A Two legged robot would be very difficult to get right and possibly very unreliable too. I hope they've taken into account the differing gravity of the moon in their gait algorithm.
Yeah I wondered if thats what it wasn't all about, but it seems from the original article that everyone working there really believes in this stuff....although I suppose they would have to say that in public....
It would be interesting to see how they explain away dinosaurs and humans together in the same diorama though, given the fossil record, carbon dating, etc etc all show the first early humans were about 63 million years after the end of the cretaceous period.
Yet another technology demo that won't actually be in a real product for years. Same with ink-on-paper displays. Plenty of prototypes exist but for some reason no-one seems able to or wants to make an actual device you can buy.
>> Office for the Mac is a critical element of keeping the platform alive.
I really don't get this. I've been using OpenOffice for quite a while now and it seems much more useable and intuitive than MS Office. Its also compatible with MS formats and is free in all senses of the word.
Mac users surely don't have the same locked-into-Microsoft mentality as Windows users as they chose a mac over a PC in the first place, so why don't most Mac users switch to OpenOffice?
Jack Thompson has finally gone up against someone who has the resources and already standard practice of tieing up opposition in legal red tape for decades. I really hope Microsoft sue him back as an opening round.
I hope Microsoft and Jack Thompson waste so much of each other's time and money that both leave the rest of us alone for a while.
is just a money-grubbing little parasite. Its obvious he's only trying to make himself some money. Anyway who the hell is he to sue on my behalf without asking me, or decide what I can and cant see? Can I sue him for limiting my freedom to purchase what I want?
Games are all about escapism and fantasy fulfillment. The last thing I want is a weekly shopping simulator. If I want boring and mundane I'll log into life 2.0.
>> Such services are provided for customers; that much should be implied
Not true. I've seen commercial places that do offer genuinely free Wifi just as a public service. OK they're hoping you will buy something while you're there, but its not a requirement.
There are freeware apps (that are frequently better than the commercial ones) for all of those things except maybe turbotax. Not that I've tried it but I bet you could run turbotax under WINE today.
>> If Linux could guarantee, tomorrow, that it would run 100% of Windows software just as well as Windows does (EG. Stick the CD in the drive and let it auto-run the installer package to load the app.),
This is NOT the answer. Linux already easily beats Microsoft on software installation and makes installing software from CD look silly. It just doesn't advertise it well. What we need is a more user-accessible gui over apt-get.
I'd MUCH rather just click an "install office" button and see it magically just download and install openoffice or whatever from somewhere for free, rather than have to go find then buy a Microsoft Office CD and do the whole CD install and key registration thing.
I totally agree that the windows architecture sucks, however thats what causes most of the problems, not 3rd party software.
In the case where 3rd party software is bad, Microsoft are again to blame. Have you seen their APIs? It basically obliges you to write hacky code. Have you ever looked inside their system headers? talk about hacky code there too.
>> Most Linux fanboys are like audiophiles. Lol wait till you get your Macbook you'll find Apple fanboys are 10 times worse.
down to a relative lack of awareness and advertising.
From many conversations I have come down to the following conclusions:
a) The vast majority of non-techical PC users (read consumers in the street) still have not even heard of Linux or at least really know what it is. They generally still are not prepared to believe that professional grade software can be totally freely available with no hidden costs or other catches. You can thank Microsoft for hardwiring that expectation.
b) People are sheep and will follow the majority mindthink, which is largely determined by mass-media advertising. For example there are plenty of cheaper and technically better media players out there, but nearly everyone has, wants, or only thinks of an iPod. Microsoft spend billions on advertising. There are commercials for Vista all over the TV daily. I've never ever seen a TV advert for Linux.
c) Still the major reason that most people use Windows is that it was already on their PC when they bought it. Most non-technical types don't even realise that they could uninstall it and run something else. Jeez I know people who buy a new PC every year because their windows partition gets too bloated.
We need to get information about Linux and general PC OS awareness out there through advertising, not just hope people wake up to it one day on their own.
>> We've been the most hated people in the world retro-active back to the beginning of time
Obviously you're not aware that America was only discovered in 1497.
>> The US is full of all the folks who were hated all over the world, Do you ever stop to wonder why?
>>Of course the Aboriginal North Americans hated us too. Again, do you ever stop to wonder why?
>> But all that hatred has instilled in us a tolerance of each others political or religious sensitivities. Yes of course America in general and George Bush in particular is famous for his gentle kindnesses to Islamic countries.
>> So we are quite content to be hated by those who hate us. Read: We shall remain too selfish to actually think of others.
People themselves are to blame. Actually the most selfish ones who'd rather not face the truth if it means they have to take some responsibility for their own actions. Its no coincidence that all the denial is coming from USA, as they are also the worst polluters per capita, and the most ignorant, greedy, self-centred and gluttonous nation in the world. They are also quickly becoming the most hated because of it.
You're putting the cart before the horse otherwise why bother with a DTD at all?
The purpose of a DTD is to define what the legal/agreed format of the data is, Not what format the data is actually in.
You can't deduce the DTD from the XML itself as the XML may be illegally/incorrectly formatted or otherwise corrupted.
Also the XML file you create the DTD from my not happen to use all the legal variations of allowed formats, therefore you won't get a complete DTD anyway.
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>> The treatment of climate change runs counter to our overall position and crosses 'multiple red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to ... ...Like getting off our lazy selfish butts and actually taking some action.
I understand the US may have some objections but at least everyone else is trying to do something, not just sit on their fat butts and avoid taking any active measures. The US's argument is just an excuse to maintain a delaying tactic so that Bush's oil buddies can get richer for a while more at the cost of the whole planet.
I really don't understand you wierdos that think being concerned about the quality and survival of life on our planet is just a left-wing political issue.
Oh and BTW there's nothing wrong with being left-wing (not that I am but I appreciate different viewpoints). This isn't the Mcarthy era any more you know.
Oh thats OK then. Lets keep polluting the atmosphere that all life on our only planet depends on, just in case the majority of scientists are wrong.
A Two legged robot would be very difficult to get right and possibly very unreliable too. I hope they've taken into account the differing gravity of the moon in their gait algorithm.
Yeah I wondered if thats what it wasn't all about, but it seems from the original article that everyone working there really believes in this stuff....although I suppose they would have to say that in public....
It would be interesting to see how they explain away dinosaurs and humans together in the same diorama though, given the fossil record, carbon dating, etc etc all show the first early humans were about 63 million years after the end of the cretaceous period.
why its always America where the most obviously stupid beliefs actually get followers?
Gravity is a myth. The earth sucks.
yeah ok I geddit. I meant eInk displays or whatever its called.
Yet another technology demo that won't actually be in a real product for years.
Same with ink-on-paper displays. Plenty of prototypes exist but for some reason no-one seems able to or wants to make an actual device you can buy.
>> Office for the Mac is a critical element of keeping the platform alive.
I really don't get this. I've been using OpenOffice for quite a while now and it seems much more useable and intuitive than MS Office. Its also compatible with MS formats and is free in all senses of the word.
Mac users surely don't have the same locked-into-Microsoft mentality as Windows users as they chose a mac over a PC in the first place, so why don't most Mac users switch to OpenOffice?
Well they are agents. if there's one group of people I've come across that don't understand technology its technical staffing agencies.
This is great news.
Jack Thompson has finally gone up against someone who has the resources and already standard practice of tieing up opposition in legal red tape for decades. I really hope Microsoft sue him back as an opening round.
I hope Microsoft and Jack Thompson waste so much of each other's time and money that both leave the rest of us alone for a while.
they'll release a new model soon that will cost $200 more just because its pink.
is just a money-grubbing little parasite. Its obvious he's only trying to make himself some money.
Anyway who the hell is he to sue on my behalf without asking me, or decide what I can and cant see?
Can I sue him for limiting my freedom to purchase what I want?
...and they're not re-writeable.
Nope. The prices will be kept artificially high to deter copying movies.
Games are all about escapism and fantasy fulfillment. The last thing I want is a weekly shopping simulator.
If I want boring and mundane I'll log into life 2.0.
>> Such services are provided for customers; that much should be implied
Not true.
I've seen commercial places that do offer genuinely free Wifi just as a public service. OK they're hoping you will buy something while you're there, but its not a requirement.
There are freeware apps (that are frequently better than the commercial ones) for all of those things except maybe turbotax. Not that I've tried it but I bet you could run turbotax under WINE today.
>> If Linux could guarantee, tomorrow, that it would run 100% of Windows software just as well as Windows does (EG. Stick the CD in the drive and let it auto-run the installer package to load the app.),
This is NOT the answer. Linux already easily beats Microsoft on software installation and makes installing software from CD look silly. It just doesn't advertise it well. What we need is a more user-accessible gui over apt-get.
I'd MUCH rather just click an "install office" button and see it magically just download and install openoffice or whatever from somewhere for free, rather than have to go find then buy a Microsoft Office CD and do the whole CD install and key registration thing.
I totally agree that the windows architecture sucks, however thats what causes most of the problems, not 3rd party software.
In the case where 3rd party software is bad, Microsoft are again to blame. Have you seen their APIs? It basically obliges you to write hacky code. Have you ever looked inside their system headers? talk about hacky code there too.
>> Most Linux fanboys are like audiophiles.
Lol wait till you get your Macbook you'll find Apple fanboys are 10 times worse.
down to a relative lack of awareness and advertising.
From many conversations I have come down to the following conclusions:
a) The vast majority of non-techical PC users (read consumers in the street) still have not even heard of Linux or at least really know what it is. They generally still are not prepared to believe that professional grade software can be totally freely available with no hidden costs or other catches. You can thank Microsoft for hardwiring that expectation.
b) People are sheep and will follow the majority mindthink, which is largely determined by mass-media advertising. For example there are plenty of cheaper and technically better media players out there, but nearly everyone has, wants, or only thinks of an iPod. Microsoft spend billions on advertising. There are commercials for Vista all over the TV daily. I've never ever seen a TV advert for Linux.
c) Still the major reason that most people use Windows is that it was already on their PC when they bought it. Most non-technical types don't even realise that they could uninstall it and run something else. Jeez I know people who buy a new PC every year because their windows partition gets too bloated.
We need to get information about Linux and general PC OS awareness out there through advertising, not just hope people wake up to it one day on their own.
>> We've been the most hated people in the world retro-active back to the beginning of time
Obviously you're not aware that America was only discovered in 1497.
>> The US is full of all the folks who were hated all over the world,
Do you ever stop to wonder why?
>>Of course the Aboriginal North Americans hated us too.
Again, do you ever stop to wonder why?
>> But all that hatred has instilled in us a tolerance of each others political or religious sensitivities.
Yes of course America in general and George Bush in particular is famous for his gentle kindnesses to Islamic countries.
>> So we are quite content to be hated by those who hate us.
Read: We shall remain too selfish to actually think of others.
People themselves are to blame. Actually the most selfish ones who'd rather not face the truth if it means they have to take some responsibility for their own actions.
Its no coincidence that all the denial is coming from USA, as they are also the worst polluters per capita, and the most ignorant, greedy, self-centred and gluttonous nation in the world. They are also quickly becoming the most hated because of it.
I've often thought microsoft software is only fit for the sewas.
You're putting the cart before the horse otherwise why bother with a DTD at all?
The purpose of a DTD is to define what the legal/agreed format of the data is, Not what format the data is actually in.
You can't deduce the DTD from the XML itself as the XML may be illegally/incorrectly formatted or otherwise corrupted.
Also the XML file you create the DTD from my not happen to use all the legal variations of allowed formats, therefore you won't get a complete DTD anyway.