No, it's not just you. They are ugly. And what's with there being an iPod clickwheel on devices that aren't iPods, or even music players. Somehow I don't think that the clickwheel is an appropriate interface for a phone... But Apple knows this and wouldn't design such uninspired products.
Ok, but, if all applications would be run through firefox/some other browser, then why use something as overhead-demanding as linux?
IMHO, this whole concept of building thin-client, web-based replacements for *everything* is totally counterproductive. Consumers have more than enough power to run these applications on their own machines and without an internet connection needed. What happens when your connection goes down and you have a term paper due the next morning? Having said this, there really doesn't appear to be any evidence that google is moving in this direction anyway. Portal maybe, operating system no.
Yes you can. Outgoing HTTP connections do not use port 80 for sending. TCP packets contain a destination port and a source port. Blocking incoming connections to port 80 will do nothing to prevent users behind the firewall from browsing. Unless you are referring to blocking outgoing traffic to port 80?
For the example that you gave, you should write (variable == NULL) because it is easier for anyone reading your code to understand. It is also kind of logically strange to say (!variable) if variable is not a boolean value, because that logic operation implies that it is.
For other examples like that, the same goes. In this day and age, minute optimizations are not worth putting in if it will degrade the clarity of the code, which is far more important. In any case, modern compilers will make such optimizations for you.
I've never really understood why anyone would want to run Linux on a PDA, let alone a cell phone. The amount of overhead required for running a multitasking operating system really isn't compatible with the hardware being used (that is, its speed), and isn't compatible with the way its being used anyway. Some people use their phones as datebooks I suppose, but most people use their phones as phones--to communicate with other people. As for PDA's, the same situation seems to apply. People pick up PDA's and generally put them back in their pocket/purse/whatever after about 10 or 15 seconds of use. Why run a linux kernel on that?
> You mean for not confiscating it after he went to > Wal-mart and Gamestop and bought it (according > to the article).
Actually, I was speaking generally, not about this particular case.
> Oh, by the way, he was 17 when he bought it, for > those who can't be bothered with reading the
> article. So technically, Wal-mart and Gamestop
> can be held liable for selling a rated M game to
> someone.
Since when is it illegal to sell a video game to a 17 year old? In any case, you can't hold wal-mart and gamestop responsible for people committing murder. Why aren't you asking how he got a gun?
Good point. However, the context of a game such as the one you describe is completely different from GTA. It may be violent, but the events of war are so fantastic that they lack the realism of the everyday violence in GTA. No 14 year old kid is going to be taking over cities and slaughtering thousands of people, but there is a fair possibility that they could get a gun and shoot someone.
Not that I agree with this--its still the parents' fault for exposing their child to it, but there is definitely an argument for games like GTA having a real effect on how violent young people can become. After all, if there are no negative effects, why not allow every kid to play GTA?
> This is fascinating, but the writeup is pure
> flamebait.
Your entire comment is flamebait. Or, I suppose you meant nothing offensive by the statement "we'd do better to ignore the religious types who won't have any part in the future anyway"?
There is a huge difference between animal rights and religion.
Apparently many people in the community are either lazy or share your view, wrong as it may be. Anyone who has ever worked on large pieces of code knows this. Documentation in code is not only important, it is often as important as the code itself, and this is especially true in open source projects. Unfortunately, that still doesn't prevent it from being absent from most of them.
Wake up. There is no MP3 coffin, and there isn't going to be any time soon. And when there is, it isn't going to be replaced by OGG. Why? Because people don't adopt new technologies that are only marginally (in this case debatable anyway) better than what they would replace. People adopt technologies because they are orders of magnitude better than what they replace.
It was wrong because it was a commercial failure. Hindsight will tell us why:
- It was still too big. Though smaller (however more powerful) than other palmtop-like devices of its day, it was still too big to use for what people really needed it for, which brings us to the next point:
- It didn't do what people needed it to very well at all. It had a lot of capabilities and features but none of them were particularly outstanding. By contrast, the palm debuted with something like 4 different applications (plus a platform for developers to expand on that) and each of them was designed well and worked well on a device small enough to fit in your pocket.
You are probably correct to say that Palm might not have existed (or at least, might not have been successful) if not for Newton, but that is probably because Palm was able to learn from Apple's mistakes.
FreeBSD and OpenBSD already have their own (superior) ports system and have no need for portage. In fact, it is my understanding that portage was modelled after this ports system.
First of all, the editors made at least one mistake: That isn't Google's main search page--it's Google Suggest.
They may have made other mistakes. I, for one, was unable to produce any of the mirrored results by searching myself. However, as pointed out recently by a representative from Google, new features are generally rolled out to select ISP's and not others, explaining why the poster was able to see pictures and I cannot.
Or maybe samzempus just fucked up. In any case, the story is not entirely true, at all.
It's really disgusting actually. This story is a perfect example of how Slashdot has become little more than a technology blog. They are CERTAINLY not a reputable news outlet anymore (if they ever were) and I become more disillusioned with the lack of quality in the editing nearly every time I pull up this site. I just hope Google News pulls them off their index soon so people don't start believing the bullshit they report on.
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No, it's not just you. They are ugly. And what's with there being an iPod clickwheel on devices that aren't iPods, or even music players. Somehow I don't think that the clickwheel is an appropriate interface for a phone... But Apple knows this and wouldn't design such uninspired products.
No, I think they mean ten million-billion-billionths of a second, a VERY small amount of time. But anyway, it isn't very clear at all.
Ok, but, if all applications would be run through firefox/some other browser, then why use something as overhead-demanding as linux?
IMHO, this whole concept of building thin-client, web-based replacements for *everything* is totally counterproductive. Consumers have more than enough power to run these applications on their own machines and without an internet connection needed. What happens when your connection goes down and you have a term paper due the next morning? Having said this, there really doesn't appear to be any evidence that google is moving in this direction anyway. Portal maybe, operating system no.
The United States is the first modern Democracy in the history of the world, so what "history" exactly are you talking about?
Because they aren't due for over a month from now?
Yes you can. Outgoing HTTP connections do not use port 80 for sending. TCP packets contain a destination port and a source port. Blocking incoming connections to port 80 will do nothing to prevent users behind the firewall from browsing. Unless you are referring to blocking outgoing traffic to port 80?
For the example that you gave, you should write (variable == NULL) because it is easier for anyone reading your code to understand. It is also kind of logically strange to say (!variable) if variable is not a boolean value, because that logic operation implies that it is.
For other examples like that, the same goes. In this day and age, minute optimizations are not worth putting in if it will degrade the clarity of the code, which is far more important. In any case, modern compilers will make such optimizations for you.
It's a music player, not a recorder. If you want to record, go buy one of the accessories that allows you to record.
I've never really understood why anyone would want to run Linux on a PDA, let alone a cell phone. The amount of overhead required for running a multitasking operating system really isn't compatible with the hardware being used (that is, its speed), and isn't compatible with the way its being used anyway. Some people use their phones as datebooks I suppose, but most people use their phones as phones--to communicate with other people. As for PDA's, the same situation seems to apply. People pick up PDA's and generally put them back in their pocket/purse/whatever after about 10 or 15 seconds of use. Why run a linux kernel on that?
I recommend just telling everyone you know to go buy a Mac. Problem solved--no more technical support needed from me.
> You mean for not confiscating it after he went to
> Wal-mart and Gamestop and bought it (according
> to the article).
Actually, I was speaking generally, not about this particular case.
> Oh, by the way, he was 17 when he bought it, for
> those who can't be bothered with reading the
> article. So technically, Wal-mart and Gamestop
> can be held liable for selling a rated M game to
> someone.
Since when is it illegal to sell a video game to a 17 year old? In any case, you can't hold wal-mart and gamestop responsible for people committing murder. Why aren't you asking how he got a gun?
Good point. However, the context of a game such as the one you describe is completely different from GTA. It may be violent, but the events of war are so fantastic that they lack the realism of the everyday violence in GTA. No 14 year old kid is going to be taking over cities and slaughtering thousands of people, but there is a fair possibility that they could get a gun and shoot someone.
Not that I agree with this--its still the parents' fault for exposing their child to it, but there is definitely an argument for games like GTA having a real effect on how violent young people can become. After all, if there are no negative effects, why not allow every kid to play GTA?
> This is fascinating, but the writeup is pure
> flamebait.
Your entire comment is flamebait. Or, I suppose you meant nothing offensive by the statement "we'd do better to ignore the religious types who won't have any part in the future anyway"?
There is a huge difference between animal rights and religion.
Apparently many people in the community are either lazy or share your view, wrong as it may be. Anyone who has ever worked on large pieces of code knows this. Documentation in code is not only important, it is often as important as the code itself, and this is especially true in open source projects. Unfortunately, that still doesn't prevent it from being absent from most of them.
Well that's true, but, why is CowboyNeal approving stories in which the basis is 4 years old?
Wake up. There is no MP3 coffin, and there isn't going to be any time soon. And when there is, it isn't going to be replaced by OGG. Why? Because people don't adopt new technologies that are only marginally (in this case debatable anyway) better than what they would replace. People adopt technologies because they are orders of magnitude better than what they replace.
Who the hell modded this insightful?
I really don't feel like typing out any explanation, so here are just a few relevant articles.
How so? The kid violated his teacher's privacy. What "rights" of his are being violated here?
I say the little bastard deserves whatever they give him.
I'll second that.
Examples?
It was wrong because it was a commercial failure. Hindsight will tell us why:
- It was still too big. Though smaller (however more powerful) than other palmtop-like devices of its day, it was still too big to use for what people really needed it for, which brings us to the next point:
- It didn't do what people needed it to very well at all. It had a lot of capabilities and features but none of them were particularly outstanding. By contrast, the palm debuted with something like 4 different applications (plus a platform for developers to expand on that) and each of them was designed well and worked well on a device small enough to fit in your pocket.
You are probably correct to say that Palm might not have existed (or at least, might not have been successful) if not for Newton, but that is probably because Palm was able to learn from Apple's mistakes.
FreeBSD and OpenBSD already have their own (superior) ports system and have no need for portage. In fact, it is my understanding that portage was modelled after this ports system.
How so? Legitimate Windows users will have their machines patched and thus invulnerable to the bugs in question.
First of all, the editors made at least one mistake: That isn't Google's main search page--it's Google Suggest.
They may have made other mistakes. I, for one, was unable to produce any of the mirrored results by searching myself. However, as pointed out recently by a representative from Google, new features are generally rolled out to select ISP's and not others, explaining why the poster was able to see pictures and I cannot.
Or maybe samzempus just fucked up. In any case, the story is not entirely true, at all.
It's really disgusting actually. This story is a perfect example of how Slashdot has become little more than a technology blog. They are CERTAINLY not a reputable news outlet anymore (if they ever were) and I become more disillusioned with the lack of quality in the editing nearly every time I pull up this site. I just hope Google News pulls them off their index soon so people don't start believing the bullshit they report on.