Even more interesting are the reports that Microsoft is systematically scouting Open Source desktop technology.
From Dictionary.com
scout
( P ) Pronunciation Key (skout)
v. scouted, scouting, scouts
v. tr.
1. To spy on or explore carefully in order to obtain information; reconnoiter.
2. To observe and evaluate (a talented person), as for possible hiring.
...or further down the page
To reject with disdain or derision. See Synonyms at despise.
I should point out that I'm a large number theorist
You are obviously not a chess player. No chess game at GM level gets played to the end. Once someone establishes sufficient material or positional advantage, the opponent resign. You don't have to compute all the possible moves to win at chess. You just have to analyze the current openings which( are already analyzed till move 10 to 20 generally )and find novelties. Then, your opponent will start moving into time trouble because he has to come up with ad hoc responses and his repertoire will be of no use anymore. Since you already know what the best responses to your moves should be, any other move played by the opponent can be exploited to achieve positional or material advantage. Computers are already powerful enough to do this. But, since the world champion has already lost to a compuer nobody is interested in investing big money to prove the point again which was already proved. But, humans don't have to be ashamed of losing to a computer at chess. That's like comparing an athlete with an F-16. Who will win?
Yes, people stare at their computers all day and do all sorts of weird things to them. There should be some strict laws to protect the computers from such criminals.
Sad that you had to mix up some insightful comments with some troll.
1)The turd floating in a pay toilet when I forget to flush is free too. That doesn't mean you want it
Agreed
2) PDF sucks.
you musk be kidding did you mean the pdf export in OO sucks?
3) You obviously didn't major in economics.
100% true. But, isn't what I said true?
4) Have you ever compiled it yourself? There's a reason that gentoo, the linux for people that like to waste time compiling everything, only offers OO as a binary install. Regardless, My time is valuable and it's more economical for me to pay for software that works than spend a month trying to understand the OO code design, recompile, and do regression testing.
You can do it, does not mean you have to do it. The guys making the software are putting all necessary features so that you don't have to write code. But, if you come up with a brilliant idea to improve the software, you can atleast do it with OO. That's not allowed with commercial software.
5) MS Office doesn't have those limits either. This is troll You obviously have not upgraded to OfficeXp.
1. this software is free.
2. Comes with a pdf writer
3. If used by many people, will help bring down costs of commercial software
4. Its opensource, so you can change it to suit your needs
5. You can install it on all the machines in this world if you want. There is no machine limitation like only 2 machines or 2 and a half machines.
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Even more interesting are the reports that Microsoft is systematically scouting Open Source desktop technology.
...or further down the page
From Dictionary.com
scout
( P ) Pronunciation Key (skout) v. scouted, scouting, scouts v. tr. 1. To spy on or explore carefully in order to obtain information; reconnoiter. 2. To observe and evaluate (a talented person), as for possible hiring.
To reject with disdain or derision. See Synonyms at despise.
the worst assumption many of us are making is that humans are not themselves computers.
About Kurzweil
you can use mozilla. It has download manager and pop-up blocker built in and by the time longhorn is out, mozilla will become much much more powerful.
I should point out that I'm a large number theorist
You are obviously not a chess player. No chess game at GM level gets played to the end. Once someone establishes sufficient material or positional advantage, the opponent resign. You don't have to compute all the possible moves to win at chess. You just have to analyze the current openings which( are already analyzed till move 10 to 20 generally )and find novelties. Then, your opponent will start moving into time trouble because he has to come up with ad hoc responses and his repertoire will be of no use anymore. Since you already know what the best responses to your moves should be, any other move played by the opponent can be exploited to achieve positional or material advantage. Computers are already powerful enough to do this. But, since the world champion has already lost to a compuer nobody is interested in investing big money to prove the point again which was already proved. But, humans don't have to be ashamed of losing to a computer at chess. That's like comparing an athlete with an F-16. Who will win?
all jet boards (surfboards) were recalled today after people tried to use them without charging the batteries and drowned in the pacific.
last week we had one in India. Now this. Are this just fragments of a much larger object that is heading towards earth? I hope not.
Yes, people stare at their computers all day and do all sorts of weird things to them. There should be some strict laws to protect the computers from such criminals.
quick! I don't want to pay $699
with linux installed ofcourse. That way, both poor countries and linux will grow more and more powerful
since they love and hate linux and microsoft equally.
maybe cars and transportation equipment are cathing up with software already!! We have bugs and crashes to start with.
Sad that you had to mix up some insightful comments with some troll.
1)The turd floating in a pay toilet when I forget to flush is free too. That doesn't mean you want it
Agreed
2) PDF sucks.
you musk be kidding
did you mean the pdf export in OO sucks?
3) You obviously didn't major in economics.
100% true. But, isn't what I said true?
4) Have you ever compiled it yourself? There's a reason that gentoo, the linux for people that like to waste time compiling everything, only offers OO as a binary install. Regardless, My time is valuable and it's more economical for me to pay for software that works than spend a month trying to understand the OO code design, recompile, and do regression testing.
You can do it, does not mean you have to do it. The guys making the software are putting all necessary features so that you don't have to write code. But, if you come up with a brilliant idea to improve the software, you can atleast do it with OO. That's not allowed with commercial software.
5) MS Office doesn't have those limits either.
This is troll
You obviously have not upgraded to OfficeXp.
1. this software is free.
2. Comes with a pdf writer
3. If used by many people, will help bring down costs of commercial software
4. Its opensource, so you can change it to suit your needs
5. You can install it on all the machines in this world if you want. There is no machine limitation like only 2 machines or 2 and a half machines.
"For production of Sinbad every workstation and the entire renderfarm was Linux," notes DreamWorks head of animation technology Ed Leonard.
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6.021J Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues Fall 2002
is listed in EECS department. Can someone explain this?