The term computer is more of the collection of the motherboard, processor, etc.
The microprocessors in other devices are still just microprocessors, not computers themselves.
A computer is NOT designed to do "anything". When was the last time you cooked your meal in a computer? When was the last time you built a house with a computer (physically, not with architectural software).
A computer is designed to compute, that is, manipulate and display information, in many different ways. Just like the microwave is designed to heat food in many different ways.
The reason computers are in binary is because of the WAY they are written on. If there was an easy way to convert to decimal, we would have been using decimal computers for years now.
People like this and my parents really piss me off.
They think that learning how to program and do things like that is just some easy thing that everyone can learn how to do, which is entirely incorrect.
Programming is a PROFESSION, a CAREER. Do I go around thinking that I can learn how to fix a car in a day or two? HELL NO! Why does everyone else think that they can learn how to program a computer in the same amount of time?
My dad always has these "get rich quick" schemes, and he always wants ME to program a website for it. I usually say I'm busy or something, which I am, with other sites, and then (sometimes) he gets pissed off. My mom, trying to "correct" the situation, asks me if I can just teach her how to do it herself (she struggles in adding attachments to emails:/).
I think that everyone should just look at some code of even the most basic things, a simple table in HTML even, and THEN go about criticizing how "easy" it is to program and how they could do it if they wanted, if only they tried.
...that the reason the RedHat CEO is saying this is because he doesn't make any money on the Home versions of RHL. RH is way to commercialized now, that's why you should go with other distros.
Yeah you should really stop listening to your president, he is a complete and utter jackass, along with the media.
And all this comes from someone who LIVES in USA:/
As for securing your Windows boxes, I'll always admit it is possible to secure them enough. Keeping them secured is a full time job though. When was the last time that a release version of Apache allowed someone on the net to run commands on the webserver? What about those../../../cmd.exe exploits in IIS? That's just the lamest thing ever. I suggest you sign up to NTBugtraq, and understand why some of us aren't exactly singing Windows' praises.
You know... there is a version of Apache for Windows... that argument isn't very valid.
but until i hear an audio of Linus saying it
It's actually - "Lee nihcks", I heard a sound file of Linus saying it awhile ago, but I don't remember from where...
Open source is about calling things the way they are: saying as loud as possible when something important sucks and need to be re-written. In Linux, thats what happens: when it sucks badly, it gets re-written.
Well, the Game Theater XP driver sucks badly... and it hasn't been rewritten;)
But I bet that is one of the very lowest priorities for them right now.
[i]Let's not forget these are people who are listening to music from artists without paying for it first.[/i]
Oh... okay... sorry.
I'll tell my friends to stop using credit cards to pay for CDs or anything for that matter anymore, since they are committing a civil offense.
Then after that, they will be able to have parental controls for your BIOS, that turns off the computer after X number of hours, because you were using it for too long;)
First Palladium, now this...
This is just going to put Microsoft in deeper shit than they already are...
In a way, I'm all for Palladium (but not this)... because then there will be massive movements to Linux, which will solve the one and only problem I have with Linux (not a wide selection of commercial games for it), because then games will HAVE to be made for Linux for the game companies to make as much profit as they are now, and then I will be a happy camper using Linux all the time:D
The major problem with this is, I won't feel like I'm in chief control of my OWN computer... Microsoft will be...
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The term computer is more of the collection of the motherboard, processor, etc. The microprocessors in other devices are still just microprocessors, not computers themselves.
A computer is NOT designed to do "anything". When was the last time you cooked your meal in a computer? When was the last time you built a house with a computer (physically, not with architectural software).
A computer is designed to compute, that is, manipulate and display information, in many different ways. Just like the microwave is designed to heat food in many different ways.
Actually, binary couldn't have been decimal.
The reason computers are in binary is because of the WAY they are written on. If there was an easy way to convert to decimal, we would have been using decimal computers for years now.
People like this and my parents really piss me off.
:/).
They think that learning how to program and do things like that is just some easy thing that everyone can learn how to do, which is entirely incorrect.
Programming is a PROFESSION, a CAREER. Do I go around thinking that I can learn how to fix a car in a day or two? HELL NO! Why does everyone else think that they can learn how to program a computer in the same amount of time?
My dad always has these "get rich quick" schemes, and he always wants ME to program a website for it. I usually say I'm busy or something, which I am, with other sites, and then (sometimes) he gets pissed off. My mom, trying to "correct" the situation, asks me if I can just teach her how to do it herself (she struggles in adding attachments to emails
I think that everyone should just look at some code of even the most basic things, a simple table in HTML even, and THEN go about criticizing how "easy" it is to program and how they could do it if they wanted, if only they tried.
The only problem with the use of objects is: I know I'll lose them.
http://www.demeNTed.net/ /lawsuit
Maybe Smith found a way to remotely execute code in our brains!
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty damn sure I don't have a c/c++ compiler in my brain, or even a binary reader FOR that compiled code.
And since when has there been c/c++ libraries for controlling living flesh?
...that the reason the RedHat CEO is saying this is because he doesn't make any money on the Home versions of RHL. RH is way to commercialized now, that's why you should go with other distros.
Yeah you should really stop listening to your president, he is a complete and utter jackass, along with the media. And all this comes from someone who LIVES in USA :/
As for securing your Windows boxes, I'll always admit it is possible to secure them enough. Keeping them secured is a full time job though. When was the last time that a release version of Apache allowed someone on the net to run commands on the webserver? What about those ../../../cmd.exe exploits in IIS? That's just the lamest thing ever. I suggest you sign up to NTBugtraq, and understand why some of us aren't exactly singing Windows' praises.
You know... there is a version of Apache for Windows... that argument isn't very valid.
but until i hear an audio of Linus saying it It's actually - "Lee nihcks", I heard a sound file of Linus saying it awhile ago, but I don't remember from where...
Open source is about calling things the way they are: saying as loud as possible when something important sucks and need to be re-written. In Linux, thats what happens: when it sucks badly, it gets re-written.
;)
Well, the Game Theater XP driver sucks badly... and it hasn't been rewritten
But I bet that is one of the very lowest priorities for them right now.
Ahem...
I was just at BestBuy earlier today and was thinking the exact same thing... until I saw this:
You can buy the Matrix CD for $14.99... and buy the whole movie for... $14.99....... say what?
Even worse... You can buy the Animatrix CD for $14.99... or buy the movie for........ $9.99??????? WHAT????
[i]Let's not forget these are people who are listening to music from artists without paying for it first.[/i] Oh... okay... sorry. I'll tell my friends to stop using credit cards to pay for CDs or anything for that matter anymore, since they are committing a civil offense.
They already have this, it's called Palladium. And by the way, there is already a Palladium compliant AMD Processor, the 64 thing.
Then after that, they will be able to have parental controls for your BIOS, that turns off the computer after X number of hours, because you were using it for too long ;)
First Palladium, now this... This is just going to put Microsoft in deeper shit than they already are... In a way, I'm all for Palladium (but not this)... because then there will be massive movements to Linux, which will solve the one and only problem I have with Linux (not a wide selection of commercial games for it), because then games will HAVE to be made for Linux for the game companies to make as much profit as they are now, and then I will be a happy camper using Linux all the time :D
The major problem with this is, I won't feel like I'm in chief control of my OWN computer... Microsoft will be...