You make excellent points in repsonse to the poster, but he too had good observations. Your "counter culture," was lucky to be able to keep your "punk ethos" outta your careers. But you were able to find a crowd: whether you'all fit as a group doesn't matter. Minimal social skills are very necessary in finding work. A big part of college in America is social networking or at least learning to network, and I sympathize with those who don't get anything else from school.
I find it strange how many people I meet accept the doctrine of free will. In fact they (is it only Americans?) seem to have a hard time accepting the very notion of the possibility of determinism- either as a theological or agnostic, philosophical type. Although maybe this is a good thing for a society?
I find belief in a kind and loving God difficult because of events like the tsumani and the resulting suffering around some of the poorest areas in Asia and Africa. The acts of man, especially if one also believes in free will, doesn't afffect faith one way or another. Perhaps God is indifferent? That seems more of a challenge to me than disbeleiving God altogether.
He has faith that it exists, even though it can't be proved. On the other hand, you apparently beleive enough masculinity will produce it. That's idiocy, not faith.
As a teaching tool to break up the monotony of textbooks and recorded audio, it sounds pretty good. A good teacher should give a sense of accomplishment and progression, not a computer program. The problem this addresses is how to practice language skills, in which case repetition and consistancy is a feature, not a bug.
Sure, Gamecube isn't doing nearly as well as Playstation, but they've got their niche. Palm, on the other hand, is losing marketshare rapidly to Windows Palm PCs, which means Palm is vulnerable, and will latch onto good PR and do more to avoid bad PR.
I remember logo, I also remember being discouraged from learning about programming computers because I wasn't good at algebra, and wasn't good at rote memorization. I regret not learning. Its easier for people to see why they failed to learn than why they had success. You might specifically ask nonprofessionals (perhaps women in particular) what would have encouraged them, rather than asking professionals, who often had natural inclinations to take up programming anyways.
Many posters must be too young to remember Win16. Apparently on/. you have to name Windows 1,2,3.0,3.1, WinNT 3.x, Windows 95 etc. and remind them that Windows XP is NT 5.x!
You're trying to see logic where there is none. Its about people grabbing power however they can, in the name of decency. Its a marketing tool too. When moviegoers were going to R-rated movies, a little more sex was in films. Lately PG-13 is more fashionable, there's a little less. I just bought the original Dawn of the Dead. It was unrated in '78. The cartoonish gore was laughable. And there has been a huge change of decency standards since cable became common. Why try to make sense of it?
I suspect MS is looking for a way to squeeze some extra money out of this, perhaps implement some subscription services which they've been trying to do for a while. There would be a lot of smirks though, if IBM and Apple enter an unholy alliance and corner the low-end clustering market.
When/.ers heard that M$ is losing money on Xbox, it was hackable, and that linux could be ported to it, I think it became a favorite- especially in contrast to Gamecube- (although GClinux is making headway) Secondly, "Mac people" aren't really interested in the latest games. If they were, they wouldn't be buying macs. The fact that you've been modded as insightful just proves to me how lame/. can get.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/pirates.ars
It may be too much to hope for, but if they would release versions of the old games with improved graphics, I'd buy their stuff.
I think they do have to dumb down modern physics that much. I bet most people watched it for the cutesy graphics and snob factor than to really learn anything about string theory. You quote the Simpsons in your sig- How do you think Matt Groening would try to present String Theory? How many would watch the Simpsons if he didn't dress his clever cynical insights with juvenile potty humor?
Warning people that a task is risky doesn't seem to prevent people from doing it- Exhibit A:smoking. Talking on your cell phone and driving is a good way to kill somebody else and get your ass sued off! Now people MIGHT pay attention to that.
The term "Personal Computer" was popularized by IBM. Before this the generic term was microcomputer, although "home computer" was also used. In the eighties, before the "IBM Clones" came out, "PC computer" specifically referred to IBM as opposed to the Apple II or Commadore, etc. IBM popularized the term while putting out FUD about the usefulness of other computers for business. It may be nitpicking, but it still bugs me when people use the term PC to describe early microcomputers
For a fantasy film afficienado, maybe, fireballs are trite, but for the majority of the audience its still cool. And they're well done in ROTK- as opposed to the countless badly done fireball effects in *those* films. Also, fire is a very primal fear- You might as well say- "Oh, no nudity in a movie again, what a drag!" My nitpick- not enough skin in these movies!
"The Intel 80286, a 16-bit processor with a segment-based memory management and protection system. The 80386 added a 32-bit architecture and a paging translation unit, which made it much easier to implement operating systems which used virtual memory." which the linux kernel needs. A few years ago I spent time picking through trash trying to find a 386 so I could try linux. There's some un*x variants that will poke about on Z80 and 6502- but not linux. M$ used to put out Xenix, a un*x that ran on 286s, then sold it to SCO, go figure!
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The Japanese love Santa and Christmas, spending a lot of money and effort into celebrating it. So it has to be good thing, right?
Microsoft, being on over 90% of desktops, is the obvious example, hardly an artificially constructed point. Not mentioning Microsoft would be like eating dinner while pretending not to notice an elephant in the dining room. How does one explain Open Source's success or even its continued existance in the face of free software from Redmond, or Apple, or Sun? Are you just speading FUD, or could you clarify your point?
How is this informative? "That's what India is for?" You seem to think that exploiting foreign workers is a better alternative to "free" software. Microsoft gave away Internet Exploder and continues to give away "free-as-in-beer" software. So how can F/OSS offer mplayer, xine, firefox and not be better than free MS alternatives?
"Publishing ingredients in food is a lot different from publishing source code." Agreed, but you're analogy is no better. For bridges and buildings, the blueprints must be published and become public record so they can be reviewed by town/city engineers and others responsible for saftey. I think RMS's problem was the lack of good examples for transparency in American public life. Does "Truly beleives it" mean that the question of consumer protection should not be up to software developers? Should complete secrecy replace legitimate enforcement of copywrite (or copyleft) What are you saying?
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You make excellent points in repsonse to the poster, but he too had good observations. Your "counter culture," was lucky to be able to keep your "punk ethos" outta your careers. But you were able to find a crowd: whether you'all fit as a group doesn't matter. Minimal social skills are very necessary in finding work. A big part of college in America is social networking or at least learning to network, and I sympathize with those who don't get anything else from school.
To learn to Spell? Especially before posting on the internet? There's gotta be a class for that somewhere.
How the hell did you get moderated up as Informative on /.? Your post be nice to hear on a particularly bleak day, but informative?
I find it strange how many people I meet accept the doctrine of free will. In fact they (is it only Americans?) seem to have a hard time accepting the very notion of the possibility of determinism- either as a theological or agnostic, philosophical type. Although maybe this is a good thing for a society?
I find belief in a kind and loving God difficult because of events like the tsumani and the resulting suffering around some of the poorest areas in Asia and Africa. The acts of man, especially if one also believes in free will, doesn't afffect faith one way or another. Perhaps God is indifferent? That seems more of a challenge to me than disbeleiving God altogether.
He has faith that it exists, even though it can't be proved. On the other hand, you apparently beleive enough masculinity will produce it. That's idiocy, not faith.
As a teaching tool to break up the monotony of textbooks and recorded audio, it sounds pretty good. A good teacher should give a sense of accomplishment and progression, not a computer program. The problem this addresses is how to practice language skills, in which case repetition and consistancy is a feature, not a bug.
Sure, Gamecube isn't doing nearly as well as Playstation, but they've got their niche. Palm, on the other hand, is losing marketshare rapidly to Windows Palm PCs, which means Palm is vulnerable, and will latch onto good PR and do more to avoid bad PR.
I remember logo, I also remember being discouraged from learning about programming computers because I wasn't good at algebra, and wasn't good at rote memorization. I regret not learning. Its easier for people to see why they failed to learn than why they had success. You might specifically ask nonprofessionals (perhaps women in particular) what would have encouraged them, rather than asking professionals, who often had natural inclinations to take up programming anyways.
Many posters must be too young to remember Win16. Apparently on /. you have to name Windows 1,2,3.0,3.1, WinNT 3.x, Windows 95 etc. and remind them that Windows XP is NT 5.x!
Sorry dude, but its kinda funny that you give us all these technical terms and figures, then misspell steel.
You're trying to see logic where there is none. Its about people grabbing power however they can, in the name of decency. Its a marketing tool too. When moviegoers were going to R-rated movies, a little more sex was in films. Lately PG-13 is more fashionable, there's a little less. I just bought the original Dawn of the Dead. It was unrated in '78. The cartoonish gore was laughable. And there has been a huge change of decency standards since cable became common. Why try to make sense of it?
I suspect MS is looking for a way to squeeze some extra money out of this, perhaps implement some subscription services which they've been trying to do for a while. There would be a lot of smirks though, if IBM and Apple enter an unholy alliance and corner the low-end clustering market.
When /.ers heard that M$ is losing money on Xbox, it was hackable, and that linux could be ported to it, I think it became a favorite- especially in contrast to Gamecube- (although GClinux is making headway) Secondly, "Mac people" aren't really interested in the latest games. If they were, they wouldn't be buying macs. The fact that you've been modded as insightful just proves to me how lame /. can get.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/pirates.ars It may be too much to hope for, but if they would release versions of the old games with improved graphics, I'd buy their stuff.
I think they do have to dumb down modern physics that much. I bet most people watched it for the cutesy graphics and snob factor than to really learn anything about string theory. You quote the Simpsons in your sig- How do you think Matt Groening would try to present String Theory? How many would watch the Simpsons if he didn't dress his clever cynical insights with juvenile potty humor?
Warning people that a task is risky doesn't seem to prevent people from doing it- Exhibit A:smoking. Talking on your cell phone and driving is a good way to kill somebody else and get your ass sued off! Now people MIGHT pay attention to that.
The term "Personal Computer" was popularized by IBM. Before this the generic term was microcomputer, although "home computer" was also used. In the eighties, before the "IBM Clones" came out, "PC computer" specifically referred to IBM as opposed to the Apple II or Commadore, etc. IBM popularized the term while putting out FUD about the usefulness of other computers for business. It may be nitpicking, but it still bugs me when people use the term PC to describe early microcomputers
You have to pay those lawyers big bucks. Why aren't laws more simple and justice expedient? Because Lawyers are the ones who make the laws.
For a fantasy film afficienado, maybe, fireballs are trite, but for the majority of the audience its still cool. And they're well done in ROTK- as opposed to the countless badly done fireball effects in *those* films. Also, fire is a very primal fear- You might as well say- "Oh, no nudity in a movie again, what a drag!" My nitpick- not enough skin in these movies!
"The Intel 80286, a 16-bit processor with a segment-based memory management and protection system. The 80386 added a 32-bit architecture and a paging translation unit, which made it much easier to implement operating systems which used virtual memory." which the linux kernel needs. A few years ago I spent time picking through trash trying to find a 386 so I could try linux. There's some un*x variants that will poke about on Z80 and 6502- but not linux. M$ used to put out Xenix, a un*x that ran on 286s, then sold it to SCO, go figure!
The Japanese love Santa and Christmas, spending a lot of money and effort into celebrating it. So it has to be good thing, right?
Microsoft, being on over 90% of desktops, is the obvious example, hardly an artificially constructed point. Not mentioning Microsoft would be like eating dinner while pretending not to notice an elephant in the dining room. How does one explain Open Source's success or even its continued existance in the face of free software from Redmond, or Apple, or Sun? Are you just speading FUD, or could you clarify your point?
How is this informative? "That's what India is for?" You seem to think that exploiting foreign workers is a better alternative to "free" software. Microsoft gave away Internet Exploder and continues to give away "free-as-in-beer" software. So how can F/OSS offer mplayer, xine, firefox and not be better than free MS alternatives?
"Publishing ingredients in food is a lot different from publishing source code." Agreed, but you're analogy is no better. For bridges and buildings, the blueprints must be published and become public record so they can be reviewed by town/city engineers and others responsible for saftey. I think RMS's problem was the lack of good examples for transparency in American public life. Does "Truly beleives it" mean that the question of consumer protection should not be up to software developers? Should complete secrecy replace legitimate enforcement of copywrite (or copyleft) What are you saying?