Both Apple and Microsoft got the idea for a windowing systen from Xerox research. The first company to implement the windowing system was Sun.
Check this
link
for a brief history.
Why would you want to re-invent the wheel anyway? It works!
Improvement on existing ideas is a great way continue innovation. For example, you typical nuclear power plant is just an improvment on James Watt's idea for the steam engine. We do all that fancy stuff to heat water, which creates steam, which turns turbines, to ultimately harness energy.
We are witnessing the evolution and improvement upon good ideas.
You remind me of the Indian guy from Van Wilder...
Are you longing to dine at the American Pink Taco stand? Take it to the car wash?
Sorry, couldn't resist.;-)
But seriously, I think you'll find that everybody in the US is different. It takes time and some trial and error to find where you fit in -- to find true friends and all that. Science is interesting, but science isn't everything (don't get me wrong, I would consider myself a "geek" since I work on computers all day++).
However, our lives are defined in relation to other people. What would life be without those people we care about and respect?
I have used lots of sound cards with Linux and never had a problem. I do tend to buy main stream cards like SoundBlaster and Hercules. Most of the cards have a SoundBlaster compatable mode too...
The image that comes to my mind is the Cat-Mouse antidote machine from Dune that the Baron gives to Foofer (sp?) which he must milk every day to survive.
The Pentagon will pay over $500 for a screw, so why not a trillion for a trip to the moon? Why would they care how much it costs -- after all its not their money?
In all fairness, the users are more to blame than the software producers.
You wouldn't stick your finger into a electrical outlet if you didn't want to get shocked, right?
Just don't use Outlook it if you care about security. Or disable the features that are risks. Here is a perfect chance for someone else to write that killer mail app which actually has security as a primary objective.
Here in California -- "the Cereal state" -- which is full of fruits, nuts, flakes:
In order to be eligable for a drivers license you must first be an illegal alien.
So in order for your idea to work here, I guess consumers would have to be illegals first to get a license.
Floppy Drive... Hmmm. There is a solid standard. Did you mean 3.5" or 5.25" (forget 8" and above -- yes these used to exist)? Size 360BK, 720KB, 1.44MB, 1.2MB, or SuperFloppy? Perhaps ZIP-100 or ZIP-200?
Seems like the same guys that worked on floppy media have got new jobs working on DVD media.;-)
I have noticed that Some DVD players will like to play DVD-R media fine, and not DVD+R, and vice versa for other players. I took me a while to figure out which media works best in my DVD player. I have a 3+ year old Sony player and it likes DVD-R. My friends JVC likes DVD+R.
I also noticed that burning at 2x instead of 4x seems to play more reliably too. There is a noticably darker burn pattern on the disc if you closely inspect the 2x and the 4x burns.
I have only experimented with 2 or 3 different players, so the study is not very broad.
I can't wait until they let software fly passenger airplanes.
Remember the Airbus accident several years ago where the software took control of the plane during the landing sequence and flew the plane into forest past the end of the runway. The pilot was trying to pull up to abort the landing but the software was ignoring the pilots control motion because it was apparently programmed to ignore drastic stick movement during the landing sequence.
Airbus's mentality was "the software knows better than the pilot". I don't recall if anyone (pilot or co-pilot) was killed in that incident or not.
Boeing's philosophy here is that the pilot always knows better than the software.
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Should be Perot: "Can I finish?!"
Repeat after me, we are all individuals
Both Apple and Microsoft got the idea for a windowing systen from Xerox research. The first company to implement the windowing system was Sun. Check this link for a brief history.
Why would you want to re-invent the wheel anyway? It works!
Improvement on existing ideas is a great way continue innovation. For example, you typical nuclear power plant is just an improvment on James Watt's idea for the steam engine. We do all that fancy stuff to heat water, which creates steam, which turns turbines, to ultimately harness energy.
We are witnessing the evolution and improvement upon good ideas.
...where you can install/compile and run a virtual kernel. Performance may be a factor.
You remind me of the Indian guy from Van Wilder... ;-)
Are you longing to dine at the American Pink Taco stand? Take it to the car wash?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
But seriously, I think you'll find that everybody in the US is different. It takes time and some trial and error to find where you fit in -- to find true friends and all that. Science is interesting, but science isn't everything (don't get me wrong, I would consider myself a "geek" since I work on computers all day++).
However, our lives are defined in relation to other people. What would life be without those people we care about and respect?
Good luck!
This article should have been release April 1st.
I have used lots of sound cards with Linux and never had a problem. I do tend to buy main stream cards like SoundBlaster and Hercules. Most of the cards have a SoundBlaster compatable mode too...
I haven't bought any CDs lately because I have been holding out for the "She Bangs" from the Asian American Idol dude... ;-) He rocks!
Which one of your Open Source buddies have you been smoking the hooka with???
Have you run out of tin foil or something?
The image that comes to my mind is the Cat-Mouse antidote machine from Dune that the Baron gives to Foofer (sp?) which he must milk every day to survive.
Okay, okay, you caught me on the $500 exageration... but seriously, you've never heard of government waste???
Here is an article from CNN to support my claim:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9803/18/pentagon.76.screw/
Perhaps they could sell a few screws to the Pentagon... the going rate is about $500 I think.
The Pentagon will pay over $500 for a screw, so why not a trillion for a trip to the moon? Why would they care how much it costs -- after all its not their money?
In all fairness, the users are more to blame than the software producers.
You wouldn't stick your finger into a electrical outlet if you didn't want to get shocked, right?
Just don't use Outlook it if you care about security. Or disable the features that are risks. Here is a perfect chance for someone else to write that killer mail app which actually has security as a primary objective.
Keep that foil hat on ... it appears to be working. ;-)
And remember don't use Outbreak ... oops I mean Outlook. Its not a virus its just a carrier!!
Here in California -- "the Cereal state" -- which is full of fruits, nuts, flakes:
In order to be eligable for a drivers license you must first be an illegal alien.
So in order for your idea to work here, I guess consumers would have to be illegals first to get a license.
Floppy Drive... Hmmm. There is a solid standard. Did you mean 3.5" or 5.25" (forget 8" and above -- yes these used to exist)? Size 360BK, 720KB, 1.44MB, 1.2MB, or SuperFloppy? Perhaps ZIP-100 or ZIP-200?
;-)
Seems like the same guys that worked on floppy media have got new jobs working on DVD media.
I have noticed that Some DVD players will like to play DVD-R media fine, and not DVD+R, and vice versa for other players. I took me a while to figure out which media works best in my DVD player. I have a 3+ year old Sony player and it likes DVD-R. My friends JVC likes DVD+R.
I also noticed that burning at 2x instead of 4x seems to play more reliably too. There is a noticably darker burn pattern on the disc if you closely inspect the 2x and the 4x burns.
I have only experimented with 2 or 3 different players, so the study is not very broad.
I can't wait until they let software fly passenger airplanes. Remember the Airbus accident several years ago where the software took control of the plane during the landing sequence and flew the plane into forest past the end of the runway. The pilot was trying to pull up to abort the landing but the software was ignoring the pilots control motion because it was apparently programmed to ignore drastic stick movement during the landing sequence. Airbus's mentality was "the software knows better than the pilot". I don't recall if anyone (pilot or co-pilot) was killed in that incident or not. Boeing's philosophy here is that the pilot always knows better than the software.