Re:Google has AFAIK a wonderful track record
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I don't have a link, but I remember reading about Google sensoring. That searches from the canadian google would produce different results then the amircain one (true they are weighted diferent because of country, but it went beyond this). Google is the #1 search engine, and that is something to be feared. Think about it, MS had a decent track record for a while, and now they are #1, and they can do what ever they damn well please. I would like to see more balance, like dogpile which gets results from several engines so that it pretty much kills any sensoring.
Thats like asking... "What would the world be like with out Goatse." I mean we all hate it, but its something painful and tragic that we all have to carry around in the deepest scared part of our souls forever.
if so many people are used to this design, and are comfortable, maybe this is the best way to do it. People don't want a steep learning curve. Once they become comfortable living in their little windows friendly linux world, some of those people can move on to a more "true linux" distro. Its a gate way, not every one has the abilty or time to drop everything and learn a new OS.
Is it just me or am I the only one who can't find an English page form this distros creators. I'm not some crazy "only English" freak, but unfortunately thats the only langauage I speak... well, barely.
I have been diagnoed with ADHD. I never took a pill or had any treatment (to my knowlege). I'm 18 now and finnishing up my senior year in high-school. No pill would have given me the kind of results I got. I lived and learned through it. It was bumpy and took around 3 years to really get though it, but I have leared my weak points and how to deal with them and that is more vaulabe then any artificial treatment could do.
Intigrated and embeded devices are the wave of the future. People don't want to carry around a laptop, pda and cell phone. I see things like this catching on. Especially with the stability and support that embeded linux has. I see technologly going rapidly in this direction, especialy in the mobil marcket.
I agree, I think that if some one want's to do something they should. I code really pointless things in the name of learning new stuff. I would never put down some one for working hard on a project. However I will debate about the practial applications of such projects, it is no way insulting the person for prusuing ASM coding or the such, hell I am a major geek.
I downloaded mandrake, and use it on my desktop and laptop, but I have never paied a dime to any linux or open source project. I'm just a student I can't afford to pay. I am wondering if I am helping or hurting by just grabbing my ISOs and running? It allows the to become noticed by providing free software, but look at music downloads, would you download a song and then go pay for the album just to support the artist?
I agree, what is the point? A TI-89 goes for around $140. You can get a good handheld for like $200-$300 that does all of the things that TI users dream of by default. You are trying to put a square peg through a round hole with a doughnut. Wrong toll for the wrong problem. If you are going to do math, get a calculator, if you are going to do computing functions get a handheld.
I really don't feel comfortable with all of that. Personally I feel that if some one is going to beat the system, they are going to do it no matter how secure it is. With that many people it is impossible to not let some one slip through the cracks. I think a piece of paper, a stamp, and a few good forms of ID is enough.
I ran an athlon 800mhz with a 300w PSU and a p1 166 in my closet for months at a time and never did a heat problem arise, it even made my usually cold room quite toasty in the winter if I opened the door.
Its those 100 lines of stolen code in the Linux kernel. Now SCO can sue more people. SCO, will you sue me soon, I hate being last, it gives me an inferiority complex.
Adams never really liked color as a medium, he did dabble in it, and I think his work was amazing, but he was always in favor of B&W. I think that with him thinking like that about color I don't think he would have felt too good about moving to a newer technology. Color was avaiable to him, but he didn't use it, I doubt he would use digital just because it is there, but I imaggine he would use it to some extent. I personally am looking for a Digital SLR only to replace the dark room for convience, chemicals aren't cheep. I would choose film over digital any day for an artistic project though, and I imagine Adams would feel somewhat the same.
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I don't have a link, but I remember reading about Google sensoring. That searches from the canadian google would produce different results then the amircain one (true they are weighted diferent because of country, but it went beyond this). Google is the #1 search engine, and that is something to be feared. Think about it, MS had a decent track record for a while, and now they are #1, and they can do what ever they damn well please. I would like to see more balance, like dogpile which gets results from several engines so that it pretty much kills any sensoring.
Thats like asking... "What would the world be like with out Goatse." I mean we all hate it, but its something painful and tragic that we all have to carry around in the deepest scared part of our souls forever.
All the wrath of the open source community could be focused right on Mr. McBride.
I'm no legal expert, but couldn't all of this be avoided with a proper disclaimer in the licence for the software?
1. Linux with Xfree86
2. ???
3. porn
I mean come on, can't you see that?
I agree, there is no large threat here. I mean come on, I've done worse things (crap my IP logged)
so I found that english page... So not only can I barely speak english, I'm stupid too.
if so many people are used to this design, and are comfortable, maybe this is the best way to do it. People don't want a steep learning curve. Once they become comfortable living in their little windows friendly linux world, some of those people can move on to a more "true linux" distro. Its a gate way, not every one has the abilty or time to drop everything and learn a new OS.
Is it just me or am I the only one who can't find an English page form this distros creators. I'm not some crazy "only English" freak, but unfortunately thats the only langauage I speak... well, barely.
I have been diagnoed with ADHD. I never took a pill or had any treatment (to my knowlege). I'm 18 now and finnishing up my senior year in high-school. No pill would have given me the kind of results I got. I lived and learned through it. It was bumpy and took around 3 years to really get though it, but I have leared my weak points and how to deal with them and that is more vaulabe then any artificial treatment could do.
I got a nice chair for my computer with wheels. Now I can navigate between the 7 computers in my room with tons of ease and comfort to boot.
Intigrated and embeded devices are the wave of the future. People don't want to carry around a laptop, pda and cell phone. I see things like this catching on. Especially with the stability and support that embeded linux has. I see technologly going rapidly in this direction, especialy in the mobil marcket.
I agree, I think that if some one want's to do something they should. I code really pointless things in the name of learning new stuff. I would never put down some one for working hard on a project. However I will debate about the practial applications of such projects, it is no way insulting the person for prusuing ASM coding or the such, hell I am a major geek.
I downloaded mandrake, and use it on my desktop and laptop, but I have never paied a dime to any linux or open source project. I'm just a student I can't afford to pay. I am wondering if I am helping or hurting by just grabbing my ISOs and running? It allows the to become noticed by providing free software, but look at music downloads, would you download a song and then go pay for the album just to support the artist?
I agree, what is the point? A TI-89 goes for around $140. You can get a good handheld for like $200-$300 that does all of the things that TI users dream of by default. You are trying to put a square peg through a round hole with a doughnut. Wrong toll for the wrong problem. If you are going to do math, get a calculator, if you are going to do computing functions get a handheld.
I really don't feel comfortable with all of that. Personally I feel that if some one is going to beat the system, they are going to do it no matter how secure it is. With that many people it is impossible to not let some one slip through the cracks. I think a piece of paper, a stamp, and a few good forms of ID is enough.
I ran an athlon 800mhz with a 300w PSU and a p1 166 in my closet for months at a time and never did a heat problem arise, it even made my usually cold room quite toasty in the winter if I opened the door.
Just throw all your boxes under a desk with 6 monitors on top like me.
Its those 100 lines of stolen code in the Linux kernel. Now SCO can sue more people. SCO, will you sue me soon, I hate being last, it gives me an inferiority complex.
Adams never really liked color as a medium, he did dabble in it, and I think his work was amazing, but he was always in favor of B&W. I think that with him thinking like that about color I don't think he would have felt too good about moving to a newer technology. Color was avaiable to him, but he didn't use it, I doubt he would use digital just because it is there, but I imaggine he would use it to some extent. I personally am looking for a Digital SLR only to replace the dark room for convience, chemicals aren't cheep. I would choose film over digital any day for an artistic project though, and I imagine Adams would feel somewhat the same.