Perhaps this would be a good place to mention FightAIDS@Home, which is a distributed computing project like SETI@Home. It is used for research into newer drugs to keep up with the mutability of the HIV virus, which has been termed computational co-evolution. It only runs on Windows so far. OS X and Linux versions are supposedly in the works, but they've been taking ages.
I may be wrong about this, but I remember reading/hearing that many of these 'immune' women were just asymptomatic carriers.
Here is an article about. It that says they actually couldn't get infected. However, their immunity depended on their consistent practice as prostitutes and constant exposure to the virus. If they stopped for a while then were exposed to it again, they lost the immunity.
Take the Bubonic Plague, for example. It had the potential to destroy humanity, due to the lack of technology, specifically the knowledge of how it was transmitted.
Coincidentally, there is a correlation between the distribution of this mutant gene in populations and the bubonic plague. It is speculated that its high concentration in Caucasians is a result of it's ability to resist the black death.
Here is a theory why. The CCR5-Delta32 mutation has the highest concentration in Ashkenazi Jews and Nordic people, and developed a high concentration in Caucasians because it provided resistance to the black plague.
The result still couldn't be sold or distributed in the US in violation of a US patent, no matter where it was written or what the laws are there.
That's my point. The software would still continue to be developed, but as in the example you gave, the US would not be allowed to use it. The US economy would not benefit from the advances in software while other countries would.
the software patent 'cold war' provides no benefits to anyone, and will inevitably make the game of software development impossible for anyone to play
It would shift the production of software with unhindered innovations from countries that have intellectual property restrictions to countries that completely disregard them. Governments that are allowing these patent controversies to continue are killing the IT segment of their economy, and will eventually be surpassed by the unrestricted countries. It provides benefits to the latter.
Could this have something to do with the increasing collapse of ice shelves in the Antarctic? Perhaps there is some relationship between the Ozone hole beginning to shrink and the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, which both coincidentally happened in 2002. Maybe the collapse and accellerated glacier movements triggered some environmental chain reaction that affected the Ozone hole, but in a superficial way that temporarily masks a continued climate change.
Then again, with a population like that, I suppose the government doesn't really care about a few thousand poisonings, especially since they can make the media shut up about it.
I wonder if Slashdot is banned in China? This discussion could be percieved as propaganda against the state there.:/
How many people reading this discussion think that more informed and varied comments are being made here than in actual government? Perhaps the government should be replaced with SlashCode, with (Score:5, Insightful) comments being considered newly passed laws:P
I keep simply mention in the mainstream media that the US elections are going to be using touch screens, but nobody mentions any of these problems with Diebold. Has the mainstream caught on about these controversies with something being done about them, or are they going to remain unaware with Diebold's system being inevitably used?
Perhaps because of say, a computer virus? Like one of the gazillion ones that get onto Windows PCs? It's utter crap that they don't provide you with a real installation CD to deal with that sort of thing. If they want to be all nitpicky, then they can customise the installation to only work on your model of PC by some hardware check. It doesn't even have to be specific to your unit, but a generic installation for the brand model, because each unit would have ben sold with a license anyway.
Once they see it, all they know is to "click the orange and blue picture instead of the big blue E."
I read a comment a while back in which the poster said he used to install FireFox on people's machines when cleaning them, replace the FireFox icon with that of IE, and set FireFox to use an IE skin. Apparently not that many people noticed the change. Maybe you can do that, and if anybody notices, you just tell them it was an "upgrade":)
I support the free market and believe that in the long run, it fixes all problems, but I have been consistently flabbergasted at why people *choose* Windows.
Third party product support is a big issue. When the majority of hardware peripherals and software packages are made for the platform, then people end up using it. There are a lot of hardware peripherals and software packages I'd love to use on my computer but can't because it's a Powerbook. I've also found that when I look at a lot of exotic technology on the net for computers, they tend to focus on the Windows platform.
As far as consumer apps, Limewire is a wideley used example.
That's a good example, I didn't realise Limewire was made with Java. However, does it need some modification for each platform? You still need to download a different file for each platfom. I'd like to see software use just one installation package for different platforms, so you can download the same file or use the same installation CD Rom and have it work.
I think Scott Adams is probably planning to actually build this thing for himself, using the collective input from his tech-savvy readership to help him design it. Definitely better than relying on an architect.
they're written in either VB or some extremely Windows-oriented GUI builder so they're no-go on Mac, Unix, Linux, etc.
I've also noticed that hardware developers are shooting themselves in the foot by not providing drivers and software for different platforms, or at least software with equivalent features as their Windows counterparts, especially if their hardware uses USB. One example is Visioneer. They make a great paper archiving setup, and had a Mac version up until OS X, when they dropped support for the platform. Another example is Canon. I noticed that although the software they provide for their LiDE 50 scanners look similar on both platforms, there are slight differences that matter. The Mac version of their Toolbox lacks the option of manually handling the numbering of files when you use the "Save" function in the toolbox. And their ScanGear software lacks the "Text Enhanced" feature that the Windows version has, which is important for compression. Not having these options set up prevents their scanners from being efficiently used for paper archiving on the Mac in comparison to the Windows version.
The problem becomes what version do you code for? I guess you can make it a requirement on boxed software, but if you ask most users what version of Java they have you will get a shrug in return.
Perhaps part of a software installation process for off-the-shelf software could include a version check and automatic upgrade, if Sun would allow developers to distribute Java without charge.
Moreover, sold (or better, commercially licensed) software is only a part of used software.
I should have said "does anyone think it will ever take for the commercially licensed market", but that is actually the scope I implied by giving the example of walking into a computer store, not the overall market for software including the enterprise-level market. I'm still wondering if someday computer stores will carry mostly off-the-shelf Java software, because I would actually like to see that be the norm.
Oh, and just curious about JBuilder- do you find that it is a better tool for systems analysis than Visual Studio? I'd like to know what the standard is. How do JavaBeans compare to Active X for software development?
I wasn't aware that JBuilder was written in Java. That seems very logical, and interesting because it kind of recursive. But I was thinking more along the lines of something like Quicken, MYOB, The Sims, that sort of thing- software targetted for the masses, not just developers. I have a Powerbook, so I'm constantly disappointed to see computer stores in my area with shelves and shelves of software, but I can't use any of them because their all for Windows. They could easily have a Mac section, but they simply don't bother. I have to go to a Mac shop to get versions for my computer, and the selection isn't as great. If they were written in Java, I could go to any store, not just a Mac shop.
Oh yeah, plus about a billion cellphone applications.
I like the fact that it has been taking off for cellphones. I got into a discussion the other day about it with some guy who knew about cellphones, because I wanted to know whether or not you could write programs for cellphones without having to worry about being isolated to a few models. It seems like the only way software developers can make "off-the-shelf" software for mobile phones is by sticking with Java, which would be a great scenario for computers.
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If this is the same show I saw a while ago
Did it have John Cleese and Elizabeth Hurley hosting it? If so, it was the same one.
Perhaps this would be a good place to mention FightAIDS@Home, which is a distributed computing project like SETI@Home. It is used for research into newer drugs to keep up with the mutability of the HIV virus, which has been termed computational co-evolution. It only runs on Windows so far. OS X and Linux versions are supposedly in the works, but they've been taking ages.
I may be wrong about this, but I remember reading/hearing that many of these 'immune' women were just asymptomatic carriers.
Here is an article about. It that says they actually couldn't get infected. However, their immunity depended on their consistent practice as prostitutes and constant exposure to the virus. If they stopped for a while then were exposed to it again, they lost the immunity.
Actually, I once saw a show on PBS where some scientists did a clever test.
You may be referring to Dr. Stephen Marquardt who found that faces considered to be beautiful conform to certain proportions. It is based on the Golden Ratio, which has many recurrances in nature, such as in the chambers of a nautilus shell.
Take the Bubonic Plague, for example. It had the potential to destroy humanity, due to the lack of technology, specifically the knowledge of how it was transmitted.
Coincidentally, there is a correlation between the distribution of this mutant gene in populations and the bubonic plague. It is speculated that its high concentration in Caucasians is a result of it's ability to resist the black death.
Here is a theory why. The CCR5-Delta32 mutation has the highest concentration in Ashkenazi Jews and Nordic people, and developed a high concentration in Caucasians because it provided resistance to the black plague.
Someone patent "silent but deadly" before Microsoft does!
The result still couldn't be sold or distributed in the US in violation of a US patent, no matter where it was written or what the laws are there.
That's my point. The software would still continue to be developed, but as in the example you gave, the US would not be allowed to use it. The US economy would not benefit from the advances in software while other countries would.
the software patent 'cold war' provides no benefits to anyone, and will inevitably make the game of software development impossible for anyone to play
It would shift the production of software with unhindered innovations from countries that have intellectual property restrictions to countries that completely disregard them. Governments that are allowing these patent controversies to continue are killing the IT segment of their economy, and will eventually be surpassed by the unrestricted countries. It provides benefits to the latter.
Could this have something to do with the increasing collapse of ice shelves in the Antarctic? Perhaps there is some relationship between the Ozone hole beginning to shrink and the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, which both coincidentally happened in 2002. Maybe the collapse and accellerated glacier movements triggered some environmental chain reaction that affected the Ozone hole, but in a superficial way that temporarily masks a continued climate change.
Then again, with a population like that, I suppose the government doesn't really care about a few thousand poisonings, especially since they can make the media shut up about it.
I wonder if Slashdot is banned in China? This discussion could be percieved as propaganda against the state there. :/
How many people reading this discussion think that more informed and varied comments are being made here than in actual government? Perhaps the government should be replaced with SlashCode, with (Score:5, Insightful) comments being considered newly passed laws :P
I keep simply mention in the mainstream media that the US elections are going to be using touch screens, but nobody mentions any of these problems with Diebold. Has the mainstream caught on about these controversies with something being done about them, or are they going to remain unaware with Diebold's system being inevitably used?
think crashed or destroyed HDD
Perhaps because of say, a computer virus? Like one of the gazillion ones that get onto Windows PCs? It's utter crap that they don't provide you with a real installation CD to deal with that sort of thing. If they want to be all nitpicky, then they can customise the installation to only work on your model of PC by some hardware check. It doesn't even have to be specific to your unit, but a generic installation for the brand model, because each unit would have ben sold with a license anyway.
Once they see it, all they know is to "click the orange and blue picture instead of the big blue E."
I read a comment a while back in which the poster said he used to install FireFox on people's machines when cleaning them, replace the FireFox icon with that of IE, and set FireFox to use an IE skin. Apparently not that many people noticed the change. Maybe you can do that, and if anybody notices, you just tell them it was an "upgrade" :)
I support the free market and believe that in the long run, it fixes all problems, but I have been consistently flabbergasted at why people *choose* Windows.
Third party product support is a big issue. When the majority of hardware peripherals and software packages are made for the platform, then people end up using it. There are a lot of hardware peripherals and software packages I'd love to use on my computer but can't because it's a Powerbook. I've also found that when I look at a lot of exotic technology on the net for computers, they tend to focus on the Windows platform.
As far as consumer apps, Limewire is a wideley used example.
That's a good example, I didn't realise Limewire was made with Java. However, does it need some modification for each platform? You still need to download a different file for each platfom. I'd like to see software use just one installation package for different platforms, so you can download the same file or use the same installation CD Rom and have it work.
I think Scott Adams is probably planning to actually build this thing for himself, using the collective input from his tech-savvy readership to help him design it. Definitely better than relying on an architect.
People's cat litter boxes smell? Use the correct litter box sand, please.
What kind of sand would that be? Quicksand?
The USPTO has rejected a patent? I can't seem to find a site that tells you the weather in hell, because I'm curious to see if it has frozen over.
they're written in either VB or some extremely Windows-oriented GUI builder so they're no-go on Mac, Unix, Linux, etc.
I've also noticed that hardware developers are shooting themselves in the foot by not providing drivers and software for different platforms, or at least software with equivalent features as their Windows counterparts, especially if their hardware uses USB. One example is Visioneer. They make a great paper archiving setup, and had a Mac version up until OS X, when they dropped support for the platform. Another example is Canon. I noticed that although the software they provide for their LiDE 50 scanners look similar on both platforms, there are slight differences that matter. The Mac version of their Toolbox lacks the option of manually handling the numbering of files when you use the "Save" function in the toolbox. And their ScanGear software lacks the "Text Enhanced" feature that the Windows version has, which is important for compression. Not having these options set up prevents their scanners from being efficiently used for paper archiving on the Mac in comparison to the Windows version.
The problem becomes what version do you code for? I guess you can make it a requirement on boxed software, but if you ask most users what version of Java they have you will get a shrug in return.
Perhaps part of a software installation process for off-the-shelf software could include a version check and automatic upgrade, if Sun would allow developers to distribute Java without charge.
Moreover, sold (or better, commercially licensed) software is only a part of used software.
I should have said "does anyone think it will ever take for the commercially licensed market", but that is actually the scope I implied by giving the example of walking into a computer store, not the overall market for software including the enterprise-level market. I'm still wondering if someday computer stores will carry mostly off-the-shelf Java software, because I would actually like to see that be the norm.Oh, and just curious about JBuilder- do you find that it is a better tool for systems analysis than Visual Studio? I'd like to know what the standard is. How do JavaBeans compare to Active X for software development?
How about Borland JBuilder?
I wasn't aware that JBuilder was written in Java. That seems very logical, and interesting because it kind of recursive. But I was thinking more along the lines of something like Quicken, MYOB, The Sims, that sort of thing- software targetted for the masses, not just developers. I have a Powerbook, so I'm constantly disappointed to see computer stores in my area with shelves and shelves of software, but I can't use any of them because their all for Windows. They could easily have a Mac section, but they simply don't bother. I have to go to a Mac shop to get versions for my computer, and the selection isn't as great. If they were written in Java, I could go to any store, not just a Mac shop.
Oh yeah, plus about a billion cellphone applications.
I like the fact that it has been taking off for cellphones. I got into a discussion the other day about it with some guy who knew about cellphones, because I wanted to know whether or not you could write programs for cellphones without having to worry about being isolated to a few models. It seems like the only way software developers can make "off-the-shelf" software for mobile phones is by sticking with Java, which would be a great scenario for computers.