But that's not an issue; they all will become managers and investors as all the "low level" jobs will be done overseas. Isn't this what globalization is about?
Both Gnome and KDE are becoming obsolete. They are heavy, slow, overcrowded, non-functional. I am not talking about Gtk+ or Qt, just their corersponding desktop paradigms. There is a reason why iOS, Android, and now Ubuntu do not use Gnome or KDE.
It also comes with a f* "Mozilla Maintenance Service" which installs without requesting user permisson and which I promptly uninstalled. If this new service is a requirement for FF to run and update then it's good-bye FF for me.
Mankind has learned and used fire for over 100,000 yrs without needing to explain in words to a 10-12 year old something that is best grasped through the senses.
Provided those kids know where their dicks are, which most of the rest of the world thinks that it requires studying and taking tests rather than growing up with a sense of self entitlement.
There is no inconsistency in what you wrote. Students are failing basic science tests yet US science is in the pole position. Others have already provided the most likely explanation. There is an obsession with getting a management position but someone has to be creative in a science/research project.
Flamer has been out in the wild since cca. 2007, with a MS signed certificate, and the first IT security organization that decides to bring it to public attention is a Russian company, and the first removal tool is from a Romanian company. Right, because all of these antivirus companies are so dumb they cannot detect a 20 MB spyware pack on Windows machines for four years.
Flamer is out in the wild since cca. 2007, with a MS signed certificate, and the only IT security organization that decides to bring it to public attention is a Russian company, and the first removal tool is from a Romanian company. Isn't this a bit strange? Isn't it more likely that this NA-designed spyware targetting the Middle East was released with the tacit agreement of Western security companies and it only became known because the Russians, for some reason, decided they would not play the game? Microsoft being unaware for thw last few years that hundreds of computers are infected with a 20 MB spyware pack bearing a security certifice of their own? Come on...
They'll just continue to have right between the eyes. In a market economy they refuse to adapt to what the market wants. I see dinos awaiting for the meteorite to fall.
Bring your own toy, why not, but it ain't gonna replace the two 22 in monitors sitting on every desktop in every organization claiming to have switched from paper to electronic documents.
There is a... um, little known company, don't know if you ever heard of it, called Research in Motion, that has been making security on their smartphones their main priority SINCE 1999.
The "cloud" is just another type of server. The client/server paradigm has always existed in computing. MS Outlook and Lotus Notes are just sophisticated clients. What you are saying is that very thin clients, like the Web browser, will replace current desktop applications. I doubt the Web browser can provide the complex GUI that some of the specialized applications require, particularly if more than text data entry and retrieval is involved.
It's funny that scientists try to create ion transistors and DNA-based computers. Nature has found other ways to process information, though. Trying to "replicate" electronic circuitry using biologic systems has all the drawbacks of both approaches and little if any of the benefits. Biologic systems are based on chemical diffusion in water solutions, therefore they are slower than electronic systems. However, they are massively parallel, self-organizing, self-repairing, swarm-like, use built-in negative and positive selection, and have a propensity for learning at all structural levels. More importantly, they mix "hardware" and "software" in a way that still escapes human understanding. But then again, why not...
How many of the posters here have developed software solutions that actually sell, that help make money? Being for open standards is great but if you want to put food on the table and gas in the car then you need to get paid. In a business environment it makes sense to choose the dominant platform and the development tools that are optimized for it. These happen to be MS Windows and Visual Studio. For a rich GUI application you can choose WPF for desktops and Silverlight for mobile. There is still Adobe Flash out there but its size and the Apple effect on smartphones/tablets have all but made it irrelevant on mobile. De Icaza and the gang opened up the iOS and Android platforms to.NET devs, which decreased the MS dominance to some extent. If you are an exclusive Java/C/C++ fan then you can just ignore the 8%.NET developers but that number is not so far from the 9.8% C++ developers. And BTW, I have developed and published Web apps (HTML5/CSS/JavaScript) for mobile and then I decided to stop wasting my own time.
"KDE is an international free software community" -- Yes, well, when I install Linux it asks me whether I want a Gnome or a KDE desktop. Never thought I was choosing between two "international free software communities";) The second link you provided is great news. I always liked the KDE smooth look and feel, I always hated its sluggishness when compared to Gnome. Again, that seems to be in the past now. Thanks.
Both KDE and Gnome are hardware-intensive desktops. There is a reason why Canonical switched to Unity. A KDE powered tablet? With KDE on a diet, maybe.
The relevant part in this shocking news is "0.77 millimeters per year", not "42% of recent sea level rise". How on earth does one measure 0.77 mm per year? When I watch the waves breaking against the sea shore this seems so far fetched.
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So, the pissing contest is still going on? Who would have thought.
But that's not an issue; they all will become managers and investors as all the "low level" jobs will be done overseas. Isn't this what globalization is about?
Both Gnome and KDE are becoming obsolete. They are heavy, slow, overcrowded, non-functional. I am not talking about Gtk+ or Qt, just their corersponding desktop paradigms. There is a reason why iOS, Android, and now Ubuntu do not use Gnome or KDE.
It's mankind. The Earth couldn't care less.
Hahaha! Yes, he was carbon-dated... it's a new kind of ice-cream! ;)
The Cro-Magnon man was dated at ~35,000 BC. Okay, maybe calling "mankind" the puny apes before that age is too much. :)
It also comes with a f* "Mozilla Maintenance Service" which installs without requesting user permisson and which I promptly uninstalled. If this new service is a requirement for FF to run and update then it's good-bye FF for me.
Mankind has learned and used fire for over 100,000 yrs without needing to explain in words to a 10-12 year old something that is best grasped through the senses.
Provided those kids know where their dicks are, which most of the rest of the world thinks that it requires studying and taking tests rather than growing up with a sense of self entitlement.
There is no inconsistency in what you wrote. Students are failing basic science tests yet US science is in the pole position. Others have already provided the most likely explanation. There is an obsession with getting a management position but someone has to be creative in a science/research project.
Flamer has been out in the wild since cca. 2007, with a MS signed certificate, and the first IT security organization that decides to bring it to public attention is a Russian company, and the first removal tool is from a Romanian company. Right, because all of these antivirus companies are so dumb they cannot detect a 20 MB spyware pack on Windows machines for four years.
Flamer is out in the wild since cca. 2007, with a MS signed certificate, and the only IT security organization that decides to bring it to public attention is a Russian company, and the first removal tool is from a Romanian company. Isn't this a bit strange? Isn't it more likely that this NA-designed spyware targetting the Middle East was released with the tacit agreement of Western security companies and it only became known because the Russians, for some reason, decided they would not play the game? Microsoft being unaware for thw last few years that hundreds of computers are infected with a 20 MB spyware pack bearing a security certifice of their own? Come on...
They'll just continue to have right between the eyes. In a market economy they refuse to adapt to what the market wants. I see dinos awaiting for the meteorite to fall.
Yes, and you can Search & Replace "dead tree" with "paper" to make sure that readers view text as originally intended.
Bring your own toy, why not, but it ain't gonna replace the two 22 in monitors sitting on every desktop in every organization claiming to have switched from paper to electronic documents.
There is a... um, little known company, don't know if you ever heard of it, called Research in Motion, that has been making security on their smartphones their main priority SINCE 1999.
The "cloud" is just another type of server. The client/server paradigm has always existed in computing. MS Outlook and Lotus Notes are just sophisticated clients. What you are saying is that very thin clients, like the Web browser, will replace current desktop applications. I doubt the Web browser can provide the complex GUI that some of the specialized applications require, particularly if more than text data entry and retrieval is involved.
It's funny that scientists try to create ion transistors and DNA-based computers. Nature has found other ways to process information, though. Trying to "replicate" electronic circuitry using biologic systems has all the drawbacks of both approaches and little if any of the benefits. Biologic systems are based on chemical diffusion in water solutions, therefore they are slower than electronic systems. However, they are massively parallel, self-organizing, self-repairing, swarm-like, use built-in negative and positive selection, and have a propensity for learning at all structural levels. More importantly, they mix "hardware" and "software" in a way that still escapes human understanding. But then again, why not...
How many of the posters here have developed software solutions that actually sell, that help make money? Being for open standards is great but if you want to put food on the table and gas in the car then you need to get paid. In a business environment it makes sense to choose the dominant platform and the development tools that are optimized for it. These happen to be MS Windows and Visual Studio. For a rich GUI application you can choose WPF for desktops and Silverlight for mobile. There is still Adobe Flash out there but its size and the Apple effect on smartphones/tablets have all but made it irrelevant on mobile. De Icaza and the gang opened up the iOS and Android platforms to .NET devs, which decreased the MS dominance to some extent. If you are an exclusive Java/C/C++ fan then you can just ignore the 8% .NET developers but that number is not so far from the 9.8% C++ developers. And BTW, I have developed and published Web apps (HTML5/CSS/JavaScript) for mobile and then I decided to stop wasting my own time.
Oh, and Objective-C at 8.3% but, unless and until the business world switches to Mac OS X/iOS, I think it's fair to label it as "entertainment".
"The Mono project is about the only group of people actively talking up .NET" -- You made this up, right? tiobe.com shows C++ at 9.8% and C# at 6.8%.
"KDE is an international free software community" -- Yes, well, when I install Linux it asks me whether I want a Gnome or a KDE desktop. Never thought I was choosing between two "international free software communities" ;) The second link you provided is great news. I always liked the KDE smooth look and feel, I always hated its sluggishness when compared to Gnome. Again, that seems to be in the past now. Thanks.
Both KDE and Gnome are hardware-intensive desktops. There is a reason why Canonical switched to Unity. A KDE powered tablet? With KDE on a diet, maybe.
The relevant part in this shocking news is "0.77 millimeters per year", not "42% of recent sea level rise". How on earth does one measure 0.77 mm per year? When I watch the waves breaking against the sea shore this seems so far fetched.
Right, but then they should stamp the same browser release number on all platforms only if and when the same full API is supported on all platforms.