"Today's announcement shows how HP has worked to help accelerate the shift from proprietary platforms to open architectures, which provide increased scalability, speed and functionality at a lower cost,"
Yeah... only about $2.5 million per buzzword... Proprietary platforms DO cost only $2 million per buzzword, but they have a lot more of 'em:-)
"...well, not really. It seems Portable Monopoly is being forced to give up their web address 'Due to legal issues with Hasbro over the usage of the word "monopoly".
Does this mean my comment here will be upgraded from a -1 offtopic to a +5 insightful ?
Lots of people here complaining that a commercial company shouldn't ask for donations to survive. It is true that you CAN donate money (although they moved that page to a out of view place because it scares investors somehow). Could be, but THIS IS NOT ABOUT DONATING !!! They ask you to subscribe to a service, namely mandrake-club. When you subscribe you can (among other perks) download some software which usually is only available in the boxed sets. IT IS A SERVICE, so this is a completely normal commercial business asking to subscribe if you like their OS which can still be downloaded for free if you don't subscribe. Learn to find out what you are reading about before thrashing a great company.
I subscribed just now because I use their distro and like it very much and see the subscription fee as buying a boxed set for example. Maybe they could've phrased this request a little better and provided more information in this request regarding the perks you get when subscribing. And maybe paying per month in stead of a complete year would be an option for people who want to subscribe but can't afford the $60 all at once.
Could be a good idea, but the problem might be that because of the fact both have to follow that standard, innovation will decrease. Not that that's really an issue. Both Gnome and KDE are copying existing desktops anyway. Sure... some cool functionality is added, but the desktop isn't really innovative. Seems like more and more OSS is just copying and not creating (there are exceptions ofcourse). And if you have to please the average desktop user, copy the drop-shadow, have real transparency etc, not some ugly hacks. Because that's part of what makes other OS's popular. It looks smooth... and consistent... hm
Let's see if I understand...
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Peek-a-Boo(ty)
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If someone has blocked you from the PrOn sites, you get this device and you still get to peek-a-booty ???
With this relationship (that has been in Beta forever) reaching status 'rc1' (proposal), and 'rc2' (the "yes") we can soon expect relationship v1.0 (the actual marriage). And we all know that OSS never gets to v1.0 so we expect this marriage to be closed source for the rest of us, and suspect that the source of your happiness is known to only the both of you... May you have an open , honoust and happy relationship for the rest of your lives...
Sick of these minor release announcements on development branch kernels... Not because of the announcement itself, but because of all the people yelling and screaming that they don't want to know about it... Stop bitching and skip the article and move on and leave the thread clean for those that DO like to read about it and read INTERESTING comments...
"Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable!
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information."
Those people at geocities are actually Klingons !!!
So when someone visits my pages I serve at home on my xDSL connection with 64k upstream and he/she has a cable modem that is 10x as fast as it is currently... the time gain for them will be exactly....
This world needs more people like that... driven to make this world a better place... and having fun doing it, being proud of what they're trying to accomplish... This interview sent shivers down my spine... These are the kind of interviews that inspire people... It makes me think about humanity a little less sceptic... There's still hope.
Never heard of emitting entangled beams working???
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Quantum Holography
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"As I see it here this would require two lasers to be emitting entangled beams. I've never heard of a way this can be done."
As Ghoser777 pointed out in a response to your post: companies just know there is a catch... and (for now) there is:
- No Support desk (in the traditional way)
- No books (Koffice in 24 hours, Koffice for dummies etc). How is their secretary ever going to learn this thing ???
- No courses. As with the books... How are their employees going to learn ? Want to take classes on MS-Word ? Open the yellow pages and take your pick.
- Every time a new employee comes to work for the company they have to train that person. Using MS-Office in the company ? 95% of the new employees will know how it works allready... that will save them heaps of money.
Yeah yeah.. I know.. learn through experience, helpfiles, irc etc etc... That is not how businesses work people ! Learning 'the hard way' really is the hard way... It takes a lot of time, and time is money.
A good way is for people to get used to it at home and when a lot of people use it at home, they want to use it at their job as well, which will be less of a problem because they don't have to be trained.
Staroffice/OpenOffice has a better chance than Koffice IMHO, because of the big SUN behind it (which will be trusted by companies more easily) and because it is multi-platform. That way people can use it more easily at home, because most of them will probably run a MS-OS.... But I guess there is a place for both of the suits... Choice is good, and should be encouraged... It will keep office-creators from getting lazy;-)
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Re:well... not exactly
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Parrot: For Real
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OMG !!!
I've got a score 2 informative !!!
I never g0t any higher than just a plain 1.
Does this mean i'm now l33t ???
Re:well... not exactly
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That's right... Here's another link. It's called 'Perl 6 and Parrot Redux' (links from 2001/08/14, so not very new as well).
"Basically, the interpreter is going to be called Parrot and we're going to see whether or not we can actually make it run code from other languages"
So what I said... nothing like the joke.
well... not exactly
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from the article: "and Pamela Anderson's breasts won't be appearing in anyone's Java applet for some time yet either"
Too bad... I'd really love to see my Konq with some 3d embedded Anderson boobies and browse my ass off;-)
But he's right... by the time the technology is that advanced, you don't want those anymore... they will be hanging UNDER your monitor (or whatever device is displaying them)...;-)
Slashdot Mirror
And you'll read the following headline on /.
:-)
"Barbie releases woody"
That'll get you confused...
"Today's announcement shows how HP has worked to help accelerate the shift from proprietary platforms to open architectures, which provide increased scalability, speed and functionality at a lower cost,"
:-)
Yeah... only about $2.5 million per buzzword... Proprietary platforms DO cost only $2 million per buzzword, but they have a lot more of 'em
"...well, not really. It seems Portable Monopoly is being forced to give up their web address 'Due to legal issues with Hasbro over the usage of the word "monopoly".
Does this mean my comment here will be upgraded from a -1 offtopic to a +5 insightful ?
;-)
I'd love to have that to show some people around here. And to watch it myself ofcourse :-)
Someone know how to get my hands on it?
Lots of people here complaining that a commercial company shouldn't ask for donations to survive. It is true that you CAN donate money (although they moved that page to a out of view place because it scares investors somehow). Could be, but THIS IS NOT ABOUT DONATING !!! They ask you to subscribe to a service, namely mandrake-club. When you subscribe you can (among other perks) download some software which usually is only available in the boxed sets. IT IS A SERVICE, so this is a completely normal commercial business asking to subscribe if you like their OS which can still be downloaded for free if you don't subscribe. Learn to find out what you are reading about before thrashing a great company.
I subscribed just now because I use their distro and like it very much and see the subscription fee as buying a boxed set for example. Maybe they could've phrased this request a little better and provided more information in this request regarding the perks you get when subscribing. And maybe paying per month in stead of a complete year would be an option for people who want to subscribe but can't afford the $60 all at once.
huhuhuh...
The Vader knob is nicely done as well
I'm dutch and 'vader' is dutch for 'father'...
now read it again...
The Vader knob is nicely done as well
Now put this comment with all the other knob-jokes...
to fight spammers... Cool... Let's bring out the tar and feathers !!!!
Could be a good idea, but the problem might be that because of the fact both have to follow that standard, innovation will decrease. Not that that's really an issue. Both Gnome and KDE are copying existing desktops anyway. Sure... some cool functionality is added, but the desktop isn't really innovative. Seems like more and more OSS is just copying and not creating (there are exceptions ofcourse). And if you have to please the average desktop user, copy the drop-shadow, have real transparency etc, not some ugly hacks. Because that's part of what makes other OS's popular. It looks smooth... and consistent... hm
If someone has blocked you from the PrOn sites, you get this device and you still get to peek-a-booty ???
With this relationship (that has been in Beta forever) reaching status 'rc1' (proposal), and 'rc2' (the "yes") we can soon expect relationship v1.0 (the actual marriage). And we all know that OSS never gets to v1.0 so we expect this marriage to be closed source for the rest of us, and suspect that the source of your happiness is known to only the both of you... May you have an open , honoust and happy relationship for the rest of your lives...
MarsDude
Wonder how long before this guy has to rename his product and lose his domain .... dumb naming choice IMHO...
notifying you of minor changes to the penguin!
:-b
Did he do something to his hair ?
Sick of these minor release announcements on development branch kernels... Not because of the announcement itself, but because of all the people yelling and screaming that they don't want to know about it... Stop bitching and skip the article and move on and leave the thread clean for those that DO like to read about it and read INTERESTING comments...
that she has limited use in an aerobic package...
;-)
"Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable!
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information."
Those people at geocities are actually Klingons !!!
So when someone visits my pages I serve at home on my xDSL connection with 64k upstream and he/she has a cable modem that is 10x as fast as it is currently... the time gain for them will be exactly....
(calculating like a madman)
0%
:-b
Slashdot readers will only be interested when they can search for FREE beer :-)
This world needs more people like that... driven to make this world a better place... and having fun doing it, being proud of what they're trying to accomplish... This interview sent shivers down my spine... These are the kind of interviews that inspire people... It makes me think about humanity a little less sceptic... There's still hope.
"As I see it here this would require two lasers to be emitting entangled beams. I've never heard of a way this can be done."
Never seen ghostbusters ???
I need to get some sleep...
:-b
I read something about a Microsoft agents' personal privates...
Now my stomach is really upset...
As Ghoser777 pointed out in a response to your post: companies just know there is a catch... and (for now) there is:
;-)
- No Support desk (in the traditional way)
- No books (Koffice in 24 hours, Koffice for dummies etc). How is their secretary ever going to learn this thing ???
- No courses. As with the books... How are their employees going to learn ? Want to take classes on MS-Word ? Open the yellow pages and take your pick.
- Every time a new employee comes to work for the company they have to train that person. Using MS-Office in the company ? 95% of the new employees will know how it works allready... that will save them heaps of money.
Yeah yeah.. I know.. learn through experience, helpfiles, irc etc etc... That is not how businesses work people ! Learning 'the hard way' really is the hard way... It takes a lot of time, and time is money.
A good way is for people to get used to it at home and when a lot of people use it at home, they want to use it at their job as well, which will be less of a problem because they don't have to be trained.
Staroffice/OpenOffice has a better chance than Koffice IMHO, because of the big SUN behind it (which will be trusted by companies more easily) and because it is multi-platform. That way people can use it more easily at home, because most of them will probably run a MS-OS....
But I guess there is a place for both of the suits... Choice is good, and should be encouraged... It will keep office-creators from getting lazy
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OMG !!!
I've got a score 2 informative !!!
I never g0t any higher than just a plain 1.
Does this mean i'm now l33t ???
So what I said... nothing like the joke.
Unlike the joke, it is not a combined language !!! It started as an idea as a 'shared bytecode/runtime environment that could be used by both Perl 6 and a future version of Python'
Right now it is a interpreter that does assembly to bytecode only for now as far as I can tell...
from the article: "and Pamela Anderson's breasts won't be appearing in anyone's Java applet for some time yet either"
;-)
;-)
Too bad... I'd really love to see my Konq with some 3d embedded Anderson boobies and browse my ass off
But he's right... by the time the technology is that advanced, you don't want those anymore... they will be hanging UNDER your monitor (or whatever device is displaying them)...