We don't want people to view the average slashdotter as able to participate in a calm, reasonable discussion.
Actually, I can understand outbursts like grand parent, seeing how the opposing force (Microsoft) slimily smiles and puts forward their arguments in a way that, to an uneducated person, might seem reasonable. Politicians seem to be a frequent target, since having them take the right desicions means better business for Microsoft, thought it to the rest of us means less choice, less freedom and worse technology. Heh, the feeling you get is that if they were to decide freely, we wouldn't be allowed to run whatever software we like, particularly not operating systems! That causes frustration, you know.
As usual, the news stories didn't contain any technical info and could preferably have been (almost losslessly) compressed into a headline. So, how do they make the colours? Are there several laser beams of different colours that blend on the screen? Or are the beams exciting some material (like CRT screens) that then show colours?
Heh, a simple laser projector, as I think of it, with a single beam sweeping over the wall would use someting like 0% of the visible color spectrum.:-) You know, laser is narrow band.
If you accidentally put something publicly available on a web page, it can be found, manually or by a search engine. This is really no different from how it has always been with text, images and anything else that you can put on the web.
Suppose ordinary reactors are used (not these RTGs). What would be the problem? I guess they aren't active during launch or even transit, so what could happen is the breakdown on the surface of Mars. A small one at that. Isn't that enough safety distance?;-) Even if we go there soon, does it really matter?
...in the same way that high resolution still images are -- they might not fit in their entirety on the screen, but it enables you to zoom in on details. If you processor is fast enough to keep up with all the data at all, that is.
Swedish physicist and Nobel prize laureate Hannes Alfvén wrote, in 1966, The Tale of the Great Data Machine -- A Vision. It's a dystopic description of a future where computers (with punch cards) have taken over all functions in our lives -- including scentencing. Oh, and after a while, they all crash and throw civilization back in time. The author used the pseudonym Olof Johannesson, btw.
Uh, mine are kind of symmetric, aren't yours? Oh, the helix might be right or left handed, but I don't even know which och those is to be preferred.
I heard someone say that cars with the driver's seat on the left are more suited for left handed drivers since you can keep your strong hand on the wheel when shifting. (You don't drive a slushie, do you?) If you live in a place where they drive on the left side of the road -- my condolences.
Mabye replace "3sdmax.exe" with a shellscript that runs the real "3dsmax.exe" with the correct priority. You might have to work out how the renderer gets its data, so your shellscript can make sure it isn't dropped somewhere along the way.
Sometimes you see RC airplanes hovering (propeller upward), which tells us something about the scaling of engine power versus mass. And this RC helicopter does crazy things you would never see a large version do. Very cool.
At 8x2 cm it's not the smallest thing to attach to a keychain.
But it's two-dimensional! No, wait. It's even one-dimensional!
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Thing is though, "free software" (as in open source) doesn't really mean much unless you're a programmer. Most people simply wouldn't give a shit.
First, "free software" is not the same thing as "open source software". Being free implies being open source, but not the other way around.
I think software being free could very well mean much to non-programmers. When using free software, you (together with all the other users) are not completely in the hands of the person or company that made it. Once the software is out there in the open, the manufacturer can't prevent you from using it (in favor of their new product for example) by discontinuing development, so that it will no longer work when you upgrade your operating system or something. Even if you can't maintain the code yourself, chances are that someone else will. If it's really important to you (such as your business depending on it) and you have the money, you could even hire someone to do it for you.
But, regardless of practical advantages, there is the, should I say, philosophical aspect, which for me is the most important. Even when I don't look at the source code or in other ways benefit from the freedom, I want to use free software. To me, it represents good spirit to make your software free. It gives me the warm fuzzies. I know there are other people that agree with me. I'm sure there are yet other people that would agree, once they're told about free software.
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Why do they (the Windowsers) need IE? I mean, there are fine browsers out there already.
...when will you come to SVG?
...do Slashdotters fall?
...a lot less persons would know about their product.
As usual, the news stories didn't contain any technical info and could preferably have been (almost losslessly) compressed into a headline. So, how do they make the colours? Are there several laser beams of different colours that blend on the screen? Or are the beams exciting some material (like CRT screens) that then show colours?
:-) You know, laser is narrow band.
Heh, a simple laser projector, as I think of it, with a single beam sweeping over the wall would use someting like 0% of the visible color spectrum.
If you accidentally put something publicly available on a web page, it can be found, manually or by a search engine. This is really no different from how it has always been with text, images and anything else that you can put on the web.
Is someone trying get to the topic of mathematics?
Suppose ordinary reactors are used (not these RTGs). What would be the problem? I guess they aren't active during launch or even transit, so what could happen is the breakdown on the surface of Mars. A small one at that. Isn't that enough safety distance? ;-) Even if we go there soon, does it really matter?
What do you mean, detecting the hash of a computer?
...in the same way that high resolution still images are -- they might not fit in their entirety on the screen, but it enables you to zoom in on details. If you processor is fast enough to keep up with all the data at all, that is.
is it?
Swedish physicist and Nobel prize laureate Hannes Alfvén wrote, in 1966, The Tale of the Great Data Machine -- A Vision. It's a dystopic description of a future where computers (with punch cards) have taken over all functions in our lives -- including scentencing. Oh, and after a while, they all crash and throw civilization back in time. The author used the pseudonym Olof Johannesson, btw.
Uh, mine are kind of symmetric, aren't yours? Oh, the helix might be right or left handed, but I don't even know which och those is to be preferred.
I heard someone say that cars with the driver's seat on the left are more suited for left handed drivers since you can keep your strong hand on the wheel when shifting. (You don't drive a slushie, do you?) If you live in a place where they drive on the left side of the road -- my condolences.
Hmm, at 00:54, doesn't the curve go backward?
Isn't that the obvious thing to display?
Mabye replace "3sdmax.exe" with a shellscript that runs the real "3dsmax.exe" with the correct priority. You might have to work out how the renderer gets its data, so your shellscript can make sure it isn't dropped somewhere along the way.
Sometimes you see RC airplanes hovering (propeller upward), which tells us something about the scaling of engine power versus mass. And this RC helicopter does crazy things you would never see a large version do. Very cool.
...when you're using AT&T!
First, "free software" is not the same thing as "open source software". Being free implies being open source, but not the other way around.
I think software being free could very well mean much to non-programmers. When using free software, you (together with all the other users) are not completely in the hands of the person or company that made it. Once the software is out there in the open, the manufacturer can't prevent you from using it (in favor of their new product for example) by discontinuing development, so that it will no longer work when you upgrade your operating system or something. Even if you can't maintain the code yourself, chances are that someone else will. If it's really important to you (such as your business depending on it) and you have the money, you could even hire someone to do it for you.
But, regardless of practical advantages, there is the, should I say, philosophical aspect, which for me is the most important. Even when I don't look at the source code or in other ways benefit from the freedom, I want to use free software. To me, it represents good spirit to make your software free. It gives me the warm fuzzies. I know there are other people that agree with me. I'm sure there are yet other people that would agree, once they're told about free software.