Good point. I suppose I was thinking of people that get called "extremist" Christians by the US media; as far as I know the media here have never called the view that there were WMDs in Iraq one proposed only by radical Christians.
The extremist Muslims just get more press here than the radical Christians do. But make no mistake, there are equally extremist Christians. Abortion clinic violence, perhaps?
Make no mistake though, I'm not condoning any violent behavior. I'm merely saying that there are people that encourage religious violence everywhere.
First, it is not poorly-written, it is a fine English sentence, gramatically-speaking. Secondly, whereas fancruft is not a word, in that it is not found in any dictionary, AFAIK, you understood what he meant, so it communicated just fine. Therefore, it is a word in that sense. Q.E.D.
...I can't see it being designed so intentionally. If we consider the writer's comparison to the advent of money, we will see that there was no group of "designers" that designed the monetary system. It simply developed as the need arose.
In the same way, I cannot see how anyone could succesfully design any such system and have it successfully adopted. Instead, if anything this this arises, it will arise piecemeal, bit by bit, and various small technologies arise for specific (and much less grand) uses. These parts may eventually form a 'system', but only incidently.
If you really want to see something like this arise (and make money, or 'reputation', off of it) look for something much smaller. Make a livejournal-like system that can be accessed from a cell phone, or something. Don't start planning the "World Reputation Mega Zone!!!" or something silly like that.
As far as I understand it, Google is merely indexing the works, so one could locate a book, and would then be able to get it from somewhere else. This (Microsoft) idea is to actually make the full texts available. Both services are useful, but they are very certainly two different services.
I don't think a PocketPC is nearly as cool these days as an iPod is. Of course, that's just me being a 19-year old who wants to be cool...
But personally, I'd rather make and actually sell a cool product than have a better product that's not as cool just sit on the shelves.
Though he claims to see no solution that would be solved by open sourcing Java, is there harm in doing so? If not, it seems to me that they may as well open source it, perhaps there is something to be gained that they cannot predict. Who knows?
The Macray's Keep website will only accept browers that are (or show themselves as) Internet Explorer. I suggest avoiding the site until they are friendly to all, or even sending them a (kind) e-mail recommending that they accept other browsers.
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Good point. I suppose I was thinking of people that get called "extremist" Christians by the US media; as far as I know the media here have never called the view that there were WMDs in Iraq one proposed only by radical Christians.
Make no mistake though, I'm not condoning any violent behavior. I'm merely saying that there are people that encourage religious violence everywhere.
Posting such a controversial stance to Slashdot is admirable. I hope your Karma doesn't suffer from all the pro-RIAA moderators here
it was sarcasm...
First, it is not poorly-written, it is a fine English sentence, gramatically-speaking. Secondly, whereas fancruft is not a word, in that it is not found in any dictionary, AFAIK, you understood what he meant, so it communicated just fine. Therefore, it is a word in that sense. Q.E.D.
...get a review copy of one of these things for myself?
Clever, though, I think.
That is, a google dollars. Which is a lot...
Whoops...i knew I shouldn't have used my mod points...
Not you, as such, necessarily, just someone in a similar situation to yours.
In the same way, I cannot see how anyone could succesfully design any such system and have it successfully adopted. Instead, if anything this this arises, it will arise piecemeal, bit by bit, and various small technologies arise for specific (and much less grand) uses. These parts may eventually form a 'system', but only incidently.
If you really want to see something like this arise (and make money, or 'reputation', off of it) look for something much smaller. Make a livejournal-like system that can be accessed from a cell phone, or something. Don't start planning the "World Reputation Mega Zone!!!" or something silly like that.
Those are actually the CPU-controlled players...
oh, your post got a score of 2 and mine only scored 1. well, i guess you lose some, and then you lose some more...
AND both submissions were by the same person. Q.E.D.
Perhaps he's part of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in poor writing".
C'mon, you didn't even read the summary. Both the manga are created by Americans.
As far as I understand it, Google is merely indexing the works, so one could locate a book, and would then be able to get it from somewhere else. This (Microsoft) idea is to actually make the full texts available. Both services are useful, but they are very certainly two different services.
I don't think a PocketPC is nearly as cool these days as an iPod is. Of course, that's just me being a 19-year old who wants to be cool... But personally, I'd rather make and actually sell a cool product than have a better product that's not as cool just sit on the shelves.
Though he claims to see no solution that would be solved by open sourcing Java, is there harm in doing so? If not, it seems to me that they may as well open source it, perhaps there is something to be gained that they cannot predict. Who knows?
The Macray's Keep website will only accept browers that are (or show themselves as) Internet Explorer. I suggest avoiding the site until they are friendly to all, or even sending them a (kind) e-mail recommending that they accept other browsers.
AMD and Intel are both trying to claim credit for other people's hotspots? Sounds like a good deal for either of them...nice work if you can get it.
Why would finding life on Mars take away faith in a divine being? Surely a god could have created life there too...