Great men with a poignant message, but ultimately totally ineffectual.
I wouldn't say so. They implanted critical thoughts into peoples minds and connected them to their pleasure centers. I think that's more powerful than signing a petition or going to a political rally. Next time something happens which is in some way connected to that thought, it will pop up again in these peoples minds and will have a major influence on their opinion.
I had burned CDs which i could throw away after 6 years. They were at least 2 years stored in a safe place. Before that 2 years I could play them, after that, no CD drive would read them. I wouldn't trust CDs for valuable backups.
Yep. I think some people just need to realize that there are lots of people that use OSS simply because it is good software and not because we are zealots that hate Microsoft or Apple or whatever.
Because this are the only two options, of course. OSS is not primarily about good software or hating M$ or Appl€. It's about public knowledge, education and empowerment of the user.
Also, this is not all for Tomboy. Ubuntu is bringing in Banshee music player in version 9.10 (released in October 2009), and that's written in Mono too.
I tried a recent version of Banshee and it's even slower than Tomboy. It often pauses for several minutes between songs, doing nothing. Then, suddenly, it starts playing again. It's simply unusable.
That was my first thought, too. The environment in which this experiment was conducted is just awkward and everything but controlled. I call Cargo Cult Science on this one.
Probably the next development in the desktop UI will involve the elimination of the desktop abstraction itself. The user today spends too much time moving, resizing, bringing on front or back windows or finding icons and some projects have demonstrated how the user can gain a lot in productivity by using a different approach.
Almost all of my windows are maximised. No moving or resizing required. And I don't see how automatic tiling can reduce time spent on changing input focus between windows (bringing on front or back).
There's problems with every method of power generation - they all remove energy from the environment.
And then they put energy (in the form of heat) back into the environment. The only exception is the energy that results in light and other electromagnetic energy, which of course can escape the earth.
There are other differences, too. Methods which use solar light directly, alter the reflectivity of the earth. AFAICS, covering the earth with CSPs should increase global mean temperature. Using wind turbines should not.
The earths ecosystem and human societies are complex systems. This means that there are no easy solutions and that we have to actually try different approaches, moving slowly, because complexity can only be managed, not controlled.
The license is the single most important thing. It determines whether or not you can use the software at all, or for your specific purpose, whatever that is.
Actually the license has really no effect at all for the end user in either of these cases. The only people who are effected by the license are people who are either creating H.264 encoders/decoders or those who are creating and streaming H.264 content.
Which is everyone. The Web isn't just a TV, that's where it's power comes from. And lets not forget mashing, which requires encoders and decoders. If developers have to pay when writing this software, the software gets more expensive and content creation gets stiffled.
I noticed in the last discussion that Theora does better when you take a single frame and look. It seems to have a lot more details.
Indeed. Just look at the first frame of the soccer vid. In the MPEG-4 version you can't make out the ear from the guy on the left and the pattern on the ball is completely gone. Not with Theora.
I find it hard to believe it's so hard to get a hold of people with such basic skills. But if it's true, the educational system is deeply flawed and we need fixes, not excuses.
On the contrary. IANAIS, but if higher education would focus on this special implementation details (your "basic skills") I would worry. These details can be learned in a short amount of time, you just read up on it. Basic concepts, like B- or AVL-trees, cannot. And I guess that's what these "unskilled" Masters learned the last 6 years.
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Can Culture and Religion benefit the hosts? Or only some cultures and religions?
Some doomsday cults may be bad for your hosts health. Let it avoid them.
Well, I don't quite understand if this is feature complete compared to XHTML (the missing metadata confuses me): http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#mathml
Great men with a poignant message, but ultimately totally ineffectual.
I wouldn't say so. They implanted critical thoughts into peoples minds and connected them to their pleasure centers. I think that's more powerful than signing a petition or going to a political rally. Next time something happens which is in some way connected to that thought, it will pop up again in these peoples minds and will have a major influence on their opinion.
Ewww!
soylent clock eats people.
I had burned CDs which i could throw away after 6 years. They were at least 2 years stored in a safe place. Before that 2 years I could play them, after that, no CD drive would read them. I wouldn't trust CDs for valuable backups.
You can add another one (KDE 4.2.4): Printing is just fucked up.
Yep. I think some people just need to realize that there are lots of people that use OSS simply because it is good software and not because we are zealots that hate Microsoft or Apple or whatever.
Because this are the only two options, of course. OSS is not primarily about good software or hating M$ or Appl€. It's about public knowledge, education and empowerment of the user.
Also, this is not all for Tomboy. Ubuntu is bringing in Banshee music player in version 9.10 (released in October 2009), and that's written in Mono too.
I tried a recent version of Banshee and it's even slower than Tomboy. It often pauses for several minutes between songs, doing nothing. Then, suddenly, it starts playing again. It's simply unusable.
but you actually want me to take advice on technology from this fossil?
its hard to be an authority on a subject matter you do not fully and freely partake of, don't you think?
http://www.stallman.org/
What's your point again?
What always works for me is Hemingway: "Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
Unfortunately it doesn't work with firefox 3.5 series. Are there alternatives?
Go to bed early, next to a window facing East. Wake up in sunlight.
I always wondered... now i know: the only window in my 1-room apartment is facing northwest!
work, n: stuff you don't like to do but are being paid for
That was my first thought, too. The environment in which this experiment was conducted is just awkward and everything but controlled. I call Cargo Cult Science on this one.
Probably the next development in the desktop UI will involve the elimination of the desktop abstraction itself. The user today spends too much time moving, resizing, bringing on front or back windows or finding icons and some projects have demonstrated how the user can gain a lot in productivity by using a different approach.
Almost all of my windows are maximised. No moving or resizing required. And I don't see how automatic tiling can reduce time spent on changing input focus between windows (bringing on front or back).
And then they put energy (in the form of heat) back into the environment. The only exception is the energy that results in light and other electromagnetic energy, which of course can escape the earth.
There are other differences, too. Methods which use solar light directly, alter the reflectivity of the earth. AFAICS, covering the earth with CSPs should increase global mean temperature. Using wind turbines should not.
The earths ecosystem and human societies are complex systems. This means that there are no easy solutions and that we have to actually try different approaches, moving slowly, because complexity can only be managed, not controlled.
There is no excuse. It is inherently stupid, to use wind power. No matter how you turn and twist it.
Now, why do I find it somewhat odd that someone called "Hurricane" makes this statement. Oh, wait...
The license is the single most important thing. It determines whether or not you can use the software at all, or for your specific purpose, whatever that is.
Actually the license has really no effect at all for the end user in either of these cases. The only people who are effected by the license are people who are either creating H.264 encoders/decoders or those who are creating and streaming H.264 content.
Which is everyone. The Web isn't just a TV, that's where it's power comes from. And lets not forget mashing, which requires encoders and decoders. If developers have to pay when writing this software, the software gets more expensive and content creation gets stiffled.
I noticed in the last discussion that Theora does better when you take a single frame and look. It seems to have a lot more details.
Indeed. Just look at the first frame of the soccer vid. In the MPEG-4 version you can't make out the ear from the guy on the left and the pattern on the ball is completely gone. Not with Theora.
I find it hard to believe it's so hard to get a hold of people with such basic skills. But if it's true, the educational system is deeply flawed and we need fixes, not excuses.
On the contrary. IANAIS, but if higher education would focus on this special implementation details (your "basic skills") I would worry. These details can be learned in a short amount of time, you just read up on it. Basic concepts, like B- or AVL-trees, cannot. And I guess that's what these "unskilled" Masters learned the last 6 years.
Who cares? The best bid gets accepted. It's the law.
Nice euphemism for "military".
There's no bad weather. Only inappropriate clothing.
And how does "Profit" come from "Big trouble"?