But realize one thing: sometimes those libraries make your life SOOOO much easier to program. When you're writing a GUI (even in Java), certain libraries make the process much more simplistic. Window Handlers, Toolkits, and other toys exist to make the coders life much easier.
If we didn't make these libraries, we'd all still be coding our temperature converter GUI in assembly and it'd be ugly and broken and would take 1000 times as long to code.
I dont claim to know much about the differences between Linux and Windows, but my guess is that when you build an app for windows, using windows' libraries makes the whole thing snap together well. (which actually presents a security hole, but if those libraries were written well...)
If you want to make code portable, you sometimes have to give up the tricks provided by the operating system. That is why, I suppose, that standards-based applications are 'better' because any app written to that standard can be used in any other app written to that standard. Windows may accept those standards, but you can bet your ass they aren't going to translate THEIR standards into OUR standards. </aimless rant>
FTA: "'We don't anticipating changing anything significantly from what we are currently doing'... they will potentially include ESPN data, graphics and sportscasters" [Emphasis mine]
Now cmon, if you plan to contract one of the largest names in sports news, then at least integrate it into the game. The only reason EA is buying the ESPN license apparently to use "ESPN properties as potential video games, including the "X Games" extreme athletics competitions, poker and even bass fishing."
Wow, cause I want to spend 50 dollars on ESPN World Poker Tour $year.
You have your cellphone (with all those contacts imported from MS Outlook), PDA, and (granted not an iPod capacity) mp3 player through Windows Media Player. Includes an SD slot for memory, so you can add a few more mp3's (depending on your budget). Its a few steps from the good device you listed. Main concern is battery life. With all the functionality comes watts.. lots and lots of watts...
Tis a novel idea. Sicne the 'broadband' users probably use a USB Wireless dongle to connect, then there should be no reason why this won't work, but they'd have to parse out the data and shove it through TiVo's GUI.
Semi-related-intersting-thing: IMDb's Link-It is an interesting service (has anyone used it?) that has you email link-it@imdb.com an html page with the artist/movie title names and imdb will link it up with the appropriate pages all href'd for you.
Mini-article you wanted:
Advantages: Dirt cheap, Puncture-proof
Disadvantges:
Foam is very 'absorbent'. Imagine driving in the rain and having your tires suck up the water, only to have your car sink very quickly onto the ground.
Foam is not very nice for holding mass up. You'd need some super-dense foam (getting rid of said 'Dirt Cheap' advantage) to even have a chance of holding the things up
Foam is also flammable. A stray cigg can set your entire car on fire.
Result: Tires should not be made of foam. Simple as that
Uh... am I the only one that sees the complete contradiction in this statement.
1. the possibility of a Google TV-Gmail-Google Desktop Search-Google Search connectivity would send their share prices soaring.
2. People are realizing (yahoo, MSN) that large and bloated is not the way to go.
This kind of interconnectivity is a double-edged sword. If you add too many features (large and bloated), then the product becomes unwieldy to use.
However, the "G-Life" does have a lot of features (email, web search, tv, desktop search, etc etc). My guess is that the only way to balance it is an optional integration of these products.
Im sure there are some people that want to check their email and search the web while watching tv. This integration would be awesome for them, but I'm sure the Koreans don't want all this newfangled "interconnectivity". Keep It Simple, but allow for it to be powerful, and you've got yourself a hit.
Well... If the auth servers are down in 5 years (which I assume you're inferring).. just claim Exemption 3 to the DMCA and legally crack it. If Valve was smart, they'd post the legal crack on their server if they went out of buisness (to facilitate customer happiness).
What's the catchy name for it when the Federal government imposes all sorts of mandatory expenses on schools
That's called unfunded mandates, like the revered Americans with Disabilities Act. Granted the whole right-wing religious doctrine is present (that's a Free Exercise/Establishment battleground), they sadly can choose to yank money from any school not keeping up with their demands (Does No Child Left Behind ring a bell?)
It's called "Marble Cake Federalism"
Basically, the federal government handles federal stuff like international affairs and stuff that states really have no handle over. The states handle the really local stuff, like municipal policing, etc. Anything inbetween the two is essentially state-run, with some federal supervision or perhaps some slight involvement.
Of course, the easiest way for the federal government to influence states is with a big chunk of money tied to a policy. Basically, they say "OK, any state that DOESN'T have a legal drinking age of 21 or over gets 5% of highway funding cut". Now if I was a state, I would certainly bump up my drinking age to meet those standards, even though the federal govt really has no buisness in drinking age. That's called fiscal federalism (its what makes the world go 'round)
Yes they do. Right now I'm a student in the Clark County School District and all our systems have Novell Clients. Their ZenWorks policy manager is just plain damned cool, and with user-extensible policies, you can login on a locked-down-to-nothing user account, then log back in with full admin without a hiccup.
Granted, trying to maintain functionality while avoiding spyware is hard... but we keep a balance. Novell's admin program (ConsoleOne) is a plugin-extensible java program that allows you full admin rights (if you're logged in as such, of course) from a nice, smooth interface, with templates, UImport, and a bunch of goodies.
We (in the LAN class) just set up a dummy server to hack around on. Any CNA/E/I's have any fun stuff to suggest?
For the non-Japanese-aware/.ers...
Taiko is a traditional form of rythmical drumming. Characterized by outlandishly exaggerated tempo and volume changes, its quite an exciting sight to behold, but more fun to perform!
But what if no one looked the results... ever? Will Bush be president, will kerry, or will the executive branch be caught in a quantum transitory state?
I believe I will take a gmail account. I appreciate your generosity, o good one.
I'm sure you can decode the anti-spam email address listed above.
Thank you again
Is there nowhere to turn where I don't have to read partisan political crap? What does this have to do with tech news?
Last time I checked, Slashdot's hook phrase was "News for nerds. Stuff that matters." not "Tech news for nerds. Technology that matters." I mean, you saw the optical illusion story, do you really think/. is ALL about technology?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this server dedicated specifically for politics? You can't expect much objectivity from a peer-run news site who's readers are mainly geeks who are upset (and rightfully so) about the government suppressment and litigation goin' down right now. If Gore was president and the same stuff was going down, we'd all still find some way to bash the government.
Slashdot Mirror
But realize one thing: sometimes those libraries make your life SOOOO much easier to program. When you're writing a GUI (even in Java), certain libraries make the process much more simplistic. Window Handlers, Toolkits, and other toys exist to make the coders life much easier.
If we didn't make these libraries, we'd all still be coding our temperature converter GUI in assembly and it'd be ugly and broken and would take 1000 times as long to code.
I dont claim to know much about the differences between Linux and Windows, but my guess is that when you build an app for windows, using windows' libraries makes the whole thing snap together well. (which actually presents a security hole, but if those libraries were written well...)
If you want to make code portable, you sometimes have to give up the tricks provided by the operating system. That is why, I suppose, that standards-based applications are 'better' because any app written to that standard can be used in any other app written to that standard. Windows may accept those standards, but you can bet your ass they aren't going to translate THEIR standards into OUR standards. </aimless rant>
11 degrees
I see it now...
"Where do you want to go today?" turns into:
"Where do you want to go when you die?"
FTA: "'We don't anticipating changing anything significantly from what we are currently doing'... they will potentially include ESPN data, graphics and sportscasters" [Emphasis mine]
Now cmon, if you plan to contract one of the largest names in sports news, then at least integrate it into the game. The only reason EA is buying the ESPN license apparently to use "ESPN properties as potential video games, including the "X Games" extreme athletics competitions, poker and even bass fishing."
Wow, cause I want to spend 50 dollars on ESPN World Poker Tour $year.
It's 'kind of' done already...
See the HP iPaq h6315 (courtesy of T-Mobile)
You have your cellphone (with all those contacts imported from MS Outlook), PDA, and (granted not an iPod capacity) mp3 player through Windows Media Player. Includes an SD slot for memory, so you can add a few more mp3's (depending on your budget). Its a few steps from the good device you listed. Main concern is battery life. With all the functionality comes watts.. lots and lots of watts...
Tis a novel idea. Sicne the 'broadband' users probably use a USB Wireless dongle to connect, then there should be no reason why this won't work, but they'd have to parse out the data and shove it through TiVo's GUI.
Semi-related-intersting-thing: IMDb's Link-It is an interesting service (has anyone used it?) that has you email link-it@imdb.com an html page with the artist/movie title names and imdb will link it up with the appropriate pages all href'd for you.
Mini-article you wanted: Advantages: Dirt cheap, Puncture-proof Disadvantges: Foam is very 'absorbent'. Imagine driving in the rain and having your tires suck up the water, only to have your car sink very quickly onto the ground. Foam is not very nice for holding mass up. You'd need some super-dense foam (getting rid of said 'Dirt Cheap' advantage) to even have a chance of holding the things up Foam is also flammable. A stray cigg can set your entire car on fire. Result: Tires should not be made of foam. Simple as that
Cmon, you expected a 2.5 mb file to last...
Here's Google's HTML-ification of the pdf (sans said 'pretty pictures')
Or in the terms of Strong Bad:
"Oh..... if you want to make it a possesive, it's just 'i t s', but if it's supposed to be a contraction it's "i t apostrophe s'... scalawag"
Linkage
Well.. almost... This article is Technology Research News' top ten. Your link is Science Mag's top ten. Close, but different enough not to be a dupe.
Uh... am I the only one that sees the complete contradiction in this statement.
1. the possibility of a Google TV-Gmail-Google Desktop Search-Google Search connectivity would send their share prices soaring.
2. People are realizing (yahoo, MSN) that large and bloated is not the way to go.
This kind of interconnectivity is a double-edged sword. If you add too many features (large and bloated), then the product becomes unwieldy to use.
However, the "G-Life" does have a lot of features (email, web search, tv, desktop search, etc etc). My guess is that the only way to balance it is an optional integration of these products.
Im sure there are some people that want to check their email and search the web while watching tv. This integration would be awesome for them, but I'm sure the Koreans don't want all this newfangled "interconnectivity". Keep It Simple, but allow for it to be powerful, and you've got yourself a hit.
Well... If the auth servers are down in 5 years (which I assume you're inferring).. just claim Exemption 3 to the DMCA and legally crack it. If Valve was smart, they'd post the legal crack on their server if they went out of buisness (to facilitate customer happiness).
Or how about a translation serice that doesnt rely on the currently /.'ed server:
Google's translation of the MirrorDot mirror
You know that page sure looks like this "Semantic Web" that our friend komar exampled... ;)
What's the catchy name for it when the Federal government imposes all sorts of mandatory expenses on schools
That's called unfunded mandates, like the revered Americans with Disabilities Act. Granted the whole right-wing religious doctrine is present (that's a Free Exercise/Establishment battleground), they sadly can choose to yank money from any school not keeping up with their demands (Does No Child Left Behind ring a bell?)
It's called "Marble Cake Federalism" Basically, the federal government handles federal stuff like international affairs and stuff that states really have no handle over. The states handle the really local stuff, like municipal policing, etc. Anything inbetween the two is essentially state-run, with some federal supervision or perhaps some slight involvement. Of course, the easiest way for the federal government to influence states is with a big chunk of money tied to a policy. Basically, they say "OK, any state that DOESN'T have a legal drinking age of 21 or over gets 5% of highway funding cut". Now if I was a state, I would certainly bump up my drinking age to meet those standards, even though the federal govt really has no buisness in drinking age. That's called fiscal federalism (its what makes the world go 'round)
Yes they do. Right now I'm a student in the Clark County School District and all our systems have Novell Clients. Their ZenWorks policy manager is just plain damned cool, and with user-extensible policies, you can login on a locked-down-to-nothing user account, then log back in with full admin without a hiccup.
Granted, trying to maintain functionality while avoiding spyware is hard... but we keep a balance. Novell's admin program (ConsoleOne) is a plugin-extensible java program that allows you full admin rights (if you're logged in as such, of course) from a nice, smooth interface, with templates, UImport, and a bunch of goodies.
We (in the LAN class) just set up a dummy server to hack around on. Any CNA/E/I's have any fun stuff to suggest?
For the non-Japanese-aware /.ers...
Taiko is a traditional form of rythmical drumming. Characterized by outlandishly exaggerated tempo and volume changes, its quite an exciting sight to behold, but more fun to perform!
But what if no one looked the results... ever? Will Bush be president, will kerry, or will the executive branch be caught in a quantum transitory state?
With eMagic from The First 20 Million is Always the Hardest
Odd movie, tries REALLY hard to appeal to the geeks, but its just entertaining to see Tiny and his social inadaptation.
I believe I will take a gmail account. I appreciate your generosity, o good one. I'm sure you can decode the anti-spam email address listed above. Thank you again
Heh... unfortunately, tommorrow that link will no longer work. Here's one that lasts
Last time I checked, Slashdot's hook phrase was "News for nerds. Stuff that matters." not "Tech news for nerds. Technology that matters." I mean, you saw the optical illusion story, do you really think
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this server dedicated specifically for politics? You can't expect much objectivity from a peer-run news site who's readers are mainly geeks who are upset (and rightfully so) about the government suppressment and litigation goin' down right now. If Gore was president and the same stuff was going down, we'd all still find some way to bash the government.
Seriously, you'd think that we, the technologically lined, could form a proper link. Geeze...