I suspect most of us on/. would NOT go for a netbook conforming to the article.
What about the weight ? The battery life ? The compact and lightweight charger you can carry in your jacket pocket without a doubt ?
The article doesn't cover the essentials, just the crunchy bits, the gadgets that would seduce the masses.
I certainly hope those gadgets won't get to us at cost of battery-life, not-so-useful functions, failure in case of a fall ("operate in in the palm of left hand, just typing that list before it gets out of my mind... oops." ).
I think people would go for a shiny feature-packed netbook. But what people *need* is certainly more than a gadget. Want to sell ? Make shiny stuff and a lot of buzz, that should do it. But what people who don't buy computers easily ask to the nerds around is "Will it be reliable ?"
The United States of America is not beholden to international law.
The USA seem to be a contry to me. They are to conform to the law. Why would they have argued about the WMD to gain UN support if they are not beholden to the law ?
The only reason we have international laws is to make people "feel better" about global geopolitics. But they're not actually real laws. They're more like "the best of intentions."
Like human rights, right ? (pun not intended) The human rights are just a way to make nice people sleep better to you ? Are you such a fan of the US government that you forget the stronger is not always right ?
May you take a minute to think about the factor from 150 murders and the thousands of deaths in Iraq ? May you consider the stronger one sometimes just has to remind everyone he is, but not necessarily beating them on the head? That is called "diplomacy" and comes against the "bath of blood" option.
The point is, even here on/., Bush and his fellows made it fine. Everybody is talking about (poor) M Hussein, and almost no-one remenbers all the fuss was about Bin Laden in the first place. Remember the target swapping ? See how the Justice is well done ? When the one who made the WTC fall down and kicked the US ego is free, while the relatively unharmful tyrant who cared about his own business in Iraq is being sentenced to death.
I am really sorry. For Sadam, because I think death penalty cruel and inefficient, for the world because we will soon wipe it away from our memories, for the soldiers and the innocents who died without really knowing for what they gave their lives. To me it all looks like dolls theatre played with people as dolls and cutting the wires by the dozen.
I personally do not understan what makes people complain about wmp or IE bundled with Windows and then argue this or that linux distibution is better fro having this and that (OpenOffice.org/Xine/Fireox) bundled with it.
Of course, bundling something free is no problem, but anyway IE and wmp are freely downloadable, are they not ?
In French law, filing a lawsuit against such innocent people is dangerous : it's against the law since its diffamation and delation. (wich anyway the patriot act re-enables for you all US folks) here's why:
I think ths is why such a lawsuit is a shame : If this woman didn't have this argument of never having used a computer, she woud have been sued, and regarding the balance of forces, the n+1 lawyers of RIAA would probably have crushed her.
The huge lawyerpower they use to bring down pirates can strike blind, and is so powerful you just can't do a thing.
So if this case arises, and is found , in France you just get automagically sued and fined by the system. This way you just check you're honest before suing people.
You can be read if your posts were "good" (Karma validation)
You can moderate if your views on moderation is coherent with the community (metamoderation validation)
But, as far as I'm able to guess there is no such validation for higher ranks of administration. Why is that readers are subjject to so much redundant checks whie the one with the most powers are left unattended ?
but English is such a crazy language to begin with, you can barely blame us
French is my native language. English seemed quite easy to me, and I'm no genius.
It's easy to conjugate (you don't have that much irregular verbs, believe me), there is no declination (sp?) stuff like there is in German, the phonetics are quite consistent, whatever you say (in french, the W in sandwich and the one in wagon are not even pronounced the same), and for what I peeked of the chinese language, there is no accent stuff either in english (4 pronunciacions for a syllab in cantonese, correct me if i'm wrong, with a different meaning each), and the alphabet is quite easy to get a grip with (26 letters, no acutes (e.g., éàèûôùâ). come on), and the grammar is easy (try learn french freakin' tense concordance rules, and if you put 3 correct sentences with "bien que" and "malgré" and "après que", you deserve a crown).
To the point fo the bulletin, I firmly believe for those reasons that the english language is (one of) the easiest languages to learn (for a grown-up, that is).
I do abhor people lacking respect to a language, because to me, a language is the ulimate expression of a culture. That's why I try to spell my english correcly, even here on/., and that's why I abhor people spelling badly. Especially their own language. People trying to get attention on a bulletin board, who don't even have respect toward their own cultural background. That really scares me.
BTW : I do understand good english grammar used by scottish people. That's because I care.
Actually, I read the second part of your post on a refresh, and I guess you won't read further than the second line. Maybe to people who are as arrogant as you are, "french" would suffice to make my post ignored.
Why do they want to shut down a database that could help them find / verify their own data ?
They could even just dig data out of it and save some energy for value-added work that they could charge for. At least, this is how I saw it work in mechanical engineering.
On top of this, why is there no 'sexy' guy is this top 10 ? Are the ent girls less responsive to sex traps or are they just not as stupid as guys ? I would have liked to see a Clooney or something to comfort me in my girls-dont-have-a-clue-when-on-keyboard idea. But then again, I prove to be wrong.
They cant. Did people stop being interested in Paris Hilton, when she:
a) Shot that movie
b) Showed her tits in The Simple Life
c) had no panties ...
That would just cause people to look for more.
If the "stars" dont stop acting like bitches (no offense meant to other sexy-and-classy stars) they will get the same interest bitches get in the street. You know it's not worth it, really, but you do check them out, dontcha ?
Really ? I have to see a 365.25(exact)days long year
In much the same way, we don't standardize time to base 10
1 second = 1000 milliseconds. Point taken, anyway. Okay, this is a bit of a flame, but my point is to show you this point is not valid. What would be the point of base 60 in seconds, minutes, and hours ? (open question, as you guessed, i have no clue ^_^)
Anyway, this is not the point, the Gibi, kibi, and mibi are perfectly suited for binary factors. Kilo everywhere outside a compter means 1000, so why the hell should the same prefix have two different meanings ?
People will always work more for kudos than prizes. Even if you offer to give kudos and a prize, people will think entirely in terms of the monetary value of that prize.
Now, if you do offer kudos, they'll first have to convert it to money-equivalent value...
It is the first thing I thought reading your post : "Hey, how much is that worth, an ad on Blender.org ?"
yep. As a french, i agree.
I, for one never stated this kind of things. I (and others, i guess) am feared to loose some of my culture to yours. end of communication.
It used to be the main diplomatic language in Europe and this is about all
So what's the big deal with language anyhow ? It is the main way of comunication, and this is about all.
It also used to be the vector of a culture. The simple point that in french a 'cadeau' (gift) does not come from the verb 'donner' (to give) means a lot. Every language is linked to a culture, and every culture expresses itself in a language better. So every couple culture+language should be saved.
Or we go straight to "plus plus good".
Why do they keep complaining that French is ruined by English, you don't hear Chinese, Spanish, Russian or German speaking people complaining about this, and their languages are more popular than French
The point exactly. One defends himself when threatened, or when feeling so.
French people are sore losers.
probably gave you "-1 flamebait", but at least, you said it.
And, by the way, Russian and ukrainian are two different languages.
I think you need a piece of information.
The point is NOT to counter google efforts. The point is to defend our (yeah, i'm french, go on, mod me down.) culture.
The fact that Google comes from and anglo-saxon cultural background and that the libraries that share their information are mostly american (maybe only american) somehow threatens the european cultures.
It's obvious that people will search books first on Google. It't obvious that some of those people will not be native english speakers. They (the "counter" forces) do not want theyr culture to be flooded and ultimately erased by an bunch of books from another culture.
I think the point is only to allow readers to find the books they look for, whoever they are. And, ultimately, they could (I hope) share their database of books with google, to spread also the other cultures.
What I read here on slashdot must be posted mostly by americans, so it is natural some of you miss the point. It IS a good idea from google, it will probably give great benefit to the culture of the world to have free and easy access to books.
We, I mean they, just do not want to be forgotten in the process, so they just plan (nothin' done yet) to do the same.
I guess this is somehow logical.
With a preinstaled system they maybe (emphasis on the uncertainties) expect to have to do with guaranteed compatible hardware
Or maybe they just have an agreement with and got some hardware information from manufacturers, whereas they can not have any compatibility data on all those voodoo+x64+SCSI strange boxes.
... in Good omens (T.Pratchett): NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system:
Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and one Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.
The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated
But, hey, this is offtopic. naaah what the hell.
That's just why in france we have and expression that translates "you're mistaking me for an american"... Makes you wonder wether you're the only one =)
yep, it does.
But you mistake freedom for something else. As for fraternity, well, I won't say anything about that. But equality, well, that is a good reason to make the card mandatory for everyone.
As a matter of facts, no.
You don't have to show an ID. You have to justify your identity. That means a friend who has his ID (or driving license or whatever with him can indeed testify your are who you say you are, and that's enough.
not a level of freedom. A level of anonimity (check upper on page). But maybe also a evel of conciousness. If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. for funny, because of second degré
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I suspect most of us on /. would NOT go for a netbook conforming to the article.
What about the weight ? The battery life ? The compact and lightweight charger you can carry in your jacket pocket without a doubt ?
The article doesn't cover the essentials, just the crunchy bits, the gadgets that would seduce the masses.
I certainly hope those gadgets won't get to us at cost of battery-life, not-so-useful functions, failure in case of a fall ("operate in in the palm of left hand, just typing that list before it gets out of my mind... oops." ).
I think people would go for a shiny feature-packed netbook. But what people *need* is certainly more than a gadget. Want to sell ? Make shiny stuff and a lot of buzz, that should do it. But what people who don't buy computers easily ask to the nerds around is "Will it be reliable ?"
The USA seem to be a contry to me. They are to conform to the law. Why would they have argued about the WMD to gain UN support if they are not beholden to the law ?
Like human rights, right ? (pun not intended) The human rights are just a way to make nice people sleep better to you ? Are you such a fan of the US government that you forget the stronger is not always right ?
May you take a minute to think about the factor from 150 murders and the thousands of deaths in Iraq ? May you consider the stronger one sometimes just has to remind everyone he is, but not necessarily beating them on the head? That is called "diplomacy" and comes against the "bath of blood" option.
The point is, even here on /., Bush and his fellows made it fine. Everybody is talking about (poor) M Hussein, and almost no-one remenbers all the fuss was about Bin Laden in the first place. Remember the target swapping ? See how the Justice is well done ? When the one who made the WTC fall down and kicked the US ego is free, while the relatively unharmful tyrant who cared about his own business in Iraq is being sentenced to death.
I am really sorry. For Sadam, because I think death penalty cruel and inefficient, for the world because we will soon wipe it away from our memories, for the soldiers and the innocents who died without really knowing for what they gave their lives. To me it all looks like dolls theatre played with people as dolls and cutting the wires by the dozen.
I personally do not understan what makes people complain about wmp or IE bundled with Windows and then argue this or that linux distibution is better fro having this and that (OpenOffice.org/Xine/Fireox) bundled with it.
Of course, bundling something free is no problem, but anyway IE and wmp are freely downloadable, are they not ?
As far as I know the patriot act has no provision for allowing frivilous law suits
I thought it allowed delation again ?
In French law, filing a lawsuit against such innocent people is dangerous : it's against the law since its diffamation and delation. (wich anyway the patriot act re-enables for you all US folks) here's why:
I think ths is why such a lawsuit is a shame : If this woman didn't have this argument of never having used a computer, she woud have been sued, and regarding the balance of forces, the n+1 lawyers of RIAA would probably have crushed her.
The huge lawyerpower they use to bring down pirates can strike blind, and is so powerful you just can't do a thing.
So if this case arises, and is found , in France you just get automagically sued and fined by the system. This way you just check you're honest before suing people.
What surprises me the most is this :
But, as far as I'm able to guess there is no such validation for higher ranks of administration. Why is that readers are subjject to so much redundant checks whie the one with the most powers are left unattended ?
Who whatches the watcher ?yep. but not only in the task bar. Seems the tester already thinks about turning to fedora, since he's looking at a RPM help forum on screenie #6.
;o)
That raises the question : Will RPM be featured in Longhorn ?
French is my native language. English seemed quite easy to me, and I'm no genius.
It's easy to conjugate (you don't have that much irregular verbs, believe me), there is no declination (sp?) stuff like there is in German, the phonetics are quite consistent, whatever you say (in french, the W in sandwich and the one in wagon are not even pronounced the same), and for what I peeked of the chinese language, there is no accent stuff either in english (4 pronunciacions for a syllab in cantonese, correct me if i'm wrong, with a different meaning each), and the alphabet is quite easy to get a grip with (26 letters, no acutes (e.g., éàèûôùâ). come on), and the grammar is easy (try learn french freakin' tense concordance rules, and if you put 3 correct sentences with "bien que" and "malgré" and "après que", you deserve a crown).
To the point fo the bulletin, I firmly believe for those reasons that the english language is (one of) the easiest languages to learn (for a grown-up, that is).
I do abhor people lacking respect to a language, because to me, a language is the ulimate expression of a culture. That's why I try to spell my english correcly, even here on /., and that's why I abhor people spelling badly. Especially their own language. People trying to get attention on a bulletin board, who don't even have respect toward their own cultural background. That really scares me.
BTW : I do understand good english grammar used by scottish people. That's because I care.
Actually, I read the second part of your post on a refresh, and I guess you won't read further than the second line. Maybe to people who are as arrogant as you are, "french" would suffice to make my post ignored.P.S. : Size doesn't matter, really.
Why do they want to shut down a database that could help them find / verify their own data ?
They could even just dig data out of it and save some energy for value-added work that they could charge for. At least, this is how I saw it work in mechanical engineering.
Should have thought about this one. But maybe I'm not aliened enough yet. Back to practice.
On top of this, why is there no 'sexy' guy is this top 10 ? Are the ent girls less responsive to sex traps or are they just not as stupid as guys ?
I would have liked to see a Clooney or something to comfort me in my girls-dont-have-a-clue-when-on-keyboard idea. But then again, I prove to be wrong.
They cant. Did people stop being interested in Paris Hilton, when she :
...
a) Shot that movie
b) Showed her tits in The Simple Life
c) had no panties
That would just cause people to look for more.
If the "stars" dont stop acting like bitches (no offense meant to other sexy-and-classy stars) they will get the same interest bitches get in the street. You know it's not worth it, really, but you do check them out, dontcha ?Of the far future, then.
Relax, you can still rename yourself KibiByte, it's okay. ;)
It goes around the sun every 365.25 days.
Really ? I have to see a 365.25(exact)days long year
In much the same way, we don't standardize time to base 10
1 second = 1000 milliseconds. Point taken, anyway. Okay, this is a bit of a flame, but my point is to show you this point is not valid. What would be the point of base 60 in seconds, minutes, and hours ? (open question, as you guessed, i have no clue ^_^)
Anyway, this is not the point, the Gibi, kibi, and mibi are perfectly suited for binary factors. Kilo everywhere outside a compter means 1000, so why the hell should the same prefix have two different meanings ?
People will always work more for kudos than prizes. Even if you offer to give kudos and a prize, people will think entirely in terms of the monetary value of that prize.
Now, if you do offer kudos, they'll first have to convert it to money-equivalent value...
It is the first thing I thought reading your post : "Hey, how much is that worth, an ad on Blender.org ?"
yep. As a french, i agree.
I, for one never stated this kind of things. I (and others, i guess) am feared to loose some of my culture to yours. end of communication.
So what's the big deal with language anyhow ? It is the main way of comunication, and this is about all.
Why do they keep complaining that French is ruined by English, you don't hear Chinese, Spanish, Russian or German speaking people complaining about this, and their languages are more popular than FrenchIt also used to be the vector of a culture. The simple point that in french a 'cadeau' (gift) does not come from the verb 'donner' (to give) means a lot. Every language is linked to a culture, and every culture expresses itself in a language better. So every couple culture+language should be saved.
Or we go straight to "plus plus good".
The point exactly. One defends himself when threatened, or when feeling so.
French people are sore losers.probably gave you "-1 flamebait", but at least, you said it.
And, by the way, Russian and ukrainian are two different languages.I think you need a piece of information.
The point is NOT to counter google efforts. The point is to defend our (yeah, i'm french, go on, mod me down.) culture.
The fact that Google comes from and anglo-saxon cultural background and that the libraries that share their information are mostly american (maybe only american) somehow threatens the european cultures.
It's obvious that people will search books first on Google. It't obvious that some of those people will not be native english speakers. They (the "counter" forces) do not want theyr culture to be flooded and ultimately erased by an bunch of books from another culture.
I think the point is only to allow readers to find the books they look for, whoever they are. And, ultimately, they could (I hope) share their database of books with google, to spread also the other cultures.
What I read here on slashdot must be posted mostly by americans, so it is natural some of you miss the point. It IS a good idea from google, it will probably give great benefit to the culture of the world to have free and easy access to books.
We, I mean they, just do not want to be forgotten in the process, so they just plan (nothin' done yet) to do the same.
Or maybe they just have an agreement with and got some hardware information from manufacturers, whereas they can not have any compatibility data on all those voodoo+x64+SCSI strange boxes.
... in Good omens (T.Pratchett) :
NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system: Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and one Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea. The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated
But, hey, this is offtopic. naaah what the hell.
That's just why in france we have and expression that translates "you're mistaking me for an american"... Makes you wonder wether you're the only one =)
yep, it does. But you mistake freedom for something else.
As for fraternity, well, I won't say anything about that.
But equality, well, that is a good reason to make the card mandatory for everyone.
As a matter of facts, no. You don't have to show an ID. You have to justify your identity. That means a friend who has his ID (or driving license or whatever with him can indeed testify your are who you say you are, and that's enough.
not a level of freedom. A level of anonimity (check upper on page). But maybe also a evel of conciousness. If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. for funny, because of second degré