I have been using Ubuntu for about a year and have now, after purchasing a MacBook, switched to OS X. And I'm quite happy with it so far. I guess Apple's customer base is changing at the moment -- as Macs become more popular with the my-ipod-needs-a-companion crowd, Apple might lose some of its earlier users. That said it _would_ be a smart move by Apple to listen to people like Mark Pilgrim and be more transparent with regard to file formats.
One of the most interesting (and obvious) effects of Google's changes: The company which once ranked first for the phrase "search engine optimization", SEOinc, is now nowhere to be found -- even a search for the company's name doesn't bring up the company's website. SEOincs response has been a -- somewhat ineffective -- try to bring those reportingon its fall to "cease and desist".
Hans Moravec (principal research scientist at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University) estimated that the human brain has a processing power of around 100 teraflops.
Of course we'll have to ask nonetheless (though a few days later): Will we be able to simulate the human brain? Will that be actual "thinking"?
There is a word identification filter.
It appears after five unsuccessful login attempts to make sure that you are not a bot trying to break into an account by brute force. A perfectly legitimate reason for such a filter, I think.
I forgot to mention: My version does a complete lockout, not only from internet access. You'll have to wait n seconds to be able to access your computer again. Could be helpful if you want to read a book but don't have the will to stay away from your computer for more than 3 minutes.
I spent a few minutes implementing a windows equivalent of this piece of software.
You can download it here.
Use at your own risk.
Might require vb runtime files, Google is your friend.
Tested only on XP. Ah, no, actually not tested at all.
The "incredibly realistic text-to-speech converter" isn't so much of a online desktop-app replacement but a demonstration of the AT&T Natural Voices extension for desktop software like ReadPlease and TextAloudMP3. Highly recommendable though.
Did you notice that he already wrote an article on why Lisp hasn't gained acceptance in commercial software development circles: If Lisp Is So Great
An article about Python would probably look very similar - although the "frightening syntax" argument wouldn't be valid in this case.
How often do you make the decision to NOT buy something form a company because you know they engage in spamming activities?
As far as I can tell, I haven't received spam from any "real-life" companies I knew before. Therefore, spam had no influence at all on my buying decisions. Of course I won't buy from mass-mailing companies, but then I never intended to up to now. Can someone tell me: which well-known companies have engaged in spamming activities? Except for Microsoft, of course, which strangely failed to pay me for forwarding their mail...
You've probably already seen a large part of the MPAA's letter... I wouldn't be too surprised if some paragraphs were merely copy & pasted. Do you really think the attorneys general made this stuff up themselves?
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I have been using Ubuntu for about a year and have now, after purchasing a MacBook, switched to OS X. And I'm quite happy with it so far. I guess Apple's customer base is changing at the moment -- as Macs become more popular with the my-ipod-needs-a-companion crowd, Apple might lose some of its earlier users. That said it _would_ be a smart move by Apple to listen to people like Mark Pilgrim and be more transparent with regard to file formats.
Links to the essays in Best Software Writing can be found here: http://brevity.org/misc/bestswi.html
Didn't work for me, took a few hours for others. This link gives you a reg code immediately.
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One of the most interesting (and obvious) effects of Google's changes: The company which once ranked first for the phrase "search engine optimization", SEOinc, is now nowhere to be found -- even a search for the company's name doesn't bring up the company's website. SEOincs response has been a -- somewhat ineffective -- try to bring those reporting on its fall to "cease and desist".
Funny thing is, Yahoo! uses Google's search engine.
Yahoo used to use Google's search engine. Nowadays it doesn't.
This isn't the first thing Google's done to limit information. You can never find links to download mp3's, whether they are legal or not, for example.
Google Search: intitle:"index of" mp3
Hans Moravec (principal research scientist at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University) estimated that the human brain has a processing power of around 100 teraflops. Of course we'll have to ask nonetheless (though a few days later): Will we be able to simulate the human brain? Will that be actual "thinking"?
The CERN link should look like this.
Does anybody know facts about the computing power of the grid? How many teraflops will it be able to achieve?
There is a word identification filter.
It appears after five unsuccessful login attempts to make sure that you are not a bot trying to break into an account by brute force. A perfectly legitimate reason for such a filter, I think.
I forgot to mention:
My version does a complete lockout, not only from internet access. You'll have to wait n seconds to be able to access your computer again.
Could be helpful if you want to read a book but don't have the will to stay away from your computer for more than 3 minutes.
I spent a few minutes implementing a windows equivalent of this piece of software.
You can download it here.
Use at your own risk.
Might require vb runtime files, Google is your friend.
Tested only on XP. Ah, no, actually not tested at all.
A comprehensive directory of web applications can be found here (link mentioned in the usenet thread).
The "incredibly realistic text-to-speech converter" isn't so much of a online desktop-app replacement but a demonstration of the AT&T Natural Voices extension for desktop software like ReadPlease and TextAloudMP3. Highly recommendable though.
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Ummmm, we're on slashdot, right?
Did you notice that he already wrote an article on why Lisp hasn't gained acceptance in commercial software development circles: If Lisp Is So Great
An article about Python would probably look very similar - although the "frightening syntax" argument wouldn't be valid in this case.
How often do you make the decision to NOT buy something form a company because you know they engage in spamming activities?
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As far as I can tell, I haven't received spam from any "real-life" companies I knew before. Therefore, spam had no influence at all on my buying decisions. Of course I won't buy from mass-mailing companies, but then I never intended to up to now.
Can someone tell me: which well-known companies have engaged in spamming activities? Except for Microsoft, of course, which strangely failed to pay me for forwarding their mail
You've probably already seen a large part of the MPAA's letter ... I wouldn't be too surprised if some paragraphs were merely copy & pasted. Do you really think the attorneys general made this stuff up themselves?