There is absolutely NO reason to use ANY clip art on any sort of business paperwork. Just a company logo, somewhere out of the way. Anything else just makes the document look unprofessional, or worse, trashy.
Paperwork is not the time to show off the skills you learned in third grade art and drawing class. Fax headers are not a collage. For God's sake, keep them neat and uncluttered so I can figure out why you are faxing me.
This is exactly why I changed my major from IT. There is no room in the industry, due to supplier contracts, licenses, or whatever, for creativity, and the environment that has emerged is unappealing to me. Which is why I've changed to chemistry, along with many people I've talked to who have grown up around technology, and had wanted to be in IT, who have changed to other fields as well.
If it's not careful, IT will cut off it's talent pool, if it's not happening already.
Sheila: Times have changed Our kids are kids are getting worse They won't obey their parents They just want to fart and curse! Sharon: Should we blame the government? Liane: Or blame society? Dads: Or should we blame the images on TV? Sheila: No! Blame Canada Everyone: Blame Canada Sheila: With all their beady little eyes And flappin' heads so full of lies Everyone: Blame Canada! Blame Canada! Sheila: We need to form a full assault Everyone: It's Canadas fault! Sharon: Don't blame me For my son Stan He saw the darn cartoon And now he's off to join the Klan! Liane: And my boy Eric once Had my picture on his shelf But now when I see him he tells me to myself! Sheila: Well, blame Canada Everyone: Blame Canada It seems that everything's gone wrong Since Canada came along! Everyone: Blame Canada! Blame Canad!a Some Guy: They're not even a real country, anyway Ms. McCormick: My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer rich and true Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue Everyone: Should we blame the matches? Should we blame the fire? Or the doctors who allowed him to expire? Sheila: Heck no! Everyone: Blame Canada Blame Canada Sheila: With all their hockey hubbabaloo Liane: And that bitch Anne Murray too Everyone: Blame Canada! Shame on Canada The we must stop The trash we must smash Laughter and fun must all be undone We must blame them and cause a fuss Before someone thinks of blaming us!
>> Please explain how software purists are taking away this right.
>> So encouraging the release of hardware specs, developing viable alternatives and telling people about the benefits of open source count as "bully tactics"?
No, but saying that the distribution of non-GPL code that is not derived from any sort of GPL code, such as the binary blob of the nvidia driver, is against the terms of the GPL, and is thus illegal to distrubte (remember, kids, licenses are binding legal agreements), and so trying to force distribution developters to conform to this precept and not distribute them (the binary drivers)/is/ a bully tactic.
nVidia has said that the blob contains no GPL code, and is used in every operating system they support along with a translation layer similar to the GPL part of the Linux driver. The part that interfaces with the kernel (and is derived from the kernel, which is GPL code) is licensed under the GPL. This satisfies the terms of the GPL. The blob is not derived from GPL code, and so does not have to be licensed under the GPL.
Saying that this does not satisfy the license would be like saying that you can not use Firefox to browse sites that run Microsoft's IIS, because IIS is not licensed under the GPL, and thus can not legally communicate with Firefox in any way specifically because it is not GPL.
The GPL does NOT say that you are not to redistribute programs or code licensed under it along with other, non-GPL code, meaning you can distribute GPL licensed stuff along with whatever you wish, as long as the rules are followed for the GPL licensed code (source code available, copy of the GPL included, share changes in code, etc). The license DOES say that if you use code from or derived from a GPL licensed codebase in a non-GPL licensed project or product, that you have to ask the author for permission to distribute it. Linus, being the de facto leader and BDFL of the Linux project, has most definitely given the nod for such things to be redistributed by whomever wants to. So, even if the blob/does/ contain GPL licensed code, it's/still/ okay to redistribute it, because the original author says it is okay.
This should mean the end of the arguement in respect to the legality of redistribution of binary blobs with the Linux kernel. Period.
To me, at least, this arguement mirrors the DRM arguement. The RMS-minded software "purists" are trying to take away my right to have fully-functioning 3d capabilities on my Linux computers, much the same as the *IAA are trying to take away my rights to play my media on whatever device I wish. Both the FSF-purists and the *IAA argue legal semantics, while users are left wanting functionality. At the core, both arguements are nothing more than ego-boosting power moves for the FSF and *IAA and their ilk.
Both the FSF and the *IAA should stop trying to use bully tactics to get others to follow their ideals, and instead denomstrate the benefits of going their way. For the *IAA, this means tossing the entire DRM scheme, and offering good entertainment, in easily usable formats, encoded at very high quality. This also means that they will actually have to find talent so that people feel they are truly getting something for their money. For the FSF, this means encouraging the release of hardware specs, the development of viable alternatives to binary-blob drivers, such as the open radeon 3d driver (although even that is nowhere near truely viable, yet, although I believe it will be soon), and continuing to tell the benefits of open-sourcedness.
The F/OSS movement is an ideal, and ideals can NOT be forced upon society. They must become accepted practices in order to spread, and the only way for an idea to become accepted is to continue telling people about it.
Wow... Slashdot fucking/ATE/ my post. Let me try this again...
I recently got a TI-89 Platinum for use in several science (and calculus >_</) courses over the next few years. Despite the fact that the HP-48 and HP-50 are technically superior, and RPN is the fucking win, I chose the TI anyway, and for one reason: software.
There is TONS of homebrewed software out there for TI calcs, and I'm already relatively familiar with m68k assembly, from coding on my C=64 back in the day (though I'm horribly rusty), so I don't have to learn to write for ARMs for the HPs. I also looked for homegrown softs for HP calcs, and found the results wanting.
I have several incredibly useful and easy-to-use chemistry tools, and lots of other good stuff for my TI, and there is a huge community. Not to mention the link software is actually well designed, and easy to use~
Didn't we all think we were going to freeze to death in the New Ice Age, back in the 60's and 70's? Because all the exaust from our cars absorbing heat above the surface, thus making the surface cooler?
Also... Correlation Does Not Imply Causation. Just because the emission of "greenhouse" gases has increased over the same period that the mean temperature of the planet has increased does not mean that the one caused the other.
The amount of increase compared to the total volume of the atmosphere of the planet is miniscule. Comparing present amounts to past amounts doesn't seem sound to me. Now, comparing present percent composition to past percent composition seems more logical to me, though I somehow doubt that these gases will even account for 0.00001% of the composition of the atmosphere, and the atmosphere is just too big to be affected be affected by something that small, even if it does contain heat better than nitrogen and oxygen.
And besides, by the time we are all forced to ride our bikes 90 miles each way to work and school every day (yes, I live 90 miles from work), the planet will already be cooling in its natural cycle anyway, the ecologists will declare success, but too bad, the Regression Fallacy will have you in its clutches as well. Too bad.;-)
It is. On the box I am on now, a 933MHz P-III with 256mb of ram (RDRAM FTL...), Linux takes 16 seconds from grub to the login prompt (only 25 if I switch to gui login), but Windows XP takes almost a minute to get to login, then about a minute more until everythng is done loading, like AV stuff.
So yeah, I think it's just Windows that has become incredible fat bloatware.
>> recent preview of a new anime-themed golf game for the Wii
For those of you who haven't heard of Pangya/Albatross18, it's a really awesome golf sim, available for free in several languages (Windows only, or Cedega, sorry, kids)
I seriously doubt that this will be followed by most companies, as archive media is REALLY FUCKING EXPENSIVE. I know the small business I work for will not, because our email server is a tiny COAC (computer on a chip) with a 6gb microdrive as it's only storage. We don't get near the amount of mail a day as large companies, only 1-2gb, after the Bayesian filter has its say, but after the MUAs retrieve the mail, it's fucking GONE. And there is no money to buy the new hardware to implement any kind of archive system that this would require, nor space to store it. This is wht we went paperless for Christ's sake, so we would not have to deal with endless archives from like 1997.
I have absolutely no use for most of the features on my current phone (a Nokia 6030). I set the color scheme to grey because the colors annoy me and make it hard to read. I set it to vibrate or beep once usually because that's all I need, and when I use a "normal" ringtone, I prefer the non-musical kind. I don't use the internet on my phone because a cent per KB adds up pretty quick. But I digress...
If I put a CD into my computer and it does not work as I expect the first time, I take it back to the store and demand my money back, and I do not leave the store until I get it. I've had to talk to the regional manager *coughbestbuycough* of an area before in order to get my money back for this DRM'd trash, but I always get it back. I do not own a CD player and have not owned one in more than 6 years. I want my CDs to be a safe, high-quality master copy to rip my FLACs from to play on my media devices, nothing more.
If Psychonauts gets more recognition, I'll be happy. I picked up that game for:10bux: at Half-Price Books and have felt bad about it because it is such an awesome game and well worth the original proce of 50bux. Go buy this game. It is GREAT.
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You use /CLIP ART/ on a fax header page?
There is absolutely NO reason to use ANY clip art on any sort of business paperwork. Just a company logo, somewhere out of the way. Anything else just makes the document look unprofessional, or worse, trashy.
Paperwork is not the time to show off the skills you learned in third grade art and drawing class. Fax headers are not a collage. For God's sake, keep them neat and uncluttered so I can figure out why you are faxing me.
I just got a SDK-86 to start learning it!
This is exactly why I changed my major from IT. There is no room in the industry, due to supplier contracts, licenses, or whatever, for creativity, and the environment that has emerged is unappealing to me. Which is why I've changed to chemistry, along with many people I've talked to who have grown up around technology, and had wanted to be in IT, who have changed to other fields as well.
If it's not careful, IT will cut off it's talent pool, if it's not happening already.
No matter how little code he contributes, Linux will always be Linus' baby.
All hail the Benevolent Dictator For Life! o/
Sheila: Times have changed
Our kids are kids are getting worse
They won't obey their parents
They just want to fart and curse!
Sharon: Should we blame the government?
Liane: Or blame society?
Dads: Or should we blame the images on TV?
Sheila: No! Blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their beady little eyes
And flappin' heads so full of lies
Everyone: Blame Canada!
Blame Canada!
Sheila: We need to form a full assault
Everyone: It's Canadas fault!
Sharon: Don't blame me
For my son Stan
He saw the darn cartoon
And now he's off to join the Klan!
Liane: And my boy Eric once
Had my picture on his shelf
But now when I see him he tells me to myself!
Sheila: Well, blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
It seems that everything's gone wrong
Since Canada came along!
Everyone: Blame Canada!
Blame Canad!a
Some Guy: They're not even a real country, anyway
Ms. McCormick: My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer rich and true
Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue
Everyone: Should we blame the matches?
Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
Sheila: Heck no!
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their hockey hubbabaloo
Liane: And that bitch Anne Murray too
Everyone: Blame Canada!
Shame on Canada
The we must stop
The trash we must smash
Laughter and fun
must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before someone thinks of blaming us!
---
Such a catchy tune!
>> Please explain how software purists are taking away this right.
/is/ a bully tactic.
/does/ contain GPL licensed code, it's /still/ okay to redistribute it, because the original author says it is okay.
>> So encouraging the release of hardware specs, developing viable alternatives and telling people about the benefits of open source count as "bully tactics"?
No, but saying that the distribution of non-GPL code that is not derived from any sort of GPL code, such as the binary blob of the nvidia driver, is against the terms of the GPL, and is thus illegal to distrubte (remember, kids, licenses are binding legal agreements), and so trying to force distribution developters to conform to this precept and not distribute them (the binary drivers)
nVidia has said that the blob contains no GPL code, and is used in every operating system they support along with a translation layer similar to the GPL part of the Linux driver. The part that interfaces with the kernel (and is derived from the kernel, which is GPL code) is licensed under the GPL. This satisfies the terms of the GPL. The blob is not derived from GPL code, and so does not have to be licensed under the GPL.
Saying that this does not satisfy the license would be like saying that you can not use Firefox to browse sites that run Microsoft's IIS, because IIS is not licensed under the GPL, and thus can not legally communicate with Firefox in any way specifically because it is not GPL.
The GPL does NOT say that you are not to redistribute programs or code licensed under it along with other, non-GPL code, meaning you can distribute GPL licensed stuff along with whatever you wish, as long as the rules are followed for the GPL licensed code (source code available, copy of the GPL included, share changes in code, etc). The license DOES say that if you use code from or derived from a GPL licensed codebase in a non-GPL licensed project or product, that you have to ask the author for permission to distribute it. Linus, being the de facto leader and BDFL of the Linux project, has most definitely given the nod for such things to be redistributed by whomever wants to. So, even if the blob
This should mean the end of the arguement in respect to the legality of redistribution of binary blobs with the Linux kernel. Period.
To me, at least, this arguement mirrors the DRM arguement. The RMS-minded software "purists" are trying to take away my right to have fully-functioning 3d capabilities on my Linux computers, much the same as the *IAA are trying to take away my rights to play my media on whatever device I wish. Both the FSF-purists and the *IAA argue legal semantics, while users are left wanting functionality. At the core, both arguements are nothing more than ego-boosting power moves for the FSF and *IAA and their ilk.
Both the FSF and the *IAA should stop trying to use bully tactics to get others to follow their ideals, and instead denomstrate the benefits of going their way. For the *IAA, this means tossing the entire DRM scheme, and offering good entertainment, in easily usable formats, encoded at very high quality. This also means that they will actually have to find talent so that people feel they are truly getting something for their money. For the FSF, this means encouraging the release of hardware specs, the development of viable alternatives to binary-blob drivers, such as the open radeon 3d driver (although even that is nowhere near truely viable, yet, although I believe it will be soon), and continuing to tell the benefits of open-sourcedness.
The F/OSS movement is an ideal, and ideals can NOT be forced upon society. They must become accepted practices in order to spread, and the only way for an idea to become accepted is to continue telling people about it.
(sacrificing modabilty here)
C'mon, Zonk. Take a few extra seconds and read before you post the story. The few extra seconds aren't going to kill us.
Everyone has a bad day every now and again~
Wow... Slashdot fucking /ATE/ my post. Let me try this again...
I recently got a TI-89 Platinum for use in several science (and calculus >_</) courses over the next few years. Despite the fact that the HP-48 and HP-50 are technically superior, and RPN is the fucking win, I chose the TI anyway, and for one reason: software.
There is TONS of homebrewed software out there for TI calcs, and I'm already relatively familiar with m68k assembly, from coding on my C=64 back in the day (though I'm horribly rusty), so I don't have to learn to write for ARMs for the HPs. I also looked for homegrown softs for HP calcs, and found the results wanting.
I have several incredibly useful and easy-to-use chemistry tools, and lots of other good stuff for my TI, and there is a huge community. Not to mention the link software is actually well designed, and easy to use~
Link to huge amounts of TI calc software:
http://www.ticalcs.org/
I recently got a TI-89 Platinum for use in several science (and calculus >_http://www.ticalcs.org/
Why was Cave Story not on this list?
It's free, has an English language patch, and works perfectly in Wine.
Not to mention it's one of the best games ever made for any platform.
As much as I hate to agree with anything Marx said, I do think he was right about this.
Seriously, you can't believe how much this burns...
hmm, seems one of my links got lost after I previewed.
Well, here it is.
Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
Didn't we all think we were going to freeze to death in the New Ice Age, back in the 60's and 70's? Because all the exaust from our cars absorbing heat above the surface, thus making the surface cooler?
;-)
Also... Correlation Does Not Imply Causation. Just because the emission of "greenhouse" gases has increased over the same period that the mean temperature of the planet has increased does not mean that the one caused the other.
The amount of increase compared to the total volume of the atmosphere of the planet is miniscule. Comparing present amounts to past amounts doesn't seem sound to me. Now, comparing present percent composition to past percent composition seems more logical to me, though I somehow doubt that these gases will even account for 0.00001% of the composition of the atmosphere, and the atmosphere is just too big to be affected be affected by something that small, even if it does contain heat better than nitrogen and oxygen.
And besides, by the time we are all forced to ride our bikes 90 miles each way to work and school every day (yes, I live 90 miles from work), the planet will already be cooling in its natural cycle anyway, the ecologists will declare success, but too bad, the Regression Fallacy will have you in its clutches as well. Too bad.
Live CD is to "Internet Freedom Disk" as shovel is to "hand-held low-pollution manual excavation utility"
It is. On the box I am on now, a 933MHz P-III with 256mb of ram (RDRAM FTL...), Linux takes 16 seconds from grub to the login prompt (only 25 if I switch to gui login), but Windows XP takes almost a minute to get to login, then about a minute more until everythng is done loading, like AV stuff.
So yeah, I think it's just Windows that has become incredible fat bloatware.
My N64 controller has a trigger. You patent is worthless.
Seconded, and I'll even toss in a bonus url
http://www.cowonglobal.com/
>> recent preview of a new anime-themed golf game for the Wii
For those of you who haven't heard of Pangya/Albatross18, it's a really awesome golf sim, available for free in several languages (Windows only, or Cedega, sorry, kids)
http://www.albatross18.com/ - English
http://www.pangya.jp/ - Japanese
http://www.t2qq.com/ - Chinese
http://www.pangya.com/new3/ - Korean
http://pangya.boleh.com/ - Indonesian
http://www.pangya.in.th/ - Thailand
http://www.pangya.com.br/ - Brazillian
http://www.pangya.com.ph/ - Phillipines
http://www.pangyasea.com/ - East Asia
http://tw.pangya.gamania.com/ - Taiwan
I seriously doubt that this will be followed by most companies, as archive media is REALLY FUCKING EXPENSIVE. I know the small business I work for will not, because our email server is a tiny COAC (computer on a chip) with a 6gb microdrive as it's only storage. We don't get near the amount of mail a day as large companies, only 1-2gb, after the Bayesian filter has its say, but after the MUAs retrieve the mail, it's fucking GONE. And there is no money to buy the new hardware to implement any kind of archive system that this would require, nor space to store it. This is wht we went paperless for Christ's sake, so we would not have to deal with endless archives from like 1997.
I will take one.
I have absolutely no use for most of the features on my current phone (a Nokia 6030). I set the color scheme to grey because the colors annoy me and make it hard to read. I set it to vibrate or beep once usually because that's all I need, and when I use a "normal" ringtone, I prefer the non-musical kind. I don't use the internet on my phone because a cent per KB adds up pretty quick. But I digress...
Please, Motorola, let us buy these phones.
Looks like the YouTube guys bailed out just in time. With nothing from TV, etc there, YouTube means nothing and will die shortly.
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Back to not watching any kind of TV for me.
>> What material would you like to see?
Less DRM.
If I put a CD into my computer and it does not work as I expect the first time, I take it back to the store and demand my money back, and I do not leave the store until I get it. I've had to talk to the regional manager *coughbestbuycough* of an area before in order to get my money back for this DRM'd trash, but I always get it back. I do not own a CD player and have not owned one in more than 6 years. I want my CDs to be a safe, high-quality master copy to rip my FLACs from to play on my media devices, nothing more.
You want my money, music people?
Give me what I want.
If Psychonauts gets more recognition, I'll be happy. I picked up that game for :10bux: at Half-Price Books and have felt bad about it because it is such an awesome game and well worth the original proce of 50bux. Go buy this game. It is GREAT.
so it's not news. When Singularity is released, you will have to have a MicroSoft representitive on-site to be able to use it anyway.
Besides, I won't be buying Wondews Vespa anyway.