So, you're saying that forcing companies to inform the customers that the stuff that they purchase may not work in thier current, 100% compliant system?
What about raising awareness of Digital Rights Management? I don't think that many people are that informed, yet. I had someone the other day insist that all I did with my mp3 stereo (in my car), was listen to pirated music, even though I tried to correct her several times.
This is a great way to do it.
That said, I live in oregon and while not a democrat (or member of any party), I think Wyden has done quite a lot in the department of protecting consumers rights to various digital possessions.
It might be the fact that it's a gas guzzling waste of space that isn't priced for use in the wilderness (read: who wants to get their hummer scratched?) nor meets the size demands of a heavily crowded interstate?
It's like those guys with teh BMW SUV's. Give me a fucking break.
I guess the thing that bugs me about this approach (especially since googling of my name does little other than to reveal my posts here) is that it's not an accurate representation of how I work.
I rarely read or write to/. at work, and if you were to do so, my mailing list posts (other than a wonderful rant to the debian-devel list some years ago) are relatively inquisitive and mild.
However, there have been times where I feel strongly about a political issue or something else of lesser importance, and well, I don't like being misrepresented. Am I going to really express those opinions in the workplace? Probably not.
Regardless, I would much rather work for a company that respects my individuality than my "number" anyways.
I am not going to refute your point, but the process of evaluation of it reveals one giant error:
Deep Junior makes no attempt to account for the psychiatric or sociological effect of the game.
One of my peers is a chess enthusiast, so we've been talking about this a lot at work, and most often, the fact that kasparov is playing against a mindless machine has been the subject.
I play many games, and playing with the mind is definately a part of my strategy in many games. Gloating, vocally criticizing other players moves, and all sorts of other tactics work great at diminishing the player's self-confidence in the game.
The methods may be differring in chess, but the end result is still the same, and it's something that's in more serious games as well - hell, anyone who's ever played the game 'diplomacy' knows what I'm talking about (and can obviously see what I'm getting at).
Granted I don't play 'to win' as much as I used to, so I don't do that as much with the games I play anymore.
These are all great techniques, and I'm sure none of them worked on deep junior.
Forgive me for being so anal, but the community concept of a BBS was limited by something simple -- money.
The telco's charaged you for where you went, so you stayed local. Those of us who were stupid enough to call across the country (or farther) were bit in the ass by the wonderful phone bill that any budding sysop knows very well, that one that caused you to work overtime for 3 months or more to pay off.
With the internet, our 'calls' are not limited by distance, so the 'community' is not going to be a group of people who are going to say, 'Hey, lets meet at the pizza joint at about 8pm tonight'. When I ran a BBS, this is how it would work.
The BBS with the huge fido feed that everyone else leeched off of (we had a guy who got his feed over satellite), was the guy who never got any actual personal interaction on his BBS.
There are no doors, no games, no *events*. Holding a party on IRC is nothing like a BBS or SysOp meeting.
Having seen both, the environments and the whole basis of the movies are completely different. Some of the themes are the same and I would not be surprised to see that the matrix was inspired by it, but there is a LOT of anime and other stories that could have contributed to it.
You should take a look at fluxbox. The Keybinding/Chording system allows for a significantly larger number of hotkeys. Any emacs user would be happy with a bunch of keys bound to the useless windows key on your keyboard:)
Let them appear. If they misrepresent what open source is by touting shared source, then they will quickly be corrected in a public forum by people who are much better are representing their point than the juvenile Ruben Safir.
Yes, but java is primarily a "business" language. That is, there are relatively few major end-user applications written in it, it's normally used for internal use (think IT here) and some server applications. In 10 years, I don't see it being any more useful than COBOL.
C# isn't going to be any better. They are both controlled by corporations (community process is nice, but not uncontrolled) and will dwindle when said corporation's interest dies.
In most of the US, we have debit cards, which are very similar. Since they work exactly like a credit card, there is no new infrastructure needed and for the most part, they are well supported.
I use the debit card everywhere, but since it is a direct link to my bank account I limit that to businesses that I consider "trusted" (read: easily sued if they mess with my account), so I don't use it online.
I never carry cash. I don't need to anymore. In fact, living in the U.S., the only denomination that I carry in my wallet is a old canadian $5 bill from the last time I visited there.:)
Oh, did I mention the only fees that exist for my personal bank are hte ones imposed by the shops themselves?:)
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Or alternatively,
Market Analysts predict that Market Analysis will be a $1 billion industry in the neat future.
I used to live in a C-I-T-Y too, but I kept running into snobs. Ironic, eh? I guess you could call what I live in a C-I-T-Y, but it's a small one.
That said, Even when I lived in the C-I-T-Y there was quite a lot of "chew" to be found.
Moral? Go to a bar sometime.
Besides, if you wanted to live in a real C-I-T-Y you'd live on the east coast anyways. With the exception of a relatively small area in southern california, the west is a barren wasteland of chew-users. The rest, are pompous assholes that for some reason think they're better because they live in a C-I-T-Y.
(I moded earlier, but had to reply to this -- sorry!)
Slashcode doesn't really leave much to be desired in the 'forum' or 'BBS' department. It's more like a news engine with a very sophisticated commentary system.
That said, there are other good forum systems out there that do the job well. That, and there are these things called moderators, which should be used liberally amongst trusted users for maximum effectiveness.:)
What about sharp (the zaurus, makers of various consumer electronics), or the empeg (who didn't make anything prior)? Or TiVO?
Sony DOES use linux on their consoles. In fact, you can get a kit that lets you do development on PS2 hardware.
And, Diamond got their name making video cards. Only later did they start making everything that fits in a PCI slot (this was shortly after they bought Supra).
I just find it hard to believe, that embedded linux has been out for how many years, and we're still cheering about it being licensed?
Lineo (or whoever owns them now) did the world a great service and may have made some money at it, and now linux is everywhere.
But what's next, are we going to hear about the embedded linux that's in the next high tech microwave?
At this point, it's really not the fact that/. posted this -- I'm not surprised at all. It's just that there has to be a point where you guys realize that it's already BEEN accepted in this market.
If you guys masturbate too much, it's just not going to feel good anymore.
Sure, it's nice that it runs linux, but damn, does it really count as "news" that ONE MORE piece of specialty hardware runs linux on it (and a proven version of linux, no less)?
You are missing the point, or at best, manipulating it.
The original poster said that the interface and the way you work with the system leads to getting more work done.
What you are undoubtedly talking about are actual software performance optimizations, which are completely different.
Personally, I am a lot faster with fluxbox/windowmaker than I am with KDE or Windows. Does that make my software any faster at processing things? No. But it *does* allow me to get more done at once.
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Who marked this as a troll?
It was painfully obvious that the reviewers had no idea what they were doing.
So, you're saying that forcing companies to inform the customers that the stuff that they purchase may not work in thier current, 100% compliant system?
What about raising awareness of Digital Rights Management? I don't think that many people are that informed, yet. I had someone the other day insist that all I did with my mp3 stereo (in my car), was listen to pirated music, even though I tried to correct her several times.
This is a great way to do it.
That said, I live in oregon and while not a democrat (or member of any party), I think Wyden has done quite a lot in the department of protecting consumers rights to various digital possessions.
It might be the fact that it's a gas guzzling waste of space that isn't priced for use in the wilderness (read: who wants to get their hummer scratched?) nor meets the size demands of a heavily crowded interstate?
It's like those guys with teh BMW SUV's. Give me a fucking break.
It's a status symbol, and that is it.
I guess the thing that bugs me about this approach (especially since googling of my name does little other than to reveal my posts here) is that it's not an accurate representation of how I work.
/. at work, and if you were to do so, my mailing list posts (other than a wonderful rant to the debian-devel list some years ago) are relatively inquisitive and mild.
I rarely read or write to
However, there have been times where I feel strongly about a political issue or something else of lesser importance, and well, I don't like being misrepresented. Am I going to really express those opinions in the workplace? Probably not.
Regardless, I would much rather work for a company that respects my individuality than my "number" anyways.
none of these are infallible, though (except for character recognition).
:)
true AI is one that can recognize any of this as well as a human with appropriate knowledge can.
many argue if it even exists just for this reason.
All of the things you described, in their current form, are just pattern recognition. Even chess.
I am not going to refute your point, but the process of evaluation of it reveals one giant error:
Deep Junior makes no attempt to account for the psychiatric or sociological effect of the game.
One of my peers is a chess enthusiast, so we've been talking about this a lot at work, and most often, the fact that kasparov is playing against a mindless machine has been the subject.
I play many games, and playing with the mind is definately a part of my strategy in many games. Gloating, vocally criticizing other players moves, and all sorts of other tactics work great at diminishing the player's self-confidence in the game.
The methods may be differring in chess, but the end result is still the same, and it's something that's in more serious games as well - hell, anyone who's ever played the game 'diplomacy' knows what I'm talking about (and can obviously see what I'm getting at).
Granted I don't play 'to win' as much as I used to, so I don't do that as much with the games I play anymore.
These are all great techniques, and I'm sure none of them worked on deep junior.
No, No, NO.
Forgive me for being so anal, but the community concept of a BBS was limited by something simple -- money.
The telco's charaged you for where you went, so you stayed local. Those of us who were stupid enough to call across the country (or farther) were bit in the ass by the wonderful phone bill that any budding sysop knows very well, that one that caused you to work overtime for 3 months or more to pay off.
With the internet, our 'calls' are not limited by distance, so the 'community' is not going to be a group of people who are going to say, 'Hey, lets meet at the pizza joint at about 8pm tonight'. When I ran a BBS, this is how it would work.
The BBS with the huge fido feed that everyone else leeched off of (we had a guy who got his feed over satellite), was the guy who never got any actual personal interaction on his BBS.
There are no doors, no games, no *events*. Holding a party on IRC is nothing like a BBS or SysOp meeting.
If you had read the article, this is C-Dilla's LMS that they're using.
They also proved using a sector editor that the location is correct.
Heh, I looked through the same thing.
Having seen both, the environments and the whole basis of the movies are completely different. Some of the themes are the same and I would not be surprised to see that the matrix was inspired by it, but there is a LOT of anime and other stories that could have contributed to it.
You should take a look at fluxbox. The Keybinding/Chording system allows for a significantly larger number of hotkeys. Any emacs user would be happy with a bunch of keys bound to the useless windows key on your keyboard :)
:)
And the tabs rock, too.
Did I mention it was fast?
Let them appear. If they misrepresent what open source is by touting shared source, then they will quickly be corrected in a public forum by people who are much better are representing their point than the juvenile Ruben Safir.
You can do the same thing in java.
google for 'mocha'.
Yes, but java is primarily a "business" language. That is, there are relatively few major end-user applications written in it, it's normally used for internal use (think IT here) and some server applications. In 10 years, I don't see it being any more useful than COBOL.
C# isn't going to be any better. They are both controlled by corporations (community process is nice, but not uncontrolled) and will dwindle when said corporation's interest dies.
In most of the US, we have debit cards, which are very similar. Since they work exactly like a credit card, there is no new infrastructure needed and for the most part, they are well supported.
:)
:)
I use the debit card everywhere, but since it is a direct link to my bank account I limit that to businesses that I consider "trusted" (read: easily sued if they mess with my account), so I don't use it online.
I never carry cash. I don't need to anymore. In fact, living in the U.S., the only denomination that I carry in my wallet is a old canadian $5 bill from the last time I visited there.
Oh, did I mention the only fees that exist for my personal bank are hte ones imposed by the shops themselves?
Or alternatively,
Market Analysts predict that Market Analysis will be a $1 billion industry in the neat future.
I used to live in a C-I-T-Y too, but I kept running into snobs. Ironic, eh? I guess you could call what I live in a C-I-T-Y, but it's a small one.
:)
That said, Even when I lived in the C-I-T-Y there was quite a lot of "chew" to be found.
Moral? Go to a bar sometime.
Besides, if you wanted to live in a real C-I-T-Y you'd live on the east coast anyways. With the exception of a relatively small area in southern california, the west is a barren wasteland of chew-users. The rest, are pompous assholes that for some reason think they're better because they live in a C-I-T-Y.
That was the point you were making, right?
Erik "Dr. Death" Hollensbe
You won't be able to say 'mmmmm' when your jaw falls off.
I certainly hope "important" has a definition attached to it. :)
(I moded earlier, but had to reply to this -- sorry!)
:)
Slashcode doesn't really leave much to be desired in the 'forum' or 'BBS' department. It's more like a news engine with a very sophisticated commentary system.
That said, there are other good forum systems out there that do the job well. That, and there are these things called moderators, which should be used liberally amongst trusted users for maximum effectiveness.
yeah, the toolset is really a bummer. I know a couple of guys who've been waiting for this for a while now, and they really want the toolset.
Has anyone had any luck getting it running under wine?
What about sharp (the zaurus, makers of various consumer electronics), or the empeg (who didn't make anything prior)? Or TiVO?
/. posted this -- I'm not surprised at all. It's just that there has to be a point where you guys realize that it's already BEEN accepted in this market.
Sony DOES use linux on their consoles. In fact, you can get a kit that lets you do development on PS2 hardware.
And, Diamond got their name making video cards. Only later did they start making everything that fits in a PCI slot (this was shortly after they bought Supra).
I just find it hard to believe, that embedded linux has been out for how many years, and we're still cheering about it being licensed?
Lineo (or whoever owns them now) did the world a great service and may have made some money at it, and now linux is everywhere.
But what's next, are we going to hear about the embedded linux that's in the next high tech microwave?
At this point, it's really not the fact that
If you guys masturbate too much, it's just not going to feel good anymore.
Thank you! I was hoping for a comment like this.
:)
Sure, it's nice that it runs linux, but damn, does it really count as "news" that ONE MORE piece of specialty hardware runs linux on it (and a proven version of linux, no less)?
Yes, go ahead and mod me redundant.
I believe (but don't quote me on this) that Altivec is SIMD.
You are missing the point, or at best, manipulating it.
The original poster said that the interface and the way you work with the system leads to getting more work done.
What you are undoubtedly talking about are actual software performance optimizations, which are completely different.
Personally, I am a lot faster with fluxbox/windowmaker than I am with KDE or Windows. Does that make my software any faster at processing things? No. But it *does* allow me to get more done at once.
direct: my awp will 0wnzor you, d00d.
intelligent: j00 run in and since FF=OFF, stand in front of me and I'll awp thru j00.
coherent: j00 run down, and 3y3 will run up, that way we can meet in the middle.