Can't one place be free of McDonalds, MTV, Democracy and Coca-Cola?
There was no McD, MTV and Coke in India till '91-'92....but was and is a Democracy from 1947..
They hope that soon robots will become a common occurrence in our homes
Woah! hang on... buddies..
For example
Tennoji High School in Osaka, central Japan, will receive 50 million yen (US$460,000; euro376,000) over three years in government money meant to produce technological whiz kids.
Japan has budgeted 1.3 billion yen (US$12 million; euro9.8 million) a year for the program, splitting the money between 82 high schools, which are using their grants to focus on rocket engineering, genetics and solar energy.
If other countries too follow Japan, by giving importance to education, well, maybe Robots will be a 'common occurance' soon...
my 2c
Only occasionally does this new release differ from Ubuntu.
As a casual linux user, I see that Ubuntu is much more 'non-geek' friendly than Debian. That is probably the biggest difference.
Also, take a look at the Unofficial starter guide.. http://ubuntuguide.org/. This is exactly why users like me are flocking to Ubuntu. If there is a comparable guide to Debian, I am not aware of it... or havent found it yet.
They could have quickly called Daniel Tammet http://www.spring.org.uk/2005/05/daniel-tammet-boy -with-incredible.htm
Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds.
He can figure out cube roots quicker than a calculator and recall pi to 22,514 decimal places.
:-)
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Remember the Cold War tale of Soviet and American scientists racing to solve the problem of writing in zero gravity? NASA spent a decade and millions of dollars developing the high-tech Astronaut Pen. The Soviets solved the problem another way: They used a pencil.
The story turns out to be (mostly) urban legend, but the lesson holds true. Sometimes less is more. That seems to be the case as the world's largest democracy, India, and the world's most powerful, the United States, scramble to solve another technological puzzle: How to count votes accurately and transparently.
While we in the United States agonize over touch screens and paper trails, India managed to quietly hold an all-electronic vote. In May, 380 million Indians cast their votes on more than 1 million machines. It was the world's largest experiment in electronic voting to date and, while far from perfect, is widely considered a success. How can an impoverished nation like India, where cows roam the streets of the capital and most people's idea of high-tech is a flush toilet, succeed where we have not?
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For decades, Indians cast their votes by marking a paper ballot with a rubber stamp.* It took days to count the votes and months to sort out the allegations of fraud. Fifteen years ago the Indian government commissioned two companies to design a simple electronic voting machine--one that was inexpensive, easy to use (even for the illiterate), and tamper-resistant.
The result is a machine that looks like a cross between a computer keyboard and a Casio music synthesizer. (See a picture of one here.) In fact, it's not much of a computer at all, more like a souped-up adding machine. A column of buttons runs down one side. Next to each button is the name and symbol of a candidate or party. These are written on slips of paper that can be rearranged. That means unscrupulous politicians couldn't rig the machines at the factory, since they wouldn't know which button would be assigned to which candidate. Also, the software is embedded--or hard-wired--onto a microprocessor that cannot be reprogrammed. If someone tries to pry open the machine, it automatically shuts down. After much testing, India adopted the machines for nationwide use this year.
Voters show a paper ID card and then cast their ballot by pushing one of the buttons. A light glows red and a beep is emitted, indicating that a vote has been registered. Should trouble arise (and in India it often does), an election official can push an override button that shuts down the system.
Indian elections are prone to "booth capturing." That's when thugs take over an entire polling station, tying up election officials while they stuff the ballot boxes with vote after vote for their favorite candidate. The electronic machines don't solve this problem entirely, but they help slow down the bandits. The machines are programmed to record only one vote every five seconds.
Unlike the machines used in the United States, the Indian machines are not networked. Each one has to be physically carried to a central counting center. This takes more time, of course, but reduces the opportunities for mischief. Someone who wanted to throw the election would have to fiddle with thousands of machines, one at a time.
Tampering with each machine is what some computer scientists call "retail fraud." "Wholesale fraud" is when someone rigs the software from the outset or meddles with hundreds of machines at a central tabulation center. Both types of fraud are troublesome, of course, but to different degrees. The Indian machines are vulnerable to retail fraud but, because of the basic design, are much less subject to wholesale fraud.
American machines, by contrast, may be vulnerable to wholesale fraud. Our machines are far more complicated and expensive--$3,000 versus $200 for an Indian machine. The U.S. voting machines are loaded with Windows operating systems, encryption, touch screens, backup servers, voice-gui
Steve Jobs manages to repeat the very same mistake.
I think NOT offering an Intel platform in the first mistake.
Also, the author talks about revenue loss until the unproven Intel product was released!
I am not sure, but Apple's announcement is certainly NOT stopping me from running and buying a Mac today...
Heck, if I REALLY want a Mac, I get it... if not.. will hang around till other options are available .
Exactly.. Ubuntu came in at the right time... I dont think I will go back to Debian..
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Considering the number of Linux 'gurus' out here, I too am interested in this...
All I want to do, is to pop a live CD (Ubuntu live, or Knoppix) and partition the HDD, just like Partition Magic. It should be RELIABLE and easy to work with.
Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
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I recently visited Tokyo, went to Akihabara.. and subsequently visited Singapore.
I noticed that everything in Akihabara is very expensive. Buying the same stuff in Singapore is a LOT (I mean 30 - 40%) cheaper...
But, one thing I agree.. you can get some really cool stuff in Akihabara...that you cannot find in Singapore, but for regular buys, I would avoid Akihabara.
My 2c
How can they expect to solve many problems, such as sex, violence and feudal superstitions just by cutting off their internal websites???
Can't the Chinese surf to external sites, where such problems are rampant???
Perhaps someone could manufacture a disposable printer?
Then, they dont have to worry about cartridges, etc..
In fact, I find it cheaper to buy a new printer than mess with cartriges (i.e. if I use the Manufacturer's cartridge - not after marktet fillers, etc)..
Just a thought...
The title says..
"No more mysteries: Apple's G5 versus x86, Mac OS X versus Linux"
And the first line reads :
"It is a professional 64 bit Dream machine with supersonic speed! It is beautiful........"
I guess I know where this is headed..
Sorry, not to troll, but I can smell a bias from afar...
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Mark me as a FOB (Fan of Bill), but kudos to him and his foundation for their contribution to science....
This seems to be a great app.. but, I am surprised why not many developers are using SWT to improve the GUI. Not to flamebait, but I have used SWT and Swing on Windows/Linux....and prefer SWT.
If the developers only target the geek community, I dont see any day to day user trying the app...
BTW, on a side note, Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/) is probably the greatest SWT app written, ever!;-)
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This may work well for English,etc.. but may not work with other languages..
Can't one place be free of McDonalds, MTV, Democracy and Coca-Cola?
There was no McD, MTV and Coke in India till '91-'92....but was and is a Democracy from 1947..
C2lick her3e for our dailey s1pecial on d3mocrazy!
They hope that soon robots will become a common occurrence in our homes
Woah! hang on... buddies..
For example
Tennoji High School in Osaka, central Japan, will receive 50 million yen (US$460,000; euro376,000) over three years in government money meant to produce technological whiz kids.
Japan has budgeted 1.3 billion yen (US$12 million; euro9.8 million) a year for the program, splitting the money between 82 high schools, which are using their grants to focus on rocket engineering, genetics and solar energy.
If other countries too follow Japan, by giving importance to education, well, maybe Robots will be a 'common occurance' soon...
my 2c
Only occasionally does this new release differ from Ubuntu.
As a casual linux user, I see that Ubuntu is much more 'non-geek' friendly than Debian. That is probably the biggest difference.
Also, take a look at the Unofficial starter guide.. http://ubuntuguide.org/. This is exactly why users like me are flocking to Ubuntu.
If there is a comparable guide to Debian, I am not aware of it... or havent found it yet.
They could have quickly called Daniel Tammet http://www.spring.org.uk/2005/05/daniel-tammet-boy -with-incredible.htm
:-)
Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds.
He can figure out cube roots quicker than a calculator and recall pi to 22,514 decimal places.
It also attracts Nerds...
DANG! excuse me.. didnt think about formatting the post! sorry guys!
Reproduced from http://slate.msn.com/id/2107388 ------------ Remember the Cold War tale of Soviet and American scientists racing to solve the problem of writing in zero gravity? NASA spent a decade and millions of dollars developing the high-tech Astronaut Pen. The Soviets solved the problem another way: They used a pencil. The story turns out to be (mostly) urban legend, but the lesson holds true. Sometimes less is more. That seems to be the case as the world's largest democracy, India, and the world's most powerful, the United States, scramble to solve another technological puzzle: How to count votes accurately and transparently. While we in the United States agonize over touch screens and paper trails, India managed to quietly hold an all-electronic vote. In May, 380 million Indians cast their votes on more than 1 million machines. It was the world's largest experiment in electronic voting to date and, while far from perfect, is widely considered a success. How can an impoverished nation like India, where cows roam the streets of the capital and most people's idea of high-tech is a flush toilet, succeed where we have not? Continue Article For decades, Indians cast their votes by marking a paper ballot with a rubber stamp.* It took days to count the votes and months to sort out the allegations of fraud. Fifteen years ago the Indian government commissioned two companies to design a simple electronic voting machine--one that was inexpensive, easy to use (even for the illiterate), and tamper-resistant. The result is a machine that looks like a cross between a computer keyboard and a Casio music synthesizer. (See a picture of one here.) In fact, it's not much of a computer at all, more like a souped-up adding machine. A column of buttons runs down one side. Next to each button is the name and symbol of a candidate or party. These are written on slips of paper that can be rearranged. That means unscrupulous politicians couldn't rig the machines at the factory, since they wouldn't know which button would be assigned to which candidate. Also, the software is embedded--or hard-wired--onto a microprocessor that cannot be reprogrammed. If someone tries to pry open the machine, it automatically shuts down. After much testing, India adopted the machines for nationwide use this year. Voters show a paper ID card and then cast their ballot by pushing one of the buttons. A light glows red and a beep is emitted, indicating that a vote has been registered. Should trouble arise (and in India it often does), an election official can push an override button that shuts down the system. Indian elections are prone to "booth capturing." That's when thugs take over an entire polling station, tying up election officials while they stuff the ballot boxes with vote after vote for their favorite candidate. The electronic machines don't solve this problem entirely, but they help slow down the bandits. The machines are programmed to record only one vote every five seconds. Unlike the machines used in the United States, the Indian machines are not networked. Each one has to be physically carried to a central counting center. This takes more time, of course, but reduces the opportunities for mischief. Someone who wanted to throw the election would have to fiddle with thousands of machines, one at a time. Tampering with each machine is what some computer scientists call "retail fraud." "Wholesale fraud" is when someone rigs the software from the outset or meddles with hundreds of machines at a central tabulation center. Both types of fraud are troublesome, of course, but to different degrees. The Indian machines are vulnerable to retail fraud but, because of the basic design, are much less subject to wholesale fraud. American machines, by contrast, may be vulnerable to wholesale fraud. Our machines are far more complicated and expensive--$3,000 versus $200 for an Indian machine. The U.S. voting machines are loaded with Windows operating systems, encryption, touch screens, backup servers, voice-gui
Steve Jobs manages to repeat the very same mistake.
I think NOT offering an Intel platform in the first mistake.
Also, the author talks about revenue loss until the unproven Intel product was released!
I am not sure, but Apple's announcement is certainly NOT stopping me from running and buying a Mac today...
Heck, if I REALLY want a Mac, I get it... if not.. will hang around till other options are available .
Exactly.. Ubuntu came in at the right time ... I dont think I will go back to Debian..
Considering the number of Linux 'gurus' out here, I too am interested in this ...
All I want to do, is to pop a live CD (Ubuntu live, or Knoppix) and partition the HDD, just like Partition Magic. It should be RELIABLE and easy to work with.
Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
Error establishing a database connection! This probably means that the connection information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect. Double check it and try again. * Are you sure you have the correct user/password? .....NO
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?.....NO
* Are you sure that the database server is running?.....NO
"making outputs" are dumber ... but... putting a link to tyma.com on Slashdot is dumberer!
Oh! Well.. redundant... somebody beat me! :-)
Linux based sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads....
I recently visited Tokyo, went to Akihabara.. and subsequently visited Singapore.
I noticed that everything in Akihabara is very expensive. Buying the same stuff in Singapore is a LOT (I mean 30 - 40%) cheaper...
But, one thing I agree.. you can get some really cool stuff in Akihabara...that you cannot find in Singapore, but for regular buys, I would avoid Akihabara.
My 2c
How can they expect to solve many problems, such as sex, violence and feudal superstitions just by cutting off their internal websites??? Can't the Chinese surf to external sites, where such problems are rampant???
Perhaps someone could manufacture a disposable printer? Then, they dont have to worry about cartridges, etc.. In fact, I find it cheaper to buy a new printer than mess with cartriges (i.e. if I use the Manufacturer's cartridge - not after marktet fillers, etc).. Just a thought...
The title says.. ......."
"No more mysteries: Apple's G5 versus x86, Mac OS X versus Linux"
And the first line reads :
"It is a professional 64 bit Dream machine with supersonic speed! It is beautiful.
I guess I know where this is headed..
Sorry, not to troll, but I can smell a bias from afar...
Mark me as a FOB (Fan of Bill), but kudos to him and his foundation for their contribution to science....
I think i just got an email.. see ya! :)
The *.AAs are going to have a field day, after hearing this...! :-)
This seems to be a great app.. but, I am surprised why not many developers are using SWT to improve the GUI. Not to flamebait, but I have used SWT and Swing on Windows/Linux....and prefer SWT. If the developers only target the geek community, I dont see any day to day user trying the app... BTW, on a side note, Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/) is probably the greatest SWT app written, ever! ;-)
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From TomsHardware http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050526_155
I will live on bread and water from now on to afford a system with this... in the far future!