A really good idea would be for school boards to develope a little knoppix type system that could be provided to kids as nessecary - on a DVD-RW perhaps, to allow for saving their projects.
Such systems already exist. There is Edubuntu and also some Live CD's based on Knoppix with focus on education. I'm sure others exist, but those just a few.
This isn't exactly news. As far as I recall, Disney started to move over to Linux a while back (slowly started to convert). Also, I'm pretty sure that Disney provides funding for Wine (Disney used Wine to run Photoshop, or so I heard).
SpreadFirefox uses a variant to Drupal, named CivicSpace. Does that make much difference with patching? Maybe only a few aspects are different. I installed it, I've only noticed just some minor changes, nothing too major really (of course, I spent only a few minutes with it), but personally I'd probably stick to Drupal. Larger community base.
Konqueror Web Shortcuts huh... well you can also have similar features in Firefox and Opera aswell. You can find instructions as to how you can go about doing that Over here
I'm curious to see who ends up in the top spots for the blogebriy top 100 (the superstars of blogging). I'm hoping to see Jason Kottke pretty high up there. I mean... quitting job to go blogging full time (and money made not through ads but a fundraiser in the style that of NPR). Jeff Jarvis also has gone blogging full time (well... more so consulting about blogging) and you can catch more on that here
I know this may sound redundant but wouldn't it be much easier to just GOOGLE the lyrics of the song and wait for results? While you may not always be near a computer with internet access (well with more and more cell phones offering internet access, it is much easier) that maybe the time where that service come useful for one.
I liked Kevin quite a bit, but Leo used to be my favorite. You can download quite a few of Call For Help episodes via bittorent over here. I'm off to download.:)
While you can just access it already by going here you can, in the meantime, use Bitoogle it has been around for quite some time now. It is okay I suppose, personally I just prefer Torrentspy. It has a much larger contribution and a large userbase.
There are many general social bookmark services available, but Digg (along with del.icio.us) is one of my favorites in that Digg focuses mainly on Tech related things. It is starting to become more and more popular and is really worth checking out.
Why spend the time doingn that when you can just insert a link with just a click or two? Rather than going in updating the page, uploading the page and all... besides, del.icio.us is hosted on it's server, so you don't need space to host the page. Del.icio.us also offers RSS feeds, so you can do much more with it.
No google is just trying to appeal to a wider userbase (not that they don't have so already). Many people wanted a customized Google homepage, and here is Google's response to it. And notice all the pieces of the puzzle fit in... Google maps, movies, email... and now personalized homepage. Google is slowly becoming a complete site, no longer just a search engine. The beauty of it is the fact that they still approach all their services by offering a very clean interface. Now that is an innovative company.
there have been rumours going around saying that lucas released it on to the net to trap the uploaders and downloaders. Though I would imagnine that it is entirely false.
I would highly suggest Opera to any power user. Users that use POP mail a lot and are looking for something that integrates into browser. Users that use RSS technology and want a feed reader. Users that want mouse gestures or some quick way of accessing the methods, users that want a built in IRC client, users that just want many built in features (please don't state that Firefox can have all these features, because that would require you to install extensions, which will make it more bloated).
The fact of the matter is this... Opera is my favorite browser for the features it has. But when suggesting a browser to a new user, I'd probably mention Firefox first because I *know* that most people will turn down Opera knowing that it either costs money or it needs to be paid for to get rid of ads. Of course, I will often bring up Opera to a Firefox user (which I really have to stop doing so) but they often go back to the Firefox ways. I don't mind, because both browsers are great with each browser having very loyal userbase.
Not necessarily, I'm sure EFF would be willing to have a case for you. They are entirely run by donations and as their slogan says "Fighting for your digital rights"
I have yet to see one's with commercials still in them. I'd think that it'd be more of a hassle to seed since all it will do is just raise up the download size. Typically, here is how I've seen it as. A typical 1 hour show (Non HDTV) w/o commericals (Usually is 42 minutes with intro and ending credits) usually add up to around 350 MB. A typicall half hour show (Non HDTV) w/o commercials (Usually is around 22 minutes with the intro and the ending credits) usually add up to around 170 MB or so. While it'd be quicker to get it up online, you probably won't see nearly as many seeders knowing that there are still commercials in them (sure you can fast forward, but why bother when you can download one's that you don't have to with?)
Yes honestly, what good are torrents without trackers? Like it was said already, Azureus decentralizing bittorent could be one good case that I see here.
On this BBC news article it was stated at the end that "The MPAA says it wants to encourage legitimate download sites instead. Several TV companies are experimenting with legal peer-to-peer based downloads, including the BBC." This provides a bit of hope for those that were hoping to pay to see shows by paying legally.
Has anyone wondered if IRC will be cracked down anytime soon? I mean, btefnet posts the torrents which are taken from IRC (#bt of effnet). People still can get the torrents from IRC (in fact, here is how the chain goes, the ripper will talk to someone in IRC, they will create torrent, then it is released to the masses on IRC, then it is posted on website, and then the whole world gets it. As far as I know, that is how it goes).
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Such systems already exist. There is Edubuntu and also some Live CD's based on Knoppix with focus on education. I'm sure others exist, but those just a few.
All you have to do is enter the code: LINDOWS When you select that you want to download a copy (not a hard copy of the CD).
This isn't exactly news. As far as I recall, Disney started to move over to Linux a while back (slowly started to convert). Also, I'm pretty sure that Disney provides funding for Wine (Disney used Wine to run Photoshop, or so I heard).
SpreadFirefox uses a variant to Drupal, named CivicSpace. Does that make much difference with patching? Maybe only a few aspects are different. I installed it, I've only noticed just some minor changes, nothing too major really (of course, I spent only a few minutes with it), but personally I'd probably stick to Drupal. Larger community base.
Konqueror Web Shortcuts huh... well you can also have similar features in Firefox and Opera aswell. You can find instructions as to how you can go about doing that Over here
here was a live coverage of keynote done over at the Mac Observer.
Haven't heard that one yet, you mean like this?. If it's in Wikipedia, it is probably used quite a bit.
I'm curious to see who ends up in the top spots for the blogebriy top 100 (the superstars of blogging). I'm hoping to see Jason Kottke pretty high up there. I mean... quitting job to go blogging full time (and money made not through ads but a fundraiser in the style that of NPR). Jeff Jarvis also has gone blogging full time (well... more so consulting about blogging) and you can catch more on that here
I know this may sound redundant but wouldn't it be much easier to just GOOGLE the lyrics of the song and wait for results? While you may not always be near a computer with internet access (well with more and more cell phones offering internet access, it is much easier) that maybe the time where that service come useful for one.
I liked Kevin quite a bit, but Leo used to be my favorite. You can download quite a few of Call For Help episodes via bittorent over here. I'm off to download. :)
So any chance that there'd be a torrent of Lary Page's brain? How about Bill? Sergey?
While you can just access it already by going here you can, in the meantime, use Bitoogle it has been around for quite some time now. It is okay I suppose, personally I just prefer Torrentspy. It has a much larger contribution and a large userbase.
There are many general social bookmark services available, but Digg (along with del.icio.us) is one of my favorites in that Digg focuses mainly on Tech related things. It is starting to become more and more popular and is really worth checking out.
Why spend the time doingn that when you can just insert a link with just a click or two? Rather than going in updating the page, uploading the page and all... besides, del.icio.us is hosted on it's server, so you don't need space to host the page. Del.icio.us also offers RSS feeds, so you can do much more with it.
here is the second part of the article
If you would like to host a social bookmark script on your own server, you should try Scuttle
No google is just trying to appeal to a wider userbase (not that they don't have so already). Many people wanted a customized Google homepage, and here is Google's response to it. And notice all the pieces of the puzzle fit in... Google maps, movies, email... and now personalized homepage. Google is slowly becoming a complete site, no longer just a search engine. The beauty of it is the fact that they still approach all their services by offering a very clean interface. Now that is an innovative company.
there have been rumours going around saying that lucas released it on to the net to trap the uploaders and downloaders. Though I would imagnine that it is entirely false.
I would highly suggest Opera to any power user. Users that use POP mail a lot and are looking for something that integrates into browser. Users that use RSS technology and want a feed reader. Users that want mouse gestures or some quick way of accessing the methods, users that want a built in IRC client, users that just want many built in features (please don't state that Firefox can have all these features, because that would require you to install extensions, which will make it more bloated).
The fact of the matter is this... Opera is my favorite browser for the features it has. But when suggesting a browser to a new user, I'd probably mention Firefox first because I *know* that most people will turn down Opera knowing that it either costs money or it needs to be paid for to get rid of ads. Of course, I will often bring up Opera to a Firefox user (which I really have to stop doing so) but they often go back to the Firefox ways. I don't mind, because both browsers are great with each browser having very loyal userbase.
Not necessarily, I'm sure EFF would be willing to have a case for you. They are entirely run by donations and as their slogan says "Fighting for your digital rights"
I have yet to see one's with commercials still in them. I'd think that it'd be more of a hassle to seed since all it will do is just raise up the download size. Typically, here is how I've seen it as. A typical 1 hour show (Non HDTV) w/o commericals (Usually is 42 minutes with intro and ending credits) usually add up to around 350 MB. A typicall half hour show (Non HDTV) w/o commercials (Usually is around 22 minutes with the intro and the ending credits) usually add up to around 170 MB or so. While it'd be quicker to get it up online, you probably won't see nearly as many seeders knowing that there are still commercials in them (sure you can fast forward, but why bother when you can download one's that you don't have to with?)
Yes honestly, what good are torrents without trackers? Like it was said already, Azureus decentralizing bittorent could be one good case that I see here.
On this BBC news article it was stated at the end that "The MPAA says it wants to encourage legitimate download sites instead. Several TV companies are experimenting with legal peer-to-peer based downloads, including the BBC." This provides a bit of hope for those that were hoping to pay to see shows by paying legally.
Has anyone wondered if IRC will be cracked down anytime soon? I mean, btefnet posts the torrents which are taken from IRC (#bt of effnet). People still can get the torrents from IRC (in fact, here is how the chain goes, the ripper will talk to someone in IRC, they will create torrent, then it is released to the masses on IRC, then it is posted on website, and then the whole world gets it. As far as I know, that is how it goes).