We -need- RMS though. Without RMS we just have a bunch of people wanting to get stuff for free.
He may have been necessay to kick-start the movement, but is he still useful in any way? What, exactly, is RMS doing today that we need him for? All he seems to do is put his foot in his mouth and generally create a bad impression.
Ha, undergraduate years! That's funny considering how long ago that was. So, enlighten me. How is Libertarian philosophy not like I described it? It's exactly the consequence of every libertarian argument I've ever heard. Yet, even if you listen to their own arguments and interpret them logically, it's never "what libertarianism really is." If you guys want your philosophy to succeed, then why do you keep it secret? Is there some secret handshake, or do you have to belong to the Stonecutter's Society to hear about the "true libertarianism"?
Since Blu-Ray refers to a disc medium, once the "full-length Blu-Ray movie" is no longer on the physical disc, but on a "light pipe," how is it a Blu-Ray movie anymore?
a new open source plugin that injects Chrome's renderer and JavaScript engine into Microsoft's browser, earlier this week had many web developers happily dancing long through the night.
Dancing Developers?? Get back to developing webs, like you're supposed to be doing! Didn't anybody tell you that you are no good at dancing?
If our polluting nature is supposed to be the cause for climate change, which would then lead to, say, DUSTSTORMS, how come the same thing happened when we had barely begun the polluting?
If our polluting nature is supposed to be the cause for climate change, which would then lead to, say, RAINSTORMS, how come the same thing happened when we had barely begun the polluting?
Because duststorms and rainstorms are a natural phenomenon. They've pretty much always happened. It's the pattern and causes of these phenomenon which are studied by climate science.
I thought doing a lecture on the tablet, while recording voice and video, would be akin to doing a lecture. I can also use it in my non-class time to work through HW solutions and exam solutions to post online for the students.
Sure, but why do you need a tablet to do that? Wouldn't a conventional laptop or desktop (with appropriate input/output devices) do just as good a job?
will they give you proper tech support in a timely manor?
I don't know about a timely manor, but all my tech support comes from a stately manor, where we can spend a few hours hunting quail before retiring to sip brandy and admire the house's portraits.
As an SGI customer at the time, I was invited to a lavish product demo of their new Wintel machines. Boy, was that a "jump the shark" moment. The audience was just shocked and bemused. It was interesting, because it kind of set the scene for the following years, where many other businesses seemed to follow the same model of MBA-driven marketing of vanilla products as the new hot sauce. Ultimately culminating in the dot-com bubble, I believe.
Most libertarian crackpots like me are painfully aware that "live and let live" is not actually a majority philosophy, and we've got an uphill battle to sell our political views to the rest of society.
I thought the Libertarian philosophy was "live and let die."
I wouldn't bet on that. The average slashdotter seems extremely opinionated, and able to twist almost anything to suit their own interpretation or political bent. I'm not so sure that the "average" jury would be less open-minded, fair-handed, or less attentive to the details than the "average" slashdotter.
I'm not sure why the story mentions "the Apple Tablet" as such a product doesn't exist, and is only a hallucination in the fevered minds of rumormongers.
Moreover, why the obsession with tablets? They can be kind of neat for some things, but I think the submitter is too attached to a particular form factor, or a fantasy of how things should be, rather than actual usefulness and educational outcomes.
You forgot to mention that the application software it uses is utterly shit. Even requires one to be logged in as an admin user on some versions of Windows.
So, climate change is a farce, just because you say so, despite the overwhelming evidence that it's happening? Congratulations, you just destroyed any credibility you might otherwise have.
There are fewer and fewer gifted programs. Everyone's straight-jacketed into the same curriculum at the same pace, and should someone demonstrate superior intelligence they're practically punished for it because it might harm some other precious snowflake's self-esteem to know!
Your post is self-contradictory. Aren't "gifted programs" all about the "precious snowflakes"? Yet you rail against education that treats everybody the same, and doesn't give snowflake status to the gifted ones.
If your intelligence is so superior, why do you need special "gifted" classes to get along? Shouldn't your superior intelligence be able to do better with the same thing everybody else is given?
Most likely because Apple has a contract with AT&T to stay with them for a certain number of years. Also, there aren't many options when it comes to GSM carriers in the US.
But it is pretty certain that netbooks are a secondary computer, not a primary one. No one buys a netbook because of its cost, they are purchased because of their size, convenience, battery life, etc.
Tell that to all the students around here, who bought a netbook simply because it was the only portable computer they could afford.
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So what you're saying is that the only relevant part of an operating system is its GUI?
I re-read Anonymous Coward's post, and I can't for the life of me work out how you came to that interpretation.
Are you being deliberately disingenuous and argumentative, or do you have reading comprehension problems?
Yeah, because the average computer user has a touchscreen PC. WTF?
We -need- RMS though. Without RMS we just have a bunch of people wanting to get stuff for free.
He may have been necessay to kick-start the movement, but is he still useful in any way? What, exactly, is RMS doing today that we need him for? All he seems to do is put his foot in his mouth and generally create a bad impression.
Ha, undergraduate years! That's funny considering how long ago that was. So, enlighten me. How is Libertarian philosophy not like I described it? It's exactly the consequence of every libertarian argument I've ever heard. Yet, even if you listen to their own arguments and interpret them logically, it's never "what libertarianism really is." If you guys want your philosophy to succeed, then why do you keep it secret? Is there some secret handshake, or do you have to belong to the Stonecutter's Society to hear about the "true libertarianism"?
Slightly thinner hairs?
Since Blu-Ray refers to a disc medium, once the "full-length Blu-Ray movie" is no longer on the physical disc, but on a "light pipe," how is it a Blu-Ray movie anymore?
a new open source plugin that injects Chrome's renderer and JavaScript engine into Microsoft's browser, earlier this week had many web developers happily dancing long through the night.
Dancing Developers?? Get back to developing webs, like you're supposed to be doing! Didn't anybody tell you that you are no good at dancing?
If our polluting nature is supposed to be the cause for climate change, which would then lead to, say, DUSTSTORMS, how come the same thing happened when we had barely begun the polluting?
If our polluting nature is supposed to be the cause for climate change, which would then lead to, say, RAINSTORMS, how come the same thing happened when we had barely begun the polluting?
Because duststorms and rainstorms are a natural phenomenon. They've pretty much always happened. It's the pattern and causes of these phenomenon which are studied by climate science.
I thought doing a lecture on the tablet, while recording voice and video, would be akin to doing a lecture. I can also use it in my non-class time to work through HW solutions and exam solutions to post online for the students.
Sure, but why do you need a tablet to do that? Wouldn't a conventional laptop or desktop (with appropriate input/output devices) do just as good a job?
But you wouldn't say "The Smith," you'd say "The Smiths." I'm not sure what your point is.
will they give you proper tech support in a timely manor?
I don't know about a timely manor, but all my tech support comes from a stately manor, where we can spend a few hours hunting quail before retiring to sip brandy and admire the house's portraits.
As an SGI customer at the time, I was invited to a lavish product demo of their new Wintel machines. Boy, was that a "jump the shark" moment. The audience was just shocked and bemused. It was interesting, because it kind of set the scene for the following years, where many other businesses seemed to follow the same model of MBA-driven marketing of vanilla products as the new hot sauce. Ultimately culminating in the dot-com bubble, I believe.
Most libertarian crackpots like me are painfully aware that "live and let live" is not actually a majority philosophy, and we've got an uphill battle to sell our political views to the rest of society.
I thought the Libertarian philosophy was "live and let die."
I wouldn't bet on that. The average slashdotter seems extremely opinionated, and able to twist almost anything to suit their own interpretation or political bent. I'm not so sure that the "average" jury would be less open-minded, fair-handed, or less attentive to the details than the "average" slashdotter.
I'm not sure why the story mentions "the Apple Tablet" as such a product doesn't exist, and is only a hallucination in the fevered minds of rumormongers.
Moreover, why the obsession with tablets? They can be kind of neat for some things, but I think the submitter is too attached to a particular form factor, or a fantasy of how things should be, rather than actual usefulness and educational outcomes.
You forgot to mention that the application software it uses is utterly shit. Even requires one to be logged in as an admin user on some versions of Windows.
So, climate change is a farce, just because you say so, despite the overwhelming evidence that it's happening? Congratulations, you just destroyed any credibility you might otherwise have.
Okay, if I do some rough math, just on the hard drives to dump that to assuming 2tb drives,
Where do you get a 2 terabit drive from? (Assuming of course, that a lower-case "t" doesn't mean something other then "tera", which it probably does).
Because the "The Jones" refers to a family named Jones, of course it's plural. It's about context, not "official rules."
There are fewer and fewer gifted programs. Everyone's straight-jacketed into the same curriculum at the same pace, and should someone demonstrate superior intelligence they're practically punished for it because it might harm some other precious snowflake's self-esteem to know!
Your post is self-contradictory. Aren't "gifted programs" all about the "precious snowflakes"? Yet you rail against education that treats everybody the same, and doesn't give snowflake status to the gifted ones.
If your intelligence is so superior, why do you need special "gifted" classes to get along? Shouldn't your superior intelligence be able to do better with the same thing everybody else is given?
"The Jones" is already plural. The correct use would be "Keeping up with the Jones." The apostrophes and -es are completely unnecessary.
Why is Apple sticking with these people.
Most likely because Apple has a contract with AT&T to stay with them for a certain number of years. Also, there aren't many options when it comes to GSM carriers in the US.
If it works so well, why are you already on your third netbook?
But it is pretty certain that netbooks are a secondary computer, not a primary one. No one buys a netbook because of its cost, they are purchased because of their size, convenience, battery life, etc.
Tell that to all the students around here, who bought a netbook simply because it was the only portable computer they could afford.
I suspect someone's going to chime in that HD doesn't make any sense on an 800x600 screen, which isn't strictly true
That, and the fact that HD is increasingly the only option. In 12 months time, good luck finding a 640x480 encode of many online videos.