Aside from MSN working fine in linux, you should note that MSN has become the number 1 platform specifically because microsoft set out to build a monopoly with it, so they could manipulate you into exactly the position you just claimed. There were already perfectly decent messenging platforms before MSN, so their intent is obvious.
Hmm.. quite right it seems. I thought Qi only meant breath as in internal energies, but from a quick check on wikipedia, it does seem to be have been considered a pervasive thing, and is probably what Taoism bases the idea of pervasive, flowing tao on. I didn't quite realise that before; thanks.
Can you point me to any more on the similar native american concept? I'd be very interested to read up on that.
Space was never a national priority. One-upmanship was, because of the fight for space dominance with the USSR. Give it some time, and history will repeat itself with China. Only China will probably win this time. Unless we find a better way to cooperate, of course.
Exactly. These licenses are about society, not code per se. Developers make applications to give people power -- either in exchange for monetary gain, or simply for the good of empowering people. While anyone tries to explain their motivations in terms of code, they will never get it.
They aren't opening their web servers and calling it a public forum. Read the terms of service
This comparison doesn't work. What they ARE doing is opening their webservers and calling it a public SERVICE. A closer real-world equivalent would be if you were chatting with a friend in the forecourt of a gas station, and the owner came out and told you you can no longer say what you just said, that you have to take it back, and that anyone who heard it and wants to write it in a history book is not entitled to refer to that gas station's public service as part of the historical event.
I don't know where the OP got the idea that neural control of an artificial hand is the closest idea we have to The Force. The Force in Star Wars is only a thinly veiled reference to The Tao.
Agreed. I thought maybe these were newly published photos that had been held back from the public for a few months, but I've seen at least some of them before.
I just finally found a simple explanation of complex numbers, and just heard of this Riemann Hypothesis, so I may be way off, but let me try to put what (I think) I've figured out so far in layman's terms for the rest of the lost souls:
Riemann was interested in the zeros to this function, where s is a complex number. He conjectured that all zeros (aside from those of the form s = -2c, where c is a positive integer) would have to be of the form (1/2) + ki, where k is a constant and i is the square root of -1.
Basically, 10 trillian calculations have been done involving certain complex numbers, which all show a clear pattern: if you get an answer of 0, the real part of the number given to the function always seems to be 0.5. As yet, no one has proven this, and so, presumably, no one truly understands why that's the case yet. Also, presumably, when we do understand it, we'll have forward (either in a a step or a leap) in our ability to use complex numbers (and the multi-dimensional calculations they represent.
This is true enough, but you can never really trust google's index to be complete and up to date for any particular website. Plus, it's a generic search engine, which probably misses a lot of specialised features that a custom-built search engine for a site like wikipedia could have -- consideration of whether a word is just in the page, or is named on the page as a category that article belongs to, for instance.
Someday, it's going to get to the point where you're not allowed a computer on a network unless it's maintained and certified by an admin as network-worthy, just like you're not allowed a car on the road unless it's maintained and certified by a mechanic as road-worthy. Until then, we're all doomed to endless spam, and users complaining that they should be able to maintain a complex computer themselves without any effort.
Yes, math is nice, but the math is totally unimportant here, in the grand scheme of things. The poster says:
The sad thing about the articles is that the beauty of the mathematics used to create and train the models is totally ignored
But we're talking about a technology that could give millions of kids back something akin to the legs they had blown off from landmines. People who are blind and crippled after suffering years of diabetes being able to walk again. Mothers being able to lift their kids again. Anyone who talks about the beauty of maths in this situation just doesn't get it. Science, like any human endeavour, is first and foremost about people.
There have been studies relating audible keypresses to productivity. So much so, that you can get programs that make the noise through your speakers, for keyboards that don't click. Supposedly, it increases not only your own productivity, but the productivity of those around you. I'm no model M fan, but i anyone in your office complains about clicks, you have a counter argument.
Java DKs/REs/apps can be a real pain in the ass to get running -- especially in various distros (assuming you're not willing to simply install Sun's version, hosing any package manager you might use) -- so much so, that It's not unheard of for people to search for mainstream apps written in any language BUT java.
On the dynamic typing vs. declarations side... yeah, I tend to agree. However, I for one would use C++ over python, EXCEPT that python is just so much faster to develop in. It's amazing how much time you can waste, specifying all the types for an app, defining interfaces, deciding what container classes to use, etc. In python, you mostly just code, and the speed gain is phenomenal.
Given that open source generally wants to run on more than one kernel, most of your kernel points are accurate and recommendable, but impractical. Your "windows manager", "web browser" and "rss - web browser" points are simply wrong though, and show what an inferior desktop experience you must be used to up to now. No modern, full-featured desktop could be done with the design you suggest.
why don't most distros use KDE? any political / license i dont know about?
Yes. KDE is GPL'd, whereas GNOME is LGPL'd. LGPG is, to quote the free software foundation's own website, "a retreat for free software", which grants concessions to commercial companies (including redhat, sun, novell, etc.). KDE, on the other hand, is free software through and through, and so companies have no way to make a fortune off it once they get a lot of users into their distro's clutches.
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Aside from MSN working fine in linux, you should note that MSN has become the number 1 platform specifically because microsoft set out to build a monopoly with it, so they could manipulate you into exactly the position you just claimed. There were already perfectly decent messenging platforms before MSN, so their intent is obvious.
Hmm.. quite right it seems. I thought Qi only meant breath as in internal energies, but from a quick check on wikipedia, it does seem to be have been considered a pervasive thing, and is probably what Taoism bases the idea of pervasive, flowing tao on. I didn't quite realise that before; thanks.
Can you point me to any more on the similar native american concept? I'd be very interested to read up on that.
Space was never a national priority. One-upmanship was, because of the fight for space dominance with the USSR. Give it some time, and history will repeat itself with China. Only China will probably win this time. Unless we find a better way to cooperate, of course.
Exactly. These licenses are about society, not code per se. Developers make applications to give people power -- either in exchange for monetary gain, or simply for the good of empowering people. While anyone tries to explain their motivations in terms of code, they will never get it.
This comparison doesn't work. What they ARE doing is opening their webservers and calling it a public SERVICE. A closer real-world equivalent would be if you were chatting with a friend in the forecourt of a gas station, and the owner came out and told you you can no longer say what you just said, that you have to take it back, and that anyone who heard it and wants to write it in a history book is not entitled to refer to that gas station's public service as part of the historical event.
I don't know where the OP got the idea that neural control of an artificial hand is the closest idea we have to The Force. The Force in Star Wars is only a thinly veiled reference to The Tao.
At that point, combined with fabbers, we'll be starting to get technology similar to the Krell's, in Forbidden Planet.
No, if there is no choice of action but one, then there is no way to change the chosen action, by very definition.
Ahh, the peoples' right to choose. Last refuge of those who like to take advantage of others.
Agreed. I thought maybe these were newly published photos that had been held back from the public for a few months, but I've seen at least some of them before.
What's new here?
I just finally found a simple explanation of complex numbers, and just heard of this Riemann Hypothesis, so I may be way off, but let me try to put what (I think) I've figured out so far in layman's terms for the rest of the lost souls:
Basically, 10 trillian calculations have been done involving certain complex numbers, which all show a clear pattern: if you get an answer of 0, the real part of the number given to the function always seems to be 0.5. As yet, no one has proven this, and so, presumably, no one truly understands why that's the case yet. Also, presumably, when we do understand it, we'll have forward (either in a a step or a leap) in our ability to use complex numbers (and the multi-dimensional calculations they represent.
This is true enough, but you can never really trust google's index to be complete and up to date for any particular website. Plus, it's a generic search engine, which probably misses a lot of specialised features that a custom-built search engine for a site like wikipedia could have -- consideration of whether a word is just in the page, or is named on the page as a category that article belongs to, for instance.
Someday, it's going to get to the point where you're not allowed a computer on a network unless it's maintained and certified by an admin as network-worthy, just like you're not allowed a car on the road unless it's maintained and certified by a mechanic as road-worthy. Until then, we're all doomed to endless spam, and users complaining that they should be able to maintain a complex computer themselves without any effort.
If wikipedia is anything to go by, you just don't include a decent search engine.
But we're talking about a technology that could give millions of kids back something akin to the legs they had blown off from landmines. People who are blind and crippled after suffering years of diabetes being able to walk again. Mothers being able to lift their kids again. Anyone who talks about the beauty of maths in this situation just doesn't get it. Science, like any human endeavour, is first and foremost about people.
Yeah, and that was just the normal Microsoft Exchange startup sequence.
Yes. For a mixture, D seems like the ideal option, but it's so lacking in libraries that it's next to useless for the moment.
There have been studies relating audible keypresses to productivity. So much so, that you can get programs that make the noise through your speakers, for keyboards that don't click. Supposedly, it increases not only your own productivity, but the productivity of those around you. I'm no model M fan, but i anyone in your office complains about clicks, you have a counter argument.
Java DKs/REs/apps can be a real pain in the ass to get running -- especially in various distros (assuming you're not willing to simply install Sun's version, hosing any package manager you might use) -- so much so, that It's not unheard of for people to search for mainstream apps written in any language BUT java.
On the dynamic typing vs. declarations side... yeah, I tend to agree. However, I for one would use C++ over python, EXCEPT that python is just so much faster to develop in. It's amazing how much time you can waste, specifying all the types for an app, defining interfaces, deciding what container classes to use, etc. In python, you mostly just code, and the speed gain is phenomenal.
Given that open source generally wants to run on more than one kernel, most of your kernel points are accurate and recommendable, but impractical. Your "windows manager", "web browser" and "rss - web browser" points are simply wrong though, and show what an inferior desktop experience you must be used to up to now. No modern, full-featured desktop could be done with the design you suggest.
In your case, it seems the answer is yes. If you want to reply, please make an argument instead of childish ad hominem attacks.
The Trolltech Qt license is the GPL, for any company that intends to provide free software. You made my point for me.
Bill also said that he very much enjoys cleaning toilets.
Yes. KDE is GPL'd, whereas GNOME is LGPL'd. LGPG is, to quote the free software foundation's own website, "a retreat for free software", which grants concessions to commercial companies (including redhat, sun, novell, etc.). KDE, on the other hand, is free software through and through, and so companies have no way to make a fortune off it once they get a lot of users into their distro's clutches.
That's easy. Following the RIAA example, windmill operators will hire people to hunt down the birds, and/or shoot them on sight.