Google Earth is the important one. Google Talk too, but they've released code for GAIM and seem to be trying not to split the Linux IM market any further. Picassa isn't a big deal though, considering that we have Digikam.
No, but a lot of people still have the silly idea that phishing is only as sophisticated as it was 2 years ago, back when it was plaintext, full of misspellings, and sent you to an IP or a GeoCities page.
Yes. That's because, years ago, most of us implemented spam filtering, and we've hardly seen them since:)
Actually, no. Mayors are public servants, not rulers. Thinking of them as something very special isn't really done here at all; that might be a patriotism-related thing in the US. Here in Northern Ireland, they're basically just folks who look good cutting ribbons. And even that's debatable, with their big gold necklaces and stuff;)
Yep, this is bad. I'd still count it as basic spam.
More importantly, it's bad for China and the Chinese people. This is kind of like invading Iraq to spread democracy. The problem is, that until people understand and WANT democracy on their own enough to revolt and make it happen, then they're not ready for it. Likewise, it would be better to let Chinese citizens slowly become more aware of what freedom means and what the government is actually keeping from them. When they all really get that, the government will be forced to change. But, if we try to force change the people aren't really ready for, then the whole thing will blow up: the Chinese government will be outraged rather than understanding that it's inevitable, and the Chinese people will only take up the offer in tiny groups, meaning that they're vastly outnumbered by "normal" citizens, and therefore seen as a weird subculture to be rightly imprisoned.
Sadly, the situation isn't much different in the west. We all have options like GnuPG or Mixmaster and Tor for privacy, but most don't see the need, so the ones that do are left to seem like weirdos with something to hide.
You cannot put a fork of Linux under GPL3 because the Linux license doesn't have the "or, at your option, any later version" clause.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Also AFAIU you cannot mix GPL2-only code with GPL3 code, since the GPL3 DRM restriction violates the GPL2 "no further restrictions". For most GPL2ed software (notably for the FSF software) this is handled by the "upgrade-clause" above.
Ahh, that's a very interesting point. On the other hand, GPLv3 is considered a clarification, not a further restriction, so this could be debateable. I'd be interested to hear what Stallman or a similar expert has to say on this. He's coming here soon though, so I might have the chance to ask him:)
Tools are irrelevant. If the platform is open, then anyone can make development tools for it. The question for me is whether the console innovates, has a decent supply of games, and won't corrupt kids ideas of computing in general. Consoles all meet those criteria to an extent, but it seems to me that the X-Box is basically a marketing vehicle for Microsoft, which is trying to sell itself to the next generation as an entertainment and hardware company as well as a software company. I'd rather NOT have kids exposed to that crap, and I don't believe their console is particularly great next to PS offerings, which many console developers seem to agree with me on, judging by how they vote with their feet.
Yep, smart guy there. Who would have thought that in up to 20+ years, kids will hate to buy data on discs when they can download it? Hell, anyone who uses a modern computing platform (read: Debian on broadband) knows that discs are already prehistoric.
Of course, whether you buy Moore's reasons for saying it is another question entirely. I'll bet he's selling something. Maybe just his own astounding crystal balls, or maybe he's trying to talk up MS's plans for massive online subscription incomes.
Exactly. The thing wasn't marketed at all, even though it was a great games machine, with innovative features. Actually, this is what concerns me about Sony vs. X-Box too... as long as one isn't hideously inferior compared to the other, then whichever one is marketed more heavily will win, it's as simple as that. Personally, I'm hoping Sony wins, and I believe their product will be superior too.
I predict.. Vista to become the most popular download on gaming torrents sites...;)
Either way, users be helping MS to damage the IT market. Halo isn't that groundbreaking imho, if it's actually groundbreaking at all. Vista does have a few cool features, but there's no real need to limit a game to just Vista, I suspect. Except... if the game makes microsoft products look "cool" to a certain crowd, and that helps promote their OS, which in turn helps to lock people and businesses in to their products, then they've done well. However many people pirate Windows, they win because they get a monopoly in businesses by familiarity. For that to happen, it doesn't matter whether gamers pirate their OS or not.
Microsoft will fund articles like this right up until Blu-Rays launch and beyond, until their preferred format is dominant, or until they outflank the issues Blu-Ray presents for them.
the browsers you were talking about include lynx. thats about it.
Nope, I was talking about a graphical browser. Hell, 3D Modelling Apps used to come on one 880KB disk, if you didn't count the basic OS ROM on an Amiga. With 1.44MB high-density floppies, it's very do-able.
None of these prizes preclude the use of robotics. Who's to say the rover won't be robotically controlled, or that the recharger isn't for a robot, etc.?
Domain names were never supposed to matter anyway. URLs were never supposed to matter. The idea of hypertext is that you click on well-labelled links on a page (ie, "tracking openoffice in spacesuits" rather than "here" or "get it there"). You'd click these links, and you'd go to a new URL, and you never had to care what the url was. Google is doing exactly what the net was supposed to do, as best it can given the bad links being used, and the spam, etc.
Nope. If Linus is saying that a non-DRM clause is valid for content, then to me, he basically just invalidated his position. Code is art and knowledge, and as such qualifies as content. What's more, many kinds of content will be made on Linux.
My vote? Fork it if Linus doesn't like GPL3, and make sure all future contributions are GPL3-licensed. Linux-GPL2 can still use those patches, if it chooses.
NASA World Wind, which is quite similar to Google Earth, also has Moons and stars etc. You can also "drive" across a landscape, following it's contours, rather than just having fly-bys that don't give a sense of the real heights etc. It's more focused on educational uses, and open source too. All in all, a very interesting alternative to google earth. I wish the two projects would collaborate.
Having said all that, I get weird "application error" messages with the latest version. Seems to work for most people though. Anyone figured this out yet?
If you listened to the Massachussettss talks, you'll have heard the big companies basically chomping at the bit to take back some of Microsoft's Office market. I think they'd gladly work together, given sufficient incentive. What's more, it'd be good for users, and not just them.
Actually, you could argue that psychological self-awareness is much more important than other senses, because it tells us when we're laughing out of fear, or pleasure, or for a myriad of other reasons. And, of course, it makes us capable of questioning ourselves, and our humanity, and how many senses we have;)
Entire operating systems, including TCP/IP stacks and browsers, can run from a single 1.44MB floppy disk. I believe QNX is one example, unless I'm thinking of another OS. Don't let bloated things like Windows and Linux make you believe that it you can't fit a desktop in less space.
I think it started with Google starting to buy up their own fiber and tinker with providing a phone service. Google became competition for the telcos and they should be blind scared of that.
Precisely. With the ongoing transition to VOIP (or, rather, *OIP), Telcos have become low-level providers of a commodity, rather than high-level monopolists. What they're doing is fighting to keep an already dead profit model, just like the RIAA.
If copyright law forbids people from sharing, copyright law is wrong.
There's no "lazy thinking" involved in that. If you have a functioning moral compass, you'll quickly see that sharing is a good thing, and that those against it are wrong. Not every answer that's achieved quickly is wrong; some quick answers are based on many previous years of thought, developing an ethical worldview. When that's done, some things are plainly and visibly wrong. Not sharing with those less well-off is one of those things.
There are so many problems with this study, I don't know where to start. For one thing... how do we even measure maturity? Is it just a physical thing? Most people seem to think that a person is in their prime at around 30, and this study is examining brains, not physique, so I don't think that's the question.
Personally, I would judge maturity as when someone "puts away childish things", like... their childish, self-centered worldview, and accepts that they're human, fallible, and really no better than anyone else. They develop a fairly complete reasoning faculty, and enough humility to admit when they're wrong, apologise, and learn from their mistakes. They accept responsibility for their actions, and take care of others as much as they can. I think some sense of spirituality is an important aspect of maturity too -- I'm NOT claiming that religion is required, though. Also... and this is why I'm replying to you... I think an ability to enjoy child-like things without actually being child-*ish* is a good sign too.
By these standards, it seems that some people never grow up. The study didn't actually seem to define maturity, or look for people who were in the process of maturing, or had matured, even in the control group.
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Google Earth is the important one. Google Talk too, but they've released code for GAIM and seem to be trying not to split the Linux IM market any further. Picassa isn't a big deal though, considering that we have Digikam.
Yes. That's because, years ago, most of us implemented spam filtering, and we've hardly seen them since
Hahahha, I guess you understood it up to there then :)
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Actually, no. Mayors are public servants, not rulers. Thinking of them as something very special isn't really done here at all; that might be a patriotism-related thing in the US. Here in Northern Ireland, they're basically just folks who look good cutting ribbons. And even that's debatable, with their big gold necklaces and stuff ;)
Yep, this is bad. I'd still count it as basic spam.
More importantly, it's bad for China and the Chinese people. This is kind of like invading Iraq to spread democracy. The problem is, that until people understand and WANT democracy on their own enough to revolt and make it happen, then they're not ready for it. Likewise, it would be better to let Chinese citizens slowly become more aware of what freedom means and what the government is actually keeping from them. When they all really get that, the government will be forced to change. But, if we try to force change the people aren't really ready for, then the whole thing will blow up: the Chinese government will be outraged rather than understanding that it's inevitable, and the Chinese people will only take up the offer in tiny groups, meaning that they're vastly outnumbered by "normal" citizens, and therefore seen as a weird subculture to be rightly imprisoned.
Sadly, the situation isn't much different in the west. We all have options like GnuPG or Mixmaster and Tor for privacy, but most don't see the need, so the ones that do are left to seem like weirdos with something to hide.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Ahh, that's a very interesting point. On the other hand, GPLv3 is considered a clarification, not a further restriction, so this could be debateable. I'd be interested to hear what Stallman or a similar expert has to say on this. He's coming here soon though, so I might have the chance to ask him
Tools are irrelevant. If the platform is open, then anyone can make development tools for it. The question for me is whether the console innovates, has a decent supply of games, and won't corrupt kids ideas of computing in general. Consoles all meet those criteria to an extent, but it seems to me that the X-Box is basically a marketing vehicle for Microsoft, which is trying to sell itself to the next generation as an entertainment and hardware company as well as a software company. I'd rather NOT have kids exposed to that crap, and I don't believe their console is particularly great next to PS offerings, which many console developers seem to agree with me on, judging by how they vote with their feet.
Yep, smart guy there. Who would have thought that in up to 20+ years, kids will hate to buy data on discs when they can download it? Hell, anyone who uses a modern computing platform (read: Debian on broadband) knows that discs are already prehistoric.
Of course, whether you buy Moore's reasons for saying it is another question entirely. I'll bet he's selling something. Maybe just his own astounding crystal balls, or maybe he's trying to talk up MS's plans for massive online subscription incomes.
Exactly. The thing wasn't marketed at all, even though it was a great games machine, with innovative features. Actually, this is what concerns me about Sony vs. X-Box too... as long as one isn't hideously inferior compared to the other, then whichever one is marketed more heavily will win, it's as simple as that. Personally, I'm hoping Sony wins, and I believe their product will be superior too.
Agreed. Look at the Amiga CDTV, for instance. It was basically a games console + media center, but no one was remotely ready for it back in 1991.
Either way, users be helping MS to damage the IT market. Halo isn't that groundbreaking imho, if it's actually groundbreaking at all. Vista does have a few cool features, but there's no real need to limit a game to just Vista, I suspect. Except... if the game makes microsoft products look "cool" to a certain crowd, and that helps promote their OS, which in turn helps to lock people and businesses in to their products, then they've done well. However many people pirate Windows, they win because they get a monopoly in businesses by familiarity. For that to happen, it doesn't matter whether gamers pirate their OS or not.
Microsoft will fund articles like this right up until Blu-Rays launch and beyond, until their preferred format is dominant, or until they outflank the issues Blu-Ray presents for them.
Sorry, I just patented the Workaround(tm) last week.
None of these prizes preclude the use of robotics. Who's to say the rover won't be robotically controlled, or that the recharger isn't for a robot, etc.?
Domain names were never supposed to matter anyway. URLs were never supposed to matter. The idea of hypertext is that you click on well-labelled links on a page (ie, "tracking openoffice in spacesuits" rather than "here" or "get it there"). You'd click these links, and you'd go to a new URL, and you never had to care what the url was. Google is doing exactly what the net was supposed to do, as best it can given the bad links being used, and the spam, etc.
Nope. If Linus is saying that a non-DRM clause is valid for content, then to me, he basically just invalidated his position. Code is art and knowledge, and as such qualifies as content. What's more, many kinds of content will be made on Linux. My vote? Fork it if Linus doesn't like GPL3, and make sure all future contributions are GPL3-licensed. Linux-GPL2 can still use those patches, if it chooses.
NASA World Wind, which is quite similar to Google Earth, also has Moons and stars etc. You can also "drive" across a landscape, following it's contours, rather than just having fly-bys that don't give a sense of the real heights etc. It's more focused on educational uses, and open source too. All in all, a very interesting alternative to google earth. I wish the two projects would collaborate.
Having said all that, I get weird "application error" messages with the latest version. Seems to work for most people though. Anyone figured this out yet?
If you listened to the Massachussettss talks, you'll have heard the big companies basically chomping at the bit to take back some of Microsoft's Office market. I think they'd gladly work together, given sufficient incentive. What's more, it'd be good for users, and not just them.
Actually, you could argue that psychological self-awareness is much more important than other senses, because it tells us when we're laughing out of fear, or pleasure, or for a myriad of other reasons. And, of course, it makes us capable of questioning ourselves, and our humanity, and how many senses we have ;)
Entire operating systems, including TCP/IP stacks and browsers, can run from a single 1.44MB floppy disk. I believe QNX is one example, unless I'm thinking of another OS. Don't let bloated things like Windows and Linux make you believe that it you can't fit a desktop in less space.
There's no "lazy thinking" involved in that. If you have a functioning moral compass, you'll quickly see that sharing is a good thing, and that those against it are wrong. Not every answer that's achieved quickly is wrong; some quick answers are based on many previous years of thought, developing an ethical worldview. When that's done, some things are plainly and visibly wrong. Not sharing with those less well-off is one of those things.
There are so many problems with this study, I don't know where to start. For one thing... how do we even measure maturity? Is it just a physical thing? Most people seem to think that a person is in their prime at around 30, and this study is examining brains, not physique, so I don't think that's the question. Personally, I would judge maturity as when someone "puts away childish things", like... their childish, self-centered worldview, and accepts that they're human, fallible, and really no better than anyone else. They develop a fairly complete reasoning faculty, and enough humility to admit when they're wrong, apologise, and learn from their mistakes. They accept responsibility for their actions, and take care of others as much as they can. I think some sense of spirituality is an important aspect of maturity too -- I'm NOT claiming that religion is required, though. Also... and this is why I'm replying to you... I think an ability to enjoy child-like things without actually being child-*ish* is a good sign too. By these standards, it seems that some people never grow up. The study didn't actually seem to define maturity, or look for people who were in the process of maturing, or had matured, even in the control group.