I could be wrong, but I don't think the data is stored on the surface of the medium. When the surface is scratched the lazer is refracted differently, so the data below is useless.
Apparently you haven't been to a rural public school. At my highschool (in college now) we got computers that were donated from a prison. They are hardly functional. If anything schools need more funding. At least rural school do. That's just my experience.
I agree that the article is misleading. It does not open Word and Excel files "flawlessly". In fact, I've had a lot of problems with the formatting in Word. Also, OO.o will not open Excel files with graphs correctly. When you save the file again, you are left with corrupted graphs. I know it's not easy to fix these things. I don't blame the developers. I just think it's stupid to claim that it opens MS documents "flawlessly" when it doesn't. But I'd have to say the OO.o team is doing an excellent job. OO.o 1.9 is a huge imrovement over 1.13. Lets hope they keep up the good work.
People don't use Trillian for the same reasons most people don't use Firefox or Opera.
1st. People don't know there are alternatives. If you did a pole on the streets, I bet 99% of people will have not heard of Gaim. Trillian is much more popular I would say.
2nd. People don't care about security. Most people really could care less about security because if their computer becoms loaded with viruses they will just have one of their techie friends fix it.
Miranda is a nice chat client for older systems. It supports multiple chat protocols and does not require installation. The site says it can even be run from a floppy drive. I prefer it over gaim and trillian.
"What!? The 'check oil' light is on? I have to add oil every couple months. Must be a leak."
My point being as long as it works people don't care. It doesn't matter if it's causing damage to their engine (data/personal information). As long as it works right then.
When is Firefox going to have Adblock built in? I see it as an essential extension, but most people won't go out of their way to download extra extensions. It would not come with a preloaded Adblock list so most people would just block ads as they see them. Can anyone tell me why they don't do this? Seems to me this would greatly increase Firefox's popularity.
This looks very cool. It's one example of the great things coming from FOSS. I anxious for when robots that can do useful tasks will become available. I'd be willing to pay top dollar for a robot I could program.
Just ask someone for an invite. I have 100 invites between my two gmail accounts. Or if you don't want to ask someone for an invite, try this site. http://isnoop.net/gmail/
My laptop went click, click, click, click, click... Flash drive to the rescue! Backed up my important data. A few minutes later it went click, click, click, finally froze, and then blue screened. Since it was under warranty and no data was lost I didn't have to hit or yell at it.:)
Isn't it strange, for all the talk of an anarchic, libertarian, freedom on Slashdot, that it is a paternalistic government's choice of O/S and software for the poor that is being applauded here? That the masses cannot be allowed to make their own choices, because their choices might include Microsoft?
I don't see why people should be forced to pay for software when they don't want/need it. If some people decide they need Microsoft Windows they can buy it and load it on themselves.
Choices are nice, but as vectorian798 says below, we need some standards. The advantage Windows has over Linux is that when you write a program for Windows it will install on all Windows computers (without compiling the program yourself). You could fork the project so you have a choice of which program you use but we should have a standard package format.
From what the flash clip shows this program looks pretty slick.
I think malware writers are shifting their focus away from mass-mailed malware to other easier and more effective ways to harm computer users. This article (http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=1 63468) says that viruses, spam, and phishing scams are still on the rise, which is pretty alarming considering they are already a huge problem.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think the data is stored on the surface of the medium. When the surface is scratched the lazer is refracted differently, so the data below is useless.
A result of all the nagging /.ers that read this post --> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/18 8202&tid=158&tid=172&tid=95
I was one of the probably hundreds of people that e-mailed asking for a Firefox extension.
This was supposed to be fixed in 1.03. I only have 1.03 so the fix worked for me.
that Google will know where I am, too?
Apparently you haven't been to a rural public school. At my highschool (in college now) we got computers that were donated from a prison. They are hardly functional. If anything schools need more funding. At least rural school do. That's just my experience.
I agree that the article is misleading. It does not open Word and Excel files "flawlessly". In fact, I've had a lot of problems with the formatting in Word. Also, OO.o will not open Excel files with graphs correctly. When you save the file again, you are left with corrupted graphs. I know it's not easy to fix these things. I don't blame the developers. I just think it's stupid to claim that it opens MS documents "flawlessly" when it doesn't. But I'd have to say the OO.o team is doing an excellent job. OO.o 1.9 is a huge imrovement over 1.13. Lets hope they keep up the good work.
People don't use Trillian for the same reasons most people don't use Firefox or Opera. 1st. People don't know there are alternatives. If you did a pole on the streets, I bet 99% of people will have not heard of Gaim. Trillian is much more popular I would say. 2nd. People don't care about security. Most people really could care less about security because if their computer becoms loaded with viruses they will just have one of their techie friends fix it.
If I pass a test, but it's not legible, should I make revisions so it is legible or hand it in as is?
Miranda is a nice chat client for older systems. It supports multiple chat protocols and does not require installation. The site says it can even be run from a floppy drive. I prefer it over gaim and trillian.
http://www.miranda-im.org/
Wasn't Winamp using a find as you type feature long before anyone else?
That link didn't work for me. This one works. http://www.blogtelevision.net/p/Watch-Video-___1,2 ,,17773.html
What's a PC?
"What!? The 'check oil' light is on? I have to add oil every couple months. Must be a leak."
My point being as long as it works people don't care. It doesn't matter if it's causing damage to their engine (data/personal information). As long as it works right then.
When is Firefox going to have Adblock built in? I see it as an essential extension, but most people won't go out of their way to download extra extensions. It would not come with a preloaded Adblock list so most people would just block ads as they see them. Can anyone tell me why they don't do this? Seems to me this would greatly increase Firefox's popularity.
Is there a "donate" button anywhere? I feel I should be paying them for all their services. Apparently they are doing alright without donations.
This looks very cool. It's one example of the great things coming from FOSS. I anxious for when robots that can do useful tasks will become available. I'd be willing to pay top dollar for a robot I could program.
I love April Fools Day!
Just ask someone for an invite. I have 100 invites between my two gmail accounts. Or if you don't want to ask someone for an invite, try this site. http://isnoop.net/gmail/
My laptop went click, click, click, click, click... Flash drive to the rescue! Backed up my important data. A few minutes later it went click, click, click, finally froze, and then blue screened. Since it was under warranty and no data was lost I didn't have to hit or yell at it. :)
It must be the easier to use one button mouse.
I don't see why people should be forced to pay for software when they don't want/need it. If some people decide they need Microsoft Windows they can buy it and load it on themselves.
Choices are nice, but as vectorian798 says below, we need some standards. The advantage Windows has over Linux is that when you write a program for Windows it will install on all Windows computers (without compiling the program yourself). You could fork the project so you have a choice of which program you use but we should have a standard package format. From what the flash clip shows this program looks pretty slick.
I think malware writers are shifting their focus away from mass-mailed malware to other easier and more effective ways to harm computer users. This article (http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=1 63468) says that viruses, spam, and phishing scams are still on the rise, which is pretty alarming considering they are already a huge problem.
That better be modded "insightful".
iPod-Linux --> http://ipodlinuxinstl.sourceforge.net/index.shtml