And what would stop the Indonesian government from ignoring the ruling of the World Court? Not a helluva lot. Really, what is the US DOJ going to do? Not much. The US has already shown that it has no intention of respecting any international body (such as the United Nations, the International Red Cross, Amnesty International, and the World Criminal Court). Indonesia just has to point to that fact while they proceed to disregard such international bodies.
Look, you were born in 1989. That is a decade after the 1970s had FINISHED! It's no wonder you don't remember them taking the world by storm. You weren't even born yet!
Why is Indonesia submitting to Microsoft like this? Are they afraid Microsoft will no longer do business with them? Well, it seems that that doesn't matter. They'll just pirate any necessary software some way or another. What does Indonesia gain from this?
You're exactly right! Those are some excellent points. The innovation in the auto industry these days isn't because there are many smaller American firms competing with each other. It is because there are several large American firms facing very stuff competition from international firms. I wouldn't be surprised to some day see an Indian or Chinese PC maker take the world by storm (Levono, perhaps?), much as Hyundai and Saab did in the 1970s. That may just be the boost needed to propel American PC technology to new heights.
While it seems unreasonable, if not unbelievable, at this time, it may indeed happen in the future. The computer industry is undergoing the same consolidation that the auto industry underwent five decades ago. The many smaller companies (ie. DEC, Cray, Amstrad, Olivetti, Digital Research) merged together, leading to larger bohemoths such as Compaq, Dell, HP, Packard-Bell, SGI, Sun, Apple and IBM. Now we're seeing the larger companies merge or leave the industry, such as Compaq and HP joining, and the downfall of SGI (and perhaps soon Sun). Soon there'll only be the big players of Dell, HP, IBM and Apple. Eventually we might end up with the "Big Three" of computing. Will this consolidation be good for the industry? Well, it's difficult to tell at this time. But it is a foregone conclusion that it will eventually occur.
Indeed, "intuitiveness" is a qualitative, not a quantitative, measurement. But familiarity itself is worthless to the new user. Nevertheless, relating such GUI concepts to the real world has proven to be the best paradigm so far. Attempts at 3D virtual world desktops have failed miserably, because they imitate, rather than relate, to the acual world.
This movie has the potential to revitalize the show. Remember, the quality of South Park had decreased somewhat until the release of South Park: The Movie. The movie in turn gave impetus to the TV show. Strangely enough, some have even said that the post-movie seasons of South Park are far more intellectual than the pre-movie seasons. Now, that's a matter of personal taste, but I think that this movie could do the exact same for The Simpsons television show.
Jef Raskin was well-known for pointing out the many flaws of contemporary software GUIs. For those who do not know, Jef Raskin was the man who designed the GUIs for several different Apple operating systems. By the fact that Microsoft borrowed such concepts from Apple, his innovation has also highly influenced the Microsoft Windows platform.
But anyways, he always stated that GUIs are there for the user, not the developer. GUIs are supposed to be intuitive, so as to allow the user to be far more productive, rather than hindered. Such ideas are not new. Mr. Raskin spoke of such things decades ago.
How soon until various nations around the world start using technology such as this during attacks on other sovereign nations? Something like this could come in very handy when struggling against freedom fighters who employ roadside explosives and other such guerilla tactics.
One of the strong points is its discussion of object-oriented design patterns. These days OO design patterns are just as essential as iteration when programming in languages like C++. But unfortunately, many C++ books fail to mention such patterns, and how they can be used to help make software development quicker, more efficient, and more resistant to errors.
For those who do not know, Jef Poskanzer is the author of the thttpd webserver.
I'm just wondering what sort of hardware you're running your site and email server on, Jef. I know that thttpd is extremely quick and efficient, so it wouldn't surprise me if you were running on an older 486 or early Pentium I machine.
This does not reflect well on thttpd. Not that I'm saying it is a poorly designed web server (indeed, I know it is not!), but it did not last long during this Slashdot barrage. I hope this doesn't become an incident people will refer to when attempting to denegrate thttpd.
I know several researchers who have been using realtime Linux on the desktop while performing studies regarding the user experience of systems with minimal latency. Their preliminary findings are that users much prefer the instantaneous response that a realtime system offers, even if the system does not perform as well when it comes to raw data crunching. For future desktop systems, heavily multithreaded, realtime apps are the way to go.
They can't really buy Time Warner. Right now it's only their stock value that exceeds the stock value of Time Warner. Like the article says, Time Warner has a net worth of $45 billion, compared to $3 billion for Google. While it is possible that Google could raise the finances necessary to purchase Time Warner, it is most likely not something they could do at this time.
But paper is still expensive up-front. The cost of a mistake that results in thousands of wasted pages can often cost more than the hourly wage paid to the person who made the mistake. That is why such mistakes can't be taken lightly, from a business perspective. They can be very financially costly.
That's very interesting. Last I heard, the place I was at was developing carbon composite litho. They took it all non-linear, as well. The litho plate actually spun as if it were a record, and the paper was sort of curled down and pressed against the lith plate in a small strip at the correct angle. This allowed for the printing to occur very rapidly, but the turning of the litho disc also helped progress the paper along. All very complicated stuff, if you ask me.
400 feet/minute is common in the newspaper printing industry. When I worked there it was often possible to achieve speeds of up to 1000 feet/minute, but that required bonding the paper to special rubber conveyors to prevent the paper from tearing. Even then, if the rubber conveyor itself snapped then it would often cause damage to the machine. While it didn't happen too often, it was pretty damaging when it did.
That's a very archaic way of thinking. If cars didn't go over 10 km/h then people would never get where they wanted to go, and people would never drive them. It's all about supply, demand, and market forces, my good man.
We have a Brother 4500MNP, which can print 75 pages per minute. It has a 6000 page paper resevoir. I would imagine this printer has a similar resevoir, if not greater. Perhaps closer to 10000 pages.
Canon is well-known and well-respected in the Linux community for either directly providing Linux drivers, or at least providing the technical information necessary for others to write such drivers.
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And what would stop the Indonesian government from ignoring the ruling of the World Court? Not a helluva lot. Really, what is the US DOJ going to do? Not much. The US has already shown that it has no intention of respecting any international body (such as the United Nations, the International Red Cross, Amnesty International, and the World Criminal Court). Indonesia just has to point to that fact while they proceed to disregard such international bodies.
Look, you were born in 1989. That is a decade after the 1970s had FINISHED! It's no wonder you don't remember them taking the world by storm. You weren't even born yet!
Why is Indonesia submitting to Microsoft like this? Are they afraid Microsoft will no longer do business with them? Well, it seems that that doesn't matter. They'll just pirate any necessary software some way or another. What does Indonesia gain from this?
You're exactly right! Those are some excellent points. The innovation in the auto industry these days isn't because there are many smaller American firms competing with each other. It is because there are several large American firms facing very stuff competition from international firms. I wouldn't be surprised to some day see an Indian or Chinese PC maker take the world by storm (Levono, perhaps?), much as Hyundai and Saab did in the 1970s. That may just be the boost needed to propel American PC technology to new heights.
While it seems unreasonable, if not unbelievable, at this time, it may indeed happen in the future. The computer industry is undergoing the same consolidation that the auto industry underwent five decades ago. The many smaller companies (ie. DEC, Cray, Amstrad, Olivetti, Digital Research) merged together, leading to larger bohemoths such as Compaq, Dell, HP, Packard-Bell, SGI, Sun, Apple and IBM. Now we're seeing the larger companies merge or leave the industry, such as Compaq and HP joining, and the downfall of SGI (and perhaps soon Sun). Soon there'll only be the big players of Dell, HP, IBM and Apple. Eventually we might end up with the "Big Three" of computing. Will this consolidation be good for the industry? Well, it's difficult to tell at this time. But it is a foregone conclusion that it will eventually occur.
Indeed, "intuitiveness" is a qualitative, not a quantitative, measurement. But familiarity itself is worthless to the new user. Nevertheless, relating such GUI concepts to the real world has proven to be the best paradigm so far. Attempts at 3D virtual world desktops have failed miserably, because they imitate, rather than relate, to the acual world.
This movie has the potential to revitalize the show. Remember, the quality of South Park had decreased somewhat until the release of South Park: The Movie. The movie in turn gave impetus to the TV show. Strangely enough, some have even said that the post-movie seasons of South Park are far more intellectual than the pre-movie seasons. Now, that's a matter of personal taste, but I think that this movie could do the exact same for The Simpsons television show.
I never said anything about America or Bush. You did. Why are you going on such an anti-American rampage?
Jef Raskin was well-known for pointing out the many flaws of contemporary software GUIs. For those who do not know, Jef Raskin was the man who designed the GUIs for several different Apple operating systems. By the fact that Microsoft borrowed such concepts from Apple, his innovation has also highly influenced the Microsoft Windows platform.
But anyways, he always stated that GUIs are there for the user, not the developer. GUIs are supposed to be intuitive, so as to allow the user to be far more productive, rather than hindered. Such ideas are not new. Mr. Raskin spoke of such things decades ago.
Yes, freedom fighters. Fighting against a despotic, occupying force, perhaps.
How soon until various nations around the world start using technology such as this during attacks on other sovereign nations? Something like this could come in very handy when struggling against freedom fighters who employ roadside explosives and other such guerilla tactics.
One of the strong points is its discussion of object-oriented design patterns. These days OO design patterns are just as essential as iteration when programming in languages like C++. But unfortunately, many C++ books fail to mention such patterns, and how they can be used to help make software development quicker, more efficient, and more resistant to errors.
For those who do not know, Jef Poskanzer is the author of the thttpd webserver. I'm just wondering what sort of hardware you're running your site and email server on, Jef. I know that thttpd is extremely quick and efficient, so it wouldn't surprise me if you were running on an older 486 or early Pentium I machine.
This does not reflect well on thttpd. Not that I'm saying it is a poorly designed web server (indeed, I know it is not!), but it did not last long during this Slashdot barrage. I hope this doesn't become an incident people will refer to when attempting to denegrate thttpd.
I know several researchers who have been using realtime Linux on the desktop while performing studies regarding the user experience of systems with minimal latency. Their preliminary findings are that users much prefer the instantaneous response that a realtime system offers, even if the system does not perform as well when it comes to raw data crunching. For future desktop systems, heavily multithreaded, realtime apps are the way to go.
They can't really buy Time Warner. Right now it's only their stock value that exceeds the stock value of Time Warner. Like the article says, Time Warner has a net worth of $45 billion, compared to $3 billion for Google. While it is possible that Google could raise the finances necessary to purchase Time Warner, it is most likely not something they could do at this time.
How much further until they surpass Microsoft?
But paper is still expensive up-front. The cost of a mistake that results in thousands of wasted pages can often cost more than the hourly wage paid to the person who made the mistake. That is why such mistakes can't be taken lightly, from a business perspective. They can be very financially costly.
That's very interesting. Last I heard, the place I was at was developing carbon composite litho. They took it all non-linear, as well. The litho plate actually spun as if it were a record, and the paper was sort of curled down and pressed against the lith plate in a small strip at the correct angle. This allowed for the printing to occur very rapidly, but the turning of the litho disc also helped progress the paper along. All very complicated stuff, if you ask me.
It's not bad. It's dangerous.
400 feet/minute is common in the newspaper printing industry. When I worked there it was often possible to achieve speeds of up to 1000 feet/minute, but that required bonding the paper to special rubber conveyors to prevent the paper from tearing. Even then, if the rubber conveyor itself snapped then it would often cause damage to the machine. While it didn't happen too often, it was pretty damaging when it did.
That's a very archaic way of thinking. If cars didn't go over 10 km/h then people would never get where they wanted to go, and people would never drive them. It's all about supply, demand, and market forces, my good man.
Actually, many printers are known to run vxWorks. Some from Lexmark have been reported to run a stripped down version of NetBSD.
We have a Brother 4500MNP, which can print 75 pages per minute. It has a 6000 page paper resevoir. I would imagine this printer has a similar resevoir, if not greater. Perhaps closer to 10000 pages.
Canon is well-known and well-respected in the Linux community for either directly providing Linux drivers, or at least providing the technical information necessary for others to write such drivers.