I never bought DRM music so I'm not going to buy DRM books. I always bought the CDs and ripped the music in a friendly non-DRM format. Now, for books, I'll just scan each of my books into a friendly non-DRM format--one page at a time. That'll show the book publishers that their DRM can't affect my life!
I don't think the '90s qualify as the "early days" in reference to coding. When I think early days, I think '50s-'60s--others may think of something even earlier.
If you are just referring to the commercial Internet, then the '90s could be considered the early days. But not for coding in general.
Getty-Dubay is the way to go. I learned penmanship in the late seventies. I was taught the "ball and stick" method for print and a version of the Palmer method for cursive (lots of loops). Taking notes in college was a struggle. I wrote faster in cursive but with all the loops, it became illegible pretty fast.
I got Getty and Dubay's book Write Now and that changed everything. They use the "Italic" method which goes back to Michelangelo and Davinci. It has a very classic look. Italic is much easier and more natural to use. I highly recommend it.
"We want to know whether the universe simply happens to be what it is for no reason or whether there is a power behind it that makes it what it is. Since that power, if it exists, would be not one of the observed facts but a reality which makes them, no mere observation of the facts can find it."
--C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, bk. 1, ch. 4, par. 3-4
Cool sig. Most people don't "get it" (they believe he actually meant to buy a sword--since they have no concept of the verse's context). But it's cool to see someone who understands it using it.
This really sounds like the Apple vs PC discussion (especially before the mini). There are two different mindsets: 1) PCs are "good enough" and cheap so I love them, and 2) PCs are cheap but not "good enough". The features Apple brings to the table far outway the price difference.
There isn't a right or wrong in it--just an opinion. Some people like chocoalte, some vanilla. Some like what the PS3 offers, some don't think it's worth it. That's why it's great to have competition and choice.
Wow, we could have spent 10 times more money in the long run due to lost productivity and hardware repair by buying systems at one fifth the cost. No thanks. Number of hours we've had in down time due to hardware malfunctions, viruses, etc.--0. Not bad for 20 years. I'm sure we are a rarity and have been very lucky but we have never had one of our Macs die or require any major repairs.
I can not---however---conclude from this that latin is a better language.
I do not believe anyone was attempting to make a case for a Mac being better. I believe people were simply pointing out that the assertion no knowledgeable IT people use Macs is incorrect.
I know. I was simply using the vernacular of many IT people in which they refer to any machine running an OS other than Mac OS a PC and any computer running Mac OS a Mac. But thank you for clarifying as I'm sure many Slashdot readers were confused.:-)
I'm writing from a publishing company that has been running on Mac *exclusively* since 1987 (in business since '69). We have *never* owned a PC or Windows. Our IT dept is exclusively Mac. We do everything from desktop publishing to Web development and serving, database development and serving, Unix system administration, etc. No PCs, no Windows--ever. All Mac, all the time. And I am definitely not going to overgeneralize, but many IT people I have met know Microsoft and that's about it. Many Mac IT people I have met know Mac, Linux, Windows, Solaris, etc. The general trend I have noticed is that IT people who use Macs have a broader scope of technical knowledge overall than the Windows only IT departments.
If Vista actually ships at some point and if a significant number of people actually find a compelling reason to upgrade in the near future and if your scenario were to take place, then there is the slightest possibility you could be correct. It really doesn't look like Google has anything to worry about.
Here's one of my favorite episodes with a Linux snob. I updated Firefox to v1.5. Obviously some of my extensions stopped working. I e-mailed the author of one of the extensions and said:
"Will there be an update to [extension x] to allow it to install on Firefox 1.5?"
He responded:
"You shouldn't be using Firefox if you don't know how to make extensions work with it..."
Oh yeah, this is going to get people running to Linux and Firefox--don't use our software unless you know how to code. This wasn't a simple "change the max version" issue. It was something in the code.
Thanks for mentioning this. This was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read the story. I have no doubt that by these standards many have given a lot more to charity than Gates. I even know a few. In fact, as a percentage of income, I probably have.
The other point to consider is the old, "do the ends justify the means?" If I devise a way to do a disservice to a large portion of the population by committing several unethical (and some would say immoral) acts and then, after I have profited heavily from it, turn around and give some of that "dirty" money to charity--am I now a "good" person? Hmmm . ..
This flaw allows malicious hackers to launch arbitrary code remotely, which in turn can take control of a user's computer.
Is that really true? At least as far as my understanding of OS X security is concerned, no code can "take over" the computer without the user specifically giving admin privileges. I'd be interested to hear other thoughts on this.
Is this Slashdot? Don't mean to be rude, but I thought everybody knew what was going on with the Apple on Intel switch. Apple has no intention of supporting OS X on any Intel hardware they did not manufacture. Sure you can get a pirate copy of a previous cracked version, but who knows how well it will work or how long it will last. If you want to develop for Intel based Macs, then you have to get one of the Apple developer machines (G5 cases with Intel processors). There are no other Intel based Macs available and OS X is not officially supported on any other hardware.
Wow, live and learn. I've been a Slashdot moderator a few times, so I know how it is. But I simply made a comment on how ironic it is that Gates is trying to act like a consumer advocate. I get modded as a troll while someone else noting the same irony gets modded as interesting. The randomness of Slashdot modding at work.
Is he kidding? Anti-Consumer? Kind of like a company that gets sued every other day for anti-competitive and monopolistic practices which are the definition of anti-consumer. Blu-Ray may be anti-consumer, I don't know, but that cause most definitely needs a spokesman that doesn't look like a pot yelling at a kettle.
Thank you for helping to prove my point. The parent states that American television is controlled by puritancial Christian values and tries to draw a similarity with Muslim governmental censorship. However, American television contains numerous programs (some would say the majority) that go against "puritanical Christian" values--most likely against the values of those who would find satisfaction in a mortification belt. That is not the case in Muslim dominated societies. Television programs are censored to align themselves with their strictest values. It does not take a high level of intelligence or common sense to see that American society and entertainment is vastly more free, open, and secular than its counterparts in Muslim dominated societies. (And I am not making a value judgement on those societies. If that's the way the majority of their citizens want it, then let them have it. A large number of American citizens want a welfare state and an emperor [e.g. "why wasn't the president/federal government more involved in New Orleans?"], and they are on their way to getting it.)
If you believe American TV is so puritanical it is suitable for conservative Muslims, you must have never met a conservative Muslim. We're not known as the great Satan because we have puritanical television broadcasts. Granted there are many other reasons we are known as the great Satan, but conservative Muslims would find most of our television completely evil. Remember, it is common for a woman to be completely covered from head to toe in Muslim cultures. How do you think the most tame episode of Baywatch would go over with them?
Windows is most definitely not necessary. I have owned personal computers since 1984 (yes, started with the C64), and I have *never* owned a Windows machine. Currently I use OS X at home and we use OS X exclusively at my workplace. The only reason I have ever heard to justify the absolute *necessity* of Windows is that other people are using it. So if you want to make Windows unnecessary, just stop using it.:-)
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I never bought DRM music so I'm not going to buy DRM books. I always bought the CDs and ripped the music in a friendly non-DRM format. Now, for books, I'll just scan each of my books into a friendly non-DRM format--one page at a time. That'll show the book publishers that their DRM can't affect my life!
It's definitely not new, but Unreal Tournament 2004 is available for Linux. Unreal Tournament 3 is still under development--very slowly.
he's a rockstar from the early days.
I don't think the '90s qualify as the "early days" in reference to coding. When I think early days, I think '50s-'60s--others may think of something even earlier. If you are just referring to the commercial Internet, then the '90s could be considered the early days. But not for coding in general.
Getty-Dubay is the way to go. I learned penmanship in the late seventies. I was taught the "ball and stick" method for print and a version of the Palmer method for cursive (lots of loops). Taking notes in college was a struggle. I wrote faster in cursive but with all the loops, it became illegible pretty fast. I got Getty and Dubay's book Write Now and that changed everything. They use the "Italic" method which goes back to Michelangelo and Davinci. It has a very classic look. Italic is much easier and more natural to use. I highly recommend it.
"We want to know whether the universe simply happens to be what it is for no reason or whether there is a power behind it that makes it what it is. Since that power, if it exists, would be not one of the observed facts but a reality which makes them, no mere observation of the facts can find it."
--C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, bk. 1, ch. 4, par. 3-4
How long before the porn featuring Barry Titanate?
Cool sig. Most people don't "get it" (they believe he actually meant to buy a sword--since they have no concept of the verse's context). But it's cool to see someone who understands it using it.
This really sounds like the Apple vs PC discussion (especially before the mini). There are two different mindsets: 1) PCs are "good enough" and cheap so I love them, and 2) PCs are cheap but not "good enough". The features Apple brings to the table far outway the price difference. There isn't a right or wrong in it--just an opinion. Some people like chocoalte, some vanilla. Some like what the PS3 offers, some don't think it's worth it. That's why it's great to have competition and choice.
Wow, we could have spent 10 times more money in the long run due to lost productivity and hardware repair by buying systems at one fifth the cost. No thanks. Number of hours we've had in down time due to hardware malfunctions, viruses, etc.--0. Not bad for 20 years. I'm sure we are a rarity and have been very lucky but we have never had one of our Macs die or require any major repairs.
I know. I was simply using the vernacular of many IT people in which they refer to any machine running an OS other than Mac OS a PC and any computer running Mac OS a Mac. But thank you for clarifying as I'm sure many Slashdot readers were confused. :-)
I'm writing from a publishing company that has been running on Mac *exclusively* since 1987 (in business since '69). We have *never* owned a PC or Windows. Our IT dept is exclusively Mac. We do everything from desktop publishing to Web development and serving, database development and serving, Unix system administration, etc. No PCs, no Windows--ever. All Mac, all the time. And I am definitely not going to overgeneralize, but many IT people I have met know Microsoft and that's about it. Many Mac IT people I have met know Mac, Linux, Windows, Solaris, etc. The general trend I have noticed is that IT people who use Macs have a broader scope of technical knowledge overall than the Windows only IT departments.
If Vista actually ships at some point and if a significant number of people actually find a compelling reason to upgrade in the near future and if your scenario were to take place, then there is the slightest possibility you could be correct. It really doesn't look like Google has anything to worry about.
Oh yeah, this is going to get people running to Linux and Firefox--don't use our software unless you know how to code. This wasn't a simple "change the max version" issue. It was something in the code.
Thanks for mentioning this. This was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read the story. I have no doubt that by these standards many have given a lot more to charity than Gates. I even know a few. In fact, as a percentage of income, I probably have.
The other point to consider is the old, "do the ends justify the means?" If I devise a way to do a disservice to a large portion of the population by committing several unethical (and some would say immoral) acts and then, after I have profited heavily from it, turn around and give some of that "dirty" money to charity--am I now a "good" person? Hmmm . . .
When I see Ballmer or Gates begin dressing like Steve Jobs, I'll make the Men's Warehouse my new home. Until then I'll stick with the chic geek look.
Is this Slashdot? Don't mean to be rude, but I thought everybody knew what was going on with the Apple on Intel switch. Apple has no intention of supporting OS X on any Intel hardware they did not manufacture. Sure you can get a pirate copy of a previous cracked version, but who knows how well it will work or how long it will last. If you want to develop for Intel based Macs, then you have to get one of the Apple developer machines (G5 cases with Intel processors). There are no other Intel based Macs available and OS X is not officially supported on any other hardware.
Wow, live and learn. I've been a Slashdot moderator a few times, so I know how it is. But I simply made a comment on how ironic it is that Gates is trying to act like a consumer advocate. I get modded as a troll while someone else noting the same irony gets modded as interesting. The randomness of Slashdot modding at work.
Is he kidding? Anti-Consumer? Kind of like a company that gets sued every other day for anti-competitive and monopolistic practices which are the definition of anti-consumer. Blu-Ray may be anti-consumer, I don't know, but that cause most definitely needs a spokesman that doesn't look like a pot yelling at a kettle.
Thank you for helping to prove my point. The parent states that American television is controlled by puritancial Christian values and tries to draw a similarity with Muslim governmental censorship. However, American television contains numerous programs (some would say the majority) that go against "puritanical Christian" values--most likely against the values of those who would find satisfaction in a mortification belt. That is not the case in Muslim dominated societies. Television programs are censored to align themselves with their strictest values. It does not take a high level of intelligence or common sense to see that American society and entertainment is vastly more free, open, and secular than its counterparts in Muslim dominated societies. (And I am not making a value judgement on those societies. If that's the way the majority of their citizens want it, then let them have it. A large number of American citizens want a welfare state and an emperor [e.g. "why wasn't the president/federal government more involved in New Orleans?"], and they are on their way to getting it.)
If you believe American TV is so puritanical it is suitable for conservative Muslims, you must have never met a conservative Muslim. We're not known as the great Satan because we have puritanical television broadcasts. Granted there are many other reasons we are known as the great Satan, but conservative Muslims would find most of our television completely evil. Remember, it is common for a woman to be completely covered from head to toe in Muslim cultures. How do you think the most tame episode of Baywatch would go over with them?
Windows is most definitely not necessary. I have owned personal computers since 1984 (yes, started with the C64), and I have *never* owned a Windows machine. Currently I use OS X at home and we use OS X exclusively at my workplace. The only reason I have ever heard to justify the absolute *necessity* of Windows is that other people are using it. So if you want to make Windows unnecessary, just stop using it. :-)
. . . says the man selling crap in his sig.
100% of those who voted AGAINST it were "conservative" judges.