In case anyone is wondering, that was the original title before the crack (smoking)/. editors finally corrected it. Everyone who modded me off-topic is just jealous that they didn't catch it first.
"the widespread use of the operating system independant programming language java."
How widespread is Java, really? For every Java programming job I see advertised, I see three C# jobs. Visual Basic even seems to be more common than Java. C# is just redundant, and Visual Basic is to programming as the Easy Bake Oven is to cooking, but that doesn't seem to stop people from using them.
You receive spam and/or your computer is infected with a virus, and you're supposed to join their cause? This seems inherently counterproductive. Could this virus have been written by an anti-neo-nazi (or neo-anti-nazi)?
Oh, yeah, let's turn this into a "Brits are smarter than Americans because we sip tea and walk with a swish" discussion. Or not.
You seem to be confused about what satire is. Here's an example. Using a ridiculous pen name and a lame biography does not transform an otherwise bad article into satire.
Aristotle encouraged moderation to excess. That's probably why he died at age 62. I prefer to exercise moderation in moderation. The aphorism "all things are good in moderation" is, after all, a contradiction.;)
You mean that we can bash apple and still come out 5 insightful on/., damn, where have I been these years.
Woah, you mean that my post actually got to +5 Insightful at one point? As I type this, I'm at +1 Flamebait. I should check my user info page more frequently. Maybe if the Apple fanbois were using modern PCs instead of outdated Macs they would've been able to mod my post down sooner.;)
Is it possible that you read the review looking for any flaws you could point out? It's a review; it's supposed to point out flaws. It doesn't matter to potential customers that it's only 1.0. It's not supposed to be considerate of Apple's feelings or the feelings of Mac Zealots. It's primary function is to help people make purchasing decisions, not to make your favorite company look good.
Reading your history, you seem rush to the aid of your dear Apple every time they are criticized. Your last post that wasn't about Apple or in an Apple-related thread was four months ago. I don't think I've ever encountered someone so devoted to a company they didn't work for. (Do you work for them?) Have you ever considered the amount of time you spend each day pondering the greatness of Apple? I mean, what do you get out of it anyway? It's not a religion, dude, it's just a company.
I don't understand Mac users. Why can't they just buy their iPods and Powerbooks and shut up about it? You do realize that membership in the Apple Fanboy Cult is optional, don't you?
Yeah, totally. I heard they use baby seal fat in their printers. So, like, everytime you get a bill from them, it took, like three baby seals to print it. And this one time, they cancelled this one guy's service because he tried to download Linux. I shit you not.
They don't station security guards at the end of every aisle to prevent casual stealing, so why is this any different?
While not at the end of every aisle, they do post guards at the entrances/exits. Or did you think the Walmart "greeters" were there just to welcome you and help you get a shopping cart? I've been asked to present my reciept when exiting both Walmart and K-mart on more than one occasion.
The real issue here is how the cachiers are supposed to know when an item rings up less than the actual price. In this case, it was pretty obvious to anybody that is familiar with iPods and how much they cost. But how can they be expected to know if you put a fake barcode on a big TV that was $100 less than the actual price?
Sometimes journalists borrow certain descriptions because the authors, being authorities on the topic (or at least having access to authorities on the topic), know how to phrase things in the most accurate terms.
It's not just journalists that do this. When I was writing my thesis proposal, my advisor gave me the proposal of one of his previous students to use as a model and to give me a list of references. When I looked up the original references, I found that entire paragraphs had been lifted from some of them. This was a Ph.D. thesis proposal! I was really annoyed by this, but the student had already graduated and moved on, so I didn't see any point in reporting it. It's especially ironic because my advisor sent out an email every year to all the students in the department reminding them of the University's policy on plagiarism. It just goes to show you that some people either don't understand plagiarism or just don't think they'll be caught.
Are you retarded? The "teacher" said that 800 000 / 200 000 000 = 0.004%. That is wrong because he confused percents with ratios. The summary is wrong, but she said it was right. And you are wrong because.004 is not.04%, it's.4%
we wil aftur i ad new defenitions for wil, aftur, ad, and defenitions. BTW, Slashdotters is spelled with a lower-case "d". (Hint: look at the top left of this page.;)
The official M-W dictionary has had definitions for fuck, shit, cunt, cocksucker, and just about every other naughty work that has been in common usage for a while. I didn't hear anyone raising any objections then, and I don't see how this will change it. I imagine it might raise some legal issues if entries appear for the colorful meaning of Lewinsky, the verb to google, or any other slang terms that reference personal or corporate names.
I think M-W, with its authoritative, throroughly researched definitions and extensive etymologies, is the best general reference for American English. I hope this new open dictionary makes it even better.
From the summary: According to the Free Software Foundation of France the French Department of Culture is telling free (as in speech) software providers that 'You will be required to change your licenses...
From the FSFFrance press release: SNEP and SCPP have told Free Software authors: "You will be required to change your licenses." SACEM add: "You shall stop publishing free software...
Someone, either the submitter or the editor, snipped out SNEP, SCPP, and SACEM, all of which are private organizations, and replaced them with "French Department of Culture". If someone in a legislature sponsors a bill, and a private organization makes a statement regarding that bill, that does not amount to the government making or supporting that statement. From what I've read, this bill does not outlaw all OSS, so the broad legal threats are empty anyway. Since it's not stated in the press release where or when the quoted statements were made, I have my doubts about their accuracy. This story is like a game of telephone; after several retellings, a translation, and a paraphrasing or two, it ends up on/. as "French Government says, 'all your Free Software are belong to us!!!!111'"
The GP was right. The summary was seriously misleading.
The summary attributes the quote to the "French Department of Culture". However, according to the press release, it was these private RIAA-like organizations that made the quoted statement and threatened to sue people should the bill pass. FSFFrance released the press release, so it's not really clear when or where it was said if at all. So, yes, the French legislature is considering passing a law prohibiting the distribution of source code for software that could lead to copyright infringement, but the quote is misattributed and certain details were left out in order to make it sound more sensational. It's not clear from the press release whether this would apply to all P2P software or just things like DVD decoders.
The important point is that this would not ban all OSS. What this bill would prohibit probably already falls under the DMCA in the US. It's probably even less restrictive because it doesn't say anything about distributing binaries. But, of course, the editors don't care about getting the story right; they just want more clicks and more ad impressions.
So...yes the summary is innacurate and seriously misleading. Fuckwit registered user.
"What if you had access to those books on the internet ?"
Sure, all you need is broad Internet coverage in rural areas, a computer with a wireless modem, and the electricity to run it all. Why should Americans give free Internet access and free laptops to other countries before we even have these things ourselves.
There's a much more feasable technology available: books can be printed for a couple dollars each or so and can be reused by students for many years. The reason they don't have books is because they don't value education. Technology isn't going to change that.
Have you seen the specs for the proposed $100 laptop? I'm not sure what they've morphed into lately, but a couple months ago, it was a combination laptop/tablet with wireless capability. Also, it had a built-in hand crank charger, and the body is supposed to be nearly indestructible. Now I'm not going to say that you couldn't build some kind of portable computer for $100 on a large scale, just not anything close to the proposed one. I'm not sure why this guy insists that these computers be so advanced that they would put most slashdotters' laptops to shame. I guess it just wouldn't grab as many headlines if he said, "we need to distribute extremely scaled down palmtop computers to the third world."
The technology to distribute books, newspapers, and magazines electronically has been widespread in the developed world for years, yet most of these materials are still sold in printed format. Many publishers have been afraid to do this because it would be too easy to redistribute. In fact, I'm surprised that the music industry hasn't gone back to vinyl because it's harder to copy;) I don't think most textbook publishers would be willing to risk having their textbooks leaking out into the rest of the world, even if they were willing to allow their content to be used for free. They already have a big enough problem with other countries printing and selling their books without permission.
I actually didn't learn much from my textbooks until college. In high school, I rarely studied outside of class. Most of what I learned came from lectures, and through studying my notes and doing homework problems. What third world countries need is a commitment to education, and the elimination of their corrupt warlord leaders. Laptops won't provide any of this.
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"Anyone with Oprah or Safari have trouble getting to it?"
Oprah? That some kind of bloatware version of Firefox or something?
In case anyone is wondering, that was the original title before the crack (smoking) /. editors finally corrected it. Everyone who modded me off-topic is just jealous that they didn't catch it first.
Scientist Unlock Reasons Cancer Spreads
...is our children learning?
Hey, I patented whiney liberal rants. Pay up!
"the widespread use of the operating system independant programming language java."
How widespread is Java, really? For every Java programming job I see advertised, I see three C# jobs. Visual Basic even seems to be more common than Java. C# is just redundant, and Visual Basic is to programming as the Easy Bake Oven is to cooking, but that doesn't seem to stop people from using them.
You receive spam and/or your computer is infected with a virus, and you're supposed to join their cause? This seems inherently counterproductive. Could this virus have been written by an anti-neo-nazi (or neo-anti-nazi)?
What exactly does I mean in German?
Oh, yeah, let's turn this into a "Brits are smarter than Americans because we sip tea and walk with a swish" discussion. Or not.
You seem to be confused about what satire is. Here's an example. Using a ridiculous pen name and a lame biography does not transform an otherwise bad article into satire.
"The photos look most like a lemur," he told the BBC News website. "But there certainly shouldn't be lemurs in Borneo."
It's obviously just a man in a lemur costume.
Aristotle encouraged moderation to excess. That's probably why he died at age 62. I prefer to exercise moderation in moderation. The aphorism "all things are good in moderation" is, after all, a contradiction. ;)
You mean that we can bash apple and still come out 5 insightful on /., damn, where have I been these years.
;)
Woah, you mean that my post actually got to +5 Insightful at one point? As I type this, I'm at +1 Flamebait. I should check my user info page more frequently. Maybe if the Apple fanbois were using modern PCs instead of outdated Macs they would've been able to mod my post down sooner.
Is it possible that you read the review looking for any flaws you could point out? It's a review; it's supposed to point out flaws. It doesn't matter to potential customers that it's only 1.0. It's not supposed to be considerate of Apple's feelings or the feelings of Mac Zealots. It's primary function is to help people make purchasing decisions, not to make your favorite company look good.
Reading your history, you seem rush to the aid of your dear Apple every time they are criticized. Your last post that wasn't about Apple or in an Apple-related thread was four months ago. I don't think I've ever encountered someone so devoted to a company they didn't work for. (Do you work for them?) Have you ever considered the amount of time you spend each day pondering the greatness of Apple? I mean, what do you get out of it anyway? It's not a religion, dude, it's just a company.
I don't understand Mac users. Why can't they just buy their iPods and Powerbooks and shut up about it? You do realize that membership in the Apple Fanboy Cult is optional, don't you?
Yeah, totally. I heard they use baby seal fat in their printers. So, like, everytime you get a bill from them, it took, like three baby seals to print it. And this one time, they cancelled this one guy's service because he tried to download Linux. I shit you not.
They don't station security guards at the end of every aisle to prevent casual stealing, so why is this any different?
While not at the end of every aisle, they do post guards at the entrances/exits. Or did you think the Walmart "greeters" were there just to welcome you and help you get a shopping cart? I've been asked to present my reciept when exiting both Walmart and K-mart on more than one occasion.
The real issue here is how the cachiers are supposed to know when an item rings up less than the actual price. In this case, it was pretty obvious to anybody that is familiar with iPods and how much they cost. But how can they be expected to know if you put a fake barcode on a big TV that was $100 less than the actual price?
But this sounds like a documentary, whereas "Revenge of the Nerds" was a cheesy, fictional film about nerd stereotypes.
Sometimes journalists borrow certain descriptions because the authors, being authorities on the topic (or at least having access to authorities on the topic), know how to phrase things in the most accurate terms.
It's not just journalists that do this. When I was writing my thesis proposal, my advisor gave me the proposal of one of his previous students to use as a model and to give me a list of references. When I looked up the original references, I found that entire paragraphs had been lifted from some of them. This was a Ph.D. thesis proposal! I was really annoyed by this, but the student had already graduated and moved on, so I didn't see any point in reporting it. It's especially ironic because my advisor sent out an email every year to all the students in the department reminding them of the University's policy on plagiarism. It just goes to show you that some people either don't understand plagiarism or just don't think they'll be caught.
They probably meant .004 (.04%)
.004 is not .04%, it's .4%
Are you retarded? The "teacher" said that 800 000 / 200 000 000 = 0.004%. That is wrong because he confused percents with ratios. The summary is wrong, but she said it was right. And you are wrong because
A dinosaur foot clutching it's neck. Obviously.
we wil aftur i ad new defenitions for wil, aftur, ad, and defenitions. BTW, Slashdotters is spelled with a lower-case "d". (Hint: look at the top left of this page. ;)
The official M-W dictionary has had definitions for fuck, shit, cunt, cocksucker, and just about every other naughty work that has been in common usage for a while. I didn't hear anyone raising any objections then, and I don't see how this will change it. I imagine it might raise some legal issues if entries appear for the colorful meaning of Lewinsky, the verb to google, or any other slang terms that reference personal or corporate names.
I think M-W, with its authoritative, throroughly researched definitions and extensive etymologies, is the best general reference for American English. I hope this new open dictionary makes it even better.
From the summary: ...
/. as "French Government says, 'all your Free Software are belong to us!!!!111'"
According to the Free Software Foundation of France the French Department of Culture is telling free (as in speech) software providers that 'You will be required to change your licenses
From the FSFFrance press release:
SNEP and SCPP have told Free Software authors: "You will be required to change your licenses." SACEM add: "You shall stop publishing free software...
Someone, either the submitter or the editor, snipped out SNEP, SCPP, and SACEM, all of which are private organizations, and replaced them with "French Department of Culture". If someone in a legislature sponsors a bill, and a private organization makes a statement regarding that bill, that does not amount to the government making or supporting that statement. From what I've read, this bill does not outlaw all OSS, so the broad legal threats are empty anyway. Since it's not stated in the press release where or when the quoted statements were made, I have my doubts about their accuracy. This story is like a game of telephone; after several retellings, a translation, and a paraphrasing or two, it ends up on
The GP was right. The summary was seriously misleading.
The summary attributes the quote to the "French Department of Culture". However, according to the press release, it was these private RIAA-like organizations that made the quoted statement and threatened to sue people should the bill pass. FSFFrance released the press release, so it's not really clear when or where it was said if at all. So, yes, the French legislature is considering passing a law prohibiting the distribution of source code for software that could lead to copyright infringement, but the quote is misattributed and certain details were left out in order to make it sound more sensational. It's not clear from the press release whether this would apply to all P2P software or just things like DVD decoders.
The important point is that this would not ban all OSS. What this bill would prohibit probably already falls under the DMCA in the US. It's probably even less restrictive because it doesn't say anything about distributing binaries. But, of course, the editors don't care about getting the story right; they just want more clicks and more ad impressions.
So...yes the summary is innacurate and seriously misleading. Fuckwit registered user.
"What if you had access to those books on the internet ?"
Sure, all you need is broad Internet coverage in rural areas, a computer with a wireless modem, and the electricity to run it all. Why should Americans give free Internet access and free laptops to other countries before we even have these things ourselves.
There's a much more feasable technology available: books can be printed for a couple dollars each or so and can be reused by students for many years. The reason they don't have books is because they don't value education. Technology isn't going to change that.
Have you seen the specs for the proposed $100 laptop? I'm not sure what they've morphed into lately, but a couple months ago, it was a combination laptop/tablet with wireless capability. Also, it had a built-in hand crank charger, and the body is supposed to be nearly indestructible. Now I'm not going to say that you couldn't build some kind of portable computer for $100 on a large scale, just not anything close to the proposed one. I'm not sure why this guy insists that these computers be so advanced that they would put most slashdotters' laptops to shame. I guess it just wouldn't grab as many headlines if he said, "we need to distribute extremely scaled down palmtop computers to the third world."
The technology to distribute books, newspapers, and magazines electronically has been widespread in the developed world for years, yet most of these materials are still sold in printed format. Many publishers have been afraid to do this because it would be too easy to redistribute. In fact, I'm surprised that the music industry hasn't gone back to vinyl because it's harder to copy ;) I don't think most textbook publishers would be willing to risk having their textbooks leaking out into the rest of the world, even if they were willing to allow their content to be used for free. They already have a big enough problem with other countries printing and selling their books without permission.
I actually didn't learn much from my textbooks until college. In high school, I rarely studied outside of class. Most of what I learned came from lectures, and through studying my notes and doing homework problems. What third world countries need is a commitment to education, and the elimination of their corrupt warlord leaders. Laptops won't provide any of this.