Someday, we're going to think this was quite a crude process, but we're getting there! We're learning how to "program" the body. We're starting to learn how to code ourselves, and with some more breakthroughs, modern medicine will forever be changed just as penicillin changed the world.
During our lifetimes, it will be extremely exciting to see all of this happen. The scary part is how far we take it. Bad things can come of it too.
Hahaha, nice! I just hope it goes better than during the spring game
I just ordered my Texas ticket through a friend's student ticket. I'll be living in Austin starting in July, but you can rest assured that i'll be talkin plenty of friendly smack for that game!
As a Buckeye (about to graduate in ECE), this is great to see. Most of our best research is done in the medical field, where we have world-reknowned centers. It's good to see our physics and computer guys stealing some thunder. We're not the MIT of computing and physics, but there's certainly quite a few brains here.
Yes, Azureus does rock. It seems that the development has slowed down a bit recently, since the 2.2 series release.
This makes sense though, because it simply works incredibly, and they're probably working on some bigger things now for a new version. It's stabilized quite nicely, better than any closed-source software out there lately!
I'll have to figure out how to combine that into one. Columbus, OH is better, but the good stuff I added (like where to eat and drink) is in the Columbus one.
Some people wonder why they do it, but I completely understand. I live in a city that I love dearly, but its Wiki article wasn't up to speed.
So I added to it what I could... and you know what? It felt GOOD! I hadn't really done anything worthwhile that week, and I felt that I made a great contribution to society!
So don't knock it til you try it. There's a great sense of accomplishment in giving knowledge to other people, even if it's something as trivial as finding the best burgers in town.
And now I see that someone took away my link to the best burgers in town. I'll fix that.
Every one of you who reads this site regularly should read it. Linux is not yet at the "tipping point" of crossing the chasm. The past year has been enormous though. I give it 2 more years, personally. IBM and Novell are huge and will make it happen.
In my opinion, OpenOffice.org is the most important software suite in the OSS movement. You might argue that Firefox is, but OO.org is competing against a very expensive application. If it can be used to stimulate innovation and bring prices down, I'm all for it.
That said, please test it! OpenOffice.org's success in the long run is determined by the visionaries like us who give good feedback so that it can eventually make it to the mainstream smoothly.
I want in, i just e-mailed them to find out if it's too late.
I have a comic (Bertoline) posted in my signature. Check it out, it should appeal to some of the dork masses. Some are good, some are TERRIBLE. Hahaha... Let me know if anyone else knows if it's too late. Give me some hatemail about my comics too, that'd be nice
[offtopic] gives me an idea though, maybe when job interviewers start asking me those behavioural questions about "a time when you've had disagreements and a way of resolving them", there's no need to bring up something too dramatic. [/offtopic]
As an experienced interviewer/interviewee, I will go ahead and agree with this for the obvious reasons. Any questions that are ethics-based or drama-based should be answered in the following way: Ask to think about it for 20 seconds, and then come up with something that is halfway of an ethical problem or so...
Obviously, I don't want to hear about the time when you banged your boss's daughter and your jealous cubicle neighbor poured sugar in your gas tank, but I would like to know how you handled a smaller dilemna that was skirting a few issues.
This is odd considering that Costa Rica has probably the biggest Libertarian movements in the world. Of course, it's only one politician (:)), but he's been making lots of headway
Read this book. Crossing the Chasm - Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Consumers.
Firefox is still growing, but there WILL be a point when we need to "cross the chasm" and get it out to the mainstream.
As of right now, Soccer Mom, Joe Sixpack, and NASCAR Dad don't yet know about Firefox. I don't think we want them to yet either -- Version 1.0 is great for all of my friends in Academia, but Version 1.1 will be time when I'm more comfortable with EVERYONE using Firefox.
Everyone wants to know which projects, and we'll find out soon enough.
However, I don't like the attitude in the above post. In the grand scheme of things, 30 projects is NOTHING, and it doesn't matter what they do. What matters is if collaboration and support rise and IBM likes the results that they get, they will do it MORE.
So quit griping - any support is good, and if the community supports it in return, you've made a good ally and have a good future.
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During our lifetimes, it will be extremely exciting to see all of this happen. The scary part is how far we take it. Bad things can come of it too.
Maybe you should let good, intelligent citizens carry guns. Then idiots will think twice before performing violent crimes.
It's called a food chain, buddy. There's no innocence and guilt in the food chain -- only survival or the stoppage of your gene propagation.
I just ordered my Texas ticket through a friend's student ticket. I'll be living in Austin starting in July, but you can rest assured that i'll be talkin plenty of friendly smack for that game!
As a Buckeye (about to graduate in ECE), this is great to see. Most of our best research is done in the medical field, where we have world-reknowned centers. It's good to see our physics and computer guys stealing some thunder. We're not the MIT of computing and physics, but there's certainly quite a few brains here.
This name just gives more ambiguity to something already ambiguous (Linux)... how the hell do you even pronounce it?! Is this the best they could do?
You've obviously never been to an Ohio State football game.
Haha this is hilarious. I love Columbus.
This makes sense though, because it simply works incredibly, and they're probably working on some bigger things now for a new version. It's stabilized quite nicely, better than any closed-source software out there lately!
Wow, I'm really off today. One of those is from wikitravel, the other is wikipedia.
Columbus, OH
Columbus
I'll have to figure out how to combine that into one. Columbus, OH is better, but the good stuff I added (like where to eat and drink) is in the Columbus one.
So I added to it what I could... and you know what? It felt GOOD! I hadn't really done anything worthwhile that week, and I felt that I made a great contribution to society!
So don't knock it til you try it. There's a great sense of accomplishment in giving knowledge to other people, even if it's something as trivial as finding the best burgers in town.
And now I see that someone took away my link to the best burgers in town. I'll fix that.
READ THIS BOOK: Crossing The Chasm: Marketing High-Tech Products to Mainstream Consumers
Every one of you who reads this site regularly should read it. Linux is not yet at the "tipping point" of crossing the chasm. The past year has been enormous though. I give it 2 more years, personally. IBM and Novell are huge and will make it happen.
That said, please test it! OpenOffice.org's success in the long run is determined by the visionaries like us who give good feedback so that it can eventually make it to the mainstream smoothly.
That's really about it. That book has HP ALL over it, but if it were re-written today, every HP mention would have an asterisk next to it.
When you destroy innovation and employee morale, you are going to go nowhere.
HP stepped over a dollar so that they could save a nickel. And in the long run, Fiorina got the Nickel, HP's stockholders got jack shit.
There's not much you can do about the way people use your tools. You can't program a hammer to only pound nails.
Guys, it's too late. The deadline was midnight on Feb 28th. Oh well, I'll still have to keep making new ones anyway :(
Thanks..
I have a comic (Bertoline) posted in my signature. Check it out, it should appeal to some of the dork masses. Some are good, some are TERRIBLE. Hahaha... Let me know if anyone else knows if it's too late. Give me some hatemail about my comics too, that'd be nice
Obviously, I don't want to hear about the time when you banged your boss's daughter and your jealous cubicle neighbor poured sugar in your gas tank, but I would like to know how you handled a smaller dilemna that was skirting a few issues.
Just be prepared.
This is odd considering that Costa Rica has probably the biggest Libertarian movements in the world. Of course, it's only one politician (:)), but he's been making lots of headway
We'll see how it works... they've definitely sparked some interest in the projects they're opening.
Firefox is still growing, but there WILL be a point when we need to "cross the chasm" and get it out to the mainstream.
As of right now, Soccer Mom, Joe Sixpack, and NASCAR Dad don't yet know about Firefox. I don't think we want them to yet either -- Version 1.0 is great for all of my friends in Academia, but Version 1.1 will be time when I'm more comfortable with EVERYONE using Firefox.
This one contains all the information to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything!
However, I don't like the attitude in the above post. In the grand scheme of things, 30 projects is NOTHING, and it doesn't matter what they do. What matters is if collaboration and support rise and IBM likes the results that they get, they will do it MORE.
So quit griping - any support is good, and if the community supports it in return, you've made a good ally and have a good future.