If the thing is so sophisticated that can navigate rough terrain in a hostile arena and carry someone back, why not give it a gun and let it do the fighting? Then there would be no wounded to carry back.
Well duh! Because then it would violate the three laws of robotics! Sheesh! don't you young'uns know anything?
My wife uses NeoOffice on her MacBook Pro, and I use it on my old 800 MHz iMac (the little I use the iMac anyway). It is an acceptable alternative to MS Office for the Mac, but not as good IMHO as the native version of OOo I run on my Linux and Windows computers.
I will download and play around with the native port of OOo on my iMac, but I'll leave the wife using NeoOffice until OOo gets out of Alpha status.
Not finding fault with what you just said, but I installed Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 (fresh installs, both times) on my Dell E520 (bought new in October 2006) with SATA drives (one the first time, two the second time), with absolutely no problems.
I did, however, have problems with Ubuntu and my ATi Radeon X1300 Pro video card. Under 6.10, it took me about three days to get it working, and I never had accelerated 3-D. Under 7.04, all I had to do was the quick change "clueless user" alluded to, and it worked great!
I also installed 7.04 on my HP Inspiron notebook, purchased this February, and it found absolutely every piece of hardware on the machine! It has the Intel wireless chipset (forget which one), and Ubuntu identified it and put the little icon on the task bar stating that a closed source driver was being used. I quickly set up the WiFi, and it has been connected via 802.11g ever since. Nice!
Yes, Ubuntu and Linux may not be perfect, and it may have a ways to go, but it certainly is getting better and better all the time!
Because I only reboot my computers when I have to, like when I get an update to the kernel. The rest of the time, they just waste electricity and CPU cycles, and generate excess heat my A/C unit has to deal with!:-)
Communicating in Morse code. It's a pain in the ass to learn, but when you do, you find the rewards more than justify the effort spent.
Also, it's good to remember that Assembly language is just one more tool in a programmer's tool box. I wouldn't write throw-away scripts in Assembly language, just like I wouldn't use C. I'd probably use Perl, Python or shell script, as necessary. When you need to hand-tune that algorithm to get that last little boost in performance, being able to drop down to Assembly language can save the day. Too bad it is a dying art.
On another note, I agree with the other posters that said learning Assembly language allows you to learn the hardware better. 8086 Assembly language was my second language (after BASIC), and I used it for several years, until I started using Windows and found it was much easier to write a Windows program in C:-)
Make the parents culpable for what their nasty little whelps do. The vast majority of this stuff goes on either because the bully's parents don't know, or they just don't care. Either way, the parents aren't doing their job properly.
Perhaps if these parents had to pay some hefty fines and/or do some jail time for their offspring's indiscretions, they might be a bit more inclined to pay more attention to what their kids are doing.
Was I bullied? Yes, mercilessly. I was one of those skinny, geeky kids back in high school (science nerd), as were, I suspect, quite a few other Slashdotters. I am just thankful that was back in the 1970's, before computers and the Internet revolution. At least I was safe in my own home.
We each own an iPod (30 GB Video), and we both have quite a lot of music on them. We each ripped the CD's out of our collection that we wanted to our respective computer, using iTunes (we both have Macs, although I use my Linux computer more), and we independently sync our iPods with that music. Neither of us has even one song that we didn't either purchase on CD or through iTMS, and neither one of us would even think of "borrowing" a CD from someone else, with the intent to rip the tracks for our own use.
I really don't get the piracy thing. If you are going to listen to the music, then you should pay for it, whether that be from purchasing the CDs, or through a legitimate on-line music service. I also don't care to hear arguments against this, because those that argue the loudest are usually the ones with the most non-purchased music in their library. They are being just as self-serving as Mr. Jobs.
Personally, I wish we could do away with DRM, because it is quite difficult to play the songs I legally purchased off of iTMS on my Linux computer. I think that is a load of crap, and that it severely cuts into my fair-use rights, which nobody seems to care about.
I had the great fortune to also marry another geek. She's not so much of a computer geek, like me, she's more of a science geek (also like me) and a mathematics geek.
She also thinks my two great hobbies, computers and ham radio, are "cute", and allows me to spend inordinate amounts of money on them;-)
I started using vi (on an HP-9000 K-Class server) back in early 1999. It was my first exposure to UNIX and vi. It was also the only editor on that system! I got into Linux and the BSD's because of that, and vi (mostly Vim) has been my favorite editor since. I use it on Windows, OSX, Unix and Linux. I am a programmer, and find the commands quite logical for programming.
I ran Emacs once, just to see what it was like. I damn near panicked because I couldn't figure out how to exit the damn thing!
Actually, I like this. I've been an Amateur radio operator (ham) for over 16 years now (since August 1990), and had to pass the 20 wpm Morse code exam to get my Extra class license back in April, 1991. I love Morse code and using the CW mode, and am trying to get my code recognition up around 35 wpm (long process).
That said, I am also an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE), and have been for almost as long as I've had my Amateur Extra license. Since the ITU dropped the requirements for Morse code at sea, I have thought that the FCC's requirement for Morse code to get to the HF bands was really out of touch. I'm glad to see they finally rectified this.
For the hams proclaiming this is the end for ham radio, I say sit down and STFU. Amateur radio needs to evolve with the times, and presenting an artificial barrier to entry to the HF bands was not conducive to this. Why should people have to learn one mode over all the others, that they probably won't ever use, and will forget the next day, just to get HF privileges? Those that want to learn and use Morse code will, the rest will use sideband, AM, FM or one of the ever popular digital modes.
Amateur radio is under attack from the Internet and from cell phone usage. If we want to preserve our hobby, we need to be flexible in our attitude to the hobby. This is the 21st century, and hobbling an entire hobby to 19th century technology will be the death of it.
While not wanting to sound like an IBM shill, I believe IBM owns tens of thousands of active patents, and have been in the computer business way longer than Microsoft. I'd be more than willing to bet that if Microsoft ever did try to sue any Linux vendor/distributor, they'd find themselves staring straight down the barrel of IBM's legal department.
I don't know what kind of deals there are between IBM and Microsoft, but I know IBM is still smarting from the stab in the back it got from Microsoft back in the 80's, over OS/2, and it really wouldn't surprise me any if we found out that Microsoft was violating scores of IBM patents.
I'm so worried about OSX malware and viruses that I went out and bought my wife a brand new MacBook Pro, which is our third Mac. And I won't be running any AV software from Symantec on it either.
I guess they figure if they keep stirring the pot, eventually the "less technically savvy" OSX users will get scared and buy their Norton Antivirus for Macintosh.
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Kind of like chicken!
If the thing is so sophisticated that can navigate rough terrain in a hostile arena and carry someone back, why not give it a gun and let it do the fighting? Then there would be no wounded to carry back.
Well duh! Because then it would violate the three laws of robotics! Sheesh! don't you young'uns know anything?
My wife uses NeoOffice on her MacBook Pro, and I use it on my old 800 MHz iMac (the little I use the iMac anyway). It is an acceptable alternative to MS Office for the Mac, but not as good IMHO as the native version of OOo I run on my Linux and Windows computers.
I will download and play around with the native port of OOo on my iMac, but I'll leave the wife using NeoOffice until OOo gets out of Alpha status.
Yeah, I see them all the time. They don't usually bring down the OS though.
:-)
Brains, brainssss!!!
Sorry, couldn't help it
Could possibly be Peter Noone from "Herman's Hermits"???
Not finding fault with what you just said, but I installed Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 (fresh installs, both times) on my Dell E520 (bought new in October 2006) with SATA drives (one the first time, two the second time), with absolutely no problems.
I did, however, have problems with Ubuntu and my ATi Radeon X1300 Pro video card. Under 6.10, it took me about three days to get it working, and I never had accelerated 3-D. Under 7.04, all I had to do was the quick change "clueless user" alluded to, and it worked great!
I also installed 7.04 on my HP Inspiron notebook, purchased this February, and it found absolutely every piece of hardware on the machine! It has the Intel wireless chipset (forget which one), and Ubuntu identified it and put the little icon on the task bar stating that a closed source driver was being used. I quickly set up the WiFi, and it has been connected via 802.11g ever since. Nice!
Yes, Ubuntu and Linux may not be perfect, and it may have a ways to go, but it certainly is getting better and better all the time!
Five? Eh, well, I guess the five desktop systems and four notebooks on my home network are a tad out of the ordinary?
I was thinking more like:
"BooHoo Boo Hoo Hoo"
Yeah, mine. I do have Nethack installed (ASCII version), so I would probably get pinged by ol' Jacko too.
Because I only reboot my computers when I have to, like when I get an update to the kernel. The rest of the time, they just waste electricity and CPU cycles, and generate excess heat my A/C unit has to deal with! :-)
Communicating in Morse code. It's a pain in the ass to learn, but when you do, you find the rewards more than justify the effort spent.
:-)
Also, it's good to remember that Assembly language is just one more tool in a programmer's tool box. I wouldn't write throw-away scripts in Assembly language, just like I wouldn't use C. I'd probably use Perl, Python or shell script, as necessary. When you need to hand-tune that algorithm to get that last little boost in performance, being able to drop down to Assembly language can save the day. Too bad it is a dying art.
On another note, I agree with the other posters that said learning Assembly language allows you to learn the hardware better. 8086 Assembly language was my second language (after BASIC), and I used it for several years, until I started using Windows and found it was much easier to write a Windows program in C
Heh, I'm thinking 70 cm! :-)
Got to get my VHF/UHF sideband/CW station back on the air!
Looks like I need to really get to work on my Elecraft K1. With a solar maximum like they're predicting, QRP is going to be awesome!
Make the parents culpable for what their nasty little whelps do. The vast majority of this stuff goes on either because the bully's parents don't know, or they just don't care. Either way, the parents aren't doing their job properly.
Perhaps if these parents had to pay some hefty fines and/or do some jail time for their offspring's indiscretions, they might be a bit more inclined to pay more attention to what their kids are doing.
Was I bullied? Yes, mercilessly. I was one of those skinny, geeky kids back in high school (science nerd), as were, I suspect, quite a few other Slashdotters. I am just thankful that was back in the 1970's, before computers and the Internet revolution. At least I was safe in my own home.
We each own an iPod (30 GB Video), and we both have quite a lot of music on them. We each ripped the CD's out of our collection that we wanted to our respective computer, using iTunes (we both have Macs, although I use my Linux computer more), and we independently sync our iPods with that music. Neither of us has even one song that we didn't either purchase on CD or through iTMS, and neither one of us would even think of "borrowing" a CD from someone else, with the intent to rip the tracks for our own use.
I really don't get the piracy thing. If you are going to listen to the music, then you should pay for it, whether that be from purchasing the CDs, or through a legitimate on-line music service. I also don't care to hear arguments against this, because those that argue the loudest are usually the ones with the most non-purchased music in their library. They are being just as self-serving as Mr. Jobs.
Personally, I wish we could do away with DRM, because it is quite difficult to play the songs I legally purchased off of iTMS on my Linux computer. I think that is a load of crap, and that it severely cuts into my fair-use rights, which nobody seems to care about.
Give ELKS a try:
http://elks.sourceforge.net/
OMG, thanks for the flashback, you bastard. Retro is ok and all, but THE SEVENTIES MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN!
To paraphrase: "Those who remember the seventies... mostly lie about their age."
Some of us are lucky, some no so much.
;-)
I had the great fortune to also marry another geek. She's not so much of a computer geek, like me, she's more of a science geek (also like me) and a mathematics geek.
She also thinks my two great hobbies, computers and ham radio, are "cute", and allows me to spend inordinate amounts of money on them
I started using vi (on an HP-9000 K-Class server) back in early 1999. It was my first exposure to UNIX and vi. It was also the only editor on that system! I got into Linux and the BSD's because of that, and vi (mostly Vim) has been my favorite editor since. I use it on Windows, OSX, Unix and Linux. I am a programmer, and find the commands quite logical for programming.
I ran Emacs once, just to see what it was like. I damn near panicked because I couldn't figure out how to exit the damn thing!
That was just too cool!
I had to add it to my collection of programming wisdom.
Heh. I tried. I finally quit after reading the seventh book.
At least my wife was smarter than me, she gave it up after number three!
Still, it's got to say something for the mainframe if 120 new Dell servers, running as a grid, offer only a 70% performance improvement.
Actually, I like this. I've been an Amateur radio operator (ham) for over 16 years now (since August 1990), and had to pass the 20 wpm Morse code exam to get my Extra class license back in April, 1991. I love Morse code and using the CW mode, and am trying to get my code recognition up around 35 wpm (long process).
That said, I am also an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE), and have been for almost as long as I've had my Amateur Extra license. Since the ITU dropped the requirements for Morse code at sea, I have thought that the FCC's requirement for Morse code to get to the HF bands was really out of touch. I'm glad to see they finally rectified this.
For the hams proclaiming this is the end for ham radio, I say sit down and STFU. Amateur radio needs to evolve with the times, and presenting an artificial barrier to entry to the HF bands was not conducive to this. Why should people have to learn one mode over all the others, that they probably won't ever use, and will forget the next day, just to get HF privileges? Those that want to learn and use Morse code will, the rest will use sideband, AM, FM or one of the ever popular digital modes.
Amateur radio is under attack from the Internet and from cell phone usage. If we want to preserve our hobby, we need to be flexible in our attitude to the hobby. This is the 21st century, and hobbling an entire hobby to 19th century technology will be the death of it.
73, Howard
AC4FS
While not wanting to sound like an IBM shill, I believe IBM owns tens of thousands of active patents, and have been in the computer business way longer than Microsoft. I'd be more than willing to bet that if Microsoft ever did try to sue any Linux vendor/distributor, they'd find themselves staring straight down the barrel of IBM's legal department.
I don't know what kind of deals there are between IBM and Microsoft, but I know IBM is still smarting from the stab in the back it got from Microsoft back in the 80's, over OS/2, and it really wouldn't surprise me any if we found out that Microsoft was violating scores of IBM patents.
I'm so worried about OSX malware and viruses that I went out and bought my wife a brand new MacBook Pro, which is our third Mac. And I won't be running any AV software from Symantec on it either.
I guess they figure if they keep stirring the pot, eventually the "less technically savvy" OSX users will get scared and buy their Norton Antivirus for Macintosh.