...it would be nice to see some flavour of Linux adopt a sensible, user-friendly way of installing software. For Debian-based systems in GNOME, open the Synaptic Package Manager, find the software you want and mark it for installation. The Manager will even find and install the necessary dependencies. There's also KDE version known as Kynaptic. In Ubuntu, there's an "Add/Remove" program under the Applications menu that functions the same way, except with pretty pictures. I'm really not how much more sensible and user-friendly software installation can get.
The more I read about the state of science education, the more grateful I am to the teachers I had over the years. My chemistry teacher poured his heart into teaching his students, not just about chemistry, but how to educate themselves. He would routinely have us design experiments to verify or explore something we had learned in class. For the final, we were given a week to identify twenty unknown chemicals using the lab techniques we had learned and a stack of reference books. Sadly, he was "retired" by the school district after using some choice words in his description of and arguments against one of the school board's more asinine proposals
The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem states "Exact reconstruction of a continuous-time baseband signal from its samples is possible if the signal is bandlimited and the sampling frequency is greater than twice the signal bandwidth." More information can be found here. Wikipedia is your friend.
The concept of "authentic" products in the United State is somewhat odd. The idea of "you what you pay for" is ingrained into the US culture so much that getting something for nothing is almost a foreign concept to many consumers. American consumers also rely heavily on popular opinion for shopping choices. The more widespread an shop or product is, the more authentic it feels to the US consumer, for example, Starbuck's.
The first time I downloaded an album from Jamendo (Rob Costlow's Woods of Chaos) it still felt somewhat like piracy. I was getting good music for free, from a site most people had never heard of. However the more I used the site, the more familiar it became and the more authentic it feels. As sites like Jamendo become more popular and a Radiohead's ditribution model becomes more pervasive, authenticity will take root.
I looked into that myself a little while back. The Hebrew word used for "kill" in this particular instance is ratsach, which is more properly translated to "murder".
It is still incorrectly written. According to the article you linked, "American's" should be written as "Americans'" since it is considered a plural possessive.
Because a person being tasered by the police should be of interest to everyone. From what I can tell, the student was tasered for resisting arrest, but it's still an interesting story because it was done at a political rally. Nerds pride themselves on being the most informed people on the planet and that should include current events as well.
I beg to differ. I consider myself fairly intelligent and I enjoy TV as much as the next guy. I'm selective about my programming, but I don't dismiss it altogether as something for the unwashed masses.
In a US public school, one may teach with a Bachelor's degree. The particular state you're teaching in tests you on the material you're supposed to be teaching to the students. You're then issued a teacher's certificate for that particular subject. However if you want to teach the advanced classes, like AP or Gifted/Talented classes, you'll usually need a Master's.
When Dante was populating the Inferno, he dumped Odysseus in the 8th circle, 1 up from the bottom. Why? Because he's a smart, tricky bastard, just like the Devil is supposed to be. Actually I think that was because Odysseus was the ruin of the Trojans, and the Italians, via the Romans, claimed descent from the survivors of Troy. The Bible has nothing against intelligence. Christ was fairly clever in dealing with both humans and the Devil, and told his disciples to be "as shrewd as serpents." (Matthew 10:16)
If we postpone improvements until there is no killing or until there is religious harmony, then we would never do anything Granted, but it seems reasonable to wait until there is a significant drop in the amount of killings or the chances of being killed
I've always thought Gaiman's Coraline to be his more Alice-in-Wonderland-style work, even though it's a children's book. Neverwhere strikes me as more of an "Odyssey" type of novel.
I'm a religious man (probably more Center than Right) and American Gods is one of my favorite books. It is possible to enjoy something without believing it to be true.
I don't think MS wants to make it happen. Frankly I think all their talk about interoperability is lip-service. My post was in regards to why Linux developers would want to make Linux play nice with Windows.
While my personal feelings regarding Mr Chavez are mixed, this is a great idea. He's attempting to grow an industry within his country and using open-source software to do it. It's always good to see Linux moving beyond the nerds into the hands of (for lack of a better term) common people.
Why would someone want to make windows work with linux when he can make linux work with linux?
Because, for the time being, people are still using Microsoft. Linux is the unknown and therefore scary. If you can show Joe Sixpack that your Linux box and his Microsoft box can play well together, he becomes less scared of Linux. Then you show him the respective price tags and watch as he sees the light.
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Why is the parent modded down? Granted my knowledge of circuitry is rather limited, but it still seems like a legitimate question.
For Debian-based systems in GNOME, open the Synaptic Package Manager, find the software you want and mark it for installation. The Manager will even find and install the necessary dependencies. There's also KDE version known as Kynaptic. In Ubuntu, there's an "Add/Remove" program under the Applications menu that functions the same way, except with pretty pictures. I'm really not how much more sensible and user-friendly software installation can get.
The more I read about the state of science education, the more grateful I am to the teachers I had over the years. My chemistry teacher poured his heart into teaching his students, not just about chemistry, but how to educate themselves. He would routinely have us design experiments to verify or explore something we had learned in class. For the final, we were given a week to identify twenty unknown chemicals using the lab techniques we had learned and a stack of reference books. Sadly, he was "retired" by the school district after using some choice words in his description of and arguments against one of the school board's more asinine proposals
The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem states "Exact reconstruction of a continuous-time baseband signal from its samples is possible if the signal is bandlimited and the sampling frequency is greater than twice the signal bandwidth." More information can be found here. Wikipedia is your friend.
The concept of "authentic" products in the United State is somewhat odd. The idea of "you what you pay for" is ingrained into the US culture so much that getting something for nothing is almost a foreign concept to many consumers. American consumers also rely heavily on popular opinion for shopping choices. The more widespread an shop or product is, the more authentic it feels to the US consumer, for example, Starbuck's.
The first time I downloaded an album from Jamendo (Rob Costlow's Woods of Chaos ) it still felt somewhat like piracy. I was getting good music for free, from a site most people had never heard of. However the more I used the site, the more familiar it became and the more authentic it feels. As sites like Jamendo become more popular and a Radiohead's ditribution model becomes more pervasive, authenticity will take root.
I looked into that myself a little while back. The Hebrew word used for "kill" in this particular instance is ratsach, which is more properly translated to "murder".
It's Microsoft. What do you think?
It is still incorrectly written. According to the article you linked, "American's" should be written as "Americans'" since it is considered a plural possessive.
Because a person being tasered by the police should be of interest to everyone. From what I can tell, the student was tasered for resisting arrest, but it's still an interesting story because it was done at a political rally. Nerds pride themselves on being the most informed people on the planet and that should include current events as well.
I beg to differ. I consider myself fairly intelligent and I enjoy TV as much as the next guy. I'm selective about my programming, but I don't dismiss it altogether as something for the unwashed masses.
Boy's now got a set of wheels and more iPhones to experiment on. You'd think it'd just be cheaper to pay the him to unlock your phone for you.
Yeah, it's not like anyone's gonna RTFA to start with.
In a US public school, one may teach with a Bachelor's degree. The particular state you're teaching in tests you on the material you're supposed to be teaching to the students. You're then issued a teacher's certificate for that particular subject. However if you want to teach the advanced classes, like AP or Gifted/Talented classes, you'll usually need a Master's.
When Dante was populating the Inferno, he dumped Odysseus in the 8th circle, 1 up from the bottom. Why? Because he's a smart, tricky bastard, just like the Devil is supposed to be.
Actually I think that was because Odysseus was the ruin of the Trojans, and the Italians, via the Romans, claimed descent from the survivors of Troy. The Bible has nothing against intelligence. Christ was fairly clever in dealing with both humans and the Devil, and told his disciples to be "as shrewd as serpents." (Matthew 10:16)
Surely Red China can't be that upset with GP asking questions.
Speak for yourself. My mother makes me cut the grass every week in exchange for staying in the basement.
Will the car detect the alcohol on their hands (but not in their systems) and refuse to let them drive?
Cue the Hitchhiker's jokes.
If we postpone improvements until there is no killing or until there is religious harmony, then we would never do anything
Granted, but it seems reasonable to wait until there is a significant drop in the amount of killings or the chances of being killed
Quack comedian.
I've always thought Gaiman's Coraline to be his more Alice-in-Wonderland-style work, even though it's a children's book. Neverwhere strikes me as more of an "Odyssey" type of novel.
I'm a religious man (probably more Center than Right) and American Gods is one of my favorite books. It is possible to enjoy something without believing it to be true.
I don't think MS wants to make it happen. Frankly I think all their talk about interoperability is lip-service. My post was in regards to why Linux developers would want to make Linux play nice with Windows.
While my personal feelings regarding Mr Chavez are mixed, this is a great idea. He's attempting to grow an industry within his country and using open-source software to do it. It's always good to see Linux moving beyond the nerds into the hands of (for lack of a better term) common people.
Why would someone want to make windows work with linux when he can make linux work with linux?
Because, for the time being, people are still using Microsoft. Linux is the unknown and therefore scary. If you can show Joe Sixpack that your Linux box and his Microsoft box can play well together, he becomes less scared of Linux. Then you show him the respective price tags and watch as he sees the light.