I have heard this as well, although they were originally slated to come out in 2005, then 2006. Also, there is no mandate saying your provider has to rent CC2.0, only that they have to rent a CC.
I have seen plenty of TVs with Cable Cards that get HDTV just fine. The only thing they cannot do is On Demand. Now, given the cable company doesn't make it easy to get a CC, they still provide them.
How long do you think it will take some enterprising young lad (or lass) to decide that the OLPC is in desperate need of a working version of [insert your favorite distro]? 512 is a bit tight, but could be done if you REALLY got finicky about your packages.
And depending on the age of the child, I think sugar is fair enough. Certainly it is limited, but that isn't a bad thing in a classroom setting. Plus, i would rather Timmy not be playing frozen bubble. It comes with email, IM, AbiWord, a web browser, and an encycopedia. What more do you want for $100?
Anyway, be cynical. It is the best way to get marked insightful on/.
Many of the direct interfaces do not work as well. In KDE, you can do some intuitive things - like dragging an.mp3 from the desktop into the playlist. From GNOME to Amarok, I found there was some difficulty. Admittedly, it has been more than a year since I used Amarok in Gnome. I've been using listen, which would be my second choice...
I know this is not a very detailed answer, and certainly this is not the only thing that i saw that wasn't quite right. Its the best example I can think of this far down the road.
I think you make a good point here. Moreover, i really wish app developers would try to make apps that have kde and gnome flavors, at least. I prefer Gnome, but i love Amarok. I know that i still can install amarok, but it gets a little squirrelly using it in gnome. It would be nice if there was a direct port to the different desktop (not a knock off like listen or exaile, although they are nice).
Well, if i can drive a chevy, i can drive a honda, and a buick. Maybe I can't drive a Panoz, without additional training, or a semi, but i have a descent idea of what I am doing.
I think it is reasonable to say that some developers fail to realize that making a program familiar and consistent is very helpful.
At the risk of getting a bbq'd ass, I would say that this is one area that both GNOME and KDE could learn from how Windows does interface. The 'Advanced' tabs in Win make it easy to segregate the options that should be left for the last 5%.
For that matter, I would like to say that the major drawback I found in KDE is not that the options are too complex, but that there are so many different ways to get to the settings from Kicker. Changing the windowing settings could lead me to three different interfaces, many of which would duplicate results but would always have a few different buttons to press. As a new user, I found this frustrating, since I had to remember which windowing settings configuration I needed to go into to stop doing the stupid thing i was futzing around with earlier. Admittedly, I have only tried KDE in suse 10, and gnome in Ubuntu - I do not know if KDE is cleaner in other distros (I don't know why it would be though).
You really think that MS will be losing interest in computers with Windows pre-loaded? Go to Circuit or BB and ask one of their computer guys how many people this year have asked for a computer without Windows on it (if he had any, ask him if they asked for a mac). People are not going to start asking for a computer with SUSE or Ubuntu or $DISTRO on it any time soon.
From the grain of salt department / hell freezing over department, I could see that MS could be looking forward to a time that revenues from OS sales have dried up and it is support and content that drives the market - so they want the free OS'es to be able to handle all of their content, whether it is the MS free OS or Linux, etc.
From the slightly more realistic department, maybe Balmer is comfortable enough in MS's security on top that he doesn't see alternative OSes as a threat.
Certainly, their client software is their cash cow, but see how little attention it is getting compared to servers and tools? Consider this: most windows liscences are sold at a steep discount when bundled with a PC... which does make MS profit, but a steadily decreasing one. I think MS is shifting their business model (which they are very good at). I won't say I know what they are up to, but it is clear that they have a long term plan.
I'll 'Hear hear' that thank you as well.
On/., much like in the real world, the ratio of asshats to rational people is increasing. NYCLawyer has a lot to offer the/. community that often has to revert to IANAL.
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Or, another paraphrase (ala Kevin Smith): There is only one 'Return', and its 'of the Jedi', not 'of the King'!
Because that has taken two types of nerdom and combined it into the super-dweeb?
[I keed, I keed...]
"I'll be waiting for the next story along in this chain before I start jumping to conclusions."
But it's such a good game!
I have a french press, which is much easier than the instructions. I don't even have buttons, just one plunger.
I have heard this as well, although they were originally slated to come out in 2005, then 2006. Also, there is no mandate saying your provider has to rent CC2.0, only that they have to rent a CC.
I have seen plenty of TVs with Cable Cards that get HDTV just fine. The only thing they cannot do is On Demand. Now, given the cable company doesn't make it easy to get a CC, they still provide them.
How long do you think it will take some enterprising young lad (or lass) to decide that the OLPC is in desperate need of a working version of [insert your favorite distro]? 512 is a bit tight, but could be done if you REALLY got finicky about your packages.
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And depending on the age of the child, I think sugar is fair enough. Certainly it is limited, but that isn't a bad thing in a classroom setting. Plus, i would rather Timmy not be playing frozen bubble. It comes with email, IM, AbiWord, a web browser, and an encycopedia. What more do you want for $100?
Anyway, be cynical. It is the best way to get marked insightful on
He can have his TV, I will take solace in my house sans second mortgage.
Many of the direct interfaces do not work as well. In KDE, you can do some intuitive things - like dragging an .mp3 from the desktop into the playlist. From GNOME to Amarok, I found there was some difficulty. Admittedly, it has been more than a year since I used Amarok in Gnome. I've been using listen, which would be my second choice...
I know this is not a very detailed answer, and certainly this is not the only thing that i saw that wasn't quite right. Its the best example I can think of this far down the road.
"Theres gnome AND kde. "
I think you make a good point here. Moreover, i really wish app developers would try to make apps that have kde and gnome flavors, at least. I prefer Gnome, but i love Amarok. I know that i still can install amarok, but it gets a little squirrelly using it in gnome. It would be nice if there was a direct port to the different desktop (not a knock off like listen or exaile, although they are nice).
No. Were that the case, he would burn down the building. Duh.
You could make a 5 foot, crystal clear shot of balls slapping an ass. *shudder*. 1080p is enough for me, and I have 20/10 vision.
Well, if i can drive a chevy, i can drive a honda, and a buick. Maybe I can't drive a Panoz, without additional training, or a semi, but i have a descent idea of what I am doing.
I think it is reasonable to say that some developers fail to realize that making a program familiar and consistent is very helpful.
"This is a horrible analogy: the last time I checked, turning a key didn't do something as devestating as, say, deleting your car."
Wait until you install MCE in the dashboard...
At the risk of getting a bbq'd ass, I would say that this is one area that both GNOME and KDE could learn from how Windows does interface. The 'Advanced' tabs in Win make it easy to segregate the options that should be left for the last 5%.
For that matter, I would like to say that the major drawback I found in KDE is not that the options are too complex, but that there are so many different ways to get to the settings from Kicker. Changing the windowing settings could lead me to three different interfaces, many of which would duplicate results but would always have a few different buttons to press. As a new user, I found this frustrating, since I had to remember which windowing settings configuration I needed to go into to stop doing the stupid thing i was futzing around with earlier. Admittedly, I have only tried KDE in suse 10, and gnome in Ubuntu - I do not know if KDE is cleaner in other distros (I don't know why it would be though).
I dunno, but I think you should be modded (+1, Troll)
Sure, they should have. But I don't think their calling it a feature falls under fear, uncertainty, or doubt.
Everyone who dies is killed by roundhouse kick. Most times Chuck Norris gets help from the FSM to cover it up.
Using the address?
That would be your pet Chocobo. It's how you get around, duh.
Is that the new euphamism for porn?
Gates to Stallman: im in ur linux stealin ur rightz
You really think that MS will be losing interest in computers with Windows pre-loaded? Go to Circuit or BB and ask one of their computer guys how many people this year have asked for a computer without Windows on it (if he had any, ask him if they asked for a mac). People are not going to start asking for a computer with SUSE or Ubuntu or $DISTRO on it any time soon. From the grain of salt department / hell freezing over department, I could see that MS could be looking forward to a time that revenues from OS sales have dried up and it is support and content that drives the market - so they want the free OS'es to be able to handle all of their content, whether it is the MS free OS or Linux, etc. From the slightly more realistic department, maybe Balmer is comfortable enough in MS's security on top that he doesn't see alternative OSes as a threat.
http://www.hunterstrat.com/news/2006/10/26/microso ft-1q-fy07-earnings-segment-breakout/
Certainly, their client software is their cash cow, but see how little attention it is getting compared to servers and tools? Consider this: most windows liscences are sold at a steep discount when bundled with a PC... which does make MS profit, but a steadily decreasing one. I think MS is shifting their business model (which they are very good at). I won't say I know what they are up to, but it is clear that they have a long term plan.
I'll 'Hear hear' that thank you as well. On /., much like in the real world, the ratio of asshats to rational people is increasing. NYCLawyer has a lot to offer the /. community that often has to revert to IANAL.