A typical movie downloader is 29 years of age, while 63 percent of all downloaders are male, and 37 percent are female I am glad the summary thought best to inform us that all that are not male, are female.
Sorry man, if 2 dimensions are nice to picture in your mind, recent theories like string theory use a basis of something like 9 or 11 dimensions. Im not sure if this theory is compatible with the soccer ball-shaped universe though.
I had read about this quite some time ago. Apparently when you go through one of the faces you enter from the opposite side.
This is why it is not immediately observable that the universe has this shape: the light escaping from stars, to reach us, goes through several paths, either directly or through one or several faces. And of course, with the times it takes for the longer trips, the light indicates a far younger star that the direct path: hence our ignorance that the light comes from the same star.
I just love that theory.
you may very well be right, as i must admit i do not know exactly to what extent they record and store data in Parliement. Now that i think of it, workstations there probably have a more advanced use than say in police stations, where typing is a slow, painful two-finger adventure. I also have the feeling (probably incorrect) that the French Parliement is, apart from the official publications, much more informal than what you describe. After all, our representatives mainly show up on wednesdays (when the session is broadcast on tv) and then leave the rest of the week to do other things.
to be accurate, no one has officially stated how this will be done in the French Parliement. Actually, since, after all, politicians are behind this decision, the switch will be made right after the upcoming elections of next year. This way, the actual process will have to be dealt with (and maybe defined) by the next administration.
No socialist is in power in France, even though that may change next year.
This decision was actually taken by the right wing of the political compass.
How much preexisting knowledge and skills will cross-over to a Linux installation? Or will that be a "from scratch" issue?
you have to remember that its the French Parliement. Parliement, not any kind of technical branch of the government. The people affected by this move will only surf the web, write reports and emails.
I dont think that a massive training will be needed to switch from IE to Firefox, etc. Nor will it be from scratch. From a strictly user view, for the computer illiterate, the only changes they will notice will be maybe fonts, or colors.
that very well may be, but i think it is also a political move of independance. Being French myself, I find it quite surprising that the software used at the center of democracy, where all of the economical, political and social decisions are made, still relies on a foreign company, microsoft. this is especially true since the UE has started giving microsoft fines; on one hand we punish microsoft, and on the other we ask them to please allow us to not cripple our democracy.
this move to opensource is very good news.
lamely replying to my own post... this move towards embracing opensource software in the French administration is not new. as far as I know, the police has switched to openoffice and firefox, and this summer about 400 000 government computers switched to openoffice as well. it is an encouraging trend.
...considering that the assembly recently voted the infamous DADVSI law on copyrights etc. remember when there were talks here on slashdot about a global licence for music and everything? well, everything got thrown out, and the so-called "Universal" amendments were brought in. Universal referring to the music magnate of the same name.
Essentially, it is illegal in France to distribute or even promote software that "obviously" aim at sharing copyrighted material. Downloading and sharing mp3s is still assimilated to counterfeiting and thus theoritically punishable by up to 300 000 fines and some years in jail.
Other amendments are so clearly incompatible with OpenSource practices that many companies, associations, and experts have repeatedly sent petitions and warnings. To no avail.
And today the assembly annouces it will run Linux. Maybe they will realize that in order to view DVDs legally bought, one has to circomvent protections (which is illegal according to the DADVSI law).
As a Frenchman though, I welcom this annoucment even though it is a small joy after the DADVSI fiasco. At least the inner workings of our democracy will not depend on a foreign company's goodwill.
you should also mention the possibility of getting several 10Go web page accounts, access to all the juicy newsgroups, and the fact that whenever the service is improved, the price stays the same. When i first suscribed, i had a 8Mbit/s connection, and no tv channels. I now have a 28Mbit/s connection, and a shitload of channels. Still 30/month.
Slashdot Mirror
alright alright! just remember to breathe.
or to use punctuation.
the blurb actually is more about knetwork-manager than about beryl which is supposed to be the focus of the review.
yes. laziness.
no one will ever go up MY urinary tract. no sir.
I still don't get what actual use of these can be relatively to other existing options.
no, it's just you.
Sorry man, if 2 dimensions are nice to picture in your mind, recent theories like string theory use a basis of something like 9 or 11 dimensions. Im not sure if this theory is compatible with the soccer ball-shaped universe though.
I had read about this quite some time ago. Apparently when you go through one of the faces you enter from the opposite side. This is why it is not immediately observable that the universe has this shape: the light escaping from stars, to reach us, goes through several paths, either directly or through one or several faces. And of course, with the times it takes for the longer trips, the light indicates a far younger star that the direct path: hence our ignorance that the light comes from the same star. I just love that theory.
unfortunately, the explosion in number of blogs is likely to make that goal impossible.
an article beginning with a bill gates quote cant be wrong.
yes, but those fine x-rays pictures! watch your teeth grow and fall off!
indeed. us rigtheous fanboys are belittled by them. The true fanboy retains some moderation in fanboyism. Isn't that what fanboys are all about?
hibernation?
you may very well be right, as i must admit i do not know exactly to what extent they record and store data in Parliement. Now that i think of it, workstations there probably have a more advanced use than say in police stations, where typing is a slow, painful two-finger adventure. I also have the feeling (probably incorrect) that the French Parliement is, apart from the official publications, much more informal than what you describe. After all, our representatives mainly show up on wednesdays (when the session is broadcast on tv) and then leave the rest of the week to do other things.
to be accurate, no one has officially stated how this will be done in the French Parliement. Actually, since, after all, politicians are behind this decision, the switch will be made right after the upcoming elections of next year. This way, the actual process will have to be dealt with (and maybe defined) by the next administration.
Stereotypes are so funny. How has this thread not degenerated into a WWII discussion already?
No socialist is in power in France, even though that may change next year. This decision was actually taken by the right wing of the political compass.
you have to remember that its the French Parliement. Parliement, not any kind of technical branch of the government. The people affected by this move will only surf the web, write reports and emails.
I dont think that a massive training will be needed to switch from IE to Firefox, etc. Nor will it be from scratch. From a strictly user view, for the computer illiterate, the only changes they will notice will be maybe fonts, or colors.
that very well may be, but i think it is also a political move of independance. Being French myself, I find it quite surprising that the software used at the center of democracy, where all of the economical, political and social decisions are made, still relies on a foreign company, microsoft. this is especially true since the UE has started giving microsoft fines; on one hand we punish microsoft, and on the other we ask them to please allow us to not cripple our democracy. this move to opensource is very good news.
...must be a nexus point in the Matrix, déjà vu seems to happen quite often around here
lamely replying to my own post... this move towards embracing opensource software in the French administration is not new. as far as I know, the police has switched to openoffice and firefox, and this summer about 400 000 government computers switched to openoffice as well. it is an encouraging trend.
...considering that the assembly recently voted the infamous DADVSI law on copyrights etc. remember when there were talks here on slashdot about a global licence for music and everything? well, everything got thrown out, and the so-called "Universal" amendments were brought in. Universal referring to the music magnate of the same name. Essentially, it is illegal in France to distribute or even promote software that "obviously" aim at sharing copyrighted material. Downloading and sharing mp3s is still assimilated to counterfeiting and thus theoritically punishable by up to 300 000 fines and some years in jail. Other amendments are so clearly incompatible with OpenSource practices that many companies, associations, and experts have repeatedly sent petitions and warnings. To no avail. And today the assembly annouces it will run Linux. Maybe they will realize that in order to view DVDs legally bought, one has to circomvent protections (which is illegal according to the DADVSI law). As a Frenchman though, I welcom this annoucment even though it is a small joy after the DADVSI fiasco. At least the inner workings of our democracy will not depend on a foreign company's goodwill.
it was simply a matter of outsmarting them. who would have thought of that?
you should also mention the possibility of getting several 10Go web page accounts, access to all the juicy newsgroups, and the fact that whenever the service is improved, the price stays the same. When i first suscribed, i had a 8Mbit/s connection, and no tv channels. I now have a 28Mbit/s connection, and a shitload of channels. Still 30/month.