Hmmm... I did the same thing last week. I wanted to start doing some exercises, but figured I'd do at least a google search for 5BX, and yep, I ran into that page that says they don't reccommend it. Kinda scared me a little.:)
I was struck by the similarities after I tried both. Weightwatchers 1-2-3 Success is basically the same system. Instead of counting calories, you count points. But points are basically just manipulated calories.
The relation is: Take the number of calories, add the number of fat grams times 4, then subtract the number of fibre grams times 10. Divide that number by 50 and you get the number of points. Simple...:)
Essentially it takes a lot of the accuracy out of the Hacker's Diet method. NO! you scream... less accuracy??? We should be measuring our calories to the 3rd decimal place, right? But in a diet, the goal is to try to stay on it, and having to obsess about every little calorie is very hard. Especially in food that you have no real control over, like a school cafeteria. Guesstimating make it realistic and followable.
What do they think they're doing, acknowledging the existence of Linux? They should be like every other big computer company, and ignore Linux completely. Who do they think they are!!!
Actually, that's not true. He's only making available the ones w/ old dates. These are the ones that will be useless soon unless they are used. He has the other ones, but he's holding onto them. These are the ones with expiration dates that are years away -- there is no urgency to use them, and it will be much safer to use them when some time has passed from this news story.
Yes, Amazon stores your cc#. But they also make a BIG deal about the security. I remember that they used to have a blurb on their web site about how the machine that stored the numbers was connected via a one-way gateway to the net, so it could not be hacked into.
Not to be glib, but why would anyone bother doing all this work? Two of the major arguments for an open source OS are being able to fix bugs easily (and the resulting reliablility) and better device support. But PalmOS is already rock-solid reliable, and has virtually zero bugs. And there are no real devices to support, because it's a standard hardware platform. So there is very little to gain from doing this. Linux became popular because it was an alternative to an OS that people weren't happy with. Since most people ARE happy with the PalmOS, where will any replacement get an opening?
As far as Open Source ON PalmOS, 3Com releases the header files, and you can cross-compile your programs with gcc. So you can develop for it completely free.
Yes, it seems to be a standard problem wherever something tangible is allocated w/o rigid rules in places. The fee involved must be low enough so that the average individual/small company can afford it, but a fee that is that low is virtually free to a mega-company. It would be stupid for them NOT to buy all the duplicates
Linuxone.com doesn't have a web page on it, but linuxone.net does. So the statement, "at the time of this writing it only has a logo that sends email to the company if you click on it" is pretty much completely wrong.
1) Long battery power, especially when compared to any of the other color ones. 2) Good pack-in game, Tetris. 3) Came out when Nintendo was still top of the gaming world. Playstation wasn't around yet, and Sega was just catching on. So the most popular games of the time, Super Mario and Zelda, were only available on the Gameboy.
While I don't disagree w/ your point, you are slightly inaccurate. "The DVDs you purchase" are NOT double-sided, double-layered in general. They are usually either double-sided OR double-layered, with the latter being much more popular. Only a couple of the 19 GB have even come out at this point, The Stand being the most notable of them.
So basically, that 9 gig download would probably get you 1 whole movie.
"How much of the stereotype is true, and what effect does it have on the programming occupation? To find out, let's look first at the programmer's personality then at the other elements of the stereotype."
Kinda changes the meaning of the part that Slashdot quoted, doesn't it? Maybe they could try reading the links before they actually post them...
OK, "window management" doesn't exist in a telnet window. And most newbies don't know anything about job control. So yes, the only practical alternative for them is to logout.
Barely anyone actually USES either of those "free" alternative you suggest. (lynx, indeed) Most people use Netscape and most people don't have a problem w/ the fact that it's "not free". Basically most users of Linux don't give a damn about all that political crap. They just want software that doesn't crash and that they can get cheap.
And... "Embracing non-free software solutions is a dead end"???
While this may be the popular dogma around here, it isn't actually all that true. Microsoft embraces them all the time, and they seem to be doing quite well. As do most software companies that actually make money in the real world.
Only in the wacky world of slashdot would this drivel be considered insightful.
Any large group, such as open-source-anauts, must have a shared culture of some sort. The Simpsons is it in this case. Without Groening, where would be?
Are you serious? That has possibly the worst interface of any non-GUI app. Most people, upon accidently finding themselves in this editor, are forced to logoff because they can't even figure out how to exit the damn thing. UGGGH.
Of course the same exact complaint applies to emacs.
What's the point of retroactively awarding people? Why not use the money as an incentive to coders, like a contest?
Especially since there are glaring problems in the categories. The first issue is the ones where I can already pick the final winner.
Big Dumb Patent Bully == Amazon Big Dumb Domain Bully == etoys Clue Stick Award for FUD in Journalism = MSNBC
Is there any point to these, when all they'll do is attract flamebait?
Then there's the ones where 90% of the voters will go "Huh??". Like:
Best Perl Module Most Improved Kernel Module Best Newbie Helper
Does the standard Slashdot reader have any clue on these? Personally, I can't even suggest a single nomination off the top of my head.
So wouldn't this money be better served by using it for a CONTEST? That $30,000 for "Most Improved Open Source Project" is one hell of an incentive for the lone coder to get off their ass and start developing. Instead we'll probably just award some crappy half assed Microsoft UI imitator that has a lot of name recognition. *cough* KDE *cough* Go Slashdot!
It describes their "Collage" design from August of 1995. Take a look at one of the most prominent links on the graphic. Yes, your eyes don't deceive you; it does say "Microsoft Reacts to the DOJ". Like I said, some things never change.
Everything you said was w/ respect to the GL support. Which is very important for games, but pretty inconsequential for a processing machine, which is what these will be.
It is probably going to run at some stupidly high resolution. 21" monitors are the spec. So that means at least 1600x1200, maybe at 32bpp. That's almost 8 Mb just to hold the screen. So maybe having 16 Mb onboard would be more prudent.
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Hmmm... I did the same thing last week. I wanted to start doing some exercises, but figured I'd do at least a google search for 5BX, and yep, I ran into that page that says they don't reccommend it. Kinda scared me a little. :)
Nice! I think the best part about WW was deriving their "top secret" points equation. Trade secret, my ass.
I was struck by the similarities after I tried both. Weightwatchers 1-2-3 Success is basically the same system. Instead of counting calories, you count points. But points are basically just manipulated calories.
:)
The relation is: Take the number of calories, add the number of fat grams times 4, then subtract the number of fibre grams times 10. Divide that number by 50 and you get the number of points. Simple...
Essentially it takes a lot of the accuracy out of the Hacker's Diet method. NO! you scream... less accuracy??? We should be measuring our calories to the 3rd decimal place, right? But in a diet, the goal is to try to stay on it, and having to obsess about every little calorie is very hard. Especially in food that you have no real control over, like a school cafeteria. Guesstimating make it realistic and followable.
What do they think they're doing, acknowledging the existence of Linux? They should be like every other big computer company, and ignore Linux completely. Who do they think they are!!!
Actually, that's not true. He's only making available the ones w/ old dates. These are the ones that will be useless soon unless they are used. He has the other ones, but he's holding onto them. These are the ones with expiration dates that are years away -- there is no urgency to use them, and it will be much safer to use them when some time has passed from this news story.
Yes, Amazon stores your cc#. But they also make a BIG deal about the security. I remember that they used to have a blurb on their web site about how the machine that stored the numbers was connected via a one-way gateway to the net, so it could not be hacked into.
Domain names ending in - are illegal. Sorry.
:)
Not to be glib, but why would anyone bother doing all this work? Two of the major arguments for an open source OS are being able to fix bugs easily (and the resulting reliablility) and better device support. But PalmOS is already rock-solid reliable, and has virtually zero bugs. And there are no real devices to support, because it's a standard hardware platform. So there is very little to gain from doing this. Linux became popular because it was an alternative to an OS that people weren't happy with. Since most people ARE happy with the PalmOS, where will any replacement get an opening?
As far as Open Source ON PalmOS, 3Com releases the header files, and you can cross-compile your programs with gcc. So you can develop for it completely free.
Yes, it seems to be a standard problem wherever something tangible is allocated w/o rigid rules in places. The fee involved must be low enough so that the average individual/small company can afford it, but a fee that is that low is virtually free to a mega-company. It would be stupid for them NOT to buy all the duplicates
Linuxone.com doesn't have a web page on it, but linuxone.net does. So the statement, "at the time of this writing it only has a logo that sends email to the company if you click on it" is pretty much completely wrong.
Unfortunately, Tetris is no longer bundled w/ Gameboy Color. So over time, it will lose the lead.
1) Long battery power, especially when compared to any of the other color ones.
2) Good pack-in game, Tetris.
3) Came out when Nintendo was still top of the gaming world. Playstation wasn't around yet, and Sega was just catching on. So the most popular games of the time, Super Mario and Zelda, were only available on the Gameboy.
While I don't disagree w/ your point, you are slightly inaccurate. "The DVDs you purchase" are NOT double-sided, double-layered in general. They are usually either double-sided OR double-layered, with the latter being much more popular. Only a couple of the 19 GB have even come out at this point, The Stand being the most notable of them.
So basically, that 9 gig download would probably get you 1 whole movie.
A few lines after the quoted bit, we have this:
"How much of the stereotype is true, and what effect does it have on the programming occupation? To find out, let's look first at the programmer's personality then at the other elements of the stereotype."
Kinda changes the meaning of the part that Slashdot quoted, doesn't it? Maybe they could try reading the links before they actually post them...
OK, "window management" doesn't exist in a telnet window. And most newbies don't know anything about job control. So yes, the only practical alternative for them is to logout.
Barely anyone actually USES either of those "free" alternative you suggest. (lynx, indeed) Most people use Netscape and most people don't have a problem w/ the fact that it's "not free". Basically most users of Linux don't give a damn about all that political crap. They just want software that doesn't crash and that they can get cheap.
And... "Embracing non-free software solutions is a dead end"???
While this may be the popular dogma around here, it isn't actually all that true. Microsoft embraces them all the time, and they seem to be doing quite well. As do most software companies that actually make money in the real world.
Only in the wacky world of slashdot would this drivel be considered insightful.
Because they deserve it.
Any large group, such as open-source-anauts, must have a shared culture of some sort. The Simpsons is it in this case. Without Groening, where would be?
Ahem. Perhaps you are referring to some other Richard M Stallman than the one who is sung about quite often here.
Are you serious? That has possibly the worst interface of any non-GUI app. Most people, upon accidently finding themselves in this editor, are forced to logoff because they can't even figure out how to exit the damn thing. UGGGH.
Of course the same exact complaint applies to emacs.
What's the point of retroactively awarding people? Why not use the money as an incentive to coders, like a contest?
Especially since there are glaring problems in the categories. The first issue is the ones where I can already pick the final winner.
Big Dumb Patent Bully == Amazon
Big Dumb Domain Bully == etoys
Clue Stick Award for FUD in Journalism = MSNBC
Is there any point to these, when all they'll do is attract flamebait?
Then there's the ones where 90% of the voters will go "Huh??". Like:
Best Perl Module
Most Improved Kernel Module
Best Newbie Helper
Does the standard Slashdot reader have any clue on these? Personally, I can't even suggest a single nomination off the top of my head.
So wouldn't this money be better served by using it for a CONTEST? That $30,000 for "Most Improved Open Source Project" is one hell of an incentive for the lone coder to get off their ass and start developing. Instead we'll probably just award some crappy half assed Microsoft UI imitator that has a lot of name recognition. *cough* KDE *cough* Go Slashdot!
Look at this page in the MS timeline:
.com/misc/features/features_flshbk_hp2.htm
http://www.microsoft
It describes their "Collage" design from August of 1995. Take a look at one of the most prominent links on the graphic. Yes, your eyes don't deceive you; it does say "Microsoft Reacts to the DOJ". Like I said, some things never change.
Everything you said was w/ respect to the GL support. Which is very important for games, but pretty inconsequential for a processing machine, which is what these will be.
It is probably going to run at some stupidly high resolution. 21" monitors are the spec. So that means at least 1600x1200, maybe at 32bpp. That's almost 8 Mb just to hold the screen. So maybe having 16 Mb onboard would be more prudent.
including on-topic info just so that your personal bitching gets moderated up is really low and taking advantage of stupid moderators.