It *pretends* to be an encyclopedia. It is not, however. Due to its very nature it is a mixture of current thought and old grudges, with the latter being less influential. Calling it an encyclopedia is like mixing all Slashdot comments into one comment and modding it informative.
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Nice.
Actually, in about 1997, i disagreed with someone over the use of DOS in a decade. He said it was dead, and after that period, would be totally gone. I still believe otherwise, and hope to ask this question on Ask Slashdot in January.:)
I still think it is kind of late. I didn't say useless, or even not appreciated, just late.:)
To all those people asking why not let the podcasts out to everyone. The answer is two-fold.
One, the lecture is being paid for. Letting out a podcast means means even people who did not pay for the podcast could hear it. The podcast is not the main source of income, they just want to supply it as a help. Therefore, they are looking to let it go, if it could be secured.
Two, the lectures are--in a sense--secondary to the college setup. The college has an interest, both economically and academically, to have the college as a place of learning. The lectures are one of the main sources of draw, and without them being centralized to a campus, there would be less people there. This would hurt these interests.
There is a third reason, not from the college's standpoint, but from a students. If the material is the same, the college would simply podcast the same lecture year after year, until forced to change it. With podcasts being of a live lecture, the material is always new, and hopefully incorporates the "latest" advances in that particular subject.
If it is for review purposes, perhaps the entire thing could be recorded, and editted at home to be a much smaller review. Then, only those who attended the class would truly understand it.
Or, better yet. Don't record the lecture. Record a special post-lecture review (maybe even the last five or ten minutes of the class) that reviews the material. Generally, such things are only good as a review, and not as a lecture itself.
The project was renamed ReactOS, since the operating system's roots grew out of a dissatisfaction with Microsoft's monopoly over the operating system market.
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Internet Usage Causes Predators, And May Cause Pregnancy. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Internet Usage Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Privacy. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Internet Usage By Women May Result in Fatal Injury and Unexpected Birth. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Internet Usage Contains things Harmful To Minors.
I know a man named Otis who invented a room, And his heart was filled with pride. I said to Mr. Otis, "What does your room do?" He said, "It goes from side to side." So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you take my advice, You'll be the richest man in place. You gotta take that room that goes from side to side, And make it go to outer space."
And that was good advice, good advice. Good advice costs nothing, and it may win a prize. NASA offered me Four-hundred-thousand dollars, whee! For good advice.
On an entirely different point, i wish there was a heirarchical ciew of all Debian Packages, or perhaps Linux software in general, per functional category.
I may not be explaining it well, because i'm not sure if i even know what i want.
Debian is mostly generic builds, but you miss few of the gnome/kde tweaks and third party applications.
Well, perhaps that's part of my problem. I don't know what's out there, so i just use google when i need something, and then find it in dselect. (dselect itself i find easy to use, but really hard to find something when i don't know what i'm looking for). I do download a few other items here and there, but the managed upgrades are worth so much to me.
There are definitely different grades, and this is a "grey area" because noone has defined it yet.
Personally, i'd grade monopoly rules based on necessity rank. Water and oxygen being on top with absolutely no monopoly allowed, electriticy under that, movies being closer to the bottom wiuth some monopoly allowed (should it happen on its own, based on customer response). But that is just an idea.
Anything required to sustain life is a necessity. Sustaining business according to current trends (gasoline, internet for some) is not the same, but must be addressed properly. Self-preservation and all.
I vote for a system that i think is fair to everyone, and (from the many that fit that category) addreses what i like. Regulations are then to keep the model going. Just voting for regulations that i like would be anethema to me.
The local governments grant a natural monopoly to the companies that laydown the cable or fiber
Making it limited. And although not water, phone service is considered a necessity. Thus, being a limited necessity, i am for anti-monopolistic intervention.
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It is an encyclopedia
It *pretends* to be an encyclopedia. It is not, however. Due to its very nature it is a mixture of current thought and old grudges, with the latter being less influential. Calling it an encyclopedia is like mixing all Slashdot comments into one comment and modding it informative.
Nice.
:)
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Actually, in about 1997, i disagreed with someone over the use of DOS in a decade. He said it was dead, and after that period, would be totally gone. I still believe otherwise, and hope to ask this question on Ask Slashdot in January.
I still think it is kind of late. I didn't say useless, or even not appreciated, just late.
To all those people asking why not let the podcasts out to everyone. The answer is two-fold.
One, the lecture is being paid for. Letting out a podcast means means even people who did not pay for the podcast could hear it. The podcast is not the main source of income, they just want to supply it as a help. Therefore, they are looking to let it go, if it could be secured.
Two, the lectures are--in a sense--secondary to the college setup. The college has an interest, both economically and academically, to have the college as a place of learning. The lectures are one of the main sources of draw, and without them being centralized to a campus, there would be less people there. This would hurt these interests.
There is a third reason, not from the college's standpoint, but from a students. If the material is the same, the college would simply podcast the same lecture year after year, until forced to change it. With podcasts being of a live lecture, the material is always new, and hopefully incorporates the "latest" advances in that particular subject.
What exactly is the point of the podcast anyway?
If it is for review purposes, perhaps the entire thing could be recorded, and editted at home to be a much smaller review. Then, only those who attended the class would truly understand it.
Or, better yet. Don't record the lecture. Record a special post-lecture review (maybe even the last five or ten minutes of the class) that reviews the material. Generally, such things are only good as a review, and not as a lecture itself.
Candidates for the new warnings.
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Internet Usage Causes Predators, And May Cause Pregnancy.
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Internet Usage Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Privacy.
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Internet Usage By Women May Result in Fatal Injury and Unexpected Birth.
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Internet Usage Contains things Harmful To Minors.
Umm, aren't they a little late on this one?
Hmm.. next, i'm sure, comes FreeDows, but that name would just be too corny.
To say nothing of giving you the ability to run the best word processor ever written (WordPerfect 5.1) on cast-off hardware. :)
Heh. I hear ya.
Umm, aren't they a little late on this one?
What a horrible name you have.
A better integrated desktop would be nice.
Note that i use Windows at home mostly for a webrowsing, and telnet to my server for coding. So, even when i do have a desktop i don't always use it.
Though, i've never tried setting up a nice desktop before, mayhap exactly because Debian is so clunky.
I ought to setup a home system again in Linux. Maybe i'll will try Ubuntu first, if only to see it.
I'm not. But that list is amazingly hard to go through. There's too many packages listed, and not enough explanation on each.
Who knows, maybe we can even contact V-ger?
I know a man named Otis who invented a room,
And his heart was filled with pride.
I said to Mr. Otis, "What does your room do?"
He said, "It goes from side to side."
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you take my advice,
You'll be the richest man in place.
You gotta take that room that goes from side to side,
And make it go to outer space."
And that was good advice, good advice.
Good advice costs nothing, and it may win a prize.
NASA offered me
Four-hundred-thousand dollars, whee!
For good advice.
Form must follow function
Good points overall.
On an entirely different point, i wish there was a heirarchical ciew of all Debian Packages, or perhaps Linux software in general, per functional category.
I may not be explaining it well, because i'm not sure if i even know what i want.
Thanx for the comment.
Currently i only use Debian on my server. I really need to get into using it at home on my non-gaming PC.
I also like the slower process, for stability (of the process!). I just don't want to miss the boat, per se.
Debian is mostly generic builds, but you miss few of the gnome/kde tweaks and third party applications.
Well, perhaps that's part of my problem. I don't know what's out there, so i just use google when i need something, and then find it in dselect. (dselect itself i find easy to use, but really hard to find something when i don't know what i'm looking for). I do download a few other items here and there, but the managed upgrades are worth so much to me.
Heh.
:)
I do use stable on my server. But i use unstable if i use it at home. I can deal with the occasional bug.
If you want a sane place to put your email, web research and 95% of what computers do for people, you want Debian's free goodness.
Good point.
i feel like a traitor, but should i at least look at ubuntu?
I love the wide support of Debian. That's why i've been using it for so long.
take over without knowing much about the core business
Or caring.
That is, instead of being on the business end of Capitalism (which requires participants) they are grabbing money under the guise of being a business.
Hmm... maybe less then regulations, we need guidelines. Same thing with another name, but the thrust ought to be different.
Achtung!
:)
Heh, i used to play it all the time on the ][e.
Bah! Caught! I specifically avoided that. :)
There are definitely different grades, and this is a "grey area" because noone has defined it yet.
Personally, i'd grade monopoly rules based on necessity rank. Water and oxygen being on top with absolutely no monopoly allowed, electriticy under that, movies being closer to the bottom wiuth some monopoly allowed (should it happen on its own, based on customer response). But that is just an idea.
Anything required to sustain life is a necessity. Sustaining business according to current trends (gasoline, internet for some) is not the same, but must be addressed properly. Self-preservation and all.
The fees are still specified on the bill. What you are talking about is advertising, and that is a whole other thing.
I vote for a system that i think is fair to everyone, and (from the many that fit that category) addreses what i like. Regulations are then to keep the model going. Just voting for regulations that i like would be anethema to me.
The local governments grant a natural monopoly to the companies that laydown the cable or fiber
Making it limited. And although not water, phone service is considered a necessity. Thus, being a limited necessity, i am for anti-monopolistic intervention.