First, I am afraid that, being so big and advanced, it would be hard to fork if needed. This means that the init process will always be under control of a single corporation (Red Hat). Moreover, it absorbs other necessary components such as udev. This seems very dangerous.
Second, it could be bad for minorities. Some people may have special needs with the init process. A bunch of shell scripts should be possible to alter and customize. But how do you customize the systemd?
I think ``ironic science'' is a useful concept. However, this particular article is a bit strange. The title has ``Science running out...'' but in the body of the article he almost solely talks about physics. How about molecular biology? No hope for great discoveries? And pure mathematics? Maybe, he does not think mathematics is a science...
As for physics, it does indeed appear to be in crisis. It seems that physics is running out of fundamental problems which can be approached within its traditional methodology. But at the same time, this methodology is extremely valuable. Perhaps the right solution is to go towards becoming a ``multidisciplinary environment''. That is, to inject the methodology of physics into other fields of science. For example, many ideas of modern mathematics were inspired by string theory. This is a manifestation of the usefulness of the physicist's way of thinking.
It would be a pity if physics dies, or even worse goes into that undead state which Horgan calls ``ironic science''.
LaTeX to bystroTeX should be easy, although I do not yet have a working converter. BystroTeX produces HTML. The syntax of bystroTeX is Racket Scribble, it is very similar to LaTeX so writing a converter should be more or less straightforward.
Because of the insane import tax, personal computers are very expensive in Brazil. Maybe this project would help people who cannot afford buying a computer.
Idolatry is a manifestation of laziness. We believe that Einstein had some special brain, as an excuse for not exercising ours. A person has extraordinary achievements. The easiest thing for others, is to proclaim him/her a ``genius'' and take it easy.
I written wmjump some time ago, for switching between workspaces and applications. Here it is:
http://code.google.com/p/wmjump/
This uses ``hints'' similar to Vimperator's.
If I had more time, I would maintain it more often. But it works, more or less, on all window managers which support EWMH. I use it myself (with xmonad), and I still think that this is the best format for switching windows.
I tried to use wave, but never figured out how to use their whiteboard.
Now I don't remember what was the problem. They did have a whiteboard,
but for some reason it was not usable.
That's why US should adopt 5-year plans, at least in academia.
Then we might be able to catch up.
Seriously, every US university should just increase the volume
of their scientific publications, say, 10 percent every year,
starting this year.
By the way, does anybody know how to open a document in Linux, on a given
page: (a) in gsview and (b) in acroread ?
In evince there is an option --page-label .
But how to do this in gsview and acroread?
Very well written sillybilly!
But I would like to add a thought.
We lost expertise, freedom of creativity, etc, because they are now useless.
All that technological progress was driven by discoveries of fundamental science. But in the recent decades we have not made any serious fundamental discoveries. Fundamental science slowed down. Therefore, we should expect that applied science/technology will slow down too. Yes, we can build hybrid cars. But that will only
cut oil consumption by half. This is clearly not enough. The resources are running out, and science/technology simply cannot help. I doubt that Japanese or Chinese are better than us, in this respect. I am afraid that creativity is not very useful anymore, and so instead of talented engineers we now have, here in US, talented lawyers. And strong army.
this situation was created by Microsoft
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It is because Microsoft Windows is so broken, one would want to run everything inside Firefox.
This is the reverse of a "sandbox". The word "sandbox" usually means that whatever you run inside the
web browser is potentially harmful and should not be allowed to affect the operating system.
But we want the opposite. I think we want to isolate ourself from the sickness of our operating system,
and do everything in Firefox.
It may be great for Microsoft, but on Linux FF3 suffers from horrible font rendering. This is because of Cairo, and my impression (although I am not a programmer) is that this problem is not going to be fixed any time soon.
This is how Puppy Linux works, when running from the USB pendrive. Everything is in RAM, and saves to USB automatically every 30 minutes. But the thing is so small, 512 Mb of RAM is usually enough. No need for a Terabyte...
The flight attendants, they should really sell batteries in flight, for passengers who need them. Just like they sell alcohol and other staff. For some reason, they never do.
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First, I am afraid that, being so big and advanced, it would be hard to fork if needed. This means that the init process will always be under control of a single corporation (Red Hat). Moreover, it absorbs other necessary components such as udev. This seems very dangerous. Second, it could be bad for minorities. Some people may have special needs with the init process. A bunch of shell scripts should be possible to alter and customize. But how do you customize the systemd?
I think ``ironic science'' is a useful concept. However, this particular article is a bit strange. The title has ``Science running out...'' but in the body of the article he almost solely talks about physics. How about molecular biology? No hope for great discoveries? And pure mathematics? Maybe, he does not think mathematics is a science...
As for physics, it does indeed appear to be in crisis. It seems that physics is running out of fundamental problems which can be approached within its traditional methodology. But at the same time, this methodology is extremely valuable. Perhaps the right solution is to go towards becoming a ``multidisciplinary environment''. That is, to inject the methodology of physics into other fields of science. For example, many ideas of modern mathematics were inspired by string theory. This is a manifestation of the usefulness of the physicist's way of thinking.
It would be a pity if physics dies, or even worse goes into that undead state which Horgan calls ``ironic science''.
nobody in the government here would want such a major embarassment
LaTeX to bystroTeX should be easy, although I do not yet have a working converter. BystroTeX produces HTML. The syntax of bystroTeX is Racket Scribble, it is very similar to LaTeX so writing a converter should be more or less straightforward.
If I were a dentist, I would clone myself from a tooth
Because of the insane import tax, personal computers are very expensive in Brazil. Maybe this project would help people who cannot afford buying a computer.
Wake me up when you can run a lightweight Linux distro on an Arduino.
Would you prefer Perduino or Pidorino?
Idolatry is a manifestation of laziness. We believe that Einstein had some special brain, as an excuse for not exercising ours. A person has extraordinary achievements. The easiest thing for others, is to proclaim him/her a ``genius'' and take it easy.
I written wmjump some time ago, for switching between workspaces and applications. Here it is: http://code.google.com/p/wmjump/ This uses ``hints'' similar to Vimperator's. If I had more time, I would maintain it more often. But it works, more or less, on all window managers which support EWMH. I use it myself (with xmonad), and I still think that this is the best format for switching windows.
I tried to use wave, but never figured out how to use their whiteboard. Now I don't remember what was the problem. They did have a whiteboard, but for some reason it was not usable.
Actually, a large part of the classical music is religious. Which could be considered a form of social control
That's why US should adopt 5-year plans, at least in academia. Then we might be able to catch up. Seriously, every US university should just increase the volume of their scientific publications, say, 10 percent every year, starting this year.
Orbital mechanics have a funny way of making an object return to its point of egress.
I think this is only true in a 2-body problem
By the way, does anybody know how to open a document in Linux, on a given page: (a) in gsview and (b) in acroread ? In evince there is an option --page-label . But how to do this in gsview and acroread?
Very well written sillybilly! But I would like to add a thought. We lost expertise, freedom of creativity, etc, because they are now useless. All that technological progress was driven by discoveries of fundamental science. But in the recent decades we have not made any serious fundamental discoveries. Fundamental science slowed down. Therefore, we should expect that applied science/technology will slow down too. Yes, we can build hybrid cars. But that will only cut oil consumption by half. This is clearly not enough. The resources are running out, and science/technology simply cannot help. I doubt that Japanese or Chinese are better than us, in this respect. I am afraid that creativity is not very useful anymore, and so instead of talented engineers we now have, here in US, talented lawyers. And strong army.
It is because Microsoft Windows is so broken, one would want to run everything inside Firefox. This is the reverse of a "sandbox". The word "sandbox" usually means that whatever you run inside the web browser is potentially harmful and should not be allowed to affect the operating system. But we want the opposite. I think we want to isolate ourself from the sickness of our operating system, and do everything in Firefox.
Take a drill and take it out!
OK, I had in mind a University library...
By Internet cafe I mean Internet cafe with terminals. Not a BYOL like Starbucks. I should have said ``a safe way'', not ``the safest way''.
brief question: what is the safest way to login to my email account and check email, in the internet cafe? Assuming that the cafe is run by the mafia.
One thing I have seen students get hung up on is:
It looks like an equality statement that couldn't possibly be correct. Just telling them it's "an assignment statement" doesn't seem to penetrate.
have you considered switching to Haskell?
It may be great for Microsoft, but on Linux FF3 suffers from horrible font rendering. This is because of Cairo, and my impression (although I am not a programmer) is that this problem is not going to be fixed any time soon.
This is how Puppy Linux works, when running from the USB pendrive. Everything is in RAM, and saves to USB automatically every 30 minutes.
But the thing is so small, 512 Mb of RAM is usually enough. No need for a Terabyte...
At least in 4 out of 10, the left Control key is where at should be. Not like on modern keyboards.
The flight attendants, they should really sell batteries in flight, for passengers who need them. Just like they sell alcohol and other staff. For some reason, they never do.