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Comment Re:Sounds Good to Me, Bruce (Score 1) 542

by kojot350 (#28418045) Attached to: Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much?
Mod parent up! I'm sick and tired of people whining about "Linux Desktop" (whatever that term means), about it don't innovate enough, about they innovate too much, about fragmentation of "Linux Desktop", about not enough choice (because my feature X that I saw in Y os wasn't implemented) etc.
You know what? Linux and the whole Free/Libre Software is about _choice_ and _freedom_, if someone don't get it, he should just stfu and learn.
And about the "Linux Desktop" (WTF?): gnome and kde are available on: solaris, bsd, osx and there is even windows port of kde (dunno bout gnome), so do the research first if you don't want to look like an idiot.

Comment Re:Innovate too much? not possible (Score 1) 542

by kojot350 (#28417959) Attached to: Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much?
I fully agree. When I first saw KDE 4.0 alpha, I was thinking "this is developer preview quality" and that's OK, but I saw the potential.
Then was the 4.1x when I started using it on daily basis, there were lots of rough edges, but that was the point, to help them out with at least bug reports and maybe some patches.
And here we are, I'm writing this from KDE 4.3 beta and this is gonna be great release!
And yes people are afraid of change (actually they're mostly afraid of everything), but I don't care that much, I love to drive innovation, even if my involvement is marginal (for now), life on cutting edge is fun!

Comment Re:KDE4 is ~30% faster than KDE3 (Score 1) 255

by kojot350 (#28174249) Attached to: Can "Page's Law" Be Broken?
On core 2 duo 1.7, but it's not the issue here probably. Some graphic cards perform really bad on linux, there were versions of graphics drivers that was buggy and slow, I've had issues with my nvidia chipset cause nvidia don't gave a frakk 'bout quality of their drivers for linux... So yes there was significant (and probably still are on the newer chips) performance issues but they have nothing to do with KDE nor Qt itself. And as I previously said there was significant performance boost from Qt4 itself (you can check troll's benchmarks if you want), so it should be noticeable. Also I've noticed that Kubuntu tends to have more issues (at least 4.2 had) than others, I recommend openSUSE, it have great support for KDE (traditionally).

Comment Re:KDE4 is ~30% faster than KDE3 (Score 1) 255

by kojot350 (#28168905) Attached to: Can "Page's Law" Be Broken?
Yes, I mostly agree, they should IMHO do it like: 4.0 pre-alpha devel preview, 4.1 alpha, 4.2 beta, 4.3 RC. I don't miss any feature of the KDE3, and since 4.2 it's less and less buggy, but remember it's community effort, so the more you give the more you get :) I e.g. always report bugs and try to patch them when I can. Anyway I think this was bold and necessary move to rewrite the codebase and we all will see effects soon in 4.3 and 4.4, cause now KDE4 is beginning to show it's potential, after all the major deep-in-the-libraries work has been done :D btw I use 4.3beta2 and it's frakkin' great ;)

Comment I recommend teaching both VHDL and Verilog (Score 0) 301

by kojot350 (#28167651) Attached to: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?
Consider teaching both. I'm a student and I've used VHDL in first semester and Verilog in second (a project). I've found very good book for students/beginners and it was fun to learn it with it, the book was Digital design and computer architecture By David Money Harris, Sarah L. Harris. http://books.google.com/books?id=5X7JV5-n0FIC&dq=digital+design+and+computer+architecture+solutions&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=T-EjSqP3NoWNjAe53b2rBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4
Robotics

Towards Artificial Consciousness 291

Posted by kdawson from the define-awareness-and-give-two-examples dept.
jzoom555 writes "In an interview with Discover Magazine, Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate and founder/director of The Neurosciences Institute, discusses the quality of consciousness and progress in building brain-based-devices. His lab recently published details on a brain model that is self-sustaining and 'has beta waves and gamma waves just like the regular cortex.'" Edelman's latest BBD contains a million simulated neurons and almost half a billion synapses, and is modeled on a cat's brain.
Earth

Antarctic Ice Bridge Finally Breaks Off 505

Posted by timothy from the invest-in-arizona-beaches dept.
GreennMann writes "An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped. Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence of rapid change in the region. Sited on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Wilkins shelf has been retreating since the 1990s. Researchers regarded the ice bridge as an important barrier, holding the remnant shelf structure in place. Its removal will allow ice to move more freely between Charcot and Latady islands, into the open ocean."
Television

Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town 500

Posted by CmdrTaco from the good-thing-it-wasn't-mirrors dept.
Thelasko writes "In an effort to knock Buster's socks off, the Mythbusters accidentally created an explosion so large it shattered windows in a small town over a mile from the blast site. The Mythbusters had the broken windows replaced the very same day. The Esparto, California fire chief says that several firefighters were on hand for the blast, but he didn't notify residents because, 'Mythbusters is supposed to be a really popular show. Everybody would have been out there. We would have had to cancel it because it would have been too dangerous.'"
The Internet

FileFront Shutting Down 118

Posted by Soulskill from the rush-the-video-bank dept.
Axodious writes "As of March 30th, FileFront, one of the most popular repositories for sharing online gaming videos, will be suspended due to the recent economic downfall. In a brief post, FileFront's management said, 'We regret to inform you that due to the current economic conditions we are forced to indefinitely suspend the FileFront site operations on March 30, 2009. If you have uploaded files, images or posted blogs, or if you would like to download some of your favorite files, please take this opportunity to download them before March 30th when the site will be suspended.' With FileFront shutting down, what will be next? Fileplanet?"
Privacy

Should Job Seekers Tell Employers To Quit Snooping? 681

Posted by kdawson from the easy-for-you-to-say-you-have-a-job dept.
onehitwonder writes in with a CIO opinion piece arguing that potential employees need to stand up to employers who snoop the Web for insights into their after-work activities, often disqualifying them as a result. "Employers are increasingly trolling the web for information about prospective employees that they can use in their hiring decisions. Consequently, career experts advise job seekers to not post any photos, opinions or information on blogs and social networking websites (like Slashdot) that a potential employer might find remotely off-putting. Instead of cautioning job seekers to censor their activity online, we job seekers and defenders of our civil liberties should tell employers to stop snooping and to stop judging our behavior outside of work, writes CIO.com Senior Online Editor Meridith Levinson. By basing professional hiring decisions on candidates' personal lives and beliefs, employers are effectively legislating people's behavior, and they're creating an online environment where people can't express their true beliefs, state their unvarnished opinions, be themselves, and that runs contrary to the free, communal ethos of the Web. Employers that exploit the Web to snoop into and judge people's personal lives infringe on everyone's privacy, and their actions verge on discrimination."
Education

Smart Immigrants Going Home 770

Posted by kdawson from the no-longer-the-only-land-of-opportunity dept.
olddotter writes "A 24-page paper on a reverse brain drain from the US back to home countries (PDF) is getting news coverage. Quoting: 'Our new paper, "America's Loss Is the World's Gain," finds that the vast majority of these returnees were relatively young. The average age was 30 for Indian returnees, and 33 for Chinese. They were highly educated, with degrees in management, technology, or science. Fifty-one percent of the Chinese held master's degrees and 41% had PhDs. Sixty-six percent of the Indians held a master's and 12.1% had PhDs. They were at very top of the educational distribution for these highly educated immigrant groups — precisely the kind of people who make the greatest contribution to the US economy and to business and job growth." Adding to the brain drain is a problem with slow US visa processing, since last November or so, that has been driving desirable students and scientists out of the country.

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