04-02-2018
Thoughts on Dystopian Future Likely?
Greetings Fellow NIX'ers,
For a while now I've been pondering the (to Me) Dystopian possibilities of "Cloud Computing", Web Apps
(Pay Per Each Use) of course, and... the Most Troubling of All:
The possible time when we will not be allowed to own a "Real" computer, only some silly little thing that can
barely run a web browser in order to "Consume" those Web Apps! I say "allowed", but also imply that Availability
of decent hardware may be threatened by the forces that are trying to make a "better future" for us all.
The same forces that are engineering this madness are of course behind Streaming Everything as well!
I am by no means against mobile devices, I have a smart phone myself that has been pretty cool.
What really does cause me concern as above is that the PTB might try to infringe upon our right to Own
Real Computers, Program them, and Distribute our own Free / Open Source software! Understandably many
typical non-NIX users may not Care about this stuff at all since they are used to being Told their future fate by
corporate entities and various interests.
In 1993 with some years as a developer, I discovered a reasonable facsimile of UNIX(tm) that I could use at home!
That is to say a distro I didn't have to completely create from scratch, Imagine that enormous stack of floppies!
Additionally, I've worked with SunOS, Digital UX, the BSD's and most Linux distros.
I have not looked back, ya gotta love the Freedom to breathe here!
Does any of this seem like a possibility to Anyone else, or... just my Imagination ?
That said, I'm primarily interested in the NIX' users, admins and devs thoughts here.
What sort of time line do you think we are looking at before the hardware vendors get the "Memo":
"Only Mobile devices without dev tools are Permissible!" I'd greatly appreciate hearing anyone's thoughts!
Before I forget I want to add what a Cool place this seems to be! There appear to be lots of "Adults" with
real stuff to say and share! That alone is something missing from "Most" other communities, IMHO!
Sincerely,
The Coding Coolie ;^)
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Reason: Cleaner formatting, etc.
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svn::web::i18n
SVN::Web::I18N(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation SVN::Web::I18N(3pm)
NAME
SVN::Web::I18N - SVN::Web internationalisation class
SYNOPSIS
use SVN::Web::I18N; # Nothing exported
# Add a directory that contains .po and/or .mo files
SVN::Web::I18N::add_directory('/path/to/directory');
# Specify the current language
SVN::Web::I18N::loc_lang('en');
# Get a translated string
my $xlated = SVN::Web::I18N::loc('(a string to translate)');
DESCRIPTION
SVN::Web::I18N provides the interface through which SVN::Web is internationalised, and how different localisations are implemented.
SUBROUTINES
SVN::Web::I18N::add_directory($path)
Adds a new directory to the list of directories in which localisations will be found. Any *.po and *.mo files in this directory will
automatically be scanned for localisations, and added to the language key given by the file's basename.
In case where two different directories both contain a localisation file that defines the same localisation key for the same language, the
localisation key from the most recently added directory will be used.
SVN::Web::I18N::loc_lang($lang)
Selects the language to use for subsequent calls to "loc()". The $lang parameter should be a valid language name -- i.e., there must exist
at least one $lang.po file in one of the directories used in a call to "SVN::Web::I18N::add_directory()".
SVN::Web::I18N::loc($text)
and
SVN::Web::I18N::loc($text, $param1, ...)
Returns the localised form of $text according to the localisation selected by the most recent call to "loc_lang()".
If the localisation expects parameters to fill in the localisation result they should be passed as the second and subsequent arguments.
If $text does not have a defined localised form it is returned with the parameters interpolated in to it.
SEE ALSO
Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::Lexicon, SVN::Web
AUTHORS
Nik Clayton "<nik@FreeBSD.org>"
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006-2007 by Nik Clayton "<nik@FreeBSD.org>".
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-11 SVN::Web::I18N(3pm)