Could anyone argue that DVD was such a huge success because there was no real competing format at the quality level? We didn't have to choose between two incompatible video disk formats. We just had to choose between a Panasonic or a Phillips..
Now, they are doing the betamax vs vhs thing again. I wish they would learn their lesson. In establishing standards, a bit of cartel may be for the better.
P4 2.8 $570 or AMD 2600+ $265. Yup. Your framerate will improve more if you stick the price difference into a better video card, or more ram. There is no good reason to buy an Intel-based system for home use.
Consider the workload and instusiveness of patching windows compared to Linux.
Windows - either buy expensive software to automatically distribute patches, and force users to reboot, or run around at each station.
Linux - have each station check your local security updates mirror on a nightly basis, and install when something is available. No downtime or reboots, just perhaps opening and closing an app. Users don't even need to know!
Seriously, we should be pushing for accountability, not a world were everybody's grandma has to learn C++ just to make sure that the big bad software company hasn't installed a trojan horse. I like the rpm technology for this aspect. It can be signed, so that a hacker would have difficulty installing a backdoor into the rpms on a hacked ftp server. Then again, dependencies can be a bitch to deal with (and often quite ridiculous too, like requiring sound libraries and apps for a silent system).
There will be a surprise Opera 7 out this late fall/winter. It will offer full DOM support, along with niceties and speedups. At least, that's the rumor on some Norwegian websites (Opera is primarily designed and produced in Norway, AFAIK). Can't give ya an english link, yet, though.
I still root for Moz, though. Open Source and all that.
2c seems relatively ok to me. No piracy, and no using the OEone for commercial purposes.
I am more worried about 6. It was probably demanded by one or more plug-in providers. It also seems to conflict with 5b (you are given the option to accept updates for software, but not DRMs.)
I installed it from Ximian. Worked OK, as far as I could tell.
However, I agree that stability work is important. Luckily, we have code revision control systems that allows teams to work on stability on one branch, and new features on another.
I wholeheartedly agree. Quite a few of us slashdotters are climbing the ladder. It would be great to have a good professional.slashdot.org that would deal with these kinds of issues. Developers.slashdot.org does some of the trick, but these really interesting questions often emerge from ask slashdot. Maybe we should allow an article to belong to several topics and sections?
One of the best things that happened to Hollywood was that the VCR was deemed fair use in the lawsuit in the early 80s. They were trying to make us unable to tape shows. Now, a substantial portion of their income is from selling those tapes and dvds to us.
I hope they'll sometime catch on about digital media. Frankly, the biggest mistake they did was to allow the playback of DVDs in computers. If the data DVD had been physically incompatible with the video DVD, they would have been able to keep their secret keys. They distribute those keys once they're satisfied the manufacturer is going to comply with their regulations. Thus, no DVD on our computers (perhaps a USB connection on the player to allow control from your desktop?).
Oh well. Greed got them. Non-compliant software, if I remember correctly. Jon - we are proud of your friends.
My main gripe about SACD is that DVD-audio does the job as well. Sure, SACD stores even more information, but I doubt a blind test would prove it vastly superior to DVD audio (Dolby Digital).
There are certain record labels that produce high quality records on dvd. You can also get a CD version, and compare.
So, what you are saying that companies and governments that are large enough to be able to make the transition to Linux will have Microsoft giving them discounts? I'd hate that. That means that Mr. Average Joe will be the one footing the bill, along with smaller companies without the sufficient resources to evaluate, plan, execute and maintain a transition.
Horse power is actually bullshit. If you look at the torque graph for the rpm operating range, you'll get a much better view of what the car is like. If you want to stick to horse power, at least look at the horse power to weight ratio. That too is a much better indicator of how fast the car is.
When will we wise up and build a license agreement interface into rpm? Sure, we like our software to be free, but we should accomodate licensed software as well. That is - if we want to give the users the freedom of choice.
Now, we get cumbersome installation interfaces that don't fully guarantee an installation (like 'run this program afterwards').
Feedback from a movement detector told the program how successful each combination of instructions tried had been, enabling it to evolve by ditching unsuccessful ones and pairing up new combinations of the ones that produced most lift.
Sounds like a neural net with real-time recalibration to me..
I would even argue that starting the really long haul with fiscal irresponsibility is a very poor tradition indeed. The guy is expected to two or three months worth of paycheck to prove his love. Some people can afford that - but very few. I bet being broke isn't the best way to start a marriage.
I think you're on the wrong track here. Space travel is cool, but what we really need is less-polluting energy and transportation, along with some way of making sure that the farmers in the less fortunate parts of the world don't ruin their lands.
Shooting at the moon (or mars for that matter) is not where we should be spending our money, to be honest - except possibly developing asteroid deflection technology.
We should not be blinded by glory. It is time to go back to basics, if you haven't already noticed.
After seeing some of the geneology sites, he got a bit interested. This is a typical example of what I could recommend. It's rather specific, stable and can be remotely administered (given that I set up a proper firewall to shield him as much as possible from portscans from other people than me).
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Couldn't you use a slower propulsion system? After all, you would no longer need to fight the drag of the atmosphere, and not as much gravity, either. Since you don't have to go vertically, you can just gather speed orbiting, and then fire some secondary system that kicks your course into space. Am I smoking pot?
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Uhm. Would it really slow down the rotation at all? I mean - it would be in geo-stationary orbit. Do I need to buy a book on physics, too? (Not afraid to do so if required).
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None of the "competing" products came close in the quality of the DVDs. They didn't receive the same amount of marketing funds, either.
Could anyone argue that DVD was such a huge success because there was no real competing format at the quality level? We didn't have to choose between two incompatible video disk formats. We just had to choose between a Panasonic or a Phillips..
Now, they are doing the betamax vs vhs thing again. I wish they would learn their lesson. In establishing standards, a bit of cartel may be for the better.
P4 2.8 $570 or AMD 2600+ $265. Yup. Your framerate will improve more if you stick the price difference into a better video card, or more ram. There is no good reason to buy an Intel-based system for home use.
You forget that supreme court justices will be appointed by Bush. Care to jump the pond?
Consider the workload and instusiveness of patching windows compared to Linux.
Windows - either buy expensive software to automatically distribute patches, and force users to reboot, or run around at each station.
Linux - have each station check your local security updates mirror on a nightly basis, and install when something is available. No downtime or reboots, just perhaps opening and closing an app. Users don't even need to know!
I have never seen the sense in firewalling a machine with the same machine.
I have. It's much better than nothing. Besides, you should send all logs to a third, bulletproof machine
if you're into paranoia.
Seriously, we should be pushing for accountability, not a world were everybody's grandma has to learn C++ just to make sure that the big bad software company hasn't installed a trojan horse.
I like the rpm technology for this aspect. It can be signed, so that a hacker would have difficulty installing a backdoor into the rpms on a hacked ftp server. Then again, dependencies can be a bitch to deal with (and often quite ridiculous too, like requiring sound libraries and apps for a silent system).
Here , you can read about what may be the largest Opera upgrade ever. They've rewritten close to everything.
There will be a surprise Opera 7 out this late fall/winter. It will offer full DOM support, along with niceties and speedups. At least, that's the rumor on some Norwegian websites (Opera is primarily designed and produced in Norway, AFAIK). Can't give ya an english link, yet, though.
I still root for Moz, though. Open Source and all that.
2c seems relatively ok to me. No piracy, and no using the OEone for commercial purposes.
I am more worried about 6. It was probably demanded by one or more plug-in providers. It also seems to conflict with 5b (you are given the option to accept updates for software, but not DRMs.)
I installed it from Ximian. Worked OK, as far as I could tell.
However, I agree that stability work is important. Luckily, we have code revision control systems that allows teams to work on stability on one branch, and new features on another.
We are not the center of the universe. We are not typical end-users.
That is all I have to say.
I wholeheartedly agree. Quite a few of us slashdotters are climbing the ladder. It would be great to have a good professional.slashdot.org that would deal with these kinds of issues. Developers.slashdot.org does some of the trick, but these really interesting questions often emerge from ask slashdot. Maybe we should allow an article to belong to several topics and sections?
One of the best things that happened to Hollywood was that the VCR was deemed fair use in the lawsuit in the early 80s. They were trying to make us unable to tape shows. Now, a substantial portion of their income is from selling those tapes and dvds to us.
I hope they'll sometime catch on about digital media. Frankly, the biggest mistake they did was to allow the playback of DVDs in computers. If the data DVD had been physically incompatible with the video DVD, they would have been able to keep their secret keys. They distribute those keys once they're satisfied the manufacturer is going to comply with their regulations. Thus, no DVD on our computers (perhaps a USB connection on the player to allow control from your desktop?).
Oh well. Greed got them. Non-compliant software, if I remember correctly. Jon - we are proud of your friends.
My main gripe about SACD is that DVD-audio does the job as well. Sure, SACD stores even more information, but I doubt a blind test would prove it vastly superior to DVD audio (Dolby Digital).
There are certain record labels that produce high quality records on dvd. You can also get a CD version, and compare.
So, what you are saying that companies and governments that are large enough to be able to make the transition to Linux will have Microsoft giving them discounts? I'd hate that. That means that Mr. Average Joe will be the one footing the bill, along with smaller companies without the sufficient resources to evaluate, plan, execute and maintain a transition.
Horse power is actually bullshit. If you look at the torque graph for the rpm operating range, you'll get a much better view of what the car is like. If you want to stick to horse power, at least look at the horse power to weight ratio. That too is a much better indicator of how fast the car is.
When will we wise up and build a license agreement interface into rpm? Sure, we like our software to be free, but we should accomodate licensed software as well. That is - if we want to give the users the freedom of choice.
Now, we get cumbersome installation interfaces that don't fully guarantee an installation (like 'run this program afterwards').
Either one. Damned secretive folks. I honestly wish IP would just get flushed down the toilet after figure out some other way to make money.
Sounds like a neural net with real-time recalibration to me..
I would even argue that starting the really long haul with fiscal irresponsibility is a very poor tradition indeed. The guy is expected to two or three months worth of paycheck to prove his love. Some people can afford that - but very few. I bet being broke isn't the best way to start a marriage.
I think you're on the wrong track here. Space travel is cool, but what we really need is less-polluting energy and transportation, along with some way of making sure that the farmers in the less fortunate parts of the world don't ruin their lands.
Shooting at the moon (or mars for that matter) is not where we should be spending our money, to be honest - except possibly developing asteroid deflection technology.
We should not be blinded by glory. It is time to go back to basics, if you haven't already noticed.
After seeing some of the geneology sites, he got a bit interested. This is a typical example of what I could recommend. It's rather specific, stable and can be remotely administered (given that I set up a proper firewall to shield him as much as possible from portscans from other people than me).
Couldn't you use a slower propulsion system? After all, you would no longer need to fight the drag of the atmosphere, and not as much gravity, either. Since you don't have to go vertically, you can just gather speed orbiting, and then fire some secondary system that kicks your course into space. Am I smoking pot?
Uhm. Would it really slow down the rotation at all? I mean - it would be in geo-stationary orbit. Do I need to buy a book on physics, too? (Not afraid to do so if required).