Re:The real difference...
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Why FreeBSD
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My main reason for choosing *BSD over Linux is the community. Linux seems to be... Well, like Slashdot. A bunch of immature kids.
The *BSD culture (minus) seems to be one of pure engineers. They are writing code because they need or want it. It's usually top-quality, being released only after it works and works right. There's thought and design behind the code.
Ironically, a reason a lot of users lean toward Linux is because the BSD communities have a reputation of being condescending and elitist. This is mostly undeserved, as the BSD user and developer communities are no less civil than most (with some notable exceptions).
Unfortunately, you've done nothing but perpetuate the notion with these stereotypical (almost satirical) remarks.
A few weeks ago, my dad, not a techie by any means, casually brought up the issue of Palladium. "Have you heard about Palladium?" he asked. I was ready to go into "Yes, I agree, it's dumb-shit" mode, but the next thing he said shocked me:
"I read that it lets you send emails to people that they can't forward or copy. It's called Digital Rights Management."
I've since heard this exact same statement twice more from other, random people, among which, tech-oriented guys that should know better. Somehow, Microsoft marketing has somehow pushed DRM and Palladium as something that/gives/ you rights, and ironically, additional privacy.
Of course, I told him that how DRM really works, but on a larger scale, the huge "consumer backlash" I've been counting on to end all of these anti-consumer technologies just may be further off than anyone expected. It very well could end up as the next Macrovision: people will think "it's there because copying stuff is illegal, and only bad men want to copy stuff", even after they've bought their 2nd or 3rd copy of the same scratched CD.
The misinformation campaign is obviously deliberate, and real. And the worse part is, mindshare typically goes with the media, which just happens to be the rights-slayer this time.
The same thing has happenned to me twice, about every 8 months, consistantly. Luckily, the mouse uses (what I guess is) a standard (sorry for getting technical) "internal mouse connector", despite it using USB and a PS/2 convertor.
The box, manuals and receipt were thrown away, and I pulled off the sticker on the bottom of the mouse when it started to peel, so I had no option to return it.
I peeled off the thin plastic "grips/slides" on the bottom of it to reveal the screws, and disassembled it. The first time, I just disconnected the end of the cord from the board, and replaced it with an a cord from a mouse that had been sitting around from years ago. It worked perfectly.
The second time, I wrapped the cord with a thin layer of electrical tape just at the "joint" in the path where the cord is bent at almost a 90 degree angle. Didnt seem to have much effect, but I still have 3 old, unusable mice laying around.
...The genre, already succesful on the PC, has yet to be tested on a console audience...
Obviously, the submitter has never played Phantasy Star Online, one of the best games for DC
Re:Driver distractions
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Dashboard Linux
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There are always naysayers whenever Linux achieves something good. I say Linux needs MORE driver support, regardless of the consequences. If it takes a few dented bumpers to get a SANE interface to my Scanjet, well, dems the breaks.
"...However, if you ever intend to work on any Open Source programming project which might involve similar code, you might want to think twice about downloading any code under the provisions Microsoft lists here..."
Whoa, and I was under the impression that people could audit your/open source code/ to disprove any MS "theft".
In QuickLaunch mode, when you close your last Mozilla window, Mozilla stays in memory, so if you load it again it just picks up where it left off.
(Oh yeah, and on my Win2k machine, eats up 35MB RAM in/idle/ mode.)
I'd definately go with Kylix. Delphi 6 is shipping this week on the Windows side (Actually, I believe it was June 8th.)
The combination of both these tools are unstoppable. The CLX is a new version of the VCL, which is basically an abstraction over Qt or the standard Windows GUI calls, and is almost as easy as Visual Basic's drag and drop controls.
I got on this path a few years back moving from Visual C++ to Borland C++ Builder. The VCL leaves MFC in the dust. Later on, I moved to Delphi, and it was a very comfortable environment to work in: You never feel like you're working/against/ the compiler. I started with the assumption that I'd be "cramped" by Delphi's Object Pascal's roots, but it turns out, Borland has done some great work in the syntax, now it's basically just a slightly more verbose C++ Builder, with a few nice things you'd miss while working in another language.
With the CLX, working between Linux and Windows should only mean a recompile, although you'll have scatterred {$IFDEF [WIN32|LINUX]}'s throughout the code.
The only thing that might make you think twice is the price. Even the standard edition of Delphi and Kylix arent really what you'd call cheap.
Well, there's always FreePascal, which is great if you don't mind devoting the majority of your time handling windowing messages, etc.
When you find out how to reverse MD5, you may want to give PKWare a call, you've got quite a compression algorithm on your hands.
I remember something like that...
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Linux Anecdotes
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"...So he starts his terminal emulator program and tells it to use/dev/hda. That should have been/dev/ttyS1. Oops. Now his master boot record started with "ATDT" and the university modem pool phone number..."
Reminds me of a time where I had to write a small program (years ago) for Windows 3.1. I had about 40000 (exagerating) files with "random" filenames that needed to be named sequentially by date, to the format "00000001.dat". One wrong character in a string of the source made the program think it should be starting from C:\ instead of the current directory, so it happily started in C:\, and renamed each (writable) file to a nice, clean, number, recursively searching each directory under it.
Not really relevant, but we've all done things just as dumb, although I doubt how many people would've been inspired enough to turn a mistake into an operating system.
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Ironically, a reason a lot of users lean toward Linux is because the BSD communities have a reputation of being condescending and elitist. This is mostly undeserved, as the BSD user and developer communities are no less civil than most (with some notable exceptions).
Unfortunately, you've done nothing but perpetuate the notion with these stereotypical (almost satirical) remarks.
A few weeks ago, my dad, not a techie by any means, casually brought up the issue of Palladium. "Have you heard about Palladium?" he asked.
/gives/ you rights, and ironically, additional privacy.
I was ready to go into "Yes, I agree, it's dumb-shit" mode, but the next thing he said shocked me:
"I read that it lets you send emails to people that they can't forward or copy. It's called Digital Rights Management."
I've since heard this exact same statement twice more from other, random people, among which, tech-oriented guys that should know better. Somehow, Microsoft marketing has somehow pushed DRM and Palladium as something that
Of course, I told him that how DRM really works, but on a larger scale, the huge "consumer backlash" I've been counting on to end all of these anti-consumer technologies just may be further off than anyone expected. It very well could end up as the next Macrovision: people will think "it's there because copying stuff is illegal, and only bad men want to copy stuff", even after they've bought their 2nd or 3rd copy of the same scratched CD.
The misinformation campaign is obviously deliberate, and real. And the worse part is, mindshare typically goes with the media, which just happens to be the rights-slayer this time.
The box, manuals and receipt were thrown away, and I pulled off the sticker on the bottom of the mouse when it started to peel, so I had no option to return it.
I peeled off the thin plastic "grips/slides" on the bottom of it to reveal the screws, and disassembled it. The first time, I just disconnected the end of the cord from the board, and replaced it with an a cord from a mouse that had been sitting around from years ago. It worked perfectly.
The second time, I wrapped the cord with a thin layer of electrical tape just at the "joint" in the path where the cord is bent at almost a 90 degree angle. Didnt seem to have much effect, but I still have 3 old, unusable mice laying around.
Obviously, the submitter has never played Phantasy Star Online, one of the best games for DC
There are always naysayers whenever Linux achieves something good. I say Linux needs MORE driver support, regardless of the consequences. If it takes a few dented bumpers to get a SANE interface to my Scanjet, well, dems the breaks.
I don't think RMS and Bradley Kuhn understand that there are quite a few of us who cannot make a living by giving keynotes.
Exactly how many times are you planning on pasting that quote? Moderators: This is exactly what "-1, Redundant" is for.
You also might wanna reduce points for either "Dmitry" or "Dmitri".
"...However, if you ever intend to work on any Open Source programming project which might involve similar code, you might want to think twice about downloading any code under the provisions Microsoft lists here..."
/open source code/ to disprove any MS "theft".
Whoa, and I was under the impression that people could audit your
In QuickLaunch mode, when you close your last Mozilla window, Mozilla stays in memory, so if you load it again it just picks up where it left off. (Oh yeah, and on my Win2k machine, eats up 35MB RAM in /idle/ mode.)
*PSSST* Hey, You! don't you know that OSDN's primary source of income now is getting FatBrain referals?
I'd definately go with Kylix. Delphi 6 is shipping this week on the Windows side (Actually, I believe it was June 8th.)
/against/ the compiler. I started with the assumption that I'd be "cramped" by Delphi's Object Pascal's roots, but it turns out, Borland has done some great work in the syntax, now it's basically just a slightly more verbose C++ Builder, with a few nice things you'd miss while working in another language.
The combination of both these tools are unstoppable. The CLX is a new version of the VCL, which is basically an abstraction over Qt or the standard Windows GUI calls, and is almost as easy as Visual Basic's drag and drop controls.
I got on this path a few years back moving from Visual C++ to Borland C++ Builder. The VCL leaves MFC in the dust. Later on, I moved to Delphi, and it was a very comfortable environment to work in: You never feel like you're working
With the CLX, working between Linux and Windows should only mean a recompile, although you'll have scatterred {$IFDEF [WIN32|LINUX]}'s throughout the code.
The only thing that might make you think twice is the price. Even the standard edition of Delphi and Kylix arent really what you'd call cheap.
Well, there's always FreePascal, which is great if you don't mind devoting the majority of your time handling windowing messages, etc.
When you find out how to reverse MD5, you may want to give PKWare a call, you've got quite a compression algorithm on your hands.
"...So he starts his terminal emulator program and tells it to use /dev/hda. That should have been /dev/ttyS1. Oops. Now his master boot record started with "ATDT" and the university modem pool phone number..."
Reminds me of a time where I had to write a small program (years ago) for Windows 3.1. I had about 40000 (exagerating) files with "random" filenames that needed to be named sequentially by date, to the format "00000001.dat". One wrong character in a string of the source made the program think it should be starting from C:\ instead of the current directory, so it happily started in C:\, and renamed each (writable) file to a nice, clean, number, recursively searching each directory under it.
Not really relevant, but we've all done things just as dumb, although I doubt how many people would've been inspired enough to turn a mistake into an operating system.
Better in it's original format.
Great article here, probably because I wrote it.
Um, Bob, I'm gonna bid $1
Not long before we get robotic 6 years olds saying "Can I come with you?".
Movie reference, look it up.