Interesting argument... not quite unlike religious zeal. Which is my problem. It's the only thing Linux has going for it in the business market. And, frankly, it's pathetic.
What's 'qualified' anyway? Being Linus or Stallman is qualified? This is the world of academics only, there is no place for the common developer who actually has to do the dirty work.
I've done my fair share for the GPL community... I've released some applications under the GPL myself. I've been working under un*x for about 10 years now. Mostly systems programming. For the past year only I have done Microsoft programming.
PS: I don't live in the 'states' or Europe, but from my un-media-bombarded perspective Europe is better, but that's only because I am impartial.
Sigh. I wish things were different, but that's just reality.
I am a Director and owner of a small IT company, and my main fields are unix TCPIP/RPC/Sytem programming. I use vi (even in Windows). I have sponsored the development of many open source products, as well as some with other related licenses. For the best of my company though I have to sumit to the M$ way, or else none of these products would have existed.
Perhaps differ may be too stong a word... His reputation is a bit daunting.
I think Microsoft have done a lot of good things for the software industry, although it messed up many other companies in the process... (Like what happened to Stac Technologies' Intellectual Property Rights for instance? Hmm...)
I have a foot in both coffins, I guess. I actively use Linux to develop one product, and adhere to the GPL etc..., and with the other hand(foot?) I write COM+ for a commercial Bank.
To add to Linus' examples of famous people, I'd like to add 'van Gogh' and 'Ramanujan' who (in my opinion) was a greater mathematician than the ill-tempered Newton. These people also did Science/Art in the name of Art, and was rewarded by dying poor and sickly (mentally and physically).
For any 'normal' person out there who does not want to die in this way, they may have to resort to some way of preotecting investments.
It's not always easy if you are not Stallman/Linus/Newton to protect your interests, and make profit out of it in some other value added service way....
Forgive my impurtenance (and spelling?) for this article... I hope someone may find it informative at the very least.
I think Microsoft have done a lot of good things for the software industry, although it messed up many other companies in the process... (Like what happened to Stac Technologies' Intellectual Property Rights for instance? Hmm...)
I have a foot in both coffins, I guess. I actively use Linux to develop one product, and adhere to the GPL etc..., and with the other hand(foot?) I write COM+ for a commercial Bank.
To add to Linus' examples of famous people, I'd like to add 'van Gogh' and 'Ramanujan' who (in my opinion) was a greater mathematician than the ill-tempered Newton. These people also did Science/Art in the name of Art, and was rewarded by dying poor and sickly (mentally and physically).
For any 'normal' person out there who does not want to die in this way, they may have to resort to some way of preotecting investments.
It's not always easy if you are not Stallman/Linus/Newton to protect your interests, and make profit out of it in some other value added service way....
Forgive my impurtenance (and spelling?) for this article... I hope someone may find it informative at the very least.:)
Most prolly there ain't gonna be no more quake at tourneys.
With the CPL stating that it would rather get more maney than promote a professional cyber-athlete sport. Let's all play campershite instead! Whee...
-cough-
I for one love what Quake has done to my coordination and deathmatch skills, and if I stopped, I'd prob. deteriorate, so I'll continue to play regardless.
I sorta got into the whole domain thing early on, and got "e.co.za" for myself. There's no chance of finding single letter domain names, since only a few second level domains are created for za (South Africa). The control is (thankfully) quite strict here.
had a nice ring to it...
Nice as a personal e-mail domain, yes?
I'm not domain squatting or anything like that, and don't think I will *ever* sell it.
It does get easier... this machine's design gives it an order of improvement, and not just N times faster. This is, sadly, still below the factorial scale of most NP-complete problems.
Just making a point that what we have been taught may be nullified by advances in technology. Things like quantum computers may however approach that computing capacity, and I see this machine as a step in the right direction.
Beyond the shores of imagination lies the Emerald City of Seattle, a perfect
training ground for wizards. Here, you'll believe in the impossible when you
see giant birds of steel learning to fly and mermaids of java on every
corner. Here, the sun shines only for those who have cultivated the art of
patience.
Just outside of Seattle is a little town called Renton, where the "Wizards
of the Coast" work and practice and play. Each wizard has a magical story to
tell, for the miles of yellow brick roads that brought them to the Emerald
City are crooked and rocky ones. But the wizards' favorite story of all is
the one about the great wizard Peter and his friends, who never gave up on
their dream to make magic, and who taught the rest of us to believe.
One night in the small college town of Walla Walla, Washington, four friends
gathered, as they often did, to talk and play games. On this particular
night, however, a dream was planted in their hearts when one of the friends
suggested that they make games of their very own. Not just any games, but
the finest games around. They even came up with a name for their game
company, so sure that their dream would someday come true. They would call
themselves Wizards of the Coast.
Several years later, a circle of eager wizards had gathered under the name
Wizards of the Coast. The wizard Peter had met a game-maker and
mathematician wizard named Richard and magic happened. The wizards created a
game that would come to be loved by thousands of people and it would also
make the wizards' dreams come true.
Dragons and samurai aligned with the wizards in 1997 to create the largest
adventure game company in the world. In fact, the wizards became so popular
that Mr. Potato Head and his friends at Hasbro, Inc. asked the wizards to
join their family. Currently, the wizards develop and publish trading card
games, tabletop roleplaying games, novels, magazines, family card and board
games, and electronic media products. The wizards have many friends,
including relationships with Warner Bros., Lucasfilm, and Marvel Comics.
Magic is still made every day at Wizards of the Coast, for if we have
learned anything at all, it is this: when people with dreams and diligence
get together, anything is possible.
For permanent connection and fixed IP addresses one thing that is important is to pre-allocate IP addresses in such a way as to allow future expansion. Thus it will be important to allocate at least a class C (256 nodes) to every home.
So, I think it's going to be imperative for IP v6 to become more utilised soon.
Yup, I know all this. I have undrestated the trouble I have taken to get the game working. I have read and posted on nearly every place I could, so I know the situation.
I had the latest MS patches, (Win2K PRE2) The latest MOBO drivers (and some beta too) as well as BIOS update. Latest Gfx Drivers (tried beta too) Tried DX 7 and 8, tried everything!
-sigh-
I got it running on win98, even though I *Hate* win98... and it crashed once too often and I had to re-install the machine... that put an end to that.
The chips are hot, but I have some problems with the rest of my system. For one it runs too hot and too noisy. My first Motherboard died, and I'm not getting the FPS on my GeForce that other Intel-based Motherboards are getting.
I also wasted about 6 months trying to get my motherboard to run stably (until MS brought out a patch for AMD chiupsets...). Even thought this is not the chips problem etc. etc. I still wasted time, thus Intel would have been much cheaper in retrospect.
Those are my gripes, and even though at heart I support AMD, I'll go for a P4 next. It's a better chip, even though most applications and benchmark programs don't reflect it yet.
(See the FlaskMPEG benchmark for the optimised versions... both for Intel and AMD)
I have not been able to get Ultima 9 to run out of the box on win98, NT or 2000. I have read all the FAQs and have applied all the official (and some unofficial) patches.
I have really paid a lot to get this game, and the bits I did get to see of it looks fantastic.
I used to be a great Ultima fan, now I'm only a sad Origin hater.
-sigh-
Another patch would not hurt too much, right?
Hmm...
I've been using Python in my current work environment to thest my COM+ objects. I use it in preference of VB, so as not to scar myself permanently.
Besides the religious beliefs in better computing practice, Python is simply just faster, and easier to get going. (Now if only I can sell it to the rest of the crowd...)
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Interesting argument... not quite unlike religious zeal. Which is my problem. It's the only thing Linux has going for it in the business market. And, frankly, it's pathetic.
What's 'qualified' anyway? Being Linus or Stallman is qualified? This is the world of academics only, there is no place for the common developer who actually has to do the dirty work.
I've done my fair share for the GPL community... I've released some applications under the GPL myself. I've been working under un*x for about 10 years now. Mostly systems programming. For the past year only I have done Microsoft programming.
PS: I don't live in the 'states' or Europe, but from my un-media-bombarded perspective Europe is better, but that's only because I am impartial.
Sigh. I wish things were different, but that's just reality.
I am a Director and owner of a small IT company, and my main fields are unix TCPIP/RPC/Sytem programming. I use vi (even in Windows). I have sponsored the development of many open source products, as well as some with other related licenses. For the best of my company though I have to sumit to the M$ way, or else none of these products would have existed.
Perhaps differ may be too stong a word... His reputation is a bit daunting.
:)
I think Microsoft have done a lot of good things for the software industry, although it messed up many other companies in the process... (Like what happened to Stac Technologies' Intellectual Property Rights for instance? Hmm...)
I have a foot in both coffins, I guess. I actively use Linux to develop one product, and adhere to the GPL etc..., and with the other hand(foot?) I write COM+ for a commercial Bank.
To add to Linus' examples of famous people, I'd like to add 'van Gogh' and 'Ramanujan' who (in my opinion) was a greater mathematician than the ill-tempered Newton. These people also did Science/Art in the name of Art, and was rewarded by dying poor and sickly (mentally and physically).
For any 'normal' person out there who does not want to die in this way, they may have to resort to some way of preotecting investments.
It's not always easy if you are not Stallman/Linus/Newton to protect your interests, and make profit out of it in some other value added service way....
Forgive my impurtenance (and spelling?) for this article... I hope someone may find it informative at the very least.
I think Microsoft have done a lot of good things for the software industry, although it messed up many other companies in the process... (Like what happened to Stac Technologies' Intellectual Property Rights for instance? Hmm...) I have a foot in both coffins, I guess. I actively use Linux to develop one product, and adhere to the GPL etc..., and with the other hand(foot?) I write COM+ for a commercial Bank. To add to Linus' examples of famous people, I'd like to add 'van Gogh' and 'Ramanujan' who (in my opinion) was a greater mathematician than the ill-tempered Newton. These people also did Science/Art in the name of Art, and was rewarded by dying poor and sickly (mentally and physically). For any 'normal' person out there who does not want to die in this way, they may have to resort to some way of preotecting investments. It's not always easy if you are not Stallman/Linus/Newton to protect your interests, and make profit out of it in some other value added service way.... Forgive my impurtenance (and spelling?) for this article... I hope someone may find it informative at the very least. :)
Don't do it! M'Kay?
:)
Most prolly there ain't gonna be no more quake at tourneys.
With the CPL stating that it would rather get more maney than promote a professional cyber-athlete sport. Let's all play campershite instead! Whee...
-cough-
I for one love what Quake has done to my coordination and deathmatch skills, and if I stopped, I'd prob. deteriorate, so I'll continue to play regardless.
:)
lailoken.
I sorta got into the whole domain thing early on, and got "e.co.za" for myself. There's no chance of finding single letter domain names, since only a few second level domains are created for za (South Africa). The control is (thankfully) quite strict here.
had a nice ring to it...
Nice as a personal e-mail domain, yes?
I'm not domain squatting or anything like that, and don't think I will *ever* sell it.
Just thout I'd brag.
Share and Enjoy.
When I work I don't have the time to look after anything.
Oops, subject line was mangled... don't we just love HTML filters! :))
Here it is again:
#define QUESTION(b) ((b)>>1 | ~((b)>>1))
An optimised version. (When not trusting coimpilers...)
wrongo... here's a corrected one. *blush*
It comes from trying to recite from memory, and not checking your originals...
--
Prison just in thought.
Our minds are but a confine.
Let your code be free.
Prison only in thought.
Our minds are the only confine.
Let your code be free.
Hehe... I realise this.
It does get easier... this machine's design gives it an order of improvement, and not just N times faster. This is, sadly, still below the factorial scale of most NP-complete problems.
Just making a point that what we have been taught may be nullified by advances in technology. Things like quantum computers may however approach that computing capacity, and I see this machine as a step in the right direction.
Hehe..
Suddenly Quicksort is not the best sort algorythm, and the traveling salesman becomes possible to solve!
Even though we touched on hypercomputing at university, some of the basic premises I have, and rule-of-thumb knowledge I have will be outdated.
I have to learn anew to program using logic, and logic blocks, at least I'll get back to my scientific (mathemetic) roots!
Whee...
For once Computer Science may actually become more of a Science!
The best way to stop this waste of time, is to introduce this:
;)
Download and compile this simple C program: bm.C.
Have fun kids!
Magic was created to fund another venture they had, called Robo Rally. Any Slashdotten worth his mettle should check this game out.
It's a game about programming!
Unfortunately (or fortunately) MtG took off in a big way, becoming their primary focus.
PS: Anyone want to buy my TimeWalk? I want to buy a complete set of robo rally, and have food for the month...
Beyond the shores of imagination lies the Emerald City of Seattle, a perfect
training ground for wizards. Here, you'll believe in the impossible when you
see giant birds of steel learning to fly and mermaids of java on every
corner. Here, the sun shines only for those who have cultivated the art of
patience.
Just outside of Seattle is a little town called Renton, where the "Wizards
of the Coast" work and practice and play. Each wizard has a magical story to
tell, for the miles of yellow brick roads that brought them to the Emerald
City are crooked and rocky ones. But the wizards' favorite story of all is
the one about the great wizard Peter and his friends, who never gave up on
their dream to make magic, and who taught the rest of us to believe.
One night in the small college town of Walla Walla, Washington, four friends
gathered, as they often did, to talk and play games. On this particular
night, however, a dream was planted in their hearts when one of the friends
suggested that they make games of their very own. Not just any games, but
the finest games around. They even came up with a name for their game
company, so sure that their dream would someday come true. They would call
themselves Wizards of the Coast.
Several years later, a circle of eager wizards had gathered under the name
Wizards of the Coast. The wizard Peter had met a game-maker and
mathematician wizard named Richard and magic happened. The wizards created a
game that would come to be loved by thousands of people and it would also
make the wizards' dreams come true.
Dragons and samurai aligned with the wizards in 1997 to create the largest
adventure game company in the world. In fact, the wizards became so popular
that Mr. Potato Head and his friends at Hasbro, Inc. asked the wizards to
join their family. Currently, the wizards develop and publish trading card
games, tabletop roleplaying games, novels, magazines, family card and board
games, and electronic media products. The wizards have many friends,
including relationships with Warner Bros., Lucasfilm, and Marvel Comics.
Magic is still made every day at Wizards of the Coast, for if we have
learned anything at all, it is this: when people with dreams and diligence
get together, anything is possible.
We people in the Thirs World cannot pay $15 that easily. $15 == around 50 cups of coffee. (good coffee)
;)
For permanent connection and fixed IP addresses one thing that is important is to pre-allocate IP addresses in such a way as to allow future expansion. Thus it will be important to allocate at least a class C (256 nodes) to every home.
So, I think it's going to be imperative for IP v6 to become more utilised soon.
Yup, I know all this. I have undrestated the trouble I have taken to get the game working. I have read and posted on nearly every place I could, so I know the situation.
;)
Damn EA! I will bring them doooownnn!
hehe
I know... I have considered it.
But I had a feeling at the time that 3dfx was not doing so well, and didn't want to buy one. (a good move)
But I will consider getting one for playing ultima 9.
(I've spent about 1 month's salary in time and effort already trying to get the game working.)
I had the latest MS patches, (Win2K PRE2) The latest MOBO drivers (and some beta too) as well as BIOS update. Latest Gfx Drivers (tried beta too) Tried DX 7 and 8, tried everything!
-sigh-
I got it running on win98, even though I *Hate* win98... and it crashed once too often and I had to re-install the machine... that put an end to that.
The chips are hot, but I have some problems with the rest of my system. For one it runs too hot and too noisy. My first Motherboard died, and I'm not getting the FPS on my GeForce that other Intel-based Motherboards are getting.
I also wasted about 6 months trying to get my motherboard to run stably (until MS brought out a patch for AMD chiupsets...). Even thought this is not the chips problem etc. etc. I still wasted time, thus Intel would have been much cheaper in retrospect.
Those are my gripes, and even though at heart I support AMD, I'll go for a P4 next. It's a better chip, even though most applications and benchmark programs don't reflect it yet.
(See the FlaskMPEG benchmark for the optimised versions... both for Intel and AMD)
I have not been able to get Ultima 9 to run out of the box on win98, NT or 2000. I have read all the FAQs and have applied all the official (and some unofficial) patches.
I have really paid a lot to get this game, and the bits I did get to see of it looks fantastic.
I used to be a great Ultima fan, now I'm only a sad Origin hater.
-sigh-
Another patch would not hurt too much, right?
Hmm...
The licensing is frightening off a number of people, but I think that you may see that Python will move toward a GPL license soon.
I have no hard evidence of this, but a number of things point toward this.
I've been using Python in my current work environment to thest my COM+ objects. I use it in preference of VB, so as not to scar myself permanently.
Besides the religious beliefs in better computing practice, Python is simply just faster, and easier to get going. (Now if only I can sell it to the rest of the crowd...)