for non-standard curvy alpha-blended interfaces,
something along the lines of swf would be ideal.
You'd have to modify the scripting side of things
for function calling and such, though.
There are free versions of the plugin available,
which have iirc been ported all over the place.
As I heard it, Compaq had just gotten a very very big contract with the US military/NATO and part of the contract deal was continued development of VMS for at 15 years at the very minimum.
This was from the European sales manager at a DECUS seminar, if that's any help.
Considering that the people who'll be interested in transferring your music over Napster/Gnutella/whatever are the same people who've already made you stinking rich, how do you justify hassling them in order to ensure yourselves even more money?
Went to a talk of Philip Greenspun's there a while back, where he told a story of a horribly- written database backend, using the C interface to Oracle 5, and how the people involved just threw hardware at the problem until amazon.com was usable. Said story has an obvious moral.
Personally, if I want speed I use persistent CGI (process creation is a big overhead on VMS) and a compiled language like C, C++ or, more usually, VMS Pascal (don't laugh). But then, I don't have amazon's money.
Heh. I can't see the US Marines mentioned without remembering a story about a Foreign Legion training camp's obstacle course.
Said course was part of jungle training. Various other armies would send teams to try it out. The record for traversing it was, IIRC, 17min, and the average was about half an hour.
2 hours after the Marines started the course, they had to radio for help getting out. One wonders if they thought about calling in some herbicide strikes first.
You're over-reacting. A lot of people are proud of their nationality, and having it mentioned highlights the international nature of the projects they're involved with.
First off, Spielberg didn't "agree" to direct it. He started trying to get control of it before Kubrick hit the floor. He doesn't stand a chance of doing the theme justice - alienation, not to spoil it for you - he'll either turn it into a bittersweet Pinnochio remake or scrap the storyline altogether.
He won't pay the same attention to cinematography - he'll just go with silhouettes and godlight. If it gets made, it'll be a travesty and an insult.
And now I see they're rereleased A Clockwork Orange. Good for us, who'll get to see it on a decent screen, but another insult for Kubrick, who never wanted it to be seen again.
SGI wrote one. I don't know if it was included in their latest flurry of code releases. Probably was - lord knows they're never going to make any money from it.
"Wealthy organizations, accustomed to getting their way, will demand impossible schedules from you, and then complain if the quality is not perfect."
First of all, who will they complain to? There is no LinuxCorp. Linux is not a product, it's the result of a community effort. Several entities sell it as a product, and contribute to the development effort, but they're not under contract to anyone to, say, deliver USB in the next month[1].
Secondly, if a wealthy corporation wants a feature right *now*, there's nothing to stop them hiring a few programmers and adding it in. The development process allows for this. It encourages it. Try getting a custom feature added to a closed OS and see how far you get.
This is a fundamental misconception in the article, and in others that claim that Linux isn't ready for primetime. Linux does what its users want it to do. Its users mostly want low-to-mid range servers, so Linux is perfect for that. Some users want high-end servers, and the design allows for extension to fill that need. Not too many people worry about luser-proof desktops, and so work needs to be done in that area.
But the fact remains that Linux is adaptable to a host of applications, precisely because it isn't a traditional product and doesn't have a closed development process. The open development process is not a weakness, it's a strength.
K. - [1]And yes I know it's in the 2.3 kernel, so don't bother pointing that out.
> I find it disgusting when some kids > actually fool their way up to the top by > actually using other people's innovations
Too true. I remember my physics teacher and some jock types trying to get together an entry for the same competition using Fractint. They had no intention even of reviewing the maths behind it, they were just going to run it a few times and get some pretty pictures. Thankfully, they didn't make it to the finals.
Anyway, congrats to the 3 involved with this. If nothing else, they've made sure that the Young Scientist awards have made it onto Slashdot 2 years in a row ^_^
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for non-standard curvy alpha-blended interfaces,
something along the lines of swf would be ideal.
You'd have to modify the scripting side of things
for function calling and such, though.
There are free versions of the plugin available,
which have iirc been ported all over the place.
K.
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"these ps2s are being sold at many times their
retail price! Somebody, possibly the person
selling them, must be making a profit!"
K.
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Isn't this just the weak anthropic principle?
Wish I had some casserole right now though.
He must know something I don't. People give
him casserole.
K.
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Is Wassenaar in Holland? Geography was never my strong point.
K.
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And she didn't quit on the spot why exactly?
K.(at thee have, grammar!)
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Rainy Seattle
Steeled for early winter.
Hello Canada!
K.
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As I heard it, Compaq had just gotten a very very
big contract with the US military/NATO and part
of the contract deal was continued development
of VMS for at 15 years at the very minimum.
This was from the European sales manager at a
DECUS seminar, if that's any help.
K.
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Considering that the people who'll be
interested in transferring your music
over Napster/Gnutella/whatever are
the same people who've already made you
stinking rich, how do you justify
hassling them in order to ensure yourselves
even more money?
K.
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...Is worth a look.
Went to a talk of Philip Greenspun's there a
while back, where he told a story of a horribly-
written database backend, using the C interface
to Oracle 5, and how the people involved just
threw hardware at the problem until amazon.com
was usable. Said story has an obvious moral.
Personally, if I want speed I use persistent
CGI (process creation is a big overhead on VMS)
and a compiled language like C, C++ or, more
usually, VMS Pascal (don't laugh). But then, I
don't have amazon's money.
K.
-
Heh. I can't see the US Marines mentioned without
remembering a story about a Foreign Legion
training camp's obstacle course.
Said course was part of jungle training. Various
other armies would send teams to try it out. The
record for traversing it was, IIRC, 17min, and
the average was about half an hour.
2 hours after the Marines started the course, they
had to radio for help getting out. One wonders
if they thought about calling in some herbicide
strikes first.
Heh.
K.
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You are a moron. AI is not a quest to
create a human intelligence. A burst condom
is all that takes.
In fact, surely procreation is results in the
creation of an intelligence in Man's image, and
is therefore by your argument morally wrong?
K.
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You're over-reacting. A lot of people are
proud of their nationality, and having it
mentioned highlights the international nature
of the projects they're involved with.
K.
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There's no evidence that XFS on Linux is in any
more of a usable state than reiserfs. *And* they
haven't released it as a patch. Audit anyone?
K.
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> The other problem is that it has one of the most famous surprise endings ever.
If you were a complete fucking moron.
K.
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Hmm, that's interesting...
"Document contains no data"
Heh.
K.
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First off, Spielberg didn't "agree" to direct
it. He started trying to get control of it
before Kubrick hit the floor. He doesn't stand
a chance of doing the theme justice - alienation,
not to spoil it for you - he'll either turn it
into a bittersweet Pinnochio remake or scrap the
storyline altogether.
He won't pay the same attention to cinematography
- he'll just go with silhouettes and godlight. If
it gets made, it'll be a travesty and an insult.
And now I see they're rereleased A Clockwork
Orange. Good for us, who'll get to see it on
a decent screen, but another insult for Kubrick,
who never wanted it to be seen again.
Grr.
K.
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Won't this be a pretty wimpy PC by Xmas 2001?
K.
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Try designing for the the 1397-byte buffer on the
Nokia 7110. Now that's fun.
K.
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SGI wrote one. I don't know if it was included
/??"
in their latest flurry of code releases. Probably
was - lord knows they're never going to make
any money from it.
"I need a pilot's license to get to
Heh.
K.
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What's up with that?
K.
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Which is my point. If a corporation wants a
feature, they hire somebody to add it.
K.
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"Wealthy organizations, accustomed to getting their way, will demand impossible schedules from you, and then complain if the quality is not perfect."
First of all, who will they complain to? There is
no LinuxCorp. Linux is not a product, it's the
result of a community effort. Several entities
sell it as a product, and contribute to the
development effort, but they're not under contract
to anyone to, say, deliver USB in the next month[1].
Secondly, if a wealthy corporation wants a feature
right *now*, there's nothing to stop them hiring
a few programmers and adding it in. The
development process allows for this. It encourages
it. Try getting a custom feature added to a
closed OS and see how far you get.
This is a fundamental misconception in the
article, and in others that claim that Linux isn't
ready for primetime. Linux does what its users
want it to do. Its users mostly want low-to-mid
range servers, so Linux is perfect for that. Some
users want high-end servers, and the design allows
for extension to fill that need. Not too many
people worry about luser-proof desktops, and so
work needs to be done in that area.
But the fact remains that Linux is adaptable to
a host of applications, precisely because it
isn't a traditional product and doesn't have
a closed development process. The open development
process is not a weakness, it's a strength.
K.
-
[1]And yes I know it's in the 2.3 kernel, so don't
bother pointing that out.
I saw a 6-foot tall enclosure on sale in
a local fleamarket (Blackberry Fair, if anyone
from Dublin is reading) for 50 quid, and I was
very tempted.
Unfortunately getting it home would have been
difficult, as I don't drive. But it wasn't
the first such that I'd seen, is the point.
Spend a couple of Saturdays in RL(tm) and you
stand a good chance of finding what you're
looking for.
K.
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> I find it disgusting when some kids
> actually fool their way up to the top by
> actually using other people's innovations
Too true. I remember my physics teacher and
some jock types trying to get together an entry
for the same competition using Fractint. They
had no intention even of reviewing the
maths behind it, they were just going to run
it a few times and get some pretty pictures.
Thankfully, they didn't make it to the finals.
Anyway, congrats to the 3 involved with this.
If nothing else, they've made sure that
the Young Scientist awards have made it onto
Slashdot 2 years in a row ^_^
K.
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I can see it now:
"Fsck! The new gyros aren't working!"
- "That's okay, I downloaded this program called
Povray on Friday."
Expect to see the discovery of the Teapot Nebula
any day now.
K.
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