No, it is ridiculous. This just confirms to me that the majority of AOL users are dumb, and that lawyers will sue anyone for anything, even if they don't have a clue about the situation.
Maybe we should tell them all that a space goat is about the eat the planet...
But just because you hate them, doesn't give you the right to go sue. If it did, i'd have sued Yahoo! for the "follow the page" Java popup adverts, my ISP for having a broken router that keeps going down all the time, people who stop dead in the middle of the street, and Microsoft.
Honestly, i don't see how having to look at an anoying popup advert is any basis for a lawsuit.
No, i wouldn't say the press were entirly silent on the propsed Bill. You just need to think back a couple of months. I know for a fact that the Daily Mail ran a story on this Bill, and even for a Conservative paper such as the Daily Mail, they showed it in a good light.
Personally, i think a lot of people are getting very fed up with the whole "War on drugs" thing, especially when it comes to drugs such as Cannabis (and even Ecstasy.) Maybe one day we will see sensible laws for them in the UK.
possibly violating federal laws on government collection of data from citizens
So, who was it who was collecting the data again? DoubleClick, or the US government? Did DoubleClick pass the details back to the government, or just used it to target further adverts? Did the website in question illegally attempt to access the DoubleClick cookies?
What's that? The government wasn't collecting the data? Thought so. Next hysterical reaction please.
There is also a UK Linux magazine Linux Format, published by Future Publishing. It's not a bad mag (I have to say that or i might upset someone i know;), and you can get a World Wide subscription if you really want to.
Yeah, but most Linux users will advocate OSS at the drop of a hat anyway. Some even do a good job and make a good argument. As for the coding part, lots of the kernel developers manage to code and hold down a full time job at the same time anyway. Even Linus did it. Maybe ESR does more than the people with full time jobs, but then so would the others if they didn't have a real job to goto:)
Damn, when i read that headline i thought it was a wrestling match. Now that would be entertaining. Imagine it: A cage match with ESR, RMS and Linus...mmm, Geek Celebrity Deathmatch:)
So, what they've done is taken standard Nueral Net technology that has previously been implemented in software, and engineered customer hardware to do it instead. Cool. I guess that means Nueral Nets can work much faster than before, which is nice.
But (And there has to be a but), the way i understand it is that with SW Nueral Nets, synapsis can grow and die off as the pathways are enforced in the net. If the Neurons and Synapsis are hardwired, doesn't this limit the ability of the Net to grow? What happens when all of the available synapsis are currently in use? Just swapping in a new chip with more synapsis on it isn't an answer, the new chip would have to re-train to do the same job that the older one did. So, are hardware Neural Nets a real advantage over Software Nets?
Well i can't give a definate answer, but i can at least offer my experience.
I have a genuine AWE32 soundcard running under OSS in Linux. This is connected via. a standard Y (3.5mm stereo jack to 2xStandard phono's) cable, which is about 6' long, to a rather nice Pioneer system with a surround amp, driving five speakers (100w at front iirc), no seperate sub.
Playing MP3 at a half decent bitrate (I.E 128kbps+) is fine. And from the few MP3's i have that are Dolby Surround encoded, they work fine too. I certainly can't hear any squeeling or pickup from any electrical components like the harddrive or PSU fan.
Unless you use amazingly poor quality components (I.E extra cheap soundcard, damaged cables), or leave the system case open, you should be fine.
As many as possible, please. Choice is good, the more choice you have, the better chance is that you can find an OS that suits you and your needs best. Not only that, but as long as people continue to create new OSes, new ideas can be introduced and computers can continue to get better.
Linux wouldn't be where it is today if Linus had thought "Oh, we already have BSD, DOS, AmigaOS, SunOS etc. etc." (Except, he would probably have thought it in Swedish.)
That is very weird, your story is almost and exact parallel of mine. I switched over to Linux on a K6-233 in '98 though, from an A4000 "Super System". And you're right, the K6 beat the Amiga's ass.
I can offer a a direct comparision too, as i installed the mk68 Redhat 5.1 port on the A4000 at the same time i was running RH5.2 on the AMD. Even with an 060/50, PicassoIV card and more memory in the Amiga, it was still far slower than the AMD managed, slower than even the diference in clock speeds could account for.
AmigaOS is nice though. I prefer the simple startup-sequence and user-startup script's over the horrible, hair pulling, SysV init system; the systems directory structure made sense; shared library's where easy to add (ldconfig? You what?); real-time OS function hooks so you could hot-patch a running system; a half decent shell (IF you upgraded to KingCON, natch); multiple screens (With diferent resolutions on each if you wanted); i could go on, but i wont. There is still loads of stuff i miss from the Amiga that i just won't get on Linux. I intend to give AtheOS a go soon though:)
Yeah, but UAE just isn't the same (Although the Picasso96 & bsdsocket.library support rocks). I'm actually thinking about getting a second hand A1200 again, just to play with like. I really did like the Amiga, and now i know C, i feel like coding on it again:)
I'm inclined to agree with you. When it comes down to it, the only diference between developing for Linux or developing for Win32 will be personal preference, and that in turn will most likly be determined by personal preference.
Another possible reason is going to be the diference in API's, I.E POSIX v's Win32. Linux is also in the position of having multiple UI toolkits that a developer can choose from. Apart from that, there isn't going to be a compeling reason to change.
Mmmm, certainly programing to the Amiga API was nice. But i don't think it's any more or less complex when it comes to Win32 v's POSIX/X (I.E, both horribly over-complex). If you've ever moved from GUI coding on the Amiga to trying it on X (As i have done), you'll probably run away crying. I know i sob every time i try.
As an example, take a look at a "Hello World!" example for X;)
Oh yeah, i remember when i first saw someone using a hands free kit. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. I still have to think hard when i see someone walking down the street yelling wildly into space, while everyone looks at them. The least surprising part of this is that all the people who do this seem to be suits and PHB's:)
Apart from ESR & RMS singing merrily away while the rest marvel at traners and people with mobile phones, did anything news worthy actually happen at the Expo?:)
Instead of quoting part of the article in an attempt at Flamebait, let me explain it to you. Lets start with the whole quote:
In fact, that has to be one of the most incredible things about Global Linux 2000 -- Here we are: the North and South are reconciling after fifty years, Bill Gates is in town and the media kept showing up over and over in droves to cover the show and conference.
Now if we actually read that, what the writer is trying to say is:
"Lots of mainstream, news worthy things are currently happening in Korea (Such as the peace talks between North and South, Bill Gates currently visiting the country), and yet the media still choose to come and cover this relatively small Linux expo. This is good, it means the media are taking notice of us"
See? It's very easy, if you stop jerking your knee at the first oppurtunity.
Are you the same racist Troll i had to smack down a couple of weeks back in a diferent Thread? Thank God (Whoops) you don't get about much. Must be devine intervention (Oh hell [Dang] there i go again). Oh, and as you seem to like using your +1 Bonus when it's inapropriate, i guess i'll use mine too. I won't be arguing with you any more, can't stand racists.
There is no dark side of Mars. It rotates (I.E has days) just like the Earth does. In fact, the Martian day is just a little bit shorter than one Earth day. Which is nice.
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No, it is ridiculous. This just confirms to me that the majority of AOL users are dumb, and that lawyers will sue anyone for anything, even if they don't have a clue about the situation.
Maybe we should tell them all that a space goat is about the eat the planet...
But just because you hate them, doesn't give you the right to go sue. If it did, i'd have sued Yahoo! for the "follow the page" Java popup adverts, my ISP for having a broken router that keeps going down all the time, people who stop dead in the middle of the street, and Microsoft.
Honestly, i don't see how having to look at an anoying popup advert is any basis for a lawsuit.
No, i wouldn't say the press were entirly silent on the propsed Bill. You just need to think back a couple of months. I know for a fact that the Daily Mail ran a story on this Bill, and even for a Conservative paper such as the Daily Mail, they showed it in a good light.
Personally, i think a lot of people are getting very fed up with the whole "War on drugs" thing, especially when it comes to drugs such as Cannabis (and even Ecstasy.) Maybe one day we will see sensible laws for them in the UK.
I had a war on drugs myself once. The drugs won.
possibly violating federal laws on government collection of data from citizens
So, who was it who was collecting the data again? DoubleClick, or the US government? Did DoubleClick pass the details back to the government, or just used it to target further adverts? Did the website in question illegally attempt to access the DoubleClick cookies?
What's that? The government wasn't collecting the data? Thought so. Next hysterical reaction please.
It would look great on your CV
Several years first hand experience with GANJA
I didn't know there was a linux magazine?
;), and you can get a World Wide subscription if you really want to.
There is also a UK Linux magazine Linux Format, published by Future Publishing. It's not a bad mag (I have to say that or i might upset someone i know
That was either a bad Troll, or a good piss take. ;)
Nahhhhh. MP3 decoders these days are pretty lean, i'm sure it could handle it. If my old Amiga could do it on a 25Mhz 68040, i'm sure the TiVo can :)
Yeah, but most Linux users will advocate OSS at the drop of a hat anyway. Some even do a good job and make a good argument. As for the coding part, lots of the kernel developers manage to code and hold down a full time job at the same time anyway. Even Linus did it. Maybe ESR does more than the people with full time jobs, but then so would the others if they didn't have a real job to goto :)
Damn, when i read that headline i thought it was a wrestling match. Now that would be entertaining. Imagine it: A cage match with ESR, RMS and Linus...mmm, Geek Celebrity Deathmatch :)
So, what they've done is taken standard Nueral Net technology that has previously been implemented in software, and engineered customer hardware to do it instead. Cool. I guess that means Nueral Nets can work much faster than before, which is nice.
But (And there has to be a but), the way i understand it is that with SW Nueral Nets, synapsis can grow and die off as the pathways are enforced in the net. If the Neurons and Synapsis are hardwired, doesn't this limit the ability of the Net to grow? What happens when all of the available synapsis are currently in use? Just swapping in a new chip with more synapsis on it isn't an answer, the new chip would have to re-train to do the same job that the older one did. So, are hardware Neural Nets a real advantage over Software Nets?
Well i can't give a definate answer, but i can at least offer my experience.
I have a genuine AWE32 soundcard running under OSS in Linux. This is connected via. a standard Y (3.5mm stereo jack to 2xStandard phono's) cable, which is about 6' long, to a rather nice Pioneer system with a surround amp, driving five speakers (100w at front iirc), no seperate sub.
Playing MP3 at a half decent bitrate (I.E 128kbps+) is fine. And from the few MP3's i have that are Dolby Surround encoded, they work fine too. I certainly can't hear any squeeling or pickup from any electrical components like the harddrive or PSU fan.
Unless you use amazingly poor quality components (I.E extra cheap soundcard, damaged cables), or leave the system case open, you should be fine.
Slashdot is sarcasm impaired
You have to bear in mind that this is a text based medium,sarcasm is hard to spot.
I've seen the GTK+ one, and that was almost as scary. I inetend to go look for an online Qt tutorial when i get the time.
How many other OS choices do we need?
As many as possible, please. Choice is good, the more choice you have, the better chance is that you can find an OS that suits you and your needs best. Not only that, but as long as people continue to create new OSes, new ideas can be introduced and computers can continue to get better.
Linux wouldn't be where it is today if Linus had thought "Oh, we already have BSD, DOS, AmigaOS, SunOS etc. etc." (Except, he would probably have thought it in Swedish.)
That is very weird, your story is almost and exact parallel of mine. I switched over to Linux on a K6-233 in '98 though, from an A4000 "Super System". And you're right, the K6 beat the Amiga's ass.
:)
I can offer a a direct comparision too, as i installed the mk68 Redhat 5.1 port on the A4000 at the same time i was running RH5.2 on the AMD. Even with an 060/50, PicassoIV card and more memory in the Amiga, it was still far slower than the AMD managed, slower than even the diference in clock speeds could account for.
AmigaOS is nice though. I prefer the simple startup-sequence and user-startup script's over the horrible, hair pulling, SysV init system; the systems directory structure made sense; shared library's where easy to add (ldconfig? You what?); real-time OS function hooks so you could hot-patch a running system; a half decent shell (IF you upgraded to KingCON, natch); multiple screens (With diferent resolutions on each if you wanted); i could go on, but i wont. There is still loads of stuff i miss from the Amiga that i just won't get on Linux. I intend to give AtheOS a go soon though
Yeah, but UAE just isn't the same (Although the Picasso96 & bsdsocket.library support rocks). I'm actually thinking about getting a second hand A1200 again, just to play with like. I really did like the Amiga, and now i know C, i feel like coding on it again :)
I'm inclined to agree with you. When it comes down to it, the only diference between developing for Linux or developing for Win32 will be personal preference, and that in turn will most likly be determined by personal preference.
Another possible reason is going to be the diference in API's, I.E POSIX v's Win32. Linux is also in the position of having multiple UI toolkits that a developer can choose from. Apart from that, there isn't going to be a compeling reason to change.
Mmmm, certainly programing to the Amiga API was nice. But i don't think it's any more or less complex when it comes to Win32 v's POSIX/X (I.E, both horribly over-complex). If you've ever moved from GUI coding on the Amiga to trying it on X (As i have done), you'll probably run away crying. I know i sob every time i try.
;)
As an example, take a look at a "Hello World!" example for X
Oh yeah, i remember when i first saw someone using a hands free kit. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. I still have to think hard when i see someone walking down the street yelling wildly into space, while everyone looks at them. The least surprising part of this is that all the people who do this seem to be suits and PHB's :)
Apart from ESR & RMS singing merrily away while the rest marvel at traners and people with mobile phones, did anything news worthy actually happen at the Expo? :)
Instead of quoting part of the article in an attempt at Flamebait, let me explain it to you. Lets start with the whole quote:
In fact, that has to be one of the most incredible things about Global Linux 2000 -- Here we are: the North and South are reconciling after fifty years, Bill Gates is in town and the media kept showing up over and over in droves to cover the show and conference.
Now if we actually read that, what the writer is trying to say is:
"Lots of mainstream, news worthy things are currently happening in Korea (Such as the peace talks between North and South, Bill Gates currently visiting the country), and yet the media still choose to come and cover this relatively small Linux expo. This is good, it means the media are taking notice of us"
See? It's very easy, if you stop jerking your knee at the first oppurtunity.
Are you the same racist Troll i had to smack down a couple of weeks back in a diferent Thread? Thank God (Whoops) you don't get about much. Must be devine intervention (Oh hell [Dang] there i go again). Oh, and as you seem to like using your +1 Bonus when it's inapropriate, i guess i'll use mine too. I won't be arguing with you any more, can't stand racists.
(or the dark side of mars...)
There is no dark side of Mars. It rotates (I.E has days) just like the Earth does. In fact, the Martian day is just a little bit shorter than one Earth day. Which is nice.