Hmmm, now thats an interesting point i had never considered. They reduce piracy, only to reduce their userbase. More people use Linux. Softies see the growth in Linux, more people develop software for it. More people move to Linux. Wash, rinse, repeat.
An interesting point to note here is that the Amiga's popularity in the mid 80's was due in no small part to software piracy between teenagers at School.
Well i did say x86 & AT architecture. The both tend to go hand in hand. The x86 certainly doesn't help matters when it comes to dealing with the ancient AT stuff.
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I expect we'll be seeing this kind of thing soom from either Intel or AMD.
Didn't someone already try this (The Winchip anyone)? It was a cut down x86 core that was basically optimised to run Windows code efectivly, and threw most of the rest out. Try to find one now;)
x86/AT archicture is certainly a horrible platform to program for on a metal bashing level. I've been looking at OS development, and from what i've seen already, the whole architecture is horrible and fidly to program for.
The x86 instruction set isn't even that nice; we have extension upon extension that creates a horrible mess of standards and layers, each of which you need to accomodate; a seriously limited hardware interupt lines to attach all important hardware too etc. etc.
Personally, i'd like to see the x86 and the AT die, and quickly, please.
Yup, i've noticed that one too. I've also noticed a "buzz" on my TV when someone is using a mobile near it (Even say in the room next door). It is slightly worrying, when it comes to things like my computer (And health too).
Not just Corel, but Redhat 6.1 too. I tried the last KDE 2 Beta RPM's, and it screwed up the X login manager, so i couldn't actually login properly through X. It worked if i droped to an xinit console and started KDE manually, but it's not something i want to do all the time.
So, anyone managed to get RH & KDE 2 playing nicely?
It's about time the games companies realised that the only use for 1st person 3D is not just Doom/Quake style blasters. I honestly can't think of a 1st person game where it doesn't involve killing things (If i am wrong, please correct me).
Now, all i want to see is Monkey Island in 1st person, and i'll be a happy man;)
you are not supposed to reboot your linux (or other 'nix) box EVER!
I wish i didn't have to (I could leave it dialed in all the time too), but my box is about 5 feet from my bed, and there is no way i can sleep when the PSU fan is going. I have to switch almost all my stuff off in fact, i can't even stand the feric core transformer "hum".
I must be me though, i know loads of people who love the sound of the PSU fan at night.
Only 12 years ago? AT / x86 architecture is a bit older than that, i'm afraid. Look at a BIOS programers guide too one day, and check all the cruft that thankfully, Linux never has to use.
Oh wow, i can picture that now...pnuematic "relays" would be seriously cool, and you could difinatly build them (Probably not out of lego. Possibly, but you probably wouldn't use Lego) It's difinatly something i would love to see working. Any electro-mechanical engineers in the UK wanna apply to the Arts Council for funding on this?;)
Dude, thats sick. Sadly, Lego don't have compacitor tiles, reisistor tiles, and most importantly, transistor tiles. Unless you build the switching mechanically (Can't see that somehow), you can't do it.
Oh and no, they don't have any conductive plates at all under bulk order, just the boring house brick types. Not even any Technics, damn them.
The dialogs aren't consistent? Well who gives a fuck! They work, don't they? Ship it!
Yeah, but do the dialogs work to spec is the sort of thing you should be looking at as a tester. Unfourtunatly, even for the few OSS projects that do have some form of design roadmap and full specification details behind them, how many people know where to find them? How many people would bother to read them if they had them?
If the people submitting "bug" reports generally don't know and don't care about the diference between a "bug" report and a "feature request". In order to make the testers aware of the distinction, OSS projects need to start making specification documents available for people to check against before they submit either a bug or a request.
Oh btw, not the least because QA is staffed by typically less-educated or -skilled individuals.
You're knocking me (and yourself), surely? I wouldn't consider myself less skilled than any of the neer-do-well coders we have in my place; they can't even find their own bugs...;)
They had the plans, but then some guy in marketing decided to integrate IE and WMP into the warhead. Then they changed the colour. Then they decided aluminuim would be cheaper than enriched plutonium. Last i heard, they're working on a public beta right now, but the date has slipped 'til 2005.
Nahhhh, it isn't that bad at all. You can even get a free (As in beer) copy of Real Server Basic (Limited number of streams, 10 i think, but hey) and have a play around. I havn't had a chance to play with it really well yet anyway, although i did manage to run Real Producer in X, streaming the content to a Real Server on Localhost, and then get two friends to connect to the stream via. a lowly 36.6kbps modem. And that was on a K6 233 with 32Mb, with Netscape running. Just gotta wait until i get a Cable Modem, then i'll let you all know how i got on with some real bandwidth;)
I thought the only mobile that had voice recognition/activation was one of the Philips models? I don't know anyone who has one mind, but i have heard anycdotal stories that they are a pain in the ass to use.
Using voice navigation on a mobile (Phone or internet appliance), is gonna be a bad idea in a noisy environment. Train companies are already creating "mobile free" cariages, so i can't see people taking to inconsiderate users shouting "Aatch Tee Tee Pee Colon Slash Slash" on a bus or train.
Voice recognition software has already been discused on Slashdot (Can't remember the exact article), and many problems were rasied then. Personally, i don't see voice recognition to take off at home for a long time, let alone in a mobile solution.
Aye, and they only wanted the harddrive to check the datestamp on the DeCSS archive. Poor man indeed, i know i wouldn't want a lawyer poking through my harddrive. And it's not because of the MP3's on there, if you know what i mean.;)
I can see it now, a scr1pt k1dd13 hacks into your computer and increases the intensity of the beam..."Ieeeiiee! My eyes!".
On a more serious note, given that this display is static, would head tracking work? It's a bit like an LCD display, if you move your head you can't see the display, but nor can the display move to suit the position of your eyes.
"I want a wristwatch that brings the world to me," he says. "With Internet access and a cell telephone. It would have my credit- and cash-card numbers installed inside too, so I wouldn't have to carry money and would only press a 'pay' button to buy things.
Ooookaay. Anyone else see the problem with this? How many times have you lost a watch, or had one stolen? And given that even using a WAP phone is a pain in the butt, what use would internet access on a watch be? How the hell are you gonna conduct a conversation with someone on a watch? What about power?
It's like this throughout most of the articles. It seems that they've just taken everyday stuff, and either minaturised it and/or added AI too it, without putting any real thought into it. Heard it all before, NYT.
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Hmmm, now thats an interesting point i had never considered. They reduce piracy, only to reduce their userbase. More people use Linux. Softies see the growth in Linux, more people develop software for it. More people move to Linux. Wash, rinse, repeat.
An interesting point to note here is that the Amiga's popularity in the mid 80's was due in no small part to software piracy between teenagers at School.
Well i wouldn't trust a quote from the Marketing Suit of a rival company, even if it is a Transmeta suit.
Well i did say x86 & AT architecture. The both tend to go hand in hand. The x86 certainly doesn't help matters when it comes to dealing with the ancient AT stuff.
I expect we'll be seeing this kind of thing soom from either Intel or AMD.
;)
Didn't someone already try this (The Winchip anyone)? It was a cut down x86 core that was basically optimised to run Windows code efectivly, and threw most of the rest out. Try to find one now
x86/AT archicture is certainly a horrible platform to program for on a metal bashing level. I've been looking at OS development, and from what i've seen already, the whole architecture is horrible and fidly to program for.
The x86 instruction set isn't even that nice; we have extension upon extension that creates a horrible mess of standards and layers, each of which you need to accomodate; a seriously limited hardware interupt lines to attach all important hardware too etc. etc.
Personally, i'd like to see the x86 and the AT die, and quickly, please.
Yup, i've noticed that one too. I've also noticed a "buzz" on my TV when someone is using a mobile near it (Even say in the room next door). It is slightly worrying, when it comes to things like my computer (And health too).
Maybe it's the entire DeCSS source code? ;)
Not just Corel, but Redhat 6.1 too. I tried the last KDE 2 Beta RPM's, and it screwed up the X login manager, so i couldn't actually login properly through X. It worked if i droped to an xinit console and started KDE manually, but it's not something i want to do all the time.
So, anyone managed to get RH & KDE 2 playing nicely?
It's about time the games companies realised that the only use for 1st person 3D is not just Doom/Quake style blasters. I honestly can't think of a 1st person game where it doesn't involve killing things (If i am wrong, please correct me).
;)
Now, all i want to see is Monkey Island in 1st person, and i'll be a happy man
you are not supposed to reboot your linux (or other 'nix) box EVER!
I wish i didn't have to (I could leave it dialed in all the time too), but my box is about 5 feet from my bed, and there is no way i can sleep when the PSU fan is going. I have to switch almost all my stuff off in fact, i can't even stand the feric core transformer "hum".
I must be me though, i know loads of people who love the sound of the PSU fan at night.
Only 12 years ago? AT / x86 architecture is a bit older than that, i'm afraid. Look at a BIOS programers guide too one day, and check all the cruft that thankfully, Linux never has to use.
Yeah, but that one is a cheat, it uses a Mindstorm for heavens sake. No...we want to build a mechanical CPU out of lego now :)
Oh wow, i can picture that now...pnuematic "relays" would be seriously cool, and you could difinatly build them (Probably not out of lego. Possibly, but you probably wouldn't use Lego) It's difinatly something i would love to see working. Any electro-mechanical engineers in the UK wanna apply to the Arts Council for funding on this? ;)
Dude, thats sick. Sadly, Lego don't have compacitor tiles, reisistor tiles, and most importantly, transistor tiles. Unless you build the switching mechanically (Can't see that somehow), you can't do it.
Oh and no, they don't have any conductive plates at all under bulk order, just the boring house brick types. Not even any Technics, damn them.
The dialogs aren't consistent? Well who gives a fuck! They work, don't they? Ship it!
Yeah, but do the dialogs work to spec is the sort of thing you should be looking at as a tester. Unfourtunatly, even for the few OSS projects that do have some form of design roadmap and full specification details behind them, how many people know where to find them? How many people would bother to read them if they had them?
If the people submitting "bug" reports generally don't know and don't care about the diference between a "bug" report and a "feature request". In order to make the testers aware of the distinction, OSS projects need to start making specification documents available for people to check against before they submit either a bug or a request.
Oh btw, not the least because QA is staffed by typically less-educated or -skilled individuals.
You're knocking me (and yourself), surely? I wouldn't consider myself less skilled than any of the neer-do-well coders we have in my place; they can't even find their own bugs...;)
Hey, the emulator is from Intel and HP. Take a wild guess as to what architectures will be suported? :)
or the plans to construct a good one.
They had the plans, but then some guy in marketing decided to integrate IE and WMP into the warhead. Then they changed the colour. Then they decided aluminuim would be cheaper than enriched plutonium. Last i heard, they're working on a public beta right now, but the date has slipped 'til 2005.
real server itself is a pain in the ass.
;)
Nahhhh, it isn't that bad at all. You can even get a free (As in beer) copy of Real Server Basic (Limited number of streams, 10 i think, but hey) and have a play around. I havn't had a chance to play with it really well yet anyway, although i did manage to run Real Producer in X, streaming the content to a Real Server on Localhost, and then get two friends to connect to the stream via. a lowly 36.6kbps modem. And that was on a K6 233 with 32Mb, with Netscape running. Just gotta wait until i get a Cable Modem, then i'll let you all know how i got on with some real bandwidth
Redhat should be the first to realise this. Ever looked at /etc/inetd.conf on a fresh Redhat install? Eeek! They even have a default ftp user.
I thought the only mobile that had voice recognition/activation was one of the Philips models? I don't know anyone who has one mind, but i have heard anycdotal stories that they are a pain in the ass to use.
Using voice navigation on a mobile (Phone or internet appliance), is gonna be a bad idea in a noisy environment. Train companies are already creating "mobile free" cariages, so i can't see people taking to inconsiderate users shouting "Aatch Tee Tee Pee Colon Slash Slash" on a bus or train.
Voice recognition software has already been discused on Slashdot (Can't remember the exact article), and many problems were rasied then. Personally, i don't see voice recognition to take off at home for a long time, let alone in a mobile solution.
Maybe Linus is the first Open Source Human? Just hope he's a stable build...
Aye, and they only wanted the harddrive to check the datestamp on the DeCSS archive. Poor man indeed, i know i wouldn't want a lawyer poking through my harddrive. And it's not because of the MP3's on there, if you know what i mean. ;)
or even laser
I can see it now, a scr1pt k1dd13 hacks into your computer and increases the intensity of the beam..."Ieeeiiee! My eyes!".
On a more serious note, given that this display is static, would head tracking work? It's a bit like an LCD display, if you move your head you can't see the display, but nor can the display move to suit the position of your eyes.
"I want a wristwatch that brings the world to me," he says. "With Internet access and a cell telephone. It would have my credit- and cash-card numbers installed inside too, so I wouldn't have to carry money and would only press a 'pay' button to buy things.
Ooookaay. Anyone else see the problem with this? How many times have you lost a watch, or had one stolen? And given that even using a WAP phone is a pain in the butt, what use would internet access on a watch be? How the hell are you gonna conduct a conversation with someone on a watch? What about power?
It's like this throughout most of the articles. It seems that they've just taken everyday stuff, and either minaturised it and/or added AI too it, without putting any real thought into it. Heard it all before, NYT.
Ten years ago, what would you think of an operating system created by some nobody hacker in Finland?
:)
Obviously enough people thought it was a good idea....bare in mind that 0.0.1 was available 10 years ago