Give me books that teach me the trade of the industry and how to solve it's problems and I will buy them in a heartbeat.
For example, I don't want a book on "How-to-program-in-XYZ" there are to many of those out there. Instead, give me a books on "How-to-solve-XYZ". A good such book is the "Design Patterns" book by GoF.
I used AmigaOS over 17 years ago. And I can tell you, it WAS way ahead of it's time. Not only was it Max OS X, Linux, and Windows of today, it also had the best hardware of today from low end device support to the best graphic technology.
It was a developers machine as well as a user's machine to love.
You may mode this as Troll or Famebit -- but seriously, since OS X came out every time a topic gets posted on/. regarding Mac, I keep seeing post on how wonderful the Mac is and that/. readers are ready to buy one. The driving force for doing so has been the underlying Darwin kernel with the Max UI support as the key factor.
Now here is the bigger question for the/. readers. If this trend continues, are we seeing the end of Linux as a desktop OS? Is OS X the "next" Linux desktop going head on against Windows?
In my view, this is a real possibility once Apple ports OS X to the Intel platform or comes up with some sort of OpenSource license to OS X.
Scientists have discovered the shocking truth of yet another new generation X addiction that is becoming a huge phenomenal. Submitting, posting, replying, moderating, meta-moderating are just some of the elements that/. community are known to be addicted to.
What is even worse is that the study did not see any end in sight to this new trend as more addicts keep purring into the/. community. Every effort to remedy/. addict resulted with disappointments -- even Free Sex (as in free bear) was hopeless.
Are we surprise that Intel's compiler is better than GCC? We better not be -- they own the CPU after all.
However, *I* am surprise that Intel's compiler *is* in fact better than Microsoft's C++ compiler (which is if you used it). After all MS has a whole army of codders working on their compiler (not to mention for 15+ years). MS should know all too well by now how to write an optimized compiler -- and bug free, support for the latest standard, and on and on.
Now *THIS* should be the news of the day not Intel vs. GCC.
"I personally would be fine with a 256k line that had 30ms latency and always worked for $30-40/month"
You are missing the home-user-factor and you are coming into this discussion from an office-environment.
A home user does NOT keep their PC on all the time -- heck, once the PC boots, connecting via the modem is only another 20sec and it can be automated if you like.
Home vs. Office you need to keep their use and needs in mind and than ask yourself the Broadband question.
The problem with Broadband is with the lack of demand and the lack of "killer" application to create the "demand".
When I am browsing at home I am not doing so for "entertainment" purpose -- for that I have the TV, DVD, Cable, Music, etc. and above all, I have my family to chat with.
So don't expect me sitting by myself all alone next to the monitor downloading movies. However, expect me (and my family) browsing the net for information gathering occasional chats and email reading from friends that I don't see very often.
In this scenario, do I need a Broadband? No, my house has been doing just fine with a 56K modem for years now and we find it fast.
PS: If you ever see AOL add on TV, you will see they are selling you two key things: email and chat. Do I need a broadband for that?!
It is no secret that those "tiny robots" which monitor the quality of our drining water end up in our body system. However, the big puzzle about why we are seeing so many good citizens coming to a temporarily halt and turning into "blue" color for a short period of time, has been explained.
It turned out that the government has used an Operating System called TinyXP (tm) produced by a company called Microsoft to be the source of the problem. Aperently those robats are "crashing" and emiting "blue" color until they recover.
While Microsoft did not acknowledge the problem, nor did they deniy it. They simply said that they didn't have any comments.
To me this is just like predicting weather. All weather stations (SW & HW) out there do is "predict" the weather -- humans than jump in to validate the "prediction". To me, this system is no different.
Granted, it still needs a lot more work, but wasn't the first weather station in the same state when it was first introduce? Lets give this thing some time before killing it down.
ACLU is looking for a reason to discredit the system; they need to do a better job than spend two months reviewing one uint which used only 2 days a week
I support the courts ruling. Lets face it, if the court did bane violent video games, than someone would make the case for banning violent video movies (and p0rn) from video stores. And who knows what would be next on the pipe line for being "___" (fill in the blank).
What we need (and this is just for starters and as an example of my $0.02) is a system similar to what video stores have: ID check, group videos with titles, separate p0rn from none-p0rn in an isolated section, etc. After getting those basics elements in place, we can now start fine tuning things. A complete 7 is not the solution.
Steinhardt: "(The government has detained) more than 1,000 Arab-Americans, sometimes without counsel. It appears there are secret hearings and secret incarcerations"
When I read the above statement, I stop reading the rest of the interview.
Yes, yes, yes, I agree that the government is doing all those "bad" things -- but for heavens sake, HOW ELSE can the government bring to justice those who commit crimes in the worse imaginable form?
BTW: many of those detained are here "illegally" -- why is it considered injustice to hold them if they broke the law of the land?!!!
You got to be kidding. I don't think *anything* can survive the: "/. effect"
IBM is a service comp. that knows when to move on.
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IBM's key business focus is on services. When it got into the desktop PC market some 20 years ago, it got in by accident not knowing what the result would be.
In addition, many companies go down the drain simply because they keep beating on a dead horse (their product) hoping that it will come back to life and win the race. IBM doesn't see it like that -- it will let go of failing business and move on.
Those who remember the early days of DOS will recall Lotus 123.
Now when MS-DOS came out with the IBM PC, IBM did not sell MS-DOS nor did MS sell MS-DOS -- instead all that you saw on TV adds was the APPLICATIONS that came with the PC.
So if we want to get Linux on desktop, into corporations and homes, we need to find a "killer-app" and promote THAT and I belive Linus is working on such a project.
1) Pick a good headline/title: "Global Warming Mostly Confirmed - On Mars"
2) Make claims even whey they don't make sense: "A just-completed 23 month study"
3) And keep making stupid statements: "If this pattern continues over time, Mars could go from a planet whose winters are cold enough for dry-ice snow to having a shirt sleeve atmosphere."
Let us see how does this all add up. We spent less than 2 years studying this planet called "Mars" and concluded/found-out that it is heading to its domes-day. Oh right? Does this makes sense to anyone?!!
Will, for a long time it has been common practice here at/. to bash M$ -- and doing so for good reasons after all I strongly believe that that this community is responsible, directly or indirectly to have M$ face justice. But now it seems to me that the love to hate M$ is getting everywhere and out of control.
The article reported by MSNBC is focusing on small part of the whole settlement and just like any bad report taken out of context, if the report is focused on one element, it tend to paint a picture that this *is* all what the subject is all about where it isn't.
What is it with titles those days. Everyone one is trying to have catchy once but sometimes they go over board. So lets examine this one: "HP To Kill 3000 System After 30 years" at first glance, this suggests that:
1) HP is about to commit a horrible crime: "kill"
2) There are exactly 3000 unites to be killed: "3000 System"
3) HP will do it 30 years from now: "After 30 years"
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Give me books that teach me the trade of the industry and how to solve it's problems and I will buy them in a heartbeat.
For example, I don't want a book on "How-to-program-in-XYZ" there are to many of those out there. Instead, give me a books on "How-to-solve-XYZ". A good such book is the "Design Patterns" book by GoF.
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I used AmigaOS over 17 years ago. And I can tell you, it WAS way ahead of it's time. Not only was it Max OS X, Linux, and Windows of today, it also had the best hardware of today from low end device support to the best graphic technology.
It was a developers machine as well as a user's machine to love.
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You may mode this as Troll or Famebit -- but seriously, since OS X came out every time a topic gets posted on /. regarding Mac, I keep seeing post on how wonderful the Mac is and that /. readers are ready to buy one. The driving force for doing so has been the underlying Darwin kernel with the Max UI support as the key factor.
/. readers. If this trend continues, are we seeing the end of Linux as a desktop OS? Is OS X the "next" Linux desktop going head on against Windows?
Now here is the bigger question for the
In my view, this is a real possibility once Apple ports OS X to the Intel platform or comes up with some sort of OpenSource license to OS X.
I was comparing VC++ and Intel -- that is the subject of my posting and content.
I guess "Anonymous Cowards" don't read -- they just want to jump the gun.
Scientists have discovered the shocking truth of yet another new generation X addiction that is becoming a huge phenomenal. Submitting, posting, replying, moderating, meta-moderating are just some of the elements that /. community are known to be addicted to.
/. community. Every effort to remedy /. addict resulted with disappointments -- even Free Sex (as in free bear) was hopeless.
What is even worse is that the study did not see any end in sight to this new trend as more addicts keep purring into the
Are we surprise that Intel's compiler is better than GCC? We better not be -- they own the CPU after all.
However, *I* am surprise that Intel's compiler *is* in fact better than Microsoft's C++ compiler (which is if you used it). After all MS has a whole army of codders working on their compiler (not to mention for 15+ years). MS should know all too well by now how to write an optimized compiler -- and bug free, support for the latest standard, and on and on.
Now *THIS* should be the news of the day not Intel vs. GCC.
How can GCC die when Intel can't come close the impressive list of Supported Platforms by GCC?
"The idea of middle-class security is eroding" and "fluid, part-time, entrepeneurial, free-lance, self-directed"
Let me see now, wasn't this how work used to be before the era of big corporation and manufacturing -- i.e.: The Industry Revolution?
It would have if he started with: "UML for dummies" -- only than can you see the value in 24 hours.
"I personally would be fine with a 256k line that had 30ms latency and always worked for $30-40/month"
You are missing the home-user-factor and you are coming into this discussion from an office-environment.
A home user does NOT keep their PC on all the time -- heck, once the PC boots, connecting via the modem is only another 20sec and it can be automated if you like.
Home vs. Office you need to keep their use and needs in mind and than ask yourself the Broadband question.
The problem with Broadband is with the lack of demand and the lack of "killer" application to create the "demand".
When I am browsing at home I am not doing so for "entertainment" purpose -- for that I have the TV, DVD, Cable, Music, etc. and above all, I have my family to chat with.
So don't expect me sitting by myself all alone next to the monitor downloading movies. However, expect me (and my family) browsing the net for information gathering occasional chats and email reading from friends that I don't see very often.
In this scenario, do I need a Broadband? No, my house has been doing just fine with a 56K modem for years now and we find it fast.
PS: If you ever see AOL add on TV, you will see they are selling you two key things: email and chat. Do I need a broadband for that?!
BREAKING NEWS
It is no secret that those "tiny robots" which monitor the quality of our drining water end up in our body system. However, the big puzzle about why we are seeing so many good citizens coming to a temporarily halt and turning into "blue" color for a short period of time, has been explained.
It turned out that the government has used an Operating System called TinyXP (tm) produced by a company called Microsoft to be the source of the problem. Aperently those robats are "crashing" and emiting "blue" color until they recover.
While Microsoft did not acknowledge the problem, nor did they deniy it. They simply said that they didn't have any comments.
In my humble opinion, I was expecting a very "big" announcement from Apple (Steve Jobs) today -- it looks like MS has, once again, taken over.
"But, the best part, is that he DVD will have around 30 to 40 minutes of extra footage!"
Once the DVD format is wildly accepted and used, expect to see those "free" stuff being sold separately on (you guessed it) DVDs.
...and I want to emphasize: "part".
To me this is just like predicting weather. All weather stations (SW & HW) out there do is "predict" the weather -- humans than jump in to validate the "prediction". To me, this system is no different.
Granted, it still needs a lot more work, but wasn't the first weather station in the same state when it was first introduce? Lets give this thing some time before killing it down.
ACLU is looking for a reason to discredit the system; they need to do a better job than spend two months reviewing one uint which used only 2 days a week
If I haven't missed something, isn't the lawsuit about the use of the name "Lindows" but not the work?!!
I support the courts ruling. Lets face it, if the court did bane violent video games, than someone would make the case for banning violent video movies (and p0rn) from video stores. And who knows what would be next on the pipe line for being "___" (fill in the blank).
What we need (and this is just for starters and as an example of my $0.02) is a system similar to what video stores have: ID check, group videos with titles, separate p0rn from none-p0rn in an isolated section, etc. After getting those basics elements in place, we can now start fine tuning things. A complete 7 is not the solution.
Steinhardt: "(The government has detained) more than 1,000 Arab-Americans, sometimes without counsel. It appears there are secret hearings and secret incarcerations"
When I read the above statement, I stop reading the rest of the interview.
Yes, yes, yes, I agree that the government is doing all those "bad" things -- but for heavens sake, HOW ELSE can the government bring to justice those who commit crimes in the worse imaginable form?
BTW: many of those detained are here "illegally" -- why is it considered injustice to hold them if they broke the law of the land?!!!
"...is built to survive the worst."
You got to be kidding. I don't think *anything* can survive the: "/. effect"
IBM's key business focus is on services. When it got into the desktop PC market some 20 years ago, it got in by accident not knowing what the result would be.
In addition, many companies go down the drain simply because they keep beating on a dead horse (their product) hoping that it will come back to life and win the race. IBM doesn't see it like that -- it will let go of failing business and move on.
Those who remember the early days of DOS will recall Lotus 123.
Now when MS-DOS came out with the IBM PC, IBM did not sell MS-DOS nor did MS sell MS-DOS -- instead all that you saw on TV adds was the APPLICATIONS that came with the PC.
So if we want to get Linux on desktop, into corporations and homes, we need to find a "killer-app" and promote THAT and I belive Linus is working on such a project.
1) Pick a good headline/title: "Global Warming Mostly Confirmed - On Mars"
2) Make claims even whey they don't make sense: "A just-completed 23 month study"
3) And keep making stupid statements: "If this pattern continues over time, Mars could go from a planet whose winters are cold enough for dry-ice snow to having a shirt sleeve atmosphere."
Let us see how does this all add up. We spent less than 2 years studying this planet called "Mars" and concluded/found-out that it is heading to its domes-day. Oh right? Does this makes sense to anyone?!!
Will, for a long time it has been common practice here at /. to bash M$ -- and doing so for good reasons after all I strongly believe that that this community is responsible, directly or indirectly to have M$ face justice. But now it seems to me that the love to hate M$ is getting everywhere and out of control.
The article reported by MSNBC is focusing on small part of the whole settlement and just like any bad report taken out of context, if the report is focused on one element, it tend to paint a picture that this *is* all what the subject is all about where it isn't.
What is it with titles those days. Everyone one is trying to have catchy once but sometimes they go over board. So lets examine this one: "HP To Kill 3000 System After 30 years" at first glance, this suggests that:
1) HP is about to commit a horrible crime: "kill"
2) There are exactly 3000 unites to be killed: "3000 System"
3) HP will do it 30 years from now: "After 30 years"
All those book authors who write books using MS Word 2000 are no longer able to write books titled: "XYZ for Dummies/idiots".
For once, MS has done the right thing.