Did you notice the price difference between the ones shopping with Win2k, and ones shipping with linux? With Win2k it's $329, and with Linux it's $99
Most mac users will jump on the linux version for no other purpose then to not pay the $229 Microsoft tax. Maybe they will actually try linux and like it, and maybe install a native Linux like LinuxPPC 2000.
But when the sales figures go though the roof on the linux versions compared to the Win2k version, I'd like to see if it's becasue they want to avoid the Mircosoft tax and they are just using Windows licenses they already own, or if they actually want to run a x86 linux on their machine.
1) people that may have went NT for something went with Linux instead?
or 2) NT users are waiting for Windows2000 and found it pointless to deploy NT4 so late in it's lifespan?
I think the real test of linux vs. NT marketshare will be this year. Linux has the backing of most companies now, and Windows2000 is soposed to be NT done right.
This is where I think linux will do some major catching up in NT markets. NT4 will no be supported(Microsoft will just go "get windows2000" like they did to Win95 users when Win98 was released). They will have to replace NT4 machines with something supported. Do they go with the Windows2000 upgrades at God knows how much money? Or do they try out Linux because it's free and can do the same job for alot less money?
This may very well me the make it or break it year for both Windows2000 and Linux. Be interesting to see how it all turns out this year.
After hearing pundit after pundit spelling doom for Trnasmeta because they can't compete with Intel, this is good news. They said Intel isn't worried in the slightest about Crusoe. It doesn't run fast, and no OEMs jumped on the bandwagon.
Now Intel is rushing out a postable chip of thier own. Sounds to me like Intel is worried. They are probably even more worried that the 5400 Crusoe will be out in lapstops by summer. Say evev on best estimates Intel releases Q2 2001. that's almost a full year after Crusoe. I don't think OEMs are going to wait that long. And I think that once OEMs and people use the Crusoe chips, it's going to be a hard sell to go back to Intel. Expecially if they release a PPC emulation layer, and they are all running OS X on their laptops.
Only OEMs that may not jump on the Crusoe bandwagon are the Dells, etc. that have a a HUGE Intel based desktop/server market. Intel may say "if you use those Crusoe chips in your laptops, there maybe a Xeon shortage next month. And how many Xeon systems you have to build next mont? Be a shame to lose them" Being put in situations like that make it hard to choose Transmeta.
Intel is now playing catch-up on two markets now. AMD is releasing faster Athlons as Intel releases faster P3s. Now Transmeta is going afer the mobile market. Both companies do what they are doing better then Intel is right now. And unlike Intel,their chips aren't tied to x86. Althons have a x86 layer themselves, and Transmeta has their code morphing.
It's the begining of the end of the Intel monopoly now. Intel will always be a player, but soon their bark will be worse then their bite, and this Intel monopoly will be over. And maybe once Intel loses it's bite, x86 will just go away, and we all know what dies with x86? Windows. It's a dream isn't it? =)
I remember reading, dont' know if it was from Loki's newgroup, linuxgames.com, or maybe even a slasdot post. But Blizzard said they would have linux ports when Loki's sales reached 50,000 units a game.
Whether that's true or not, I don't know. But it does bringup and interesting question. How many games HAS Loki sold? I mean, I'd assume 50,000 linux users(me being one of them)bought Quake 3 Arena. And I know there has to be 50,000 linux users in the world that want Sim City 3000.
It also brings up a second question. Do linux gamers buy games they wouldn't have normally bought JUST to get the sales figures up so games they DO want get released? That's a big weight on a comsumers sholders. The idea of "If you don't buy game x which you don't like, you may not game y which you been waiting for for over a year" is not one many people want to be put in, including myself.
I've bought Quake 3 Arena, I'm looking forward to Sim City 3000, and I'll buy what good games come out for linux that I want to play. I won't be forced into buying a $50 game that I don't like to "maybe" get a port of a game I do.
That's what AOL'ers get. I'm against AOL, and I believe their users get what they deserve.
I'm not tyring to sound supiror or anything, but why didn't these people do research before they signed up to AOL? If they would have, they would have read survey after survey about how AOL is rated dead last in about every customer satisfaction survey. They would have read about the horrors of 5.0 before they installed it. Not to mention they are drasticly overpaying for service. $21.95? Most of the local ISPs around here are $14.95 or under, and offer everything AOL has.
I mean, people research what cel phone company they use. They research what long distance phone company they use. But they just see a corny commerical on TV about people that "have a special kinship because they have AOL" and sign up, install buggy software, and alot of the time screw their Windows/MacOS install.
So I say good for them. They should have known what they were getting into before they handed over their $21.95 a month. Just like people that don't read long distance agreements when they sign up because if they sign up they get $25. And then realize that they pay 30 cents a minute. If someone can't do a little bit of research before they make a decision like finding a ISP, or a long distance company, and they get get screwed because they didn't, they got what they deserve.
Maybe next time, they will read a couple articles and ask a couple friends before making a decision. That is, unstead of falling for a comercial with some idiot pre-teen going "I've got mail, yipee horay!"
That's the whole point of Crusoe, you DON'T code for it directly. It takes other instuctions, starting with x86, and runs them faster, better, and optimizes on the fly.
The "code morphing" layer is what makes Crusoe stand apart from the rest. It optimizes on the fly the instuction set it's running on the fly. This means that your aps will run faster and faster as it runs. This layer is what gives the Crusoe it's speed. Coding nativly would be SLOWER then using the morphing layer. You also don't get the benifit of the optimaztion.
Also, the instruction sets are different for each chip. Each set is further optimized for what it's use is going to be. So if you code for one Crusoe chip natively , it doesn't run on the other. This lets Transmeta change the instruction set as needed to. Like if it's faster to do something one way, they can change it and not break compatability with anything. And they can give you the update with a software patch.
So, it doesn't matter if people don't have the instruction set for the native Crusoe processors. They will change alot, and everytime they change you would have to recode every program again. Why bother? Also you don't get to use what the Crusoe processor is all about, it's code morphing layer.
So, PLEASE, stop complaining that you can't code natively for this chip. The code won't go any faster, and as soon as Transmeta changes the set, your programs wouldn't run anyways. So it's a moot point to code navitly for it.
Why is it that everyone is jumping on this swirling logo bandwagon? Debian, Dreamcast, now Crusoe? Not that I don't like it or anything, but how many swirling logos can there be?
Maybe all their orginality went into chip design and they were tapped out when it came time to make a logo? =)
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I tried BeOS about 3-4 months ago, when I first put together my current system. A Friend had the 4.5 CD, all my hardware was supported, and trying a new OS is fun:-)
The install was the best OS install I've ever seen. Had a spcial version of Partition Magic to partition, and clicked about 3 buttons and it was installed. The Bootloader was the best I've seen. Detected all my hardware and was up and running on the net as soon as I typed in my network info and clicked "restart networking".
Then I did what most people do when they install linux for the first time. Looked at my computer and said "now what"? Didn't have much for a web broswer. Net+ was so-so, and when you have to point at Opera as your top broswer, that's never a good sign. Mozilla is beign ported, but it was slow as nuts on a dual celeron 458 with 128megs RAM.
Then I thought, who would buy this? Although very user-friendly, it was $60. the OS itself offered ALOT of nice features, but didn't have any aps to warrent spending the $60 to get the OS. I mean, you thought Linux didn't have ap support. BeOS has about the same ratio of aps to Linux as Linux does to Windows. Thier market was soposed to be mediaphiles and professionals, but any media aps they had was done better elsewhere.
I wish that those rumors of RedHat buying Be Inc. went though. The BeOS has ALOT of fine advancements in thier desktop GUI, SMP support(which was excellent), and their internal media code. Such advanements combined with linux, could push a BeOS with a linux kernel very far on the desktop.
The one thing that I've thought that separated Debian from the rest was not how SLOW the releases come, but how quickly they come.
A "stable" release is thoughly tested, sometimes TOO thoughly tested =) But when you have something that's critial on being rock stable, these are they way to go to start. And if there is a program that you need a later version because of mroe functionality, you can do that too.
Tou can just as easily update packages buy pointing to "unstable", or now "woody". I can get updates to programs AS THEY ARE RELEASED. I don't have to wait for the distro to update everything themselves every couple months. Or if I really need something, hunt down a package, or get teh source and compile myself. I can just type "apt-get dist-upgrade" and my system is the latest it can be.
And with the large number of packages, I can be sure that whatever piece of free software(speach and beer), that they will ALL update with that one command. And I can rest assured that although I didn't compile that myself, it's not only a safe program to run, but it's configured to correctly work on my system. How can you go wrong? The more packages the better.
So, waiting for a release for the most part is a moot point. You can install Debian whenever you want, and have the lastest of everything, or have something that's thoughly tested(MUCH more then other distros). And, "unstable" for the most part, as alot of people will tell you, is alot better then other distros.x releases.
Just one thing though, Debian "stable" releases change so much from.x release to.x reelase, maybe they should just use whole numbers for release versions?
Is there anyone out there that can set up a legal defense fund to defend open source interests? I have no problem giving a $20 donation to a fund that can fund the legal fees for the authors of DeCSS, and other causes that not only affect the defendants, but affect me personally.
There are many legal cases out there, DeCSS vs. MPAA, Napster vs. RIAA, and others that I can't think of off the top of my head. Their outcomes will all affect the path ot technology, and most importantly, open-source technology.
Can and does the FSF offer legal help to authors of GPL'ed software? Are there any other groups that offer legal help to authors of free software?
As the open-source movment moves into the main-stream, we need a group to represent our interest in court. We need a voice in the legal system so people like the MPAA and RIAA can't walk all over free software by getting laws passed and getting court decisions to favor them.
Movie productions have the MPAA, the Music Industry has the RIAA, who do we have? If there is a group out there that supports OUR interest(the interests of open-source), they need to have legal counsel there in each courtroom in both sates.
If there such a group, they need to post where we can send donations to. If not, we need to start one. We can scream all we want, but if we aren't in front of people such as congressmen and judges who have the POWER to change laws, we are wasting our breath.
I jumped on the BP6 bandwagon when they were released with a couple of celeron366's at 458. BTW I got off-week celery's at a good price and hoped for the best for 504 and didn't work.
q3a supports SMP, only in WinNT. I bought q3a expecting SMP code to be in there for linux, but Carmack doesn't think it's nessecary to have SMP in linux. That rant is for another day though =) I grabbed Win2k early to get a natvie DirectX and SMP support. The only thing I saw was complicated aps taking 50% cpu power. I never got the voodoo 3 driver to work in WIn2k quite right, so I didn't benchmark q3a with SMP(the drivers from NT game palace is you must know)
Kernel compiles in linux only take a couple minues, but that's about the only real use I get out of SMP. Linux distributes the processes wekk enough, but I rarely do something that really taxes the machine, besides q3a and compiling kernels. And GCC is the only thing that uses both. About the only REAL benafit, is that I can run GCC with only one job, and it doesn't tie down the system.
With just about every OS now supporting SMP, including WIn2k, OS X, linux, etc., when will companies start writing apps that take advantage of it? Is Win9x holding SMP back because it doesn't support it?
Obsenity is NOT protected under the first amendment. Why is it that most of slashdot disagree? It's been ruled by the Supreme Court that obsenity is not protected.
I Agree with McCain. Obsenity has no place in public schools in real-world media, so why should it be alowed to be accessed over the internet? Why shouldn't the same rules apply to the internet that do to paper-based media in a public library?
This isn't about free speach, stuff like this isn't protected. It's about keeping the same standards that already apply to libraries to the new medium of the internet. It's not censorship if it's censoring things that aren't protected under the 1st amendment.
The problem seems to be that the "black list" of software that is used is encrypted. Meaning that it's not the gov't that determins what is obsecene(as is the case now), it's private companies that make the software. These companies can pick and choose what can and can not be seen. They usually block access to sites that ARE protected under the 1st amendment, shuch as anti-censorship sites, etc.
Maybe a gov't body can be set up to determine what sites fall under a general obsenity law, and open the list to all the censorware companies. The list could be made publicly avalible, and be the list that determines what and what not can be seen in a public school or library. This way, only the non-protected obscene material, which isn't premitted in a public school/library now, isn't accessable.
I'm not for MORE laws, just the ones that already apply should be enforced.
When Episode 1 was released, the VAST majority of Slashdot thought it was a horrible movie. Everything from Jar Jar sucks, Anakin had a big melon head, Darth Maul didn't have enough screne time, etc. I've personally haven't watched it, so I don't have an opinion one way or another.
So why the big deal about no DVD? If the majority of Slashdot didn't reall care for the movie, why go out in droves to buy a Slashdot-proclaimed bad movie? Is it JUST because it's Star Wars?
I know if I went and saw a movie, ANY movie, and thought it was bad, I wouldn't run out and get it on DVD. Is it to play the "Jar Jar Drinking Game" at home? The one where everytime Jar jar is annoying you take a shot? I would think that most wouldn't really care, considering they wouldn't have bought it anyways. That is, unless they make a habit of buying moives they don't like.
There is already a C compiler for gameboy, and gbc. There is also a IDE called Game Boy Dev Studio, that inculdes an IDE for the above compiler, intergrates with any emulator you have, so you can test code without writing to a cart.
The above SDK also comes with an gameboy Z80(gameboy's Z80 is a little different) assembler, and the debugger that's included in no$gmb is very good.
Not putting Cygnus down at all, I'm sure their tools will be great. But if anyone wants to do gb dev now, there are plenty of free tools avalible now. Including things like map and tile editors.
links: http://freespace.virgin.net/stephen.blanksby/gbstu dio.htm for the gameboy dev studio
http://gbdev.com hosts the GBDK site (down as of this post)
By the time I saw the atriclte to post questions, it was already off the main page.
Have you every thought about a monthly Slashdot magazine? Have editorials, some of the funnier UF comics, and stories that don't quite fit in the space for an article. Could also have a "geek jobs" section for people looking for linux/open source programmers and other interesting jobs. Not to mention a good source of ad revenue. Think of the $$ from a cross-promotional webiste/print campaign =)
Think a/. Monthly is something we will se in the coming future? If so, I want to be the first to sign up.
etoy.com had nothing to do with etoys.com. They didn't want to mislead. They didn't go "hey, let's get etoy.com so we can get some idiot etoys.com customers to view our site" they didn't know anything about etoys.com because when they registered the name, etoys.com wasn't even a glimmer in someone's eye.
That's not the same with gamefaq.com. They thought "hey, alot of teenagers go to this site. I bet if we make a name that's just a typo of that site, we will get some of those teenagers. And since teenagers like porn, maybe they will click on the banners we have"
Etoy.com would have went though because they aren't trying to mislead users. It's just a name they chose. While a site like gamefaq.com would have be denied because it's only purpose is to mislead.
Yes. if that policy would have been in effect and ENFORCED, etoy.com would have no problems at all, and these porn scammers like gamefaq.com would go back under the rocks from which they came.
I wasn't aware of the policy until it was mentioned in your post. Too bad it wasn't in place. I fully support that policy, and wish that it was STRONGLY enforced. I mean, it's embarassing when you show people what the vast amount of information the internet has to offer. Then they type a typo in a URL, and things that violate current obcenity laws in all 50 states come up.
Interesting note: under that policy, Microsoft would also have a claim on microsfot.com because it's trying to mislead customers away from one comercial website to another website featuring a competting product.
etoys.com didn't have a legit suit against etoy.com because not only was etoy.com there first, they have nothing to do with one another. That's not always the case.
For instance. microsfot.com redirects to linux.org. The only reason to have that domain is because it's based on a user making a typo to microsoft.com. Would microsoft have a legit suit against the owner of linux.org because it's using the Microsoft name to get hits, and users?
And what's worse, is a website like gamefaq.com. gamefaqs.com is a well known website where users(mostly under 18) get game information. gamefaq.com is a porn site. Would IGN(of which gamefaqs.com is affiliated) have a legit lawsuit against the owner of gamefaq.com becuase it's trying to lure it's mostly under 18 userbase to a porn site?
The two above examples are, what I think, legit reasons to sue a webiste based on a domainname. Both are shameless attempts to get hits from users typing in the wrong url. I could go on forever with examples, whitehouse.com being anohter one.
Should there be a law, or a line in the NSI contract saying that it would be illegal to have a name based on a typo, or a misleading name? I think it wouldn't be that bad of an idea. Sites like etoy.com would still be legal, even if registered after etoys.com because they aren't selling toys and trying to milk of the etoys.com name. Registering misleading names like gamefaq.com would be illegal, which I think it should be illegal to do so.
1. back up all your config files, hone dir, etc. unless you want to reconfigure everything.
2. Install SLINK. Yes. The older then dire 2.1 version. It's stable, and as you will see, updated packages are a moot point during the install.
3. compile a 2.2.x kernel. Some of the Potato packages you are going to install aren't going to like the 2.0.36 kernel in Slink. Don't worry about changin over, it's going to be ok =)
3. point your/etc/apt/sources-list file to "potato". Doing this points the "apt-get" program to all teh latest packages for potato. You can also have it changed to "unstable" which will move apt-get to Woody when there is a directory for it.
4. after you reboot with the 2.2.x kernel. type "apt-get update" this will scan all the packages in potato with the ones you have. and let apt-get know what you need.
5. type "apt-get dist-upgrade". This will install the latest version of everything on your system. E DR16.3, the latest gnome. All sorts of fun stuff.
6. That's it, reuse your old config file settings. untar you home direcotry so you don't loose all you personal configs.
7. Enjoy. You now have a linux distro that is more updated then RedHat 6.1 is. and you will NEVER have to re-install to upgrade. And you'll also see how un-important it is to rush a distro out the door with Debian. All the latest packages are there. Just "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" whenever you feel the need to.
*note about RPMS. Debian DOES come with RPM. But it's always better to use the command "alien --to-deb filename.rpm" which will change it to a DEB. You install local DEB files with the command "dpkg -i filename.deb"
that's what I get, I dunno why it won't write one. I don't know why it wants to try and run in demomode either, the binary it's running is the one that installed from the CD.
They had 3 in stock when I got mine. In the front of the store too where the latest greatest games go. Too bad I can't get it to run.
It won't write a default config file for me. Have mine from the demo and it won't read it. Even deleted my.q3a direcotry and it won't wirte a new file. Writes a new.q3a, but leaves it empty. And the it won't run from the CD even though I mounted the CD with th e-o exec option(says it can't find a binary)
Hope someone here can tell me why, doesn't seem to be an answer on any of the forums(loki, linuxgames.com, etc.)
Wish my first experience with a retail linux game was better. But I'm sure it will work eventually.
Linux Linux Linux.. Need I say more? Open up your libraries to the Linux community and you will find your product improving daily at no cost to you from the efforts of the Linux development community.
I couldn't agree more. Our libraries are open any time. We have yet to refuse anyone who wanted a copy of our source code. Please, take the bull by the horns and start writing the Linux rev for us. We are swamped with new features and bug fixes just sticking with one operating system (let alone 2, 3, or 4 (Linux,Mac, Unix)).
I know what I want for Christmas, or my birthday next month =)
That's the impression a got after reading the CNN atricle.
Not to mention they mention the "unix-based" Tribal Flood Network. As if they are trying to group anyone that uses a non-MS OS into the "script kiddie" catagory that trys to take down "legit" e-commerce sites like etoys.com.
Which makes me wonder if Ted Turner has some sort of interest in etoys.com. I've seen CNN spin the hell out of other stories that were against a Turner company. Turner uses CNN to promote all of his ideas. It's not called the Clinton News Netowrk for nothing.
Just my $.02, but NEVER rely on CNN when they put too much of a negative spin on one thing and positive spin on another in the same story. CNN projects it's financial and politcal ideas in it's "unbiased" stories more then any other news organization I've seen.
I know what really happened. Other news groups reported on what really happened. I take CNN at face value, so the story didn't really surprise me.
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And what better way to break it in then with the good ol' fashioned Slashdot effect =)
Let's hope that this is REALLY all over now.
Did you notice the price difference between the ones shopping with Win2k, and ones shipping with linux? With Win2k it's $329, and with Linux it's $99
Most mac users will jump on the linux version for no other purpose then to not pay the $229 Microsoft tax. Maybe they will actually try linux and like it, and maybe install a native Linux like LinuxPPC 2000.
But when the sales figures go though the roof on the linux versions compared to the Win2k version, I'd like to see if it's becasue they want to avoid the Mircosoft tax and they are just using Windows licenses they already own, or if they actually want to run a x86 linux on their machine.
What does this mean though? Does it mean...
1) people that may have went NT for something went with Linux instead?
or 2) NT users are waiting for Windows2000 and found it pointless to deploy NT4 so late in it's lifespan?
I think the real test of linux vs. NT marketshare will be this year. Linux has the backing of most companies now, and Windows2000 is soposed to be NT done right.
This is where I think linux will do some major catching up in NT markets. NT4 will no be supported(Microsoft will just go "get windows2000" like they did to Win95 users when Win98 was released). They will have to replace NT4 machines with something supported. Do they go with the Windows2000 upgrades at God knows how much money? Or do they try out Linux because it's free and can do the same job for alot less money?
This may very well me the make it or break it year for both Windows2000 and Linux. Be interesting to see how it all turns out this year.
After hearing pundit after pundit spelling doom for Trnasmeta because they can't compete with Intel, this is good news. They said Intel isn't worried in the slightest about Crusoe. It doesn't run fast, and no OEMs jumped on the bandwagon.
Now Intel is rushing out a postable chip of thier own. Sounds to me like Intel is worried. They are probably even more worried that the 5400 Crusoe will be out in lapstops by summer. Say evev on best estimates Intel releases Q2 2001. that's almost a full year after Crusoe. I don't think OEMs are going to wait that long. And I think that once OEMs and people use the Crusoe chips, it's going to be a hard sell to go back to Intel. Expecially if they release a PPC emulation layer, and they are all running OS X on their laptops.
Only OEMs that may not jump on the Crusoe bandwagon are the Dells, etc. that have a a HUGE Intel based desktop/server market. Intel may say "if you use those Crusoe chips in your laptops, there maybe a Xeon shortage next month. And how many Xeon systems you have to build next mont? Be a shame to lose them" Being put in situations like that make it hard to choose Transmeta.
Intel is now playing catch-up on two markets now. AMD is releasing faster Athlons as Intel releases faster P3s. Now Transmeta is going afer the mobile market. Both companies do what they are doing better then Intel is right now. And unlike Intel,their chips aren't tied to x86. Althons have a x86 layer themselves, and Transmeta has their code morphing.
It's the begining of the end of the Intel monopoly now. Intel will always be a player, but soon their bark will be worse then their bite, and this Intel monopoly will be over. And maybe once Intel loses it's bite, x86 will just go away, and we all know what dies with x86? Windows. It's a dream isn't it? =)
I remember reading, dont' know if it was from Loki's newgroup, linuxgames.com, or maybe even a slasdot post. But Blizzard said they would have linux ports when Loki's sales reached 50,000 units a game.
Whether that's true or not, I don't know. But it does bringup and interesting question. How many games HAS Loki sold? I mean, I'd assume 50,000 linux users(me being one of them)bought Quake 3 Arena. And I know there has to be 50,000 linux users in the world that want Sim City 3000.
It also brings up a second question. Do linux gamers buy games they wouldn't have normally bought JUST to get the sales figures up so games they DO want get released? That's a big weight on a comsumers sholders. The idea of "If you don't buy game x which you don't like, you may not game y which you been waiting for for over a year" is not one many people want to be put in, including myself.
I've bought Quake 3 Arena, I'm looking forward to Sim City 3000, and I'll buy what good games come out for linux that I want to play. I won't be forced into buying a $50 game that I don't like to "maybe" get a port of a game I do.
That's what AOL'ers get. I'm against AOL, and I believe their users get what they deserve.
I'm not tyring to sound supiror or anything, but why didn't these people do research before they signed up to AOL? If they would have, they would have read survey after survey about how AOL is rated dead last in about every customer satisfaction survey. They would have read about the horrors of 5.0 before they installed it. Not to mention they are drasticly overpaying for service. $21.95? Most of the local ISPs around here are $14.95 or under, and offer everything AOL has.
I mean, people research what cel phone company they use. They research what long distance phone company they use. But they just see a corny commerical on TV about people that "have a special kinship because they have AOL" and sign up, install buggy software, and alot of the time screw their Windows/MacOS install.
So I say good for them. They should have known what they were getting into before they handed over their $21.95 a month. Just like people that don't read long distance agreements when they sign up because if they sign up they get $25. And then realize that they pay 30 cents a minute. If someone can't do a little bit of research before they make a decision like finding a ISP, or a long distance company, and they get get screwed because they didn't, they got what they deserve.
Maybe next time, they will read a couple articles and ask a couple friends before making a decision. That is, unstead of falling for a comercial with some idiot pre-teen going "I've got mail, yipee horay!"
That's the whole point of Crusoe, you DON'T code for it directly. It takes other instuctions, starting with x86, and runs them faster, better, and optimizes on the fly.
The "code morphing" layer is what makes Crusoe stand apart from the rest. It optimizes on the fly the instuction set it's running on the fly. This means that your aps will run faster and faster as it runs. This layer is what gives the Crusoe it's speed. Coding nativly would be SLOWER then using the morphing layer. You also don't get the benifit of the optimaztion.
Also, the instruction sets are different for each chip. Each set is further optimized for what it's use is going to be. So if you code for one Crusoe chip natively , it doesn't run on the other. This lets Transmeta change the instruction set as needed to. Like if it's faster to do something one way, they can change it and not break compatability with anything. And they can give you the update with a software patch.
So, it doesn't matter if people don't have the instruction set for the native Crusoe processors. They will change alot, and everytime they change you would have to recode every program again. Why bother? Also you don't get to use what the Crusoe processor is all about, it's code morphing layer.
So, PLEASE, stop complaining that you can't code natively for this chip. The code won't go any faster, and as soon as Transmeta changes the set, your programs wouldn't run anyways. So it's a moot point to code navitly for it.
Why is it that everyone is jumping on this swirling logo bandwagon? Debian, Dreamcast, now Crusoe? Not that I don't like it or anything, but how many swirling logos can there be?
Maybe all their orginality went into chip design and they were tapped out when it came time to make a logo? =)
I tried BeOS about 3-4 months ago, when I first put together my current system. A Friend had the 4.5 CD, all my hardware was supported, and trying a new OS is fun :-)
The install was the best OS install I've ever seen. Had a spcial version of Partition Magic to partition, and clicked about 3 buttons and it was installed. The Bootloader was the best I've seen. Detected all my hardware and was up and running on the net as soon as I typed in my network info and clicked "restart networking".
Then I did what most people do when they install linux for the first time. Looked at my computer and said "now what"? Didn't have much for a web broswer. Net+ was so-so, and when you have to point at Opera as your top broswer, that's never a good sign. Mozilla is beign ported, but it was slow as nuts on a dual celeron 458 with 128megs RAM.
Then I thought, who would buy this? Although very user-friendly, it was $60. the OS itself offered ALOT of nice features, but didn't have any aps to warrent spending the $60 to get the OS. I mean, you thought Linux didn't have ap support. BeOS has about the same ratio of aps to Linux as Linux does to Windows. Thier market was soposed to be mediaphiles and professionals, but any media aps they had was done better elsewhere.
I wish that those rumors of RedHat buying Be Inc. went though. The BeOS has ALOT of fine advancements in thier desktop GUI, SMP support(which was excellent), and their internal media code. Such advanements combined with linux, could push a BeOS with a linux kernel very far on the desktop.
The one thing that I've thought that separated Debian from the rest was not how SLOW the releases come, but how quickly they come.
.x releases.
.x release to .x reelase, maybe they should just use whole numbers for release versions?
A "stable" release is thoughly tested, sometimes TOO thoughly tested =) But when you have something that's critial on being rock stable, these are they way to go to start. And if there is a program that you need a later version because of mroe functionality, you can do that too.
Tou can just as easily update packages buy pointing to "unstable", or now "woody". I can get updates to programs AS THEY ARE RELEASED. I don't have to wait for the distro to update everything themselves every couple months. Or if I really need something, hunt down a package, or get teh source and compile myself. I can just type "apt-get dist-upgrade" and my system is the latest it can be.
And with the large number of packages, I can be sure that whatever piece of free software(speach and beer), that they will ALL update with that one command. And I can rest assured that although I didn't compile that myself, it's not only a safe program to run, but it's configured to correctly work on my system. How can you go wrong? The more packages the better.
So, waiting for a release for the most part is a moot point. You can install Debian whenever you want, and have the lastest of everything, or have something that's thoughly tested(MUCH more then other distros). And, "unstable" for the most part, as alot of people will tell you, is alot better then other distros
Just one thing though, Debian "stable" releases change so much from
Is there anyone out there that can set up a legal defense fund to defend open source interests? I have no problem giving a $20 donation to a fund that can fund the legal fees for the authors of DeCSS, and other causes that not only affect the defendants, but affect me personally.
There are many legal cases out there, DeCSS vs. MPAA, Napster vs. RIAA, and others that I can't think of off the top of my head. Their outcomes will all affect the path ot technology, and most importantly, open-source technology.
Can and does the FSF offer legal help to authors of GPL'ed software? Are there any other groups that offer legal help to authors of free software?
As the open-source movment moves into the main-stream, we need a group to represent our interest in court. We need a voice in the legal system so people like the MPAA and RIAA can't walk all over free software by getting laws passed and getting court decisions to favor them.
Movie productions have the MPAA, the Music Industry has the RIAA, who do we have? If there is a group out there that supports OUR interest(the interests of open-source), they need to have legal counsel there in each courtroom in both sates.
If there such a group, they need to post where we can send donations to. If not, we need to start one. We can scream all we want, but if we aren't in front of people such as congressmen and judges who have the POWER to change laws, we are wasting our breath.
I jumped on the BP6 bandwagon when they were released with a couple of celeron366's at 458. BTW I got off-week celery's at a good price and hoped for the best for 504 and didn't work.
q3a supports SMP, only in WinNT. I bought q3a expecting SMP code to be in there for linux, but Carmack doesn't think it's nessecary to have SMP in linux. That rant is for another day though =) I grabbed Win2k early to get a natvie DirectX and SMP support. The only thing I saw was complicated aps taking 50% cpu power. I never got the voodoo 3 driver to work in WIn2k quite right, so I didn't benchmark q3a with SMP(the drivers from NT game palace is you must know)
Kernel compiles in linux only take a couple minues, but that's about the only real use I get out of SMP. Linux distributes the processes wekk enough, but I rarely do something that really taxes the machine, besides q3a and compiling kernels. And GCC is the only thing that uses both. About the only REAL benafit, is that I can run GCC with only one job, and it doesn't tie down the system.
With just about every OS now supporting SMP, including WIn2k, OS X, linux, etc., when will companies start writing apps that take advantage of it? Is Win9x holding SMP back because it doesn't support it?
Obsenity is NOT protected under the first amendment. Why is it that most of slashdot disagree? It's been ruled by the Supreme Court that obsenity is not protected.
I Agree with McCain. Obsenity has no place in public schools in real-world media, so why should it be alowed to be accessed over the internet? Why shouldn't the same rules apply to the internet that do to paper-based media in a public library?
This isn't about free speach, stuff like this isn't protected. It's about keeping the same standards that already apply to libraries to the new medium of the internet. It's not censorship if it's censoring things that aren't protected under the 1st amendment.
The problem seems to be that the "black list" of software that is used is encrypted. Meaning that it's not the gov't that determins what is obsecene(as is the case now), it's private companies that make the software. These companies can pick and choose what can and can not be seen. They usually block access to sites that ARE protected under the 1st amendment, shuch as anti-censorship sites, etc.
Maybe a gov't body can be set up to determine what sites fall under a general obsenity law, and open the list to all the censorware companies. The list could be made publicly avalible, and be the list that determines what and what not can be seen in a public school or library. This way, only the non-protected obscene material, which isn't premitted in a public school/library now, isn't accessable.
I'm not for MORE laws, just the ones that already apply should be enforced.
/* not flamebait, just an observation */
When Episode 1 was released, the VAST majority of Slashdot thought it was a horrible movie. Everything from Jar Jar sucks, Anakin had a big melon head, Darth Maul didn't have enough screne time, etc. I've personally haven't watched it, so I don't have an opinion one way or another.
So why the big deal about no DVD? If the majority of Slashdot didn't reall care for the movie, why go out in droves to buy a Slashdot-proclaimed bad movie? Is it JUST because it's Star Wars?
I know if I went and saw a movie, ANY movie, and thought it was bad, I wouldn't run out and get it on DVD. Is it to play the "Jar Jar Drinking Game" at home? The one where everytime Jar jar is annoying you take a shot? I would think that most wouldn't really care, considering they wouldn't have bought it anyways. That is, unless they make a habit of buying moives they don't like.
There is already a C compiler for gameboy, and gbc. There is also a IDE called Game Boy Dev Studio, that inculdes an IDE for the above compiler, intergrates with any emulator you have, so you can test code without writing to a cart.
u dio.htm for the gameboy dev studio
The above SDK also comes with an gameboy Z80(gameboy's Z80 is a little different) assembler, and the debugger that's included in no$gmb is very good.
Not putting Cygnus down at all, I'm sure their tools will be great. But if anyone wants to do gb dev now, there are plenty of free tools avalible now. Including things like map and tile editors.
links:
http://freespace.virgin.net/stephen.blanksby/gbst
http://gbdev.com hosts the GBDK site (down as of this post)
By the time I saw the atriclte to post questions, it was already off the main page.
/. Monthly is something we will se in the coming future? If so, I want to be the first to sign up.
Have you every thought about a monthly Slashdot magazine? Have editorials, some of the funnier UF comics, and stories that don't quite fit in the space for an article. Could also have a "geek jobs" section for people looking for linux/open source programmers and other interesting jobs. Not to mention a good source of ad revenue. Think of the $$ from a cross-promotional webiste/print campaign =)
Think a
etoy.com had nothing to do with etoys.com. They didn't want to mislead. They didn't go "hey, let's get etoy.com so we can get some idiot etoys.com customers to view our site" they didn't know anything about etoys.com because when they registered the name, etoys.com wasn't even a glimmer in someone's eye.
That's not the same with gamefaq.com. They thought "hey, alot of teenagers go to this site. I bet if we make a name that's just a typo of that site, we will get some of those teenagers. And since teenagers like porn, maybe they will click on the banners we have"
Etoy.com would have went though because they aren't trying to mislead users. It's just a name they chose. While a site like gamefaq.com would have be denied because it's only purpose is to mislead.
Yes. if that policy would have been in effect and ENFORCED, etoy.com would have no problems at all, and these porn scammers like gamefaq.com would go back under the rocks from which they came.
I wasn't aware of the policy until it was mentioned in your post. Too bad it wasn't in place. I fully support that policy, and wish that it was STRONGLY enforced. I mean, it's embarassing when you show people what the vast amount of information the internet has to offer. Then they type a typo in a URL, and things that violate current obcenity laws in all 50 states come up.
Interesting note: under that policy, Microsoft would also have a claim on microsfot.com because it's trying to mislead customers away from one comercial website to another website featuring a competting product.
etoys.com didn't have a legit suit against etoy.com because not only was etoy.com there first, they have nothing to do with one another. That's not always the case.
For instance. microsfot.com redirects to linux.org. The only reason to have that domain is because it's based on a user making a typo to microsoft.com. Would microsoft have a legit suit against the owner of linux.org because it's using the Microsoft name to get hits, and users?
And what's worse, is a website like gamefaq.com. gamefaqs.com is a well known website where users(mostly under 18) get game information. gamefaq.com is a porn site. Would IGN(of which gamefaqs.com is affiliated) have a legit lawsuit against the owner of gamefaq.com becuase it's trying to lure it's mostly under 18 userbase to a porn site?
The two above examples are, what I think, legit reasons to sue a webiste based on a domainname. Both are shameless attempts to get hits from users typing in the wrong url. I could go on forever with examples, whitehouse.com being anohter one.
Should there be a law, or a line in the NSI contract saying that it would be illegal to have a name based on a typo, or a misleading name? I think it wouldn't be that bad of an idea. Sites like etoy.com would still be legal, even if registered after etoys.com because they aren't selling toys and trying to milk of the etoys.com name. Registering misleading names like gamefaq.com would be illegal, which I think it should be illegal to do so.
1. back up all your config files, hone dir, etc. unless you want to reconfigure everything.
/etc/apt/sources-list file to "potato". Doing this points the "apt-get" program to all teh latest packages for potato. You can also have it changed to "unstable" which will move apt-get to Woody when there is a directory for it.
2. Install SLINK. Yes. The older then dire 2.1 version. It's stable, and as you will see, updated packages are a moot point during the install.
3. compile a 2.2.x kernel. Some of the Potato packages you are going to install aren't going to like the 2.0.36 kernel in Slink. Don't worry about changin over, it's going to be ok =)
3. point your
4. after you reboot with the 2.2.x kernel. type "apt-get update" this will scan all the packages in potato with the ones you have. and let apt-get know what you need.
5. type "apt-get dist-upgrade". This will install the latest version of everything on your system. E DR16.3, the latest gnome. All sorts of fun stuff.
6. That's it, reuse your old config file settings. untar you home direcotry so you don't loose all you personal configs.
7. Enjoy. You now have a linux distro that is more updated then RedHat 6.1 is. and you will NEVER have to re-install to upgrade. And you'll also see how un-important it is to rush a distro out the door with Debian. All the latest packages are there. Just "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" whenever you feel the need to.
*note about RPMS. Debian DOES come with RPM. But it's always better to use the command "alien --to-deb filename.rpm" which will change it to a DEB. You install local DEB files with the command "dpkg -i filename.deb"
The problem ending up being that the install didn't set the symlink from /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3 to /mnt/cdrom/baseq3
I set that and it runs great. I guess that was the problem from the install script. Hope this helped out other people that bought q3a.
BTW: I was happy to see that someone from Loki replied. Upped my respect for Loki up a few points. Thanks.
$ quake3
Q3 1.11 linux-i386 Nov 24 1999
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/homerj/.q3a/baseq3
./baseq3
----------------------
Running in restricted demo mode.
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/homerj/.q3a/demoq3
./demoq3
----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Error: Couldn't load default.cfg
that's what I get, I dunno why it won't write one. I don't know why it wants to try and run in demomode either, the binary it's running is the one that installed from the CD.
Any ideas?
$ quake3
Q3 1.11 linux-i386 Nov 24 1999
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/homerj/.q3a/baseq3
./baseq3
----------------------
Running in restricted demo mode.
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/homerj/.q3a/demoq3
./demoq3
----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Error: Couldn't load default.cfg
that's what I get, I dunno why it won't write one.
They had 3 in stock when I got mine. In the front of the store too where the latest greatest games go. Too bad I can't get it to run.
.q3a direcotry and it won't wirte a new file. Writes a new .q3a, but leaves it empty. And the it won't run from the CD even though I mounted the CD with th e-o exec option(says it can't find a binary)
It won't write a default config file for me. Have mine from the demo and it won't read it. Even deleted my
Hope someone here can tell me why, doesn't seem to be an answer on any of the forums(loki, linuxgames.com, etc.)
Wish my first experience with a retail linux game was better. But I'm sure it will work eventually.
From their FAQ about linux support:
Linux Linux Linux.. Need I say more? Open up
your libraries to the Linux community and you
will find your product improving daily at no cost
to you from the efforts of the Linux development community.
I couldn't agree more. Our libraries are open any time. We have yet to refuse anyone who wanted a copy of our source code. Please, take the bull by the horns and start writing the Linux rev for us. We are swamped with new features and bug fixes just sticking with one operating system (let alone 2, 3, or 4 (Linux,Mac, Unix)).
I know what I want for Christmas, or my birthday next month =)
That's the impression a got after reading the CNN atricle.
Not to mention they mention the "unix-based" Tribal Flood Network. As if they are trying to group anyone that uses a non-MS OS into the "script kiddie" catagory that trys to take down "legit" e-commerce sites like etoys.com.
Which makes me wonder if Ted Turner has some sort of interest in etoys.com. I've seen CNN spin the hell out of other stories that were against a Turner company. Turner uses CNN to promote all of his ideas. It's not called the Clinton News Netowrk for nothing.
Just my $.02, but NEVER rely on CNN when they put too much of a negative spin on one thing and positive spin on another in the same story. CNN projects it's financial and politcal ideas in it's "unbiased" stories more then any other news organization I've seen.
I know what really happened. Other news groups reported on what really happened. I take CNN at face value, so the story didn't really surprise me.