those anagrams are seriously the funniest thing I've seen in about 2 years. I guess it seems a bit farfetched to me that the sniper is calculating his words on the tarrot card as an anagram. Who knows, maybe he is.
Most people who are asking "What is.NET" aren't looking very hard to find out. It's been pretty well publicized. You can download lots of info about it from the Microsoft homepage and from MSDN.
Keep in mind that there is a strong incentive for Microsoft not to change the.NET API. If they did that, then there'd be the equivalent of DLL hell. This is why projects like Mono are going to be successful.
I suggest taking a look at the concept. Regardless of how you feel about Microsoft,.NET is a step in the right direction. With Mono, there is no longer a legitimate complaint that it's not Open Source.
DAC will have to perceptibly, modify the audio signal
You are forgetting who determines what music we all hear -- it's the recording industry, led by the RIAA.
If it became the case that the DAC would perceptibly modify the audio signal, guess what all of the music on MTV would start to sound like? Imagine if the first distorted guitar had resulted from a DRM-enabled DAC instead of the desire to create a new, innovative sound. As long as artists and record companies spin the changes as innovation, it is unlikely that there will be any negative impact in CD sales.
Of course, classical and some Jazz would sound different, but those don't make up a large percentage of sales anyway.
I imagine that's why he used velcro to hold the lamps in place. Before the Sun repair techs get there he can remove all traces of the 'case mod' and nobody will be the wiser.
Recent versions of OE are actually very strong and do the same things that you describe. The only oddity is that it thinks files that end in.zip are dangerous.:)
But Jackass is great television. It has no pretense about being anything but the lowest of the low-brow. Even the likes of Springer pretend to be helping people and getting to the bottom of issues.
implying that Unix people buy 100CPU machines to store web state
No such implication was intended, as should have been clear from the context of the post. Further, the server was mentioned because I was referring to a "non-free" solution.
I heard something the other day that made me wonder: A friend told me that his company had been forced to switch from Oracle on Linux to Oracle on Solaris for purely performance reasons. They are now running a 3500 with 4 processors.
ASP.NET allows you to do this by automatically storing session state info in a MSSQL database. Of course, this solution isn't free, but it's probably a bit cheaper than a 100 processor Sun.
The fact that it makes the/. readers happy (which is precisely why the editors do it) is what I find annoying. It's as though every time Microsoft does something mildly stupid,/. is there to say "See, I told you Microsoft sucked".
I don't want to filter out ALL microsoft postings, just the ones that are unfairly or rediculously critical. Occasionally there is some interesting stuff posted. There should be another topic checkbox labeled "Anti-Microsoft"!
I wasn't forced, but it would be nice to be able to automatically have it now appear on the page. I'd rather read 10 Katz stories per day than have to put up with annoying stuff like the MS bashing. It's just immature. I'd rather read comparisons of software performance, or programming language learnability, etc., not the kind fo claptrap that the Editors post when there's nothing better to do.
This is an example of the lame Microsoft bashing that has become commonplace on Slashdot. Why not put a filter in user preferences so that we don't have to read it?
That's not necessarily true. He's referring to the properties of a market. If lots of new CS grads are trained on Linux, then there will simply be more labor available to hold Linux-oriented jobs. Therefore, there will be less scarcity and labor will typically cost less.
Additionally, when linux expertise was scarce, you might have been forced to hire someone who was overqualified, which, strictly speaking, is a waste of money. Now that the linux labor pool is larger, companies are more likely to find an employee with just the right qualifications without having to pay someone who is overqualified just because he/she is the only person with expertise.
I think you're wrong. Why wouldn't Bero just write a script to "fix" the RH8 implementation of KDE and release it to the 10 people out there who care?
If you are a RH user and you want a full KDE, then don't install the RPMS, compile it from source the way you want it. While you're at it, package it as an RPM and make it availalbe as a substitute for the standard RH8 KDE rpms.
This whole ordeal sounds like a case of hurt feelings.
use double click for desktop items - this was the only thing I disliked about 8.0 - its a really dumb idea and violates just about everything anybody's written on the subject of usign a mouse. Someone buy Havoc Pennington a Jacob Nielsen book.
What about when dragging an icon? It seems to me that when dragging icons is involved, double-clicking makes sense, since without it some movements of the mouse and button are somewhat ambiguous, particularly when produced by a newbie.
that still doesn't explain why someone would want to pay for Opera only to have a browser that doesn't support many of the standards that are out there.
Slashdot Mirror
those anagrams are seriously the funniest thing I've seen in about 2 years. I guess it seems a bit farfetched to me that the sniper is calculating his words on the tarrot card as an anagram. Who knows, maybe he is.
You're looking at the marketing oriented site. Try this one or this one.
Keep in mind that there is a strong incentive for Microsoft not to change the .NET API. If they did that, then there'd be the equivalent of DLL hell. This is why projects like Mono are going to be successful.
I suggest taking a look at the concept. Regardless of how you feel about Microsoft, .NET is a step in the right direction. With Mono, there is no longer a legitimate complaint that it's not Open Source.
uhmm... my post was 50% facetious. I think the original +1 moderation was fair.
You are forgetting who determines what music we all hear -- it's the recording industry, led by the RIAA.
If it became the case that the DAC would perceptibly modify the audio signal, guess what all of the music on MTV would start to sound like? Imagine if the first distorted guitar had resulted from a DRM-enabled DAC instead of the desire to create a new, innovative sound. As long as artists and record companies spin the changes as innovation, it is unlikely that there will be any negative impact in CD sales.
Of course, classical and some Jazz would sound different, but those don't make up a large percentage of sales anyway.
I imagine that's why he used velcro to hold the lamps in place. Before the Sun repair techs get there he can remove all traces of the 'case mod' and nobody will be the wiser.
Recent versions of OE are actually very strong and do the same things that you describe. The only oddity is that it thinks files that end in .zip are dangerous. :)
Even though he was offered $200K not to star in Rocky, Stallone insisted. Look where he is today.
But Jackass is great television. It has no pretense about being anything but the lowest of the low-brow. Even the likes of Springer pretend to be helping people and getting to the bottom of issues.
No such implication was intended, as should have been clear from the context of the post. Further, the server was mentioned because I was referring to a "non-free" solution.
What is the state of Oracle on Linux today?
ASP .NET allows you to do this by automatically storing session state info in a MSSQL database. Of course, this solution isn't free, but it's probably a bit cheaper than a 100 processor Sun.
I second that! It is a racket! Their store brand of contacts (which is the only choice you get) are terrible!
The fact that it makes the /. readers happy (which is precisely why the editors do it) is what I find annoying. It's as though every time Microsoft does something mildly stupid, /. is there to say "See, I told you Microsoft sucked".
I don't want to filter out ALL microsoft postings, just the ones that are unfairly or rediculously critical. Occasionally there is some interesting stuff posted. There should be another topic checkbox labeled "Anti-Microsoft"!
I wasn't forced, but it would be nice to be able to automatically have it now appear on the page. I'd rather read 10 Katz stories per day than have to put up with annoying stuff like the MS bashing. It's just immature. I'd rather read comparisons of software performance, or programming language learnability, etc., not the kind fo claptrap that the Editors post when there's nothing better to do.
This is an example of the lame Microsoft bashing that has become commonplace on Slashdot. Why not put a filter in user preferences so that we don't have to read it?
I guess the obligatory disclosure worked: ThinkGeek is already sold out!
Additionally, when linux expertise was scarce, you might have been forced to hire someone who was overqualified, which, strictly speaking, is a waste of money. Now that the linux labor pool is larger, companies are more likely to find an employee with just the right qualifications without having to pay someone who is overqualified just because he/she is the only person with expertise.
The point in the article is about efficiency.
fantastic! thanks!
THANKS!! That is very useful info!
If you are a RH user and you want a full KDE, then don't install the RPMS, compile it from source the way you want it. While you're at it, package it as an RPM and make it availalbe as a substitute for the standard RH8 KDE rpms.
This whole ordeal sounds like a case of hurt feelings.
What about when dragging an icon? It seems to me that when dragging icons is involved, double-clicking makes sense, since without it some movements of the mouse and button are somewhat ambiguous, particularly when produced by a newbie.
Sort of a basic question, but how does one "sync"? Can this be done using the Mandrakeupdate tool?
that still doesn't explain why someone would want to pay for Opera only to have a browser that doesn't support many of the standards that are out there.