I'm supposing because, of all known open-source and capital-F Free operating systems, Linux has the most support for, well, everything. It may be more unstable than other Free OSes (eg: BSD), but apart from that, I doubt you could point me to a Free OS that runs on more things, supports more peripherals, and has more crazy options in its kernel.:-)
If things like that don't attract techsavvy people, what does?
why not slashdot comments? "Frosty piss!" in 1500 languages! "I for one welcome..." in 1500 languages! All so much more important that some silly religious text.
The reality is the number of people who do this are a statistical outlier, and, most importantly, they would have done this in any nation because they were willing to sacrifice their own preferences, personality, their very identity for the wealth they covet.
And to top it off, how many generations of useless, decadent, trust fund weenies do each of those successful people spawn?
It always makes me laugh to hear lower and middle class people deride the so called "death tax," as if they'll ever have a big enough estate to even worry about it.
How can anyone believe we evolved from monkeys heres a few questions for people who believe that
1.If we did evolve from monkeys then how come babies arent born monkeys
2.Even Darwin said his theories were wrong before he died so why do you still believe them
3.do you really not believe the bible it says we were created in seven days not millions of years
4.how come we cant speak monkey
That's it! I have been defeated by your impeccable logic! I'm converting!
You can't defend against an accusation of a crime by pointing to a worse crime!!
"Yes your honor, I did kill those 2 people. But David Berkowitz killed 6, so I'm like, totally less bad than him."
Re: "Fabric Computing"
From http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=12192&nr=1:
Question: What is fabric computing and how does it improve upon current server technology? Mehrotra: The simplest way to think about it is the next-generation architecture for enterprise servers. Fabric computing combines powerful server capabilities and advanced networking features into a single server structure. The Q160, our flagship machine, starts with a scalable multiprocessor complex built around the Opteron. We've decomposed the processor complex into separate servers using hardware partitioning, and then added a powerful crossbar switch to provide virtualized I/O for networking and storage, plus built-in switching at Layer 2 and Layer 3. We end up with a new kind of server that can be partitioned and configured on the fly into different-sized servers using one chassis. When more capacity is needed, you can network a group together without third-party switching.
In the fabric computing view, resources are no longer tied to a single machine. A customer buying a typical server does not know exactly how to configure it or what applications to run. In our systems, you're not locked into a predetermined set of assets. You can reconfigure on the fly without adding software layers that slow everything down. Everything is done on hardware at full speed. Remember, we're not talking about just changing CPU memory. We're talking about changing the network I/O. It reduces a lot of the complexity that customers struggle with. You no longer reconfigure machine by machine. You have complete control of the entire fabric.
The best part? The company Fabric7, which was pimping this new paradigm is apparently defunct.
http://search.sys-con.com/read/368244.htm
WTG Gartner! At least Fabric7 paid for this little bit of advertisement before kicking the bucket.
EVE is a game that plays itself. You click to go to an asteroid, your ship makes its own way there. You click on an asteroid, and the ship does its own mining. I'm not sure there's actually a game there.
I hear this a lot and I wonder what exactly is so exciting about making your toon walk everywhere? Do people get some kind of perverse enjoyment from holding down W?
And as far as combat (in traditional MMO's) is concerned, it boils down to a sequence of 1,4,3,5, heal, 1,4,3,5, etc, etc. Not exactly my idea of stimulating. (Not that mining in EVE is any better...)
Not trying to troll, but I just never got the whole "EVE is too automatic" thing.
http://www.mavav.org/2007/01/09/textspeak_linked_to_violent_video_games_1.php
The China Post reports that a Taiwanese psychiatrist at the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei has concluded the first studies linking violent video games and 'textspeak', an awful slang language spoken by a subculture of underground gamers and computer hackers.
Textspeak is the process of shortening words and adding numbers to a text message to make it "cooler." The form of text messaging is highly annoying. One example suffice: "RU cmin out 2nite?" Deciphered: "Are you coming out tonight?"
[...] Twelve young adults were given tests in an experiment Dr. Chow conducted at his hospital. They were required to play one popular game, "PS2:Real Three Kingdoms;Nonpareil 4 Generations," for half an hour. Blood circulation in their brains was scanned. The entire process was repeated half an hour later. Chow found the blood circulation in the frontal lobes of all the samples reduced. "Reduction in blood circulation in the frontal lobe," the psychiatrist said, "indicates that it may affect language proficiency." The psychiatrist urges parents to limit the exposure of violent video games to their children if âoethey don't want to receive any more 'textspeak' messages."
all i can say is "OMG RU Fukin kiddn me?"
And if both organizations have negative credibility, what would happen if they combined? Would it be additive, or multiplicative? If the latter, there could be trouble since it would then give them positive credibility!! "ZOMG Textspeak linked to teens playing violent videogames while driving drunk!!"
i totally disagree, i know by experience that people who design for print always create unusable things when designing layouts for the web, (or any other interface for an application), simply because most of them are ignorant about the many things that really make a good website (good content, intuitive navigation and content structure, providing ways for the user to interact with the site by adding content to it etc...).
I would tend to agree with you here. I've been working with a graphic designer for a few years now. She's great with print stuff. But our first few websites really reflected her "print-centric" design methods. Slowly but surely I've been explaining how the web is completely different than print.
Instead of the really important aspects, graphic designers prioritize little stupid details like round corners, drop shadows etc... when designing for the web, and they are convinced that these details will make their site successful, they are clueless! (most of them are egocentric bitches too but that's another story)
Again, I would tend to agree here. It wasn't too hard to explain that content-less front pages were useless and that trying to control every aspect of the presentation was a losing battle. With print design the graphic designer can specify exactly how the page will look and expect to see it that way when it's presented. With the web, you really can only say "This is how we want it to look, hopefully the user doesn't f*** it all up."
Take as an example this site, it's gorgeus, still most people don't know it and those who do probably visit it once and never come back.
Now we diverge. That has to be one of the most hideous sites I've seen outside of MySpace.
Of course a good design adds a lot to a website, but for me it's just the icing on the cake.
I've found that while a lot of techy-types (especially here on/.) seem to like the no-nonsense plain HTML look, most people are totally turned off by it. There is an expectation now with "normal users" that the web look and feel more like an interactive magazine. Sure, your plain HTML site may have a great document structure and have a tiny page size, but many people will just think you're too cheap or lazy to make it look good.
Perhaps they're assuming you're already writing a bunch of inane blog posts. Then they could use those to "push" the relevant info
E.g.
Post 1: 4:01 pm - I'm hungry. Chicken sounds good... It's warm enough for the barbecue... Faceboogle results: BEST BBQ CHICKEN, etc
Post 2: 4:45 pm - OMG I burned my lips with the chicken! And to make matters worse, I dropped the chicken on the white carpet and now theres a huge sticky stain! My wife is gonna be pissed. Faceboogle results: Burn care, remove stains from carpet, divorce attorney
Post 3: 7:00 pm - Well, that was a waste of a few hours. The stupid stain removal didnt work and now the stain is even bigger. Why did i think peanut butter would remove a BBQ stain??? Now i need new carpet Faceboogle results: Buy carpet from carpet wurld, HOWTO: install carpet, etc
I see where you're coming from here, but maybe if you're already doing the "typical" blog thing then this could work... then again, Faceboogle is probably fishing for VC here so their claims are to be taken with a grain of salt.
Slashdot Mirror
to make a new object Foo with members Bar and Baz you would write
function Foo(x)
{
this.Bar = x;
this.Baz = "Wakka";
}
and instantiate it with
myFoo = new Foo(42);
weird, isn't it?
I'm supposing because, of all known open-source and capital-F Free operating systems, Linux has the most support for, well, everything. It may be more unstable than other Free OSes (eg: BSD), but apart from that, I doubt you could point me to a Free OS that runs on more things, supports more peripherals, and has more crazy options in its kernel. :-)
If things like that don't attract techsavvy people, what does?
Aero Glass, DUH!
why not slashdot comments? "Frosty piss!" in 1500 languages! "I for one welcome ..." in 1500 languages!
All so much more important that some silly religious text.
Check out the color revolution, which was non-violent and successful at overthrowing corrupt and/or authoritarian governments.
Funny you should mention that. I came across a book which insists that Obama is doing just that, in an attempt to conduct a "fascist coup."
Obama - The Postmodern Coup: Making of a Manchurian Candidate Of course, it's by Webster Tarpley, conspiracy-theorist-extraordinaire, so it should be taken with an appropriate dose of salt.
It'd actually be an interesting read if it weren't written in such a mushy-headed, stream-of-consciousness manner.
i wouldn't worry about it, he's only anxious because you seem to be standing on his lawn...
that's exactly what they do.
http://www.idsoftware.com/business/technology/
The reality is the number of people who do this are a statistical outlier, and, most importantly, they would have done this in any nation because they were willing to sacrifice their own preferences, personality, their very identity for the wealth they covet.
And to top it off, how many generations of useless, decadent, trust fund weenies do each of those successful people spawn?
It always makes me laugh to hear lower and middle class people deride the so called "death tax," as if they'll ever have a big enough estate to even worry about it.
The Quest for Glory series was Sierra.
Perhaps you're thinking of Monkey Island?
now that's just going too far!
LOL... that commander_spock guy is a trip.
From the comments it looked like he even writes letters to IBM asking when they're finally going to bring back OS/2.
As for the odds of ol spock using an IBM PS/2, I'd say they are rapidly approaching 1
so how many processors-per-license does the GPL restrict you to again?
how many FreeBSD installs can you do with your block of BSD licenses?
Oh, and the license-authentication server you gotta set up for Linux is just about a bitch and a half...
The absolute worst is the godawful pile of mess of shit that tools like Dreamweaver and the like spew out.
God, I have nightmares about manually troubleshooting that garbage... it's a one way ticket to crazy-town.
"It's tables all the way down..."
*shudder*
LOL! That site is priceless.
How can anyone believe we evolved from monkeys heres a few questions for people who believe that
1.If we did evolve from monkeys then how come babies arent born monkeys
2.Even Darwin said his theories were wrong before he died so why do you still believe them
3.do you really not believe the bible it says we were created in seven days not millions of years
4.how come we cant speak monkey
That's it! I have been defeated by your impeccable logic! I'm converting!
You can't defend against an accusation of a crime by pointing to a worse crime!! "Yes your honor, I did kill those 2 people. But David Berkowitz killed 6, so I'm like, totally less bad than him."
From http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=12192&nr=1: Question: What is fabric computing and how does it improve upon current server technology?
Mehrotra: The simplest way to think about it is the next-generation architecture for enterprise servers. Fabric computing combines powerful server capabilities and advanced networking features into a single server structure. The Q160, our flagship machine, starts with a scalable multiprocessor complex built around the Opteron. We've decomposed the processor complex into separate servers using hardware partitioning, and then added a powerful crossbar switch to provide virtualized I/O for networking and storage, plus built-in switching at Layer 2 and Layer 3. We end up with a new kind of server that can be partitioned and configured on the fly into different-sized servers using one chassis. When more capacity is needed, you can network a group together without third-party switching.
In the fabric computing view, resources are no longer tied to a single machine. A customer buying a typical server does not know exactly how to configure it or what applications to run. In our systems, you're not locked into a predetermined set of assets. You can reconfigure on the fly without adding software layers that slow everything down. Everything is done on hardware at full speed. Remember, we're not talking about just changing CPU memory. We're talking about changing the network I/O. It reduces a lot of the complexity that customers struggle with. You no longer reconfigure machine by machine. You have complete control of the entire fabric.
The best part? The company Fabric7, which was pimping this new paradigm is apparently defunct.
http://search.sys-con.com/read/368244.htm
WTG Gartner! At least Fabric7 paid for this little bit of advertisement before kicking the bucket.
gOS != Google Operating System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOS_(Linux_distribution)
I hear this a lot and I wonder what exactly is so exciting about making your toon walk everywhere? Do people get some kind of perverse enjoyment from holding down W?
And as far as combat (in traditional MMO's) is concerned, it boils down to a sequence of 1,4,3,5, heal, 1,4,3,5, etc, etc. Not exactly my idea of stimulating. (Not that mining in EVE is any better...)
Not trying to troll, but I just never got the whole "EVE is too automatic" thing.
Offtopic... From the link you posted:
http://www.mavav.org/2007/01/09/textspeak_linked_to_violent_video_games_1.php The China Post reports that a Taiwanese psychiatrist at the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei has concluded the first studies linking violent video games and 'textspeak', an awful slang language spoken by a subculture of underground gamers and computer hackers. Textspeak is the process of shortening words and adding numbers to a text message to make it "cooler." The form of text messaging is highly annoying. One example suffice: "RU cmin out 2nite?" Deciphered: "Are you coming out tonight?" [...] Twelve young adults were given tests in an experiment Dr. Chow conducted at his hospital. They were required to play one popular game, "PS2:Real Three Kingdoms;Nonpareil 4 Generations," for half an hour. Blood circulation in their brains was scanned. The entire process was repeated half an hour later. Chow found the blood circulation in the frontal lobes of all the samples reduced. "Reduction in blood circulation in the frontal lobe," the psychiatrist said, "indicates that it may affect language proficiency." The psychiatrist urges parents to limit the exposure of violent video games to their children if âoethey don't want to receive any more 'textspeak' messages."all i can say is "OMG RU Fukin kiddn me?" And if both organizations have negative credibility, what would happen if they combined? Would it be additive, or multiplicative? If the latter, there could be trouble since it would then give them positive credibility!! "ZOMG Textspeak linked to teens playing violent videogames while driving drunk!!"
A Priest, a Rabbi and a Pedant walk into a bar...
I would tend to agree with you here. I've been working with a graphic designer for a few years now. She's great with print stuff. But our first few websites really reflected her "print-centric" design methods. Slowly but surely I've been explaining how the web is completely different than print.
Instead of the really important aspects, graphic designers prioritize little stupid details like round corners, drop shadows etc... when designing for the web, and they are convinced that these details will make their site successful, they are clueless! (most of them are egocentric bitches too but that's another story)Again, I would tend to agree here. It wasn't too hard to explain that content-less front pages were useless and that trying to control every aspect of the presentation was a losing battle. With print design the graphic designer can specify exactly how the page will look and expect to see it that way when it's presented. With the web, you really can only say "This is how we want it to look, hopefully the user doesn't f*** it all up."
Take as an example this site, it's gorgeus, still most people don't know it and those who do probably visit it once and never come back.Now we diverge. That has to be one of the most hideous sites I've seen outside of MySpace.
Of course a good design adds a lot to a website, but for me it's just the icing on the cake.I've found that while a lot of techy-types (especially here on /.) seem to like the no-nonsense plain HTML look, most people are totally turned off by it. There is an expectation now with "normal users" that the web look and feel more like an interactive magazine. Sure, your plain HTML site may have a great document structure and have a tiny page size, but many people will just think you're too cheap or lazy to make it look good.
Just my $0.02, YMMV.
http://xkcd.com/386/
Perhaps they're assuming you're already writing a bunch of inane blog posts. Then they could use those to "push" the relevant info
E.g.
Post 1: 4:01 pm - I'm hungry. Chicken sounds good... It's warm enough for the barbecue...
Faceboogle results: BEST BBQ CHICKEN, etc
Post 2: 4:45 pm - OMG I burned my lips with the chicken! And to make matters worse, I dropped the chicken on the white carpet and now theres a huge sticky stain! My wife is gonna be pissed.
Faceboogle results: Burn care, remove stains from carpet, divorce attorney
Post 3: 7:00 pm - Well, that was a waste of a few hours. The stupid stain removal didnt work and now the stain is even bigger. Why did i think peanut butter would remove a BBQ stain??? Now i need new carpet
Faceboogle results: Buy carpet from carpet wurld, HOWTO: install carpet, etc
I see where you're coming from here, but maybe if you're already doing the "typical" blog thing then this could work... then again, Faceboogle is probably fishing for VC here so their claims are to be taken with a grain of salt.
So let's move beyond the ultra conservative and libertarian talking points, ok?
But but but Reagan said...
You know, the "important" stuff.
Here ya go. Expect a patent though :(
http://www.redferret.net/?p=9533