Phoenix 0.1 was stable. The only issue I've ever experienced with it was with themes. I don't know if the themes have had an API change over versions or not, but considering that these are "0" point releases... I would expect something like that to happen.
Argghhh. Nearly every desktop has a taskbar, or the equivalent. The taskbar in XP is an improvement over the one in 2k, but not by much. In 2K, the taskbar is possibly the worst way to organize browser windows. By default, it is at the bottom, and that's where most people leave it, which is the least efficient place the organizer could possibly be. If you have multiple monitors, like I do, having to move the mouse across the quivalent area of one monitor to switch windows is a nightmare. I'd rather have everything nice and tidy within the same window.
Another thing is that you are able to have multiple Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox items in the task bar, but you'll have multiple instances of the same program open. That doesn't make too much sense.
There's also no reason why you couldn't just redesign the MS webmail interface with the things that you need. It wouldn't be an MS product, but MS does provide all of the tools that you need to be able to do this.
Some may argue about the 5th item on the list, but honestly... what is the enjoyment of watching a guy sleep for a couple hours?
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My first experience with an OS was on my father's home-brewed OS called 'NetDOS,' or whatever it was supposed to be named. He wrote it in the early 80's, and it had network functionality (with my dad's own protocols.) Some guy was supposed to sell it, but he never followed through. My dad could have been... oh well, nevermind.
I'm a second-generation computer nerd, but my nerd-dom goes all the way back to Newton.:-P
You take rockets, I'll take the rail gun, and you won't live long.
Rockets are slow and easy to avoid. Rails are a little harder to aim, but do much more damage, and are near instantaneous. If I stayed on a jump pad, for instance, you would have a really hard time hittimg me with a rocket, while I'd blast your ass with a rail.
I have been in that situation, moron. Making mistakes is part of human nature.
It's not like you are the standard of perfection by which all others should be judged. It's more important to concentrate on your own problems, then to concentrate on problems of someone else's past.
If you find that she is cheating on you, then it is your problem. If she isn't, then the only thing that it could be an issue with is your own insecurity.
If she did it while you were with her, then you'd have a valid reason. If she did it previous to being with you, I say that you're a moron.
You don't break up with a girl that you care for because she has a past that you don't like. One of the founding points of a good relationship is forgiveness. If you cannot forgive, then you really don't deserve to have the overwhelming gift of a woman that cares for you.
The definition of geek and nerd are similar, but not the same. You see, both enjoy delving into whatever they do, but the difference lies in that the nerd knows what they are doing.
Calling yourself a geek only condemns yourself to the life of "I like to fiddle, but wtf is going on!" I ask you to pull back your declaration of geekdom, and declare yourself as a nerd. I am a nerd.
When I started getting blowjobs, I figured out how to widen the space under my desk so she could fit under there. This led to me trying to minimize the form factors on my machines, which led to issues like heat transfer, noise, etc.
Now, during the blow job, ability decreases remarkably, but afterwards... you won't be so distracted by pr0n. It evens out in the end.
Leave it running overnight and it'll be done in the morning (well, it was on my athlon-xp 1800). kdetoys and kdeaddons wouldn't compile for me, but someone on the forums probably has a fix.
I've found that compilation is affected more by hard disk speed than by the speed of the processor. When I watch all of the files flying by (on an XP 1800, nonetheless), I've noticed that since I've upgraded to a 7200 RPM from a 5400, the compile has been faster by at least 20%.
Microsoft has patents on some of the methods used in their libraries, but this doesn't mean that the libraries can't be re-written with different methods. It is very much like GNU vs. Unix, where the proprietary stuff is just re-written in an open way.
The difference between Mono and the Microsoft libraries is completeness. System.Windows.Forms is nearly there. The amazing thing is that Mono has got a larger number of supported databases than the Microsoft implementation. How about that?
This is interesting, this time thing that you talk about. If you say that OS X does not have problems, and that it is so easy to work with, wouldn't it follow that if there were a problem, that it would be catastrophic?
Most issues in Windows can usually be fixed in a matter of minutes, in Linux, even quicker.
Catastrophic issues, however, usually require the re-install of the operating system itself. Are you willing to spend the time it takes to install the OS again, even if it is OS X?
I don't think just anyone should be able to get into the industry. It's not an arrogance type thing, but if you're looking at development, you should really do a lot of studying.
If you are going to look into support based jobs, which doesn't make sense considering your profession, you'll just need certifications for the different OS's that you will support. The same goes for being the "fixit" hardware guy.
If you want to go into development or engineering, however, I strongly urge you to go back to college for a CS type degree. Take those math courses, take the algorithms courses, and take the advanced development and "teamwork" classes.
There is a lot of programming sludge in the industry at the moment, with people that have started caring less about elegance and efficiency. They take the attitude of "Well, as long as it works." As a doctor, you probably understand my point of view. You wouldn't use duct tape to bind wounds unless you had no choice, but it will work. I'm confronted with this on a daily basis with people that haven't been beaten over the head with good programming techniques, strong logic and mathematics, language usage, and a deeper understanding of how the machines work.
So, study your math. Study your computers. Study your languages, and why they are the way they are. Write lots of code while studying, so that you can hone your skill. Lastly, make choices in the following debates, because IT geeks' worlds revolve around them:
Emacs vs. Vi
Linux vs. Windows vs. OS X vs. BSD vs.....
GTK vs. QT (or, Gnome vs. KDE)
Free as in Beer vs. Free as in speech
SCO sucks vs. SCO sucks (strangely, everyone seems to agree on this one.)
C vs. C++ vs. Java vs. C# vs. Lisp vs. Pascal vs. ADA
Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby
ESR vs. RMS
That just about takes care of it. It's the competition that keeps us thriving, even though some of us take it way too far.
More like poor coding techniques lead to double-checking and memory leaks. If you force yourself to be strict with your coding style, then you'll find that only on the rarest of instances would you run into memory leaks.
Too many people are lazy coders, and this has led to a number of leaks, overruns, yada yada yada.
One of the worst things that can happen is if some software company counts on their software being installed in C:\program files. Even worse is if it doesn't give you the option.
A better way of handling this is through environment variables. You can set a variable like "GS_HOME" to be the path of ghostscript, for instance. This way, you can stick it anywhere, reset the environment variable, and anything that you install afterwards knows where to look for it. I believe that this is how things are already handles.
/bin,/usr/bin, and/usr/share/bin are used as containers for binaries too. If you want your executable to appear there, just create a symbolic link to it.
No big deal. The problems you present have been solved for a long time already.
Robyn will report next month on the inability of SCO to find evidence because IBM is being a big meanie.
That's wrong. It looks like Robyn bases his whole article on/. discussion, so... next month will be the exact same article as this month, but with a few words changed. He'll then put a bold faced comment at the bottom saying he's sorry for the repost.
Anyone worth their while knows that Linux fans don't code anything for Windows unless they are paid for it. It's something called 'taint,' which money readily removes.:-P
Bitch, bitch, bitch. Some of us don't read every story, so the slashback is useful.
There's no reason why you have to come here and read the articles anyway, nor did you have to click on the slashback link. I think you just wanted to have something to bitch about.
The cooker versions are for the bleeding edge. The community version is their free three cd release that includes the base system, and some standard free stuff. The commercial version usually comes with more toys, some free, some proprietary.
If stating rules for this Earth, please, do not state them as if you would apply them to this universe.
That should be the number one rule in Physics... Don't speak as if your statements applied to everything, for sooner or later you will be proven incorrect for some remote case.
There's no law that says that all solids must be less dense than air. If our air was a big noble gas, for instance, then we'd have quite a few solid materials that are less dense than that air.
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Phoenix 0.1 was stable. The only issue I've ever experienced with it was with themes. I don't know if the themes have had an API change over versions or not, but considering that these are "0" point releases... I would expect something like that to happen.
Then again, in windows I have a task bar...
Argghhh. Nearly every desktop has a taskbar, or the equivalent. The taskbar in XP is an improvement over the one in 2k, but not by much. In 2K, the taskbar is possibly the worst way to organize browser windows. By default, it is at the bottom, and that's where most people leave it, which is the least efficient place the organizer could possibly be. If you have multiple monitors, like I do, having to move the mouse across the quivalent area of one monitor to switch windows is a nightmare. I'd rather have everything nice and tidy within the same window.
Another thing is that you are able to have multiple Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox items in the task bar, but you'll have multiple instances of the same program open. That doesn't make too much sense.
There's also no reason why you couldn't just redesign the MS webmail interface with the things that you need. It wouldn't be an MS product, but MS does provide all of the tools that you need to be able to do this.
No.
The correct order from best to worst is :
Some may argue about the 5th item on the list, but honestly... what is the enjoyment of watching a guy sleep for a couple hours?
My first experience with an OS was on my father's home-brewed OS called 'NetDOS,' or whatever it was supposed to be named. He wrote it in the early 80's, and it had network functionality (with my dad's own protocols.) Some guy was supposed to sell it, but he never followed through. My dad could have been... oh well, nevermind.
I'm a second-generation computer nerd, but my nerd-dom goes all the way back to Newton. :-P
You take rockets, I'll take the rail gun, and you won't live long.
Rockets are slow and easy to avoid. Rails are a little harder to aim, but do much more damage, and are near instantaneous. If I stayed on a jump pad, for instance, you would have a really hard time hittimg me with a rocket, while I'd blast your ass with a rail.
I have been in that situation, moron. Making mistakes is part of human nature.
It's not like you are the standard of perfection by which all others should be judged. It's more important to concentrate on your own problems, then to concentrate on problems of someone else's past.
If you find that she is cheating on you, then it is your problem. If she isn't, then the only thing that it could be an issue with is your own insecurity.
If she did it while you were with her, then you'd have a valid reason. If she did it previous to being with you, I say that you're a moron.
You don't break up with a girl that you care for because she has a past that you don't like. One of the founding points of a good relationship is forgiveness. If you cannot forgive, then you really don't deserve to have the overwhelming gift of a woman that cares for you.
yada...
The definition of geek and nerd are similar, but not the same. You see, both enjoy delving into whatever they do, but the difference lies in that the nerd knows what they are doing.
Calling yourself a geek only condemns yourself to the life of "I like to fiddle, but wtf is going on!" I ask you to pull back your declaration of geekdom, and declare yourself as a nerd. I am a nerd.
if you get them in a foreign country.
Shit, only if you want VD, man. It's like the damaged items discount at Target. You get what you pay for.
I have to disagree. :-P
When I started getting blowjobs, I figured out how to widen the space under my desk so she could fit under there. This led to me trying to minimize the form factors on my machines, which led to issues like heat transfer, noise, etc.
Now, during the blow job, ability decreases remarkably, but afterwards... you won't be so distracted by pr0n. It evens out in the end.
Leave it running overnight and it'll be done in the morning (well, it was on my athlon-xp 1800). kdetoys and kdeaddons wouldn't compile for me, but someone on the forums probably has a fix.
I've found that compilation is affected more by hard disk speed than by the speed of the processor. When I watch all of the files flying by (on an XP 1800, nonetheless), I've noticed that since I've upgraded to a 7200 RPM from a 5400, the compile has been faster by at least 20%.
Microsoft has patents on some of the methods used in their libraries, but this doesn't mean that the libraries can't be re-written with different methods. It is very much like GNU vs. Unix, where the proprietary stuff is just re-written in an open way.
The difference between Mono and the Microsoft libraries is completeness. System.Windows.Forms is nearly there. The amazing thing is that Mono has got a larger number of supported databases than the Microsoft implementation. How about that?
This is interesting, this time thing that you talk about. If you say that OS X does not have problems, and that it is so easy to work with, wouldn't it follow that if there were a problem, that it would be catastrophic?
Most issues in Windows can usually be fixed in a matter of minutes, in Linux, even quicker.
Catastrophic issues, however, usually require the re-install of the operating system itself. Are you willing to spend the time it takes to install the OS again, even if it is OS X?
I don't think just anyone should be able to get into the industry. It's not an arrogance type thing, but if you're looking at development, you should really do a lot of studying.
If you are going to look into support based jobs, which doesn't make sense considering your profession, you'll just need certifications for the different OS's that you will support. The same goes for being the "fixit" hardware guy.
If you want to go into development or engineering, however, I strongly urge you to go back to college for a CS type degree. Take those math courses, take the algorithms courses, and take the advanced development and "teamwork" classes.
There is a lot of programming sludge in the industry at the moment, with people that have started caring less about elegance and efficiency. They take the attitude of "Well, as long as it works." As a doctor, you probably understand my point of view. You wouldn't use duct tape to bind wounds unless you had no choice, but it will work. I'm confronted with this on a daily basis with people that haven't been beaten over the head with good programming techniques, strong logic and mathematics, language usage, and a deeper understanding of how the machines work.
So, study your math. Study your computers. Study your languages, and why they are the way they are. Write lots of code while studying, so that you can hone your skill. Lastly, make choices in the following debates, because IT geeks' worlds revolve around them:
That just about takes care of it. It's the competition that keeps us thriving, even though some of us take it way too far.
More like poor coding techniques lead to double-checking and memory leaks. If you force yourself to be strict with your coding style, then you'll find that only on the rarest of instances would you run into memory leaks.
Too many people are lazy coders, and this has led to a number of leaks, overruns, yada yada yada.
One of the worst things that can happen is if some software company counts on their software being installed in C:\program files. Even worse is if it doesn't give you the option.
A better way of handling this is through environment variables. You can set a variable like "GS_HOME" to be the path of ghostscript, for instance. This way, you can stick it anywhere, reset the environment variable, and anything that you install afterwards knows where to look for it. I believe that this is how things are already handles.
/bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/share/bin are used as containers for binaries too. If you want your executable to appear there, just create a symbolic link to it.
No big deal. The problems you present have been solved for a long time already.
Um, since when was SCO the federal government? Last time I checked, we don't have to tell SCO shit.
Robyn will report next month on the inability of SCO to find evidence because IBM is being a big meanie.
That's wrong. It looks like Robyn bases his whole article on /. discussion, so... next month will be the exact same article as this month, but with a few words changed. He'll then put a bold faced comment at the bottom saying he's sorry for the repost.
Anyone worth their while knows that Linux fans don't code anything for Windows unless they are paid for it. It's something called 'taint,' which money readily removes. :-P
Either that guy is a complete moron, or someone really wants to smear him badly. I'm more inclined to think it's the former than the latter.
Bitch, bitch, bitch. Some of us don't read every story, so the slashback is useful.
There's no reason why you have to come here and read the articles anyway, nor did you have to click on the slashback link. I think you just wanted to have something to bitch about.
The cooker versions are for the bleeding edge. The community version is their free three cd release that includes the base system, and some standard free stuff. The commercial version usually comes with more toys, some free, some proprietary.
If stating rules for this Earth, please, do not state them as if you would apply them to this universe.
That should be the number one rule in Physics... Don't speak as if your statements applied to everything, for sooner or later you will be proven incorrect for some remote case.
There's no law that says that all solids must be less dense than air. If our air was a big noble gas, for instance, then we'd have quite a few solid materials that are less dense than that air.