Yes, there's some problems in the Be scene at the moment, there always have been. Personally, I'm just crossing my fingers Be knows what it's doing, and in the meantime, keeping a close eye on Atheos.
One important improvement to the Windows task bar is the option of having the operating system group multiple
iterations of the same application such as multiple Internet Explorer windows into a single task-bar item. The user then clicks on the IE task-bar item to see a vertical list of open IE windows.
Wow, nice to see that BeOS is getting enough attention from MS that they'll steal their interface ideas(this is the default BeOS behaviour). Not that any OS vendor isn't guilty of stealing interface ideas. Win95 looked remarkably like NeXT in a lot of ways...
It's great to be able to hear Jello talk, but just what is H2K? From looking at the website, it looks to be an incredibly lame defCon. I'm sorry, but anyone who labels their website "hackers on planet earth"...
Sounds a little to close to "hack the planet" for comfort.
Neither. I'm pretty happy with how things are going for me in the industry at the moment, but I'm also sick of silicon valley pricks who drive slow in the fast lane with their Jags and Z3s and then ask companies to foot the bill for their excess.
"Techies are quite creative people;
they look at themselves as code
artists," Berg said. "When they get
inspired, they need to act on it, in
the middle of the night or on the
bus or metro and...in unusual
situations."
I think this is unnecessary romanticizing. Programmers are workers like anyone else, they're not some special artists that need to be coddled. Yes, perks are nice, but there's a hell of a lot of snotty coders out here that request outrageous salaries, want free cars, etc, because they think they're god's gift to the company. I don't hear marketing asking for work-sponsored masseuses because they're creative and sensitive people the company can't do without, despite the fact that, unfortunately, marketing and sales have more of an impact on the success of a company.
Fortunately, with the demise of lame internet companies with no business model and the correction of outlandish tech stock prices, this is on a decrease. People are realizing that programmers are not glamorous magicians that make or break a company. And they don't get free Z3's anymore, thank god.
This has been common knowledge for quite a while, so I don't think it qualifies as 'debunking'. Everyone knows that you can't actually perceive 200fps, the point of having insanely fast framerates is so we can have things running in 1600x1200 in 32-bit color and still have the framerate fast enough so that it won't drop below 60-70 fps.
That's more or less exactly how I do it, except that I use 5 for backwards - make it a little quicker to change directions, and it doesn't look like you're using it for anything else. Give that a try...
Yeah, I can't picture how this Claw thing is supposed to be an improvement, except for people from Linuxworld who admit aren't very good to begin with. There's no intuitive way to go backwards with this thing, and I can't imagine how exactly one should have the keys bound to make it useful. Perhaps if they had considered a second button behind the middle finger instead of beside the index one i'd be more keen on it - but as it is, the keypad is great.
That'll be great to have. I'll have to give WINE another try here soon...all I was saying is the last time I used WINE, well, there was a windows box right next to me, and given the choice of editing config files I didn't know, I'd rather use the Windows box. But like I say, I totally support your effort, and if I'm off on timetables, forgive me, because I haven't been following it closely, unfortunately.
It's silly to say that somehow there's no reason to have Windows now that WINE runs Office. First off, how are you supposed to install Office without Windows? Secondly, WINE is a complete pain in the arse to set up and get running - average users, i.e., the kind that use office suites, are not going to do that. In fact, I'd much rather boot into Windows to use those applications than twiddle with WINE myself.
Admittedly, it's been a long time since I've tried WINE, but I doubt the process for installation and setup has varied drastically. WINE is a good project, and I think good things will come out of it eventually for end users, but not for another year or so, most likely.
I assume by "new crop of feminists" you mean people like Susie Bright, Camille Paglia and the fine folks at Good Vibrations. Perhaps you more enjoy the old school feminists like everyone's favorite rabid anti-porn activist, Andrea Dworkin? There's nothing inherently wrong with the medium, and there's also nothing inherently wrong with women in the medium having impossibly large breasts. If you look at traditional japanese art, all the way back to wood prints, anatomy was greatly exaggerated for both men and women, and is in anime as well.
Look at ancient japanese art and you'll see that men were depicted as having such huge members that most would have a hard time keeping their balance. In most modern pornographic or semi-adult anime, the same is true - however, most men don't run around with inferiority complexes about it, complaining that they feel objectified or sub-par because they don't have 20 penises and a 9-inch tongue like the fellows in the movies. Art does not affect society as strongly as you're suggesting.
It's a very old debate whether art reflects or influences society, but I think it comes down to the fact that you're responsible for your own beliefs and actions. Fact is that no one's forcing you to be degraded, and you're not being oppressed. To roughly quote Eleanor Roosevelt, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
What would people say if Microsoft adapted as fascist an attitude as RMS has? Picture this - you're only able to compile software under Windows, linking to MS libraries, if the software you create retains the MSPL. RMS has done some great things, but I really don't know why people pay so much attention to him. If he thinks the world is simply black and white, he needs to grow up.
-lx
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No, I don't see how my love of sucking cock has any relevance here. I'm glad you don't care.
I looked at Ruby as well, but I have to admit, one of the things I like about Python is the fact that it comes with tons of really usefull modules in the default install. I'm sure I'm going to learn Ruby eventually, but for now I want to finish learning Python well. By the way, why is it no one ever writes compilers for these languages? Unless I'm mistaken, there's no reason you couldn't...
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But they got Quake III! It's not fair! (*whine*)
Ah well, I guess you have to have something to do when you get bored in a reactor or dam.:)
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Worth mentioning that QNX RTP is available for download from their site. Gave it a try about a week ago, and it does have its good points - i went from booting the CD to being up and running in about 10-15 minutes, with network and graphics configs as well. Nice. They have a nifty little web browser, and REALLY nice package management - Linux could learn a thing or two from it. They have a reasonable amount of software, the interface is pretty responsive, and it's pretty easy to use.
The downsides - I hate the filesystem layout - it's really confusing, moreso than other unices. The interface is allright, but it's not as well designed as other ones I've tried. It'll be cool for embedded applications, but as a desktop OS, which is more what RTP is, it doesn't beat *BSD/Linux or BeOS. What's frustrating is that they've been able to garner a lot of support from other vendors, having a JVM and Flash and RealPlayer, Quake III (!) and lots of hardware support, compared to BeOS which is just now getting these things and has had lots of problems with hardware vendors.
All in all, I reccomend giving it a try, but I don't think I'd use it regularly. Between BeOS and FreeBSD, all my needs are pretty much satisfied. Well, cept for when I need to boot Windows to play Counter-Strike.
It's great to hav cross-platform programming languages, but can we PLEASE have a language that isn't based on C? At all? I for one, hate C++ - I hate languages that are similar to C++, and I don't know many people who like it all that much. How much longer are people going to keep using a primitive language just because it's what they're used to?
I'd like to see some innovation in actual language design sometime - Python and Haskell are a good start.
True enough. Have to chime in with my BeOS elitism and say we've been pulling the plugs on our machines for years with no ill effects. Be does this at Comdex and similar shows during demos, and of course then they get to show off it booting in under 10 seconds. As far as it not being a database, it's probably a good thing. From what I gather, they moved away from that for reasons of performance.
To be fair, there are other filesystems that can beat BFS in raw performance, but BFS performance on its own is pretty damn good, and the additional features are a nifty bonus.
What's up with MS's ClearType? I mean, it's just anti-aliasing, right? I don't know a lot about it, so I assumed that's all that it did. They can't bloody well patent that...
I've been pretty impressed with mozilla's progress the last few releases, and I'd love to be able to switch over to using it as my primary browser under Fbsd (it's not quite good enough to replace IE under windows) - but in my line of work, I have to access a slew of sites that use ssl, and it'd be silly to run netscape and mozilla side by side.
I know the netscape 6 pr3 supports ssl, but the installer breaks under slack and free. So, the question is, what's holding mozilla back from releasing m18 with ssl? I mean, the code can obviously be slapped in, the laws have changed, and the patent's expired.
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Yes, there's some problems in the Be scene at the moment, there always have been. Personally, I'm just crossing my fingers Be knows what it's doing, and in the meantime, keeping a close eye on Atheos.
-lx
The buttons, mostly. For close and maximize, etc. Ok, it didn't look THAT much like NeXT.
-lx
One important improvement to the Windows task bar is the option of having the operating system group multiple
iterations of the same application such as multiple Internet Explorer windows into a single task-bar item. The user then clicks on the IE task-bar item to see a vertical list of open IE windows.
Wow, nice to see that BeOS is getting enough attention from MS that they'll steal their interface ideas(this is the default BeOS behaviour). Not that any OS vendor isn't guilty of stealing interface ideas. Win95 looked remarkably like NeXT in a lot of ways...
-lx
It's great to be able to hear Jello talk, but just what is H2K? From looking at the website, it looks to be an incredibly lame defCon. I'm sorry, but anyone who labels their website "hackers on planet earth"...
Sounds a little to close to "hack the planet" for comfort.
-lx
Neither. I'm pretty happy with how things are going for me in the industry at the moment, but I'm also sick of silicon valley pricks who drive slow in the fast lane with their Jags and Z3s and then ask companies to foot the bill for their excess.
-lx
"Techies are quite creative people;
they look at themselves as code
artists," Berg said. "When they get
inspired, they need to act on it, in
the middle of the night or on the
bus or metro and...in unusual
situations."
I think this is unnecessary romanticizing. Programmers are workers like anyone else, they're not some special artists that need to be coddled. Yes, perks are nice, but there's a hell of a lot of snotty coders out here that request outrageous salaries, want free cars, etc, because they think they're god's gift to the company. I don't hear marketing asking for work-sponsored masseuses because they're creative and sensitive people the company can't do without, despite the fact that, unfortunately, marketing and sales have more of an impact on the success of a company.
Fortunately, with the demise of lame internet companies with no business model and the correction of outlandish tech stock prices, this is on a decrease. People are realizing that programmers are not glamorous magicians that make or break a company. And they don't get free Z3's anymore, thank god.
-lx
Certainly, I was thinking...
guinness-beer-reallyreally-sucks-like-a-lot.com
guinness-beer-ate-my-balls.com
guinness-tastes-like-ass.com
godifuckinghateguinnessbeer.com
course, I actuall really like Guinness, if it's out of those k-rad cans. That's good stuff.
-lx
This has been common knowledge for quite a while, so I don't think it qualifies as 'debunking'. Everyone knows that you can't actually perceive 200fps, the point of having insanely fast framerates is so we can have things running in 1600x1200 in 32-bit color and still have the framerate fast enough so that it won't drop below 60-70 fps.
-lx
That's more or less exactly how I do it, except that I use 5 for backwards - make it a little quicker to change directions, and it doesn't look like you're using it for anything else. Give that a try...
:)
Yeah, I can't picture how this Claw thing is supposed to be an improvement, except for people from Linuxworld who admit aren't very good to begin with. There's no intuitive way to go backwards with this thing, and I can't imagine how exactly one should have the keys bound to make it useful. Perhaps if they had considered a second button behind the middle finger instead of beside the index one i'd be more keen on it - but as it is, the keypad is great.
Someone should make an ergo standalone keypad
-lx
That'll be great to have. I'll have to give WINE another try here soon...all I was saying is the last time I used WINE, well, there was a windows box right next to me, and given the choice of editing config files I didn't know, I'd rather use the Windows box. But like I say, I totally support your effort, and if I'm off on timetables, forgive me, because I haven't been following it closely, unfortunately.
thanks,
-lx
It's silly to say that somehow there's no reason to have Windows now that WINE runs Office. First off, how are you supposed to install Office without Windows? Secondly, WINE is a complete pain in the arse to set up and get running - average users, i.e., the kind that use office suites, are not going to do that. In fact, I'd much rather boot into Windows to use those applications than twiddle with WINE myself.
Admittedly, it's been a long time since I've tried WINE, but I doubt the process for installation and setup has varied drastically. WINE is a good project, and I think good things will come out of it eventually for end users, but not for another year or so, most likely.
-lx
True, in american comics and animation things aren't that much difference. Look at the women in X-men, etc.
-lx
I assume by "new crop of feminists" you mean people like Susie Bright, Camille Paglia and the fine folks at Good Vibrations. Perhaps you more enjoy the old school feminists like everyone's favorite rabid anti-porn activist, Andrea Dworkin? There's nothing inherently wrong with the medium, and there's also nothing inherently wrong with women in the medium having impossibly large breasts. If you look at traditional japanese art, all the way back to wood prints, anatomy was greatly exaggerated for both men and women, and is in anime as well.
Look at ancient japanese art and you'll see that men were depicted as having such huge members that most would have a hard time keeping their balance. In most modern pornographic or semi-adult anime, the same is true - however, most men don't run around with inferiority complexes about it, complaining that they feel objectified or sub-par because they don't have 20 penises and a 9-inch tongue like the fellows in the movies. Art does not affect society as strongly as you're suggesting.
It's a very old debate whether art reflects or influences society, but I think it comes down to the fact that you're responsible for your own beliefs and actions. Fact is that no one's forcing you to be degraded, and you're not being oppressed. To roughly quote Eleanor Roosevelt, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-lx
What would people say if Microsoft adapted as fascist an attitude as RMS has? Picture this - you're only able to compile software under Windows, linking to MS libraries, if the software you create retains the MSPL. RMS has done some great things, but I really don't know why people pay so much attention to him. If he thinks the world is simply black and white, he needs to grow up.
-lx
No, I don't see how my love of sucking cock has any relevance here. I'm glad you don't care.
-lx
I looked at Ruby as well, but I have to admit, one of the things I like about Python is the fact that it comes with tons of really usefull modules in the default install. I'm sure I'm going to learn Ruby eventually, but for now I want to finish learning Python well. By the way, why is it no one ever writes compilers for these languages? Unless I'm mistaken, there's no reason you couldn't...
-lx
But they got Quake III! It's not fair! (*whine*) :)
Ah well, I guess you have to have something to do when you get bored in a reactor or dam.
-lx
Worth mentioning that QNX RTP is available for download from their site. Gave it a try about a week ago, and it does have its good points - i went from booting the CD to being up and running in about 10-15 minutes, with network and graphics configs as well. Nice. They have a nifty little web browser, and REALLY nice package management - Linux could learn a thing or two from it. They have a reasonable amount of software, the interface is pretty responsive, and it's pretty easy to use.
The downsides - I hate the filesystem layout - it's really confusing, moreso than other unices. The interface is allright, but it's not as well designed as other ones I've tried. It'll be cool for embedded applications, but as a desktop OS, which is more what RTP is, it doesn't beat *BSD/Linux or BeOS. What's frustrating is that they've been able to garner a lot of support from other vendors, having a JVM and Flash and RealPlayer, Quake III (!) and lots of hardware support, compared to BeOS which is just now getting these things and has had lots of problems with hardware vendors.
All in all, I reccomend giving it a try, but I don't think I'd use it regularly. Between BeOS and FreeBSD, all my needs are pretty much satisfied. Well, cept for when I need to boot Windows to play Counter-Strike.
-lx
It's great to hav cross-platform programming languages, but can we PLEASE have a language that isn't based on C? At all? I for one, hate C++ - I hate languages that are similar to C++, and I don't know many people who like it all that much. How much longer are people going to keep using a primitive language just because it's what they're used to?
I'd like to see some innovation in actual language design sometime - Python and Haskell are a good start.
-lx
True enough. Have to chime in with my BeOS elitism and say we've been pulling the plugs on our machines for years with no ill effects. Be does this at Comdex and similar shows during demos, and of course then they get to show off it booting in under 10 seconds. As far as it not being a database, it's probably a good thing. From what I gather, they moved away from that for reasons of performance.
To be fair, there are other filesystems that can beat BFS in raw performance, but BFS performance on its own is pretty damn good, and the additional features are a nifty bonus.
-lx
Does anyone care?
And yes, afaik.
-lx
Oh. Well in that case, I want it. I think.
-lx
I could certainly do with those. But how about some of those MMFFFFF/nc/bd/rom ones, eh?
-lx
What's up with MS's ClearType? I mean, it's just anti-aliasing, right? I don't know a lot about it, so I assumed that's all that it did. They can't bloody well patent that...
-lx
I've been pretty impressed with mozilla's progress the last few releases, and I'd love to be able to switch over to using it as my primary browser under Fbsd (it's not quite good enough to replace IE under windows) - but in my line of work, I have to access a slew of sites that use ssl, and it'd be silly to run netscape and mozilla side by side.
I know the netscape 6 pr3 supports ssl, but the installer breaks under slack and free. So, the question is, what's holding mozilla back from releasing m18 with ssl? I mean, the code can obviously be slapped in, the laws have changed, and the patent's expired.
Pleeeeeze?
-lx