As long as it is not the 'standard' format used for all music, why bother?
I mean, as long as you're free to use MP3 instead of this format, I don't see any problem. Except when the quality/compression-ratio is much better ofcourse, then it might become a problem.
But cycling keys will probably (I'm just guessing here) enlarge overhead, reducing the overall compression-ratio.
Anybody remember VQF? It creates smaller files than MP3 with better quality, yet nobody uses it (except for private music collections, maybe).
Why? It is not the standard, it's encumbered by nasty patents, and, let's face it: it does not have a decent player.
About the same goes for that stupid encumbered sound-format Microsoft tried to pull down our throath. I never heard anyone talking about it (except here on Slashdot), not even hard-core windows users.
This is exactly what the Crusoe does, even automagically (depending on how much work it has to do).
This results in massive energy saving abilities in case of the Crusoe, but am I the only one wondering if it can be used for overclocking too? After all, the control of the speed is software based, and therefore it should be possible to hack it, methinks...:-)
Yes, and when using Word '97, you don't have that 'reveal codes' function, and if you draw a line or picture somewhere, just try to select it again
I have spent many time looking for just that particular pixel on my 1024x768 screen that selected the wanted object in Word. Then when you start dragging it, you often lose focus again, etc.
So I don't think 'reveal codes' is B.A.D. It's more like LATEX, but just a little more friendly to Joe Average who'll probably never use it (while in LATEX you have to use it)
So I don't think 'reveal codes' is B.A.D. It's more like LATEX, but just a little more friendly to Joe Average who'll probably never use it (while in LATEX you have to use it)
The results bring up some more interesting questions: In what circumstances is GCC faster then MSVC, and why?
Has anyone looked at this subject? It may bring up interesting results: even in this test GCC did generally better then MSVC, and MSVC is available on 1 platform only (Windows), while GCC is available on many.
This is not a real problem. AFAIK, it is possible to mount the CDROM as/. So, you can create a tiny kernel, then mount/, then add any kernel modules you might want to load (e.g. network, sound and other drivers).
Might give some problems with SCSI CD-ROMS tough...
They [the creationists] of course would say that you have to be careful of the textbooks that claim that any theory is proven unless it actually is. Just because the average humanist scientist evolution doesn't mean it should be taught as fact, but rather as a plausible theory.
What is wrong with this? I'd say this is right. Not that I'm a creationist, but I think that the evolution theory is all but proven. This doesn't mean you can't use it for many things ofcourse, until someone proves it's wrong. But please don't say that it's not a theory but 'truth'!
...the one monopolistic entity left that's more powerful than [Microsoft] is
Last time I checked, the US government was not the only government around, so they are not a 'monopoly'. Is this just some typical American thought that the USA is the only existing country in the world or something?
I have to agree with the author that the internet has it's bad sides. I even think that many of the points mentioned are valid for western civilisation in general (e.g. why do we build big cars, big houses etc. instead of helping the 3rd world countries?)
However, the author tends to mention only the 'dark side' of things, I can mention some bright one's too:
Without the internet, there would be far less Open Source software. I consider this quite important:) Open source software might also help the 3rd world countries, because it can lower the cost of having a 'modern' company.
It is great for educational purposes. Many old books that don't fall under Copyright law anymore are freely available on the Net (this includes most old philosophers). Not to mention how great it is when studying history.
Hehe...what happens when you shoot the 'init'-process?
:-)
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You may be perfectly right. I recently bought an old 486 laptop (a DX, 100MHz) for about $250, and everything works fine: network (UTP 10MBit), 14K4 modem, 800MB harddisk, 10" TFT-display.
And: It is perfect for running X remotely (I'm typing this message on a Netscape running on my faster desktop computer, but everything is displayed on the laptop!). That works pretty fast....
So, after I bought a ~100ft UTP-cable, I can now relax in the garden while surfing the net:-)
This is long. I'm sorry, just couldn't help it... Linux is an open-source project; therefore, all changes to the kernel are subject to review and approval by a small team that controls this portion of the operating system. Companies that add features they need, but that are not accepted into the core distribution, may find themselves in a redevelopment and retesting cycle every time a new version of Linux is released. This is clearly not the case. Because Linux is freely redistributable, you can make whatever kernel changes you want and sell your (commercial) product with the (free) modified kernel. And, I don't see why a company would even *want* to make kernel changes? Besides, if you can want to change the kernel *sources* or even *binaries* of Windows without infringing a copyright, you'll have to pay big bucks to Micros~1! Windows supporters still outnumber Linux supporters because Microsoft provides a better value proposition. Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition ships with a full complement of Internet services, including Web, proxy, index, messaging, database, transaction and firewall services. With Linux, these services will soon be available as a multivendor product. Okay, quoted directly from www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch: Is NT Server really worth its price? See NT Lies: Lie 6 - NT Server is worth more. What is not trivial, however, is that a networked operating system in this price range should ship without a telnet server, SMTP server (e-mail), disk quotas, news server, or at least a DNS server that works to customers' satisfaction (many NT administrators feel compelled to go with third party DNS solutions). In order to match the functionality of a BSDI installation, additional Microsoft products and third-party solutions would bring the final price of a comparable NT solution to around $4,000, according to BSDI. So, someone tell this guy to get his facts right. (And we are not even talking about databases here!) The most critical of these integrations will be security and access control. Yeah, and as we all know, Micros~1 is real good at security and access control. Linux is just beginning to be retrofitted for symmetric multiprocessing. Without robust SMP, Linux servers can support only small companies and single applications. If you're managing multiple servers for increased scalability, you're better off using multiple NT servers all participating within the same domain. Sure! So, he is basically saying that instead of a single Linux SMP machine (which is not very stable/fast yet), you'd better take multiple small NT servers! Hmm, I'd rather do it the other way round (one big NT/SMP server, or, preferably, multiple small Linux servers). And btw, you can put multiple Linux machines in one domain, too:-) One more comment: define 'small'? I tought this site *is* running on a single Linux machine? Do you call this site 'small'? And btw, we are not even talking about clustering/load balancing yet.... One last question: how many servers does Micros~1 run? How many does ftp.cdrom.com? Just asking... One of the reasons for Windows' growth has been the complexity of configuring and maintaining Unix operating systems Does KDE or GNOME ring a bell? Redhat maybe? Or Caldera Openlinux? Anyone? OK, I'll be the first to admit that Windoze is easier to install, but after installation there is no big difference (IMHO, at least). I'm now trying this out on my parents:-) Besides, someone who doesn't know much about computers can't install Windoze, too.... Then again, for a company, easy installing is not the only thing. How about downtime/ maintenance cost? So, this was just a no-brainer. I'm not even sure what his point actually is: first he's talking about server-purposes, then about the missing nice GUI (which you don't really need for a server, do you?) And this guy is supposed to be president of NC.Focus? Someone tell him to get his facts right, or I'll go get my Snarf darts gun Just my fl. 0.02
As some of the postings already mentioned, this could be just a hoax (though I'm not sure if I like the joke)
I think there are some more reasons why this could be a hoax that aren't mentioned yet: (I'm assuming we're talking about M$ here)
there are plenty of anti-M$ sites that have much more reason to be sued. And, userfriendly is not even a anti-M$ site (although someone working at M$ might think so). There even are companies that are actually making money out of this. Check out www.winblows.com, for example. Why don't they sue them?
We are talking about cartoons that are released months and months ago (in most cases). Why did they wait until now? Last months, there has not been much anti-M$ stuff on UF, as far as I can remember
Even if they succeed, it would be very very bad PR for them (lawsuit?). If someone accidently notifies some newspapers of this...(hint hint) Btw . don't do this until it is clear that it's not a hoax!
Even if they win, wouldn't moving the server to another country solve the problem (I'm not a lawyer at all, can anyone comment on this? Might be interesting for future lawsuits:)
What are they trying to do? Give UF some free PR? Now nobody outside the geek-world knows about it (and those people are anti-M$ anyway). It might attract more people to UF (which is exactly what they don't want!)
(or maybe I'm just hoping it is a joke after all;)
Do you know how M$ in the past killed competitors just by saying they would produce something cooler?
I'm not going to believe they are actually even *thinking* about porting Office to Linux until I have it working at my computer here.
Anyway, I moved to Linux because it is more stable, so I'm not sure if I want to try it anyway:)
If I were you, I'd be scared if M$ starts to meddle with your stuff (not that you didn't know that already, but....)
Keep your eyes open everyone!
Btw. if you are really interested in the way M$ killed competition in the past (you might happen not to know all about it, for example because you were to young at that time, like me;), I suggest you read the book 'Barbarians led by Bill Gates. Microsoft from the inside' by Jennifer Edstrom and Marlin Eller (yes, he worked at M$ for many years). It's really a very interesting read.
Wouldn't a system like the FreeBSD ports be very cool to do this kind of thing?
I'm thinking about trying that OS for the same purpose (learning more about basic OS things and the like, compiling all of your own stuff, so you know what you've got on your machine)
NO flamewars on this subject, *please*, it is just an idea......
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I mean, as long as you're free to use MP3 instead of this format, I don't see any problem. Except when the quality/compression-ratio is much better ofcourse, then it might become a problem.
But cycling keys will probably (I'm just guessing here) enlarge overhead, reducing the overall compression-ratio.
Anybody remember VQF? It creates smaller files than MP3 with better quality, yet nobody uses it (except for private music collections, maybe).
Why? It is not the standard, it's encumbered by nasty patents, and, let's face it: it does not have a decent player.
About the same goes for that stupid encumbered sound-format Microsoft tried to pull down our throath. I never heard anyone talking about it (except here on Slashdot), not even hard-core windows users.
So, I don't see why we should bother with it...
This results in massive energy saving abilities in case of the Crusoe, but am I the only one wondering if it can be used for overclocking too? After all, the control of the speed is software based, and therefore it should be possible to hack it, methinks...:-)
At least, in the Netherlands, that is.
Seriously though, if the <A> tag suddenly doesn't work in Internet Explorer 6, it's really time to start worrying :-)
If so can I sue doubleclick.com & friends? :-)
Ah well, maybe turning off cookies helps a lot too...
Sorry about the redundant lines in my message. That will learn me not to trust M$ products :-)
I have spent many time looking for just that particular pixel on my 1024x768 screen that selected the wanted object in Word. Then when you start dragging it, you often lose focus again, etc.
So I don't think 'reveal codes' is B.A.D. It's more like LATEX, but just a little more friendly to Joe Average who'll probably never use it (while in LATEX you have to use it)
So I don't think 'reveal codes' is B.A.D. It's more like LATEX, but just a little more friendly to Joe Average who'll probably never use it (while in LATEX you have to use it)
I guess this one is a little faster tough...
Has anyone looked at this subject? It may bring up interesting results: even in this test GCC did generally better then MSVC, and MSVC is available on 1 platform only (Windows), while GCC is available on many.
Oops, I should probably have logged out first, let's see if I can get my karma below 0. Want to bet on it?
This is not a real problem. AFAIK, it is possible to mount the CDROM as /. /, then add any kernel modules you might want to load (e.g. network, sound and other drivers).
So, you can create a tiny kernel, then mount
Might give some problems with SCSI CD-ROMS tough...
What is wrong with this? I'd say this is right. Not that I'm a creationist, but I think that the evolution theory is all but proven. This doesn't mean you can't use it for many things ofcourse, until someone proves it's wrong. But please don't say that it's not a theory but 'truth'!
I really like that word for 'Paper-version'. Is it already in the Jargon file?
Last time I checked, the US government was not the only government around, so they are not a 'monopoly'. Is this just some typical American thought that the USA is the only existing country in the world or something?
However, the author tends to mention only the 'dark side' of things, I can mention some bright one's too:
Open source software might also help the 3rd world countries, because it can lower the cost of having a 'modern' company.
Not to mention how great it is when studying history.
If you can't figure out how to mail me, don't.
Hehe...what happens when you shoot the 'init'-process?
:-)
You may be perfectly right. I recently bought an old 486 laptop (a DX, 100MHz) for about $250, and everything works fine: network (UTP 10MBit), 14K4 modem, 800MB harddisk, 10" TFT-display.
:-)
And: It is perfect for running X remotely (I'm typing this message on a Netscape running on my faster desktop computer, but everything is displayed on the laptop!). That works pretty fast....
So, after I bought a ~100ft UTP-cable, I can now relax in the garden while surfing the net
Yuck.
:-)
How on earth is it possible that even C't makes this mistake? I thought they would have heard of www.opensource.org! Apparently, they have not...
Otherwise it's a good article.
My fl. 0.01 (which is even less than $0.01
This is long. I'm sorry, just couldn't help it... Linux is an open-source project; therefore, all changes to the kernel are subject to review and approval by a small team that controls this portion of the operating system. Companies that add features they need, but that are not accepted into the core distribution, may find themselves in a redevelopment and retesting cycle every time a new version of Linux is released. This is clearly not the case. Because Linux is freely redistributable, you can make whatever kernel changes you want and sell your (commercial) product with the (free) modified kernel. And, I don't see why a company would even *want* to make kernel changes? Besides, if you can want to change the kernel *sources* or even *binaries* of Windows without infringing a copyright, you'll have to pay big bucks to Micros~1! Windows supporters still outnumber Linux supporters because Microsoft provides a better value proposition. Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition ships with a full complement of Internet services, including Web, proxy, index, messaging, database, transaction and firewall services. With Linux, these services will soon be available as a multivendor product. Okay, quoted directly from www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch: Is NT Server really worth its price? See NT Lies: Lie 6 - NT Server is worth more. What is not trivial, however, is that a networked operating system in this price range should ship without a telnet server, SMTP server (e-mail), disk quotas, news server, or at least a DNS server that works to customers' satisfaction (many NT administrators feel compelled to go with third party DNS solutions). In order to match the functionality of a BSDI installation, additional Microsoft products and third-party solutions would bring the final price of a comparable NT solution to around $4,000, according to BSDI. So, someone tell this guy to get his facts right. (And we are not even talking about databases here!) The most critical of these integrations will be security and access control. Yeah, and as we all know, Micros~1 is real good at security and access control. Linux is just beginning to be retrofitted for symmetric multiprocessing. Without robust SMP, Linux servers can support only small companies and single applications. If you're managing multiple servers for increased scalability, you're better off using multiple NT servers all participating within the same domain. Sure! So, he is basically saying that instead of a single Linux SMP machine (which is not very stable/fast yet), you'd better take multiple small NT servers! Hmm, I'd rather do it the other way round (one big NT/SMP server, or, preferably, multiple small Linux servers). And btw, you can put multiple Linux machines in one domain, too :-) One more comment: define 'small'? I tought this site *is* running on a single Linux machine? Do you call this site 'small'? And btw, we are not even talking about clustering/load balancing yet.... One last question: how many servers does Micros~1 run? How many does ftp.cdrom.com? Just asking... One of the reasons for Windows' growth has been the complexity of configuring and maintaining Unix operating systems Does KDE or GNOME ring a bell? Redhat maybe? Or Caldera Openlinux? Anyone? OK, I'll be the first to admit that Windoze is easier to install, but after installation there is no big difference (IMHO, at least). I'm now trying this out on my parents :-) Besides, someone who doesn't know much about computers can't install Windoze, too.... Then again, for a company, easy installing is not the only thing. How about downtime/ maintenance cost? So, this was just a no-brainer. I'm not even sure what his point actually is: first he's talking about server-purposes, then about the missing nice GUI (which you don't really need for a server, do you?) And this guy is supposed to be president of NC.Focus? Someone tell him to get his facts right, or I'll go get my Snarf darts gun Just my fl. 0.02
I think there are some more reasons why this could be a hoax that aren't mentioned yet: (I'm assuming we're talking about M$ here)
- there are plenty of anti-M$ sites that have much more reason to be sued. And, userfriendly is not even a anti-M$ site (although someone working at M$ might think so). There even are companies that are actually making money out of this. Check out www.winblows.com, for example. Why don't they sue them?
- We are talking about cartoons that are released months and months ago (in most cases). Why did they wait until now? Last months, there has not been much anti-M$ stuff on UF, as far as I can remember
- Even if they succeed, it would be very very bad PR for them (lawsuit?). If someone accidently notifies some newspapers of this...(hint hint)
- Even if they win, wouldn't moving the server to another country solve the problem (I'm not a lawyer at all, can anyone comment on this? Might be interesting for future lawsuits
:) - What are they trying to do? Give UF some free PR? Now nobody outside the geek-world knows about it (and those people are anti-M$ anyway). It might attract more people to UF (which is exactly what they don't want!)
(or maybe I'm just hoping it is a joke after allBtw . don't do this until it is clear that it's not a hoax!
Do you know how M$ in the past killed competitors just by saying they would produce something cooler?
:)
;),
I'm not going to believe they are actually even *thinking* about porting Office to Linux until I have it working at my computer here.
Anyway, I moved to Linux because it is more stable, so I'm not sure if I want to try it anyway
If I were you, I'd be scared if M$ starts to meddle with your stuff (not that you didn't know that already, but....)
Keep your eyes open everyone!
Btw. if you are really interested in the way M$ killed competition in the past (you might happen not to know all about it, for example because you were to young at that time, like me
I suggest you read the book 'Barbarians led by Bill Gates. Microsoft from the inside' by Jennifer Edstrom and Marlin Eller (yes, he worked at M$ for many years). It's really a very interesting read.
Wouldn't a system like the FreeBSD ports be very cool to do this kind of thing?
I'm thinking about trying that OS for the same purpose (learning more about basic OS things and the like, compiling all of your own stuff, so you know what you've got on your machine)
NO flamewars on this subject, *please*, it is just an idea......