Things are getting "fatter" because it seems to be that many popular Linux desktop environments are in some way trying to compete with or mimick the "feel" of the Windows desktop. There are still many ways to avoid memory intensive and cpu-sapping desktop environments - WindowMaker, fluxbox, fvwm, and other window managers still offer enough for most people to "get stuff done" without hogging resources like it's going out of style.
But really, though, this was to be expected. I use GNOME 2 as my desktop environment and I'm fully aware of the price I'm paying in system resources. You can't expect a windowing environment that uses SVG, pretty effects, and pleasing visuals to be thrifty with computing power.
Sure, but it makes reading your laptop's LCD difficult. Being in the sun is nice, but if one's objective is to get work done, then I think being outside period is good enough.
I apologize for being off-topic or being ignorant, but what legislature has been proposed to restrict the usage of cell phones with cameras?
The net needs to, and will be, free.
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Gates on Spam
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If sending regular email via the existing methods becomes a pay-for-play service, then it's only a matter of time before an entirely new email protocol surfaces that allows participants to send mail for free.
I suppose you could say it'd be "voting with your dollar" to shut down any efforts to control the Internet in such a manner.
1. It's for feasible for me as a consultant/freelancer/contractor 2. Free software has been, is, and will remain on the bleeding edge of technology. 3. All of my employers, past and present, chose Open Source software as the basis of its products and services because of reasons #1 and #2.
1. "Hackers" do not operate as a "group". They're just people who like to pick things apart and learn more. "Hackers" are disenfranchised people with different goals. 2. ESR is false in thinking that he can be the mouthpiece for the "Hackers" of the world.
I think this question is very misleading. The truth is, regardless of what kind of system you run, more often than not your system is only as secure as you make it.
Some systems are designed to be "secure" out of the box, but it is the responsibility of the administrator to make it so.
I'm sure that other people have posted similar remarks, but I haven't taken the time to see so for myself.
You're full of it, and so are your claims that Linux contains your proprietary code.... and that's coming from JAH (Jeffrey Alan Hunt), which has not recieved one cent from IBM!
Something you are overlooking is that things like Red Hat Linux and Apache _dont't_ have prices - I don't understand why you said that they cost (X) dollars, but you can download them for free off the net.....
Someone should update that Everything entry.
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Code Redux
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I think it's great how there was the link to give the definition of Code Red in the story, but nobody had actually given the contextual definition.
I completely agree with Suck in that Mozilla is dead. The Mozilla project seems to be way too concerned about adding funky crap to the browser instead of making an actual, usable, web browser. Netscape can start three times as fast as Mozilla, but is unusable because of memory leaks. And the Mozilla UI is just damned confusing. When I'm not at work, I use lynx, but the lack of visuals is hard to deal with, with so many eye-candy websites using tons of graphics. What ever happend to the "sweet and simple" approach to app design??
I really don't care any more about what Microsoft does. Some Microsoft software is good, some isn't. I don't care. Is Linux better? Don't care. I use Linux because it fulfills a need. If Microsoft fulfilled that need, I would use Windows. Blah Blah Blah. So Microsoft "invented" a new language. Don't care. I'm not going to bother making fun of them.
Call this a troll or flame-bait. Moderate this down. Don't care!:)
My first programming experience was with BASICA on dos 3.X. I suggest that children who wish to get into programming start with some variant of BASIC, but _not_ Visual Basic. Find a copy of QBASIC somewhere and get them started with that. In such an early stage of their programming education, teaching them a language used in serious production isn't terribly important; you want them to learn the concepts of programming... loops, control structures, variables, etc etc. From my experience, using BASIC for a couple years was a great help when I moved on to C.
But most importantly, don't crush any enthusiasm they may have for learning programming by overwhelming them with more complex languages like C, VisualBasic, Perl, or possibly even shell scripting.
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Things are getting "fatter" because it seems to be that many popular Linux desktop environments are in some way trying to compete with or mimick the "feel" of the Windows desktop. There are still many ways to avoid memory intensive and cpu-sapping desktop environments - WindowMaker, fluxbox, fvwm, and other window managers still offer enough for most people to "get stuff done" without hogging resources like it's going out of style.
But really, though, this was to be expected. I use GNOME 2 as my desktop environment and I'm fully aware of the price I'm paying in system resources. You can't expect a windowing environment that uses SVG, pretty effects, and pleasing visuals to be thrifty with computing power.
Pure capitalism. If I want to sell something to you that you don't want, should you feel bad? Nope.
Sounds like "Dance Dance Delusion" to me ;)
Sure, but it makes reading your laptop's LCD difficult. Being in the sun is nice, but if one's objective is to get work done, then I think being outside period is good enough.
Get yourself one of those fancy deck tables with the umbrella that comes out of the middle. Voila - sunlight problem solved.
I apologize for being off-topic or being ignorant, but what legislature has been proposed to restrict the usage of cell phones with cameras?
If sending regular email via the existing methods becomes a pay-for-play service, then it's only a matter of time before an entirely new email protocol surfaces that allows participants to send mail for free.
I suppose you could say it'd be "voting with your dollar" to shut down any efforts to control the Internet in such a manner.
mod parent down... too many typos
I use free software because:
1. It's for feasible for me as a consultant/freelancer/contractor
2. Free software has been, is, and will remain on the bleeding edge of technology.
3. All of my employers, past and present, chose Open Source software as the basis of its products and services because of reasons #1 and #2.
It would be a great idea, except:
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1. "Hackers" do not operate as a "group". They're just people who like to pick things apart and learn more. "Hackers" are disenfranchised people with different goals.
2. ESR is false in thinking that he can be the mouthpiece for the "Hackers" of the world.
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Someone should have used mysql_pconnect() !
Hello,
I think this question is very misleading. The truth is, regardless of what kind of system you run, more often than not your system is only as secure as you make it.
Some systems are designed to be "secure" out of the box, but it is the responsibility of the administrator to make it so.
I'm sure that other people have posted similar remarks, but I haven't taken the time to see so for myself.
Mr. McBride:
... and that's coming from JAH (Jeffrey Alan Hunt), which has not recieved one cent from IBM!
You're full of it, and so are your claims that Linux contains your proprietary code.
Or perhaps we have been invaded by the British. The way things are going in the USA now, I can only hope...
Something you are overlooking is that things like Red Hat Linux and Apache _dont't_ have prices - I don't understand why you said that they cost (X) dollars, but you can download them for free off the net.....
I think it's great how there was the link to give the definition of Code Red in the story, but nobody had actually given the contextual definition.
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Didn't anybody catch on to this??
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Grr.
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Call this a troll or flame-bait. Moderate this down. Don't care! :)
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But most importantly, don't crush any enthusiasm they may have for learning programming by overwhelming them with more complex languages like C, VisualBasic, Perl, or possibly even shell scripting.
Just my $0.02, and then some :)
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Love,
Your pals from skylab.org
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These guys make excellent cases... www.calpc.com Jeff
Just had to take this chance to exclaim my pride in my home state! Oregon Represent! heh :)