Apple isn't the only one that replaces with a newer computer, my old acer ferrari (nutfrier) broke down after 3 years and they sent me a new Aspire 6920G that is infinitely(!:D) more powerful and can run all the latest games.
Maybe we finally will see GPLd ZFS now even though btrfs is superior in design. I wouldn't really trust ZFS to hold my data given all the ignored bug reports about data corruption.
Not living in the US, I was wondering if this service provides full hd or if its sd crap. There is no point in watching it on your digital tv unless it have a proper resolution. If its bad and you can see blocking etc, i would just get mad and download the HD version via torrent anyway;)
Or the commercial software vendor can just make the binary static or include every single library file like they do on windows. Heck, most windows applications even install their own version of the windows "libc". Not that this is really necessary, the ABI for most libs don't seem to change between minor releases. Its been years since i had problems with closed software in linux.
I'm not sure if I want it to be the end-user desktop, I want it to be the cutting-edge desktop.
As for backwards compatibility, why would you want that as long as you can just recompile your app towards the new version.
Do you know how many of the bugs/cruft that is in windows comes from trying to be backwards compatible? There is a reason they finally had it (same with Apple), and recommends xp in a virtual machine for windows 7 users if they need to run old apps. Apple had their OS9 emulation layer going on for long but OS X is not backwards compatible with OS9/8 etc.
Bingo. All my personal applications like bill management and phone listings, I have written in Qt. My computers (and my gf's) all have windows or linux on them. The bill management application uses both a database (postgres now but can be anything), and networking. The porting of said application from its development environment (linux) to windows 64 and 32 bit is a simple nmake. The only real diffrence comes if i want to include an icon in my windows binary so that it will display it in windows explorer.
Writing portable code is not hard. It really comes down to what you decide before writing the application.
Performance is actually a lot better now, my GF's aging laptop was able to run the game at low quality for about 5 fps at launch. Now the same computer (Core duo 2 ghz with a gfx card approx nvidia 7600) runs conan on high quality at 15-20 fps. My gaming rig (Q6600 3 ghz, 9800 GTX, 4gb ram) runs the game on high quality in 1920x1200 with about 100-150 fps. And DX10 has been in for a few months now.
Probably not too well since the malware has to be executed when the computer starts and if the malware is not wine specific it would not execute at user login/boot.
I still have my original 1989 Model M and i was using it up until a few weeks ago when i bought a new daskeyboard:) The M still works and its great for maintenance. The keys come easily off and there is no serious electronics inside of it;)
My GF complains that both sound like a machine gun when i type on them though....
And still, some people like me can't hear the diffrence on FLAC or 128 kbps MP3;) But I don't have audiophile golden ears that's for sure... Still I got maximum score in the military when they tested my hearing.
No worries here, apple will kick this application out faster than you can say citrix since they can't control the apps anymore with it. Apple is all about control and marketing. Also running windows apps on the iphone is not "hip" and will in their eyes destroy the iphone image no matter how usefull it is.
Yes it was more like what they do in the Minority Report, only a lot less advanced of course. However it was not patented and doing so would be silly. As for the Apple patent, it would be like patenting the interface to a game. I've also seen that people claim that Apples approach is novel because it uses "rooms". I clearly remember an interface that came with Packard Bell computers around 1995 containing rooms running on top of Microsoft Windows. It might not have been "real" 3d, but it felt more like a game with static rooms and objects you could click on. However the idea behind it was the same.
Well at least there is a ton of prior art like compiz etc. I remember in the end of the 90's at an oil company i worked for, we had 3-4 SGI machines that used an array of projectors to create a 3d world for the engineers to explore the ground. You used a glove and cloud pull apart the different geological layers and pull down menus with your hand. The US patent system is def. screwed if they pass something like this.
It came on 40 floppies or something like that. I remember it asking me to insert "disk containing file x" when you wanted to install something. And it never told you which disk it was so you had to test all until you hit the right one:)
Some of the most fun i have is when i work on my private projects. Does a painter paint because he's bored?
I think not!:)
Being creative is giving me a feeling nothing else can, and I think this is true for people since way back when man painted on the walls of their caves.
Hi, I think you might be confused over what is a window manager (TVM, Enlightenment, FVWM etc.) or a desktop enviroment like KDE or Gnome. I used to use FVWM for a long time and it suited me really well. But there is no enviroment, no correlation between applications etc. Now a days, I use KDE mainly because i want to use my computer not configure it to death;). I see your point, but a window manager is not the same as a desktop enviroment. If i do not remember incorrectly, Gnome uses enlighenment as its window manager, and KDE can at least use the default kwin or the new composite beryl window manager. Obviously if you want a desktop enviroment it is going to be a slightly slower. But there are alternatives. Xubuntu comes with the XFCE system default and there is nothing stopping you from running TVW in the login menu (or simply echoing exec tvm to your.xinitrc file in console before starting X).
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Apple isn't the only one that replaces with a newer computer, my old acer ferrari (nutfrier) broke down after 3 years and they sent me a new Aspire 6920G that is infinitely(!:D) more powerful and can run all the latest games.
Actually, Das Keyboard http://www.daskeyboard.com/ supports 12 keys to be pressed simultaneously :)
Maybe we finally will see GPLd ZFS now even though btrfs is superior in design. I wouldn't really trust ZFS to hold my data given all the ignored bug reports about data corruption.
Not living in the US, I was wondering if this service provides full hd or if its sd crap. ;)
There is no point in watching it on your digital tv unless it have a proper resolution.
If its bad and you can see blocking etc, i would just get mad and download the HD version via torrent anyway
Or the commercial software vendor can just make the binary static or include every single
library file like they do on windows. Heck, most windows applications even install their
own version of the windows "libc".
Not that this is really necessary, the ABI for most libs don't seem to change between
minor releases. Its been years since i had problems with closed software in linux.
I'm not sure if I want it to be the end-user desktop, I want it to be the
cutting-edge desktop.
As for backwards compatibility, why would you want that
as long as you can just recompile your app towards the new version.
Do you know how many of the bugs/cruft that is in windows comes from trying to be
backwards compatible? There is a reason they finally had it (same with Apple),
and recommends xp in a virtual machine for windows 7 users if they need to run old apps.
Apple had their OS9 emulation layer going on for long but OS X is not backwards compatible
with OS9/8 etc.
Bingo.
All my personal applications like bill management and phone listings, I have written in Qt.
My computers (and my gf's) all have windows or linux on them.
The bill management application uses both a database (postgres now but can be anything),
and networking. The porting of said application from its development environment (linux)
to windows 64 and 32 bit is a simple nmake. The only real diffrence comes if i want to include
an icon in my windows binary so that it will display it in windows explorer.
Writing portable code is not hard. It really comes down to what you decide before writing the application.
Performance is actually a lot better now, my GF's aging laptop was able to run
the game at low quality for about 5 fps at launch.
Now the same computer (Core duo 2 ghz with a gfx card approx nvidia 7600) runs
conan on high quality at 15-20 fps.
My gaming rig (Q6600 3 ghz, 9800 GTX, 4gb ram) runs the game on high quality in 1920x1200
with about 100-150 fps.
And DX10 has been in for a few months now.
Probably not too well since the malware has to be executed when the computer starts and if the malware is not wine specific it would not execute at user login/boot.
I still have my original 1989 Model M and i was using it up until a few weeks ago when i bought a new daskeyboard :) ;)
The M still works and its great for maintenance. The keys come easily off and there is no serious electronics inside of it
My GF complains that both sound like a machine gun when i type on them though....
Rofl..
And we all know apple products "Just Work"
Tell that to my father who's had so many crashes and ;)
problems with photoshop/lightroom on this macbook pro
There is zero argument for paying the apple premium anymore
except for the bling bling.
And still, some people like me can't hear the diffrence on FLAC or 128 kbps MP3 ;)
But I don't have audiophile golden ears that's for sure...
Still I got maximum score in the military when they tested my hearing.
No worries here, apple will kick this application out faster than you can say citrix since they can't control the apps anymore with it. Apple is all about control and marketing. Also running windows apps on the iphone is not "hip" and will in their eyes destroy the iphone image no matter how usefull it is.
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Yes it was more like what they do in the Minority Report, only a lot less advanced of course.
However it was not patented and doing so would be silly. As for the Apple patent, it would
be like patenting the interface to a game.
I've also seen that people claim that Apples approach is novel because it uses "rooms".
I clearly remember an interface that came with Packard Bell computers around 1995
containing rooms running on top of Microsoft Windows. It might not have been "real" 3d, but it
felt more like a game with static rooms and objects you could click on. However the idea
behind it was the same.
Well at least there is a ton of prior art like compiz etc.
I remember in the end of the 90's at an oil company i worked for,
we had 3-4 SGI machines that used an array of projectors to create
a 3d world for the engineers to explore the ground. You used a glove
and cloud pull apart the different geological layers and pull down
menus with your hand.
The US patent system is def. screwed if they pass something like this.
It came on 40 floppies or something like that. :)
I remember it asking me to insert "disk containing file x"
when you wanted to install something. And it never told
you which disk it was so you had to test all until you hit
the right one
Sure this is impressive, but they are pushing kilowatts to get this kind of performance.
Maybe this is their way to solve the performance issues with Qt4/KDE4 in Linux ;)
Compare that with Windows where not a single line of code is OSS.
AFAIK, there is some BSD code in windows (the BSD license allows this). For instance the TCP/IP stack is (was?) from *BSD.
We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon,
For they ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing our whaling tune.
Some of the most fun i have is when i work on my private projects.
:)
Does a painter paint because he's bored?
I think not!
Being creative is giving me a feeling nothing else can, and I
think this is true for people since way back when man painted
on the walls of their caves.
Hi, ;). I see your point, but a window manager is not the same as a desktop enviroment. If i do not remember incorrectly, Gnome uses enlighenment as its window manager, and KDE can at least use the default kwin or the new composite beryl window manager. Obviously if you want a desktop enviroment it is going to be a slightly slower. But there are alternatives. Xubuntu comes with the XFCE system default and there is nothing stopping you from running TVW in the login menu (or simply echoing exec tvm to your .xinitrc file in console before starting X).
I think you might be confused over what is a window manager (TVM, Enlightenment, FVWM etc.) or a desktop enviroment like KDE or Gnome. I used to use FVWM for a long time and it suited me really well. But there is no enviroment, no correlation between applications etc. Now a days, I use KDE mainly because i want to use my computer not configure it to death
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Øyvind
All people are crazy, I am the only normal one.
Didn't you know mice commissioned Earth?
And finally you got to disk xap5 and it had bad sectors ;)
Hehe thanks to all that sent invite :)
Now my GF has one aswell as me!