What? You get an opportunity for a fan that size, and all you can think of is acrobatic action? Think of the boxen you could cool with that! Concentrate all the air down to flow through one box, and get the first terahertz CPU!:)
If a million monkeys type out the source code to MS Office.
Isn't that how it was written in the first place anyway?
Close, but not quite: they made a program that would create every possible combination of random bytes for sizes in exponential increases of 10 and then take the biggest available one that does something. That's why it's so big and unstable. The computing power costs a lot, and most of their staff just does testing on the rare ones that run to make sure they pass low-quality assurance, so it costs a lot.
Each 'new release' just means that their generator went through a few exponential increases and they found something that wasn't just the previous version with the word Linux filling the extra space:)
I'll keep in mind to block Experian what I have the tools to filter email. This should let system administrators everywhere know that they should be blocked.
The truth is that MS knows everyone wants to be able to read their documents, and is making an effort to stop this. The file format changes may have been among the most significant new features in some releases:) (pay to add a talking paper clip, pay to remove it...)
I've had a few crashes, Access is the slowest piece of software i've ever seen (when's the last time it took your software a few seconds on an Athlon 1.2GHz to perform simple calculations on a 300x3 table?)... I find it hard to believe that it takes little RAM. I do like the move away from MDI though.
As for the SO6 download being slow... i'm saturating my 1.5Mbps DSL line with 3 simultaneous downloads.
Maybe it would be good to have a standard and widely used documentation project that would give details on each distro and recommend one for each type of user, but here's TFM:
For beginners, Mandrake is the best. It's very easy to use and has configuration tools for nearly everything, in addition to one of the largest collections of drivers. If you have any more questions you can contact me directly (if you really need to use perl to figure it out, you can get cygwin at http://sources.redhat.com)
It doesn't have to be like that! How about a corporate distribution that give three options: desktop, server, and developer. When you choose your option, it will install standard and appropriate software (put KDE and Star Office on the desktop for example), and give you simple choices (do you want a webserver? ftp server? ssh server?). You also offer a subscription at a fraction of the price of an MS upgrade for a reasonably large department where they can request features and have them implemented and a custom upgrade package delivered. You would also want an auto-install mode where the sysadmin makes on diskette for a configuration, then just boots from the install CD and puts in the diskette, and the pre-configured selection is installed.
You don't need to take away options from everyone eles; you just need to make something that will work well for your target market. Should the lynx project be killed because some web designer doesn't use it?
Here's a "prime example": Mandrake (which I am using right now) will install and use KDE by default, which makes it easier for less experienced people. Yet somehow, a Debian user in my LUG continues to work mostly with the command-line. Do you see how Mandrake installing X and KDE hasn't affected people who use other distros that don't make "newbie choices"? If MS wants Linux to have more options, than I am 100% behind them on that - it's good that people can choose whether they live in emacs or don't run apps that don't start with a K. In this case, corporate users would simply choose the option that works best for them, because they aren't forced to live with one standard that has to fit everyone. Anything that reduces choices will reduce the number of users.
So, if i've got this right, you're trying to tell people who give billions of dollars worth of programmer-hours to make software for no reward other than any personal satisfaction they may have from it to turn it into something they don't want? Good luck...
If you want a valid plan, how about this: the upgrade costs of the 1000 largest Microsoft customers would probably be enough to buy the developer power to make a desktop environment and office suite (or enhance currently existing ones) that fits theirs needs far better than Microsoft ever will, and after that they don't have to pay continual upgrade costs. Hint, hint... but of course, if they did that they might just try to keep the source closed and sell it... but they would still be using Linux and Microsoft would be losing money.
And yet, AMD is popuplar among certain groups because their chips are better for overclocking. I wonder how that's possible when everyone knows there's no point to overclocking?
If you buy it and can't listen to it, return it. Make sure to mention you can't listen to it in your computer. If they do something stupid and this starts to happen, they might get the message.
"The only thing stopping it these days is Linux's smaller marketshare. (Worm propagation is one of those n squared problems)"
What this coward means is that the only thing stopping apache from having a major server-side infection is the fact that it's used twice as much as IIS. Sure, a client/server worm would have a larger target in Windows, but all the IIS server worms could have gotten twice the serverspace if they used an apache hole. Of course, some day a cross-platform worm will come out and then we could be screwed:)
That's it! i'm sick of all these worms trying to get cmd.exe when i'm running linux! I'm gonna collect their IPs and flood them with requests for/etc/passwd!!!! If you want to contribute IPs or bandwidth, join the Passwd Flood Network (PFN)!!:)
Stories should pass the e2 test - if they would be nuked on e2, they wouldn't be posted here. This story wouldn't pass.
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It must have been the previous threads that made me think he was serious - some people were complaining pretty loudly because some guy is giving away an OS he wrote for himself! It's like the whole "Konqueror developers should quit their rebellion and go work on mozilla" argument.
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I agree with this - someone created a small OS as a personal project (which seems to be popular these days) and decides to distribute it, and everyone thinks he's committed a crime. If I was learning C again and I distributed a simple program to a few friends, should they come over and beat me because it's not complex enough and not a necessary program? (btw, the answer is no:)
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In this case, the form prefered by the author. Trying to force someone to use a programming language is not likely to happen any time in a free software license. This post should NOT be at 3.
Those are all improvements, and they certainly are important, but as long as Microsoft can't keep a computer's configuration and functionality stable they are going nowhere. In fact, all those features would just make it mess up worse when it decides to randomly re-organize your system configuration (although the registry is probably a significant factor in that). MS can add all the features they want, but I will avoid windows as long as it keeps screwing up like that and being so hard to fix (re-installing the OS is completely unacceptable).
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When KDE 2.2 came out, someone said that this 3 months of work was a bigger upgrade than MS's 3 years from 95 to 98. When I installed it, I agreed.
What? You get an opportunity for a fan that size, and all you can think of is acrobatic action? Think of the boxen you could cool with that! Concentrate all the air down to flow through one box, and get the first terahertz CPU! :)
He doesn't even take paypal! How can he expect to sell it? :)
If a million monkeys type out the source code to MS Office.
:)
Isn't that how it was written in the first place anyway?
Close, but not quite: they made a program that would create every possible combination of random bytes for sizes in exponential increases of 10 and then take the biggest available one that does something. That's why it's so big and unstable. The computing power costs a lot, and most of their staff just does testing on the rare ones that run to make sure they pass low-quality assurance, so it costs a lot.
Each 'new release' just means that their generator went through a few exponential increases and they found something that wasn't just the previous version with the word Linux filling the extra space
I'll keep in mind to block Experian what I have the tools to filter email. This should let system administrators everywhere know that they should be blocked.
The truth is that MS knows everyone wants to be able to read their documents, and is making an effort to stop this. The file format changes may have been among the most significant new features in some releases :) (pay to add a talking paper clip, pay to remove it...)
I've had a few crashes, Access is the slowest piece of software i've ever seen (when's the last time it took your software a few seconds on an Athlon 1.2GHz to perform simple calculations on a 300x3 table?)... I find it hard to believe that it takes little RAM. I do like the move away from MDI though.
As for the SO6 download being slow... i'm saturating my 1.5Mbps DSL line with 3 simultaneous downloads.
Maybe it would be good to have a standard and widely used documentation project that would give details on each distro and recommend one for each type of user, but here's TFM:
For beginners, Mandrake is the best. It's very easy to use and has configuration tools for nearly everything, in addition to one of the largest collections of drivers. If you have any more questions you can contact me directly (if you really need to use perl to figure it out, you can get cygwin at http://sources.redhat.com)
It doesn't have to be like that! How about a corporate distribution that give three options: desktop, server, and developer. When you choose your option, it will install standard and appropriate software (put KDE and Star Office on the desktop for example), and give you simple choices (do you want a webserver? ftp server? ssh server?). You also offer a subscription at a fraction of the price of an MS upgrade for a reasonably large department where they can request features and have them implemented and a custom upgrade package delivered. You would also want an auto-install mode where the sysadmin makes on diskette for a configuration, then just boots from the install CD and puts in the diskette, and the pre-configured selection is installed.
You don't need to take away options from everyone eles; you just need to make something that will work well for your target market. Should the lynx project be killed because some web designer doesn't use it?
Here's a "prime example": Mandrake (which I am using right now) will install and use KDE by default, which makes it easier for less experienced people. Yet somehow, a Debian user in my LUG continues to work mostly with the command-line. Do you see how Mandrake installing X and KDE hasn't affected people who use other distros that don't make "newbie choices"? If MS wants Linux to have more options, than I am 100% behind them on that - it's good that people can choose whether they live in emacs or don't run apps that don't start with a K. In this case, corporate users would simply choose the option that works best for them, because they aren't forced to live with one standard that has to fit everyone. Anything that reduces choices will reduce the number of users.
So, if i've got this right, you're trying to tell people who give billions of dollars worth of programmer-hours to make software for no reward other than any personal satisfaction they may have from it to turn it into something they don't want? Good luck...
If you want a valid plan, how about this: the upgrade costs of the 1000 largest Microsoft customers would probably be enough to buy the developer power to make a desktop environment and office suite (or enhance currently existing ones) that fits theirs needs far better than Microsoft ever will, and after that they don't have to pay continual upgrade costs. Hint, hint... but of course, if they did that they might just try to keep the source closed and sell it... but they would still be using Linux and Microsoft would be losing money.
I would know very well about people doing model rocketry :) it was sarcasm directed at a wrong-headed comment. You did well to post that anonymously.
And yet, AMD is popuplar among certain groups because their chips are better for overclocking. I wonder how that's possible when everyone knows there's no point to overclocking?
0.3. I'll wait for official releases before I run 0.4 (i've had it for less than a day)
You can slashdot my server or get it on Freenet: KSK@kernel-2.4.9-2.4.10 or KSK@kernel-2.4.10.
Done. Request KSK@castlewolfenstein_mpdemo_linux to get it off my new node or one of the mirrors that may start dispersing it.
If you buy it and can't listen to it, return it. Make sure to mention you can't listen to it in your computer. If they do something stupid and this starts to happen, they might get the message.
"The only thing stopping it these days is Linux's smaller marketshare. (Worm propagation is one of those n squared problems)"
:)
What this coward means is that the only thing stopping apache from having a major server-side infection is the fact that it's used twice as much as IIS. Sure, a client/server worm would have a larger target in Windows, but all the IIS server worms could have gotten twice the serverspace if they used an apache hole. Of course, some day a cross-platform worm will come out and then we could be screwed
I don't know about more appropriate... i suppose it could be more powerful, but /etc/passwd is the first good one I came up with.
That's it! i'm sick of all these worms trying to get cmd.exe when i'm running linux! I'm gonna collect their IPs and flood them with requests for /etc/passwd!!!! If you want to contribute IPs or bandwidth, join the Passwd Flood Network (PFN)!! :)
Stories should pass the e2 test - if they would be nuked on e2, they wouldn't be posted here. This story wouldn't pass.
It must have been the previous threads that made me think he was serious - some people were complaining pretty loudly because some guy is giving away an OS he wrote for himself! It's like the whole "Konqueror developers should quit their rebellion and go work on mozilla" argument.
I agree with this - someone created a small OS as a personal project (which seems to be popular these days) and decides to distribute it, and everyone thinks he's committed a crime. If I was learning C again and I distributed a simple program to a few friends, should they come over and beat me because it's not complex enough and not a necessary program? (btw, the answer is no :)
In this case, the form prefered by the author. Trying to force someone to use a programming language is not likely to happen any time in a free software license. This post should NOT be at 3.
Those are all improvements, and they certainly are important, but as long as Microsoft can't keep a computer's configuration and functionality stable they are going nowhere. In fact, all those features would just make it mess up worse when it decides to randomly re-organize your system configuration (although the registry is probably a significant factor in that). MS can add all the features they want, but I will avoid windows as long as it keeps screwing up like that and being so hard to fix (re-installing the OS is completely unacceptable).