...I suppose that the elections in the US do affect the world... so I might accept that as an 'international' story... seeing as though/.'s audience is more than just americans...
...but is it really news for nerds? I get enough crap about the US elections on TV these days... and to tell you the truth, I couldn't care less...
I can't affect your election - I just would like to know the outcome...
...RedHat Linux is something that his company has created/assembled - and shared with the world. Only to have some people say "you suck".
His point is that, any innovation is going to have its faults, and that they have to be worked through. RedHat publishes publishes its distro's faults to the world - something that MS and Sun do not fully disclose. That data is being used to say compare Redhat to MS and Sun - an inherently flawed concept.
Now, comparing RedHat to MS because they are trying to make money from Linux is also wrong (IMHO). RedHat gives a lot back to the Linux community - and heck, they even employ Linux geeks to do just want they want to, add to Linux and open source software.
People are too willing to throw stones at RedHat - helping them find the bugs, and correct them would be more in the spirit of Open Source, and definitely more productive.
I have a FF joystick... and games that support it just take on a whole new dimmension...
I mean feeling the mech take its steps, or fire a weapon... wow...
Does it make me a better player? Far from it, it tends to throw off my aim... Do I enjoy the game more? Oh yeah... that's a new flavour of fun...
Now real-world applications are looking at this technology... interesting... I don't think I want a surgeon using his MS Sidewinder FF to transplant an organ or anything... but I'm sure there will be some good applications... (remote control bomb-defusing comes to mind...)
Then again, NT's filesystem was built on the VMS file system... so would that mean that win2k is vms2k? Oh right, it's not as good as VMS... I forgot.;)
...ESR's example of alchemists - admittedly, that was an argument for open source, but it applies about reverse engineering...
Alchemists hid all their secrets from their peers - as they wanted no-one to have any kind of advantage over their own work... in the end, as they were all working for the same knowledge, they would've been further ahead if they had all shared in the first place...
None of them managed to make gold anyway - as far as I know, that is.;)
Unless the story was meant to be an editorial - bias/opinions are a bad thing.
Watch now as many/. zombies that are registered to vote toddle off to vote exactly as you said you would - you've made it easy for them to not have to think now. "Hmm, that/. author must know what's what 'cause/. is cool..."
I must say though that I do appreciate a/. author who actually reads the comments - bravo.
The biggest complaint I've heard from game companies about linux users is that they don't want to pay for games... that they want the games to be open source.
Does that even apply to a console system as a problem? Since it may not be targetted at linux users per se. Are you afraid of increased piracy?
Can the proposed games for the console system be used on a regular linux system?...or will you do something dastardly/proprietary to thwart that?
Personally, I think that people worry too much about privacy. I'm not saying that it isn't a valid concern - but in some cases it's a bit like putting the genie back in the bottle.
People will fill in contest entries, credit card applications, and survey forms (electronic or otherwise) without even thinking about the privacy issues - but then they'll scream when they get personalised junk mail...
Now the darker end of the spectrum is what bothers me - when someone like your doctor gives out information about you... and it happens. Ask around to anyone you know that's had a baby recently - have they received any 'special offers' in the mail for baby needs? How about telemarketers targetted for the same thing? It happens - the worst I've heard involved a couple who lost their baby only days after it was born... the mail and telemarketers where a constant reminder...
..next you're going to tell me that it's pining...
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Was my first linux box... and it kicked for the time... It had a MACH32 video card - and X just seemed to love it.
All in all it was a solid Slackware system...
...that I could've had a sponsored laptop when I went to univiersity...
:)
Life would have been much easier then...
...or I would've just played more video games.
...and the point about news for nerds still stands IMHO.
...I suppose that the elections in the US do affect the world... so I might accept that as an 'international' story... seeing as though /.'s audience is more than just americans...
...but is it really news for nerds? I get enough crap about the US elections on TV these days... and to tell you the truth, I couldn't care less...
I can't affect your election - I just would like to know the outcome...
Having PDC/BDC functionality is a very useful thing - are there no plans to merge it into the main codebase?
I thought that CO2 was one of those things that went from gas to solid... (sublimate? is that the word?)
Either way - it wouldn't be hot to get liquid CO2...
...RedHat Linux is something that his company has created/assembled - and shared with the world. Only to have some people say "you suck".
His point is that, any innovation is going to have its faults, and that they have to be worked through. RedHat publishes publishes its distro's faults to the world - something that MS and Sun do not fully disclose. That data is being used to say compare Redhat to MS and Sun - an inherently flawed concept.
Now, comparing RedHat to MS because they are trying to make money from Linux is also wrong (IMHO). RedHat gives a lot back to the Linux community - and heck, they even employ Linux geeks to do just want they want to, add to Linux and open source software.
People are too willing to throw stones at RedHat - helping them find the bugs, and correct them would be more in the spirit of Open Source, and definitely more productive.
I have a FF joystick... and games that support it just take on a whole new dimmension...
I mean feeling the mech take its steps, or fire a weapon... wow...
Does it make me a better player? Far from it, it tends to throw off my aim... Do I enjoy the game more? Oh yeah... that's a new flavour of fun...
Now real-world applications are looking at this technology... interesting... I don't think I want a surgeon using his MS Sidewinder FF to transplant an organ or anything... but I'm sure there will be some good applications... (remote control bomb-defusing comes to mind...)
...fight the power...
It's just a good idea to flush out the system now and again...
...the win95 "43 day" bug... where it would crash exactly after 43 days...
They never introduced a fix... the sheer idea of running win95 for 43 days was silly, even to MS.
I wonder how long until someone uses the chipset to produce a motherboard...
...and can it scale to quad and higher processors?
It would be a good upgrade from my dual-celeron... ;)
...that's just a scary thought...
;)
Then again, NT's filesystem was built on the VMS file system... so would that mean that win2k is vms2k? Oh right, it's not as good as VMS... I forgot.
...ESR's example of alchemists - admittedly, that was an argument for open source, but it applies about reverse engineering...
;)
Alchemists hid all their secrets from their peers - as they wanted no-one to have any kind of advantage over their own work... in the end, as they were all working for the same knowledge, they would've been further ahead if they had all shared in the first place...
None of them managed to make gold anyway - as far as I know, that is.
...that we're not even talking about free software as an alternative for a second...
If I own a valid copy of windows9X - and my old machine is kaput. (Lightning strike took it out, let's say...)
I should have to buy another license of windows??? Did it get fried by the lightning strike too?
What if I just wanted to replace my old clone system - and I just want the box... I shouldn't have to pay for another license - that's insane.
The whole argument is garbage.
...you fire them.
Unless the story was meant to be an editorial - bias/opinions are a bad thing.
/. zombies that are registered to vote toddle off to vote exactly as you said you would - you've made it easy for them to not have to think now. "Hmm, that /. author must know what's what 'cause /. is cool..."
/. author who actually reads the comments - bravo.
Watch now as many
I must say though that I do appreciate a
...and I now know how I must vote...
Sheesh, c'mon why don't you tell us how you really feel about the candidates?
... you have to admit that this is a classy white-hat hacker way of posting about it...
...that they feel their technology is that far ahead of their competitor's technology...
They aren't saying they know what the technology will be in five years...
...for /. not to go the extra redundant mile for news coverage... ;)
The biggest complaint I've heard from game companies about linux users is that they don't want to pay for games... that they want the games to be open source.
...or will you do something dastardly/proprietary to thwart that?
Does that even apply to a console system as a problem? Since it may not be targetted at linux users per se. Are you afraid of increased piracy?
Can the proposed games for the console system be used on a regular linux system?
Personally, I think that people worry too much about privacy. I'm not saying that it isn't a valid concern - but in some cases it's a bit like putting the genie back in the bottle.
People will fill in contest entries, credit card applications, and survey forms (electronic or otherwise) without even thinking about the privacy issues - but then they'll scream when they get personalised junk mail...
Now the darker end of the spectrum is what bothers me - when someone like your doctor gives out information about you... and it happens. Ask around to anyone you know that's had a baby recently - have they received any 'special offers' in the mail for baby needs? How about telemarketers targetted for the same thing? It happens - the worst I've heard involved a couple who lost their baby only days after it was born... the mail and telemarketers where a constant reminder...
...for fjords...