Yeah, you're correct - you're not going to beat a well-done monolithic kernel for speed, at least, not in many instances. Wasn't aware that Linux was ported to run atop Apple's kernel....why did they do that?
I personally like the design of well done micro kernels for their reliability and robustness. I'm trying my hand at building one (very slowly, I should add) and enjoying it so far.
Unfortunately, I don't think that the Linux kernel is going to go micro any time soon (read: never). I love Linux for its open nature, but operating systems like RIM's QNX are technically superior in my opinion. Not to say that Linux doesn't have it's place - you could theoretically tune a monolithic kernel to be speedier than a micro kernel - but there is more to computing than being able to process the most bits in my opinion.
I'd still happily bitch to anyone about proprietary document formats - not because I used Linux in the 00's though, but because its illogical to support them.
To be entirely honest, who cares which company is the biggest douchebag. In the end all of them are douchebags. Its either 'choose your poison' or 'use FOSS and sacrifice a bit of functionality'.
I can explain it to you, but I think you already know.
They will not support OS versions prior to Win 7 for two real reasons (one of which is a major one):
> They don't want to deal with a new set of bugs / support (however this is a very minor reason given immediate gains)
> Vendor lock-in. You do everything in Office, you want the latest Office, but oh-lookey-here, first you'll need to buy this, this 'n this before you can use the newest Office. More money in their pockets and more lock-in for the future.
it seems to be the kettle with plenty dirty laundry airing the pot's dirty laundry.
I certainly hope you don't expect your world 'heros' to be squeaky clean - if you do then all I can say is that you're more brainwashed than you might think.
His work? What do you mean? What change has happened as a result of his work?
Here your ignorance and short-sightedness is exposed for all who can see to see. As a product of your own society and upbrining, you expect fantastical, magical results from the small flash of time that Wikileaks had. You expect big, outwardly visible changes. How blissfully ignorant you are.
You should very well know that our society is wrapped in cotton wool, that we are 'guided' as to what we should think, what should be considered socially acceptable and that we are given little room to think badly of our governments. Dislike them? Oh, yes. Do anything about it? Absolutely not!
Do you know what? For the first time in decades, an independent organisation awoke people everywhere to the often horrific actions taken by our governments (on our behalf, remember). For just but a second, peoples eyes were torn from their soap operas and hypno-toad shows and injected with a sudden sense of reality. People were outraged! People sided with the philosophical viewpoint of Wikileaks, that our governments that act on our behalf should be transparent - that corruption and lies should be exposed.
Within a few months though, Wikileaks was hamstrung by the full force of entire governments bending every extent of their control to their needs, its flawed public figure was effectively smeared and demonised and the public that was once behind the organisation was coaxed and cajoled into accepting the goverments view on the issue.
Now? "Wikiwhat, sorry? Oh, that thing - isn't that dude a rapist?"
I pity the organisation and I pity the man. Mark my words in stone young sheep, 20 years from now history will look back on this organisation and man and recognise flawed heros before their time. That is if history remembers it.
The way I see it is that it would be far better for Nvidia to at least use the current provided infrastructure in Gnu/Linux than roll their own broken infrastructure. Not sure how many of you have used the latest Ubuntu, Fedora, etc, but if you have you'll have noticed that the open source drivers work like a dream in terms of integration with the OS and the latest stack - but the minute you install a binary blob from Nvidia you suddenly have to work with their broken and buggy way of doing things. Suddenly the smooth experience you had with the open driver is replaced by great 3D graphics but introduced bugs and issues with your OS experience.
I would agree with you - if you take the case against Assange in isolation, that is. But when you widen the scope of your consideration to the events surrounding Assagne at the time, and factor in the part where the judges dismissed the case and then mysteriously reopened it then you should get a better idea of why something more nefarious is going on.
The statement isn't as inaccurate as you might think.
"Public peer review" is something that is naturally inherent in an open source project due to the source code being available for all to see, contribute, review, whatever.
What makes this even more interesting is that any Christian worth their salt (pun) will tell you that the God of the Old Testament is the same God of the New and that, above this, he is unchangeable (ie. thinks the same way). What then, could possibly be the reason for God permitting, nay, commanding these kinds of acts?
I'm a Christian and I have to disagree with your sentiment regarding the glorification of suffering as a path to God. In fact, your summation leads me to think that you've missed the point of Christianity almost entirely. I'd honestly like to know what you think Christianity is about and how exactly you think suffering is glorified (in the way you insinuate).
I'm not sure how you got from "ironic" to calling people idiots and being anti-this and pro-that.... I think you're missing the point. Never mind, mate.:)
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Yeah, you're correct - you're not going to beat a well-done monolithic kernel for speed, at least, not in many instances. Wasn't aware that Linux was ported to run atop Apple's kernel....why did they do that?
I personally like the design of well done micro kernels for their reliability and robustness. I'm trying my hand at building one (very slowly, I should add) and enjoying it so far.
Unfortunately, I don't think that the Linux kernel is going to go micro any time soon (read: never). I love Linux for its open nature, but operating systems like RIM's QNX are technically superior in my opinion. Not to say that Linux doesn't have it's place - you could theoretically tune a monolithic kernel to be speedier than a micro kernel - but there is more to computing than being able to process the most bits in my opinion.
That's the best thing I've read in a while. How do I subscribe to your magazine, good sir?
Homosexuals. ;)
I'd still happily bitch to anyone about proprietary document formats - not because I used Linux in the 00's though, but because its illogical to support them.
To be entirely honest, who cares which company is the biggest douchebag. In the end all of them are douchebags. Its either 'choose your poison' or 'use FOSS and sacrifice a bit of functionality'.
I can explain it to you, but I think you already know.
They will not support OS versions prior to Win 7 for two real reasons (one of which is a major one):
> They don't want to deal with a new set of bugs / support (however this is a very minor reason given immediate gains)
> Vendor lock-in. You do everything in Office, you want the latest Office, but oh-lookey-here, first you'll need to buy this, this 'n this before you can use the newest Office. More money in their pockets and more lock-in for the future.
5) ....
6) Profit??
You just hit the nail on the head, good sir. It is only a pity that I've run out of mod points.
woodn't you like to know.
No, I can confirm the parents experience. Our business has especially seen the 'magic keyboard' bug on our Win 7 thin clients.
At least its got an upgrade path.
it seems to be the kettle with plenty dirty laundry airing the pot's dirty laundry.
I certainly hope you don't expect your world 'heros' to be squeaky clean - if you do then all I can say is that you're more brainwashed than you might think.
His work? What do you mean? What change has happened as a result of his work?
Here your ignorance and short-sightedness is exposed for all who can see to see. As a product of your own society and upbrining, you expect fantastical, magical results from the small flash of time that Wikileaks had. You expect big, outwardly visible changes. How blissfully ignorant you are.
You should very well know that our society is wrapped in cotton wool, that we are 'guided' as to what we should think, what should be considered socially acceptable and that we are given little room to think badly of our governments. Dislike them? Oh, yes. Do anything about it? Absolutely not!
Do you know what? For the first time in decades, an independent organisation awoke people everywhere to the often horrific actions taken by our governments (on our behalf, remember). For just but a second, peoples eyes were torn from their soap operas and hypno-toad shows and injected with a sudden sense of reality. People were outraged! People sided with the philosophical viewpoint of Wikileaks, that our governments that act on our behalf should be transparent - that corruption and lies should be exposed.
Within a few months though, Wikileaks was hamstrung by the full force of entire governments bending every extent of their control to their needs, its flawed public figure was effectively smeared and demonised and the public that was once behind the organisation was coaxed and cajoled into accepting the goverments view on the issue.
Now? "Wikiwhat, sorry? Oh, that thing - isn't that dude a rapist?"
I pity the organisation and I pity the man. Mark my words in stone young sheep, 20 years from now history will look back on this organisation and man and recognise flawed heros before their time. That is if history remembers it.
No, you've misunderstood.
Must have been. But going with 'creative' makes you very wrong.
'productive' is a very subjective/relative term.
The way I see it is that it would be far better for Nvidia to at least use the current provided infrastructure in Gnu/Linux than roll their own broken infrastructure. Not sure how many of you have used the latest Ubuntu, Fedora, etc, but if you have you'll have noticed that the open source drivers work like a dream in terms of integration with the OS and the latest stack - but the minute you install a binary blob from Nvidia you suddenly have to work with their broken and buggy way of doing things. Suddenly the smooth experience you had with the open driver is replaced by great 3D graphics but introduced bugs and issues with your OS experience.
I would agree with you - if you take the case against Assange in isolation, that is. But when you widen the scope of your consideration to the events surrounding Assagne at the time, and factor in the part where the judges dismissed the case and then mysteriously reopened it then you should get a better idea of why something more nefarious is going on.
The statement isn't as inaccurate as you might think.
"Public peer review" is something that is naturally inherent in an open source project due to the source code being available for all to see, contribute, review, whatever.
"politically correct" stupidity.
What makes this even more interesting is that any Christian worth their salt (pun) will tell you that the God of the Old Testament is the same God of the New and that, above this, he is unchangeable (ie. thinks the same way). What then, could possibly be the reason for God permitting, nay, commanding these kinds of acts?
I'm a Christian and I have to disagree with your sentiment regarding the glorification of suffering as a path to God. In fact, your summation leads me to think that you've missed the point of Christianity almost entirely. I'd honestly like to know what you think Christianity is about and how exactly you think suffering is glorified (in the way you insinuate).
That is the key.
No, it's the mouse.
Statement regarding the puzzling importance parent put on accidental mod.
I'm not sure how you got from "ironic" to calling people idiots and being anti-this and pro-that.... I think you're missing the point. Never mind, mate. :)