-1 flamebait? come on...this is 1 funny at the least. the sticks up you slashdotters' asses have sticks up their asses. some guy posts the word 'ping' as a response to the question and gets 3 funny, while this gets a negative flamebait? give me a break
losing antitrust case doesn't cripple M$...
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Is Novell Doomed?
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So, Novell finds itself in the unusual position of hoping that MS wins its anti-trust appeals, since Linux could very well make Netware irrelevant. On the flip side, if MS wins it's anti-trust appeals, then Netware has to compete with NT/2000 and ActiveDirectory.
M$ isn't going to suddenly disappear if it loses against the doj, especially with respect to the server market. so, i don't think novell is going to be affected positively or negatively one way or the other. they seem pretty much screwed in this market regardless of the antitrust suit, though other posters have indicated that netware is no longer their focus
this post is not intended to be a troll or flaimbait...i am being serious and would like some feedback.
what does anyone see in anime? personally, only complaints come to my mind while watching it.
here are a few things i dislike about anime:
terrible dialogue - i understand that something must be lost in the translation, but come on...the essential meaning of the words remains. the dialogue in japanese cartoons is abysmal. it is very poorly refined. scenes drag on and on with simple banter and 'jokes' in which only small children could actually find humour. frankly, i think a group of mentally handicapped americans could come up with dialogue of similar quality
poor plots - all of the anime i have been unfortunate enough to view has been mind-numbingly basic and/or just plain stupid. how anyone can find it engaging is beyond me. a plot point which would be assumed/glanced over in an american production is explored at length in an anime. ugh...i suppose this is true of most asian cinema.
bad animation - a talking character's mouth will usually animate at a few frames per second, in an open-shut-open-shut manner; motion-blur effects suddenly appear behind characters, seemingly for no reason; designs that would never even be considered outside japan...the characters, landscapes and objects are mostly bland, uninspired, ugly and/or simply stupid in appearance
in all, i cannot find any redeeming qualities. at least disney has high standards for its animation...anime has nothing. someone should introduce the concept of fine theatre to the japanese...have they even heard of shakespeare over there?
Wow... if they can actually get OpenGL under Linux, a lot of people I know will make the switch. But what about the games? With Q3 and Unreal:Tourny being for Windows, what'll be on Linux? I've played Linux versions of Doom, but not Quake or similar titles. But I'm sure someone out there can make the port. Say... if this does happen... Maybe my 80286 will still be useful afterall...
1. there is a nice little project called mesa which actually does provide gl for linux
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-1 flamebait? come on...this is 1 funny at the least. the sticks up you slashdotters' asses have sticks up their asses. some guy posts the word 'ping' as a response to the question and gets 3 funny, while this gets a negative flamebait? give me a break
M$ isn't going to suddenly disappear if it loses against the doj, especially with respect to the server market. so, i don't think novell is going to be affected positively or negatively one way or the other. they seem pretty much screwed in this market regardless of the antitrust suit, though other posters have indicated that netware is no longer their focus
what does anyone see in anime? personally, only complaints come to my mind while watching it.
here are a few things i dislike about anime:
- terrible dialogue - i understand that something must be lost in the translation, but come on...the essential meaning of the words remains. the dialogue in japanese cartoons is abysmal. it is very poorly refined. scenes drag on and on with simple banter and 'jokes' in which only small children could actually find humour. frankly, i think a group of mentally handicapped americans could come up with dialogue of similar quality
- poor plots - all of the anime i have been unfortunate enough to view has been mind-numbingly basic and/or just plain stupid. how anyone can find it engaging is beyond me. a plot point which would be assumed/glanced over in an american production is explored at length in an anime. ugh...i suppose this is true of most asian cinema.
- bad animation - a talking character's mouth will usually animate at a few frames per second, in an open-shut-open-shut manner; motion-blur effects suddenly appear behind characters, seemingly for no reason; designs that would never even be considered outside japan...the characters, landscapes and objects are mostly bland, uninspired, ugly and/or simply stupid in appearance
in all, i cannot find any redeeming qualities. at least disney has high standards for its animation...anime has nothing. someone should introduce the concept of fine theatre to the japanese...have they even heard of shakespeare over there?wouldn't that be:
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the version of the demo i'm grabbing seems to be only 25 megs, not 94
1. there is a nice little project called mesa which actually does provide gl for linux
2. quake, q3 and ut are all available for linux
3. 286s are not very useful for running gl apps
4. you are a tool