2GB. CPU and RAM usage are fairly low, so it appears to be a disk issue. Its something that I shouldn't have deal with on a new laptop with latest software.
I purchased a Nikon d80 about 5 months ago, and as a long time Desktop Linux user, I started looking for RAW workflow options on Linux. The closest thing that came close being a reasonable level of functionality was Bibble PRO, but a lot of features didn't work on Linux. Just basic features, like Printing and selecting various papers can be a real process on Linux.
I found myself spending way too much time in VMware, so I ended up replacing my Thinkpad with a new Macbook. I still run Linux as my workstation at home and work, but I have my Powerbook wherever I go. Bottom Line, if your semi-serious about Photography, Linux is not there yet.
I have a month old 15in Macbook PRO with all the bells and whistles, and Aperture 1.5 runs at a snails pace. I tried a Lightroom 1.0 demo yesterday and the performance level ran circles around Aperture. Aperture brings my whole system to its knees, even when doing relatively minor tasks, like getting a print dialog.
I'm quite surprised Apple would release such a poorly implemented software product, especially considering its price and the 1.5 version number. After playing around with both products, I will be purchasing Lightroom.
Now that Linden is publishing actual user numbers, we can see that the Residents figure, as expected, is a big overcount over actual people (about 50% inflation, in fact, accounting for over a million ersatz users). Second Life doesn't have two million users. They have had two million users over the life of the service, and they've lost most of them. Of those users, the majority -- something like 5 out of 6 -- bailed in the first month.
I had a colo box that ran gentoo. Then one day, a standard stable package update broke mysql.
* MySQL DATADIR is/var/lib/mysql
* Previous datadir found, it's YOUR job to change
* ownership and have care of it
* Sorry, plain up/downgrade between different version of MySQL is (still)
* un-supported.
I vowed never to use Gentoo again, and promptly moved that machine to Debian. I use to run Gentoo on all my desktop machines in the pre-ubuntu days, because it had the most bleeding edge desktop packages and optimizations. After Ubuntu came on the seen, Gentoo had no advantage for me. Its still a great learning too though. I highly recommend for aspiring Linux geeks.
Control, is why most mid->large companies have a sizable in-house IT infrastructure. Farming out IT to companies like Google, may save money, but it reduces flexibility. It also creates a situation where you completely dependent on a another party. Whats your exit strategy?
A Google exec telling companies to outsource IT, is like a Microsoft exec telling companies to use Windows.
Given Google's recent missteps; In a few years, suggesting we outsource core IT functions to Google might be as laughable as suggesting we outsource core IT functions to Microsoft.
Ebay announced a signifigant price increase. Since online auctions are a natural monopoly, I guess we will continue to see these types of price increases until people finally get fed up enough to start listing items elsewhere.
If the release managers are getting what amounts to insubordination, then find people to replace the protesting developers, and move on. If replacing the people who are insubordinate is impractical, then work out a compromise.
I personally don't see anything wrong with people getting money to spend more time on open source projects. Its not a two tiered system, any Debian developer can throw up a website that solicits donations so they can spend more time working for the greater good.
A group of 17 developers, led by well-known Debian maintainer Joerg Jaspert, issued a position statement in October citing its disenchantment with Dunc-Tank. It read, "This whole affair already hurts Debian more than it can ever achieve. It already made a lot of people who have contributed a huge amount of time and work to Debian reduce their work. People left the project, others are orphaning packages...system administration and security work is reduced, and a lot of otherwise silent maintainers simply put off Debian work (to) work on something else."
The dunc-tank concept is not hurting Debian, its the reaction by a small group of developers that is hurting Debian. Stopping work to protest dunc-tank, is the equivalent of cutting your hand off because of a finger sprain. I already have a hard enough time getting Debian used in enterprise projects because there is no company behind it. Now every time Debian is suggested, someone is going to say "Well what happens when the devs go on strike again?"
This incident is not just hurting Debian, its hurting every fully community based project that could be used in enterprise environments.
Before the ipod, there wasn't anything close to mass-market acceptance of MP3 devices. There were a boatload of no-name flash players and bulky disk based players. The original ipod was really a wow device, because there wasn't a hard disk player even close to that size and function.
Apple really didn't have a mega-hit, until it supported ipod on windows. Originally, Apple thought of the ipod with the outdated mentality that having mac exclusive devices will sell more macs. Somehow they finally saw the light, and started to sell ipods to the other 97% of the computing market.
What ipods really did, was publicize digital music to the masses. Before the ipod, MP3 players were not widely used or known by the general public.
How is reading paper easier on the eyes than reading a TFT LCD? Answer? it isn't - it's all psycological.
That is complete bull, the quality of print is leaps and bounds ahead of most display technology. I'm a big consumer of digital media, but current screen technology pales in comparison to a high quality print job.
The whole problem with the espn mobile service was that you had to pay for an espn phone. There are millions who would pay $5/month for some sports service, but they don't want to have a one-size fits all phone.
I realize that its common for developers to write barebones HTML 1.0 compliant web pages, but if your asking people for money, you need something that looks a little better than this..
If your going to ask for money on a website, have it so people have 1-2 clicks to contribute.. Even if its pledges, have it so the pledges are processed when the project is approved.. Right now they are essentially turning away thousands in contributions, especially with this type of publicity.
The corporate market will not touch Apple with a 10ft pole, expect to buy some workstations for the design department. Apple's server solutions are a joke, why would any company want to lock in to one vendor for hardware and software?
The growth of Linux in the server market is about features, lack of lock-in, and standardization across the board. If I write an application powered by Linux I have the ability to:
Choose the distribution
Choose the support provider
Choose the hardware vendor
People like choice, and competition leads to better TCO. Thats why Linux is so popular on the server side, and thats why most corporations wouldn't even consider Apple as a server platform..
2. No, it would not be like Vista "dropping support" for the P3 or P4, as if that is in fact possible. The G3 was released in mid-1997, around the same time as the Pentium 2. Which Vista supports. Right?
Its not a question of when something was released, its when was it sold.. The g3 was being sold new in Apple products 2-3 years ago.. No major manufacturer was selling PII systems new as far back as 2001..
Yeah the distinction is, Apple will progressively stop providing updates/upgrades for their PPC in stuff in the few years to encourage people to buy new Apple hardware, where MS and especially Linux, tends to provide support for older hardware.. Leopard is already dropping the g3, which Apple was selling 2-3 years ago. That would be like Vista dropping the P3/P4.. The min specs for vista are really low..
This is where the whole separation between software and hardware companies is a huge benefit.
Is this "open source" as in Sun's Solaris "open sourcing", where it's open source in all technical senses, but it's under an unbelievably elaborate license which exists for no reason except to engender GPL incompatibility and keep Linux from benefiting from the source release, which effectively scares everyone away from the project?
Its only been year since the release of OpenSolaris, and there are already many distributions in development. So I don't think the CDDL is everyone away.
While I don't care for the CDDL, Sun's rationale is well documented.
according to your resume, you have never even used Python. So, how would you know? Just because it's not your favorite language (which is apparently Java) doesn't mean that it's not any good for the job.
Python is a great choice for a lot of applications, but I think its a bad choice for A PIM. I never had a job working with python directly(zope, mailman, indirectly). I don't claim to be a python expert.
As far as Java is concerned, that is also a language I wouldn't use for writing a PIM as well.
So far, they've only managed to produce alpha quality software at best, after more than three years. I always felt that they made some bad technology decisions from the start, like Python is probably not the best language for writing a PIM.
The requirements for this project have gone all over the place. Initially, it was touted as "exchange without the server," using some P2P method. Then it became an "outlook killer," then a "repository," and now they even have a "higher ed version," thats been talked about for some time.
Instead of trying to do a few things really well to start with, this project has become the poster boy for scope creep.
The first DVD player I had was a kit from Creative, which came with this huge decoder card in order to handle playback on the computers of the age. ( 12/1997)
In a period of 2 years DVD went from geek toy(97) to mass market adoption(99). Fueled by the features, quality, price, and convenience of the discs. The falling prices of the hardware players helped a lot too.
I'm a early adopter with an HD setup, but I have no interest in Blue-Ray or HD-DVD at the moment. I'm sure in a couple years I will pick one (probably when Netflix chooses a technology), but right now regular DVD's using an upconverting 1080i DVD player and an HDMI cable look and sound great for me. The upconverting setup was only $250 a year ago, and it makes my existing DVD's look great.
What is the motivation for these HD formats from a user perspective? Higher priced players, high priced discs, and limited selection. What is the consumer paying for? A little bit better pictured quality is not going to motivate people to switch.
There needs to be something more for the average consumer to consider using any of these formats. Looking at the audio world, there have been hi-def audio formats out for quite some time with little success. There needs to be something more besides a quality increase to get people to jump ship.
This book seems more like a "Desktop Linux Configuration Guide" than annoyances book. My original understanding of the annoyances series was that the books were for making OS's like OSX and Windows more habitable for say people with a UNIX background.
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Google's terms of service for Google Apps has some alarming boilerplate about the company not being responsible for lost data.
I think a lot of organizations will have qualms about sensitive files living on some Google server somewhere.
2GB. CPU and RAM usage are fairly low, so it appears to be a disk issue. Its something that I shouldn't have deal with on a new laptop with latest software.
I found myself spending way too much time in VMware, so I ended up replacing my Thinkpad with a new Macbook. I still run Linux as my workstation at home and work, but I have my Powerbook wherever I go. Bottom Line, if your semi-serious about Photography, Linux is not there yet.
I'm quite surprised Apple would release such a poorly implemented software product, especially considering its price and the 1.5 version number. After playing around with both products, I will be purchasing Lightroom.
From Valleywag.
Now that Linden is publishing actual user numbers, we can see that the Residents figure, as expected, is a big overcount over actual people (about 50% inflation, in fact, accounting for over a million ersatz users). Second Life doesn't have two million users. They have had two million users over the life of the service, and they've lost most of them. Of those users, the majority -- something like 5 out of 6 -- bailed in the first month.
* MySQL DATADIR is /var/lib/mysql
* Previous datadir found, it's YOUR job to change
* ownership and have care of it
* Sorry, plain up/downgrade between different version of MySQL is (still)
* un-supported.
I vowed never to use Gentoo again, and promptly moved that machine to Debian. I use to run Gentoo on all my desktop machines in the pre-ubuntu days, because it had the most bleeding edge desktop packages and optimizations. After Ubuntu came on the seen, Gentoo had no advantage for me. Its still a great learning too though. I highly recommend for aspiring Linux geeks.
A Google exec telling companies to outsource IT, is like a Microsoft exec telling companies to use Windows.
Given Google's recent missteps; In a few years, suggesting we outsource core IT functions to Google might be as laughable as suggesting we outsource core IT functions to Microsoft.
Ebay announced a signifigant price increase. Since online auctions are a natural monopoly, I guess we will continue to see these types of price increases until people finally get fed up enough to start listing items elsewhere.
I personally don't see anything wrong with people getting money to spend more time on open source projects. Its not a two tiered system, any Debian developer can throw up a website that solicits donations so they can spend more time working for the greater good.
A group of 17 developers, led by well-known Debian maintainer Joerg Jaspert, issued a position statement in October citing its disenchantment with Dunc-Tank. It read, "This whole affair already hurts Debian more than it can ever achieve. It already made a lot of people who have contributed a huge amount of time and work to Debian reduce their work. People left the project, others are orphaning packages...system administration and security work is reduced, and a lot of otherwise silent maintainers simply put off Debian work (to) work on something else."
The dunc-tank concept is not hurting Debian, its the reaction by a small group of developers that is hurting Debian. Stopping work to protest dunc-tank, is the equivalent of cutting your hand off because of a finger sprain. I already have a hard enough time getting Debian used in enterprise projects because there is no company behind it. Now every time Debian is suggested, someone is going to say "Well what happens when the devs go on strike again?"
This incident is not just hurting Debian, its hurting every fully community based project that could be used in enterprise environments.
Hey, don't give them any ideas. Charging for restrooms is pretty common in Europe, especially in Bus stations, even in bars and clubs.
Apple really didn't have a mega-hit, until it supported ipod on windows. Originally, Apple thought of the ipod with the outdated mentality that having mac exclusive devices will sell more macs. Somehow they finally saw the light, and started to sell ipods to the other 97% of the computing market.
What ipods really did, was publicize digital music to the masses. Before the ipod, MP3 players were not widely used or known by the general public.
That is complete bull, the quality of print is leaps and bounds ahead of most display technology. I'm a big consumer of digital media, but current screen technology pales in comparison to a high quality print job.
The whole problem with the espn mobile service was that you had to pay for an espn phone. There are millions who would pay $5/month for some sports service, but they don't want to have a one-size fits all phone.
If your going to ask for money on a website, have it so people have 1-2 clicks to contribute.. Even if its pledges, have it so the pledges are processed when the project is approved.. Right now they are essentially turning away thousands in contributions, especially with this type of publicity.
The growth of Linux in the server market is about features, lack of lock-in, and standardization across the board. If I write an application powered by Linux I have the ability to:
- Choose the distribution
- Choose the support provider
- Choose the hardware vendor
People like choice, and competition leads to better TCO. Thats why Linux is so popular on the server side, and thats why most corporations wouldn't even consider Apple as a server platform..Its not a question of when something was released, its when was it sold.. The g3 was being sold new in Apple products 2-3 years ago.. No major manufacturer was selling PII systems new as far back as 2001..
This is where the whole separation between software and hardware companies is a huge benefit.
I'm sorry but after the whole Laura DiDio debacle, I wouldn't trust anything coming out of the Yankee Group.
Step 1. Open Add/Remove Plugins
Step 2. Select Banshee and click ok
Step 3. Start Banshee
Step 4. Plug in Ipod
Its only been year since the release of OpenSolaris, and there are already many distributions in development. So I don't think the CDDL is everyone away.
While I don't care for the CDDL, Sun's rationale is well documented.
Python is a great choice for a lot of applications, but I think its a bad choice for A PIM. I never had a job working with python directly(zope, mailman, indirectly). I don't claim to be a python expert.
As far as Java is concerned, that is also a language I wouldn't use for writing a PIM as well.
So far, they've only managed to produce alpha quality software at best, after more than three years. I always felt that they made some bad technology decisions from the start, like Python is probably not the best language for writing a PIM.
The requirements for this project have gone all over the place. Initially, it was touted as "exchange without the server," using some P2P method. Then it became an "outlook killer," then a "repository," and now they even have a "higher ed version," thats been talked about for some time.
Instead of trying to do a few things really well to start with, this project has become the poster boy for scope creep.
I love how the only thing some people tend to associate Java with, are poorly implemented applets.
In a period of 2 years DVD went from geek toy(97) to mass market adoption(99). Fueled by the features, quality, price, and convenience of the discs. The falling prices of the hardware players helped a lot too.
I'm a early adopter with an HD setup, but I have no interest in Blue-Ray or HD-DVD at the moment. I'm sure in a couple years I will pick one (probably when Netflix chooses a technology), but right now regular DVD's using an upconverting 1080i DVD player and an HDMI cable look and sound great for me. The upconverting setup was only $250 a year ago, and it makes my existing DVD's look great.
What is the motivation for these HD formats from a user perspective? Higher priced players, high priced discs, and limited selection. What is the consumer paying for? A little bit better pictured quality is not going to motivate people to switch.
There needs to be something more for the average consumer to consider using any of these formats. Looking at the audio world, there have been hi-def audio formats out for quite some time with little success. There needs to be something more besides a quality increase to get people to jump ship.
This book seems more like a "Desktop Linux Configuration Guide" than annoyances book. My original understanding of the annoyances series was that the books were for making OS's like OSX and Windows more habitable for say people with a UNIX background.