I don't believe there is malice or conspiracy on the part of Obama administration at all. It's just plain ignorance, the hallmark of the empty slogans of hope fed through the adoring masses of those who lacked the intelligence to see through those slogans (media) to those to whom "hope" means a hope of more handouts (the entitlement class).
This is one bright future we are building for our children.
The people in charge now are less interested in telling us who we can sleep with
Please show me one quote from the previous President telling anyone who they can sleep with. Why is this moderated "Insightful"?
I am no fan of overreaching government (yeah, I am one of those libertarian whackos), but shouldn't/. mods maintain a modicum of neutrality and ability to think critically about what they moderate?
Those who actually bothered to read TFA, what exactly is the point of this? I understand Robin Chase loves feel-good social causes, and she is a good organizer, but no one ever accused her of being an engineer. Having read TFA, it sounds to me a bit like confused meandering of someone trying to figure out how to use some of the stimulus billions for yet another social pet cause, but without the clear definition of what that cause is.
InfoWorld wonders if the collaboration efforts aren't a bad omen for Novell's SUSE Linux
Every time Novell gets involved with UNIX, it spells doom for the latter. I worked for Novell when it purchased USL and UNIX. We lamented the faith that inevitably had to befall UNIX because we knew how UNIX-averse and arrogant the upper echelons were. There were people back then in charge of Novell who actually believed they would build competitive Internet run on IPX - I swear I am not joking.
I don't believe much has changed. To a lot of those MBA types all those technologies are just meangless abbreviations and acronyms, and as long as they can rearrange letters on the table and get something that looks catchy to some marketing drone, they think they've got a winner.
Frankly, I find it just one more proof of cultural arrogance displayed by our politicians to regulate and criminalize what is clearly considered benign and acceptable behavior by many foreign cultures. We are hell bent on exporting democracy (as if it was some kind of magic sword) and our customs to everyone. In the process of saving everyone from himself we become entangled in countless, absurd wars. Why don't we worry about our own problems, within our own shores?
Did you understand what I said in my reply to the eldavojohn's post, which was total poppycock btw, and which for an incomprehensible reason got modded "5 informative"? I was talking about *one* flow (in this case, streaming sound). It helps to have larger windows in TCP over high latency links, but that's not what we're talking about here.
Shouldn't mods have a minimum comprehension of the subject before modding posts for the content, or am I expecting too much?
If I remember correctly, UDP packets are many small packets which may perform badly over connections of very high latency. Your bandwidth readings on a TCP sight might look just large enough to use Skype but since it's a UDP service it could be unusable.
Not to be an asshole, but why has the above been modded "informative"?
All voice traffic is UDP. TCP wouldn't make any sense for streaming. Skype uses separate flows for chat, voice, and control. UDP is perfect for connections with very high latency because it can fill the pipe. Try using a straight TCP flow on a 2Mbps satellite connection. Good luck if you can use more than 800Kbps. ACKs will kill you.
I thought OS/2 was a joint project [theinquirer.net] between IBM and Microsoft?
It was for a while. I am talking about the time when it was obvious that MS was going the Windows way. IBM made a big production about how they will never abandon OS/2, and how it is the OS of the future. Then, after some companies bought into the "unshakable resolve of IBM", said IBM quietly walked away.
I am curious if anyone understands the relationship between former Borland and current Embarcadero. It seems Embarcadero owns most of the apps and tools that Borland used to make, and they also live in Borland's former building in Scott's Valley. Curiouser and curiouser... Could it be possibly that Embarcadero is former Borland who simply shed its name to some Texas-based company? Anyone with better insight care to chime in?
First of all, before I go on a trip down memory land, WTH?
Texas-based Borland
When have they left Scotts Valley? Bloody traitors.
Okay, now that I have gotten that out of my system, I remember when Turbo C kicked Microsoft's Quick C into oblivion. I mean, when Quick C could muster maybe 80K size out of a simplest program, Turbo C could squish it to maybe 12K. Don't laugh, in early days of DOS, that was important.
Also, anyone remember register pseudo-variables in Borland C? God, they ruled. Combined with the "List of Interrupts" they placed power and speed at your figertips that only rightly belonged to the creator.
Alas, they took IBM's commitment to OS/2 too seriously. I remember when they put so much resources into OS/2 tools development. I must have been a huge financial blow and a loss of invaluable development time when IBM just walked away, whistling. That might have been the beginning of the end for them. It may have been partly my fault. Back in those days I, too, carried the "I want my OS/2" button.
This is a sad day. Like so many icons of Silicon Valley of the early glory days, one more star has burned out.
[GroupWise] I'd say they definitely got their money's worth
Considering very poor market penetration of Novell Groupwise, steadily dropping market share, and considering that to feed this silly and losing battle with Microsoft Novell starved good, profitable products like LAN Workplace for Windows, which used to be a cash cow, then no, I would say they did not get their money's worth.
Oh, yes, of course, I do not agree with some PC idiot, then I MUST be a BIGOT. Yeah. Don't forget a RACIST. Hell, I probably personally tear poor little children apart limb by limb after and sell their organs to evil western corporations.
Just becasue your limited imagination and intelligence doesn't find a use for it, doesn't mean there isn't one.
(cough, cough) 700 million dollars (cough, cough). This is not government. Most private companies should have a little better understanding of the value of money.
You do realize that by regurgitating that accusation mindlessly every time anyone involved is black you are reducing it to the point where no one will ever take it seriously, right?
Of course, they were all successful, enterprising countries, then evil capitalist corporations came, and now they all wallow in poverty. Yeah. Right. Gotta love these left wing politically correct naive idiots.
This reminds me of Novell buying Word Perfect. Paid over a billion dollars, couldn't sell for $100m just years later if their life depended on it. If Twitter refuses the offer, they are dumber than a sack of bricks. In a few years no one will pay attention to them. Just another useless, 15-minute-of-fame "Oprah technology".
Well, that's it, then. In November the Savior was elected, so no need for further ideas or awards. It's all in good hands now, thank you. Let's go back to Oprah.
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So bankrupting the country is a far better choice than facing the unknown. Check.
I don't believe there is malice or conspiracy on the part of Obama administration at all. It's just plain ignorance, the hallmark of the empty slogans of hope fed through the adoring masses of those who lacked the intelligence to see through those slogans (media) to those to whom "hope" means a hope of more handouts (the entitlement class).
This is one bright future we are building for our children.
Please show me one quote from the previous President telling anyone who they can sleep with. Why is this moderated "Insightful"?
I am no fan of overreaching government (yeah, I am one of those libertarian whackos), but shouldn't /. mods maintain a modicum of neutrality and ability to think critically about what they moderate?
I gotta rewrite my evaluation...
Those who actually bothered to read TFA, what exactly is the point of this? I understand Robin Chase loves feel-good social causes, and she is a good organizer, but no one ever accused her of being an engineer. Having read TFA, it sounds to me a bit like confused meandering of someone trying to figure out how to use some of the stimulus billions for yet another social pet cause, but without the clear definition of what that cause is.
Every time Novell gets involved with UNIX, it spells doom for the latter. I worked for Novell when it purchased USL and UNIX. We lamented the faith that inevitably had to befall UNIX because we knew how UNIX-averse and arrogant the upper echelons were. There were people back then in charge of Novell who actually believed they would build competitive Internet run on IPX - I swear I am not joking.
I don't believe much has changed. To a lot of those MBA types all those technologies are just meangless abbreviations and acronyms, and as long as they can rearrange letters on the table and get something that looks catchy to some marketing drone, they think they've got a winner.
Frankly, I find it just one more proof of cultural arrogance displayed by our politicians to regulate and criminalize what is clearly considered benign and acceptable behavior by many foreign cultures. We are hell bent on exporting democracy (as if it was some kind of magic sword) and our customs to everyone. In the process of saving everyone from himself we become entangled in countless, absurd wars. Why don't we worry about our own problems, within our own shores?
Did you understand what I said in my reply to the eldavojohn's post, which was total poppycock btw, and which for an incomprehensible reason got modded "5 informative"? I was talking about *one* flow (in this case, streaming sound). It helps to have larger windows in TCP over high latency links, but that's not what we're talking about here.
Shouldn't mods have a minimum comprehension of the subject before modding posts for the content, or am I expecting too much?
Not to be an asshole, but why has the above been modded "informative"?
All voice traffic is UDP. TCP wouldn't make any sense for streaming. Skype uses separate flows for chat, voice, and control. UDP is perfect for connections with very high latency because it can fill the pipe. Try using a straight TCP flow on a 2Mbps satellite connection. Good luck if you can use more than 800Kbps. ACKs will kill you.
sudo journalism? Is that like pseudo journalism on Ubuntu?
So what you're saying is that journalists are desperately clamoring for government bailout to save their behinds? Shocking.
It was for a while. I am talking about the time when it was obvious that MS was going the Windows way. IBM made a big production about how they will never abandon OS/2, and how it is the OS of the future. Then, after some companies bought into the "unshakable resolve of IBM", said IBM quietly walked away.
I am curious if anyone understands the relationship between former Borland and current Embarcadero. It seems Embarcadero owns most of the apps and tools that Borland used to make, and they also live in Borland's former building in Scott's Valley. Curiouser and curiouser... Could it be possibly that Embarcadero is former Borland who simply shed its name to some Texas-based company? Anyone with better insight care to chime in?
First of all, before I go on a trip down memory land, WTH?
When have they left Scotts Valley? Bloody traitors.
Okay, now that I have gotten that out of my system, I remember when Turbo C kicked Microsoft's Quick C into oblivion. I mean, when Quick C could muster maybe 80K size out of a simplest program, Turbo C could squish it to maybe 12K. Don't laugh, in early days of DOS, that was important.
Also, anyone remember register pseudo-variables in Borland C? God, they ruled. Combined with the "List of Interrupts" they placed power and speed at your figertips that only rightly belonged to the creator.
Alas, they took IBM's commitment to OS/2 too seriously. I remember when they put so much resources into OS/2 tools development. I must have been a huge financial blow and a loss of invaluable development time when IBM just walked away, whistling. That might have been the beginning of the end for them. It may have been partly my fault. Back in those days I, too, carried the "I want my OS/2" button.
This is a sad day. Like so many icons of Silicon Valley of the early glory days, one more star has burned out.
Buahahahahaha... Well, thankfully, Zimbabwe is doing so much better under Mugabe.
Considering very poor market penetration of Novell Groupwise, steadily dropping market share, and considering that to feed this silly and losing battle with Microsoft Novell starved good, profitable products like LAN Workplace for Windows, which used to be a cash cow, then no, I would say they did not get their money's worth.
Oh, yes, of course, I do not agree with some PC idiot, then I MUST be a BIGOT. Yeah. Don't forget a RACIST. Hell, I probably personally tear poor little children apart limb by limb after and sell their organs to evil western corporations.
(cough, cough) 700 million dollars (cough, cough). This is not government. Most private companies should have a little better understanding of the value of money.
You do realize that by regurgitating that accusation mindlessly every time anyone involved is black you are reducing it to the point where no one will ever take it seriously, right?
Of course, they were all successful, enterprising countries, then evil capitalist corporations came, and now they all wallow in poverty. Yeah. Right. Gotta love these left wing politically correct naive idiots.
Oh, I can see another politically correct anonymous whore with mod points is running loose on Slashdot.
This reminds me of Novell buying Word Perfect. Paid over a billion dollars, couldn't sell for $100m just years later if their life depended on it. If Twitter refuses the offer, they are dumber than a sack of bricks. In a few years no one will pay attention to them. Just another useless, 15-minute-of-fame "Oprah technology".
Do you want to learn from those who succeeded, or from the failures?
Most of them are probably asking for Colbert to be elected President.
Well, that's it, then. In November the Savior was elected, so no need for further ideas or awards. It's all in good hands now, thank you. Let's go back to Oprah.