This makes sense, and I'd love to see something like the space elevator that Arthur C. Clarke's brought up in Fountains of Paradise happen. This way, cargo could be brought up, followed by crew if the cargo run was successful.
I think lower prices (like what Univeral is trying) is the only thing that's going to bring ppl back. They're now used to listening to songs before they buy a CD - I know I always do now, and that in turn generates a more knowledgeable consumer. They're not going to buy crap, so it's up to the rekerd companies to release better music (not likely) or just lower the price enough to hook the ppl back in. Of course, the best music is still put out by indie bands, but most of the $ won't come from them, so lowering the prices on all the Britney's and such will help the bottom line.
This is a bad, bad thing, and another reason for folks to start considering other options. For example, I'm now on my iBook running Gentoo. That Open firmware is much more attractive to me for future boxen. I've gotta tell ya, I still want to run Linux only, but damnit if the Apple's aren't looking better and better. Of course my AMD still runs all of my games (in Linux), for now at least.
Time to diversify so that the target infestation isn't as large. But you can't tell people what OS to run, so as for protecting the network, not allowing email attachments is pretty harsh to some people, but I think it's what will need to be done in the long run.
Email should be used for communication, not for transfering files.
I appreciate that the metadata is the managed code and the Language neutrality of the project, but I still think questions need to answered about if this is really just a new way to try to kill Java, and how nice it'll play with projects like Mono after it takes off.
As am I, but I am interested in the ebuilds that now support Ximian. Think about it, Ximian proves a nice (standardized?) desktop for end users, with usablity all laid out, and all apps within reach and installed. Now it's not my piece of pie, but for 'new' end users, it'll be great; and they'd get the same desktop regardless of if the CIO wanted to run Red Hat/SuSE/Mandrake or Gentoo. Of course admin'ing the that I need to admin these boxen what better way than emerging via SSH to all boxes? Setup a distcc and then you're really moving.
No, it's not; Apple simply doesn't allow that. I'm sure the cost of the OS is 'nominal' but to me it's the point of the whole thing. Still, it's miles better than buying a Dell and sending $ to MS for an OS you'll never use.
My point was that even though this just came out, it's already in Portage. That's the thing about Gentoo - you can run bleeding edge stuff, and optimize everything the way you want. Freedom time. Now relax, I'm not trying to go off on whatever OS you use, I'm just saying that it's nice to have the freedom to have whatever you want.
I'm not super l33t either, but I do have all my Gentoos all setup the way I want. It's a good feeling, if you have the time and desire to learn.
I've already got the 2.0beta of Abiword, and it looks great. I've no doubt this will rock too. When you look at those two apps along with Evolution and Mozilla, Linux has GREAT versions of all of the apps that 99% of the population needs/uses.
I bought an iBook and threw Gentoo on it. For what I need, admining servers at work, life, wireless, great battery samba access, gnome2, nothing beats it. Also I can run mol (mac on linux) if I need to access the OS X side. The best of both worlds if you ask me.
Download it here. Looks interesting, but I'd rather start seeing Linux systems sold as being the best solution instead of just the cheapest with substandard hardware.
>> Stick with Windows, and drop that whine crap!!!
Maybe you should read the text:
"The project has paid off tremendously for Disney this year alone. Development of the porting solution, including site licenses, cost Disney less than $15,000. Had he opted to run Photoshop on Windows machines, it would have cost upward of $50,000 just in annual licensing fees, said Brooks. He estimates support would have been an additional $40,000 a year."
"The project has paid off tremendously for Disney this year alone. Development of the porting solution, including site licenses, cost Disney less than $15,000. Had he opted to run Photoshop on Windows machines, it would have cost upward of $50,000 just in annual licensing fees, said Brooks. He estimates support would have been an additional $40,000 a year."
Best AC post ever! BTW, I live right by that Borders here in Austin, glad I'm married. And I hear ya, ppl that into something that is NOT REAL have issues, serious issues. Fuck, turn on the TV or something! Go out and drink too much! Anything, just get away from the online 'crack' (as they so dearly call it) and socialize around 'mortals'. 6 hrs a day on the weekdays? damn!
CB
PS - f the stoplights on 360
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[...]they definitely need to think about a name change to ensure continued acceptance in the increasingly corporate-driven Linux market
I don't think that's is the goal of the distro. As for CTO's not wanting to use it, I guess it all depends on your CTO's exp with the distro. I use Slack at work and they see what it can do, that's the value, not the name. As for you saying whilst Slackware may produce a decent distribution, does not do it justice. It's always been one of the most stable Linux's, as well as one of the most well thought out, configuration wise. So ignore the name, and try it out.
Upgrades do not work as smoothly as they ought to work needs to go into some code in the upgradepkg utility that can migrate the settings, rather than plopping down a new copy of the file and saying you might have to look at it....
Sorry, but this has not been my experience at all. Have you ever tried Dropline Gnome for Slack? It's perfect (or as close to it as anything I've seen recently) and Todd does an amazing job at keeping pkgs up to date for the installer to handle. Try it out. A non DT based option would be Autoslack
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Gentoo, my other favorite distrobution suffers from the same problem...
I really have to disagree with you. I run ~x86 on 3 boxes, and 1 x86 (stable) and haven't had any issue updating. emerge -uD world and all is new. I use etc-update to update my settings and all is good. Pehaps it's not perfect (sometimes ebuilds are broken) but it's the easiest distro to 'fix' if you ask me. I've done my time with RH/MDK/Deb/F-bsd and now only run Slack/Gentoo.
nice, I like the quote, "Evanthes shot one of the women and says, "I got the one with the biggest rack." - makes me != proud to be a male
System requirements list win98...
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System Requirements (Note: Netscape 7.1 is recommended for users with 64MB of RAM on Windows 98 or higher. See full system requirements for more information.)
Actually I did install FreeBSD on a box after running Slack for a year, but I have only used it to configure Apache, so I don't consider myself as having used it too much. I will though, I'm not going to wipe the machine, it'll just be there waiting for me to play with it. Need to learn all about the Ports, that Gentoo too and ran with.
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An article written about the idea, this year:
Space Elevators Maybe Closer To Reality Than Imagined
Much more info here:
The Space Elevator Reference
CB
I think lower prices (like what Univeral is trying) is the only thing that's going to bring ppl back. They're now used to listening to songs before they buy a CD - I know I always do now, and that in turn generates a more knowledgeable consumer. They're not going to buy crap, so it's up to the rekerd companies to release better music (not likely) or just lower the price enough to hook the ppl back in. Of course, the best music is still put out by indie bands, but most of the $ won't come from them, so lowering the prices on all the Britney's and such will help the bottom line.
CB
This is a bad, bad thing, and another reason for folks to start considering other options. For example, I'm now on my iBook running Gentoo. That Open firmware is much more attractive to me for future boxen. I've gotta tell ya, I still want to run Linux only, but damnit if the Apple's aren't looking better and better. Of course my AMD still runs all of my games (in Linux), for now at least.
CB
Time to diversify so that the target infestation isn't as large. But you can't tell people what OS to run, so as for protecting the network, not allowing email attachments is pretty harsh to some people, but I think it's what will need to be done in the long run.
Email should be used for communication, not for transfering files.
CB
I appreciate that the metadata is the managed code and the Language neutrality of the project, but I still think questions need to answered about if this is really just a new way to try to kill Java, and how nice it'll play with projects like Mono after it takes off.
CB
As am I, but I am interested in the ebuilds that now support Ximian. Think about it, Ximian proves a nice (standardized?) desktop for end users, with usablity all laid out, and all apps within reach and installed. Now it's not my piece of pie, but for 'new' end users, it'll be great; and they'd get the same desktop regardless of if the CIO wanted to run Red Hat/SuSE/Mandrake or Gentoo. Of course admin'ing the that I need to admin these boxen what better way than emerging via SSH to all boxes? Setup a distcc and then you're really moving.
CB
If you want a great Mars pic from last night for your wallpaper (suitable for 1024x or 1280x) today, get it here:
/ full_jpg.jpg
wget http://hubblesite.org/db/2003/22/images/a/formats
It's pretty slow loading, but wget will get it for ya.
CB
No, it's not; Apple simply doesn't allow that. I'm sure the cost of the OS is 'nominal' but to me it's the point of the whole thing. Still, it's miles better than buying a Dell and sending $ to MS for an OS you'll never use.
CB
You know I did!
My point was that even though this just came out, it's already in Portage. That's the thing about Gentoo - you can run bleeding edge stuff, and optimize everything the way you want. Freedom time. Now relax, I'm not trying to go off on whatever OS you use, I'm just saying that it's nice to have the freedom to have whatever you want.
I'm not super l33t either, but I do have all my Gentoos all setup the way I want. It's a good feeling, if you have the time and desire to learn.
CB
emerge -p /usr/portage/app-office/gnumeric/gnumeric-1.1.20.e build
I've already got the 2.0beta of Abiword, and it looks great. I've no doubt this will rock too. When you look at those two apps along with Evolution and Mozilla, Linux has GREAT versions of all of the apps that 99% of the population needs/uses.
CB
so will this mean gaim users will be out in the cold too? Oh well, good reason not to use MSN based IM.
CB
I bought an iBook and threw Gentoo on it. For what I need, admining servers at work, life, wireless, great battery samba access, gnome2, nothing beats it. Also I can run mol (mac on linux) if I need to access the OS X side. The best of both worlds if you ask me.
CB
It won't happen, he wasn't born in the USA, so he can't hold the office.
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>> Stick with Windows, and drop that whine crap!!!
Maybe you should read the text:
"The project has paid off tremendously for Disney this year alone. Development of the porting solution, including site licenses, cost Disney less than $15,000. Had he opted to run Photoshop on Windows machines, it would have cost upward of $50,000 just in annual licensing fees, said Brooks. He estimates support would have been an additional $40,000 a year."
CB
Maybe you should read the text:
"The project has paid off tremendously for Disney this year alone. Development of the porting solution, including site licenses, cost Disney less than $15,000. Had he opted to run Photoshop on Windows machines, it would have cost upward of $50,000 just in annual licensing fees, said Brooks. He estimates support would have been an additional $40,000 a year."
CB
They must be using MS Linux.
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Nidelven IT just put up a new article called An Introduction to Thunderbird. Looks pretty solid.
CB
Best AC post ever! BTW, I live right by that Borders here in Austin, glad I'm married. And I hear ya, ppl that into something that is NOT REAL have issues, serious issues. Fuck, turn on the TV or something! Go out and drink too much! Anything, just get away from the online 'crack' (as they so dearly call it) and socialize around 'mortals'. 6 hrs a day on the weekdays? damn!
CB
PS - f the stoplights on 360
I don't think that's is the goal of the distro. As for CTO's not wanting to use it, I guess it all depends on your CTO's exp with the distro. I use Slack at work and they see what it can do, that's the value, not the name. As for you saying whilst Slackware may produce a decent distribution, does not do it justice. It's always been one of the most stable Linux's, as well as one of the most well thought out, configuration wise. So ignore the name, and try it out.
CB
Sorry, but this has not been my experience at all. Have you ever tried Dropline Gnome for Slack? It's perfect (or as close to it as anything I've seen recently) and Todd does an amazing job at keeping pkgs up to date for the installer to handle. Try it out. A non DT based option would be Autoslack
as for
Gentoo, my other favorite distrobution suffers from the same problem...
I really have to disagree with you. I run ~x86 on 3 boxes, and 1 x86 (stable) and haven't had any issue updating. emerge -uD world and all is new. I use etc-update to update my settings and all is good. Pehaps it's not perfect (sometimes ebuilds are broken) but it's the easiest distro to 'fix' if you ask me. I've done my time with RH/MDK/Deb/F-bsd and now only run Slack/Gentoo.
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nice, I like the quote, "Evanthes shot one of the women and says, "I got the one with the biggest rack." - makes me != proud to be a male
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prob bad qa on their part, but that line is not correct.
CB
Actually I did install FreeBSD on a box after running Slack for a year, but I have only used it to configure Apache, so I don't consider myself as having used it too much. I will though, I'm not going to wipe the machine, it'll just be there waiting for me to play with it. Need to learn all about the Ports, that Gentoo too and ran with.
CB