Damn you Slashdotters! I've set my Opera to auto-reload petswarehouse.com every minute, because I'm so interested in seeing Novak's updates on his pending litigation.
But you/. freakos are maxing out his bandwidth, apparently. Don't any of you DARE set auto-reload on that site! That's MY strategy.
I have used a CAD/CAM package called Applicon Bravo (now owned by unilogic) for many years that used mouse and tablet gestures since it ran on a VAX 11/780
Uh, I don't think too many people have used such a system. Opera introduced gestures to the common desktop user. No one is claiming that they invented them.
If I introduce you to my friend Bill, does that mean I gave birth to him? Opera took a great concept that wasn't getting the attention it deserved, and introduced it to a great number of people (including myself).
The only way to crack a one-time pad is to acquire the pad. PERIOD. It doesn't matter if some guy writes a book claiming it can be done. It CANNOT be broken without the pad, no matter how many computers you have -- hell, you can't even break it with a QUANTUM computer.
There's actually a copy of the book sitting on the shelf here. Can you refer me to a page number where this bullcrap takes place, so I can debunk it?
If I remove 'gcc' from the system, I can no longer compile programs.
If I remove 'glibc' from the system, I might end up having to use 'Newlib'.
If I remove 'emacs', I might end up using 'vim'.
If I remove 'bash,' I might be forced to use 'tcsh'.
But if I remove the Linux kernel, every piece of GNU software out there becomes a useless pile of bits.
Face it GNU. Without Linux, you'd be in the shitter. You waited one decade too late to produce Hurd, and once you finally did, it turned out to be a steaming load of crap. You admit as such with your idiotic FAQ -- why don't you expend your energy promoting Hurd? Because it sucks, that's why. And without a kernel, you are totally impotent.
They've had their time in the spotlight, they've helped and done their part evolving computers to where they've been. They are a dinosaur now, desperately holding on by using yesterdays flawed technology and attempting to purchase innovation.
Now, I dislike MS as much as the next Linux bigot, but just hold your horses here. Do you think Linux just sprang out of the void, like some quantum fluctuation? If anything, Linux is based on older technology than Windows.
Sure, Windows is a POS, but this a totally BS argument.
That depends on how the compiler resolves 1,000,000
Chances are it won't compile to get to the for loop in the first place.
Wrong. It'll compile, and will be interpretted as:
x>=1, 000, 000
In other words, three expressions, seperated by the comma operator. The rightmost expression is the ultimate compound value, so the entire expression evaluates to zero no matter what the value of x happens to be, and no matter whether the test is <= or >=. The code is SEVERELY broken.
Why not view it as a game of skill? You vs. Microsoft. Get around their latest patch, sorta thing...
I'm sure they're having fun fucking with us, why don't we have some fun too? It's just a game, not a big evil conspiracy, sheesh. I remember back in highschool trying to crack savegame formats for games like M&MIII. It's loads of fun to try and beat the protections.
AGP will let you run the textures from your video card off of system RAM
This, by the way, has got to be one of the most useless features of AGP. Not only is the transfer from main memory to the card slow as molasses, it's also tying up the memory so that the CPU has to wait for the video card in order to get to RAM. So while the graphics card is rendering your scene out of main memory textures, it's also making it impossible for the CPU to get to RAM in order to do geometry processing for the next frame of animation.
Not to mention, these cards are coming out with enough video RAM to rival the main memory, so the entire point is moot anyway. Well, unless you've got 1 GB of RAM like I do..
KDE actively discourages threads. Perhaps that will change now.
I'm only guessing, but the reason KDE discourages threads is probably because it's a real bitch to write a truly thread-safe library, and they don't want to fuck with it.
In other words, it probably isn't because of performance.
If there are any core KDE developers reading, please correct me if I'm wrong.
If anybody is interested, I've developed WormScan [freshmeat.net] last year, which is a Java-based program (GPL) which can analyze your Apache log files for pretty much anything you want (just plug in your regular expressions).
I think I've heard of a similar program before. I might have even used it... Hmm, what was that program?
"PC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233-MHz minimum required". I offer up the opinion that they pulled these numbers out of their ass, and that is the general routine of the software industry in general.
Actually, I do have a program I wrote that requires dual 2+ GHz procs and 1+ GB RAM.
That is, if you want to see your results within a day...
No, that isn't what I was trying to say. What I meant was, even if I've just looked at the Gimp source, I'm opening myself to a lawsuit because I do similar things at work. How can I prove whether or not I've copied code or concepts? When what I do for employment overlaps with a free software project, it seems I am not free to contribute to that project because then a conflict of interest arises. It becomes hard to tell the difference between what I did for my employer and what I did for Gimp.
My whole point is I do know how to write an efficient image rotation algorithm, but if I even set eyes on Gimp code it suddenly places me in a tight spot.
This can't possibly be right, can it? What if I look at Apache code? Does this forever ban be from writing network protocols because I saw how they do it? After all, how can I possibly prove that my BlinkenProtocol 1.5 isn't derived from something in Apache?
Isn't it the same situation with companies who purchase access to Microsoft source code? These people have to be extremely careful to not infringe Microsoft's copyright. It seems like more hassle than it's worth.
This all seems terribly counterproductive. The programmer with the serious experience who would be most valuable on the project must avoid it, because they could be sued for copyright infringement.
Anyway, that is what I meant by my rant. I certainly have no need to steal code from a GPL project when I already know what I'm doing. It just prevents me from contributing.
But keep in mind that in order to reverse engineer something and be legal you have to have *never* seen the code.
I'm gonna have to stop contributing to Open Source projects then.
No, really.
If I could be sued for duplicating functionality which is present in open source products, just because I've seen the code, then I'll just have to stop looking at GPL'd code so I don't put myself into that position... For example at work I implement graphics pipelines (image manipulation). Since this is strongly related to, say, what Gimp does, this means I can't even look at Gimp source code because it'll put me at risk for some idiotic copyright infringement claim.
Sorry, Gimp project. I can't afford a lawsuit. I suppose I won't be able to contribute. I'm glad I've never looked at the Gimp code!
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Milliken guessed or decided beforehand what he wanted the electrostatic constant to be and kept fudging his results until he got the one he wanted.
I believe the issue is more complicated than you think. I refer you to a paper by David Goodstein that details the Millikan "controversy" and gives a little perspective.
No it isn't. Empty space can contain energy in the form of a field. The presence of an electromagnetic field within a region gives that region a "temperature" in some sense of the word -- there is a nonzero energy density.
For example the space between two capacitor plates can contain energy (in the form of an electrostatic field) even though no matter is present there.
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But you /. freakos are maxing out his bandwidth, apparently. Don't any of you DARE set auto-reload on that site! That's MY strategy.
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Uh, I don't think too many people have used such a system. Opera introduced gestures to the common desktop user. No one is claiming that they invented them.
If I introduce you to my friend Bill, does that mean I gave birth to him? Opera took a great concept that wasn't getting the attention it deserved, and introduced it to a great number of people (including myself).
"Introduce" != "Invent." Sure, lots of CAD/CAM/CAE tools had gestures forever ago, but how many regular users run those programs daily?
Opera "introduced gestures" to the web browsing world.
There's actually a copy of the book sitting on the shelf here. Can you refer me to a page number where this bullcrap takes place, so I can debunk it?
I'm too tired to explain why, I'm sure someone else will pick up the buck on this one.
This is all totally idiotic.
Ah, you're talking about Mimas.
If I remove 'glibc' from the system, I might end up having to use 'Newlib'.
If I remove 'emacs', I might end up using 'vim'.
If I remove 'bash,' I might be forced to use 'tcsh'.
But if I remove the Linux kernel, every piece of GNU software out there becomes a useless pile of bits.
Face it GNU. Without Linux, you'd be in the shitter. You waited one decade too late to produce Hurd, and once you finally did, it turned out to be a steaming load of crap. You admit as such with your idiotic FAQ -- why don't you expend your energy promoting Hurd? Because it sucks, that's why. And without a kernel, you are totally impotent.
I will now get back to hacking Linux.
Now, I dislike MS as much as the next Linux bigot, but just hold your horses here. Do you think Linux just sprang out of the void, like some quantum fluctuation? If anything, Linux is based on older technology than Windows.
Sure, Windows is a POS, but this a totally BS argument.
Wrong. It'll compile, and will be interpretted as:
x>=1, 000, 000
In other words, three expressions, seperated by the comma operator. The rightmost expression is the ultimate compound value, so the entire expression evaluates to zero no matter what the value of x happens to be, and no matter whether the test is <= or >=. The code is SEVERELY broken.
I'm sure they're having fun fucking with us, why don't we have some fun too? It's just a game, not a big evil conspiracy, sheesh. I remember back in highschool trying to crack savegame formats for games like M&MIII. It's loads of fun to try and beat the protections.
This, by the way, has got to be one of the most useless features of AGP. Not only is the transfer from main memory to the card slow as molasses, it's also tying up the memory so that the CPU has to wait for the video card in order to get to RAM. So while the graphics card is rendering your scene out of main memory textures, it's also making it impossible for the CPU to get to RAM in order to do geometry processing for the next frame of animation.
Not to mention, these cards are coming out with enough video RAM to rival the main memory, so the entire point is moot anyway. Well, unless you've got 1 GB of RAM like I do..
You don't think the fact that he's Superman has anything to do with it?
If you don't get it, or think it's stupid, rate me '-1, Dipshit', not '-1, Offtopic'
Time to reboot?
I'm only guessing, but the reason KDE discourages threads is probably because it's a real bitch to write a truly thread-safe library, and they don't want to fuck with it.
In other words, it probably isn't because of performance.
If there are any core KDE developers reading, please correct me if I'm wrong.
Because they're Finnish!!^$@!%^#$
Dude, I said they're from Finland!!! And that's where Linus is from!!&!&^@%!
I think I've heard of a similar program before. I might have even used it... Hmm, what was that program?
Oh, yeah! grep
(sorry man, I'm just pokin' fun)
Ah, the defense of one who has no real defense...
Actually, I do have a program I wrote that requires dual 2+ GHz procs and 1+ GB RAM.
That is, if you want to see your results within a day...
Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!
My whole point is I do know how to write an efficient image rotation algorithm, but if I even set eyes on Gimp code it suddenly places me in a tight spot.
This can't possibly be right, can it? What if I look at Apache code? Does this forever ban be from writing network protocols because I saw how they do it? After all, how can I possibly prove that my BlinkenProtocol 1.5 isn't derived from something in Apache?
Isn't it the same situation with companies who purchase access to Microsoft source code? These people have to be extremely careful to not infringe Microsoft's copyright. It seems like more hassle than it's worth.
This all seems terribly counterproductive. The programmer with the serious experience who would be most valuable on the project must avoid it, because they could be sued for copyright infringement.
Anyway, that is what I meant by my rant. I certainly have no need to steal code from a GPL project when I already know what I'm doing. It just prevents me from contributing.
I'm gonna have to stop contributing to Open Source projects then.
No, really.
If I could be sued for duplicating functionality which is present in open source products, just because I've seen the code, then I'll just have to stop looking at GPL'd code so I don't put myself into that position... For example at work I implement graphics pipelines (image manipulation). Since this is strongly related to, say, what Gimp does, this means I can't even look at Gimp source code because it'll put me at risk for some idiotic copyright infringement claim.
Sorry, Gimp project. I can't afford a lawsuit. I suppose I won't be able to contribute. I'm glad I've never looked at the Gimp code!
I believe the issue is more complicated than you think. I refer you to a paper by David Goodstein that details the Millikan "controversy" and gives a little perspective.
No it isn't. Empty space can contain energy in the form of a field. The presence of an electromagnetic field within a region gives that region a "temperature" in some sense of the word -- there is a nonzero energy density.
For example the space between two capacitor plates can contain energy (in the form of an electrostatic field) even though no matter is present there.