On my current project, for instance, one of the requirements is to generate PDFs. In order to do that, prior to Java 1.4, you needed a GUI (under Linux, you can of course use Xvfb); 1.4 added the -Djava.awt.headless VM parameter, but we are currently chasing down a bug in a third party library that's ignoring the setting.
In the past, we've needed to have an X server available in order to fulfil image manipulation and generation requirements. Just because it's a headless server doesn't necessarily mean there's no use for a GUI on it.
Jamie McCarthy has been involved with slashdot for as long as I can remember; certainly, I don't remember a period "before Jamie". If you doubt how long that is, check my UID. It's not particularly impressively low, but it does demonstrate that I've been here a few years.
Now, I'm not saying I believe or accept his response, but he's not just some guy, either.
Really? You mean they're not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts? They're actually trying to make some money? Whod'a thought...
Seriously, I've been saying this since day one - IBM is looking out for IBM. Right now, it sees a way to make money with Linux. If that ever changes, IBM's Linux support will take a back seat to whatever replaces it, or even (eventually) be dropped entire;y.
It's like all things in life - enjoy it while it lasts, hope it lasts forever, but don't get so dependent on it that it's removal would cause serious hardship.
even 10*5 times more thrust is only 5 newtons (read: not much).
To put this in perspective for the non-physicists amongst us, that's just over half the force of gravity as measured at the Earth's surface. It will *not* get you off the ground, no way, no how.
/. is used on merchandising as a sort of logo-cum-shortened form.
IANAL and RTFA are both acronyms.
"ppl" and "ur" are just stupid. They're just barely acceptable in text messages (where you're severely limited in message length), but completely unnecessary here.
I know that languages change and evolve, but some changes should be resisted.
Oh, that's a given, and believe me I'm utterly dismayed by this. All I was saying was that you can't really blame the RIAA for being interested in this; they have taken it upon themselves to pursue copyright infringers (as is also their right), and this would make that job easier.
That doesn't excuse the politicians if/when they grant them access, however; that would be inexcusable.
It only becomes a problem when the authorities grant them access. They ask all they like, as long as they don't get it. If they do get it, then it's the authorities that should be blamed.
In this case, copyright law, obviously. The fact that the access point was open is relevent only in that he's using it as a defence. No-one is saying "having a wide-open WAP is illegal", they're saying "if you do have a wide-open WAP, don't be surprised when the police come asking questions about suspicious traffic that appears to have originated from your network".
It's the same in the real world. If I keep a gun locked away in my house, that's fine (assuming I have the necessary permits, etc); if someone breaks in, smashes open the container and takes it and kills someone with it, I'm probably going to be ok.. If I leave it in an external building (eg a shed) which isn't locked, and someone takes it and murders someone, chances are I'll be in pretty deep trouble too.
It's not just that, it messes with the kernel's systables. At unregister time, it puts things back the way they should be, but it anything else had yielded after grabbing an affected address but before completing the call, *boom* BSOD.
(All from memory of reports here, don't shoot me if the terminology is wrong)
Second, you can install mode software any place you want on a Unix system
That's not true for any of the package systems I've used. Sure, you can do it if you download the source (or a binary tgz, etc), but the majority of users (as opposed to admins) won't be doing that.
Scammers (such as the photo retailers) have been suckering people for DECADES. This is WITH government "protection" that many citizens believe they can rely on, yet we still see thousands of people getting swindled.
But how many of those "thousands" of people actually bother to complain about their experiences to the relevant authorities?
I know that the customer has more power than I do
No. The Customer (en masse) has more power, but each individual customer has next to none. I'd like to pay less for my fuel, for example, and I'm by no means alone. A few years ago there were protests about the price of petrol - depots being picketted, motorways blockaded. The result? Nothing, but a lot of hot air in Parliament and in the press. Prices are even higher now.
I'm not saying that "the customer" can't make things better for themselves, but I really don't think they/we have half as much power as you think we do. Sure, if an isolated shop or part of a small chain starts ripping people off, people can drive it out of business by stopping going. If a multinational does it, tough.
Now, the funny thing is that I think I agree with you on the whole intrinsic value thing, but your attitude and point blank refusal to discuss the issue in a mature, reasonable fashion really is making it hard to side with you.
Any chance you could lay of the expletives for a minute, calm down and actually argue your case, rather than just calling people names when they disagree with you?
While that's generally true, you're missing something - we don't need more than half the population to be of above average intellect or education*, we just need more than half the population to be above some baseline level. Anyone above the level knows enough about the relevant topics that they can make an informed decision; anyone below the level doesn't and can't. Get enough people above the level and the fact that half of them are below average doesn't matter, because the average is more than good enough anyway.
(* You're also ignoring the different types of average (mean, median, mode) - it's perfectly possible to have more than half a sample above (or below) "the average", depending on which one you're talking about and the data you're dealing with, but that's beside the point.)
The only hope is to put in charge a subset of the population which is smarter than average. As an example, I expect the readership of Slashdot to be such a population...
You're new here, aren't you? In general, the readership of slashdot is like any other population - most of us have some degree of expertise in one or two reasonably narrowly-defined areas, and know nothing to not very much in everything else. There's no test you have to pass to read slashdot, it just has to interest you. Interest in any given subject guarantees neither intelligence nor expertise in it or any other.
Yeah; like I said, it did it once but then I couldn't get it to do it again. There have been lots of reports of his username link going to different sites, though, so I can only assume that it's something to do with that.
Out in the open and blatant only in that they're not trying to hide it. On the other hand, they're certainly not telling us, despite numerous comments asking what's going on attached to every **BB story.
Mind you, it's not like we should be surprised - they acted in exactly the same way about the Roland Piquepaille(sp?) stories, and have acted the same in the past too (anyone else remember the troll report thread and related mod bombing and moderation blacklisting? I *still* can't moderate). The bottom line is that for all slashdot seems to rail against poor customer service, they're quick to ignore their own customers.
Something funny is going on - two stories in a row? That's not chance, that's not coincidence, that's paid for. The only question is whether slashdot is paying **Beatles-Beatles, or **Beatles-Beatles is paying slashdot.
Either way guys (and I'm talking to you, editors) it would be nice to be told. Just so we know, y'know? We're mostly intelligent, curious people here, and that sort hates being kept in the dark when there's so obviously something going on.
d) without a download of any plugin in most cases (just because of the penetration of flash)
That's only because the user has generally already downloaded it - Firefox doesn't ship with the plugin by default, and IE comes with a rather old one. In both cases, the chances are your users will need a more up to date copy; it's just lucky that they'll almost certainly already have one.
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Anyone performing GUI operations.
On my current project, for instance, one of the requirements is to generate PDFs. In order to do that, prior to Java 1.4, you needed a GUI (under Linux, you can of course use Xvfb); 1.4 added the -Djava.awt.headless VM parameter, but we are currently chasing down a bug in a third party library that's ignoring the setting.
In the past, we've needed to have an X server available in order to fulfil image manipulation and generation requirements. Just because it's a headless server doesn't necessarily mean there's no use for a GUI on it.
You're new here, aren't you?
Jamie McCarthy has been involved with slashdot for as long as I can remember; certainly, I don't remember a period "before Jamie". If you doubt how long that is, check my UID. It's not particularly impressively low, but it does demonstrate that I've been here a few years.
Now, I'm not saying I believe or accept his response, but he's not just some guy, either.
Why? Because your current PC isn't going to last forever; sooner or later, you'll have a choice - buy one with this module, or do without entirely.
Really? You mean they're not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts? They're actually trying to make some money? Whod'a thought...
Seriously, I've been saying this since day one - IBM is looking out for IBM. Right now, it sees a way to make money with Linux. If that ever changes, IBM's Linux support will take a back seat to whatever replaces it, or even (eventually) be dropped entire;y.
It's like all things in life - enjoy it while it lasts, hope it lasts forever, but don't get so dependent on it that it's removal would cause serious hardship.
even 10*5 times more thrust is only 5 newtons (read: not much).
To put this in perspective for the non-physicists amongst us, that's just over half the force of gravity as measured at the Earth's surface. It will *not* get you off the ground, no way, no how.
/. is used on merchandising as a sort of logo-cum-shortened form.
IANAL and RTFA are both acronyms.
"ppl" and "ur" are just stupid. They're just barely acceptable in text messages (where you're severely limited in message length), but completely unnecessary here.
I know that languages change and evolve, but some changes should be resisted.
Oh, that's a given, and believe me I'm utterly dismayed by this. All I was saying was that you can't really blame the RIAA for being interested in this; they have taken it upon themselves to pursue copyright infringers (as is also their right), and this would make that job easier.
That doesn't excuse the politicians if/when they grant them access, however; that would be inexcusable.
There had better be some incentives for housing that kind data.
There is - do it, or be prosecuted, then do it anyway when the court forces you to and submit to the punishment for not doing it in the first place.
That's fine, and is their right.
It only becomes a problem when the authorities grant them access. They ask all they like, as long as they don't get it. If they do get it, then it's the authorities that should be blamed.
What law is that?
In this case, copyright law, obviously. The fact that the access point was open is relevent only in that he's using it as a defence. No-one is saying "having a wide-open WAP is illegal", they're saying "if you do have a wide-open WAP, don't be surprised when the police come asking questions about suspicious traffic that appears to have originated from your network".
It's the same in the real world. If I keep a gun locked away in my house, that's fine (assuming I have the necessary permits, etc); if someone breaks in, smashes open the container and takes it and kills someone with it, I'm probably going to be ok.. If I leave it in an external building (eg a shed) which isn't locked, and someone takes it and murders someone, chances are I'll be in pretty deep trouble too.
Paramount will have applied to a court for this to happen, the court agreed and issued a warrant that the police were then obliged to execute.
The police may have been "wasting time" on it, but it's the court's fault, not theirs.
It's not just that, it messes with the kernel's systables. At unregister time, it puts things back the way they should be, but it anything else had yielded after grabbing an affected address but before completing the call, *boom* BSOD.
(All from memory of reports here, don't shoot me if the terminology is wrong)
Second, you can install mode software any place you want on a Unix system
That's not true for any of the package systems I've used. Sure, you can do it if you download the source (or a binary tgz, etc), but the majority of users (as opposed to admins) won't be doing that.
Given the number of articles here that are little more than thinly disguised advertisements, it's ironic to see an article about product placement...
This is great. My boss will love it.
Until he works out that you reply to so few of them (because the expiration limits your ability to do so) that it's counter-productive.
(Of course, that assumes that he has the sense to switch back on discovering this; from the sound of it, I may be assuming too much...)
Imagine if you get an email from your boss telling you to do something that you think is risky
You tell him no, and if he insists, you leave.
Scammers (such as the photo retailers) have been suckering people for DECADES. This is WITH government "protection" that many citizens believe they can rely on, yet we still see thousands of people getting swindled.
But how many of those "thousands" of people actually bother to complain about their experiences to the relevant authorities?
I know that the customer has more power than I do
No. The Customer (en masse) has more power, but each individual customer has next to none. I'd like to pay less for my fuel, for example, and I'm by no means alone. A few years ago there were protests about the price of petrol - depots being picketted, motorways blockaded. The result? Nothing, but a lot of hot air in Parliament and in the press. Prices are even higher now.
I'm not saying that "the customer" can't make things better for themselves, but I really don't think they/we have half as much power as you think we do. Sure, if an isolated shop or part of a small chain starts ripping people off, people can drive it out of business by stopping going. If a multinational does it, tough.
Now, the funny thing is that I think I agree with you on the whole intrinsic value thing, but your attitude and point blank refusal to discuss the issue in a mature, reasonable fashion really is making it hard to side with you.
Any chance you could lay of the expletives for a minute, calm down and actually argue your case, rather than just calling people names when they disagree with you?
Each country has roughly 3 - 4 times the number of citizens that the US has. On sheer numbers alone, you'd expect them to overtake eventually.
How would automagic know that changing my font was a BS change and not worth branching and changing my character's name was a big deal?
You'd tell it. You'd hit the "Branch now" button (or whatever it's called), enter a name and hit ok.
Yes, that does sound familiar to me too...
While that's generally true, you're missing something - we don't need more than half the population to be of above average intellect or education*, we just need more than half the population to be above some baseline level. Anyone above the level knows enough about the relevant topics that they can make an informed decision; anyone below the level doesn't and can't. Get enough people above the level and the fact that half of them are below average doesn't matter, because the average is more than good enough anyway.
(* You're also ignoring the different types of average (mean, median, mode) - it's perfectly possible to have more than half a sample above (or below) "the average", depending on which one you're talking about and the data you're dealing with, but that's beside the point.)
The only hope is to put in charge a subset of the population which is smarter than average. As an example, I expect the readership of Slashdot to be such a population...
You're new here, aren't you? In general, the readership of slashdot is like any other population - most of us have some degree of expertise in one or two reasonably narrowly-defined areas, and know nothing to not very much in everything else. There's no test you have to pass to read slashdot, it just has to interest you. Interest in any given subject guarantees neither intelligence nor expertise in it or any other.
Yeah; like I said, it did it once but then I couldn't get it to do it again. There have been lots of reports of his username link going to different sites, though, so I can only assume that it's something to do with that.
Out in the open and blatant only in that they're not trying to hide it. On the other hand, they're certainly not telling us, despite numerous comments asking what's going on attached to every **BB story.
Mind you, it's not like we should be surprised - they acted in exactly the same way about the Roland Piquepaille(sp?) stories, and have acted the same in the past too (anyone else remember the troll report thread and related mod bombing and moderation blacklisting? I *still* can't moderate). The bottom line is that for all slashdot seems to rail against poor customer service, they're quick to ignore their own customers.
Something funny is going on - two stories in a row? That's not chance, that's not coincidence, that's paid for. The only question is whether slashdot is paying **Beatles-Beatles, or **Beatles-Beatles is paying slashdot.
Either way guys (and I'm talking to you, editors) it would be nice to be told. Just so we know, y'know? We're mostly intelligent, curious people here, and that sort hates being kept in the dark when there's so obviously something going on.
d) without a download of any plugin in most cases (just because of the penetration of flash)
That's only because the user has generally already downloaded it - Firefox doesn't ship with the plugin by default, and IE comes with a rather old one. In both cases, the chances are your users will need a more up to date copy; it's just lucky that they'll almost certainly already have one.