The fact that Vista Home/Premium and Vista Home/Basic will have different UI's (one with Aero, one without) is an incredibly shortsighted decision.
What happens when grandma learns how to use Vista Home/Premium at the local community college, but ends up confused when the shiny new Dell that she just bought (with Home/Basic) has a different-looking UI?
Why cant MS *add REAL value* to each version of Vista instead of arbitrarily crippling various chunks of the OS?
I'm reluctant to trust an article written by a guy who admits to daydreaming about "sweaty, bare-chested carpenters". And I definitely don't want to consider the symbolism behind the small red tool in his hand.
10: Kameo: Elements of Power
9: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
8: Ridge Racer 6
7: N3: Ninety-Nine Nights
6: Dead or Alive 4
5: Call of Duty 2
4: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
3: Project Gotham Racing 3
2: Madden NFL 06
1: Perfect Dark Zero
FWIW, I posted that with funny/insightful intentions, not as a troll or flamebait.
FUNNY: Doesn't it seem ironic that a reporter who starts his story boasting the fact that Indians are so smart can't even get the second word in his article right?
INSIGHTFUL: Maybe you've never worked on code that was produced by offshore talent, but I have. The quality of the code is good, but the documentation is quite disappointing. And what good is undocumented/poorly documented code?
For perspective, I think you've got to separate what Tridge did from how he did it.
Clearly, Linus doesn't have a problem with what Tridge did: reverse engineering. As cited above, that's why we're able to enjoy samba, openoffice, and support for various filesystems. It seems that Linus (and others) *do* have a problem with how Tridge acted. He wanted to "be difficult about it" according to Linus.
I know that it's heresy to say this on slashdot, but it sounds like things were running pretty fine until rabid open-source zealotry reared its ugly head.
Although BK has always been a source of controversy among kernel developers, fans of BK were happy and productive using it, while anti-BKers were also happy and productive, using whatever other SCM software they wanted. So everything's kosher.
Then this 'Tridge' guy comes along, and is *so* opposed to BK that he is determined to fight against it using tactics that are legal, but not especially moral, ethical, or friendly. Then, while a temporary cease-fire is arranged so that the matter can be discussed and resolved maturely, he violates this truce.
So now that so much happiness and productivity has been ruined, are the license zealots happy? I hope so.
A common criticism of the GPL (and of RMS's philosophies in general) is that it seems so "communist". Modifying the GPL to include a "redistribution of wealth" scheme will probably make it more difficult to argue against such accusations.
After planting phrases like 'copyright', 'open source', and 'creative commons' in my 'birthday song' question, I knew it would get modded up. It was a semi-serious question, though. And what answer did I get? "I dunno", followed by some rambling about how he can't remember the lyrics.
You want to really "help" the gaming industry? Start working on Open GL instead of Direct3D.
No troll intended, but how will this help the community? How does DirectX not suit their needs? Sure, using OpenGL would ease portability issues a bit, but portability to _what_? After Loki's demise, I don't think many publishers are keen on linux. Mac? Maybe. Game developers don't use OpenGL on PS2 or GC, so OpenGL doesn't get you anything there.
I recall that it was fashionable for OpenGL advocates to bash DX as a technically inferior solution waaay back in the DX5 days. A lot has changed since then, though. Except for the bashing, it seems.
The docs specify that it's a C++ framework targeting VC++6 and VC++.NET. DirectX 6 is used for graphics, and the BASS library is used for music and sound.
Exactly. I can't seem to find this info anywhere. What programming language/environment do I use?
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Since the 'Happy Birthday' song is copyrighted, would you consider open-sourcing Hesh's Birthday Song under something like the Creative Commons License? I'd rather hear it than the cheezy home-brew birthday songs that restaurants are forced to devise.
With the beginning of 1996, Apple realized that with the next generation PC's running Windows NT to be released within the decade, they would need a new, modern operating system to run on their machines.
Apple needed a solution to the classic OS's problems regardless of what 'next generation PC's' would be doing, right? Did apple really look to the PC world for cues?
Amongst Apple's other options were to license Solaris from Sun, NT from Microsoft, or to purchase a small net services company called NeXT. Apple chose the latter
Did apple *choose* Next, or did Steve Jobs simply decree it? Were apple engineers involved in this 'choice'?
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Note to self: Do not hire 'Enonu' for any Unicode projects...
The fact that Vista Home/Premium and Vista Home/Basic will have different UI's (one with Aero, one without) is an incredibly shortsighted decision.
What happens when grandma learns how to use Vista Home/Premium at the local community college, but ends up confused when the shiny new Dell that she just bought (with Home/Basic) has a different-looking UI?
Why cant MS *add REAL value* to each version of Vista instead of arbitrarily crippling various chunks of the OS?
I'm reluctant to trust an article written by a guy who admits to daydreaming about "sweaty, bare-chested carpenters". And I definitely don't want to consider the symbolism behind the small red tool in his hand.
10: Kameo: Elements of Power
9: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
8: Ridge Racer 6
7: N3: Ninety-Nine Nights
6: Dead or Alive 4
5: Call of Duty 2
4: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
3: Project Gotham Racing 3
2: Madden NFL 06
1: Perfect Dark Zero
Furthermore, should 'constitutional rights' even apply to corporations? Is that what the founding fathers intended?
"...replaceable if it gets fouled up, thus allowing you to replace only the parts that need it."
Which, since it's a Canon, means "every couple months"
I love OSX too, but I'm not sure how these schools are gonna install it on all these legacy PC's that they've got.
FWIW, I posted that with funny/insightful intentions, not as a troll or flamebait.
FUNNY: Doesn't it seem ironic that a reporter who starts his story boasting the fact that Indians are so smart can't even get the second word in his article right?
INSIGHTFUL: Maybe you've never worked on code that was produced by offshore talent, but I have. The quality of the code is good, but the documentation is quite disappointing. And what good is undocumented/poorly documented code?
Oh well, it'll all work out in metamod.
A Correspondent in Mumbai | May 18, 2005 16:45 IST
Are Indian's the smartest software programmers? It sure seems so!
Are Indians the smartest writers? It doesn't seem so!
About 8 years ago, I saw a Royal Bank ATM in Vancouver that was sitting in text mode with some kind of register/stack dump.
For perspective, I think you've got to separate what Tridge did from how he did it.
Clearly, Linus doesn't have a problem with what Tridge did: reverse engineering. As cited above, that's why we're able to enjoy samba, openoffice, and support for various filesystems. It seems that Linus (and others) *do* have a problem with how Tridge acted. He wanted to "be difficult about it" according to Linus.
I know that it's heresy to say this on slashdot, but it sounds like things were running pretty fine until rabid open-source zealotry reared its ugly head.
Although BK has always been a source of controversy among kernel developers, fans of BK were happy and productive using it, while anti-BKers were also happy and productive, using whatever other SCM software they wanted. So everything's kosher.
Then this 'Tridge' guy comes along, and is *so* opposed to BK that he is determined to fight against it using tactics that are legal, but not especially moral, ethical, or friendly. Then, while a temporary cease-fire is arranged so that the matter can be discussed and resolved maturely, he violates this truce.
So now that so much happiness and productivity has been ruined, are the license zealots happy? I hope so.
A common criticism of the GPL (and of RMS's philosophies in general) is that it seems so "communist". Modifying the GPL to include a "redistribution of wealth" scheme will probably make it more difficult to argue against such accusations.
To those who cherish freedom, he has been a pillar of hope
Since when did George Bush's writers start submitting slashdot articles?
I think it was easier to build crash recovery into MS Word than it was to build in reliability. No seriously. That's not a troll or anything.
After planting phrases like 'copyright', 'open source', and 'creative commons' in my 'birthday song' question, I knew it would get modded up. It was a semi-serious question, though. And what answer did I get? "I dunno", followed by some rambling about how he can't remember the lyrics.
Worst. Inverview. Evar.
but not the Drug Enforcement Administration, which use Microsoft's Office business software exclusively
Hmmm... I wonder what they're smoking...
You want to really "help" the gaming industry? Start working on Open GL instead of Direct3D.
No troll intended, but how will this help the community? How does DirectX not suit their needs? Sure, using OpenGL would ease portability issues a bit, but portability to _what_? After Loki's demise, I don't think many publishers are keen on linux. Mac? Maybe. Game developers don't use OpenGL on PS2 or GC, so OpenGL doesn't get you anything there.
I recall that it was fashionable for OpenGL advocates to bash DX as a technically inferior solution waaay back in the DX5 days. A lot has changed since then, though. Except for the bashing, it seems.
The docs specify that it's a C++ framework targeting VC++6 and VC++.NET. DirectX 6 is used for graphics, and the BASS library is used for music and sound.
Exactly. I can't seem to find this info anywhere. What programming language/environment do I use?
Since the 'Happy Birthday' song is copyrighted, would you consider open-sourcing Hesh's Birthday Song under something like the Creative Commons License? I'd rather hear it than the cheezy home-brew birthday songs that restaurants are forced to devise.
Since TFA is /.ed, here's another (p)review of this sucker:
t Pr ojector-8482.htm
http://www.techworthy.com/Blog/Mitsubishi-Pocke
You mean the CN tower in Toronto, right? Seattle has the space needle.
Yeah, or else the cat might die too.
With the beginning of 1996, Apple realized that with the next generation PC's running Windows NT to be released within the decade, they would need a new, modern operating system to run on their machines.
Apple needed a solution to the classic OS's problems regardless of what 'next generation PC's' would be doing, right? Did apple really look to the PC world for cues?
Amongst Apple's other options were to license Solaris from Sun, NT from Microsoft, or to purchase a small net services company called NeXT. Apple chose the latter
Did apple *choose* Next, or did Steve Jobs simply decree it? Were apple engineers involved in this 'choice'?