Are you SERIOUS? Given your analogy, projects like Apache, Samba, FireFox -hell the Linux kernel itself- are just crappy knockoffs?
Do you even LISTEN to what you are saying? If Gnome and KDE both wanted to make one, that is great! This gives us CHOICE. If they are crappy then guess what; you can fix them or use a different package.
The fact that Macromedia has a version running on a lot of platforms is commendable. The fact that there are differences between the way swf files are rendered on each platform however is endemic to closed source projects. If the format were open, the community could fix the rendering issues itself.
Finally, the whole "you just have to deal with it" mentality is anathema to open source and open standards. If something with open standards, and/or source is broken, WE CAN FIX IT. We do NOT have to "just deal with it".
You still do not get the point. The entire POINT of being open is CHOICE! The fact that there is only ONE place to get the players is part of the problem. Is there a flash player for Be-os? How about one for the Amiga? How about one for platform X which is beloved be several hundred skilled programmers, but no one else. If the format were open, it would not be such an issue, as we (the open source community) COULD correct the deficiency ourselves. As it stands this is NOT the case, and people claiming that the swf format is OPEN are just dead wrong.
They limit what you can use the spec for. Hence it is not open. From the faq:
Can I use the File Format Specification to create a SWF interpreter or player?
No, the File Format Specification is provided for the specific purpose of enabling software applications to export to the Macromedia Flash File Format (SWF).
Can I use the File Format Specification to create a Flash Video encoder or a Flash Video streaming service?
No, the File Format Specification is provided for the specific purpose of enabling software applications to export to the Macromedia Flash File Format (SWF).
Ahhh. Canadian money. That explains a lot. I was wrong even about the prices here. You can actually get a 650 for $199 with a 2 year contract. And sprint has a high speed network here, so the speed is really not an issue.
I did NOT know that BB had vnc, ssh, and java. Good for them! I am still wondering if they will get Remote Desktop as it is a TON faster than vnc, but those are at least better options.
I am TRUELY not convinced that code signing is a good thing. It is more often used as a way to raise the barrier to entry for software developers. As for viruses, it is all common sense really. Do you open attachments from peiople you dont know? Do you run software on your business machines that you are unsure of? The same rules apply to handhelds as pc's in this instance.
I still maintain that the 650 is by far the more versatile device, but as they say, to each their own.
First, the treo650 at its maximum full list retail price, is $599. How stupid do you have to be to pay $899 for one? Hell, if you want to sign a 2 year agreement, you get it for around $299 from sprint.
Second, the Treo 650 does email a WHOLE lot better than any blackberry with any of several pieces of software. Good.com for instance had a full suite. Their package is push email, calendar, and remote access, WITH full syncronization. So your calendar, and email sync scenario is really a non-advantage.
Third, your blackberry does not support remote desktop, vnc, ssh, java, and a TON of other usefull business/remote access applications.
There are MANY reasons to change from a blackberry to a Treo, these are just a FEW of them. Above all IMHO, is that it is WAY more versatile.
No, they are providing SEARCH access to the complete contents, NOT view access. Also, Google allows ANY author to opt-out of the index. Fair use rights are set in law to provide for EXACTLY this kind of thing!
For stating what I have always believed! The riaa is largely irrelevelent, or will be soon enough. They are suing themselves out of existence, and apparently don't understand the whole idea of treating your customers right.
The customers in this case are supposed to be the artists! They are doing such a HUGE disservice to their customers, i am surprised they have not had lawsuits brought against them by the artists.
Anyway, thank you for being a voice of reason in this ever-degenerating forum.
i also lost SEVERAL maxtor drives recently (April). Actually had some of them melt a certain chip on the logic board!!
These were actually in a raid5 array. This SHOULD have protected the data, but i lost 4 drives in tital. ALL of them maxtor maxline series. 2 under warranty and 2 just 1 or 2 months out.
The point is more that the debater should be able to get their point across without stooping to that level.
It's like the way some questionable legislation gets passed. The "Patriot" act is a prime example of this. In voting against it you are painted with the brush of being "Anti-Patriot".
Ive said it before and ill say it again! RAIDCORE!!!
Everyone seem to think that raidcore is not in the game, but i am telling you that it ROCKS.
The standard line is that it is software raid. This is not the case. You can boot and run dos off of a raidcore with no drivers. The only reason i say this is to underscore that there is no REQUIREMENT to do software raid with this board.
They DO have a driver which allows a software ASSIST to increase speed of the XOR calculation if you have the spare cycles.
The reason you want to go wtih radicore is that you can expand the array LIVE and without backing up your data. They do things that 3Ware WISHES they could do. Like live raid level migration, live expansion, card spanning, etc..
I have a system with one raidcore and 8 250 gig sata drives. It is in a Raid-5 level config, and runs GREAT! I had a bad drive and the controller did exactly what it was suposed to. Namely, it marked the drive bad, sent me an email, and kept on running fine. I pulled the bad drive (live i might add), put in a good one (still live), and it rebuilt all in the background with NO issues.
Say what you want about 3Ware, Adaptec, Promise and all the others, but NONE of them has the level of features that this card does.
The Raidcore series controllers absolutely ROCK, and they can to online live growing, raid level migration (say i have a mirror set and add a drive, i can change it to a raid lvl 5, all live and without losing any data) Broadcom recently bought them, so they have great support. It will also let you add multiple cards so when you run out of ports (mine has 8 ports) you can just add another card, and span accross cards transparently.
I believe the article states that he did NOT perform any filtration in this instance. He ran the ENTIRE set of lines identified, against the ENTIRE sco codebase first, then hand checked all amtches, and having found none, he did not have to apply any filtration.
It actually DOES run in the background. It pops up on its own after detecting a setup program starting, and takes a quick snapshot. It then waits for the install to complete, and asks you to press a button to allow it to finish.
I hate to reply to myself, but i felt i should clarify my previous post. (WHEN will slashdot allow you to edit oyur own posts? PLEASE?)
What you do is this:
1) get the computer in the state you want it, then put InstallRite (not install watch) on the box, and tell InstallRite to take a snapshot.
2) configure InstallRite to start with windows so it will intercept all setup programs, and take before and after snapshots automatically.
3) leave the system knowing that you will have a good idea later of what has been installed since your last visit, and how to fix problems these installs may have made.
Actually pretty well from what i understand. It maps to the direct frame buffer routines in linux (i am sorry, i dont remember the name of the linux library)
I dont know about the Amiga, but i suspect somthing similar.
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Are you SERIOUS?
Given your analogy, projects like Apache, Samba, FireFox -hell the Linux kernel itself- are just crappy knockoffs?
Do you even LISTEN to what you are saying? If Gnome and KDE both wanted to make one, that is great! This gives us CHOICE. If they are crappy then guess what; you can fix them or use a different package.
The fact that Macromedia has a version running on a lot of platforms is commendable. The fact that there are differences between the way swf files are rendered on each platform however is endemic to closed source projects. If the format were open, the community could fix the rendering issues itself.
Finally, the whole "you just have to deal with it" mentality is anathema to open source and open standards. If something with open standards, and/or source is broken, WE CAN FIX IT. We do NOT have to "just deal with it".
You still do not get the point. The entire POINT of being open is CHOICE! The fact that there is only ONE place to get the players is part of the problem. Is there a flash player for Be-os? How about one for the Amiga? How about one for platform X which is beloved be several hundred skilled programmers, but no one else. If the format were open, it would not be such an issue, as we (the open source community) COULD correct the deficiency ourselves. As it stands this is NOT the case, and people claiming that the swf format is OPEN are just dead wrong.
Thank you for making my point. If you are not allowed to use the SPEC to make your OWN player, it is, by definition, NOT OPEN.
I use drag-n-drop and animations natively with no flash whatsoever. Cross browser (FF and IE), very simple and easy to follow.
All with existing javascript and open source libraries.
And it is done on public facing web sites.
They limit what you can use the spec for. Hence it is not open. From the faq:
Can I use the File Format Specification to create a SWF interpreter or player?
No, the File Format Specification is provided for the specific purpose of enabling software applications to export to the Macromedia Flash File Format (SWF).
Can I use the File Format Specification to create a Flash Video encoder or a Flash Video streaming service?
No, the File Format Specification is provided for the specific purpose of enabling software applications to export to the Macromedia Flash File Format (SWF).
Check out SSL Explorer. It has a windows and linux installer, is easy to use, and is java based, so the client runs pretty much everywhere.
Ahhh. Canadian money. That explains a lot. I was wrong even about the prices here. You can actually get a 650 for $199 with a 2 year contract. And sprint has a high speed network here, so the speed is really not an issue.
I did NOT know that BB had vnc, ssh, and java. Good for them! I am still wondering if they will get Remote Desktop as it is a TON faster than vnc, but those are at least better options.
I am TRUELY not convinced that code signing is a good thing. It is more often used as a way to raise the barrier to entry for software developers. As for viruses, it is all common sense really. Do you open attachments from peiople you dont know? Do you run software on your business machines that you are unsure of? The same rules apply to handhelds as pc's in this instance.
I still maintain that the 650 is by far the more versatile device, but as they say, to each their own.
First, the treo650 at its maximum full list retail price, is $599. How stupid do you have to be to pay $899 for one? Hell, if you want to sign a 2 year agreement, you get it for around $299 from sprint.
Second, the Treo 650 does email a WHOLE lot better than any blackberry with any of several pieces of software. Good.com for instance had a full suite. Their package is push email, calendar, and remote access, WITH full syncronization. So your calendar, and email sync scenario is really a non-advantage.
Third, your blackberry does not support remote desktop, vnc, ssh, java, and a TON of other usefull business/remote access applications.
There are MANY reasons to change from a blackberry to a Treo, these are just a FEW of them. Above all IMHO, is that it is WAY more versatile.
No, they are providing SEARCH access to the complete contents, NOT view access. Also, Google allows ANY author to opt-out of the index. Fair use rights are set in law to provide for EXACTLY this kind of thing!
For stating what I have always believed! The riaa is largely irrelevelent, or will be soon enough. They are suing themselves out of existence, and apparently don't understand the whole idea of treating your customers right.
The customers in this case are supposed to be the artists! They are doing such a HUGE disservice to their customers, i am surprised they have not had lawsuits brought against them by the artists.
Anyway, thank you for being a voice of reason in this ever-degenerating forum.
For certain!
i also lost SEVERAL maxtor drives recently (April). Actually had some of them melt a certain chip on the logic board!!
These were actually in a raid5 array. This SHOULD have protected the data, but i lost 4 drives in tital. ALL of them maxtor maxline series. 2 under warranty and 2 just 1 or 2 months out.
Lesson: Dont buy maxtor.
This is quite a succinct explanation of the perceptual differences.
I stand corrected. I apparently unconsciously mapped that onto debate rules instead. I still try to follow it as a rule personally though.
Thank you for the information!
The point is more that the debater should be able to get their point across without stooping to that level.
It's like the way some questionable legislation gets passed. The "Patriot" act is a prime example of this. In voting against it you are painted with the brush of being "Anti-Patriot".
"You ARE a patriot aint ya boy?"
There is a rule in most debate arenas: The first person that stoops to a Nazi reference automatically loses the debate.
It is just not necessary, and serves only to inflame an already over-exposed wound.
Ive said it before and ill say it again! RAIDCORE!!!
Everyone seem to think that raidcore is not in the game, but i am telling you that it ROCKS.
The standard line is that it is software raid. This is not the case. You can boot and run dos off of a raidcore with no drivers. The only reason i say this is to underscore that there is no REQUIREMENT to do software raid with this board.
They DO have a driver which allows a software ASSIST to increase speed of the XOR calculation if you have the spare cycles.
The reason you want to go wtih radicore is that you can expand the array LIVE and without backing up your data. They do things that 3Ware WISHES they could do. Like live raid level migration, live expansion, card spanning, etc..
I have a system with one raidcore and 8 250 gig sata drives. It is in a Raid-5 level config, and runs GREAT! I had a bad drive and the controller did exactly what it was suposed to. Namely, it marked the drive bad, sent me an email, and kept on running fine. I pulled the bad drive (live i might add), put in a good one (still live), and it rebuilt all in the background with NO issues.
Say what you want about 3Ware, Adaptec, Promise and all the others, but NONE of them has the level of features that this card does.
Raidcore
The Raidcore series controllers absolutely ROCK, and they can to online live growing, raid level migration (say i have a mirror set and add a drive, i can change it to a raid lvl 5, all live and without losing any data) Broadcom recently bought them, so they have great support. It will also let you add multiple cards so when you run out of ports (mine has 8 ports) you can just add another card, and span accross cards transparently.
I believe the article states that he did NOT perform any filtration in this instance. He ran the ENTIRE set of lines identified, against the ENTIRE sco codebase first, then hand checked all amtches, and having found none, he did not have to apply any filtration.
Actually they are NOT softRaid. The reason i say this is that they do not REQUIRE drivers to work. They opperate with just the card itself and drives.
The speed they achieve is astounding, and the setup can ALL be done with NO os loaded.
This does not SEEM like softRaid to me, but i am NOT an expert on these things. Simply a VERY satisfied customer.
Here are some of the highlights from their page:
Online capacity expansion and online array level migration
Split mirroring, array hiding, controller spanning, distributed sparing
All RAID levels including RAID5/50, RAID1n/10n
Serial ATA-based
Choice of 4 or 8 channels and 2 functionality levels
64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X controller in a low-profile, 2U module
And the HIGH-END board can be had for under $350!
It actually DOES run in the background. It pops up on its own after detecting a setup program starting, and takes a quick snapshot. It then waits for the install to complete, and asks you to press a button to allow it to finish.
I hate to reply to myself, but i felt i should clarify my previous post. (WHEN will slashdot allow you to edit oyur own posts? PLEASE?)
What you do is this:
1) get the computer in the state you want it, then put InstallRite (not install watch) on the box, and tell InstallRite to take a snapshot.
2) configure InstallRite to start with windows so it will intercept all setup programs, and take before and after snapshots automatically.
3) leave the system knowing that you will have a good idea later of what has been installed since your last visit, and how to fix problems these installs may have made.
Free sotftware, and does a nice job.
installwatch pro
It will even make an install program for you with the changes!
Actually pretty well from what i understand. It maps to the direct frame buffer routines in linux (i am sorry, i dont remember the name of the linux library)
I dont know about the Amiga, but i suspect somthing similar.