Maybe this is an evil plot by MS to scuttle OSS. Now the source code has been leaked they can start claiming that we're stealing their IP, Wine is a prime target for this. And its not as if they haven't got the bucks/lawyers to back their claims up either. This could turn out very bad.
From my experiance if you only need a little customisation then you can do most of that stuff from a config file,.ini if you want it to be easy to edit, xml if your going to write a gui to do it or your users are compertant. Any more than that your better off going with something like python or perl, they are widely known, and have rich libraries to let the people using the app do some really imaginative things.
The other thing that you can do is write your app in such a way that it is easy for scripting langs to get there hooks into. For example, on windows you can do this by providing com interfaces to all the things you want to have control over, then you can use any lang you want to control your app.
I'd like to see linux circa 1998 try and power a car.
Well in 1998 2.0 was the kernel of the day, and from memory 2.0 was faily stable. Also I seem to remember that some embeded stuff is based on this kernel, so this would make it quite capible for running a car.
I think this article is a little misleading. I don't think all the computer system in the car would be running windows 98, just what the user(driver?) can see. I think the real time stuff would be running a RTOS, like QNX.
Oh yeah OS'es don't power cars, petrol/desile/electrons do:)
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monitor my parents chicken shed located a long way frem thier house. I even started a source forge project to write a generic reader and writer of 1 wire devices so I could have multiple apps could read and write to the one wire network. The project stalled due to lack of time, but I think I'll pick it up again some time. The project is called owis, one wire information server, check it out if your interested. Its not real pretty tho, sorta went in the wrong direction, but I learnt abit so it wasn't a complete loss.
Anyway you can get the sorce code to drive these dohickies from Dallas, can't rememberwhat they call it tho.
I know what you mean. Doom didn't scare me as much as Hexen did tho. The swamp monsters used to really get the heart rate going, never knew where they were going to pop up next. Then I tried to play HexenII but it didn't have the same effect.
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Boost is OK if you can get it to build, so far I've been unable to build it. I can't for the life of me work out jam.
Its because the country that they live in has been at civil war for so long that there is no one left that knows how to grow food. Farming is a learned skill, I know I grew up on a farm. Its not just a matter of wacking a few seeds in the ground and waiting for rain.
Yes that is true but usually with software engineering you don't end up solving the problem that you started to. That is the real art
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You might only get one chance to get a bridge right but atleast you know what the birdge is to do right from the out set of the project, ie go from 1 side of the rive to the other. With software its a moving target, I've worked on projects where I've just got something working the way my boss thought he wanted only to come back and say it would be nice if it........ Very frustrating and the end result was a mess. I sorta compare it to changing the bridge construction from stone to metal half way throught the design phase.
And another thing I wish people would stop comparing the process of making software with other things. Its a totally different process.
How many windows users actually install windows?
How many are capable of it?
I think the issue isn't how easy the os is to install, or to some extent how easy it is to use, some would argue windows is hard to use. The issue is getting OEMs to sell linux boxen already to rock and roll. Once that happens then more apps will start to appear and linux will apear on more desktops
btw have you installed mandrake lately? its the easyist os I've ever installed, and I've installed everything from BeOS(rip) to DOS 6.22.
There are plenty of ways that you can do this now. I use MixNT to run X apps on a windows machine across a network. I've also used xceed to do this as well, its not all that hard.
I rekon the Etch-a-Sketch(tm) Web browser would be very do-able, though I'd use motors with pulleys instead of robot arm. One problem would be getting user input.
Running isn't going to do us any good if they're going to destroy the earth, no matter how far you run you're still going to be on earth. Even if you did manage to get off the planet, where to then?
Here in the land of Oz we have a problem with Cain Toad that were introduced to eat the Cain beatle, but didn't. Now they are a big pest and have adapted well and breed like rabbits. Now if we could build a robot like this we could aviod introducing another speices to control the cain toad, and when they are all gone we can just turn turn them off or get them to target other introduced speicies. The only problem would be getting the robot only to target Cain Toads and not our native frogs and toads. I can really see a use for this and would like to see some more research on devices like this. Craig.
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No you don't get how things work around here, when Microsoft does something it is bad. When Linus does something similar it is good.
Maybe this is an evil plot by MS to scuttle OSS. Now the source code has been leaked they can start claiming that we're stealing their IP, Wine is a prime target for this. And its not as if they haven't got the bucks/lawyers to back their claims up either. This could turn out very bad.
Just how much customising do you need?
From my experiance if you only need a little customisation then you can do most of that stuff from a config file, .ini if you want it to be easy to edit, xml if your going to write a gui to do it or your users are compertant. Any more than that your better off going with something like python or perl, they are widely known, and have rich libraries to let the people using the app do some really imaginative things.
The other thing that you can do is write your app in such a way that it is easy for scripting langs to get there hooks into. For example, on windows you can do this by providing com interfaces to all the things you want to have control over, then you can use any lang you want to control your app.
Thats not as stupid as is sounds, just think of who they're enimies are, and what they have alot of.
I'd like to see linux circa 1998 try and power a car.
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Well in 1998 2.0 was the kernel of the day, and from memory 2.0 was faily stable. Also I seem to remember that some embeded stuff is based on this kernel, so this would make it quite capible for running a car.
I think this article is a little misleading. I don't think all the computer system in the car would be running windows 98, just what the user(driver?) can see. I think the real time stuff would be running a RTOS, like QNX.
Oh yeah OS'es don't power cars, petrol/desile/electrons do
monitor my parents chicken shed located a long way frem thier house. I even started a source forge project to write a generic reader and writer of 1 wire devices so I could have multiple apps could read and write to the one wire network. The project stalled due to lack of time, but I think I'll pick it up again some time. The project is called owis, one wire information server, check it out if your interested. Its not real pretty tho, sorta went in the wrong direction, but I learnt abit so it wasn't a complete loss.
Anyway you can get the sorce code to drive these dohickies from Dallas, can't rememberwhat they call it tho.
I know what you mean. Doom didn't scare me as much as Hexen did tho. The swamp monsters used to really get the heart rate going, never knew where they were going to pop up next. Then I tried to play HexenII but it didn't have the same effect.
Boost is OK if you can get it to build, so far I've been unable to build it. I can't for the life of me work out jam.
My fav is the Quick Sort. Its simple, effective and something I'd like to think I'd come up with myself, but know I couldn't.
At home I use girls names like betsy and lulu. Seems to be working so far
Here where I work they use the serial number of the pc, they're all the same brand. Its eaiser to remember the ip address.
You know I miss hot grits the most, can't explain why just do
This reads like it was written by a clueless marketing droid.
Its because the country that they live in has been at civil war for so long that there is no one left that knows how to grow food. Farming is a learned skill, I know I grew up on a farm. Its not just a matter of wacking a few seeds in the ground and waiting for rain.
Yes that is true but usually with software engineering you don't end up solving the problem that you started to. That is the real art
You might only get one chance to get a bridge right but atleast you know what the birdge is to do right from the out set of the project, ie go from 1 side of the rive to the other. With software its a moving target, I've worked on projects where I've just got something working the way my boss thought he wanted only to come back and say it would be nice if it ........ Very frustrating and the end result was a mess. I sorta compare it to changing the bridge construction from stone to metal half way throught the design phase.
And another thing I wish people would stop comparing the process of making software with other things. Its a totally different process.
How many are capable of it?
I think the issue isn't how easy the os is to install, or to some extent how easy it is to use, some would argue windows is hard to use. The issue is getting OEMs to sell linux boxen already to rock and roll. Once that happens then more apps will start to appear and linux will apear on more desktops
btw have you installed mandrake lately? its the easyist os I've ever installed, and I've installed everything from BeOS(rip) to DOS 6.22.
I can't remember the url or don't know if this is even the correct name but there is something out there called Mix TNT. Do a google search for that
There are plenty of ways that you can do this now. I use MixNT to run X apps on a windows machine across a network. I've also used xceed to do this as well, its not all that hard.
I rekon the Etch-a-Sketch(tm) Web browser would be very do-able, though I'd use motors with pulleys instead of robot arm. One problem would be getting user input.
Running isn't going to do us any good if they're going to destroy the earth, no matter how far you run you're still going to be on earth. Even if you did manage to get off the planet, where to then?
I know this is totally OT but down here in .au there called Hungry Jacks.
I got an old acorn at a swap meet for $7 .au. I can't seem to get the mouse working I think I need a special k'board for it.
You're right most optic fibre I've ever delt with has been wireless, no wire just glass or some other clear stuff.
But I spose they couldn't call it fibreless, because they would be alot of lans out there that can claim to have no optic fiber or fibreless.
Here in the land of Oz we have a problem with Cain Toad that were introduced to eat the Cain beatle, but didn't. Now they are a big pest and have adapted well and breed like rabbits. Now if we could build a robot like this we could aviod introducing another speices to control the cain toad, and when they are all gone we can just turn turn them off or get them to target other introduced speicies. The only problem would be getting the robot only to target Cain Toads and not our native frogs and toads. I can really see a use for this and would like to see some more research on devices like this. Craig.