Why doesn't someone try to combine the best of linux and make a decent distro? Something like:
Gentoo's portage
Knoppix's auto hardware detection and configuration
Slackware's BSD-style rc.scripts
Mandrake's installer and partitioning tool
There's a lot of stuff in the Linux world that could tackle the most common Linux concerns, but no one has tried combining them. Why not? Linux will not advance on the desktop without some realization that no distro is perfect, but by taking from multiple distros one can get pretty close.
Well, Gorbachev died in '91. Cool dude, he would have liked Wikipedia. In California you can always find a party, but in Soviet Russia, the Party can always find you.
The Open Source community is viciously conservative about these things. Maybe that's why they insist on forcing users to learn the innerworkings of software instead of just letting them use it. That's why we'll never see "./configure; make; make install" replaced by a graphical installer, and why Linux will never make inroads to the desktop like Windows.
Users want ease and flexibility; preinstalled X.org and KDE etc. provides the former, but the tedium of poring through manpages and configuring text files prevents the latter. The day every open source app includes a graphical installer (can you imagine that? installing X.org by clicking "Install"!) would be a momentous day when I'd truly feel comfortable recommending Linux as an alternative to Windows.
Well you referenced him, didn't you? In any case I don't find world records of any real significance, though the Lynx's BERP blade tip design was pretty remarkable.
Tilt-rotor aircraft aren't gliders. Anyways, the X-Wing's been mentioned, but there have been other canard rotor wing (CRW) designs. The concept's been around since the 70s, though more recently has Boeing started to re-investigate it. One of the main problems with it is that efficient rotors and efficient fixed-wings have some contradictory requirements, like blade/wing size and blade twist. The blade/wing doesn't make a good rotor nor a very good wing. But they're working on it.
and I'm aware that translations, and "editions" (i.e. add a foreword by a well-known author of today) are copyrightable. Anyone wanting to read Gutenberg's translated works though should be aware that they're reading flawed writing.
The linear aerospike nozzle tests of the X-33 were quite successful though the composite fuel tanks failed. The experience gained by the propulsion engineers should be very valuable for any next-gen rocket stuff.
Actually, the time to get scared is when a chess computer becomes sentient, creates an army of robots and enslaves the organic world. Our only hope then will be the chess grandmasters, academic athletes turned heroes of mankind.
Read about how chess computers work. There are 10^120 possible moves for a certain "tree" sequence of moves. Today's chess computers evaluate millions of moves per second, far short of all possible moves, due to computing limitations.
It's interesting to note that both grandmasters and amateurs have been shown to think only 3-5 moves in the future, while computers calculate for 10-20. Despite that, humans are still competitive with computers in chess (losing some games, winning others), showing there's more to the game than how far one can predict. Those 3-5 predictions of a grandmaster will differ from those of the amateur, and those 10-20 of the computer.
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- Gentoo's portage
- Knoppix's auto hardware detection and configuration
- Slackware's BSD-style rc.scripts
- Mandrake's installer and partitioning tool
There's a lot of stuff in the Linux world that could tackle the most common Linux concerns, but no one has tried combining them. Why not? Linux will not advance on the desktop without some realization that no distro is perfect, but by taking from multiple distros one can get pretty close.Well, Gorbachev died in '91. Cool dude, he would have liked Wikipedia. In California you can always find a party, but in Soviet Russia, the Party can always find you.
What if it were your job?
Oh, you American.
It has a "massive" core, that is fine. But what really matters: does this planet pose a threat? Our weapons are armed and ready.
This time, we're talking about dropping the bomb. About time I say.
a very decent nVidia graphics card
So is that like "average", except "very average"?
it has happened: Google has constructed a second Earth.
I hope to see you all at the launch.
The Open Source community is viciously conservative about these things. Maybe that's why they insist on forcing users to learn the innerworkings of software instead of just letting them use it. That's why we'll never see "./configure; make; make install" replaced by a graphical installer, and why Linux will never make inroads to the desktop like Windows.
Users want ease and flexibility; preinstalled X.org and KDE etc. provides the former, but the tedium of poring through manpages and configuring text files prevents the latter. The day every open source app includes a graphical installer (can you imagine that? installing X.org by clicking "Install"!) would be a momentous day when I'd truly feel comfortable recommending Linux as an alternative to Windows.
That was one of the worst movies of all time.
Well you referenced him, didn't you? In any case I don't find world records of any real significance, though the Lynx's BERP blade tip design was pretty remarkable.
It's called a swashplate.
Tilt-rotor aircraft aren't gliders. Anyways, the X-Wing's been mentioned, but there have been other canard rotor wing (CRW) designs. The concept's been around since the 70s, though more recently has Boeing started to re-investigate it. One of the main problems with it is that efficient rotors and efficient fixed-wings have some contradictory requirements, like blade/wing size and blade twist. The blade/wing doesn't make a good rotor nor a very good wing. But they're working on it.
that was me.
Didn't you hear? timothy is an idiot.
Seems like it would be just about as dangerous...
Which means, far less dangerous than a car or bike. You're still more likely to die in car ride to the airport or train station, terrorists be damned.
and I'm aware that translations, and "editions" (i.e. add a foreword by a well-known author of today) are copyrightable. Anyone wanting to read Gutenberg's translated works though should be aware that they're reading flawed writing.
Not to mention that many of the Russian works (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin) in Gutenberg are poor translations.
Will it require you to read the manpages to answer a call?
The linear aerospike nozzle tests of the X-33 were quite successful though the composite fuel tanks failed. The experience gained by the propulsion engineers should be very valuable for any next-gen rocket stuff.
That we can maneuver two vehicles far from earth, coordinated and with precision, shows how far mankind has advanced...
(Of course, this assumes that it all actually works.)
this seems cooler than it is practical.
Perfect for slashdot!
Actually, the time to get scared is when a chess computer becomes sentient, creates an army of robots and enslaves the organic world. Our only hope then will be the chess grandmasters, academic athletes turned heroes of mankind.
Read about how chess computers work. There are 10^120 possible moves for a certain "tree" sequence of moves. Today's chess computers evaluate millions of moves per second, far short of all possible moves, due to computing limitations.
It's interesting to note that both grandmasters and amateurs have been shown to think only 3-5 moves in the future, while computers calculate for 10-20. Despite that, humans are still competitive with computers in chess (losing some games, winning others), showing there's more to the game than how far one can predict. Those 3-5 predictions of a grandmaster will differ from those of the amateur, and those 10-20 of the computer.
will FreeBSD be as easy to install as Mac OS X? Or am I the only one who cares?