The real reason I stopped using Mandrake and RedHat was not really because I wanted to put GUI-driven systems behind me but because I was tired of downloading ISO's and updating my system, which was likely to scrozzle something or another. So is it just me or is there a divide between upgradeability and interface?
I've used Mandrake for two years now, and never done a full ISO upgrade. I've always done the initial install from ftp, then upgraded individual packages as needed. I use urpmi to do that, it resolves dependencies and generally works almost like apt-get. Plus, it can use rsync instead of ftp, as long as there's an rsync mirror available.
The codes are not that arbitrary, and knowing the logic it's easy to remember. The bulk of the code is formed by the colors of a rainbow, red to violet. The remaining colors are quite easy to align, after all brown is quite close to red and black is close to brown. After that you only have grey and white left, and their arrangement is quite logical as well (for instance, white at the opposite end to black)
The Americans better realize that you cannot be both free and be productive.
I couldn't disagree more. I think the best employees are those who love what they do, and would continue doing that as a hobby even if they weren't being paid to do that. It's been discussed here and elsewhere before: success comes not from following the latest business fad, but simply from doing what you love.
It's amazing how many people keep dividing their lives between work as something they don't like but they are forced to do, and free time in which they do things they love. How few people have fully grasped the satisfaction from creating new things, which is much more than the apparent pleasures from consuming and following.
That reminds me, here's a real classic. It computes and draws the famous fractal, and might be quite nasty on shared printers;-)
%!ps /iter 60 def/reso.005 def/sq { dup mul } def/mod { 2 copy div floor mul sub } def /plot { newpath moveto 1 0 rlineto stroke } def gsave 280 420 translate 260 2 div dup scale 2 260 div setlinewidth -2 reso 2 {/x exch def -2 reso 2 {/y exch def/r 0 def /i 0 def 0 iter { r sq i sq add 4 gt { exit } if r sq i sq sub x add/i 2 r mul i mul y add def/r exch def 1 add } repeat 10 mod .1 mul.1 add setgray x y plot } for } for grestore showpage
is not the best possible idea, because BT links work best when they're fresh (lots of downloaders) but search engine results are always a little dated. In my experience, dedicated sites like torrentse.cx are much, much better.
By the way, torrentse.cx is not just about sex. I think the name refers to something like "my prrrecious torrentses".
I wonder how many times this has to be stated until people learn... The Matrix is a trilogy (like Back to the Future and LOTR), a single story split into three volumes/movies for convenience (because it's so long) and perhaps profit.
The trilogy status hasn't been so obvious with The Matrix because, at the time of making the first part, the producers weren't sure if it would be worth it. As a side effect, the first part is a rather well contained story in itself, which is not a bad thing in a trilogy. Still, the first part left many important questions open, like the awakening of the rest of humanity, and any details on Zion.
On my P4 2.53GHz/1Gb RAM it took about 6 hours to get a base install, (bootable system), then ages (went to sleep, not sure of exact time), to build XFree, KDE and GNOME.
...even a fast machine takes ages to compile it. What about slower boxen that would benefit from the optimizations much more? Can you say, catch-22?
Re:....It's the name.. that damn name!
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At least Ogg Vorbis is a name, not a twisted abbreviation. MPEG 1 Layer III turned into MP3 because some genius thought there's a three character limit to filename 'extensions'. I bet "MP3" didn't sound very catchy when it first came about, but I didn't hear anyone whine about the name.
Does the rat wonder why the f--k it has a robotic body?
Probably not, as it will be used to the mechanism. We all wondered about
our human bodies some time after we were born. And frankly, even many
grownups aren't comfortable with their bodies.
Variable Balans, the most basic model. It's the only one I could afford as an undergraduate. I think I'd still choose it for desk work, even if I had more money.
OK, been discussed on/. before, but Stokke chairs are still worth
mentioning, I'm sitting on one right now.
IMHO most chair designs seem to begin with stiff 90 degree angles and
then make only slight adjustments for the human body. On the other hand,
Stokke designs look and feel like they're made for the human body,
instead of the usual rectangular styles. They let your body find a
comfortable balance almost magically, you don't have to force yourself
into a good position, or correct your position all the time. Because
of the unusual shapes, they also look damn cool, but are a bit pricey
though.
If 'desktop' means 100% Microsoft compatible, then Linux will probably never be ready for the desktop.
On the other hand, for people who are ready to learn some new things (just like they had to do with Windows when they first saw it), Linux has been ready for the desktop for years.
If you're running effectively two processors on one chip, the heat
output will increase as well, and you'll really need that tornado to
focus all your cooling on one die. I'd rather have multiple CPUs at
lower speeds for more efficient and quiet cooling.
AFAIK, many video codecs use some kind of FFT/DCT/wavelet compression for individual frames, and then some rather different techniques to account for the similarities/changes between subsequent frames. As a physicist I find this rather too complicated; it would be more natural to treat time as a third dimension, and just use FFT/DCT/wavelets or whatever for the whole 3D package (probably split into NxNxN cubes).
Quick googling shows that such codecs have in fact been investigated. But are these ideas used in any current codecs?
Of course every lossy codec has its problems, but there's at least one reason why I'm intrigued by these 3D style codecs: it could be easier to balance resources between single-frame precision vs. motion. With fast action we're less sensitive to details, so the codec could use more information for motion and less for the image details. And vice versa for slow scenes. This would happen automatically if the codec always preserved the strongest percentage of frequency/wavelet components (which is a standard way of signal de-noising).
"We need to recommend Mac's. Apple was THE FIRST SERIOUS PC, and Mac
was the first GUI. It is far superior to anything running
on the PC."
So, is the Apple a PC, or is it not? Does PC mean 'personal computer',
or does it mean 'x86 WinDOS box'? At least in the first option, the
abbreviation actually works...
An example; Joe and Jane Consumer are thrilled to death about being able to send E-mail with pictures of the kids to granny, but they don't have Clue One about the processes involved, nor do they want one. They're under the belief that any such details are far too messy or complex for their comprehension, even though Joe may have a Ph.d in Astrophysics and Jane in Mathematics.
I started to wonder if it's at all possible to be a PhD if you're not the tinkerer type. But in fact I know people with PhDs who are not interested in hacking with computers and OSen. I don't like splitting mankind into A and B class citizens, even if I sometimes believe in that division.
It's probably fairer to say that tinkerers vs. consumers only exist within one discipline, such as computing or physics. The problem is that a single person only has a limited amount of time and other resources, so we have to focus on certain things in our lives. A person can't be a tinkerer in every possible field.
On the other hand, I believe in something called the hacker attitude, or curiosity combined with self confidence. It's something you can apply to whatever you do, no matter what your primary fields of interest are. But you cannot really tinker productively unless you learn and experience some basics of that particular field.
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I've used Mandrake for two years now, and never done a full ISO upgrade. I've always done the initial install from ftp, then upgraded individual packages as needed. I use urpmi to do that, it resolves dependencies and generally works almost like apt-get. Plus, it can use rsync instead of ftp, as long as there's an rsync mirror available.
I doubt even BT would be enough for downloading the entire Matrix. Especially considering that you're inside it.
The codes are not that arbitrary, and knowing the logic it's easy to remember. The bulk of the code is formed by the colors of a rainbow, red to violet. The remaining colors are quite easy to align, after all brown is quite close to red and black is close to brown. After that you only have grey and white left, and their arrangement is quite logical as well (for instance, white at the opposite end to black)
No, they're not... humans are a disease, a virus... a cancer on this planet. ;-)
Thanks for pointing that out, I guess I got confused by the +Insightful mods. My points are still valid for the general topic, though.
I couldn't disagree more. I think the best employees are those who love what they do, and would continue doing that as a hobby even if they weren't being paid to do that. It's been discussed here and elsewhere before: success comes not from following the latest business fad, but simply from doing what you love.
It's amazing how many people keep dividing their lives between work as something they don't like but they are forced to do, and free time in which they do things they love. How few people have fully grasped the satisfaction from creating new things, which is much more than the apparent pleasures from consuming and following.
..is not available in all the countries where Xbox is.
By the way, torrentse.cx is not just about sex. I think the name refers to something like "my prrrecious torrentses".
The trilogy status hasn't been so obvious with The Matrix because, at the time of making the first part, the producers weren't sure if it would be worth it. As a side effect, the first part is a rather well contained story in itself, which is not a bad thing in a trilogy. Still, the first part left many important questions open, like the awakening of the rest of humanity, and any details on Zion.
At least Ogg Vorbis is a name, not a twisted abbreviation. MPEG 1 Layer III turned into MP3 because some genius thought there's a three character limit to filename 'extensions'. I bet "MP3" didn't sound very catchy when it first came about, but I didn't hear anyone whine about the name.
Probably not, as it will be used to the mechanism. We all wondered about our human bodies some time after we were born. And frankly, even many grownups aren't comfortable with their bodies.
Variable Balans, the most basic model. It's the only one I could afford as an undergraduate. I think I'd still choose it for desk work, even if I had more money.
IMHO most chair designs seem to begin with stiff 90 degree angles and then make only slight adjustments for the human body. On the other hand, Stokke designs look and feel like they're made for the human body, instead of the usual rectangular styles. They let your body find a comfortable balance almost magically, you don't have to force yourself into a good position, or correct your position all the time. Because of the unusual shapes, they also look damn cool, but are a bit pricey though.
On the other hand, for people who are ready to learn some new things (just like they had to do with Windows when they first saw it), Linux has been ready for the desktop for years.
You left them alone with a penguin? Mr. Gates, your men are already dead!
It's rough, it's tough, and it takes no shit.
runs it just fine.
If you're running effectively two processors on one chip, the heat output will increase as well, and you'll really need that tornado to focus all your cooling on one die. I'd rather have multiple CPUs at lower speeds for more efficient and quiet cooling.
Quick googling shows that such codecs have in fact been investigated. But are these ideas used in any current codecs?
Of course every lossy codec has its problems, but there's at least one reason why I'm intrigued by these 3D style codecs: it could be easier to balance resources between single-frame precision vs. motion. With fast action we're less sensitive to details, so the codec could use more information for motion and less for the image details. And vice versa for slow scenes. This would happen automatically if the codec always preserved the strongest percentage of frequency/wavelet components (which is a standard way of signal de-noising).
We Don't Need No R.I.A.A. - Pink Floyd
So, is the Apple a PC, or is it not? Does PC mean 'personal computer', or does it mean 'x86 WinDOS box'? At least in the first option, the abbreviation actually works...
I started to wonder if it's at all possible to be a PhD if you're not the tinkerer type. But in fact I know people with PhDs who are not interested in hacking with computers and OSen. I don't like splitting mankind into A and B class citizens, even if I sometimes believe in that division.
It's probably fairer to say that tinkerers vs. consumers only exist within one discipline, such as computing or physics. The problem is that a single person only has a limited amount of time and other resources, so we have to focus on certain things in our lives. A person can't be a tinkerer in every possible field.
On the other hand, I believe in something called the hacker attitude, or curiosity combined with self confidence. It's something you can apply to whatever you do, no matter what your primary fields of interest are. But you cannot really tinker productively unless you learn and experience some basics of that particular field.