If there is one thing Apple Pages got right (and trust me, there is only one or two things), it's the implementation of styles. I don't think I ever touched them in Word until Pages made the whole thing a lot clearer.
The scary thing is that the concept isn't exactly foreign to me -- anyone who has used CSS knows the principle. I just can't believe I ignored it for so long.
After seeing the joy of what unions have done to most major industries, no way would I want them invading IT. While working really sucks, I enjoy the fact that slacker developers that I've worked with have been culled, and that pay raises have been earned and not given because they have to.
It was more a commentary on the parent post, where the piece of evidence he provided was damn close to nil, so it was all personal experience. There was my personal experience. And you did the same thing with "(and it isn't)" Welcome to a pointless, stupid flame war. Use what you want and what works best for you. My comments was that the parent poster was being a dick, not that he was wrong. He wasn't being a dick toward me, I wasn't the parent above him. I was calling him out for being one.
For what it's worth, no one said Linux used too much memory, or that it goes slow. I agreed with the top poster than Linux does not handle low memory situations well in the 2.6 kernel. A quick Google search finds quite a few people who think the same thing. This isn't a scientific look, though, so feel free to give me some kind of research that Linux is the second coming of Christ.
Funny that we just had an article about how many Linux users and enthusiasts exclude other people by being complete dicks, and here you are, acting like a dick. Of course, I don't know you from Joe Blow, so maybe I just misunderstood your obviously angsty response.
"That's obvious." "Correction: when _you_ start using up a lot of memory Linux totally sucks. When I start using up a lot of memory, Linux acts exactly as I expect, and better than FreeBSD."
Linux acts exactly how I'd expect, too. It completely sucks when it comes to memory and process management. Linux may have a better threading kernel, but that's the only thing that seems to save it in the real world. After only six years of administering servers professionally and for my own use, it has come down to Linux on the desktop, and FreeBSD for Real Work(tm). Many large companies that depend on their data agree with me, and those who use Linux or Windows just throw more machines at the problem.
At least Linux is free compared to Windows, right?
It really depends on your insurance company. I rent, and my renters insurance says that I will have my equipment covered even when I remove it from the apartment. Since my auto insurance is with the same company, I also have more protection if it is stolen out of my vehicle.
Some loan/lease companies also have an insurance policy that gets you a replacement if it is stolen.
I'll give you that. It was a better operating system at its core than the Mac OS was, and that gave me a few nervous laughs at the time. Nevertheless, driver development is a huge hassle now, there's no support behind it except for community. Be OS almost has a bigger following at this point.;)
* It runs a real operating system
* It has a processor that is faster by at least five times
* It has a real display
* It has a lot of software freely available
This, as a portable computer, is far more capable than a Newton. As a PDA, the Newton wins. By a hair.
For the person who posted this, and for many geeks, RT works quite well. For those unfamiliar with some types of ticketing environments, or needing more guidance, RT kinda sucks.:(
You're sort of right about USB2 being faster than 1394a. On paper, it has a faster speed, but since USB2 is pretty CPU bound compared to FireWire, you generally get faster I/O out of 1394a.
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It is a Macintosh Portable!
If there is one thing Apple Pages got right (and trust me, there is only one or two things), it's the implementation of styles. I don't think I ever touched them in Word until Pages made the whole thing a lot clearer.
The scary thing is that the concept isn't exactly foreign to me -- anyone who has used CSS knows the principle. I just can't believe I ignored it for so long.
Agreed. Between Debian (Ubuntu) and FreeBSD, my machines all upgrade quite nicely, and I don't think I've seriously broken anything since 2000 or so.
:)
Six years is a long time in IT.
Oh, hell yes, you rock.
Those Gentoo folks scare me -- they actually think they're normal. ;)
Maybe he uses Gentoo.
After seeing the joy of what unions have done to most major industries, no way would I want them invading IT. While working really sucks, I enjoy the fact that slacker developers that I've worked with have been culled, and that pay raises have been earned and not given because they have to.
Unions foster mediocrity.
It sounds like someone needs a cup of coffee.
And then when something happens, we can't recover it! Yay!
That would be the DynaMac. :)
It was more a commentary on the parent post, where the piece of evidence he provided was damn close to nil, so it was all personal experience. There was my personal experience. And you did the same thing with "(and it isn't)" Welcome to a pointless, stupid flame war. Use what you want and what works best for you. My comments was that the parent poster was being a dick, not that he was wrong. He wasn't being a dick toward me, I wasn't the parent above him. I was calling him out for being one.
For what it's worth, no one said Linux used too much memory, or that it goes slow. I agreed with the top poster than Linux does not handle low memory situations well in the 2.6 kernel. A quick Google search finds quite a few people who think the same thing. This isn't a scientific look, though, so feel free to give me some kind of research that Linux is the second coming of Christ.
Here's my -1, Troll.
Funny that we just had an article about how many Linux users and enthusiasts exclude other people by being complete dicks, and here you are, acting like a dick. Of course, I don't know you from Joe Blow, so maybe I just misunderstood your obviously angsty response.
"That's obvious."
"Correction: when _you_ start using up a lot of memory Linux totally sucks. When I start using up a lot of memory, Linux acts exactly as I expect, and better than FreeBSD."
Linux acts exactly how I'd expect, too. It completely sucks when it comes to memory and process management. Linux may have a better threading kernel, but that's the only thing that seems to save it in the real world. After only six years of administering servers professionally and for my own use, it has come down to Linux on the desktop, and FreeBSD for Real Work(tm). Many large companies that depend on their data agree with me, and those who use Linux or Windows just throw more machines at the problem.
At least Linux is free compared to Windows, right?
"It would be nice if it was an actual zeroconf windows client"
Uh, it is.
It really depends on your insurance company. I rent, and my renters insurance says that I will have my equipment covered even when I remove it from the apartment. Since my auto insurance is with the same company, I also have more protection if it is stolen out of my vehicle.
Some loan/lease companies also have an insurance policy that gets you a replacement if it is stolen.
You can't get a return on your insurance without a police report.
It would do you well to "get over it". Slashdot isn't CNN. At the end, it's still run by a bunch of geeky kids who grew up. Kinda.
That's a Good Thing(tm), really. Catchalls are huge spam traps. If you end up getting a dictionary attack, every address they try is set to 'valid'. ;)
I'll give you that. It was a better operating system at its core than the Mac OS was, and that gave me a few nervous laughs at the time. Nevertheless, driver development is a huge hassle now, there's no support behind it except for community. Be OS almost has a bigger following at this point. ;)
Hey, fanboy. I love Newtons too, but get real.
* It runs a real operating system
* It has a processor that is faster by at least five times
* It has a real display
* It has a lot of software freely available
This, as a portable computer, is far more capable than a Newton. As a PDA, the Newton wins. By a hair.
and then it is no longer water.
For the person who posted this, and for many geeks, RT works quite well. For those unfamiliar with some types of ticketing environments, or needing more guidance, RT kinda sucks. :(
Yeah, but horrible to administer and a completely murdered user interface. :(
They sued Real? Nope. Certainly not for that.
You're sort of right about USB2 being faster than 1394a. On paper, it has a faster speed, but since USB2 is pretty CPU bound compared to FireWire, you generally get faster I/O out of 1394a.
Have you tried using minimo? Good effort, sure, but the codebase just isn't designed for a small, low power device.