I can't seem to figure out exactly what "Extreme Programming" is... with all the buzzwords in the article, and the capitalized letters in the name, I'm lead to believe its some kind of product. Except, the ideas of the article make me believe its a concept.
So, did somebody put a concept into a box and mark it for sale?
This article contains some excellent information! I think the information would be 100x more valuable if every released kernel version was documented... This kind of stuff is cool! Perhaps somebody is willing to do these benchmarks on each kernel release and publish the results at the time of each release.
knowing the expected performance of a kernel before installing it may be quite handy.
The CLI (Command Line Interface)... aka, "text mode" is alive and well. In fact I maintain a text mode application for my job. There are still several markets that prefer to employ CLI vs GUI. In fact, any place where data needs to be entered quickly and effectively, GUI can't compete.
Unfortunately, Microsoft is making it harder and harder for us to operate our programs on the winX operating systems. Every new version of windows brings us more incompatibilities. I think it's a mistake in microsoft's "strategy" to phase out the console, because text mode programs still have a place in the computer software market!
Good choice going with Linux. When microsoft rubs out the CLI completely, they will lose an important industry segment.
Remember, just because a program doesn't have flashy graphics, doesn't mean it's old and hard to operate.
18. You must balance the number of dial-in phone lines with the size of your customer base. Usually a 4:1 (customers/line) ratio works well, but you may consider 3:1 if you have active users and wish to avoid busy signal problems. Busy signals will cause attrition.
Keep in mind that the 4:1 ratio won't kick in immediately... you'll need to start with around 12 lines initially, so the ratio will kick in when you get to 48 customers. At that point, you need to start adding lines. Be prepared, because you may sign up 48 customers during the first 2 weeks.
This article is great for somebody that is already knowledgeable of PC internals that would like to get into the device driver world. One caveat... the writer assumes the ISR of the system is 100HZ... while this is true for most systems, its generally a good idea to calculate the ISR values and adjust the timer calculations from there. That way your driver will match the HZ value of the ISR.
Go purchase yourself one of those nice wireless webcams and hook that baby to your boat. Some of the better wireless cams are small, fairly inexpensive, and will carry their signal over a good sized radius. Perhaps, far enough to reach a PC you have located near the shore on land that can then access the internet via traditional means and deliver the video content to you... and millions of other people willing to voyeur on your boat.
Red Hat -- While I'm fairly impressed with the features of the 7.1 release, I'm not exactly thrilled that you went and wrote custom patches for your own kernel. Why bother with the 2.4.2 kernel anyway, because I'm sure most of the bug fixes you were after have probably been fixed in the real 2.4.3 kernel.
Usually, directly following an RH install, the first thing I do is replace the kernel with my own. Now, I'm curious what I'm going to break in RH7.1 by replacing your proprietary kernel. Will you support that? (hardly think so)
Did you submit your "bug fixes" to the real kernel?
I currently use GIS data to build 3d trail maps, "fly-by" style video, and expansion visualization for ski resorts. There is a lot that can be accomplished with geo data, but I don't necessarily think it'll change the way we all live.
Here's the answer: Get yerself an eSolution Webified Scalable Broadband e-Business Streaming LAN Architecture Multiplexor with e-Server e-Integration e-Strategy Streaming OptiRanger for MultiMedia e-LoadBalancing.
WHY MUST WE ALL USE "WEBWORDS"?!?!?!?!?!?!? Speak english for crying out loud, and perhaps your question would make sense!
("e-WebWords" are the worst faction of.com grammar)
I wish for once that these fucking meat heads would leave well enough alone. Don't go fucking up the internet for the rest of us by forced "stop" of our browsing! What if I forced you to stop working for 5 seconds to watch me stick forks in my ass?
Here we go guys... with all the articles lately about satellites, if we can scrape up $50,000 from slashdot users, we could launch SlashSAT into LEO (Low Earth Orbit).
What purpose would SlashSAT have? Perhaps we could allow people to upload code to the sat, where the sat would compile and return the executibles... that would be *neat*. Or, perhaps the sat could send images of earth down to a slashbox on *slash* sites.
Some of us are amateur radio operators, so we have the necessary skills and equipment to communicate with the satellite.
I'm sorry that you were offended by my use of the word 'suck'. It's use in my post probably should have been preceded by an 'in my opinion'. Certainly, my opinions are not the opinions of others... that is what opinions are about.
If you don't care for my opinion, you don't need to step down to the level of equating it with anything of my person, such as my 'experience' or knowledge. Sometimes being constructive will get you a lot further than resorting to the fray.
Here's a nifty little *trick* that I use on my setup. I'm running gnome, and Sawmill... although, this will work with other environments such as KDE or enlightenment...
In X/gnome... open a terminal window and size it to your liking. Set it's background to transparent. Set the window depth to the lowest layer possible, and then make it frameless.
What you're left with, is basically a Command line that is your GUI desktop environment. I can work completely in CLI (programming), while having a few little windows open that I need.
I think it's a fine blending of the two worlds. In effect it's the opposite of Windows. Meaning, the GUI is now sitting on top of the CLI, not the CLI sitting in a window in the GUI. Makes a great environment for more technically oriented people.
As for the article, it sucked. The whole idea of giving immediate focus to a windows as they pop up sucks. Windows does that and I'm always being forced away from my work because of other apps. In my current Gnome setup, I don't have that problem because no window gets focus until I give it focus.
This isn't really a new idea, because I've had linux running on a 16Mb solid state Sandisk for a couple of months now... makes a great item to have in a router. The disk has an IDE interface and performs very well.
I find humor in the fact that many so-called "technology" companies these days are touting old technology as the wave of the future. Perhaps computing in general is coming full circle... it started with large, "virtual computer" type systems that are gloriously known as "mainframes"... then, computing progressed to the PC with each his own, and now, somehow, combining computing back into a centralized mainframe layout is somehow revolutionary?
I think I'll invent "floppy" disks, and tout them as the future because one could fold up his data and carry it in his pocket.
Very cool story! Even though "Easy Writer" is a minor sub-point to the article, I actually used it! Many, Many, Many years ago... I think it ranked up there with my copy of Desqview and Norton Editor. Cool.
These concerns are certainly valid! Micro$oft products are inferior for mission critical tasks, and most everyone knows it. Granted, M$'s OSs are great for every John Smith home user.
What I find interesting is the comment about how national security is inheritly as risk because of a potential leak of source code. Why is that dangerous? After all, people @ m$ have had access to the code all along. I think they see the danger because the code was potentially gained by malicious activities.
With that said, what about open source? Wouldn't an OS like Linux be more dangerous because 'hackers' can get the source without effort? NOPE. In fact, I'd like to draw the conclusion that open source OSs like linux are more secure because the everybody can get the code. Security flaws are fewer because of the pure number of eyes looking at the code.
Perhaps the Fed should stop dumping tax dollars into M$ (especially since they are sueing the f* out of 'em). Think about that... FREE and true security, and some extra $$ to give back to the people who pay the bills.
This is very bizarre... I just ditched a domain I had hosted with pagecreators, but found myself having to be very careful because of silly clauses like the one that states a penalty will be charged if I change my DNS records on my domain! Theres another clause that states pagecreators can change the agreement at any time! Since that itself is in the agreement, it can be compared to shooting yourself in the foot.
I had to jump through hoops to cancel my account... including signing papers and faxing documents, etc... all this in fear thay they might nail me with one of their silly large $$ charges.
A little research turns up the real deal about pagecreators. It's ran by a kid, that only recently turned 18, who is more of a scam artist than businesman. Its too bad because a lot of people are getting hurt by this guy. This guy even has a hard core lawyer at the age of 18... barraged by lawsuits.
Handspring visors run PalmOS3.5, so why is it that if Palm releases a version 4.0 that they'll have some kind of magical advantage in the market? If the downfalls are hardware related, as you mentioned, then a newer OS isn't going to fix a thing! The visors support USB cradling, and a few other hardware features, all from PalmOS 3.5. No magic there.
eg, wireless video will now be feasible due to faster RAM technology?
This is pretty funny... Does anybody remember that we used to have 'wireless video' a long time ago? It was called broadcasting, and it worked with a magical device called a TV. Man, we didn't have RAM back then, just our wireless video.
Slashdot Mirror
I can't seem to figure out exactly what "Extreme Programming" is... with all the buzzwords in the article, and the capitalized letters in the name, I'm lead to believe its some kind of product. Except, the ideas of the article make me believe its a concept.
So, did somebody put a concept into a box and mark it for sale?
Anybody want to help me out with this one?
This article contains some excellent information! I think the information would be 100x more valuable if every released kernel version was documented... This kind of stuff is cool! Perhaps somebody is willing to do these benchmarks on each kernel release and publish the results at the time of each release.
knowing the expected performance of a kernel before installing it may be quite handy.
The CLI (Command Line Interface)... aka, "text mode" is alive and well. In fact I maintain a text mode application for my job. There are still several markets that prefer to employ CLI vs GUI. In fact, any place where data needs to be entered quickly and effectively, GUI can't compete.
Unfortunately, Microsoft is making it harder and harder for us to operate our programs on the winX operating systems. Every new version of windows brings us more incompatibilities. I think it's a mistake in microsoft's "strategy" to phase out the console, because text mode programs still have a place in the computer software market!
Good choice going with Linux. When microsoft rubs out the CLI completely, they will lose an important industry segment.
Remember, just because a program doesn't have flashy graphics, doesn't mean it's old and hard to operate.
These are really great points.
One more I'd add to this list...
18. You must balance the number of dial-in phone lines with the size of your customer base. Usually a 4:1 (customers/line) ratio works well, but you may consider 3:1 if you have active users and wish to avoid busy signal problems. Busy signals will cause attrition.
Keep in mind that the 4:1 ratio won't kick in immediately... you'll need to start with around 12 lines initially, so the ratio will kick in when you get to 48 customers. At that point, you need to start adding lines. Be prepared, because you may sign up 48 customers during the first 2 weeks.
--csb
This article is great for somebody that is already knowledgeable of PC internals that would like to get into the device driver world. One caveat... the writer assumes the ISR of the system is 100HZ... while this is true for most systems, its generally a good idea to calculate the ISR values and adjust the timer calculations from there. That way your driver will match the HZ value of the ISR.
Subvert Reality.
Go purchase yourself one of those nice wireless webcams and hook that baby to your boat. Some of the better wireless cams are small, fairly inexpensive, and will carry their signal over a good sized radius. Perhaps, far enough to reach a PC you have located near the shore on land that can then access the internet via traditional means and deliver the video content to you... and millions of other people willing to voyeur on your boat.
#define Subvert_Reality -1
Red Hat -- While I'm fairly impressed with the features of the 7.1 release, I'm not exactly thrilled that you went and wrote custom patches for your own kernel. Why bother with the 2.4.2 kernel anyway, because I'm sure most of the bug fixes you were after have probably been fixed in the real 2.4.3 kernel.
Usually, directly following an RH install, the first thing I do is replace the kernel with my own. Now, I'm curious what I'm going to break in RH7.1 by replacing your proprietary kernel. Will you support that? (hardly think so)
Did you submit your "bug fixes" to the real kernel?
I currently use GIS data to build 3d trail maps, "fly-by" style video, and expansion visualization for ski resorts. There is a lot that can be accomplished with geo data, but I don't necessarily think it'll change the way we all live.
Your question makes no sense!
.com grammar)
Here's the answer: Get yerself an eSolution Webified Scalable Broadband e-Business Streaming LAN Architecture Multiplexor with e-Server e-Integration e-Strategy Streaming OptiRanger for MultiMedia e-LoadBalancing.
WHY MUST WE ALL USE "WEBWORDS"?!?!?!?!?!?!? Speak english for crying out loud, and perhaps your question would make sense!
("e-WebWords" are the worst faction of
Do you think I can get insurance to cover damages if the moon were to hit my car?
I wish for once that these fucking meat heads would leave well enough alone. Don't go fucking up the internet for the rest of us by forced "stop" of our browsing! What if I forced you to stop working for 5 seconds to watch me stick forks in my ass?
I'd like to see enough room in a laptop for a MFG to put in a PCI slot... think of the possibilities
I wonder if the "computer experts" checked to know if the company wrote the software... hence, their posession of the source code.
The way things have been going lately, being in posession of source code makes any individual look like a 'hacker' (in th media sense).
Here we go guys... with all the articles lately about satellites, if we can scrape up $50,000 from slashdot users, we could launch SlashSAT into LEO (Low Earth Orbit).
What purpose would SlashSAT have? Perhaps we could allow people to upload code to the sat, where the sat would compile and return the executibles... that would be *neat*. Or, perhaps the sat could send images of earth down to a slashbox on *slash* sites.
Some of us are amateur radio operators, so we have the necessary skills and equipment to communicate with the satellite.
Anybody have enough ambition to make it happen?
regards
I'm sorry that you were offended by my use of the word 'suck'. It's use in my post probably should have been preceded by an 'in my opinion'. Certainly, my opinions are not the opinions of others... that is what opinions are about.
If you don't care for my opinion, you don't need to step down to the level of equating it with anything of my person, such as my 'experience' or knowledge. Sometimes being constructive will get you a lot further than resorting to the fray.
Enjoy your fellatio.
Here's a nifty little *trick* that I use on my setup. I'm running gnome, and Sawmill... although, this will work with other environments such as KDE or enlightenment...
In X/gnome... open a terminal window and size it to your liking. Set it's background to transparent. Set the window depth to the lowest layer possible, and then make it frameless.
What you're left with, is basically a Command line that is your GUI desktop environment. I can work completely in CLI (programming), while having a few little windows open that I need.
I think it's a fine blending of the two worlds. In effect it's the opposite of Windows. Meaning, the GUI is now sitting on top of the CLI, not the CLI sitting in a window in the GUI. Makes a great environment for more technically oriented people.
As for the article, it sucked. The whole idea of giving immediate focus to a windows as they pop up sucks. Windows does that and I'm always being forced away from my work because of other apps. In my current Gnome setup, I don't have that problem because no window gets focus until I give it focus.
This isn't really a new idea, because I've had linux running on a 16Mb solid state Sandisk for a couple of months now... makes a great item to have in a router. The disk has an IDE interface and performs very well.
I find humor in the fact that many so-called "technology" companies these days are touting old technology as the wave of the future. Perhaps computing in general is coming full circle... it started with large, "virtual computer" type systems that are gloriously known as "mainframes"... then, computing progressed to the PC with each his own, and now, somehow, combining computing back into a centralized mainframe layout is somehow revolutionary?
I think I'll invent "floppy" disks, and tout them as the future because one could fold up his data and carry it in his pocket.
Very cool story! Even though "Easy Writer" is a minor sub-point to the article, I actually used it! Many, Many, Many years ago... I think it ranked up there with my copy of Desqview and Norton Editor. Cool.
Lets all congratulate CmdrTaco on his acceptance into the "Department of Redundancy Department".
These concerns are certainly valid! Micro$oft products are inferior for mission critical tasks, and most everyone knows it. Granted, M$'s OSs are great for every John Smith home user.
What I find interesting is the comment about how national security is inheritly as risk because of a potential leak of source code. Why is that dangerous? After all, people @ m$ have had access to the code all along. I think they see the danger because the code was potentially gained by malicious activities.
With that said, what about open source? Wouldn't an OS like Linux be more dangerous because 'hackers' can get the source without effort? NOPE. In fact, I'd like to draw the conclusion that open source OSs like linux are more secure because the everybody can get the code. Security flaws are fewer because of the pure number of eyes looking at the code.
Perhaps the Fed should stop dumping tax dollars into M$ (especially since they are sueing the f* out of 'em). Think about that... FREE and true security, and some extra $$ to give back to the people who pay the bills.
--cr@ckwhore
This is very bizarre... I just ditched a domain I had hosted with pagecreators, but found myself having to be very careful because of silly clauses like the one that states a penalty will be charged if I change my DNS records on my domain! Theres another clause that states pagecreators can change the agreement at any time! Since that itself is in the agreement, it can be compared to shooting yourself in the foot.
I had to jump through hoops to cancel my account... including signing papers and faxing documents, etc... all this in fear thay they might nail me with one of their silly large $$ charges.
A little research turns up the real deal about pagecreators. It's ran by a kid, that only recently turned 18, who is more of a scam artist than businesman. Its too bad because a lot of people are getting hurt by this guy. This guy even has a hard core lawyer at the age of 18... barraged by lawsuits.
How did they figure out that 750GhZ was truly reached? If it was the first device to run that high, what did they use to measure it's speed?
I'm detecting a black hole. think.
Think about this for a moment...
Handspring visors run PalmOS3.5, so why is it that if Palm releases a version 4.0 that they'll have some kind of magical advantage in the market? If the downfalls are hardware related, as you mentioned, then a newer OS isn't going to fix a thing! The visors support USB cradling, and a few other hardware features, all from PalmOS 3.5. No magic there.
BTW, got a visor platinum and it's really great!
--cr@ckwhore
This is pretty funny... Does anybody remember that we used to have 'wireless video' a long time ago? It was called broadcasting, and it worked with a magical device called a TV. Man, we didn't have RAM back then, just our wireless video.