First, the "other device" embedded into something is never as good as it could have been. The wristwatch that also has a pager in it is never a very good pager. The quality drops in phyisical objects just as it does in software. The mail client that is bundled in your browser is not a ver good mail client. The browser bundled in your MP3 player is not a very good browser. In that same sense, your PDA, pager, camera and phone bundle will not have the quality in some of the components that you desire.
Yes, but bundling Web browser with an operating system is called innovation!
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My knowledge of C doesn't really progress much beyond "helloworld.c"
Actually Berlin is implemented in C++.
Anyway, even if you feel your programming skills are not up to par for a project of this scale, go ahead and volunteer to the project leader. There are plenty of other ways you can help (documentation, testing, site admin...)
Flame me all you want, but I always thought Windows Explorer was one of those very few really good products Redmond unleashed upon us. But the more I look at what Eazel is giving us, the more I think we're witnessing one of the biggest developments in the history of computing. People, this could be the second biggest thing to happen to computers (first being C language).
I hope my karma can survive what is surely to come:)
As I recall from the original announcement of the Xbox (can't find the URL now), the thing will be incompatible with all the regular PC hardware. For example, it will sport a USB port but only "MS Xbox certified" USB hardware can be connected. It'll have all sorts of extendibility, but you'll have to pay the MS tax to get anything running on it.
I'm not much of a gamer, but for all my gaming needs I think I'll stick to my PCs.
Excellent job done by FreeBSD developers. I'm curious: how difficult would it be to port this feature to Linux? Kernel hacking is not my speciality, but I'd like to hear from someone who's intimate with Linux TCP/IP stack to briefly explain if that would require a major rewrite or could indeed be simply integrated into the existing code. After all, you cannot deny it's a rather important feature that speeds up the stack greatly and would improve the performance of the OS, especially when used for routing (any LRP developers in the house?)
Beer! Of course, if you're OpenBSD user, you may want to go with Guinness:) (no, it's not a flamebait, everyone knows Guinness is Theo's favourite drink)
do we really need a new version right now? Everyone was expecting 7.0 to be based on *stable* 2.4 kernel and include *stable* KDE2... Nevertheless, RedHat should be aplauded and encouraged for offering the beta before releasing new version to the public. -----
I reckon natural language CLI would've been cool 10-15 years ago. Right now, nothing short of thought-controlled computers can impress me. I think our immediate future holds excellent voice recognition systems (IBM is heavily investing in the research, ViaVoice is beyond this-really-really-sucks stage already), but ultimately we will do away with the whole motor-related muscular actions when communicating with the devices (and people) that surround us. After all, the scientists have already proven that our brains emit enough signals, it's just a question of learning how to harvest them. And if moderators could only read my mind now...
I thought the recexecs already hit the rock bottom, I don't know whether I should laugh or cry!
I think it's clear to anyone who has been following the recent developments on the music scene that we are going to bury the "industry" and finally return music to an artform. MPAA can sue Napster, MyMP3, Gnutella, or whatever, but that's just fighting the symptoms while ignoring the cause. We've been victims to a cartel, an extortion practice the big recording companies have unleashed upon us the consumers as well as the contemporary "artists" (have to put it under quotes because vast majority of vocal and instrumental entertainers don't deserve to be called artists). Once we're back to basics I foresee a rennaisance of music. People will create music as a form of expression and not because they answered an ad in a tabloid.
OK, so maybe I'm paranoid conspiracy theorist, but what if... Apple arranges with someone to post a few shots (fake or otherwise) of the upcoming product, then sensationalise it to get as many people to see it/drool over it, finally ordering the posting site to remove the shots or else. In the world of ultra-corrupt corporations we live in, I don't think my little theory is too far fetched. -----
I'm sick and tired of hearing the same old "If artists don't get paid they won't make anymore art". How is it that we have had such great music from Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky... I don't think they lived the lives of superstars our contemporary "artists" enjoy. I hope this trend of millionaire "artists" dies away when they alienate all their fans from their music through their constant search for "better protection for their IP" instead of doing what they set out to do in the first place - create art!
I'm gonna look real hard into the "alternative" henceforth... Heck, that's why I started using Linux (OpenBSD now too) in the first place. Perhaps the rule nowadays is that the alternative is better than the mainstream.
C'mon, Athlon sounds very cool indeed. OK, so Duron may be an invitation for parodies, but Athlon... As someone said earlier, the word Pentium has become so vague, you no longer know whether you're talking about a puny 75MHz granpa or an 850MHz beast. Can't wait for those SMP Athlon boards:)
For those who believe moderation system is good, this is a perfect example why it sucks. While I'm not claiming my post was anything special, modding it to "-1, Redundant" as a joke shows the average IQ of the moderators on the loose.
Needless to say, I don't give a flying fuck about my karma so this does not upset me the least. I do hope, though, CmdrTaco will put his bitchslapping power to some good use vis-a-vis that moron^H^H^H^H^Hmoderator.
...what I need is a phone that can download/play MP3's while searching for quality pr0n and at the same time check my e-mail, answer my calls, send my faxes, get my global position, photocopy A4-sized papers, control my car, feed my cat, and don't forget the good ole game of snake (my current highscore is 1710 - best left for those long, constipated sessions in the loo)...
Of course, I want it in Blueberry and it *must* run Linux!
I never heard (until now, that is) that you could get hold of these pics free. But now...
Get out of my way, I'm off to alt.mag.penthouse for some free pics...
Kinda like when I installed Napster after I heard of the lawsuit, I also read the kerbspec.pdf only after M$ tried to shaft Slashdot over it... (well, not really but you get the point)
One thing's for sure: all those sued by these morons should at the very least thank them for free publicity given. Best type of advertising - free!
"...But the European Union does not make their policies dependent on the opinion of the United States."
US legislators are dragging IT industry down. Unless something is done to prevent laws like DMCA, UCITA, and encryption software restrictions, it is very likely the SW development will simply move out. Kinda like car, electronics, household, steel, food... industries.
I know it may come as a surprise to many of you here, but our little world doesn't actually revovle around US, it revolves around the Sun.
It is a sad but true fact that being proficient on one distro may leave you (relatively) clueless on another. Hence right now it is I think the only option to have a distro-specific cert. No matter what we may like to say, suits like certs - they don't give rat's ass if you are Alan Cox himself. Unless you have a paper to prove your knowledge, you're in the shallow end.
I'm graduating this summer (finished my last exam two hours ago - weeeeee!) and from what I can see, the only reason I did the BSc in C.S. is to have a paper to backup my res. I don't see my knowledge pool any deeper, to be honest. All that I learned - I learned on my own by tinkering and trying. Save for the general knowledge, ofcourse, but then again, maybe that's what Uni's are for.
back on topic, once we have a standard Linux base, LPI will be a viable solution and indeed the best possible cert in the world, qualifying you to work in so many different environments unlike any other.
...and they always have. Their only problem was their old-school advertising policy which didn't allow them to make their products look *sexy* like M$ or Oracle did. Perhaps the times are changing, as we can see from their whole-hearted support of Linux and Open Source in general.
You all recall that IBM outsold Sun's E10K with their RS/6000 (a.root, anyone?) because they made their machines better and priced them more competitively. Now Sun will work harder on their lineup to try and outsell IBM and what do we get - real competition. And who benefits? Why, customers, ofcourse! Needless to say, that is only possible in a fair, level market that is not absorbed by a monopoly, where competition is based on quality/price basis.
I know European airlines that run payroll on OS/390 and have to re-IPL (reboot) every day as a matter of standard operating procedure.
I want some of whatever you've been smoking, dude! There is nothing that outlasts an OS/390, VMS or not. Do you have any idea how sturdy S/390 systems are? Quadruple (as in "4x") power supplies, live CPU swap, etc. IPL is only done when the machine was severely physically damaged (like taken a direct hit by a nuclear warhead of more than 300kT). VMS is very good, there's no doubt about it. However, comparing VMS to OS/390 is like comparing Win95 to FreeBSD.
Large corporations running their payroll, insurance, banking systems *are not* going to migrate from the ridiculously reliable OS/390. That OS has been tested and tweaked for the past 30+ years and is state of near perfection. What Linux on OS/390 is bringing is the possibility of running an ISP/ASP or an e-commerce hosting. S/390 and Linux, Apache, Perl, PHP, Zope, MySQL/PostgreSQL. If you shell out $2m for a beast of a mainframe, you can setup 20,000 virtual servers on it (twice more than that has already been done successfully), each running their own copy of Linux. It works out to about $1,000 per server, which will beat the shit out of any Intel based server with regards to performance or reliability, not to mention the price (can you say "five-fold"). As an added bonus, each of these 20,000 servers "sold" can be given full root privileges without fear of bringing down any other server if they screw up. Admins of those "rented" servers can install whatever software they like, do as they please. Don't underestimate Big Blue, they thought this through many times over. I'm sure we'll see heck of a business plan unravelling soon.
Perhaps we're privilleged to be the historical witnesses of the computing revolution that is currently taking place, my dear fellow Slashdotters!
...we frequently refer to as lawyers are nothing but analy retentive idiots. Why do we let them rule our world? Dialectizer was supposed to be a fun thing, just like Ask Jeesus. Maybe we should load them all up into a giant spaceship (along with marketing types) and fire them into an unknown direction (sort of like what they've done in THGTTG).
Actually, I have a better solution but I think it is banned under Geneva Convention:)
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Actually Berlin is implemented in C++.
Anyway, even if you feel your programming skills are not up to par for a project of this scale, go ahead and volunteer to the project leader. There are plenty of other ways you can help (documentation, testing, site admin...)
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Flame me all you want, but I always thought Windows Explorer was one of those very few really good products Redmond unleashed upon us. :)
But the more I look at what Eazel is giving us, the more I think we're witnessing one of the biggest developments in the history of computing.
People, this could be the second biggest thing to happen to computers (first being C language).
I hope my karma can survive what is surely to come
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As I recall from the original announcement of the Xbox (can't find the URL now), the thing will be incompatible with all the regular PC hardware. For example, it will sport a USB port but only "MS Xbox certified" USB hardware can be connected. It'll have all sorts of extendibility, but you'll have to pay the MS tax to get anything running on it.
I'm not much of a gamer, but for all my gaming needs I think I'll stick to my PCs.
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Excellent job done by FreeBSD developers.
I'm curious: how difficult would it be to port this feature to Linux? Kernel hacking is not my speciality, but I'd like to hear from someone who's intimate with Linux TCP/IP stack to briefly explain if that would require a major rewrite or could indeed be simply integrated into the existing code.
After all, you cannot deny it's a rather important feature that speeds up the stack greatly and would improve the performance of the OS, especially when used for routing (any LRP developers in the house?)
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Beer! :)
Of course, if you're OpenBSD user, you may want to go with Guinness
(no, it's not a flamebait, everyone knows Guinness is Theo's favourite drink)
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do we really need a new version right now? Everyone was expecting 7.0 to be based on *stable* 2.4 kernel and include *stable* KDE2...
Nevertheless, RedHat should be aplauded and encouraged for offering the beta before releasing new version to the public.
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I reckon natural language CLI would've been cool 10-15 years ago. Right now, nothing short of thought-controlled computers can impress me.
I think our immediate future holds excellent voice recognition systems (IBM is heavily investing in the research, ViaVoice is beyond this-really-really-sucks stage already), but ultimately we will do away with the whole motor-related muscular actions when communicating with the devices (and people) that surround us.
After all, the scientists have already proven that our brains emit enough signals, it's just a question of learning how to harvest them. And if moderators could only read my mind now...
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I thought the recexecs already hit the rock bottom, I don't know whether I should laugh or cry!
I think it's clear to anyone who has been following the recent developments on the music scene that we are going to bury the "industry" and finally return music to an artform.
MPAA can sue Napster, MyMP3, Gnutella, or whatever, but that's just fighting the symptoms while ignoring the cause. We've been victims to a cartel, an extortion practice the big recording companies have unleashed upon us the consumers as well as the contemporary "artists" (have to put it under quotes because vast majority of vocal and instrumental entertainers don't deserve to be called artists).
Once we're back to basics I foresee a rennaisance of music. People will create music as a form of expression and not because they answered an ad in a tabloid.
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Finally we can complain to somebody :)
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Can you say "Innovate"?
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OK, so maybe I'm paranoid conspiracy theorist, but what if...
Apple arranges with someone to post a few shots (fake or otherwise) of the upcoming product, then sensationalise it to get as many people to see it/drool over it, finally ordering the posting site to remove the shots or else.
In the world of ultra-corrupt corporations we live in, I don't think my little theory is too far fetched.
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The article indicates he was the inventor of the Evil Clippy. We all know that Clippy Must Die(TM)!
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I'm sick and tired of hearing the same old "If artists don't get paid they won't make anymore art". How is it that we have had such great music from Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky... I don't think they lived the lives of superstars our contemporary "artists" enjoy.
I hope this trend of millionaire "artists" dies away when they alienate all their fans from their music through their constant search for "better protection for their IP" instead of doing what they set out to do in the first place - create art!
I'm gonna look real hard into the "alternative" henceforth... Heck, that's why I started using Linux (OpenBSD now too) in the first place. Perhaps the rule nowadays is that the alternative is better than the mainstream.
C'mon, Athlon sounds very cool indeed. OK, so Duron may be an invitation for parodies, but Athlon... :)
As someone said earlier, the word Pentium has become so vague, you no longer know whether you're talking about a puny 75MHz granpa or an 850MHz beast.
Can't wait for those SMP Athlon boards
"This looks like a beginning of a beautiful friendship..."
(picture Miguel and Rikkus walking off together from a misty dock)
For those who believe moderation system is good, this is a perfect example why it sucks. While I'm not claiming my post was anything special, modding it to "-1, Redundant" as a joke shows the average IQ of the moderators on the loose.
Needless to say, I don't give a flying fuck about my karma so this does not upset me the least. I do hope, though, CmdrTaco will put his bitchslapping power to some good use vis-a-vis that moron^H^H^H^H^Hmoderator.
...what I need is a phone that can download/play MP3's while searching for quality pr0n and at the same time check my e-mail, answer my calls, send my faxes, get my global position, photocopy A4-sized papers, control my car, feed my cat, and don't forget the good ole game of snake (my current highscore is 1710 - best left for those long, constipated sessions in the loo)...
Of course, I want it in Blueberry and it *must* run Linux!
I never heard (until now, that is) that you could get hold of these pics free. But now...
Get out of my way, I'm off to alt.mag.penthouse for some free pics...
Kinda like when I installed Napster after I heard of the lawsuit, I also read the kerbspec.pdf only after M$ tried to shaft Slashdot over it... (well, not really but you get the point)
One thing's for sure: all those sued by these morons should at the very least thank them for free publicity given. Best type of advertising - free!
"...But the European Union does not make their policies dependent on the opinion of the United States."
US legislators are dragging IT industry down. Unless something is done to prevent laws like DMCA, UCITA, and encryption software restrictions, it is very likely the SW development will simply move out. Kinda like car, electronics, household, steel, food... industries.
I know it may come as a surprise to many of you here, but our little world doesn't actually revovle around US, it revolves around the Sun.
It is a sad but true fact that being proficient on one distro may leave you (relatively) clueless on another. Hence right now it is I think the only option to have a distro-specific cert. No matter what we may like to say, suits like certs - they don't give rat's ass if you are Alan Cox himself. Unless you have a paper to prove your knowledge, you're in the shallow end.
I'm graduating this summer (finished my last exam two hours ago - weeeeee!) and from what I can see, the only reason I did the BSc in C.S. is to have a paper to backup my res. I don't see my knowledge pool any deeper, to be honest. All that I learned - I learned on my own by tinkering and trying. Save for the general knowledge, ofcourse, but then again, maybe that's what Uni's are for.
back on topic, once we have a standard Linux base, LPI will be a viable solution and indeed the best possible cert in the world, qualifying you to work in so many different environments unlike any other.
...and they always have. Their only problem was their old-school advertising policy which didn't allow them to make their products look *sexy* like M$ or Oracle did. Perhaps the times are changing, as we can see from their whole-hearted support of Linux and Open Source in general.
You all recall that IBM outsold Sun's E10K with their RS/6000 (a.root, anyone?) because they made their machines better and priced them more competitively. Now Sun will work harder on their lineup to try and outsell IBM and what do we get - real competition. And who benefits? Why, customers, ofcourse!
Needless to say, that is only possible in a fair, level market that is not absorbed by a monopoly, where competition is based on quality/price basis.
Let the games begin!
VMS is very good, there's no doubt about it. However, comparing VMS to OS/390 is like comparing Win95 to FreeBSD.
Large corporations running their payroll, insurance, banking systems *are not* going to migrate from the ridiculously reliable OS/390. That OS has been tested and tweaked for the past 30+ years and is state of near perfection.
What Linux on OS/390 is bringing is the possibility of running an ISP/ASP or an e-commerce hosting. S/390 and Linux, Apache, Perl, PHP, Zope, MySQL/PostgreSQL. If you shell out $2m for a beast of a mainframe, you can setup 20,000 virtual servers on it (twice more than that has already been done successfully), each running their own copy of Linux. It works out to about $1,000 per server, which will beat the shit out of any Intel based server with regards to performance or reliability, not to mention the price (can you say "five-fold"). As an added bonus, each of these 20,000 servers "sold" can be given full root privileges without fear of bringing down any other server if they screw up. Admins of those "rented" servers can install whatever software they like, do as they please.
Don't underestimate Big Blue, they thought this through many times over. I'm sure we'll see heck of a business plan unravelling soon.
Perhaps we're privilleged to be the historical witnesses of the computing revolution that is currently taking place, my dear fellow Slashdotters!
...we frequently refer to as lawyers are nothing but analy retentive idiots.
:)
Why do we let them rule our world? Dialectizer was supposed to be a fun thing, just like Ask Jeesus.
Maybe we should load them all up into a giant spaceship (along with marketing types) and fire them into an unknown direction (sort of like what they've done in THGTTG).
Actually, I have a better solution but I think it is banned under Geneva Convention