My former boss was quite good at writing his own programs. However, CVS was a no-no, design patterns never crossed his mind, and when he got some code from me and my colleques to put it in his library, comments usually vanished.
Now he is gone, and when we detect a bug in one of the old programs (that some of us still have to use) we usually start to refactor the whole thing, only to understand how it is working.
Writing new software now follows strict rules, and we talk a lot about how to do things. All team members are able to understand the code base (or so it seems) - unless maybe a very sophisticated template based compile time decisions shows up (then some brains just snap *grin*).
Since we are at an scientific institute where team members change quite regulary, transparent code is the only way to survive in the long run.
Unfortunately Linuxant cannot release the source for the proprietary portions
of the Conexant HCF and HSF softmodem drivers, because it does not own these
parts and the terms under which they have been licensed from Conexant prohibit
it.
We have tried to attenuate the inconvenience of these restrictions by isolating
the proprietary code and releasing source for all operating-system specific
code, so that people can rebuild the modules for any kernel.
I guess the part of the code that handles the licensing (and restricting the free-as-in-beer version of the driver to 14.4k) is not licensed from Conexant and is, therefore, free, right? - Of course it is not, and since it was not there in the beta drivers (only a few month ago) I guess it's not property of Conexant and the above statement is also not entirely true.
Then you have to have a user-space program to upload the firmware into the card because proprietary firmware taints a free kernel.
If it's firmware, it does not taint the kernel because it is not run by the CPU.
Besides, if you put a DSP and flash on the Board and upload the firmware to this flash, there is no firmware upload neccessary.
The problem is, since CPU power became cheap, more and more drivers rely on it to make the "hardware" cheap. Think Hardware-Modem vs. Soft-Modem.
But there is a fact about Kerry's past that brings him closer to Bush than any of the other candidates. Both Bush and Kerry are members of a secretive society dating back to their respective days at Yale University - Skull and Bones. This fact has not been widely reported but when Kerry's campaign spokesperson was asked about it, she said, "John Kerry has absolutely nothing to say on that subject. Sorry."
You sound very sure about that. I would guess that having some conversation in a foreign language run in the background would help to pick up patterns and melody of that language and hence it would help to learn the language. Then again, since you can hear the conversation (although you are not actively listen) it might be, that this is no longer called subliminal.
Howevere - what would be really intresting to know is how the independent artist and/or labels are affected by the p2p filesharing. I believe p2p filesharing of music helps people discover new and different music - which, more often than not, come from independent artists/labels.
According to
this article: What record industry slump? Independent labels say business has never been better.
Umm, you do realize He rose again on the third day, right? And there's nothing saying He didn't wander around the world, teaching others His lessons, after He had done so.
Last I checked, it is said that he ascended after just a few weeks. Nothing about wandering around in the world for 90 more years.
As for God following the rules of logic...
If you can proof the existence of God, then you do no longer have to believe in God. This makes God abitrary. I say, I don't believe in God because I'm an atheist, if I can proof his existence, then I still don't believe in God, because then I know he exists. Funny, right?
There are eighteen books of the Hindus called the Puranas. The ninth book, the Bhavishya Mahapurana , records an encounter of King Shalivahana with Jesus Christ near Srinagar long after the crucifixion. In contrast to the Gospels, the exact date of this book is clearly known. It was compiled by Sutta in the year 3191 of the Kaukikia Era. That corresponds to the year 115 AD. (Jesus Christ is believed to have died at age 120, so this account was compiled five years before his death). Alongside the oral tradition of The Followers of Jesus in Afghanistan, this written account is perhaps the most important of any of the documents recording the presence of Jesus long after the crucifixion, because it was written while Jesus, according to the theory, would still have been alive.
So much about dying on the cross...
Then again you might belief whatever you want to belief, because there is no proof for the existence of God. If there would be such proof, then God would have to obay the rules of logic, he wouldn't be omnipotent, and hence, he wouldn't be a God.
I agree with you, that C++ is a good language, however, QT has it's disadvantages. From the GtkmmFAQ:
Why not just use Qt if you like C++ so much?
gtkmm developers tend to prefer gtkmm to Qt because gtkmm does things in a more C++ way. Qt originates from a time when C++ and the standard library were not standardised or well supported by compilers. It therefore duplicates a lot of stuff that is now in the standard library, such as containers and type information. Most significantly, they modified the C++ language to provide signals, so that Qt classes can not be used easily with non-Qt classes. gtkmm was able to use standard C++ to provide signals without changing the C++ language.
So did the people who did all that work submit those patches?
Also in the article:
I now challenge the ALA community. We need a good web standards mechanic (or team of mechanics) to dig though Slashdot's engine, Slashcode, and make it web-standards-compliant. CmdrTaco has encouraged us to submit patches, and I know we can show the benefits! The challenge is there -- any takers?
I've read the "Communist Manifest" - interesting to see happen right now what was written down in 1848.
I've seen East Germany with a wall around itsself to keep the people inside, and now I see the setup of a "fortress Europe" to keep people out and I'm not sure which one is worse. (Since 1990 more people died at the eastern borders of Germany then people were shot during the 28 years of the Berlin wall.)
For 22 years I was an observer in a so-called socialist society, and now I am an observer in the capitalist one.
I would say, I know quite some things, I'm not fully through "The Art of War", though.
Currently I read Nick Bostrom "Anthrophic Bias - Observation selection Effects in Science and Philosophy".
This is a problem with SOCIALISM.
<irony>
I guess you're an expert on socialism, right?
</irony>
Just for the record: I was born in East Germany and lived there for 22 years.
I don't recall mother teresa making a big buck out of her ceaseless efforts (unless I've missed her unofficial biography). okay, so she was supported by others but her unselfish acts had a big impact on many people.
It seems like you actually missed it: Mother Teresa - The Final Verdict.
Just a little quote from the introduction:
The German magazine Stern (10 September 1998) published a devastating critique of Mother Teresa's work on the first anniversary of her death. The article, entitled 'Mother Teresa, Where Are Your Millions?', which took a year's research in three continents, concluded that her organisation is essentially a religious order that does not deserve to be called a charitable foundation. No protest has been forthcoming from her order.
Nevertheless, I agree with your position that there are more things in life then money.
Since I got a second monitor at work, I run the programming environment (Anjuta or XEmacs) on the first screen, and the help browsers (like DevHelp, or Galeon with the apropriate web pages) on the other window.
Mail, Media player (for some music) and normal internet browsing go to virtual desktops.
Actually, two major hypothesis exist to explain this fine tuning of the universe, one is the design theory and the other one is the multiverse theory where it is assumed, that the there are many universes, and we just happen to life in one that permits live. The problem to prove one or the other theory is that a it is difficult to observe non-life permitting universes, because no observer exists there, and the such universe might be too far away to be observed from our location. In short this is called an observation selection effect.
Nick Bostrom wrote an excellent book about this topic (I'm just reading it):
Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy.
Mr. Bostrom also remarks, that usually simpler theories are prefered in science, and that for this reason the multiverse theory is more likely.
What I wrote here is of cource only a very short excerpt from a very complex philosophical problem, so please take it with a grain of salt.
Belive it or not, in Germany we draw crosses with a pen on the ballots and votes are counted by hand and the prelimiary results are usually available about six hours after the polling stations are closed.
28 countries are exempt only because the United States could not diplomatically get away with insulting these exempt countries this way.
I think the EU is only exempt, because they will have passports with the fingerprints stored on it in the near future. Hence they will comply with the new requirements of the Visa Waiver Program.
Of course, this says nothing for uncopyrighted, public-domain, or non-RIAA music... they'd be happier just stomping out P2P altogether than they would be with just getting their own music off of it. ... especially, since it also stomps out competition.
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So, why was the last tech not interested?
Guess what, the other 40 or so percent are already running Gentoo.
My former boss was quite good at writing his own programs. However, CVS was a no-no, design patterns never crossed his mind, and when he got some code from me and my colleques to put it in his library, comments usually vanished.
Now he is gone, and when we detect a bug in one of the old programs (that some of us still have to use) we usually start to refactor the whole thing, only to understand how it is working.
Writing new software now follows strict rules, and we talk a lot about how to do things. All team members are able to understand the code base (or so it seems) - unless maybe a very sophisticated template based compile time decisions shows up (then some brains just snap *grin*).
Since we are at an scientific institute where team members change quite regulary, transparent code is the only way to survive in the long run.
Then you have to have a user-space program to upload the firmware into the card because proprietary firmware taints a free kernel.
If it's firmware, it does not taint the kernel because it is not run by the CPU. Besides, if you put a DSP and flash on the Board and upload the firmware to this flash, there is no firmware upload neccessary. The problem is, since CPU power became cheap, more and more drivers rely on it to make the "hardware" cheap. Think Hardware-Modem vs. Soft-Modem.
A machine without a compiler?
For security reasons it really makes sense not to install a compiler, if none is needed.
Sadly, in the news, a number of faithful Catholics have suddenly burst into flames today. ...
Obviously, they where heretics
Deutsche Demokratische Republik = German Democratic Republic (aka "East Germany")
Someone mod this parent up to Insightful +inf.
And why not?
You sound very sure about that. I would guess that having some conversation in a foreign language run in the background would help to pick up patterns and melody of that language and hence it would help to learn the language. Then again, since you can hear the conversation (although you are not actively listen) it might be, that this is no longer called subliminal.
Howevere - what would be really intresting to know is how the independent artist and/or labels are affected by the p2p filesharing. I believe p2p filesharing of music helps people discover new and different music - which, more often than not, come from independent artists/labels.
According to this article: What record industry slump? Independent labels say business has never been better.
Umm, you do realize He rose again on the third day, right? And there's nothing saying He didn't wander around the world, teaching others His lessons, after He had done so.
Last I checked, it is said that he ascended after just a few weeks. Nothing about wandering around in the world for 90 more years.
As for God following the rules of logic...
If you can proof the existence of God, then you do no longer have to believe in God. This makes God abitrary. I say, I don't believe in God because I'm an atheist, if I can proof his existence, then I still don't believe in God, because then I know he exists. Funny, right?
So much about dying on the cross
Then again you might belief whatever you want to belief, because there is no proof for the existence of God. If there would be such proof, then God would have to obay the rules of logic, he wouldn't be omnipotent, and hence, he wouldn't be a God.
Also in the article: Not yet it seems
I've read the "Communist Manifest" - interesting to see happen right now what was written down in 1848.
I've seen East Germany with a wall around itsself to keep the people inside, and now I see the setup of a "fortress Europe" to keep people out and I'm not sure which one is worse. (Since 1990 more people died at the eastern borders of Germany then people were shot during the 28 years of the Berlin wall.)
For 22 years I was an observer in a so-called socialist society, and now I am an observer in the capitalist one. I would say, I know quite some things, I'm not fully through "The Art of War", though. Currently I read Nick Bostrom "Anthrophic Bias - Observation selection Effects in Science and Philosophy".
This is a problem with SOCIALISM.
<irony> I guess you're an expert on socialism, right? </irony>
Just for the record: I was born in East Germany and lived there for 22 years.
I don't recall mother teresa making a big buck out of her ceaseless efforts (unless I've missed her unofficial biography). okay, so she was supported by others but her unselfish acts had a big impact on many people.
It seems like you actually missed it: Mother Teresa - The Final Verdict. Just a little quote from the introduction: The German magazine Stern (10 September 1998) published a devastating critique of Mother Teresa's work on the first anniversary of her death. The article, entitled 'Mother Teresa, Where Are Your Millions?', which took a year's research in three continents, concluded that her organisation is essentially a religious order that does not deserve to be called a charitable foundation. No protest has been forthcoming from her order.
Nevertheless, I agree with your position that there are more things in life then money.
Since I got a second monitor at work, I run the programming environment (Anjuta or XEmacs) on the first screen, and the help browsers (like DevHelp, or Galeon with the apropriate web pages) on the other window.
Mail, Media player (for some music) and normal internet browsing go to virtual desktops.
Actually, two major hypothesis exist to explain this fine tuning of the universe, one is the design theory and the other one is the multiverse theory where it is assumed, that the there are many universes, and we just happen to life in one that permits live. The problem to prove one or the other theory is that a it is difficult to observe non-life permitting universes, because no observer exists there, and the such universe might be too far away to be observed from our location. In short this is called an observation selection effect. Nick Bostrom wrote an excellent book about this topic (I'm just reading it): Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy.
Mr. Bostrom also remarks, that usually simpler theories are prefered in science, and that for this reason the multiverse theory is more likely.
What I wrote here is of cource only a very short excerpt from a very complex philosophical problem, so please take it with a grain of salt.
The british courts can decide that someone needs to charge more for goods to make it fairer on the existing institution, or disallow them to import things to the UK.
They should make windows and other means to let the light of the sun into a house illegal because of unfair competition!
Belive it or not, in Germany we draw crosses with a pen on the ballots and votes are counted by hand and the prelimiary results are usually available about six hours after the polling stations are closed.
28 countries are exempt only because the United States could not diplomatically get away with insulting these exempt countries this way.
I think the EU is only exempt, because they will have passports with the fingerprints stored on it in the near future. Hence they will comply with the new requirements of the Visa Waiver Program.
Of course, this says nothing for uncopyrighted, public-domain, or non-RIAA music ... they'd be happier just stomping out P2P altogether than they would be with just getting their own music off of it.
... especially, since it also stomps out competition.