LinuxOne just did a s/Red Hat/LinuxOne/ over the entire RH6.0 CD and called it a distro. It's just a make-money-fast scheme. Many of the other me-too distros will be the same way.
It's reassuring to know that we as a people are still very much willing to accept others who may be significantly different from ourselves. We still have the two most important tolerant reflexes: strip their rights and dump the blame on them.
I chose Asia because of its large population. If you noticed, I said nothing about Linux in Asia. If you'd prefer, s/Asia/North America/. It was (supposed) to be a joke.
As many Linux systems as Win32 systems in three years? Yeah, and in just six years as many people will be living on the moon as will be living if Asia.
I agree that Linux is becoming a desktop competitor, but I don't see it replacing Windows for the point-and-drool folks anytime soon. (Perhaps this will change with time.) However, I do see it becoming more popular among advanced (intelligent but non-technical) users. Still, that figure maked me question the objectivity of McAllister (or the accuracy of the article).
I find the concept of sites that proudly display their awards to be ludicrous. Do I really care if your site won the Marketing Bastard's Cool Site of the Minute award? Whether your site is worth my time is a decision I'll make for myself.
Concern comes in if this "breaks the abstraction barrier," and leaves kids having a hard time telling the difference between reality and fantasy.
Yes, we have to be careful that kids aren't encapsulated; they need to understand that game violence does not has only limited inherited attributes from the real world. We also need to be cautious about sending them mixed messages; if we overload them, they might be confused by our polymorphism.
Is there a counter-page to that one, that gives guidelines (general purpose) that make it easier to work with other programmers?
Unless I'm very mistaken, that's a Johnny Don't list. As in, "Don't do what Johnny Don't does". (Non-native English readers: "&$thing unless $johnny_dont->can($thing);".) If you don't do the things on the list, you won't have unreadable code.
I tried to write unmaintainable, obfuscated code that would make be irreplaceable, but I failed. Do you think it had anything to do with my using Python?:)
If you think I automatically run any program upon its mere receipt, let alone doing so as the superuser, then perhaps you'd be interested in some beachfront property in Florida.
s/I/a user who doesn't understand their computer/ s/Florida/Florida/ (perhaps you originally meant Colorado?:)
While I think your attack of Microsoft is just a wee bit of a stretch, I agree that MS OSs have negligible security. They were built for non-networked computers, where physical security is the most important type of security. (Not that fdisk/MBR c: was much fun.:)
And I assure you that they all run free anti-viral software loosely referred to as Unix.:-)
I'm not quite sure why you assume that Unix is immune to viruses. If I send you a script: #!/bin/sh rm -rf/ and you run it as root, there's no antivirus software to intercept the unlinks and ask you if you're really sure you'd like to go ahead with it. Almost every aspect of a Unix system assumes that the human is fully aware of all security problems--even today, many Linux distros run finger, portmap, telnet, and the like by default. Unix's "immunity" to viruses is based on the awareness of security issues among Unix software developers and Unix users.
I'd venture that in a few years when enough nontechnical users are running as root on their home systems, Unix viruses will become more prevailant.
And IMX Python seems to be (maybe?) lighter-weight than Perl in many cases.
Actually, python takes less memory than perl. I haven't tested the Apache mod versions, however. As for speed... Python definitely gets some benefit out of.py[co] files, but for smaller scripts the number of files you need to open (import) will require more file descriptors/functions. (Of course, if this is really a problem, you should be writing in C anyway.)
As for CGI-intensive sites? Python's orthogonal objects (cPickle) and easy-to-read code are balanced by the sheer speed with which you can write a working Perl script and the greater availability of modules for Perl (CPAN). In any case, if it's a web-only project I'd just use PHP.
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Hotline requires that clients download from a server. With Napster, everyone's a client to one central server (perhaps equivalent to a Hotline tracker, or a web search engine) and the clients transfer files to each other directly (ala IRC).
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Napster is a Win32 program (with a text-based Linux beta version that also sorta works) with a poor GUI. It allows you to share your MP3s with all other Napster users and vice versa. You tell Napster how fast your connection is; many people abuse the system by claiming to have a 14.4 so that no one ties up their bandwidth as they download. Napster catalogs your MP3s (those in a directory tree you specify, anyway) and reads their ID3 tags to get searchable information about them. It (I'm guessing here) sends it to the server. You can then search for what you want and download it. Napster supports queued, paused, and resumed downloads, but because of the peer-to-peer nature of the file transfers, you can't be guaranteed that you'll find the same person again. There's also an IRC-like chat feature, which I haven't looked at very much. A disclaimer when you login warns you that they can't take responsibility for any of the content, but very little of it is legal.
Executive summary: if you have a Win32 box, install it and see how easy it is to get (RIAA/lawyer-owned) MP3s. (If you're into that sort of thing, you'll probably like Napster.) If you don't, look at their site and get a better idea of what it does.
Rob & Co. should start Transmeta Watch, to report about every single byte that changes on their site. They could make it a section with colors even worse than the ones I'm (trying not to be) looking at now.:)
Yes, web traffic is increasing, but I'd be willing to bet (I have no hard statistics) that the load per server is not increasing nearly as fast as the server hardware. Eventually, people will realize that for 99% of servers, webserver performance is not nearly as important as reliability factors (including OS, webserver, hardware, power, etc.). If you really want to spit out huge numbers of static pages, get an optimized server (like khttpd). If you want to spit out lots of dynamic content, write your CGI in optimized C and get a fast database server. Or, realize that the time it takes to rewrite your CGI costs more than just buying another server.
Certainly, NT/IIS is faster than Linux/Apache at the extreme high end. But it's considerably less reliable, the OS has a greater overhead (both $ and speed:), and requires more time to maintain. In other words, you might save a few bucks on hardware, but you aren't getting a better deal.
It was never a mark of pride or a reward. From the start, it was designed to save moderation points by automatically bumping up posts whose posters had a good history of making worthwhile posts that people reading at 2 would want to read. However, because high-karma-wielders wanted to sometimes make posts that weren't worthwhile of positive moderation, Rob added that little checkbox. Karma isn't something to show off or compare: it serves a purpose, and really doesn't mean anything beyond that. High karma isn't a sign of worth; all it means is that you post what moderators like. I've made many posts which I feel were moderated too highly. Someone who reads at 2 shouldn't have to wade through offtopic one-liners made by high-karma people displaying their mark of pride.
Easy solution: unless you really think your post deserves that +1 for some reason, check that "No Score +1 Bonus" widget right below this textarea, like I'm doing now.
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LinuxOne just did a s/Red Hat/LinuxOne/ over the entire RH6.0 CD and called it a distro. It's just a make-money-fast scheme. Many of the other me-too distros will be the same way.
Big difference: ZDNet wouldn't have known who Bruce Perens is. Slashdot knows and places too much emphasis on it.
I chose Asia because of its large population. If you noticed, I said nothing about Linux in Asia. If you'd prefer, s/Asia/North America/. It was (supposed) to be a joke.
I agree that Linux is becoming a desktop competitor, but I don't see it replacing Windows for the point-and-drool folks anytime soon. (Perhaps this will change with time.) However, I do see it becoming more popular among advanced (intelligent but non-technical) users. Still, that figure maked me question the objectivity of McAllister (or the accuracy of the article).
I find the concept of sites that proudly display their awards to be ludicrous. Do I really care if your site won the Marketing Bastard's Cool Site of the Minute award? Whether your site is worth my time is a decision I'll make for myself.
Yes, we have to be careful that kids aren't encapsulated; they need to understand that game violence does not has only limited inherited attributes from the real world. We also need to be cautious about sending them mixed messages; if we overload them, they might be confused by our polymorphism.
Does this mean we need a meta-mediator? :)
Unless I'm very mistaken, that's a Johnny Don't list. As in, "Don't do what Johnny Don't does". (Non-native English readers: "&$thing unless $johnny_dont->can($thing);".) If you don't do the things on the list, you won't have unreadable code.
I tried to write unmaintainable, obfuscated code that would make be irreplaceable, but I failed. Do you think it had anything to do with my using Python? :)
Can you tell me where to find one? I've tried many Microsoft products, but have yet to find anything resembling an OS. :)
s/I/a user who doesn't understand their computer/ :)
s/Florida/Florida/ (perhaps you originally meant Colorado?
While I think your attack of Microsoft is just a wee bit of a stretch, I agree that MS OSs have negligible security. They were built for non-networked computers, where physical security is the most important type of security. (Not that fdisk /MBR c: was much fun. :)
I'm not quite sure why you assume that Unix is immune to viruses. If I send you a script: /
#!/bin/sh rm -rf
and you run it as root, there's no antivirus software to intercept the unlinks and ask you if you're really sure you'd like to go ahead with it. Almost every aspect of a Unix system assumes that the human is fully aware of all security problems--even today, many Linux distros run finger, portmap, telnet, and the like by default. Unix's "immunity" to viruses is based on the awareness of security issues among Unix software developers and Unix users.
I'd venture that in a few years when enough nontechnical users are running as root on their home systems, Unix viruses will become more prevailant.
Actually, python takes less memory than perl. I haven't tested the Apache mod versions, however. As for speed... Python definitely gets some benefit out of .py[co] files, but for smaller scripts the number of files you need to open (import) will require more file descriptors/functions. (Of course, if this is really a problem, you should be writing in C anyway.)
As for CGI-intensive sites? Python's orthogonal objects (cPickle) and easy-to-read code are balanced by the sheer speed with which you can write a working Perl script and the greater availability of modules for Perl (CPAN). In any case, if it's a web-only project I'd just use PHP.
Sssh! Don't give them any ideas. :)
Hotline requires that clients download from a server. With Napster, everyone's a client to one central server (perhaps equivalent to a Hotline tracker, or a web search engine) and the clients transfer files to each other directly (ala IRC).
Executive summary: if you have a Win32 box, install it and see how easy it is to get (RIAA/lawyer-owned) MP3s. (If you're into that sort of thing, you'll probably like Napster.) If you don't, look at their site and get a better idea of what it does.
Rob & Co. should start Transmeta Watch, to report about every single byte that changes on their site. They could make it a section with colors even worse than the ones I'm (trying not to be) looking at now. :)
Certainly, NT/IIS is faster than Linux/Apache at the extreme high end. But it's considerably less reliable, the OS has a greater overhead (both $ and speed :), and requires more time to maintain. In other words, you might save a few bucks on hardware, but you aren't getting a better deal.
http://www.transmeta.com/legal.html - the least interesting thing you've seen in a long time
http://www.transmeta.com/robots.txt - why don't they have one? tsk tsk
Have they really spent all this time working on a site that is there but still isn't there yet? :)
It was never a mark of pride or a reward. From the start, it was designed to save moderation points by automatically bumping up posts whose posters had a good history of making worthwhile posts that people reading at 2 would want to read. However, because high-karma-wielders wanted to sometimes make posts that weren't worthwhile of positive moderation, Rob added that little checkbox. Karma isn't something to show off or compare: it serves a purpose, and really doesn't mean anything beyond that. High karma isn't a sign of worth; all it means is that you post what moderators like. I've made many posts which I feel were moderated too highly. Someone who reads at 2 shouldn't have to wade through offtopic one-liners made by high-karma people displaying their mark of pride.
Easy solution: unless you really think your post deserves that +1 for some reason, check that "No Score +1 Bonus" widget right below this textarea, like I'm doing now.
An alien skull made out of plaster would be highly dissimilar to any lifeform found on Earth. However, lacking DNA doth not an alien make.
Can you point to any solid information to support your statement?