Exactly, especially when there are rockets or rocket engines involved. Rockets work via a large controlled explosion. The larger the explosion (the more thrust), the harder it is to control that explosion. Anytime you're strapping people into a vehicle that has close to 6 million pounds of thrust behind it, you're taking a risk that the explosive power behind that ~6 million pounds isn't going to get away from you. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that.;)
With this client you can use the scaling features to zoom out and then zoom in by clicking on an area of the desktop.
This does take some getting used to but it works.
One advantage of using VNC over X is that with X if you break the connection, all your programs close, while with VNC the desktop keeps running...this is an important consideration with a mobile, battery-powered device like a Palm.
And IRIX was dropped because IRIX admins are billions of years old and speak in tongues not known to this world. I wonder why BSD unix was covered? Anyone that runs *BSD knows all anyways. You don't believe me, just ask one.
Hey, sonny! I admin a few IRIX boxes and I'm only a few hundred million years old! Young whippersnappers!
I've gotta ServSwitch from Blackbox. Best way to avoid ghosting is to use high-quality cabling that doesn't leak. FWIU, RF leaks are the biggest cause of ghosting.
Right. General Motors has a policy against using 'freeware' (their definition of freeware includes OSS), but they use CIFS 9000 (HP's re-labeled version of Samba) as a major part of their DFS network. They wouldn't be caught *dead* using Samba, but using CIFS 9000 is okay because they can blame HP if something goes wrong.
HP is basically telling GM in this case that they are fully willing to take the blame for any bugs that Tridge and Co. missed. That's what they're selling...a shoulder to carry the weight of the blame.
Billy bob notwithstanding, the carter administration was pretty decent (on the scale of not being corrupt).
Oh, and Billy Bob, I'm assuming is Bill Clinton? Not even counting anything remotely related to his impeachment, the Clinton administration was by far one of the most corrupt administrations in the history of the United States.
Carter was okay as far as being corrupt (and I mean just okay...that means nothing went on that we know of -- he could just be better at coverup then anyone else;) ), but he made some bad foreign policy and economic decisions and it cost him the election in 1980.
FWIW--I think Carter is doing great things with The Atlanta Project and Habitat for Humanity. That and he saved Clinton's sorry ass in China.
I am so close to switching over to linux, since the work that I do is mostly java programming and web design. Just the fact that I really like to play a couple games now and again.
I have one machine for development, one for games, and one for CAD. The problem is that the ideal machine for games is not necessarily the ideal machine for development or CAD. With 3D CAD software and animation and such, I need graphics cards with more capabilities than your average ATI Radeon or nVIDIA GeForce. But games don't run well on cards designed for the CAD market. And for development, I want all the tools I love to use, and many of them either suck on Windows or don't have Win32 ports at all (Quanta+ comes to mind as one that doesn't have a Win32 port). Plus I'm working on a few Linux-specific projects, in addition to the PHP stuff I'm working on.
So my suggestion: one machine for development, another for games. Surak's rule of hardware: Hardware is cheap.
Yeah, but it *does* mean kick-ass translucent windows that actually show the window behind it. Yeah, yeah, it already exists on Mac OS X...whatever....we're talking true transparent windows for X!:)
You have obviously never used a digital camera, a DV camera, or audio gear with OS X. I have yet to run into a 'consumer' grade digicam that I can't just plug into my mac, and let iPhoto take care of the rest. Windows requires drivers for most digicams, and even if you get a good driver, the photo management software suxorz for a good many reasons.
Someone pointed this out above, too, with USB and Firewire devices, particularly with the type of gear you just mentioned, and I agree. What the parent poster is talking about with spotty peripheral support probably mostly relates to gaming hardware and stuff like that. And if Mac OS X isn't the ideal platform to play games on -- so what? If you want Windows (about all its good for;) you know where to find it.;)
Why is it a kid playing with a handgun, as opposed a kid playing with a computer? Most of us are where we're at now because we *were* that kid playing with that computer.
If I want a Unix with spotty peripheral support and availability of applications, my choices are Linux and MacOS.
Spotty peripheral support? The only reason Windows has better peripheral support than either of those two is that hardware vendors supply drivers, and they supply drivers for the OS with a 90% installed base -- Windows.
But more and more peripherals are being supported under Linux and MacOS X. Some by reverse-engineering, but many hardware vendors are now stepping up to the plate and providing Linux and MacOS X drivers.
If you don't like that OSes other than Windows have inadequate or missing driver support -- use your OS of choice and VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET and buy peripherals from vendors that provide Linux or MacOS X drivers, rather than whine and complain that Linux and MacOS X have spotty peripheral support. Or, better yet, get down and dirty and start reverse engineering products and coding your own open source drivers.
What is it with browsers and e-mail clients being named after cars anyway?
Netscape Navigator -> Lincoln Navigator Internet Explorer -> Ford Explorer Lynx -> Mercury Lynx Mozilla Firebird -> Pontiac Firebird Mozilla Thunderbird -> Ford Thunderbird
Hmmmm...all Ford products with the exception of Firebird. Maybe they should've picked 'Mustang'.;)
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Exactly, especially when there are rockets or rocket engines involved. Rockets work via a large controlled explosion. The larger the explosion (the more thrust), the harder it is to control that explosion. Anytime you're strapping people into a vehicle that has close to 6 million pounds of thrust behind it, you're taking a risk that the explosive power behind that ~6 million pounds isn't going to get away from you. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that. ;)
With this client you can use the scaling features to zoom out and then zoom in by clicking on an area of the desktop.
This does take some getting used to but it works.
One advantage of using VNC over X is that with X if you break the connection, all your programs close, while with VNC the desktop keeps running...this is an important consideration with a mobile, battery-powered device like a Palm.
But what about remote X sessions over ssh from Palm OS?
Because X makes such efficient use of network resources, right?
And it's been available for the PalmOS for sometime from here.
And IRIX was dropped because IRIX admins are billions of years old and speak in tongues not known to this world. I wonder why BSD unix was covered? Anyone that runs *BSD knows all anyways. You don't believe me, just ask one.
Hey, sonny! I admin a few IRIX boxes and I'm only a few hundred million years old! Young whippersnappers!
With this cost effective ... err..never mind. I just read your message. So sorry, I won't spam you anymore.
:)
Yeah, whatever.
I've gotta ServSwitch from Blackbox. Best way to avoid ghosting is to use high-quality cabling that doesn't leak. FWIU, RF leaks are the biggest cause of ghosting.
Right. General Motors has a policy against using 'freeware' (their definition of freeware includes OSS), but they use CIFS 9000 (HP's re-labeled version of Samba) as a major part of their DFS network. They wouldn't be caught *dead* using Samba, but using CIFS 9000 is okay because they can blame HP if something goes wrong.
HP is basically telling GM in this case that they are fully willing to take the blame for any bugs that Tridge and Co. missed. That's what they're selling...a shoulder to carry the weight of the blame.
Pathetic isn't it?
If I measure corruption by criminal convictions then Microsoft wouldn't be very corrupt either.
Billy bob notwithstanding, the carter administration was pretty decent (on the scale of not being corrupt).
;) ), but he made some bad foreign policy and economic decisions and it cost him the election in 1980.
Oh, and Billy Bob, I'm assuming is Bill Clinton? Not even counting anything remotely related to his impeachment, the Clinton administration was by far one of the most corrupt administrations in the history of the United States.
Carter was okay as far as being corrupt (and I mean just okay...that means nothing went on that we know of -- he could just be better at coverup then anyone else
FWIW--I think Carter is doing great things with The Atlanta Project and Habitat for Humanity. That and he saved Clinton's sorry ass in China.
And I would suggest going back fourty-three years, at least.
... 2003-43=1960. That would be ...JFK? Are you one of those JFK conspiracy people? :)
Does quick math
I am so close to switching over to linux, since the work that I do is mostly java programming and web design. Just the fact that I really like to play a couple games now and again.
I have one machine for development, one for games, and one for CAD. The problem is that the ideal machine for games is not necessarily the ideal machine for development or CAD. With 3D CAD software and animation and such, I need graphics cards with more capabilities than your average ATI Radeon or nVIDIA GeForce. But games don't run well on cards designed for the CAD market. And for development, I want all the tools I love to use, and many of them either suck on Windows or don't have Win32 ports at all (Quanta+ comes to mind as one that doesn't have a Win32 port). Plus I'm working on a few Linux-specific projects, in addition to the PHP stuff I'm working on.
So my suggestion: one machine for development, another for games. Surak's rule of hardware: Hardware is cheap.
I was making fun of people who get geeked about translucent windows. Yeah, it's cool for about 5 minutes, after that it gives me a headache. :)
So why is Poindexter running Total Information Awareness?
Because the Bush administration is fundamentally corrupt and the sooner you guys kick that fucker out of the White House the better.
Name a U.S. administration within the last 30 years that isn't fundamentally corrupt.
Errmmmm...it was supposed to be funny... :)
Yeah, but it *does* mean kick-ass translucent windows that actually show the window behind it. Yeah, yeah, it already exists on Mac OS X...whatever ....we're talking true transparent windows for X! :)
You have obviously never used a digital camera, a DV camera, or audio gear with OS X. I have yet to run into a 'consumer' grade digicam that I can't just plug into my mac, and let iPhoto take care of the rest. Windows requires drivers for most digicams, and even if you get a good driver, the photo management software suxorz for a good many reasons.
;) you know where to find it. ;)
Someone pointed this out above, too, with USB and Firewire devices, particularly with the type of gear you just mentioned, and I agree. What the parent poster is talking about with spotty peripheral support probably mostly relates to gaming hardware and stuff like that. And if Mac OS X isn't the ideal platform to play games on -- so what? If you want Windows (about all its good for
Ebola and smallpox? Holy fsck! I had no idea. What kind of whacked-out MF would do that?
I was gonna add that too but I forgot. :)
Why is it a kid playing with a handgun, as opposed a kid playing with a computer? Most of us are where we're at now because we *were* that kid playing with that computer.
I'd have to say that more than a few people are using PHP. In fact, of the available Apache modules, guess which one is the most popular? (Hint: it's not PyApache or even mod_perl by a long shot)
If I want a Unix with spotty peripheral support and availability of applications, my choices are Linux and MacOS.
Spotty peripheral support? The only reason Windows has better peripheral support than either of those two is that hardware vendors supply drivers, and they supply drivers for the OS with a 90% installed base -- Windows.
But more and more peripherals are being supported under Linux and MacOS X. Some by reverse-engineering, but many hardware vendors are now stepping up to the plate and providing Linux and MacOS X drivers.
If you want to support Linux or MacOS X, then only buy hardware from those manufacturers that provide drivers. For instance, HP has open source (BSD license) drivers available for CUPS, LinkSys provides drivers for Linux (at least) for some of its products, etc.
If you don't like that OSes other than Windows have inadequate or missing driver support -- use your OS of choice and VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET and buy peripherals from vendors that provide Linux or MacOS X drivers, rather than whine and complain that Linux and MacOS X have spotty peripheral support. Or, better yet, get down and dirty and start reverse engineering products and coding your own open source drivers.
I have more than a few Canadian friends who would know exactly what I'm talking about. (I am, after all, ~15 mins from the Canadian border...)
What is it with browsers and e-mail clients being named after cars anyway?
;)
Netscape Navigator -> Lincoln Navigator
Internet Explorer -> Ford Explorer
Lynx -> Mercury Lynx
Mozilla Firebird -> Pontiac Firebird
Mozilla Thunderbird -> Ford Thunderbird
Hmmmm...all Ford products with the exception of Firebird. Maybe they should've picked 'Mustang'.
One word: MicrosoftiOs ;)