...THAT'S why Mozilla decided to ditch XUL (and a lot of legacy add-ons that relied on it). And it is a very important goal -- a faster and more stable Firefox was needed for a long time.
But I also hope that we soon get back most of the extensions that Firefox lost in this change. Without its previous top-notch configurability, I'm afraid it can't really compete with Google developers working on Chrome.
OpenBSD is undoubtedly safer, but FreeBSD is generally considered to be updated more often and better to use as a desktop/laptop OS. In fact, there is TWO desktop-centric operating systems based on FreeBSD: TrueOS (formerly PC-BSD) and DesktopBSD. So, if your intent is to use it in a desktop/workstation, FreeBSD is probably a better fit.
Reason 4: File size. Everyone talks about how space is cheap these days. Well that wasn't always the case. For many people their music collection was expanding rapidly at a time where space to store it was much harder/more expensive to come by. Perhaps the compression has improved since the early days, but when Ogg Vorbis first started making waves i checked it out, and the ogg files at the time were almost ten times the size of the equivalent mp3 files. Meaning my 75-80 GB of mp3s would have forced me to upgrade to a 1 TB drive, which would have been prohibitively expensive in 2005. And the other issue i ran into while testing the new format was...
Aren't you confusing OGG Vorbis with FLAC? I've lived the same period of time and heck no, Vorbis files never were 10x larger than MP3 files.
"The wallpaper on his computer is an ISIS flag. The password is 'November 13 LOL'. (...) His family said he becomes very irritated when talking about religion. He grew a beard and wears sarouel pants."
He's using sarouel pants?!
CALL THE FASHION POLICE
Yeah, on Intel processors. What about AMD and other x86 processors? Don't ever forget that ICC was once caught red-handed disabling important features when the CPUID did not return GenuineIntel...
Replying to undo a wrong moderation (tried to mod +1 insightful, accidentally clicked on -1 redundant).
In a related note: WHY, Slashdot? Why do you still don't have an easy undo button for 10 lousy seconds?
Yah, besides missing compiler flags, how does it perform on different intel processors, how about different AMDs? Plus, the huge system times seems to indicate this more a kernel test than a compiler one.
Sorry, AC, I will have to let go my positive mod point to you so I can reinforce what you've said. Next time, please consider making an account so you can escape the Score: 0 limbo when you post on Slashdot:(
Since Intel has been caught red-handed crippling AMD processors on code produced by Intel C++ Compiler, I think that testing on Intel and AMD processors should the duty of every single compiler benchmark -- that is posted in Slashdot, at least.
I'd love to hack one of these just for the hell of it. It might not have much internal storage, but other than that It would probably make a neat HTPC.
Well, there IS a suitable project for this... SamyGO is a custom firmware for Samsung SmarTVs.
False. HDMI 1.4 did not add any additional power to the spec, and the 50mA that HDMI does require actually comes from the *source* - which would be the Chromecast.
I'm confused about this. Wikipedia has pointed to some sources that say that HDMI does have some power:
An HDMI extender is a single device (or pair of devices) powered with an external power source or with the 5V DC from the HDMI source.
Perhaps 5v DC is insufficient to power a device like a Chromecast?
The only real reason I want an Ouya? Emulators. Stick in a MAME for Android emulator on there and a USB hard drive full of ROMs, and you've got a nice gaming machine right there.
This. It's not like no one knows about the real raison d'être of the Ouya. It's a Dingoo-like appliance for the living room, with a good-enough gamepad. Also, it's hacker-friendly so there are people running XBMC on it.
(Sorry for posting TWO Penny-Arcade links in this discussion, but they really have a good insight about the OUYA).
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...THAT'S why Mozilla decided to ditch XUL (and a lot of legacy add-ons that relied on it). And it is a very important goal -- a faster and more stable Firefox was needed for a long time.
But I also hope that we soon get back most of the extensions that Firefox lost in this change. Without its previous top-notch configurability, I'm afraid it can't really compete with Google developers working on Chrome.
Does anyone go to pirate bay with JS enabled?
I did, but not anymore. Thank you, Pirate Bay, for convincing me of the importance of NOT enabling javascript indiscriminately!
Sorry, but not even Michael Mann gets to skip peer review.
True, but at least he directed good movies and series like The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Miami Vice...
Commenting here to undo a wrong moderation. Your post wasn't funny. It was informative to me. Come on, Slashdot, please fix this 10 year old bug!
OpenBSD is undoubtedly safer, but FreeBSD is generally considered to be updated more often and better to use as a desktop/laptop OS. In fact, there is TWO desktop-centric operating systems based on FreeBSD: TrueOS (formerly PC-BSD) and DesktopBSD. So, if your intent is to use it in a desktop/workstation, FreeBSD is probably a better fit.
Reason 4: File size. Everyone talks about how space is cheap these days. Well that wasn't always the case. For many people their music collection was expanding rapidly at a time where space to store it was much harder/more expensive to come by. Perhaps the compression has improved since the early days, but when Ogg Vorbis first started making waves i checked it out, and the ogg files at the time were almost ten times the size of the equivalent mp3 files. Meaning my 75-80 GB of mp3s would have forced me to upgrade to a 1 TB drive, which would have been prohibitively expensive in 2005. And the other issue i ran into while testing the new format was...
Aren't you confusing OGG Vorbis with FLAC? I've lived the same period of time and heck no, Vorbis files never were 10x larger than MP3 files.
"The wallpaper on his computer is an ISIS flag. The password is 'November 13 LOL'. (...) His family said he becomes very irritated when talking about religion. He grew a beard and wears sarouel pants."
He's using sarouel pants?! CALL THE FASHION POLICE
It seems a lot of people voted on this story, but nobody comments. :-\
...in fact, forget the Youtube thing.
Well, there IS the unofficial google-drive-ocamlfuse project.
You understand X and xfce but not /user? I think you are trolling, but I'll answer anyway in the hopes of adding to the discussion.
wiredog means to put user directories on a USB drive due to the limited internal space.
I think you meant /home.
Yeah, on Intel processors. What about AMD and other x86 processors? Don't ever forget that ICC was once caught red-handed disabling important features when the CPUID did not return GenuineIntel...
Replying to undo a wrong moderation (tried to mod +1 insightful, accidentally clicked on -1 redundant). In a related note: WHY, Slashdot? Why do you still don't have an easy undo button for 10 lousy seconds?
Yah, besides missing compiler flags, how does it perform on different intel processors, how about different AMDs?
Plus, the huge system times seems to indicate this more a kernel test than a compiler one.
Sorry, AC, I will have to let go my positive mod point to you so I can reinforce what you've said. Next time, please consider making an account so you can escape the Score: 0 limbo when you post on Slashdot :(
Since Intel has been caught red-handed crippling AMD processors on code produced by Intel C++ Compiler, I think that testing on Intel and AMD processors should the duty of every single compiler benchmark -- that is posted in Slashdot, at least.
No, it's not the journals' problem. It's a funding problem.
Nobody wants to pay for scientists to reproduce and verify each others' work.
It is both: a funding problem AND the journals' problem. They are not contradictory (far from it, actually).
Seigo has posted on Google+ an invitation to Shuttleworth to a public debate on Mir vs. Wayland issues.
What's wrong with you guys? No one has yet poster que obligatory http://gaben.tv/ ">HAIL SAINT GABEN link?
I'd love to hack one of these just for the hell of it. It might not have much internal storage, but other than that It would probably make a neat HTPC.
Well, there IS a suitable project for this... SamyGO is a custom firmware for Samsung SmarTVs.
False. HDMI 1.4 did not add any additional power to the spec, and the 50mA that HDMI does require actually comes from the *source* - which would be the Chromecast.
I'm confused about this. Wikipedia has pointed to some sources that say that HDMI does have some power:
An HDMI extender is a single device (or pair of devices) powered with an external power source or with the 5V DC from the HDMI source.
Perhaps 5v DC is insufficient to power a device like a Chromecast?
Posting to unmake an accidental "flamebait" mod. Nothing to see here, move along...
Do they *really* need Windows? Or would a lightweight distro with a windows-like interface do the job? Just asking :)
Perhaps this one.
The only real reason I want an Ouya? Emulators. Stick in a MAME for Android emulator on there and a USB hard drive full of ROMs, and you've got a nice gaming machine right there.
This. It's not like no one knows about the real raison d'être of the Ouya. It's a Dingoo-like appliance for the living room, with a good-enough gamepad. Also, it's hacker-friendly so there are people running XBMC on it.
(Sorry for posting TWO Penny-Arcade links in this discussion, but they really have a good insight about the OUYA).
So I don't see much incentive for publishers to make exclusive titles for the Xbox One.
Also, Microsoft has a pretty indie-UNfriendly policy: