so how long until the Apache developers fix those 31 bugs? Then Apache will have "zarro boogs" in 59 KLOC!! A milestone in software engineering history!;-)
"David Trescot, senior director of Adobe's digital video products group, said the new edition of Premiere is a complete rewrite of the application and it didn't make financial sense to support the Mac anymore."
Was the previous version of Premiere so shitty, that it made sense to investment the time and money to COMPLETELY REWRITE the program? Wow, no wonder Final Cut Pro is so popular.
When companies claim their new product is a "complete rewrite", I hope they are just exaggerating. A complete rewrite is expensive and LESS stable than older, time-tested code.
why don't site defacers hack the Gator ad database or create a worm that takes over the Gator client? Then their defacements could be much more interesting!:-)
but GNOME does have UI and graphic designers. Ximian and Red Hat hire designers. People like TigerT create really slick artwork. Apple and Microsoft's UI strengths, weaknesses, AND usability guidelines are public knowledge. Why can't Ximain and Red Hat's paid designers copy what WORKS, instead of revving new skins?
I agree, but WHY is that? WHAT do Apple's programmers and designers have that Linux/GNOME programmers do not? There is no (technical) reason someone could not hack together a smooth Mac OS X work-a-like on top of Linux, so why doesn't someone go do it?
I've tried GNOME every couple years and it is always wrong. It looks pretty polished with tigert's artwork, but the feel and control of every window and control is "off", while Mac OS X feels very "solid" and consistent. Maybe Linux/GNOME users are just blinded by their Unix heritage. But then why isn't Mac OS X blinded by its NEXT heritage?
I think part of the problem vendors face is that the Linux device driver API/ABI is constantly changing, between major releases and even with "stable" kernel series. I know Linus does not want to bloat his kernel with backwards compatibility support, but why can't the kernel developers define a stable, well-defined device driver API/ABI? If a vendor wants super-performance, they could side step the standard device driver API and directly access other kernel functions. Linus seems to favor all out performance over "bloated" abstraction and information hiding.:-\
I've tried dabbling with Debian a couple times, but always had trouble. Recently, I installed Stable and it gave me a Linux 2.2 kernel. I wanted to upgrade to Linux 2.4, so I followed the Debian kernel upgrade instructions. I was instructed to hand-edit a few files and then after running apt-get and rebooting, my system would refuse to boot the new kernel.:-(
I think Google is an emerging AI. Most AI research (like OpenCyc) involves a rule-engine and a HUGE data set. Eventually, the manual data entry (and fact-checking) of new rules is a huge road block.
I think Google's huge database of knowledge (the Internet) could be tied to an AI engine front-end. Suddenly, the data entry of new rules is massively parallelized! Sure the Internet is full of spam, ads, pr0n, lies, missing data, and conflicting statements, but Google's PageRank already does a good job of filtering these out. The Internet's redundant "multipe truth" nature is self-correcting. Human intelligences must face those same knowledge-input problems, too.:-)
So be careful what you say on the Internet, because Google Is Watching...
well, according to MoveOn's Democratic Party "pseudo-primary" vote this week, Lieberman only got 1.92% of the 317,647 votes. He will probably NOT be the next Democratic Party nominee. Of course, MoveOn's members are a self-selected group of very liberal, very politically active people, so their results might not mirror the voting public's.:-)
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I think using the term "classical liberal" instead of just "liberal" can clear up some confusion. Of course, how many (non-Slashdot) USAians actually know what a classical liberal is?:-)
If you can retire at 40, then you must have been very lucky financially. Most people won't be able to afford to retire even at 65. People are living to be 70, 80, 90 years old. How much money will you need to live comfortably for another 40 years? well, if you do move to Thailand, then everything might be ok.:-)
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned another sucky (and suspicious) thing about the do-not-call list. The list will be maintained by AT&T, who had the lowest bid for the FTC project. This is the same AT&T who has been #1 on the FCC's list of telemarketer complaints for 2001, 2002, and 2003 YTD. Maybe the FCC and FTC should have spoke with one another before the FTC gave AT&T the $3.5 million contract.
The FCC's data show that 5,714 consumer complaints were lodged against AT&T's telemarketing activities in 2001, 2002 and the first three months of 2003. That's 22 percent more than the number of complaints about MCI, AT&T's perennial Number 2.
plus companies like a nice, recurring revenue stream. And selling high-price, one-time purchase (e.g., your $5000 no-minutes cell phone;) is much more difficult than selling a cheap, recurring service.
Do you really think a SPOT watch won't be able to tell time when out of range? I'm sure the watch has its own clock, which gets sync'd to the broadcast time signal only periodically (every few hours or whenever computationally convenient).
And the broadcast signal is probably encrypted, too. So you could probably jam it, but not broadcast your own content. And after the X-Box fiasco, I bet the secret key is NOT on the watch itself. If Microsoft used public/private key encryption, the watch would only have the public key, which is useless for encrypting your own content.
Maybe IBM (a US company) does not want European competitors to be able to patent new software ideas. When those European companies try to compete in the US, they will have to play by the US rules.. and face IBM's buttload of patents.
I have always wondered why Wind River keeps supporting BSD/OS and dismissing Linux. Linux is hot. The embedded market is hot. Why doesn't Wind River provide a road map from old RTOSs to their new Embedded Linux? Instead they are letting little companies like Monta Vista stake Embedded Linux as their speciality. Wind River has more embedded customers and brand name recognition than Monta Vista. Because of the GPL, Wind River could even make use of most of Monta Vista's Linux contributions.
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so how long until the Apache developers fix those 31 bugs? Then Apache will have "zarro boogs" in 59 KLOC!! A milestone in software engineering history!
"David Trescot, senior director of Adobe's digital video products group, said the new edition of Premiere is a complete rewrite of the application and it didn't make financial sense to support the Mac anymore."
Was the previous version of Premiere so shitty, that it made sense to investment the time and money to COMPLETELY REWRITE the program? Wow, no wonder Final Cut Pro is so popular.
When companies claim their new product is a "complete rewrite", I hope they are just exaggerating. A complete rewrite is expensive and LESS stable than older, time-tested code.
Sounds like the Sims Online is so boring, people need to make their own fun.
why don't site defacers hack the Gator ad database or create a worm that takes over the Gator client? Then their defacements could be much more interesting!
but GNOME does have UI and graphic designers. Ximian and Red Hat hire designers. People like TigerT create really slick artwork. Apple and Microsoft's UI strengths, weaknesses, AND usability guidelines are public knowledge. Why can't Ximain and Red Hat's paid designers copy what WORKS, instead of revving new skins?
Sure the bidding starts at $1, but Oracle Corp.'s reserve price is $63.6 billion! Or just Buy It Now for $100 billion?
I agree, but WHY is that? WHAT do Apple's programmers and designers have that Linux/GNOME programmers do not? There is no (technical) reason someone could not hack together a smooth Mac OS X work-a-like on top of Linux, so why doesn't someone go do it?
I've tried GNOME every couple years and it is always wrong. It looks pretty polished with tigert's artwork, but the feel and control of every window and control is "off", while Mac OS X feels very "solid" and consistent. Maybe Linux/GNOME users are just blinded by their Unix heritage. But then why isn't Mac OS X blinded by its NEXT heritage?
I think part of the problem vendors face is that the Linux device driver API/ABI is constantly changing, between major releases and even with "stable" kernel series. I know Linus does not want to bloat his kernel with backwards compatibility support, but why can't the kernel developers define a stable, well-defined device driver API/ABI? If a vendor wants super-performance, they could side step the standard device driver API and directly access other kernel functions. Linus seems to favor all out performance over "bloated" abstraction and information hiding.
The defacers seem to need some grammar lessons.
I thought their OS point system was the most interesting. Are HP-UX and Mac worth more points because they are less common or more secure?
The systems OS windows will have pontuation = 1
The systems linux, unix, and * bsd will have pontuation = 2
Systems AIX will have pontuation = 3
The systems Hp-ux and Macintosh will have maximum pontuation of 5 points.
Here are some screenshots of Longhorn's waving windows demo:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_pre
I've tried dabbling with Debian a couple times, but always had trouble. Recently, I installed Stable and it gave me a Linux 2.2 kernel. I wanted to upgrade to Linux 2.4, so I followed the Debian kernel upgrade instructions. I was instructed to hand-edit a few files and then after running apt-get and rebooting, my system would refuse to boot the new kernel.
um, do you mean "dilettante"?
I think Google is an emerging AI. Most AI research (like OpenCyc) involves a rule-engine and a HUGE data set. Eventually, the manual data entry (and fact-checking) of new rules is a huge road block.
I think Google's huge database of knowledge (the Internet) could be tied to an AI engine front-end. Suddenly, the data entry of new rules is massively parallelized! Sure the Internet is full of spam, ads, pr0n, lies, missing data, and conflicting statements, but Google's PageRank already does a good job of filtering these out. The Internet's redundant "multipe truth" nature is self-correcting. Human intelligences must face those same knowledge-input problems, too.
So be careful what you say on the Internet, because Google Is Watching...
Don't forget Ashton Kutcher's recent admission to smoking out the Bush twins!
"Ashton & the Bush Twins Party On!"
well, according to MoveOn's Democratic Party "pseudo-primary" vote this week, Lieberman only got 1.92% of the 317,647 votes. He will probably NOT be the next Democratic Party nominee. Of course, MoveOn's members are a self-selected group of very liberal, very politically active people, so their results might not mirror the voting public's.
http://moveon.org/pac/primary/report.html
btw, Dean had 43.87% and Kucinichi had 23.93%.
I think using the term "classical liberal" instead of just "liberal" can clear up some confusion. Of course, how many (non-Slashdot) USAians actually know what a classical liberal is?
If you can retire at 40, then you must have been very lucky financially. Most people won't be able to afford to retire even at 65. People are living to be 70, 80, 90 years old. How much money will you need to live comfortably for another 40 years? well, if you do move to Thailand, then everything might be ok.
and that is why my home has no windows!
Windows is not running VMWare. VMWare is running Windows, so I'm not surprised that VMWare can grab CTRL+ALT+DEL.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned another sucky (and suspicious) thing about the do-not-call list. The list will be maintained by AT&T, who had the lowest bid for the FTC project. This is the same AT&T who has been #1 on the FCC's list of telemarketer complaints for 2001, 2002, and 2003 YTD. Maybe the FCC and FTC should have spoke with one another before the FTC gave AT&T the $3.5 million contract.
The FCC's data show that 5,714 consumer complaints were lodged against AT&T's telemarketing activities in 2001, 2002 and the first three months of 2003. That's 22 percent more than the number of complaints about MCI, AT&T's perennial Number 2.
"AT&T Will Run Do-Not-Call List: Fox Again Wins Henhouse Contract"
plus companies like a nice, recurring revenue stream. And selling high-price, one-time purchase (e.g., your $5000 no-minutes cell phone
Do you really think a SPOT watch won't be able to tell time when out of range? I'm sure the watch has its own clock, which gets sync'd to the broadcast time signal only periodically (every few hours or whenever computationally convenient).
And the broadcast signal is probably encrypted, too. So you could probably jam it, but not broadcast your own content. And after the X-Box fiasco, I bet the secret key is NOT on the watch itself. If Microsoft used public/private key encryption, the watch would only have the public key, which is useless for encrypting your own content.
Maybe IBM (a US company) does not want European competitors to be able to patent new software ideas. When those European companies try to compete in the US, they will have to play by the US rules.. and face IBM's buttload of patents.
I have always wondered why Wind River keeps supporting BSD/OS and dismissing Linux. Linux is hot. The embedded market is hot. Why doesn't Wind River provide a road map from old RTOSs to their new Embedded Linux? Instead they are letting little companies like Monta Vista stake Embedded Linux as their speciality. Wind River has more embedded customers and brand name recognition than Monta Vista. Because of the GPL, Wind River could even make use of most of Monta Vista's Linux contributions.
She doesn't even look human. She looks more like your Real Doll (TM).