I heard that, in order to address these Windows XP performance issues, Microsoft will be adopting the new Linux VM. The AA VM in Linux 2.4 is well-respected for its time-tested design, mature code base, and high performance under heavy pr0n load.
And didn't Linus add Rik's new VM during the Linux 2.4.0-pre code freeze? Linus has no concept of release management. He should follow FreeBSD a while, where they actually have a beta releases, release candidates, and separate branches for stable and development releases. Thank goodness for Alan Cox's voice of reason to balance Linus.
(Yes, I spend an hour a day reading the kernel mailing list.)
I'm too lazy to read LKML, but I am interested in the happenings of the Linux kernel development. I highly recommend Linux Weekly News' kernel news (updated every Thursday) and Kernel Traffic, an in depth summary of the week's LKML happenings (usually updated every Sunday or Monday).
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I remember FSP, the File Slurping Protocol, as an alternative for FTP for l33t warez d00d that that wanted to use FSP's bandwidth restriction to avoid being noticed when they were borrowing other people's servers. YMMV.
More importantly than the sale of the software itself perhaps, Macromedia has got its claws into 11 highly valuable US patents that NetObjects was granted over the past couple of years. Among them is a patent on the concept of WYSIWYG HTML editors, which NetObjects was granted on the basis of its Fusion software.
NetObjects CEO Samir Arora told ComputerWire in June that he believed Macromedia's Dreamweaver and Microsoft's Frontpage use technology covered by the patent. "Anything that does WYSIWYG page layouts that auto-generate HTML is violating the patent," he said at the time. "We're going after anybody we believe is in violation."
I read an interview that the name NT actually shorthand used by Microsoft developers for N-10, the codename for the Intel i860 (the RISC CPU for which Windows NT was orignally written).
The The Evolution of a Haskell Programmer (found on the great Lambda the Ultimate blog on functional programming) features a dozen funny Haskell functions to implement factorial. The most elegant implemenation, though, is by the "Tenured Professor":
Was Walnut Creek CDROM located in Walnut Creek, CA in the SF Bay Area? I grew up in Walnut Creek and I always thought it was funny/cool that a company would borrow the name.
Jason Dunn sent us to a link on his site about the new new iPaq, which is due out relatively soon. [subject verb?] Aesthetic changes, more memory, and I assume Linux will run on it as well or better then the existing models.
Dear Cmdr Taco:
Your first sentence is missing a comma and includes too many instances of the word "new." It is also awkwardly worded. Your second "sentence" is not actually a sentence. You forgot to include a subject and a verb! Plus you should have used the word "than" instead of "then." Was there an English requirement for your GED?
these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up.
Nice troll, but I have one suggestion. Anyone that would speak of "decent, God-fearing Americans" would probably not use the metric system. They would use the English units like miles, as God intended.
That should change after KDE 3 is released, since the API will remain stable (binary-compatible even!) for some time, allowing an application base to build up. I think it was the big change from KDE 1 to KDE 2 that made KDE fall behind in the apps department, and GNOME will likely experience a similar phenomenon with its next major release, probably occurring within KDE 3's lifetime.
Unfortunately, KDE 3 will break binary compatibility with KDE 2, which will definitely hurt KDE's application base; KDE 3 will have both API changes and use the new TrollTech Qt 3.0.
there was concern over third party developers as Waldo Bastian noted saying, "Although I understand the advantages, in general I think that major version updates are very bad for KDE because it fragmentates the efforts of third party developers. There are plenty of applications out there that have never been ported to KDE 2, hell, even in our own CVS we have tons of applications that still have to be properly adapted. (grep for QDialog to see what I mean) In think that KDE's current strength is its framework and that actual applications are its weak points. Moving to Qt 3 is a huge improvement for the framework, but it puts a strain on application developers. Development can go too fast as well, you know. Having a great KDE 3 desktop is nice, but not if we lose all application developers in the process."
As far as I know, Jordan Hubbard does not actually write FreeBSD code. He is a doc writer, FreeBSD advocate, and release manager (Linux users might not be familiar with this concept).
It would appear Linux developers should spend less time bash MS and more time testing their work.
I remember plenty of Linux fanatics joking that Microsoft's product development consists of "if it compiles, then ship it!" These days, the Linux kernel does not even compile!
Either make sure it at least compiles first before releasing it as stable, or stop calling it stable. Calling it "stable" when it doesn't even compile is just plain embarassing.
I remember plenty of Linux fanatics joking that Microsoft's product development consists of "if it compiles, then ship it!" These the Linux kernel does not even compile!
Any day now you can expect Steve Mills from IBM to just come out and say that AIX5L is the end of the road and that after that they'll bolt their kernel (largely MACH) onto Linux
Funny you should mention that because earlier this week, IBM said it would "happily" ditch AIX for Linux once Linux "matures". Of course, this is also a dig on Linux's stability. Source: "When Linux grows up, IBM glad to boot AIX"
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I heard that, in order to address these Windows XP performance issues, Microsoft will be adopting the new Linux VM. The AA VM in Linux 2.4 is well-respected for its time-tested design, mature code base, and high performance under heavy pr0n load.
And didn't Linus add Rik's new VM during the Linux 2.4.0-pre code freeze? Linus has no concept of release management. He should follow FreeBSD a while, where they actually have a beta releases, release candidates, and separate branches for stable and development releases. Thank goodness for Alan Cox's voice of reason to balance Linus.
(Yes, I spend an hour a day reading the kernel mailing list.)
I'm too lazy to read LKML, but I am interested in the happenings of the Linux kernel development. I highly recommend Linux Weekly News' kernel news (updated every Thursday) and Kernel Traffic , an in depth summary of the week's LKML happenings (usually updated every Sunday or Monday).
I remember FSP, the File Slurping Protocol, as an alternative for FTP for l33t warez d00d that that wanted to use FSP's bandwidth restriction to avoid being noticed when they were borrowing other people's servers. YMMV.
This lawsuit could very well be related to Macromedia's recent purchase of NetObject's patents: Macromedia Buys NetObjects Patents, Website Pros Buys Assets . From the article:
More importantly than the sale of the software itself perhaps, Macromedia has got its claws into 11 highly valuable US patents that NetObjects was granted over the past couple of years. Among them is a patent on the concept of WYSIWYG HTML editors, which NetObjects was granted on the basis of its Fusion software.
NetObjects CEO Samir Arora told ComputerWire in June that he believed Macromedia's Dreamweaver and Microsoft's Frontpage use technology covered by the patent. "Anything that does WYSIWYG page layouts that auto-generate HTML is violating the patent," he said at the time. "We're going after anybody we believe is in violation."
I read an interview that the name NT actually shorthand used by Microsoft developers for N-10, the codename for the Intel i860 (the RISC CPU for which Windows NT was orignally written).
The The Evolution of a Haskell Programmer (found on the great Lambda the Ultimate blog on functional programming) features a dozen funny Haskell functions to implement factorial. The most elegant implemenation, though, is by the "Tenured Professor":
fac n = product [1..n]
Intel's _free_ compiler, where Windows is concerned
How is Intel's compiler free? Yes, you can get a free beer 30-day evaluation, but the compiler (supposedly) stops working after that time..
Are there really that few of us left that remember the "..it's always September on the Internet" phrase and how it came about?
So what does "it's always September on the Internet" actually mean?
chris
Was Walnut Creek CDROM located in Walnut Creek, CA in the SF Bay Area? I grew up in Walnut Creek and I always thought it was funny/cool that a company would borrow the name.
go ask George W. Bush
Jason Dunn sent us to a link on his site about the new new iPaq, which is due out relatively soon. [subject verb?] Aesthetic changes, more memory, and I assume Linux will run on it as well or better then the existing models.
Dear Cmdr Taco:
Your first sentence is missing a comma and includes too many instances of the word "new." It is also awkwardly worded. Your second "sentence" is not actually a sentence. You forgot to include a subject and a verb! Plus you should have used the word "than" instead of "then." Was there an English requirement for your GED?
these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up.
Nice troll, but I have one suggestion. Anyone that would speak of "decent, God-fearing Americans" would probably not use the metric system. They would use the English units like miles, as God intended.
That should change after KDE 3 is released, since the API will remain stable (binary-compatible even!) for some time, allowing an application base to build up. I think it was the big change from KDE 1 to KDE 2 that made KDE fall behind in the apps department, and GNOME will likely experience a similar phenomenon with its next major release, probably occurring within KDE 3's lifetime.
Unfortunately, KDE 3 will break binary compatibility with KDE 2, which will definitely hurt KDE's application base; KDE 3 will have both API changes and use the new TrollTech Qt 3.0.
From the Linux Kernel Cousin archives "The Road Ahead: KDE after 2.2":
there was concern over third party developers as Waldo Bastian noted saying, "Although I understand the advantages, in general I think that major version updates are very bad for KDE because it fragmentates the efforts of third party developers. There are plenty of applications out there that have never been ported to KDE 2, hell, even in our own CVS we have tons of applications that still have to be properly adapted. (grep for QDialog to see what I mean) In think that KDE's current strength is its framework and that actual applications are its weak points. Moving to Qt 3 is a huge improvement for the framework, but it puts a strain on application developers. Development can go too fast as well, you know. Having a great KDE 3 desktop is nice, but not if we lose all application developers in the process."
Steve Ballmer loves him some software developers.
Steve Ballmer loves him some software developers .
FreeBSD.
As far as I know, Jordan Hubbard does not actually write FreeBSD code. He is a doc writer, FreeBSD advocate, and release manager (Linux users might not be familiar with this concept).
Where else do thousands of hackers and zombies gather together to load a single webpage all at one time, blocking 'legitimate' access?
Does Georg C. F. Greve also have pre-IPO stock options in the FSF? sweet deal for him!
It would appear Linux developers should spend less time bash MS and more time testing their work.
I remember plenty of Linux fanatics joking that Microsoft's product development consists of "if it compiles, then ship it!" These days, the Linux kernel does not even compile!
I would call Gator a trojan horse, not a virus.
Either make sure it at least compiles first before releasing it as stable, or stop calling it stable. Calling it "stable" when it doesn't even compile is just plain embarassing.
I remember plenty of Linux fanatics joking that Microsoft's product development consists of "if it compiles, then ship it!" These the Linux kernel does not even compile!
Microsoft would never use these tactics to put down Linux, oh no
or vice versa. Linux users would never put down Microsoft's weaknesses instead of promoting Linux's strengths.
Any day now you can expect Steve Mills from IBM to just come out and say that AIX5L is the end of the road and that after that they'll bolt their kernel (largely MACH) onto Linux
Funny you should mention that because earlier this week, IBM said it would "happily" ditch AIX for Linux once Linux "matures". Of course, this is also a dig on Linux's stability. Source: "When Linux grows up, IBM glad to boot AIX"