Like it or not with so many major subsystems constantly being futzed with drivers break a LOT more often on Linux than they do on Windows.
i'm sorry you have so much trouble. i've never had as much trouble with drivers in linux as in windows, but each to their own i guess.
the problem with your argument is that anyone would be forgiven for thinking with all the great things you mention about windows (compared to linux) it was a better OS. all it really means it that windows has no excuse for its driver fuck ups... it certainly doesn't make them less likely.
there's good reason why datacenters are full of linux servers.... and it has less to do with software purchasing cost as many would have you think... it works, its stable, and it is designed for server applications, whereas windows started off as q-dos with ripoffs from mac and parc butchered in, that has all since been butt fucked over and over and over again.
as much as torvald's head is probably too big to fit through a regular door, nobody could (with any conviction) argue that he doesn't know anything about managing linux kernel development, and linux may well take a dramatic turn for the worse when he eventually packs up and dies.
actually, if the full source code of windows was laid bare for all to see you may well find that the bits that are stable have been ripped off from linux. how could we possibly say they aren't? i haven't seen the windows source code, but there are odd little things like the "hosts" file being located under "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\".
there may be lots of linux kernel derivatives (i actually doubt that there are really that many, but whatever) but there is really only one linux kernel. major changes are common to both windows and linux, so your argument there is moot. limited number of devs is also a crock of shit (have a look at the git page for the linux kernel... including the companies that contributing devs work for). i would think it obvious that the number of windows kernel devs is far lower than that for linux, and that the capacity for debugging new windows kernel features is much less than for linux (which is why you never buy a new version of windows until at least sp1, unless you're a dupe that doesn't mind paying to help by submitting debug reports for the poor microsoft devs).
buying hyperv instead of windows is like someone who wants to go offroading buying a bentley instead of a landrover... yes there are plenty, but thatnkfully the big end of town (fortune 500) pay smart people to make their IT infrastructure purchasing decisions, and they will ensure linux datacenter capacity outweighs windows (and anything running on hyperv) for quite some time yet.
windows is a lobotomized version of windows is a lobotomized version of windows is a lobotomized version of windows is a lobotomized version of windows
...the song that never ends
maybe those little 8-bit AVR things, but i think some manage to cram a fair few of the features that you would find in a conventional PC mainboard into a fraction of the real estate... micros may have started out simple, but i think the evolution of microcontrollers will eventually make the conventional CPU obsolete, which is why Intel is shitting it's pants (because it's entire business hinges on its past OEM deals with help from Microsoft) and why AMD branched out by acquiring ATI.
WHY DO YOU THINK BANDWIDTH IS SO PITIFUL FROM HERE TO MARS? IT'S JUST TRANSMITTING THROUGH EMPTY SPACE RIGHT???
actually space is chock full of radiation (think interference) on all bandwidths, not to mention the infrastructure on mars isn't really up to data center standards, and there's also two atmospheres to get through
the AC sounds like a wannabe electrical engineer that flunked and dropped out... you get douchebags like that on/.
...or he just has absolutely no knowledge of electronics and knows he can't contribute anything useful so he can only resort to trolling... you get that too
good luck with your lab
i think it sucks because i'm stuck with stinking 1 point 's'
i'm seriously considering defecting just to improve my scrabble score (or nowadays i guess its "words with friends")
if you are honestly going to buy, then you are joining the idiots, not taking advantage of them (you'll merely be in the next iteration of idiots to be taken advantage of)
It's a Cold War that's been going on since US independence.
I'm Australian, so technically i can only "authorise", but due to invasion by US forces through the idiot box, many of my fellow (particularly younger) countrymen (or "country people" for the political correctness trolls) are surrendering to ignorance and defecting.
At the end of the day it probably doesn't really matter anyway due to the impending "New World Order" and all...
have you ever heard of anyone successfully returning a game merely because it was full of bugs?
if the CD was damaged or it didn't install, maybe you would have a case... otherwise, good luck (the first question from your lawyer might be "now sir, how much is a refund for this buggy game worth to you... think hundreds of dollars?
unfortunately i have to agree there... consumers will buy a game expecting reasonable quality, and then when they find out how full of bugs it is they won't be able to take it back to the store because its doing exactly what it was designed to do (and you accepted the dodgy boilerplate licence agreement whyen you opened the software and installed it)
if only that excuse was actually the reason... unfortunately visual studio is just a bloated piece of shit that doesn't value-add anything
Real time compiling syntactic analysis
cmon... just compare ram usage of visual studio at design time vs compile time... not much difference... its always bloated
and compile-as-you-type is the most annoying pile of crap anyway (dialog boxes just because i want to move the cursor to copy/paste from somewhere else... geez). how hard is it to code something that you think should at least compile and press F9 (as in delphi)?
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you do realise that the guns in COD aren't actually real?
vmware is the mediator in the middle (being fucked in both ends)
linux, google, apple and microsoft all have a common enemy... microsoft
:)
lucky i can still play wizard of wor on my trusty c64 if everything turns to shit
rebel scum
Like it or not with so many major subsystems constantly being futzed with drivers break a LOT more often on Linux than they do on Windows.
i'm sorry you have so much trouble. i've never had as much trouble with drivers in linux as in windows, but each to their own i guess.
the problem with your argument is that anyone would be forgiven for thinking with all the great things you mention about windows (compared to linux) it was a better OS. all it really means it that windows has no excuse for its driver fuck ups... it certainly doesn't make them less likely.
there's good reason why datacenters are full of linux servers.... and it has less to do with software purchasing cost as many would have you think... it works, its stable, and it is designed for server applications, whereas windows started off as q-dos with ripoffs from mac and parc butchered in, that has all since been butt fucked over and over and over again.
as much as torvald's head is probably too big to fit through a regular door, nobody could (with any conviction) argue that he doesn't know anything about managing linux kernel development, and linux may well take a dramatic turn for the worse when he eventually packs up and dies.
actually, if the full source code of windows was laid bare for all to see you may well find that the bits that are stable have been ripped off from linux. how could we possibly say they aren't? i haven't seen the windows source code, but there are odd little things like the "hosts" file being located under "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\".
there may be lots of linux kernel derivatives (i actually doubt that there are really that many, but whatever) but there is really only one linux kernel. major changes are common to both windows and linux, so your argument there is moot. limited number of devs is also a crock of shit (have a look at the git page for the linux kernel... including the companies that contributing devs work for). i would think it obvious that the number of windows kernel devs is far lower than that for linux, and that the capacity for debugging new windows kernel features is much less than for linux (which is why you never buy a new version of windows until at least sp1, unless you're a dupe that doesn't mind paying to help by submitting debug reports for the poor microsoft devs).
buying hyperv instead of windows is like someone who wants to go offroading buying a bentley instead of a landrover... yes there are plenty, but thatnkfully the big end of town (fortune 500) pay smart people to make their IT infrastructure purchasing decisions, and they will ensure linux datacenter capacity outweighs windows (and anything running on hyperv) for quite some time yet.
this is my 02c
windows is a lobotomized version of windows is a lobotomized version of windows is a lobotomized version of windows is a lobotomized version of windows
...the song that never ends
they were the first to bitch about needing them
simple things like those microcontrollers
maybe those little 8-bit AVR things, but i think some manage to cram a fair few of the features that you would find in a conventional PC mainboard into a fraction of the real estate... micros may have started out simple, but i think the evolution of microcontrollers will eventually make the conventional CPU obsolete, which is why Intel is shitting it's pants (because it's entire business hinges on its past OEM deals with help from Microsoft) and why AMD branched out by acquiring ATI.
Use industrial gas lasers instead of low power LED ones and witness the devastation during a service call.
did anyone else think of resident evil when they read this?
WHY DO YOU THINK BANDWIDTH IS SO PITIFUL FROM HERE TO MARS? IT'S JUST TRANSMITTING THROUGH EMPTY SPACE RIGHT???
actually space is chock full of radiation (think interference) on all bandwidths, not to mention the infrastructure on mars isn't really up to data center standards, and there's also two atmospheres to get through
the AC sounds like a wannabe electrical engineer that flunked and dropped out... you get douchebags like that on /.
...or he just has absolutely no knowledge of electronics and knows he can't contribute anything useful so he can only resort to trolling... you get that too
good luck with your lab
i think the question was more how can you be sure the simulated black box will match the real one?
what, no cnc router? pathetic
i think it sucks because i'm stuck with stinking 1 point 's'
i'm seriously considering defecting just to improve my scrabble score (or nowadays i guess its "words with friends")
zee
omg you just killed a fairy! omg so did i!
if you are honestly going to buy, then you are joining the idiots, not taking advantage of them (you'll merely be in the next iteration of idiots to be taken advantage of)
you must be american
It's a Cold War that's been going on since US independence.
I'm Australian, so technically i can only "authorise", but due to invasion by US forces through the idiot box, many of my fellow (particularly younger) countrymen (or "country people" for the political correctness trolls) are surrendering to ignorance and defecting.
At the end of the day it probably doesn't really matter anyway due to the impending "New World Order" and all...
that's the curse of capitalism for ya
have you ever heard of anyone successfully returning a game merely because it was full of bugs?
if the CD was damaged or it didn't install, maybe you would have a case... otherwise, good luck (the first question from your lawyer might be "now sir, how much is a refund for this buggy game worth to you... think hundreds of dollars?
unfortunately i have to agree there... consumers will buy a game expecting reasonable quality, and then when they find out how full of bugs it is they won't be able to take it back to the store because its doing exactly what it was designed to do (and you accepted the dodgy boilerplate licence agreement whyen you opened the software and installed it)
i'm pedantic about code etiquette, but python isn't a shit language because it forces indentation; it's just a shit syntax
People will happily pay $300 for an iPod or video game console that doesn't teach them anything
just because they do doesn't mean they should
Real time compiling syntactic analysis
cmon... just compare ram usage of visual studio at design time vs compile time... not much difference... its always bloated
and compile-as-you-type is the most annoying pile of crap anyway (dialog boxes just because i want to move the cursor to copy/paste from somewhere else... geez). how hard is it to code something that you think should at least compile and press F9 (as in delphi)?