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It depends on the system. Some Dells use the in-house BIOS that was forked a very long time ago from Phoenix. Other systems use the OEM BIOS, usually from Intel (no idea where Intel gets their BIOS from, but from personal experience I do know that Intel BIOS developers aren't that great).
One thing to keep in mind is that European universities consider their 4-year degree to be equivalent to a Bachelor's AND a Master's from our Universities.
I was a student at a German university for a semester. I had received a BS from an American university and wanted to continue my education in Germany. Four universities accepted me (that was the easy part). However, three of them would only give me 2 year's credit for my 4-year degree, making me a Junior in college. The 4th university would only give me 3 semesters' credit, making me a Sophomore!
But that was the least of my problems. Once I got there, I was like a fish out of water. I thought my German was good, but it wasn't anywhere near good enough. I had an impossible time following the classes. Combined with a bunch of other personal problems (e.g. my landlady was a bitch!), I dropped out after a couple months.
One of the reasons why I got into all those universities so easily was because the idea of an American coming to Germany to study Comp Sci was unheard of, so of course they had to let me try.
Frankly, I don't think European universities are better than American universities for any of the computer fields. Sure, there are American universities that are worse than the average German university, but so what?
If you're going to study in Europe, don't do it because you think the schools are better, but that's just stupid. Do it because you want to study in Europe.
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I think it's a great show overall, but I can't stand it personally. I watched a couple episodes, and it makes my head spin. It's just too annoying of a show to watch. It seems to be catered to people who've been drinking too much caffeine all Sunday.
I suggest that everyone who sent a vulgar letter to Unisys and now regrets it should pick up the phone and send flowers to Cheryl. You'll have to call Unisys to get the address first, of course. A popular site for ordering flowers is http://www.1800flowers.com (1-800-468-1141).
Some people need to borrow money, and a credit card is a convenient way to do it (if not overly expensive). However, if you make enough money to cover your expenses, there is a very simple way to keep credit cards under control: pay your bill in full every month. If you do that, then it won't matter what interest rate they charge, because you'll never pay it.
Every now and then, I get a credit card with a very low interest rate (under 4%) for a period of 12 months. Whenever I get one of these, I transfer another loan (like my car loan) to that credit card. The interest rate is easily lower than the rate on my savings account, so I actually make money by borrowing.
This the advice my parents gave me when I turned 18 and got my first credit card. I've followed it for 12 years since, and I've never had a problem.
*sigh* You are missing the biggest point behind Sun's position on Java.
Sun does not want any variants of Java. By releasing the code under the GPL or LGPL, they would allow others to make variations of Java that are not compatible with Sun's spec. This would completely defeat the purpose of Java! Sun wants only one version of Java, and they want to make sure it's the right version. After all, they created the language.
I think Sun could being a much worse job with Java. I think they're goal of ensuring that all versions of Java are compatible is the right one.
If you want to write Windows code with the Java language, you can use J++. Microsoft doesn't need Sun's permission to make their own implementation of a Java compiler. But, if you want to make a cross-platform app, then you need Sun to take a strong-arm approach to JVM implementations. Otherwise, you'll never get around to debugging your app on all these platforms.
Here we go again - it's just another loser from a broken home, with no morals and no real talent when it comes to computers, and for some reason the press paints him as a Poster Boy for the geek elite. This is no different from those two other losers Jon Katz reported a few months ago.
Someone wake me up when the "real world" gets a clue.
This is going to piss off all of the feminists, but the truth is, the workplace was not intended for women. When I say "workplace", I mean the entire phenomenon of people going to work at a business to make money. Men, feeling their innate need to do create something with their own hands and minds, got together to create the "workplace". It was intended as a means for men to do what men were born to do. It was not intended to accommodate women because, at the time, women didn't care about these things.
Times changed, and women started to demand access to this creation of man. That's when all the problems started. Men resisted women's attempts because they created the workplace to get away from women! Men wanted to act like men and do manly things, and this would have to stop if there were women around. Now we have all these extra rules and restrictions, and forcing men and women to act alike is making life difficult for everyone.
None of this would have happened if men treated women right in the first place. Women figured (rightly so) that if they were financially independent, they wouldn't need to depend on men, and they wouldn't have to put up with men. I believe that if men weren't such assholes and treated women properly, we'd have a lot fewer problems in our society.
What has this to do with women in CS? Well, the CS field is just one of those things that was created by men for men. That's not to say that women can't be programmers, but based on all the other comments, there seems to be a consensus that of the few women in the CS field, almost none of them are real hackers. And it's the real hackers that drive the industry. Men need to drive things, to push them forward, to discover what can and can't be done. There are some women who feel that way, but only a small percent, and apparently it depends on what field.
Having said that, I believe that it's very important for women to be encouraged into fields that are male-dominated, because we need to make sure that those who are able to compete in these fields (and believe me, it IS a competition) should be given the opportunity to do so if they want. But that's something that I think everything should have, not just women.
The women's magazine Cosmopolitan does severe damage to women's independence and abilities. My wife reads a bunch of these magazines, and I swear, after about an hour of reading one, she sounds a lot dumber. She starts saying and thinking stupid things that she normally wouldn't.
I think the biggest problem women have (as well as most minorities) is that they oppress themselves and don't even know it. They demand all sorts of equalities and opportunities, and then they go back to their old ways. "Cosmopolitan" claims to empower women, but I think it backfires.
The drivers are also written in Java. I think C was an option, but the idea was that you would be able to write your driver entirely in Java if you wanted to.
The truth of the matter is that IBM is just one completely screwed up company. They cannot create ANY kind of excitement around any of their products. IBM is a complete loser when it comes to software. Look at OS/2: fantastic technology and a fantastic product (I use it every day), but the IBM leaders just could not get the entire company behind it. Same with JavaOS. IBM is a service company. Yes, they sell hardware and software, but they can't convince anyone to buy any of it. OS/2 is just one example. Did you know that they tried to create an office suite that would compete against MS Office?
The hardware is no different. The PC Company lost $1B last year. That's a staggering amoung. And the people who make AS/400's don't do ANY marketing whatsoever - they don't even know how their products compare against other computers, because their marketing people just sit on their fat asses and don't do anything.
I used to be a programmer at IBM, but I left disgusted. I can't understand how ANYONE would want to be a programmer at IBM - no one really gives a damn about your product, and entire multi-million dollar projects involving dozens or hundreds of people can easily get cancelled in one day.
Don't blame JavaOS - it's a great idea. But the people at Sun who thought that IBM would stick with it are completely naive.
First off, the suffix "i" is the plural form of "us", as in the plural of "virus" is "virii" not "viruses". Second, even if "OS" ended in "us", it would need to be a Latin word to qualify for the "i" suffix. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find an word that ends in "us" that is not derived from Latin, but I'm sure there is at least one.
I've never seen an OS/2 article on Slashdot
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Lots of OS/2 users submit OS/2-related articles that are of the same calibre as BeOS and Mac articles, yet they never get printed. There was never anything for Win32-OS/2, never anything about Warpstock, nothing about EverBlue, Gimp, XFree86/2, SciTech, you name it.
That's why all us OS/2 users think that Slashdot is anti-OS/2.
I'm sure there were some changes made to the code, but porting Unix/X apps to OS/2 must be pretty easy, because people have been doing it for years (long before Linux became popular) and there are quite a few apps being ported (namely Gimp).
But I wouldn't personally know. Given the common hostility of Linux/X developers towards OS/2, I'm sure a lot of OS/2 programmers haven't even asked. Look at how difficult it's been to get Mozilla for OS/2 into the main tree.
I was going to make a similar post, but yours is better. I agree with you 100% - Apple has no choice but to sue eMachines, otherwise their lawsuit against Future Power looks weak. They need to give the courts the opportunity to decide exactly what constitutes a rip-off. The iMac is unique - nothing before it looks even remotely similar.
If the iMac had been a market failure, then we wouldn't have any look-alikes. These two companies didn't come up with the idea themselves, yet they're trying to profit off of Apple's R&D.
You can download GTK+ 1.21 for XFree86/2 from ftp://24.2.168.186/pub/os2/unix/ xfree86/ports/gtk/. Granted, it doesn't run on the OS/2 desktop, but that will change once EverBlue is done. Don't expect Slashdot to mention it, of course. With all their pro-BeOS anti-OS/2 stories, you'd think that there are more BeOS users than OS/2 users (there aren't).
Well, that's my theory at least. I expect that as more people buy PPC machines, they will consider a Macintosh because it is also a PPC machine. After all, that logic applies to why people by Intel PC's instead of Macs, or why they buy Intel PC's instead of AMD PC's. Consider the following not-so-likely-but-good-enough scenerio:
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Yes, you do. :-)
It depends on the system. Some Dells use the in-house BIOS that was forked a very long time ago from Phoenix. Other systems use the OEM BIOS, usually from Intel (no idea where Intel gets their BIOS from, but from personal experience I do know that Intel BIOS developers aren't that great).
I've heard from numerous sources that BG2 crashes more on OS X than it does on OS 9. It's also supposedly slower on OS X.
I was a student at a German university for a semester. I had received a BS from an American university and wanted to continue my education in Germany. Four universities accepted me (that was the easy part). However, three of them would only give me 2 year's credit for my 4-year degree, making me a Junior in college. The 4th university would only give me 3 semesters' credit, making me a Sophomore!
But that was the least of my problems. Once I got there, I was like a fish out of water. I thought my German was good, but it wasn't anywhere near good enough. I had an impossible time following the classes. Combined with a bunch of other personal problems (e.g. my landlady was a bitch!), I dropped out after a couple months.
One of the reasons why I got into all those universities so easily was because the idea of an American coming to Germany to study Comp Sci was unheard of, so of course they had to let me try.
Frankly, I don't think European universities are better than American universities for any of the computer fields. Sure, there are American universities that are worse than the average German university, but so what?
If you're going to study in Europe, don't do it because you think the schools are better, but that's just stupid. Do it because you want to study in Europe.
... if your company paid for your wife's MS? Perhaps they should consider some kind of incentive for your wife to keep her in the U.S.?
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I think it's a great show overall, but I can't stand it personally. I watched a couple episodes, and it makes my head spin. It's just too annoying of a show to watch. It seems to be catered to people who've been drinking too much caffeine all Sunday.
I suggest that everyone who sent a vulgar letter to Unisys and now regrets it should pick up the phone and send flowers to Cheryl. You'll have to call Unisys to get the address first, of course. A popular site for ordering flowers is http://www.1800flowers.com (1-800-468-1141).
Every now and then, I get a credit card with a very low interest rate (under 4%) for a period of 12 months. Whenever I get one of these, I transfer another loan (like my car loan) to that credit card. The interest rate is easily lower than the rate on my savings account, so I actually make money by borrowing.
This the advice my parents gave me when I turned 18 and got my first credit card. I've followed it for 12 years since, and I've never had a problem.
Sun does not want any variants of Java. By releasing the code under the GPL or LGPL, they would allow others to make variations of Java that are not compatible with Sun's spec. This would completely defeat the purpose of Java! Sun wants only one version of Java, and they want to make sure it's the right version. After all, they created the language.
I think Sun could being a much worse job with Java. I think they're goal of ensuring that all versions of Java are compatible is the right one.
If you want to write Windows code with the Java language, you can use J++. Microsoft doesn't need Sun's permission to make their own implementation of a Java compiler. But, if you want to make a cross-platform app, then you need Sun to take a strong-arm approach to JVM implementations. Otherwise, you'll never get around to debugging your app on all these platforms.
OS/2 scales very well to 8 CPU's - way better than NT or Linux do. For years, OS/2 has been able to scale well to 16 CPU's.
Someone wake me up when the "real world" gets a clue.
Times changed, and women started to demand access to this creation of man. That's when all the problems started. Men resisted women's attempts because they created the workplace to get away from women! Men wanted to act like men and do manly things, and this would have to stop if there were women around. Now we have all these extra rules and restrictions, and forcing men and women to act alike is making life difficult for everyone.
None of this would have happened if men treated women right in the first place. Women figured (rightly so) that if they were financially independent, they wouldn't need to depend on men, and they wouldn't have to put up with men. I believe that if men weren't such assholes and treated women properly, we'd have a lot fewer problems in our society.
What has this to do with women in CS? Well, the CS field is just one of those things that was created by men for men. That's not to say that women can't be programmers, but based on all the other comments, there seems to be a consensus that of the few women in the CS field, almost none of them are real hackers. And it's the real hackers that drive the industry. Men need to drive things, to push them forward, to discover what can and can't be done. There are some women who feel that way, but only a small percent, and apparently it depends on what field.
Having said that, I believe that it's very important for women to be encouraged into fields that are male-dominated, because we need to make sure that those who are able to compete in these fields (and believe me, it IS a competition) should be given the opportunity to do so if they want. But that's something that I think everything should have, not just women.
I think the biggest problem women have (as well as most minorities) is that they oppress themselves and don't even know it. They demand all sorts of equalities and opportunities, and then they go back to their old ways. "Cosmopolitan" claims to empower women, but I think it backfires.
The drivers are also written in Java. I think C was an option, but the idea was that you would be able to write your driver entirely in Java if you wanted to.
The hardware is no different. The PC Company lost $1B last year. That's a staggering amoung. And the people who make AS/400's don't do ANY marketing whatsoever - they don't even know how their products compare against other computers, because their marketing people just sit on their fat asses and don't do anything.
I used to be a programmer at IBM, but I left disgusted. I can't understand how ANYONE would want to be a programmer at IBM - no one really gives a damn about your product, and entire multi-million dollar projects involving dozens or hundreds of people can easily get cancelled in one day.
Don't blame JavaOS - it's a great idea. But the people at Sun who thought that IBM would stick with it are completely naive.
First off, the suffix "i" is the plural form of "us", as in the plural of "virus" is "virii" not "viruses". Second, even if "OS" ended in "us", it would need to be a Latin word to qualify for the "i" suffix. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find an word that ends in "us" that is not derived from Latin, but I'm sure there is at least one.
That's why all us OS/2 users think that Slashdot is anti-OS/2.
But I wouldn't personally know. Given the common hostility of Linux/X developers towards OS/2, I'm sure a lot of OS/2 programmers haven't even asked. Look at how difficult it's been to get Mozilla for OS/2 into the main tree.
If the iMac had been a market failure, then we wouldn't have any look-alikes. These two companies didn't come up with the idea themselves, yet they're trying to profit off of Apple's R&D.
You can download GTK+ 1.21 for XFree86/2 from ftp://24.2.168.186/pub/os2/unix/ xfree86/ports/gtk/. Granted, it doesn't run on the OS/2 desktop, but that will change once EverBlue is done. Don't expect Slashdot to mention it, of course. With all their pro-BeOS anti-OS/2 stories, you'd think that there are more BeOS users than OS/2 users (there aren't).
A customer buys 100 PPC boxes to run 100 web servers. Now he needs a client desktop. He'll consider a Mac more than before because it's also PPC - "Just in case those Macs don't work out so well, I can turn them in Linux boxes like the ones I already have."
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