It runs on a PPC, so it should be pretty easy to get it to work with linux, once troubles with the little mouse pad and display are taken care of. I wouldn't mind using GNOME on this thing!
I think they really have a future in the video editing department. Editing has been done on macs for years, but more and more companies are switching to NT because they "have to." If BeOS had support for editing hardware and software (adobe? hello?) they would really show their stuff. Mac people may be loyal, but they _will_ take an alternative.
If there is _one_ company, it's a monopoly. If there are five, then it's an oligopoly.
Also, the big problem is that the riaa and music industry can force those cute digital players to play _only_ sdmi music, and not mp3s. What do we do then? I think what will happen is the mp3 community will be forever trading on computers and soon-to-be out of date portables while consumers on sdmi will have hi-fi-like players and cool new sdmi-only portables. RIAA will force anyone making mp3 stuff (rio, mpman, etc) to move to sdmi "or else."
corporations don't support mp3 like they did for DVD. Thus, SDMI has no _real_ entrenched competitor. Also, even DVD had Macrovision, and basic encryption, so studios could rest easy that no one would hax0r (crax0r?) filez off of dvds and post them. mp3 has no such feature. I think SDMI will win, but they will learn from divx's mistake.
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Re:It's not the features that bloat the ware
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ask a stupid question: where are these easter eggs?
try Adom, a free rogue-like game that kicks major ass. It has a real steep curve (which I have yet to surmount... tho I haven't really tried) but once you do it has a whole world to explore. You'll freak at the sight of a few measly ASCII characters!
The project is not behind because it is open source, it is behind because not enough people are working on it. The best thing for Sun/AOL/Netscape to do is throw more in-house developers at it. The project can't speed up because they deny outside developers access to the tree!
Someone moderate this post up again. I think this is the most probable answer to the "BeOS/Linux hybrid" conundrum. RMS is probably jumping up and down telling people that they're confusing GNU for Linux again, but that's life.
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Nope. Giant corporations would _love_ this type of thing. They already listen in on phone conversations, read random emails, install security cameras, and make employees rat on eachother. They'd _love_ this type of tracking device. Remember, the government could give a shit what you do every day, but your PHB (pointy-haired boss), he wants to know where his money is going!
Read the responses to this post. _This_ is the _real_ linux community.
BTW, slashdot forums are for article responses, not frustrated linux rants. If you have a problem, it's more likely you'll get an answer in one of the many many newsgroups.
Yahoo says they have changed their name to VA Linux Systems. When did this happen? The fact that slashdot got their name wrong shows that the change wasn't announced too loudly!
Definately they will need a good logo. We all know how well the Intel Inside campaign has worked. If they opt for mere text ("OSI Certified") they will dig themselves in a deep hole. A small logo that can be stamped on software boxes next to the Penguin, the Intel mark, and the Windows flag (open-source windows products? why not?) will do wonders for the cause. Has OSI mentioned this?
Alright Slashheads, let's show the CIA what we can do. I'm guessing the left side is the message, and the right side is a key of some sort. Anyone want to guess what the encryption method is? I want to see slashdot break the code! (no computer intervention, please)
Heck, get one on eBay and you save even more! You can get a Palm Original for $100 and a Palm Pro for $130. Just make sure your seller has good feedback, though.
(btw, does anyone have a happy hacker keyboard they no longer need/want? The Lite version is $70, but I'm a poor student...)
What about whistleblowers who wish to remain anonymous for fear of being fired/killed/forced to sleep with the fishes? If I work for Micros~1, and I want to reveal something _really_ nasty, I wouldn't want to put my name in BIG LETTERS at the top of the email! I thought there were laws that protected this type of thing.
Although it doesn't sound like this particular person was whistleblowing, just being a troll, this ruling sets a bad precedent.
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Note the difference in loads:
linux ppc:
load average: 0.22, 0.25, 0.23 (equals about 25% processor usage, right?)
windows:
% Processor Time Avg: 30-47
Anyone else have trouble viewing the page? All I get is what looks like a frame asking me if I want to comment on the story.
How is a C compiler written in C??? Something about that does not make sense.
can someone post the correct realplayer link?
It runs on a PPC, so it should be pretty easy to get it to work with linux, once troubles with the little mouse pad and display are taken care of. I wouldn't mind using GNOME on this thing!
I think they really have a future in the video editing department. Editing has been done on macs for years, but more and more companies are switching to NT because they "have to." If BeOS had support for editing hardware and software (adobe? hello?) they would really show their stuff. Mac people may be loyal, but they _will_ take an alternative.
If there is _one_ company, it's a monopoly. If there are five, then it's an oligopoly.
Also, the big problem is that the riaa and music industry can force those cute digital players to play _only_ sdmi music, and not mp3s. What do we do then? I think what will happen is the mp3 community will be forever trading on computers and soon-to-be out of date portables while consumers on sdmi will have hi-fi-like players and cool new sdmi-only portables. RIAA will force anyone making mp3 stuff (rio, mpman, etc) to move to sdmi "or else."
corporations don't support mp3 like they did for DVD. Thus, SDMI has no _real_ entrenched competitor. Also, even DVD had Macrovision, and basic encryption, so studios could rest easy that no one would hax0r (crax0r?) filez off of dvds and post them. mp3 has no such feature. I think SDMI will win, but they will learn from divx's mistake.
(first?)
ask a stupid question: where are these easter eggs?
try Adom, a free rogue-like game that kicks major ass. It has a real steep curve (which I have yet to surmount... tho I haven't really tried) but once you do it has a whole world to explore. You'll freak at the sight of a few measly ASCII characters!
The project is not behind because it is open source, it is behind because not enough people are working on it. The best thing for Sun/AOL/Netscape to do is throw more in-house developers at it. The project can't speed up because they deny outside developers access to the tree!
Is there any inside info about what was cut to give it an R?
except when they melt down :)
Just set your score threshold to one, and all of the ACs will magically disappear
what's wrong with the paper?
Someone moderate this post up again. I think this is the most probable answer to the "BeOS/Linux hybrid" conundrum. RMS is probably jumping up and down telling people that they're confusing GNU for Linux again, but that's life.
Nope. Giant corporations would _love_ this type of thing. They already listen in on phone conversations, read random emails, install security cameras, and make employees rat on eachother. They'd _love_ this type of tracking device. Remember, the government could give a shit what you do every day, but your PHB (pointy-haired boss), he wants to know where his money is going!
Read the responses to this post. _This_ is the _real_ linux community.
BTW, slashdot forums are for article responses, not frustrated linux rants. If you have a problem, it's more likely you'll get an answer in one of the many many newsgroups.
Yahoo says they have changed their name to VA Linux Systems. When did this happen? The fact that slashdot got their name wrong shows that the change wasn't announced too loudly!
Except that win95 is still dos-based, so it is _also_ 70's. BeOS would be 90's tech.
Is the site _already_ down? Mirrors? Cached pages?
Definately they will need a good logo. We all know how well the Intel Inside campaign has worked. If they opt for mere text ("OSI Certified") they will dig themselves in a deep hole. A small logo that can be stamped on software boxes next to the Penguin, the Intel mark, and the Windows flag (open-source windows products? why not?) will do wonders for the cause. Has OSI mentioned this?
Alright Slashheads, let's show the CIA what we can do. I'm guessing the left side is the message, and the right side is a key of some sort. Anyone want to guess what the encryption method is? I want to see slashdot break the code! (no computer intervention, please)
Heck, get one on eBay and you save even more! You can get a Palm Original for $100 and a Palm Pro for $130. Just make sure your seller has good feedback, though.
(btw, does anyone have a happy hacker keyboard they no longer need/want? The Lite version is $70, but I'm a poor student...)
What about whistleblowers who wish to remain anonymous for fear of being fired/killed/forced to sleep with the fishes? If I work for Micros~1, and I want to reveal something _really_ nasty, I wouldn't want to put my name in BIG LETTERS at the top of the email! I thought there were laws that protected this type of thing.
Although it doesn't sound like this particular person was whistleblowing, just being a troll, this ruling sets a bad precedent.
Can any people who _are_ lawyers comment?