If it means I can go out and buy a cheap computer that can handle email, WWW, word processing and printing, then I think it is good. For lots of people that would be a very good deal. If I bought such a computer - for how long time would it serve my fathers needs without maintenance?
10 years?
This f***ing business needs to grow up and deliver mature technology.
I have no idea if Suns Java Desktop is the right way to go - but if simplicity and end-user-needs are in mind I think it is a step in the right direction.
Also, IF it would be successful we would see yet another OS (as in commercial product) running on ordinary PC hardware that does not feature all the DRM-shit that MS says they'll put in Longhorn. For hacking c-code any stable and open system will do.
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I saw a Microsoft demo that was supposed to show how powerful and useful it could be to insert XML-tags into Word documents. The idea was to fill the Word document with useful information (just fill in the users name here, and all information about the user is automatically inserted, now how good isnt that?). MS calls this Smart Document.
So, I took a look in the XML-file that the connected to the Word document to make it smart. I wasnt very impressed (but fairly amused) when I saw that the XML-file was like 30 lines of blahah, and in the middle of it I found a reference to a.dll-file.
If I need to write a.dll-file that conforms to Word interfaces (that MS of course will have debugged and patched in about two years, and then they'll obsolete it by releasing a new version), then writing something that GENERATES a Word document and gives it to the user makes much more sense to me...
And in any case, XML has nothing to do with it... they could of course have created "tag" functionality in Word without using XML.
LOL, Parent is FUNNY
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Since I am not a moderator today I use the filthy "mod parent up" trick instead. Mod parent up and mod me down!
I bought the original 5 GB iPod, that is almost two years ago now. I would not say my battery time is shorter now than it was when it was new (and last year, I have been using my iPod daily). Firmware upgrades have improved battery time.
The iPod has always had fairly shitty standby battery time - leave it for a week and you can most likely not use it. But when it is fully charged I can still use it as much as I like a day or two without problems. I always recharge it over night. When it cant hold for an entire day I will consider replacing the battery.
It is not like my Palm m105 - I change batteries every three months:)
McBride proudly sais that SCO is valued to $200M. Now everybody knows that the lawsuit against IBM is at $1B. Do the market think SCO will win? I dont think so:)
Now that I look into the problem again I realise why I found it hard.
I am not interested in the Console Class. I am interested in starting a process using System.Diagnosics.Process, and pipe binary data to/from that process. The methods you refer to are found in the Console class, but I do not find them in the Process class.
Now that I look into the problem again I realise why I found it hard.
I am not interested in the Console Class. I am interested in starting a process using System.Diagnosics.Process, and pipe binary data to/from that process. The methods you refer to are found in the Console class, but I do not find them in the Process class.
I know exactly the difference between a byte, a Char in C#, UTF-8 and friends. I was just confused stdin was a TextReader (and when looking into the problem, I obviously lacked the fantasy to check the Methods before looking elsewhere, where I found nothing).
Sorry for being a shame among vim-users. I will do what I can to improve.
I just find it annoying that at first c#/.NET seems fairly nice (quite similar to Java, much easier than Visual C++), but then this kind of "features" show up.
Not that I really care - I only use c# at work. But since I am stuck with c# I try to do my best of it, thats why it annoys me that.NET is designed to make simple design impossible.
Ok, this is actually a.NET issue, not really a c# issue.
StandardInput and StandardOutput, in.NET, are text based streams, made up of 16-bit chars. When writing a (16-bit) char to StandardOutput it is converted to something else (UTF-8, maybe).
Piping binary data from one app to another is a very non-trivial task.
These are the small "features" that make c# unsuitable for anyone "thinking UNIX". Of course piping through stdout/stdin is not needed: you can use remoting, sockets or whatever - but those make easy things hard.
Anyone who has written a c# program that uses stdin/stdout for binary data?
BTW, you definately does not need Visual Studio to program.NET, vim +.NET framework and the online MSDN reference is completely sufficient.
First, of course this means that Longhorn will arrive NOT BEFORE 2006 - nothing else.
I find that good for several reasons:
1) For us poor developers who have to work with the MS platform, I find it a relief that no new version of Windows is expected soon. That gives me more time to focus on getting actual work done. (In fact, this is not true because of new versions of other MS products, but it is a good start nevertheless.
2) Of course WinXP will feel really old in 2006, and hopefully Mac OS X, Linux, or whatever options there are will feel more and more ahead of WinXP, at least for a while.
3) 2006 sounds like a risky enterprice, one can at least hope for even more delay.
I once considered writing real code in Fortran. It was a fairly limited library of functions that were supposed to do heavy computations. Other parts of my program was to be written in C.
When realising that G77 lacked many features that my documentation said I should find in Fortran 77 I gave up and wrote everything in C.
Not blaming anyone, I was still a bit disappointed. The feature I lacked was the possibiliyt to pass structures as arguments to F77 functions.
But of course, if G77 did not exist, I would not even have considered Fortran in the first place (this was an academic hobby project, not a commercial project).
When I, from Sweden, open up iTunes Music Store it tells me:
The iTunes Music Store is not available in your country yet. You will be able to browse music and listen to previews, but you won't be able to purchase music unless your billing address is in the United States.
Me thinks:
"yet" indicates the service will come to me. Thus it does not make sense they hunt me down now.
"unless your billing address is in the United States" indicates that if I just provide a proper billing address they dont care where or who I am....could be that Apple must consider customs regulations in Europe... and selling to me would be illegal export.
I was creating some template documents a few weeks ago at work (on WinXP, Office). I decided to bring some work home and try doing it in Office X (on my Mac), and found that the products are fairly different when you do more advanced stuff.
Most people use only the most common features in Office, so most people wont notice if there are differences, and could use a Non-MS-office product without being very annoyed.
Binary formats, and rendering documents correctly, is of course a differnet thing...
Given the fact that the SCO share has risen from like $0.60 to $9 quite quickly indicates that either the market beleives in them, or the market sees this as some kind of lottery.
One billion dollar would of course be jackpot. If they manage to get any money from IBM that is probably a bonus. The worst thing for the stock would probably be if SCO turned out reasonable and nice - wouldnt be much of a lottery left then.
To answer the question: I dont beleive anyone beleived in a deal with IBM before 13th, so stock should not be very affected by this.
On RedHats site they say that Advanced Server features up to 8 CPUs and 16 Gb of RAM. How does that differ from the free version I downloaded a few days ago? Is it the software, or just the packaging that differs?
If I buy AS, will I get any software that is not available for download?
I do agree with many of you who says the license agreement looks like something MS has put together, and that parts of it appears to be in violation with GPL. However, as an engineer (not a lawyer), I see that
1) The headline says it is a Service Agreement License
2) The license mentions the GPL and explicitly says all rights from the GPL are respected.
Thus, I think it is obvious that RHs INTENTION is to NOT sublicense any software in more restrictive terms than the GPL. The intention is to sell a service, and to have a working agreement for that enterprise service. Again - am I actually getting different software/source if I buy AS rather than downlode shrike from the net?
Just a thought: I "obtain" the actual RHAS CDs from somewhere, and install it on a server (I have not payed, and not agreed to anything but GPL). Obviously RH can not stop me from using/modifying/distributing/selling the lot. However, can they stop me from saying "I run Red Hat Advanced Server".
Basically: if you do not agree to this license, it is not Red Hat Advanced Server anymore, but you are of course free to use it anyway you like.
GPL says nothing about such things - does it? I recall the BSD license says something about not using the authors name for marketing purposes.
If I make a modified version of the Linux kernel, I can not Brand it as Linux, since Linux is a trademark of Linus?
In Sweden, if you have a regular employment, neither you nor your employer can cancel it quicker than in three (3) months. It would actually be illegal to employ someone on other premises. Cool, isnt it?
I've got the same advice as everybody else, but the fact that many people actually tell the same story is also valuable.
Of course share your thoughts with your boss...
I (we) spoke twice to the same boss (on different occations, for different reasons), telling him that I had a problem with something. Both times I did intend to quit if a reasonable solution was not found - this was clear and honest. Both times we found a good solutions. The relationsship to my boss was not at all getting worse from this.
In conclusion: be follow the golden rule, and be honest 1) Tell them you are unsatisfied - they deserve to know. 2) Do not threaten them with anything you cant or do not intend to actually do.
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I tried installing it (Solaris 9) in VmWare on my Cyrix C3 (Nehemiah@1GHz).
Solaris said it found a 486 and refused to install.
Anyone who has any evidence that Solaris works/does not work on a Cyrix C3?
If it means I can go out and buy a cheap computer that can handle email, WWW, word processing and printing, then I think it is good. For lots of people that would be a very good deal. If I bought such a computer - for how long time would it serve my fathers needs without maintenance?
10 years?
This f***ing business needs to grow up and deliver mature technology.
I have no idea if Suns Java Desktop is the right way to go - but if simplicity and end-user-needs are in mind I think it is a step in the right direction.
Also, IF it would be successful we would see yet another OS (as in commercial product) running on ordinary PC hardware that does not feature all the DRM-shit that MS says they'll put in Longhorn. For hacking c-code any stable and open system will do.
I saw a Microsoft demo that was supposed to show how powerful and useful it could be to insert XML-tags into Word documents. The idea was to fill the Word document with useful information (just fill in the users name here, and all information about the user is automatically inserted, now how good isnt that?). MS calls this Smart Document.
.dll-file.
.dll-file that conforms to Word interfaces (that MS of course will have debugged and patched in about two years, and then they'll obsolete it by releasing a new version), then writing something that GENERATES a Word document and gives it to the user makes much more sense to me...
So, I took a look in the XML-file that the connected to the Word document to make it smart. I wasnt very impressed (but fairly amused) when I saw that the XML-file was like 30 lines of blahah, and in the middle of it I found a reference to a
If I need to write a
And in any case, XML has nothing to do with it... they could of course have created "tag" functionality in Word without using XML.
Since I am not a moderator today I use the filthy "mod parent up" trick instead. Mod parent up and mod me down!
Sure it is expensive!
:)
I bought the original 5 GB iPod, that is almost two years ago now. I would not say my battery time is shorter now than it was when it was new (and last year, I have been using my iPod daily). Firmware upgrades have improved battery time.
The iPod has always had fairly shitty standby battery time - leave it for a week and you can most likely not use it. But when it is fully charged I can still use it as much as I like a day or two without problems. I always recharge it over night. When it cant hold for an entire day I will consider replacing the battery.
It is not like my Palm m105 - I change batteries every three months
McBride proudly sais that SCO is valued to $200M. Now everybody knows that the lawsuit against IBM is at $1B. Do the market think SCO will win? I dont think so :)
Hi again...
Now that I look into the problem again I realise why I found it hard.
I am not interested in the Console Class. I am interested in starting a process using System.Diagnosics.Process, and pipe binary data to/from that process. The methods you refer to are found in the Console class, but I do not find them in the Process class.
Any ideas would be most welcome!
Thanks in advance.
Hi again...
Now that I look into the problem again I realise why I found it hard.
I am not interested in the Console Class. I am interested in starting a process using System.Diagnosics.Process, and pipe binary data to/from that process. The methods you refer to are found in the Console class, but I do not find them in the Process class.
Any ideas would be most welcome!
Thanks in advance.
Not that I am sure of this, but from what I have heard Microsoft is doing its Mac-app development, not in Redmond but in San Francisco.
Anyone who knows for sure?
Hi!
Thanks for your answer.
I know exactly the difference between a byte, a Char in C#, UTF-8 and friends. I was just confused stdin was a TextReader (and when looking into the problem, I obviously lacked the fantasy to check the Methods before looking elsewhere, where I found nothing).
Sorry for being a shame among vim-users. I will do what I can to improve.
Thanks a lot! ...if my employer ever has anything to say about me reading Slashdot I will tell him of this :)
LOL
.NET is designed to make simple design impossible.
No - did I imply that?
I just find it annoying that at first c#/.NET seems fairly nice (quite similar to Java, much easier than Visual C++), but then this kind of "features" show up.
Not that I really care - I only use c# at work. But since I am stuck with c# I try to do my best of it, thats why it annoys me that
Ok, this is actually a .NET issue, not really a c# issue.
.NET, are text based streams, made up of 16-bit chars. When writing a (16-bit) char to StandardOutput it is converted to something else (UTF-8, maybe).
.NET, vim + .NET framework and the online MSDN reference is completely sufficient.
StandardInput and StandardOutput, in
Piping binary data from one app to another is a very non-trivial task.
These are the small "features" that make c# unsuitable for anyone "thinking UNIX". Of course piping through stdout/stdin is not needed: you can use remoting, sockets or whatever - but those make easy things hard.
Anyone who has written a c# program that uses stdin/stdout for binary data?
BTW, you definately does not need Visual Studio to program
First, of course this means that Longhorn will arrive NOT BEFORE 2006 - nothing else.
I find that good for several reasons:
1) For us poor developers who have to work with the MS platform, I find it a relief that no new version of Windows is expected soon. That gives me more time to focus on getting actual work done. (In fact, this is not true because of new versions of other MS products, but it is a good start nevertheless.
2) Of course WinXP will feel really old in 2006, and hopefully Mac OS X, Linux, or whatever options there are will feel more and more ahead of WinXP, at least for a while.
3) 2006 sounds like a risky enterprice, one can at least hope for even more delay.
Last three months: 12 sells, 0 buys.
I wonder why ;)
I once considered writing real code in Fortran. It was a fairly limited library of functions that were supposed to do heavy computations. Other parts of my program was to be written in C.
When realising that G77 lacked many features that my documentation said I should find in Fortran 77 I gave up and wrote everything in C.
Not blaming anyone, I was still a bit disappointed. The feature I lacked was the possibiliyt to pass structures as arguments to F77 functions.
But of course, if G77 did not exist, I would not even have considered Fortran in the first place (this was an academic hobby project, not a commercial project).
When I, from Sweden, open up iTunes Music Store it tells me:
...could be that Apple must consider customs regulations in Europe... and selling to me would be illegal export.
The iTunes Music Store is not available in your country yet. You will be able to browse music and listen to previews, but you won't be able to purchase music unless your billing address is in the United States.
Me thinks:
"yet" indicates the service will come to me. Thus it does not make sense they hunt me down now.
"unless your billing address is in the United States" indicates that if I just provide a proper billing address they dont care where or who I am.
I just realise that I dislike patent law more than M$. And if patents did not exist at all, I would like M$ more.
;)
Lets hope M$ kills off patent law
I was creating some template documents a few weeks ago at work (on WinXP, Office). I decided to bring some work home and try doing it in Office X (on my Mac), and found that the products are fairly different when you do more advanced stuff.
Most people use only the most common features in Office, so most people wont notice if there are differences, and could use a Non-MS-office product without being very annoyed.
Binary formats, and rendering documents correctly, is of course a differnet thing...
Given the fact that the SCO share has risen from like $0.60 to $9 quite quickly indicates that either the market beleives in them, or the market sees this as some kind of lottery.
One billion dollar would of course be jackpot. If they manage to get any money from IBM that is probably a bonus. The worst thing for the stock would probably be if SCO turned out reasonable and nice - wouldnt be much of a lottery left then.
To answer the question: I dont beleive anyone beleived in a deal with IBM before 13th, so stock should not be very affected by this.
On RedHats site they say that Advanced Server features up to 8 CPUs and 16 Gb of RAM. How does that differ from the free version I downloaded a few days ago? Is it the software, or just the packaging that differs?
If I buy AS, will I get any software that is not available for download?
I do agree with many of you who says the license agreement looks like something MS has put together, and that parts of it appears to be in violation with GPL. However, as an engineer (not a lawyer), I see that
1) The headline says it is a Service Agreement License
2) The license mentions the GPL and explicitly says all rights from the GPL are respected.
Thus, I think it is obvious that RHs INTENTION is to NOT sublicense any software in more restrictive terms than the GPL. The intention is to sell a service, and to have a working agreement for that enterprise service. Again - am I actually getting different software/source if I buy AS rather than downlode shrike from the net?
Just a thought: I "obtain" the actual RHAS CDs from somewhere, and install it on a server (I have not payed, and not agreed to anything but GPL). Obviously RH can not stop me from using/modifying/distributing/selling the lot. However, can they stop me from saying "I run Red Hat Advanced Server".
Basically: if you do not agree to this license, it is not Red Hat Advanced Server anymore, but you are of course free to use it anyway you like.
GPL says nothing about such things - does it? I recall the BSD license says something about not using the authors name for marketing purposes.
If I make a modified version of the Linux kernel, I can not Brand it as Linux, since Linux is a trademark of Linus?
Just for funny info for you Americans...
In Sweden, if you have a regular employment, neither you nor your employer can cancel it quicker than in three (3) months. It would actually be illegal to employ someone on other premises. Cool, isnt it?
I've got the same advice as everybody else, but the fact that many people actually tell the same story is also valuable.
Of course share your thoughts with your boss...
I (we) spoke twice to the same boss (on different occations, for different reasons), telling him that I had a problem with something. Both times I did intend to quit if a reasonable solution was not found - this was clear and honest. Both times we found a good solutions. The relationsship to my boss was not at all getting worse from this.
In conclusion: be follow the golden rule, and be honest
1) Tell them you are unsatisfied - they deserve to know.
2) Do not threaten them with anything you cant or do not intend to actually do.
On page 5 I read "Top frequency is 1.3 GHz @ 105 degrees C".
Do they mean Celcius, or do they actually mean Farenheit? Coult they possibly mean 105C?
I cannot confirm my self... now Windows machines here...