Winmodem people need to learn something from this. Things perform better in hardware than software. Of course, this depends on the openness of the drivers. We may be stuck with a good card and no documentation. Only problem I see is that tcp and other pieces of this layer are intended for software. So maybe this isn't a good idea (I'm tending to agree with the "what if there is a hardware bug" comment). Winmodem people seem to have taken the opposite approach and I'm not sure who is worse, but the winmodem people can definately learn from these guys.
Going on an idea for a computer language similar to english, what if someone converted a computer language to english and back again. It could be close enough to english to pass as free speach, but structured enough to be converted back to c or some other computer language. Then, post your "free speach" and the simple translator, instant crypto export. I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say it would be legal, but it would be interesting if someone pulled such a stunt.
slashdot has been bad for a while now, even while viewing the static pages (index.shtml). cachedot was much better for that. Please fix the dns entry. Thanks CT.
Just because I can't use it doesn't mean it shouldn't get fixed. Also, I tend to view the static pages since its so much faster (via index.shtml). If I ever want the dynamic page, I click on the slashdot logo and there's my page.
The thing that bothers me most about reviews is the amount that a users background can show through. Maybe this is a good thing since people who use linux are guaranteed to have a background working with something else. We then judge a review by how closely the reviewers background matches our own. The problem with this is that a good review for one person is a bad review for another while everyone assumes that the reviews are one-size-fits-all.
Yes, I belive this was a good review. But I'm a Debian user who hasn't tried any other disributions that is interested in how they compare. Will we ever see a good objective review without any bias from the reviewers background? I doubt it. Will it be of any use if it were made? Probably not. What's my point? I have no clue, except that it would be nice to see a fair review of linux or a linux distribution compared against all the other operating systems and distributions to know what should be fixed without the typical pro-linux or pro-ms or pro-bsd or pro-whatever bias.
It's disappointing to see a linux user spreading fud. The review I was hoping to see, and didn't, wouldn't have needed to mention MS. Is there anyone out there that knows of an article that does what this one should have done? Otherwise, is there anyone interested in writing one? I'm willing to provide input and would be looking forward to reading it. I'd also hope a paper like this becomes the goal list for linux and is maintained as changes occur.
Newbies are good, we need them. They are willing to learn and show us what we need to fix. I work with them constantly trying to get this thing easier to install. But the one thing that separates newbies from clueless... the willingness to learn.
The clueless aren't willing to learn, and linux isn't ready for them... yet. Give it time, we will get there. But to develop the system, we need newbies, no clueless. We also need lots of developers who can take the newbies ideas and make them reality. We need the developers more than anyone else. And because linux isn't run by marketers, it will remain a system for developers and newbies for quite a while. But give it time, the clueless can join us and be happy in a while, just not now.
Happy b-day Hemos. Just finished my 22 a few days ago. Anyway, forward your b-day email from strangers to CT before it's too late and your inbox is flooded. Seems like a mean trick from CT personally, so you ought to get him back:-)
One of my fears is that work on free software projects with a decent licence would stop when a good enough product is made available from a commercial group. This just shows that there is hope of an entire system of free software software in the future. I'm hoping for the free software desktop to arrive soon with a fully functional office suite and browser. Getting the libraries right is the first and very important step.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against commercial software. I do believe that commercial software should be specialty software or really big improvements on free software. Granted, this will get harder as the free software movement gets stronger and larger with a huge code base. Right now, their contributions are providing a nice boost to help the movement get everything together. Yes, programmers need to eat and yes, this seems like stabing the commercial companies in the back. But, it's also nice to see the information flow freely, which should produce better programmers. Also software in the end and commercial companies will be sure to make a profit before they are replaced. If they don't, it's a sign to make better software.
Let's make sure not to forget about the free software as companies dilute our software base with their contributions. Bravo to the Harmony group, best of luck to them.
Thanks guys. Seems I knew the definition, just never the term:-) It makes a lot of sense with alpha channels, especially when I've seen the problems with transparent gifs on a colorful background.
So we reprint an article from zd, then claim that this is proof that linux is a threat to close off our case. I'm curious how different the press would be without that case going on. The question is, how to we take advantage of this. I'm hoping for lots of new code, better installs, and a more unified interface. Of course all of this will happen, but it needs to happen before the anti-publicity hits (bound to happen after the case is over and after lots of inexperienced people with a large voice discover they don't understand it).
Slashdot should have a group of people willing to mirror pages that gets an early jump on sites like this. Then we can ask sites that may be strained by this if they would like to have a temporary mirror before linking them from slashdot. I don't know if this would really help the new kernel postings. In any case, I hope we ask before slashdoting small sites with big files like this.
Slashdot Mirror
I want to see a simple, publicly accepted licence that does this:
1) this licence applies to this work and any derivative or modification of this work
2) source code must be made available upon request.
3) the original author and licence must be made clear in the source code and resulting program.
4) modifications to this work must be documented to give proper credit
5) a program which uses this work as a "library" is not bound by this licence.
Essentially the spirit of GPL without much of the excess baggage and other strange clauses.
Winmodem people need to learn something from this. Things perform better in hardware than software. Of course, this depends on the openness of the drivers. We may be stuck with a good card and no documentation. Only problem I see is that tcp and other pieces of this layer are intended for software. So maybe this isn't a good idea (I'm tending to agree with the "what if there is a hardware bug" comment). Winmodem people seem to have taken the opposite approach and I'm not sure who is worse, but the winmodem people can definately learn from these guys.
Going on an idea for a computer language similar to english, what if someone converted a computer language to english and back again. It could be close enough to english to pass as free speach, but structured enough to be converted back to c or some other computer language. Then, post your "free speach" and the simple translator, instant crypto export. I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say it would be legal, but it would be interesting if someone pulled such a stunt.
slashdot has been bad for a while now, even while viewing the static pages (index.shtml). cachedot was much better for that. Please fix the dns entry. Thanks CT.
Just because I can't use it doesn't mean it shouldn't get fixed. Also, I tend to view the static pages since its so much faster (via index.shtml). If I ever want the dynamic page, I click on the slashdot logo and there's my page.
While we are into fixing up slashdot, could someone check the dns entry for cachedot? I can't get it to resolve for several days now.
The thing that bothers me most about reviews is the amount that a users background can show through. Maybe this is a good thing since people who use linux are guaranteed to have a background working with something else. We then judge a review by how closely the reviewers background matches our own. The problem with this is that a good review for one person is a bad review for another while everyone assumes that the reviews are one-size-fits-all.
Yes, I belive this was a good review. But I'm a Debian user who hasn't tried any other disributions that is interested in how they compare. Will we ever see a good objective review without any bias from the reviewers background? I doubt it. Will it be of any use if it were made? Probably not. What's my point? I have no clue, except that it would be nice to see a fair review of linux or a linux distribution compared against all the other operating systems and distributions to know what should be fixed without the typical pro-linux or pro-ms or pro-bsd or pro-whatever bias.
It's disappointing to see a linux user spreading fud. The review I was hoping to see, and didn't, wouldn't have needed to mention MS. Is there anyone out there that knows of an article that does what this one should have done? Otherwise, is there anyone interested in writing one? I'm willing to provide input and would be looking forward to reading it. I'd also hope a paper like this becomes the goal list for linux and is maintained as changes occur.
Newbies are good, we need them. They are willing to learn and show us what we need to fix. I work with them constantly trying to get this thing easier to install. But the one thing that separates newbies from clueless... the willingness to learn.
The clueless aren't willing to learn, and linux isn't ready for them... yet. Give it time, we will get there. But to develop the system, we need newbies, no clueless. We also need lots of developers who can take the newbies ideas and make them reality. We need the developers more than anyone else. And because linux isn't run by marketers, it will remain a system for developers and newbies for quite a while. But give it time, the clueless can join us and be happy in a while, just not now.
Happy b-day Hemos. Just finished my 22 a few days ago. Anyway, forward your b-day email from strangers to CT before it's too late and your inbox is flooded. Seems like a mean trick from CT personally, so you ought to get him back :-)
One of my fears is that work on free software projects with a decent licence would stop when a good enough product is made available from a commercial group. This just shows that there is hope of an entire system of free software software in the future. I'm hoping for the free software desktop to arrive soon with a fully functional office suite and browser. Getting the libraries right is the first and very important step.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against commercial software. I do believe that commercial software should be specialty software or really big improvements on free software. Granted, this will get harder as the free software movement gets stronger and larger with a huge code base. Right now, their contributions are providing a nice boost to help the movement get everything together. Yes, programmers need to eat and yes, this seems like stabing the commercial companies in the back. But, it's also nice to see the information flow freely, which should produce better programmers. Also software in the end and commercial companies will be sure to make a profit before they are replaced. If they don't, it's a sign to make better software.
Let's make sure not to forget about the free software as companies dilute our software base with their contributions. Bravo to the Harmony group, best of luck to them.
Thanks guys. Seems I knew the definition, just never the term :-) It makes a lot of sense with alpha channels, especially when I've seen the problems with transparent gifs on a colorful background.
I keep hearing all this anti-aliased stuff (gnome, png, etc). But I'm not a big graphics person. Does anyone have a good def?
Thanks,
Brandon
I like the idea of interviews in mp3. Especially because my rvplayer is giving me errors :-(
So we reprint an article from zd, then claim that this is proof that linux is a threat to close off our case. I'm curious how different the press would be without that case going on. The question is, how to we take advantage of this. I'm hoping for lots of new code, better installs, and a more unified interface. Of course all of this will happen, but it needs to happen before the anti-publicity hits (bound to happen after the case is over and after lots of inexperienced people with a large voice discover they don't understand it).
I'd prefer and AMD, they've been doing some cool stuff lately. Those alphas are pretty sweet too.
Imagine a whole bunch of these running in a raid system. Good transfer times and low storage cost. Yes, this is old news, but good news none the less.
Slashdot should have a group of people willing to mirror pages that gets an early jump on sites like this. Then we can ask sites that may be strained by this if they would like to have a temporary mirror before linking them from slashdot. I don't know if this would really help the new kernel postings. In any case, I hope we ask before slashdoting small sites with big files like this.
Just a thought,
Brandon