it is quite a product and exactly the kind of system that can help bring games to linux, which is good for us all. Think about this, game developer Y uses an open source(and therefore portable) game engine such as this or crystal, this takes all the work out of porting to linux, bsd, etc. however, another reason game developers sometimes don't port is because they don't have the time, expertise, or properly trained support staff to constantly make sure that the game will work everywhere.
I for one am perfectly happy buying a game if i can simply download the executable files for linux and play with the data files off the cd(ala Quake1 & Quake2).
Unsupported binaries is where an open source game engine really shines. If the finds a bug he can report directly to the engine maintainer for fixing the bug. Then as the engine matures it becomes easier and easier to support even the more obscure OSes.
the question has more to do with what kernel projects students would learn more working with/on. what knowledge the students are able to take from the class is much more important that which programs they are familiar with. personally i dropped out because there was too much emphasis on familiarization with products than there was learning long-term programming skills.
i'd suggest doing things with the real time linux kernel (rt-linux). While the student activity may not be directly benefitial to the linux movement, it is an understandable subset of the linux kernel which is designed to be easy to interact with from other kernel modules. besides the rt-linux project is important for embedded systems(an exploding market) and could definitely use a few more eyes.
he stated that the reason he did it was because the first poster was so stupid, and then replied twice stupidly to himself.
in all actuallity he did it to point out a weakness though. that this can happen shows that slashdot is broken, as simple as that. personally i'm surprise that this has been so long in coming, and is as small a flood as it is. i know that alot more posts could have happened, and with a little teamwork the slashdot discussions could be terrorized to the point few would use them unless they used a +2 threshold.
the solution, ip moderation and alot more moderators.
of course having more moderators has its downsides as well, but there just aren't enough points in the system otherwise.
if an ip looses 5 points in an hour all posts from that ip should instantly drop another point(or two) that would solve the problem. sure the spam would happen, but no one would see it 5 minutes after it happens.
You are talking about how the linux kernel is developed whereas the entire freebsd base system is developed together. developing all the base system together makes detecting and fixing system problems easier because more of it its developed at the same time whereas in linux land there is a linux kernel and a GNU system. Being split like that is good for things like code reuse, but can make solving interoperability problems harder. All in all the differences are superficial because both work to make a quality product.
The patent is invalid because it _is_ obvious. I don't understand how you can even know the context of the controversy if you are implying that amazon was the first to think of allowing a CC number to be stored in a cookie. Cookies had been used long before this patent, and the idiots in the patent office that let them slide this one accross need to be fired for incompetance. Barnes and Noble will win the lawsuit, but i think we can all let amazon know how we feel about it.
Open source developers aren't in it for the money. I think most serious(long time) open source developers program on projects becuase they like doing it or to "scratch an itch". Sure appritiation is great, but most developers would be just as happy if their software was simply taken for granted. I know quite a few open source developers and never has it seemed like they were working on what they were working on simply for money or appriciation. many of them have life goals like "get rich, retire early, work full time on open source software", can't you see, these guys are idealists. right now i'm writing a program that demos how to program in a new programming environment(entity, check freshmeat). I'm not doing this for money or any other real motives and i doubt more than 50 people even use it ever. open source for me is just programming for fun and something to do. you could send me donations, cards, mails, cakes, and whatever else but objects like that aren't what drive me.
don't know the person, maybe a search engine could help with that. However i'm not sure if it applies to overclocking which has the potential for you to ruin hardware sold to you by the company, and they're probably not responsible for that.
if you really think that it was linus' determination/skill/whatever that let you do that you are strongly misled. I'd probably be using FreeBSD or GNU/Hurd if linux wasn't the predominant PC unix. just becaus linux fills that niche well doesn't mean that other tools can't/wouldn't have grown to fill the area because of a void. There is no incentive for most people to replace linux because it works great. there is incentive to use something other than dos/windows on PCs, hence all the devel on linux/*bsd. this isn't such a hard issue to see the motives behind and attributing the free pc unix to one person who just happened to be the first to help fill the void is simply stupid.
http://giftguide.maximumpc.com/index.html The maximumPC guys compiled quite a list of hardware that is fairly easy to give as gifts. I saw this on arstechnica.com so i knew it had to be good, and looking through it i think it is a pretty nice guide. Who wouldn't want a G400 Max or a snazzy new DVD kit especially now that linux support is happening. personally i'm hoping someone in my family will shell out to get me a disk or some ram:) it seems a little early(not even thanksgiving yet) for christmas shopping, but what the hell, i think i'll do all of mine online this year.
the new demo ships with libMesaVoodooGl.so.3.3 which doesn't find valid glx modes for a V2, so just grab an older lib from the 1.08 test release and overwrite the driver they ship it with. this worked for me, ymmv
http://www.cpureview.com/ is a site alot like you're talking about. It doesn't usually have server type statistics, but they do show how long a kernel takes to compile:) plus, the site admin reads slashdot.
A trademark is not a word that companies have the rights to, but a non-generic word that someone would use to describe them... ie, you wouldn't describe a university as a "purdue" and in that context perdue university has legitimate trademark.
If an planet with size and distance from the star like earth's were in revolution with a long year(more than a few days at least) there would be alot smaller and less frequent windows of blockage and the amount of blockage would be so miniscule that it would be nearly impossible to detect.
Alot of people seem to be discouraged that the only other planets we can find are gaseous and close to the star they orbit. However people are forgetting that those are the only type of planet that is able to block a significant amount of the light traveling from a star -- and this one only blocked 1.7%. If an planet the size and distance from the star were in revolution with a long year(more than a few days at least) there would be alot smaller and less frequent windows of blockage and the amount of blockage would be so miniscule that it would be nearly impossible to detect. That we are finding concrete evidence of any planets is important, and makes the chances of earthlike planets much more likely, this is definitely good news.
Just think of living in that solar system, there would be killer eclipses : )
When you have the entire communicator bin being run there is alot more code being loaded and never used unless you use the mail client or news reader. Since many people actually use the stripped down navigator binary, the communicator bin doesn't have near the bugtesting and even when one is found it takes longer to isolate it due to the bigger application being ran.
I don't know if i'm responding too late for you to be reading this, but unless the mail client or newsreader are critical to you, never install netscape-communicator, it is of much lower quality, especially on less common OSs freebsd(in my experience) even moreso than linux.
Netscape communicator is most embarrassing peice of software for all the free unices. Communicator is an ugly memory leaking pile of garbage in its current incarnation, and I don't see it getting better until mozilla replaces it. Perhaps if it better supported standards proposed by neutral parties such as w3c instead of trying to implement non-important "features" like smart browsing and constant advertising through redirection it wouldn't suck as bad. Another problem is how different communicator and navigator are, and how running communicator about quadruples the rate of crashes. And it does crash aplenty, while for some people it only has to be restarted when it uses up all available swap space others have more routine(as many as multiple times per day) crashes.
IE would need to turn into the limping, bloated, lumbering monstrosity you suggest to bring it down to the level of the unix netscape communicator. I understand that the windows version isn't so bad, but I haven't used it more than a few times in the last few years.
And suggesting that web browsers are complete enough to no longer have to change to keep pace with web technologies is assine at best, the web is nowhere near done with its technology metamorphis -- Where is my.png transparency?
Sorry about the rant, but suggesting that browser developement should stop is probably offensive to people such as the members of the mozilla team(who obviously have a clue) and I though that I should defend their well directed efforts.
i was under the impression there are just lots of us taking the polls/survey if we are interested when it is on/. mebbe some people are trying hard to skew the results but i think the mass majority just answers the questions
I don't remember which thread, but way back when, i think it was one of the first/. reposts, everybody had allready said all they thought about it so they just started discussions about whatever. All I really remember is that it was funny and a great way to fill in a gap of/. I was wondering what the chances are for an entirely open forum that follows the same basic rules, but nothing could be offtopic:). That said, what do you folks think about turnips?
It really does, and now is a great time to be alive. I think one of mankind's strongest inner drives is to build the future. I think it's cool that many of the changes are occurring in the computer field, where so many of us choose to concentrate. I really appriciate Clarke's positive portrayal because in real life we are surrounded by nay-sayers. Oh well, i suppose the nay-saying does serve to keep us on our toes and protect the future our decendants will live in.
Oh brave new world we live in, to have people such as these
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it is quite a product and exactly the kind of system that can help bring games to linux, which is good for us all. Think about this, game developer Y uses an open source(and therefore portable) game engine such as this or crystal, this takes all the work out of porting to linux, bsd, etc. however, another reason game developers sometimes don't port is because they don't have the time, expertise, or properly trained support staff to constantly make sure that the game will work everywhere.
I for one am perfectly happy buying a game if i can simply download the executable files for linux and play with the data files off the cd(ala Quake1 & Quake2).
Unsupported binaries is where an open source game engine really shines. If the finds a bug he can report directly to the engine maintainer for fixing the bug. Then as the engine matures it becomes easier and easier to support even the more obscure OSes.
the question has more to do with what kernel projects students would learn more working with/on. what knowledge the students are able to take from the class is much more important that which programs they are familiar with. personally i dropped out because there was too much emphasis on familiarization with products than there was learning long-term programming skills.
i'd suggest doing things with the real time linux kernel (rt-linux). While the student activity may not be directly benefitial to the linux movement, it is an understandable subset of the linux kernel which is designed to be easy to interact with from other kernel modules. besides the rt-linux project is important for embedded systems(an exploding market) and could definitely use a few more eyes.
he stated that the reason he did it was because the first poster was so stupid, and then replied twice stupidly to himself.
in all actuallity he did it to point out a weakness though. that this can happen shows that slashdot is broken, as simple as that. personally i'm surprise that this has been so long in coming, and is as small a flood as it is. i know that alot more posts could have happened, and with a little teamwork the slashdot discussions could be terrorized to the point few would use them unless they used a +2 threshold.
the solution, ip moderation and alot more moderators.
of course having more moderators has its downsides as well, but there just aren't enough points in the system otherwise.
if an ip looses 5 points in an hour all posts from that ip should instantly drop another point(or two)
that would solve the problem. sure the spam would happen, but no one would see it 5 minutes after it happens.
comments?
You are talking about how the linux kernel is developed whereas the entire freebsd base system is developed together. developing all the base system together makes detecting and fixing system problems easier because more of it its developed at the same time whereas in linux land there is a linux kernel and a GNU system. Being split like that is good for things like code reuse, but can make solving interoperability problems harder. All in all the differences are superficial because both work to make a quality product.
you can find 256kbps mp3s online, but the best thing to do is just rip your own
The patent is invalid because it _is_ obvious. I don't understand how you can even know the context of the controversy if you are implying that amazon was the first to think of allowing a CC number to be stored in a cookie. Cookies had been used long before this patent, and the idiots in the patent office that let them slide this one accross need to be fired for incompetance.
Barnes and Noble will win the lawsuit, but i think we can all let amazon know how we feel about it.
Open source developers aren't in it for the money. I think most serious(long time) open source developers program on projects becuase they like doing it or to "scratch an itch". Sure appritiation is great, but most developers would be just as happy if their software was simply taken for granted. I know quite a few open source developers and never has it seemed like they were working on what they were working on simply for money or appriciation. many of them have life goals like "get rich, retire early, work full time on open source software", can't you see, these guys are idealists. right now i'm writing a program that demos how to program in a new programming environment(entity, check freshmeat). I'm not doing this for money or any other real motives and i doubt more than 50 people even use it ever. open source for me is just programming for fun and something to do. you could send me donations, cards, mails, cakes, and whatever else but objects like that aren't what drive me.
don't know the person, maybe a search engine could help with that. However i'm not sure if it applies to overclocking which has the potential for you to ruin hardware sold to you by the company, and they're probably not responsible for that.
that's rich, however they aren't *neccessarily* the same people
if you really think that it was linus' determination/skill/whatever that let you do that you are strongly misled. I'd probably be using FreeBSD or GNU/Hurd if linux wasn't the predominant PC unix. just becaus linux fills that niche well doesn't mean that other tools can't/wouldn't have grown to fill the area because of a void. There is no incentive for most people to replace linux because it works great. there is incentive to use something other than dos/windows on PCs, hence all the devel on linux/*bsd. this isn't such a hard issue to see the motives behind and attributing the free pc unix to one person who just happened to be the first to help fill the void is simply stupid.
http://giftguide.maximumpc.com/index.html :)
The maximumPC guys compiled quite a list of hardware that is fairly easy to give as gifts.
I saw this on arstechnica.com so i knew it had to be good, and looking through it i think it is a pretty nice guide. Who wouldn't want a G400 Max or a snazzy new DVD kit especially now that linux support is happening. personally i'm hoping someone in my family will shell out to get me a disk or some ram
it seems a little early(not even thanksgiving yet) for christmas shopping, but what the hell, i think i'll do all of mine online this year.
the new demo ships with libMesaVoodooGl.so.3.3 which doesn't find valid glx modes for a V2, so just grab an older lib from the 1.08 test release and overwrite the driver they ship it with. this worked for me, ymmv
http://www.cpureview.com/ is a site alot like you're talking about. It doesn't usually have server type statistics, but they do show how long a kernel takes to compile :)
plus, the site admin reads slashdot.
err, at least chickens and universities. : )
A trademark is not a word that companies have the rights to, but a non-generic word that someone would use to describe them... ie, you wouldn't describe a university as a "purdue" and in that context perdue university has legitimate trademark.
If an planet with size and distance from the star like earth's were in revolution with a long year(more than a few days at least) there would be alot smaller and less frequent windows of blockage and the amount of blockage would be so miniscule that it would be nearly impossible to detect.
Alot of people seem to be discouraged that the only other planets we can find are gaseous and close to the star they orbit. However people are forgetting that those are the only type of planet that is able to block a significant amount of the light traveling from a star -- and this one only blocked 1.7%. If an planet the size and distance from the star were in revolution with a long year(more than a few days at least) there would be alot smaller and less frequent windows of blockage and the amount of blockage would be so miniscule that it would be nearly impossible to detect. That we are finding concrete evidence of any planets is important, and makes the chances of earthlike planets much more likely, this is definitely good news.
Just think of living in that solar system, there would be killer eclipses : )
When you have the entire communicator bin being run there is alot more code being loaded and never used unless you use the mail client or news reader. Since many people actually use the stripped down navigator binary, the communicator bin doesn't have near the bugtesting and even when one is found it takes longer to isolate it due to the bigger application being ran.
I don't know if i'm responding too late for you to be reading this, but unless the mail client or newsreader are critical to you, never install netscape-communicator, it is of much lower quality, especially on less common OSs freebsd(in my experience) even moreso than linux.
Netscape communicator is most embarrassing peice of software for all the free unices. Communicator is an ugly memory leaking pile of garbage in its current incarnation, and I don't see it getting better until mozilla replaces it. Perhaps if it better supported standards proposed by neutral parties such as w3c instead of trying to implement non-important "features" like smart browsing and constant advertising through redirection it wouldn't suck as bad. Another problem is how different communicator and navigator are, and how running communicator about quadruples the rate of crashes. And it does crash aplenty, while for some people it only has to be restarted when it uses up all available swap space others have more routine(as many as multiple times per day) crashes.
.png transparency?
IE would need to turn into the limping, bloated, lumbering monstrosity you suggest to bring it down to the level of the unix netscape communicator. I understand that the windows version isn't so bad, but I haven't used it more than a few times in the last few years.
And suggesting that web browsers are complete enough to no longer have to change to keep pace with web technologies is assine at best, the web is nowhere near done with its technology metamorphis -- Where is my
Sorry about the rant, but suggesting that browser developement should stop is probably offensive to people such as the members of the mozilla team(who obviously have a clue) and I though that I should defend their well directed efforts.
i was under the impression there are just lots of us taking the polls/survey if we are interested when it is on /. mebbe some people are trying hard to skew the results but i think the mass majority just answers the questions
Anybody know where these shirts can be had?
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i know this is sorta offtopic, but i don't think i can get any closer : )
do you never eat turnips now then?
I don't remember which thread, but way back when, i think it was one of the first /. reposts, everybody had allready said all they thought about it so they just started discussions about whatever. All I really remember is that it was funny and a great way to fill in a gap of /. I was wondering what the chances are for an entirely open forum that follows the same basic rules, but nothing could be offtopic :). That said, what do you folks think about turnips?
It really does, and now is a great time to be alive. I think one of mankind's strongest inner drives is to build the future. I think it's cool that many of the changes are occurring in the computer field, where so many of us choose to concentrate. I really appriciate Clarke's positive portrayal because in real life we are surrounded by nay-sayers. Oh well, i suppose the nay-saying does serve to keep us on our toes and protect the future our decendants will live in.
Oh brave new world we live in, to have people such as these