Which is why all the next generation GUI layers are aiming to be resolution independent. Tied to much higher res monitors this will allow you to have as much or as little real estate as you like.
The glxcompmgr that comes with the experimental GLX XGL (names need work chaps;) server is a real eye opener....
I primarily develop in PHP myself, and it is a fine little language (largely because it finally has half decent OO, has a great standard library and is installed virtually everywhere), but it's a bit of a myth that Yahoo 'use PHP'. They do use it, but only as a templating engine. The bulk of Yahoo's system is Perl believe it or not. Apparently it's a bit of a horror story internally. Lots of cool stuff, but overgrown.
No you're wrong, theis is very specifically about abuse of a monopoly position.
>> There is no law that I know of that states >> that one companies software must work with anothers
No there isn't, but there are laws that state that a company may not use one monopoly to force their way into another monopoly.
The lock in generated by Microsofts products that have a monopoly (OS, Office suite in particular) only intreoperating well with other MS products that don't (servers, media players etc) is anti-competetive. This is what they're being told to remedy, by making it possible for others to interoperate.
-- Standardizing on the User Interface is extremely important. I can't even count the times I have to go to a newbe who is using KDE or GNOME and opens an Application build with the other tool kit or worse a different one like X11 and explain to them that they may have some trouble Copying and Pasting, and oh this is a x application you need to do it this way instead. And your files are by default saved here except for there. It is confusing and they do not comprehend why things are so diverse. --
I have no problems copy and pasting between KDE and Gnome. Also, Gnome task-tray items show up in the KDE task tray7 and vice-versa, ditto 'start menu' items.
RedHat/Fedora and Suse both install with the same skin for both KDE and Gnome apps. Though I find that Suse's implementation of this is more convincing. I fired up xchat in kde on my new Suse 10 install (think I'm going to finally dump Fedora.. Suse 10 / OpenSuse 10 is gorgeous) and tried to find a giveaway that it wasn't a KDE app.. I couldn't find one.
Now plain X apps you have a point with, but I can't think of the last plain X app I saw...
I think that for desktop usage the main target for Linux is currently the business desktop not the home desktop, so most of their choices are mor appropriate than yours.
I won't commnt on this HBO issue specifically because I'm in the UK (you know, the filthy place that wants to steal the internet), but on a similar note...
Sky showed Battlestar Galactica a while back, and though I caught the first few episodes, i missed a couple from around ep5. As BSG is a series that really has to be watched in order I stopped watching it, and started downloading it instead.
Is that wrong? I watch Sky on NTL cable, and there's no video on demand for series (only films).
Now you could argue that I'm skipping the adverts, which I am, but there's nothing in my contract about watching the adverts, and with a video recorder I could pause the record when the ads come on (something I used to do when I had video).
So again, is what I'm doing somehow wrong? What am I gaining, other than a higher quality recording (which I could also get if I had a PVR).
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MySpace isn't a file-sharing website is it?
Tis.
Slightly different feel with the cartoon, though that's to be expected I suppose.
I like it though.
Network President: And Executive Gamma, programmed to underestimate middle America.
;)
Execubot Gamma: It's funny but is it going to get them off their tractors?
It's a quote from the show... About that kid...
Which is why all the next generation GUI layers are aiming to be resolution independent. Tied to much higher res monitors this will allow you to have as much or as little real estate as you like.
;) server is a real eye opener....
The glxcompmgr that comes with the experimental GLX XGL (names need work chaps
+1 Not arrogant! :)
I primarily develop in PHP myself, and it is a fine little language (largely because it finally has half decent OO, has a great standard library and is installed virtually everywhere), but it's a bit of a myth that Yahoo 'use PHP'. They do use it, but only as a templating engine. The bulk of Yahoo's system is Perl believe it or not. Apparently it's a bit of a horror story internally. Lots of cool stuff, but overgrown.
No you're wrong, theis is very specifically about abuse of a monopoly position.
>> There is no law that I know of that states
>> that one companies software must work with anothers
No there isn't, but there are laws that state that a company may not use one monopoly to force their way into another monopoly.
The lock in generated by Microsofts products that have a monopoly (OS, Office suite in particular) only intreoperating well with other MS products that don't (servers, media players etc) is anti-competetive. This is what they're being told to remedy, by making it possible for others to interoperate.
>> There are some regulations in place,
>> I don't know when they were put there. MS has
>> been around longer than most Software laws.
Uh, it's not software laws, it's anti-trust laws. They've been around for a while...
oh sod off troll.
i've been using linux as my primary desktop for over 4 years and i've never once had to recompile the kernel.
It's been done
http://www.bf2combat.net/
Satire you moron.
No, on Fedora up2date uses yum as its back-end.
"
Hence when I go to update in up2date (which I usually don't persnally), in the channel information I get:
"yum channel fedora-core-3 from http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/core/3/i386/os/
Fedora uses yum as the backend for up2date for its updates, no accounts required.
1984 was also deliberately extreme to show the problems with a surveillance society, as is often the case in fiction.
Yes, and what sort of paranoiac would think they'd do a thing like that?
o vement_database/
Actually they're already working on it. 2 Years retention of the data.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/15/vehicle_m
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Standardizing on the User Interface is extremely important. I can't even count the times I have to go to a newbe who is using KDE or GNOME and opens an Application build with the other tool kit or worse a different one like X11 and explain to them that they may have some trouble Copying and Pasting, and oh this is a x application you need to do it this way instead. And your files are by default saved here except for there. It is confusing and they do not comprehend why things are so diverse.
--
I have no problems copy and pasting between KDE and Gnome. Also, Gnome task-tray items show up in the KDE task tray7 and vice-versa, ditto 'start menu' items.
RedHat/Fedora and Suse both install with the same skin for both KDE and Gnome apps. Though I find that Suse's implementation of this is more convincing. I fired up xchat in kde on my new Suse 10 install (think I'm going to finally dump Fedora.. Suse 10 / OpenSuse 10 is gorgeous) and tried to find a giveaway that it wasn't a KDE app.. I couldn't find one.
Now plain X apps you have a point with, but I can't think of the last plain X app I saw...
What distro are you using?
Dunno about other systems, but my OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 on Fedora 3 + Gnome seems to be fully integrated with Gnome visually.
I think that for desktop usage the main target for Linux is currently the business desktop not the home desktop, so most of their choices are mor appropriate than yours.
Indeed. I look forward to them providing pay-for downloads in a format that won't restrict how I watch it... oh dear..
I won't commnt on this HBO issue specifically because I'm in the UK (you know, the filthy place that wants to steal the internet), but on a similar note...
Sky showed Battlestar Galactica a while back, and though I caught the first few episodes, i missed a couple from around ep5. As BSG is a series that really has to be watched in order I stopped watching it, and started downloading it instead.
Is that wrong? I watch Sky on NTL cable, and there's no video on demand for series (only films).
Now you could argue that I'm skipping the adverts, which I am, but there's nothing in my contract about watching the adverts, and with a video recorder I could pause the record when the ads come on (something I used to do when I had video).
So again, is what I'm doing somehow wrong? What am I gaining, other than a higher quality recording (which I could also get if I had a PVR).
the 'force' reference was just the article author, there are no quotes of anyone actually involved saying anything of the sort.
p olicy/
the reason this has all come up is because bush suddenly overrode icann's original plan in june. :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/01/bush_net_
idiot
Except that both Slashdot and The Inquirer seem to have both completely jumped the gun...
The article linked from the Inquirer seems to be a misinterpretation of the hype surrounding the announcement.
We're perfectly capable of installing some software on some servers thanks.
The point is it'd split the net, which no one wants.
How about you go learn how the net works then come back to our little discussion eh?