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I've been an avid Pratchett fan since I read Reaper Man and Guards! Guards! around '95 or so. And ever since Reaper Man has been my favourite book in the series. I mean who can resist: "DEATH is missing. Presumed...... Er.. Gone." And at the same time a tall skinny man comes to a small farm outside of Ankh Morpork and he can really wield a scythe...
So If you haven't read Pratchett before, go do so now! You will not regret it. I love his humour and especially all his cool footnotes riddled all over the books. I can't remember which book it was in, but one book has 4 lines of normal text and the rest of the page is one footnote:)
Every time a new book by Pratchett is published I grab a copy ASAP and lock myself in my appartment and read it from start to finish non-stop.
Anybody know if NASA plans to launch a newer, bigger, better, faster, more version?
That is another sattelite with the same mission parameters albeit maybe on a slightly diffrent course but with more power so it'll last longer?
Because the advances made with technology should enable a more sturdier version that might reach even farther and hopefully make contact with something...
Yes, I know all this. But the point I was trying to make is that newly converted(tm) linux users do not know this. That was the main reason for me trying to compile the latest dev. kernel with a vanilla RH7.0 installation.
I was merely trying to point out the problems newbies might face when they first enter the wonderful world of opensource.
It took me a year or so way back when in the 0.99p something days before I got the knack of understaning kernel compiles, patches and the diffrent branches of the kernel. And not to mention how to keep track of/upgrade all the software required for kernel building.
And I had come from a strict amiga environment were compilers & programming were practically unheard of (except fro ASMOne..;>)
I just installed RedHat 7.0 on my newfangled 2xSMP P3 700 system and decided to try the latest kernel (2.4.0-test9). Now I know I'm a newbie, but I can read, so after pondering over the kernel installation howtos I managed to include the parts I wanted and did the compile and install by the book. It did not work. .
But seriously, the kernel worked kind of.. It compiled and ran.. But sometimes gave odd warnings I haven't seen before. And crashed miserably while trying to run the parsec lan demo.
Now since this isn't my first development kernel, I know how to upgrade and check for correct versions of the software required for the kernel so I can make it compile. (just haven't had time to leech it yet... working as hell).
I just know that a shitload of scriptkiddies/newbies/wannabes etc. will install the latest RH7.0 which is the most talked about distro and complain as hell when they get errors compiling the kernel/crashes running the kernel from the dev. tree out of the box. So it's a good thing that linus bides his time and only releases the final release when he feels that it's good enough. (If I only had that luxury at work...)
Now if Linus did the release before it was good enough then we'd get a fscked up signal to noise ratio on the kernel mailing list (as if it's not bad alredy) and a shitload of bad publicity in the press. Which again would result in slower acceptance of Linux as an accepted OS in the buisnessworld.
If I were the boss... I'd most likely release new major versions even slower than linus is doing now... (but hey that says more about my skills as a developer than linus' planning;>)
Last time when they released the selfrunning demo they released the windows and macintosh versions first and said the linux version would come sometime during the next days.
Now with the playable lan-test they release the linux and mac version first. Which is of course nice.
The only sad part is that I have to wait until I get home from work before I can try it.
Let's hope they keep up the good work and hope for the full internet playable version ASAP 'cause my gut feeling is that this will make working late hours at work worthwile with a few parsec breaks;>
I've been dying to get RH7.0 for one reason: Parsec.
According to this page the european RH7.0 version will include a playable demo (lan party beta release as they call it) with 50 MB of mp3 music aswell. Now what I want to know is will parsec be included in the iso(s) that are free for download? If anybody with insight could give some input on this I'd love to hear it.
And yes, I *HAVE* checked parsec for downloads. And no, there are none.
Hope this isn't too offtopic, but I'm dying to try parsec. Also wouldn't mind trying RH7.0, but that is not the main reason for me to upgrade;>
Even though it might be taken as an advertisment for a maxtor product, I still think it warrants a story. It *IS* an interesting story as it shows the advancement of storage technology and the availability of it.
Even though I myself couldn't afford one of these babies, one can dream can't one? And to me that is indeed what it sounds like cmdr Taco is doing.
Anyways, if you don't like slashdot anymore you're free to find a diffrent site to read. I for one am glad that we get news about new technology releases. I would probably not have heard about this for a couple of months if it had not been for/.
Just when I've started rejoicing over being able to pay my bills via the Internet, we get this thrown at us....
The only comfort is that it sounds expensive, so I don't think that we normal users of internet banking have anything to worry about yet... But the day I find a page on the net with the details of one of these devices, I'm gonna stop using internet banking..
Which will be a shame, since it's so much easier to use internet banking than to go to your local branch office....
I don't care that they've managed to push out the same packets over and over again. At least they get to stresstest the system real hard (they must have one hell of a load if they only expected 150k users and got 500k users).
I'm still gonna keep on working on it. I don't care about the group results or the team results. Maybe It's just me, but I'm still stuck with the image of one day (not very likely to happen) checking the result output and find a spike kind of like the spike Jodie Foster found in contact. That's the reason why I personally stick to it. The hope and dream of discovering that we are not alone.
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I've been an avid Pratchett fan since I read Reaper Man and Guards! Guards! around '95 or so. And ever since Reaper Man has been my favourite book in the series. I mean who can resist: "DEATH is missing. Presumed...... Er.. Gone." And at the same time a tall skinny man comes to a small farm outside of Ankh Morpork and he can really wield a scythe...
:)
So If you haven't read Pratchett before, go do so now! You will not regret it. I love his humour and especially all his cool footnotes riddled all over the books. I can't remember which book it was in, but one book has 4 lines of normal text and the rest of the page is one footnote
Every time a new book by Pratchett is published I grab a copy ASAP and lock myself in my appartment and read it from start to finish non-stop.
Anybody know if NASA plans to launch a newer, bigger, better, faster, more version?
That is another sattelite with the same mission parameters albeit maybe on a slightly diffrent course but with more power so it'll last longer?
Because the advances made with technology should enable a more sturdier version that might reach even farther and hopefully make contact with something...
Yes, I know all this. But the point I was trying to make is that newly converted(tm) linux users do not know this. That was the main reason for me trying to compile the latest dev. kernel with a vanilla RH7.0 installation.
;>)
I was merely trying to point out the problems newbies might face when they first enter the wonderful world of opensource.
It took me a year or so way back when in the 0.99p something days before I got the knack of understaning kernel compiles, patches and the diffrent branches of the kernel. And not to mention how to keep track of/upgrade all the software required for kernel building.
And I had come from a strict amiga environment were compilers & programming were practically unheard of (except fro ASMOne..
I just installed RedHat 7.0 on my newfangled 2xSMP P3 700 system and decided to try the latest kernel (2.4.0-test9). Now I know I'm a newbie, but I can read, so after pondering over the kernel installation howtos I managed to include the parts I wanted and did the compile and install by the book. It did not work. .
But seriously, the kernel worked kind of.. It compiled and ran.. But sometimes gave odd warnings I haven't seen before. And crashed miserably while trying to run the parsec lan demo.
Now since this isn't my first development kernel, I know how to upgrade and check for correct versions of the software required for the kernel so I can make it compile. (just haven't had time to leech it yet... working as hell).
I just know that a shitload of scriptkiddies/newbies/wannabes etc. will install the latest RH7.0 which is the most talked about distro and complain as hell when they get errors compiling the kernel/crashes running the kernel from the dev. tree out of the box. So it's a good thing that linus bides his time and only releases the final release when he feels that it's good enough. (If I only had that luxury at work...)
Now if Linus did the release before it was good enough then we'd get a fscked up signal to noise ratio on the kernel mailing list (as if it's not bad alredy) and a shitload of bad publicity in the press. Which again would result in slower acceptance of Linux as an accepted OS in the buisnessworld.
If I were the boss... I'd most likely release new major versions even slower than linus is doing now... (but hey that says more about my skills as a developer than linus' planning
Last time when they released the selfrunning demo they released the windows and macintosh versions first and said the linux version would come sometime during the next days.
;>
Now with the playable lan-test they release the linux and mac version first. Which is of course nice.
The only sad part is that I have to wait until I get home from work before I can try it.
Let's hope they keep up the good work and hope for the full internet playable version ASAP 'cause my gut feeling is that this will make working late hours at work worthwile with a few parsec breaks
Hehehe.. damn..
;>
Well at least then my PS2 for X-mas will have a better chance
Anyone tried it out yet?
I Really wanna try it, but I don't have a box i can run it on where eat the disk(tm) can be tolerated.
If anybody has any info on how well it works please share..
I've been dying to get RH7.0 for one reason: Parsec.
;>
According to this page the european RH7.0 version will include a playable demo (lan party beta release as they call it) with 50 MB of mp3 music aswell. Now what I want to know is will parsec be included in the iso(s) that are free for download? If anybody with insight could give some input on this I'd love to hear it.
And yes, I *HAVE* checked parsec for downloads. And no, there are none.
Hope this isn't too offtopic, but I'm dying to try parsec. Also wouldn't mind trying RH7.0, but that is not the main reason for me to upgrade
Even though it might be taken as an advertisment for a maxtor product, I still think it warrants a story. It *IS* an interesting story as it shows the advancement of storage technology and the availability of it.
/.
Even though I myself couldn't afford one of these babies, one can dream can't one? And to me that is indeed what it sounds like cmdr Taco is doing.
Anyways, if you don't like slashdot anymore you're free to find a diffrent site to read. I for one am glad that we get news about new technology releases. I would probably not have heard about this for a couple of months if it had not been for
-da Blyant.
I don't care anymore.. The thrill of it all is getting to me. No matter what they produce, be it toys, cars or cpus....
;>
I want one... It doesn't matter what it is. I'm gonna buy one... because most likely I'll be able to run Linux on it.
just my thoughts on it...
Just when I've started rejoicing over being able to pay my bills via the Internet, we get this thrown at us....
.02$
The only comfort is that it sounds expensive, so I don't think that we normal users of internet banking have anything to worry about yet... But the day I find a page on the net with the details of one of these devices, I'm gonna stop using internet banking..
Which will be a shame, since it's so much easier to use internet banking than to go to your local branch office....
-just my
I don't care that they've managed to push out the same packets over and over again. At least they get to stresstest the system real hard (they must have one hell of a load if they only expected 150k users and got 500k users).
I'm still gonna keep on working on it. I don't care about the group results or the team results. Maybe It's just me, but I'm still stuck with the image of one day (not very likely to happen) checking the result output and find a spike kind of like the spike Jodie Foster found in contact. That's the reason why I personally stick to it. The hope and dream of discovering that we are not alone.
-Spaced out Blyant.
My favourite site on the net just got even better..
I'll never have to traverse big ugly bookmark lists again to find the daily favourites..
Keep up the good work!!
;>
I can still remember the great days of the amiga
;>
using the awesome motorola 68000 chip.
This just proves that intel wants to learn all of the stuff motorolas chips do.
Man... where did I put all those amiga disks.. I think I'm gonna download UAE again