The Mozilla suite is also significantly slower (but hopefully better with this release) than Firefox and Thunderbird, and has a bigger memory footprint.
Is that really the case? On my system (windoze), when I start Mozilla and browser the web while the mail app is open, I consume about 22MB of RAM. When I start both Thunderbird and Firefox to do the equivalent thing, I need about 18 + 22 = 40MB. Anybody else sees this?...
When Toy Story was released, there was the coolness factor of seeing the "first" 100% CG movie. Even today, many comments about such movies are about the technical challenge, how realistic they look, etc.
Well, all of that is going to plateau some day, right? Aren't we going to get bored with CG? I watched Shrek 2 a few days ago, and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't near my feelings when I saw the early ones.
Network television, huh? I bet we will only be able to watch Sony's stuff, and will have to pay expensive subscritpion for that.
I mean, this is typical Sony : I saw their e-book in Yodobashi last week. It is damn cool and I'd love to buy one. However, it only support proprietary format, so I can't use it to watch whatever I want. Come on it's freaking hardware so they do make money on it (or at least can) and have control on what they can support. Why do they always try to lock the customer in? They can lure us in showing cool stuff, but the range of data we can access will always be controlled. I hate that.
I bet it's going to be the same with this network TV.
Re:whats keeping xvid from doing mainstream...
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XVID 1.0 Released
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"Over at Linux Gazette they ran some tests on popular Linux filesystes (ext2, ext3, jfs, reiserfs, xfs) and the results may surprise you." The benchmark on spellcheckers surprises me as well...
Re:Screenshots, anyone? lol!
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JOE Hits 3.0
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It's just that your browser cannot display the
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Screenshots, anyone?
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Less arcane than vi, less cumbersome than emacs All right, I guess it is a slow day, as Slashdot editors have to start a flamebait topic to get some people to post.
I propose the next topic about new Windows functionalities contains something like "take it ta ya face, you penguin prick". That should do the trick also.
I had a quick look at the article, then out of curiosity, downloaded OO 1.1.1 to check it out, and then added the following note to my to-do list : "Download OO and get rid of MS office". I indeed never needed MS Office...
My point is that this even brings attention to the OO project, and I hope many people will follow my path!
Pretty scary that a company has enough cash to auto-finance its own world-domination "if we can't beat you, we'll buy you" thing.
It's such a good thing that this guy was not a greedy, money-driven person, but an individual with ideals and a vision to make the world a better place.
I mean really, how many people out there can truely justify the cost of a full featured, robust database like MS-Sql? 10%? 5%? Er.... You meant Oracle, right?
"The way they should do it, in my opinion, is by ensuring that a significant portion of the settlement proceeds will be used to benefit Java developers and strengthen independent, standards-based efforts to advance Java." This is exactly what's being done. Our investment in and commitment to Java is very strong.
In other words, "Developers, developers, developers, developers...". Talk about dark side, huh?...
Let's say there were 40% that were republicans because they understood and approved their programs. Let's say there were 40% democrats for the same reasons.
You know where their vote went, right?
Now, let us imagine the remaining 20% of people who just don't care, would vote for somebody because he's good-looking and other stupidities.
Now the question: who made the final result in the vote?...
Democracy sucks, afterall. Democracy gives the power to the remaining 20%.
Actually, the sound of speed does not depend only on temperature: c=squaroot(gamma.R.T) where T is the temperature. R is a constant but gamma also changes with temperature and pressure.
Furthermore, over 25.000m, the temperature increases with altitude.
I suppose that this was about Patrick de Gayardon.
He was a very famous skydiver, skysurfer, and the very first man who ever flied (flew? flough? Dammit!) without anything but fabric wings under their arms.
I remember that I was very impressed when sat in the same plane he did. This was a long time ago, when I was a pure beginner.
Patrick died skydiving two years ago. You can find more information on this legend here.
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They indeed have things in common. Like their source code is available on the Internet...
Ever heard of "ROLLBACK"? What DB where you using?...
FP!!!
The Mozilla suite is also significantly slower (but hopefully better with this release) than Firefox and Thunderbird, and has a bigger memory footprint.
Is that really the case? On my system (windoze), when I start Mozilla and browser the web while the mail app is open, I consume about 22MB of RAM. When I start both Thunderbird and Firefox to do the equivalent thing, I need about 18 + 22 = 40MB. Anybody else sees this?...
When Toy Story was released, there was the coolness factor of seeing the "first" 100% CG movie. Even today, many comments about such movies are about the technical challenge, how realistic they look, etc.
Well, all of that is going to plateau some day, right? Aren't we going to get bored with CG? I watched Shrek 2 a few days ago, and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't near my feelings when I saw the early ones.
Anybody shares this?
2.6GB files would be perfect to use as a wallpaper in Longhorn.
Network television, huh? I bet we will only be able to watch Sony's stuff, and will have to pay expensive subscritpion for that.
I mean, this is typical Sony : I saw their e-book in Yodobashi last week. It is damn cool and I'd love to buy one. However, it only support proprietary format, so I can't use it to watch whatever I want. Come on it's freaking hardware so they do make money on it (or at least can) and have control on what they can support. Why do they always try to lock the customer in? They can lure us in showing cool stuff, but the range of data we can access will always be controlled. I hate that.
I bet it's going to be the same with this network TV.
Moderators, mod the parent down! "Insightful", should be changed to "wrong" as there are binaries of XVID available.
Do you look like a moron in a flying car, too?...
FP!!!!
"Over at Linux Gazette they ran some tests on popular Linux filesystes (ext2, ext3, jfs, reiserfs, xfs) and the results may surprise you."
The benchmark on spellcheckers surprises me as well...
Less arcane than vi, less cumbersome than emacs
All right, I guess it is a slow day, as Slashdot editors have to start a flamebait topic to get some people to post.
I propose the next topic about new Windows functionalities contains something like "take it ta ya face, you penguin prick". That should do the trick also.
Where are the screenshots, anyway?
I had a quick look at the article, then out of curiosity, downloaded OO 1.1.1 to check it out, and then added the following note to my to-do list : "Download OO and get rid of MS office". I indeed never needed MS Office...
My point is that this even brings attention to the OO project, and I hope many people will follow my path!
Pretty scary that a company has enough cash to auto-finance its own world-domination "if we can't beat you, we'll buy you" thing.
It's such a good thing that this guy was not a greedy, money-driven person, but an individual with ideals and a vision to make the world a better place.
Er... A salesguy? Oh wait...
Well I guess the process is too long, to heavy and they have no guarantee to get anything in the end.
I guess that's why those people don't apply security patches either!
--JC
I mean really, how many people out there can truely justify the cost of a full featured, robust database like MS-Sql? 10%? 5%?
Er.... You meant Oracle, right?
"The way they should do it, in my opinion, is by ensuring that a significant portion of the settlement proceeds will be used to benefit Java developers and strengthen independent, standards-based efforts to advance Java."
This is exactly what's being done. Our investment in and commitment to Java is very strong.
In other words, "Developers, developers, developers, developers...". Talk about dark side, huh?...
--JC
Redundant, I know...
"Developers, developers, developers, developers..."
--JC
I did not say dictature was a better choice.
However, in anarchy, nobody has a choice while in democracy morons choose. Which one is the most fair, then?...
Everobody can choose means that anybody can choose.
-- JC
Let's say there were 40% that were republicans because they understood and approved their programs. Let's say there were 40% democrats for the same reasons.
You know where their vote went, right?
Now, let us imagine the remaining 20% of people who just don't care, would vote for somebody because he's good-looking and other stupidities.
Now the question: who made the final result in the vote?...
Democracy sucks, afterall. Democracy gives the power to the remaining 20%.
Do we have a choice, anyway?...
-- JC
Actually, the sound of speed does not depend only on temperature: c=squaroot(gamma.R.T) where T is the temperature. R is a constant but gamma also changes with temperature and pressure.
Furthermore, over 25.000m, the temperature increases with altitude.
From books, you can get something like:
Speed of sound at 00000m: 340m/s
Speed of sound at 10000m: 300m/s
Speed of sound at 20000m: 295m/s
Speed of sound at 30000m: 305m/s
So it does not vary that much.
And aiplanes normally fly at around 10.000 meters
So technically, you're wrong! But you know...
-- JC
I suppose that this was about Patrick de Gayardon.
He was a very famous skydiver, skysurfer, and the very first man who ever flied (flew? flough? Dammit!) without anything but fabric wings under their arms.
I remember that I was very impressed when sat in the same plane he did. This was a long time ago, when I was a pure beginner.
Patrick died skydiving two years ago. You can find more information on this legend here.
-- JC