Guess what...as far as configuration, there is the RandR from Compaq that is not part of XF86 taht allows for on the fly configuration. fonts are not a problem any longer, you just need a DE that supports AA and you need a good font library installed.
Sorry to tell you but fonts are still a problem. Have you compared the TT rendering done by X to the rendering in Windows? Even though I despise MS I have to agree they did a good job on this. Also, AA in X is a big complication: Some apps will use it, some others won't. It's not so much of a problem to most techies but to the end user it's just a nightmare.
Another one: Bad looking fonts: Have you run AbiWord recently? It's scary! (The product itself is very cool, but the fonts are really bad).
The point of having a GUI is to allow a no-brain person to use a computer. If the GUI requires the extensive knowledge to install/configure, people will just move to what they know (windoze).
Even though I crave those, I'd really hate to see human controlled flying cars. Can you imagine your old granny driving something at 300MPH and having to worry about not two but three dimensions?:)
They'll have to be fully automated. All the "driver" does is to point and click at the address he/she wants to go or else chances are he/she won't get there in one piece anyway.:)
I have the very same opinion about X: I think it's keeping Linux back. What we need are brilliant minds at work to produce a new GUI for Linux/Unix. X is full of annoyances (configuration, adding fonts, etc) and its advanced features (being a client/server model) are not of interest to 90% of the average joes out there.
I hope I survive long enough to see X's successor.:)
Oh, and BTW modders, I use linux 99.99% of the time (I just reboot in windows to do a chkdsk on the vfat partitions):)
This looks a lot like Everything2's automatic links. I wonder if people won't start using it to express their dislike in an anonymous manner (like, outlinking to "pieceofcrap.com" if they don't like the page)...
And I wonder how long it's going to be until MCSEs or other equally annoying "Microsoft Certified" mouse operators gain special codes or smartcards that only allows them to do windows installations and whatnot...
That's the only explanation. I was puzzled by it too! When I found the first, anti-aliased screen and he says he'll improve it a lot I thought "Wow, let me see the second screen now!".
SCSI is definitely somewhat faster at some things, but having to spend 3x - 5x as money to get there, and have less space to boot, is means it simply ain't worth it for 99.9% of people.
Yes, yes! We agree 100% on that. I don't have SCSI on my home desktop. But I wouldn't have a Data Warehouse server running on IDE. To each tool, its use...
The article seems immensely biased and lacking in technical detail. It also raises some "dubious" points IMHO. Let's see:
- P-ATA cables cannot be longer than 40cm. S-ATA cables can be up to 1m long:
Granted, those cables are annoying. But really, how many times have you felt the need for a cable much longer than 40cm? People with full-sized cases may benefit, but then the author says that the current trend is "small footprint machines". So, why do I need a cable that is bigger than my server?
Also, if you dislike flat cables, buy "rounded" P-ATA cables (available today, just google for it).
- P-ATA connectors are big!
Yes, they are! But you'll require at least twice as many S-ATA connectors, as only one device is supported... In the end, the real state on the mobo is going to be similar.
- One device per controller is an "Advantage".
C'mon... This guy must be joking. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read it! One device per controller is an *advantage*???? Why??? I wish I could add more devices (like SCSI and Firewire) to my curreny P-ATA technology. And then he says ONE is good for me? Don't think so...
- High transfer rates are useful for multi-disk RAIDS.
What kind of RAID? RAID 5 is slow in writes due to the computational power needed to calculate the XOR. Adding bandwidth won't help. And I can't see why or how only RAIDs will benefit from higher throughput.
- Speed:
Granted. It may be faster than P-ATA. But what about established technologies like SCSI and Firewire? I *think* (not sure) Firewire can go much faster than S-ATA in its initial version.
"It used to be called 'Slacking for Dummies' but since we realized it's a trademark, we renamed it to 'Slacking for Lawyers' just to keep consistent with the original idea...":)
I bought 8Mb flashcards for $1.88 (yes, one dollar and eighty eight cents) a piece on Brand Smart. A reader costs around $20 these days... It would be cool to have BIOS support to boot these beasts...
3.9 in a million?????
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And people worry?
That's the same probability of me waking up tomorrow with Cindy Crawford serving me breakfast in bed wearing Victoria Secret underwear...
or...
none...
(I could easily bear an asteroid hitting the planet if that breakfast thingy happened though...):)
What do you expect? People checking in before they email their bosses? And what happens when a bozo checks in a piece of code that DOES NOT introduce a new security bug?
C'mon man... They got a [bad] reputation to uphold!:)
As someone who lost over 70 pounds (around 35Kg) over a period of two years, I can say that dieting in the US is a very difficult task. The reason is simple: You get used to the amount of food you eat and once you get used to large portions, it's *really* difficult to go back to the small meals.
I used to eat in those "pay by the pound" places in my home country. I started eating an average of 650-700 grams per meal. Slowly I was able to reduce it to 350 grams per meal without that "hungry" feeling that follows an incomplete meal.
Of course I also followed a very regular course of exercises (walking, hiking, etc).
Three years ago I moved to the US. I've gained back part of the weight I lost. A lot of work and no time for exercise, plus insanely big portions put me on this track. Now, here I am again trying to slowly reduce the amount of food on each meal, but given the prevailing idea that "more is better", not "better is better", that becomes a very hard task. But I'm getting there... Slowly, as it has to be.
Anyway, just remember:
- Eat less - Eat better - Cut down the greasy foods - Don't be too harsh or you'll quit - Exercise - Exercise! - Exercise!!! (You'll feel better, believe me) - Lose weight SLOWLY while you get used to your new feeding habits.
What you're asking for is a ship captain that doesn't know how the ship works! Most project managers have no idea about the inner working of their projects. The end result: flawed deadlines, angry programmers, impossible tasks, annoyed bosses and/or clients.
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Guess what...as far as configuration, there is the RandR from Compaq that is not part of XF86 taht allows for on the fly configuration. fonts are not a problem any longer, you just need a DE that supports AA and you need a good font library installed.
Sorry to tell you but fonts are still a problem. Have you compared the TT rendering done by X to the rendering in Windows? Even though I despise MS I have to agree they did a good job on this. Also, AA in X is a big complication: Some apps will use it, some others won't. It's not so much of a problem to most techies but to the end user it's just a nightmare.
Another one: Bad looking fonts: Have you run AbiWord recently? It's scary! (The product itself is very cool, but the fonts are really bad).
The point of having a GUI is to allow a no-brain person to use a computer. If the GUI requires the extensive knowledge to install/configure, people will just move to what they know (windoze).
Try:
http://a-s-k.sourceforge.net
Does exactly what you want.
Even though I crave those, I'd really hate to see human controlled flying cars. Can you imagine your old granny driving something at 300MPH and having to worry about not two but three dimensions? :)
:)
They'll have to be fully automated. All the "driver" does is to point and click at the address he/she wants to go or else chances are he/she won't get there in one piece anyway.
Very well said.
:)
:)
I have the very same opinion about X: I think it's keeping Linux back. What we need are brilliant minds at work to produce a new GUI for Linux/Unix. X is full of annoyances (configuration, adding fonts, etc) and its advanced features (being a client/server model) are not of interest to 90% of the average joes out there.
I hope I survive long enough to see X's successor.
Oh, and BTW modders, I use linux 99.99% of the time (I just reboot in windows to do a chkdsk on the vfat partitions)
Regards
This looks a lot like Everything2's automatic links. I wonder if people won't start using it to express their dislike in an anonymous manner (like, outlinking to "pieceofcrap.com" if they don't like the page)...
And I wonder how long it's going to be until MCSEs or other equally annoying "Microsoft Certified" mouse operators gain special codes or smartcards that only allows them to do windows installations and whatnot...
That's the only explanation. I was puzzled by it too! When I found the first, anti-aliased screen and he says he'll improve it a lot I thought "Wow, let me see the second screen now!".
:)
:)
The second screen shows non-AA fonts!
Weird!
Either that or the Slashdot crew already crashed the "Water Computer". :))
Yes, yes! We agree 100% on that. I don't have SCSI on my home desktop. But I wouldn't have a Data Warehouse server running on IDE. To each tool, its use...
SCSI is full of annoyances. Price, incompatibility between controllers, etc.
:)
However, if you're using linux, try this on both IDE and SCSI:
time dd if=/dev/your_disk_device_here of=/dev/null bs=1k count=100000
Then compare the CPU used for IDE and SCSI.
You might too become a SCSI fanboy.
I think I am. Really.
The article seems immensely biased and lacking in technical detail. It also raises some "dubious" points IMHO. Let's see:
- P-ATA cables cannot be longer than 40cm. S-ATA cables can be up to 1m long:
Granted, those cables are annoying. But really, how many times have you felt the need for a cable much longer than 40cm? People with full-sized cases may benefit, but then the author says that the current trend is "small footprint machines". So, why do I need a cable that is bigger than my server?
Also, if you dislike flat cables, buy "rounded" P-ATA cables (available today, just google for it).
- P-ATA connectors are big!
Yes, they are! But you'll require at least twice as many S-ATA connectors, as only one device is supported... In the end, the real state on the mobo is going to be similar.
- One device per controller is an "Advantage".
C'mon... This guy must be joking. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read it! One device per controller is an *advantage*???? Why??? I wish I could add more devices (like SCSI and Firewire) to my curreny P-ATA technology. And then he says ONE is good for me? Don't think so...
- High transfer rates are useful for multi-disk RAIDS.
What kind of RAID? RAID 5 is slow in writes due to the computational power needed to calculate the XOR. Adding bandwidth won't help. And I can't see why or how only RAIDs will benefit from higher throughput.
- Speed:
Granted. It may be faster than P-ATA. But what about established technologies like SCSI and Firewire? I *think* (not sure) Firewire can go much faster than S-ATA in its initial version.
I'm disappointed...
No dude! That's Los Angeles!!!
And put some reference like
:)
"It used to be called 'Slacking for Dummies' but since we realized it's a trademark, we renamed it to 'Slacking for Lawyers' just to keep consistent with the original idea..."
And them cut his/her hands off, just to be on the safe side that he/she will never send Spam again. :)
Reminds me of the old time ST-238s (ST-238 = ST-220 (20Mb) + RLL encoding)... And to think that now I have more memory on my PDA than that...
What did she (it? he?) do this time??? :)
Rupert...
:)
You just made my day...
Yes... Things change... Now, it's called the Hewlett Compaqard way... and it will go downhill, sadly.
I bought 8Mb flashcards for $1.88 (yes, one dollar and eighty eight cents) a piece on Brand Smart. A reader costs around $20 these days... It would be cool to have BIOS support to boot these beasts...
And people worry?
:)
That's the same probability of me waking up tomorrow with Cindy Crawford serving me breakfast in bed wearing Victoria Secret underwear...
or...
none...
(I could easily bear an asteroid hitting the planet if that breakfast thingy happened though...)
What do you expect? People checking in before they email their bosses? And what happens when a bozo checks in a piece of code that DOES NOT introduce a new security bug?
:)
C'mon man... They got a [bad] reputation to uphold!
As someone who lost over 70 pounds (around 35Kg) over a period of two years, I can say that dieting in the US is a very difficult task. The reason is simple: You get used to the amount of food you eat and once you get used to large portions, it's *really* difficult to go back to the small meals.
I used to eat in those "pay by the pound" places in my home country. I started eating an average of 650-700 grams per meal. Slowly I was able to reduce it to 350 grams per meal without that "hungry" feeling that follows an incomplete meal.
Of course I also followed a very regular course of exercises (walking, hiking, etc).
Three years ago I moved to the US. I've gained back part of the weight I lost. A lot of work and no time for exercise, plus insanely big portions put me on this track. Now, here I am again trying to slowly reduce the amount of food on each meal, but given the prevailing idea that "more is better", not "better is better", that becomes a very hard task. But I'm getting there... Slowly, as it has to be.
Anyway, just remember:
- Eat less
- Eat better
- Cut down the greasy foods
- Don't be too harsh or you'll quit
- Exercise
- Exercise!
- Exercise!!! (You'll feel better, believe me)
- Lose weight SLOWLY while you get used to your new feeding habits.
So, it means that now I can have a CD full of pr0n and still squeeze one more picture in by printing it in the media. Cool! :)
Allow me to respectfully disagree...
What you're asking for is a ship captain that doesn't know how the ship works! Most project managers have no idea about the inner working of their projects. The end result: flawed deadlines, angry programmers, impossible tasks, annoyed bosses and/or clients.
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