In any case, a single.EXE should work on all X86-32 Linux distros. Can you say that for any other GUI toolkit? I think you have a strong argument for closed source Linux development.
Not really, six months before the release of Vista, I remember seeing Dell and other retailers still selling computers with 256MB of RAM (in newspaper ads and fliers, in my country).
So Windows stagnated, and vendors did what they knew best: use the cheaper parts around.
The 3-4GHz barrier in processor speeds did not help that much either.
Then it came Vista and the Core2Duo and things changed.
When the kernel developers just said: OK we have done a lot of drivers, we can't find a lot of hardware without Linux drivers anymore, would you please point us some hardware in need of drivers because we have the expertise to make it.
- Yes, you see this video card doesn't work in whatever the flavor of X I'm using.
- Sorry, X is userland, we don't do userland.
Now, I don't care why in the world that distinction exist if X existed before Linux or whatever, that this distinction still exists is absurd and moronic.
Sure, laptops have several advantages, but also trade-offs.
I can imagine several scenarios where a desktop is far more cost effective than a laptop. Not everyone has to go to visit clients, for a start. Some people do, some do not. Some people need powerful video cards, ergonomic keyboards, etc. (things that laptops can't have).
Your post simply increased by two the possibility of completing the bullshit bingo in this slashdot article. (And yes, I know what those TLA mean).
Yeah, like buying a site license that includes all operating system upgrades for 5 years in 2001, and then watching Microsoft provide no new operating system during those 5 years.
In my case the standards for comparison of the Harry Potter books are the Terry Pratchett books.
Not as successful in economic terms, but much, much richer and better in my opinion. They just aren't targeted to children but to adults. That could count as part of the difference between them.
I think that China is very capitalistic these days:
From http://www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications/html/ChinaNov1993.htm
Stories circulate of surgeons scrubbing down for an operation, then holding their hands above their heads and refusing to enter the operating room until the patient's family stuffs money in their pockets to pay the surgical fee. Physicians have also been known to overprescribe antibiotics because they earn a profit on their sale. That's pure capitalism at work. Do you see my point?
(That said, I believe in capitalism more than in any other system, but nothing is perfect.)
People who don't sacrifice are called starving artists, and society treats these people as bums. And sure, they do what they love every single day, but what they love doesn't give them enough money to keep a girlfriend, so they can forget about getting married, and to even think about having kids when you have no reliable income is insane. That made me remember an old joke:
- When is an artist homeless? - When he doesn't have a girlfriend.
Seriously, in most parts of the world, if you can talk (like in having lots of social skills), you can have a girlfriend, and if she makes more money than you, she will pay your bills too.
Hey, I want to be able to open UPnP ports from the command line in Linux, that's one thing I currently can't do in Linux that I can do in Windows. And you can do that from a GUI, too.
I know the issues with UPnP, but you know, there are users like me that don't have virus or spyware at all; and because the modem is password protected by the ISP, I just can't do the usual port forwarding.
Also, UPnP lets me use DCHP assigned IPs in the same machine that has a service installed, so I never have to worry about setting the IP address manually in any of my real (or virtual in vmware) machines.
That said, I hated UPnP because it's insecure (I read that somewhere), until I needed it and realised that it just helped me manage my network with less work.
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For C++ development I seriously prefer VC++, or Borland32 5.5 or even the Digital Mars compiler.
Compared to those, GCC has bugs and is slow as hell.
So what?
The Pirate Bay is not the Microsoft website.
I can't even if I want.
All ADSL modems sold (leased) here act as a NAT router and firewall.
If I type ipconfig in the console I will never get a valid public IP address, I will get one like 192.168.0.x.
Actually, I would use UBCD4Win.
Not really, six months before the release of Vista, I remember seeing Dell and other retailers still selling computers with 256MB of RAM (in newspaper ads and fliers, in my country).
So Windows stagnated, and vendors did what they knew best: use the cheaper parts around.
The 3-4GHz barrier in processor speeds did not help that much either.
Then it came Vista and the Core2Duo and things changed.
In my experience, either you are lying or you are extremely lucky.
I have seen Vista take more than one minute since the moment I press a key and the moment the damn letter appears in screen.
In brand new laptops running Vista.
I however, prefer to choose the latter option, you are extremely lucky.
...when facing superior competition.
Historically it has been that way most of the time.
Only recently Windows has been expensive because there's no realistic competition to XP/Vista.
However, no matter how much money do they have, they can't be cheaper than free.
I think it is the proof of the pudding is in the tasting.
Otherwise it doesn't even make any sense.
I really like C++. Fast objects in the stack and stuff.
But anonymous lambda functions with C++ templates?
As somebody who also likes to use Lisp, I think of that hack as convoluted and ugly.
The reason for that is that EA bought almost all good game companies.
However, we still have Blizzard.
When the kernel developers just said: OK we have done a lot of drivers, we can't find a lot of hardware without Linux drivers anymore, would you please point us some hardware in need of drivers because we have the expertise to make it.
- Yes, you see this video card doesn't work in whatever the flavor of X I'm using.
- Sorry, X is userland, we don't do userland.
Now, I don't care why in the world that distinction exist if X existed before Linux or whatever, that this distinction still exists is absurd and moronic.
And that is what I hate about Linux.
You sound like a laptop salesman.
Sure, laptops have several advantages, but also trade-offs.
I can imagine several scenarios where a desktop is far more cost effective than a laptop. Not everyone has to go to visit clients, for a start. Some people do, some do not. Some people need powerful video cards, ergonomic keyboards, etc. (things that laptops can't have).
Your post simply increased by two the possibility of completing the bullshit bingo in this slashdot article. (And yes, I know what those TLA mean).
Yeah, like buying a site license that includes all operating system upgrades for 5 years in 2001, and then watching Microsoft provide no new operating system during those 5 years.
Amazing roadmaps Batman!!
This is the first time I have ever seen the Homer rendered that bad.
What ugly browser do you use?
Do you mean 203.912'880.128 bytes?
That's 203GB but it is 189GiB (as reported by windows).
I have a Maxtor Quickview disk.
Well, Maxtor used Base10 in the disk I have here, so I don't think that's true, or that's true only recently.
There are works of two very different eras.
In my case the standards for comparison of the Harry Potter books are the Terry Pratchett books.
Not as successful in economic terms, but much, much richer and better in my opinion. They just aren't targeted to children but to adults. That could count as part of the difference between them.
Why? If you have the money, you can buy a lot of stuff very cheap.
If you never save money, on the other hand...
From http://www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications/html/ChinaNov1993.htm Stories circulate of surgeons scrubbing down for an operation, then holding their hands above their heads and refusing to enter the operating room until the patient's family stuffs money in their pockets to pay the surgical fee. Physicians have also been known to overprescribe antibiotics because they earn a profit on their sale. That's pure capitalism at work. Do you see my point?
(That said, I believe in capitalism more than in any other system, but nothing is perfect.)
What an amazing hobby.
Do you make Katanas?
And sure, they do what they love every single day, but what they love doesn't give them enough money to keep a girlfriend, so they can forget about getting married, and to even think about having kids when you have no reliable income is insane. That made me remember an old joke:
- When is an artist homeless?
- When he doesn't have a girlfriend.
Seriously, in most parts of the world, if you can talk (like in having lots of social skills), you can have a girlfriend, and if she makes more money than you, she will pay your bills too.
Hey, I want to be able to open UPnP ports from the command line in Linux, that's one thing I currently can't do in Linux that I can do in Windows. And you can do that from a GUI, too.
I know the issues with UPnP, but you know, there are users like me that don't have virus or spyware at all; and because the modem is password protected by the ISP, I just can't do the usual port forwarding.
Also, UPnP lets me use DCHP assigned IPs in the same machine that has a service installed, so I never have to worry about setting the IP address manually in any of my real (or virtual in vmware) machines.
That said, I hated UPnP because it's insecure (I read that somewhere), until I needed it and realised that it just helped me manage my network with less work.
So, in order to discover real numbers, you have to invent more axioms.
:D
P.D.: I'm expecting an answer like: "I see what you did there."
"Concepts" is too general.
Divide it in axioms, definitions and theorems, and you will see the difference.