Seeing how he interviewed Stallman, Ritchie and others, he will probably try and twist their words to defend his argument by saying all Linus did was copy an existing Unix clone to build a functioning kernel and other people contributed everything else. Which is essentially common knowledge anyways...I don't see how that detracts from the credit he should get for his ongoing work on Linux.
Sure, it's aggrivating at times, but it leads to less implementation problems when done right. UNIX apps (and open source apps in general) seem to build off each other, so that if one thing implements its job correctly, it just calls the other app to implement that apps functionality.
Take for example Thunderbird + Enigmail + GnuPG. It offers example of apps building on each other to add value. If Winzip had simply appealed to GnuPG or another proven encryption application then these implementation issues would have been less likely to occur.
The tradeoff is a more compilcated install, and I guess that's where the rub is....but encrypted zip files would generally be for advanced users anyways. Sure, we want everyone to use encryption, but lets face it...the general public is a long way off from ever doing that.
I've yet to see a mainstream linux distro/newbie friendly (read: mdk, redhat, suse, umm? others? not gentoo or debian) whose package management/installation holds a candle to freebsd.
But seriously, I think this is a good idea. Anime nerd or not (the only anime I like is Ronin Warriors, do I count?) a adult-oriented *good* cg movie would probably do good.
And no, Final Fantasy doesn't count because the story line was just plain boring. FF is good at gameplay not stories.
They still stole in the past tense of the word though, eh?
I mean, they used it without paying for it initially. This was found out and then they paid. It's closer to settling out of court than getting a license, IMHO.
No argument there. But something should be done...either lower their EPA rating or bring up their gas mileage. I was considering getting a hybrid but now it's almost out of the question. I'll just buy used and save money that way.
However, as the article states, regular cars get approx. 75% of their rating...hybrids are getting less than 60%.
It should also be noted that the differences between realized mileage and rated mileage was most noteable in city driving. Highway driving was much closer to the actual rating.
I don't think Crays that were build 5 years ago are considered obsolete by anyone's standards.
Clusters solve different jobs than supercomputers. Sometimes they bleed into one another, but there are some things supercomputers will always be better at (because of higher memory bandwidth for one thing).
Do you receive any help or tips from developers at Microsoft? I don't mean illegal access to source code or anything, but maybe discussions on how duplicate certain methods to increase compatability and stability in WINE?
As the article said, it's been tried before. IBM had a toolkit out for doing just this a couple years ago. The toolkit/sdk was pretty nice too...for the life of me I can't remember the name....
However, it didn't fly then, why would it fly now?
Unfortunately neither does the other.03% of email users out there. One day we hope to be able to reach this vast market with apps like Thunderbird or Outlook, but that day may never come.
After extensive searching, we've come to the conclusion that while there is an abundance of life on that planet, I wouldn't classify any of it as intelligent.
I don't know about everyone else, but I work best without an internet connection at all. Fewer interruptions and distractions. It's mostly a discipline problem on my part, but it sure does help move work along not having that distraction.
n the other hand, when software manufacturers try to give our computers some 'personality', we tend to vehemently react against it--witness Microsoft's attempts with the much-loathed Bob and Clippy.
I don't know about everyone else, but *I* hated Bob and Clippy because they were not useful and quite aggrivating. Other things that lend toward personalization however, such as personalized menus, I find quite useful.
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Whew....it's a good thing I have a dynamic face.....god did I just post that? someone shoot me
For all the Martian Chronicles related jokes....too bad I couldn't think of any.
Seeing how he interviewed Stallman, Ritchie and others, he will probably try and twist their words to defend his argument by saying all Linus did was copy an existing Unix clone to build a functioning kernel and other people contributed everything else. Which is essentially common knowledge anyways...I don't see how that detracts from the credit he should get for his ongoing work on Linux.
Sure, it's aggrivating at times, but it leads to less implementation problems when done right. UNIX apps (and open source apps in general) seem to build off each other, so that if one thing implements its job correctly, it just calls the other app to implement that apps functionality.
Take for example Thunderbird + Enigmail + GnuPG. It offers example of apps building on each other to add value. If Winzip had simply appealed to GnuPG or another proven encryption application then these implementation issues would have been less likely to occur.
The tradeoff is a more compilcated install, and I guess that's where the rub is....but encrypted zip files would generally be for advanced users anyways. Sure, we want everyone to use encryption, but lets face it...the general public is a long way off from ever doing that.
What about package installation?
I've yet to see a mainstream linux distro/newbie friendly (read: mdk, redhat, suse, umm? others? not gentoo or debian) whose package management/installation holds a candle to freebsd.
Mmmmmmm Pixar Porn......
But seriously, I think this is a good idea. Anime nerd or not (the only anime I like is Ronin Warriors, do I count?) a adult-oriented *good* cg movie would probably do good.
And no, Final Fantasy doesn't count because the story line was just plain boring. FF is good at gameplay not stories.
Maybe we could petition Pixar?
Sadly enough, that's exactly what they're doing now.
Perhaps No Student Left Behind will change all that?
HAH, I made a joke.
Howso? Software development doesn't even REMOTELY involve creativity or innovation? In-house programmers are just code monkeys for hire?
Ok....
They still stole in the past tense of the word though, eh?
I mean, they used it without paying for it initially. This was found out and then they paid. It's closer to settling out of court than getting a license, IMHO.
No argument there. But something should be done...either lower their EPA rating or bring up their gas mileage. I was considering getting a hybrid but now it's almost out of the question. I'll just buy used and save money that way.
However, as the article states, regular cars get approx. 75% of their rating...hybrids are getting less than 60%.
It should also be noted that the differences between realized mileage and rated mileage was most noteable in city driving. Highway driving was much closer to the actual rating.
I don't think Crays that were build 5 years ago are considered obsolete by anyone's standards.
Clusters solve different jobs than supercomputers. Sometimes they bleed into one another, but there are some things supercomputers will always be better at (because of higher memory bandwidth for one thing).
This is just in time for me to start my HD porn archive!
Boy, you don't know the first thing about marketing, do you?
I suppose people vaguely interested who know the basics but haven't tried some of these out are the target audience.
For any given subject, that's about 95% of the Slashdot crowd.
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What are you getting at? Segways aren't useful? Get outta here!
Do you receive any help or tips from developers at Microsoft? I don't mean illegal access to source code or anything, but maybe discussions on how duplicate certain methods to increase compatability and stability in WINE?
That's it! Thanks.
As the article said, it's been tried before. IBM had a toolkit out for doing just this a couple years ago. The toolkit/sdk was pretty nice too...for the life of me I can't remember the name....
However, it didn't fly then, why would it fly now?
Unfortunately neither does the other .03% of email users out there. One day we hope to be able to reach this vast market with apps like Thunderbird or Outlook, but that day may never come.
Yes, yes you are the only one.
It's pretty obvious YOU missed the point. This is not designed to do that. Terrorists aren't the only threat in the world today.
After extensive searching, we've come to the conclusion that while there is an abundance of life on that planet, I wouldn't classify any of it as intelligent.
I don't know about everyone else, but I work best without an internet connection at all. Fewer interruptions and distractions. It's mostly a discipline problem on my part, but it sure does help move work along not having that distraction.
I don't know about everyone else, but *I* hated Bob and Clippy because they were not useful and quite aggrivating. Other things that lend toward personalization however, such as personalized menus, I find quite useful.