Only vaguely, in as much as it's WINE related.
Crossover produce a very good product though, and
I'd love to see them succeed. Also, unlike
TransGaming, they contribute all their changes
back into the main WINE tree, thus earning them
huge kudos as good citizens of the
open source community.
Preferably in a way that can be used on non-PC, non-Linux too.
You can already use it on non-Linux. The design of
XFree86 means that drivers can be interchanged
among any OS for the same CPU. Thus a Linux/x86
XFree86 driver will work fine on *BSD/x86,
and even in theory with XFree86 on OS/2 as well.
Of course, it's no substitute for a proper open
source driver that can then be ported to other
non-PC architectures.
The local newspaper for the last five years, since their last redesign, has indiscriminately used obliqued and italic
Newspapers no longer care about typesetting
quality. The
Times used to be the standard against which
everyone was judged -- the world's most
popular typeface was even designed for them.
But
now, it's embarassingly poor. The reason is because
about 5 years ago, they switched from using Atex
to using Unisys' Hermes typesetting system.
While Hermes certainly does a lot more, in terms
of providing live feeds, and so on, it doesn't
come close to Atex (or indeed, any other serious
typestting system) in terms of typesetting
quality. Hell, it doesn't even do ligatures! It
can handle a very limited set of accented characters, and has numerous other faults. I
think (though I'm not 100% sure) that the reason
is its reliance on the underlying Windows font
handling routines, rather than using its own.
Either way, I was embarassed to be associated
with it when I worked there. But management just
saw a system with a pretty GUI front end and were
sold. Quality didn't come into the equation at
all.
Wrong answer. It will kill us. There
are two methods by which it will do so:
We'll modify ourselves to the point where
we're no longer recognisably human. At that point,
"we" are dead, and a new species will have taken
our place. Yes, I mean that -- eventually,
the genetically modified will not be able to
interbreed with the unmodified.
The diversity of our genetic makeup is one of
the things that keeps us as a race going. If
genetic modification becomes pervasive, humanity
will be unable to resist converging on an
idealised notion of the "perfect" human being.
At that point, there is a much higher risk of
a killer disease capable of wiping out the
entire population.
As to which of those two it will be, only time
will tell...
Nope, not at all. The average price of a new CD
here is around GBP16-18. That's about US$27. No
exaggeration. Just walk into Tower Records, HMV
or Virgin and look at the prices on the shelves.
Yes, a lot of my music falls into the "obscure"
category, and comes mail order. Often, that's
cheaper than the high street. Sometimes it's more
expensive, too.
Errr... No.
Well OK, so most road going bikes are faster than
most road going cars. But in terms of outright
speed, my mind's elsewhere (with this weekend
being the first meeting of the UK season).
WTF? How on earth could your attic get that hot?
Unless you a) live in the middle of the sahara,
and b) have insulated the roof, rather than the
floor. Mine is typically the coldest place in the
house. In the summer, it's quite pleasant to go
up there to cool down...
Really? So can you provide a link where I
can download Linux/SPARC and and Linux/PPC
binaries, please? No? I thought not. Open
codecs are the only way forward. The world
is not an x86.
This is something that pisses me off about many
free software projects these days -- artificially
low version numbers. It always used to be the
case that 1.0 was the first public release of
something. You'd reserve 0.x for a limited beta
program, typically only lasting a couple of months
at most to shake out any major bugs before release.
But nowadays, it seems like the vast majority of
free software is pre-1.0. You can't reasonably
claim that Enlightenment is still beta. It's
used by thousands of people around the world,
and was at 1.0 level many years ago. I.e., the
first public release of the code has long been
and gone.
I blame
Linus -- Linux spent too long at 0.99.x, when
it was actually quite usable long before then.
But it set a bad precedent.
Equally, exchange doesn't do as much as sendmail.
They both have different feature sets, which
overlap in places, but each does some things that
the other doesn't. But then the two aren't really
comparable in the first place.
Sendmail is a pure MTA. Exchange isn't.
The Sisters of Mercy use several military grade laptops (aging 80386 based beasts)
Actually, their last 386 gave up the ghost, and
they struggled to find replacement parts, and hence
were forced to upgrade. The Doktor is now a
ruggedised 486. Interestingly, The Sisters are one
of the few bands that understand the concept of
disaster recovery. There are two identical Doktors
taken out on each tour, and a DAT tape for use in
a last resort (though they've never needed it to
date). I've seen bands that have had it all fall
apart when they couldn't find a spare guitar lead
in times of crisis. Why they're not more prepared
I don't know. Cost can be a good reason for not
having a spare guitar/bass/amp/effects box, but
I can't see any justification for not having a
spare lead and strings around and ready to use
in an emergency.
BTW, on a completely unrelated note, if you
wanted to return, the GLLUG
flamage and political bickering has subsided,
and things are getting back on topic...
Of course, while the 6809 was indeed a Motorola
chip, the 6502 was made by MOS (a company started
by former Motorola employees). The initial 6501 was
pin compatible with the 6800, and Motorola sued,
resulting in the 6502, which had a different pin
layout.
Note: you will install it twice, because everyone fucks up there first install. everyone. period.
No, not everyone. My first OpenBSD install is still
up and running as my home firewall, and has been
fine since the day of install. Now my second OpenBSD
install, that one went wrong[1]:-)
[1] For some reason, I couldn't get pf working the
way I wanted it to (I tried to duplicate my earlier
ipf rules, but it didn't want to know)
I'm in two minds about this. Should Google get
a patent for this?
Google have
innovated here,
and thus the patent is a valid way to
reward the effort they put in to designing the
system, in exchange for the idea entering the
public domain after the patent expires. While
the duration of patents in IT related areas needs
to be drastically shortened if they're to serve
their original purpose, I'm not inherrently
opposed to patents like this.
The question then becomes, is it
sufficiently obvious to anyone in the field that
it shouldn't be patentable? Well, it's a tough
call. The fact is that no one had done
anything like that before Google. If it was so
obvious, why not? My personal view is that it's
obvious enough that if Google hadn't done it,
someone else would have done within a couple
of years. So while I don't think the patent
should have been granted, I don't think it's
as cut and dry a matter as it may at first
appear...
I think the moral of the story here is don't assume the size if you are writing cross platform C/C++
Indeed. In fact, the only thing
you can guarantee is that
sizeof(char) <=
sizeof(short) <=
sizeof(int) <=
sizeof(long).
Remember that. One day, you will
encounter a system with an 8-bit char, 12-bit short,
12-bit int and 16-bit long. Then you'll curse
yourself if you made any assumptions about size...
There are situations where a BSD-style license is preferable to the GPL. This is one of them.
Surely this is a situation where LGPL is the most
appropriate. By using the BSD license, Intel is
saying that it's OK for vendors to fork their own
versions of the ACPI code,
and not contribute the changes back to the rest of
the world. That road can only lead to incompatiblity
between ACPI implementations. IMHO, it's a poor
decision...
"Dvorak" keyboards are designed to have the most common used letters right under your fingers so that you have less space to move therefore typeing quicker.
And for another layout designed following a
statistical frequency analysis, see Maltron.
The Maltron layout not only puts commonly used
letters under your fingers, but also places the
keys to minimise RSI when you do need to move away
from the home row.
The Two Towers. We see a great flick. Self-important Hollywood sees Elves and Dwarves beating up on Orcs, so we can fucking forget it.
No, you can forget it because TTT was a poor
picture overall. Sure, it deserves to be nominated
for visual effects, but little else. It's a
significantly worse film than FOTR, and to give
it best picture would be a complete travesty.
Can't comment on the others in the list because
I haven't seen them, but if TTT really is the
best film, then that's a pretty
damning statement on the quality of cinematic
releases this year. BTW, I'm a huge Tolkein fan.
I really wanted TTT to live up to (or preferably
surpass) FOTR. Sadly, it did neither:-(
To hear Angel use his bad Irish accent is... well... let's just say I wish it was forgetable.
Actually, I thought it was OK. Not great, but OK.
I can think of many that are far, far worse. Tom
Cruise for starters. And virtually anyone in the
US that attempts to do a cockney accent.
Re:Thats it, people.
on
NES PC
·
· Score: 3, Interesting
I have just succeeded in porting Linux to Linux! Linux now runs Linux!
Of course, the amusing thing about this is that
you're right. Linux really does
run Linux now...
Will the recording process suffer due to the hurry?
Well the obvious comment is that there won't be
any time for mixing, it'll just be as it comes,
warts and all. That isn't necessarily a bad thing,
but I'd be surprised if the average quality is
good enough that this becomes a popular scheme.
It'll have a certain novelty value at first, but
I'd guess that the public will quickly become
dissatisfied with how these recordings sound...
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Only vaguely, in as much as it's WINE related. Crossover produce a very good product though, and I'd love to see them succeed. Also, unlike TransGaming, they contribute all their changes back into the main WINE tree, thus earning them huge kudos as good citizens of the open source community.
You can already use it on non-Linux. The design of XFree86 means that drivers can be interchanged among any OS for the same CPU. Thus a Linux/x86 XFree86 driver will work fine on *BSD/x86, and even in theory with XFree86 on OS/2 as well. Of course, it's no substitute for a proper open source driver that can then be ported to other non-PC architectures.
Newspapers no longer care about typesetting quality. The Times used to be the standard against which everyone was judged -- the world's most popular typeface was even designed for them. But now, it's embarassingly poor. The reason is because about 5 years ago, they switched from using Atex to using Unisys' Hermes typesetting system. While Hermes certainly does a lot more, in terms of providing live feeds, and so on, it doesn't come close to Atex (or indeed, any other serious typestting system) in terms of typesetting quality. Hell, it doesn't even do ligatures! It can handle a very limited set of accented characters, and has numerous other faults. I think (though I'm not 100% sure) that the reason is its reliance on the underlying Windows font handling routines, rather than using its own. Either way, I was embarassed to be associated with it when I worked there. But management just saw a system with a pretty GUI front end and were sold. Quality didn't come into the equation at all.
- We'll modify ourselves to the point where
we're no longer recognisably human. At that point,
"we" are dead, and a new species will have taken
our place. Yes, I mean that -- eventually,
the genetically modified will not be able to
interbreed with the unmodified.
- The diversity of our genetic makeup is one of
the things that keeps us as a race going. If
genetic modification becomes pervasive, humanity
will be unable to resist converging on an
idealised notion of the "perfect" human being.
At that point, there is a much higher risk of
a killer disease capable of wiping out the
entire population.
As to which of those two it will be, only time will tell...Nope, not at all. The average price of a new CD here is around GBP16-18. That's about US$27. No exaggeration. Just walk into Tower Records, HMV or Virgin and look at the prices on the shelves. Yes, a lot of my music falls into the "obscure" category, and comes mail order. Often, that's cheaper than the high street. Sometimes it's more expensive, too.
Sure do. Here in the UK, we pay the equivalent of around US$27 for a CD. If CDs still cost $18, then I'd buy a hell of a lot more than I do now...
Errr... No. Well OK, so most road going bikes are faster than most road going cars. But in terms of outright speed, my mind's elsewhere (with this weekend being the first meeting of the UK season).
WTF? How on earth could your attic get that hot? Unless you a) live in the middle of the sahara, and b) have insulated the roof, rather than the floor. Mine is typically the coldest place in the house. In the summer, it's quite pleasant to go up there to cool down...
Really? So can you provide a link where I can download Linux/SPARC and and Linux/PPC binaries, please? No? I thought not. Open codecs are the only way forward. The world is not an x86.
This is something that pisses me off about many free software projects these days -- artificially low version numbers. It always used to be the case that 1.0 was the first public release of something. You'd reserve 0.x for a limited beta program, typically only lasting a couple of months at most to shake out any major bugs before release. But nowadays, it seems like the vast majority of free software is pre-1.0. You can't reasonably claim that Enlightenment is still beta. It's used by thousands of people around the world, and was at 1.0 level many years ago. I.e., the first public release of the code has long been and gone. I blame Linus -- Linux spent too long at 0.99.x, when it was actually quite usable long before then. But it set a bad precedent.
Could be. Or perhaps he's Ron Jeremy. Ahhh, pointless speculation -- the lifeblood of /. :-)
Equally, exchange doesn't do as much as sendmail. They both have different feature sets, which overlap in places, but each does some things that the other doesn't. But then the two aren't really comparable in the first place. Sendmail is a pure MTA. Exchange isn't.
Actually, their last 386 gave up the ghost, and they struggled to find replacement parts, and hence were forced to upgrade. The Doktor is now a ruggedised 486. Interestingly, The Sisters are one of the few bands that understand the concept of disaster recovery. There are two identical Doktors taken out on each tour, and a DAT tape for use in a last resort (though they've never needed it to date). I've seen bands that have had it all fall apart when they couldn't find a spare guitar lead in times of crisis. Why they're not more prepared I don't know. Cost can be a good reason for not having a spare guitar/bass/amp/effects box, but I can't see any justification for not having a spare lead and strings around and ready to use in an emergency.
BTW, on a completely unrelated note, if you wanted to return, the GLLUG flamage and political bickering has subsided, and things are getting back on topic...
Of course, while the 6809 was indeed a Motorola chip, the 6502 was made by MOS (a company started by former Motorola employees). The initial 6501 was pin compatible with the 6800, and Motorola sued, resulting in the 6502, which had a different pin layout.
Other than that, I agree with your comments.
No, not everyone. My first OpenBSD install is still up and running as my home firewall, and has been fine since the day of install. Now my second OpenBSD install, that one went wrong[1] :-)
[1] For some reason, I couldn't get pf working the way I wanted it to (I tried to duplicate my earlier ipf rules, but it didn't want to know)
cpu model : R5900 V1.4
system type : EE PS2
BogoMIPS : 392.40
Now I'm jealous. Even though I have a newer revision CPU, you still have 0.01 bogomips on me :-)
I'm in two minds about this. Should Google get a patent for this? Google have innovated here, and thus the patent is a valid way to reward the effort they put in to designing the system, in exchange for the idea entering the public domain after the patent expires. While the duration of patents in IT related areas needs to be drastically shortened if they're to serve their original purpose, I'm not inherrently opposed to patents like this. The question then becomes, is it sufficiently obvious to anyone in the field that it shouldn't be patentable? Well, it's a tough call. The fact is that no one had done anything like that before Google. If it was so obvious, why not? My personal view is that it's obvious enough that if Google hadn't done it, someone else would have done within a couple of years. So while I don't think the patent should have been granted, I don't think it's as cut and dry a matter as it may at first appear...
Indeed. In fact, the only thing you can guarantee is that sizeof(char) <= sizeof(short) <= sizeof(int) <= sizeof(long). Remember that. One day, you will encounter a system with an 8-bit char, 12-bit short, 12-bit int and 16-bit long. Then you'll curse yourself if you made any assumptions about size...
Surely this is a situation where LGPL is the most appropriate. By using the BSD license, Intel is saying that it's OK for vendors to fork their own versions of the ACPI code, and not contribute the changes back to the rest of the world. That road can only lead to incompatiblity between ACPI implementations. IMHO, it's a poor decision...
And for another layout designed following a statistical frequency analysis, see Maltron. The Maltron layout not only puts commonly used letters under your fingers, but also places the keys to minimise RSI when you do need to move away from the home row.
No, you can forget it because TTT was a poor picture overall. Sure, it deserves to be nominated for visual effects, but little else. It's a significantly worse film than FOTR, and to give it best picture would be a complete travesty. Can't comment on the others in the list because I haven't seen them, but if TTT really is the best film, then that's a pretty damning statement on the quality of cinematic releases this year. BTW, I'm a huge Tolkein fan. I really wanted TTT to live up to (or preferably surpass) FOTR. Sadly, it did neither :-(
Actually, I thought it was OK. Not great, but OK. I can think of many that are far, far worse. Tom Cruise for starters. And virtually anyone in the US that attempts to do a cockney accent.
Of course, the amusing thing about this is that you're right. Linux really does run Linux now...
Well the obvious comment is that there won't be any time for mixing, it'll just be as it comes, warts and all. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I'd be surprised if the average quality is good enough that this becomes a popular scheme. It'll have a certain novelty value at first, but I'd guess that the public will quickly become dissatisfied with how these recordings sound...
"I'm only wearing black until someone invents a darker colour". Looks like someone was listening, and my wishes have been answered...