It looks like they are on the right road to recovery then. But man, something just doesn't _jive_ with this thing. I mean, doesn't it feel like they are exploiting Linux in an attempt to rebuild their dominance? OTOH, everyone is out to make a buck. That's why I work, that's why you work (I presume you are employed), and that's why IBM jumped on the Linux bandwagon. Money. But hey, if they do Linux good, then can we really complain? Only time will tell I guess.
But, I sure yearn for the "good old days", when the word "Linux" != "Marketing and Buzzword".
I kinda like the site. I just had a chance to browse a few articles, namely the system calls one. I was kinda disapointed that nothing really went "in depth". Seems like this site is geared more for "newbies" than anything, but that could change, right? Still, I get this weird feeling.....this is _IBM_, the evil empire that predated Microsoft. The one everyone was trying to "break free of" in the "old days". How times have changed, eh?
I had a couple of bottles of Bawls _months_ ago. It really wasn't very strong. The bottles are cool though. I keep one on a shelf in my cube. Everyone asks, "What's this? Bawls...?" heh,heh,heh
Yeah, I agree. Both Woz and Cringely agree that the portrayal of Steve Jobbs was good (Woz should know the most, of course). But, Woz admits he's never met Bill Gates, so he has no idea if the portrayal of him was accurate.
As far as your comment about acid....the first thought that came to my mind while watching that scene was "So, that's where the idea for the iMac came from." I could almost picture him having a "flashback" during a board meeting, saying stuff like "I see green iMacs, and blue ones, no not colors, FLAVORS! Yeah man!".
Oh, cool. Thank for pointing that out. I was interpreting it as applying to the package itself (i.e "This program is a OSI-Certified product" rather than "This program is release under an OSI-Certified license").
In that case, I do agree. This would definately be a good idea.
Thanks for clarifiying (my spelling sucks, don't it?) for me.
This seems way too Microsof-ish for my taste. Here's another "buzzword" for mindless drones to pick-up on and jabber about endlessly:
1st Manager: "We just install product X. Works like a charm!" 2nd Manager: "But is it OSI Certified?" 1st Manager: "Of course it is. I wouldn't even bother to look at it if it wasn't".
See what I'm geting at? Joe-user (or Joe-Manager) will get into the mindset that anything that isn't OSI Certified sucks. I for one have a few projects going, all I consider "Open Source" that are released under the GPL. What's this OSI-Certified going to do for me? Nothing. I don't care if my projects are certified or not. I write them because I need a program/app/whatever that does a specific purpose and I put it in the "public domain" for anyone else who also might have a use for such a beast. Why should I care if anyone does, or doesn't? The project (hopefully) fulfills my requirements (it's original intent, remember?) and that's all I need. Isn't this the true origin of "Open Source Software"? I'm not looking for a flamming argument. I just think the mindset of "Open Source" has changed from people marching to the beat of their own drummer to a "Corporate Domination Machine".
Oh well. At least nothing is forcing _me_ to use strictly OSI-Certified software (..well, not yet anyway).
"The rebate will ensure that no Divx customers have paid more for the Divx-featured player than they would have paid for the least expensive, comparable DVD player available at the time of their purchase. All Divx-featured DVD players are fully functional DVD players and will continue to operate as such"
I read somewhere that a lot of the DIVX players had "crippled" DVD compatibility, i.e less picture quality, less sound quality, etc. This was (supposedly) done to make the DIVX movies look better than DVD movies when presented to customers. Is there any truth to this? I believe I read it on some Best Buy site comparing DIVX and DVD that was posted on slashdot awhile back. At the very least, it looks like they are offering their customers at least some kind of generous refund, and they'll continue to support the discs for at least a few years. Better than leaving them high and dry, right?
Yeah, I know you were joking. My aim wasn't towards you. I was just stating that a lot of the anti-M$ crowd really just goes around saying that everything by M$ is bad and that any non-M$ product is good (as long as its in competition with M$). I personally like Visual C++. I hate Visual Basic. I'd rather use good ol' fashion vi, but for Windows, VC++ is a pretty darn good product, and one with very few glitches (that I've seen personally).
Sorry, I wasn't trying to get on your case. I was just saying that there are some radicals out there that are really truley narrow minded that make statements like that (but they aren't said in a humorous light).
>"BeOS rules... Hell, anything that's not Microsoft rules (except maybe for MacOS and Plan 9)"
Let's not start prasing every new OS, simply because it isn't developed by Microsoft. The OS has to be able to stand on its own, NOT simply because it's a "non" Microsoft product. Though, you did add the MacOS and Plan 9 bit...(never used Plan 9, but my experience with MacOS, is, well, not pleasant). I've never used BeOS, so I can't say whether it's good or not. I just am afraid to see every new OS being hailed as the greatest thing, simply because they are not M$..
You know, Jolt doesn't seem like such a bad idea right now...maybe two, or three (heh,heh,heh):-)
I can see your point. However, honestly, do you really think Gates stands much to lose from the DoJ trial? (I once heard that if Gates lost 90% of his total wealth, he'd still be worth about 1 billion US $, more than enough to continue living his current lifestyle. I think it was a Marylin vos Savannt (I butchered her name, sorry) column). Things like this almost always settle out of court (Intel), and people have such a short memory, I'd say within 6 months after the DoJ thing, the average Joe won't even remember hearing about the anti-trust suit against M$. It's sad, yes. But that's the world we live in.
I'm thinking the German Gov. thinks that M$ is just going to get a slap on the wrist.
Personally, it won't effect me too much if the agreement goes through, but I would be interested in knowing if there is anything I (we) could do to attempt to convice the German Gov. that Open Source solutions are more favorable to M$. Combine our voice with that of the German Advocacy (I suck at spelling) group, then perhaps we can convice them to see "the light":-) At the least, it'd be fun helping out our "overseas brethren" (well, overseas from my point of view)....
"...Whereas Microsoft's products are designed to work with one another and the operating system's services, users may spend a significant amount of time trying to integrate these components under Linux. The most critical of these integrations will be security and access control."
Yeah right. Sure, Microsoft products do integrate themselves into the OS. And the result are user applications crashing the OS kernel. Great idea, guys! I can't figure out what this guy is saying about security and access control. I hope he isn't suggesting that Windows NT offers more security over Linux!
Re:Why the bitterness?
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You have a point. I personally would never buy a PC looking like that, but my 12 year-old-sister probably would (she did buy my Micron P2-450, which had a pretty funky, microATX case). My only real gripe with them is that the consumer ultimately gets ripped off. A computer with no PCI expansion slots is basically worthless 6-9 months after it's bought. At least with standard ATX cases, the joe-user can give his local guru a call and say "Hey, my PC I bought 6 months ago won't play Quake 3! Upgrade me!" or (horrible, but I say this to prove a point) Joe-user can take it to Best Buy and have them upgrade it. Either way, they still get more life out of their machine without having to scrap the "unit" they have for a new one. PC's change way to quick for this to be cost-effective for the consumer.
You know, Buffy has a disclaimer before each episode (as explained in a previous thread) warning of violence and such. Perhaps, a "special" disclaimer warning the viewer "This show contains violent situations in a high school. Viewer discretion is advised", or something along those lines. Then, let the viewers decide if they want to watch. If they feel they would be offended, or if they feel it hits too close to home, then perhaps they can skip out on this episode. Perhaps more importantly, the PARENTS could decide if it is too violent for their children. The rest of us who enjoy the show, and can seperate fantasy from reality can go about our lives.
Just a thought. Educate people to censor what they themselves see or read. Don't educate people to censor what others see or read.
I can't comment on the temp of the Voodoo3, and can only say that a friend of mine has a V2 and it runs very, er warm... My baby is a P3-500 w/TNT2 Ultra. The board from Diamond (v770U) ships with active cooling (i.e heatsink + fan) and I have no heat issues whatsoever. The Diamond InControls 99 that their TNT2 ships with has a very nice overclocking feature. Even with bumping up the core/memory speeds a bit (like thats even necessary!!), the card still handles incredibly well. (please bear in mind that the InControls app is for windoze!)
As far as cards go, I recommend the Diamond Vipers. Yes, they cost a bit more ($239-240 for the Ultras), but they are very well rounded cards that perform well. Plus the v770 Ultras InControls app lets you set the OpenGL/DirectX effects (anti-aliasing, mipmapping, fog tables, etc) on a per-game basis. Definately cool. I have three viper cards (v330, v550, v770U) and each one really rocks.
In all, the Diamond cards are a good buy. Yes, you pay a tad more, but in my opinion, you get your money's worth.
As it stands today, yes you are correct. However, Microsoft has not always been as powerful and influencial (sp?) as it is now. Even in todays world, why do you have to buy MS products? I get by quite nicely with Linux and GNU licensed base software (games are the exception). But, wouldn't it suck for the average joe-user if Microsoft got busted up? Think about it. Right now, joe-user can walk into the software section, pick out a game, and feel pretty confident that it will run on his system (excluding of course, CPU horsepower, etc). On the binary level, it will execute. Of course, joe-user doesn't even think about this, which is exactly my point. If Microsoft was forced to share the IBM PC OS market, then there will undoubtly be a whole slew of new OS's, each using a different binary executable format. Now, instead of worrying if your Riva TNT will handle the next gen of first-person shooters, you'll also have to hunt around to find the game packaged for the OS you are running on.
Yes, I believe Microsoft blows chunks. But hey, let joe-user have fun on his Windows machine. Let Bill Gates make billions. Let Microsoft run wild. I'm pretty sure the open source niche wouldn't be bothered in the least bit...
Yeah, I kinda agree. But why bother ruining Microsoft? The consumers made Microsoft what it is today. We bought their damned products. I say, let the novice computer users use Windows. People who demand more can use Linux/FreeBSD/etc. Just leave the MS crowd alone and focus on doing our own thing.
I see it in the patch summary. Cool. I stand corrected.
Re:OSS from 4front Tech. works for my TB Montego
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Really? I've tried their drivers, but on mine, the playback of audio files are really really really fast. Take the pronunciation (sp?) of Linux by Linus (english.au). Doing: cat english.au >/dev/audio Sounds like Alvin the Chipmunk on speed. Perhaps they have a new driver out? I downloaded mine only about a week ago (the eval version). I'm running Redhat 5.2 w/ kernel 2.2.7 on a P3-500. I've got the original TB Montego (not the Montego II).
I'll venture out on a limb and say you configured the kernel slightly different that your previous one. Perhaps some certain code was compiled in the kernel, rather than a module, or perhaps you omitted an unused feature this time, who knows. I've done that a few times, and I was like, "Wow, whatever I did differently this time seemed to work pretty darn good". I dunno. I haven't looked at the 2.3.x stuff yet, but from what I heard, it should be a (close-to) verbatim copy of 2.2.8/9.
I'm just waiting for full TB Montego support. I wish they would speed up development on PnP sound cards and such....oh well, who needs sound anyway, right?
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It looks like they are on the right road to recovery then. But man, something just doesn't _jive_ with this thing. I mean, doesn't it feel like they are exploiting Linux in an attempt to rebuild their dominance?
OTOH, everyone is out to make a buck. That's why I work, that's why you work (I presume you are employed), and that's why IBM jumped on the Linux bandwagon. Money.
But hey, if they do Linux good, then can we really complain? Only time will tell I guess.
But, I sure yearn for the "good old days", when the word "Linux" != "Marketing and Buzzword".
I kinda like the site. I just had a chance to browse a few articles, namely the system calls one. I was kinda disapointed that nothing really went "in depth". Seems like this site is geared more for "newbies" than anything, but that could change, right?
Still, I get this weird feeling.....this is _IBM_, the evil empire that predated Microsoft. The one everyone was trying to "break free of" in the "old days". How times have changed, eh?
...of a short "essay" I came across awhile back. I can't remember if it was posted on Slashdot or not....
http://www.base.com/gordoni/found/job-suck.htmlWin31 doesn't work under DR-DOS?
So? It doesn't work under MS-DOS either!
(Laugh. I speak in jest.)
I had a couple of bottles of Bawls _months_ ago. It really wasn't very strong. The bottles are cool though. I keep one on a shelf in my cube. Everyone asks, "What's this? Bawls...?" heh,heh,heh
Yeah, I agree. Both Woz and Cringely agree that the portrayal of Steve Jobbs was good (Woz should know the most, of course). But, Woz admits he's never met Bill Gates, so he has no idea if the portrayal of him was accurate.
As far as your comment about acid....the first thought that came to my mind while watching that scene was "So, that's where the idea for the iMac came from." I could almost picture him having a "flashback" during a board meeting, saying stuff like "I see green iMacs, and blue ones, no not colors, FLAVORS! Yeah man!".
Oh, cool. Thank for pointing that out. I was interpreting it as applying to the package itself (i.e "This program is a OSI-Certified product" rather than "This program is release under an OSI-Certified license").
In that case, I do agree. This would definately be a good idea.
Thanks for clarifiying (my spelling sucks, don't it?) for me.
This seems way too Microsof-ish for my taste. Here's another "buzzword" for mindless drones to pick-up on and jabber about endlessly:
1st Manager: "We just install product X. Works like a charm!"
2nd Manager: "But is it OSI Certified?"
1st Manager: "Of course it is. I wouldn't even bother to look at it if it wasn't".
See what I'm geting at? Joe-user (or Joe-Manager) will get into the mindset that anything that isn't OSI Certified sucks. I for one have a few projects going, all I consider "Open Source" that are released under the GPL. What's this OSI-Certified going to do for me? Nothing. I don't care if my projects are certified or not. I write them because I need a program/app/whatever that does a specific purpose and I put it in the "public domain" for anyone else who also might have a use for such a beast. Why should I care if anyone does, or doesn't? The project (hopefully) fulfills my requirements (it's original intent, remember?) and that's all I need. Isn't this the true origin of "Open Source Software"?
I'm not looking for a flamming argument. I just think the mindset of "Open Source" has changed from people marching to the beat of their own drummer to a "Corporate Domination Machine".
Oh well. At least nothing is forcing _me_ to use strictly OSI-Certified software (..well, not yet anyway).
"The rebate will ensure that no Divx customers have paid more
for the Divx-featured player than they would have paid for the least
expensive, comparable DVD player available at the time of their purchase. All
Divx-featured DVD players are fully functional DVD players and will continue
to operate as such"
I read somewhere that a lot of the DIVX players had "crippled" DVD compatibility, i.e less picture quality, less sound quality, etc. This was (supposedly) done to make the DIVX movies look better than DVD movies when presented to customers.
Is there any truth to this? I believe I read it on some Best Buy site comparing DIVX and DVD that was posted on slashdot awhile back.
At the very least, it looks like they are offering their customers at least some kind of generous refund, and they'll continue to support the discs for at least a few years. Better than leaving them high and dry, right?
Hey look, they used the word "cracker" instead of "hacker". Way to go guys!
Yeah, I know you were joking. My aim wasn't towards you. I was just stating that a lot of the anti-M$ crowd really just goes around saying that everything by M$ is bad and that any non-M$ product is good (as long as its in competition with M$). I personally like Visual C++. I hate Visual Basic. I'd rather use good ol' fashion vi, but for Windows, VC++ is a pretty darn good product, and one with very few glitches (that I've seen personally).
Sorry, I wasn't trying to get on your case. I was just saying that there are some radicals out there that are really truley narrow minded that make statements like that (but they aren't said in a humorous light).
BTW, got any more Jolt?
>"BeOS rules... Hell, anything that's not Microsoft rules (except maybe for MacOS and Plan 9)"
:-)
Let's not start prasing every new OS, simply because it isn't developed by Microsoft. The OS has to be able to stand on its own, NOT simply because it's a "non" Microsoft product. Though, you did add the MacOS and Plan 9 bit...(never used Plan 9, but my experience with MacOS, is, well, not pleasant). I've never used BeOS, so I can't say whether it's good or not. I just am afraid to see every new OS being hailed as the greatest thing, simply because they are not M$..
You know, Jolt doesn't seem like such a bad idea right now...maybe two, or three (heh,heh,heh)
I can see your point. However, honestly, do you really think Gates stands much to lose from the DoJ trial? (I once heard that if Gates lost 90% of his total wealth, he'd still be worth about 1 billion US $, more than enough to continue living his current lifestyle. I think it was a Marylin vos Savannt (I butchered her name, sorry) column). Things like this almost always settle out of court (Intel), and people have such a short memory, I'd say within 6 months after the DoJ thing, the average Joe won't even remember hearing about the anti-trust suit against M$. It's sad, yes. But that's the world we live in.
:-)
I'm thinking the German Gov. thinks that M$ is just going to get a slap on the wrist.
Personally, it won't effect me too much if the agreement goes through, but I would be interested in knowing if there is anything I (we) could do to attempt to convice the German Gov. that Open Source solutions are more favorable to M$. Combine our voice with that of the German Advocacy (I suck at spelling) group, then perhaps we can convice them to see "the light"
At the least, it'd be fun helping out our "overseas brethren" (well, overseas from my point of view)....
"...Whereas Microsoft's products are designed to work with one another and the operating system's services, users may spend a significant amount of time trying to integrate these components under Linux. The most critical of these integrations will be security and access control."
Yeah right. Sure, Microsoft products do integrate themselves into the OS. And the result are user applications crashing the OS kernel. Great idea, guys!
I can't figure out what this guy is saying about security and access control. I hope he isn't suggesting that Windows NT offers more security over Linux!
You have a point. I personally would never buy a PC looking like that, but my 12 year-old-sister probably would (she did buy my Micron P2-450, which had a pretty funky, microATX case).
My only real gripe with them is that the consumer ultimately gets ripped off. A computer with no PCI expansion slots is basically worthless 6-9 months after it's bought. At least with standard ATX cases, the joe-user can give his local guru a call and say "Hey, my PC I bought 6 months ago won't play Quake 3! Upgrade me!" or (horrible, but I say this to prove a point) Joe-user can take it to Best Buy and have them upgrade it.
Either way, they still get more life out of their machine without having to scrap the "unit" they have for a new one. PC's change way to quick for this to be cost-effective for the consumer.
You know, Buffy has a disclaimer before each episode (as explained in a previous thread) warning of violence and such. Perhaps, a "special" disclaimer warning the viewer "This show contains violent situations in a high school. Viewer discretion is advised", or something along those lines. Then, let the viewers decide if they want to watch. If they feel they would be offended, or if they feel it hits too close to home, then perhaps they can skip out on this episode. Perhaps more importantly, the PARENTS could decide if it is too violent for their children. The rest of us who enjoy the show, and can seperate fantasy from reality can go about our lives.
Just a thought. Educate people to censor what they themselves see or read. Don't educate people to censor what others see or read.
I can't comment on the temp of the Voodoo3, and can only say that a friend of mine has a V2 and it runs very, er warm...
My baby is a P3-500 w/TNT2 Ultra. The board from Diamond (v770U) ships with active cooling (i.e heatsink + fan) and I have no heat issues whatsoever. The Diamond InControls 99 that their TNT2 ships with has a very nice overclocking feature. Even with bumping up the core/memory speeds a bit (like thats even necessary!!), the card still handles incredibly well. (please bear in mind that the InControls app is for windoze!)
As far as cards go, I recommend the Diamond Vipers. Yes, they cost a bit more ($239-240 for the Ultras), but they are very well rounded cards that perform well. Plus the v770 Ultras InControls app lets you set the OpenGL/DirectX effects (anti-aliasing, mipmapping, fog tables, etc) on a per-game basis. Definately cool. I have three viper cards (v330, v550, v770U) and each one really rocks.
In all, the Diamond cards are a good buy. Yes, you pay a tad more, but in my opinion, you get your money's worth.
As it stands today, yes you are correct. However, Microsoft has not always been as powerful and influencial (sp?) as it is now. Even in todays world, why do you have to buy MS products? I get by quite nicely with Linux and GNU licensed base software (games are the exception).
But, wouldn't it suck for the average joe-user if Microsoft got busted up? Think about it. Right now, joe-user can walk into the software section, pick out a game, and feel pretty confident that it will run on his system (excluding of course, CPU horsepower, etc). On the binary level, it will execute. Of course, joe-user doesn't even think about this, which is exactly my point. If Microsoft was forced to share the IBM PC OS market, then there will undoubtly be a whole slew of new OS's, each using a different binary executable format. Now, instead of worrying if your Riva TNT will handle the next gen of first-person shooters, you'll also have to hunt around to find the game packaged for the OS you are running on.
Yes, I believe Microsoft blows chunks. But hey, let joe-user have fun on his Windows machine. Let Bill Gates make billions. Let Microsoft run wild. I'm pretty sure the open source niche wouldn't be bothered in the least bit...
Yeah, I kinda agree. But why bother ruining Microsoft? The consumers made Microsoft what it is today. We bought their damned products. I say, let the novice computer users use Windows. People who demand more can use Linux/FreeBSD/etc. Just leave the MS crowd alone and focus on doing our own thing.
Just a thought.
- Filesystem buffer code updates.
I see it in the patch summary. Cool. I stand corrected.
Really? I've tried their drivers, but on mine, the playback of audio files are really really really fast. Take the pronunciation (sp?) of Linux by Linus (english.au). Doing: /dev/audio
cat english.au >
Sounds like Alvin the Chipmunk on speed. Perhaps they have a new driver out? I downloaded mine only about a week ago (the eval version). I'm running Redhat 5.2 w/ kernel 2.2.7 on a P3-500. I've got the original TB Montego (not the Montego II).
I'll venture out on a limb and say you configured the kernel slightly different that your previous one. Perhaps some certain code was compiled in the kernel, rather than a module, or perhaps you omitted an unused feature this time, who knows. I've done that a few times, and I was like, "Wow, whatever I did differently this time seemed to work pretty darn good". I dunno. I haven't looked at the 2.3.x stuff yet, but from what I heard, it should be a (close-to) verbatim copy of 2.2.8/9.
I'm just waiting for full TB Montego support. I wish they would speed up development on PnP sound cards and such....oh well, who needs sound anyway, right?
"He doesn't want the Internet to become the Wild West and ripe with lawlessness."
But then it wouldn't be any fun..!