I know that GNUStep is implemented in Obj-C, but would this book be useful for learning Obj-C and the GNUStep interface? Would there be any advantages for doing so (would I gain any cross-platform Linux-Mac OS X benefits)?
Actually, he just says that C++ is no longer a viable programming language. A quick look at the sourceforge project page reveals that peek-a-booty is indeed written in C++.
Well, great, go for it and write your own Peek-a-booty in the language of your choice. The author merely stated that STL C++ wasn't for him and in fact was a barrier-of-entry to new people to the project whom he wanted up and running quickly so that they could become active contributers.
I had an engineering professor that once delved into the whole 'fossil fuel' issue. He said the biggest problem with "using up" oil wasn't that gas would be more expensive, but that the plastics industry would implode. Plastics, not gasoline, are the biggest consumers of petroleum products. Well, I found that interesting.:)
Right now, the overwhelming drive for government funding of space programs seems to be for tracking systems for dropping precision-guided bombs on people's heads, whom you've located with your super-spy satellites? Which is more "in the name of humanity": Weapons research or Intel building a huge orbital-silicon fabrication facility? While NASA does occasionally get thrown a bone or two to go gnaw on to placate them, the fact of the matter is, the commercialization of space is what's going to bring the cost of going into orbit down to the average Joe's level.
Remember that whole "space elevator" thing that keeps cropping up? Do you realize that the #1 use is going to be for COMMERCIAL use?
For those turned off or scared away by the debian install process (which still seems stuck in the 90's. Jesus, did I just say that?), grab a Knoppix CD.
No, seriously. I don't run debian primarily because I don't want to go through the install process. I don't know what chipset my nic has, and I really don't care to know, know what I mean? Ditto with everything else.
I've been using flavors of RedHat, culminating with Redhat9 that's currently my Linux of "choice", mainly because Redhat offered superior hardware detection/setup. But, I've always had to tweak a bit here and there to get it working nicely.
However, with the advent of Knoppix, I think that's about to change. I popped in Knoppix 3.2 today for the first time to see what it was all about. The hardware detection on this LIVE CD is absolutely.. superb. It recognized and setup my Orinoco Wireless card. It found and mounted my Sony Cybershot Camera. Jesus, it even found and setup my Wacom! The only thing it didn't do was give me dual-head support OOB, but I don't think I know any distro that does that. But that's okay, fortunately I know how to set that up myself. It comes with KDE, it looks great, it just WORKS. And because it "just works" I'm really tempted to wipe RedHat off and do the HD install of this.
Some notes that I've come across, though: As Knoppix uses a special blend of testing/unstable (or something like that), it's really hard to do dist-upgrade and what not without downgrading your desktop. I heartily recommend reading through the docs at the Knoppix website and finding out what issues may remain. As a desktop Debian based distro, though, I think Knoppix just plain rules.
Actually, with the typical/.'ers tastes in mind, I was thinking something along the lines of "Hairy Pussy and the Double Dong".. But maybe I've just been watching too much pr0n on the itarweb.
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Agreed with your last point and it's been proven that given free choice, most people are more generous towards charities, too. If you made taxation voluntary, I'm sure you could bet your bottom dollar that the rich would give more to the law enforcement and what not to protect their assets. But then, that would lead to favoritism and, knowing who really pays the bills, leads to the police protecting the rich, leading to dissension in the lower social ranks, leading to.. uh oh.:(
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And what happens in your fatigue that you injure yourself or someone else? Now they're one person short and in a WHOLE world of hurt. With an extra person, at least the work-load is temporarily stressed until you're able to return. Just because you *can* work 50-80/week doesn't mean you should and you actually put yourself (and others) at greater risk. Even in the IT world (shittier code means more rework later).
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Wow! Just find something sell and sell it! Make money! Work for yourself! I think that's the highest moderated SPAM I've ever seen, but with no actual product. All you needed was a website with "Click here for exciting sales opportunities!" tagline.
Sheesh, it's like the old joke about how to make UNIX twice as fast: 1) Rewrite the UNIX kernel, but be careful and make sure your algorithm is twice as fast as the original! If it were really that easy, you know...
The point is, you could sell. My point of view also pertains to selling, but not products, but services. Sure, you can sell widgets, but who's going to install it? I say learn a tradeskill, like carpentry, plumbing, welding, or even something more obscure like woodworking (one of my dreams is to build furniture. The James Krenov kind of furniture). As an independent contractor, it's up to you. You take the work. You do the work. My uncle did roofing for 30+ years and made killer money and had AMPLE spare time to spend with his kids and family. Not so shabby for a HS educated-man with a little drive.
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Also to add fuel to that: Does a person making a million bucks a year consume tremendously more than the average person? If I spend $100 in groceries a week, I'm subjected to an 8.75% sales tax here. That's a "whopping" $8.75, but that's almost $90 in 10 weeks, $500/year (on an income of say $30k). Say a millionaire spends $200/week in groceries. Sure, he pays $1k/year in sales taxes, but percentage-wise, who's paying more for what? And, for big-ticket items, chances are he can afford to go to a tax-free or lower-tax rate state for his purchase and bring it back, call it a business trip and write those travel expenses off as a business expense. That's not a luxury many of us have.
While I'm pretty anti-tax around the board (rich or poor, forced taxation is a form of slavery), it just irks me to hear people say "rich people pay more than you!". Of course they pay more than me, and they still live 10x better than I do. I think it's similar to the 10 million dollar/year CEO whose business is run into the ground. People like to say "See! he's out of a job, too!" WEll, asshole, with 10 million bucks in the bank, i'm sure ends are still getting met like a motherfucker. Poor bastard might have to sell back his private jet and settle for a prop-cessna.
The right to disagree: Isn't it a nice right to have? And just think of the billions of people in the world who do not even have it. What we take for granted, there are billions who could only dream to be able to say "I disagree" without fear of getting thrown into prison or shot on the spot.
And, as a mongrel, I can attest that I'm proof positive that men and women of all races, creeds and religions can get together in at least one aspect.
No shit. The sound you hear is the sound of some poor schmuck getting canned. Besides the obvious "Holy Shit Batman!" and "Hell yeah!" from Mac crowd (well, I know what I'm saving up for), the next question/statement should be:
So... Apple's probably got a position open now, eh?:)
Dual 2Ghz PPC's??? I know, the x86 kids out there are gonna scream "So what? I can buy dual 3.06 GHZ Hypertransport P4's for $2k less, so nyah!" I really can't wait to see what (if any) performance increases the "G5" will bring.
And finally, I wonder what they'll be able to scale these puppies to? It'll do no good for Apple to go with a new line of procs only to hit a 3 ghz or 3.5 ghz ceiling.. And how fast can IBM ramp up?
And, finally (maybe finally doesn't mean what I think it means), what does this spell for the iBooks and Powerbooks? G4's across the line, with G5's in top ends? And how soon??
I wonder how this will affect bumper-to-bumper traffic? With the amount of DUMB MOTHER FUCKING CELL PHONE YAPPING NO TURN SIGNAL USING CUT ME OFF SO YOU CAN SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES COCK SUCKING ASSHOLES (insert -'s where appropriate) out there, maybe there'd probably be less accidents to start with.
I wonder if you can patent that and then license it.. People may cry "prior art" in some instances, but I'd like to see the virii/worm/trojan writer come forward and defend it..;)
I dunno.. There's a giant x86 world out there that seems to be competing to the tune of 96-98% better total-marketshare-wise that lets you go nilly-willy with assembling your own machines. Apple just has plenty of competition, just not in the Macintosh world.
Rendernodes really have zero usage for Video Cards (they're rendering, you're doing your modeling and whatnot on your workstation elsewhere). But more RAM? Yes.
Indeed. "Hunter-Gatherer" societies have upwards of 2x the leisure time that we "modern" cultures have. The biggest problems they face are that they are extremely vulnerable to climate changes, food shortages/migration, etc. Modern society tries to hedge against things that I suppose we could call "nature", and on a whole, it seems to work extremely well. This whole thing reminds me of that bumpersticker: I drive to work so I can pay for my car so I can drive to work.
The fact is, we could only work 30 hours/week and still make a decent living if only we'd prioritize our "needs" over our wants. I'd gladly give up 10 hours of pay a week if it meant I could spend that time doing other stuff that I liked (and if I could learn to actually live within my means..:) ). My caveat is that 90% of the population out there would probably just sit in front of the TV rather than do something else (my suggestions: Plant a garden, go fishing, learn a craft, spend time with family and friends, start a band and get ripped off by the RIAA, pick up a camcorder (yeah yeah, work some OT for it, eh?) and learn to make movies.. do SOMETHING.).
If SCO wins, well, I guarantee that the "offending code" will be replaced poste-haste (that is, once they tell everyone what's being violated). Second, There's always *BSD, in case anyone's forgotten.
Yep, exactly. Learn the various architectural trends and whatnot and figure out how to market yourself. Some people specialize in turning those old warehouses into loft apartments, some people specialize in revamping older buildings to meet construction codes, etc. There's lots of work to be done and livings to be made if you do it right. And furthermore, even though you still have clients, you're still the boss.:)
I know it's not glamorous, but think about it... All of my computer-industry related friends bemoan the state of the industry, in general. Those of us who have jobs face lower pay, longer hours, and general harassment by management, as management knows if we don't, there's 10 others out there that will. Talk about bum luck. However, most of my friends who are skilled "trademen" of some sort are all working. They may not make the big bucks (although most of them still make in the $12-15 range locally, which is a decent sum), they're working. And when there's no work, well, it's time to kick back and relax. Isn't this what life's supposed to be about? (fortunately, there's never been a prolonged period of no-work for them, I can imagine a long spout would trigger the same anxieties we've faced: How are we gonna pay the rent? Food? Utilities? Of course, most of them fall into the "Fuck the rent, I'm getting a tattoo" category, but that's another story). What do they do? Plumbers. People still shit and piss and pipes still get clogged. HVAC. Gotta have A/C in the summer and heat in the winter around here (your mileage may vary depending upon your locale). Welders. Construction workers (ever see Office Space?) Painters Tilesetters Manual Laborers.
Like I said, it's not glamorous, but you may actually find you enjoy doing such work. And it adds to your skillset in general (Ever see those Carlton Sheets ads? Buy property, fix it up yourself, sell for profit. In today's economy, the interest rates are spot on and lots of property is available on the cheap). And it gets you out of the house. Your parents will be proud.
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I know that GNUStep is implemented in Obj-C, but would this book be useful for learning Obj-C and the GNUStep interface? Would there be any advantages for doing so (would I gain any cross-platform Linux-Mac OS X benefits)?
Actually, he just says that C++ is no longer a viable programming language. A quick look at the sourceforge project page reveals that peek-a-booty is indeed written in C++.
Well, great, go for it and write your own Peek-a-booty in the language of your choice. The author merely stated that STL C++ wasn't for him and in fact was a barrier-of-entry to new people to the project whom he wanted up and running quickly so that they could become active contributers.
I had an engineering professor that once delved into the whole 'fossil fuel' issue. He said the biggest problem with "using up" oil wasn't that gas would be more expensive, but that the plastics industry would implode. Plastics, not gasoline, are the biggest consumers of petroleum products. :)
Well, I found that interesting.
And what's wrong with that?
Right now, the overwhelming drive for government funding of space programs seems to be for tracking systems for dropping precision-guided bombs on people's heads, whom you've located with your super-spy satellites? Which is more "in the name of humanity": Weapons research or Intel building a huge orbital-silicon fabrication facility? While NASA does occasionally get thrown a bone or two to go gnaw on to placate them, the fact of the matter is, the commercialization of space is what's going to bring the cost of going into orbit down to the average Joe's level.
Remember that whole "space elevator" thing that keeps cropping up? Do you realize that the #1 use is going to be for COMMERCIAL use?
All of their FireGL cards still seem to "be supported", so just fork out the additional $600 or so and grab one of them. :)
Although I didn't mention it, I do have apt4rpm installed on my Redhat9 machine. It does rock, but it's repository is SORELY lacking. :(
However, for what it does have, it really makes the whole Redhat + RPM thing much more bearable.
For those turned off or scared away by the debian install process (which still seems stuck in the 90's. Jesus, did I just say that?), grab a Knoppix CD.
No, seriously. I don't run debian primarily because I don't want to go through the install process. I don't know what chipset my nic has, and I really don't care to know, know what I mean? Ditto with everything else.
I've been using flavors of RedHat, culminating with Redhat9 that's currently my Linux of "choice", mainly because Redhat offered superior hardware detection/setup. But, I've always had to tweak a bit here and there to get it working nicely.
However, with the advent of Knoppix, I think that's about to change. I popped in Knoppix 3.2 today for the first time to see what it was all about. The hardware detection on this LIVE CD is absolutely.. superb. It recognized and setup my Orinoco Wireless card. It found and mounted my Sony Cybershot Camera. Jesus, it even found and setup my Wacom! The only thing it didn't do was give me dual-head support OOB, but I don't think I know any distro that does that. But that's okay, fortunately I know how to set that up myself. It comes with KDE, it looks great, it just WORKS. And because it "just works" I'm really tempted to wipe RedHat off and do the HD install of this.
Some notes that I've come across, though: As Knoppix uses a special blend of testing/unstable (or something like that), it's really hard to do dist-upgrade and what not without downgrading your desktop. I heartily recommend reading through the docs at the Knoppix website and finding out what issues may remain. As a desktop Debian based distro, though, I think Knoppix just plain rules.
Actually, with the typical /.'ers tastes in mind, I was thinking something along the lines of "Hairy Pussy and the Double Dong"..
But maybe I've just been watching too much pr0n on the itarweb.
Agreed with your last point and it's been proven that given free choice, most people are more generous towards charities, too. :(
If you made taxation voluntary, I'm sure you could bet your bottom dollar that the rich would give more to the law enforcement and what not to protect their assets. But then, that would lead to favoritism and, knowing who really pays the bills, leads to the police protecting the rich, leading to dissension in the lower social ranks, leading to.. uh oh.
And what happens in your fatigue that you injure yourself or someone else? Now they're one person short and in a WHOLE world of hurt. With an extra person, at least the work-load is temporarily stressed until you're able to return. Just because you *can* work 50-80/week doesn't mean you should and you actually put yourself (and others) at greater risk. Even in the IT world (shittier code means more rework later).
Wow! Just find something sell and sell it! Make money! Work for yourself! I think that's the highest moderated SPAM I've ever seen, but with no actual product. All you needed was a website with "Click here for exciting sales opportunities!" tagline.
Sheesh, it's like the old joke about how to make UNIX twice as fast: 1) Rewrite the UNIX kernel, but be careful and make sure your algorithm is twice as fast as the original! If it were really that easy, you know...
The point is, you could sell. My point of view also pertains to selling, but not products, but services. Sure, you can sell widgets, but who's going to install it? I say learn a tradeskill, like carpentry, plumbing, welding, or even something more obscure like woodworking (one of my dreams is to build furniture. The James Krenov kind of furniture). As an independent contractor, it's up to you. You take the work. You do the work. My uncle did roofing for 30+ years and made killer money and had AMPLE spare time to spend with his kids and family. Not so shabby for a HS educated-man with a little drive.
Also to add fuel to that:
Does a person making a million bucks a year consume tremendously more than the average person? If I spend $100 in groceries a week, I'm subjected to an 8.75% sales tax here. That's a "whopping" $8.75, but that's almost $90 in 10 weeks, $500/year (on an income of say $30k). Say a millionaire spends $200/week in groceries. Sure, he pays $1k/year in sales taxes, but percentage-wise, who's paying more for what? And, for big-ticket items, chances are he can afford to go to a tax-free or lower-tax rate state for his purchase and bring it back, call it a business trip and write those travel expenses off as a business expense. That's not a luxury many of us have.
While I'm pretty anti-tax around the board (rich or poor, forced taxation is a form of slavery), it just irks me to hear people say "rich people pay more than you!". Of course they pay more than me, and they still live 10x better than I do. I think it's similar to the 10 million dollar/year CEO whose business is run into the ground. People like to say "See! he's out of a job, too!" WEll, asshole, with 10 million bucks in the bank, i'm sure ends are still getting met like a motherfucker. Poor bastard might have to sell back his private jet and settle for a prop-cessna.
And we still work more hours, get less vacation time, and have less time in general to spend on OURSELVES. Some great fucking reward, eh?
The right to disagree: Isn't it a nice right to have? And just think of the billions of people in the world who do not even have it. What we take for granted, there are billions who could only dream to be able to say "I disagree" without fear of getting thrown into prison or shot on the spot.
And, as a mongrel, I can attest that I'm proof positive that men and women of all races, creeds and religions can get together in at least one aspect.
Not to mention that nasty little "commercial developer's fee". If you're developing commercial, cross-platform apps with QT, then it ain't free.
No shit. The sound you hear is the sound of some poor schmuck getting canned. Besides the obvious "Holy Shit Batman!" and "Hell yeah!" from Mac crowd (well, I know what I'm saving up for), the next question/statement should be:
:)
So... Apple's probably got a position open now, eh?
Dual 2Ghz PPC's??? I know, the x86 kids out there are gonna scream "So what? I can buy dual 3.06 GHZ Hypertransport P4's for $2k less, so nyah!" I really can't wait to see what (if any) performance increases the "G5" will bring.
And finally, I wonder what they'll be able to scale these puppies to? It'll do no good for Apple to go with a new line of procs only to hit a 3 ghz or 3.5 ghz ceiling.. And how fast can IBM ramp up?
And, finally (maybe finally doesn't mean what I think it means), what does this spell for the iBooks and Powerbooks? G4's across the line, with G5's in top ends? And how soon??
I wonder how this will affect bumper-to-bumper traffic? With the amount of DUMB MOTHER FUCKING CELL PHONE YAPPING NO TURN SIGNAL USING CUT ME OFF SO YOU CAN SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES COCK SUCKING ASSHOLES (insert -'s where appropriate) out there, maybe there'd probably be less accidents to start with.
I wonder if you can patent that and then license it.. People may cry "prior art" in some instances, but I'd like to see the virii/worm/trojan writer come forward and defend it.. ;)
I dunno.. There's a giant x86 world out there that seems to be competing to the tune of 96-98% better total-marketshare-wise that lets you go nilly-willy with assembling your own machines. Apple just has plenty of competition, just not in the Macintosh world.
Rendernodes really have zero usage for Video Cards (they're rendering, you're doing your modeling and whatnot on your workstation elsewhere). But more RAM? Yes.
Indeed. "Hunter-Gatherer" societies have upwards of 2x the leisure time that we "modern" cultures have. The biggest problems they face are that they are extremely vulnerable to climate changes, food shortages/migration, etc. Modern society tries to hedge against things that I suppose we could call "nature", and on a whole, it seems to work extremely well.
:) ). My caveat is that 90% of the population out there would probably just sit in front of the TV rather than do something else (my suggestions: Plant a garden, go fishing, learn a craft, spend time with family and friends, start a band and get ripped off by the RIAA, pick up a camcorder (yeah yeah, work some OT for it, eh?) and learn to make movies.. do SOMETHING.).
This whole thing reminds me of that bumpersticker:
I drive to work so I can pay for my car so I can drive to work.
The fact is, we could only work 30 hours/week and still make a decent living if only we'd prioritize our "needs" over our wants. I'd gladly give up 10 hours of pay a week if it meant I could spend that time doing other stuff that I liked (and if I could learn to actually live within my means..
If SCO wins, well, I guarantee that the "offending code" will be replaced poste-haste (that is, once they tell everyone what's being violated).
Second, There's always *BSD, in case anyone's forgotten.
Yep, exactly. Learn the various architectural trends and whatnot and figure out how to market yourself. Some people specialize in turning those old warehouses into loft apartments, some people specialize in revamping older buildings to meet construction codes, etc. There's lots of work to be done and livings to be made if you do it right. And furthermore, even though you still have clients, you're still the boss. :)
I know it's not glamorous, but think about it...
All of my computer-industry related friends bemoan the state of the industry, in general. Those of us who have jobs face lower pay, longer hours, and general harassment by management, as management knows if we don't, there's 10 others out there that will. Talk about bum luck.
However, most of my friends who are skilled "trademen" of some sort are all working. They may not make the big bucks (although most of them still make in the $12-15 range locally, which is a decent sum), they're working. And when there's no work, well, it's time to kick back and relax. Isn't this what life's supposed to be about? (fortunately, there's never been a prolonged period of no-work for them, I can imagine a long spout would trigger the same anxieties we've faced: How are we gonna pay the rent? Food? Utilities? Of course, most of them fall into the "Fuck the rent, I'm getting a tattoo" category, but that's another story). What do they do?
Plumbers. People still shit and piss and pipes still get clogged.
HVAC. Gotta have A/C in the summer and heat in the winter around here (your mileage may vary depending upon your locale).
Welders.
Construction workers (ever see Office Space?)
Painters
Tilesetters
Manual Laborers.
Like I said, it's not glamorous, but you may actually find you enjoy doing such work. And it adds to your skillset in general (Ever see those Carlton Sheets ads? Buy property, fix it up yourself, sell for profit. In today's economy, the interest rates are spot on and lots of property is available on the cheap). And it gets you out of the house. Your parents will be proud.