I'm gonna be pissing on the parade here but this GPL release is not going to change the state of linux gaming. Currently the biggest issue with linux gaming is a lack of easily configurable 3D which translates to a lack of decent 3D games.
Don't get me wrong I appreciate this Christmas gift from ID as much as the next nerd but I doubt this will have much of an effect on Open Source gaming as a whole.... But it's cool nonetheless:)
Well, my friend if you think that all closed software has shabby and incomplete documentation you should take a good look at the docs that come with QNX. I learned more about unix kernels in a week of studying QNX's kernel docs than I ever did by looking at the Linux's tangled, undocumented source files.
I'll take good clear docs over messy undocumented source any day.
Hah! I was about to post the same thing. Many charity organisations have skewed and often dangerous ideas about the meaning of the word 'help'. There are numerous examples where charities, although probably acting with best intentions helped ruin local economies. One example would the the american food aid for Egypt that alomst destroyed all farming in the Nile delta. Also the biggest charity flop has to be the Ethiopian tomato plant. Following the advice of 'experts' there was a nationalised tomato processing plant raised in Ethiopia, which was supposed to make produce sold in Europe. The nationalised land for growing said tomatoes was exploited and what used to be a fertile piece of terrain quickly turned into a wasteland. Most farmers are aware that growing the same produce on a piece of land year by year is bad for the soil. Meanwhile Europe refused to buy those canned tomatoes as they already had an oversupply of their own. The gigantic tomato disaster was one of the main factors in the huge famine that swept the nation during the next big draught.
Some charities can be truly harmful. Especially the ones that openly advocate marxist ideas and/or try to forward their religious agendas in the process of 'helping' the poor. Those marxist charities persuaded many poor countries to nationalise industries and introduce centrally planend economies. The consequences of switching from tribal feudal systems to military based socialist experiments were naturally catastrophic. The socialist doctrine in Ethiopia already cost millions of lives lost to poverty and famine.
India is still paying their bill for their socialist experiment. North Korea, one of the poorest countries in the world is on the brink of collapse thanks to their refusal to embrace global trade and their Marxist inclinations.
By all means go with a charity, just make sure you pick one carefully and scrutinise your choice. Remember charities should be helping the poor and not use them as grounds for testing their social reform ideas.
Cool. So once you've built your first web application and discovered the headaches of implementing your own persistence, transactions, messaging etc. you'll be able to understand the value JBoss brings to the table:).
Wow. Where do I apply:). In fairnass though it's nice to see that OSS stuff is already reaching the point where you can put together a very decent enterprise app purely out of OSS components. I betcha the performance is ten times better than if you went with a hog like WebSphere.
One of the huge drawbacks of the current JBoss package is the lack of the ability to distribute your beans across multiple phisical hosts. That makes JBoss applicable to only small production environments. I wonder if this is something that 3.0 is planning to address... If not then JBoss will not be able to compete in the same space as WebSphere and WebLogic.
I don't disagree. Like I said the tools they use to conduct their Jihad are different. RMS has not threatened with violence but he did cast a FSF Fatwah on a project or two. What I have a problem with, and my point stands, is that both RMS and OBL's behavioural patterns are too similar to ignore.
Yes. But guess what, it doesn't matter. Just like most muslim moderates believe that Islam can coexist with other religions, most of FS advocates believe different software licencing modules can coexist and compliment one another. However, every social movement (provided it's strong enough) tends to breed fanatics. Fanatics don't care about the cost of enforcing their viewpoint upon the rest of the society. Because they see their viewpoint as the only right way they will attack opposing views with full force of a blind zeal.
This begs the question: is RMS at all similar to Osama bin Laden?
Well, at first I thought, no. Osama bin Laden is a destructive force for the most part (terrorism) while RMS's actions have been mostly constructive (writing free software). But then I thought about the way he treated the KDE project and realised that RMS has a fair amount of "software terrorism" behind his belt. On the other hand OBL has indeed done some good in some parts of the world, such as building the highway network in Sudan. In other words RMS and OBL fight for completely different ideals but the methods they use are very alike. Both will trample on anything they don't fully agree with and both will show some compassion towards what they feel is a just and noble cause.
We must ask ourselves however, whether we would like to have someone so strikingly similar in his behavioural patterns to OBL at the helm of the Free Software Foundation... Food for thought.
I have experience with both...
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and some other toolkits too. Each one has its distinct advantages although if I were to make such a decision it would be a no-brainer to go with Qt. Gtk-- lacks documentation, seems to have an inconsistent API which is still in a state of flux (not good when you're trying to write an app with it that has a definite deadline on it).
Others wrote there are other toolkits as well but IMO they are nowhere near the usability of Qt. The often mentioned wxWindows is a wrapper around native widgets meaning that things like widget alingment issues become a pain in the butt as each platform will have widgets drawn in their native size. Also widget toolkits that wrap native widgets are diffucult to extend (by class derivation) so if you need to create your EnhancedComboBox from their ComboBox it's sometimes difficult to accomplish with wrapping toolkits. Personally I think going with an emulating toolkit is better than using a wrapping toolkit (fewer headaches). If you don't agree think for a minute why Swing in Java is considered an improvement over AWT. Same reasons.
FLTK is sweet if you don't need advanced widgets and i18n. They finally got their issues with keyboard focus fixed so it begins to look more and more like a real alternative. However, they use char* for text handling all over the place so it's certainly a disadvantage if you need unicode support. However, it is small and it is fast but it's only good enough for simple UIs.
You can't go wrong with Qt it gives you the power of something like MFC in a more digestible form with cross platform portability to boot! Also the sheer number of widgets available for it is pretty amazing. Oh, and the slot/signal thing isn't half as bad as some people here make it out to be.
Also, FLTK in win32, launches a DOS box with every
That's purely a command line switch to the compiler. You can compile FLTK so that it doesn't do that. But I agree with you about the sparse widget set aspect of it.
Yes. It was stupid too. Do you remember some of the wonders they had? Take contraception for example. WTF! Contraception as a wonder of the world?
Well, then they should've made masturbation a scientific discovery. Can you imagine the announcement: "After years of intensive research our scientists have finally discovered the wonders of masturbation. Humanity will never be the same again." Masturbation +1 happy citizen in every city while the population growth is halved
I'm running eight different rebol apps on my system all at the same time. Each weighs in at between 6 and 12 MBytes. That's waay too much for such primitive apps (like that calculator using up 6,804K ). With such memory consumption this thing just eats memory like peanuts more so than Java. That's why I find Java unacceptable and that's why I think this stuff is crap too.
What's the point in doing this. If they are wrapping Linux kernel in BeOS like calls defies the purpose of the excercise. BeOS has been known for its superb threading whereas Linux well... Let's just say it's not Linux's strongest side.
In fairness developing such wrappers would give developers a very nice working environment but the original benefits of BeOS would be lost.
It sounds awfully like your sysadmin is a lazy bum and can't be bother with support so (s)he's imposing these stupid rules to make his/her life easier. Resist, boycott, protest but don't let this happen. Any permissions, restrictions and access control are usually a huge pain in the ass. I'm in the opposite situation to yours. We use windows for development and Unix for staging/deployment. All unix work must be consulted with the Almighty Unix Sysadmin. The result? Nobody wants to deal with the asshole so noone bothers testing things on unix anymore and our app sucks in the production environment, all thanks to access braindead restrictions our sysadmin keeps coming up with. I think my company is fucked as a result and so is yours by the sound of it. Dust off that resume right away is the only piece of advice I can give you
Google's superiority can be asserted with a simple test. Search for "porn" on google and you get over 10,000,000 pages. The same search on altavista yields only just over 3,000,000 pages. No wonder everyone uses google.
Another group doing remakes which specialises in ZX Spectrum titles is Retrospec. Their website is www.retrospec.co.uk
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Well I don't want to spread any rumours here but it is a common knowledge these days that vi is the preferred editor of the members of the al-Qaeda group led by Osama bin Laden. Not that I'm trying to stereotype vi users here but I think everyone should draw their own conclusions in the light of what was said above. Thank you.
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Don't get me wrong I appreciate this Christmas gift from ID as much as the next nerd but I doubt this will have much of an effect on Open Source gaming as a whole.... But it's cool nonetheless :)
Thank you IdSoftware.
Does RMS still consider Ximian 'the good guys' or are they 'evil' now that Ximian introduces subscription charges and sells proprietary software?
I asked RMS this question directly (via email) because I believe this is going to be the big test of the man's integrity but he never replied to me...
I'm still interested in knowing what the answer is.
85p and a pack of Rolos!
I'll take good clear docs over messy undocumented source any day.
Why not call yourselves Software,Hardware and Information Technology? The new ticker will be adequate with the company's performance too.
And therefore java can't be used in real time apps because...?
Some charities can be truly harmful. Especially the ones that openly advocate marxist ideas and/or try to forward their religious agendas in the process of 'helping' the poor. Those marxist charities persuaded many poor countries to nationalise industries and introduce centrally planend economies. The consequences of switching from tribal feudal systems to military based socialist experiments were naturally catastrophic. The socialist doctrine in Ethiopia already cost millions of lives lost to poverty and famine. India is still paying their bill for their socialist experiment. North Korea, one of the poorest countries in the world is on the brink of collapse thanks to their refusal to embrace global trade and their Marxist inclinations.
By all means go with a charity, just make sure you pick one carefully and scrutinise your choice. Remember charities should be helping the poor and not use them as grounds for testing their social reform ideas.
Cool. So once you've built your first web application and discovered the headaches of implementing your own persistence, transactions, messaging etc. you'll be able to understand the value JBoss brings to the table :).
Good Stuff.
One of the huge drawbacks of the current JBoss package is the lack of the ability to distribute your beans across multiple phisical hosts. That makes JBoss applicable to only small production environments. I wonder if this is something that 3.0 is planning to address... If not then JBoss will not be able to compete in the same space as WebSphere and WebLogic.
I don't disagree. Like I said the tools they use to conduct their Jihad are different. RMS has not threatened with violence but he did cast a FSF Fatwah on a project or two. What I have a problem with, and my point stands, is that both RMS and OBL's behavioural patterns are too similar to ignore.
This begs the question: is RMS at all similar to Osama bin Laden?
Well, at first I thought, no. Osama bin Laden is a destructive force for the most part (terrorism) while RMS's actions have been mostly constructive (writing free software). But then I thought about the way he treated the KDE project and realised that RMS has a fair amount of "software terrorism" behind his belt. On the other hand OBL has indeed done some good in some parts of the world, such as building the highway network in Sudan. In other words RMS and OBL fight for completely different ideals but the methods they use are very alike. Both will trample on anything they don't fully agree with and both will show some compassion towards what they feel is a just and noble cause. We must ask ourselves however, whether we would like to have someone so strikingly similar in his behavioural patterns to OBL at the helm of the Free Software Foundation... Food for thought.
Others wrote there are other toolkits as well but IMO they are nowhere near the usability of Qt. The often mentioned wxWindows is a wrapper around native widgets meaning that things like widget alingment issues become a pain in the butt as each platform will have widgets drawn in their native size. Also widget toolkits that wrap native widgets are diffucult to extend (by class derivation) so if you need to create your EnhancedComboBox from their ComboBox it's sometimes difficult to accomplish with wrapping toolkits. Personally I think going with an emulating toolkit is better than using a wrapping toolkit (fewer headaches). If you don't agree think for a minute why Swing in Java is considered an improvement over AWT. Same reasons.
FLTK is sweet if you don't need advanced widgets and i18n. They finally got their issues with keyboard focus fixed so it begins to look more and more like a real alternative. However, they use char* for text handling all over the place so it's certainly a disadvantage if you need unicode support. However, it is small and it is fast but it's only good enough for simple UIs.
You can't go wrong with Qt it gives you the power of something like MFC in a more digestible form with cross platform portability to boot! Also the sheer number of widgets available for it is pretty amazing. Oh, and the slot/signal thing isn't half as bad as some people here make it out to be.
1 vote for QT here.
That's purely a command line switch to the compiler. You can compile FLTK so that it doesn't do that. But I agree with you about the sparse widget set aspect of it.
Ever heard of conditional breakpoints? Even gdb supports them. Learn your tools well before using obsolete debugging methods (like printf).
Well, then they should've made masturbation a scientific discovery. Can you imagine the announcement: "After years of intensive research our scientists have finally discovered the wonders of masturbation. Humanity will never be the same again." Masturbation +1 happy citizen in every city while the population growth is halved
Here's the link that doesn't require a login but it's only about VA requesting that the shareholders allow them to change the company name. Here
I'm running eight different rebol apps on my system all at the same time. Each weighs in at between 6 and 12 MBytes. That's waay too much for such primitive apps (like that calculator using up 6,804K ). With such memory consumption this thing just eats memory like peanuts more so than Java. That's why I find Java unacceptable and that's why I think this stuff is crap too.
In fairness developing such wrappers would give developers a very nice working environment but the original benefits of BeOS would be lost.
Somehow I don't think this is gonna fly.
My company employs less than 100 people. It's purely the guy's ego and extreme paranoia permeating.
It sounds awfully like your sysadmin is a lazy bum and can't be bother with support so (s)he's imposing these stupid rules to make his/her life easier. Resist, boycott, protest but don't let this happen. Any permissions, restrictions and access control are usually a huge pain in the ass. I'm in the opposite situation to yours. We use windows for development and Unix for staging/deployment. All unix work must be consulted with the Almighty Unix Sysadmin. The result? Nobody wants to deal with the asshole so noone bothers testing things on unix anymore and our app sucks in the production environment, all thanks to access braindead restrictions our sysadmin keeps coming up with. I think my company is fucked as a result and so is yours by the sound of it. Dust off that resume right away is the only piece of advice I can give you
Google's superiority can be asserted with a simple test. Search for "porn" on google and you get over 10,000,000 pages. The same search on altavista yields only just over 3,000,000 pages. No wonder everyone uses google.
Another group doing remakes which specialises in ZX Spectrum titles is Retrospec. Their website is www.retrospec.co.uk
Well I don't want to spread any rumours here but it is a common knowledge these days that vi is the preferred editor of the members of the al-Qaeda group led by Osama bin Laden. Not that I'm trying to stereotype vi users here but I think everyone should draw their own conclusions in the light of what was said above. Thank you.