It's perfect for me. There are essentially 2 radio stations in Oklahoma. Clear Channel and Argyle (or whatever the hell they are called), they are both Republican owned and operated (very fucking right wing religious nutty). XM via the internet would allow me to listen to Air America and other programs not available in the Republican media state I live in (no wonder this state votes republican so much when they do us so much harm economically).
I hate to tell english people this but it should be 100% more. I was just there and the exchange rate is about 2 dollars = 1 pound. So a 30% charge barely covers the VAT.
Smaller government my ass. Democrats and Republicans are the same, big government to justify their jobs. Ever noticed the people who hate the government the most normally work for a federal/state agency? Maybe I need to get a job at the state.
You're probably right about the Itanic. I was just thinking out loud. PPC & x86-64 are the two main platforms I would like to focus on. I fully intend to pay my people for building the OS. There are so many great OSS projects out there that I have no intention of reinventing the wheel. Look at how much OSS stuff is in Mac OS X, it's quite amazing.
The real things that I find lacking is an integrated desktop to filesystem like both the Mac and Windows OSes offer. This makes life much easier for users. I do like the mac way of avoiding the registry as well. That thing is a fucking mess. Why shouldn't someone be able to tar zxvf their harddrive and simply restore their software (hell and maybe the OS too).
Plus the installation in Linux through the distros is too much. I remember trying to read every entry the first time I installed Slackware in '95. It took several hours to read, I cannot imagine selecting packages now (it's about 6GB installed last I saw from Fedora Core 2).
OS X also has the GUI filesystem layed out right. There is no reason for the gui file manager (finder) to show the root of the hard drive. It's unnecessary (especially if you've ever explained to someone why they keep getting dll errors after deleting a directory in windows less than one day after reinstalling the system, thanks mom).
I know Linux can be an excellent desktop choice for consumers. It however needs to make some decisions (like you said about BSD) as to what needs to be included, instead of what should be included just incase the person using the system is a graphic designing programmer who uses vi/emacs/nedit/joe/... at the same time while running mozilla/lynx/firefox/konqueror(sp?)/... if you get the drift.
I plan on it with my company but the reality is that it's several years off from even beginning. I'm looking at running a modified linux kernel on x86, x86-64, PPC & Itanium (to me that name sounds like what I'd use to describe a large duke after getting off the pot Ex. => "I just took an itanium dump.").
Lofty goal but the problem isn't getting it done its getting enough capital to do it. I plan on creating teams to support each platform while they decide the milestones that need to be set independent of the platform.
I'd like to do a SPARC port as well but I'm not certain the longevity of the platform. A 550MHz Blade 150 is still $1399. Christ I can buy a new iMac with a 1.6GHz PPC970 and a 17" wide screen for $100 less than that.
The problem I see is the drivers and ease of updating the kernel (although I really like the way RedHat does it in Fedora). Everything else is amazing compared to when I first started in the computer industry.
I was considering getting the 4.4 version of this book so I'm glad I waited. I've been working through the Tanenbaum OS Book and it's a bit dry. I've been working through the 2.4 Linux Kernel as well. It's amazing the quality that goes into these open source offerings.
I just wish someone would make a linux distro that is more like OS X. It would bring Linux to the desktop faster and give grandma an interface she could easily understand.
Welcome to the world of republicans. They all bitch about lazy people who need government hand-outs and then proceed to work for the government for the rest of their lives because they cannot make it in the real work force. I'd bet over 90% of all ass-wipe government employees are republicans, especially on base (militiary bases).
I've been using it since around 99 or 2000 (bad memory) while trying to learn how to use jsp to migrate our platform from a purely servlet/corba based architecture (very complicated). At the time I was amazed at the simplicity of using such a robust tool. Since that time I have become an even larger fan.
FYI Tomcat is the webserver in OS X Server along with apache.
Overkill isn't necessary, a quick, stable, and workable solution is.
Also I'd be inclined to know the posters skill level. Simply saying "I'm going to re-implement this system" is vastly different than saying "I know how to re-implement this in a better manner, any suggestions?". I get the feeling the poster may not have the necessary understanding of moving a simple project to a significantly more sophisticated design.
Or I could be completely wrong as my wife frequently points out.
I would be willing to bet almost 100% of people who download/share music have been a customer in the past and probably will be in the future. I cannot name one person I know that doesn't own at least one cd, 8-track, record, tape,...
I wouldn't call bare breasts in a soap commercial "subtle". However, bravo to the makers of some of the Euro-Ads I have seen. (BTW I just spent 3 weeks in England and France.)
There is TV in the UK and they don't have commercials. How about HBO? or any other pay channel. If people weren't so fucking cheap we'd have a lot better content with channels for children, those for adults and those with more racy adult content. Land of the Free is the biggest fucking lie I've ever heard.
Although we primarily focused on comparing SuSE, Fedora and Windows in this article, we did not include dozens of other 64-bit distributions available today. Given just the three operating systems analyzed before, SuSE comes out ahead of Fedora consistently - but more importantly, both Linux distributions also lay waste to the 64-bit and 32-bit editions of Windows XP. In fact, the only real benchmarks where Windows ever came against either Linux distribution were the game tests. Fortunately, the point of this analysis was to see if Linux takes advantage of the 64-bit gap; and with reasonable assurance, we can conclude it does. Encoding, database and rendering tests all show a distinct advantage with a 64-bit operating system over a 32-bit one, and even more distinct advantage with Linux over Windows.
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It's perfect for me. There are essentially 2 radio stations in Oklahoma. Clear Channel and Argyle (or whatever the hell they are called), they are both Republican owned and operated (very fucking right wing religious nutty). XM via the internet would allow me to listen to Air America and other programs not available in the Republican media state I live in (no wonder this state votes republican so much when they do us so much harm economically).
I hate to tell english people this but it should be 100% more. I was just there and the exchange rate is about 2 dollars = 1 pound. So a 30% charge barely covers the VAT.
Republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans, republicans...
Smaller government my ass. Democrats and Republicans are the same, big government to justify their jobs. Ever noticed the people who hate the government the most normally work for a federal/state agency? Maybe I need to get a job at the state.
Does Timothy even read slashdot? Really I want to know.
You're probably right about the Itanic. I was just thinking out loud. PPC & x86-64 are the two main platforms I would like to focus on. I fully intend to pay my people for building the OS. There are so many great OSS projects out there that I have no intention of reinventing the wheel. Look at how much OSS stuff is in Mac OS X, it's quite amazing.
The real things that I find lacking is an integrated desktop to filesystem like both the Mac and Windows OSes offer. This makes life much easier for users. I do like the mac way of avoiding the registry as well. That thing is a fucking mess. Why shouldn't someone be able to tar zxvf their harddrive and simply restore their software (hell and maybe the OS too).
Plus the installation in Linux through the distros is too much. I remember trying to read every entry the first time I installed Slackware in '95. It took several hours to read, I cannot imagine selecting packages now (it's about 6GB installed last I saw from Fedora Core 2).
OS X also has the GUI filesystem layed out right. There is no reason for the gui file manager (finder) to show the root of the hard drive. It's unnecessary (especially if you've ever explained to someone why they keep getting dll errors after deleting a directory in windows less than one day after reinstalling the system, thanks mom).
I know Linux can be an excellent desktop choice for consumers. It however needs to make some decisions (like you said about BSD) as to what needs to be included, instead of what should be included just incase the person using the system is a graphic designing programmer who uses vi/emacs/nedit/joe/... at the same time while running mozilla/lynx/firefox/konqueror(sp?)/... if you get the drift.
Don't you need to be root or sudo to mount a drive in Linux? It's been so long since I've done it manually I'd really like to know!
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I plan on it with my company but the reality is that it's several years off from even beginning. I'm looking at running a modified linux kernel on x86, x86-64, PPC & Itanium (to me that name sounds like what I'd use to describe a large duke after getting off the pot Ex. => "I just took an itanium dump.").
Lofty goal but the problem isn't getting it done its getting enough capital to do it. I plan on creating teams to support each platform while they decide the milestones that need to be set independent of the platform.
I'd like to do a SPARC port as well but I'm not certain the longevity of the platform. A 550MHz Blade 150 is still $1399. Christ I can buy a new iMac with a 1.6GHz PPC970 and a 17" wide screen for $100 less than that.
The problem I see is the drivers and ease of updating the kernel (although I really like the way RedHat does it in Fedora). Everything else is amazing compared to when I first started in the computer industry.
I was considering getting the 4.4 version of this book so I'm glad I waited. I've been working through the Tanenbaum OS Book and it's a bit dry. I've been working through the 2.4 Linux Kernel as well. It's amazing the quality that goes into these open source offerings.
I just wish someone would make a linux distro that is more like OS X. It would bring Linux to the desktop faster and give grandma an interface she could easily understand.
Welcome to the world of republicans. They all bitch about lazy people who need government hand-outs and then proceed to work for the government for the rest of their lives because they cannot make it in the real work force. I'd bet over 90% of all ass-wipe government employees are republicans, especially on base (militiary bases).
Hypocrites till the end.
There is DNA in your shit. I would suggest against this.
And the republican party uses their new tool very well.
Republicans are facist (nazi germany, italy under mussolini)
Democrats are socialist (ussr communist aka socalist, china)
Meet in the middle and avoid the extremes and everyone prospers. Get caught up on the fringes and you become GWBush or Stalin.
Easy solution that's difficult to implement.
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I've been using it since around 99 or 2000 (bad memory) while trying to learn how to use jsp to migrate our platform from a purely servlet/corba based architecture (very complicated). At the time I was amazed at the simplicity of using such a robust tool. Since that time I have become an even larger fan.
FYI Tomcat is the webserver in OS X Server along with apache.
But The Saint was such a crappy movie. Note: The Cold Fusion Formula was on cards in her bra.
Hammer meet Nail. But sir, I'm Screw.
Overkill isn't necessary, a quick, stable, and workable solution is.
Also I'd be inclined to know the posters skill level. Simply saying "I'm going to re-implement this system" is vastly different than saying "I know how to re-implement this in a better manner, any suggestions?". I get the feeling the poster may not have the necessary understanding of moving a simple project to a significantly more sophisticated design.
Or I could be completely wrong as my wife frequently points out.
I would be willing to bet almost 100% of people who download/share music have been a customer in the past and probably will be in the future. I cannot name one person I know that doesn't own at least one cd, 8-track, record, tape, ...
Maybe you should read your own definition.
I wouldn't call bare breasts in a soap commercial "subtle". However, bravo to the makers of some of the Euro-Ads I have seen. (BTW I just spent 3 weeks in England and France.)
1997 called, they want their strategy back. Don't worry it will happen again in about 10-15 years or so (remember 1986?).
How to market your over priced book on Slashdot for free.
Your name sums it up nicely. Thanks for the insight.
What is that? 90 feet? Isn't that like a 7-8 story building coming at you?
It's more than enough for me. This is why I fly over the ocean instead of taking cruises.
There is TV in the UK and they don't have commercials. How about HBO? or any other pay channel. If people weren't so fucking cheap we'd have a lot better content with channels for children, those for adults and those with more racy adult content. Land of the Free is the biggest fucking lie I've ever heard.
Don't forget the Oilers!
Although we primarily focused on comparing SuSE, Fedora and Windows in this article, we did not include dozens of other 64-bit distributions available today. Given just the three operating systems analyzed before, SuSE comes out ahead of Fedora consistently - but more importantly, both Linux distributions also lay waste to the 64-bit and 32-bit editions of Windows XP. In fact, the only real benchmarks where Windows ever came against either Linux distribution were the game tests. Fortunately, the point of this analysis was to see if Linux takes advantage of the 64-bit gap; and with reasonable assurance, we can conclude it does. Encoding, database and rendering tests all show a distinct advantage with a 64-bit operating system over a 32-bit one, and even more distinct advantage with Linux over Windows.
Scientology....
(Peter Griffin Voice)Commmm'aaaaannn, Commmmm'aaaaannn(/Peter Griffin Voice)
It's science-fiction and religion, the best of both fictitious genres.