I hate to sound like a whiner. But damn, I can't get the stupid thing to work. I've tried source for two or three of the 1.4 releases, two of the 1.5 releases. I tried a couple of times with rpm's. It is the most difficult program to install I've ever seen. I've installed lots of other kludgy things, but this one defeated me.
I'd love to install it, but it seems like it's got so many 1337 libraries it needs I can't get the damn thing to install. I finally got all the libraries installed it wanted (including libgal), and the damn configure script refused to see the libgal library, I ran ldconfig, I checked my ld.conf, I tried adding it my shell environment paths, it no worky - AGGGHHHH!!!!!
If my uncle lived round the corner, Linux would have worked well, but supporting someone 100 miles away solely through the phone and dialin is just too hard.
My mother lives about 2 hours away (75 miles + 35 minute ferry ride). But she's been getting along with Linux fine. She has Windows on her computer also, but she doesn't run it anymore because she can get everything she needs to do done on Linux.
I suppose part of the appeal (to me) of setting up Linux for her was the remote management features. Granted, I haven't had to do this since it hasn't broken, but it's a comfort to me that I can ssh into her box and do maintenace if I have to.
She's at the three month mark, and is now bugging me to find her a decent book so she can do some sysadmin stuff herself. Any suggestions from anyone? (Something that covers KDE & SuSE with pretty pictures would be nice)
Umm, no. Foot and Mouth disease IS a virus. A quick look on google will tell you that. Also the method of transmission should tell you that. Prions are very difficult to transmit, they usually are passed via bloodborne methods or digestion of heavily infected tissue. Viruses (can be) very infectious - which foot & mouth is.
Kuru was originally thought to be spread by ritual cannibalism, most (not all) people do not believe that now. Rather in the particular tribes your talking about, the woman do the burial preparations, which also involve doing something (?) to the brain. If you get a cut on your hand when you're doing this (very likely) it can be transmitted.
In short, marketing UNIX to my mother would be a mistake. She neither wants nor needs most of the benefits that it provides. She has a hard enough time using Windows.
Funny, my mother would not agree with you. I switched her from windows to Linux/KDE. She had no real problems with the interface after a week or so, and is busily doing all sorts of things on the computer. She enjoys the fact that her computer doesn't crash anymore, that her net connection stays up longer (she had problems with connection idling killers on the ISP side). She likes that all the software and HW she needs works correctly.
Color Printer - check
Digital Camera - check
sound - check
internet - check
Instant messaging - check
web browsing - check
email - check
However, it's always the case that the person whose phone rings will have a vibrator that sounds like an electric lawnmower
Very true (and very funny). My problem though is that I give my number out to very few people. Hence I get very few calls. This means that when I get this vibrating sensation in my pocket, it either startles the hell out of me, or puzzles me. Sad but true.
if the building's owners warned you that they'll jam cell phones inside their building
That sounds reasonable, that way when I'm on call I'll know not to go into the building with the sign that says Cellphone Jamming Zone. It will kinda suck, but then so does being on call. As long as it's not an "Oh shit, my boss got woken up because the NOC couldn't get a hold of me while I was mainlining caffeine at the starbucks!"
I work for a cell phone company, and I always have my phone/pager on silent ring. I can't stand the weasels who have decide they can't miss a call and that their phone has to play the entire ninth symphony as a ring. Hell, I think that if you have an accident while on the cell-phone they should treat you just like you were DUI. Bleah, brain-damaged cell users suck.
I just graduated from University of Cincinnati with a degree in Computer Engineering. One of my friends was in the UC CS department (he graduated at the same time). YMMV at other universities.
The differences and similarities seemed to me to be.
1. Same amount of math
2. CE -> more HW, gate level, analog design - VLSI optional minor
3. CS -> a lot more 'theory'
Ex. Algorithms for CE was "Here are these algorithms, Big O notation, this is what each is good for, apply some of them, learn how to use them and research them." For CS majors is was "Prove these algorithms work, analyze them, workworkwork, don't program them or do anything practical with them".
4. CE more learning how to program and how to learn the principles behind the language. CS seemed to involve a lot more pointless suffering.
5. After finishing the CE course, I can design everything in the computer and it's software except the power supply and the chip masks. After the CS program my friend learned how to program in LISP and x86 assembler.
If you're schools program is like this, it's an excellent way to learn to program / design computers. But if it's just an EE program with some programming classes, you probably don't want to take it.
I've seen / heard of a lot of bogus things happening in Cincinnati.
1) One of my gay friends was arrested by the cops on a bogus charge. Of course since there were three cops to his one civilian testimony, he lost. Of course the fact that the other two cops didn't arrive until after the supposed incident happened was conveniently dismissed in court.
2) Hassling / shutting down gay bookstores / businesses.
3) Putting the smack down on grannies feeding meters. (Take that you miscreant!!!)
Uggh, I'm so glad I moved to a civilized place (Seattle).
I quite agree. I had a grinder once, and nearly spewed my ring. Anything with lettuce on it should not be hot, I mean what the hell were they thinking? Of course now I live in Seattle, which has all kinds of other wonderful food, but absolutely sucks at Italian subs.
Ah, I do miss Cassapoula's fine italian submarine sandwiches.
Linux used the Minix filesystem, but not Minix source code. As for whether if Linux would have happened without Minix, I doubt the case is so simplistic. You should probably go ask some of the interested parties rather than making these broad, sweeping, naive assumptions.
When Linux got started, it was a cheesy hacked-up version of Minix, an already feature-complete operating system. But look at linux now!
Linux was not based on Minix source code. It was totally new code, it was created because of dissatisfaction with Minix. My favorite discussion of Minix vs. Linux is here.
Update: after several readers commented that the rumors SuSE denied are, indeed true, and LWN asserted that their coverage is accurate, a followup call to both the US offices of SuSE and Ms. Von Wedel revealed that while no one at the company is willing to comment further on whether layoffs are happening or not, some employees are being moved to a different office. Ms. Von Wedel said she could provide no information on layoffs. We'll continue to cover the story as it unfolds. -mph
So I guess we'll see, but I have real trouble believing SuSE's US operations are closing up.
Umm, I really don't think this is right. Linux uses a scheduler that is not Round-Robin, it's fairly complicated, and uses kind of a cost accounting method (vaguely - It's been a while since I cracked my OS books chapter on Linux). The round robin is a a class you can assign processes too. Put calling Linux round-robin is just wrong. Oreilly has a page at Their site on this.
You forgot he ran for mayor of San Franciso, hell he got 3% of the vote. Which is pretty smeggin amazing considering his platform included things like making all business people wear clown suits between the hours of nine and five. He also ran this year for president.
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David Drake and David Weber are already popular, published, GOOD authors. I don't mention the other guys because I haven't read anything by them. So your point that only unknown authors will be on here is automatically mooted.
But realistically, no one can say with a straight face that someone who downloaded a copy of a commercially available work would be likely to go out and purchase a copy.
I've done this. A lot. Portishead, Curve, Placebo, Einsturzende Neubauten, Paris Combo, etc...
Would you please read the story next time, and think before you post.
Of course, and everyone on the earth could be fit into the Grand Canyon. Of course, they'd all die, but isn't it a fascinating statistic!?!
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EDUCATE PEOPLE ENOUGH TO STOP OVER-REPRODUCING.
"Education"? Educate them about what? People are going to reproduce if they want to. Any other solution requires the government to regulate whether you can reproduce or not, which is a thousand times worse than anything (look at China).
Actually, no, education really does help overpopulation. Again and again, the number one way people have found to lower population growth is to increase female literacy. It makes sense, most of these women in developing countries don't necessarily want ten kids apiece. By increasing female literacy, you help people economically and you help them decide their own birth control strategy.
But beyond that, overpopulation is a way, way, way overblown problem. I heard a study once that the entire population of the world could fit in neighborhood-style homes, 4 per home, in an area the size of Texas. The world is very big.
BS. Sure, and do you know how many miles of farming you need to support each of those people at a USA level of consumption. How many acres of trees to build each of those homes. How many acres of mines, powerplants, railroads, businessparks, distribution centers, shopping centres, etc. this takes?
You are fooling yourself if you think your statistic is even vaguely insightful.
I agree with most of the rest of the post. Except for the bit about fusion. Granted, there is no place you can go and say "I'd like fusion technology, how much is that?" But larger amounts of funds for research will cause it to happen sooner than later.
Would that fall under pre-existing conditions? He is not expressing the disease currently. So I don't think a US insurance company can do anything about it. Of course, I really don't know, not being in the insurance or law industry. I'm one of those disgustingly healthy people mentioned, with a good genetic background, so this (theoretically) would be a good deal for me. But it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Pretty awful all around if you ask me.
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I hate to sound like a whiner. But damn, I can't get the stupid thing to work. I've tried source for two or three of the 1.4 releases, two of the 1.5 releases. I tried a couple of times with rpm's. It is the most difficult program to install I've ever seen. I've installed lots of other kludgy things, but this one defeated me.
I'd love to install it, but it seems like it's got so many 1337 libraries it needs I can't get the damn thing to install. I finally got all the libraries installed it wanted (including libgal), and the damn configure script refused to see the libgal library, I ran ldconfig, I checked my ld.conf, I tried adding it my shell environment paths, it no worky - AGGGHHHH!!!!!
Moneydance worked though, sigh.
Suse 7.1 if anyone cares...
If my uncle lived round the corner, Linux would have worked well, but supporting someone 100 miles away solely through the phone and dialin is just too hard.
My mother lives about 2 hours away (75 miles + 35 minute ferry ride). But she's been getting along with Linux fine. She has Windows on her computer also, but she doesn't run it anymore because she can get everything she needs to do done on Linux.
I suppose part of the appeal (to me) of setting up Linux for her was the remote management features. Granted, I haven't had to do this since it hasn't broken, but it's a comfort to me that I can ssh into her box and do maintenace if I have to.
She's at the three month mark, and is now bugging me to find her a decent book so she can do some sysadmin stuff herself. Any suggestions from anyone? (Something that covers KDE & SuSE with pretty pictures would be nice)
Umm, no. Foot and Mouth disease IS a virus. A quick look on google will tell you that. Also the method of transmission should tell you that. Prions are very difficult to transmit, they usually are passed via bloodborne methods or digestion of heavily infected tissue. Viruses (can be) very infectious - which foot & mouth is.
Kuru was originally thought to be spread by ritual cannibalism, most (not all) people do not believe that now. Rather in the particular tribes your talking about, the woman do the burial preparations, which also involve doing something (?) to the brain. If you get a cut on your hand when you're doing this (very likely) it can be transmitted.
In short, marketing UNIX to my mother would be a mistake. She neither wants nor needs most of the benefits that it provides. She has a hard enough time using Windows.
Funny, my mother would not agree with you. I switched her from windows to Linux/KDE. She had no real problems with the interface after a week or so, and is busily doing all sorts of things on the computer. She enjoys the fact that her computer doesn't crash anymore, that her net connection stays up longer (she had problems with connection idling killers on the ISP side). She likes that all the software and HW she needs works correctly.
Color Printer - check
Digital Camera - check
sound - check
internet - check
Instant messaging - check
web browsing - check
email - check
So she really is very happy.
However, it's always the case that the person whose phone rings will have a vibrator that sounds like an electric lawnmower
Very true (and very funny). My problem though is that I give my number out to very few people. Hence I get very few calls. This means that when I get this vibrating sensation in my pocket, it either startles the hell out of me, or puzzles me. Sad but true.
if the building's owners warned you that they'll jam cell phones inside their building
That sounds reasonable, that way when I'm on call I'll know not to go into the building with the sign that says Cellphone Jamming Zone. It will kinda suck, but then so does being on call. As long as it's not an "Oh shit, my boss got woken up because the NOC couldn't get a hold of me while I was mainlining caffeine at the starbucks!"
I work for a cell phone company, and I always have my phone/pager on silent ring. I can't stand the weasels who have decide they can't miss a call and that their phone has to play the entire ninth symphony as a ring. Hell, I think that if you have an accident while on the cell-phone they should treat you just like you were DUI. Bleah, brain-damaged cell users suck.
I just graduated from University of Cincinnati with a degree in Computer Engineering. One of my friends was in the UC CS department (he graduated at the same time). YMMV at other universities.
The differences and similarities seemed to me to be.
1. Same amount of math
2. CE -> more HW, gate level, analog design - VLSI optional minor
3. CS -> a lot more 'theory'
Ex. Algorithms for CE was "Here are these algorithms, Big O notation, this is what each is good for, apply some of them, learn how to use them and research them." For CS majors is was "Prove these algorithms work, analyze them, workworkwork, don't program them or do anything practical with them".
4. CE more learning how to program and how to learn the principles behind the language. CS seemed to involve a lot more pointless suffering.
5. After finishing the CE course, I can design everything in the computer and it's software except the power supply and the chip masks. After the CS program my friend learned how to program in LISP and x86 assembler.
If you're schools program is like this, it's an excellent way to learn to program / design computers. But if it's just an EE program with some programming classes, you probably don't want to take it.
I've seen / heard of a lot of bogus things happening in Cincinnati.
1) One of my gay friends was arrested by the cops on a bogus charge. Of course since there were three cops to his one civilian testimony, he lost. Of course the fact that the other two cops didn't arrive until after the supposed incident happened was conveniently dismissed in court.
2) Hassling / shutting down gay bookstores / businesses.
3) Putting the smack down on grannies feeding meters. (Take that you miscreant!!!)
Uggh, I'm so glad I moved to a civilized place (Seattle).
I quite agree. I had a grinder once, and nearly spewed my ring. Anything with lettuce on it should not be hot, I mean what the hell were they thinking? Of course now I live in Seattle, which has all kinds of other wonderful food, but absolutely sucks at Italian subs.
Ah, I do miss Cassapoula's fine italian submarine sandwiches.
Linux used the Minix filesystem, but not Minix source code. As for whether if Linux would have happened without Minix, I doubt the case is so simplistic. You should probably go ask some of the interested parties rather than making these broad, sweeping, naive assumptions.
Long after Descent and Quake have been forgotten, Marathon will live on via its source code. That's the future I'd like to see.
You do realize that both Descent and Quake have had their source code released?
When Linux got started, it was a cheesy hacked-up version of Minix, an already feature-complete operating system. But look at linux now!
Linux was not based on Minix source code. It was totally new code, it was created because of dissatisfaction with Minix. My favorite discussion of Minix vs. Linux is here.
Not really important, just a nit-pick I guess.
Of course now that I go read it again, it says.
Update: after several readers commented that the rumors SuSE denied are, indeed true, and LWN asserted that their coverage is accurate, a followup call to both the US offices of SuSE and Ms. Von Wedel revealed that while no one at the company is willing to comment further on whether layoffs are happening or not, some employees are being moved to a different office. Ms. Von Wedel said she could provide no information on layoffs. We'll continue to cover the story as it unfolds. -mph
So I guess we'll see, but I have real trouble believing SuSE's US operations are closing up.
Linuxtoday contacted SuSE. They said, this is a total rumour. They've only let ONE person go.
Sigh.
GTA & GTA2 (bonus points for wacking innocent bystanders)
Postal
Many others that I can't think of at the moment.
Umm, I really don't think this is right. Linux uses a scheduler that is not Round-Robin, it's fairly complicated, and uses kind of a cost accounting method (vaguely - It's been a while since I cracked my OS books chapter on Linux). The round robin is a a class you can assign processes too. Put calling Linux round-robin is just wrong. Oreilly has a page at Their site on this.
It works fine in Mozilla 0.7.
I started using it recently at work, at it's muucchh better than previous releases. Still not quite ready for prime time, but damn close.
You forgot he ran for mayor of San Franciso, hell he got 3% of the vote. Which is pretty smeggin amazing considering his platform included things like making all business people wear clown suits between the hours of nine and five. He also ran this year for president.
David Drake and David Weber are already popular, published, GOOD authors. I don't mention the other guys because I haven't read anything by them. So your point that only unknown authors will be on here is automatically mooted.
But realistically, no one can say with a straight face that someone who downloaded a copy of a commercially available work would be likely to go out and purchase a copy.
I've done this. A lot. Portishead, Curve, Placebo, Einsturzende Neubauten, Paris Combo, etc...
Would you please read the story next time, and think before you post.
Doh, I was thinking of 'Welcome Back, Kotter'. Which would be "Ooo, Ooo, Mr. Kotter, Mr. Kotter" Not Mr. Carter. Ah well such is life.
Oooh, ooooh, Mr. Carter, Mr. Carter, that would be me. But right now I'm at work. Hmm, maybe I'll head down their after work and see how big it is...
I still think I prefer the statue of Lenin (direct from Russia), or the Troll under the bridge in Fremont though.
And don't forget this contribution to the literature on flash intefaces. It's a tad dated, but still as good as ever.
Of course, and everyone on the earth could be fit into the Grand Canyon. Of course, they'd all die, but isn't it a fascinating statistic!?!
EDUCATE PEOPLE ENOUGH TO STOP OVER-REPRODUCING.
"Education"? Educate them about what? People are going to reproduce if they want to. Any other solution requires the government to regulate whether you can reproduce or not, which is a thousand times worse than anything (look at China).
Actually, no, education really does help overpopulation. Again and again, the number one way people have found to lower population growth is to increase female literacy. It makes sense, most of these women in developing countries don't necessarily want ten kids apiece. By increasing female literacy, you help people economically and you help them decide their own birth control strategy.
But beyond that, overpopulation is a way, way, way overblown problem. I heard a study once that the entire population of the world could fit in neighborhood-style homes, 4 per home, in an area the size of Texas. The world is very big.
BS. Sure, and do you know how many miles of farming you need to support each of those people at a USA level of consumption. How many acres of trees to build each of those homes. How many acres of mines, powerplants, railroads, businessparks, distribution centers, shopping centres, etc. this takes?
You are fooling yourself if you think your statistic is even vaguely insightful.
I agree with most of the rest of the post. Except for the bit about fusion. Granted, there is no place you can go and say "I'd like fusion technology, how much is that?" But larger amounts of funds for research will cause it to happen sooner than later.
Would that fall under pre-existing conditions? He is not expressing the disease currently. So I don't think a US insurance company can do anything about it. Of course, I really don't know, not being in the insurance or law industry. I'm one of those disgustingly healthy people mentioned, with a good genetic background, so this (theoretically) would be a good deal for me. But it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Pretty awful all around if you ask me.