I like the attitude, and I wish more would have it, but it seems like more of a utopian desire than than reality. For the number of people out there saying 'i wish i could support the artists directly', well, we're out there and there are ways to do it (and I'm sure it's not just me, I'm just the easiest example from my perspective).
Sorry for the Slashvertisement, but I had to get my point across.
4) Acceptance. Get used to the idea that you have a lifelong incurable disease. Understand how it affects your capabilities and dreams and learn to recognise the signs of the highs and lows. Make hay while the sun shines high and prepare for the winters.
This is important. Just acceptance of what you have (or more importantly, what you have been given) is essential to dealing. Taking a 'disorder' and using for good turns that disorder into a benefit; you just have to figure out how to, and sometimes that's part of the cure. How many film makers, artists and comic book writers are clinically depressed about the mediocrity of life in general, and find success by writing about it, generally selling to those that have the same ideas. Take what makes YOU and be YOU. You'll find that just doing what you do best (whether it's being depressed, creative, or whatever) is the best cure for any problem you might think you have.
And screw them for telling you that there's something wrong with you. It's them trying to keep their jobs. If you aren't harming yourself or others, you have nothing wrong with you, even if you feel a down sometimes. The only problem is that you haven't learned to fix yourself yet.
And I'd like to leave with a quote that I find really important by André Gide:
It's better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Sounds like a good idea, and I'm using it in various places on my site as well as having the CD's for sale. I don't want to say that it doesn't work, since I'm sure my traffic isn't high, and as you can see from the musicians on the street, the number of people dropping in coins compared to the number of people walking by is generally quite minimal. I'm hoping it works, since I don't want to keep anyone from listening to what I do (which is why I post links to download in specialized places and not out in the open like on slashdot (although I'm sure you could find the pages if you search)), but I have yet to have anyone throw a quarter into my guitar case...
I think #1 problem is that we have TOO MANY laws. Seriously. Cut the big book of laws to a cliff note sized booklet, and we will not have 99% of all the problems we currently have with the law. And to boot, regular citizens will actually be able to understand and follow the law themselves.
Like any system that is developed over time, the new one will be tiny, compact, perfect and understandable by all. Once other people get involved, you will then find a massive amount of additions to cover the needs, desires and personal agendas the will build up over time, causing cruft to build up and thhe users and developers watch the system to collapse under it's own wieght.
America is a relization of the Second System Syndrome. Or was that the Tower of Babel. In any case, a system may only become so complex before it implodes; the human mind can only understand so much, and as the number of people increases, that gets less and less...
I'm not a professional; I don't get paid to to write articles on how to back up your system, nor do I get paid for the music I write and artwork I make. If I was, I'd make very sure that what I did was perfect, since I was doing it and being a professional. This article was not, but contained very useful info that I happened to write on a day when I didn't feel like holding down the shift key.
As for my audience, I write for those that are interested in information and not bitching about grammar. It's funny how people just completely disregard things right off the bat for little reasons. Maybe I post my articles to filter out such people; you can never be quite sure. They're the ones that lose out and I couldn't care less.
And yes, he should post non-anon, because if he did, he probably wouldn't have bitched like he did, since hiding behind AC makes it a lot easier to say stupid things.
That's unfortunate that you feel that way. I don't have time to fix it, and I guess, I prefer that you not read it. I find content to be more important, and as you can see, I can use capitols when I feel like it. Considering this article made it to the front page of digg, I assumed that it's lack of capitols was undershot by it's actual useful and interesting content.
It's good to see Anonymous Cowards bitching about other people's work. Maybe you could post some of yours so we can pick it apart.
I wrote an article a while back about how to do backups over the network using command line tools. I did it to bounce my system to a bigger hard drive, but I'm sure it could be automated and put to some good use if you wanted. Disaster recovery is as easy as booting with a livecd and untarring.
I check gcc's manual, and no, it doesn't look like any -O* setting enables loop unrolling by default (probably because modern processors don't need it as much as before with branch prediction, plus, as you say, it saves code cache). I guess I must have read that before or thought I had in the past; my mistake.
> You cannot really get rid of XUL in Firefox. It's written in XUL. What you > did was to tell it to use GTK2 widgets (GTK1 is another option), which is > what it usually does anyway.
But doesn't Firefox usually use a portable widget set drawn using the canvas elements? I thought they wrote thier own toolkit this way for portability and that this would specify that you could use a native toolkit. The look of the program changed when I
made this change; but that's could just be the gtk -> gtk2 transition. It's way faster now anyways, so I'm not complaining;-)
Not sure what it does, and I can't find it in the docs or through a quick google. I *do* know what the others do, so I'm ok with using them, although I'm sure that and option wouldn't break code that much. Any explanations on what it does and how much of a speedup it might give?
I almost gave up on firefox, but I gave it one last shot and attempted to build my own from CVS. After upgrading to gcc4 to eliminate the link errors that occure with previous versions, the build went smoothly with the following ~/.mozconfig:
This config made a world of difference in the usability of firefox, and I'm sure the main speedups are from using the native gtk2 toolkit rather than chrome/xul. For those that aree unhappy with the slowness of the default builds, I suggest trying something like this; it makes a world of difference.
I wonder how many of them are the same ones who "would have never bought it, so I'm not hurting anyone"? Attitudes seldom stay confined.
True, but I'm not sure what I can say about that.
Lifetime plus copyright. The only part we don't know is how well he managed those rights.
Generally the copyright is sold to the publisher and beyond that it's out of his hands. His works were published by smaller, underground book houses, and where the royalties have gone, if there are any anymore, I have no idea. I'm sure his sickness has taken a fair share of his earnings, and also from money he can make for doing appearances, since he has been confined to a wheelchair for years.
The idea of being famous and rich seem to go hand in hand in our society; I think we should all wake up and realize that they have nothing to do with each other, and that sometimes, even though one is famous, they need some help too. This should not be looked down upon, but as a request for help from a brilliant man. He gave us much and deserves it. Obviously copyright isn't helping him out any, and he is the type that it was designed to protect.
This is unfortunate that such a great man can fall to such a level after creating so many important and influential pieces of work in his lifetime. RAW is a genius, and his books, of which I owned almost every one, have been a great influence on my life (sometimes to the detriment, but I've always recovered, somewhat;-) and he is considered on the the greatest "pop" philosophers of our time.
We live in this time of great wealth for some, but in turn, the creators and artists of our world live in squalor; we appreciate and love the work they create, but refuse to give payment, even when it is asked for in great need for help. I know there comments posted here are from the type of people that generally help those in need; I hope that an 'angel' that has been influenced by RAWs work in the past sees this story, investigates, and can give real help to a man that has touches so many lives and minds. I hope to be one someday, it is just too soon for me to be that way, but I plan on it.
Creators do not deserve untold riches for their works, but they do deserve some treatment so that they can survive into old age comfortably. Artists, by nature, are not the most capable of planners, as intelligent and creative as they are. The need to create often succeeds the desire to plan; some get lucky and live well, others not, as we can see here.
I have never met RAW, and unfortunately, may never get to. But I hope such a brilliant man finds the help that he needs to die in comfort and peace. He deserves that.
It's truly sad that we cannot just trust those around us, but there are far too many who take advantage of that trust every chance they get. I think we all know better than to trust everything we read on the internet...
Hmmm...sounds like you are a good candidate for reading the Illuminatus trilogy or any of his other books;-)
In the end it's just the language we have learned to speak with our editor. They both say the same things, but in different ways. Our brains work differently...and hence, there are two ways of editing. I am a bit torn as to whether the first editor is our choice, or we have a natural inclination, but it's fascinating that we choose one or the other.
I generally don't partake in editor discussions, but I thought I would point out something I find really interesting I figured out about emacs as compared to vi. I've used both, but almost always use emacs except for quick editing tasks.
The thing I find most fascinating about emacs is it's ability to give me more than one keyboard; each time you press Ctl, Alt, Meta, and Shift, you have access to another virtual, or meta keyboard, that can be used to enter commands. I like to think of it as keyboard layers with instant access simply by pressing a key. This is great for overall speed, and although a bit confusing at first (not like vi's two modes are all that intuitive either), it becomes totally natural after some time and practice, just like a musical instrument.
The two main layers can be thought of as Ctrl-X and Ctrl-C, which technically act like the menus you would access under windows using Alt-F, Alt-W, Alt-E, etc. There are also the very frequently used commands that are attached directly to Ctl and Meta (Alt) for letter, word, line and buffer movement and modification, and they actually follow a very structured form: Ctrl for letters and lines (single char/line movement), Meta for words and paragraphs (multiple characters and lines), and Ctrl-Alt for buffers. Of course there are exceptions to the rule that have come about over years of use, but in general this is the case, and if you find an exception that doesn't work for you or you can think of something better, you can always do a global-set-key to switch it to your way of thinking.
The computer as a tool is limited by the amount of information we can get into it so that we can command it to do our bidding. The emacs keyboarding system allows for a greater amount of information to be entered into the system at minumum physical cost at the price of some adaptation and learning time. In the end, if you want to get the maximum speed and efficency with your machine this type of system is essential.
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I like the attitude, and I wish more would have it, but it seems like more of a utopian desire than than reality. For the number of people out there saying 'i wish i could support the artists directly', well, we're out there and there are ways to do it (and I'm sure it's not just me, I'm just the easiest example from my perspective).
Sorry for the Slashvertisement, but I had to get my point across.
Looks like RaLink might be the only player on the block soon enough...
I just installed flash 9 today on gentoo and it works great:
/usr/portage/net-www/netscape-flash/netscape-flash -9.0.21.78.ebuild merge
ebuild
Soon, only criminals will posesess old systems...
Maybe citations are becoming meaningless?
This is important. Just acceptance of what you have (or more importantly, what you have been given) is essential to dealing. Taking a 'disorder' and using for good turns that disorder into a benefit; you just have to figure out how to, and sometimes that's part of the cure. How many film makers, artists and comic book writers are clinically depressed about the mediocrity of life in general, and find success by writing about it, generally selling to those that have the same ideas. Take what makes YOU and be YOU. You'll find that just doing what you do best (whether it's being depressed, creative, or whatever) is the best cure for any problem you might think you have.
And screw them for telling you that there's something wrong with you. It's them trying to keep their jobs. If you aren't harming yourself or others, you have nothing wrong with you, even if you feel a down sometimes. The only problem is that you haven't learned to fix yourself yet.
And I'd like to leave with a quote that I find really important by André Gide:
Sounds like a good idea, and I'm using it in various places on my site as well as having the CD's for sale. I don't want to say that it doesn't work, since I'm sure my traffic isn't high, and as you can see from the musicians on the street, the number of people dropping in coins compared to the number of people walking by is generally quite minimal. I'm hoping it works, since I don't want to keep anyone from listening to what I do (which is why I post links to download in specialized places and not out in the open like on slashdot (although I'm sure you could find the pages if you search)), but I have yet to have anyone throw a quarter into my guitar case...
I'm not a professional; I don't get paid to to write articles on how to back up your system, nor do I get paid for the music I write and artwork I make. If I was, I'd make very sure that what I did was perfect, since I was doing it and being a professional. This article was not, but contained very useful info that I happened to write on a day when I didn't feel like holding down the shift key.
As for my audience, I write for those that are interested in information and not bitching about grammar. It's funny how people just completely disregard things right off the bat for little reasons. Maybe I post my articles to filter out such people; you can never be quite sure. They're the ones that lose out and I couldn't care less.
And yes, he should post non-anon, because if he did, he probably wouldn't have bitched like he did, since hiding behind AC makes it a lot easier to say stupid things.
That's unfortunate that you feel that way. I don't have time to fix it, and I guess, I prefer that you not read it. I find content to be more important, and as you can see, I can use capitols when I feel like it. Considering this article made it to the front page of digg, I assumed that it's lack of capitols was undershot by it's actual useful and interesting content.
It's good to see Anonymous Cowards bitching about other people's work. Maybe you could post some of yours so we can pick it apart.
backing up your system with bash, tar and netcat
Styles change. What looks cool now[1] will look tacky in 5-10 years[2]. Especially if it is 'cool'. And then it will be cool again in 20-30[3].
[1] See Atari 2600.
[2] See Playstation.
[3] See wood grain paneled electronics.
I check gcc's manual, and no, it doesn't look like any -O* setting enables loop unrolling by default (probably because modern processors don't need it as much as before with branch prediction, plus, as you say, it saves code cache). I guess I must have read that before or thought I had in the past; my mistake.
Just throw all the children in jail right now. If they have it and they can't buy it then they must be stealing right?
That'll teach them to want what they can't even buy.
> You cannot really get rid of XUL in Firefox. It's written in XUL. What you
;-)
> did was to tell it to use GTK2 widgets (GTK1 is another option), which is
> what it usually does anyway.
But doesn't Firefox usually use a portable widget set drawn using the canvas elements?
I thought they wrote thier own toolkit this way for portability and that this would
specify that you could use a native toolkit. The look of the program changed when I
made this change; but that's could just be the gtk -> gtk2 transition. It's way faster
now anyways, so I'm not complaining
A joke? Possibly. gcc4 doesn't support this option anyways ;-) /me just starts drinking his coffee.
> You missed -fomit-instructions.
Not sure what it does, and I can't find it in the docs or through a quick google. I *do* know what the others do, so I'm ok with using them, although I'm sure that and option wouldn't break code that much. Any explanations on what it does and how much of a speedup it might give?
-funroll-loops comes default with -O2 and above I'm pretty sure.
. ~/data/mozilla/browser/config/mozconfig
ac_add_options --prefix=/usr/local/stow/firefox-cvs
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-march=pentium4 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse,387 -pipe -funsafe-math-optimizations"
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-xft
ac_add_options --enable-freetype
ac_add_options --disable-postscript
ac_add_options --disable-gnomevfs
ac_add_options --disable-gnomeui
ac_add_options --with-pthreads
ac_add_options --disable-ldap
ac_add_options --disable-xprint
This config made a world of difference in the usability of firefox, and I'm sure the main speedups are from using the native gtk2 toolkit rather than chrome/xul. For those that aree unhappy with the slowness of the default builds, I suggest trying something like this; it makes a world of difference.
True, but I'm not sure what I can say about that.
Generally the copyright is sold to the publisher and beyond that it's out of his hands. His works were published by smaller, underground book houses, and where the royalties have gone, if there are any anymore, I have no idea. I'm sure his sickness has taken a fair share of his earnings, and also from money he can make for doing appearances, since he has been confined to a wheelchair for years.
The idea of being famous and rich seem to go hand in hand in our society; I think we should all wake up and realize that they have nothing to do with each other, and that sometimes, even though one is famous, they need some help too. This should not be looked down upon, but as a request for help from a brilliant man. He gave us much and deserves it. Obviously copyright isn't helping him out any, and he is the type that it was designed to protect.
We live in this time of great wealth for some, but in turn, the creators and artists of our world live in squalor; we appreciate and love the work they create, but refuse to give payment, even when it is asked for in great need for help. I know there comments posted here are from the type of people that generally help those in need; I hope that an 'angel' that has been influenced by RAWs work in the past sees this story, investigates, and can give real help to a man that has touches so many lives and minds. I hope to be one someday, it is just too soon for me to be that way, but I plan on it.
Creators do not deserve untold riches for their works, but they do deserve some treatment so that they can survive into old age comfortably. Artists, by nature, are not the most capable of planners, as intelligent and creative as they are. The need to create often succeeds the desire to plan; some get lucky and live well, others not, as we can see here.
I have never met RAW, and unfortunately, may never get to. But I hope such a brilliant man finds the help that he needs to die in comfort and peace. He deserves that.
In the end it's just the language we have learned to speak with our editor. They both say the same things, but in different ways. Our brains work differently...and hence, there are two ways of editing. I am a bit torn as to whether the first editor is our choice, or we have a natural inclination, but it's fascinating that we choose one or the other.
The wars should end, we are only just different.
I generally don't partake in editor discussions, but I thought I would point out something I find really interesting I figured out about emacs as compared to vi. I've used both, but almost always use emacs except for quick editing tasks.
The thing I find most fascinating about emacs is it's ability to give me more than one keyboard; each time you press Ctl, Alt, Meta, and Shift, you have access to another virtual, or meta keyboard, that can be used to enter commands. I like to think of it as keyboard layers with instant access simply by pressing a key. This is great for overall speed, and although a bit confusing at first (not like vi's two modes are all that intuitive either), it becomes totally natural after some time and practice, just like a musical instrument.
The two main layers can be thought of as Ctrl-X and Ctrl-C, which technically act like the menus you would access under windows using Alt-F, Alt-W, Alt-E, etc. There are also the very frequently used commands that are attached directly to Ctl and Meta (Alt) for letter, word, line and buffer movement and modification, and they actually follow a very structured form: Ctrl for letters and lines (single char/line movement), Meta for words and paragraphs (multiple characters and lines), and Ctrl-Alt for buffers. Of course there are exceptions to the rule that have come about over years of use, but in general this is the case, and if you find an exception that doesn't work for you or you can think of something better, you can always do a global-set-key to switch it to your way of thinking.
The computer as a tool is limited by the amount of information we can get into it so that we can command it to do our bidding. The emacs keyboarding system allows for a greater amount of information to be entered into the system at minumum physical cost at the price of some adaptation and learning time. In the end, if you want to get the maximum speed and efficency with your machine this type of system is essential.
But what do I know?
...can be made with little inital cost.
Undercutting the ones that need a huge investment are the ones that will dominate.
Supply and demand are important, but some of us can create with no investment.
Think about it.
We will pwn.
EOT.
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kruhft