Call me what you want, but actually I thought Tarzan" "Hercules" and "The Emperor's New Groove" were actually quite good.
At least they were original.
The problem is more there latest offerings. You know the ones. The one with 2 at the end. I was forced to sit through Cinderella 2 with my daughter recently and it was the most shocking piece of crud ever. It would not be so bad if it was only for video, but no Jungle book 2 and tigger thr movie made it to the big screen.
They seem to run out of people with original ideas willing to take risks.
3D is not the answer. Sack the execs and the accountants and hire some decent script writes and concentrate on making one good movie every two years instead of 4 bad ones in a year
I had totally forgotten until I read this story that also on the rover is a DVD containing the names of millions of people who could register via a website
http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/disk.htm
I only remember it because my daughters name is on the disk.(Well I hope so, its a little difficult to check)
That's crud. They wanted one license per copy, if not why risk the irritating your customers(OK maybe they're a monopoly so they did not care).
The scheme died as soon as it started, because tieing a OS to one machine just does'nt work in all situations. Take our place where we use PC's on ships. We want to setup one system and copy it to all stations at commisioning. Also we may need to install on a spare PC it on board ship in event of failure. It's difficult to go buy another copy in the middle of the pacific. So we have a corporate licence.
As soon as 1 corporate licence became available they might as well of given the OS away free with AOL disks, all the good the irritating registration did.
Totally agree, I was about to upgrade my version of partition magic version 8 until i found out that it required product activation.
Whats the point of tying a utility like that to one machine? The software is a utility not and operating system or a office suite! I have two PC's I am damned I am going to buy two licenses just in case I want to use it on the other machine.
Fortunately there are alternatives(in fact i got one free off a magazine) So thats one less sale for power quest. Good work PQ.
Its about time Mr Babbage came off the fence and started bringing his wait to bear. It was only a matter of time until SCO claimed a patent on his calculating engine.
Considering the prices for a vxworks seat I am not surprised. I am sure embedded linux at the low end has been killing them for a couple of years now. They also changed there strategy and there "crown jewels". The vxworks source code suddenly became cheaper.
However there is a lot more to embedded development than just buying a package and putting it on. The things vxworks does do well is it provide a very configurable hardware layer which makes moving to new hardware relatively easy. Also some of there visulation tools such as windview are very good(Oh I wish there was something similar for windows) which allows you to sort out bottle necks.
However you do pay through the nose for this (and there new licensing model has made it very expensive) and for cheap targets it is just not economic.
Presumably there will an advanced course where students will look at how a artist can market his work in an age when record companies monopolise the retail channels and are interested only in supporting artists conforming to some corporate identity.
We use vxworks here and from our perspective it has a number of problems.
Firstly they have been trying to push a subscription scheme from there old licensing model. For existing projects this works out as very expensive(10,000 per seat per year).
Support can be poor and updates unreliable. We recently had some poor drivers which took ages to debug and a poor network stack. Until recently source code was a very expensive optional extra, so leaving you very stuck waiting for vxworks to get there act together. And remember we are paying for all this in our support contract.
Also on the horizon is embedded linux. The pricing structure is such that if go with vxWorks for low end products any profit margin is taking by license costs, therefore RT linux has been killing them in this area.
On the plus side, if you have a non standard board or processor getting a working OS on it is a breeze with vxWorks.
But I think embedded linux is starting to make there high costs look increasingly out of phase with the real world. I can see a lot of changes occurring in the next 6 months.
I have to say that thats rubbish. It is only the recent trend that has blurred embedded OS with desktop OS which has produced this requirement. Vxworks for instance, which controls the majority of the market uses dosfs which does not seem to of affected its adoption.
What using linux as OS does mean is that you have a much larger choice on what you use. This can only be a good thing
Firstly IBM tops the league by miles. SCO on the other hand do not even register, which given the recent news suggests SCO are on a hiding to nothing(or just a hiding).
Secondly Ericsson tops the telco's league. Considering they seem to still be losing money faster than, well actually I can't think of anyhing that is losing money faster than Ericsson, it goes to show bucket loads of patents is not a guaruntee of success. You still have to do something sensible with them.
I wonder if the Prescott was named after our beloved Deputy Prime Minister in the UK. A man whose main claims to fame is hitting protestors and uttering sentences Pres. Bush would blush at.
Is there a reason Intel have named it so. We deserve to know!!!
Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I want to be, Pony trekking or camping, Or just watching TV. Finland, Finland, Finland. It's the country for me.
You're so near to Russia, So far from Japan, Quite a long way from Cairo, Lots of miles from Vietnam.
Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I want to be, Eating breakfast or dinner, Or snack lunch in the hall. Finland, Finland, Finland. Finland has it all.
You're so sadly neglected And often ignored, A poor second to Belgium, When going abroad.
Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I quite want to be, Your mountains so lofty, Your treetops so tall. Finland, Finland, Finland. Finland has it all.
Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I quite want to be, Your mountains so lofty, Your treetops so tall. Finland, Finland, Finland. Finland has it all.
You are probably right, I am sure there are a large number of successful C+ projects. On the other hand there are probably a number of successful large VB/C/Perl projects out there, which probably indicates the language is not the overiding factor on development.
The main problem I see with OO systems is that they have been put forward as a panacea to all software woes, when in fact they also bring some of there own problems to the party(see MFC for details). The OO paradigm has been oversold over the years in the detriment of other ways of working
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Call me what you want, but actually I thought Tarzan" "Hercules" and "The Emperor's New Groove" were actually quite good.
At least they were original.
The problem is more there latest offerings. You know the ones. The one with 2 at the end. I was forced to sit through Cinderella 2 with my daughter recently and it was the most shocking piece of crud ever. It would not be so bad if it was only for video, but no Jungle book 2 and tigger thr movie made it to the big screen.
They seem to run out of people with original ideas willing to take risks.
3D is not the answer. Sack the execs and the accountants and hire some decent script writes and concentrate on making one good movie every two years instead of 4 bad ones in a year
I had totally forgotten until I read this story that also on the rover is a DVD containing the names of millions of people who could register via a website
http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/disk.htm
I only remember it because my daughters name is on the disk.(Well I hope so, its a little difficult to check)
Look at a picture of Bill Gates. Then ask yourself the same question.
That's crud. They wanted one license per copy, if not why risk the irritating your customers(OK maybe they're a monopoly so they did not care).
The scheme died as soon as it started, because tieing a OS to one machine just does'nt work in all situations. Take our place where we use PC's on ships. We want to setup one system and copy it to all stations at commisioning. Also we may need to install on a spare PC it on board ship in event of failure. It's difficult to go buy another copy in the middle of the pacific. So we have a corporate licence.
As soon as 1 corporate licence became available they might as well of given the OS away free with AOL disks, all the good the irritating registration did.
Maybe thats what NASA has been doing wrong
Beagle 2 weighs 33.2 Kg
Time will tell...
Totally agree, I was about to upgrade my version of partition magic version 8 until i found out that it required product activation.
Whats the point of tying a utility like that to one machine? The software is a utility not and operating system or a office suite! I have two PC's I am damned I am going to buy two licenses just in case I want to use it on the other machine.
Fortunately there are alternatives(in fact i got one free off a magazine) So thats one less sale for power quest. Good work PQ.
To quote HHGTTG
"If you don't vote for the lizards, the wrong lizard may get in"
A Victorian group has complained about it
Its about time Mr Babbage came off the fence and started bringing his wait to bear. It was only a matter of time until SCO claimed a patent on his calculating engine.
Considering the prices for a vxworks seat I am not surprised. I am sure embedded linux at the low end has been killing them for a couple of years now.
They also changed there strategy and there "crown jewels". The vxworks source code suddenly became cheaper.
However there is a lot more to embedded development than just buying a package and putting it on. The things vxworks does do well is it provide a very configurable hardware layer which makes moving to new hardware relatively easy. Also some of there visulation tools such as windview are very good(Oh I wish there was something similar for windows) which allows you to sort out bottle necks.
However you do pay through the nose for this (and there new licensing model has made it very expensive) and for cheap targets it is just not economic.
Presumably there will an advanced course where students will look at how a artist can market his work in an age when record companies monopolise the retail channels and are interested only in supporting artists conforming to some corporate identity.
not
Lets hope it does'nt become a 1000000 to 1 chance since as any thriller and Terry Pratchett fan will know, it is then certain to happen.
The BBC posted this comment on the SCO issue
Linux community told to 'get real'
It seems to pretty well miss the point(apart from being inaccurate,apprently SCO never had a linux distribution, doh!).
I've sent my comments to the author. I would suggest others do the same
Left;Forward 2m;Right;Forward 10m;Left;Forward 10m;left;For.......
We use vxworks here and from our perspective it has a number of problems.
Firstly they have been trying to push a subscription scheme from there old licensing model. For existing projects this works out as very expensive(10,000 per seat per year).
Support can be poor and updates unreliable. We recently had some poor drivers which took ages to debug and a poor network stack. Until recently source code was a very expensive optional extra, so leaving you very stuck waiting for vxworks to get there act together. And remember we are paying for all this in our support contract.
Also on the horizon is embedded linux. The pricing structure is such that if go with vxWorks for low end products any profit margin is taking by license costs, therefore RT linux has been killing them in this area.
On the plus side, if you have a non standard board or processor getting a working OS on it is a breeze with vxWorks.
But I think embedded linux is starting to make there high costs look increasingly out of phase with the real world. I can see a lot of changes occurring in the next 6 months.
Islam, Christianity, Jedi
Islam, Christianity, Jedi?
I have to say that thats rubbish. It is only the recent trend that has blurred embedded OS with desktop OS which has produced this requirement. Vxworks for instance, which controls the majority of the market uses dosfs which does not seem to of affected its adoption.
What using linux as OS does mean is that you have a much larger choice on what you use. This can only be a good thing
Firstly IBM tops the league by miles. SCO on the other hand do not even register, which given the recent news suggests SCO are on a hiding to nothing(or just a hiding).
Secondly Ericsson tops the telco's league. Considering they seem to still be losing money faster than, well actually I can't think of anyhing that is losing money faster than Ericsson, it goes to show bucket loads of patents is not a guaruntee of success. You still have to do something sensible with them.
And yes, the best golfer in the world is Asian-African-American. Ten points for a reasonably correct answer.
Annika Sorenstam is black?!!!
Can't you just reclassify rockets as firearms, and then your rights would be protected under the constitution
I've avoided L Ron on the basis that he wrote possibly the worst SciFi ever
I wonder if the Prescott was named after our beloved Deputy Prime Minister in the UK. A man whose main claims to fame is hitting protestors and uttering sentences Pres. Bush would blush at.
Is there a reason Intel have named it so. We deserve to know!!!
Monty Python: Finland
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
It's the country for me.
You're so near to Russia,
So far from Japan,
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.
You're so sadly neglected
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.
Finland has it all(Unless you want free radio).
VxWorks have recently changed there pricing policy and for a nominal fee you can get the sources.
They made a big play about it being for better customer support, but I think we know the real reason.......
You are probably right, I am sure there are a large number of successful C+ projects. On the other hand there are probably a number of successful large VB/C/Perl projects out there, which probably indicates the language is not the overiding factor on development.
The main problem I see with OO systems is that they have been put forward as a panacea to all software woes, when in fact they also bring some of there own problems to the party(see MFC for details). The OO paradigm has been oversold over the years in the detriment of other ways of working