It looks like a good opportunity to invest.
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Posted by mrjp:
Red Hat, Inc. seems like a great oppurtunity to me. They are the authority on Linux Development, besides Linus Trovalds. Like Yahoo! that has rocketed to unwaivering heights, I believe this company will also be able to benefit from the spin-off technologies of Linux. The future is always uncertain for companies that have the purest of visions, and go against the megaloths like Microsoft. In the end though, I believe that the customer satisfaction will prevail. Who do you think the customer will like better? Microsoft Windows or Linux? It is that simple.
If "Microsoft friendly" investors decide to buy up large amounts of shares of Red Hat Inc., then it would make good sense to buy them when they first come out. The price of the shares will surely rise. Microsoft can not "Buy" Red Hat.
Bottom line is, the balance sheet doesn't mean too much these days (for the present anyway). If that were the case, do you think Amazon, EBay and Yahoo would be worth such staggering values?
A uranium atom splitting into all sorts of other atoms equals an atomic reaction.....just add enough uranium to reach critical mass.......... and you have a nice firecracker
I also question the comments about the maturity of RH 6.0. My experience is that it is the first time that I've had a clean upgrade (and I've done 4.2- 5.0-5.1-5.2-6.0
Of course, I may have finally learned how to do the upgrade correctly.:-)
What's wrong with the UI? I've found its configuration much more intuitive than Netscape or IE. As far as usage, what more do you use beyond the back/forward/reload buttons? The extra options for toggling graphics loading, toggling CSS, and zoom are highly useful. The keyboard shortcuts can't be beat.
The only thing that sucks is the buttons, but the later versions let you do your own or download others.
Well worth the $$. Still, I wish they'd make it open source!
Actually the new QT library 2.0 is out. The first public beta under the new LICENCE!!
And well koffice is freely downloadable and fas more advanced than Abiword or Gnumeric.
I don't see a problem mixing the two systems actually. If only Gnome/GTK apps reacted meanigfully to X hints and did not ignore every standard like session management, you wouldn't notice the difference between QT and GTK apps if you choose a plain theme.
Even Netscape looks like a native app due to krdb's style and color matching abilities.y
I was one of the people who signed up, and I listed my tech skills so people would realize that I could understand the concepts of OS projects even if I'm not a coder. I listed my degrees because I wanted people to know that I can write docs that anyone could read. Instead of bitching about it why don't you join the project and suggest something?
What about those of us who need access to the innards of our computers? Given the right operating system, I can access my files and run my programs from just about anywhere. All I need is a large cube in my room. A cube that would have all the room I would ever need for hard disks but instead of building it up, building it wide too, so the cables don't have to be crammed in everywhere. I'd also like easy access from all angles without having to disconnect everything inside. No, I don't run my computer with the cover off, it's too noisy (learned my lesson IBM hard disks are the way to go). I have seen cases like this, but never for less than $300.
And seriously, people who want to take their computer places should get a laptop already.
>>2) Multiple CPUs (under an SMP-capable OS) operate in PARALLEL. This means that 400 MHz + 400 MHz = 400 MHz. (Now, as for FPU performance, that's a different matter...but the overall clock speed is the same.) PLEASE stop talking about your 1 GHz machines!
Thank you for saying this again. About 3 years or so ago when Daystar had their 4-way SMP Mac clone on the market (Genesis MP) there were arseholes bragging that at work they had "800 mhz machines".
You can't take two one carot diamonds, squeeze them together and call it a two carot diamond. It doesn't work that way.
>>3) YES, you need an SMP-capable OS (i.e. NOT Win9x) to use two processors. Just because they're plugged into a single slot doesn't mean that they automatically operate in parallel.
Not necessarily. When the Genesis MP was released the MacOS (Still called "system software" then) was not SMP capable(Aside from X,it still isn't) but apps like Photoshop, some 3d rendering programs had plugins that allowed them to take advantage of the additional CPUs.
I don't see why this can't be done on Win9X. I know that Carmack is working on SMP support for Quake3.
Although I'm really looking forward to Oni by Bungie (http://www.bungie.com/oni/default.html)
Although it's more of a combo/improvement over current form facotrs (Quake and Mortal Kombat type games), it's sounds great. I especially like the environment space that doesn't just limit you to the door to enter a building(you could break a window somewhere in the building and enter that way or break down a door on the roof and enter that way.)
If only they could mix that with a Myst type puzzle game and things could be groovy.
or how about a MUD in the form factor of Quake (instead of Diablo or whatever) and you could paste your scanned face in there and make different skins (suits, bathing suits, etc.)
Hmm..I wish I knew how to program at that scale cause that's what I'd be working on...:) ---- "Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."
Film does have it's place for geeks.
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Posted by The Very Evil Doctor Finkleste:
I still love film. Yeah, I got a 1 MPixel digital camera and the instant turnaround is great, but compare it to a well exposed slide or negative and it's a joke.
Also, compare the cost of getting a decent film scanner and even a used SLR with a couple of lenses with a comparable 4 - 6 MPixel camera (which you need to do quality graphics with). You wallet will quickly agree that film still has it's place for the next couple of years.
One other nice thing about film : you don't need batteries to view it.
As an aside for people doing home-brew web sites, the common mistake people make is to scan the print instead of the source negative or slide. The dynamic range of the print is WAY lower than the original and that's why most scanned pictures suck.
Linux started starved for apps, then GNU tools came along. The GNU tools compile under Be without a hitch. You are greeted with BASH as a terminal, for goodness sake.
What Be offers is multiprocesing support for your programs without you having to write special code to take advantage of this. Sounds like a developer's dream to me.
"We are only two orders of magnitude from exabit speeds. tera=10**12, peta=10**15, exa=10**18."
kilo = 10^3 mega = 10^6 giga = 10^9 tera = 10^12 peta = 10^15 exa = 10^18
An "order of magnitude" is "power of ten". Sounds like tera to exa is 6 (18 minus 12) orders of magnitude. Even using Moore's law (double ever 18 months), that's quite a ways off.
Does anyone know the theoretical maximum bitrate of fiber? -- "Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Yeah, this piece is an ad for ISS. They certainly should've called other so-called "white hats." And I would've liked to have seen comment from the cDc or other hackers in response -- they're NOT hard to reach, and they're generally nice folk.
However, this piece does give a pretty good thumbnail sketch of hackers, crackers and kiddies, and lays out the basics of how things work between them. U.S. News readers likely don't see much of that, and it's good that someone got that stuff right for a mass audience. I've covered the hacker community, and believe me, it's hard!
It really is a shame they didn't use more sources. That would've made this story truly l33t!
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Posted by mrjp:
Red Hat, Inc. seems like a great oppurtunity to me. They are the authority on Linux Development, besides Linus Trovalds. Like Yahoo! that has rocketed to unwaivering heights, I believe this company will also be able to benefit from the spin-off technologies of Linux. The future is always uncertain for companies that have the purest of visions, and go against the megaloths like Microsoft. In the end though, I believe that the customer satisfaction will prevail. Who do you think the customer will like better? Microsoft Windows or Linux? It is that simple.
Posted by mrjp:
If "Microsoft friendly" investors decide to buy up large amounts of shares of Red Hat Inc., then it would make good sense to buy them when they first come out. The price of the shares will surely rise. Microsoft can not "Buy" Red Hat.
Posted by d106ene5:
They never claimed to be a manufacturer of anything.
Posted by d106ene5:
Bottom line is, the balance sheet doesn't mean too much these days (for the present anyway). If that were the case, do you think Amazon, EBay and Yahoo would be worth such staggering values?
Posted by d106ene5:
That has to be the most incomprehesible piece of gibberish I've read all day.
You could ghost write the unabomber's manifesto.
Posted by stodge:
the name still sucks - its a car! Doh!
Posted by d106ene5:
Whatever. His comment was a veiled jab at perl, which is far less buggy than the updated-daily kernels for linux.
Posted by DDupree:
A uranium atom splitting into all sorts of other atoms equals an atomic reaction.....just add enough uranium to reach critical mass.......... and you have a nice firecracker
Posted by Gingrich:
:-)
I also question the comments about the maturity of
RH 6.0. My experience is that it is the first time
that I've had a clean upgrade (and I've done 4.2-
5.0-5.1-5.2-6.0
Of course, I may have finally learned how to do
the upgrade correctly.
-Don
Posted by fling93:
What's wrong with the UI? I've found its configuration much more intuitive than Netscape or IE. As far as usage, what more do you use beyond the back/forward/reload buttons? The extra options for toggling graphics loading, toggling CSS, and zoom are highly useful. The keyboard shortcuts can't be beat.
The only thing that sucks is the buttons, but the later versions let you do your own or download others.
Well worth the $$. Still, I wish they'd make it open source!
Posted by polar_bear:
That's a great idea - I wonder how you could translate that to print though?
Don't cut down on the sugar!
Actually the new QT library 2.0 is out. The first public beta under the new LICENCE!!
And well koffice is freely downloadable and fas more advanced than Abiword or Gnumeric.
I don't see a problem mixing the two systems actually. If only Gnome/GTK apps reacted meanigfully to X hints and did not ignore every standard like session management, you wouldn't notice the difference between QT and GTK apps if you choose a plain theme.
Even Netscape looks like a native app due to krdb's style and color matching abilities.y
Posted by polar_bear:
And those who can't read between the lines...
I was one of the people who signed up, and I listed my tech skills so people would realize that I could understand the concepts of OS projects even if I'm not a coder.
I listed my degrees because I wanted people to know that I can write docs that anyone could read. Instead of bitching about it why don't you join the project and suggest something?
Posted by d106ene5:
there is no formal definition and
read the code to the perl interpreter. it'll tell you in a pretty straightforward manner what is kosher and what isn't.
its formal enough to get munged into machine code somehow, so that should be formal enough for you.
Posted by d106ene5:
Copyrights and IP law generate government condoned monopolies.
Then storm the bastille you twit. The laws as they stand allow activestate to turn a buck. Move to Madagascar if it bothers you.
Posted by oNZeNeMo (guns'n ammo):
What about those of us who need access to the innards of our computers? Given the right operating system, I can access my files and run my programs from just about anywhere. All I need is a large cube in my room. A cube that would have all the room I would ever need for hard disks but instead of building it up, building it wide too, so the cables don't have to be crammed in everywhere. I'd also like easy access from all angles without having to disconnect everything inside. No, I don't run my computer with the cover off, it's too noisy (learned my lesson IBM hard disks are the way to go). I have seen cases like this, but never for less than $300.
And seriously, people who want to take their computer places should get a laptop already.
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
Here is some help: Get a new slogan. Unless this game is a parody, you will be looking at some legal problems with MS.
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"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by Lord Kano-The Gangster Of Love:
>>2) Multiple CPUs (under an SMP-capable OS) operate in PARALLEL. This means that 400 MHz + 400 MHz = 400 MHz. (Now, as for FPU performance, that's a different matter...but the overall clock speed is the same.) PLEASE stop talking about your 1 GHz machines!
Thank you for saying this again. About 3 years or so ago when Daystar had their 4-way SMP Mac clone on the market (Genesis MP) there were arseholes bragging that at work they had "800 mhz machines".
You can't take two one carot diamonds, squeeze them together and call it a two carot diamond. It doesn't work that way.
>>3) YES, you need an SMP-capable OS (i.e. NOT Win9x) to use two processors. Just because they're plugged into a single slot doesn't mean that they automatically operate in parallel.
Not necessarily. When the Genesis MP was released the MacOS (Still called "system software" then) was not SMP capable(Aside from X,it still isn't) but apps like Photoshop, some 3d rendering programs had plugins that allowed them to take advantage of the additional CPUs.
I don't see why this can't be done on Win9X. I know that Carmack is working on SMP support for Quake3.
LK
Posted by The Incredible Mr. Limpett:
:)
Although I'm really looking forward to Oni by Bungie (http://www.bungie.com/oni/default.html)
Although it's more of a combo/improvement over current form facotrs (Quake and Mortal Kombat type games), it's sounds great. I especially like the environment space that doesn't just limit you to the door to enter a building(you could break a window somewhere in the building and enter that way or break down a door on the roof and enter that way.)
If only they could mix that with a Myst type puzzle game and things could be groovy.
or how about a MUD in the form factor of Quake (instead of Diablo or whatever) and you could paste your scanned face in there and make different skins (suits, bathing suits, etc.)
Hmm..I wish I knew how to program at that scale cause that's what I'd be working on...
----
"Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a
villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."
Posted by The Very Evil Doctor Finkleste:
I still love film. Yeah, I got a 1 MPixel digital camera and the instant turnaround is great, but compare it to a well exposed slide or negative and it's a joke.
Also, compare the cost of getting a decent film scanner and even a used SLR with a couple of lenses with a comparable 4 - 6 MPixel camera (which you need to do quality graphics with). You wallet will quickly agree that film still has it's place for the next couple of years.
One other nice thing about film : you don't need batteries to view it.
As an aside for people doing home-brew web sites, the common mistake people make is to scan the print instead of the source negative or slide. The dynamic range of the print is WAY lower than the original and that's why most scanned pictures suck.
Posted by n0paL:
You Zealot. I don't care if you prefer Debian or not, but doing that kind of comments is by no ways fair to RedHat or whatever distribution.
Posted by Phantom of the Operating Syste:
Linux started starved for apps, then GNU tools came along. The GNU tools compile under Be without a hitch. You are greeted with BASH as a terminal, for goodness sake.
What Be offers is multiprocesing support for your programs without you having to write special code to take advantage of this. Sounds like a developer's dream to me.
-phantom.
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
"We are only two orders of magnitude from exabit speeds. tera=10**12, peta=10**15, exa=10**18."
kilo = 10^3
mega = 10^6
giga = 10^9
tera = 10^12
peta = 10^15
exa = 10^18
An "order of magnitude" is "power of ten". Sounds like tera to exa is 6 (18 minus 12) orders of magnitude. Even using Moore's law (double ever 18 months), that's quite a ways off.
Does anyone know the theoretical maximum bitrate of fiber?
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"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by frogbert:
Anderson said some groups are claiming credit for processing the same data packet over and over..
WELL DUH
Posted by Mike@ABC:
Yeah, this piece is an ad for ISS. They certainly should've called other so-called "white hats." And I would've liked to have seen comment from the cDc or other hackers in response -- they're NOT hard to reach, and they're generally nice folk.
However, this piece does give a pretty good thumbnail sketch of hackers, crackers and kiddies, and lays out the basics of how things work between them. U.S. News readers likely don't see much of that, and it's good that someone got that stuff right for a mass audience. I've covered the hacker community, and believe me, it's hard!
It really is a shame they didn't use more sources. That would've made this story truly l33t!