Man, when I saw that guy's name on the article, I had to read furthur to confirm that this was a Slashdot interview.
I immediately thought of how bad a choice this is. You know that no question moderated up is one he is willing to answer. I'm interested to see how/if he'll reply.
As for your list, (besides the fact that it appears to be mostly verbatim from another recent list) the first name that I'd pick is Patrick Volkerding. C'mon, he made the first high-quality Linux distrib.
Of course I wouldn't mind seeing some of those other names that haven't been interviewed yet. JWZ, John Ousterhout, Donald Becker, Miguel de Icaza, Bill Joy, Andrew Tridgell,... wow, lots.
Sadly, you'll have to remove number 66 from that list. It's too bad, that would have been a very interesting interview.
We get American channels in Canada and, conversely, Americans get Canadian channels. I doubt the Canadian broadcasters and the cable companies would be very happy if they couldn't deal with HDTV.
Remember that the 'N' in NTSC stands for "North America."
Vision had a partially working product and everyone was in awe at Comdex.
Bill Gates saw it, contacted some programmers and asked to make a demo of their.... Windows, yeah, software.
It looked prettier.
Bill then went around talking about hw it was coming Real Soon Now, and managed to get a lot of major companies to sign agreement to the effect that they will put Windows on thei computers exclusively.
Windows 1 was (I think) 2-3 years late (many of the programmers hated doing it because they thought the 808x was a "shitbox"). When VisiOn was released all the major companies were already in agreements with MS, and VisiOn failed.
Other DOSes are also not compatible with Windows 9x for obvious reasons. (no LFN support, no FAT32 support)
Caldera have demonstrated that Win95 can run under DR-DOS when they load a TSR that tricks Win95 into thinking it's MSDOS 7. It's part of their evidence against MS.
DR-DOS also happens to have long file name support.
Actually, if you think about it, MS-DOS 7 (I'm referring to the version shipped with 95, of course) *doesn't* have LFN support. LFN is implemented in Windows itself, not the underlying DOS. Try looking at LFNs after booting into "console mode."
Caldera have implemented LFNs in DR-DOS without the help of a GUI.
As for FAT32, It's not necessary for a running system.
It appears to be impossible to find a good remote.
Check this site for a ton of info. Beware, big companies give this guy free remotes so don't expect a hell of a lot of journalistic integry anywhere but the user forums.
For cheap and good, the SL-9000 does look quite nice. I've never tried it though. It has decent punch-through and macro options (most important).
For high-end, the Philips one looks pretty good but I don't really like those screens because you actually have to look at it to get to a button. I can hit most of the buttons on my five separate remotes (works for now, I'm afraid of the lost functionality of multi-remotes). There is also the fact that you can't fit a hell of a lot of buttons on those screens, you'll probably find yourself scrolling a lot.
If you like those screens and want something kind of cheap, there is software you can get for a palm but the IR port isn't all that high-powered. I heard somewhere (can't remember where) that there will be a remote control addition to the Visor.
My advice: a number of high-end home theatre stores will let you bring a remote home to try it out. Do this and don't buy anything fancy unless you need the functionality.
I have also thought about designing my own remote. Simply use a PIC, a 2-wire EEPROM, a serial port, and a load of buttons and you can program your remote graphically on your PC. A lot of low-level remote info can be found through the LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control) project. This way you can get a remote that does pretty much anything you want and you won't have to worry about setting punch-throughs, macros, switching between components, etc. The software would allow you to print a sheet which you can cut up and place under a clear plastic cover on your remote that has the key names on it. Some remotes have little stickers that you can place under the buttons so that would be an option (although not so elegant) as well.
Yes, I'm very serious about designing my own remote. I have done much thought on it. I want it to be as good or better quality than commercial remotes. If anyone is interested in helping out/discussing it email me and we'll maybe set up a mailing list and web page, etc.
since when was the absence of a cool hack a reason to get upset at someone?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not upset. Merely surprised.
I remember hacking the first Civilization with a hex editor... Hmm, my Phalanx appears to have an attack of 99.:-)* Funny how how those unit properties were stored in the save files.
I also made changes similar to ESR back then to add the missing Newfie civilization.:-)*
Pretty neat. I haven't downloaded it yet but I hope it's in big, friendly letters.
What looks really impressive, though, is Multifractal Penguins and Porcupines.
Having cow units would be pretty cool as well.
Am I the only one disappointed with ESR's comparatively paltry entry? I kind of expected more (such as some actual programming) than some simple text-editing when I saw his name.
It's a good thing if changes that come in from Corel et al head upstream so that they as much as possible become part of Debian proper.
Yes, their enhancements appear to be for public consumption.
Most of their work has been on adding/fixing functionality to/in KDE. Their current base of work is on KDE 1. They tried to send all of those enhancements back to the KDE project, who refused them because they are concentrating on KDE 2.
That's why their enhancements haven't been seen yet.
It looks like the Corel, Storm, and other such variations on Debian largely involve taking Debian, Replacing the initial installation tools with cool new ones, which doesn't disturb the rest of the distribution, and Adding some special packages, which again doesn't forcibly disturb the rest of the distribution.
I tried Storm and nothing impressed me.
However, I'm going to have to jump in and defend Corel.
I'm a Corel Linux beta tester and as a result, I've been able to see a lot of interesting stuff. I can't say much in detail, but let me tell you that Corel is *making damn sure* that Linux gets hardware support for everything.
One of my reports involved Aureal sound support...
Now, are there any other deprecated formats, of any kind or in any use, that we should get rid of?
.dll,.exe,.com,.bat,.386,.vxd,.sys...
.zip,.Z,.lzh,.zoo, maybe even.gz (I have a particular fondness for bzip2).
ISA PnP
??????~?.???
.swp (separate swap partitions make too much sense. Fragmenting and adding an unnecessary layer of processing (FAT16/32) is evil)
.htm:-)*
The use of extensions as the *only* method of determining filetype. I was quite surprised that Windows Commander 32 would simply go into a compressed archive even if it was named ".jpg"
It all should be done by magic.
Oh yeah, how about the placement of the "close window" button right next to "maximise window?"
I'd really like to see <CODE> and <PRE> tags supported.
Many of us are programmers and sometimes post small snippets of source. You can do indentation with nested <BLOCKQUOTE> tags, but that takes a while to format.
I got the same thing. I too was disappointed because I was moderating up a post as underrated that definitely was not off-topic...
Overzealous moderators marking down everything really bugs me. I rarely mark down a post, even "f1rst" posts because I *know* somebody else is going to do it.
Ho hum...
Wow, I also appear to be denied my right to remove my auto +1. I actually use that...
Toshiba laptop... still under warranty... bought in the US...
I have never had a problem with my floppy drive, though.
Then again. I rarely use it and I run Linux.
I like how all of the unclaimed pseudo-refunds are going to education. Now if only the greedy lawyers would send some over there as well rather than spending it on 30 cars, 10 houses, etc...
NFS has always been supported. It's my favourite method, too. The entire distribution isn't too large to mirror on my small network.
As for FTP, I'm not sure...
Since the distribution is quite small, downloading it and doing it over NFS would be a good bet. If you have a cable modem, leave it on your server and let all of your other cable friends install it from yours. I'm sure they'd appreciate the speed.
To set it up is simple. You only have to mirror the "slakware" directory and provide the network boot and the appropriate root disks (colour, almost always).
People getting a CNE or MCSE and calling themselves engineers. It's not their fault. It's obvious whose fault it is.
As an engineering student I was always told it was illegal to say that you were an engineer if you really weren't.
To be an engineer... I think that if you are eligible for entry in an engineering association (such as IEEE for all the EEs) as a full engineer, only then are you an engineer.
but 49 min to reboot would make me have to hurt someone.
I would imagine that this isn't a workstation. It could have a ton of different servers loading in that time: HTTP, FTP, SQL, etc. Maybe it has a lot of drive space.
There are many reasons why an NT server would be that slow.
I'm not saying that's acceptable, however. My main Linux server reboots in, I guess, around <90 seconds. That's with a lot of daemons, too.
This game is trying to reach an audience of Christians often neglected by the "mainstream" world, both Christian and non-Christian.
If you really think Christianity is neglected in mainstream culture....
I, personally, have trouble when I want to buy something on Sunday.
I would also have trouble having a store open on Sunday, if I owned one. Why is that?
Actually, they've recently changed the laws some here, but why now? Why were they in place in the first place? Why are they still partially in place? The laws are still restrictive in many parts.
Why can't I get my mail on Christmas day? What if the carrier is not Christian? Why can't he work? He may need the money.
I have no problem with any Christian who wants to not participate in business on one of their holidays. I do have a problem with people telling the rest of us that we cannot operate.
Non-Christians don't make laws that restrict Christian freedom.
You have a problem with people lumping you all into one group and stereotyping you. Nobody's doing that. I grew up in a "Christian" house. My mother is Catholic and my father is Protestant. I've been to both churches many times.
I jumped out not because of other Christians but because of certain ones who enjoy restricting people's freedom. How is a priest a channel to God? The ones around here liked to molest young boys. If these are the people who are "close" to God, then no thanks. Ok, there are many good ones. They respect other religions rather than trying to "save their souls." They get into it to help people rather than hurt them.
I simply believe that helping people is a better way to spend my time than cheating them or lying to them. I'm not going to ignore someone on the basis of religion (or anything else, for that matter). As far I know, they're human like I am and I'm going to treat them as such. I don't need religion for that.
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Man, when I saw that guy's name on the article, I had to read furthur to confirm that this was a Slashdot interview.
... wow, lots.
I immediately thought of how bad a choice this is. You know that no question moderated up is one he is willing to answer. I'm interested to see how/if he'll reply.
As for your list, (besides the fact that it appears to be mostly verbatim from another recent list) the first name that I'd pick is Patrick Volkerding. C'mon, he made the first high-quality Linux distrib.
Of course I wouldn't mind seeing some of those other names that haven't been interviewed yet. JWZ, John Ousterhout, Donald Becker, Miguel de Icaza, Bill Joy, Andrew Tridgell,
Sadly, you'll have to remove number 66 from that list. It's too bad, that would have been a very interesting interview.
I believe the exact same thing as in the US.
We get American channels in Canada and, conversely, Americans get Canadian channels. I doubt the Canadian broadcasters and the cable companies would be very happy if they couldn't deal with HDTV.
Remember that the 'N' in NTSC stands for "North America."
Corel is on 2.2.12 currently.
Ok, from what I remember:
.... Windows, yeah, software.
Vision had a partially working product and everyone was in awe at Comdex.
Bill Gates saw it, contacted some programmers and asked to make a demo of their
It looked prettier.
Bill then went around talking about hw it was coming Real Soon Now, and managed to get a lot of major companies to sign agreement to the effect that they will put Windows on thei computers exclusively.
Windows 1 was (I think) 2-3 years late (many of the programmers hated doing it because they thought the 808x was a "shitbox"). When VisiOn was released all the major companies were already in agreements with MS, and VisiOn failed.
That's what I remember, anyway.
Other DOSes are also not compatible with Windows 9x for obvious reasons. (no LFN support, no FAT32 support)
Caldera have demonstrated that Win95 can run under DR-DOS when they load a TSR that tricks Win95 into thinking it's MSDOS 7. It's part of their evidence against MS.
DR-DOS also happens to have long file name support.
Actually, if you think about it, MS-DOS 7 (I'm referring to the version shipped with 95, of course) *doesn't* have LFN support. LFN is implemented in Windows itself, not the underlying DOS. Try looking at LFNs after booting into "console mode."
Caldera have implemented LFNs in DR-DOS without the help of a GUI.
As for FAT32, It's not necessary for a running system.
I have the same woes.
It appears to be impossible to find a good remote.
Check this site for a ton of info. Beware, big companies give this guy free remotes so don't expect a hell of a lot of journalistic integry anywhere but the user forums.
For cheap and good, the SL-9000 does look quite nice. I've never tried it though. It has decent punch-through and macro options (most important).
For high-end, the Philips one looks pretty good but I don't really like those screens because you actually have to look at it to get to a button. I can hit most of the buttons on my five separate remotes (works for now, I'm afraid of the lost functionality of multi-remotes). There is also the fact that you can't fit a hell of a lot of buttons on those screens, you'll probably find yourself scrolling a lot.
If you like those screens and want something kind of cheap, there is software you can get for a palm but the IR port isn't all that high-powered. I heard somewhere (can't remember where) that there will be a remote control addition to the Visor.
My advice: a number of high-end home theatre stores will let you bring a remote home to try it out. Do this and don't buy anything fancy unless you need the functionality.
I have also thought about designing my own remote. Simply use a PIC, a 2-wire EEPROM, a serial port, and a load of buttons and you can program your remote graphically on your PC. A lot of low-level remote info can be found through the LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control) project. This way you can get a remote that does pretty much anything you want and you won't have to worry about setting punch-throughs, macros, switching between components, etc. The software would allow you to print a sheet which you can cut up and place under a clear plastic cover on your remote that has the key names on it. Some remotes have little stickers that you can place under the buttons so that would be an option (although not so elegant) as well.
Yes, I'm very serious about designing my own remote. I have done much thought on it. I want it to be as good or better quality than commercial remotes. If anyone is interested in helping out/discussing it email me and we'll maybe set up a mailing list and web page, etc.
since when was the absence of a cool hack a reason to get upset at someone?
:-)* Funny how how those unit properties were stored in the save files.
:-)*
Don't get me wrong, I'm not upset. Merely surprised.
I remember hacking the first Civilization with a hex editor... Hmm, my Phalanx appears to have an attack of 99.
I also made changes similar to ESR back then to add the missing Newfie civilization.
Wow, that was a long time ago.
Dude... I think you didn't properly sync your brain before you hit SUBMIT on that one... you're going seriously non-linear...
Huh?
Might I suggest reading the page in question before posting? It's a good practice.
I was simply commenting (very lightly) on the material found there.
Plus, I wouldn't expect a hack of such minimal proportions from ESR. I mean, we're talking about ESR!
Pretty neat. I haven't downloaded it yet but I hope it's in big, friendly letters.
What looks really impressive, though, is Multifractal Penguins and Porcupines.
Having cow units would be pretty cool as well.
Am I the only one disappointed with ESR's comparatively paltry entry? I kind of expected more (such as some actual programming) than some simple text-editing when I saw his name.
The history is a little bit longer.
Remember the AMD chips that proudly displayed "Windows 95 Compatible?" That was around the DX4/100 era.
Intel never had a MS logo on their processors.
It's a good thing if changes that come in from Corel et al head upstream so that they as much as possible become part of Debian proper.
Yes, their enhancements appear to be for public consumption.
Most of their work has been on adding/fixing functionality to/in KDE. Their current base of work is on KDE 1. They tried to send all of those enhancements back to the KDE project, who refused them because they are concentrating on KDE 2.
That's why their enhancements haven't been seen yet.
A little more direct than my last hint...
The day Microsoft got out of the OS arena...
Ahh, that takes me back.. or is it forwards? With time travel you never can tell.
Apollywoggies to the Doctor...
It looks like the Corel, Storm, and other such variations on Debian largely involve taking Debian, Replacing the initial installation tools with cool new ones, which doesn't disturb the rest of the distribution, and Adding some special packages, which again doesn't forcibly disturb the rest of the distribution.
I tried Storm and nothing impressed me.
However, I'm going to have to jump in and defend Corel.
I'm a Corel Linux beta tester and as a result, I've been able to see a lot of interesting stuff. I can't say much in detail, but let me tell you that Corel is *making damn sure* that Linux gets hardware support for everything.
One of my reports involved Aureal sound support...
Hmmmm, the US patent office appear to be accepting common-sense solutions to common problems...
Here's one:
An apparatus for firebombing the US patent office.
I should also patent the use of the phrase "patent this" in conjunction with any rude gesture.
Funny, it's located in Canada.
:-)*
Wrong pole, guys
Actually, the FTP login message explains most, if not all.
(hey, the +1 bonus is back! I guess I'll celebrate by hitting the "No Score +1 Bonus" button below)
Now, are there any other deprecated formats, of any kind or in any use, that we should get rid of?
.exe, .com, .bat, .386, .vxd, .sys...
.Z, .lzh, .zoo, maybe even .gz (I have a particular fondness for bzip2).
:-)*
.dll,
.zip,
ISA PnP
??????~?.???
.swp (separate swap partitions make too much sense. Fragmenting and adding an unnecessary layer of processing (FAT16/32) is evil)
.htm
The use of extensions as the *only* method of determining filetype. I was quite surprised that Windows Commander 32 would simply go into a compressed archive even if it was named ".jpg"
It all should be done by magic.
Oh yeah, how about the placement of the "close window" button right next to "maximise window?"
I'd really like to see <CODE> and <PRE> tags supported.
Many of us are programmers and sometimes post small snippets of source. You can do indentation with nested <BLOCKQUOTE> tags, but that takes a while to format.
I hate looking at left justified code.
I got the same thing. I too was disappointed because I was moderating up a post as underrated that definitely was not off-topic...
Overzealous moderators marking down everything really bugs me. I rarely mark down a post, even "f1rst" posts because I *know* somebody else is going to do it.
Ho hum...
Wow, I also appear to be denied my right to remove my auto +1. I actually use that...
Toshiba laptop... still under warranty... bought in the US...
I have never had a problem with my floppy drive, though.
Then again. I rarely use it and I run Linux.
I like how all of the unclaimed pseudo-refunds are going to education. Now if only the greedy lawyers would send some over there as well rather than spending it on 30 cars, 10 houses, etc...
You started out late on both Slackware and Redhat.
I remember using Slackware 2.x. I believe it started it's version numbering quite normally.
The first Red Hat I heard about (and installed as well) was 3.0. I believe it started around there to catch up with Slackware.
Patrick is perfectly justified in his jump since he's been around much longer than any other currently popular distribution.
NFS has always been supported. It's my favourite method, too. The entire distribution isn't too large to mirror on my small network.
As for FTP, I'm not sure...
Since the distribution is quite small, downloading it and doing it over NFS would be a good bet. If you have a cable modem, leave it on your server and let all of your other cable friends install it from yours. I'm sure they'd appreciate the speed.
To set it up is simple. You only have to mirror the "slakware" directory and provide the network boot and the appropriate root disks (colour, almost always).
Ohhhh, that bugs me too.
People getting a CNE or MCSE and calling themselves engineers. It's not their fault. It's obvious whose fault it is.
As an engineering student I was always told it was illegal to say that you were an engineer if you really weren't.
To be an engineer... I think that if you are eligible for entry in an engineering association (such as IEEE for all the EEs) as a full engineer, only then are you an engineer.
but 49 min to reboot would make me have to hurt someone.
I would imagine that this isn't a workstation. It could have a ton of different servers loading in that time: HTTP, FTP, SQL, etc. Maybe it has a lot of drive space.
There are many reasons why an NT server would be that slow.
I'm not saying that's acceptable, however. My main Linux server reboots in, I guess, around <90 seconds. That's with a lot of daemons, too.
Convert sinners at the local bus-mall.
Hmmm, reminds me of Syndicate.
It seems Bullfrog beat everybody to the punch.
This game is trying to reach an audience of Christians often neglected by the "mainstream" world, both Christian and non-Christian.
If you really think Christianity is neglected in mainstream culture....
I, personally, have trouble when I want to buy something on Sunday.
I would also have trouble having a store open on Sunday, if I owned one. Why is that?
Actually, they've recently changed the laws some here, but why now? Why were they in place in the first place? Why are they still partially in place? The laws are still restrictive in many parts.
Why can't I get my mail on Christmas day? What if the carrier is not Christian? Why can't he work? He may need the money.
I have no problem with any Christian who wants to not participate in business on one of their holidays. I do have a problem with people telling the rest of us that we cannot operate.
Non-Christians don't make laws that restrict Christian freedom.
You have a problem with people lumping you all into one group and stereotyping you. Nobody's doing that. I grew up in a "Christian" house. My mother is Catholic and my father is Protestant. I've been to both churches many times.
I jumped out not because of other Christians but because of certain ones who enjoy restricting people's freedom. How is a priest a channel to God? The ones around here liked to molest young boys. If these are the people who are "close" to God, then no thanks. Ok, there are many good ones. They respect other religions rather than trying to "save their souls." They get into it to help people rather than hurt them.
I simply believe that helping people is a better way to spend my time than cheating them or lying to them. I'm not going to ignore someone on the basis of religion (or anything else, for that matter). As far I know, they're human like I am and I'm going to treat them as such. I don't need religion for that.