I think perhaps you read me wrong. I'm guessing that there aren't many Windows developers....that is, people work on Windows...that is, writing code that will become a part of the Windows OS, in Mexico. I'm fairly sure that a great majority of them work in Redmond.
BTW, I think the ``5 MS developers'' quip is a pretty staggering bit of imperialist ignorance. Are there any Mexicans reading this who would care to comment?
I think perhaps you read me wrong. I'm guessing that there aren't many Windows developers....that is, people work on Windows...that is, writing code that will become a part of the Windows OS, in Mexico. I'm fairly sure that a great majority of them work in Redmond.
It's self-defeating; you can't help the economic status of people by destroying the economy they live in!
You are correct, but there's a problem with your reasoning in application to this specific problem, how many Windows developers are in Mexico? 5, maybe? So, using a free OS is not taking away from the economy of Mexico in any signifigant manner. What it does do is free up some money. Now, you seem to think that this money would just be given away. Yes, that would be dumb. However, that's not what governments do for the long term. (Yes, short term programs like Welfare exist, and they actually affective). For the long term, they do job training, buisness incentives, stuff like that. That takes money. What does this move do again? Oh, that's right, frees up money. So, there you are. Have a nice day.
You're missing the point of the Linux kernel. The intent of the kernel developers and Linus himself is to make a good kernel. They then use that kernel. We should all be greatful that they allow us to use their kernel.
If companys depend on the use of the Linux kernel and want something changed about it, they should begin developing for it themselves. Companys are no different than hackers in this respect. As such, the "professionalised" development system you envision can come about by companies doing their own development
Your problems seem more related to using a laptop rather than a PPC. In my (limited) experience, laptop display chips are the absolute last to be supported, on both the PPC and x86 side of the fence.
Darwin is an OS that's open source that's supported by Apple. It also happens to be the underpinnings to Mac OS X. Hence, Darwin support == Mac OS X support.
Will this Aqua support be rolled into the next Xfree86 release? I think I'll have a look at some of those new fast Macs!
This is NOT Aqua support! This is XFree86 running on Darwin! So, you can have X on your screen, or you can have Aqua on your screen. Either way, you're limited to programs compiled for what's on the screen.
Military experts say PlayStations could provide the kind of sophisticated graphics for missile guidance systems, or remote control of pilotless drones for surveillance or bombing runs.
A PS/PS2 could be used on the controller end to graphically view data sent back from missiles or pilotless drones in a 3D manner. They're not total idiots, but the true meaning is left to the reader.
If Netzero wins, they'll be the only ones that will be able to pop up adds for free. They'll likely licence the idea (yes, that's ridiculous). End result: Netzero makes a lot of money and companys will have to make bigger ads to pay for the ability to display them.
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The difference between CS and CIS, in my experience as a CS major, has been that CS folk learn why things are the way they are, CIS folk learn how to use them. This yields two very different career tracks (though they may start out at the same place). The CS folks will have the basic understanding of computers that will allow them to advance through different fields of CS and not get stuck in a rut. The CIS folks, however, will need to be constantly retrained (more than CS folk) to learn how to use the new stuff, so getting stuck writing Program X on Platform Y is common.
So, my advice would be to go CS if you commonly ask "Why?". If you couldn't care less and just want to use the darn stuff, go CIS.
Yea, we used Minix last year here at Drake. Oddly enough, we played around with process scheduling and other process table goodies for an assignment. I'd have to disagree with you on the debugging part though, the source is small enough that it's not too hard to completly understand. That makes debuging quite a bit better.
The Drake Equation may be useless in this application, but it has been used to determine, very accuratly, the probability of an orange suffering from stage fright. Research by D.r. Patricia K. Michaels, GmPL.
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Also, I noticed that CTP2 was nearly out now
Well, no. It was out last week. It was with grim glee that I went out and bought it for Winblows after also seeing no mention of a port from Loki. But, then again, my experience with them and CTP wasn't very good either, but that's beside the point.
Um, that's an interesting thought... Could Linux just be concidered a big, human run, genetic algorithem (GA)? I mean, you got a large population of kernels when you concider the large amount of 3rd party patches out there. The good ones make it into the leading product by surviving a test (Linus) and the rest get thrown back into a pool. Mutation. Yum.
As someone who has been there, I can say pretty safely that the folks coding up those web banking sites don't like to deviate from Microsoft too much, and it's for an interesting reason: the product sells better to non-tech types when you can say it's a Microsoft tech. Floored me when I first heard that, but I suppose some people haven't figured out that Microsoft != secure. As far as they're concerned, Microsoft products (ASP, IIS, etc) make for a quick rollout that has good security and customers are comfortable with. I'd say two of those are right...
This is why the consoles must eventually be netted; not because the net will become utterly ubiquitous, but because AIs will always be harder to make interesting than other humans.
Sounds like a revision of the Turing Test is in order... An AI is intelligent when it is indistinguishable from a human when playing Quake.
Speak for yourself there, buddy. Don't forget the Macintosh crowd. Windows is for those who feel they need computers to be hard, but don't really know what that means. Macintosh is for those who feel they need computers to work but don't quite know what that means. I'd say the "average dumb consumer" group is split between the two.
from the SELECT-*-FROM-quickies-WHERE-humor-<-0; dept.
Well heck, if you're selecting the quickies with humor less than zero, they're bound to suck. I'd check the SQL server though, some of those were mildy funny.
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I think perhaps you read me wrong. I'm guessing that there aren't many Windows developers....that is, people work on Windows...that is, writing code that will become a part of the Windows OS, in Mexico. I'm fairly sure that a great majority of them work in Redmond.
BTW, I think the ``5 MS developers'' quip is a pretty staggering bit of imperialist ignorance. Are there any Mexicans reading this who would care to comment?
I think perhaps you read me wrong. I'm guessing that there aren't many Windows developers....that is, people work on Windows...that is, writing code that will become a part of the Windows OS, in Mexico. I'm fairly sure that a great majority of them work in Redmond.
You read me wrong. I'm guessing the number of Windows developers, not the number of people developing programs that run on Windows.
It's self-defeating; you can't help the economic status of people by destroying the economy they live in!
You are correct, but there's a problem with your reasoning in application to this specific problem, how many Windows developers are in Mexico? 5, maybe? So, using a free OS is not taking away from the economy of Mexico in any signifigant manner. What it does do is free up some money. Now, you seem to think that this money would just be given away. Yes, that would be dumb. However, that's not what governments do for the long term. (Yes, short term programs like Welfare exist, and they actually affective). For the long term, they do job training, buisness incentives, stuff like that. That takes money. What does this move do again? Oh, that's right, frees up money. So, there you are. Have a nice day.
You're missing the point of the Linux kernel. The intent of the kernel developers and Linus himself is to make a good kernel. They then use that kernel. We should all be greatful that they allow us to use their kernel.
If companys depend on the use of the Linux kernel and want something changed about it, they should begin developing for it themselves. Companys are no different than hackers in this respect. As such, the "professionalised" development system you envision can come about by companies doing their own development
Your problems seem more related to using a laptop rather than a PPC. In my (limited) experience, laptop display chips are the absolute last to be supported, on both the PPC and x86 side of the fence.
Yup, you're right. This is stale news.
Darwin is an OS that's open source that's supported by Apple. It also happens to be the underpinnings to Mac OS X. Hence, Darwin support == Mac OS X support.
Will this Aqua support be rolled into the next Xfree86 release? I think I'll have a look at some of those new fast Macs!
This is NOT Aqua support! This is XFree86 running on Darwin! So, you can have X on your screen, or you can have Aqua on your screen. Either way, you're limited to programs compiled for what's on the screen.
Military experts say PlayStations could provide the kind of sophisticated graphics for missile guidance systems, or remote control of pilotless drones for surveillance or bombing runs.
A PS/PS2 could be used on the controller end to graphically view data sent back from missiles or pilotless drones in a 3D manner. They're not total idiots, but the true meaning is left to the reader.
You are incorrect-ish.
If Netzero wins, they'll be the only ones that will be able to pop up adds for free. They'll likely licence the idea (yes, that's ridiculous). End result: Netzero makes a lot of money and companys will have to make bigger ads to pay for the ability to display them.
The difference between CS and CIS, in my experience as a CS major, has been that CS folk learn why things are the way they are, CIS folk learn how to use them. This yields two very different career tracks (though they may start out at the same place). The CS folks will have the basic understanding of computers that will allow them to advance through different fields of CS and not get stuck in a rut. The CIS folks, however, will need to be constantly retrained (more than CS folk) to learn how to use the new stuff, so getting stuck writing Program X on Platform Y is common.
So, my advice would be to go CS if you commonly ask "Why?". If you couldn't care less and just want to use the darn stuff, go CIS.
Hope that helps.
Yea, we used Minix last year here at Drake. Oddly enough, we played around with process scheduling and other process table goodies for an assignment. I'd have to disagree with you on the debugging part though, the source is small enough that it's not too hard to completly understand. That makes debuging quite a bit better.
The Drake Equation may be useless in this application, but it has been used to determine, very accuratly, the probability of an orange suffering from stage fright. Research by D.r. Patricia K. Michaels, GmPL.
Also, I noticed that CTP2 was nearly out now
Well, no. It was out last week. It was with grim glee that I went out and bought it for Winblows after also seeing no mention of a port from Loki. But, then again, my experience with them and CTP wasn't very good either, but that's beside the point.
Aye, in this habitat of OS's, Linus is a force of nature-of sorts.
Um, that's an interesting thought... Could Linux just be concidered a big, human run, genetic algorithem (GA)? I mean, you got a large population of kernels when you concider the large amount of 3rd party patches out there. The good ones make it into the leading product by surviving a test (Linus) and the rest get thrown back into a pool. Mutation. Yum.
As someone who has been there, I can say pretty safely that the folks coding up those web banking sites don't like to deviate from Microsoft too much, and it's for an interesting reason: the product sells better to non-tech types when you can say it's a Microsoft tech. Floored me when I first heard that, but I suppose some people haven't figured out that Microsoft != secure. As far as they're concerned, Microsoft products (ASP, IIS, etc) make for a quick rollout that has good security and customers are comfortable with. I'd say two of those are right...
Yea, and if the code doesn't work, just use the other half of the DNA strand. Silly A-T C-G bindings...
This is why the consoles must eventually be netted; not because the net will become utterly ubiquitous, but because AIs will always be harder to make interesting than other humans.
Sounds like a revision of the Turing Test is in order... An AI is intelligent when it is indistinguishable from a human when playing Quake.
And what about a catchy slogan?
"How can you steal what you already own?"
Okay, it's not a slogan, but rather a concice arguments...
Sorry, I'm sleep deprived and my mouth is too minty from Penguin Mints.
There's also no real way to back it up.
Speak for yourself there, buddy. Don't forget the Macintosh crowd. Windows is for those who feel they need computers to be hard, but don't really know what that means. Macintosh is for those who feel they need computers to work but don't quite know what that means. I'd say the "average dumb consumer" group is split between the two.
Just sayin'.
from the SELECT-*-FROM-quickies-WHERE-humor-<-0; dept.
Well heck, if you're selecting the quickies with humor less than zero, they're bound to suck. I'd check the SQL server though, some of those were mildy funny.
Seriously though, it'd be good to have a Linux Happening in my back yard for a change.
Yea, that'd be nice... Anyone up for DMLS - Des Moines Linux Symposium?
Iowa sucks.