your post is well written, but anyone could make speculations like that and come to any conclusion they wanted. that's the problem with speculation, if you try hard enough you can find facts to back up any probable outcome.
i prefer not to bother with attempts at playing psychic, and just wait until i can get my hands on a product made with crusoe.
right now, crusoe is not all that impressive, yes it can run any OS an x86 can run,.. so can an x86 chip:P but, what will be impressive is when they start releasing other VMs,.. you can have a laptop with linux, irix, solaris, be os, macos, whatever you want,... all happily working together,.. that's what i'd like to see developed with this technology. longer-lasting battery life is well and good, but i'm not the type who travels much, so if i buy a laptop, at least half the time it's going to be plugged into an outlet anyway. (though i know this is not the case for most of you, i'm a selfish bastard.)
the ideal implimentation would allow switching without rebooting, let's all click our heels and hope this is what comes to pass... i want laptops that only boot when you first take them out of the box!;)
a low power consumption x86 clone is neat, but not as impressive as what is to come. ...dave
Very well put, and six years ago I might have agreed with you, before I became the jaded person that I am now. Anyone who has really experienced how low corporate business executives can go can truly understand what Gates & Co. are capable of.
I think you would be very surprised at how inhuman many people, especially those who have survived to get into a place of power, really are. I have lost two jobs because of purely political reasons, when I was getting terminated at the last one they even told me, during the exit interview, that there was nothing anyone could have been doing better in my position (I was working an average of 70 hours a week the last two months.) Things weren't going well, they needed a scape goat, I was a likely target.
This company I was working for was tiny compared to a behemoth like Microsoft. When they will pull stunts like that for a matter of saving-face, how low do you think they're willing to go when billions of dollars are on the line?
No, I think the demonisation of MiKKKrosoft is completely justified, while not everyone who works there is evil, I've come to realise that most people who crawl to the top of the executive ladder have given their souls away somewhere along the line.
Then again, I may just be overly cynical. But, at least now I expect the knife before it severs my spine. ...dave
Re:There is no money in star trek..
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Yeah you beat me to it, there is no money in Star Trek, they're all a bunch of new-age hippies who help each other just out of the goodness of their hearts.
PSHAW!
like that would ever happen, there will always be people like WILL~1.G8S and such around who feel they are superior to us all by birth-right. ...dave
I guess they're not so bright after all. When will companies learn the following equation :
Speakers + Monitor = Bad
That pretty much goes for any 2 components which are 'naturally' seperate, being put together. I think we all know the lovely Packard Bell all-in- one videocard/modem/sound card/ide controller monstrosity... yikes. ...dave
Oh no!! Next you're gonna tell me you can't run it off casette and you have to have a HDD!!:(..
get with the times people:) ...dave
How does he breathe on such a high horse?
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I would think the atmosphere up there would be too thin. Don't get me wrong, I respect RMS and agree with the fact of what he is saying, but I can't agree with his tone here.
I personally am not fanatical about either view, my main concern is that of most people out there; quality software available to everyone. Whether it's free or just dirt cheap is moot to me, and whether it's "free" or "open" doesn't matter either, in the big scheme of things. Right now the software industry is in the same shape as the auto industry of the 70s and 80s: ugly, inefficient POS everywhere you look. Sure there are some exceptions (the Ferraris, the Porsches, the Lamborghinis) but I'm talking about for the average person, they don't and won't know that what they're using is so terrible, until something better comes along.
That's how I see it. In my estimation of things, Joe Q. User will never make full use of the "free"-ness or "open"-ness of the software, but they will be happier when things work better whether they know it or not.
I'll leave with one of my favourite allegories: Why is it in software if a user screws things up and breaks the system, it's the system's fault? The system is too hard to use? Gas and Break aren't labeled in a car, P D R and N are sufficient for the driver to know what they're supposed to do. When someone crashes their car you don't say "Oh, well the car is too hard to use." Hmm,...
Both of you twinks whining about typos and spelling errors should just shut up. This is neither "high profile" nor a "war." It is one person being dirt-faced wrong, and someone else educating them. I doubt that this (very excellent I might add) rebuttle will be seen anywhere but here on/.
a) It's not said explicitly that this will be an all-snafu'd up implimentation of Perl, but with M$ involved you can lay your bets pretty safely that it will be.
b) The problem is not those of us who know what we're doing writing incompatible Perl on accident. The problem is new Perl users getting introduced to MS-Perl, and MS-Perl becoming defacto standard so that the majority of Perl out there becomes Windoze based, thus basically eviscerating a perfectly good language.
If you don't understand this, then I don't know what else to say, it's plainly obvious to me. ...dave
Exactly how does Perl on Windows and Perl on *nix (etc.) allegorize well to Gimp and PhotoShop? Gimp and Photoshop are 2 TOTALLY different animals, and are used in totally different ways than a programming language.
You don't understand that a Perl script written for this new MS breed of Perl will not work for other platforms, that is where the problem lies. Yes, Gimp plugins and PhotoShop plugins aren't compatible, but that's like saying Doom saved games and Half-Life saved games aren't compatible (or maybe i should say mods.)
It would also be nice if you weren't so flip at the end of your posts when you're not even making any sense. ...dave
You know, if stopping M$ was as simple as me not using (or paying for *cough*) their products, then guess what? They would not be where they are today. IE would not be so popular, there would be more *nix games, et cetera, et cetera..
The problem is not me (or dare I say us) using it, the problem is the rest of the world, especially the non-clued suits using it and bringing it to the fore. WinPerl will not be totally compatible with our current incarnations of Perl, and that will be the problem. ...dave
If that's all they were going to do (make Perl function better under Windoze) that would be fine. But do you REALLY believe that M$ has these noble intentions? Read between the lines, my friend. ...dave
While it was rare, it has not been unheard of for people to pay money for MUD characters, or to pay MUD admins for favours in RL money and/or other real life *ahem* favours. While I've not seen $1,000+ spent on characters personally on MUDs, I would venture to say this is for 2 reasons:
1) Generally MUDders are poor college students. 2) MUDs are usually free, so while with UO it actually DOES cost you money to develop characters like the ones being bought, on a MUD you're only paying for the luck of good statistics and the time spent building up the character.
This is totally not a new thing, it's just gotten bigger. I wish Mr. Katz would stick to writing about things he knows something about. ...dave
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your post is well written, but anyone could make speculations like that and come to any conclusion they wanted. that's the problem with speculation, if you try hard enough you can find facts to back up any probable outcome.
i prefer not to bother with attempts at playing psychic, and just wait until i can get my hands on a product made with crusoe.
right now, crusoe is not all that impressive, yes it can run any OS an x86 can run,.. so can an x86 chip
you want,... all happily working together,.. that's what i'd like to see developed with this technology. longer-lasting battery life is well and good, but i'm not the type who travels much, so if i buy a laptop, at least half the time it's going to be plugged into an outlet anyway. (though i know this is not the case for most of you, i'm a selfish bastard.)
the ideal implimentation would allow switching without rebooting, let's all click our heels and hope this is what comes to pass... i want laptops that only boot when you first take them out of the box!
a low power consumption x86 clone is neat, but not as impressive as what is to come.
...dave
Very well put, and six years ago I might have agreed with you, before I became the jaded person that I am now. Anyone who has really experienced how low corporate business executives can go can truly understand what Gates & Co. are capable of.
I think you would be very surprised at how inhuman many people, especially those who have survived to get into a place of power, really are. I have lost two jobs because of purely political reasons, when I was getting terminated at the last one they even told me, during the exit interview, that there was nothing anyone could have been doing better in my position (I was working an average of 70 hours a week the last two months.) Things weren't going well, they needed a scape goat, I was a likely target.
This company I was working for was tiny compared to a behemoth like Microsoft. When they will pull stunts like that for a matter of saving-face, how low do you think they're willing to go when billions of dollars are on the line?
No, I think the demonisation of MiKKKrosoft is completely justified, while not everyone who works there is evil, I've come to realise that most people who crawl to the top of the executive ladder have given their souls away somewhere along the line.
Then again, I may just be overly cynical. But, at least now I expect the knife before it severs my spine.
...dave
Yeah you beat me to it, there is no money in
Star Trek, they're all a bunch of new-age hippies
who help each other just out of the goodness
of their hearts.
PSHAW!
like that would ever happen, there will always
be people like WILL~1.G8S and such around who
feel they are superior to us all by birth-right.
...dave
I guess they're not so bright after all. When
will companies learn the following equation :
Speakers + Monitor = Bad
That pretty much goes for any 2 components which
are 'naturally' seperate, being put together. I
think we all know the lovely Packard Bell all-in-
one videocard/modem/sound card/ide controller
monstrosity... yikes.
...dave
Oh no!! Next you're gonna tell me you can't run
it off casette and you have to have a HDD!!
get with the times people
...dave
I would think the atmosphere up there would be too thin. Don't get me wrong, I respect RMS and agree with the fact of what he is saying, but I can't agree with his tone here.
I personally am not fanatical about either view, my main concern is that of most people out there; quality software available to everyone. Whether it's free or just dirt cheap is moot to me, and whether it's "free" or "open" doesn't matter either, in the big scheme of things. Right now the software industry is in the same shape as the auto industry of the 70s and 80s: ugly, inefficient POS everywhere you look. Sure there are some exceptions (the Ferraris, the Porsches, the Lamborghinis) but I'm talking about for the average person, they don't and won't know that what they're using is so terrible, until something better comes along.
That's how I see it. In my estimation of things, Joe Q. User will never make full use of the "free"-ness or "open"-ness of the software, but they will be happier when things work better whether they know it or not.
I'll leave with one of my favourite allegories: Why is it in software if a user screws things up and breaks the system, it's the system's fault? The system is too hard to use? Gas and Break aren't labeled in a car, P D R and N are sufficient for the driver to know what they're supposed to do. When someone crashes their car you don't say "Oh, well the car is too hard to use." Hmm,...
...dave
Both of you twinks whining about typos and /.
spelling errors should just shut up. This is
neither "high profile" nor a "war." It is
one person being dirt-faced wrong, and someone
else educating them. I doubt that this (very
excellent I might add) rebuttle will be seen
anywhere but here on
So can it.
...dave
Ok, one last time :
a) It's not said explicitly that this will be
an all-snafu'd up implimentation of Perl, but with
M$ involved you can lay your bets pretty safely
that it will be.
b) The problem is not those of us who know
what we're doing writing incompatible Perl on
accident. The problem is new Perl users getting
introduced to MS-Perl, and MS-Perl becoming defacto standard so that the majority of Perl out
there becomes Windoze based, thus basically
eviscerating a perfectly good language.
If you don't understand this, then I don't know
what else to say, it's plainly obvious to me.
...dave
Exactly how does Perl on Windows and Perl on
*nix (etc.) allegorize well to Gimp and PhotoShop?
Gimp and Photoshop are 2 TOTALLY different
animals, and are used in totally different ways
than a programming language.
You don't understand that a Perl script written
for this new MS breed of Perl will not work for
other platforms, that is where the problem lies.
Yes, Gimp plugins and PhotoShop plugins aren't
compatible, but that's like saying Doom saved
games and Half-Life saved games aren't compatible
(or maybe i should say mods.)
It would also be nice if you weren't so flip at
the end of your posts when you're not even making
any sense.
...dave
You know, if stopping M$ was as simple as me
not using (or paying for *cough*) their products,
then guess what? They would not be where they
are today. IE would not be so popular, there
would be more *nix games, et cetera, et cetera..
The problem is not me (or dare I say us)
using it, the problem is the rest of the world,
especially the non-clued suits using it and
bringing it to the fore. WinPerl will not
be totally compatible with our current incarnations of Perl, and that will be the
problem.
...dave
If that's all they were going to do (make
Perl function better under Windoze) that would
be fine. But do you REALLY believe that M$
has these noble intentions? Read between the
lines, my friend.
...dave
While it was rare, it has not been unheard of for
people to pay money for MUD characters, or to pay
MUD admins for favours in RL money and/or other
real life *ahem* favours. While I've not seen
$1,000+ spent on characters personally on MUDs,
I would venture to say this is for 2 reasons:
1) Generally MUDders are poor college students.
2) MUDs are usually free, so while with UO it
actually DOES cost you money to develop characters
like the ones being bought, on a MUD you're only
paying for the luck of good statistics and the
time spent building up the character.
This is totally not a new thing, it's just gotten
bigger. I wish Mr. Katz would stick to writing
about things he knows something about.
...dave
Who's going to stop useless, bloated beaurocracies
from interfering in things THEY are totally
unrelated to...
*cough*
...dave