when I noticed that CNN and MSNBC had their news anchors put the war helmets on, and start the 9/11 rant all over again.
You're full of crap. CNN did not mention "terrorism" or anything related to it for a good half hour, and when they did it was only to say there was no evidence of it. They did not jump to conclusions. Stop making shit up.
There are several man pages (i.e. pod2man, libnetcfg, etc) included in the perl debian package that aren't included in the perl-doc package, so I don't think it's correct to say that perl-doc is the "complete documentation" of perl.
The complete documentation of perl is $PERL/pod/*.pod.
The answer is clear to anyone who is willing to take our many accomplisments at face value. It is clear to anyone who is willing to come to the source for their info instead of running to gossips, liars, and fud masters.
If you cannot provide a clear explanation of your own policies, how do you expect anyone to care about your project? This thread is dead.
No, it's in maintenance mode.
Re:GNU-Darwin Background: Pudge is Right!
on
The GNU-Darwin World
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
Uh, since many people still think it means what I said it means, no, it is not a dead horse. Again, how is it different from what it was before? Is there an answer, or not?
Re:GNU-Darwin Background: Pudge is Right!
on
The GNU-Darwin World
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
Maintanence mode means that we will continue to provide updates and support.
So... this is different from how it was before, how, exactly? And how does the addition of brand-new PPC packages square with this?
Re:GNU-Darwin Background: Pudge is Right!
on
The GNU-Darwin World
·
· Score: 4, Interesting
We never said that we would produce no more new stuff for PPC, but rather that we would not link to proprietary libraries.
You yourself wrote: Second, we will be moving our operations to x86, and we are putting the ppc collection into maintenance mode.Read it yourself if you forget.
This is the distribution that swore off PPC development because of political reasons, basically saying that Apple is so bad that they can't continue to use any part of the platform they are based on, but yet they are still producing that which they said they wouldn't (new stuff for PPC). They say silly things like "the most free" distribution, as if such a phrase has any meaning. They claim to be the premiere free software distribution for Mac OS X, which is plainly false, unless you are deluded into believing that only copylefted software is free software.
This is a project driven almost solely by politics, not technology, and they can't even be consistent there. Beware.
The same argument could be made for not buying insurance.
Yes, which is why I am only in favor of insurance where the replacement value/risk is simply too high, such as car, house, health... life. I also carry office insurance, because if my equipment is stolen, I am majorly screwed. That doesn't cover mechanical failures, though.
If this really happened, sue. The terms of sale say nothing about playing the music as part of "using the service." If they say that authentication is using the service, tell them you had no way of knowing that. And point to the many quotes from Steve Jobs saying this is YOUR music once you pay for it.
I doubt Sony would tell me it is OK. I'd be surprised. And short of a statement from the company that it would be covered under warranty, Homey don't play that.
It's the same physical port, but your computer's DVI port is NOT compatible with a HD monitor's DVI port. The signal the HD monitor expects is a special copy-protected signal that is EIA-861-compliant (whatever that means:-).
Sure, nothing else but using the same compiler will factor out the compiler when comparing hardware platforms. But who cares? Actual raw hardware speed is not what users care about at all. The actually speed that people are going to get out of the whole platform in real life is what people care about.
Nonsense (to quote someone else in this discussion;-).
The tests were designed to show raw hardware performance in the most fair way possible. It was NOT designed to show that the G5 is faster in real-world use. SPEC *sucks* for that, and is not designed for that. Using it in the real world, with real apps, is how you test real-world use. And Apple did that, too, though I am sure it is not the final word on the subject: for that, we wait until the machines get out into the real world.
You insist on saying that the Intel machine is faster using a completely different compiler -- one not used much in the real world, to boot -- ignoring that Apple could possibly be faster on a different compiler. You insist on saying that this somehow means the machine is faster in the real world, ignoring that in real world applications, many other things are involved that are not measured in the tests, including vector processing, memory bandwidth, and I/O, areas in which the G5 machine is clearly superior.
Also, Apple did not claim fastest desktop merely on the SPEC results, but on the real-world tests.
I don't have the inclination to continue this discussion with you, in light of this.
And if Mathematica uses a fast malloc() on PowerPC, it would make sense that Mathematica would also use fast malloc() on x86. Apple is NOT comparing apples to apples (couldn't help myself).
The Apple folks made the same pun.:-)
It's a fair question; I'd hope the answer is "such a malloc was not available to us," as they are justifying using it with the argument that it is going to be available. I dunno.
Slashdot Mirror
when I noticed that CNN and MSNBC had their news anchors put the war helmets on, and start the 9/11 rant all over again.
You're full of crap. CNN did not mention "terrorism" or anything related to it for a good half hour, and when they did it was only to say there was no evidence of it. They did not jump to conclusions. Stop making shit up.
Maybe because it is actually used by code (diagnostics.pm), and would therefore already be included in the perl package.
There are several man pages (i.e. pod2man, libnetcfg, etc) included in the perl debian package that aren't included in the perl-doc package, so I don't think it's correct to say that perl-doc is the "complete documentation" of perl.
The complete documentation of perl is $PERL/pod/*.pod.
In debian, perlreftut was not distributed either as part of the Standard Version of Perl or as part of its complete documentation
That is false. Try again.
They are not excluding perl. Is Debian the distribution for people who can't read? :)
Ten years of having a pickle up their ass about inane and retarded things!
You are obviously going for the "hot chick" vote; are you afraid of losing votes to "model" Angelyne or porn star Mary Carey? What about Larry Flynt?
The answer is clear to anyone who is willing to take our many accomplisments at face value. It is clear to anyone who is willing to come to the source for their info instead of running to gossips, liars, and fud masters.
If you cannot provide a clear explanation of your own policies, how do you expect anyone to care about your project?
This thread is dead.
No, it's in maintenance mode.
Uh, since many people still think it means what I said it means, no, it is not a dead horse. Again, how is it different from what it was before? Is there an answer, or not?
Maintanence mode means that we will continue to provide updates and support.
... this is different from how it was before, how, exactly? And how does the addition of brand-new PPC packages square with this?
So
We never said that we would produce no more new stuff for PPC, but rather that we would not link to proprietary libraries.
You yourself wrote: Second, we will be moving our operations to x86, and we are putting the ppc collection into maintenance mode. Read it yourself if you forget.
This is the distribution that swore off PPC development because of political reasons, basically saying that Apple is so bad that they can't continue to use any part of the platform they are based on, but yet they are still producing that which they said they wouldn't (new stuff for PPC). They say silly things like "the most free" distribution, as if such a phrase has any meaning. They claim to be the premiere free software distribution for Mac OS X, which is plainly false, unless you are deluded into believing that only copylefted software is free software.
This is a project driven almost solely by politics, not technology, and they can't even be consistent there. Beware.
The same argument could be made for not buying insurance.
... life. I also carry office insurance, because if my equipment is stolen, I am majorly screwed. That doesn't cover mechanical failures, though.
Yes, which is why I am only in favor of insurance where the replacement value/risk is simply too high, such as car, house, health
If this really happened, sue. The terms of sale say nothing about playing the music as part of "using the service." If they say that authentication is using the service, tell them you had no way of knowing that. And point to the many quotes from Steve Jobs saying this is YOUR music once you pay for it.
Sure ... Sony KP-57WV600.
I doubt Sony would tell me it is OK. I'd be surprised. And short of a statement from the company that it would be covered under warranty, Homey don't play that.
Well, the materials with my Sony say it is not compatible, and I won't try it, and risk doing damage. Do it with your own expensive machinery. :-)
It's the same physical port, but your computer's DVI port is NOT compatible with a HD monitor's DVI port. The signal the HD monitor expects is a special copy-protected signal that is EIA-861-compliant (whatever that means :-).
You are confusing 64-bit support with a 64-bit OS. You shouldn't. Panther does indeed have 64-bit support.
Actually, it was 7.5. Keychain was a part of PowerTalk, and died with it, to be resurrected later on its own.
Do, can you please retract any support for Apple's claims?
Dial 1-800-YOU'RE A KNOB.
What's indisputable is the Pentium4 is faster than what Apple is stating
This is why I cannot continue this conversation with you. What is indisputable is that it is *exactly* as fast as Apple is stating. Think on.
Sure, nothing else but using the same compiler will factor out the compiler when comparing hardware platforms. But who cares? Actual raw hardware speed is not what users care about at all. The actually speed that people are going to get out of the whole platform in real life is what people care about.
;-).
Nonsense (to quote someone else in this discussion
The tests were designed to show raw hardware performance in the most fair way possible. It was NOT designed to show that the G5 is faster in real-world use. SPEC *sucks* for that, and is not designed for that. Using it in the real world, with real apps, is how you test real-world use. And Apple did that, too, though I am sure it is not the final word on the subject: for that, we wait until the machines get out into the real world.
You insist on saying that the Intel machine is faster using a completely different compiler -- one not used much in the real world, to boot -- ignoring that Apple could possibly be faster on a different compiler. You insist on saying that this somehow means the machine is faster in the real world, ignoring that in real world applications, many other things are involved that are not measured in the tests, including vector processing, memory bandwidth, and I/O, areas in which the G5 machine is clearly superior.
Also, Apple did not claim fastest desktop merely on the SPEC results, but on the real-world tests.
I don't have the inclination to continue this discussion with you, in light of this.
And if Mathematica uses a fast malloc() on PowerPC, it would make sense that Mathematica would also use fast malloc() on x86. Apple is NOT comparing apples to apples (couldn't help myself).
:-)
The Apple folks made the same pun.
It's a fair question; I'd hope the answer is "such a malloc was not available to us," as they are justifying using it with the argument that it is going to be available. I dunno.