On the other hand, I used an early version of Wave front circa 1990, and it was way cool even then. Making an object run along a spline was pretty easy, having an large number of them doing this was also easy.
I can only imagine it's much better now.
You have seen the product of this package, unless you haven't seen TV in 20 Years.
I have always hoped the Linux world would come out with something as easy to use for free or cheap.
Why do people look for conspiracies? If you want to figure out the motive of 99.9999 of the companies out there, look in the dictionary under the word "profit".
If you might get hosed by being an idiot and betting on an IPO (or any stock), they don't want to have anything to do with you, because you might bad mouth them, and lose them profit.
Read the RedHat prospectus. It contained many many pages of why it might fail. They're all there to help prevent liability suits. Why?
Getting sued isn't profitable.
So stop griping about not getting in because you're not part of the good old boys network. I got in because I could provide proof of having a clue. And that's still no guarantee...
As far as I am concerned, I own my entries in that database.
That information is strictly for technical communication ("Computers in your domain are being used to flood ping our site.", "We can't send mail to anyone in your domain.") and administrative communication ("We would like to buy your domain.", "One of your computers is being used to sell guns illegally.")
NSI's role should be one of record-keeper. I paid for the domain name, not them.
They may well back port it. It would depend on how big the change is. Recent posts to linux-kernel suggest that Linus does want to expend time back porting big changes when that time could be spent helping achieve the goal of releasing 2.4 by this fall.
We have to admit, NT has had more time to mature, and they do have a good kernel architect in Dave Cutler. If he wasn't saddled by the marketing team that he is, NT would be non-mediocre in all of it's abilities. Linux hasn't creamed them yet, but that fact that it's contending is way cool. And all the scientific benchmarks that people want to run are just fine. That will only help to focus efforts.
Just remember, it may be faster, but only when it's UP.
Basicly, the RIAA can't conceive of living in a world where the customers are expected to be honorable and pony up a few dollars for the support of their fave bands. Wildly amusing, since a number of bands have more from merchandising than selling CD's.
But what do you expect from a business segment that is basicly dishonorable. Just ask Robert Fripp or Frank Zappa's family.
It's obvious what is infinite on the Net: arrogance.
Nowhere is it so easy to trash your fellow human beings, with apparent impunity. Worse, because there is no lack of targets, people get good at this trashing. Shades of subtlety color the shit to make it seem like a reasonable response.
Certainly there are bone-heads on the net. Spammers, foul mouthed AC's, identity frauds all lurk, waiting for some chance to use up their 15 minutes of fame. But then you have the next level up, those who attempt to become important by denigrating the writing of others, dismissing it as stale, or the answer as well known.
These are the folks who do the most damage to the net in terms of PR. It's what causes people to brand Netizens as elitist Techno-Nazis.
It's easy to declare someone that is misinformed stupid. But it won't make your life O.K.
Why should there be fear? Geeks have been going to shows like this for years. The standard action is to cruise the booths, getting swag and ogling the tech (and techs), gathering a bunch of lit, and then making the real decisions based on the merits of the products.
Professional techs don't often make decisions based on the beauty of the booth denizens, because after the booths are gone and hardware is shipped, the tech is the one that going to have to support it.
It's not clear it's a big deal. I think Intel is protecting their lead. If the source is released GPL'ed at the same time as the chip, then, hey that's a legit use of NDA. Time will tell.
Whatever you may think of Intel or Microsoft, it is reasonable to protect your investment by hiding it's features from view. What's not reasonable are the standard practice of NDA's on released hardware API's, which is to me like selling someone a car with 4 identical ports, and not saying which is for gas, oil, transmission fluid or windshield wiper fluid.
Also not reasonable is using your clout as a player to force people to use only your product.
Merit is the key, but everyone should get the chance to work in peace, just so long as they make a resonable disclosure when they do release.
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On the larger level, I would suppose this was not meant to offend anyone in particular, just an author adopting a dubious choice of voice. On the other hand, if it had been done well, it might have been funny.
I wasn't happy about the fags remark on two levels. First, it's offensive. However words are just words, and I can let it slide in most cases. Second, though, is that it wasn't funny. It was beyond cliched, it just made no sense. What do "fags" dress like? Try watching a gay pride parade. You will see every fashion in creation, from conservative blue suits to polo shirts to t-shirt and jeans, to lovely chiffon floor length gowns.
What do "fags" dress like? They dress like you.
Moving on, TCP/IP doesn't replace the OSI model, it fits in it. I wonder if Kent understands the model. Here's an explanation of the model as it works around the dinner table.
Physical. Humans or other creatures, with physical bodies. "Have a seat"
Data Link. He have Aural/Oral information (talking) and physical information (food). Physical information is moved with attendee intervention, and Aural/Oral, by talking and listening. We will use Collision Detection to decide who gets to communicate. "Sorry, You go first." "No, you go, you have the jam."
Network. How do you get a packet from any thing in the network to anything else. "George, would you pass this jam to Lynn?"
Transport. Error handling and sequencing. "George, you will need to hold the jam upright, the lid is off. Would you then pass this spoon, so Lynn can get the jam out? Here's the lid, hold on to that until Lynn is done spooning out the jam."
Session Layer. Politeness. The end of session marker could be "Thanks, George."
Presentation. "Lynn, the jam is in a jar." or "Lynn, the jam is in a bowl." or "Lynn, the jam is in a squeeze bottle."
Application. "Lynn, if you want Jam, you'll need to ask for it by saying 'Could I have Jam please' or if a specific person has it, 'Hacksaw, could you pass the jam toward me?'." Also, "Tonight we have jam, bread, rolls, salad, stir fried vegetables, and an apple torte for desert."
This could be considered a pathalogical example. On the other hand, TCP/IP as a model isn't refined enough to suggest things like IP-IP tunneling. It also doesn't break out the major areas that could be tweaked to make a set of applications even more efficient. Admittedly, you can get all these things done in TCP/IP. The OSI model is most useful for organizations that are trying to optimize their production model where it deals ith network communication.
First you must learn every basic thing about Unix, shell scripting, file manipulation, etc. Then you need to understand the filesystem architecture, and hwo the devices fit in. Then go for the kernel architecture, at least an overiew. You must understand how to install and reconfigure any Unix box. Installing is no big deal, these days. It's mostly menu driven, and pretty obvious. Reconfiguring is hrder, but tends to be fairly similar across platforms. Some Unixes have special tool for this, like RedHat's control-panel or Solaris's Solstice Admin Suite. Others you are effectively required to know about, like AIX's SMIT, which will modify the files for you, and out from under you if you modify them directly. From there you must understand how each of the following is installed and works: mail, web, networking, especially tcp/ip, quotas, user maintenance.... The best thing to do is get at least two Linux boxes into your home, and network them, and then setup every server you can on one or the other, and play with them to see if you can break them, and then fix them again. Also try to get them to interoperate with Mac's and PC's. Good books to look at are "Unix System Administration Handbook" by Nemeth, Snyder, SeeBass and Hein, Prentice Hall and Essential System Administration by Æleen Frisch, O'Reilly. Also, you should try and attend Usenix Conferences. P.S. The First poster's Mother should slap him for being so lame.
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The true cost of the environment is much higher.
On the other hand, I used an early version of Wave front circa 1990, and it was way cool even then. Making an object run along a spline was pretty easy, having an large number of them doing this was also easy.
I can only imagine it's much better now.
You have seen the product of this package, unless you haven't seen TV in 20 Years.
I have always hoped the Linux world would come out with something as easy to use for free or cheap.
Why do people look for conspiracies? If you want to figure out the motive of 99.9999 of the companies out there, look in the dictionary under the word "profit".
If you might get hosed by being an idiot and betting on an IPO (or any stock), they don't want to have anything to do with you, because you might bad mouth them, and lose them profit.
Read the RedHat prospectus. It contained many many pages of why it might fail. They're all there to help prevent liability suits. Why?
Getting sued isn't profitable.
So stop griping about not getting in because you're not part of the good old boys network. I got in because I could provide proof of having a clue. And that's still no guarantee...
As far as I am concerned, I own my entries in that database.
That information is strictly for technical communication ("Computers in your domain are being used to flood ping our site.", "We can't send mail to anyone in your domain.") and administrative communication ("We would like to buy your domain.", "One of your computers is being used to sell guns illegally.")
NSI's role should be one of record-keeper. I paid for the domain name, not them.
They may well back port it. It would depend on how big the change is. Recent posts to linux-kernel suggest that Linus does want to expend time back porting big changes when that time could be spent helping achieve the goal of releasing 2.4 by this fall.
We have to admit, NT has had more time to mature, and they do have a good kernel architect in Dave Cutler. If he wasn't saddled by the marketing team that he is, NT would be non-mediocre in all of it's abilities. Linux hasn't creamed them yet, but that fact that it's contending is way cool. And all the scientific benchmarks that people want to run are just fine. That will only help to focus efforts.
Just remember, it may be faster, but only when it's UP.
Basicly, the RIAA can't conceive of living in a world where the customers are expected to be honorable and pony up a few dollars for the support of their fave bands. Wildly amusing, since a number of bands have more from merchandising than selling CD's.
But what do you expect from a business segment that is basicly dishonorable. Just ask Robert Fripp or Frank Zappa's family.
It's obvious what is infinite on the Net: arrogance.
Nowhere is it so easy to trash your fellow human beings, with apparent impunity. Worse, because there is no lack of targets, people get good at this trashing. Shades of subtlety color the shit to make it seem like a reasonable response.
Certainly there are bone-heads on the net. Spammers, foul mouthed AC's, identity frauds all lurk, waiting for some chance to use up their 15 minutes of fame. But then you have the next level up, those who attempt to become important by denigrating the writing of others, dismissing it as stale, or the answer as well known.
These are the folks who do the most damage to the net in terms of PR. It's what causes people to brand Netizens as elitist Techno-Nazis.
It's easy to declare someone that is misinformed stupid. But it won't make your life O.K.
Nope.
Why should there be fear? Geeks have been going to shows like this for years. The standard action is to cruise the booths, getting swag and ogling the tech (and techs), gathering a bunch of lit, and then making the real decisions based on the merits of the products.
Professional techs don't often make decisions based on the beauty of the booth denizens, because after the booths are gone and hardware is shipped, the tech is the one that going to have to support it.
It's not clear it's a big deal. I think Intel is protecting their lead. If the source is released GPL'ed at the same time as the chip, then, hey that's a legit use of NDA. Time will tell.
Whatever you may think of Intel or Microsoft, it is reasonable to protect your investment by hiding it's features from view. What's not reasonable are the standard practice of NDA's on released hardware API's, which is to me like selling someone a car with 4 identical ports, and not saying which is for gas, oil, transmission fluid or windshield wiper fluid.
Also not reasonable is using your clout as a player to force people to use only your product.
Merit is the key, but everyone should get the chance to work in peace, just so long as they make a resonable disclosure when they do release.
On the larger level, I would suppose this was not meant to offend anyone in particular, just an author adopting a dubious choice of voice. On the other hand, if it had been done well, it might have been funny.
I wasn't happy about the fags remark on two levels. First, it's offensive. However words are just words, and I can let it slide in most cases. Second, though, is that it wasn't funny. It was beyond cliched, it just made no sense. What do "fags" dress like? Try watching a gay pride parade. You will see every fashion in creation, from conservative blue suits to polo shirts to t-shirt and jeans, to lovely chiffon floor length gowns.
What do "fags" dress like? They dress like you.
Moving on, TCP/IP doesn't replace the OSI model, it fits in it. I wonder if Kent understands the model. Here's an explanation of the model as it works around the dinner table.
- Physical. Humans or other creatures, with physical bodies. "Have a seat"
- Data Link. He have Aural/Oral information (talking) and physical information (food). Physical information is moved with attendee intervention, and Aural/Oral, by talking and listening. We will use Collision Detection to decide who gets to communicate. "Sorry, You go first." "No, you go, you have the jam."
- Network. How do you get a packet from any thing in the network to anything else. "George, would you pass this jam to Lynn?"
- Transport. Error handling and sequencing. "George, you will need to hold the jam upright, the lid is off. Would you then pass this spoon, so Lynn can get the jam out? Here's the lid, hold on to that until Lynn is done spooning out the jam."
- Session Layer. Politeness. The end of session marker could be "Thanks, George."
- Presentation. "Lynn, the jam is in a jar." or "Lynn, the jam is in a bowl." or "Lynn, the jam is in a squeeze bottle."
- Application. "Lynn, if you want Jam, you'll need to ask for it by saying 'Could I have Jam please' or if a specific person has it, 'Hacksaw, could you pass the jam toward me?'." Also, "Tonight we have jam, bread, rolls, salad, stir fried vegetables, and an apple torte for desert."
This could be considered a pathalogical example. On the other hand, TCP/IP as a model isn't refined enough to suggest things like IP-IP tunneling. It also doesn't break out the major areas that could be tweaked to make a set of applications even more efficient. Admittedly, you can get all these things done in TCP/IP. The OSI model is most useful for organizations that are trying to optimize their production model where it deals ith network communication.First you must learn every basic thing about Unix, shell scripting, file manipulation, etc. Then you need to understand the filesystem architecture, and hwo the devices fit in. Then go for the kernel architecture, at least an overiew. You must understand how to install and reconfigure any Unix box. Installing is no big deal, these days. It's mostly menu driven, and pretty obvious. Reconfiguring is hrder, but tends to be fairly similar across platforms. Some Unixes have special tool for this, like RedHat's control-panel or Solaris's Solstice Admin Suite. Others you are effectively required to know about, like AIX's SMIT, which will modify the files for you, and out from under you if you modify them directly. From there you must understand how each of the following is installed and works: mail, web, networking, especially tcp/ip, quotas, user maintenance.... The best thing to do is get at least two Linux boxes into your home, and network them, and then setup every server you can on one or the other, and play with them to see if you can break them, and then fix them again. Also try to get them to interoperate with Mac's and PC's. Good books to look at are "Unix System Administration Handbook" by Nemeth, Snyder, SeeBass and Hein, Prentice Hall and Essential System Administration by Æleen Frisch, O'Reilly. Also, you should try and attend Usenix Conferences. P.S. The First poster's Mother should slap him for being so lame.