> Apparently the main defense is take out tiny portions of the music. Small enough that CD player > error correction will accomodate, but a direct data transfer will turn into bursts of gibberish.
so... does this mean that my non-error correcting cd player will spoo on one of these discs? also, this kinda implies that the disc is full of little `scratches' (not literally, but for all intents and purposes)... might I suggest cdparanoia?:)
I want my servers to have the power of magnetism, because when you control magnetism, you control electricity and, well, damn near everything... Besides, if my machine had mastered magnetism, it could most certainly fix itself (being made of metal!), so "super-healing" is kind of a dumb choice... IBM obviously didn't think that one through...
"When functionality and reliability are sacrificed to the gods of idiocy, the gods of economy smile."
--Todd C. Williams
in all actuality, this is what will come to pass. it will be "easier" for PHB's, but at the loss of function and stability. however, it will probably pay off well for big blue.
from previous/. articles, it became known that Sony was using Linux as their development platform of choice. Maybe their dev tools will also become available... if that were to come about, you could develop your own PS2 games... that would rock:)
if you read the post a little closer, you'll notice that you get a harddrive, a mouse, a keyboard, as well as some adapters 'n stuff... I have a feeling that this is what makes up the majority of the $200. However, it would be nice we could get a hold of their source...:)
I'll have to disagree here. Those kinds of tools should be handled by the distribution, not the desktop environment. GNOME is supposed to be Solaris's new desktop of choice... what happens when Ximian integrates config helpers that are specific to a certain OS?
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be, say, Kholdmyhand or gneedsomehelpwithmyconfig, but that would take away from the true focus of the desktops. RedHat or SuSe or whoever should be in the business of supplying the config tools. I love GNU/Linux (do I get karma points for that?;), but such great products as KDE and GNOME shouldn't be irrevocably tied to *any single* OS...
If it's anything I've learned in school, it's that grades != knowledge... I've seen the most knowledgable people score in the bottom 10%, and I've seen less knowledgable people (who happen to be good at test taking) score in the upper 10%. So I don't really think that grade is really indicative of intelligence or knowledge of the material.
if you check out your facts
here and here,
you'll see that violent crime is actually lower now than is has been for years. I think that highly sensational journalism is to blame for this misperception. It's not that it's any worse now that it was 10 years ago, it's just that we didn't hear about it before.
Is is just me, or does the author seem to trample his own argument?
One point the author makes throughout his article is that OOP pundits claim that if used properly, OOP is TGSSB (The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread(TM)).
After the market place realizes the shortcomings of these technologies, the die-hard
supporters always say the same thing: "They WOULD work if people simply used them properly." We are already hearing this from OOP apologists.
However, he also says
I am beginning to get the feeling that many people are forgetting how to do good procedural programming and blaming the paradigm for their shrinking knowledge. The
above claim about memory recovery is just one example. I just heard someone say that they found an old procedural program of theirs that used too many global variables and too many parameters. Rather than blame his bad programming or lack of knowledge about procedural/relational organization techniques, he blamed the paradigm and used it as a sorry excuse to proceed with OOP.
Intellectual elitism? Stubbornness? Perhaps a mere oversight? I actually prefer procedural programming myself. However, I can't stand to see someone make a bad argument in my favor.
"Registrars could e-mail or snail-mail confirmation of registration, and of voting, in the same way many online commercial sites confirm that orders have been placed. If Amazon can do it, can't the federal government?"
hehe... probably not... I'm sure Amazon holds a patent on that!
In addition, support for more powerful hardware is provided in the new kernel which now supports 64 gigabytes of RAM on Intel hardware, up to 16 ethernet cards, 10 IDE controllers, multiple IO-APICs, and other pointless abuses of good hardware.
The 2 gigabyte file size restriction has also been lifted.
Last September,/. featured an article about SCO and their view on Linux. The opinions they had about Linux were less than flattering to say the least. I have been thinking about SCO's possible motivations for this recent "change of heart", but I can only conclude that it is from a rapidly decreasing market share. Is it possible that SCO finally realized that Linux isn't for "some punk young kids" as mentioned in this article? I am skeptical of this... I'm not anti-SCO, but I was somewhat disheartened to read anyone putting Linux down in such a way. Could someone from SCO fill me in on why you've suddenly made Linux your best friend?
AC, eh? Of course it would be... I think that he brought up several good points that should make everyone think about the implications. If you don't agree that there's even the slightest bit of need for discretion, perhaps you should read it again...
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I will not argue about linux... it is indeed an awesome OS, and it's all I use at home. However, I'm having a hard time accepting the fact that people seem to be against the development of something new. Besides, I think the authors of V2 are doing it for FUN. How many people do you know that can say they wrote an OS in pure x86 asm? Probably not too many. I hardly think that the authors intend it to be used as a replacement to linux, but perhaps more as something for people to tinker with... "Check out what I did... poke at it if you want" My hat is off to people who do things to learn I certainly would have no idea where to begin....
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> Apparently the main defense is take out tiny portions of the music. Small enough that CD player
:)
> error correction will accomodate, but a direct data transfer will turn into bursts of gibberish.
so... does this mean that my non-error correcting cd player will spoo on one of these discs? also, this kinda implies that the disc is full of little `scratches' (not literally, but for all intents and purposes)... might I suggest cdparanoia?
WWJD? JWRTFM!
The only thing that Linux lacks is integration into my Dawson's Creek Trapper Keeper(TM). I sure hope this is part of IBM's porting plans!
that's not the superpower I picked!
I want my servers to have the power of magnetism, because when you control magnetism, you control electricity and, well, damn near everything... Besides, if my machine had mastered magnetism, it could most certainly fix itself (being made of metal!), so "super-healing" is kind of a dumb choice... IBM obviously didn't think that one through...
to quote a good friend of mine:
"When functionality and reliability are sacrificed to the gods of idiocy, the gods of economy smile."
--Todd C. Williams
in all actuality, this is what will come to pass. it will be "easier" for PHB's, but at the loss of function and stability. however, it will probably pay off well for big blue.
from previous /. articles, it became known that Sony was using Linux as their development platform of choice. Maybe their dev tools will also become available... if that were to come about, you could develop your own PS2 games... that would rock :)
if you read the post a little closer, you'll notice that you get a harddrive, a mouse, a keyboard, as well as some adapters 'n stuff... I have a feeling that this is what makes up the majority of the $200. However, it would be nice we could get a hold of their source... :)
It looks like The Onion beat you to the punch.
Now to convince the PHB that Linux is the biggest of the big toys...
I'll have to disagree here. Those kinds of tools should be handled by the distribution, not the desktop environment. GNOME is supposed to be Solaris's new desktop of choice... what happens when Ximian integrates config helpers that are specific to a certain OS?
;), but such great products as KDE and GNOME shouldn't be irrevocably tied to *any single* OS...
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be, say, Kholdmyhand or gneedsomehelpwithmyconfig, but that would take away from the true focus of the desktops. RedHat or SuSe or whoever should be in the business of supplying the config tools. I love GNU/Linux (do I get karma points for that?
If it's anything I've learned in school, it's that grades != knowledge... I've seen the most knowledgable people score in the bottom 10%, and I've seen less knowledgable people (who happen to be good at test taking) score in the upper 10%. So I don't really think that grade is really indicative of intelligence or knowledge of the material.
if you check out your facts here and here, you'll see that violent crime is actually lower now than is has been for years. I think that highly sensational journalism is to blame for this misperception. It's not that it's any worse now that it was 10 years ago, it's just that we didn't hear about it before.
what if I sent in some Guiness? that'd hafta be worth a few banner ads!
Is is just me, or does the author seem to trample his own argument?
One point the author makes throughout his article is that OOP pundits claim that if used properly, OOP is TGSSB (The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread(TM)).
After the market place realizes the shortcomings of these technologies, the die-hard supporters always say the same thing: "They WOULD work if people simply used them properly." We are already hearing this from OOP apologists.
However, he also says
I am beginning to get the feeling that many people are forgetting how to do good procedural programming and blaming the paradigm for their shrinking knowledge. The above claim about memory recovery is just one example.
I just heard someone say that they found an old procedural program of theirs that used too many global variables and too many parameters. Rather than blame his bad programming or lack of knowledge about procedural/relational organization techniques, he blamed the paradigm and used it as a sorry excuse to proceed with OOP.
Intellectual elitism? Stubbornness? Perhaps a mere oversight? I actually prefer procedural programming myself. However, I can't stand to see someone make a bad argument in my favor.
"Registrars could e-mail or snail-mail confirmation of registration, and of voting, in the same way many online commercial sites confirm that orders have been placed. If Amazon can do it, can't the federal government?"
hehe... probably not... I'm sure Amazon holds a patent on that!
Fun Fact: Most planetariums use the epicyclical model to reproduce heavenly motion. Good enough for planetariums... good enough for me ;)
bah! I can't remember how long I've had Slackware running on my Sony Vaio. Give you a hint: it's Slack 4.0 ;)
Last September, /. featured an article about SCO and their view on Linux. The opinions they had about Linux were less than flattering to say the least. I have been thinking about SCO's possible motivations for this recent "change of heart", but I can only conclude that it is from a rapidly decreasing market share. Is it possible that SCO finally realized that Linux isn't for "some punk young kids" as mentioned in this article? I am skeptical of this... I'm not anti-SCO, but I was somewhat disheartened to read anyone putting Linux down in such a way. Could someone from SCO fill me in on why you've suddenly made Linux your best friend?
AC, eh? Of course it would be... I think that he brought up several good points that should make everyone think about the implications. If you don't agree that there's even the slightest bit of need for discretion, perhaps you should read it again...
I will not argue about linux... it is indeed an awesome OS, and it's all I use at home. However, I'm having a hard time accepting the fact that people seem to be against the development of something new. Besides, I think the authors of V2 are doing it for FUN. How many people do you know that can say they wrote an OS in pure x86 asm? Probably not too many. I hardly think that the authors intend it to be used as a replacement to linux, but perhaps more as something for people to tinker with... "Check out what I did... poke at it if you want" My hat is off to people who do things to learn I certainly would have no idea where to begin....
How long have you been using Linux? and Do you use it at home?
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rather interesting.... definately has applications... sit down in a room w/ a "disco ball", crank up your laptop and let the networkin' fly!@