Box office flop... what a bummer. I did my part. I saw Tron twice opening day. I went and saw it in the afternoon with my pals then went home and told my family all about it. So then back we went. What a great day.
During Flynn's "zap-in", you zoom past pixelated, digitized clouds on the way to the surface of the digital world. I was totally transported.
The bottom line is that the United States is going to go down the tubes squabbling over "Intellectual Garbage" while other countries prosper because they are unencumbered by this foolishness and enjoy the benefits of more open information sharing.
Could you please site some of these pre-Gygax RPG systems? Chainmail doesn't count he did that too. He also had a collaborator Dave Arneson, but he can't be what you're referring to, so please elaborate.
Absolutely. Mod this up. This story is pure FUD. FUD is no better when it comes from the Linux side of the fence. In fact it's even more disappointing.
MS already does the same things with C/C++/EcmaScript should we not bother with OS implementations of those?
Note that I didn't mention VB, the thing that makes the languages in question interesting and I assume the reason that Ximian is interested in C# is that they are or are in the process of becoming non-proprietary standards.
Check the links in my previous post and you will see that C# is on it's way. Unless MS pulls a Sun and decides not to let ECMA standardize the language at the last minute, C# is on its way to becoming an open standard.
If you believe in OpenSource then you probably foresee a day when OpenSource and open standards will carry more weight than win32. At which point MS's old bait and switch will cease to work. If not what's the point?
Petreley is fairly entertaining. Unfortunately like all pundits he has a tendency to oversimplify and be "alarmist" some times. In this article he is basically saying...
"This leads me to suspect that Microsoft is engaged in a bait-and-switch scheme to finally wipe out the threat of open source."
The question is... so?
The scheme that he proceeds to lay out, that MS will let Ximian implement some part of the Passport scheme and then break the protocol would not "...wipe out the threat of open source."
The two things simply do not follow.
In order to connect them, you have to follow some weird train of logic that, only e-commerce matters, therefore only Passport matters, and that the Open-Source movement will only have one implementation of them that matters and when MS pulls the rug out from under us, we're all going to hell. Most of which doesn't make any sense.
From the article:
Ximian's effort reproduces only the development environment in open source. It does nothing to reproduce or replace Passport.
So then what the hell are we talking about Passport for? What is Ximian actually doing?
What Ximian is working on implementing and MS has actually submitted to ECMA-TC39-G2/G3 is C# and the CLI, which Petreley only barely mentions!
Bottom line whether or not Ximian succeeds at porting.NET and subsequently they or somebody else ports some Ms.Passport.* classes to their platform, it will not sound the death knell for Open-Source software everywhere (Geez, it sounds even more non-sensical when you write it out).
The drafts of the standards that Ximian is actaully working on can be found here.
In the meantime if you want to make up conspiracy theories about e-commerce ask yourself, "What are Visa/Mastercard up to? Aren't almost all e-commerce transactions done with credit cards?"
All I can say is this story reminded me of something that I really loved that I haven't thought of in a long time. "Kimba the White Lion" played every afternoon where I grew up south of LA right before "Speed Racer" and was super cool, the image of Kimba racing through the jungle leading all his jungle pals is forever emblazoned on my mind.
I knew there was something I liked about "The Lion King".
Reading these posts it's amazing how close-minded people are and it's amazing how little they know about what SQL is and what it could possibly be used for.
From reading over the stuff on SourceForge this did not strike me as the most heavily engineered project... so what?
I hope they pull it off... i.e. produce something useful.
There are some alternatives to freeze check:
This link.
Also, if that doesn't suit your needs, you could enhance it or write your own... I would sure appreciate it.:)
Is there anything in Python that you would like to fix, but for whatever reason you can't (i.e. it would break to much existing code, everybody else hates it or it's just not 'right')? If so what is it and why can't it be fixed?
(BTW, I'm not saying anything is wrong, just curious...)
With depressing regularity, I see stories related to various virtual "shortages".
Why is this sad?
It's sad because there shouldn't be any virtual shortages.
Whether this is a bureaucratic, technological, societal or other failure is debatable.
In this particular case name-based hosting may be a perfectly valid workaround, but that's not the point.
The point is that if we allow these shortages to continue, then the internet and related technologies will miss alot of their potential. It will simply be another case where only a few can afford access to scarce (virtual) resources.
The funny thing about this guy's tirade is how jazzed he appears to be about having learned the word "firewall" (Note, I didn't say having learned what it meant").
Every so often I grab the latest milestone and try it out.
To those struggling along in the trenches on Mozilla:
Keep up the good work. The lizard is steadily improving in both stability and features. Ignore the naysayers and trolls. Most of them have never written a line of code and are just happy to have something smart ass to say.
To those wondering if they should install:
To soon to say. There is clear improvement over previous builds and it has yet to crash.
If it stays with the OS, they'll be forced to document the interfaces to it, so a user could replace IE with Netscape if they wanted to. That'll never happen if it's in the Apps division.
Hmmm... I'm afraid that doesn't make any sense. They would be forced to document the interfaces to it alright, but not necessarily from it to the OS (since it would be part of the OS). Netscape would need to leverage the latter, not the former. So they would still be out in the cold.
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Box office flop... what a bummer. I did my part. I saw Tron twice opening day. I went and saw it in the afternoon with my pals then went home and told my family all about it. So then back we went. What a great day.
During Flynn's "zap-in", you zoom past pixelated, digitized clouds on the way to the surface of the digital world. I was totally transported.
The bottom line is that the United States is going to go down the tubes squabbling over "Intellectual Garbage" while other countries prosper because they are unencumbered by this foolishness and enjoy the benefits of more open information sharing.
This is particularly true if you have nothing to say.
I guess I'm just finding it difficult to imagine what I would ever need, say, 32Ghz for...
That's alright, you just need to practice imagining more. You'll get the hang of it after awhile...
"I'm looking forward to only needing one memory card to store all the 5Mbit pictures that I'll take for the rest of my life."
"And to losing them all in one fell swoop?"
If it's that much cheaper/efficient/convenient to store it will be that much cheaper/efficient/convenient to backup.
Could you please site some of these pre-Gygax RPG systems? Chainmail doesn't count he did that too. He also had a collaborator Dave Arneson, but he can't be what you're referring to, so please elaborate.
rotciv86 your sig has a bug. You specify int, but main() is not returning anything.
No I am not in QA. I am your inner compiler.
Nice Job!
No Text. Nothing more to say.
There is no such thing.
Another vote for the original
Absolutely. Mod this up. This story is pure FUD. FUD is no better when it comes from the Linux side of the fence. In fact it's even more disappointing.
Again... so?
MS already does the same things with C/C++/EcmaScript should we not bother with OS implementations of those?
Note that I didn't mention VB, the thing that makes the languages in question interesting and I assume the reason that Ximian is interested in C# is that they are or are in the process of becoming non-proprietary standards.
Check the links in my previous post and you will see that C# is on it's way. Unless MS pulls a Sun and decides not to let ECMA standardize the language at the last minute, C# is on its way to becoming an open standard.
If you believe in OpenSource then you probably foresee a day when OpenSource and open standards will carry more weight than win32. At which point MS's old bait and switch will cease to work. If not what's the point?
Petreley is fairly entertaining. Unfortunately like all pundits he has a tendency to oversimplify and be "alarmist" some times. In this article he is basically saying...
"This leads me to suspect that Microsoft is engaged in a bait-and-switch scheme to finally wipe out the threat of open source."The question is... so?
The scheme that he proceeds to lay out, that MS will let Ximian implement some part of the Passport scheme and then break the protocol would not "...wipe out the threat of open source."
The two things simply do not follow.
In order to connect them, you have to follow some weird train of logic that, only e-commerce matters, therefore only Passport matters, and that the Open-Source movement will only have one implementation of them that matters and when MS pulls the rug out from under us, we're all going to hell. Most of which doesn't make any sense.
From the article:
Ximian's effort reproduces only the development environment in open source. It does nothing to reproduce or replace Passport.
So then what the hell are we talking about Passport for? What is Ximian actually doing?
What Ximian is working on implementing and MS has actually submitted to ECMA-TC39-G2/G3 is C# and the CLI, which Petreley only barely mentions!
Bottom line whether or not Ximian succeeds at porting .NET and subsequently they or somebody else ports some Ms.Passport.* classes to their platform, it will not sound the death knell for Open-Source software everywhere (Geez, it sounds even more non-sensical when you write it out).
The drafts of the standards that Ximian is actaully working on can be found here.
In the meantime if you want to make up conspiracy theories about e-commerce ask yourself, "What are Visa/Mastercard up to? Aren't almost all e-commerce transactions done with credit cards?"
All I can say is this story reminded me of something that I really loved that I haven't thought of in a long time. "Kimba the White Lion" played every afternoon where I grew up south of LA right before "Speed Racer" and was super cool, the image of Kimba racing through the jungle leading all his jungle pals is forever emblazoned on my mind.
I knew there was something I liked about "The Lion King".
Congrats to the PSF and FSF for getting this worked out.
Reading these posts it's amazing how close-minded people are and it's amazing how little they know about what SQL is and what it could possibly be used for.
From reading over the stuff on SourceForge this did not strike me as the most heavily engineered project... so what?
I hope they pull it off... i.e. produce something useful.
Good point!
Moderate this up!
There are some alternatives to freeze check: :)
This link.
Also, if that doesn't suit your needs, you could enhance it or write your own... I would sure appreciate it.
Is there anything in Python that you would like to fix, but for whatever reason you can't (i.e. it would break to much existing code, everybody else hates it or it's just not 'right')? If so what is it and why can't it be fixed?
(BTW, I'm not saying anything is wrong, just curious...)
With depressing regularity, I see stories related to various virtual "shortages".
Why is this sad?
It's sad because there shouldn't be any virtual shortages.
Whether this is a bureaucratic, technological, societal or other failure is debatable.
In this particular case name-based hosting may be a perfectly valid workaround, but that's not the point.
The point is that if we allow these shortages to continue, then the internet and related technologies will miss alot of their potential. It will simply be another case where only a few can afford access to scarce (virtual) resources.
And that really will be sad.
...is all the vermin it flushes out of the weeds.
The funny thing about this guy's tirade is how jazzed he appears to be about having learned the word "firewall" (Note, I didn't say having learned what it meant").
Every so often I grab the latest milestone and try it out.
To those struggling along in the trenches on Mozilla:
Keep up the good work. The lizard is steadily improving in both stability and features. Ignore the naysayers and trolls. Most of them have never written a line of code and are just happy to have something smart ass to say.
To those wondering if they should install:
To soon to say. There is clear improvement over previous builds and it has yet to crash.
If it stays with the OS, they'll be forced to document the interfaces to it, so a user could replace IE with Netscape if they wanted to. That'll never happen if it's in the Apps division.
Hmmm... I'm afraid that doesn't make any sense. They would be forced to document the interfaces to it alright, but not necessarily from it to the OS (since it would be part of the OS). Netscape would need to leverage the latter, not the former. So they would still be out in the cold.
Well, I am not one of the people who has been griping, I
knew that I hadn't bothered to check some of the other
options out there.
After reading your post though, I was intrigued by your
description of kfm, so I decided to try it.
You were right. It is fairly rad... I am using it now!
Thanks.