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Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed
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Try getting these to run under Linux. Good luck.
When it comes right down to it, you can run VMWare or Win4Lin. No other choice is really viable now.
With Win4Lin & Samba I can run Linux on a corporate network, and not lose out on anything! When I need to do a PPT presentation - no problem, run Win4Lin full screen and you're good to go. My laptop gets an extra ~30 minutes of runtime under Linux, I get to use a sane development environment, and my co-workers don't have to worry about OpenOffice files getting garbled.
This isn't for servers, and this isn't for most end-users. This is for developers.
Get real - Netraverse keeps up rather well - you just need to check your expectations a bit.
I found that in general you can expect the newest kernel patch to be supported within a few weeks... What did you expect for your $50 licence?
There is a tradeoff here, like with anything in life - get used to it, or pay them for faster turnaround - I'm sure they'd love to have those patches out the next day!
Jan
Very poor software...
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YOPY Arrives
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If you absolutely must have a Linux boxen, go for it. If you actually need a PDA, skip this one.
Look at the software screen shots. The scheduling app shows a 6am appt. with a label of "Get UP". We're talking about something even more useless than the PPC2002 Outlook. Same with the other apps...
These things look like they were made by 19 year old hackers - how they could expect that anyone could actually use these is beyond me.
I don't have my copy handy, but I must say that the translation is the best I have ever seen. The original text is (as you can imagine) extremely difficult to convey consistently and well, especially in a language as different as English.
The Cyberiad is also a testament to the breadth of Lem's talent. I would love to see more work in this vein, but alas, there is no more...
A few more stories appeared here and there in Polish compendiums, but as far as I know they have not been translated into English (yet). In case you were curious, these new stories do not expand on the Trurl and Klaupacius per se.
So the 17 year old is not a child? How about a 16 year old? A 13 year old? We draw the line at 18, and have for years. Neither the 10 year old nor the 17 year old should be dying. Your particular moral perspective on whether the 17 year old "deserves" to die is irrelevant here.
Go for it! Oh, and once you account for the non-us readership, and the kids, of the remaining four people you will still have to convince the other three to actually *do* something. And we all know what a bunch of go-getters these three are, right?
Some CC do not want you storing their #'s on your servers either. You should also talk to your bank, as they may object on grounds of increased financial risk (of fraudulant activity).
If you're a parent who's sick and tired of the crap tv execs think is appropriate for kids, you're swimming up stream. It ain't easy.
It ain't easy to explain to your kid why Dragonball is a nasty, violent show, especially when all their peers wear the clothes, eat the cereal and play with the toys.
Unless you have a child, don't take part in this debate. Kids *do* react to TV violence, and at 14, you're too young for introspection.
On the surface this seems somewhat insane. I've run development shops, and the best developers I've worked with tended to not have computer science background (for commercial applications development anyway...)
Computer science is not unlike math: for most practical applications you need to know something else, be it physics, chemistry, economics, etc.
Why put this barrier in front of people? If you think that a four letter acronym after your name speaks louder than your experience, you must be a consultant for the Big 5...
When the guys in Colorado first pulled this off a few years ago I happened to live in Denver.
About a month after the fact, Stephen Hawking was in town, and gave a speach. Afterwards, various people got to ask Mr. Hawking questions - one of those was regarding the then-recent proof of this phenomenon.
I don't recall the exact words, but with his usual brevity Hawking basically said that since this was known for 30+ years, it wasn't news. This was in front of an auditorium packed with some of the people responsible for the experiments. The hall was quiet for a moment there...
Hawking's comments in no way detract from the difficulty and novelty of the experiments. It was just interesting to see the difference between the people who predict reality vs. those who prove the predictions.
While a short-term influx of cash isn't likely to make a difference in the longer term, you might not be able to do that much longer (and it's a nice thing to do with that fifty you were going to blow on booze anyway).
BTW they are totally/.'ed now, so don't bother for a couple of hours...
A company I worked for bought Aerons for everyone.
We spent money on REALLY nice monitors, and on chairs (and of course, free caffeine:)
The location sucked, the office sucked,
the hours sucked, but the one message that came
through loud and clear was that the mgmt recognized these things and compensated where it
made sense.
The writer of this article has never worked in a.com it seems. The mantra of the times was time to market, which meant massive hour requirements on everyone involved... I don't think this was an uncommon situation...
Dolby Corp. has recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to NetBSD Corporation
regarding the distribution of an open-source AC3 decoder package.
As a software developer I certainly recognize the investment your company
made in the AC3 technology, I'd like to suggest however that this is not the
best use of your legal muscle.
The development community behind NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, and other open
operating systems constitutes a very small user base. The technical skills
necessary to even make use of the AC3 software are far beyond the casual user.
The software does not facilitate the copying of copyrighted material, and is
utterly useless on its own - it merely allows end-users to listen to material
encoded using your technology. It does NOT allow users to create AC3-encoded
content.
In pursuing this matter your company stands to gain little if anything: the
software will simply move to a location that does not recognize software patents
(like the EU), and Dolby will gain a reputation for beating up the academics
(the AC3 decoder is maintained by the University of Waterloo). The recent
example of Dr. Felton and his dealings with the RIAA shows that there is a
strong public sentiment against such actions.
If I may, I'd like to suggest that you consider a restricted license to use
the technology for non-commercial purposes on non-commercial operating systems.
Such license would not require your company to release any software, would
not affect your core markets, and would generate much good will for the Dolby
brand in the high-tech community.
This is rather pathetic. If you ever find yourself sitting in front of the TV watching Barney, SEEK HELP IMMEDIATELY.
This show is targeted at 2-4 year olds, and guess what - for that audience it is a HECK of a lot better than the garbage Disney is putting out, or the violent cartoon imports.
Whether you agree with it or not, little kids believe that Barney is "real" - personally I've had an unpleasant experience when my son saw a Barney doll stuck in a rear of a tractor-trailer, on the hitch mechanism... My son absolutely panicked, and was convinced that we should rescue "Barney" because he's getting hurt.
How do you explain to a 3 year old that this isn't "real"? How do you explain that cruelty is funny?
(BTW. if you don't have kids spare me your thoughts here).
There is a fine line here between personal freedoms and responsibility. You can blame Lyons all you want, but they have my vote here. This is not as clear a situation as your average "Onion" article. If Lyons did not protect their trademark in an "equal" manner they'd loose control of it (and as a parent, I don't want to see that) - "equal" in this context means that if they find out about your infringement, they must take action.
The funny thing is that so many of the./ readers get furious when others don't respect what we perceive as our rights: GPL restrictions, etc. How is this different?
The bottom line is, if you're spending your time thinking of ways to maim/kill an imaginary character designed for pre-schoolers, YOU NEED HELP.
Yahn
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Mandrake Shakeup
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It doesn't matter what "property" you have, if you can't deliver to your customer's expectations.
It's the perceived value you add to their business that counts.
If you can prove you add value by using a free tool, the tool becomes irrelevant.
This is the same guy who a few weeks ago (see Yahoo news) ordered the federal agencies in California to cut down on electricity usage (and now, get this!) by sending fewer emails and turning off their AC's.
The AC's I can see, of course. But to put them in the same sentence with "sending email"?
My personal guess is that they have him running an Etch-A-Sketch.
Mediocre, like a warmed-over StarTrek episode...
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Review: The Dish
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Give it a break people - they recycle some NASA footage (which is cool indeed), but beyond that the movie is mediocre at best. This is the standard "nerd meets girl, girl likes nerd, nerd is too shy to do anything, nerd overcomes all odds and gets the girl" movie.
Consider for a moment the characters, and how you'd stereotype them WITHOUT having seen this flick:
The scientist/leader: come on, does it get any more Piccard-like here?
Aussie engineer: let's face it, the guy is a redneck. Full of false pride he f!@#$'s up, and yet (ina truly original twist of plot) they all recover as a team! Go Team!
The teen progeny: Westerly Flusher anyone? Gangly, shy, yet ever-so-capable young man, growing under the direction of the father-figure (see Piccard).
The Aussie guard: not too smart, but hey, he's just a barrel of laughs.
As for the rest of the cast - at almost any time during the movie you can predict their next statement, gesture, or mood. Incredibly one-dimensional figures, with acting that hardly adds credibility.
All in all, I'd still recommend that people see the movie if nothing else than for the NASA footage, but a good movie this ain't.
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Try getting these to run under Linux. Good luck.
When it comes right down to it, you can run VMWare or Win4Lin. No other choice is really viable now.
With Win4Lin & Samba I can run Linux on a corporate network, and not lose out on anything! When I need to do a PPT presentation - no problem, run Win4Lin full screen and you're good to go. My laptop gets an extra ~30 minutes of runtime under Linux, I get to use a sane development environment, and my co-workers don't have to worry about OpenOffice files getting garbled.
This isn't for servers, and this isn't for most end-users. This is for developers.
Jan
Get real - Netraverse keeps up rather well - you just need to check your expectations a bit.
I found that in general you can expect the newest kernel patch to be supported within a few weeks...
What did you expect for your $50 licence?
There is a tradeoff here, like with anything in life - get used to it, or pay them for faster turnaround - I'm sure they'd love to have those patches out the next day!
Jan
If you absolutely must have a Linux boxen, go for it. If you actually need a PDA, skip this one.
Look at the software screen shots. The scheduling app shows a 6am appt. with a label of "Get UP".
We're talking about something even more useless than the PPC2002 Outlook. Same with the other apps...
These things look like they were made by 19 year old hackers - how they could expect that anyone could actually use these is beyond me.
It's worthless...
Jan
With that amount of dust *in* the building, SARS has nothing on you. This stuff will kill you.
Jan
Most people would say "no". How is this different?
Jan
Malcolm Gladwell has written an excellent book on this phenomena - I highly recommend it. See excerpts at
The Tipping Point
Oooh, and for a bit extra you can even connect the Windows-based controller to the Internet. Puts a whole new "spin" on hacking, doesn't it?
"Umm, folks, sorry about this - Bob is re-installing Windows now, and we should have you back down in about 30 minutes..."
Jan
I don't have my copy handy, but I must say that the translation is the best I have ever seen. The original text is (as you can imagine) extremely difficult to convey consistently and well, especially in a language as different as English.
The Cyberiad is also a testament to the breadth of Lem's talent. I would love to see more work in this vein, but alas, there is no more...
A few more stories appeared here and there in Polish compendiums, but as far as I know they have not been translated into English (yet).
In case you were curious, these new stories do not expand on the Trurl and Klaupacius per se.
Jan
So the 17 year old is not a child? How about a 16 year old? A 13 year old? We draw the line at 18, and have for years. Neither the 10 year old nor the 17 year old should be dying.
Your particular moral perspective on whether the 17 year old "deserves" to die is irrelevant here.
Jan
Go for it! Oh, and once you account for the non-us readership, and the kids, of the remaining four people you will still have to convince the other three to actually *do* something. And we all know what a bunch of go-getters these three are, right?
Good luck.
Jan
Some CC do not want you storing their #'s on your servers either. You should also talk to your bank, as they may object on grounds of increased financial risk (of fraudulant activity).
Excellent. The corporations that engage in this (Mattel, etc.) deserve to be put out of business.
Jan
It ain't easy to explain to your kid why Dragonball is a nasty, violent show, especially when all their peers wear the clothes, eat the cereal and play with the toys.
Unless you have a child, don't take part in this debate. Kids *do* react to TV violence, and at 14, you're too young for introspection.
Jan
Computer science is not unlike math: for most practical applications you need to know something else, be it physics, chemistry, economics, etc.
Why put this barrier in front of people? If you think that a four letter acronym after your name speaks louder than your experience, you must be a consultant for the Big 5...
Hit CRC where it hurts. Contact your local University/College and talk to the Math dept. people. Ask them to not support CRC Press...
And don't forget Tales of Pilot Prix...!
When the guys in Colorado first pulled this off a few years ago I happened to live in Denver.
About a month after the fact, Stephen Hawking was in town, and gave a speach. Afterwards, various people got to ask Mr. Hawking questions - one of those was regarding the then-recent proof of this phenomenon.
I don't recall the exact words, but with his usual brevity Hawking basically said that since this was known for 30+ years, it wasn't news. This was in front of an auditorium packed with some of the people responsible for the experiments. The hall was quiet for a moment there...
Hawking's comments in no way detract from the difficulty and novelty of the experiments. It was just interesting to see the difference between the people who predict reality vs. those who prove the predictions.
Jan
BTW they are totally /.'ed now, so don't bother for a couple of hours...
Jan
The location sucked, the office sucked, the hours sucked, but the one message that came through loud and clear was that the mgmt recognized these things and compensated where it made sense.
The writer of this article has never worked in a .com it seems. The mantra of the times was time to market, which meant massive hour requirements on everyone involved... I don't think this was an uncommon situation...
Jan
As a software developer I certainly recognize the investment your company made in the AC3 technology, I'd like to suggest however that this is not the best use of your legal muscle.
The development community behind NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, and other open operating systems constitutes a very small user base. The technical skills necessary to even make use of the AC3 software are far beyond the casual user. The software does not facilitate the copying of copyrighted material, and is utterly useless on its own - it merely allows end-users to listen to material encoded using your technology. It does NOT allow users to create AC3-encoded content.
In pursuing this matter your company stands to gain little if anything: the software will simply move to a location that does not recognize software patents (like the EU), and Dolby will gain a reputation for beating up the academics (the AC3 decoder is maintained by the University of Waterloo). The recent example of Dr. Felton and his dealings with the RIAA shows that there is a strong public sentiment against such actions.
If I may, I'd like to suggest that you consider a restricted license to use the technology for non-commercial purposes on non-commercial operating systems.
Such license would not require your company to release any software, would not affect your core markets, and would generate much good will for the Dolby brand in the high-tech community.
Sincerely,
This show is targeted at 2-4 year olds, and guess what - for that audience it is a HECK of a lot better than the garbage Disney is putting out, or the violent cartoon imports.
Whether you agree with it or not, little kids believe that Barney is "real" - personally I've had an unpleasant experience when my son saw a Barney doll stuck in a rear of a tractor-trailer, on the hitch mechanism... My son absolutely panicked, and was convinced that we should rescue "Barney" because he's getting hurt.
How do you explain to a 3 year old that this isn't "real"? How do you explain that cruelty is funny? (BTW. if you don't have kids spare me your thoughts here).
There is a fine line here between personal freedoms and responsibility. You can blame Lyons all you want, but they have my vote here. This is not as clear a situation as your average "Onion" article. If Lyons did not protect their trademark in an "equal" manner they'd loose control of it (and as a parent, I don't want to see that) - "equal" in this context means that if they find out about your infringement, they must take action.
The funny thing is that so many of the ./ readers get furious when others don't respect what we perceive as our rights: GPL restrictions, etc. How is this different?
The bottom line is, if you're spending your time thinking of ways to maim/kill an imaginary character designed for pre-schoolers, YOU NEED HELP.
Yahn
It's the perceived value you add to their business that counts.
If you can prove you add value by using a free tool, the tool becomes irrelevant.
Jan
The AC's I can see, of course. But to put them in the same sentence with "sending email"?
My personal guess is that they have him running an Etch-A-Sketch.
Consider for a moment the characters, and how you'd stereotype them WITHOUT having seen this flick:
The scientist/leader: come on, does it get any more Piccard-like here?
Aussie engineer: let's face it, the guy is a redneck. Full of false pride he f!@#$'s up, and yet (ina truly original twist of plot) they all recover as a team! Go Team!
The teen progeny: Westerly Flusher anyone? Gangly, shy, yet ever-so-capable young man, growing under the direction of the father-figure (see Piccard).
The Aussie guard: not too smart, but hey, he's just a barrel of laughs.
As for the rest of the cast - at almost any time during the movie you can predict their next statement, gesture, or mood. Incredibly one-dimensional figures, with acting that hardly adds credibility.
All in all, I'd still recommend that people see the movie if nothing else than for the NASA footage, but a good movie this ain't.
Jan
Thx.