The only value I see for DVD over VHS [or Beta...] is the ability to skim around the media with a bit more ease (and generally they don't wear out so quickly).
The fact that it's 720x480 instead of normal VHS quality is not really that significant (I mean yeah I can notice,..., I just don't care!)
Yeah, instead of 1920x1060 [or whatever] it'll be the lowly 720x480.... which was JUST FINE for the last decade...
Seriously, how high res do you need some $INSERT_RANDOM_DRUG_ADDICT_THEY_CALL_FAMOUS before you can "enjoy the show?" We're at the point where the medium is more important than the message.
You know what, I watched the old school black and white manchurian candidate and liked it better than the recent re-hash. You know why?
1. Better acting
2. Closer to the original story line
So all the cool CG and latest highdef super high sound quality blah blah blah couldn't make the new re-hash any better...
OMG OH no the sky is falling the sky is falling!... and the reason we have limited TLDs anyways?
I say if you want to host your own TLD you should be able to register with ICANN, pay the annual fees to the root server administrators and go on your way.
"If you want to be able to eat you need to farm the land, slaughter the animals and combine the ingredients."
Where did I say you had to make the computer or distro?
But to turn this around on you. I'd think people WOULD be better served by understanding what actually goes into the foods they buy at the grocery store. How to actually make a meal that is healthy, etc...
Largely I blame the market for that though. They inundate people with so much crap that it's hard to actually pick out the healthier stuff (when's the last time a grocery store dedicated space to actual fresh produce in any significance compared to the space they use for the junk foods?).
So just like I think computer users would be better served by knowing how their computers worked I think humanity in general would be better served by knowing how to make a meal.
Gentoo has a lot of benefits over FC is why people keep talking about it. Maybe if other distros stopped just being "yet another distro" and took note you wouldn't see people pluging other OSes all the time....
Like the portage system which is a hell of a lot cleaner than the RPM system. The lack of a GUI installer shouldn't be a "show stopper".
Tom [someone who uses FC at work and really enjoys the requirement to install a new kernel so I can update gnome... ]
My fridge is out of food... call the national guard!...
Why is it so hard to accept that at some point you're best served by not being a total ignorant little shit.
If you want to use a computer you're not doing yourself a favour by thumbing your nose at anything remotely challenging [that definition varies]. At some point something will fuck up. Instead of just making do you could actually fix it.
Granted there are limits to this logic. If your cpu blows up I wouldn't say the "average joe" should know how to make a new cpu from parts... Heck even installing the cpu may be much (they are expensive and can be broken fairly easily...).
But think about it in the car sense. If you know how to change fluids or say replace a wiper you can save yourself the hassle of finding time to get a mechanic and paying them, etc...
So is knowing how to install a windshield wiper too "high and mighty" or just "common sense"?
Better yet, multi ARM cores... ARM are RISC and the instruction set is a bit more powerful.... but oh wait... ARM already did that...;-) They have 4-way ARM cores that are fairly low power/size [compared to an x86].
But if you wanted to stay in the realm of x86... I'd go for 486 approach. single-scalar pipelined. Not that much larger than a 386 but decently faster. Tact on a pipelined FPU and cache et voila, cheap core.
I develop software and cryptosystems for a living. The amount of time I spend "working on me box" is miniscule to the time I spend "working with me box".
Gentoo isn't as complicated as people make it out to be. It has step by step instructions and once you bootstrap it's easy as
emerge sync && emerge -u world
Granted a GUI installer for gentoo would be cool but I think more inteligent "average" users would be cooler.
Bah, fancy gui installers only dumb people down...
Learning how to actually USE your computer should be more important.
Imagine if people actually knew how their computers worked. There would be fewer viruses/etc/malware. Imagine if people knew how their cars worked and took care of them too, etc, etc...
Granted you can't be a master of all but what's wrong with "if you want to use a computer you should know a bit about how it actually works".
I mean pilots have to know how their planes work from end to end. Why shouldn't drivers know how cars work? Why shouldn't computer users know how they work, etc...
My gentoo install CD is 50MB... Sure I had to download roughly 400MB of other stuff to get a workstation [no desktop just X] but I got to choose what I wanted...
That and updating is much simpler and flexible.../fanboy
You mean they're not objective? Neither is CNN but nobody seems to mind that...
The best part of MTV [or MuchMusic in Canada] is the big titted teenage chicks with low self-esteem. Nothing like the mute button to enjoy a good 30 min program;-)
As for the output... well ok. If all he had was program output and no access to the program than Larry is full of shit. But I suspect he probably had a free license and was looking into it.
And note that Larry ain't suing. He's just pulling free support. Something well within his rights even if nothing happened. He could have just decided one day "too many users, fuck them all!" and pulled the plug.
The "is" and "located" don't match in tense. That's like saying "He is medicated yesterday."
Saying "He is medicated" is also incorrect [for the same reason].
It's "yet another english thingy that became the norm". In reality the guy put the thing up available at that address in the PAST. He's not still putting it up there...
So
"It was made available at..." is actually correct.
Slashdot Mirror
The only value I see for DVD over VHS [or Beta...] is the ability to skim around the media with a bit more ease (and generally they don't wear out so quickly).
..., I just don't care!)
The fact that it's 720x480 instead of normal VHS quality is not really that significant (I mean yeah I can notice,
Tom
Yeah, instead of 1920x1060 [or whatever] it'll be the lowly 720x480 .... which was JUST FINE for the last decade...
Seriously, how high res do you need some $INSERT_RANDOM_DRUG_ADDICT_THEY_CALL_FAMOUS before you can "enjoy the show?" We're at the point where the medium is more important than the message.
You know what, I watched the old school black and white manchurian candidate and liked it better than the recent re-hash. You know why?
1. Better acting
2. Closer to the original story line
So all the cool CG and latest highdef super high sound quality blah blah blah couldn't make the new re-hash any better...
etc, etc, etc...
Tom
Gimmme a B. Gimme an I. Gimme an O. Gimme a S!
BIOS!
You can get a PC to boot anything, just change the boot priority...
Tom
Well given that I own tomstdenis I would just pull "from" from the second level [or not register your domain in the first place]
BURN!
Tom
You could take this on as a risk of having your own TLD though...
That and with all the cash money they would get they could build more mirrors around the world...
Shutup, I want my own TLD !!!
OMG OH no the sky is falling the sky is falling! ... and the reason we have limited TLDs anyways?
.tomstdenis.
;-)
;-)
I say if you want to host your own TLD you should be able to register with ICANN, pay the annual fees to the root server administrators and go on your way.
Having
Would be cool
http://my_cv.tomstdenis
oh think of the posibilities
Tom
"If you want to be able to eat you need to farm the land, slaughter the animals and combine the ingredients."
Where did I say you had to make the computer or distro?
But to turn this around on you. I'd think people WOULD be better served by understanding what actually goes into the foods they buy at the grocery store. How to actually make a meal that is healthy, etc...
Largely I blame the market for that though. They inundate people with so much crap that it's hard to actually pick out the healthier stuff (when's the last time a grocery store dedicated space to actual fresh produce in any significance compared to the space they use for the junk foods?).
So just like I think computer users would be better served by knowing how their computers worked I think humanity in general would be better served by knowing how to make a meal.
Tom
Gentoo has a lot of benefits over FC is why people keep talking about it. Maybe if other distros stopped just being "yet another distro" and took note you wouldn't see people pluging other OSes all the time....
... ]
Like the portage system which is a hell of a lot cleaner than the RPM system. The lack of a GUI installer shouldn't be a "show stopper".
Tom [someone who uses FC at work and really enjoys the requirement to install a new kernel so I can update gnome
Quick my car is out of gas, call triple-A! ...
... call the national guard! ...
My fridge is out of food
Why is it so hard to accept that at some point you're best served by not being a total ignorant little shit.
If you want to use a computer you're not doing yourself a favour by thumbing your nose at anything remotely challenging [that definition varies]. At some point something will fuck up. Instead of just making do you could actually fix it.
Granted there are limits to this logic. If your cpu blows up I wouldn't say the "average joe" should know how to make a new cpu from parts... Heck even installing the cpu may be much (they are expensive and can be broken fairly easily...).
But think about it in the car sense. If you know how to change fluids or say replace a wiper you can save yourself the hassle of finding time to get a mechanic and paying them, etc...
So is knowing how to install a windshield wiper too "high and mighty" or just "common sense"?
Tom
Better yet, multi ARM cores... ARM are RISC and the instruction set is a bit more powerful. ... but oh wait... ARM already did that... ;-) They have 4-way ARM cores that are fairly low power/size [compared to an x86].
But if you wanted to stay in the realm of x86... I'd go for 486 approach. single-scalar pipelined. Not that much larger than a 386 but decently faster. Tact on a pipelined FPU and cache et voila, cheap core.
Tom
I have a GUI [icewm on x.org]. My point is ...
I know how to use BOTH.
Tom
Hi, I'm a developer [not programmer] and I don't see your complaints as being valid.
It takes little time to setup gentoo compared to the time you use it.
Hell installing windows+updates+patches+tools+reboots+etc takes ABOUT THE SAME TIME as a base install of gentoo.
Tom
I develop software and cryptosystems for a living. The amount of time I spend "working on me box" is miniscule to the time I spend "working with me box".
Gentoo isn't as complicated as people make it out to be. It has step by step instructions and once you bootstrap it's easy as
emerge sync && emerge -u world
Granted a GUI installer for gentoo would be cool but I think more inteligent "average" users would be cooler.
Tom
Bah, fancy gui installers only dumb people down...
Learning how to actually USE your computer should be more important.
Imagine if people actually knew how their computers worked. There would be fewer viruses/etc/malware. Imagine if people knew how their cars worked and took care of them too, etc, etc...
Granted you can't be a master of all but what's wrong with "if you want to use a computer you should know a bit about how it actually works".
I mean pilots have to know how their planes work from end to end. Why shouldn't drivers know how cars work? Why shouldn't computer users know how they work, etc...
Tom
My gentoo install CD is 50MB... Sure I had to download roughly 400MB of other stuff to get a workstation [no desktop just X] but I got to choose what I wanted...
/fanboy
That and updating is much simpler and flexible...
Tom
Stop proving there are limits to my madness! ;-)
Tom
Um fastest conventional transistor was IIRC around 6Ghz or so [well probably upwards of 8Ghz cuz of the double clocked pipes in the P4].
So 600Ghz is well beyond existing transistor switching rates..
Tom
You mean they're not objective? Neither is CNN but nobody seems to mind that...
;-)
The best part of MTV [or MuchMusic in Canada] is the big titted teenage chicks with low self-esteem. Nothing like the mute button to enjoy a good 30 min program
Tom
Well I never said it was unethical.
... well ok. If all he had was program output and no access to the program than Larry is full of shit. But I suspect he probably had a free license and was looking into it.
As for the output
And note that Larry ain't suing. He's just pulling free support. Something well within his rights even if nothing happened. He could have just decided one day "too many users, fuck them all!" and pulled the plug.
That's *his* right.
Tom
Well two things here...
If he has access to the binary he's party to the license.
If he didn't than it's not reverse engineering now is it?
Tom
blah blah blah whiny liberal bullshit.
... don't use it.
If you don't like the license
Tom
yeah who neededs correct grammar when posteding. Cuz anything has fly!
locate ... IS A VERB!!! "located" is past tense!!!
"its location is" is what "is located at" means. Just because it's common doesn't mean it's proper.
"is" is a present tense VERB... He is here. He was here, he will be here, etc.
So in summary, locate == verb, location == noun
Tom
To help you out...[since I know you still don't understand]
"locate" is a verb. That is to find something.
Location is a noun.
"It is located" is wrong. "Its location is" is correct.
What the hell is wrong with "is located at"?
..." is actually correct.
The "is" and "located" don't match in tense. That's like saying "He is medicated yesterday."
Saying "He is medicated" is also incorrect [for the same reason].
It's "yet another english thingy that became the norm". In reality the guy put the thing up available at that address in the PAST. He's not still putting it up there...
So
"It was made available at
Tom