>> Apple itself will then rename itself to iTunes.
>They're not changing the name either...
It makes sense for Apple Computer to be distanced from the content-distribution arena in which iTunes acts because of their contracts with Apple Corps (the Beatles' publishing company). Note that iTunes Music Store and the iTunes software have mininal Apple branding, and are referred to as "iTunes" and "iTunes Music Store" rather than Apple iTunes, etc.
I doubt that Apple will stop selling home computers. If the "digital home" is the direction that both Apple Computer and Intel wish to take, then selling boxes which are basically Apple Computers with a HDTV & surround sound output will benefit from the economies of scale of ongoing PC design and development.
>>One of the points basically comes down to "write perfect code".
>I'd say his argument is closer to "don't write in C".
Isn't there another paraphrase, which the author uses elsewhere: take the time to do it well first time round.
A lot of the 'opt-in' approach requires systematic meta-data and good documentation to allow meaningful interaction between OLE components and meaningful commentary for the user.
Jon does make the point about extending the system so that you can have multiple users from a single box with multiple displays, but doesn't take it to the logical conclusion as you do. You might claim that the KVM switches can be extended with audio capability and that you can pick a sound out channel, but ALSA would still need to isolate sounds to a given user (which I am unsure if it does or is capable of doing). It's better for multimedia work if the whole FreeDesktop or LSB setup mandates a unified multimedia interface system.
(Win XP can pipe your sound to a remote desktop -- how well does X fare?)
Is there a Knoppix-derivative with Windows spyware tools working under Wine or with native windows-spyware-tools-for-linux coupled to a captive NTFS filesystem to tidy up boogered PC's without the Rooted Windows running?
The comment that my Mac game-developing friends kept making was that co-op multitasking was better for holding the processor's attention for gameplay.
To my knowledge there isn't an enforced co-operative state in DirectX or in the Linux kernel to give all the computer's power to a game (but this would be a security hole: insert rootkit with own task scheduler in stolen co-operative multitasking state, and it can truly own all of the computer's resources, even mimicking the rightful kernel).
You're visioning an hyperbolicity of exponential workflows from an unecumbered meritocracy of empassioned experts. You're managing perceptions, selling infotech gold-dust, gunning for the feel-good factor throughtout the enterprise, from CFO to CIO to CEO to stockholders to staffers and to customers. You're offering a way that the company can benefit from an invested and satisfied workforce while retaining the freedom to follow market trends and develop new revenue streams. You're saving millions of man-hours of expensive top-dollar computer programmers by requisitioning and reusing what they decide to create on their own time -- stuff that's free and available for the good of mankind, without doing so at the expense of their good will!
Sh*t, I've got my own RDF. Please don't believe the hype.
The kind Microsoft man, David Kaefer, said that "our policy is to allow others to license our patents so they can use our innovative methods in their products". He will be coming to find you to ensure that you license their patents for your use of their innovative methods.
Google Cosmos as next upgrade to Google Earth; Google Prophet -- in beta at their web site -- enter an ethical or lifestyle dilemma and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky" for an answer; Google Clippy to help you fix up all your word processing and spreadsheet problems; Google Slashdot interface with automated trolling and moderation (plus layout fixed for Firefox); Google China is a new crockery set for house and home. Not to be confused with Google China, the upcoming communist state bought out by Google last Thursday.
You might run out of things to say because the jokes wil soon get out of hand as each week's episode has to better the previous one.
Good points, well made. I feel I should defend myself: I'm sorry I didn't make it clear that the M-dollar blog didn't trust the numbers as recorded, or that I wouldn't use web-request statistics as anything other than an indicator. I'm sorry that my post came across as fanboy-ish, but I'm not a fanboy.
There's less of a "Duh" if it's an unpatched edition of XP with SP2. The wonders of Windows Firewall are supposed to portect you from nasties outside your box...
You missed saying that FC4 will upgrade you from previous versions of Red Hat (from 7.x, 8.0, 9 and FC1, FC2 & FC3), but only hinted at in the release notes. I think that this, retaining your $home directory and other preferences is easier than a total reinstall.
I suspect that Disk Druid isn't a stand-alone application because of the dangers of allowing people to alter the partitions of disks in use. The source is in the srpms (here, particularly anaconda-10.2.1.5-2.src.rpm), and it shouldn't be too hard to hack it out of there and disallow access to either drives mounted or disallow access to the drives supplying important mount-points -- Fedora uses LVM2, so any drive can be mapped into/.
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In the UK I'd assume that the mortgage would be paid over ~20 years. So either of your options would benefit.
When did the descendents of Bush decide that cloning and genetic screening would help their offspring get into the White House and legalise it?
>> Apple itself will then rename itself to iTunes.
>They're not changing the name either...
It makes sense for Apple Computer to be distanced from the content-distribution arena in which iTunes acts because of their contracts with Apple Corps (the Beatles' publishing company). Note that iTunes Music Store and the iTunes software have mininal Apple branding, and are referred to as "iTunes" and "iTunes Music Store" rather than Apple iTunes, etc.
I doubt that Apple will stop selling home computers. If the "digital home" is the direction that both Apple Computer and Intel wish to take, then selling boxes which are basically Apple Computers with a HDTV & surround sound output will benefit from the economies of scale of ongoing PC design and development.
He clearly didn't read the fine article. At the bottom, the first 'minor dumb idea' is "We're Not a Target".
;-)
His line sounds like a piece of current Slashthink. Poor guy. The article's good, if you haven't read it
>>One of the points basically comes down to "write perfect code".
>I'd say his argument is closer to "don't write in C".
Isn't there another paraphrase, which the author uses elsewhere: take the time to do it well first time round.
A lot of the 'opt-in' approach requires systematic meta-data and good documentation to allow meaningful interaction between OLE components and meaningful commentary for the user.
Is that ATi number in Canadian dollars or translated to U.S. Dollars, what with ATi being Canadian and all, eh?
But does your boredom run Linux®?
my pedantry-in-search-of-Slashdot-editorship requires me to note that Funny moderations are reputed to gain no karma. Just good feeling.
I prefer to use hydrogen hydroxide. It's less harmful, but still has the kick I need.
EA to release Ultima Underworld 2006, 2007, and 2008, with tweaked character names and minor graphical fixes each time?
Am I right in inferring from the fine article that there will be a EU release of the Katamari games?
If I had them "mod points" things...
Jon does make the point about extending the system so that you can have multiple users from a single box with multiple displays, but doesn't take it to the logical conclusion as you do. You might claim that the KVM switches can be extended with audio capability and that you can pick a sound out channel, but ALSA would still need to isolate sounds to a given user (which I am unsure if it does or is capable of doing). It's better for multimedia work if the whole FreeDesktop or LSB setup mandates a unified multimedia interface system.
(Win XP can pipe your sound to a remote desktop -- how well does X fare?)
Is there a Knoppix-derivative with Windows spyware tools working under Wine or with native windows-spyware-tools-for-linux coupled to a captive NTFS filesystem to tidy up boogered PC's without the Rooted Windows running?
And you get less spam...
The comment that my Mac game-developing friends kept making was that co-op multitasking was better for holding the processor's attention for gameplay.
To my knowledge there isn't an enforced co-operative state in DirectX or in the Linux kernel to give all the computer's power to a game (but this would be a security hole: insert rootkit with own task scheduler in stolen co-operative multitasking state, and it can truly own all of the computer's resources, even mimicking the rightful kernel).
You're visioning an hyperbolicity of exponential workflows from an unecumbered meritocracy of empassioned experts. You're managing perceptions, selling infotech gold-dust, gunning for the feel-good factor throughtout the enterprise, from CFO to CIO to CEO to stockholders to staffers and to customers. You're offering a way that the company can benefit from an invested and satisfied workforce while retaining the freedom to follow market trends and develop new revenue streams. You're saving millions of man-hours of expensive top-dollar computer programmers by requisitioning and reusing what they decide to create on their own time -- stuff that's free and available for the good of mankind, without doing so at the expense of their good will!
Sh*t, I've got my own RDF. Please don't believe the hype.
You are Anakin Skywalker AICM place at your side ruling the galaxy.
The kind Microsoft man, David Kaefer, said that "our policy is to allow others to license our patents so they can use our innovative methods in their products". He will be coming to find you to ensure that you license their patents for your use of their innovative methods.
Google Cosmos as next upgrade to Google Earth;
Google Prophet -- in beta at their web site -- enter an ethical or lifestyle dilemma and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky" for an answer;
Google Clippy to help you fix up all your word processing and spreadsheet problems;
Google Slashdot interface with automated trolling and moderation (plus layout fixed for Firefox);
Google China is a new crockery set for house and home. Not to be confused with Google China, the upcoming communist state bought out by Google last Thursday.
You might run out of things to say because the jokes wil soon get out of hand as each week's episode has to better the previous one.
Good points, well made. I feel I should defend myself: I'm sorry I didn't make it clear that the M-dollar blog didn't trust the numbers as recorded, or that I wouldn't use web-request statistics as anything other than an indicator. I'm sorry that my post came across as fanboy-ish, but I'm not a fanboy.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2005 /8/13/957, which points to the statistics from http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/12/HNfirefo xloses_1.html
Their view was that sampling errors were not discussed, and this affects the reliability of the numbers.
I must admit it's all my fault: I've been viewing Flash pages in IE because I haven't installed a Flash player to MoFo's Deer Park Alpha 2.
There's less of a "Duh" if it's an unpatched edition of XP with SP2. The wonders of Windows Firewall are supposed to portect you from nasties outside your box...
I'm noob here. Is that comment about RicerFS a typo? ;-) (just joking. expecting -2 overall moderation and troll/flamebait)
You're such beginnaz. You forgot to change the filter pipe to the air intakes so you get more compression and +3HP on the cooling fans.
You missed saying that FC4 will upgrade you from previous versions of Red Hat (from 7.x, 8.0, 9 and FC1, FC2 & FC3), but only hinted at in the release notes. I think that this, retaining your $home directory and other preferences is easier than a total reinstall.
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I suspect that Disk Druid isn't a stand-alone application because of the dangers of allowing people to alter the partitions of disks in use. The source is in the srpms (here, particularly anaconda-10.2.1.5-2.src.rpm ), and it shouldn't be too hard to hack it out of there and disallow access to either drives mounted or disallow access to the drives supplying important mount-points -- Fedora uses LVM2, so any drive can be mapped into