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Great thing about Fowler's book is that it's aimed at writing simple OO code. It explains real good not to overuse patterns.
Ofcourse, using patterns at the right place can make your code much more readable for someone with pattern knowledge. It allows people to think at a higher level of abstraction.
Re:Break the other half of the Wintel monopoly
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And yes, I've run Linux and PocketPC/CE on StrongARM. On an iPAQ, and on a couple of other StrongARM-based devices. I've written Linux framebuffer and USB drivers for StrongARM. I know what I'm talking about here.
I'll bite. Do you have any idea how much servers get compromised? Intelligent admins are obsolete.
> I wasn't talking about running services as root, no intelligent admin does that anymore with just about anything.
You're forced to run some servers as root, for example sshd. Under hurd, these servers run without privs. And sshd gains perms with the right login-sequence.
Nope, that'll undermine the greatest thing of hurd. The ability to do lots of things as a regular user.
What we need is a standard for device-drivers, so you've got one source for *BSD's, Linux and other OSes. And one binary for all OSes running on some microkernel.
Try to understand that by installing a pirated version of windows, you are actualy helping them. Only using it is enough. Think 'advocacy' and 'suggesting standards'.
And ofcourse, you lose freedom, safety and your mood.
If you notice vim isn't installed on a system, you just type 'apti vim' and a couple of seconds later you can use vim. (I have aliased apti='apt-get install')
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Takes up about 3,5 Gig. That's including nonfree and non-US.
No, it makes it easier for other companies to improve the product. Inventions are always based on other inventions. Patents make it illegal to invent new things based on older inventions.
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Great thing about Fowler's book is that it's aimed at writing simple OO code. It explains real good not to overuse patterns.
Ofcourse, using patterns at the right place can make your code much more readable for someone with pattern knowledge. It allows people to think at a higher level of abstraction.
And yes, I've run Linux and PocketPC/CE on StrongARM. On an iPAQ, and on a couple of other StrongARM-based devices. I've written Linux framebuffer and USB drivers for StrongARM. I know what I'm talking about here.
Yeah right, like I just sucked a whale.
> > when *don't* monopoliies hurt people?
> whenever they don't get monopoly prices
It's nice to be able to buy the bread you like most. But a reasonable default is also necessery.
China is a *communist* country, not fascist. Please, try to get it right.
China is *leninist* which is the fascist variant of communism.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
I think there are enough movies, television shows in the world. Shouldn't that mean that the price decreases?
Beside the fact that microkernel _are_ used in the actual world,.lots of revolutionary stuff started as pet theory of your 'elitist CS schools'.
Like UNIX, our very BSD or linux.
These things also have a tag saying 'under development'.
I'll bite. Do you have any idea how much servers get compromised? Intelligent admins are obsolete.
> I wasn't talking about running services as root, no intelligent admin does that anymore with just about anything.
You're forced to run some servers as root, for example sshd. Under hurd, these servers run without privs. And sshd gains perms with the right login-sequence.
> after 10+ years it still only runs on ia-32!
There was a report of someone having it running on PPC with little effort.
Or you have an IQ of minus several billion.
It doesn't work anymore
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> This isn't hard to do.
It's hard to maintain.
Looking at, your questions, I'd see hurd is not ready for you.
Maybe when there is a fancy menu-install.
Hmmm, there are install-cd's made once in a while. You can get them at ftp.gnu.org.
I think the next one is planned for 7Dec.
But HURD is Free Software.
Dude, for Desktop/WS any OS will do.
It's just that powerusers like a flexible system, which GNU provides.
For the GNU OS, GNU OS is sufficient. But to emphasize your GNU System runs HURD, you refer to it as GNU/HURD.
GRUB/HURD/GNU is just as valid.
Where did he say that?
I don't think GNU needs an official kernel. You should be able to choose your kernel for the GNU operating system.
> implemented into the standard Linux kernel.
Nope, that'll undermine the greatest thing of hurd. The ability to do lots of things as a regular user.
What we need is a standard for device-drivers, so you've got one source for *BSD's, Linux and other OSes. And one binary for all OSes running on some microkernel.
Software just needs good design.
Try to understand that by installing a pirated version of windows, you are actualy helping them. Only using it is enough. Think 'advocacy' and 'suggesting standards'.
And ofcourse, you lose freedom, safety and your mood.
If you notice vim isn't installed on a system, you just type 'apti vim' and a couple of seconds later you can use vim. (I have aliased apti='apt-get install')
Takes up about 3,5 Gig. That's including nonfree and non-US.
I can live with that
> I never heared that patents make anything illegal anywhere ...
http://www.burnallgifs.org/
No, it makes it easier for other companies to improve the product. Inventions are always based on other inventions. Patents make it illegal to invent new things based on older inventions.
So after all, it's good for our economy
The example includes a random function for modifying itself?!? So if the weak program dies, the program tries another random one?
That's brute force, and nature has been doing that since the big-bang-burger-chef.