IBM and MS still have some extensive cross licsensing agreements, so it would not surprise me one bit if they had access to some of the Office codebase.
Please remain where you are. An agent will be with you shortly to deal with your delusions. Please do not spread such alarmist lies, you will propagate further instability in the Matrix.
I will be modded down as off topic as well, and right so. I couldn't let this go by though. I am SO SICK of seeing Karma whoring accusations. Why do you care? Give it a rest! If you don't like the karma and moderation system, then go somewhere else for your news.
Lexx was one of the worst...shows...ever! This is the same network that cancelled Farscape too, which was light years better than anything else they've produced.
Of course, to pubescent living-in-mom's-basement pasty faced geeks, Lexx was cool because it had a hot chick.
Go ahead and mod me off topic or whatever. I just had to respond and at least I have the gonads to not post this as an AC:)
Palms biggest market by far is not geeks, hobbyists, or the enthusiasts. It's businesses, and the vast majority of those run on the MS platform. Sounds like simple economics to me. I'd love to see better Mac OS support, but I doubt there is much money in it for Palm.
You are all confusing process with instruction set. The ISA they choose to implement on this process is irrelevant to the speed gains possible by the process itself.
I call partial BS here. I know a huge number of non techies, and they all know what IE is by name. The only part of your post that is accurate is the reason why; it's ubiquituous because it's the default on most PC's.
I wasn't aware that the right had a corner on the market with regards to nationalism. I'm sure that the Communist Chinese will be shocked to hear that; they have very strong feelings of nationalism too.
I know I'm probably biting on a troll, but you are wrong on many levels.
1. I personally have ported many thousands of lines of FORTRAN code (that I did not write) to C++. At the same time I moved it from a Vax to the PC. It was hard work but doable for any good coder. Oh, I also had to learn FORTRAN as I went along.
2. So having a standard language used in science and engineering across generations that does the job fast and well is a bad thing? Nothing to see here, move along.
As for your speed comment, a factor of 2 is enormous if you are talking about large, involved scientific calculations on a supercomputing cluster. Time is money when using such beasts.
If you are willing to shoot yourself in the foot over something as religious as what programming language to use, then you don't even deserve to get your Masters, let alone your PhD.
I am not a huge fan of FORTRAN (mainly because I had to do so much porting of it!, but as others have pointed out, it does the job that it was designed to do very well.
(I know, I know, he is probably not even a physics student and is probably just trolling from mom's basement, but I couldn't resist).
I agree in a sense, but for now most people who buy G5 machines will stick with OS X. Yes, I know IBM is making some G5 boxen too, but the ratio of those to G5 Macs sold will probably mirror the ratio of Macs compared to x86 stuff.
Yes, the submission should probably read 'Current x86 Processors Tested with Linux', but in reality the vast majority of individual Linux boxen will be using x86 based hardware so I don't think it's that big of a deal.
Speak for yourself, that's a cop out. I was laid off twice during the last recession and both times found work right away. It's about how hard you look and how you go about it.
What is wrong with boiling water in a microwave? I defy you to tell me that there is any difference. Sure, most things are better not nuked, but water isn't one of them...I think you're just being pretentious here, but I could be mistaken.
Disney is lobbying for the CCCA for just that reason. The 'Cute Critter Copyright Act' will put an end to all cuteness unless sanctioned by our new Disney Overlords!
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IBM and MS still have some extensive cross licsensing agreements, so it would not surprise me one bit if they had access to some of the Office codebase.
Um, actually no. I'm 37 and quite happily married to a beautiful, intelligent woman. Nice try at armchair psychology, but no cookie for you!
Wouldn't you have to actually FIND a girl to lose your virginity with first? This is Slashdot after all.
Please remain where you are. An agent will be with you shortly to deal with your delusions. Please do not spread such alarmist lies, you will propagate further instability in the Matrix.
You assume that "I don't get it". I do. Bad is a matter of opinion, and I expressed mine. Apparantly many people here agree...
I will be modded down as off topic as well, and right so. I couldn't let this go by though. I am SO SICK of seeing Karma whoring accusations. Why do you care? Give it a rest! If you don't like the karma and moderation system, then go somewhere else for your news.
Or even a Beowulf cluster of Johnny Fives!
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Sorry, couldn't resist. Feel like burning karma today
Lexx was one of the worst...shows...ever! This is the same network that cancelled Farscape too, which was light years better than anything else they've produced.
:)
Of course, to pubescent living-in-mom's-basement pasty faced geeks, Lexx was cool because it had a hot chick.
Go ahead and mod me off topic or whatever. I just had to respond and at least I have the gonads to not post this as an AC
That is certainly not true. Palm still has market share in the Windoze world too, though yes WinCE has a large chunk as well.
Palms biggest market by far is not geeks, hobbyists, or the enthusiasts. It's businesses, and the vast majority of those run on the MS platform. Sounds like simple economics to me. I'd love to see better Mac OS support, but I doubt there is much money in it for Palm.
You are all confusing process with instruction set. The ISA they choose to implement on this process is irrelevant to the speed gains possible by the process itself.
I call partial BS here. I know a huge number of non techies, and they all know what IE is by name. The only part of your post that is accurate is the reason why; it's ubiquituous because it's the default on most PC's.
Except you don't get Karma for being Funny, anymore ;-)
I wasn't aware that the right had a corner on the market with regards to nationalism. I'm sure that the Communist Chinese will be shocked to hear that; they have very strong feelings of nationalism too.
Close, but fascism is a product of socialist (left) philosophy . I got your point though, the extremes do tend to start resembling each other.
That was the funniest thing I've read in all my years here. Mod Parent up!!!
Perhaps, but it wasn't like he tried to hide his identity, it's easy to see that johnnyb is John Bartlett.
I know I'm probably biting on a troll, but you are wrong on many levels.
1. I personally have ported many thousands of lines of FORTRAN code (that I did not write) to C++. At the same time I moved it from a Vax to the PC. It was hard work but doable for any good coder. Oh, I also had to learn FORTRAN as I went along.
2. So having a standard language used in science and engineering across generations that does the job fast and well is a bad thing? Nothing to see here, move along.
As for your speed comment, a factor of 2 is enormous if you are talking about large, involved scientific calculations on a supercomputing cluster. Time is money when using such beasts.
If you are willing to shoot yourself in the foot over something as religious as what programming language to use, then you don't even deserve to get your Masters, let alone your PhD.
I am not a huge fan of FORTRAN (mainly because I had to do so much porting of it!, but as others have pointed out, it does the job that it was designed to do very well.
(I know, I know, he is probably not even a physics student and is probably just trolling from mom's basement, but I couldn't resist).
...the same BBC that helped drive a man to suicide with their ill sourced, inaccurate, ill founded, politically motivated claims?
The same BBC that has in recent years showed a steady decline of journalistic integrity?
The same BBC that has had a string of resignations at high levels because of the fallout for such things?
I never would have guessed....
I agree in a sense, but for now most people who buy G5 machines will stick with OS X. Yes, I know IBM is making some G5 boxen too, but the ratio of those to G5 Macs sold will probably mirror the ratio of Macs compared to x86 stuff.
Yes, the submission should probably read 'Current x86 Processors Tested with Linux', but in reality the vast majority of individual Linux boxen will be using x86 based hardware so I don't think it's that big of a deal.
Speak for yourself, that's a cop out. I was laid off twice during the last recession and both times found work right away. It's about how hard you look and how you go about it.
According to dictionary.com it is viruses
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virus.
What is wrong with boiling water in a microwave? I defy you to tell me that there is any difference. Sure, most things are better not nuked, but water isn't one of them...I think you're just being pretentious here, but I could be mistaken.
It depends on the tea. Loose green tea should only steep for one minute. Dark teas like Earl Grey should steep for three.
Disney is lobbying for the CCCA for just that reason. The 'Cute Critter Copyright Act' will put an end to all cuteness unless sanctioned by our new Disney Overlords!