Not everything the government does is inefficient. Most likely the software in question was put on tender to the "best" provider, similar to civil works projects.
The whole idea of the composite extension (which this fancy shadow and transparency is based upon) is to make the desktop flicker free.
It does this by diverting the X apps to draw to an offscreen buffer, and then compositing it to the screen in one feel swoop. This makes windows really solid. There is no need to wait for the X client to redraw the window contents when you move another window over it for example.
You should not have any problems finding a GP to see you in Canada. In fact, you could probably make an appointment and your GP (yes, you can choose your doctor) will see you the same day if you are in pain, the next for most other aliments.
If you want to see a specialist. Well, that's another story...:)
He make his bias clear, and attempts to back it up with facts. I can't say I agree with him, but that is one commendable thing. Can't say that about the other guys. I'm still waiting for WMDs.
SA gets a bad rap because it works even when the bayesian filter isn't activated. This leads to horrible results.
We deployed SA on our own internal MX and we have over 99% accuracy over the past 3 months. Although the bayes filter is primitive compared to what other advanced filters are doing, with enough training and a bigger token DB, SA works very very well. Couple that with network checks (ie, Razor2, Pyzor, DCC) and the system is comparable to the best statistical filters.
What do you mean not multiuser? In *nix you can open up as many XVNC servers as you want. You can have multiple user doing their own stuff in their own session. You can also have multiple users connected to one session, so you get desktop sharing.
The only thing the NX buys is speed, and that's really true. NX is very very fast, faster than RDP5 I would say.
If you're on a LAN, you don't even need them. You can have Citrix or Windows Terminal like services by just using X and XDMCP and XDM. That's what the LTSP uses.
You can have multiple open spaces arranged in such a way that workgroups can sit in their own corner. Executive may want to have their own private spaces, but sales and project managers would be fine as long as space is plentiful.
My workplace is in a refurnished 200 year old building, but is internally redesigned in such a way that places empahsis on open spaces. Works wonders.
Gmail is by far the quickest webmail I have ever used. I still prefer my IMAP mailboxes (recently with SA spam filtering, 99.9% accuracy). I have more than 1 GB as we run own own domain and mailserver, but gmail is really attractive as a personal mailbox. I know that I would pay to have IMAP access to gmail, but it looks that that option is unavailable for the near furture.
The reason IMAP is prefered is not because of gmail's web interface being bad. It's really good as a matter of fact. However, I have other mailboxes and would like to consolidate the my mail into one application.
I think the idea is that there are some programs that are really important for some people, and there are no alternatives in *nixland. If someone can switch over because those programs now work without booting into Windows, that mean one more full-time linux user.
Not this time. If you followed the events carefully, they are paying more for Linux than they are for Microsoft (Due to the cost of the migration and all the customizations needed). The situation was so dire that MS sent Steve over there to talk, but they insisted on going on with Linux, IIRC.
They really need a proper pagerank feature in the moz googlebar. There was a recent hack to googlebar that showed pagerank for a page by querying a central server which returned a gif image. That doesn't work so well and is really slow.
I think the original poster is on to something, but it isn't the geographical access. Text based BBSes have a certain quality to it that can't be replaced by the now very graphical www. It's like the difference between reading a book and reading a magazine.
That is the single most damaging mindset in the OSS camp. The goal is not for software gratis, but to have software libre.
The ideal Free Software scenario is when companies, governments and indiviuals pay people to write good, quality software. Maybe not a whole project, sometimes even just for minor improvements and bugfixes. It may be even implemented as a subscription model.
The value of software is created when the programmer programs. To make OSS succeed and suplant the commercial model we have to find ways of rewarding this activity. You can't do away with money in this society, maybe in some arachist utopia, but not in the present. For programmers to survive, we need to find ways for them to be rewarded for their time.
You're right, readability is everything, even if your working on your own work. People do forget things about their own code after a while so readability really aids maintainability. It also helps introducing new developers to the project as they can get up to speed really fast.
The main reason why python is so much eaiser to read I believe is whitespace. The clean indentation makes the code look much more like an outline, making much easier to follow when there are nested blocks.
If you are sending lots and lots of legitimate mail, you might want to take advantage of using your ISP's SMTP server anyways. You can set almost all MTAs to forward your mail to another MTA instead delivering them directly.
And this property is being exploited endlessly. Google needs to find a way to recognize the contribution of a site, rather than just its content and the links. There are tons of sites out there that the sole purpose is to link to other sites and prop up their rankings.
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Not everything the government does is inefficient. Most likely the software in question was put on tender to the "best" provider, similar to civil works projects.
The whole idea of the composite extension (which this fancy shadow and transparency is based upon) is to make the desktop flicker free.
It does this by diverting the X apps to draw to an offscreen buffer, and then compositing it to the screen in one feel swoop. This makes windows really solid. There is no need to wait for the X client to redraw the window contents when you move another window over it for example.
You should not have any problems finding a GP to see you in Canada. In fact, you could probably make an appointment and your GP (yes, you can choose your doctor) will see you the same day if you are in pain, the next for most other aliments.
:)
If you want to see a specialist. Well, that's another story...
He make his bias clear, and attempts to back it up with facts. I can't say I agree with him, but that is one commendable thing. Can't say that about the other guys. I'm still waiting for WMDs.
SA gets a bad rap because it works even when the bayesian filter isn't activated. This leads to horrible results.
We deployed SA on our own internal MX and we have over 99% accuracy over the past 3 months. Although the bayes filter is primitive compared to what other advanced filters are doing, with enough training and a bigger token DB, SA works very very well. Couple that with network checks (ie, Razor2, Pyzor, DCC) and the system is comparable to the best statistical filters.
What do you mean not multiuser? In *nix you can open up as many XVNC servers as you want. You can have multiple user doing their own stuff in their own session. You can also have multiple users connected to one session, so you get desktop sharing.
The only thing the NX buys is speed, and that's really true. NX is very very fast, faster than RDP5 I would say.
If you're on a LAN, you don't even need them. You can have Citrix or Windows Terminal like services by just using X and XDMCP and XDM. That's what the LTSP uses.
You can have multiple open spaces arranged in such a way that workgroups can sit in their own corner. Executive may want to have their own private spaces, but sales and project managers would be fine as long as space is plentiful.
My workplace is in a refurnished 200 year old building, but is internally redesigned in such a way that places empahsis on open spaces. Works wonders.
Gmail is by far the quickest webmail I have ever used. I still prefer my IMAP mailboxes (recently with SA spam filtering, 99.9% accuracy). I have more than 1 GB as we run own own domain and mailserver, but gmail is really attractive as a personal mailbox. I know that I would pay to have IMAP access to gmail, but it looks that that option is unavailable for the near furture.
The reason IMAP is prefered is not because of gmail's web interface being bad. It's really good as a matter of fact. However, I have other mailboxes and would like to consolidate the my mail into one application.
I think the idea is that there are some programs that are really important for some people, and there are no alternatives in *nixland. If someone can switch over because those programs now work without booting into Windows, that mean one more full-time linux user.
Regarding your sig - that's why you pay income tax.
Not this time. If you followed the events carefully, they are paying more for Linux than they are for Microsoft (Due to the cost of the migration and all the customizations needed). The situation was so dire that MS sent Steve over there to talk, but they insisted on going on with Linux, IIRC.
From your nick, it seems like you got more than just an axe to grind. :)
Nah, I'll take the extra safe dual layer version please.
They really need a proper pagerank feature in the moz googlebar. There was a recent hack to googlebar that showed pagerank for a page by querying a central server which returned a gif image. That doesn't work so well and is really slow.
We'll the software patent situation in Europe is looking very bleak right now.
I think the original poster is on to something, but it isn't the geographical access. Text based BBSes have a certain quality to it that can't be replaced by the now very graphical www. It's like the difference between reading a book and reading a magazine.
ZEP XP == ZEPpelin eXPlosion ? :)
The problem is not scarcity, it is of information. Demand increases with exposure, and by doing this, this guy is gaining exposure.
That is the single most damaging mindset in the OSS camp. The goal is not for software gratis, but to have software libre.
The ideal Free Software scenario is when companies, governments and indiviuals pay people to write good, quality software. Maybe not a whole project, sometimes even just for minor improvements and bugfixes. It may be even implemented as a subscription model.
The value of software is created when the programmer programs. To make OSS succeed and suplant the commercial model we have to find ways of rewarding this activity. You can't do away with money in this society, maybe in some arachist utopia, but not in the present. For programmers to survive, we need to find ways for them to be rewarded for their time.
You're right, readability is everything, even if your working on your own work. People do forget things about their own code after a while so readability really aids maintainability. It also helps introducing new developers to the project as they can get up to speed really fast.
The main reason why python is so much eaiser to read I believe is whitespace. The clean indentation makes the code look much more like an outline, making much easier to follow when there are nested blocks.
Bah.. Perl doesn't even have an interactive interpreter..
If you are sending lots and lots of legitimate mail, you might want to take advantage of using your ISP's SMTP server anyways. You can set almost all MTAs to forward your mail to another MTA instead delivering them directly.
Definitely. All research degress require you to complete a dissertation. The dissertation details the new knowledge that was contributed.
They'd like to, but they'll drive on the right, slam into everyone head-on and cause a major *crash*.
And this property is being exploited endlessly. Google needs to find a way to recognize the contribution of a site, rather than just its content and the links. There are tons of sites out there that the sole purpose is to link to other sites and prop up their rankings.