While the final outcome of those "good actions" is no doubt good, I seriously question the motives.
The circles in which Gates et al reside are heavily entrenched in a Gift Culture. Essentially, they give to charities in order to gain social status with their peers. When they donate, they do it loud and publically. This is well documented by anthropologists and freely admitted to by the rich & famous.
The real philanthropists are the ones you *don't* hear about; the anonymous donation to cancer research, the $10,000 deposited into the bank account of an orphanage.
And of course then there's the 'strategic' donations Microsoft regularly makes to senators campaigns (now there's a worthy cause, much better than say World Vision or disease research). Or how about the donations in the form of their own product (at effectively zero cost to Microsoft, but ensuring the recipient is locked into future purchases).
... upgrading your computers BIOS from a remote internet site, and then being surprised when a bad packet corrupts it, maiking it unbootable?
Surely a simply buffer on board the Spirit, with a bit of sanity checking code before applying instructions/data received, would have been a good idea.
From the README: Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available. gcc 2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2), and gcc 2.7.2.3 are known to miscompile some parts of the kernel, and are *no longer supported*.
Will gcc 3.2.2 suffice, or do I really have to go hunting for an ancient version of this compiler?
If they are attempting to show an approximation of the actual texture of the surface, and the composition of the atmosphere, then by all means re-map infra-red to some visible hue that is not otherwise present in the image.
If, however, the intention is to convey what the surface would actually look like if we were there, then the infra-red data should quite rightly be discarded. Non-visible radiation bands have no place in a colour-correct image.
What about the Disney Sound Doohicky--It plugged into the parallel port, and gave some of the crappiest sound ever made on a computer.... and yet a sinple resistor ladder soldered onto a D25 connector plugged into the parallel port gave much better sound quality than the best SBPro. Hell, you could pick up a cheap Multi-IO card with a second parallel port and have stereo!
I wonder how Disney managed to screw it up? They probably had DRM built into it.
I realise that most routine stuff can be done (and is in fact done) remotely by scripts.
What I am talking about is in a computer lab situation where someone comes up to you and wants something done NOW. Checking print jobs on a single workstation, for example.
Perhaps my shutdown workstation scenario was a bad example.
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Actually, all the customers I've talked to have installed linux and only linux on them.
Maybe Microsoft is waiting for the hardware to catchup so their inefficient code can take advantage of more memory.
Does it really matter anymore what Microsoft is doing?
Where I live, opterons are selling like hotcakes and something must be going onto them.
Perhaps, but I still haven't figured out how to import all my company's OpenOffice documents into it.
I am pounding Darls head on the table, saying
"The concept of 'no free lunch' only applies to scarce resources, not to truly abundant ones like computer software, fool!".
There only seems to be a Microsoft Windows version at this point.
Anyone know if they have plans to do a Linux version like they did with UT2003?
I am pounding Darls head on the table, saying
"The concept of 'no free lunch' only applies to scarce resources, not to truly abundant ones like computer software!".
I'm still hoping Transgaming will put some effort into KOTR.
That's a game I'd buy in a second if it ran under linux.
Reality is, Mozilla is a far way from replacing I.E.
Perhaps so, but I use the web for business and recreation on average 6 hours a day, and have never in the last three years had to resort to IE.
Except, that is, for ensuring that web pages I write render correctly on the lowest common denominator.
...and for all intentensive purposes acting like a publically held company.
I think you mean "for all intents and purposes".
While the final outcome of those "good actions" is no doubt good, I seriously question the motives.
The circles in which Gates et al reside are heavily entrenched in a Gift Culture. Essentially, they give to charities in order to gain social status with their peers. When they donate, they do it loud and publically. This is well documented by anthropologists and freely admitted to by the rich & famous.
The real philanthropists are the ones you *don't* hear about; the anonymous donation to cancer research, the $10,000 deposited into the bank account of an orphanage.
And of course then there's the 'strategic' donations Microsoft regularly makes to senators campaigns (now there's a worthy cause, much better than say World Vision or disease research). Or how about the donations in the form of their own product (at effectively zero cost to Microsoft, but ensuring the recipient is locked into future purchases).
'Video cameras snap the shopper, then clothes and accessories are selected and displayed immediately.
And I suppose the virtual models tell you which bits chafe?
I mean, Gates is no Torvalds.
... upgrading your computers BIOS from a remote internet site, and then being surprised when a bad packet corrupts it, maiking it unbootable?
Surely a simply buffer on board the Spirit, with a bit of sanity checking code before applying instructions/data received, would have been a good idea.
That would be one time when we could run Linux on windows.
Thanks, I'm here till Thursday.
What do you want them to do?
That's easy.
In the words of Smeagol:
Go away, and never come back!
You're kidding?
There always seems to be ways of making the picture look better given more GPU power.
Sure, your GeForce4MX440SE can do any of the following:
- High resolution (>1280),
- High refresh rate (>85Hz), sync'ed to VBLANK
- FSAA (eg 4x4)
Now, pick any one. That's right, ONE. Your GeForce4 will fall flat on its face trying to do even two of those.
Even simple games such as TuxRacer or GLTron look positively stunning when all of these features are used simultaneously.
The games of today (and even of two years ago) certainly DO benefit from cutting-edge video cards.
From the README:
Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available.
gcc 2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2), and gcc 2.7.2.3 are known to miscompile some parts of the kernel, and are *no longer supported*.
Will gcc 3.2.2 suffice, or do I really have to go hunting for an ancient version of this compiler?
Exactly what color SHOULD infra-red images be?
That depends on what NASA is trying to convey.
If they are attempting to show an approximation of the actual texture of the surface, and the composition of the atmosphere, then by all means re-map infra-red to some visible hue that is not otherwise present in the image.
If, however, the intention is to convey what the surface would actually look like if we were there, then the infra-red data should quite rightly be discarded. Non-visible radiation bands have no place in a colour-correct image.
There would be rioting in the streets if the gas pumps stopped flowing...
Yeah, because we couldn't possibly upset the hideously unsustainable American Way Of Life(tm).
What about the Disney Sound Doohicky--It plugged into the parallel port, and gave some of the crappiest sound ever made on a computer. ... and yet a sinple resistor ladder soldered onto a D25 connector plugged into the parallel port gave much better sound quality than the best SBPro. Hell, you could pick up a cheap Multi-IO card with a second parallel port and have stereo!
I wonder how Disney managed to screw it up? They probably had DRM built into it.
The wet splatting sound that seargents and imps make when they blow up, if played backwards, is just some guy screwing up a piece of paper.
... in Return of the King.
... that Darl and Co probably don't know anything about Unix or Linux.
What's the bet that Bill and Darl play golf on weekends, or that Steve (Ballmer) takes Chris (Sonntag) out regularly to a fancy-pants restaurant.
Then a piece of paper is handed over at the end of each meeting, "Our next list of suggestions for your strategy to rebuild your business".
I suspect SCO is nothing more than a puppet.
I think you might have missed the point.
I realise that most routine stuff can be done (and is in fact done) remotely by scripts.
What I am talking about is in a computer lab situation where someone comes up to you and wants something done NOW. Checking print jobs on a single workstation, for example.
Perhaps my shutdown workstation scenario was a bad example.
I am using KDE 3.1 on RH9, and going by other anecdotes, I now believe this is more of a RH problem than a KDE one.
My apologies for blaming KDE entirely.
Having said that, even three seconds is a terribly long time for something as trivial as a calculator applet to launch.