Depending on the sensitivity of the position, I might take the person that did a bunch of stupid shit and that can intelligently discuss the lessons learned from those mistakes.
MS requested the opportunity to present oral arguments, the EU scheduled the meeting, MS felt that, although all the required attendees could make it, the date conflicted with another large event, leaving MS without a chance to orally lobby some of those on the sidelines.
MS said that they're not attending, and the EU cancelled it. Basically that means that it's over and that MS is going to lose.
I wasn't attempting to make one or asking anyone else to. I was just pointing out that the post claiming that WoW had 60% of the market wasn't an accurate picture of all MMORPG players worldwide.
That's measured in subscriptions. The Asian market is more geared toward free play with premium items for sale. Those users won't be counted in a subscription survey.
I wasn't trying to be especially hard on you, but this video has been passed around for a while now. I'm going to "pick some nits" but they're from my memory of the 45 minute video, so excuse me if a couple of the details wrong.
He lists things like ALSA, PulseAudio, and GStreamer in the same context, but they really don't do the same thing.Just about every MM app should be using GST at this point. Adding Phonon to the list is just silly, since it uses GStreamer as the back end if available. Basically, we just need PulseAudio to become mature and set everything to use it. If you're using Gnome, that's already happening, mostly through GStreamer. If you're using KDE4, that's also happening through Phonon to GST.
He makes the tired old "one package" argument, which isn't really a problem for anyone, as mentioned by an audience member. Distros handle that stuff.
Don't get regressions. I agree. Ubuntu has a huge problem with that, but that's QA, nothing that's broken with FOSS.
Your problem is with Ubuntu. They have hard release times and terrible QA. Something is terribly broken every release. Sometimes there are several things.
First of all, I'm no Linux desktop apologist (though it works for me). Still, the video you linked has so many technical errors in the discussion that you really can't take it seriously. If the presenter doesn't know what he's talking about, then he can't make real technical suggestions (as opposed to the "I just want my audio to work" type).
I wish people would stop treating that video and Linux Hater like they had something useful to say -- they don't. There's a long list of crap that needs to be fixed. Ignoring it doesn't help. Neither does taking half-baked suggestions. It takes real thought and real work, not rants.
The driver model for the kernel changed and the Intel driver is out of sync with Xorg right now. There's an updated driver which solves these problems. 9.04 is being updated gradually, there's a testing repo (x-updates) and a bleeding edge repo (xorg-edgers, which is currently a REALLY bad place to be).
It's a pain. Ubuntu doesn't have the best QA and something major seems to be broken every release. I think it's related to the hard release dates.
The NVidia driver isn't a real and valid problem: you get a good, stable driver by default and are prompted to install a different one should you prefer it. The others are legal, not engineering, problems (except CD space, which is really logistical).
Why isn't this installed by default? Seriously - disk space and memory is not a premium anymore.
Codecs can't be distributed in all countries due to software patents
MS web fonts can't be distributed in any but the original packages (and those are OLD!). You probably don't want them, anyway. I prefer the Deja Vu fonts.
Ubuntu is a one-CD distro. Space is at a premium.
Why isn't this installed by default? If it detects an NVidia video card - install them!
The Free NVidia driver (nv) is great and as stable as hell, but it doesn't do 3D. Some people don't want 3D and want the stability so it's the default. Ubuntu notifies you that the more advanced but less-stable driver is available and makes it a check-box install. The process is easier than moving from the generic driver on Windows to the NVidia driver.
Ubuntu has a TON of problems. These two (above) aren't anywhere in the list.
You appear quite knowledgeable about EVE's setup, so I'd like to ask what would happen if instead of putting the nodes onto blades, they put the nodes onto virtual machines on the blades, and migrated those live (and hopefully automatically) based on use. I'm not the kind of guy who says "virtualize it!" to everything, but this seems like a good case for it.
So the big question is... "Why haven't they done it?" There has to be a technical problem.
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And 30 years after Radio Shack put the entire OS on the "BIOS."
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I had most of this in the 70s. It was called the Tandy Model I, and the entire OS was on a chip. There were never any driver problems because you couldn't install drivers. It was instant on (and by instant I mean faster than the CRT/TV it was connected to).
We've come so far....:P
Oh, and 4K of RAM ought to be enough for anybody.;)
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How would you do that if you don't want to give anyone your listening history, which was the point of the AC above?
Depending on the sensitivity of the position, I might take the person that did a bunch of stupid shit and that can intelligently discuss the lessons learned from those mistakes.
I'm on social networking sites, but not under my real name. Even my on-line resumes are scrubbed.
That's why I said "Set up your own server and use that."
Not trying to argue with you. I recommend a live CD to all my friends. I just wanted to point out that some people don't have much choice.
From the linked site:
* Complete public source code licensed under the GNU AGPL!
* You own your own data!
* Use our service, or run your own!
* Get started and hacking today!
Set up your own server and use that.
Libre.fm for the win. It's compatible with Last.fm.
Unless your bank uses an ActiveX plugin like all Korean banks are required to.
I guess the Live CD might still be the safest way, but only in the "the safest computer is the one with the network cable unplugged" sense.
MS requested the opportunity to present oral arguments, the EU scheduled the meeting, MS felt that, although all the required attendees could make it, the date conflicted with another large event, leaving MS without a chance to orally lobby some of those on the sidelines.
MS said that they're not attending, and the EU cancelled it. Basically that means that it's over and that MS is going to lose.
Get your checkbook out, Ballmer!
The problem with their model is that 35 of those newest 40 are recycled from that 10,000,000.
I wasn't attempting to make one or asking anyone else to. I was just pointing out that the post claiming that WoW had 60% of the market wasn't an accurate picture of all MMORPG players worldwide.
That's measured in subscriptions. The Asian market is more geared toward free play with premium items for sale. Those users won't be counted in a subscription survey.
And when you say "girls," you mean the under-15 type, right? ;) (It was really big with my 5th-9th graders a few years ago.)
I wasn't trying to be especially hard on you, but this video has been passed around for a while now. I'm going to "pick some nits" but they're from my memory of the 45 minute video, so excuse me if a couple of the details wrong.
He lists things like ALSA, PulseAudio, and GStreamer in the same context, but they really don't do the same thing.Just about every MM app should be using GST at this point. Adding Phonon to the list is just silly, since it uses GStreamer as the back end if available. Basically, we just need PulseAudio to become mature and set everything to use it. If you're using Gnome, that's already happening, mostly through GStreamer. If you're using KDE4, that's also happening through Phonon to GST.
He makes the tired old "one package" argument, which isn't really a problem for anyone, as mentioned by an audience member. Distros handle that stuff.
Don't get regressions. I agree. Ubuntu has a huge problem with that, but that's QA, nothing that's broken with FOSS.
Your problem is with Ubuntu. They have hard release times and terrible QA. Something is terribly broken every release. Sometimes there are several things.
First of all, I'm no Linux desktop apologist (though it works for me). Still, the video you linked has so many technical errors in the discussion that you really can't take it seriously. If the presenter doesn't know what he's talking about, then he can't make real technical suggestions (as opposed to the "I just want my audio to work" type).
I wish people would stop treating that video and Linux Hater like they had something useful to say -- they don't. There's a long list of crap that needs to be fixed. Ignoring it doesn't help. Neither does taking half-baked suggestions. It takes real thought and real work, not rants.
The driver model for the kernel changed and the Intel driver is out of sync with Xorg right now. There's an updated driver which solves these problems. 9.04 is being updated gradually, there's a testing repo (x-updates) and a bleeding edge repo (xorg-edgers, which is currently a REALLY bad place to be).
It's a pain. Ubuntu doesn't have the best QA and something major seems to be broken every release. I think it's related to the hard release dates.
Or to implement a standard -- see ODF the Microsoft way.
You need to upgrade the Windows XP recovery CD to a full installation one.
The NVidia driver isn't a real and valid problem: you get a good, stable driver by default and are prompted to install a different one should you prefer it. The others are legal, not engineering, problems (except CD space, which is really logistical).
Why isn't this installed by default? Seriously - disk space and memory is not a premium anymore.
Why isn't this installed by default? If it detects an NVidia video card - install them!
The Free NVidia driver (nv) is great and as stable as hell, but it doesn't do 3D. Some people don't want 3D and want the stability so it's the default. Ubuntu notifies you that the more advanced but less-stable driver is available and makes it a check-box install. The process is easier than moving from the generic driver on Windows to the NVidia driver.
Ubuntu has a TON of problems. These two (above) aren't anywhere in the list.
Well, there have been a large number of live-migration (between servers) stories lately.
You appear quite knowledgeable about EVE's setup, so I'd like to ask what would happen if instead of putting the nodes onto blades, they put the nodes onto virtual machines on the blades, and migrated those live (and hopefully automatically) based on use. I'm not the kind of guy who says "virtualize it!" to everything, but this seems like a good case for it.
So the big question is ... "Why haven't they done it?" There has to be a technical problem.
And 30 years after Radio Shack put the entire OS on the "BIOS."
I had most of this in the 70s. It was called the Tandy Model I, and the entire OS was on a chip. There were never any driver problems because you couldn't install drivers. It was instant on (and by instant I mean faster than the CRT/TV it was connected to).
We've come so far .... :P
Oh, and 4K of RAM ought to be enough for anybody. ;)