Didn't he used to be on Slashdot all the time when he was developing the protocol? I seem to remember that he was promoting it in his sig. Anyway, supporting your point, when he was proposing the protocol, it was specifically for taking loads off of FTP servers during the first few days after a large release without having to use mirrors. His primary example was a Linux distro release.
I ask if you remember because it's obvious you would have been around at that time and my memory isn't that great.
Low memory prices started the rapid uptake of Vista 64 in about April. This trend has continued. 64-bit will be the default setup for ISVs by next year when Windows 7 comes out (though it will be available in both 32 and 64 bit versions). Windows 8 is said to be 64 bit only. Win7 will promote 64-bit during the transition.
An operating system is more than just the kernel. It's control + system services + utilities. If two distros use different kernel versions and different GLibC versions, would you really call them the same OS? What if the init systems were completely different? Hint: Ubuntu uses the Ubiquity init system (backward-compatible to SysV).
You might as well say BSD and OS X are the same OS.
Since the latest Ubuntu (8.10) uses GlibC 2.8 and Arch is using GLibC 2.9, I don't think you could count them as the same OS, even if you only look at the very base tools. Calling the kernel without enough tools to boot to a runtime "an OS" goes against common usage, which defines an operating system as control + system services + utilities.
If you compare the current Ubuntu LTS (8.04) with Arch, they don't even share the same kernel version.
This all discounts the differences in init systems and package systems between the two.
Secondly, most software commonly used on a Linux-based operating system is written with modularity, flexibility, and stability in mind. Most is written to be cross-platform (at least among Unix-alikes). This makes everything less snappy.
Compare WMs: a FD.o-compliant version of OB vs. DWM. OB reads from config files and uses DBus. DWM is configured at compile time and is monolithic. Which is "snappier?"
My CFO (early 2000s) used Excel for documents. I tried to tell her that she should use a word processor for that, but she said that Excel was the perfect tool and that she used it for everything.
Ubuntu isn't fast -- it's on par with XP SP3 if you look at benchmarks, but it requires less memory to remain usable. Smaller distros are faster, even if you remain in the Ubuntu line (for instance, install the LX Desktop Environment in 128MB Ram).
Linux is generally not "snappy" as you call it because things aren't programmed that way.
Finally, Arch and Ubuntu are separate operating systems.
I have the answer to your questions/problems: public transportation. Take the bus or train to your parents' city. Take a bus or have them pick you up. Take you car to the nearest station and get on the bus, subway, or metro train from your area to work. If the weather is good in your area, ride a bike at least one way and shower at or near work.
Yes, it's a little more inconvenient. No, it's not more expensive. I haven't owned a car for almost ten years. I take a taxi when there's no conceivable way to get where I'm going in a timely manner. I bike to work two or three seasons a year and run/walk the other seasons. I save a butt-load of money doing this and stay in decent shape, as well.
You can do it. It's just not convenient or as easy as having your own car.
So... why not just create a standard battery and interface for all cars, and battery stations just switch out the battery for you (which you probably wouldn't actually own).
I think Americans (yes, I'm one, but I don't live there) need to deal with urban areas first, give up the need for cross-country driving, and solve the relatively modest rural use problem later when the majority of the emissions have already been dealt with.
I guess I wasn't clear -- It was late for me here. I meant the move to the X2 and X4 in the 486 was the introduction of multipliers which meant that any increases in processing power after that didn't feel as large as those that came before.
Savage 2 always seemed very interesting and rather inventive, combining RTS with FPS, but I'm not much of a gamer and have never really gotten into the game. Can anyone here who has played it regularly comment? (It has a native Linux client.)
Really, though, that 486 to 486DX4 conversion was the point where multipliers came into the scene, and suddenly 4X the processor speed didn't equate to 4X the system speed because suddenly all the other components weren't keeping up and became the bottleneck. Do you remember how disappointing that was?
Korea recently went through a scandal where an actress was libeled (is that a word?) on the Internet, subsequently killing herself.
The result? Exactly what is being proposed in Maryland -- there is no anonymity on the Korean Internet anymore and there are designated Internet police to take you down if you fail to follow netiquette (a required course in school now).
When I discussed this situation with a Korean co-worker, I tried proposing that we should educate people that killing oneself isn't an appropriate response to slander or libel instead of tacitly admitting that it is (through government protection of people over this issue), and she looked at me like I was nuts.
Sigh. I'm glad I'm not on the Korean web much. I bet the rest of the world is heading in much the same direction.
Do you seriously need to carry around 100GB of music with you? Can't you just switch out 10-20GB at a time? How much music do you listen to? Do you ever have a conversation with anyone? Wow.
Greasemonkey has a ton of these kinds of add-ons for FF. I don't see how they are any different. Visit IMDB, find a movie, click on the Mininova link, and get a torrent search for it (by imdb number, even).
Slashdot Mirror
Jamendo ... blech.
Magnatune
Amazon
Napster
iTunes Store
Didn't he used to be on Slashdot all the time when he was developing the protocol? I seem to remember that he was promoting it in his sig. Anyway, supporting your point, when he was proposing the protocol, it was specifically for taking loads off of FTP servers during the first few days after a large release without having to use mirrors. His primary example was a Linux distro release.
I ask if you remember because it's obvious you would have been around at that time and my memory isn't that great.
Low memory prices started the rapid uptake of Vista 64 in about April. This trend has continued. 64-bit will be the default setup for ISVs by next year when Windows 7 comes out (though it will be available in both 32 and 64 bit versions). Windows 8 is said to be 64 bit only. Win7 will promote 64-bit during the transition.
Agree with the Win6.5 comment, though.
Ten years, here, and neither have I. Of course, I just never bother to post stuff that I don't want linked to my UID.
Win7 is going to be primarily 64 bit. That's why.
An operating system is more than just the kernel. It's control + system services + utilities. If two distros use different kernel versions and different GLibC versions, would you really call them the same OS? What if the init systems were completely different? Hint: Ubuntu uses the Ubiquity init system (backward-compatible to SysV).
You might as well say BSD and OS X are the same OS.
Since the latest Ubuntu (8.10) uses GlibC 2.8 and Arch is using GLibC 2.9, I don't think you could count them as the same OS, even if you only look at the very base tools. Calling the kernel without enough tools to boot to a runtime "an OS" goes against common usage, which defines an operating system as control + system services + utilities.
If you compare the current Ubuntu LTS (8.04) with Arch, they don't even share the same kernel version.
This all discounts the differences in init systems and package systems between the two.
Secondly, most software commonly used on a Linux-based operating system is written with modularity, flexibility, and stability in mind. Most is written to be cross-platform (at least among Unix-alikes). This makes everything less snappy.
Compare WMs: a FD.o-compliant version of OB vs. DWM. OB reads from config files and uses DBus. DWM is configured at compile time and is monolithic. Which is "snappier?"
Google "Latex Beamer class."
My CFO (early 2000s) used Excel for documents. I tried to tell her that she should use a word processor for that, but she said that Excel was the perfect tool and that she used it for everything.
Ubuntu isn't fast -- it's on par with XP SP3 if you look at benchmarks, but it requires less memory to remain usable. Smaller distros are faster, even if you remain in the Ubuntu line (for instance, install the LX Desktop Environment in 128MB Ram).
Linux is generally not "snappy" as you call it because things aren't programmed that way.
Finally, Arch and Ubuntu are separate operating systems.
I have the answer to your questions/problems: public transportation. Take the bus or train to your parents' city. Take a bus or have them pick you up. Take you car to the nearest station and get on the bus, subway, or metro train from your area to work. If the weather is good in your area, ride a bike at least one way and shower at or near work.
Yes, it's a little more inconvenient. No, it's not more expensive. I haven't owned a car for almost ten years. I take a taxi when there's no conceivable way to get where I'm going in a timely manner. I bike to work two or three seasons a year and run/walk the other seasons. I save a butt-load of money doing this and stay in decent shape, as well.
You can do it. It's just not convenient or as easy as having your own car.
So ... why not just create a standard battery and interface for all cars, and battery stations just switch out the battery for you (which you probably wouldn't actually own).
I think Americans (yes, I'm one, but I don't live there) need to deal with urban areas first, give up the need for cross-country driving, and solve the relatively modest rural use problem later when the majority of the emissions have already been dealt with.
I guess I wasn't clear -- It was late for me here. I meant the move to the X2 and X4 in the 486 was the introduction of multipliers which meant that any increases in processing power after that didn't feel as large as those that came before.
Savage 2 always seemed very interesting and rather inventive, combining RTS with FPS, but I'm not much of a gamer and have never really gotten into the game. Can anyone here who has played it regularly comment? (It has a native Linux client.)
Really, though, that 486 to 486DX4 conversion was the point where multipliers came into the scene, and suddenly 4X the processor speed didn't equate to 4X the system speed because suddenly all the other components weren't keeping up and became the bottleneck. Do you remember how disappointing that was?
Korea is now educating children that giving a disk to a friend is illegal. No mention of possible legality at all. It's just wrong in all cases.
Probably not. Please do not e-mail this person. She doesn't even appear to be a teacher, just a writer and part-time programmer.
You put that same comment above. Do you realize that the two have different surnames? Karen Ciesla vs. Karen Kenworthy.
Korea now requires your national ID number (think SSN) to register for any web site. No anonymity here.
All the DD owners I know are Korean. Of course, I live in rural Korea ....
Since you mentioned Asians ....
Korea recently went through a scandal where an actress was libeled (is that a word?) on the Internet, subsequently killing herself.
The result? Exactly what is being proposed in Maryland -- there is no anonymity on the Korean Internet anymore and there are designated Internet police to take you down if you fail to follow netiquette (a required course in school now).
When I discussed this situation with a Korean co-worker, I tried proposing that we should educate people that killing oneself isn't an appropriate response to slander or libel instead of tacitly admitting that it is (through government protection of people over this issue), and she looked at me like I was nuts.
Sigh. I'm glad I'm not on the Korean web much. I bet the rest of the world is heading in much the same direction.
Do you seriously need to carry around 100GB of music with you? Can't you just switch out 10-20GB at a time? How much music do you listen to? Do you ever have a conversation with anyone? Wow.
The already have. They're called "contextual ads."
Anyone who puts all of his posts in tags when he could make his posts readable is a tool, anyway.
Greasemonkey has a ton of these kinds of add-ons for FF. I don't see how they are any different. Visit IMDB, find a movie, click on the Mininova link, and get a torrent search for it (by imdb number, even).
You can also get them for LastFM searches and MusicBrainz searches