We would not have to figure out what is the best format to use when we copy 'foreign' content into our word processing document.
Most of that foreign content has no place in a word processor anyway; you should use the proper application for each thing you want to do. If all you want is a printout of some content, use the print function in the respective application. If you want to show it along with other info about a project, then either something like PowerPoint or Publisher is more appropriate, depending on the final format. I understand that it goes against what you say, but I don't believe in do-it-all apps. Wake me up when you have something which can balance my checking account, write a letter to my prime minister, design the PCB for my latest home project, and let me do some finite elements analysis on that new heat exchanger I'm intalling.
For the two latter, CATIA is a good start, as it can already do both. Of course, it's not in the same module, so it's almost like they were separate apps (shipped in the same box). And no, it couldn't be done "with everything available at the same time", because you wouldn't have any space left on your screen after each toolbar of each module is shown. That, and it already costs you upwards of $30k for the yearly licenses.
Third, the UI must be secure.
It's not the UI which must be secure (at least not in the sense you meant), it's the underlying OS. If the OS is secure (both in philosophy and in practice), then the actions the user can start using the UI should be safe.
Having Linux pre-installed on machines would make the transition to open source a lot easier for the enterprise.
Sorry, wrong. At least for enterprises where there's an IT department. First thing they do when they receive a new machine is Ghost (or equivalent) the HD so it has what they want on it. It can be for apps, preferences, general setup of the machine, etc. But almost no enterprise is going to directly hand out a PC out of the Dell or Compaq box to their employees, as the PC wouldn't fit the corporate standards (machine name, versions of apps, etc.). And you don't want to let your users do that.
Since it has just released, not all mirrors have it yet. The country's mirrors are in a round-robbin DNS, so just keep trying with the same DNS name, you'll end up on another mirror which could have it.
Once and for all: using Gentoo, you're forced to recompile everything to use it. Using RedHat (or any other distribution in fact), you're free to either use the pre-built packages, or use the exact same source files recompiled locally, optimized for your own architecture. Agreed you need to do it manually, but if you intent to recompile everything, just setup a script to do it so further updates will be faster. If enough people are interested, or share their methods about it, then maybe binary distributions will include an install option for easy recompilation of the whole distribution. Compiling (and installing with RPM) individual packages is as easy as rpm -rebuild package.spec, followed by rpm -i package.rpm. You get the advantages of RPM along with those of local compilation.
The point I see in source distributions is to use a barebones Linux system, not to have a fine-tuned system, as the latter can be get using any distribution, while trimming a distribution as RedHat can be trickier.
The only project that wouldn't compile out-of-the-box with GCC 2.96 (which is replaced by GCC 3.2 in RH 8.0) was mplayer, and it was because their configure script had a specific check for it (you could bypass the check with a configure option, but then mplayer's developpers wouldn't help you at all with the app). I compiled it (and used it) successfully with various releases of GCC 2.96.
The thing with RPMs is that you can get either the binary package, or the source package. Personnally, I prefer to get the source package, so that I can play with the different compile-time options rather than being stuck with what the packager chose, but that's just me. A lot of people using RH will just download the binary updates for their systems (either automatically or manually) and be done with it.
As for your comments on the kernel (first that RH offers a heavily patched kernel, then Gentoo doing the same thing): installing a vanilla kernel.org kernel is quite easy on RH. Since it's a package that I recompile more often than others, I prefer to not package each of my compilations, and rather just install it the "old" way. It keeps all its stuff together, so it's really easy to track by hand, and the packaging is not important in that case.
I'm not sure about the exact English titles (and I'm too lazy to go check IMDB), but I know that at least 2 live-action films starring Tintin and Haddock have been made: "The tresor of the golden..." (same thing as with Jason and the Argonauts) and "The blue oranges's mystery". I think they were shot in Spain or in Greece. Somebody can complete here?
The only problem I see is that Docbook doesn't have a visual representation, it has many, depending on the backend you want (HTML, PDF, PS, TXT, etc.). So a WYSIWYG editor would only show one type of representation.
Besides, Docbook (as many other document formats) is meant to separate the visual from the info. Linking the visual to the edition would only make people try to make it present the info in (what they beleive to be) pretty layout, when Docbook's goal is to concentrate on the structure of the document, which the backend then translates to HTML tags, or PDF fonts and layout, etc.
Same thing with the Bank of Montreal and Desjardins (for those in Québec). The only problem I had was trying to use Netscape 4.6 with Desjardins: it said the browser didn't used 128 bit encryption, so I switched to Mozilla (was not my computer, so couldn't only upgrade the browser).
And neither of those charge you to login on their site.
You can get DSL or cable as long as your not out in a field.
Income taxes depend on the province you live in. Depending on your revenues, it can go up to about 48-50%.
There's a 7% tax (GST) on everything not essential (food). Then, almost every province has their own sales tax, around 7-8% in the East, might be lower in the West.
There are lots of Civil Engineers who are at a few years of their retreat. Also, in the last 5-8 years, the number of people graduating in Civil Engineering was at an all time low, probably because at that time the governments were spending less, and a lot of people rather went for computer related degrees. So we could use a third Civil Engineer;-)
If you go at the other side of his range, it's only 930GB. Knowing that I bought 256MB PC133 RAM for $CAN32 last week, that makes it ~$CAN120,000, or ~$US75,000. And that price is street price, not wholesale.
Now, of course you'll need backplanes, electricity, etc., so the cost will be higher. But with a range of 3 orders of magnitude, it's normal to have a price 3 orders of magnitude bigger.
Back to the topic... With such a big deployment, you're bound to have some failures every few days. Do you have a way to replace the defective parts, or since there's no moving parts and no human intervention it's not possible?
Actually, it'll probably be available in the near future (tomorrow max). What happens is that the story is ready to be posted (or already has been), but then it's pulled down to be reposted as if nothing happened at a better time.
It happens all the time here (with polls, main page, etc.).
I have banking accounts in two different banks here (Bank of Montral and Desjardins), and I don't have any problems using Mozilla to access them (getting reports or paying bills).
That's why I prefer to use a NAT box (Linux ATM) and a simple switch for sharing my broadband connection. In fact, some providers even allow you to plug the DSL modem directly into the switch, but usually they use PPPOE so it's a bit ugly. Of course, you need to install a personal firewall on each machine then.
The only thing I see those "broadband routers" good for is to replace a forgotten/broken switch in a Lan party:)
Plus I'm not too anxious to let the static images sit on my LCD screen overnight.
Just turn off the damn screen if nobody will watch it for the night. No need to keep it powered on (even if it consumes less than a CRT). It'll probably live longer, and your monthly electricity bill will be a bit lower (~ $2).
But that begs the question: is it possible to turn off the LCD of the new Macs? Or the CRT of the older iMacs? (not meant as flamebait, just asking because I don't have access to one)
So you want a TiVo for your radio? We're sorry, but with ClearChannel you just need to wait a few minutes before it's broadcast again, so there'd be no market.
My experience with Licq is that it works perfectly in ISO 8519-1 (I use mainly French). In the options you can select other languages as well (UTF-8, ISO 8519-2, ISO 8519-6, CP 1256, KOI8-R, JIS7, etc.), but I never used them. Just make sure the proper fonts are installed, and you should be good to go.
The only problem I see is that you don't mention ICQ in your possible choices...
I took 2 years of Latin at the beginning of junior high (7-8 grade). Since my first language is French, my relation to Latin is a bit stronger than for English speaking people, because French is closer to Latin than English (even if it's not that far away either). I can say it helped me to learn Spanish, too. And if i ever was to learn Italian.
As for the method of learning, my school used the Cambridge method rather than the "rosa rosa rosam, rosae rosae rosa, rosae rosae rosas, rosarum rosis rosis" method. Vocabulary and history (that of Pompei more specifically) were tied together in small 20 pages fascicles, so it wasn't as dry as some people told me from their experience. I enjoyed it, plus we convinced the teacher to organize a trip to Pompei in our second year.
For being subscribed to wine-devel, Red Hat seems to be (with Lindows) the only distro with someone actively working on Wine. I don't recall seeing somebody with a @suse.com or @debian.org email address, but I do know a @redhat.de (yes, Germany) and a @lindows.com participate on a regular basis. Unless employees of other distros prefer to use another e-mail address than their job's one...
Examining the mozilla-bin binary, it seems parts of it were built using gcc 3.2-3 and parts using gcc 2.96-110. Why? Dunno.
I didn't have a problem viewing a Rubik applet in Mozilla with the 1.4.1 JDK from Sun. That one (well, at least the java binary) was built using gcc-2.91.66.
More probably just a customized kernel vs a stock kernel. Or your friend has more hardware (RAID, etc.) that needs to be initialized by the BIOS before booting. Compare a "ps aux" between both computers, and you'll probably see a lot more processes on his computer than on yours.
For being involved in a translation of Mozilla, let me tell you this: Mozilla 1.0.1 and 1.1 have a lot in common over 1.0, but there's more features in 1.1. And if you really want the latest, go get 1.2a (although it's an alpha rather than a release).
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We would not have to figure out what is the best format to use when we copy 'foreign' content into our word processing document.
Most of that foreign content has no place in a word processor anyway; you should use the proper application for each thing you want to do. If all you want is a printout of some content, use the print function in the respective application. If you want to show it along with other info about a project, then either something like PowerPoint or Publisher is more appropriate, depending on the final format. I understand that it goes against what you say, but I don't believe in do-it-all apps. Wake me up when you have something which can balance my checking account, write a letter to my prime minister, design the PCB for my latest home project, and let me do some finite elements analysis on that new heat exchanger I'm intalling.
For the two latter, CATIA is a good start, as it can already do both. Of course, it's not in the same module, so it's almost like they were separate apps (shipped in the same box). And no, it couldn't be done "with everything available at the same time", because you wouldn't have any space left on your screen after each toolbar of each module is shown. That, and it already costs you upwards of $30k for the yearly licenses.
Third, the UI must be secure.
It's not the UI which must be secure (at least not in the sense you meant), it's the underlying OS. If the OS is secure (both in philosophy and in practice), then the actions the user can start using the UI should be safe.
Having Linux pre-installed on machines would make the transition to open source a lot easier for the enterprise.
Sorry, wrong. At least for enterprises where there's an IT department. First thing they do when they receive a new machine is Ghost (or equivalent) the HD so it has what they want on it. It can be for apps, preferences, general setup of the machine, etc. But almost no enterprise is going to directly hand out a PC out of the Dell or Compaq box to their employees, as the PC wouldn't fit the corporate standards (machine name, versions of apps, etc.). And you don't want to let your users do that.
Since it has just released, not all mirrors have it yet. The country's mirrors are in a round-robbin DNS, so just keep trying with the same DNS name, you'll end up on another mirror which could have it.
Once and for all: using Gentoo, you're forced to recompile everything to use it. Using RedHat (or any other distribution in fact), you're free to either use the pre-built packages, or use the exact same source files recompiled locally, optimized for your own architecture. Agreed you need to do it manually, but if you intent to recompile everything, just setup a script to do it so further updates will be faster. If enough people are interested, or share their methods about it, then maybe binary distributions will include an install option for easy recompilation of the whole distribution. Compiling (and installing with RPM) individual packages is as easy as rpm -rebuild package.spec, followed by rpm -i package.rpm. You get the advantages of RPM along with those of local compilation.
The point I see in source distributions is to use a barebones Linux system, not to have a fine-tuned system, as the latter can be get using any distribution, while trimming a distribution as RedHat can be trickier.
The only project that wouldn't compile out-of-the-box with GCC 2.96 (which is replaced by GCC 3.2 in RH 8.0) was mplayer, and it was because their configure script had a specific check for it (you could bypass the check with a configure option, but then mplayer's developpers wouldn't help you at all with the app). I compiled it (and used it) successfully with various releases of GCC 2.96.
The thing with RPMs is that you can get either the binary package, or the source package. Personnally, I prefer to get the source package, so that I can play with the different compile-time options rather than being stuck with what the packager chose, but that's just me. A lot of people using RH will just download the binary updates for their systems (either automatically or manually) and be done with it.
As for your comments on the kernel (first that RH offers a heavily patched kernel, then Gentoo doing the same thing): installing a vanilla kernel.org kernel is quite easy on RH. Since it's a package that I recompile more often than others, I prefer to not package each of my compilations, and rather just install it the "old" way. It keeps all its stuff together, so it's really easy to track by hand, and the packaging is not important in that case.
I'm not sure about the exact English titles (and I'm too lazy to go check IMDB), but I know that at least 2 live-action films starring Tintin and Haddock have been made: "The tresor of the golden ..." (same thing as with Jason and the Argonauts) and "The blue oranges's mystery". I think they were shot in Spain or in Greece. Somebody can complete here?
The only problem I see is that Docbook doesn't have a visual representation, it has many, depending on the backend you want (HTML, PDF, PS, TXT, etc.). So a WYSIWYG editor would only show one type of representation.
Besides, Docbook (as many other document formats) is meant to separate the visual from the info. Linking the visual to the edition would only make people try to make it present the info in (what they beleive to be) pretty layout, when Docbook's goal is to concentrate on the structure of the document, which the backend then translates to HTML tags, or PDF fonts and layout, etc.
Same thing with the Bank of Montreal and Desjardins (for those in Québec). The only problem I had was trying to use Netscape 4.6 with Desjardins: it said the browser didn't used 128 bit encryption, so I switched to Mozilla (was not my computer, so couldn't only upgrade the browser).
And neither of those charge you to login on their site.
Somebody mentionned Carlo Wood. I have another "name" to look up to: Oliver Xymoron, on the LKML.
Almost anywhere, yes, yes, good.
You can get DSL or cable as long as your not out in a field.
Income taxes depend on the province you live in. Depending on your revenues, it can go up to about 48-50%.
There's a 7% tax (GST) on everything not essential (food). Then, almost every province has their own sales tax, around 7-8% in the East, might be lower in the West.
There are lots of Civil Engineers who are at a few years of their retreat. Also, in the last 5-8 years, the number of people graduating in Civil Engineering was at an all time low, probably because at that time the governments were spending less, and a lot of people rather went for computer related degrees. So we could use a third Civil Engineer ;-)
If you go at the other side of his range, it's only 930GB. Knowing that I bought 256MB PC133 RAM for $CAN32 last week, that makes it ~$CAN120,000, or ~$US75,000. And that price is street price, not wholesale.
Now, of course you'll need backplanes, electricity, etc., so the cost will be higher. But with a range of 3 orders of magnitude, it's normal to have a price 3 orders of magnitude bigger.
Back to the topic... With such a big deployment, you're bound to have some failures every few days. Do you have a way to replace the defective parts, or since there's no moving parts and no human intervention it's not possible?
Does it mean their init (rc.d, init.d, etc.) stuff is also LSB compliant?
Actually, it'll probably be available in the near future (tomorrow max). What happens is that the story is ready to be posted (or already has been), but then it's pulled down to be reposted as if nothing happened at a better time.
It happens all the time here (with polls, main page, etc.).
I think I heard CIBC has just decided to close Amicus, no?
Anyway, it seemed they did have some incentives to use it.
I have banking accounts in two different banks here (Bank of Montral and Desjardins), and I don't have any problems using Mozilla to access them (getting reports or paying bills).
That's why I prefer to use a NAT box (Linux ATM) and a simple switch for sharing my broadband connection. In fact, some providers even allow you to plug the DSL modem directly into the switch, but usually they use PPPOE so it's a bit ugly. Of course, you need to install a personal firewall on each machine then.
The only thing I see those "broadband routers" good for is to replace a forgotten/broken switch in a Lan party :)
Plus I'm not too anxious to let the static images sit on my LCD screen overnight.
Just turn off the damn screen if nobody will watch it for the night. No need to keep it powered on (even if it consumes less than a CRT). It'll probably live longer, and your monthly electricity bill will be a bit lower (~ $2).
But that begs the question: is it possible to turn off the LCD of the new Macs? Or the CRT of the older iMacs? (not meant as flamebait, just asking because I don't have access to one)
So you want a TiVo for your radio? We're sorry, but with ClearChannel you just need to wait a few minutes before it's broadcast again, so there'd be no market.
My experience with Licq is that it works perfectly in ISO 8519-1 (I use mainly French). In the options you can select other languages as well (UTF-8, ISO 8519-2, ISO 8519-6, CP 1256, KOI8-R, JIS7, etc.), but I never used them. Just make sure the proper fonts are installed, and you should be good to go.
The only problem I see is that you don't mention ICQ in your possible choices...
The main character was named Caecilius, not Cerber. But his son was named Quintus, so it's probably the same thing.
I took 2 years of Latin at the beginning of junior high (7-8 grade). Since my first language is French, my relation to Latin is a bit stronger than for English speaking people, because French is closer to Latin than English (even if it's not that far away either). I can say it helped me to learn Spanish, too. And if i ever was to learn Italian.
As for the method of learning, my school used the Cambridge method rather than the "rosa rosa rosam, rosae rosae rosa, rosae rosae rosas, rosarum rosis rosis" method. Vocabulary and history (that of Pompei more specifically) were tied together in small 20 pages fascicles, so it wasn't as dry as some people told me from their experience. I enjoyed it, plus we convinced the teacher to organize a trip to Pompei in our second year.
For being subscribed to wine-devel, Red Hat seems to be (with Lindows) the only distro with someone actively working on Wine. I don't recall seeing somebody with a @suse.com or @debian.org email address, but I do know a @redhat.de (yes, Germany) and a @lindows.com participate on a regular basis. Unless employees of other distros prefer to use another e-mail address than their job's one...
Examining the mozilla-bin binary, it seems parts of it were built using gcc 3.2-3 and parts using gcc 2.96-110. Why? Dunno.
I didn't have a problem viewing a Rubik applet in Mozilla with the 1.4.1 JDK from Sun. That one (well, at least the java binary) was built using gcc-2.91.66.
More probably just a customized kernel vs a stock kernel. Or your friend has more hardware (RAID, etc.) that needs to be initialized by the BIOS before booting. Compare a "ps aux" between both computers, and you'll probably see a lot more processes on his computer than on yours.
For being involved in a translation of Mozilla, let me tell you this: Mozilla 1.0.1 and 1.1 have a lot in common over 1.0, but there's more features in 1.1. And if you really want the latest, go get 1.2a (although it's an alpha rather than a release).