ReactOS is not an emulator. It doesn't even resemble one. Not even a little bit. Its not like Wine which is so darn close to being an emulator it might as well be. It is a totally different piece of software.
ReactOS is a F/OSS operating system, and here's the catcher, designed to look and run like Windows NT 4.0.
This AC starts of bashing on NetBSD as if his opinion matters. For some reason he regularly goes to the website for NetBSD to look at the "pathetic hodge-podge of ports they've managed to achieve." So in the first paragraph we already know where this AC stands. Apparently he has a big problem with NetBSD, or he would go there to see their "pathetic" accomplishments so regularly.
He then goes on to question why anyone would want to do this, and then goes so far as to "wish these people would use their talents for productive things..." Now I really don't want to come off as rude, but maybe they do it because they want to. Maybe overcoming the challenge of porting their software to obscure hardware gives them a thrill. In the end, since this is free software and this AC is not their boss, it really doesn't matter what more productive things he would rather see them spend their time and energy on.
Then comes a minor slam against its ease of use, but all is not lost there. Not only does he hate NetBSD, he indicates that he would rather see it more popular among users and hackers.
After this we are treated to a not so brief run down of architecture history and economics (I think anyways, I saw a dollar sign, but was already bored enough to skip to the end).
He finishes weak with what could be either be a joke or a troll, I am not sure which. Somehow RISC is dead along with *BSD. I am not sure where RISC comes into all of this, maybe it was in the part about architecture that made me wish I had narcolepsy, but who knows? Either way, with all the BSDs that are still in development by active communities (including a successful commercial outfit, you can find their website here) I find it hard to believe that the blanket statement "*BSD...[is] dead" holds any water. I give this AC post a -1, though I am not sure whether it is not insightful, or not informative.
In fact, maybe tack on another -1 for posting this dreck as AC. If you have an opinion at least be man enough to back it with your name.
Fluxbox is pretty cool. Don't know much about XFCE, but I do know that Enlightenment isNOT, and probably never will be, a light desktop. It has always been about the eye candy.
Fluxbox is pretty cool. Don't know much about XFCE, but I do know that Enlightenment is, and probably never will be, a light desktop. It has always been about the eye candy.
no way affiliated with audiolunchbox.com, unless you consider rabid fan to be an affiliation.
--DRM free --mp3s and ogg vorbis encoding (most tracks can be downloaded as ogg, there are a few that are only mp3s I think) --independent music --similar price scheme as iTMS --bigger catalogue than emusic (in fact, most of the good stuff from emusic's glory days is on audiolunchbox.com) --did I mention the no DRM
and destroy possibly one of the greatest emotionally impacting plot advances in video game history?
Bah. Go read some fan fiction or something, I am sure there are tons of "Aeris lives" stories to satisfy you. But please leave the cannon, and its impact, alone
I agree with everything in your post except of course the part about the PS2 sneaking into the market. Prior to the current generation of consoles there was really only two players, Sony and Nintendo (I know I know, Sega was there too, but come on, were they ever really a threat to either Sony or Nintendo?). With the N64 and its down right dismal sales record Sony stood tall as the market leader. While the scarcity of hardware certainly did drum up not only press, but consumer ferver as well, the PS2 hardly snuck Sony into the market.
I am sorry I can not properly research this since I am at work and can not go to gaming websites (they are filtered) but I was under the impression that WineX (Or Cedega I guess) was not GPL'd software, but rather used another license.
My only gripe was the voices are starting to sound too real. I wanted a personalized Joshua style "Good Morning, would you like to play a game?" Instead, the voice flows too well and almost sounds like a real person talking through a fan.
I believe it comes with Linux binaries on it. Yup, that's what my box says.
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And yet shouldn't we be satisfied that at least one major player in the world has it's eyes open and is adapting to new business models?
Most/.ers will lambast the MPAA and the RIAA for their draconian tactics to hold on to their out dated business model, and now when IBM implements and tries to spearhead industry change they are attacked because they're a business, and obviously not in the game for altruistic reasons.
I like IBM because instead of using their enormous financial weight to beat down and oppress the open source movement (like other businesses) they are adapting and changing and trying to find ways to allow this model to be profitable. Which they have to do if they still want to be a business and remain relevent in this capitalist world they live in. (not to sound like a troll, but you live in it too)
Both? If we do lump Linux in with regular UNIX history I would have to argue this point still. What this guy seems to be saying is that for 20 some odd years UNIX did not grow change or adapt.
I am certainly glad Linus brought UNIX into the now, I was getting tired of reading all of my output on teletypes.
Because I know subjects like the war on terrorism and the condition of our economy are trivial matters when choosing a president. The most important thing on my mind when voting is of course whether or not it should be legal for the 13 year old fuck wad who handed me my ass in CS last night to cheat.
You need to shop around for your memory cards you flame shooting troll. Where the fuck do you find $50 memory cards? Do these $50 memory cards give blowjobs or something, cause all the non-blowjob giving memory cards I've bought cost at most $20, usually under $15 these days.
Also, get your HUGE boards with no "invisable walls" in now, since when XBOX NEXT with it's patented NO HARD DRIVE technology will reintroduce them for you.
...and that is usually how one feels right before someone comes out with something that blows any previously thought limits out of the water. No, I don't think Microsoft will do this, but someone will.
As far as the Chernobyl ride goes, I don't know. But I can vouch for the moon landing being fake. I mean myth tells us the moon is made of cheese, and not rocks and dust. Take that Armstong!
nope... 1.73 ghz is the stock speed for a 2100+ Thouroughbred core Athlon XP. And you would HAVE to overclock an Athlon XP 1800+ to get it to go as fast as a 2100+. The nameing scheme for Athlon XPs does not denote their clock speeds, it is used convince consumers that they run as well as an intel chip at that speed. Read a little you'll learn that way.
And don't get so abrasive/offensive on/., it makes you sound like a fuckwad.
Something must be wrong with your system then, because I run FFXI on an AthlonXP 2100+ (1.73ghz) with only half a gig of ram, and I have most of my graphics features maxed out. The only thing I don't have maxed is the shadows. Perhaps you need a better video card? Even then, mine is nothing special, just an ATI Radeon 9500 pro.
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ReactOS is not an emulator. It doesn't even resemble one. Not even a little bit. Its not like Wine which is so darn close to being an emulator it might as well be. It is a totally different piece of software.
ReactOS is a F/OSS operating system, and here's the catcher, designed to look and run like Windows NT 4.0.
He then goes on to question why anyone would want to do this, and then goes so far as to "wish these people would use their talents for productive things..." Now I really don't want to come off as rude, but maybe they do it because they want to. Maybe overcoming the challenge of porting their software to obscure hardware gives them a thrill. In the end, since this is free software and this AC is not their boss, it really doesn't matter what more productive things he would rather see them spend their time and energy on.
Then comes a minor slam against its ease of use, but all is not lost there. Not only does he hate NetBSD, he indicates that he would rather see it more popular among users and hackers.
After this we are treated to a not so brief run down of architecture history and economics (I think anyways, I saw a dollar sign, but was already bored enough to skip to the end).
He finishes weak with what could be either be a joke or a troll, I am not sure which. Somehow RISC is dead along with *BSD. I am not sure where RISC comes into all of this, maybe it was in the part about architecture that made me wish I had narcolepsy, but who knows? Either way, with all the BSDs that are still in development by active communities (including a successful commercial outfit, you can find their website here) I find it hard to believe that the blanket statement "*BSD...[is] dead" holds any water. I give this AC post a -1, though I am not sure whether it is not insightful, or not informative.
In fact, maybe tack on another -1 for posting this dreck as AC. If you have an opinion at least be man enough to back it with your name.
What? And leave my house to purchase accessories for my mobile devices?
Damnit!
Fluxbox is pretty cool. Don't know much about XFCE, but I do know that Enlightenment is NOT , and probably never will be, a light desktop. It has always been about the eye candy.
Fluxbox is pretty cool. Don't know much about XFCE, but I do know that Enlightenment is, and probably never will be, a light desktop. It has always been about the eye candy.
not only that, I think this is the third time it has been featured on the front page... what do you call that?
Someone lied to you, since none of the Steam pre-load offers were for $75.
Of course there are those few books with crappy indexes that cause me to sit and wish there was a ctrl-f option with printed works.
no way affiliated with audiolunchbox.com, unless you consider rabid fan to be an affiliation.
--DRM free
--mp3s and ogg vorbis encoding (most tracks can be downloaded as ogg, there are a few that are only mp3s I think)
--independent music
--similar price scheme as iTMS
--bigger catalogue than emusic (in fact, most of the good stuff from emusic's glory days is on audiolunchbox.com)
--did I mention the no DRM
Bah. Go read some fan fiction or something, I am sure there are tons of "Aeris lives" stories to satisfy you. But please leave the cannon, and its impact, alone
That's funny. I wouldn't even pay that much for a top 40 CD.
I agree with everything in your post except of course the part about the PS2 sneaking into the market. Prior to the current generation of consoles there was really only two players, Sony and Nintendo (I know I know, Sega was there too, but come on, were they ever really a threat to either Sony or Nintendo?). With the N64 and its down right dismal sales record Sony stood tall as the market leader. While the scarcity of hardware certainly did drum up not only press, but consumer ferver as well, the PS2 hardly snuck Sony into the market.
I am sorry I can not properly research this since I am at work and can not go to gaming websites (they are filtered) but I was under the impression that WineX (Or Cedega I guess) was not GPL'd software, but rather used another license.
My only gripe was the voices are starting to sound too real. I wanted a personalized Joshua style "Good Morning, would you like to play a game?" Instead, the voice flows too well and almost sounds like a real person talking through a fan.
ut2k3 has linux binaries on disc three as well...
as far as how well it runs? I don't know. My linux box is a pretty old P3 with a Radeon 8500 LE, so I don't bother putting games on it.
I believe it comes with Linux binaries on it. Yup, that's what my box says.
And yet shouldn't we be satisfied that at least one major player in the world has it's eyes open and is adapting to new business models?
/.ers will lambast the MPAA and the RIAA for their draconian tactics to hold on to their out dated business model, and now when IBM implements and tries to spearhead industry change they are attacked because they're a business, and obviously not in the game for altruistic reasons.
Most
I like IBM because instead of using their enormous financial weight to beat down and oppress the open source movement (like other businesses) they are adapting and changing and trying to find ways to allow this model to be profitable. Which they have to do if they still want to be a business and remain relevent in this capitalist world they live in. (not to sound like a troll, but you live in it too)
Cause it's not like the original DVDs were encrypted against hacking either.
I am certainly glad Linus brought UNIX into the now, I was getting tired of reading all of my output on teletypes.
Because I know subjects like the war on terrorism and the condition of our economy are trivial matters when choosing a president. The most important thing on my mind when voting is of course whether or not it should be legal for the 13 year old fuck wad who handed me my ass in CS last night to cheat.
You need to shop around for your memory cards you flame shooting troll. Where the fuck do you find $50 memory cards? Do these $50 memory cards give blowjobs or something, cause all the non-blowjob giving memory cards I've bought cost at most $20, usually under $15 these days.
Also, get your HUGE boards with no "invisable walls" in now, since when XBOX NEXT with it's patented NO HARD DRIVE technology will reintroduce them for you.
P.S. I know it is not patented... yet.
...and that is usually how one feels right before someone comes out with something that blows any previously thought limits out of the water. No, I don't think Microsoft will do this, but someone will.
As far as the Chernobyl ride goes, I don't know. But I can vouch for the moon landing being fake. I mean myth tells us the moon is made of cheese, and not rocks and dust. Take that Armstong!
nope... 1.73 ghz is the stock speed for a 2100+ Thouroughbred core Athlon XP. And you would HAVE to overclock an Athlon XP 1800+ to get it to go as fast as a 2100+. The nameing scheme for Athlon XPs does not denote their clock speeds, it is used convince consumers that they run as well as an intel chip at that speed. Read a little you'll learn that way.
/., it makes you sound like a fuckwad.
And don't get so abrasive/offensive on
Something must be wrong with your system then, because I run FFXI on an AthlonXP 2100+ (1.73ghz) with only half a gig of ram, and I have most of my graphics features maxed out. The only thing I don't have maxed is the shadows. Perhaps you need a better video card? Even then, mine is nothing special, just an ATI Radeon 9500 pro.