Well, I'd say his inventions such as the portable dialysis machine, the auto-syringe technology for people who require round the clock injections, and the wheelchair that can climb stairs made a tremendous difference. These medical inventions restored a reasonable standard of living to a great number of people, and are the foundation of his current fortune.
While I too am hopeful of MS's comeuppance, at least to some degree, their share price is largely a reflection of their shitty dividend policy. MS hasn't accepted the fact that they are now a value stock, like any other blue chip, and not a growth stock. They need to raise their dividends to reflect this, or the market will continue to punish them.
You have confused cores with threads. They are entirely distinct entities. 256 cores is a hell of a lot, and I'm not sure if Linux, or indeed any Unix, supports that many yet.
They are excellent Unix machines with a great, smooth UI, which is why they've found favour with programmers and Unix people.
They are easy to use and focus on clean and simple workflow, which is why they've found favour with creative and productivity types.
You referred to yourself as "technically proficient" I don't think this term means what you think it means. You clearly don't work with computers on any meaningful level, anyway.
The problem is probably with the internet connection, not with the software.
Outside of openvpn, most vpn software for Linux is inferior to its Windows and Mac counterparts. For example, the Cisco vpn client is pure junk, yet this is probably the most common corporate vpn provider around.
I'm interested in getting an Aspire One. Is Ubuntu the preferred distro of choice on that thing? Is it tough to get stock Debian on there? Yes, yes, I know, justfuckinggoogleit.com...
If the demand was there, they'd be ordering them in and placing big signs around the store saying, "Linux EEE sold out - more coming soon!", kind of like they did with the Wii. But there are no such signs, because there is no demand. You are not a typical buyer.
Oh really? Would you also say studying topology in general is unimportant? Why or why not? Since you're able to discern which branches of mathematics aren't "important", you're clearly a mathematical authority, so please feel free to enlighten us.
The world has been in far worse situations than it's in now. The transient problems of immediate political and social realities shouldn't stop a few people from investigating nature's deep questions via science and mathematics.
That's not how it works. You are so used to having someone decide things for you that the idea of universal health care that provides free choice of doctors, treatments, etc. clearly boggles your mind.
There are thousands and thousands of apps in the app store. You make it sound like there are none at all. It is very easy to write something and have it published, so I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.
I had no idea there was an Excel text extractor without saving it to csv or something first. Is there one that reads Photoshop metadata as well? How about WordPerfect, Corel Painter, and LabVIEW? I guess it's a moot point, as those applications don't even exist on Linux in the first place.
Where I live, there is a small neighbourhood park perhaps 200 metres down the street - what's that, a one minute walk or so? Anyway, my downstairs neighbour gets in her car every morning with her dog, drives to that park, then sits in the car and smokes while the dog rips around like a spastic. After ten minutes or so, she puts the dog back in the car and makes the five second drive home.
It's all about calculated risk - piss off some English Catholics, you get some peeved letters in the local paper. Piss off Muslims, you get explosions, beheadings, and people living out their lives in hiding.
I take it by "strict typing" you mean static typing? What's so great about it? Lots of server-side languages and frameworks (Python/Django, for example) are dynamically typed. I guess I'm not gettting what your point is here.
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Well, I'd say his inventions such as the portable dialysis machine, the auto-syringe technology for people who require round the clock injections, and the wheelchair that can climb stairs made a tremendous difference. These medical inventions restored a reasonable standard of living to a great number of people, and are the foundation of his current fortune.
I know what a core is. I thought you were referring to software threads per process, not core thread contexts. Apologies.
While I too am hopeful of MS's comeuppance, at least to some degree, their share price is largely a reflection of their shitty dividend policy. MS hasn't accepted the fact that they are now a value stock, like any other blue chip, and not a growth stock. They need to raise their dividends to reflect this, or the market will continue to punish them.
You have confused cores with threads. They are entirely distinct entities. 256 cores is a hell of a lot, and I'm not sure if Linux, or indeed any Unix, supports that many yet.
They are excellent Unix machines with a great, smooth UI, which is why they've found favour with programmers and Unix people.
They are easy to use and focus on clean and simple workflow, which is why they've found favour with creative and productivity types.
You referred to yourself as "technically proficient" I don't think this term means what you think it means. You clearly don't work with computers on any meaningful level, anyway.
Weird, I've never heard of MAC - when did Media Access Controllers start running their own OS? Will wonders never cease!
Like this, for example: http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/
The problem is probably with the internet connection, not with the software.
Outside of openvpn, most vpn software for Linux is inferior to its Windows and Mac counterparts. For example, the Cisco vpn client is pure junk, yet this is probably the most common corporate vpn provider around.
I'm interested in getting an Aspire One. Is Ubuntu the preferred distro of choice on that thing? Is it tough to get stock Debian on there? Yes, yes, I know, justfuckinggoogleit.com...
If the demand was there, they'd be ordering them in and placing big signs around the store saying, "Linux EEE sold out - more coming soon!", kind of like they did with the Wii. But there are no such signs, because there is no demand. You are not a typical buyer.
Oh really? Would you also say studying topology in general is unimportant? Why or why not? Since you're able to discern which branches of mathematics aren't "important", you're clearly a mathematical authority, so please feel free to enlighten us.
The world has been in far worse situations than it's in now. The transient problems of immediate political and social realities shouldn't stop a few people from investigating nature's deep questions via science and mathematics.
A C128 will boot faster than any modern OS. So by that benchmark, it wins the fast OS race.
That's not how it works. You are so used to having someone decide things for you that the idea of universal health care that provides free choice of doctors, treatments, etc. clearly boggles your mind.
There are thousands and thousands of apps in the app store. You make it sound like there are none at all. It is very easy to write something and have it published, so I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.
I had no idea there was an Excel text extractor without saving it to csv or something first. Is there one that reads Photoshop metadata as well? How about WordPerfect, Corel Painter, and LabVIEW? I guess it's a moot point, as those applications don't even exist on Linux in the first place.
Except they can't search inside Office formats or pdfs, so they are next to useless for serious users (read: business).
That's cool, I didn't know you could grep pdfs and the various Office formats. Would you mind showing me how?
How would that work, exactly? This is an rpc issue. Turning off rpc and blocking smb would do the trick.
What would it have to do with Media Access Control?
Where I live, there is a small neighbourhood park perhaps 200 metres down the street - what's that, a one minute walk or so? Anyway, my downstairs neighbour gets in her car every morning with her dog, drives to that park, then sits in the car and smokes while the dog rips around like a spastic. After ten minutes or so, she puts the dog back in the car and makes the five second drive home.
It's all about calculated risk - piss off some English Catholics, you get some peeved letters in the local paper. Piss off Muslims, you get explosions, beheadings, and people living out their lives in hiding.
Parent is not a troll, as anyone who has done a major project with C++ can tell you.
I take it by "strict typing" you mean static typing? What's so great about it? Lots of server-side languages and frameworks (Python/Django, for example) are dynamically typed. I guess I'm not gettting what your point is here.
You're right, I screwed that one up. However, the Amiga lacked memory protection, so one app could still bring down others, which was my point.