that which is not more difficult than a certain percentage within a standard distribution
"If that were true, why would people work on their own cars, or modify them to make them perform better?"
work on cars dosn't really fit within that area I don't think
"Are you saying that if physics were easy to learn, then it would be better? "
after taking engineering physics and barely escaping with my life I would answer yes
"Better than what? "
better than what is there I assume
"The 'ease' argument is only valid for the marketplace."
or for the practically minded
" In that context I would agree that Linux has an extreme uphill battle. "
Linux has had more cute and friendly work done for it I think that if someone really tried to set things up right the first time there would be little to do. At worst it's about at the level of 3.11 and people got throught that ok.
"But to question the validity of studying something due entirely to its ease of use?..... "
not just for ease of use because that is a modifier, an adjective.
"Then why study anything?"
I firmly believe that almost anything could be taught to almost anyone with the proper work done on it. Even quantum mechanics for dummies, etc.
"They suck off the open source community like a black hole using BSD code in OS X but won't give back by opening up the source to QuickTime. Fuck them--they're leeches."
they are artistically inclined leeches hence the "attractive" computer cases
"2001: Most Linuxes have a very friendly desktop, with lots of productivity apps, but I swear to Linus, it's about twice as slow as Win2K/XP on the same hardware. "
That's really impressive to me any actual hard numbers? Remeber there is *much more* material that is avaible in a linux distribution than a windows CD you know.
Slashdot Mirror
the fun little changes in slashcode I think plus I have posted in the previous article
"b) the 'superior technology' is not open (and hence can't/shouldn't be a standard)"
if it's so terribly interesting there should be some form of scientific rigor attatched to it.
"Quicktime did nothing that the Amiga didn't already do 5 years before and better. More Apple self-aggrandizing."
are there some good cited examples?
"Sorenson compression"
which is?
thanks for the info
"What is the intrinsic value of "easy to learn"?"
that which is not more difficult than a certain percentage within a standard distribution
"If that were true, why would people work on their own cars, or modify them to make them perform better?"
work on cars dosn't really fit within that area I don't think
"Are you saying that if physics were easy to learn, then it would be better? "
after taking engineering physics and barely escaping with my life I would answer yes
"Better than what? "
better than what is there I assume
"The 'ease' argument is only valid for the marketplace."
or for the practically minded
" In that context I would agree that Linux has an extreme uphill battle. "
Linux has had more cute and friendly work done for it I think that if someone really tried to set things up right the first time there would be little to do. At worst it's about at the level of 3.11 and people got throught that ok.
"But to question the validity of studying something due entirely to its ease of use?..... "
not just for ease of use because that is a modifier, an adjective.
"Then why study anything?"
I firmly believe that almost anything could be taught to almost anyone with the proper work done on it. Even quantum mechanics for dummies, etc.
"They suck off the open source community like a black hole using BSD code in OS X but won't give back by opening up the source to QuickTime. Fuck them--they're leeches."
they are artistically inclined leeches hence the "attractive" computer cases
"the 15th anniversary of adb?"
what is adb?
"Not everybody decides to eschew superior technology because their pet platform is incapable of supporting it."
any actual proof that it is superior? thought not.
"2001: Most Linuxes have a very friendly desktop, with lots of productivity apps, but I swear to Linus, it's about twice as slow as Win2K/XP on the same hardware. "
That's really impressive to me any actual hard numbers? Remeber there is *much more* material that is avaible in a linux distribution than a windows CD you know.
"They just cannot handle the truth. Remember, some people have better things to do than to read 900 page Unix tomes all day."
You know I never had to read a 900 page unix "tome" but then I guess you have to state the truth to get the truth.