I buy used books.. a lot.
First of all because they agree with my student budget a lot more than new copies, but also because I simply like searching through used book stores to see what I can find...
Since there's a very large chain of shops selling both new and used books here in the Netherlans, I would think I'm certainly not the only one...
This way I've found a lot of books by authors I had never heard of before, some of which have become favorites of mine.
I totally agree. We always keep saying that Linux is about choice, so why do we keep wanting to force everybody-and-their grandmother to use Linux?
Linux is an OS, and a great one at that, but it is not a religion... therefore I don't feel any urge to convert anyone who doesn't want to be converted... what do we care how much marketshare Microsoft has? It's not like Linux can go bankrupt or anything when not enough people use it...
I know that more people using it means more apps, but apps aren't written by my grandmother... they're written by hackers, and people who enjoy screwing around with computers... exactly the people Linux started out with, and the people who will keep using it simply because they enjoy it.
I really don't see why we should slay the MS dragon... why can't Linux and other systems simply coexist? *insert message about peace on earth and end to war here*;-)
1) The REALLY hard work in games is mostly 3D calculation these days...
2) Java Virtual Machines rely on the underlying OS to do all the gruntwork
Combining these two facts it makes sense to implement the 3D API for the Java virtual machine using the underlying system's own 3D API (OpenGL on Linux, Direct3D on Windows, etc). AFAIK this is already the case with Java 3D. By using this stratigy all the hard work is done by fast, platform-dependant code, while the game retains a nice abstraction that works on any platform. Add all the advantages of Java to this (solid software, shorter developement time) and it might not be such a bad idea at all...
DISCLAIMER: If this doesn't make sense: I'm drunk.;-)
Actually, I saw a documentary about this about two years ago... They tried all kinds of fake signatures, in one case they even used a smiley... Almost all payments were carried out just fine...
Same problem here with my Terratec DMX XFire... I use it for MD-recording, but under Linux the digital-out doesn't work... seems that Terratec refuses cooperation as well.. (though I believe it uses a Crystal Soundfusion Chip... don't know about them.)
I use Linux because I don't want to shell out for licences, and I don't want to use illegal software (being in software development myself), but having to do analog recording sucks...:-((
My hopes right now are set on the guys from the ALSA-project.
Congratulations, you have managed to prove that you simply can't compress truly random data, as everybody has been saying all along...
The article however, states that the data is practically random... which does make a difference, 'cause else you wouldn't be able to compress anything...
That being said, I still think it's a load of hot air... I guess we'll be seeing it in next year's vaporware top 10...;-)
Actually it may be new in America, but in the Netherlands it's nothing new...
The last software engineering project I did, we had to sign away all rights to the software we were going to create before we were allowed tot participate.
When we had plans to further develope the project outside of classes, we had to negotiate for the rights of our software... So you see, it's really nothing new...
Reminds me of some low-budget sci-fi movie I was once saw... A yeti-like creature was supposed to be speaking some ancient Tibethan dialect, which in reality was simply Dutch...
If I remember correctly he was blabbering something about "What's going on here?";-)
run xfree86setup, tell it what colour depth you want, and all hardware settings are automagically detected... As for resolutions switch: tell me what's easier... right click on Desktop, selecting tabs, dragging a slider and conferming, or just pressing Ctrl-Alt-+ ?
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I must admit, I've never written anything that large... I wonder what would happen if you tried to load that big succer into Word...;-) *Crash & Burn baby!*
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Personally I still prefer LyX for large technical documents... I'm nearing the end of my internship now, and I've written all my reports in it. I'll be using it for my end paper as well...
OK, it absolutely took some getting used to, but once I got the hang of it I was suprised at how easy it was to create good looking documents... Most free Office utilities try to mimic the behaviour of commercial applications, while in my opinion the strong point of Linux is the fact that it takes a different approach... on that works...
Same thing goes for document formatting... LyX with LaTex as it's backend may be different from commerical apps, it works like a charm, and I'm definately never going back to the pain of WYSIWYG word processors...
Is it just me, or are more people getting a very strong "1984" vibe here?
I already saw myself at my Linux box, just hacking away merrily when the voice of Big Brother Bill came out of the tv...
and then I woke up screaming...
I hear everybody talking about Final Fantasy, but hardly anything about Secret Of Mana... I LIVED by that game back when I was 13... The music alone was enough to give me chills... (I know, I BADLY needed a life...);-)
I wonder what the effect on the Australian wildlife will be... It might sound great now, saving all kinds of African animals by housing them in Australia, but we might just be introducing new animal deceases in an equally precious eco-system... I don't think this is the way to go...
OK, slash me up completely if I'm wrong here, but isn't at least the win32 API available?
Long ago I was still wandering in the deserts of Win32, and I bought a book called "Win32 API superbible"... it pretty much contains the entire API needed to build Win32 programs using any C / C++ compiler... OK, it wasn't free, but the price for a book can hardly be considered a license fee..
(Let the slaughter commence...;-) )
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OK, now that we're this far, where do I sign up for Avalon? ;-)
I buy used books.. a lot. First of all because they agree with my student budget a lot more than new copies, but also because I simply like searching through used book stores to see what I can find...
Since there's a very large chain of shops selling both new and used books here in the Netherlans, I would think I'm certainly not the only one...
This way I've found a lot of books by authors I had never heard of before, some of which have become favorites of mine.
I totally agree. We always keep saying that Linux is about choice, so why do we keep wanting to force everybody-and-their grandmother to use Linux? Linux is an OS, and a great one at that, but it is not a religion... therefore I don't feel any urge to convert anyone who doesn't want to be converted... what do we care how much marketshare Microsoft has? It's not like Linux can go bankrupt or anything when not enough people use it...
;-)
I know that more people using it means more apps, but apps aren't written by my grandmother... they're written by hackers, and people who enjoy screwing around with computers... exactly the people Linux started out with, and the people who will keep using it simply because they enjoy it.
I really don't see why we should slay the MS dragon... why can't Linux and other systems simply coexist?
*insert message about peace on earth and end to war here*
Actually, this just may work... think about it:
;-)
1) The REALLY hard work in games is mostly 3D calculation these days...
2) Java Virtual Machines rely on the underlying OS to do all the gruntwork
Combining these two facts it makes sense to implement the 3D API for the Java virtual machine using the underlying system's own 3D API (OpenGL on Linux, Direct3D on Windows, etc).
AFAIK this is already the case with Java 3D. By using this stratigy all the hard work is done by fast, platform-dependant code, while the game retains a nice abstraction that works on any platform. Add all the advantages of Java to this (solid software, shorter developement time) and it might not be such a bad idea at all...
DISCLAIMER: If this doesn't make sense: I'm drunk.
Actually, I saw a documentary about this about two years ago... They tried all kinds of fake signatures, in one case they even used a smiley... Almost all payments were carried out just fine...
I found the one about Linux not having SMP support quite amusing as wel... ;-)
*sigh*
:-((
Same problem here with my Terratec DMX XFire... I use it for MD-recording, but under Linux the digital-out doesn't work... seems that Terratec refuses cooperation as well.. (though I believe it uses a Crystal Soundfusion Chip... don't know about them.)
I use Linux because I don't want to shell out for licences, and I don't want to use illegal software (being in software development myself), but having to do analog recording sucks...
My hopes right now are set on the guys from the ALSA-project.
Buy an irman... Perfectly supported in both Linux and Windoze... I use mine to control XMMS, MPlayer and some other stuff using lirc.
Congratulations, you have managed to prove that you simply can't compress truly random data, as everybody has been saying all along...
;-)
The article however, states that the data is practically random... which does make a difference, 'cause else you wouldn't be able to compress anything...
That being said, I still think it's a load of hot air... I guess we'll be seeing it in next year's vaporware top 10...
All the same, living in the Netherlands I'm still happy to have all my swimming diploma's... ;-)
Actually it may be new in America, but in the Netherlands it's nothing new...
The last software engineering project I did, we had to sign away all rights to the software we were going to create before we were allowed tot participate.
When we had plans to further develope the project outside of classes, we had to negotiate for the rights of our software... So you see, it's really nothing new...
Reminds me of some low-budget sci-fi movie I was once saw...
;-)
A yeti-like creature was supposed to be speaking some ancient Tibethan dialect, which in reality was simply Dutch...
If I remember correctly he was blabbering something about "What's going on here?"
run xfree86setup, tell it what colour depth you want, and all hardware settings are automagically detected... As for resolutions switch: tell me what's easier... right click on Desktop, selecting tabs, dragging a slider and conferming, or just pressing Ctrl-Alt-+ ?
I must admit, I've never written anything that large... I wonder what would happen if you tried to load that big succer into Word... ;-)
*Crash & Burn baby!*
Personally I still prefer LyX for large technical documents... I'm nearing the end of my internship now, and I've written all my reports in it. I'll be using it for my end paper as well...
;-)
OK, it absolutely took some getting used to, but once I got the hang of it I was suprised at how easy it was to create good looking documents... Most free Office utilities try to mimic the behaviour of commercial applications, while in my opinion the strong point of Linux is the fact that it takes a different approach... on that works...
Same thing goes for document formatting... LyX with LaTex as it's backend may be different from commerical apps, it works like a charm, and I'm definately never going back to the pain of WYSIWYG word processors...
I have spoken!
I wouldn't like my viewing habits being documented even if it was Tux the Almighty doing it...
Is it just me, or are more people getting a very strong "1984" vibe here? I already saw myself at my Linux box, just hacking away merrily when the voice of Big Brother Bill came out of the tv... and then I woke up screaming...
"Sorry kids, no Christmas presents this year... Daddy's gonna buy a dual Athlon!" ;-)
I hear everybody talking about Final Fantasy, but hardly anything about Secret Of Mana... I LIVED by that game back when I was 13... The music alone was enough to give me chills... (I know, I BADLY needed a life...) ;-)
And the article says you can display custom messages on the building... Cool way to propose to your girlfriend / boyfriend... ;-)
I wonder what the effect on the Australian wildlife will be... It might sound great now, saving all kinds of African animals by housing them in Australia, but we might just be introducing new animal deceases in an equally precious eco-system... I don't think this is the way to go...
OK, slash me up completely if I'm wrong here, but isn't at least the win32 API available? Long ago I was still wandering in the deserts of Win32, and I bought a book called "Win32 API superbible"... it pretty much contains the entire API needed to build Win32 programs using any C / C++ compiler... OK, it wasn't free, but the price for a book can hardly be considered a license fee.. (Let the slaughter commence... ;-) )