This is not because of l33tness, or because I want to be an asshole. The simple fact is that Linux is not yet ready right now for what our writer needs. The most distressing part of the article to me is that it took the writer 18 months to figure this out.
I agree that Linux is (may not be) ready for the masses. However, I think that the author took a wrong approach to using it.
I mean, you can't realistically expect to jump OS from an 8yr old platform to a new one, and to have everything just work. It doesn't happen with MS OSes, so it's silly to expect it to happen with Linux.
Besides, the author was clearly not willing to spend some time learning. Instead, s/he just spent his/her time reinstalling distros and bitching 'cos they didn't work as s/he expected them to. Well, hello... I guess that if you want to use something, be it Linux, Win or a new lawnmower, you need to take the time to learn how to do it.
I'm using Gentoo full time at home, and have absolutely no complaints. If I switched to WinXP, I'd surely have a hard time making it beahave as I expect, simply because I've never used it
I think this guy/gal should revise his/her attitude towards computing in general. Even if computers are just a tool, nont a hobby, you may need to RTFM from time to time...
Just my.02$
The method they talk about is some form of ant-system optimization, and it's most definitelty not new...
I think there was a recent article that talked about that (swarm intelligence), but I don't feel like searching the link...
It's funny how they had to pull some services, as their site was "CNN'ed"... I wonder how many more people would that be compared to your typical slashdotting...
There's another reason why it's necessary to fry them just right after launch (at least in the case of ballistic missiles). Once the warhead is in ballistic trajectory, it's practically impossible to deflect or destroy it... (imagin a small and sturdy object flying at 20K+ km/h) Even if you could destroy it, you'd might end up with some nasty radioactive mess in your backyard
Actually, it'd be cool to go back in time and patent a method for screwing people & companies by abusing the patent system. Then you could sue these guys for patent infringement:)
Over the last few months, I've seen an increasing number of generic (or not so well-known brands, such as Medion) systems being sold with Star Office (I think it's 5.2) in supermarkets (Carrefour, Géant, and the like).
Why mess with this stuff anyway, when you can buy the hassle-free game console of your choice for significantly less than a Radeon?
Warez, obviously!
Now, on a more serious note, I find that consoles have quite shitty input devices... I mean, pads are nice but, at least for FPSs, they're not even close to ye olde keyboard & mouse
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down at the cafeteria... or maybe it was just a box of sugar cubes?
that spam actually works... If scumbags like this can make millons it's because there are enough clueless users that actually buy the shit they advertise.
If hotmail, yahoo and the likes started using a more agressive filtering default policy (bayesian filters, and the like), and most mail clients had this kind of filters on, it's almost certain that the success rate of spam would go down.
As a side note... This guy being a known spammer, and spam being illegal in the states...Why the heck doesn't somebody put him away???
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Just imagine using Emacs with that thing... They'll pry my good ol' carpal-syndrome-inducing flat keyboard out of my gnarled RSI'd hands...
You can always compile it without css support if you wanted to stay legal...
One would say linuxdevices.com is running off an iPaq
I've started a new project to address these issues. Check it out at http://helloworld.sourceforge.net :P
I agree that Linux is (may not be) ready for the masses. However, I think that the author took a wrong approach to using it. I mean, you can't realistically expect to jump OS from an 8yr old platform to a new one, and to have everything just work. It doesn't happen with MS OSes, so it's silly to expect it to happen with Linux.
Besides, the author was clearly not willing to spend some time learning. Instead, s/he just spent his/her time reinstalling distros and bitching 'cos they didn't work as s/he expected them to. Well, hello... I guess that if you want to use something, be it Linux, Win or a new lawnmower, you need to take the time to learn how to do it.
I'm using Gentoo full time at home, and have absolutely no complaints. If I switched to WinXP, I'd surely have a hard time making it beahave as I expect, simply because I've never used it
I think this guy/gal should revise his/her attitude towards computing in general. Even if computers are just a tool, nont a hobby, you may need to RTFM from time to time... Just myFunny that you should say that... I've tried 2.5.66 and it b0rks badly whan I plug my USB digital camera...
So, in my case, it's rather USB storage that's keeping me from using 2.5.x.
I guess I'll have to wait a bit...Not necessarily. These guys serve 30 millon users, so 75 millon mails a day shouldn't be _that much_
The method they talk about is some form of ant-system optimization, and it's most definitelty not new... I think there was a recent article that talked about that (swarm intelligence), but I don't feel like searching the link...
It's funny how they had to pull some services, as their site was "CNN'ed"... I wonder how many more people would that be compared to your typical slashdotting...
I've never used UltraEdit, so I can't comment on it. But is it really $35 better than Emacs or Vim? And that's for one user on one workstation.
I have nothing against shareware, I was just wondering how do they compete.
'nuff said
I guess that controllers for FPS might come as a combo of this and a mouse. I haven't tried it, but it does look comfortable...
There's another reason why it's necessary to fry them just right after launch (at least in the case of ballistic missiles). Once the warhead is in ballistic trajectory, it's practically impossible to deflect or destroy it... (imagin a small and sturdy object flying at 20K+ km/h) Even if you could destroy it, you'd might end up with some nasty radioactive mess in your backyard
See, the thing is M$ is used to solve things by forcing people to upgrade... First time I see it done on other company's soft, though... :)
Actually, it'd be cool to go back in time and patent a method for screwing :)
people & companies by abusing the patent system. Then you could sue these guys for patent infringement
by the IETF. At least it's so according to this RFC.
I think this'll be included in the next version of KMail
That may be if you go with RH, Suse or other "mainstream" distributions... You can get away easily with a lot less...
I don't mean floppy distros, but I've been using Gentoo for some time now, and it's almost zero-bloat.
Boy...with those ping times, the message surely was
Damn lag!!!!
Hey dude, I don't mean to be rude or anything, but for someone laughing about other's people code, you should check what you post...
#define MULT_2(value) ((value) > 1)???
Looks like your macro just checks if the number is greater than one... Besides, it would be a left shift...
Over the last few months, I've seen an increasing number of generic (or not so well-known brands, such as Medion) systems being sold with Star Office (I think it's 5.2) in supermarkets (Carrefour, Géant, and the like).
You could always say you were using a Win95 theme :)
Warez, obviously!
Now, on a more serious note, I find that consoles have quite shitty input devices... I mean, pads are nice but, at least for FPSs, they're not even close to ye olde keyboard & mouse
down at the cafeteria... or maybe it was just a box of sugar cubes?
Problem is, the robot has a MSCE degree, and turning the darn thing off and on surely seemed utterly logical, and engineer-like to him :)
that spam actually works... If scumbags like this can make millons it's because there are enough clueless users that actually buy the shit they advertise.
If hotmail, yahoo and the likes started using a more agressive filtering default policy (bayesian filters, and the like), and most mail clients had this kind of filters on, it's almost certain that the success rate of spam would go down.
As a side note... This guy being a known spammer, and spam being illegal in the states...Why the heck doesn't somebody put him away???
just my 2x10^(-2)$