SLOC means source lines of code. COCOMO (construction code model) is the name of a method used to estimate costs of development, mostly in person-months needed to finish a project.
Kinda offtopic, but what p2p client is everyone using these days? Everything i get on Kazza sounds ok for a few seconds then gets scratched and garbled.
Still with the "use unstable" rant? I am sorry, debian is just not cut to work as a desktop distro. Too much patent issues, too much packages not available because not all platforms support them, too much old packages, even in unstable. They are still debating if XFree 4.2 should be default. Even if you are using unstable, packages keep changing way too much, and lots of packages need unstable glibc versions and such.
Backports.org is the solution, too bad it's too small yet. I like debian, but it will never be a good desktop distro. I just would love a stable, i386 fork that keeps the base proven and stable and have packages for non critical, recent user apps.
But the program could delete your home folder, without needing passwords, same in linux. Why do people think that needing a password for root apps makes it tough?
Fact is, all your data belongs to/home/luser most of the time
I see that you are just supplying workarounds. Try teaching your boss to download a ftp client to get your presentation. IM file transfer is fast and easy.
Dont use the word IM so literally. Audio/Video is a form of real time communication which is very valid in IM, and i would really hope to have such a feature in FOSS. And for that to be supported, it needs to be defined in the protocol itself.
Seriously, how stupid does the argument "use your web browser if you want to see pictures" sound? With people like you open source will always play catch up.
Believe it or not, file transfer is really useful, even in corporate environments. Really faster than email when you want to show your boss something.
Audio and video , display pictures, custom emoticons being functions of the clients? You are wrong. Sure they need to be implemented in each clients, but they need a standard way to do it, and they need to communicate with the server in order to do so. So, the protocol must handle this.
Jabber doesn't handle cross connections the way you define it. It doesn't let you use the yahoo transport to talk to aim users right? Neither does gaim, etc, that is just not possible. What i dont like about the transports is that they are way older than the current specs of its protocols and that you have 2 points of failure when connecting.
Now, for the transports, what's wrong with that? Personally, I find it excellent. When this shitstorm with Yahoo is resolved, I'm going to upgrade the transport, and everybody who uses my server will be updated. They don't have to do anything but wait. So, what's wrong with that idea again?
Means that when you try to connect you have 2 points of failure, the yahoo server and the jabber transport.
I am sorry but jabber sucks. Do they at least have file transfer now? Ok, how about video and audio conversation? Display pictures? Custom emoticons? And don't get me started on the need on transports to connect to other services...
Jabber is great for simple text messaging and nothing else
Try living somewhere (3rd world country) where your local university doesn't know better and forces you to write your thesis in Word. I will get gray hairs after i get corrected all the alignment issues after migrating from LyX.
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SLOC means source lines of code. COCOMO (construction code model) is the name of a method used to estimate costs of development, mostly in person-months needed to finish a project.
I wonder why green was chosen instead of yellow all along, since green can be formed combining blue and yellow.
Here are just two words for you to think of:
Counter Strike
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Who is copying who?
Kinda offtopic, but what p2p client is everyone using these days? Everything i get on Kazza sounds ok for a few seconds then gets scratched and garbled.
Why doesn't python let you overwrite a position of a string?
>>> b="hola"
>>> b[0]="y"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in ?
TypeError: object doesn't support item assignment
Is any of these wireless technologies... Safe? We have heard of what cell phones and wireless home phones can do
And even get this, i ran XP with 64 megs of ram. Using outlook to get mail, IE to browse, trillian to chat and office for documents.
Anyone know how to disable the security alerts icon from the systray? I even tried to kill the process and it relaunches itself...
Still with the "use unstable" rant? I am sorry, debian is just not cut to work as a desktop distro. Too much patent issues, too much packages not available because not all platforms support them, too much old packages, even in unstable. They are still debating if XFree 4.2 should be default. Even if you are using unstable, packages keep changing way too much, and lots of packages need unstable glibc versions and such.
Backports.org is the solution, too bad it's too small yet.
I like debian, but it will never be a good desktop distro. I just would love a stable, i386 fork that keeps the base proven and stable and have packages for non critical, recent user apps.
Seeing all those trigger-happy lawyers make Soviet Russia look way better from here...
I'm serious, why do they keep suing everyone? It's not like regular people will complain about the song. It's a PARODY!
C) Figure Out How to Connect IPOD ...a.k.a ????
E) Microsoft Profits! for buying a pocket pc to do this lame hack.
The matrix... has you?
Sorry, couldn't resist!
It's a political movie that the Venezuelan goverment did to blame the United States on the coup on 4/11/2002.
More info on http://www.chavezthefilm.com/
The kernel is buggy. I play some mp3's and sometimes the whole computer freezes for about 10 seconds.
Also, my usb flash drive gets detected as a UMSDOS or something filesystem. I had to manually mount it as vfat.
Still no postgresql, only mysql. The kde mix program keeps crashing when closing it.
Put it outside on a table with a hefty pricetag overnight, like a yard sale you didn't clean up.
Huh... no way dude... they would steal my table!
blame in on the net. Most stuff i read is online. Granted, i don't like reading books, i get bored
But the program could delete your home folder, without needing passwords, same in linux. Why do people think that needing a password for root apps makes it tough?
/home/luser most of the time
Fact is, all your data belongs to
I see that you are just supplying workarounds. Try teaching your boss to download a ftp client to get your presentation. IM file transfer is fast and easy.
Dont use the word IM so literally. Audio/Video is a form of real time communication which is very valid in IM, and i would really hope to have such a feature in FOSS. And for that to be supported, it needs to be defined in the protocol itself.
Seriously, how stupid does the argument "use your web browser if you want to see pictures" sound? With people like you open source will always play catch up.
Believe it or not, file transfer is really useful, even in corporate environments. Really faster than email when you want to show your boss something.
Audio and video , display pictures, custom emoticons being functions of the clients? You are wrong. Sure they need to be implemented in each clients, but they need a standard way to do it, and they need to communicate with the server in order to do so. So, the protocol must handle this.
Jabber doesn't handle cross connections the way you define it. It doesn't let you use the yahoo transport to talk to aim users right? Neither does gaim, etc, that is just not possible. What i dont like about the transports is that they are way older than the current specs of its protocols and that you have 2 points of failure when connecting.
Yes, all made sense.
Now, for the transports, what's wrong with that? Personally, I find it excellent. When this shitstorm with Yahoo is resolved, I'm going to upgrade the transport, and everybody who uses my server will be updated. They don't have to do anything but wait. So, what's wrong with that idea again?
Means that when you try to connect you have 2 points of failure, the yahoo server and the jabber transport.
I am sorry but jabber sucks. Do they at least have file transfer now? Ok, how about video and audio conversation? Display pictures? Custom emoticons?
And don't get me started on the need on transports to connect to other services...
Jabber is great for simple text messaging and nothing else
I got an invitation today, in my hotmail account, thanks to martin peck
Not true, until suse 6.1 you could download evaluation versions
Try living somewhere (3rd world country) where your local university doesn't know better and forces you to write your thesis in Word. I will get gray hairs after i get corrected all the alignment issues after migrating from LyX.