I think it was Hitler who changed the world, and the book is only important because of his actions. Better examples of authors who changes the world would be Nietzsche, Muhammad, Huxley and Orwell.
Laugh if you want, but as a member of this society you would likely be very happy and want for little.
Never heard of them
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Perhaps I have been living under a rock, but I have never heard of VisionTek. Most of the Nvidia cards I have seen used are Asus or Hercules so I don't see the "far reaching consequences".
... or are VisionTek the people who make (made) the cheapo no-frills cards that cost 20% less than the name brand ones?
In addition to the already-mentioned resolution independance. This API would allow an X server to implement hardware acceleration of the rendering. I don't know if any cards support acceleration of spline decompisition, but just about everyone supports hardware-assisted polygon filling, which means many fewer pixels go over the wire (or SHM segment).
Now if only they would implement true multi-window tranparency and complete affine transformation support, then X would begin to catch up to OS X:)
My X is currently using 21M of my RAM (RSS). That is with 6 1600x1200 virtual desktops and a whole lot of windows open.
Seeing as how 21 * 2^20 * (6*1600*1200*4*2). It seems to be doing a very good job of managing resources. Much better than Mozilla (55M RSS) or Evolution (45M RSS).
Are you going to back up your assertion with numbers, your are you just going to recite the tired./ mantra that "X is bloated"?
You are abusing the system and then complaining when it breaks. Use cpanflute2 (in the rpm-build) package to make building rpms of CPAN modules very very easy.
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Secondly, no elegant way to integrate software that hasn't committed to one of the packaging systems into an architecture.
One does not have to "commmit to one of the packaging systems". Adding a single.spec file does not make adding Debian support any more difficuly. Your paragraph implies some sort of conflict between the two systems, where there is none.
Both RedHat and Debian both work great when you stick to rpms and debs, but just try installing the latest version of a piece of software that doesn't have an rpm or deb yet, and you run into a world of pain.
What is so difficult about installing unpackaged software? Redhat & Debian go out of their way to ensure that/usr/local is free for such things. If you mean that it is difficult for end-users to install such software, perhaps you should try getting them to compile and install unpackaged Windows software for a comparison.
That being said, it is very easy to turn most random tarballs off the net into RPMs, so long as they don't deviate too far from standard build/install procedures. Your typical./configure && make && make install package can usually be turned into an RPM in about 5 minutes, without the need for patching.
I strongly second reading _Code Complete_ and APUE.
Another two excellent books, also by Richard Stevens, are TCP/IP Illustrated (vol 1) and Unix Network Programming.
If you do any Unix or network progamming, you need some Stevens books.
Wasn't it Vernor Vinge who coined the term Singularity in relation to exponential technologic growth which overwhelms our ability to predict and comprehend?
The same function as Triangle Boy can easily be duplicated by anyone with a linux box on a permanent Internet connection. Just set up an HTTPS squid proxy.
You can do this with SSH too:
ssh -L8080:localhost:8080 yourhomeproxy.org
and set http_proxy=http://localhost:8080/
Considering the rather cavalier Chinese attitude towards intellecual property...
Consider instead your rather cavalier attitude towards the intellectual hoarding that consitiutes "copyright". Western IP laws are completely counter to the (original) spirit of communism..</devilsadvocate>
Of course what is practiced in China these days is not really communism (was it ever?), but China's "violation" of Western IP laws is only a suprise to those who don't consider their political underpinning and heritage.
As a few people have mentioned OpenSSH is supported on Windows via CygWin. What hasn't been mentioned is that OpenSSH supports smartcards through the use of libsectok. I use it with Schlumberger Cyberflex Access cards.
I don't know whether libsectok has been built on Windows before, but it uses the standard/dev/tty interface so it should be too difficult to get working.
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The use of the GPL for all software developed by the Venezuelan government effectively precludes them from using Microsoft .NET.
We have always been at war with Eurasia
For a public company, their responsibility is to make their owners/investors happy, and those are the stockholders
Maybe the major shareholders _are_ management. This is not unusual.
I think it was Hitler who changed the world, and the book is only important because of his actions. Better examples of authors who changes the world would be Nietzsche, Muhammad, Huxley and Orwell.
Don't forget that whale that crushed our Jimmy
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Laugh if you want, but as a member of this society you would likely be very happy and want for little.
Perhaps I have been living under a rock, but I have never heard of VisionTek. Most of the Nvidia cards I have seen used are Asus or Hercules so I don't see the "far reaching consequences".
In addition to the already-mentioned resolution independance. This API would allow an X server to implement hardware acceleration of the rendering. I don't know if any cards support acceleration of spline decompisition, but just about everyone supports hardware-assisted polygon filling, which means many fewer pixels go over the wire (or SHM segment).
Now if only they would implement true multi-window tranparency and complete affine transformation support, then X would begin to catch up to OS X :)
I that it that you make anonymous payments to the artists then to make up for your theft?
While it gets better download speeds for the users of the aforementioned applications, the damage to network traffic as a whole is substantial.
Do you expect the same people who use the network predominantly for breaching copyright to care about the greater good?
X is a resource hog
./ mantra that "X is bloated"?
Prove it!
My X is currently using 21M of my RAM (RSS). That is with 6 1600x1200 virtual desktops and a whole lot of windows open.
Seeing as how 21 * 2^20 * (6*1600*1200*4*2). It seems to be doing a very good job of managing resources. Much better than Mozilla (55M RSS) or Evolution (45M RSS).
Are you going to back up your assertion with numbers, your are you just going to recite the tired
In fact, the screenshots look indistibuishable from those listed on the BRMT page.
If you like BMRT, you may also like Aqsis. It is a GPL, Renderman compatible renderer.
You are abusing the system and then complaining when it breaks. Use cpanflute2 (in the rpm-build) package to make building rpms of CPAN modules very very easy.
Secondly, no elegant way to integrate software that hasn't committed to one of the packaging systems into an architecture.
One does not have to "commmit to one of the packaging systems". Adding a single .spec file does not make adding Debian support any more difficuly. Your paragraph implies some sort of conflict between the two systems, where there is none.
Both RedHat and Debian both work great when you stick to rpms and debs, but just try installing the latest version of a piece of software that doesn't have an rpm or deb yet, and you run into a world of pain.
What is so difficult about installing unpackaged software? Redhat & Debian go out of their way to ensure that /usr/local is free for such things. If you mean that it is difficult for end-users to install such software, perhaps you should try getting them to compile and install unpackaged Windows software for a comparison.
That being said, it is very easy to turn most random tarballs off the net into RPMs, so long as they don't deviate too far from standard build/install procedures. Your typical ./configure && make && make install package can usually be turned into an RPM in about 5 minutes, without the need for patching.
I strongly second reading _Code Complete_ and APUE. Another two excellent books, also by Richard Stevens, are TCP/IP Illustrated (vol 1) and Unix Network Programming. If you do any Unix or network progamming, you need some Stevens books.
Wasn't it Vernor Vinge who coined the term Singularity in relation to exponential technologic growth which overwhelms our ability to predict and comprehend?
His writings are suffused with it. It is a key theme in A Fire Upon the Deep and Marooned in Realtime. It also weighs heavily in the background of A Deepness in the Sky. All IMO are brilliant pieces of SF.
And just think - in a couple million years we'll be able to pick it up in the vicinity of Aldebaran.
Not if the Klingons use it for target practice first.
Why not just keep your content on an NFS server and export it read-only via GigE?
...that being said, it would be very difficult to prove
squid support the 'CONNECT' method which allows forwarding of arbitrary tcp connections (that's how it supports https).
The same function as Triangle Boy can easily be duplicated by anyone with a linux box on a permanent Internet connection. Just set up an HTTPS squid proxy.
You can do this with SSH too:
ssh -L8080:localhost:8080 yourhomeproxy.org and set http_proxy=http://localhost:8080/Considering the rather cavalier Chinese attitude towards intellecual property...
Consider instead your rather cavalier attitude towards the intellectual hoarding that consitiutes "copyright". Western IP laws are completely counter to the (original) spirit of communism. .</devilsadvocate>
Of course what is practiced in China these days is not really communism (was it ever?), but China's "violation" of Western IP laws is only a suprise to those who don't consider their political underpinning and heritage.
As a few people have mentioned OpenSSH is supported on Windows via CygWin. What hasn't been mentioned is that OpenSSH supports smartcards through the use of libsectok. I use it with Schlumberger Cyberflex Access cards.
I don't know whether libsectok has been built on Windows before, but it uses the standard /dev/tty interface so it should be too difficult to get working.
The Beeb was wonderful - I wish I still had mine.
It offered a programming environment which allowed for 6502 assember embedded in interpreted BASIC. How deliciously perverse!