I just upgraded my Ubuntu installation in Virtual Box. No Soup for Me. Unity doesn't run so I can't even try it out. (No, I don't care enough to make a Live CD or whatever the equivalent is now.)
Not entirely Unity's fault as Virtual Box only allows 128 MB for display memory.
No one can be told what Project Xanadu is. You have to see it for yourself. I found that video on youtube of Ted Nelson showing off Xanadu a few years ago.
Basically BFS only makes sense on single or dual core systems which will primarily be used as a desktop. After that, it better be a dedicated desktop system because compared to the stock kernel, performance is going to royally suck, despite latency being fairly good. But then again, BFS was never really designed to address scalability - its always focused on latency and a superior interactive desktop experience. By most measures it works, but at a heavy cost.
So what you are saying, this would be a fantastic scheduler for the people (like Mom) who would have to adopt Linux for it to ever succeed on the desktop, but since it doesn't play well with the enthusiast it's ridiculed and thrown aside.
Why do people wonder why Linux has never caught on with The Masses?
Does anyone remember DESQview 386? I used that for a while. I ended up replacing it with Windows 3.1. Since then I've ran the upgrade treadmill of Win95, Win98, WinMe (arg), WinXP, (skipped Vista), and Win7-64.
I'm having trouble with your analogy: boiled mashed stuck in a stew baked french fries stuffed potato skins chips vodka!
Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
They didn't leave Other OS out to cut the cost, as Linux has been proven to run on the Slim pretty much exactly the same way as it does on older consoles. It was deliberately disabled because they felt like it; there is no good technical reason.
The reason is that Sony is in the PS3 business to sell $60 games, not provide a Blu-ray player that you can run Linux on. They must feel the ill will is worth the benefit of not only disabling it from future buyers but for their entire installed base. It was a stupid marketing move, IMO.
It's not just the rovers. Despite some genuinely newsworthy fuckups, when NASA gets it right -- which is most of the time -- they usually do a stellar job, pun intended. A fair number of NASA probes have lasted decades beyond their primary mission and continue to produce useful data. Voyager I, for example, is still transmitting thirty-three years after its launch.
Yeah, but when they mess up things explode and/or people die.
And the instances will be just like playing WoW with shitty pick-up groups.
Astronaut [party] Okay guys, I'm going up. You ready to make sure my mission is a success? Congressman [party] I got all the money you need. Contractor [party] All systems go! We got your back. Administrator [party] You are cleared for take off.
I'm afraid Firefox hasn't been the feature leader at all. Tabbed browsing? Opera had it before. Mouse gestures? Opera had it before. Quick dial? Opera had it before. Customisable search bars? Opera had them before. Ad blocking? Opera had it before (although, admittedly, worse than Firefox's). Stored sessions? Opera had them before (and it does restore from crashes without any problem in my case). I could keep enumerating, I'd say 90% of the browser features that Firefox implements are copied from Opera.
It would appear that Mozilla has learned from Microsoft to Embrace and Extend.
It's amazing all of the Google Fan Boys here (whether they realize that's what they are or not) defending Google. Substitute "Microsoft" for "Google" and watch the steady stream of bile that would commence.
The site can't break standards because there isn't a standard to break yet for HTML5/CSS3. All it really is just Apple showing what they think the standard should look like. However, it doesn't seem to stop Apple from claiming that their version is the "standard".
Sounds like what Microsoft is constantly accused of here. I've never understood why Apple always gets a pass.
It's sad really and NASA is definitely who should get more budget.
Naw. Instead of an extra billion per year for Constellation we can spend eight billion to study bullet trains.
I wonder... How many people will lose damn good, high-paying jobs because of the Obama cancellations of the F-22 and Constellation programs? It's a good thing that we no longer need the F-22 and can always count on our friends the Chinese, the Russians, and the Indians to accept our manned spaceflight outsourcing.
How's that Hopey-Changey thing working for you now?
What is different about this is that we aren't talking about putting the power of the State in the hands of an individual or group of individuals. We are talking about putting it at the disposal of artificial entities; immortal profit making machines with a capacity for accumulating wealth beyond that of any individual.
I'm looking forward to the Rollerball championships...
In my own admittedly backwards country, the only legitimate participants in a democracy are citizens who can vote.
Interesting. Would you tell illegal aliens to shut up and not lobby/march to influence legislation? Somehow I don't think that position will be as popular with those who hate corporations.
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I just upgraded my Ubuntu installation in Virtual Box. No Soup for Me. Unity doesn't run so I can't even try it out. (No, I don't care enough to make a Live CD or whatever the equivalent is now.)
Not entirely Unity's fault as Virtual Box only allows 128 MB for display memory.
Yeah. Information wants to be free. Go Sony!
I can't wait to see what they can do with Chessmaster!
No one can be told what Project Xanadu is. You have to see it for yourself. I found that video on youtube of Ted Nelson showing off Xanadu a few years ago.
Ah! So it's like the Matrix?
Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
It was in the Head Museum between Charles de Gaulle and Leonard Nimoy?
So what you are saying, this would be a fantastic scheduler for the people (like Mom) who would have to adopt Linux for it to ever succeed on the desktop, but since it doesn't play well with the enthusiast it's ridiculed and thrown aside.
Why do people wonder why Linux has never caught on with The Masses?
Does anyone remember DESQview 386? I used that for a while. I ended up replacing it with Windows 3.1. Since then I've ran the upgrade treadmill of Win95, Win98, WinMe (arg), WinXP, (skipped Vista), and Win7-64.
Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
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Queue the following:
"I'm endeavoring, Ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone-knives and bear-skins."
or
"I know! You'll need to make a weapon. Look around- can you construct some sort of rudimentary lathe?"
The reason is that Sony is in the PS3 business to sell $60 games, not provide a Blu-ray player that you can run Linux on. They must feel the ill will is worth the benefit of not only disabling it from future buyers but for their entire installed base. It was a stupid marketing move, IMO.
Right up there with "The poop is coming out now."
If it's an Android Firefox maybe they should have name it Muffet, assuming a firefox is like a daggit.
Oh, now you've spoiled the Rosebud mystery.
Yeah, but when they mess up things explode and/or people die.
That doesn't help those of the female persuasion though. They come equipped with the those little "pointing sticks" at the base of their touch pad.
Someone has to pay for the Glorious European Welfare State.
Leeeroooy Jeeeenkiiiiins!
It would appear that Mozilla has learned from Microsoft to Embrace and Extend.
It's amazing all of the Google Fan Boys here (whether they realize that's what they are or not) defending Google. Substitute "Microsoft" for "Google" and watch the steady stream of bile that would commence.
Sounds like what Microsoft is constantly accused of here. I've never understood why Apple always gets a pass.
Naw. Instead of an extra billion per year for Constellation we can spend eight billion to study bullet trains.
I wonder... How many people will lose damn good, high-paying jobs because of the Obama cancellations of the F-22 and Constellation programs? It's a good thing that we no longer need the F-22 and can always count on our friends the Chinese, the Russians, and the Indians to accept our manned spaceflight outsourcing.
How's that Hopey-Changey thing working for you now?
We're actually descended from Minerva's lunar colony, you know.
What is different about this is that we aren't talking about putting the power of the State in the hands of an individual or group of individuals. We are talking about putting it at the disposal of artificial entities; immortal profit making machines with a capacity for accumulating wealth beyond that of any individual.
I'm looking forward to the Rollerball championships...
In my own admittedly backwards country, the only legitimate participants in a democracy are citizens who can vote.
Interesting. Would you tell illegal aliens to shut up and not lobby/march to influence legislation? Somehow I don't think that position will be as popular with those who hate corporations.