There's a difference in being called a geek by a geek (that's a compliment) and being called a nerd by a "normal" guy anytime it show's you're a bit different (that's an insult - at least to me).
Well, for me, there also came the time when I needed glasses, and later I needed stronger glasses. That was some years ago, since then nothing has changed. Yet, I still use CRTs and haven't stared at them as often as now when I first needed glasses.
Chances are that what you experienced was just a coincidence. Of course it could also be that the quality of CRTs has greatly improved since then.:)
Well, I installed the new Resin on Windows, and beside the fact that I didn't get it to work with Apache (it ignored the document root I had set), compilation took ages. Since I am developing and not only viewing the stuff, fast compilation is very important for me. PHP is lightyears faster here. Having said that, I am using an old Athlon 700. I could upgrade to get better performance, yet Java would always be slower than PHP, if you regard the compilation time as well.
My homepage is a script I wrote that displays: 1) Natalie Portman in the background 2) Birthdays of friends within the next 7 days 3) Some often needed local links 4) Apache and PHP Version 5) A random quote
I once had a tail of the Apache error log displayed there, too. And there once was a notification about things I want to see in TV.
Even better, you can do Tab+Space to send, Alt+S, Double Enter or Single Enter (configurable). The double enter feature is quite convinient. It's also clever enough to un-break messages if you use this shortcut with the cursor in the middle of your message.
Perhaps it was the CRT on the first computer you mentioned and the speakers on the second. Since it was a laptop, it probably had speakers.
My current computer makes such noise when using my Plextor burner - unless I switch it off in the mixer.
And my old computer made such noise with almost every operation, disc usage, mouse usage, hard drive and so on. Simply because it had speakers attached to the front of the case (a so-called Multimedia PC). The output of the sound card had to be plugged into the back of the case. I guess it was the radiation inside the case that influenced the signal on the way from the back of the case to the speakers at the front. It was really loud, but I could easily tell when something was wrong with my computer - then the sound changed:)
Daily Dilbert (though I get the newsletter) Userfriendly - the other famous comic strip:) Nicht lustig - cool German comics, soon to be expected an a daily basis because the author signed a contract. Currently he's busy with his book, though.
OS News (all about OSes and more, my favourite next to/.) Heise News (German IT news, the guys that make the c't) - they have an English Version, too (though you won't find anything there)
when have you ever seen or even heard of any actual user software for Windows/Alpha
Miranda, an excellent ICQ client (with support for other protocols, even the Windows network messaging service, via plugins), has been avaible for WinNT/Alpha for quite some time.
It is sad since these developers miss out on the whole open source movement as they are forced in paying and/or scared off by loads of FUD.
I think those that are unable to pay are pretty aware of Open Source. And those that are, well, in some cases they buy because they think they really get something. Some products are worth their price. Nevertheless, I must admit that there are many products out there where this is not the case, in particular many of the most popular ones. This is sad, yes.
I do, however, believe that many of Qt's smaller customers develop software to be used in-house (i.e. not to be sold to a third part). For these customers a GPL would just mean free software and nothing else.
Oh, right. Good Point! Now I understand them.
However, when a company (such as TrollTech) chooses to give away a GPL version of their flagship product, I suggest that we are thankful and shut up about licensing issues or develop an equivalent package with a better licensing scheme.
Okay, I thought you were acting like some other Open Source developers who just want to have fun and are in no way interested in what the users think of there program. Which is pretty lame if you ask me, though I understand that there are some users out there without any respect for contributions to the community.
I'd say that the main difference is that 3.x holds alot more cross platform stuff than only GUI components (for example SQL access, Sockets and such). Most applications can quite easily be written using 2.3.
Thanks, good to know. I guess even when I have to use some database stuff, it's easier to have to port only this part instead of everything.
The sad truth is that it is far more easy to make money from win32 developers. They usually pay for the compiler, IDE and OS.
In how far is this sad?
Also, TrollTech is a company trying to make profits, so, instead of crying over not getting 3.x for win32 for free, be thankful for the 2.3 for win32 and 3.x for X11!
Oh yeah, the typical Open Source argument. Be thankful and STFU. Sorry, I like to understand things and I have the habit of making suggestions about how to improve things. And I do not see any reason for discriminating developers that happened to grow up with Windows by treating them differently. Of course, this is Qt's right, nothing against that. I just don't see the reason, the motivation.
I *think* it would be better if there was Qt 3 for free for Windows with the same limitations the Linux version has: that your product has to be GPL, too. Most companies that want to use Qt will still pay because they don't like the GPL. So money can't be the motivation, right? Plus, guys like me who might actually have such a company some time, or work for such a company could influence the decisions the company makes based on our experiences. But we cannot make experience with Qt 3 - which is of course what a company would use. Oh, of course there are the evaluation versions... but how much are 30 days? And we could switch to Linux... yeah... right.
You know, I just don't really get the "why" part.
Do they want to help to convert people to Linux? Wrong way IMO. Do you know?
1. Free as in freedom, i.e. access to the source.
[...] Also, Qt is free for GPL use, and many (if not most)/. readers are GPL users.
Yeah, this is cool, and I have nothing against Qt. But this is not the case for Windows. So it doesn't make sense HERE.
Also, coming to think about it, Qt 2.3 is free (as in no money spent) for Win32.
Yes, I know that. Do you know the differences between 2.3 and 3.x? I'd really like to know them, because right know it feels more like they are giving away their old junk for free. Who wants that?
I think it's sad that you cannot use Qt/Windows v3 for free (as in beer at least) as well. It would make porting KDE stuff to Windows much easier. Yeah, this might sound ridiculous, but applications like Mozilla, Open Office and the Gimp (and Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP...) make Linux feel more common when I try to switch (because I already know them). If I could get used to KDE applications in an environment that I'm familiar with (Windows), a transition to Linux would be much easier.
But it's just not possible (with KDE 3) because no Open Source Developer would pay 1,550$ to port KDE to Windows, right?
Second, I want to learn C++. I already heard about the hassles of Win32 and MFC, so I want to skip that experience and start directly with a better API. Easy is good and cross platform would be even better. I once wrote an addressbook in Perl/Tk and it worked nearly unmodified under Linux. That's pretty cool! But if I develop applications in C++, I want that, too! So there are Qt and wxWindows. For some reason I think that Qt is a bit better (though I can only tell what I read in reviews). Even if it is not, I would like to find out. And I will not switch to Linux just for hacking C++.
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If it's like Windows, rebooting might be enough to fix the problem.
There's a difference in being called a geek by a geek (that's a compliment) and being called a nerd by a "normal" guy anytime it show's you're a bit different (that's an insult - at least to me).
Well, for me, there also came the time when I needed glasses, and later I needed stronger glasses. That was some years ago, since then nothing has changed. Yet, I still use CRTs and haven't stared at them as often as now when I first needed glasses.
:)
Chances are that what you experienced was just a coincidence. Of course it could also be that the quality of CRTs has greatly improved since then.
Well, I installed the new Resin on Windows, and beside the fact that I didn't get it to work with Apache (it ignored the document root I had set), compilation took ages. Since I am developing and not only viewing the stuff, fast compilation is very important for me. PHP is lightyears faster here. Having said that, I am using an old Athlon 700. I could upgrade to get better performance, yet Java would always be slower than PHP, if you regard the compilation time as well.
You'd need a mod chip, I guess...
My homepage is a script I wrote that displays:
1) Natalie Portman in the background
2) Birthdays of friends within the next 7 days
3) Some often needed local links
4) Apache and PHP Version
5) A random quote
I once had a tail of the Apache error log displayed there, too. And there once was a notification about things I want to see in TV.
Sadly, they are read-only.
Even better, you can do Tab+Space to send, Alt+S, Double Enter or Single Enter (configurable).
The double enter feature is quite convinient. It's also clever enough to un-break messages if you use this shortcut with the cursor in the middle of your message.
I tried to learn Dvorak, yet it would not be very useful to me, since I'm German. I don't know of a Dvorak layout with umlauts.
> On Windows I think stderr and stdout are one and
> the same.
There could be some truth in it, but it's not completely right:
c:\> perl -e "print STDERR 'foo'; print STDOUT 'bar';" > nul
Try this and you'll only see "foo" on the screen, because you redirect the output - output of STDOUT only.
Would you want some hardware geeks to play with autonomous vehicles in your home town?
Please don't tell me that Composer is the most used component besides the browser!
Well, the only thing I'd like to remove is the Composer. At least till 1.2.1, this is not possible. How ironic...
I can see it coming - no more "IN SOVIET RUSSIA" jokes, now it's "IN GERMANY"...
Um... wanna have my address?
Perhaps it was the CRT on the first computer you mentioned and the speakers on the second. Since it was a laptop, it probably had speakers.
:)
My current computer makes such noise when using my Plextor burner - unless I switch it off in the mixer.
And my old computer made such noise with almost every operation, disc usage, mouse usage, hard drive and so on. Simply because it had speakers attached to the front of the case (a so-called Multimedia PC). The output of the sound card had to be plugged into the back of the case. I guess it was the radiation inside the case that influenced the signal on the way from the back of the case to the speakers at the front. It was really loud, but I could easily tell when something was wrong with my computer - then the sound changed
And I forgot those:
:)
Daily Dilbert (though I get the newsletter)
Userfriendly - the other famous comic strip
Nicht lustig - cool German comics, soon to be expected an a daily basis because the author signed a contract. Currently he's busy with his book, though.
OS News (all about OSes and more, my favourite next to /.)
Heise News (German IT news, the guys that make the c't) - they have an English Version, too (though you won't find anything there)
I *think* it would be better if there was Qt 3 for free for Windows with the same limitations the Linux version has: that your product has to be GPL, too. Most companies that want to use Qt will still pay because they don't like the GPL. So money can't be the motivation, right? Plus, guys like me who might actually have such a company some time, or work for such a company could influence the decisions the company makes based on our experiences. But we cannot make experience with Qt 3 - which is of course what a company would use. Oh, of course there are the evaluation versions... but how much are 30 days? And we could switch to Linux... yeah... right. You know, I just don't really get the "why" part. Do they want to help to convert people to Linux? Wrong way IMO. Do you know?
I think it's sad that you cannot use Qt/Windows v3 for free (as in beer at least) as well. It would make porting KDE stuff to Windows much easier. Yeah, this might sound ridiculous, but applications like Mozilla, Open Office and the Gimp (and Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP...) make Linux feel more common when I try to switch (because I already know them). If I could get used to KDE applications in an environment that I'm familiar with (Windows), a transition to Linux would be much easier. But it's just not possible (with KDE 3) because no Open Source Developer would pay 1,550$ to port KDE to Windows, right?
Second, I want to learn C++. I already heard about the hassles of Win32 and MFC, so I want to skip that experience and start directly with a better API. Easy is good and cross platform would be even better. I once wrote an addressbook in Perl/Tk and it worked nearly unmodified under Linux. That's pretty cool! But if I develop applications in C++, I want that, too! So there are Qt and wxWindows. For some reason I think that Qt is a bit better (though I can only tell what I read in reviews). Even if it is not, I would like to find out. And I will not switch to Linux just for hacking C++.