5% means that if I put my hand on the mouse and it doesn't work, I just remove my hand for a moment, and then put it back on the mouse.
Chances are that I'd be in after 20 times.
GNU is just a really really stupid name. It is made doubly stupid by being a recursive acronym. Recursive acronyms are second only in stupidity to calling an operating system after a rather stupid animal.
Can you imagine suggesting to your boss that you use an operating system called GNU? And then when your boss answers "What the hell is GNU" trying to explain that it's a clever recursive acronym, and that all GNU has to say about itself is that it's not unix.
And it gets worse! You've just told your boss that GNU sure ain't UNIX. "Well what is it?" he asks. Then you have to tell him that it basically is UNIX, but you don't have to pay for it. (Don't even try mentioning free software ideologies at this point).
"Linux" however, sounds cool. "Linux" sounds like a hi tech operating system. "Linux" sounds similar to words like "Irix" and "Unix"; words that suggest big iron and effective computing.
Yes, this sounds very childish and silly (and it'll probably cost me karma big-time), but this is the way normal people think. Geeks might like silly names (and when I put my geek hat on, G.N.U is funny for about one minute), but normal people like flashy names. A good name is what made Red Hat my first linux distro.
I'm going to be picky, because I find 1337 5p33k a good way to spice up comments in my code!
The sort of abbreviations mentioned in the article is not 1337 5p33K, it is SMS-style abbreviation.
1337 5p33K 15 5o 0\/3R +|-|3 +0p 1t'5 f|_|n|\|y. 1337 5p33k is not true 1337 5p33k unless it took ten times longer to write than the plain English version. That is entirely the point of 1337 5p33k; it's ridiculous, you can't read it, and it takes ages to write.
SMS-style speak however, evolved to shorten the time spent typing. To the untrained eye, the two systems may look similar. However, one is geek sarcasm, the other is language erosion gone crazy.
I don't think anybody would actually use true 1337 5p33k in a manner that was not sarcasm (and if they did, sarcasm is all they would receive). SMS-style abbreviations are less ricidulous, and so seem (unfortunately) much more acceptable.
I'd agree for software, but perhaps less so for hardware. I'd certainly not even touch a hardware problem that was more complicated than cabling / fuses / etc.
I keep telling the same story every time Sun support is mentioned, and I'm going to do it just one last time...
When I was at uni, our Sun started behaving strangely. Programs were crashing for no reason. The sysad phoned Sun. Within hours, the engineer had arrived, hot swapped one of the 4 CPUs and had begun stress testing the replacement. All this time, there were in the order of 100 (I kid you not) oblivious users logged in using X. I only knew about this the next day, when one of the lecturers mentioned it.
Try getting that guy down the end of the office that "knows a bit about computers" to do that.:)
You, dear slashdot reader, should not buy a PC from Sun.
You are no doubt quite capable of buying the parts for, and assembling, a custom PC. You can install and maintain a linux distribution.
The people who should buy from Sun are (and i quote) markets such as corporate call centers, government and schools. These are the sort of folks who don't have a clue how to run their PC's. More importantly, they don't want to have a clue how to run them either. They expect their computers to Just Work, and for someone to come fix it damn quick if it breaks.
Not if your code is readable enough in the first place.
If it's so difficult to figure out the type of your variables, then you really are in deep crap, and sticking a few characters in front is not going to cure the underlying cause.
I had to interface with DirectInput once (which uses hungarian notation) and it very nearly killed me.
Buy something, and pay for it on credit card. When you have to sign the receipt, write something else, such as "George Bush", "HRH The Queen" or plain "This is a stolen card".
The cashier will not check your 'signature'. Walk halfway out of the shop (long enough for them to put the receipt in the till), turn round, and tell them to check the sig.
By the time they've got the till open and checked the slip, you're long gone.
I've done it a couple of times, and I laugh my ass of each time.
So, I have a tiny fraction of the picture that I want to expand. If I had huge resolution, I'd be able to grab that portion and enlarge it without it going grainy.
People will always want to do this, which is why I can't see the quest for resolution slowing down anytime soon.
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Yeah, I know that, I was just saying that if it was 5% then..... oh dammit, OK, I'm an idiot
5% means that if I put my hand on the mouse and it doesn't work, I just remove my hand for a moment, and then put it back on the mouse. Chances are that I'd be in after 20 times.
Answer: So long as your IT department is wowed by clock speed alone.
Intel & AMD are just companies like any other. If the market wants silly clock speeds on a CISC design, that's what they'll put effort into.
GNU is just a really really stupid name. It is made doubly stupid by being a recursive acronym. Recursive acronyms are second only in stupidity to calling an operating system after a rather stupid animal.
Can you imagine suggesting to your boss that you use an operating system called GNU? And then when your boss answers "What the hell is GNU" trying to explain that it's a clever recursive acronym, and that all GNU has to say about itself is that it's not unix.
And it gets worse! You've just told your boss that GNU sure ain't UNIX. "Well what is it?" he asks. Then you have to tell him that it basically is UNIX, but you don't have to pay for it. (Don't even try mentioning free software ideologies at this point).
"Linux" however, sounds cool. "Linux" sounds like a hi tech operating system. "Linux" sounds similar to words like "Irix" and "Unix"; words that suggest big iron and effective computing.
Yes, this sounds very childish and silly (and it'll probably cost me karma big-time), but this is the way normal people think. Geeks might like silly names (and when I put my geek hat on, G.N.U is funny for about one minute), but normal people like flashy names. A good name is what made Red Hat my first linux distro.
Sony and Nintendo revise their hardware too.
Whenever they saw one of those early-mammal thingies, they got real scared (dinos are scared of mice) and had heart attacks.
What were you doing at school to not know that?
p|-|33R mY 1337 5p33K 5Ki|_|_z :p
(see, it's slapstick; laugh)
The sort of abbreviations mentioned in the article is not 1337 5p33K, it is SMS-style abbreviation.
1337 5p33K 15 5o 0\/3R +|-|3 +0p 1t'5 f|_|n|\|y. 1337 5p33k is not true 1337 5p33k unless it took ten times longer to write than the plain English version. That is entirely the point of 1337 5p33k; it's ridiculous, you can't read it, and it takes ages to write.
SMS-style speak however, evolved to shorten the time spent typing. To the untrained eye, the two systems may look similar. However, one is geek sarcasm, the other is language erosion gone crazy.
I don't think anybody would actually use true 1337 5p33k in a manner that was not sarcasm (and if they did, sarcasm is all they would receive). SMS-style abbreviations are less ricidulous, and so seem (unfortunately) much more acceptable.
I keep telling the same story every time Sun support is mentioned, and I'm going to do it just one last time...
When I was at uni, our Sun started behaving strangely. Programs were crashing for no reason. The sysad phoned Sun. Within hours, the engineer had arrived, hot swapped one of the 4 CPUs and had begun stress testing the replacement. All this time, there were in the order of 100 (I kid you not) oblivious users logged in using X. I only knew about this the next day, when one of the lecturers mentioned it.
Try getting that guy down the end of the office that "knows a bit about computers" to do that. :)
They're screwed now that's public knowledge!
You are no doubt quite capable of buying the parts for, and assembling, a custom PC. You can install and maintain a linux distribution.
The people who should buy from Sun are (and i quote) markets such as corporate call centers, government and schools. These are the sort of folks who don't have a clue how to run their PC's. More importantly, they don't want to have a clue how to run them either. They expect their computers to Just Work, and for someone to come fix it damn quick if it breaks.
This is exactly the sort of thing Sun excels at.
Best of luck to them.
If it's so difficult to figure out the type of your variables, then you really are in deep crap, and sticking a few characters in front is not going to cure the underlying cause.
I had to interface with DirectInput once (which uses hungarian notation) and it very nearly killed me.
Buy something, and pay for it on credit card. When you have to sign the receipt, write something else, such as "George Bush", "HRH The Queen" or plain "This is a stolen card".
The cashier will not check your 'signature'. Walk halfway out of the shop (long enough for them to put the receipt in the till), turn round, and tell them to check the sig.
By the time they've got the till open and checked the slip, you're long gone.
I've done it a couple of times, and I laugh my ass of each time.
hmm, yes, a beowulf cluster of those imagine.
yes you can share it. Stick it on your web page. Just don't share it over p2p.
That must be some quality shit to inspire you to build a fucking pyramid!
So that's what it said. Shit, I'd have been completely screwed without you.
- I am taking a picture of my dog.
- just as I press the shutter, aliens fly overhead.
So, I have a tiny fraction of the picture that I want to expand. If I had huge resolution, I'd be able to grab that portion and enlarge it without it going grainy.People will always want to do this, which is why I can't see the quest for resolution slowing down anytime soon.
... just make it another /. poll.
I can confirm that the almighty Tash Wednesday has shifted to Apache 2.
(I kinda wish I was kidding)
That really would kick ass.
You could beg for a Nintendo before you were even one year old!? ;p
oops, forgot about the concept of timezones
c'mon, you've got to admit that was pretty desperate.
PS: I find this post Insightful, Interesting and Funny.