...where the sun is rapidly setting on certain parts of his windows operation. The man might be a good businessman but he doesn't seem to realise that making veiled threats does not intimidate people as it does in the west , in asia its considered extremely rude and gets their backs up and hence they're MORE likely to be contrary and ignore you and your company even further.
Linus does seem to be losing focus somewhat. Linux used to be a tight, stable kernel. These days its sometimes worse than Windows NT. Seems to be the kernel team have been sitting on their laurals and have forgotten that just because code is relased under the linux name doesn't magically make it bug free and stable. For the stuff I do I'm seriously thinking of ditching open source unixes altogether (as I've had less than happy experiences with FreeBSD too) and moving over to Solaris. It might have bugs too but I least I'll have someone to shout down the phone at when it breaks.
With the increasing popularity of no-strings-attached consumer hard disk video recorders from the likes of Panasonic and JVC I'm afraid Tivo will soon be history. Like most pioneers really. Though in this case I doubt they'll be missed.
WTF is he doing with them? I know these things can be frustrating to use and the odd remote thrown at them is part of their life but 1 every 15 months?? I wouldn't want to be part of TiVo management if this guy ever goes to one of their shareholder meetings!:)
Pat isn't the only one involved in putting together Slackware. Why don't you get a clue you dumb fuck before you post nasty comments about someone who's probably done more for linux than anyone except Linus and Alan Cox.
Yeah you're right actually , I remember that episode now. But then the fact that Maybourne character hasn't been back even those he was quite "deep" for that show and had lots of potential makes me think that the actor wasn't interested in doing it anymore anyway. I hope I'm wrong.
"when The Next Generation aired, many of the same people said the same things about that show."
Yeah , and they were right. Stock stereotypes right up to and including the last episode. But then you can say that for every star trek series including the original with its Dashing Captain, Logical 1st Officer, Comic Relief Scotsman, Irascable Doctor and Token Black Woman.
I won't disagree with you there. Perhaps it should have an option to pop up a window every time a port is accessed that is currently blocked. It might not tell them all they need to know but it would be a good starting point. Problem is computers are complicated and if novices knew how to fix certain issues then they wouldn't be novices.
In a perfect world that would be true. Unfortunately there will probably always be bugs in network programs (especially with MS) and it might only take one of them for the attacker to own your computer. With this in mind its best just to block all ports from external connection unless specified otherwise even though this can be somewhat irritating at times.
Well I've tried FreeBSD and I like it , but then I'm not a unix novice , my friend is and though I wish it were otherwise , FreeBSD isn't for novice users I'm afraid. The install process can't be a right bitch if you have strange hardware.
I realise I'm going against the more-windows-than-windows trend these days, but I really don't want fancy install screens , pull down menus and all other eye candy junk when I do an install. I just want a nice clean simple text based interface that asks me what I want to install then just gets on with it (ie like Slackware). A friend on mine tried to install mandrake 10.1 but because he was a wierd video card and mandrake (apparently) insists on using a GUI installer he kept getting unexplained crashes. Well ins't that nice. The irony is he only wanted the linux box as a samba server anyway so the GUI side was a complete irrelevance!
Yes the legacy reason is the main reason x86 is around and I won't deny it. As for RISC with a bolted on x86 decoder... why??? WHy not just have a RISC chip and let the compiler do the work? We don't need complex instruction sets in the 21st century! x86 type sets are a hangover from the 70s.
"x86 has come a long way over the years. We now have a multitude of streaming SIMD instructions and the biggest complaint of x86, the lack of GPRs, has been remedied by AMD in x86-64. "
BFD. A polished turd with a pretty bow is still a turd. The majority of high end non-intel server CPUs manage the equivalent MIPS at less Mhz and producing less heat. x86 is the Model-T of the 32 bit world that if it wasn't for backwards compat would have been put out to grass years ago.
More old Intel , they try and try but they just can't get the albatross of the x86 off from around their necks. They tried years ago with the i860 and they tried recently with the itanium but its just not happening. Personally I wish x86 would die ASAP as its an inefficient , bloated and power hungry architecture but if big corps like MS won't support itanium we can only hope that open source does even if that makes a lesser impact on the market as a whole.
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...where the sun is rapidly setting on certain parts of his windows operation. The man might be a good businessman but he doesn't seem to realise that making veiled threats does not intimidate people as it does in the west , in asia its considered extremely rude and gets their backs up and hence they're MORE likely to be contrary and ignore you and your company even further.
Linus does seem to be losing focus somewhat. Linux used to be a tight, stable kernel. These days its sometimes worse than Windows NT. Seems to be the kernel team have been sitting on their laurals and have forgotten that just because code is relased under the linux name doesn't magically make it bug free and stable. For the stuff I do I'm seriously thinking of ditching open source unixes altogether (as I've had less than happy experiences with FreeBSD too) and moving over to Solaris. It might have bugs too but I least I'll have someone to shout down the phone at when it breaks.
It does everything I need as a home box. What will upgrading to 2.6 get me (other than a load of pain with incompatable bits and bobs)?
He made a good point.
If you waste that much money on something you don't even really need then you're obviously paid too much.
"Just how do you propose broadcast TV be paid for?"
Same way as the BBC is in Britain - a license fee.
Why would he need 3? The way he phrased it gave the impression he bought them for himself rather than other people.
With the increasing popularity of no-strings-attached consumer hard disk video recorders from the likes of Panasonic and JVC I'm afraid Tivo will soon be history. Like most pioneers really. Though in this case I doubt they'll be missed.
WTF is he doing with them? I know these things can be frustrating to use and the odd remote thrown at them is part of their life but 1 every 15 months?? I wouldn't want to be part of TiVo management if this guy ever goes to one of their shareholder meetings! :)
Pat isn't the only one involved in putting together Slackware. Why don't you get a clue you dumb fuck before you post nasty comments about someone who's probably done more for linux than anyone except Linus and Alan Cox.
You may pray , others don't. I'm hoping for the best for patrick but praying to a non existant invisible friend will do nothing for him.
The have a Token Asian Woman instead.
Yeah you're right actually , I remember that episode now. But then the fact that Maybourne character hasn't been back even those he was quite "deep" for that show and had lots of potential makes me think that the actor wasn't interested in doing it anymore anyway. I hope I'm wrong.
"when The Next Generation aired, many of the same people said the same things about that show."
Yeah , and they were right. Stock stereotypes right up to and including the last episode. But then you can say that for every star trek series including the original with its Dashing Captain, Logical 1st Officer, Comic Relief Scotsman, Irascable Doctor and Token Black Woman.
Nice idea , but Mayborn died AFAIR back in series 4 or 5. Though with the storylines they've had on SG1 a resurrection is far from impossible.
I won't disagree with you there. Perhaps it should have an option to pop up a window every time a port is accessed that is currently blocked. It might not tell them all they need to know but it would be a good starting point. Problem is computers are complicated and if novices knew how to fix certain issues then they wouldn't be novices.
Net install is great if you have broadband. Over a dialup line? Get real.
In a perfect world that would be true. Unfortunately there will probably always be bugs in network programs (especially with MS) and it might only take one of them for the attacker to own your computer. With this in mind its best just to block all ports from external connection unless specified otherwise even though this can be somewhat irritating at times.
Well I've tried FreeBSD and I like it , but then I'm not a unix novice , my friend is and though I wish it were otherwise , FreeBSD isn't for novice users I'm afraid. The install process can't be a right bitch if you have strange hardware.
Don't ask me , he didn't ask for anyones advice. Anyway, the point still stands - it didn't work.
I realise I'm going against the more-windows-than-windows trend these days, but I really don't want fancy install screens , pull down menus and all other eye candy junk when I do an install. I just want a nice clean simple text based interface that asks me what I want to install then just gets on with it (ie like Slackware). A friend on mine tried to install mandrake 10.1 but because he was a wierd video card and mandrake (apparently) insists on using a GUI installer he kept getting unexplained crashes. Well ins't that nice. The irony is he only wanted the linux box as a samba server anyway so the GUI side was a complete irrelevance!
Yes the legacy reason is the main reason x86 is around and I won't deny it. As for RISC with a bolted on x86 decoder... why??? WHy not just have a RISC chip and let the compiler do the work? We don't need complex instruction sets in the 21st century! x86 type sets are a hangover from the 70s.
"x86 has come a long way over the years. We now have a multitude of streaming SIMD instructions and the biggest complaint of x86, the lack of GPRs, has been remedied by AMD in x86-64. "
BFD. A polished turd with a pretty bow is still a turd. The majority of high end non-intel server CPUs manage the equivalent MIPS at less Mhz and producing less heat. x86 is the Model-T of the 32 bit world that if it wasn't for backwards compat would have been put out to grass years ago.
More old Intel , they try and try but they just can't get the albatross of the x86 off from around their necks. They tried years ago with the i860 and they tried recently with the itanium but its just not happening. Personally I wish x86 would die ASAP as its an inefficient , bloated and power hungry architecture but if big corps like MS won't support itanium we can only hope that open source does even if that makes a lesser impact on the market as a whole.