And, surprisingly honest. I'm quite impressed with how honest they were about the problems they faced.
And that's where OSS evangelism has to happen... showing that OS is better even with its problems, not that proprietary is worse and OS is perfect. Good for them:)
Sounds like "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett to me... in that book a guy tries to build a clock that will run on the 'tick' of the universe -- absolute time if you will. However, in building it he manages to stop time short, effectively, as Pratchett puts it, 'sticking an iron bar between the cogs of time'
You're quite correct, the kernel itself is called linux. However, as a complete operating system it is known as GNU/Linux, because it uses the gnu tools.
All the tools on Linux (among others) such as ls, mv, cp, gcc etc., are part of the GNU set, and as (the argument goes) these tools are a major part of the OS, they should be acknoweldged as such.
So GNU/Linux is an Operating System using the Linux Kernel and the GNU Tools.
I'm not entirely sure that I agree with that, but, hey, A rose by any other name and all that jazz...
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true, and you have a point, except that DDOS has a whole lot less public respect than a physical demonstration. So while you can (legitimately) argue for a DDOS as a demonstration, the public aren't gonna see it as that. They're gonna see a "hacker attack" against a "respectable corporation". And that ain't gonna be good for the open-source reputation.
Oh yeah... good idea guys
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Now the legal system will have even less respect for linux, and those working on it -- some of whom happen to be the defendants in a somewhat important lawsuit happening at the moment.
So while, yes, it's quite funny, perhaps it wasn't a particularly wise move? People need to start repsonding intelligently rather than with knee-jerk retribution.
if, for instance you work in a museum -- how useful would it be to be able to put an object on the scanner, and the computer automatically retrieves the information or data for it, without you needing to know what the object is or what it's called.
It's gonna be pretty useless for security or encryption, but in some fields it would be brilliant.
This is a pretty good plan--the "last mile" has always been the slow point in internet connections.
This will also do wonders for the local economy; having built-in fiber will be a massive attraction to tech businesses. I daresay we'll be seeing a lot more of this sort of thing from now on.
Recursive Code! Let me get this straight: I need to decode this so I can compile it so I can decode the code in order to compile in the first place... my head hurts:P
but how they are perceived. For instance, there are a whoooole lot of distros based off other distros - based on RH, Slack, Debian etc.
This is all well and good, but maybe we need some other terminology than "distro". A term which implied sort of half-fledged distro-ness [sic], for instance for a distro *based on* something, but focussed in a certain area, would be very useful.
If this were the case, you would have your general distros (Redhat, Slack, Debian), and then, in sub-groups or similar, you would have Redhat-based College Distro, or Debian-based Medical Records distro or whatever....
I've never heard "KDE" and "less is more" on the same side of a sentence before...
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True that... some of the guys built one at school, using deodorant as the propellant (alcohol based.. mmmm) and were putting spuds through metal street signs from 50 metres. Sorta makes you not want to get hit by one...
Chimera is still my primary browser -- I tried safari, but I really can't handle no tabs, and it munts up local relative URLs (which is a killer for web development)
no, no, no, that's a paradox... an oxymoron is two words or ideas juxtaposed that _imply_ contradiction, or that wouldn't normally fit together ("...pretty ugly","Microsoft Works","Military Intelligence")
"Secure, efficient and easy" would at first seem to be impossible, but on closer inspection is not so... that makes it a paradox.
(admittedly, it has oxymoron-like properties, but I think the fact that there are three parts to it rather than two negates that)
yep... build your own rpm. It should work on any RH8.0 system if that's where you built it, and it won't mess up the RPM database like make & make installs do.
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Sad, but true...
And, surprisingly honest. I'm quite impressed with how honest they were about the problems they faced.
:)
And that's where OSS evangelism has to happen... showing that OS is better even with its problems, not that proprietary is worse and OS is perfect. Good for them
Sounds like "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett to me... in that book a guy tries to build a clock that will run on the 'tick' of the universe -- absolute time if you will. However, in building it he manages to stop time short, effectively, as Pratchett puts it, 'sticking an iron bar between the cogs of time'
the window borders thing isn't a bad idea, but as for making content disappear in the background... "hullooo, earth to microsoft"
an OK for Transmeta may be a KO for Intel and AMD ;)
Ok, enough with the lame jokes, what exactly are these "smart displays"?
It's a sad truth, but a truth none the less, that in a capitalist state, he with the most money wins the race -- money is power.
You're quite correct, the kernel itself is called linux. However, as a complete operating system it is known as GNU/Linux, because it uses the gnu tools.
All the tools on Linux (among others) such as ls, mv, cp, gcc etc., are part of the GNU set, and as (the argument goes) these tools are a major part of the OS, they should be acknoweldged as such.
So GNU/Linux is an Operating System using the Linux Kernel and the GNU Tools.
I'm not entirely sure that I agree with that, but, hey, A rose by any other name and all that jazz...
true, and you have a point, except that DDOS has a whole lot less public respect than a physical demonstration. So while you can (legitimately) argue for a DDOS as a demonstration, the public aren't gonna see it as that. They're gonna see a "hacker attack" against a "respectable corporation". And that ain't gonna be good for the open-source reputation.
Now the legal system will have even less respect for linux, and those working on it -- some of whom happen to be the defendants in a somewhat important lawsuit happening at the moment.
So while, yes, it's quite funny, perhaps it wasn't a particularly wise move? People need to start repsonding intelligently rather than with knee-jerk retribution.
if, for instance you work in a museum -- how useful would it be to be able to put an object on the scanner, and the computer automatically retrieves the information or data for it, without you needing to know what the object is or what it's called.
It's gonna be pretty useless for security or encryption, but in some fields it would be brilliant.
to the term "Elevator Music"
Imagine a few hours of that o_O
"Published 01 Apr 03"
Then listen to the recording of the interview... it seems eerily IDENTICAL to if, say, I select the text and hit "Speech->Start Speaking"
(Not to mention "Apple couldn't get the Speech Synthesis working in time, so they just recorded my voice...")
Can anyone say "April Fools"?
This is a pretty good plan--the "last mile" has always been the slow point in internet connections.
This will also do wonders for the local economy; having built-in fiber will be a massive attraction to tech businesses. I daresay we'll be seeing a lot more of this sort of thing from now on.
It's a really good idea, but we are still going to run out of fossil fuels eventually (not to mention the pollution problem...
doesn't this just put off the inevitable a little bit more?
(although, I must say I wouldn't mind one... altho I 'm not sure how it would handle with the engine on the front wheel like that)
Recursive Code! Let me get this straight: I need to decode this so I can compile it so I can decode the code in order to compile in the first place... my head hurts :P
192 * 2 (dual procs) = 384
448 * 2 = 896
384 + 896 = 1280 processors
384 * 1GHz = 384 GHz
896 * 2.2GHz = ~1971 GHz
384 + 1971 = 2355 GHz
So yeah.. it works. Ironically, I'm also in New Zealand.
but how they are perceived. For instance, there are a whoooole lot of distros based off other distros - based on RH, Slack, Debian etc.
This is all well and good, but maybe we need some other terminology than "distro". A term which implied sort of half-fledged distro-ness [sic], for instance for a distro *based on* something, but focussed in a certain area, would be very useful.
If this were the case, you would have your general distros (Redhat, Slack, Debian), and then, in sub-groups or similar, you would have Redhat-based College Distro, or Debian-based Medical Records distro or whatever....
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I've never heard "KDE" and "less is more" on the same side of a sentence before...
True that... some of the guys built one at school, using deodorant as the propellant (alcohol based.. mmmm) and were putting spuds through metal street signs from 50 metres. Sorta makes you not want to get hit by one...
...but just how stable *is* a "tau lepton"?
Amen!
:)
Chimera is still my primary browser -- I tried safari, but I really can't handle no tabs, and it munts up local relative URLs (which is a killer for web development)
Mozilla is bloat, and kinda ugly after aqua.
IE is IE... need I say more?
So I say, keep it coming Chimera, please!!
no, no, no, that's a paradox... an oxymoron is two words or ideas juxtaposed that _imply_ contradiction, or that wouldn't normally fit together ("...pretty ugly","Microsoft Works","Military Intelligence")
"Secure, efficient and easy" would at first seem to be impossible, but on closer inspection is not so... that makes it a paradox.
(admittedly, it has oxymoron-like properties, but I think the fact that there are three parts to it rather than two negates that)
yep... build your own rpm. It should work on any RH8.0 system if that's where you built it, and it won't mess up the RPM database like make & make installs do.