This seems to be an easier tool for the non-technical to use, and therefore would open it up to a wider audience. Costing record companies billions of dollars and funding terrorism, of course.
The reality is being open, ignoring the politics and focussing of the development model...works, what intel has shown is that real company support of the open model produces incredible results.
The reality is ignoring the politics and focussing of the development model...works, what intel has shown is that real company support produces incredible results.
Do you see what I did there? Open is good, but it is not the most important thing. Support is the important thing. Just opening drivers and letting the community do all the work does not mean much...
If you really saw computers as a tool then you would actually care to have assurances that they actually works and that you had a guarantee that it keeps on working in spite of any upgrade to the tool belt, without you being forced to purchase a replacement. With computers and their peripherals, you get that guarantee by having the driver' committed to the OS. If you don't then it's just a matter of time before you are given the shaft by your driver falling victim to bit rot.
So why have I had some many problems with Intel open source video? (i915 comes to mind https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554432 ) Why have I had some many problems with ATI video in general? Why have I had no trouble with nVidia? Being open does not make it better. Just like being closed does not make it secure.
The tool analogy is great and people often make it. There's alot of sense to it. As long as you are only involved in very basic or simplistic consumer level computing, that is fine. However, if you think in terms of cars, there comes a point where any serious use ends up wanting to travel long distances, wanting to travel through wild areas and wanting to transport non standard goods. At that point, you want a car where you know you can find spares. You want a vehicle where you know that in every little village in Azerbaijan you will be able to get a person who can fix your car.
This is the perfect convergence... I have over 20 years in IT, and am a high end network professional. I also love old cars and motorcycles and rebuild them in my spare time. In my shop, I have some very expensive ratchets, and a quite expensive foot pound torque wrench that goes down to 5.5 foot pounds. I also have a bunch of cheap WalMart screwdrivers. (And a few high end ones) I have both simple and complex cars. I have driven 25 year old vehicles cross country.
Just because I am using a cheap screwdriver does not mean I do not have a nice one, or that I do not know the value of nice tools. Just that this job calls for a cheap screwdriver.
I suspect your definition of "realistic time frame" is a bit different than some people (especially those who consider Linux their primary OS, and won't touch Windows).
I only run Linux on my desktop, laptop, media PC, and work PC. Also, my fiancée only runs Linux. Last time I rebuilt my Desktop, about a year ago, I used a GTX550Ti, and the drivers were prebuilt in a PPA for Ubuntu.
When I buy new hardware, I wouldn't want to wait months/years to use it... So nVidia clearly considers Linux a second-class citizen, which may be OK for you, but not for some.
Everyone considers Linux a second-class citizen. nVidia just threats their second class better than most. Even HP takes a while to release drivers for new printers...
It doesn't mean that the companies are any better - but nVidia's "high road" as you make it out to be really just makes them the bottleneck when it comes to hardware driver support. It puts them in a position where they MUST create the drivers in a timely fashion, because there is no other choice.
Whereas, with other vendors, the existing reference drivers can often be fiddled with to gain partial support for new hardware, and as specifications are released, anyone with the know-how can begin adding support for that hardware - the bottleneck becomes the availability of talent and motivation.
So that is why the ATI drivers are so amazing, and support the latest stuff! No, wait a minute... They only support a narrow range of product before they fall off, and you get the 2D only version.
Anyhow, I take a different road - I avoid high-end graphics hardware entirely, and since I'm not a "gamer", it doesn't matter to me. I just use hand-me-down hardware that people give me and I'm content with it - but I do usually favor AMD's graphics chips since they are more open by nature.
For someone not that interested in graphics drivers, you sure have a strong opinion. And actually, for your case, I would recommend Intel over ATI. PErhaps because to me, graphics are important, and stability more so.
It does tick me off a bit... NVIDIA was the FIRST graphics company to really come out and support Linux across the entire line. They have consistently made binary drivers in a realistic time frame when new hardware comes out. While all the rest were saying BS about licensing and proprietary codecs, Nvidia just made the damn drivers. Now that is not good enough.
It could never have been cached passwords in the tools at home that tried to connect when they first open the app... Nope. That never happens. When I left, I had to start my soft phone app to delete the account in it. It don't know if it still worked or not...
I wondered what the parent post was talking about as well. Those weren't IT guys surveyed, but business majors... You can lie and still get a job in management. You can't in IT.
Been laid off a few times. Most of the time I stayed on and had full access for the two weeks they paid me to stay and do knowledge transfer. I guess it depends on the person...
At least Apple is recognising that there is a market for monitors with more than 1080p. Hopefully, the new display will be a success, and other manufactures will finally some out with truly high def monitors for less than a car payment again.
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And what makes you think that Congress is really the "boss" of the NSA?
If I answer this, I will be investigated by the Justice department. Sad, huh?
This is kinda like people how do not want to sell something because they will lose money. The thing is, they have already lost the money. They are just Realising the Loss when they sell it. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/realizedloss.asp#axzz1yGnexnSj
So, they do not want us to Realise the Loss of our privacy. (Yes, you can read a lot into that, and you should.)
The original summary stated that Google had removed the site from their search results.
I have been bit by that as well. It throws me, since we can not change our posts... So, sorry for the assumption.
It is not removed from the search results. It is also not a .com... Really, at least fully read the summery.
Funny block... https://www.google.com/search?q=YouTube-MP3.org&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=ubuntu&channel=fs
This seems to be an easier tool for the non-technical to use, and therefore would open it up to a wider audience. Costing record companies billions of dollars and funding terrorism, of course.
The reality is being open, ignoring the politics and focussing of the development model...works, what intel has shown is that real company support of the open model produces incredible results.
The reality is ignoring the politics and focussing of the development model...works, what intel has shown is that real company support produces incredible results.
Do you see what I did there? Open is good, but it is not the most important thing. Support is the important thing. Just opening drivers and letting the community do all the work does not mean much...
If you really saw computers as a tool then you would actually care to have assurances that they actually works and that you had a guarantee that it keeps on working in spite of any upgrade to the tool belt, without you being forced to purchase a replacement. With computers and their peripherals, you get that guarantee by having the driver' committed to the OS. If you don't then it's just a matter of time before you are given the shaft by your driver falling victim to bit rot.
So why have I had some many problems with Intel open source video? (i915 comes to mind https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554432 ) Why have I had some many problems with ATI video in general? Why have I had no trouble with nVidia? Being open does not make it better. Just like being closed does not make it secure.
The tool analogy is great and people often make it. There's alot of sense to it. As long as you are only involved in very basic or simplistic consumer level computing, that is fine. However, if you think in terms of cars, there comes a point where any serious use ends up wanting to travel long distances, wanting to travel through wild areas and wanting to transport non standard goods. At that point, you want a car where you know you can find spares. You want a vehicle where you know that in every little village in Azerbaijan you will be able to get a person who can fix your car.
This is the perfect convergence... I have over 20 years in IT, and am a high end network professional. I also love old cars and motorcycles and rebuild them in my spare time. In my shop, I have some very expensive ratchets, and a quite expensive foot pound torque wrench that goes down to 5.5 foot pounds. I also have a bunch of cheap WalMart screwdrivers. (And a few high end ones) I have both simple and complex cars. I have driven 25 year old vehicles cross country.
Just because I am using a cheap screwdriver does not mean I do not have a nice one, or that I do not know the value of nice tools. Just that this job calls for a cheap screwdriver.
And when people use that tool to make you do things you don't want, then remember what you agreed to. But it's not a religion, so that makes it okay.
No, because I did not marry that tool. When it no longer suits my purpose, I will get a different tool.
I suspect your definition of "realistic time frame" is a bit different than some people (especially those who consider Linux their primary OS, and won't touch Windows).
I only run Linux on my desktop, laptop, media PC, and work PC. Also, my fiancée only runs Linux. Last time I rebuilt my Desktop, about a year ago, I used a GTX550Ti, and the drivers were prebuilt in a PPA for Ubuntu.
When I buy new hardware, I wouldn't want to wait months/years to use it... So nVidia clearly considers Linux a second-class citizen, which may be OK for you, but not for some.
Everyone considers Linux a second-class citizen. nVidia just threats their second class better than most. Even HP takes a while to release drivers for new printers...
It doesn't mean that the companies are any better - but nVidia's "high road" as you make it out to be really just makes them the bottleneck when it comes to hardware driver support. It puts them in a position where they MUST create the drivers in a timely fashion, because there is no other choice.
Whereas, with other vendors, the existing reference drivers can often be fiddled with to gain partial support for new hardware, and as specifications are released, anyone with the know-how can begin adding support for that hardware - the bottleneck becomes the availability of talent and motivation.
So that is why the ATI drivers are so amazing, and support the latest stuff! No, wait a minute... They only support a narrow range of product before they fall off, and you get the 2D only version.
Anyhow, I take a different road - I avoid high-end graphics hardware entirely, and since I'm not a "gamer", it doesn't matter to me. I just use hand-me-down hardware that people give me and I'm content with it - but I do usually favor AMD's graphics chips since they are more open by nature.
For someone not that interested in graphics drivers, you sure have a strong opinion. And actually, for your case, I would recommend Intel over ATI. PErhaps because to me, graphics are important, and stability more so.
To me, computers are a tool, not a religion. So I am OK with a "black box" that works better than an "open box" any day.
Not to mention that ATI lets drivers fall out of support a lot faster...
It does tick me off a bit... NVIDIA was the FIRST graphics company to really come out and support Linux across the entire line. They have consistently made binary drivers in a realistic time frame when new hardware comes out. While all the rest were saying BS about licensing and proprietary codecs, Nvidia just made the damn drivers. Now that is not good enough.
But do you know everybody that works at IT?
Not since the call center was outsourced to India...
I have never been hired back. (Had some offers) But I have done a LOT of contracting for former employers. At a nice rate... :)
I've almost always seen the psychopath-spectrum manager anxious to have a former employee escorted off the premesis.
I tend not to work for those long... So it becomes me telling them, not the other way around.
Then reopen the accounts when you find out they need to give some knowledge transfer on the way out... Ooops...
It could never have been cached passwords in the tools at home that tried to connect when they first open the app... Nope. That never happens. When I left, I had to start my soft phone app to delete the account in it. It don't know if it still worked or not...
I wondered what the parent post was talking about as well. Those weren't IT guys surveyed, but business majors... You can lie and still get a job in management. You can't in IT.
Been laid off a few times. Most of the time I stayed on and had full access for the two weeks they paid me to stay and do knowledge transfer. I guess it depends on the person...
With the ram surface mount soldered to the motherboard, that is unlikely...
At least Apple is recognising that there is a market for monitors with more than 1080p. Hopefully, the new display will be a success, and other manufactures will finally some out with truly high def monitors for less than a car payment again.
http://www.japanator.com/post.phtml?pk=8753
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/27/u-s-citizen-arrested-in-canada-for-manga-on-laptop-faces-minim/
And this was a few seconds on Google. It happens.