Even more exciting will be Tolkien's translation of the poem and his line-by-line interpretation of its meaning, which will be published next summer.
I really like Tolkien, but I had to really push myself to get through the Silmarillion... Somehow a line by line explanation strikes me as being much less than 'exciting'!
I have been using PHP for about 4 years, and I quite like the language. I would much rather use PHP than Perl, VBscript or Jscript.
However there are some things which I think need to be cleaned up.
The language is a great big mud puddle of libraries and helper functions. It would be nice if libraries could be imported at script run time (They could be sitting in memory waiting to be imported to negate speed issues) instead being available all the time. Ie If you want to use a function you must explicitly import the module containing the function. Why do I need MSSQL, Postges and MySQL connectivity all at the same time?
And I really hate prefixing all variables with '$'. Maybe they can do something about that...?
Linux holds a very small portion of the handheld market.
This is because hardware is the driving cost of PDAs. MS and Palm both license there Handheld OSs for between $8-$10, so the cost of the operating system has little effect on the cost of the unit.
Palm have not invested enough in the latest version of their OS, so it is only a matter of time before WinCE surpasses Palm in Market share, as it already surpasses them in OS features.
Because of this, I think it is going to be very hard for Linux to beat Palm and MS in the handheld market. We have to come up with a much better product, with more features, as beating the competion on price does not count for much...
Story duplication is really getting out of hand. Do any of the editors actually read slashdot? This issue really should be addressed because it pisses off readers and wastes our time!
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Python is fantastic for this sort of thing. It's very quick to get applications up and running...
It has binding for many GUI libs, including wxWindows. There is also bindings for SDL and OpenGL:-)
If your worried about speed, write an extension module, or try inline C (weave) or use Psyco to genererate optimised code specifically for your data...
Interestingly enough, that is basically the only major difference between NT4 Server and NT4 Workstation. I believe there was also a flag in the registry somewhere which apps could query to determine whether they were on a Server or Workstation. If you changed this setting, it inexplicably was reset when you next viewed the registry. After some research I discovered there is a tiny thread in the kernel specifically for checking and resetting that particular registry setting...
NT Server has a larger timeslice and more caching for some system functions, while NT Workstation has a smaller timeslice with caching geared for user apps.
I know NT is old technology, and I'm not sure if this still applies to the latest MS offerings. Hardly justifies the price difference between Server and Workstation!
First I don't know if you were trying to help me or make fun.
It seems you do a good job of making fun of yourself without anybody else having to help!
This last comment is more unreadable than the first!
A few hints:
Type slowly, dont just empty your brain into the keyboard.
Read it twice before you post, then you might start making sense to the rest of the world!
Im not sure about the states, but here in.au we can buy service manuals for pretty much any make/model car you like. And they do go through every component, right down to a carburettor dissassembly, or a catalytic converter diagram on modern vehicles.
I dont buy it for precisely that reason. And why exactly should I change my views on closed source? Because BK is supposedly a better product?
I have worked in 3 major software housed in Australia, and each of them developed their own in-house SCCS, ranging from modding current open systems, to writing simple Perl scripts. SCCS is one of those things that has to be tailored to a companies work processes, something one can do with open source, but not with prop. products.
Whats different is; When you buy a Ford, you can open the bonnet and look at the engine. Hey, you can even replace the stock seats with bucket seats if you want. And burgers?? Don't want tomato or pickle? Take it out...
When you buy closed source software, you cannot tinker, change or modify anything. You can't remove the pickles, and you can't put in comfier seats... that's the difference.
I was not suggesting going back to using steam powered engine. My point was we should put the same amount of research into creating fuel efficient petroleum engines that went into steam engines...
I remember chatting to an engineer friend of mine about engines and efficiency of fuel use.
Apparently modern internal combustion engines are only about 3-5% efficient. Ie they only extract about 3-5% of the potential power of each unit of fuel consumed.
On the other hand, steam engines were developed so much over the last century that the most modern steam engines could haul 1 ton approximately 3 miles, on a teaspoon of coal. Thats right, 1 teaspoon!
Seems to me the best way forward is to work out more efficient uses of petrol for powering engines, so we use less fuel, rather than investigating different energy sources.
Most women would not be amused when watching a digital chick with an oversized rack bounce around for the amusement of oversexed immature teenage boys.
However in private, or with friends they trust, it wouldn't bother them.
I believe most women are just as facinated with breasts as most men are. You will never get a stranger on the street to admit this, however women I know well have admitted this to me, and it is actually possible to have a discussion on various attributes of different breasts with them.
I totally agree with you, I'm a hobby game developer and I have a strict rule of only working on non-violent games.
It amazing the amount of creativity that can be unleashed when moving away from the 'kill or be killed' genre. Unfortunately the indifferent attitude many people have toward other's suffering and the tendency to respond to violence with violence is deeply ingrained in most of society, and is a problem that men will never solve.
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Nah text-mode net-hack is much much worse. :)
I really like Tolkien, but I had to really push myself to get through the Silmarillion... Somehow a line by line explanation strikes me as being much less than 'exciting'!
It does not mention anything about schools switching to Linux.
However there are some things which I think need to be cleaned up.
The language is a great big mud puddle of libraries and helper functions. It would be nice if libraries could be imported at script run time (They could be sitting in memory waiting to be imported to negate speed issues) instead being available all the time. Ie If you want to use a function you must explicitly import the module containing the function. Why do I need MSSQL, Postges and MySQL connectivity all at the same time?
And I really hate prefixing all variables with '$'. Maybe they can do something about that...?
This is because hardware is the driving cost of PDAs. MS and Palm both license there Handheld OSs for between $8-$10, so the cost of the operating system has little effect on the cost of the unit.
Palm have not invested enough in the latest version of their OS, so it is only a matter of time before WinCE surpasses Palm in Market share, as it already surpasses them in OS features.
Because of this, I think it is going to be very hard for Linux to beat Palm and MS in the handheld market. We have to come up with a much better product, with more features, as beating the competion on price does not count for much...
The #1 Collectable is surely...
Duke Nukem Forever!
I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. You will be approximated.
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It has binding for many GUI libs, including wxWindows. There is also bindings for SDL and OpenGL :-)
If your worried about speed, write an extension module, or try inline C (weave) or use Psyco to genererate optimised code specifically for your data...
Slashdotted with extreme prejudice.
Hmmmm....
NT Server has a larger timeslice and more caching for some system functions, while NT Workstation has a smaller timeslice with caching geared for user apps.
I know NT is old technology, and I'm not sure if this still applies to the latest MS offerings. Hardly justifies the price difference between Server and Workstation!
It seems you do a good job of making fun of yourself without anybody else having to help!
This last comment is more unreadable than the first!
A few hints:
Type slowly, dont just empty your brain into the keyboard.
Read it twice before you post, then you might start making sense to the rest of the world!
Im not sure about the states, but here in .au we can buy service manuals for pretty much any make/model car you like. And they do go through every component, right down to a carburettor dissassembly, or a catalytic converter diagram on modern vehicles.
Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?
Most people (probably 99%) would answer, No.
I have worked in 3 major software housed in Australia, and each of them developed their own in-house SCCS, ranging from modding current open systems, to writing simple Perl scripts. SCCS is one of those things that has to be tailored to a companies work processes, something one can do with open source, but not with prop. products.
That is because he was talking about the Linux kernel... NOT the GNU/Linux system.
When you buy closed source software, you cannot tinker, change or modify anything. You can't remove the pickles, and you can't put in comfier seats... that's the difference.
I was not suggesting going back to using steam powered engine. My point was we should put the same amount of research into creating fuel efficient petroleum engines that went into steam engines...
Apparently modern internal combustion engines are only about 3-5% efficient. Ie they only extract about 3-5% of the potential power of each unit of fuel consumed.
On the other hand, steam engines were developed so much over the last century that the most modern steam engines could haul 1 ton approximately 3 miles, on a teaspoon of coal. Thats right, 1 teaspoon!
Seems to me the best way forward is to work out more efficient uses of petrol for powering engines, so we use less fuel, rather than investigating different energy sources.
Most women would not be amused when watching a digital chick with an oversized rack bounce around for the amusement of oversexed immature teenage boys.
However in private, or with friends they trust, it wouldn't bother them.
is a stunt by CowboyNeal to scam some geek women!
I believe most women are just as facinated with breasts as most men are. You will never get a stranger on the street to admit this, however women I know well have admitted this to me, and it is actually possible to have a discussion on various attributes of different breasts with them.
I heard about this on 92.9 FM, a local radio station in Perth, Western Australia, yesterday morning.
It amazing the amount of creativity that can be unleashed when moving away from the 'kill or be killed' genre. Unfortunately the indifferent attitude many people have toward other's suffering and the tendency to respond to violence with violence is deeply ingrained in most of society, and is a problem that men will never solve.