I was involved in a project about 9 years ago, writing a tabbed scoreboard in Java. It was a nightmare - a total hack to do something as simple as tabs. Java would have been better off to have stuck to a server side language. The applet side is a joke. I'd much rather code & run an X11 app. When I look at the complexity of getting a Java app going these days, I wince a bit.
Scripting is a much faster means of development. You could say "yeah, but Java runs faster!", and you'd be right. I could (and have) write something that runs even faster in straight C... My point is that hardware costs have really come down, and in some cases it makes more sense to a) ship earlier, b) compensate by using more machines to handle the scripting overhead, c) have the means to iterate faster through development phases. Time to market is important. Customers don't care what the f**k something is written in, if they can't see it.
> They are forcing out all other architectural options by demonstrating a high activity development cycle for only one architecture.
Huh? Works great on PPC.... A friend of mine is installing it on AMD64 (on a laptop, no less) right now. The only "forcing" Ubuntu does is that it serves as a nice wake up call to other distros.
[oh, now I'm the wanker.. sorry that was all run together.. here's the proper version... - dls]
1) I can't believe these guys had the gall to use the GNU head graphic. I can believe there are some suits out there that will be dumb enough to fall for it ("oh! they're one of those free software guys, oh cool!"). Somewhere in Boston, RMS is tearing his hobbit beard out in a fit of rage.
2) Do you think the 5 or so people that actually paid the $50 up front for the ill-fated release will get a refund? After all, now it's free! Oh, wait, it's not, there's a $14.95 S&H charge...
3) "Overwhelming Demand"!? Who the f*ck are they kidding? If you have overwhelming demand for a product, you *charge* for it. or *charge more* for it. I think this happened:
CherryOS web admin: "hey, the web hits are going through the roof!"
CherryOS marketing: "wow! we'll call that 'overwhelming demand'"
CherryOS web admin: "uh, I don't think all of these hits are friendly... they're saying a bunch of stuff about us that's actually true.. I think they're on to something..."
CherryOS marketing: (firmly) "I said 'overwhelming demand', and that's going to be our story - we're going to corner the Vapor Market!"
the rest of us: "no, it's overwhelming disbelief, you wankers!"
1) I can't believe these guys had the gall to use the GNU head graphic. I can believe there are some suits out there that will be dumb enough to fall for it ("oh! they're one of those free software guys, oh cool!"). Somewhere in Boston, RMS is tearing his hobbit beard out in a fit of rage.
2) Do you think the 5 or so people that actually paid the $50 up front for the ill-fated release will get a refund? After all, now it's free! Oh, wait, it's not, there's a $14.95 S&H charge...
3) "Overwhelming Demand"!? Who the f*ck are they kidding? If you have overwhelming demand for a product, you *charge* for it. or *charge more* for it. I think this happened:
CherryOS web admin: "hey, the web hits are going through the roof!"
CherryOS marketing: "wow! we'll call that 'overwhelming demand'"
CherryOS web admin: "uh, I don't think all of these hits are friendly... they're saying a bunch of stuff about us that's actually true.. I think they're on to something..."
CherryOS marketing: (firmly) "I said 'overwhelming demand', and that's going to be our story - we're going to corner the Vapor Market!"
the rest of us: "no, it's overwhelming disbelief, you wankers!"
I would look at the low prices, go up a level or two in quality for a known-good brand for the drive, and especially for the media (I want to be able to read it back 10 years from now!) Rock bottom cheapness usually spells trouble.
And as an indication of how prices come down, here's an old posting of mine from 1995:
I notice that ISN (Internet Shopping Network) is running a special on the Sequel 5400 5.25" 4gb drive for $699.99. Anyone have any opinions on this drive?
I just saw the most excellent documentary "Bowling for Columbine" last night, and in it MM proposes a reality show about Corporate Criminals.
Well, Mr. Moore, here's your show! Confront SCO in their lobby (a la Kmart). Ask the tough questions. Make Darl squirm in his chair like Charlton fscking Heston.
Then go to Microsoft and interview Mr. Gates, and watch as he tries to distance himself from SCO (because he's smart enough to be embarassed by their actions)
> Yes, I am aware of that. Our legal department has already begun the process of splitting SCO into two organizations, called the Santa Cruz Operation and the Santa Cruise Operation, respectively
And in other news, Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise are suing SCO for defamation of surname.
No matter what caused this at a single power plant, my original point still stands... it's remarkable that a single point of failure could ripple so far.
20 million people without power because of a lightning strike?!
I find that utterly amazing. Talk about your "point of failure". I'm sure a lot of investigation is going to be looking at how this cascaded so far (after '77, supposedly safeguards were put in place to prevent this very occurence)
How can the power grid be structured to be more like the Internet? Is it possible?
This all seems so mid-20th century. You would think our tech would be way beyond this now... (maybe the tech is, and it's just a lousy implementation)
This ought to be interesting: SCO Group Third Quarter 2003 Webcast and Conference Call Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:00 AM ET http://ir.sco.com/medialist.cfm
On the one hand, perhaps I should quake in my hiking boots that SCO will send Apache Helicopters buzzing around my house, with Guido the Collector shaking me down for $1400.
On the other hand, Oracle has 8000 people internally running Linux, so logic would dictate that SCO will go after them first. Do you really think for a moment that Larry Ellison is going to pay SCO?
Oh, wait, this isn't one of those "logic dictates" deals; we're talking about Somewhat Crazy Orangutans.
It is significant in the sense that the drop is being linked to IBM's announcement. It is also significant in the sense that no other major stocks in SCOX's neck of the woods are dropping to this degree on this day. It is not merely profit taking from the recent runup.
I have a 15 slot subscription, and keep some books in there for several months. It's a very useful service, and has a wide range of titles from many publishers.
Although I could buy hard copies of all of books that have come and gone through my Safari account, it would financially stupid @ $35 - $50 per book. It's also nice to be able to go anywhere and have access to all of those books.
> Near the end of your tour, check out pricewatch.com for >electronics and have them shipped "General Delivery" to a >post office near your departure city.
Heads up: No sales tax in Oregon, which will save you 7%+ over having the same goods shipped to California (depending on who you buy from online)... just another thing to be aware of.
Busiest Costco in America? In Oregon (no sales tax), just over the border from Vancouver, Washington (no state income tax)...
Not to mention BridgeClimb in Sydney! I had a lot of fun doing that, and can't imagine a major American bridge that would allow the same thing. You are physically attached to the structure (roller inside tracks) the whole time.
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I was involved in a project about 9 years ago, writing a tabbed scoreboard in Java. It was a nightmare - a total hack to do something as simple as tabs. Java would have been better off to have stuck to a server side language. The applet side is a joke. I'd much rather code & run an X11 app. When I look at the complexity of getting a Java app going these days, I wince a bit.
... My point is that hardware costs have really come down, and in some cases it makes more sense to a) ship earlier, b) compensate by using more machines to handle the scripting overhead, c) have the means to iterate faster through development phases. Time to market is important. Customers don't care what the f**k something is written in, if they can't see it.
Scripting is a much faster means of development. You could say "yeah, but Java runs faster!", and you'd be right. I could (and have) write something that runs even faster in straight C
> They are forcing out all other architectural options by demonstrating a high activity development cycle for only one architecture.
Huh? Works great on PPC.... A friend of mine is installing it on AMD64 (on a laptop, no less) right now. The only "forcing" Ubuntu does is that it serves as a nice wake up call to other distros.
Lose? You're assuming we could spell in the first place? :-)
[oh, now I'm the wanker.. sorry that was all run together.. here's the proper version... - dls]
... they're saying a bunch of stuff about us that's actually true .. I think they're on to something ..."
1) I can't believe these guys had the gall to use the GNU head graphic. I can believe there are some suits out there that will be dumb enough to fall for it ("oh! they're one of those free software guys, oh cool!"). Somewhere in Boston, RMS is tearing his hobbit beard out in a fit of rage.
2) Do you think the 5 or so people that actually paid the $50 up front for the ill-fated release will get a refund? After all, now it's free! Oh, wait, it's not, there's a $14.95 S&H charge...
3) "Overwhelming Demand"!? Who the f*ck are they kidding? If you have overwhelming demand for a product, you *charge* for it. or *charge more* for it. I think this happened:
CherryOS web admin: "hey, the web hits are going through the roof!"
CherryOS marketing: "wow! we'll call that 'overwhelming demand'"
CherryOS web admin: "uh, I don't think all of these hits are friendly
CherryOS marketing: (firmly) "I said 'overwhelming demand', and that's going to be our story - we're going to corner the Vapor Market!"
the rest of us: "no, it's overwhelming disbelief, you wankers!"
1) I can't believe these guys had the gall to use the GNU head graphic. I can believe there are some suits out there that will be dumb enough to fall for it ("oh! they're one of those free software guys, oh cool!"). Somewhere in Boston, RMS is tearing his hobbit beard out in a fit of rage. 2) Do you think the 5 or so people that actually paid the $50 up front for the ill-fated release will get a refund? After all, now it's free! Oh, wait, it's not, there's a $14.95 S&H charge... 3) "Overwhelming Demand"!? Who the f*ck are they kidding? If you have overwhelming demand for a product, you *charge* for it. or *charge more* for it. I think this happened: CherryOS web admin: "hey, the web hits are going through the roof!" CherryOS marketing: "wow! we'll call that 'overwhelming demand'" CherryOS web admin: "uh, I don't think all of these hits are friendly ... they're saying a bunch of stuff about us that's actually true .. I think they're on to something ..."
CherryOS marketing: (firmly) "I said 'overwhelming demand', and that's going to be our story - we're going to corner the Vapor Market!"
the rest of us: "no, it's overwhelming disbelief, you wankers!"
What's the business motivation?
Your employees are spending X% of the day deleting spam, when they could be doing something productive.
This has nothing to do with personal email, and everything to do with authenticating
Agreed.
:-)
I would look at the low prices, go up a level or two in quality for a known-good brand for the drive, and especially for the media (I want to be able to read it back 10 years from now!) Rock bottom cheapness usually spells trouble.
And as an indication of how prices come down, here's an old posting of mine from 1995:
I notice that ISN (Internet Shopping Network) is running a special on the Sequel 5400 5.25" 4gb drive for $699.99. Anyone have any opinions on this drive?
Ah, the good old days
Ya know, maybe it's time to take the word "Open" out of OpenSSH. It's becoming too much of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
How about "TheSourceIsOpen_ButWeWillBeDamnedIfYouGetInWitho
Does it have a scene of a Mickey Mouse watch melting over a tree limb?
I just saw the most excellent documentary "Bowling for Columbine" last night, and in it MM proposes a reality show about Corporate Criminals.
Well, Mr. Moore, here's your show! Confront SCO in their lobby (a la Kmart). Ask the tough questions. Make Darl squirm in his chair like Charlton fscking Heston.
Then go to Microsoft and interview Mr. Gates, and watch as he tries to distance himself from SCO (because he's smart enough to be embarassed by their actions)
Moore would have a field day with SCO.
> Yes, I am aware of that. Our legal department has already begun the process of splitting SCO into two organizations, called the Santa Cruz Operation and the Santa Cruise Operation, respectively
And in other news, Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise are suing SCO for defamation of surname.
No, we need to reach back in history to WWII Germany. The lies of Somewhat Crazy Orangutans are more along the lines of Joseph Goebbels.
"If Linux developers had designed the power grid, then..."
Oh wait, now it's fire?!
No matter what caused this at a single power plant, my original point still stands... it's remarkable that a single point of failure could ripple so far.
20 million people without power because of a lightning strike?!
I find that utterly amazing. Talk about your "point of failure". I'm sure a lot of investigation is going to be looking at how this cascaded so far (after '77, supposedly safeguards were put in place to prevent this very occurence)
How can the power grid be structured to be more like the Internet? Is it possible?
This all seems so mid-20th century. You would think our tech would be way beyond this now... (maybe the tech is, and it's just a lousy implementation)
This ought to be interesting:
SCO Group Third Quarter 2003 Webcast and Conference Call
Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:00 AM ET
http://ir.sco.com/medialist.cfm
On the one hand, perhaps I should quake in my hiking boots that SCO will send Apache Helicopters buzzing around my house, with Guido the Collector shaking me down for $1400.
On the other hand, Oracle has 8000 people internally running Linux, so logic would dictate that SCO will go after them first. Do you really think for a moment that Larry Ellison is going to pay SCO?
Oh, wait, this isn't one of those "logic dictates" deals; we're talking about Somewhat Crazy Orangutans.
"We have IBM surrounded at the airport!"
Hmm, the timing may work out so that Darl McBride is set alight at Burning Man on September 1st... thus making an exciting, toasty end to the Map.
They could very publically withdraw from the conference, if they wanted to make a point...
Listening, Carly?
But do you think they'll call RMS as an expert witness? Gawd, I hope he doesn't pull out a flute or start singing...
Just imagine, you're in court, and all of the sudden: free software song (shudder)
It is significant in the sense that the drop is being linked to IBM's announcement. It is also significant in the sense that no other major stocks in SCOX's neck of the woods are dropping to this degree on this day. It is not merely profit taking from the recent runup.
AIX... Almost Imitates uniX.
please, no
Been to Safari?
I have a 15 slot subscription, and keep some books in there for several months. It's a very useful service, and has a wide range of titles from many publishers.
Although I could buy hard copies of all of books that have come and gone through my Safari account, it would financially stupid @ $35 - $50 per book. It's also nice to be able to go anywhere and have access to all of those books.
> Near the end of your tour, check out pricewatch.com for >electronics and have them shipped "General Delivery" to a >post office near your departure city.
... just another thing to be aware of.
...
Heads up: No sales tax in Oregon, which will save you 7%+ over having the same goods shipped to California (depending on who you buy from online)
Busiest Costco in America? In Oregon (no sales tax), just over the border from Vancouver, Washington (no state income tax)
Not to mention BridgeClimb in Sydney! I had a lot of fun doing that, and can't imagine a major American bridge that would allow the same thing. You are physically attached to the structure (roller inside tracks) the whole time.