... is BayStar, who seems to be much more interested in funding IP lawsuits than in Real Business.
I thought "Wow, the stockholders have woken up!" when I first read about the whole BayStar thing.
But fact is, BayStar has issues with SCO because the former is saying "Dump all your staff, minimize expenses, and just sue, sue, sue." and the latter isn't totally complying - so BayStar is taking their ball and going home.
I'd appreciate it if you didn't go flashing your nigritude ultramarine thingy at me, thank you very much!
Y'know, it's actually really hard to put nigritude ultramarine into any sort of meaningful context, which pretty much sucks. But that's not going to stop me from talking about (or even google bombing) nigritude ultramarine within the context of the Slashdot web site. Specifically, I'm referring to the article about nigritude ultramarine. Just in case you didn't know why there's so many references to nigritude ultramarine in this particular post.
But since we have a partially complete native implemetation of the windows API in wine I cant imagine that it would be that much of a mammoth task to intercept API calls and/or use an alternative pixmaps.
I've not looked at the Wine source so don't take what I say as gospel, but my guess would be they just map GDI calls to Xwindows/Xlib stuff. So if Windows draws all its controls using nothing but primitives (very possible, even likely) you might be SOL.
In theory, if microsoft writes a future version of office in *.net as they suggest, wouldnt that mean we can just run mono and have the 'real deal' on *nix?
No porting required...
Nope. You'd have the same trouble that Wine's having at the moment, as System.Windows.Forms (i.e. UI API for.NET on Windows) is built on top of the Win32 API stuff.
And since Mono's implementation of System.Windows.Forms is relatively sucky (because it's built on top of Wine - they prefer GTK#, and so would I) you'd most likely be S.O.L as far as an 'instant port' goes.
That's the magic of.NET.
Mind you, Swing applications generally suck hard too, but for different reasons:)
ultimately resulting in games that are closer to full-blown Pixar animations, allowing better narratives and more immersive user experiences.
Oh bullshit.
How do better graphics translate into better narratives, or immersive user experiences?
There's always going to be a "Woah!" factor with each new generation of consoles, but people get over it rather quickly. And once they do, you better hope your games have substance or they'll litter store shelves. Permanently.
I think there's a point you missed though. Even though Debian is well supported and is infact a good linux distro, it's still aged. There is a definite trend towards open source operating systems right now and I think Debian is going to miss out on this to sa large extent. People (and by people I don't mean individual computer enthusiasts) are going for the more main stream and updated distros such as Fedora.
Gentoo packages are updated every two or three days. emerge sync every couple of days will nearly always result in various packages in need of updates. Aside from java-gnome being constantly broken, fixed and rebroken and the sometimes patience testing compile times, it's great as far as up-to-date software goes.
Debian unstable, although I've only just started using it, has updates almost as frequently. My Debian system is running KDE 3.2 (3.2.2 I think) and Linux 2.6.5.
Once you install a distro on a box you tend not to just replace it with a different distro on a whim. I know people who use Red Hat 7.3 for servers still and as long as the hard drive is alive and assuming they don't kill the OS, it will be running for a long time to come.
You complain about Debian AND Gentoo (!) being out of date because they don't have frequent updates like Fedora (and they do!), and in the same breath mention Red Hat 7.3??? Didn't that EOL last century? Are you smoking crack?
In that respect I do think distros such as Debian and Gentoo will fade away to a large extent. They will always be around, but not widely used.
No, I doubt they will ever be THE distro (Gentoo has potential, but the install process will cause wet pants for some newbies - after that it's relatively smooth sailing) but then, who cares? Your argument is more or less that because Gentoo and Debian aren't Red Hat, they're going to die.
To the left is Gentoo (running 2004.1) on an Athlon XP 3200+ w/ 1Gb of RAM (my main workstation), to the right, Debian unstable on an Athlon XP 2800+ w/ 512Mb of RAM (currently in the middle of an apt-get dist-upgrade, and downloading what seems to be lots of KDE packages).
Meanwhile, I'm downloading FreeBSD 5.2.1 for my little router. So what does that make me?:)
He uses hacker in a different sense, admittedly not the mainstream sense. He avoids using the word "hacker" in published news articles because his interpretation of the word is a positive thing (one who, like you, enjoys coding wiht computers), rather than the common sense of one who breaks into computers. I really wish they'd pick another term for computer/programming enthusiasts so as to avoid the negative connotations.
Hmm... "coders" and "hackers"... let's call ourselves "cockers"!
Um, well, it might just be me but I think the Fed's time could be better spent.
Y'know, like stopping terrorists and shit. Real terrorists, I mean. But then, who is the US to call anyone a terrorist. It's all relative *puts on rose tinted glasses*
Side tracking a bit more: the word "terrorist" has been used to describe pretty much any type of criminal activity since 9/11. ESPECIALLY computer related crime, because lord knows we're all out to blow shit up.
PostgreSQL is at least as fast, if not faster, than MySQL in many situations
Actually, I've seen benchmarks performed by a past employer that indicated MySQL was many times faster for large (speaking tables with millions of rows) databases.
Slashdot Mirror
... is BayStar, who seems to be much more interested in funding IP lawsuits than in Real Business.
I thought "Wow, the stockholders have woken up!" when I first read about the whole BayStar thing.
But fact is, BayStar has issues with SCO because the former is saying "Dump all your staff, minimize expenses, and just sue, sue, sue." and the latter isn't totally complying - so BayStar is taking their ball and going home.
The fuckwits.
Man, do you Mac guys get ANYTHING? :P
I'd appreciate it if you didn't go flashing your nigritude ultramarine thingy at me, thank you very much!
Y'know, it's actually really hard to put nigritude ultramarine into any sort of meaningful context, which pretty much sucks. But that's not going to stop me from talking about (or even google bombing) nigritude ultramarine within the context of the Slashdot web site. Specifically, I'm referring to the article about nigritude ultramarine. Just in case you didn't know why there's so many references to nigritude ultramarine in this particular post.
I agree. Slashdot's becoming more than a waste of time. It's becoming an uninformative waste of time.
But since we have a partially complete native implemetation of the windows API in wine I cant imagine that it would be that much of a mammoth task to intercept API calls and/or use an alternative pixmaps.
I've not looked at the Wine source so don't take what I say as gospel, but my guess would be they just map GDI calls to Xwindows/Xlib stuff. So if Windows draws all its controls using nothing but primitives (very possible, even likely) you might be SOL.
I agree it would be cool, though.
In theory, if microsoft writes a future version of office in *.net as they suggest, wouldnt that mean we can just run mono and have the 'real deal' on *nix?
.NET on Windows) is built on top of the Win32 API stuff.
.NET.
:)
No porting required...
Nope. You'd have the same trouble that Wine's having at the moment, as System.Windows.Forms (i.e. UI API for
And since Mono's implementation of System.Windows.Forms is relatively sucky (because it's built on top of Wine - they prefer GTK#, and so would I) you'd most likely be S.O.L as far as an 'instant port' goes.
That's the magic of
Mind you, Swing applications generally suck hard too, but for different reasons
I can't count to ten either, you insensitive clod!
ultimately resulting in games that are closer to full-blown Pixar animations, allowing better narratives and more immersive user experiences.
Oh bullshit.
How do better graphics translate into better narratives, or immersive user experiences?
There's always going to be a "Woah!" factor with each new generation of consoles, but people get over it rather quickly. And once they do, you better hope your games have substance or they'll litter store shelves. Permanently.
music, movies and Windows XP.
Space is there to be taken, the way America was taken; land, money, resources, power, independance, freedom.
:)
Let's not forget fucking big bombs
"I was expecting an earth shattering kaboom!"
- Marvin Martian
The rule of 3 is (quick,cheap,quality) - pick any 2.
Maybe I just suck, but that sounds awfully like some fantastic brothel deal!
Quick, cheap quality! Pick any two! *waves arm over sea of girls*
As a homie, let me just say that you've really hurt my feelings.
:(
The propagation of stereotypes such as these are what gives us SNAG-type homies (or, as I prefer to call us, "SNOMIES") a bad name.
You people are just so darn cruel.
Peace out my snomie brothers.
Sex sounds nice, hell who doesn't like sex
Well that depends: what's sex?
I think there's a point you missed though. Even though Debian is well supported and is infact a good linux distro, it's still aged. There is a definite trend towards open source operating systems right now and I think Debian is going to miss out on this to sa large extent. People (and by people I don't mean individual computer enthusiasts) are going for the more main stream and updated distros such as Fedora.
Gentoo packages are updated every two or three days. emerge sync every couple of days will nearly always result in various packages in need of updates. Aside from java-gnome being constantly broken, fixed and rebroken and the sometimes patience testing compile times, it's great as far as up-to-date software goes.
Debian unstable, although I've only just started using it, has updates almost as frequently. My Debian system is running KDE 3.2 (3.2.2 I think) and Linux 2.6.5.
Once you install a distro on a box you tend not to just replace it with a different distro on a whim. I know people who use Red Hat 7.3 for servers still and as long as the hard drive is alive and assuming they don't kill the OS, it will be running for a long time to come.
You complain about Debian AND Gentoo (!) being out of date because they don't have frequent updates like Fedora (and they do!), and in the same breath mention Red Hat 7.3??? Didn't that EOL last century? Are you smoking crack?
In that respect I do think distros such as Debian and Gentoo will fade away to a large extent. They will always be around, but not widely used.
No, I doubt they will ever be THE distro (Gentoo has potential, but the install process will cause wet pants for some newbies - after that it's relatively smooth sailing) but then, who cares? Your argument is more or less that because Gentoo and Debian aren't Red Hat, they're going to die.
Whatever.
http://www.go-mono.org/faq.html#q7
I'd post a URL to the demo but the Mac I'm on has inadequate mousing abilities.
Come, let us all softly tremor with sorrow, for the one buttoned mouse has gotten the better of this poor soul.
I'm sitting in front of two monitors:
:)
To the left is Gentoo (running 2004.1) on an Athlon XP 3200+ w/ 1Gb of RAM (my main workstation), to the right, Debian unstable on an Athlon XP 2800+ w/ 512Mb of RAM (currently in the middle of an apt-get dist-upgrade, and downloading what seems to be lots of KDE packages).
Meanwhile, I'm downloading FreeBSD 5.2.1 for my little router. So what does that make me?
He uses hacker in a different sense, admittedly not the mainstream sense. He avoids using the word "hacker" in published news articles because his interpretation of the word is a positive thing (one who, like you, enjoys coding wiht computers), rather than the common sense of one who breaks into computers. I really wish they'd pick another term for computer/programming enthusiasts so as to avoid the negative connotations.
... "coders" and "hackers" ... let's call ourselves "cockers"!
Hmm
Or perhaps the QPL?
If Sun opened up Java, that would mean the OSS community could "embrace and extend" Java and make it better than .NET.
Which is exactly why Sun won't open source Java: fragmentation.
or am I off my rocker?
you mean off your rocket?
Um, well, it might just be me but I think the Fed's time could be better spent.
Y'know, like stopping terrorists and shit. Real terrorists, I mean. But then, who is the US to call anyone a terrorist. It's all relative *puts on rose tinted glasses*
Side tracking a bit more: the word "terrorist" has been used to describe pretty much any type of criminal activity since 9/11. ESPECIALLY computer related crime, because lord knows we're all out to blow shit up.
PostgreSQL is at least as fast, if not faster, than MySQL in many situations
Actually, I've seen benchmarks performed by a past employer that indicated MySQL was many times faster for large (speaking tables with millions of rows) databases.
What's your source?
Bjork's not cute. She's just darn well creepy.
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