I was just let-go by my company last Friday...
...I have a large penis
Have you considered working in porn? I've heard that porn generally isn't too negatively impacted in rough economic times because a guy's gotta wank when he's gotta wank, job or not.
It isn't for joe consumer, it is a development board.
I'm aware that it is for developers & OEMs. I was commenting more on the Slashdot writeup that Transmeta needs our support, as if we should all go buy this thing to use as a desktop system just to help them out.
Intel and AMD have both signed on to Microsoft's Palladium program. We need a chip maker who hasn't succumbed to this yet.
That's a great theory, but meaningless. In various interviews David Ditzel has been quoted as saying that Transmeta's chips would be in a unique position for Palladium because the Code Morphing layer would allow them to implement the security features without having to change their designs since that CMS isn't accessible to normal system software and thus is hack-proof-enough to meet the Palladium specs. Not exactly the kind of thing you'd hear from someone who is going to make a stand against Palladium.
I'm pretty positive Transmeta WILL implement Palladium if it is required for future Windows releases. They haven't said they won't, they just haven't said they will. You assume that because Linus works there, they will decline, but business reality will make them accept it just as AMD did. How many laptops do you think are sold for the Linux market compared to the Windows marker? Transmeta is in deep enough trouble without cutting out 90% of their potential market in the future by thumbing their nose at Windows/MS.
They need to create a product that I feel is worth buying. That is what businesses do. Just because Linus works for them doesn't mean they have any reason to exist. If they can't compete on the merits of their products, then let them die.
And, just for the record, this product isn't one I will be buying. It is way overpriced for what you are getting. A comparable barebones motherboard + CPU based on Intel or AMD could be had for an order of magnitude less money without requiring any kind of signup deal.
If Red Hat doesn't like it, they can maintain their own tree (which they do). If nVidia doesn't like it, they can do likewise.
The problem is nvidia (and I use nvidia simply as an example, this applies to many others) WON'T, since unlike Red Hat, having a Linux kernel branch is very tangential to their real business. There are a number of companies that offer Linux support simply as a goodwill gesture, or at most for an extra bit of PR, despite the fact that the limited Linux support they do offer isn't really a good return on investment (just like id games for Linux aren't a good ROI but id releases them anyway for their own reasons). Anything the kernel developers do to make it harder for these folks to support Linux will mean less Linux support from hardware makers, which will make the much-vaunted Linux desktop push stillborn. If that's what the kernel developers want to do, that's fine. As you said, it is their code... But then they can't go crying later when everyone drops their Linux support.
The only issue I have is this site makes this guy look so ridiculous that I have a sneaking suspicion it may be a hoax site. I mean, everywhere you look on that site there is something to ridicule. Are there really such people as this in the world? And if so, do they really admit to it on a public website?
If you want to see something really funny check out Phroggy's website at phroggy.com. Haha, what a loser! No wonder he has to troll for dates among underage chat girls with low self-esteem...
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This article ignores the most obvious example of convergence between geekdom and businessman, not surprising since it was written by Scott Rosenberg who seems to be anti-Microsoft. And yes, I'm talking about Bill Gates. Everyone knows he is a billionaire many times over thanks to his business skills (you may not like HOW he made the billions, but you can't argue with the fact that he did make them, and therefore is a successful businessman).
Many people these days tend to forget that Gates IS also a geek. Whether you want to admit it or not he was hacking some pretty good assembler code back when a large portion of the Slashdot readship was still wearing diapers.
Nor do Windows users have to reboot their systems every sixteen minutes. If Linux developers really want to compete they have to stop pretending it is still 1998. Windows 2000 and XP don't suffer from the constant BSOD. You're going to have to find a new straw man to beat.
Wouldn't Star Wars Fan-Made games be foxed by Lucasfilm? Does having a Star Wars fan game file section imply some sort of OK for non-commercial fan-created games? Hmm.
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Yeah and so does every console. I once heard someone say the N64 was "practically unemulatable" because of the high bandwidth of the cpu to gpu and the RAMBUS memory. Well... Been there done that...
The N64 is STILL practically unemulatable. The N64 emulators out there don't actually emulate the hardware, for the most part, they simple have rewritten many of the API routines from Nintendo's dev tools to x86 code. That's why there's still no N64 "emulator" with anywhere near full compatibility with all games. Most play a few key games well, like Zelda, Mario, etc, but fail with the majority of 3rd party games. So why don't you try learning about what you're talking about before you talk, bitch?
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It is more difficult than you think, primarily because the XBOX uses a unified memory architecture (CPU and video memory share the same memory), which is quite different than the set up on PCs. Most XBOX games rely on this architecture for rendering (one example..a vertex-shader assisted particle engine). If this code were to run on a PC, even a very fast one, the memory bottleneck would destroy its performance making the game unplayable.
I'm sure you'll see "XBOX Emulators" for PCs, but don't expect one to actually run games well for about 2 years.
But will you be able to get it down to $150 to compete with the Nintendo GameCube?
Even if you could get it below $100 it would never compete with the GameCube unless it had a similar sized/similar quality game library. In other words, not going to happen. Not to mention a huge marketing push.
A few people, including the Linux-Indrema team, have had thoughts such as this before. Neat idea from a tech-head view, but business-wise its nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.
Web bugs? Are you on drugs, son? All they are doing is using web advertisements to request information from the public. No different than American's Most Wanted, or putting pictures on a milk carton..Except it's on the web.
Shame on the people who modded you up. There are enough real issues to worry about with regards to our privacy, making up new ones based on badly edited Slashdot entires (try reading the article next time!) hurts more than it helps. Focus on the real problems, don't invent new ones!
In other news, being from Somerville, MA not too far from the Winter Hill area, (but now living in San Diego), I know exactly what Whitey Bulger looks like. Haven't seen him around, though!
Obviously, im not the only one to point this out but.. If MS where to buy Borland, that would make life of the Kylix in Linux quite unstable
WHY oh WHY would Microsoft buy Borland? They wouldn't. Microsoft has made no move to buy Borland. This is all based on some wildly STUPID prediction made by a financial analyst based on the fact that Borland is a 'developer tools company' like Rational.
What would Borland possibly bring to the table for Microsoft? C++ Builder? No, they already have Visual C++.Net 2003. Java tools? Hah hah hah. Yeah what Microsoft really wants is a bunch of Java tools when they are trying to push C# as the new standard and they already have perfectly fine C# tools. UML tools? Visio is better at UML (though it isn't a dedicated UML tool) than anything Borland produces. Delphi? No, Microsoft already has its hands full with.Net languages to support, Delphi is a fine language but doesn't have anywhere enough overall usage compared to VB, etc, for Microsoft to worry about it.
The only thing Borland really has over Microsoft in any area is their recent push into cross-platform tools and Microsoft doesn't care about non-Windows markets.
I'll EAT MY HAT if Microsoft buys Borland, it just makes no sense whatsoever. I can see them trying to make a bid for Rational if that would be possible at this point (seems way too late for that now), but a Microsoft aquisition of Borland just makes no sense whatsoever.
He has no god-given right to be in business, just as the RIAA doesn't. It is sad on a personal level when someone you know has obsolete skills, but that's just the way the world evolves.
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OS/2 has included a web browser since version 3, and new browsers continue to be developed
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Isn't including a web browser with the OS *wrong*? I'm so confused now!! Maybe Microsoft isn't so bad after all!
Without normal/regular use, you WILL have problems trying to read from them in 4-5 years time. Hell, the way most IDE drives are these days (note the recent reduction in warrenty time periods), you'll be lucky if the drives last 2 years even WITH regular use.
I realize that movies are sometimes released to the net and/or street vendors (primarily in Asia) before their official release dates, but like the false reports of the second Harry Potter movie being available months before release, I think this is just some bullshit the industry exec invented out of whole cloth to prove again how 'damaging' pirating is to his industry. I'm not pro-piracy in any way, but a line of bullshit is a line of bullshit.
are happy to learn how to make managed code/vm code call to native and vice-versa (this is far from a trivial problem)
I'd have to disagree and say that making managed code interact with native code and vice-versa is VERY easy with.Net, using PInvoke, COM and/or Managed C++ API wrappers. With Java/JNI, things are a little bit less trivial, but still not the major undertaking you imply.
Um, Visio can and does reverse engineer code into UML diagrams.. When is the last time you used it, 1998? What it doesn't do is generate code from models. And for that, many people (myself included) are glad, since the crap that Rational and its ilk generate is pretty horrible to look at.
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EA's home/HQ is in Redwood City, California. The Vancouver office is just a satellite office. So stop lying.
...I have a large penis
Have you considered working in porn? I've heard that porn generally isn't too negatively impacted in rough economic times because a guy's gotta wank when he's gotta wank, job or not.
I'm aware that it is for developers & OEMs. I was commenting more on the Slashdot writeup that Transmeta needs our support, as if we should all go buy this thing to use as a desktop system just to help them out.
That's a great theory, but meaningless. In various interviews David Ditzel has been quoted as saying that Transmeta's chips would be in a unique position for Palladium because the Code Morphing layer would allow them to implement the security features without having to change their designs since that CMS isn't accessible to normal system software and thus is hack-proof-enough to meet the Palladium specs. Not exactly the kind of thing you'd hear from someone who is going to make a stand against Palladium.
I'm pretty positive Transmeta WILL implement Palladium if it is required for future Windows releases. They haven't said they won't, they just haven't said they will. You assume that because Linus works there, they will decline, but business reality will make them accept it just as AMD did. How many laptops do you think are sold for the Linux market compared to the Windows marker? Transmeta is in deep enough trouble without cutting out 90% of their potential market in the future by thumbing their nose at Windows/MS.
And, just for the record, this product isn't one I will be buying. It is way overpriced for what you are getting. A comparable barebones motherboard + CPU based on Intel or AMD could be had for an order of magnitude less money without requiring any kind of signup deal.
The problem is nvidia (and I use nvidia simply as an example, this applies to many others) WON'T, since unlike Red Hat, having a Linux kernel branch is very tangential to their real business. There are a number of companies that offer Linux support simply as a goodwill gesture, or at most for an extra bit of PR, despite the fact that the limited Linux support they do offer isn't really a good return on investment (just like id games for Linux aren't a good ROI but id releases them anyway for their own reasons). Anything the kernel developers do to make it harder for these folks to support Linux will mean less Linux support from hardware makers, which will make the much-vaunted Linux desktop push stillborn. If that's what the kernel developers want to do, that's fine. As you said, it is their code... But then they can't go crying later when everyone drops their Linux support.
The only issue I have is this site makes this guy look so ridiculous that I have a sneaking suspicion it may be a hoax site. I mean, everywhere you look on that site there is something to ridicule. Are there really such people as this in the world? And if so, do they really admit to it on a public website?
If you want to see something really funny check out Phroggy's website at phroggy.com. Haha, what a loser! No wonder he has to troll for dates among underage chat girls with low self-esteem...
Many people these days tend to forget that Gates IS also a geek. Whether you want to admit it or not he was hacking some pretty good assembler code back when a large portion of the Slashdot readship was still wearing diapers.
Could the robotic hounds be far behind? Run, Montag, run!
Nor do Windows users have to reboot their systems every sixteen minutes. If Linux developers really want to compete they have to stop pretending it is still 1998. Windows 2000 and XP don't suffer from the constant BSOD. You're going to have to find a new straw man to beat.
Wouldn't Star Wars Fan-Made games be foxed by Lucasfilm? Does having a Star Wars fan game file section imply some sort of OK for non-commercial fan-created games? Hmm.
The N64 is STILL practically unemulatable. The N64 emulators out there don't actually emulate the hardware, for the most part, they simple have rewritten many of the API routines from Nintendo's dev tools to x86 code. That's why there's still no N64 "emulator" with anywhere near full compatibility with all games. Most play a few key games well, like Zelda, Mario, etc, but fail with the majority of 3rd party games. So why don't you try learning about what you're talking about before you talk, bitch?
I'm sure you'll see "XBOX Emulators" for PCs, but don't expect one to actually run games well for about 2 years.
Even if you could get it below $100 it would never compete with the GameCube unless it had a similar sized/similar quality game library. In other words, not going to happen. Not to mention a huge marketing push.
A few people, including the Linux-Indrema team, have had thoughts such as this before. Neat idea from a tech-head view, but business-wise its nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.
Shame on the people who modded you up. There are enough real issues to worry about with regards to our privacy, making up new ones based on badly edited Slashdot entires (try reading the article next time!) hurts more than it helps. Focus on the real problems, don't invent new ones!
In other news, being from Somerville, MA not too far from the Winter Hill area, (but now living in San Diego), I know exactly what Whitey Bulger looks like. Haven't seen him around, though!
WHY oh WHY would Microsoft buy Borland? They wouldn't. Microsoft has made no move to buy Borland. This is all based on some wildly STUPID prediction made by a financial analyst based on the fact that Borland is a 'developer tools company' like Rational.
What would Borland possibly bring to the table for Microsoft? C++ Builder? No, they already have Visual C++ .Net 2003. Java tools? Hah hah hah. Yeah what Microsoft really wants is a bunch of Java tools when they are trying to push C# as the new standard and they already have perfectly fine C# tools. UML tools? Visio is better at UML (though it isn't a dedicated UML tool) than anything Borland produces. Delphi? No, Microsoft already has its hands full with .Net languages to support, Delphi is a fine language but doesn't have anywhere enough overall usage compared to VB, etc, for Microsoft to worry about it.
The only thing Borland really has over Microsoft in any area is their recent push into cross-platform tools and Microsoft doesn't care about non-Windows markets.
I'll EAT MY HAT if Microsoft buys Borland, it just makes no sense whatsoever. I can see them trying to make a bid for Rational if that would be possible at this point (seems way too late for that now), but a Microsoft aquisition of Borland just makes no sense whatsoever.
He has no god-given right to be in business, just as the RIAA doesn't. It is sad on a personal level when someone you know has obsolete skills, but that's just the way the world evolves.
True, I'm sick of bloatware, like Linux (comes on 3 CDs in most distros!), emacs (its a text editor, not an OS! Or is it?), Mozilla, etc.
[quote] OS/2 has included a web browser since version 3, and new browsers continue to be developed [/quote] Isn't including a web browser with the OS *wrong*? I'm so confused now!! Maybe Microsoft isn't so bad after all!
Without normal/regular use, you WILL have problems trying to read from them in 4-5 years time. Hell, the way most IDE drives are these days (note the recent reduction in warrenty time periods), you'll be lucky if the drives last 2 years even WITH regular use.
I realize that movies are sometimes released to the net and/or street vendors (primarily in Asia) before their official release dates, but like the false reports of the second Harry Potter movie being available months before release, I think this is just some bullshit the industry exec invented out of whole cloth to prove again how 'damaging' pirating is to his industry. I'm not pro-piracy in any way, but a line of bullshit is a line of bullshit.
I'd have to disagree and say that making managed code interact with native code and vice-versa is VERY easy with .Net, using PInvoke, COM and/or Managed C++ API wrappers. With Java/JNI, things are a little bit less trivial, but still not the major undertaking you imply.
Microsoft has already shitcanned Visual J++ itself in favor of Visual J#, so it doesn't really matter one bit, either way.
Um, Visio can and does reverse engineer code into UML diagrams.. When is the last time you used it, 1998? What it doesn't do is generate code from models. And for that, many people (myself included) are glad, since the crap that Rational and its ilk generate is pretty horrible to look at.