> When it comes to databases windows is a pretty poor choice, as is mssql since it's not even cross platform and therefore tied to windows.
Darn, I'm going to have to call you out on that one (even though I just as much the Linux/OSS fan boy as the next). First off being tied to a platform isn't exactly a death sentence.
We've been running MS SQL (2000/2005) for 7-8 years without a hiccup (pretty competent performance monitoring tools too). I'd have to say it's one of the products MS got right.
"Personally I don't really care about silverlight. if a site I go to uses it, then I assume that I am not the target user and go somewhere else."
Like Olympics '08? Maybe sport competition isn't your game, (it's not really mine either), but I felt truly shafted when I couldn't view the videos on the Olympics' site this year on my Linux box.
EP
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> "Caucasians" deserved an erudite and experienced leader and they got one in Barak Obama.
So many people seem to leave out that Obama is half African American and half Caucasian. He is truly multi-racial and represents the "average" American more than the past 43 presidents. Go Obama!
In addition, "These builds do not include media codecs (video or audio), for that, you must currently build Moonlight from source code. The Microsoft Media Pack for Moonlight should be available in October of 2008."
> I really like it, I think the whats playing screen looks great
Not to mention that it's pretty straight forward to *totally* customize the "what's playing" screen to your exact liking (I.e., what info to show and the visual look down to the pixel).
RockBox is just awesome. It blows chunks over the firmware provided on my Sansa 250.
EP
Ps. did anyone mention already that you can play Doom on your RockBoxed device?
> Disclosure: I have a 4gb iPod Nano which I got for free. I'd rather have something else which wasn't bound to the fancies of Lord Steve, but currently cannot afford it.
> And no, I have yet to see a single installation of this "Red Flag" linux that someone always spouts off about.
I was in China in 2002 and stopped in a big name electronics store in Beijing. I (being an unabashed Linux/OSS fan boy) went around to about ~20 desktop computers they had for sale and noticed that approx. half were running Linux of which 80% were Red Flag Linux; the rest were Red Hat IIRC.
"The environmentally friendly technologies created as a result of this competition will affect everyone who drives in ways we can't even imagine today," X Prize Chairman and Chief Executive Dr. Peter Diamandis said in a statement.
There's nothing environmentally friendly about the production and use of ANY vehicle. I think "environmentally less-destructive" may be more appropriate way to phrase this.
People are allowed to change their mind. I still haven't gotten over all of the contributions of Miguel's to open source/society to have ever considered holding a grudge on the guy.
"Who controls the content of Wikipedia articles? Is it a large crowd of seemingly random contributors each imparting their own bits of wisdom? Or is it a small set of contributors providing the base of an article with a few mostly minor revisions submitted by random people passing by? In my experience, it's the latter. Usually a small set of people, no more than 3 to 5 which make the core of a Wikipedia article."
You obviously haven't seen the lovely documentary created that revolves around the evolution of the Wikipedia article: Heavy Metal umlaut
> Kevin Martin has a lot of dreams, most of which seem to be based in fantasyland regarding cable companies. I would be happy to have him shadow me for a week to see how these companies actually operate, so he can realize the true costs of what he dreams up.
Sounds like the current cable companies can't handle the change as they're (understandably) very entrenched with their current systems/infrastructure. Time for a new 'a la carte' only provider to show up and serve people (like me) who only want a couple networks. I'm probably the only home owner I know that doesn't have cable TV because we just don't watch enough TV to justify an extra $50/mo. to get the couple channels we want (Sundance is all I really am interested in).
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> In some cases, as with Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Blade Runner, the adaptations are loose to say the least.
You want loose? 'Next' was loose!
EP
> When it comes to databases windows is a pretty poor choice, as is mssql since it's not even cross platform and therefore tied to windows.
Darn, I'm going to have to call you out on that one (even though I just as much the Linux/OSS fan boy as the next). First off being tied to a platform isn't exactly a death sentence.
We've been running MS SQL (2000/2005) for 7-8 years without a hiccup (pretty competent performance monitoring tools too). I'd have to say it's one of the products MS got right.
EP
> In TFA, there is no site with Javascript !
Ah... come again?
I checked the top 10 (you can check the rest), and they *ALL* have JavaScript.
EP
"Personally I don't really care about silverlight. if a site I go to uses it, then I assume that I am not the target user and go somewhere else."
Like Olympics '08? Maybe sport competition isn't your game, (it's not really mine either), but I felt truly shafted when I couldn't view the videos on the Olympics' site this year on my Linux box.
EP
> "Caucasians" deserved an erudite and experienced leader and they got one in Barak Obama.
So many people seem to leave out that Obama is half African American and half Caucasian. He is truly multi-racial and represents the "average" American more than the past 43 presidents. Go Obama!
EP
In addition, "These builds do not include media codecs (video or audio), for that, you must currently build Moonlight from source code. The Microsoft Media Pack for Moonlight should be available in October of 2008."
EP
> I really like it, I think the whats playing screen looks great
Not to mention that it's pretty straight forward to *totally* customize the "what's playing" screen to your exact liking (I.e., what info to show and the visual look down to the pixel).
RockBox is just awesome. It blows chunks over the firmware provided on my Sansa 250.
EP
Ps. did anyone mention already that you can play Doom on your RockBoxed device?
> I guess that they have the weapons too.
Ah.... what?
> Disclosure: I have a 4gb iPod Nano which I got for free. I'd rather have something else which wasn't bound to the fancies of Lord Steve, but currently cannot afford it.
Then Rockbox it.
EP
> Since you only license the material and do not own it, they should be able to replace the media for a nominal fee.
Why is this tagged Funny?
EP
> I came at Java with some C plus ...
C+?
Wow... this is great! A decade or so late, but... great.
EP
Interesting comment.
> And no, I have yet to see a single installation of this "Red Flag" linux that someone always spouts off about.
I was in China in 2002 and stopped in a big name electronics store in Beijing. I (being an unabashed Linux/OSS fan boy) went around to about ~20 desktop computers they had for sale and noticed that approx. half were running Linux of which 80% were Red Flag Linux; the rest were Red Hat IIRC.
EP
> Facism? Every western government has some sort of Special Operations system in place with all the same provisions.
The same provisions? The exact same provisions? A few references would be nice to go along with that bold statement.
EP
Can I raise the 'dick' card on myself? Sorry, I spouted off w/o knowing what the hell I was talking about.
;)
Can we just chalk this one up to a case of Slashdotitis?
Sorry again, Viol8.
Eric
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235853
"Bug 235853 - [PAC] Defer proxy resolution for HTTP and HTTPS PAC to avoid blocking main thread during DNS resolution"
Uh... real show stopper there, pal. Still rocking the web with Lynx?
Eric
"The environmentally friendly technologies created as a result of this competition will affect everyone who drives in ways we can't even imagine today," X Prize Chairman and Chief Executive Dr. Peter Diamandis said in a statement.
There's nothing environmentally friendly about the production and use of ANY vehicle. I think "environmentally less-destructive" may be more appropriate way to phrase this.
EP
The summary fails to mention that the goal is a 100-mpg vehicle! Kind of need that in the summary or the TITLE.
ER
People are allowed to change their mind. I still haven't gotten over all of the contributions of Miguel's to open source/society to have ever considered holding a grudge on the guy.
Eric
"Who controls the content of Wikipedia articles? Is it a large crowd of seemingly random contributors each imparting their own bits of wisdom? Or is it a small set of contributors providing the base of an article with a few mostly minor revisions submitted by random people passing by? In my experience, it's the latter. Usually a small set of people, no more than 3 to 5 which make the core of a Wikipedia article."
You obviously haven't seen the lovely documentary created that revolves around the evolution of the Wikipedia article: Heavy Metal umlaut
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html
> Every Slashdotter needs this app [mac.com].
Change your sig. Only a minority of Slashdotters can even install this app. Mac only (duh).
EP
> Sid ain't so bad. The system itself is quite stable.
Ok, I'll ask you again tomorrow. And the next day... and the day after that.
You canNOT make any blanket 'quite stable' statements like that about sid... ever. That's the nature of sid.
> 9 million people worldwide does not a target audience make.
Yoda is in the house!
> Kevin Martin has a lot of dreams, most of which seem to be based in fantasyland regarding cable companies. I would be happy to have him shadow me for a week to see how these companies actually operate, so he can realize the true costs of what he dreams up.
Sounds like the current cable companies can't handle the change as they're (understandably) very entrenched with their current systems/infrastructure. Time for a new 'a la carte' only provider to show up and serve people (like me) who only want a couple networks. I'm probably the only home owner I know that doesn't have cable TV because we just don't watch enough TV to justify an extra $50/mo. to get the couple channels we want (Sundance is all I really am interested in).
EP
"It seems to me that if this program can do that, then it can't be hard for a more nefarious program on my computer to do the same."
Exactly. For example, something like System Info for Windows EP