Thanks very much for those instructions; if you need hosting of that binary, I might be able to assist; E-mail me at the above address without slashdot in it.
As a clarification, if he owns all the Copyrights to the code in question (which I doubt)... and I mean *all* the code used in his binary version of XChat, then yes, he can do it.
If he doesn't own all the Copyrights, then no, he can't.
This is especially true in OSS where quite often the programmer *can* (and does) completely ignore volunteer Q/A people if those people aren't themselves programmers.
I respect Linus a lot, but if I hear him say "show me the code" one more time I might stroke.
I understand what he means -- ideas are useless to him for review without code. And sometimes, he's actually saying that the idea looks great but would suck if implemented in C, so try it and find out for yourself.
However, a lot of times it just means that people are too busy and can't be bothered to think about changing how they do things because a non-programmer said so.
I happen to write software for a living; I write many many lines of code in several languages every day, and yet I've received dozens of "show me the code" responses to intelligent suggestions from OSS developpers in spite of my experience.
And no, I don't have time to flesh out all my observations in actual working code. There are lots of code monkeys out there who have the time and don't spend 10+ hours a day writing code for a living already who could use the intelligent suggestions of their peers constructively instead of always depending on the experienced people to do it themselves (and yes, this too is an angle of why Linus says what he says).
Look up some "real" HSF (heatsink + fan) reviews. The stock stuff from AMD/Intel usually works but isn't that great.
Take a look for example at Zalman's Cu radial cooler, this thing cools high performance AMD or Intel CPUs while still running nearly silent at 1350 RPM.
Vote with your wallets by buying only region-free players or players that are obviously designed to allow the removal of regions, and DVDs with no region specificity.
I'm a graphics lay person (proof on my website -- no graphics), but even I knew the moment I openned GIMP that it was useless for most everything I'd wanted Photoshop for.
I still get a graphics pro friend of mine to do all my graphics work for me, in Photoshop et. al.
PvP is amazing; but you need lots of smaller servers; people *like* campaigning with friends and beating up baddies, but they don't like being outnumbered by players too much better than themselves.
Check out Quake or its many derivatives; online play is booming... why? Well, its free of course, and servers host 8-24 players usually; sometimes in every man for himself situations, sometimes team play, but its always fun because you find a server with players around your own skill level (or a bit better, personally) and you play for as long as you want, then hop to a different one if you don't like it.
From an AMD press release... "Computation Products Group (CPG) sales were $554 million in the second quarter of 2004. This is an increase of 36 percent from $406 million in the second quarter of 2003 and is a three percent decrease from $571 million in the first quarter of 2004. CPG generated operating income of $58 million in the second quarter, a decrease from $67 million in the first quarter of 2004."
I own Morrowind, and the Tribunal expansion, and I got a second free copy with my new video card.
Its one of my favorite games in a long time but the CD-access crap is a terrible headache. As a result, I downloaded a crack to remove that CD access check.
Are there ISOs of Morrowind floating around? Sure. Did it win game of the year? Yup. Did they have enough sales to release a second game of the year version with a cloth map? Yup.
I was going to say something similar; if Christians aren't allowed to teach Christian morality in schools (as the most prominent of many religious groups trying to get their word in edge-wise), then corporations shouldn't be allowed either.
First off, 802.11 brings us back to a shared medium system; this isn't throroughly switched networking people, so your effective maximum bandwidth may never occur in multiple machine situations.
That said, I've got an 8Mbit cable internet connection at home for $45(CAN)/mo. I want a LAN that does at *least* that.
If you want your library to do what you want it to do, code it that way.
If someone else messes with it to make it do the wrong thing, they either tried pretty hard and deserve what they got, or they know better than you and got what they wanted.
I use WAP almost daily; I have since I got my first WAP-enabled phone over two years ago.
I use it to check traffic reports on the major highways, to look up phone numbers on the nation-wide Canada411 service, to check weather reports, to check what movies are playing, etc.
Profiling is a very well-used tool in law enforcement. Profiling is only illegal when it involves race and other naughty issues.
As a person who doesn't "get" racism at all, I believe that if sa 80% of Uzi shootings in Toronto are done by black males, 18-25 and 75% of 30-30 shootings are done by while males, 35-50 then when someone is shot with an Uzi, they might want to check the local black male population.
Racial profiling can also be bad of course, and one must always remember the other 20/25% (in my made-up numbers that have no resemblance to reality whatsoever). That said, you don't look for the shooter to be a two year old a local grade school when the weapon was a PSG-1 either, but is that age discrimination?
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Thanks very much for those instructions; if you need hosting of that binary, I might be able to assist; E-mail me at the above address without slashdot in it.
As a clarification, if he owns all the Copyrights to the code in question (which I doubt) ... and I mean *all* the code used in his binary version of XChat, then yes, he can do it.
If he doesn't own all the Copyrights, then no, he can't.
This is especially true in OSS where quite often the programmer *can* (and does) completely ignore volunteer Q/A people if those people aren't themselves programmers.
I respect Linus a lot, but if I hear him say "show me the code" one more time I might stroke.
I understand what he means -- ideas are useless to him for review without code. And sometimes, he's actually saying that the idea looks great but would suck if implemented in C, so try it and find out for yourself.
However, a lot of times it just means that people are too busy and can't be bothered to think about changing how they do things because a non-programmer said so.
I happen to write software for a living; I write many many lines of code in several languages every day, and yet I've received dozens of "show me the code" responses to intelligent suggestions from OSS developpers in spite of my experience.
And no, I don't have time to flesh out all my observations in actual working code. There are lots of code monkeys out there who have the time and don't spend 10+ hours a day writing code for a living already who could use the intelligent suggestions of their peers constructively instead of always depending on the experienced people to do it themselves (and yes, this too is an angle of why Linus says what he says).
If USB weren't host based (maybe if everyone used firewire ... ) then you'd be able to hook it up to your stereo's USB jack.
Yes, many new stereos and receivers have USB jacks that detect (when connected to a computer) as a USB audio device.
Look up some "real" HSF (heatsink + fan) reviews. The stock stuff from AMD/Intel usually works but isn't that great.
Take a look for example at Zalman's Cu radial cooler, this thing cools high performance AMD or Intel CPUs while still running nearly silent at 1350 RPM.
I use Memorex about 90% of the time; I was just checking to be honest. I've had problems with discs from a few other manufacturers degrading.
That's funny; I didn't realize asking for brands of good discs to burn was off-topic in a discussion about formats of discs.
Vote with your wallets by buying only region-free players or players that are obviously designed to allow the removal of regions, and DVDs with no region specificity.
See http://www.inmatrix.com/drives.shtml
Fill us in then. Whose discs would you suggest?
Watch an HDTV TV show on your computer (go download Alias in HD with BitTorrent or something) then buy the DVD of the same thing.
I bought all the DVDs for Alias, but I still downloaded the HDTV versions to enjoy on my computer screen; the difference is remarkable.
I'm a graphics lay person (proof on my website -- no graphics), but even I knew the moment I openned GIMP that it was useless for most everything I'd wanted Photoshop for.
I still get a graphics pro friend of mine to do all my graphics work for me, in Photoshop et. al.
PvP is amazing; but you need lots of smaller servers; people *like* campaigning with friends and beating up baddies, but they don't like being outnumbered by players too much better than themselves.
... why? Well, its free of course, and servers host 8-24 players usually; sometimes in every man for himself situations, sometimes team play, but its always fun because you find a server with players around your own skill level (or a bit better, personally) and you play for as long as you want, then hop to a different one if you don't like it.
Check out Quake or its many derivatives; online play is booming
"Whole lot" being millions?
... "Computation Products Group (CPG) sales were $554 million in the second quarter of 2004. This is an increase of 36 percent from $406 million in the second quarter of 2003 and is a three percent decrease from $571 million in the first quarter of 2004. CPG generated operating income of $58 million in the second quarter, a decrease from $67 million in the first quarter of 2004."
From an AMD press release
I own Morrowind, and the Tribunal expansion, and I got a second free copy with my new video card.
Its one of my favorite games in a long time but the CD-access crap is a terrible headache. As a result, I downloaded a crack to remove that CD access check.
Are there ISOs of Morrowind floating around? Sure. Did it win game of the year? Yup. Did they have enough sales to release a second game of the year version with a cloth map? Yup.
Basically, SCO doesn't believe in the GPL (they've said so) and yet they've distributed our uncontestedly Copyrighted sources. Bad SCO.
I was going to say something similar; if Christians aren't allowed to teach Christian morality in schools (as the most prominent of many religious groups trying to get their word in edge-wise), then corporations shouldn't be allowed either.
First off, 802.11 brings us back to a shared medium system; this isn't throroughly switched networking people, so your effective maximum bandwidth may never occur in multiple machine situations.
That said, I've got an 8Mbit cable internet connection at home for $45(CAN)/mo. I want a LAN that does at *least* that.
If you want your library to do what you want it to do, code it that way.
If someone else messes with it to make it do the wrong thing, they either tried pretty hard and deserve what they got, or they know better than you and got what they wanted.
I ran a couple viruses in wine before for fun.
... try it sometime.
It was highly entertaining
This message details how to shut it off.
I use WAP almost daily; I have since I got my first WAP-enabled phone over two years ago.
I use it to check traffic reports on the major highways, to look up phone numbers on the nation-wide Canada411 service, to check weather reports, to check what movies are playing, etc.
WAP never was dead as far as I was concerned.
For the same reason that I'm against software patents, I'm against someone having to register permutations of their own names to protect themselves.
The domain name system is way too limited, for that matter, but this seems like an obvious case of trying to make money off someone else's popularity.
The judge only has to think that the software isn't primarily for distribution of illegal content.
The fact that one might find the hostname in the URI objectionable.
Profiling is a very well-used tool in law enforcement. Profiling is only illegal when it involves race and other naughty issues.
As a person who doesn't "get" racism at all, I believe that if sa 80% of Uzi shootings in Toronto are done by black males, 18-25 and 75% of 30-30 shootings are done by while males, 35-50 then when someone is shot with an Uzi, they might want to check the local black male population.
Racial profiling can also be bad of course, and one must always remember the other 20/25% (in my made-up numbers that have no resemblance to reality whatsoever). That said, you don't look for the shooter to be a two year old a local grade school when the weapon was a PSG-1 either, but is that age discrimination?