The one thing that I'm not sure about though is that if you're a "Bill", do you have to pay the "Alien" fees when accessing other networks? Regards, Steve
Do you mean APIs and SDKs like Quicktime, CoreAudio,.Mac, etc..., or something else? Regardless, coding Mac apps in Java is usually fine considering how well Apple ties Java into everything. Regards, Steve
No, it did put strain on the update servers... because when users updated, they were updating hundreds of megs of stuff that they didn't need. You're right about not affecting the cd/dvd, but as soon as the user started updating, the update servers got bogged down like crazy. Regards, Steve
The problem with the "Install Everything" button was that users were installing thousands of applications that they didn't ever use and support for thousands of languages that they didn't ever use and it placed a huge strain on the servers. I would personally like to see it back, but considering installing is a one time action over the life of the distro, spending a few minutes to click the groups you want installed shouldn't be a major concern. Regards, Steve
Your post is slightly misleading. The technology included in Fedora may be new, but the implementation is usually pretty damn stable. This is why plenty of hosting providers now provide Fedora as a choice of OS. Fedora has been the most stable linux distro for me since Core 3, and I've used quite a bit of distros. Regards, Steve
Bullshit. Ubuntu is based off of Debian, and a very large chunk of the things Ubuntu uses were developed at Red Hat. Both are Gnome based distros, using Ubuntu is not easier than using Fedora, but Fedora comes with a lot of additional things that Ubuntu doesn't have. All of these Ubuntu supporters are simply falling right into Mark Shuttleworth's hands by building brand recognition so that his commercial side of tghe business will thrive. Mark Shuttleworth is a marketing genius. Regards, Steve
Bullshit. Whenever there is a *wide-scale* issue, Apple responds very quickly. You just go to their site, enter your serial number and they send you whatever you need. This battery issue is *not* a wide-scale problem. The problem with the internet is that one or two blogs can grab the attention of the world, but no one is taking into account the vast majority of the notebooks that aren't having an issue. Hardware defect rates are standard around 3%, Microsoft's XBox 360 release initially was as high as 5% on some runs, Apple's has consistently been around or below 1%, which is unheard of. Seriously, these issues that a blogger brings up now and then are nothing major. Go to an Apple store sometime in the evening and see how many laptops are having any trouble, then keep in mind that they have been on all day, and are on everyday for hours at a time. Regards, Steve
Completely understood and agreed. All I'm trying to get at is that the only advantage Ubuntu seems to have is that it fits on one CD. Fedora does everything else it does, and comes with a lot more software if you choose to install it. I just don't get how a distro fitting on one CD makes it better than a distro that comes with more functionality. You can't just say one is better than the other. They are both just as easy to use (for regular users and advanced users), one just comes with more software by default and arguably a little more thorough integration. So making the statement that Ubuntu is better seems ignorant at best. To me a "whatever fits your needs" approach is better. I've honestly given Ubuntu a good long try and many things about it just didn't click well with me. I guess I'm a "power user" so Fedora fits me better, but I guess I'm tired of hearing the Ubuntu camp call out other distros when they have nothing to stand on. Regards, Steve
Fedora isn't as good as Ubuntu? Have you ever used them both? Ubuntu doesn't even come with a damn compiler. Fedora is more polished, has better hardware support & detection, and has better integration with everything (i.e. everything just works). Granted Ubuntu has made leaps in this area recently. The security benefits that Fedora has like SELinux and exec-shield, etc... alone are enough to stay away from Ubuntu. The configuration utilities and everything are better in Fedora. Hell, a lot of the stuff included in Ubuntu was developed by Red Hat engineers. They are both Gnome based distros, and both have decent package management systems, so how exactly are you arguing that Ubuntu is better? It lacks many "standard" features, and many linux users that I know have felt like it was crippled. Some people like a bare bones system where you have to manually install anything useful yourself (Ubuntu makes pretty bad default choices in many areas). With Ubuntu, you always get that, with Fedora you have a *choice* to get that. With Fedora you also have the choice to install everything and the kitchen sink (which I prefer) because some people would rather be productive instead of worrying about some lib or dependency somewhere. So please, tell me how Ubuntu is better than Fedora. Fedora has just as large (if not larger) of an install base, has about an equally active community, etc... So how is it not as good? Seriously, I always hear these small groups of Ubuntu users making all this loud noise, but I've never seen it backed up by anything more than "well apt is better" (which shows their ignorance of yum). Mark Shuttleworth is a business man and a marketing genius, and it seems that all of these Ubuntu users have fallen right into his hands and are preaching what he tells you to preach while he uses you to build brand recognition for his commercial side of the business. Regards, Steve
The coffee shop is broadcasting onto public property. The guy reading these airwaves was on public property. In fact, the guy even had to ask the router's permission to speak on the network, and the coffee shop's router gave him the "okay". I'm all about more businesses opening up their networks, this coffee shop handled it all wrong though. Hell, they could have blocked his MAC, or a number of other measures. No need to get the law involved. This is no different than me setting up a little FM broadcaster in my house that broadcasts 25yds or so and then calling the cops on my neighbors and anyone who drives by that may have been listening to it. Regards, Steve
6 billion over 3 years isn't really all that much, but it is a good start. IBM has made plenty of mistakes in its past *cough* Microsoft *cough* and even more recently have done some questionable things. This could very well turn out to be another folly of theirs. They are slow to move, and slow to correct. The fact that I'm already seeing companies in the U.S. bypassing India and outsourcing to China says something. Don't ever underestimate the greed present in the States. If a company can save even just a few cents by setting up shop somewhere else (i.e. China), then they'll do it in a heart beat. On the flip side, I'm also notcing a trend of American companies setting up shop in more rural areas of America, where cost of living is cheaper. From this side of the ocean, it appears everyone is looking for alternatives already. Regards, Steve
Eh actually the tides have turned a bit. Jobs is on the board of Disney now, and has a ton of pull. If he can get Disney to release their shitload of movies at whatever price he wants (Disney or child companies are responsible for a lot more movies than most probably realize), than the other studios will have little choice but to fall in line. Jobs probably saw this coming a year ago and realized by joining forces with Disney, he could get just about any studio to do whatever he wants. The man is a goddamn genius. Regards, Steve
Relevance is key, and your site isn't very relevant (no offense). If you put your name in quotes, it turns up a better result (1st or 2nd). Apparently there are more important websites out there that contain joseph, cotton, and seabreeze. Get over it. Regards, Steve
No, this stuff comes off with nail polish remover, and there are a few other solutions too. Some people just have dirty hands, or well actually its acidic like sweat. The fact that it comes off shows that it is not a defect with the product. I've seen people with sweaty hands mess up TV remotes and game controllers too. If you ask me, it's kind of disgusting, but apparently it is natural and they can't do anything about it. Regards, Steve
Eh, foreign universities tend to be very narrow focused, and really not all that great. For undergrad, I guess they are okay, but a ton of foreigners still come here for grad school, and rightfully so. There just aren't many good universities outside of the U.S. I can count them on one hand. There are plenty of colleges in the U.S. that aren't great, but that is just because we have thousands upon thousands of them. If you do have the desire for a good education and to push yourself, you'll still probably find the best way to do that is at an American university. You won't be able to just pick any random university here, but it is likely you'll find one that exists and will push be able to challenge you. Regards, Steve
No, for years now flash memory from every major vendor has been certified with a *minium* of one million writes, which is more than competitive with your standard harddrive. Regards, Stev
That is kind of like saying L2 cache is pointless because you can't fit 4 gigs of memory into it. Used wisely, this 256MB could be very useful. Regards, Steve
I wouldn't modify the title at all. Slashdot is a U.S.-centric site, and most of its readers are American. Having people from all around the world read it is great, but Slashdot caters to an American audience. If something doesn't state it, assume it is talking about America. Regards, Steve
AIGLX is the proper way to do it though, and it integrates with X as opposed to running on top of it. XGL is a nice preview of things to come, but it was developed without community input and actually really isn't implemented all that well. AIGLX should make it easy for developers to do all kinds of crazy stuff. They are both neat technologies, but AIGLX is the one that should be standardized on. Regards, Steve
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The one thing that I'm not sure about though is that if you're a "Bill", do you have to pay the "Alien" fees when accessing other networks?
Regards,
Steve
Do you mean APIs and SDKs like Quicktime, CoreAudio, .Mac, etc..., or something else? Regardless, coding Mac apps in Java is usually fine considering how well Apple ties Java into everything.
Regards,
Steve
No, it did put strain on the update servers... because when users updated, they were updating hundreds of megs of stuff that they didn't need. You're right about not affecting the cd/dvd, but as soon as the user started updating, the update servers got bogged down like crazy.
Regards,
Steve
The problem with the "Install Everything" button was that users were installing thousands of applications that they didn't ever use and support for thousands of languages that they didn't ever use and it placed a huge strain on the servers. I would personally like to see it back, but considering installing is a one time action over the life of the distro, spending a few minutes to click the groups you want installed shouldn't be a major concern.
Regards,
Steve
Your post is slightly misleading. The technology included in Fedora may be new, but the implementation is usually pretty damn stable. This is why plenty of hosting providers now provide Fedora as a choice of OS. Fedora has been the most stable linux distro for me since Core 3, and I've used quite a bit of distros.
Regards,
Steve
"With 1/5th the age of a distro"
Bullshit. Ubuntu is based off of Debian, and a very large chunk of the things Ubuntu uses were developed at Red Hat. Both are Gnome based distros, using Ubuntu is not easier than using Fedora, but Fedora comes with a lot of additional things that Ubuntu doesn't have. All of these Ubuntu supporters are simply falling right into Mark Shuttleworth's hands by building brand recognition so that his commercial side of tghe business will thrive. Mark Shuttleworth is a marketing genius.
Regards,
Steve
Bullshit. Whenever there is a *wide-scale* issue, Apple responds very quickly. You just go to their site, enter your serial number and they send you whatever you need. This battery issue is *not* a wide-scale problem. The problem with the internet is that one or two blogs can grab the attention of the world, but no one is taking into account the vast majority of the notebooks that aren't having an issue. Hardware defect rates are standard around 3%, Microsoft's XBox 360 release initially was as high as 5% on some runs, Apple's has consistently been around or below 1%, which is unheard of. Seriously, these issues that a blogger brings up now and then are nothing major. Go to an Apple store sometime in the evening and see how many laptops are having any trouble, then keep in mind that they have been on all day, and are on everyday for hours at a time.
Regards,
Steve
Completely understood and agreed. All I'm trying to get at is that the only advantage Ubuntu seems to have is that it fits on one CD. Fedora does everything else it does, and comes with a lot more software if you choose to install it. I just don't get how a distro fitting on one CD makes it better than a distro that comes with more functionality. You can't just say one is better than the other. They are both just as easy to use (for regular users and advanced users), one just comes with more software by default and arguably a little more thorough integration. So making the statement that Ubuntu is better seems ignorant at best. To me a "whatever fits your needs" approach is better. I've honestly given Ubuntu a good long try and many things about it just didn't click well with me. I guess I'm a "power user" so Fedora fits me better, but I guess I'm tired of hearing the Ubuntu camp call out other distros when they have nothing to stand on.
Regards,
Steve
Fedora isn't as good as Ubuntu? Have you ever used them both? Ubuntu doesn't even come with a damn compiler. Fedora is more polished, has better hardware support & detection, and has better integration with everything (i.e. everything just works). Granted Ubuntu has made leaps in this area recently. The security benefits that Fedora has like SELinux and exec-shield, etc... alone are enough to stay away from Ubuntu. The configuration utilities and everything are better in Fedora. Hell, a lot of the stuff included in Ubuntu was developed by Red Hat engineers. They are both Gnome based distros, and both have decent package management systems, so how exactly are you arguing that Ubuntu is better? It lacks many "standard" features, and many linux users that I know have felt like it was crippled. Some people like a bare bones system where you have to manually install anything useful yourself (Ubuntu makes pretty bad default choices in many areas). With Ubuntu, you always get that, with Fedora you have a *choice* to get that. With Fedora you also have the choice to install everything and the kitchen sink (which I prefer) because some people would rather be productive instead of worrying about some lib or dependency somewhere. So please, tell me how Ubuntu is better than Fedora. Fedora has just as large (if not larger) of an install base, has about an equally active community, etc... So how is it not as good? Seriously, I always hear these small groups of Ubuntu users making all this loud noise, but I've never seen it backed up by anything more than "well apt is better" (which shows their ignorance of yum). Mark Shuttleworth is a business man and a marketing genius, and it seems that all of these Ubuntu users have fallen right into his hands and are preaching what he tells you to preach while he uses you to build brand recognition for his commercial side of the business.
Regards,
Steve
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Regards,
Steve
The coffee shop is broadcasting onto public property. The guy reading these airwaves was on public property. In fact, the guy even had to ask the router's permission to speak on the network, and the coffee shop's router gave him the "okay". I'm all about more businesses opening up their networks, this coffee shop handled it all wrong though. Hell, they could have blocked his MAC, or a number of other measures. No need to get the law involved. This is no different than me setting up a little FM broadcaster in my house that broadcasts 25yds or so and then calling the cops on my neighbors and anyone who drives by that may have been listening to it.
Regards,
Steve
6 billion over 3 years isn't really all that much, but it is a good start. IBM has made plenty of mistakes in its past *cough* Microsoft *cough* and even more recently have done some questionable things. This could very well turn out to be another folly of theirs. They are slow to move, and slow to correct. The fact that I'm already seeing companies in the U.S. bypassing India and outsourcing to China says something. Don't ever underestimate the greed present in the States. If a company can save even just a few cents by setting up shop somewhere else (i.e. China), then they'll do it in a heart beat. On the flip side, I'm also notcing a trend of American companies setting up shop in more rural areas of America, where cost of living is cheaper. From this side of the ocean, it appears everyone is looking for alternatives already.
Regards,
Steve
Eh actually the tides have turned a bit. Jobs is on the board of Disney now, and has a ton of pull. If he can get Disney to release their shitload of movies at whatever price he wants (Disney or child companies are responsible for a lot more movies than most probably realize), than the other studios will have little choice but to fall in line. Jobs probably saw this coming a year ago and realized by joining forces with Disney, he could get just about any studio to do whatever he wants. The man is a goddamn genius.
Regards,
Steve
Relevance is key, and your site isn't very relevant (no offense). If you put your name in quotes, it turns up a better result (1st or 2nd). Apparently there are more important websites out there that contain joseph, cotton, and seabreeze. Get over it.
Regards,
Steve
No, this stuff comes off with nail polish remover, and there are a few other solutions too. Some people just have dirty hands, or well actually its acidic like sweat. The fact that it comes off shows that it is not a defect with the product. I've seen people with sweaty hands mess up TV remotes and game controllers too. If you ask me, it's kind of disgusting, but apparently it is natural and they can't do anything about it.
Regards,
Steve
There is more than just that one bill being pushed through. Some are more extensive than others.
Regards,
Steve
Illegal immigrants are a different story. We still allow millions of *legal* immigrants every year.
Regards,
Steve
Illegal immigration is a whole other story, we still allow millions of legit immigrants every year.
Regards,
Steve
Eh, foreign universities tend to be very narrow focused, and really not all that great. For undergrad, I guess they are okay, but a ton of foreigners still come here for grad school, and rightfully so. There just aren't many good universities outside of the U.S. I can count them on one hand. There are plenty of colleges in the U.S. that aren't great, but that is just because we have thousands upon thousands of them. If you do have the desire for a good education and to push yourself, you'll still probably find the best way to do that is at an American university. You won't be able to just pick any random university here, but it is likely you'll find one that exists and will push be able to challenge you.
Regards,
Steve
No, for years now flash memory from every major vendor has been certified with a *minium* of one million writes, which is more than competitive with your standard harddrive.
Regards,
Stev
That is kind of like saying L2 cache is pointless because you can't fit 4 gigs of memory into it. Used wisely, this 256MB could be very useful.
Regards,
Steve
I wouldn't modify the title at all. Slashdot is a U.S.-centric site, and most of its readers are American. Having people from all around the world read it is great, but Slashdot caters to an American audience. If something doesn't state it, assume it is talking about America.
Regards,
Steve
AIGLX is the proper way to do it though, and it integrates with X as opposed to running on top of it. XGL is a nice preview of things to come, but it was developed without community input and actually really isn't implemented all that well. AIGLX should make it easy for developers to do all kinds of crazy stuff. They are both neat technologies, but AIGLX is the one that should be standardized on.
Regards,
Steve
Linux and OS X seem to have implemented security without being a pain in the ass.
Regards,
Steve
Neither. Microsoft said they *think* Adobe will want to sue them, and so Microsoft is releasing preemptive FUD against Adobe.
Regards,
Steve