The point is that if you have an XP processor and you compile something for i386, i686 or -march-athlon-xp you're not going to see major speedups. The point is that installing via RPM or compiling with massive Gentoo tweaks.. you're using the same software. Why we all fight over whos the best/fastest I'll never understand. We all use Linux.
I really don't understand how Linux is supposed to run faster just because one group of people, as opposed to another, package some OSS software. Its the same software! Who cares if its Red Hat or Debian, gcc is gcc. If you're testing 3 distros on the same hardware, with the same software, written by the same people.. how is it that we honestly expect one to be faster than the other?
Its not like we're comparing Windows 95 with Windows XP, where the entire underlying libraries are vastly different.. we're talking about Debian distributing GCC and Gentoo distributing the same thing. While compiling for an XP processor only vs compiling for anything made since the 386 will yield performance gains, none of them are truely 'real-world' gains.
I use Gentoo myself. I enjoy staying bleeding edge. I do not run a production server so the very "ancient, yet stable" mantra of Debian does not interest me. I'm running 2.6.0-test2-mm2 for my kernel right now. I like playing with software. Gentoo is aimed at a person like me. I can tweak it, play with it and fully enjoy my computer and my OS. Thats not for you? Great! We have about 3 million other distros, all with their own aims, for you to choose from.
Honestly I think this in-fighting in the Linux community is sickening. Are we really a community when we trash ourselves, who are all on the same team, as much as we trash the competition? I like and use Gentoo. Its made for people like me. Rather than trash Gentoo about long compile times, I believe that you should simply identify what you would like to benefit from Linux and pick a distribution of it that suites your needs. We need to act like a community again, not like spoiled brats.
Oh, all that garbage about not be allowed to have any device that disguises where a communication originated from. Quite a few states are at least looking at it. I believe someone adopted it already, but I'm not sure. I want to say somewhere around Minnesota, but I can't recall.
In any case, routers fall directy under this proposal. They're also talking about hooking up 5 machines to one connection is ripping off ISP's or some such garbage. Yet ISPs seem to keep handing out routers and this new Speakeasy plan is even better.
I wish politicians would stay out of technology altogether.
I wonder how this appiles in states where using a router is (or will be) llegal. Its amusing to me that ISP's hand out routers themselves, or in this case encourage connection sharing. Kinda spits in the eye of certain lawmakers that think they know something about technology.
I'm all for the WiFi boom, but I wonder what new (read: idiotic) laws are going to start surfacing if people are broadcasting their internet connections around.
This is the age of information, the age of technology. Anyone can get a computer, and a nice one too, on a months salary or less. It is very common to find multiple machines in a single household. With broadband you're seeing even more online and online often. The computer has now been put right up there with the television as an entertainment device. As more and more people adopt this mindset, more and more people are going to be using this so-called 'entertainment device' for, wait for it.. wait for it.. Ah! Entertainment! Music is one of the most basic forms of entertainment there is. And if people are looking towards computers to provide that, the RIAA needs to adapt to that demand of the market. Thus far, no one has responded well except Apple, but I'll get to them in a minute.
When I was sent my first MP3 on IRC back in '96 I thought it was pretty cool. No longer did I need 10 meg.wav files for a few seconds of audio. Granted MP3s were several megs for a full song, but this was much better than 50 megs for the same.wav file. I knew then, when I found myself 'collecting', that this was going to be a problem.
In any case, the word about MP3 spread like wildfire amoungst people 'in the know' and FTPs were set up all across the 'net housing files. This was a some what underground thing until Napster showed up. Once again, proving that the more you yell about somethig, the more popular it gets, Metallica single handedly made MP3 a household name.
By now, the idea of getting music online was so entrenched in everyones minds, the thought of not being able to play music on your computer became an almost alien concept. In my opinion this is where the RIAA, if they were sensitive to consumer opinion, could have stepped in and made a killing. As of now, they're only alieniating potential customers. As was said on Slashdot:
"I don't get it! I've threatened them, sued them, and they still won't buy my products!"
Apple has the right idea. They're selling single songs. Not only have they made a few million so far from this, but its proving that people _will_ buy music online. Why? Because the computer is now an entertainment device. There has been some opposition to this by people like Linken Park (do people really listen to this crap?) and Jewel (who openly admitted to downloading music a few years ago). Basically they say that their work is art and should be taken as a whole. But lets look at that.
You make a CD that kicks ass in every way possible, every track has you giving 100%, every second is thought out and wonderful (like say, Tool ). And then say you're some corperate crap band that makes _one_ good song. You'll both make the same money on CD sales because the prices are all the same. I think this is bad. If you put your blood, sweat and tears into a full 10 tracks, people will download them all, paying you for every ouce of effort you put forth. If you make _one_ good song, you make money off that one good song and thats _it_. This model that Apple has created is the best system of 'natural selection' amoungst artists I've come across. Personally I'm all for it.
The RIAA needs to wake up. While, yes, its technically illegal to have music you didn't pay for, p2p by way of IRC and FTPs have been around since the early 90s. This isn't going to stop, even if every p2p network is shutdown perminatly. The _reason_ its not going to stop is because people have changed what they use computers for. As I said, they are now as much of an _entertainment_ device as a television. If the RIAA had responded at the time, or even takes Apples current model, people would not be downloading illegal music. I feel that as long as the RIAA uses these strongarm tactics against the very people that provide them with a living, people are going to pirate music.
Actually, I really like the "single song" model. This forces artists to put 100% into *every* song they make. An album of filler, save for one radio friendly song and a decent video makes the same money for the artist as someone who makes a solid album with 10 great tracks. If you only make one good song, you should make money off that one good song and thats it. Seems pretty fair to me.
If I were to be sent a C&D order from the RIAA, they would then check for my IP and/or user name logging on to which ever p2p service they're scouring. So, whats to stop me from unplugging my cable modem for an hour which would cause my ISP's DHCP server to assign me a new IP and then changing my user name on all p2p services?
For all intents and purposes, this gives me a new "identity" as far as the RIAA is concerned. Due to the overwhelming amount of people that use these services, I think the likelyhood of being sent a letter twice is minimal.
I used to be annoyed by people that complained about spam. Watch some TV, nothing but spam every 10 minutes. Radio, mailbox, hell, even driving down the street there are billboards which are, essentially spam.
However, as I open my Hotmail 'junk folder' and see 200+ spam emails, I start to agree with Spam Controls. Its not that spam, in and of itself, is bad. Its simply product advertising after all, but it is the sheer volume of spam that is the problem. Which is compounded by the fact that a good majority of unsolicited email spam is of questionable content.
I'm still a little iffy about actual legislation regarding product advertisements, but as for spyware: Evil. Plain and simple. Spyware goes beyond product advertisment. I would certainly like to see some legislation concerning running actual processes on a comsumers computer.
Spyware should be regarded in the same way (legally and intellectually) as a virus is.
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"I know this was supposed to be a light topic and this post might seem alarmist but I really think we are giving up to much freedom to ensure freedom."
Indeed
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.
And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so.
How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
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The point is that if you have an XP processor and you compile something for i386, i686 or -march-athlon-xp you're not going to see major speedups. The point is that installing via RPM or compiling with massive Gentoo tweaks.. you're using the same software. Why we all fight over whos the best/fastest I'll never understand. We all use Linux.
I really don't understand how Linux is supposed to run faster just because one group of people, as opposed to another, package some OSS software. Its the same software! Who cares if its Red Hat or Debian, gcc is gcc. If you're testing 3 distros on the same hardware, with the same software, written by the same people.. how is it that we honestly expect one to be faster than the other?
Its not like we're comparing Windows 95 with Windows XP, where the entire underlying libraries are vastly different.. we're talking about Debian distributing GCC and Gentoo distributing the same thing. While compiling for an XP processor only vs compiling for anything made since the 386 will yield performance gains, none of them are truely 'real-world' gains.
I use Gentoo myself. I enjoy staying bleeding edge. I do not run a production server so the very "ancient, yet stable" mantra of Debian does not interest me. I'm running 2.6.0-test2-mm2 for my kernel right now. I like playing with software. Gentoo is aimed at a person like me. I can tweak it, play with it and fully enjoy my computer and my OS. Thats not for you? Great! We have about 3 million other distros, all with their own aims, for you to choose from.
Honestly I think this in-fighting in the Linux community is sickening. Are we really a community when we trash ourselves, who are all on the same team, as much as we trash the competition? I like and use Gentoo. Its made for people like me. Rather than trash Gentoo about long compile times, I believe that you should simply identify what you would like to benefit from Linux and pick a distribution of it that suites your needs. We need to act like a community again, not like spoiled brats.
Oh, all that garbage about not be allowed to have any device that disguises where a communication originated from. Quite a few states are at least looking at it. I believe someone adopted it already, but I'm not sure. I want to say somewhere around Minnesota, but I can't recall.
In any case, routers fall directy under this proposal. They're also talking about hooking up 5 machines to one connection is ripping off ISP's or some such garbage. Yet ISPs seem to keep handing out routers and this new Speakeasy plan is even better.
I wish politicians would stay out of technology altogether.
I wonder how this appiles in states where using a router is (or will be) llegal. Its amusing to me that ISP's hand out routers themselves, or in this case encourage connection sharing. Kinda spits in the eye of certain lawmakers that think they know something about technology.
I'm all for the WiFi boom, but I wonder what new (read: idiotic) laws are going to start surfacing if people are broadcasting their internet connections around.
In Washington, Free == Illegal
This is the age of information, the age of technology. Anyone can get a computer, and a nice one too, on a months salary or less. It is very common to find multiple machines in a single household. With broadband you're seeing even more online and online often. The computer has now been put right up there with the television as an entertainment device. As more and more people adopt this mindset, more and more people are going to be using this so-called 'entertainment device' for, wait for it.. wait for it.. Ah! Entertainment! Music is one of the most basic forms of entertainment there is. And if people are looking towards computers to provide that, the RIAA needs to adapt to that demand of the market. Thus far, no one has responded well except Apple, but I'll get to them in a minute.
.wav files for a few seconds of audio. Granted MP3s were several megs for a full song, but this was much better than 50 megs for the same .wav file. I knew then, when I found myself 'collecting', that this was going to be a problem.
When I was sent my first MP3 on IRC back in '96 I thought it was pretty cool. No longer did I need 10 meg
In any case, the word about MP3 spread like wildfire amoungst people 'in the know' and FTPs were set up all across the 'net housing files. This was a some what underground thing until Napster showed up. Once again, proving that the more you yell about somethig, the more popular it gets, Metallica single handedly made MP3 a household name.
By now, the idea of getting music online was so entrenched in everyones minds, the thought of not being able to play music on your computer became an almost alien concept. In my opinion this is where the RIAA, if they were sensitive to consumer opinion, could have stepped in and made a killing. As of now, they're only alieniating potential customers. As was said on Slashdot:
"I don't get it! I've threatened them, sued them, and they still won't buy my products!"
Apple has the right idea. They're selling single songs. Not only have they made a few million so far from this, but its proving that people _will_ buy music online. Why? Because the computer is now an entertainment device. There has been some opposition to this by people like Linken Park (do people really listen to this crap?) and Jewel (who openly admitted to downloading music a few years ago). Basically they say that their work is art and should be taken as a whole. But lets look at that.
You make a CD that kicks ass in every way possible, every track has you giving 100%, every second is thought out and wonderful (like say, Tool ). And then say you're some corperate crap band that makes _one_ good song. You'll both make the same money on CD sales because the prices are all the same. I think this is bad. If you put your blood, sweat and tears into a full 10 tracks, people will download them all, paying you for every ouce of effort you put forth. If you make _one_ good song, you make money off that one good song and thats _it_. This model that Apple has created is the best system of 'natural selection' amoungst artists I've come across. Personally I'm all for it.
The RIAA needs to wake up. While, yes, its technically illegal to have music you didn't pay for, p2p by way of IRC and FTPs have been around since the early 90s. This isn't going to stop, even if every p2p network is shutdown perminatly. The _reason_ its not going to stop is because people have changed what they use computers for. As I said, they are now as much of an _entertainment_ device as a television. If the RIAA had responded at the time, or even takes Apples current model, people would not be downloading illegal music. I feel that as long as the RIAA uses these strongarm tactics against the very people that provide them with a living, people are going to pirate music.
Actually, I really like the "single song" model. This forces artists to put 100% into *every* song they make. An album of filler, save for one radio friendly song and a decent video makes the same money for the artist as someone who makes a solid album with 10 great tracks. If you only make one good song, you should make money off that one good song and thats it. Seems pretty fair to me.
If I were to be sent a C&D order from the RIAA, they would then check for my IP and/or user name logging on to which ever p2p service they're scouring. So, whats to stop me from unplugging my cable modem for an hour which would cause my ISP's DHCP server to assign me a new IP and then changing my user name on all p2p services?
For all intents and purposes, this gives me a new "identity" as far as the RIAA is concerned. Due to the overwhelming amount of people that use these services, I think the likelyhood of being sent a letter twice is minimal.
I used to be annoyed by people that complained about spam. Watch some TV, nothing but spam every 10 minutes. Radio, mailbox, hell, even driving down the street there are billboards which are, essentially spam.
However, as I open my Hotmail 'junk folder' and see 200+ spam emails, I start to agree with Spam Controls. Its not that spam, in and of itself, is bad. Its simply product advertising after all, but it is the sheer volume of spam that is the problem. Which is compounded by the fact that a good majority of unsolicited email spam is of questionable content.
I'm still a little iffy about actual legislation regarding product advertisements, but as for spyware: Evil. Plain and simple. Spyware goes beyond product advertisment. I would certainly like to see some legislation concerning running actual processes on a comsumers computer.
Spyware should be regarded in the same way (legally and intellectually) as a virus is.
"I know this was supposed to be a light topic and this post might seem alarmist but I really think we are giving up to much freedom to ensure freedom."
Indeed
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.
And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so.
How do I know?
For this is what I have done.
And I am Caesar."