my experience with music match has been anything but positive. seems to me, half the time you go to play a track/album, MM chokes. yet i see that MM has won pc mag awards and is apparently fast becoming the standard. wts?
the dimensions on this unit are a killer from go. imo, even the ipod could be a *bit* smaller.
on the up-side, perhaps this will prod apple adjusting ipod price?
we do the code, you do the code - err, law. if an attorney can write software, great, but it's not reasonable to expect it.
reality is, we non-lawyers bitch and moan, leaving it up to the ambulance chasers to make a case of it. as long as law intersects with tech, techies are going to continue commenting.
according to the reviewer, who i assume is a tech, this book explains the law as it relates to copyright, which i doubt first year law texts even cover in depth.
thanks but no thanks.
This argument isn't going anywhere, and it can be put down with a step back and a few moments concideration.
Linux is about choice. Choice for the users to Choose their desktop as well as choice for the developers to Choose the options provided by their product. Arguing that all distros should standardize on the same desktop is like arguing that, i dunno, all... fuck it.
This is why we have different distros. Some cater to the hacker/engineer element, some to the gamer, and some to grandma.
IIRC, the proximity of the core memory to the core is in some fashion proportional to memory access performance. If so, is addressing 1GB of core memory an option? How does a 1GB of diamond transitors compare to the 1GB silicon transistors?
>> In a few years. We know the revolution is just round the
corner. But how many corners do we have to revolve around?
Corners? What in the hell are corners? From where I stand, KDE and Gnome are in positions comparable to those of 1-3 years back. Sure, the projects have each polished their respective offerings, but they're essentially very similar to those of years past: KDE continues to krap our k(insert app name here) apps. Gnome has Open Office (gasp!) opening files, all the while still strapped with the abortion AKA nautilus. Meanwhile, Lindows, perhaps the first company to take a serious run at the non-tech end-user, is operating our sacred, secure OS with full-time root privs. I see polish. I don't see innovation.
I understand that the desktop will and should take sometime to come into its own, but I'm farking tired of pundits predicting the rise of DT-Linux and the demise of MS while we aren't necessarily seeing all that much progress.
Though where and why are to some degree mixed up in Google returns, nobody is asking Google for material favours nor that it remedy some cosmic injustice. I tend to think that Google willl more probably resemble the encyclopedic assistant found in Snow Crash: an interactive tool, pooling vast resources, and returning acurate, supported information.
The day Google returns the winning loto, this question should be given consideration.
First, I think it best that we keep the hype beat back and focus on the facts-- namely that this is apparently a not-so-core contributor that has issues with Gentoo's direction and Gentoo's directors; the very same directors that managed to architect a distro that the principle plaintif is so very fond of.
Second, persons that pick up gentoo because it's bleeding edge tech, implementing god knows what next ( hardened, ppc port that blows the dedicated ppc distros away,... ), go on to complain that th e developers are not responsive to user requests. What I'm getting here is that these guys have a vision and that their implementing their vision as they best see fit. Personally, I amazed at what they've accomplished and I'd like that they keep on keeping on. For sometime now, my impression has been that Gentoo is building a solid base, something is that is fundimental if they're to go on to compete in the commercial, supported playground. If developers have their hands and heads full don't expect a quick response to feature requests.
Finally, after (I guess) batting for Gentoo above, I think only those in comprising the core of the Gentoo development teams know what complaints have validity and what complaints do not, and I hope,for the sake of gentoo, valid complaints are addressed.
*$ sudo emerge aspell (sorry)*
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my experience with music match has been anything but positive. seems to me, half the time you go to play a track/album, MM chokes. yet i see that MM has won pc mag awards and is apparently fast becoming the standard. wts?
the dimensions on this unit are a killer from go. imo, even the ipod could be a *bit* smaller.
on the up-side, perhaps this will prod apple adjusting ipod price?
we do the code, you do the code - err, law. if an attorney can write software, great, but it's not reasonable to expect it. reality is, we non-lawyers bitch and moan, leaving it up to the ambulance chasers to make a case of it. as long as law intersects with tech, techies are going to continue commenting. according to the reviewer, who i assume is a tech, this book explains the law as it relates to copyright, which i doubt first year law texts even cover in depth. thanks but no thanks.
This argument isn't going anywhere, and it can be put down with a step back and a few moments concideration.
... fuck it.
Linux is about choice. Choice for the users to Choose their desktop as well as choice for the developers to Choose the options provided by their product. Arguing that all distros should standardize on the same desktop is like arguing that, i dunno, all
This is why we have different distros. Some cater to the hacker/engineer element, some to the gamer, and some to grandma.
Don't like choice? Tough.
IIRC, the proximity of the core memory to the core is in some fashion proportional to memory access performance. If so, is addressing 1GB of core memory an option? How does a 1GB of diamond transitors compare to the 1GB silicon transistors?
Now that's a War Face!!!
TiBook, IPod, New Shoes ... and still no chicks.
Save your money.
masses of idiots find your comment insightfull.
no you may not have the duck; you may have the chicken.
>> In a few years. We know the revolution is just round the
corner. But how many corners do we have to revolve around?
Corners? What in the hell are corners? From where I stand, KDE and Gnome are in positions comparable to those of 1-3 years back. Sure, the projects have each polished their respective offerings, but they're essentially very similar to those of years past: KDE continues to krap our k(insert app name here) apps. Gnome has Open Office (gasp!) opening files, all the while still strapped with the abortion AKA nautilus. Meanwhile, Lindows, perhaps the first company to take a serious run at the non-tech end-user, is operating our sacred, secure OS with full-time root privs. I see polish. I don't see innovation.
I understand that the desktop will and should take sometime to come into its own, but I'm farking tired of pundits predicting the rise of DT-Linux and the demise of MS while we aren't necessarily seeing all that much progress.
(Full-Time DT-Lin || PB-G4 || PWM!)
IBM's having invested US$1B in Linux didn't legitimize Linux, though it did further communicate and buttress existing legitimacy.
throw me a frickin bone here
*sniff* tears *sniff*
Though where and why are to some degree mixed up in Google returns, nobody is asking Google for material favours nor that it remedy some cosmic injustice. I tend to think that Google willl more probably resemble the encyclopedic assistant found in Snow Crash: an interactive tool, pooling vast resources, and returning acurate, supported information.
The day Google returns the winning loto, this question should be given consideration.
First, I think it best that we keep the hype beat back and focus on the facts-- namely that this is apparently a not-so-core contributor that has issues with Gentoo's direction and Gentoo's directors; the very same directors that managed to architect a distro that the principle plaintif is so very fond of. Second, persons that pick up gentoo because it's bleeding edge tech, implementing god knows what next ( hardened, ppc port that blows the dedicated ppc distros away, ... ), go on to complain that th e developers are not responsive to user requests. What I'm getting here is that these guys have a vision and that their implementing their vision as they best see fit. Personally, I amazed at what they've accomplished and I'd like that they keep on keeping on. For sometime now, my impression has been that Gentoo is building a solid base, something is that is fundimental if they're to go on to compete in the commercial, supported playground. If developers have their hands and heads full don't expect a quick response to feature requests.
Finally, after (I guess) batting for Gentoo above, I think only those in comprising the core of the Gentoo development teams know what complaints have validity and what complaints do not, and I hope ,for the sake of gentoo, valid complaints are addressed.
*$ sudo emerge aspell (sorry)*