Interesting read (especially the March 2007 entries). While he doesn't sound like someone I'd invite over dinner, his continued detention is disgusting. America should be ashamed of herself.
They work fine for desktop use though. I've got one on my SLED 10 office PC, the i950 series chipset works great with the dual core processor, and yes, it runs XGL in all it's 3D-accelerated eye-candy glory. Hopefully Intel's new GMA X3000 will provide some better 3D performance for more intensive tasks though.
Obviously I'm not saying the current chips are the quickest OpenGL graphics around, but really, for 3D graphics, how many choices do we have? * NVidia - works well, but binary only. * ATI - works mostly, but binary only. * Intel - works for me, open source. * Xorg - fairly limited support for 3D acceleration. * Commercial X-servers - either don't support current cards, or too spendy for personal use, closed source.
I'm happy enough with the ATI on my laptop, but I'm equally happy with the open source Intel on my desktop.
Canonical says that "LTS" means that they will continue to provide security patches for a long time, not that they will update any apps.
So, just to clarify, LTS means only security patches, not non-security bug patches? While I agree that a line muct be drawn somewhere, incomplete PCI lists and Xorg bugs hardly seem like adding or upgrading application features.
Thanks for the inspiration. If Mars has large amounts of water, but life on the surface is diffult, can we not put our habitats within the water? Lots and lots of benefits - including easy access to H2O and O2, and shielding from the radiation.
1) Why not release just the drivers for custom / non-kernel hardware. Nvidia and ATI have proven that customers will accept binary drivers if they work better than the open versions. They can be tested / "supported" on 1 or 2 distros only. Even better, that obsolves Dell of the tech-support nightmare they'll face when new users start having problems (as they do...) that are unrelated to the Dell customisation.
Since when do mainstream users change video cards?
He's talking about gamer-types who don't know anything more about their systems than the latest "gfx" card reviews tell them. The one's who like to play around without understanding what they're doing, and then like to throw tantrums and blame the OS/driver vendor/guide writer/mom when they screw up.
And guess what? On my Novell SLED 10 + Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop, I haven't had to edit *anything* in the system - even to get ATI 3D graphics with XGL running.
Does ANYONE apart from the government want these ID Card - passport mashups? And then there is the next phase full £50 billion worth of ID Cards that no-one wants!
I guess the question then, is who benefits financially from it? Which companies get the contracts to develop and produce these cards? How are they connected the the incumbant government?
Oh, and do Politicians have to have them too? Will Blair's family be scrutinized the same way ours will be, when he's no longer the Prime Minister?
I tend to think that we westerners give too much credit to Christianity for moral codes that, by all appearances, other cultures have managed to arrive at without any input from Jesus.
Speak for yourself, not Westerners in general. I also don't give much credit to Christianity for anything particularly moral - there's far too much immoral history for that. About all it did (and it's not a specifically Christian thing) is give small communities a focal point when times were tough. Most Western communities don't need that now... sure quite a few individuals need it on a personal level to help them deal with their own dramas, but society as a whole doesn't. Who needs religion when you have TV and/or the pursuit of money to keep society humming?
For some reason, the world doesn't seem to talk about this, and I don't know what the scale is, although the discussion on the 'net seem to imply it's a big problem.
Well, people talk about it the world over, even non techies... it's just that the media doesn't talk about it on air or in print. Guess why.
Firstly, it's not stealing, it's copyright infringement.
Secondly, keep your wannabe-emotive Mom and Pop analogies for a more gullible audience, because going hungry because the crap you write isn't worth more the $1 or $2 to the punters is a far cry from what's happening here. You'll be aware of the AUSFTA treaty of 2004/2005, yet this investigation was carried out in 2000/2001... well before the treaty allowing this situation, with agreed copyright standards. Given that Griffiths has been fighting this for just under 3 years, it seems clear that he wasn't apprehended until after the treaty was hammered out, yet the US suspect was already convicted by 2002 - and was sentenced to only 46 months! I've no doubt the lawyers have gotten into this point, but I've also no doubt that the US Attorney has more legal resources than Griffiths has.
Perhaps instead of getting the courts involved in these issues, you should call a whaaambulance instead - 10 years in a foreign prison for this is bullshit, and that'll be top of he's already had 3 in an Aussie detention centre.
I don't know the outcome of the retrocausality experiment, but if it was successful, you could possibly send your information 20 minutes back in time, transmit it at c, and get the appearance of real-time communications to/from Mars.
World Wind has a red/blue stereo plugin, and of course, can display Mars (and a few other planets) data. It's not quite a Milky Way flythrough, but you can sure get a good look at other planets.
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Anyone will tell you that this practice is unsustainable, not to mention unethical.
Ethics and sustainability only serve to limit the return on the VC's investment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicksi nt/david_hicks
http://www.fairgofordavid.org/htmlfiles/main.htm
https://www.amnesty.org.au/Act_now/campaigns/hrs-
Interesting read (especially the March 2007 entries). While he doesn't sound like someone I'd invite over dinner, his continued detention is disgusting. America should be ashamed of herself.
They work fine for desktop use though. I've got one on my SLED 10 office PC, the i950 series chipset works great with the dual core processor, and yes, it runs XGL in all it's 3D-accelerated eye-candy glory. Hopefully Intel's new GMA X3000 will provide some better 3D performance for more intensive tasks though.
Obviously I'm not saying the current chips are the quickest OpenGL graphics around, but really, for 3D graphics, how many choices do we have?
* NVidia - works well, but binary only.
* ATI - works mostly, but binary only.
* Intel - works for me, open source.
* Xorg - fairly limited support for 3D acceleration.
* Commercial X-servers - either don't support current cards, or too spendy for personal use, closed source.
I'm happy enough with the ATI on my laptop, but I'm equally happy with the open source Intel on my desktop.
Did you go to Business School?
Canonical says that "LTS" means that they will continue to provide security patches for a long time, not that they will update any apps.
So, just to clarify, LTS means only security patches, not non-security bug patches? While I agree that a line muct be drawn somewhere, incomplete PCI lists and Xorg bugs hardly seem like adding or upgrading application features.
<insert Tesla-conspiracy-rant here>
IIRC, Tesla was talking about doing it without wires.
Mars has a lower gravity; but no atmosphere, so No planes, no choppers, ... only rockets will keep you up.
Mars does indeed have an atmosphere, albiet a thin one. So planes designed for Mars can actually fly: http://www.x-plane.com/mars.html
Eh? Malkir doesn't sound like a Japanese name.
Thanks for the inspiration. If Mars has large amounts of water, but life on the surface is diffult, can we not put our habitats within the water? Lots and lots of benefits - including easy access to H2O and O2, and shielding from the radiation.
1) Why not release just the drivers for custom / non-kernel hardware. Nvidia and ATI have proven that customers will accept binary drivers if they work better than the open versions. They can be tested / "supported" on 1 or 2 distros only. Even better, that obsolves Dell of the tech-support nightmare they'll face when new users start having problems (as they do...) that are unrelated to the Dell customisation.
;-D
2) X is software, not hardware.
Since when do mainstream users change video cards?
He's talking about gamer-types who don't know anything more about their systems than the latest "gfx" card reviews tell them. The one's who like to play around without understanding what they're doing, and then like to throw tantrums and blame the OS/driver vendor/guide writer/mom when they screw up.
And guess what? On my Novell SLED 10 + Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop, I haven't had to edit *anything* in the system - even to get ATI 3D graphics with XGL running.
Yes, he's dreaming.
Does ANYONE apart from the government want these ID Card - passport mashups? And then there is the next phase full £50 billion worth of ID Cards that no-one wants!
I guess the question then, is who benefits financially from it? Which companies get the contracts to develop and produce these cards? How are they connected the the incumbant government?
Oh, and do Politicians have to have them too? Will Blair's family be scrutinized the same way ours will be, when he's no longer the Prime Minister?
I tend to think that we westerners give too much credit to Christianity for moral codes that, by all appearances, other cultures have managed to arrive at without any input from Jesus.
Speak for yourself, not Westerners in general. I also don't give much credit to Christianity for anything particularly moral - there's far too much immoral history for that. About all it did (and it's not a specifically Christian thing) is give small communities a focal point when times were tough. Most Western communities don't need that now... sure quite a few individuals need it on a personal level to help them deal with their own dramas, but society as a whole doesn't. Who needs religion when you have TV and/or the pursuit of money to keep society humming?
If an organization (corporation, government, whatever) wants our trust, they should make their information handling "transparent" and visible to us.
Well, that's the sticking point really. They don't want our trust, they want our money.
Finished software is outdated.
But it works.
For some reason, the world doesn't seem to talk about this, and I don't know what the scale is, although the discussion on the 'net seem to imply it's a big problem.
Well, people talk about it the world over, even non techies... it's just that the media doesn't talk about it on air or in print. Guess why.
Y'know, that's not a bad analogy either...
Dear Anonymous Coward,
Firstly, it's not stealing, it's copyright infringement.
Secondly, keep your wannabe-emotive Mom and Pop analogies for a more gullible audience, because going hungry because the crap you write isn't worth more the $1 or $2 to the punters is a far cry from what's happening here. You'll be aware of the AUSFTA treaty of 2004/2005, yet this investigation was carried out in 2000/2001... well before the treaty allowing this situation, with agreed copyright standards. Given that Griffiths has been fighting this for just under 3 years, it seems clear that he wasn't apprehended until after the treaty was hammered out, yet the US suspect was already convicted by 2002 - and was sentenced to only 46 months! I've no doubt the lawyers have gotten into this point, but I've also no doubt that the US Attorney has more legal resources than Griffiths has.
Perhaps instead of getting the courts involved in these issues, you should call a whaaambulance instead - 10 years in a foreign prison for this is bullshit, and that'll be top of he's already had 3 in an Aussie detention centre.
Regards,
BiggerIsBetter
P.S. Asshat is one word.
The news isn't that ESR changed distros. The news is that he threw a public tantrum over it.
Anyone else remember this one? http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/q uantum-world/mg19125710.900-whats-done-is-done-or- is-it.html
I don't know the outcome of the retrocausality experiment, but if it was successful, you could possibly send your information 20 minutes back in time, transmit it at c, and get the appearance of real-time communications to/from Mars.
Just put my Nobel in the mail.
It's 2007. Which enemy are you thinking of?
When the English finally *do* fight back, it'll be very very very ugly. And even then, I'm not sure which "side" the armed forces would be on.
Legally, create an AUP which people must click through that basically says you wont use the site to do anything bad, surf porn, etc. IANAL tho.
These are kids in school (assuming that means not adults) so it's unlikely that any click-through contract/disclaimer is valid anyway. IANALE.
That is very very cool... Their "artificial synesthesia" caption seems rather apt.
World Wind has a red/blue stereo plugin, and of course, can display Mars (and a few other planets) data. It's not quite a Milky Way flythrough, but you can sure get a good look at other planets.