Exactly. What about people with newer cards that aren't supported yet by X? What about the refresh rate hell that is X setup? Some of this is simply that Linux distros don't have the clout that M$ has. I mean, who releases hardware and doesn't think about whether or not it works in Windows? Now, how many hardware vendors even know what Linux is? A few; but it isn't enough to ensure reliable performance.
Plus, all they really have to do is get you to touch something from which they can lift the prints. It probably wouldn't be too hard to fabricate a surface with the appropriate ridges and valleys.
You can download Mozilla, Opera, and Konqueror too but there are tons of incompatibilities because of the userbase that IE inherits by default. Microsoft has clearly stated in the Halloween Documents (and by their actions in the past) that their goal is to hijack and pervert standards and to use their OS leverage to make competing products nearly useless because of incompatibilities.
You're right, of course. Incidentally, I've been tracking comp.unix.solaris for a few weeks now, and the amount of ill will between between Linux supporters and Solaris admins is, while not overwhelming, a little bit unsettling.
How do we know that Pusztai is independent (intellectually)?
More significantly, the original poster specifically said that he was ignoring the question of genetic modifications that produce a harmful substance. The argument that he was speaking against was that human beings would mutate if they were to consume DNA from plants and animals.
Has there been any attempt in Canada to implement the World Intellectual Property [sic] Organization treaty yet? This was the treaty that spawned the DMCA in the first place.
Fine Art has nothing to do with genre. Fine Art is simply art that is *not* functional. The antonym of Fine Art is Decorative Art and includes things like pottery, quilting, and silverware--things that *are* functional.
Some of the art professors at my former school wouldn't even use email because they were afraid that touching a computer would somehow "steal their humanity."
There's still such a stigma among many that computers are only for gearheads who can't understand anything involving emotions or humanity.
Then you would need two diffrent versions of all the software.
Mac OS X isn't really Mac OS--it's OPENSTEP 5.0/Mach. The OPENSTEP environment ran on four processor families and employed what was termed "fat binaries." A fat binary contained the platform specific code for all platforms (HPPA, Sparc, Intel, m68k). This was completely transparent. A nice additional feature is that you could run an application server with the fat binary on it and clients with different architectures could connect and run the application seamlessly.
It's the price. I'm a simple home user who wants to do blazing floating point DSP for realtime synthesis. If Compaq had done better promoting and licensing, I could have bought an Alpha machine cheap.
Hey, don't the lastest benchmarks show the Itanium kicking Alpha's ass in floating point?
I sure as hell hope so. That was the number one reason I was interested in Alpha in the first place; but it was too expensive. (Not that Itanium's cheap, of course; but Intel moves enough stock and has enough brand recognition that they should be able to fix that.)
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Exactly. What about people with newer cards that aren't supported yet by X? What about the refresh rate hell that is X setup? Some of this is simply that Linux distros don't have the clout that M$ has. I mean, who releases hardware and doesn't think about whether or not it works in Windows? Now, how many hardware vendors even know what Linux is? A few; but it isn't enough to ensure reliable performance.
You said it! I get awfully annoyed with people who think that "Friends" is the pinnacle of comedy.
Plus, all they really have to do is get you to touch something from which they can lift the prints. It probably wouldn't be too hard to fabricate a surface with the appropriate ridges and valleys.
Because Microsoft's EULAs would be dead too.
You can download Mozilla, Opera, and Konqueror too but there are tons of incompatibilities because of the userbase that IE inherits by default. Microsoft has clearly stated in the Halloween Documents (and by their actions in the past) that their goal is to hijack and pervert standards and to use their OS leverage to make competing products nearly useless because of incompatibilities.
You're right, of course. Incidentally, I've been tracking comp.unix.solaris for a few weeks now, and the amount of ill will between between Linux supporters and Solaris admins is, while not overwhelming, a little bit unsettling.
I heard somewhere recently (yes, hearsay) that this was an urban legend. Does anyone have really *solid* knowledge about this?
Your case is correct but there's really no reason to get nasty simply because he misunderstood the direction of the argument. Sheesh.
Oh, I don't know. I'd kind of like to see this replace OSS as the UNIX standard.
It was the submitter that said that. Geez, not only do people not read the articles attached to Slashdot stories, they don't even read the blurb!
Now this is strange. I liked Q2 but *hated* Q1 and Q3. I guess I liked the more techno feel of Q2 than the Gothic mood that 1 and 3 seem to have.
Has there been any attempt in Canada to implement the World Intellectual Property [sic] Organization treaty yet? This was the treaty that spawned the DMCA in the first place.
Willie! What is that thing?
Because it *isn't* Apple...it's NeXT. They're just calling themselves Apple for marketing purposes (retaining the old Mac userbase).
Right...but for my purposes (UNIX based realtime music synthesis and DSP) the Alpha running Linux would have kicked some serious ass.
Fine Art has nothing to do with genre. Fine Art is simply art that is *not* functional. The antonym of Fine Art is Decorative Art and includes things like pottery, quilting, and silverware--things that *are* functional.
There's still such a stigma among many that computers are only for gearheads who can't understand anything involving emotions or humanity.
Mac OS X isn't really Mac OS--it's OPENSTEP 5.0/Mach. The OPENSTEP environment ran on four processor families and employed what was termed "fat binaries." A fat binary contained the platform specific code for all platforms (HPPA, Sparc, Intel, m68k). This was completely transparent. A nice additional feature is that you could run an application server with the fat binary on it and clients with different architectures could connect and run the application seamlessly.
Not to mention all the people running around who get their kicks by refering to anyone using Linux as biased twerps.
Are you saying that I'll get better floating point performance from an IA32 than from an Alpha? News to me.
It's the price. I'm a simple home user who wants to do blazing floating point DSP for realtime synthesis. If Compaq had done better promoting and licensing, I could have bought an Alpha machine cheap.
Actually, it's OPENSTEP 5.0/Mach. But yeah, it's in the BSD lineage.
I sure as hell hope so. That was the number one reason I was interested in Alpha in the first place; but it was too expensive. (Not that Itanium's cheap, of course; but Intel moves enough stock and has enough brand recognition that they should be able to fix that.)
It's called price. If they had done things properly, it wouldn't have cost an arm and a leg to buy one.