We're talking about two different things. I was talking about OS-level issues, like drivers, kernel configuration, and installation; you're talking about application issues, like GUI design.
As for interface, [insert nipple cliche here]. And as for the masses out there who can't even figure out Windows, what make you think that anything will help them? They don't even read/understand the "well-written" fluff the professional tech writers put out, nor do they understand the *obviously* intuitive, professionally-designed GUI! Some people need and deserve specialized training in order to use anything.
You're just stereotyping Open Source. Any developer can have the feel for an interface, independent of license.
And all of the above must be possible WITHOUT the user EVER seeing a command line, and without ever hearing or reading the word "compile."
All software comes from source. The point of open source is not to be rid of things like pre-compiled binaries and manual driver loading, but to be allowed to compile and be hackish if desired. It says nothing about automation, which ought to be left up to the distros to control (I guess; who else?).
If MS buys them out this month, I'll sleep a lot better.
Do you really want MS owning whatever rights to SysV that SCO says it does? I think that if Microsoft explicitly takes over any part of this fallacious crusade, the movement gains much more credibility and, even more frightneningly, a virtually bottomless war chest. Then we'd have real ju$tice, wouldn't we.
Elsewhere, Strauss describes the open source community as 'a smattering of teenagers too young to work at Redmond, hackers, virus creators, and a menagerie of others with whom you will feel great pride in entrusting your IT infrastructure.'
And a hell of a lot more intelligent and insightful than he is. Who let this asshole work at Princeton?
Oh, and where does Linus fit in the above list? Alan Cox? The multitude of other major kernel hackers (to my knowledge, none of them that young or unsavory)? And that's just the kernel...
Someone, quick, break out the 2x4 of Enlightenment!
I spent many years at Sunday and Hebrew schools, and I prepared for my bar mitzvah; but you know what? I could never figure that language out.
BTW: 'Tis very silly why you are foed. You recently displayed a less-than-positive attitude (via a subject and link) towards a certain subculture, implying that all members of that subculture are sex fiends. You might have been joking, but you might not have. So, were you?
If you still can't understand: look at our recent posting histories, and compare.
I still can't believe the bastards are now charging for full Conexant winmodem support... I use an older version, but no 2.6 support really sucks. Damn you Linuxant, you money-corrupted asshats!
</rant>
OK, I'm better now... been having WAAAY too much beer...
Dear family, friends, and associates of Anonymous Coward:
I regret to inform you that recently Mr. Coward has fallen ill with an unknown affliction, whose diverse symptoms include nausea, bleeding orifices, and trolling. In fact, the doctors have recently confirmed it: Anonymous Coward is dying.
Therefore, for when such time comes to pass, I formally invite you to come dance on the grave of Anonymous Coward.
The only reason it wasn't as bad as the awful MTV Sex2k "documentary" (which the CSI producers originally used as their base material) was because a fur actually consulted on the making of this episode. Source (somewhere in here)
I can't really change the system very much and most of my programs are too minimalistic lacking reasonable options or simply making things that much harder to understand.
Which is why open source and open standards matter so much. You want to change it---add or remove features? Go ahead. You want a program/module to work just as well with the rest of your programs/modules? No problem!
But seriously, pinball is the greatest arcade game: a well-made table can entertain forever. It is non-linear, unlike so many arcade games. It has a simple learning curve and is fairly intuitive, so anyone can play. It is also (almost?) always family-friendly so, once again, anyone can play.
There are a couple of things I don't like about current pinball trends: 1) most arcades charge more than they have been previously; of course, it's the same with everything in the arcade now; and 2) while I do appreciate finese, most of the flippers today are gravely underpowered.
I'm glad that I'm going to get WiFi hardware very soon, so I won't have to use my modem for my laptop anymore. I won't pay; I'll just hold on to the old beta drivers which, despite what Linuxant says, are of good quality. Hell, I'd rather keep a 2.4 kernel around and boot that to use the modem.
Of course, we mustn't blame Linuxant for being forced to "play the money game."
Why do we still persist with nuclear, oil, coal, with all the attendant problems (pollution, wars over oil, etc), when we could cover a small proportiion of the deserts of the world with solar cells, and the roofs of our buildings, and the coasts with huge offsiore wind farms & tidal turbines, and have all the power we need?
Because: 1) Where's the big money in all that? 2) The "Not in my backyard!" Problem, and 3) (at least for tidal power) More research, AFAIK, needs to be done on the effects of doing such a thing.
[Y]ou shouldn't take slashdot seriously for financial news or advice.
You're right. You shouldn't use us for such advice. You should listen to us for advice on code issues. And based on this advice, we can tell you that SCO is full of crap.
I also respect your right to believe in salvation through corporation. It's just that most of us here do not.
Also, if you have a gargantuan trying to kill you---one who has a history of obliterating competition through less-than-licit means---such as Microsoft, you'd be paranoid, scared, and hateful too! After all, we're just humans.
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the fire department on stand-by...
We're talking about two different things. I was talking about OS-level issues, like drivers, kernel configuration, and installation; you're talking about application issues, like GUI design.
As for interface, [insert nipple cliche here]. And as for the masses out there who can't even figure out Windows, what make you think that anything will help them? They don't even read/understand the "well-written" fluff the professional tech writers put out, nor do they understand the *obviously* intuitive, professionally-designed GUI! Some people need and deserve specialized training in order to use anything.
You're just stereotyping Open Source. Any developer can have the feel for an interface, independent of license.
And all of the above must be possible WITHOUT the user EVER seeing a command line, and without ever hearing or reading the word "compile."
All software comes from source. The point of open source is not to be rid of things like pre-compiled binaries and manual driver loading, but to be allowed to compile and be hackish if desired. It says nothing about automation, which ought to be left up to the distros to control (I guess; who else?).
COBOLScript in the next version of IE?
This makes me wonder, are there any Open Source projects working to provide for this eventual migration?
Just from browsing freshmeat: OpenCOBOL
If MS buys them out this month, I'll sleep a lot better.
Do you really want MS owning whatever rights to SysV that SCO says it does? I think that if Microsoft explicitly takes over any part of this fallacious crusade, the movement gains much more credibility and, even more frightneningly, a virtually bottomless war chest. Then we'd have real ju$tice, wouldn't we.
Elsewhere, Strauss describes the open source community as 'a smattering of teenagers too young to work at Redmond, hackers, virus creators, and a menagerie of others with whom you will feel great pride in entrusting your IT infrastructure.'
And a hell of a lot more intelligent and insightful than he is. Who let this asshole work at Princeton?
Oh, and where does Linus fit in the above list? Alan Cox? The multitude of other major kernel hackers (to my knowledge, none of them that young or unsavory)? And that's just the kernel...
Someone, quick, break out the 2x4 of Enlightenment!
The amount of gold they're talking about is probably less than the amount in a computer. Nanoscopic gold isn't that incredibly expensive.
(Warning: I did not RTFA.)
Fuck you.
The only reason Linux isn't "ready" for the desktop is because certain big software and hardware names won't facilitate support. And people like you.
Linux itself is ready. You are not.
Love,
bersl2
P.S.: I have never considered Red Hat any good anyway.
It's flamebait, but I have karma to burn.
I spent many years at Sunday and Hebrew schools, and I prepared for my bar mitzvah; but you know what? I could never figure that language out.
BTW: 'Tis very silly why you are foed. You recently displayed a less-than-positive attitude (via a subject and link) towards a certain subculture, implying that all members of that subculture are sex fiends. You might have been joking, but you might not have. So, were you?
If you still can't understand: look at our recent posting histories, and compare.
Apparently you missed the entire "free (as in beer)" reference there. I'm not drunk.
Besides, I currently don't feel that strongly about the subject of charging for drivers for hardware I don't use anymore.
If I hadn't been joking, I wouldn't have gone after Linuxant, but Conexant instead, and the entire notion of the winmodem. So there!
I still can't believe the bastards are now charging for full Conexant winmodem support... I use an older version, but no 2.6 support really sucks. Damn you Linuxant, you money-corrupted asshats!
</rant>
OK, I'm better now... been having WAAAY too much beer...
Dear family, friends, and associates of Anonymous Coward:
I regret to inform you that recently Mr. Coward has fallen ill with an unknown affliction, whose diverse symptoms include nausea, bleeding orifices, and trolling. In fact, the doctors have recently confirmed it: Anonymous Coward is dying.
Therefore, for when such time comes to pass, I formally invite you to come dance on the grave of Anonymous Coward.
Sincerely,
bersl2
Personally, I find that figure insulting.
I mean, I'm worth at least a gig...
The sibling post is being a bit too narrow and convoluted with his definition. Try What is a furry?
The only reason it wasn't as bad as the awful MTV Sex2k "documentary" (which the CSI producers originally used as their base material) was because a fur actually consulted on the making of this episode. Source (somewhere in here)
I can't really change the system very much and most of my programs are too minimalistic lacking reasonable options or simply making things that much harder to understand.
Which is why open source and open standards matter so much. You want to change it---add or remove features? Go ahead. You want a program/module to work just as well with the rest of your programs/modules? No problem!
Just compiled and booted test8 on the laptop...
Netcraft confirms it: Pinball is dying.
But seriously, pinball is the greatest arcade game: a well-made table can entertain forever. It is non-linear, unlike so many arcade games. It has a simple learning curve and is fairly intuitive, so anyone can play. It is also (almost?) always family-friendly so, once again, anyone can play.
There are a couple of things I don't like about current pinball trends: 1) most arcades charge more than they have been previously; of course, it's the same with everything in the arcade now; and 2) while I do appreciate finese, most of the flippers today are gravely underpowered.
The Lord---the Lord Jehovah---has given unto you these 15!---
[Moses drops a tablet.] Oy...
10! 10 commandments, for all to obey!
-- from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I
Ergo, the topic for an old Gamespy Grudge: Pong Paddle vs. Duke Nukem as an Old, Old Man.
What about the /. headline: Dilbert Readers Rat Out Some Weasels
That's unfair to the rats.
I thought it was common knowledge that it's the squirrels that we have to worry about...
I'm glad that I'm going to get WiFi hardware very soon, so I won't have to use my modem for my laptop anymore. I won't pay; I'll just hold on to the old beta drivers which, despite what Linuxant says, are of good quality. Hell, I'd rather keep a 2.4 kernel around and boot that to use the modem.
Of course, we mustn't blame Linuxant for being forced to "play the money game."
Why do we still persist with nuclear, oil, coal, with all the attendant problems (pollution, wars over oil, etc), when we could cover a small proportiion of the deserts of the world with solar cells, and the roofs of our buildings, and the coasts with huge offsiore wind farms & tidal turbines, and have all the power we need?
Because: 1) Where's the big money in all that? 2) The "Not in my backyard!" Problem, and 3) (at least for tidal power) More research, AFAIK, needs to be done on the effects of doing such a thing.
[Y]ou shouldn't take slashdot seriously for financial news or advice.
You're right. You shouldn't use us for such advice. You should listen to us for advice on code issues. And based on this advice, we can tell you that SCO is full of crap.
I also respect your right to believe in salvation through corporation. It's just that most of us here do not.
Also, if you have a gargantuan trying to kill you---one who has a history of obliterating competition through less-than-licit means---such as Microsoft, you'd be paranoid, scared, and hateful too! After all, we're just humans.