I've seen this for the TI-83 a while ago. I have the TI-89 now and it's great for the classes I take. I've overclocked cpus (AMD K6-2), but you've got to have some balls or some money to try and overclock a $150 calculator.
It just seems to me that the risk outweighs the benefits.
I've only seen it in portage, but you can get a version of openoffice called ximian openoffice. You can compile it to integrate with gnome or kde. It makes the ugly interface much nicer to deal with. Some people claim it's faster too which may be because it uses a toolkit you've already loaded into memory. I don't know specifically how they do this, so I appologize if I've made an error, but people should check it out nonetheless.
This screenshot is integrated with kde and it is similar to what I use.
I've seen enough gentoo users make comments on this topic and piss people off, so I'll be brief.
I've done this by ssh'ing into a computer from many miles away, emerging the app, waiting for it to compile, and it will appear in the gnome or kde menu. This is why command line package systems are nice, you can easily use them using ssh without having to worry about X forwarding. And portage will put the little icons in the menu which is very nice.
So farmers are buying seeds through a contract and then breaching the contract. The fact that these are "IP protected GM seeds" is irrelevant. The farmers should buy their seeds elsewhere and stick to the contracts they sign.
Now, as for GM seeds, this is how corporations can try to take over the world using IP laws. Farmers shouldn't support their practices by buying their seeds. Humans have been farming for thousands of years and now suddenly we're putting restrictions on planting the seeds? It's not right and not sustainable.
Alright, I clearly understand that a computer doesn't execute C source code or assembly code files. However, I don't think a C compiler is going to generate machine code as efficient as somebody writing assembly code. Since assembly code is specific opcodes and instructions for the CPU, compilers have to do their best to make the code that will run fastest, but I don't think it's going to compile to the same machine code often, if ever.
The point I was trying to make is that while it's slower for the computer to run the code, the increased efficiency of being human readable will make up for this in the future as computers become faster.
Programs written in assembly can run faster than programs written in C, but it's easier for someone to open a.c file and figure out what's going on.
I'm sure when C came out, the argument was similar that the performance hit doesn't make up for the readability or cross compatibility. But as computers and network connections became faster, C becomes a more viable alternative.
I got two things from the article that Linus would like to see happen:
1. Take the bs out about who knows about security vulnerabilities 2. If you make a patch, send it to kernel.org so they can release it. This is as opposed to just patching the kernel for the distro you're working on.
Yeah, like Service Pack 2. That's got a firewall and everything!
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Umm, yeah I know this. Where did you conclude that I thought you had to actually close out KDE to upgrade it? I do this at night so my system doesn't slow down while I'm working on it. I do this all the time, but these laptop hard drives are a little slow and so compiling makes for a slow system which I don't particularly enjoy.
And I never said there was a need to upgrade at night, I simply said how it avoids the problem of gcc using lots of resources while you're at the computer trying to use it.
I'm feeling pretty ignorant right now, but can someone please explain what problems are arising from shared libraries under linux? Is this the same as program x needs library y which needs library z but that will screw up program w? Or is this I want to distribute program x that has 20 other dependencies so I'll just put them all together?
That's not necessarily gloating, just being proud of your accomplishments. He also said how there is no guarantee that Firefox will increase in popularity. I think he's just being "cautiously optimistic" as people like to say now.
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Oh okay, I gotcha. Sorry for the gentoo rant then.
They probably do it because the people using are testers and this way they can find more bugs.
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How are they inherent problems with source-base distros?
Gentoo has binary packages available for mozilla, OOo, firefox, thunderbird, and other commonly used large applications.
When I compiled KDE 3.3.2 a few months ago, I didn't compile the whole KDE set, but just the packages I wanted. And compiling large applications like this isn't really a big deal if you do it right. Just start it before you go to sleep. When you wake up, it's done. That might sound like I'm joking, but it's really a painless process if you are interested in getting bleeding edge software.
My sophomore chemistry teacher once did a fun demonstration. He attached a rubber hose to the propane supply and the other end to a small funnel. He dipped the wide end of the funnel into a shallow dish of soapy water. When he turned on the propane, large propane bubbles formed and sank because propane is heavier than air. On the floor was a candle and the propane bubbles then burst into flames.
He did this while playing the song "Great Balls of Fire". He was a cool teacher.
Maybe it was. It could have come down very shallow and not made a deep impact. Then strong winds could have blown the sand around it to uncover it. If it is made of metal, then it's probably too heavy for the winds to move it much. The wavy patterns in the sand around it make me think the area gets some wind.
I'm just guessing, of course, but it's a possibility.
Alright, you want to be a dick about it? Well I did google it and guess what? You're wrong.
http://digilander.libero.it/newlucio/zahir/count ri es/usa.htm
Watts Bar 1: Construction began in 1973 Comanche Peak 2: Construction began in 1974 Comanche Peak 1: Construction began in 1974 Seabrook 1: Construction began in 1976 Limerick 2: Construction began in 1970
It takes a while to build these plants and they weren't going to halt construction years into the build. My point was no plant had started construction after TMI.
Maybe instead of assuming you're right because you took two seconds to google the wrong answer, you should take your own advice.
Ugh...global warming does not mean the earth temperature increases everywhere by the same amount. It changes weather patterns. Some places may get hotter, other colder. Some places may flood, others experience a drought.
I mean I know the phrase "global warming" sounds like the temperature everywhere will just increase by a degree or so, but jesus christ, why doesn't anyone ever take a few moments out to learn what it really does before forming an opinion on it.
Yeah, it blew up just like an truck carrying gasoline would. Are you seriously trying to argue that hydrogen is not a good alternative fuel supply because a long time ago people decided to fill a huge balloon with it that had an extremely flammable outer skin while there was lighting shooting down from the sky?
If this country (USA) wants to get off its coal, natural gas, and petroleum dependency, it has to build new nuclear power plants to power homes and use that to generate hydrogen to power vehicles. No new nuclear power plant has been built since the Three Mile Island incident, which similar to Chernobyl, was a combination of untrained workers and poor design.
It's not a popular idea around here, but huge amounts of greenhouse gas and radiation could be saved from entering out atmosphere if we used more nuclear power.
Yeah, I rarely read the man pages. And I rarely post questions on forums either. I just search or browse forums. Just about every problem one can have with setting up linux has been asked and answered. What gets annoying is when people ask the same questions over and over. It never makes sense to me. It's simply faster to search a forum or use google to find a solution. My advice is to head on over to the gentoo forums, enter a search query, and look for a post with "[Solved]" in front of it.
1. Plug mouse in 2a. It works, all done 2b. It doesn't work 3. Reboot into windows 4. Open internet explorer 5. Go to linuxquestions.org 6. Ignore search function 7. Create the handle "liNux_gUy1032" 8. Find the first forum you see 9. Type message consisting of appologizing for being "a dumb n00b" explaining that "my mouse doesn't work" ask "how do I fix it?" 10. Get frustrated when the first reply asks you for some technical information 11. Two months later, tell people "yeah, I tried linux once, but it's not ready for the desktop. 12. Post experience on slashdot when the latest KDE is released.
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I've seen this for the TI-83 a while ago. I have the TI-89 now and it's great for the classes I take. I've overclocked cpus (AMD K6-2), but you've got to have some balls or some money to try and overclock a $150 calculator.
It just seems to me that the risk outweighs the benefits.
This screenshot is integrated with kde and it is similar to what I use.
http://www.gentoo-portage.com/Image/136
I've seen enough gentoo users make comments on this topic and piss people off, so I'll be brief.
I've done this by ssh'ing into a computer from many miles away, emerging the app, waiting for it to compile, and it will appear in the gnome or kde menu. This is why command line package systems are nice, you can easily use them using ssh without having to worry about X forwarding. And portage will put the little icons in the menu which is very nice.
Geneva Convention?
Dude, we're Americans! We don't need no stinkin' Geneva Convention.
What does the Coors brewing company have to do with beer?
So farmers are buying seeds through a contract and then breaching the contract. The fact that these are "IP protected GM seeds" is irrelevant. The farmers should buy their seeds elsewhere and stick to the contracts they sign.
Now, as for GM seeds, this is how corporations can try to take over the world using IP laws. Farmers shouldn't support their practices by buying their seeds. Humans have been farming for thousands of years and now suddenly we're putting restrictions on planting the seeds? It's not right and not sustainable.
Alright, I clearly understand that a computer doesn't execute C source code or assembly code files. However, I don't think a C compiler is going to generate machine code as efficient as somebody writing assembly code. Since assembly code is specific opcodes and instructions for the CPU, compilers have to do their best to make the code that will run fastest, but I don't think it's going to compile to the same machine code often, if ever. The point I was trying to make is that while it's slower for the computer to run the code, the increased efficiency of being human readable will make up for this in the future as computers become faster.
Programs written in assembly can run faster than programs written in C, but it's easier for someone to open a .c file and figure out what's going on.
I'm sure when C came out, the argument was similar that the performance hit doesn't make up for the readability or cross compatibility. But as computers and network connections became faster, C becomes a more viable alternative.
I got two things from the article that Linus would like to see happen:
1. Take the bs out about who knows about security vulnerabilities
2. If you make a patch, send it to kernel.org so they can release it. This is as opposed to just patching the kernel for the distro you're working on.
Yeah, like Service Pack 2. That's got a firewall and everything!
Umm, yeah I know this. Where did you conclude that I thought you had to actually close out KDE to upgrade it? I do this at night so my system doesn't slow down while I'm working on it. I do this all the time, but these laptop hard drives are a little slow and so compiling makes for a slow system which I don't particularly enjoy.
And I never said there was a need to upgrade at night, I simply said how it avoids the problem of gcc using lots of resources while you're at the computer trying to use it.
I'm feeling pretty ignorant right now, but can someone please explain what problems are arising from shared libraries under linux? Is this the same as program x needs library y which needs library z but that will screw up program w? Or is this I want to distribute program x that has 20 other dependencies so I'll just put them all together?
That's not necessarily gloating, just being proud of your accomplishments. He also said how there is no guarantee that Firefox will increase in popularity. I think he's just being "cautiously optimistic" as people like to say now.
Oh okay, I gotcha. Sorry for the gentoo rant then.
They probably do it because the people using are testers and this way they can find more bugs.
How are they inherent problems with source-base distros?
Gentoo has binary packages available for mozilla, OOo, firefox, thunderbird, and other commonly used large applications.
When I compiled KDE 3.3.2 a few months ago, I didn't compile the whole KDE set, but just the packages I wanted. And compiling large applications like this isn't really a big deal if you do it right. Just start it before you go to sleep. When you wake up, it's done. That might sound like I'm joking, but it's really a painless process if you are interested in getting bleeding edge software.
My sophomore chemistry teacher once did a fun demonstration. He attached a rubber hose to the propane supply and the other end to a small funnel. He dipped the wide end of the funnel into a shallow dish of soapy water. When he turned on the propane, large propane bubbles formed and sank because propane is heavier than air. On the floor was a candle and the propane bubbles then burst into flames.
He did this while playing the song "Great Balls of Fire". He was a cool teacher.
Maybe it was. It could have come down very shallow and not made a deep impact. Then strong winds could have blown the sand around it to uncover it. If it is made of metal, then it's probably too heavy for the winds to move it much. The wavy patterns in the sand around it make me think the area gets some wind.
I'm just guessing, of course, but it's a possibility.
Alright, you want to be a dick about it? Well I did google it and guess what? You're wrong.
t ri es/usa.htm
http://digilander.libero.it/newlucio/zahir/coun
Watts Bar 1: Construction began in 1973
Comanche Peak 2: Construction began in 1974
Comanche Peak 1: Construction began in 1974
Seabrook 1: Construction began in 1976
Limerick 2: Construction began in 1970
It takes a while to build these plants and they weren't going to halt construction years into the build. My point was no plant had started construction after TMI.
Maybe instead of assuming you're right because you took two seconds to google the wrong answer, you should take your own advice.
Remember, these companies actually innovated something.
And if you're wondering what the hell Matsushita is, well, they basically own everything.
Ugh...global warming does not mean the earth temperature increases everywhere by the same amount. It changes weather patterns. Some places may get hotter, other colder. Some places may flood, others experience a drought.
I mean I know the phrase "global warming" sounds like the temperature everywhere will just increase by a degree or so, but jesus christ, why doesn't anyone ever take a few moments out to learn what it really does before forming an opinion on it.
Yeah, it blew up just like an truck carrying gasoline would. Are you seriously trying to argue that hydrogen is not a good alternative fuel supply because a long time ago people decided to fill a huge balloon with it that had an extremely flammable outer skin while there was lighting shooting down from the sky?
If this country (USA) wants to get off its coal, natural gas, and petroleum dependency, it has to build new nuclear power plants to power homes and use that to generate hydrogen to power vehicles. No new nuclear power plant has been built since the Three Mile Island incident, which similar to Chernobyl, was a combination of untrained workers and poor design.
It's not a popular idea around here, but huge amounts of greenhouse gas and radiation could be saved from entering out atmosphere if we used more nuclear power.
Yeah, but notifying the driver would probably just mean burying it in the contract that nobody reads.
Yeah, I rarely read the man pages. And I rarely post questions on forums either. I just search or browse forums. Just about every problem one can have with setting up linux has been asked and answered. What gets annoying is when people ask the same questions over and over. It never makes sense to me. It's simply faster to search a forum or use google to find a solution. My advice is to head on over to the gentoo forums, enter a search query, and look for a post with "[Solved]" in front of it.
1. Plug mouse in
:)
2a. It works, all done
2b. It doesn't work
3. Reboot into windows
4. Open internet explorer
5. Go to linuxquestions.org
6. Ignore search function
7. Create the handle "liNux_gUy1032"
8. Find the first forum you see
9. Type message consisting of appologizing for being "a dumb n00b" explaining that "my mouse doesn't work" ask "how do I fix it?"
10. Get frustrated when the first reply asks you for some technical information
11. Two months later, tell people "yeah, I tried linux once, but it's not ready for the desktop.
12. Post experience on slashdot when the latest KDE is released.
I know you were joking, and I'm joking as well
"These marvelous machines, optimists hope, will follow Moore's law, doubling in quality every 18 months"
Why does everybody have to screw this "law" up? Moore observed in 1965 that the number of transistors per square inch doubled every 18 months.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/Moores_Law.html