Thanks for the clear answers.
But why do we talk about a "protocol" ? Isn't X a program for displaying stuff ? I know we can use remote display on a network with X, but why isn't it only a feature ? Why is X so focused on network terminology ?
And how about differences between XFree.org and X.org ? And OpenWindows ? Are they three implementations of functions (same ".h"s) for displaying windows and drawing things ?
There's http://xfree.org and there's http://x.org . What's the difference between both ? And about the version numbers ? What do they stand for ? I have X11R6, v. 4.3 or something like that installed on my computer, and now they announce X version 6.8.0 ?! What does the 6 mean ? The 11 ? The 6.8.0 ? (And where the hell does the X come from ?)
Why do those scientists debate so much about whether those "beings" are lifeforms or not ? Even if we do not classify them as alive, if they are newly discovered to play an important role in many diseases, this discover is extremely interesting anyways.
On a modern graphics card, it's much faster to throw the scene at the GPU and it let it render it all than it is to iterate through a BSP. Much faster.
Right, but hardware is not a magic obscure thing that does anything amazingly fast. Advanced graphics cards do use algorithms that are interesting to learn about.
I think almost every old game that had great succes had great music. Think of Final Fantasy I, II and III, Dragon Warrior (main theme inspired from Debussy's Passepied frome "Suite Bergamasque #1"), the original Metroid, etc.
And even older games, with very few audio capacities, had cool themes (often Johann-Sebastien Bach inventions, stuff like that).
It seems that the less they had technical possibilities, the more they had to rely on art (great melodies) in order to make games attractive. Or maybe it's about the old paradox that limitations stimulate creativity ; such as Beethoven being deaf and composing great symphonies.
This technique is well known and should work especially if you're new to computers, Linux and Maths. To add a nice relaxing effect to a sound file, try :
cp Source.wav Destination.wav # sin(param)/^2cos(printf)
(the sin and cos after the # are VERY important, don't forget them)
You can also try this one to add an effect that will help your concentration :
cp Source.wav Destination.wav # arctan(offset,fourierTr^5)
In Quebec, and probably in many other places in the world, it's quite popular to sell products that are X-treme (note the flashy absence of the first e, and the emphasis on the letter X). We see ads of X-treme shoes, X-treme sport accessories, etc.
A radio station in Quebec city, named "Radio X", popular mostly to people aged 16-25, even invented a new concept named "the X attitude". They always ask people "have you got the X attitude ?" and the worst is everyone answers the french equilalent of something like "YEEEAH man I do !!", but no one has ever defined what this means. This is as much ridiculous as it is a PURE buzzword... meaning simply nothing !
What is it about the X letter ? It's just a letter !
Of course we can install all this software ourselves. But my mother can't. The reason for using any Linux distribution is to have a maximum of useful and well configured software with minimum efforts.
My Red Hat 9, before I had done manual installations of many extra software or newer or different versions, couldn't play neither mp3s, mpgs, avis, nor movs.
We can do all this with any distribution just like we can program a complete database system in assembler, or we can have a perfectly secure network if we don't let default settings on OSes, etc.
Being able to do something is one thing, but being able to do this easily is another one.
I live in Quebec, and every article I read about electric cars mentioned that using them during winter is an issue. I never heard of one that did not have its performances and independence badly reduced because of cold temperatures.
Those are four facts leading to interesting quesitons:
How much possible in average is it possible that someone makes an insecure Windows system ?
How much possible in average is it possible that someone makes an insecure Linux system ?
Those probabilities should be pondered by the frequency of default installations, frequency of having an expert rather than a novice as the administrator, etc.
Thus, could someone not knowing which one to choose, and not knowing whether he is hiring an expert or not, rely on those statistics ?
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That's even worst : I waste hours playing KSnakeRace, Kolf, Gnu-robots...
Thanks for the clear answers. But why do we talk about a "protocol" ? Isn't X a program for displaying stuff ? I know we can use remote display on a network with X, but why isn't it only a feature ? Why is X so focused on network terminology ? And how about differences between XFree.org and X.org ? And OpenWindows ? Are they three implementations of functions (same ".h"s) for displaying windows and drawing things ?
Could somebody clarify it all ?
There's http://xfree.org and there's http://x.org . What's the difference between both ? And about the version numbers ? What do they stand for ? I have X11R6, v. 4.3 or something like that installed on my computer, and now they announce X version 6.8.0 ?! What does the 6 mean ? The 11 ? The 6.8.0 ? (And where the hell does the X come from ?)
Thanks in advance !
Why do those scientists debate so much about whether those "beings" are lifeforms or not ? Even if we do not classify them as alive, if they are newly discovered to play an important role in many diseases, this discover is extremely interesting anyways.
Is it me, or music in every new games suck ?
I think almost every old game that had great succes had great music. Think of Final Fantasy I, II and III, Dragon Warrior (main theme inspired from Debussy's Passepied frome "Suite Bergamasque #1"), the original Metroid, etc.
And even older games, with very few audio capacities, had cool themes (often Johann-Sebastien Bach inventions, stuff like that).
It seems that the less they had technical possibilities, the more they had to rely on art (great melodies) in order to make games attractive. Or maybe it's about the old paradox that limitations stimulate creativity ; such as Beethoven being deaf and composing great symphonies.
This technique is well known and should work especially if you're new to computers, Linux and Maths. To add a nice relaxing effect to a sound file, try : cp Source.wav Destination.wav # sin(param)/^2cos(printf) (the sin and cos after the # are VERY important, don't forget them) You can also try this one to add an effect that will help your concentration : cp Source.wav Destination.wav # arctan(offset,fourierTr^5)
Have you noticed the calculator ? Quite cool !
In Quebec, and probably in many other places in the world, it's quite popular to sell products that are X-treme (note the flashy absence of the first e, and the emphasis on the letter X). We see ads of X-treme shoes, X-treme sport accessories, etc.
A radio station in Quebec city, named "Radio X", popular mostly to people aged 16-25, even invented a new concept named "the X attitude". They always ask people "have you got the X attitude ?" and the worst is everyone answers the french equilalent of something like "YEEEAH man I do !!", but no one has ever defined what this means. This is as much ridiculous as it is a PURE buzzword... meaning simply nothing !
What is it about the X letter ? It's just a letter !
> including a "moderation system"
Could it be implemented with slashcode ?
Has someone tried searching for freshmeat ? Oh, and don't forget to clear your form autocompletion cache to avoid trouble with your girlfriend.
Of course we can install all this software ourselves. But my mother can't.
The reason for using any Linux distribution is to have a maximum of useful and well configured software with minimum efforts.
My Red Hat 9, before I had done manual installations of many extra software or newer or different versions, couldn't play neither mp3s, mpgs, avis, nor movs.
We can do all this with any distribution just like we can program a complete database system in assembler, or we can have a perfectly secure network if we don't let default settings on OSes, etc.
Being able to do something is one thing, but being able to do this easily is another one.
I live in Quebec, and every article I read about electric cars mentioned that using them during winter is an issue. I never heard of one that did not have its performances and independence badly reduced because of cold temperatures.
Does that one still work at -20C or -30C ?
Are they afraid it wouldn't be fair because we're too good ?
Those are four facts leading to interesting quesitons :
Those probabilities should be pondered by the frequency of default installations, frequency of having an expert rather than a novice as the administrator, etc.
Thus, could someone not knowing which one to choose, and not knowing whether he is hiring an expert or not, rely on those statistics ?