Ok that is a stretch. id outsources to Aspyr for their Mac ports. The linux version is done primarily as a dedicated server platform. It makes their games popular since you can run them on a reliable server platform.
Also the code is still linux/mac/windows centric. Try compiling the SDK for one of their games on FreeBSD for example. It won't get that far. I've tried this with enemy territory. Obviously I don't have the whole engine, but it was simply a curiosity. Of course FreeBSD wasn't a target platform, but it also shows the code isn't automatically portable to anything without some work.
I applaud id for their linux and Mac releases. Enemy Territory is still my favorite game and I can't wait for quake wars.
True, and there are more games for Mac OS. So next time someone wants to make a mac joke, remember its windows only for games.:(
I hope we can get games ported to serveral platforms. I love different operating systems and it would be nice to give the people variety. Also don't forget java games usually work on other operating systems as well.
It goes beyond that. One of the first "R" films I saw as a child was Rambo! My mother said violence was ok but sex wasn't good. As I got older, she let me watch whatever I wanted. At 16, I got my first computer. I had Internet Access in my room unsupervised.
Not all parents care about sex or violence around their children. My mother was also an alchy and my father has a bad drug problem. Go figure... at 27 i'm scared to have children. If I do, I couldn't let they around their grandparents!
What if the phone was more newton like? You jumped to OS X and iTunes.. they don't even use OS X on the iPod and those work great. I think somebody's been playing with a "Jump to conclusions" board.
I don't even like linux that much and I'd rather have a phone run linux. An ipod/phone might be interesting though. (not the cingular crap)
Also consider xorg's auto detect isn't perfect. For instance, 6.9 detects the maximum resolution of my CRT monitor as 1600 x 1200. While it does work at that resolution, its not the ideal resolution for my display. LCDs are often best at their highest supported resolution, but that is not always the case for a CRT. In my case, I can't read xterm at that resolution and the flicker is annoying. Microsoft's default isn't great, but it works for everyone. (not ideal sometimes)
Apple has an advantage since they control the hardware. OS X can say hey thats an iBook with an LCD.. i'll use its highest 1024x768 setting! Plus I think there are more than a few hundred of us using Macs. I've got 4 in my home not getting into other systems. I used to administer ~40 at my old university. My mother in law has one. 45 systems I am familar with alone exist.
For the record, the only time i've had a problem with a Macs resolution is when I've either used a kvm switch or had another person change it!
What about C:\Windows\TEMP C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations C:\WINDOWS\msdownld.tmp C:\WINDOWS\Offline Web Pages C:\WINDOWS\ftpcache the windows update folders.......
There are a lot of places where files are written. Plus I don't remember anywhere that said the drive was smart enough to selectively handle certain PATHs which are seen at the operating system level and not at the drive level. Are we trying to get the hard drive to understand NTFS/FAT32/HFS/HPFS/UFS/ZFS/EXT2/EXT3/ReiserFS/JFS ...
At first I thought your idea was silly and then I realized you are absolutely right. I put the dock on the left side on my iBook with autohide so that i don't trigger it but gain the added space when surfing.
I wish laptop vendors would figure out a few things.
1. vertical space is more important than ever. Digital paper! Let me see a webpage. I still don't feel like going beyond 1024 x 768 when designing a page. I looked at my sites on my new cell phone the other day and realized how bad that is.
2. Not everyone wants a 17 inch display. Yes many of you exist, but there are a few of us that like 12 inch displays! I like a small laptop which is portable over a big bulky thing. I'm a student and I have books to carry too! My wife also prefers 12 inch displays. This means don't just offer a 12 inch, but a fast 12 inch as well. I don't consider a 17 inch MacBook Pro better than a 13 inch MacBook in terms of the screen. I want the faster cpus but a small screen! It may even help with battery life. What happened to the idea that that sale of products would be completely custom? Dell does it to some degree. Apple get with it.
3. Battery life is more important than anything else. If the battery dies, the computer is useless. I need to get through a 2 hour lecture while taking notes! Business people go on site, have meetings all day, etc. IT people might need to haul their laptop around server rooms, meetings, lunch, etc. Don't people at HP, IBM, and apple use laptops at work? Figure it out people!
Finally, I'd like to say that it appears video cards are the largest culpret now. Every review i've read that includes power consumption makes comments about the heat and power requirements of ati/nvidia hardware. I'd like to see ATI (amd) and nvidia go through the intel fast, low power, low heat transition. I mean they want us to run two of these things concurrently now. Could we at least get something energy efficient. The progress intel has made is useless if we put in a new ATI card.
Poor people never save. That was my point. The idea of a tax credit also would not work. Poor people can't wait for tax time to get the rebate. If they can't get to work, how would they earn anything?
The idea of making gas companies pay is a great idea though. It would probably work better than a minimum wage increase. For starters, how about making them pay back subsidies from the last two years. ExonMobile has record profits. I don't think they need that money. Perhaps we should tax oil companies at higher rates based on the amount the average price of gasoline is. In this system, congress (or someone) would have to revisit the tables every few years.
OS X server may have a lot of problems, but its not insecure. (provided you use the LATEST version) The problem with OS X server is that apple doesn't like to patch old versions. For instance, a 10.2 server can be crashed easily if its running the built in samba. Exploits will kill an xserve very quickly. They are also a pain to administer, very bad things happen if the reverse dns is changed in 10.4 server, and the permissions model is a pain in the ass.
1. Not everyone has a child. 2. Minimum wage must keep up with inflation. The price of food and gas go up over time regardless of minimum wage increases. Its been 10 years since we had an increase and food/gas does cost more than in did in the mid 90s. 3. Your 3 points are true, but other factors can cause those too. Minimum wage increases offset those problems. In the long term it will drive up prices, but in the short term a poor person can put gas in their car and eat.
We could have gone a bit longer without raising it had we not entered Iraq. The gas price increases are the real problem. They caused food, shipping and various other things to go up in price. Another thing to consider is that poor people spend all their money while rich people save. When you increase the amount of money a poor person has, it goes right back into the economy for products and services. It also gets taxed. That money pays for our iraq situation. Any money cirulating might make it possible for our armed forces to pay their electric bills.
In addition to a minimum wage increase, i think we should raise the salery of our troops. That way their families can eat too.
Many creative people have heard of some of those applications. They are called Web Developers and Designers. There are questions on apple's mailing lists about apache, php, ruby, mono and various other open source projects all the time. Web designers use apache and php to test their sites locally.
You are correct that apple does not include graphical open source applications with OSX aside from webkit (safari's rendering engine). I think the chess program might be based on the GNU chess program.
Actually I do work on a game port. I compile the mac version of the FalckonET "Wolfenstein: The Frontline" mod for Enemy Territory. I also work with the linux porter on gcc compile issues and other things.
I've also started a BSD project to make an OS for everyone. (note my sig)
Apple's graphical layer is much better than X11. Apple needs an advantage. I'm sure apple could make x11 work even better with the gui as they did with A/UX. If you read up on it, it allowed you to run unix apps by double clicking in the gui and classic apps. Apple's x11 implementation is still fairly good, but a bit of a hassle to start some apps.
Linux people want native stuff too. Not only do they want linux ports of software, but some people even rewrite apps so that they integrate with gnome or KDE better. xine/gxine for instance. In fact, most of the extra open source software out there is just duplicates of what we already had. Aside from one gnu app, I don't know of a replacement for say quicken. I don't see lots of open source games. (this argument is starting to become untrue.. in time.)
Making a native port of an open source program for Windows is a lot of work too. What is the difference?
OSX has quite a bit of open source software for it. Aside from obvious things like bash, tcsh, vim, xorg, apache httpd, php, perl, there are also things that don't come with it!
Apple can never win. Its either criticism for using open source or now they don't have enough. If they had used x11 for everything it would be "why not use linux instead of the copy". Nothing is stopping you from using "Mac OS" with x11... its called gnustep + windowmaker. Try it sometime. Its only about a decade out of date.. but its there. (pronounced: nextstep)
Linux users, do me a favor. Only speak of positives of your OS of choice. Don't sit there and trash every other OS out there. End users don't like "Windows is shitty" as a reason to switch. Why? Most of them think Windows is good enough. That's why they have 90% marketshare. Convince people Linux has new exciting features they can't live without. Play the game the way apple and microsoft do. The real reason you don't do that is because linux doesn't have much to offer over any other OS. Sure there are isolated cases but on a desktop there isn't a single reason to switch for most people. This holds true with mac os, bsd, and other systems as well. In the case of mac os, apple has iApps which appeal to a few people. That's why their marketshare is going up. They still don't have a silver bullet to get windows users to switch. Listen to what people say about mac os! Most complaints that are rational typically mention games. Does linux have lots of game ports? No. (work on that) Give and take constructive criticism. Improve the software. Work with others.
My personal vision is that someday operating systems will be free that work for everyone. I want us to move beyond 100 different choices and get to a few good ones that the poor and rich can use together. Most people I know that have heard of linux think it costs money. Why? They goto best buy and see "linux" for 80 dollars. The windows upgrade is 99 right next to it. What does that tell them? Then they go down the next isle and see box after box of window software. They think.. gee i can't get any software for this "linux" thing. They also may think wow.. nothing for macs either. I guess I have to use windows.
In order to resolve these problems, someone needs to put Linux cds at stores like AOL does. Free disks.. ubuntu or whatever needs to do this. Next, distros need to advertise that the box contains a browser, word processor, and anything else they may want. Perhaps an open source games collection might help too. Remember how you picked your first pc when you were clueless. In my case, I couldn't afford a mac so i got a packard bell because it had more games and other software.
Buy a mouse. I bought a Microsoft usb laser mouse for $8 at target. Works great. Right click and scroll wheel.. and i have a G4 iBook. Could we get over the tired mouse argument. You hate apple just as many Linux fanboys hate Microsoft. Accept your bias and shutup. There are many things wrong with apple. You are so uninformed that you can't even pick one of them.
Why is it such a shock to some that a developer got burned out working on the same code. Open source developers are often not appreciated. A few get paid and many don't. Its just constant nagging for new features or bug fixes. There are rewarding aspects too. Maybe he wanted to do something with php that hasn't happened. He was involved with thread safety and that hasn't seemed important to many people. Personally I'd like to see thread safe php so I could play with some of the apache mpms...
or is it up down up down left right b a select start ? Something like that worked for level select in TMNT 2 for the NES back in the day. I loved kicking crang's ass in that damn technodrome.
It might feel that way for low to middle class americans. Gas is $3.10 here. That means its double since i've been married (6 years). Now consider that many people have to work for an hour or more to pay for gas just to get to work. Next count in the cost of lunch with groceries and other things going up due to gas prices.
There are quite a few professionals on slashdot, but there are also college students and others. Most americans don't make that much. Next time you go to the supermarket or buy gas consider how long that clerk has to work before he/she has made any money. This line of reasoning doesn't include taxes and other expenses either.
For instance, in my household we use about $120 a month in gas. We don't go out much. I'm a college student and my wife works. We both drive saturns which have fair gas milage. (~33 highway) I live in Michigan so its not anywhere good. So for instance, say you made 7 dollars an hour. Before taxes, that's like 10 percent of your monthly earnings. That is above minimum wage and what I made on my last on-campus job.
Don't invest in the stock market as others have said. I had a trust fund transfered over to me in stock and I've had bad luck overall. Its not just the risk in the market, but someone who doesn't understand it too. I got lucky at first investing in apple last year. I blew it on a new iBook for my wife thinking more was on the way. Since january, i've lost 2000 dollars and diversified enough to break even since. (also apple, intel and motorola) Investing isn't trivial and there are risks. You will lose money sometimes.
yeah they should have received more. The difference here is that the RIAA thinks the kazaa brand could SELL music. The housewife with 2 kids with a neighbor who downloaded a cd on her wireless network isn't going to SELL music so she gets charged much more for 1 CD. Where is the justice in that? I hope this case can help with some of the stupid civil suits to convince a judge that music isn't WORTH THAT MUCH.
Yahoo games don't count. Seriously, its terrible for FPS style games. Try playing enemy territory or any other FPS game out there. I had one at work and I couldn't play ET at all. WoW was playable with it, but I much preferred my Microsoft Mouse at home. Hell, I bought two identical Microsoft mice so my mac and pc would "feel" the same. I can switch between them without thinking. The keyboard difference isn't a big deal but I notice with a different mouse.
Both are ignorant. Any type of device could have a virus written for it. Even CA implies that. Its a warning that nothing is safe, but I don't think its time to buy software for viruses yet. Its like buying antivirus for a mac or linux desktop. There isn't anything in the wild that is going to hurt you right now. Sure there's a few token viruses but if you are patched they can't hurt you. Someday mac os and linux will be hit as bad as Windows. Why? Users are stupid. It only takes one click to get you in trouble. Most malware is concealed in something useful now.
The question is when will consumers figure out the scam. Why is it that no antivirus product I've tried for Windows has a small footprint and detects reasonably well. The closest I've seen is clam antivirus for windows and that can't remove anything. Remember when antivirus vendors pushed the new version because it was faster and sometimes smaller? What happened to that. I actually don't run with antivirus on anymore. A monthly scan is enough. I patch windows religiously and only do special scans when I download from untrustworthy sources. There is a small risk one of them will spread a virus but its unlikely.
Home users shouldn't fear this at all yet. Businesses should consider telling their users to watch what they install on their phones.
You act as if I didn't RTFM. I certainly did. I even googled for examples when the grub documentation and gentoo install docs didn't work. Its entirely possible there is some crazy behavior with my computer. As for my experience, I've successfully setup a multiboot of linux, windows, solaris and FreeBSD on the same system.
In the open source world, I find it hard to believe there are NO patches for grub as you claim. I met someone who works on grub a few months back. He told me there were problems with grub and that he submitted patches that were not used. So apparently there are patches floating around to make it work properly. Hmm...
CS students often don't know how to partition disks and things. They are not CIS students. They aren't taught how to use a computer, simply how to program one and how to use and develop algorithms. Most don't know anything about programming or other tasks beyond using IE/Windows/Word when they come in. The whole point of the assignment is to help out students who've never done that type of thing so we could talk about it. (it was an operating systems course)
There weren't enough lab machines for the whole class. Most of us had to use our own machines. Worse yet, they had to be x86 machines. My laptop is an iBook which meant I had to carry in my precision workstation from home. Its big and heavy. I had to borrow a dolly from the computer lab to get it in. At least I got an A.
That is funny but it brings up a point. Why the hell do parents let their kids on the internet unattended? If a child meets an online predator online its the parents fault for letting their kid on the internet alone. I think the parents should be taken to court instead. Please tell people to watch their kids online.
Calls like that happen. I used to do ISP tech support. The site could be down and its always the ISPs fault.
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Ok that is a stretch. id outsources to Aspyr for their Mac ports. The linux version is done primarily as a dedicated server platform. It makes their games popular since you can run them on a reliable server platform.
Also the code is still linux/mac/windows centric. Try compiling the SDK for one of their games on FreeBSD for example. It won't get that far. I've tried this with enemy territory. Obviously I don't have the whole engine, but it was simply a curiosity. Of course FreeBSD wasn't a target platform, but it also shows the code isn't automatically portable to anything without some work.
I applaud id for their linux and Mac releases. Enemy Territory is still my favorite game and I can't wait for quake wars.
True, and there are more games for Mac OS. So next time someone wants to make a mac joke, remember its windows only for games. :(
I hope we can get games ported to serveral platforms. I love different operating systems and it would be nice to give the people variety. Also don't forget java games usually work on other operating systems as well.
It goes beyond that. One of the first "R" films I saw as a child was Rambo! My mother said violence was ok but sex wasn't good. As I got older, she let me watch whatever I wanted. At 16, I got my first computer. I had Internet Access in my room unsupervised.
Not all parents care about sex or violence around their children. My mother was also an alchy and my father has a bad drug problem. Go figure... at 27 i'm scared to have children. If I do, I couldn't let they around their grandparents!
Age of Empires predates World of Warcraft. I do play both and I have a mage. :)
I didn't know Age of Empires can do network storage! WTG Microsoft!
What if the phone was more newton like? You jumped to OS X and iTunes.. they don't even use OS X on the iPod and those work great. I think somebody's been playing with a "Jump to conclusions" board.
I don't even like linux that much and I'd rather have a phone run linux. An ipod/phone might be interesting though. (not the cingular crap)
Also consider xorg's auto detect isn't perfect. For instance, 6.9 detects the maximum resolution of my CRT monitor as 1600 x 1200. While it does work at that resolution, its not the ideal resolution for my display. LCDs are often best at their highest supported resolution, but that is not always the case for a CRT. In my case, I can't read xterm at that resolution and the flicker is annoying. Microsoft's default isn't great, but it works for everyone. (not ideal sometimes)
Apple has an advantage since they control the hardware. OS X can say hey thats an iBook with an LCD.. i'll use its highest 1024x768 setting! Plus I think there are more than a few hundred of us using Macs. I've got 4 in my home not getting into other systems. I used to administer ~40 at my old university. My mother in law has one. 45 systems I am familar with alone exist.
For the record, the only time i've had a problem with a Macs resolution is when I've either used a kvm switch or had another person change it!
What about ...
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C:\Windows\TEMP
C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations
C:\WINDOWS\msdownld.tmp
C:\WINDOWS\Offline Web Pages
C:\WINDOWS\ftpcache
the windows update folders....
There are a lot of places where files are written. Plus I don't remember anywhere that said the drive was smart enough to selectively handle certain PATHs which are seen at the operating system level and not at the drive level. Are we trying to get the hard drive to understand NTFS/FAT32/HFS/HPFS/UFS/ZFS/EXT2/EXT3/ReiserFS/JF
At first I thought your idea was silly and then I realized you are absolutely right. I put the dock on the left side on my iBook with autohide so that i don't trigger it but gain the added space when surfing.
I wish laptop vendors would figure out a few things.
1. vertical space is more important than ever. Digital paper! Let me see a webpage. I still don't feel like going beyond 1024 x 768 when designing a page. I looked at my sites on my new cell phone the other day and realized how bad that is.
2. Not everyone wants a 17 inch display. Yes many of you exist, but there are a few of us that like 12 inch displays! I like a small laptop which is portable over a big bulky thing. I'm a student and I have books to carry too! My wife also prefers 12 inch displays. This means don't just offer a 12 inch, but a fast 12 inch as well. I don't consider a 17 inch MacBook Pro better than a 13 inch MacBook in terms of the screen. I want the faster cpus but a small screen! It may even help with battery life. What happened to the idea that that sale of products would be completely custom? Dell does it to some degree. Apple get with it.
3. Battery life is more important than anything else. If the battery dies, the computer is useless. I need to get through a 2 hour lecture while taking notes! Business people go on site, have meetings all day, etc. IT people might need to haul their laptop around server rooms, meetings, lunch, etc. Don't people at HP, IBM, and apple use laptops at work? Figure it out people!
Finally, I'd like to say that it appears video cards are the largest culpret now. Every review i've read that includes power consumption makes comments about the heat and power requirements of ati/nvidia hardware. I'd like to see ATI (amd) and nvidia go through the intel fast, low power, low heat transition. I mean they want us to run two of these things concurrently now. Could we at least get something energy efficient. The progress intel has made is useless if we put in a new ATI card.
Poor people never save. That was my point. The idea of a tax credit also would not work. Poor people can't wait for tax time to get the rebate. If they can't get to work, how would they earn anything?
The idea of making gas companies pay is a great idea though. It would probably work better than a minimum wage increase. For starters, how about making them pay back subsidies from the last two years. ExonMobile has record profits. I don't think they need that money. Perhaps we should tax oil companies at higher rates based on the amount the average price of gasoline is. In this system, congress (or someone) would have to revisit the tables every few years.
But only in mountain view...
http://wifi.google.com/gsa/faq.html
OS X server may have a lot of problems, but its not insecure. (provided you use the LATEST version) The problem with OS X server is that apple doesn't like to patch old versions. For instance, a 10.2 server can be crashed easily if its running the built in samba. Exploits will kill an xserve very quickly. They are also a pain to administer, very bad things happen if the reverse dns is changed in 10.4 server, and the permissions model is a pain in the ass.
Yes, I did OS X administration for almost a year.
1. Not everyone has a child.
2. Minimum wage must keep up with inflation. The price of food and gas go up over time regardless of minimum wage increases. Its been 10 years since we had an increase and food/gas does cost more than in did in the mid 90s.
3. Your 3 points are true, but other factors can cause those too. Minimum wage increases offset those problems. In the long term it will drive up prices, but in the short term a poor person can put gas in their car and eat.
We could have gone a bit longer without raising it had we not entered Iraq. The gas price increases are the real problem. They caused food, shipping and various other things to go up in price. Another thing to consider is that poor people spend all their money while rich people save. When you increase the amount of money a poor person has, it goes right back into the economy for products and services. It also gets taxed. That money pays for our iraq situation. Any money cirulating might make it possible for our armed forces to pay their electric bills.
In addition to a minimum wage increase, i think we should raise the salery of our troops. That way their families can eat too.
Many creative people have heard of some of those applications. They are called Web Developers and Designers. There are questions on apple's mailing lists about apache, php, ruby, mono and various other open source projects all the time. Web designers use apache and php to test their sites locally.
You are correct that apple does not include graphical open source applications with OSX aside from webkit (safari's rendering engine). I think the chess program might be based on the GNU chess program.
Actually I do work on a game port. I compile the mac version of the FalckonET "Wolfenstein: The Frontline" mod for Enemy Territory. I also work with the linux porter on gcc compile issues and other things.
I've also started a BSD project to make an OS for everyone. (note my sig)
Apple's graphical layer is much better than X11. Apple needs an advantage. I'm sure apple could make x11 work even better with the gui as they did with A/UX. If you read up on it, it allowed you to run unix apps by double clicking in the gui and classic apps. Apple's x11 implementation is still fairly good, but a bit of a hassle to start some apps.
Linux people want native stuff too. Not only do they want linux ports of software, but some people even rewrite apps so that they integrate with gnome or KDE better. xine/gxine for instance. In fact, most of the extra open source software out there is just duplicates of what we already had. Aside from one gnu app, I don't know of a replacement for say quicken. I don't see lots of open source games. (this argument is starting to become untrue.. in time.)
Making a native port of an open source program for Windows is a lot of work too. What is the difference?
OSX has quite a bit of open source software for it. Aside from obvious things like bash, tcsh, vim, xorg, apache httpd, php, perl, there are also things that don't come with it!
Apple can never win. Its either criticism for using open source or now they don't have enough. If they had used x11 for everything it would be "why not use linux instead of the copy". Nothing is stopping you from using "Mac OS" with x11... its called gnustep + windowmaker. Try it sometime. Its only about a decade out of date.. but its there. (pronounced: nextstep)
Linux users, do me a favor. Only speak of positives of your OS of choice. Don't sit there and trash every other OS out there. End users don't like "Windows is shitty" as a reason to switch. Why? Most of them think Windows is good enough. That's why they have 90% marketshare. Convince people Linux has new exciting features they can't live without. Play the game the way apple and microsoft do. The real reason you don't do that is because linux doesn't have much to offer over any other OS. Sure there are isolated cases but on a desktop there isn't a single reason to switch for most people. This holds true with mac os, bsd, and other systems as well. In the case of mac os, apple has iApps which appeal to a few people. That's why their marketshare is going up. They still don't have a silver bullet to get windows users to switch. Listen to what people say about mac os! Most complaints that are rational typically mention games. Does linux have lots of game ports? No. (work on that) Give and take constructive criticism. Improve the software. Work with others.
My personal vision is that someday operating systems will be free that work for everyone. I want us to move beyond 100 different choices and get to a few good ones that the poor and rich can use together. Most people I know that have heard of linux think it costs money. Why? They goto best buy and see "linux" for 80 dollars. The windows upgrade is 99 right next to it. What does that tell them? Then they go down the next isle and see box after box of window software. They think.. gee i can't get any software for this "linux" thing. They also may think wow.. nothing for macs either. I guess I have to use windows.
In order to resolve these problems, someone needs to put Linux cds at stores like AOL does. Free disks.. ubuntu or whatever needs to do this. Next, distros need to advertise that the box contains a browser, word processor, and anything else they may want. Perhaps an open source games collection might help too. Remember how you picked your first pc when you were clueless. In my case, I couldn't afford a mac so i got a packard bell because it had more games and other software.
Buy a mouse. I bought a Microsoft usb laser mouse for $8 at target. Works great. Right click and scroll wheel.. and i have a G4 iBook. Could we get over the tired mouse argument. You hate apple just as many Linux fanboys hate Microsoft. Accept your bias and shutup. There are many things wrong with apple. You are so uninformed that you can't even pick one of them.
But that was at a php conference...
Why is it such a shock to some that a developer got burned out working on the same code. Open source developers are often not appreciated. A few get paid and many don't. Its just constant nagging for new features or bug fixes. There are rewarding aspects too. Maybe he wanted to do something with php that hasn't happened. He was involved with thread safety and that hasn't seemed important to many people. Personally I'd like to see thread safe php so I could play with some of the apache mpms...
Isn't that the konami code?
or is it up down up down left right b a select start ? Something like that worked for level select in TMNT 2 for the NES back in the day. I loved kicking crang's ass in that damn technodrome.
It might feel that way for low to middle class americans. Gas is $3.10 here. That means its double since i've been married (6 years). Now consider that many people have to work for an hour or more to pay for gas just to get to work. Next count in the cost of lunch with groceries and other things going up due to gas prices.
There are quite a few professionals on slashdot, but there are also college students and others. Most americans don't make that much. Next time you go to the supermarket or buy gas consider how long that clerk has to work before he/she has made any money. This line of reasoning doesn't include taxes and other expenses either.
For instance, in my household we use about $120 a month in gas. We don't go out much. I'm a college student and my wife works. We both drive saturns which have fair gas milage. (~33 highway) I live in Michigan so its not anywhere good. So for instance, say you made 7 dollars an hour. Before taxes, that's like 10 percent of your monthly earnings. That is above minimum wage and what I made on my last on-campus job.
Don't invest in the stock market as others have said. I had a trust fund transfered over to me in stock and I've had bad luck overall. Its not just the risk in the market, but someone who doesn't understand it too. I got lucky at first investing in apple last year. I blew it on a new iBook for my wife thinking more was on the way. Since january, i've lost 2000 dollars and diversified enough to break even since. (also apple, intel and motorola) Investing isn't trivial and there are risks. You will lose money sometimes.
yeah they should have received more. The difference here is that the RIAA thinks the kazaa brand could SELL music. The housewife with 2 kids with a neighbor who downloaded a cd on her wireless network isn't going to SELL music so she gets charged much more for 1 CD. Where is the justice in that? I hope this case can help with some of the stupid civil suits to convince a judge that music isn't WORTH THAT MUCH.
Yahoo games don't count. Seriously, its terrible for FPS style games. Try playing enemy territory or any other FPS game out there. I had one at work and I couldn't play ET at all. WoW was playable with it, but I much preferred my Microsoft Mouse at home. Hell, I bought two identical Microsoft mice so my mac and pc would "feel" the same. I can switch between them without thinking. The keyboard difference isn't a big deal but I notice with a different mouse.
Both are ignorant. Any type of device could have a virus written for it. Even CA implies that. Its a warning that nothing is safe, but I don't think its time to buy software for viruses yet. Its like buying antivirus for a mac or linux desktop. There isn't anything in the wild that is going to hurt you right now. Sure there's a few token viruses but if you are patched they can't hurt you. Someday mac os and linux will be hit as bad as Windows. Why? Users are stupid. It only takes one click to get you in trouble. Most malware is concealed in something useful now.
The question is when will consumers figure out the scam. Why is it that no antivirus product I've tried for Windows has a small footprint and detects reasonably well. The closest I've seen is clam antivirus for windows and that can't remove anything. Remember when antivirus vendors pushed the new version because it was faster and sometimes smaller? What happened to that. I actually don't run with antivirus on anymore. A monthly scan is enough. I patch windows religiously and only do special scans when I download from untrustworthy sources. There is a small risk one of them will spread a virus but its unlikely.
Home users shouldn't fear this at all yet. Businesses should consider telling their users to watch what they install on their phones.
You act as if I didn't RTFM. I certainly did. I even googled for examples when the grub documentation and gentoo install docs didn't work. Its entirely possible there is some crazy behavior with my computer. As for my experience, I've successfully setup a multiboot of linux, windows, solaris and FreeBSD on the same system.
In the open source world, I find it hard to believe there are NO patches for grub as you claim. I met someone who works on grub a few months back. He told me there were problems with grub and that he submitted patches that were not used. So apparently there are patches floating around to make it work properly. Hmm...
CS students often don't know how to partition disks and things. They are not CIS students. They aren't taught how to use a computer, simply how to program one and how to use and develop algorithms. Most don't know anything about programming or other tasks beyond using IE/Windows/Word when they come in. The whole point of the assignment is to help out students who've never done that type of thing so we could talk about it. (it was an operating systems course)
There weren't enough lab machines for the whole class. Most of us had to use our own machines. Worse yet, they had to be x86 machines. My laptop is an iBook which meant I had to carry in my precision workstation from home. Its big and heavy. I had to borrow a dolly from the computer lab to get it in. At least I got an A.
That is funny but it brings up a point. Why the hell do parents let their kids on the internet unattended? If a child meets an online predator online its the parents fault for letting their kid on the internet alone. I think the parents should be taken to court instead. Please tell people to watch their kids online.
Calls like that happen. I used to do ISP tech support. The site could be down and its always the ISPs fault.