I'd like to thank you guys for not making another distribution:) I'm terrified of a Free Software world were each and every major app(ie: word processor[Corel], desktop software[Mandrake], or security system[you case:]) needs an entirely different distribution underneath it.
I'm glad Bastille relies on work that has already been done by others, rather than re-inventing the wheel.
Thank you:)
Dave 'Round the firewall,
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I agree with you - we do need reform, but deeper than what you suggest. It's called "ethics," and it should be enforced legally for people running for office. *ANYTHING* purposefully misleading, or even non-purposefully if it misleads enough people, should automatically disqualify a candidate.
For instance, let's say that candidate A lauches a campaign against candidate B. Candidate A claims "Candidate B is a very bad person! They plan on raising your taxes! Do you want to live in a communist country?!? NO? Vote for ME, Candidate A!!" Of course, candidate B was going to raise taxes, it had to be done, so candidate A isn't really lying. However, candidate A was *also* going to raise taxes. So, this is misleading on several points:
1) A claimed B was a very bad person. That is totally subjective, and bordering on slander.
2) A said that B was going to raise taxes, and that it's a bad thing. A plans on raising taxes too, misleading the People to think that voting for A will keep taxes low, even though they'll be raised.
3) Higher taxes does not a communist country make. That is completely irrelevant.
Something like that is very unethical, and should be stopped. I don't think it'll happen anytime soon, though, because most people that are in office today rely on those tactics to get there - they're not going to de-rail their gravy train.
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I'm pretty sure it's not Sawfish:) I've used it every day since 0.12, except for a few lonely moments where I used IceWM because I had some bad RAM that needed to be removed temporarily.
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Ahh, good point, I hadn't considered EFM. It definetly must be E, though, as well as 'gkrellm'. I wish I knew the name of that gkrellm theme:) 'Round the firewall,
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They arn't running Window Maker - they're just using icons/pixmaps from the Window Maker distribution. The window manager is most definetly Enlightenment, using the BlueSteel theme. You can tell by the fact that the title bars a) are vertical in some instances, and b) have more than two buttons.
Dave 'Round the firewall,
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They are using 'gkrellm', a nice system-monitoring panel/applet-type thing. I always have at least one running, usually two. I havn't seen that particular theme for it, but it looks *real* nice.
Along the left side were tiles that looked like a Window Maker dock. I imagine they were putting minimized/hidden apps on the same side, because generally a Window Maker dock doesn't double in size in a short period of time.
I sure *looked* like Enlightenment, but I don't think Window Maker and Enlightenment can co-exist in the same session. So, I don't think that the Window Maker dock-like thing was a real Window Maker dock. I have NEVER seen a Window Maker theme that had titlebars on the sides of windws, nor have I seen a Window Maker theme which has more than two title-bar buttons. The left-hand-side dock-like things might have been some form of Enlightenment's IconBox.
Conclusion:
Wicked!:)
Dave 'Round the firewall,
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As a general comment about the economics on which you speak, there's a massively horrible downside. You see, in this case, demand honestly outstrips supply. In this case, prices must indeed rise.
But what happens when supply doesn't outstrip demand, and yet prices still rise? You can see it happen with monopolies - Microsoft makes(in some ways) very bad software, and charges a *lot* of money for it. We're all getting nailed.
Also, think about local cable-internet access companies. Most of them have monopolies in the area they operate. The result? Bandwidth caps, high-ish prices, poor service, and abysmal customer relations.
Yes, the "Free Market" system is simple and easy to understand, but it is by no means fair in this day and age.
Dave 'Round the firewall,
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Finance Open Source projects through licensing fees?
Further proof that the Eurocrats are basically nitwits who couldn't get work in their own countries!
Oh, pay attention. An open-source project can make money, TODAY, using the same principle.
You have a GPL'd library. A good one. No proprietary app can link against it, either! Sounds great, eh?:) Well, if you hold the copyright(and if you're the author, you do), and Mr. Big Software Company Exec would like to make a proprietary app that links against your code, you can let him, either for free or for a wad of cash. You own the copyright, you set the licensing terms.
It's the same idea with patents. You patent a rather ingenious algorithm, and make an open source(GPL) implementation. For anyone else to use that algorithm, they have to get permission from you, else they'd be in violation of patent laws. In this case, EVERYONE has to ask permission(unfortunatly, this includes Open Source initiatives). It's really no different than with the regular GPL using copyright laws. Except it applies to everyone, so you can deny other Open Source initiatives the priveledge of using your patented algorithm.
Yeah, that's not the best, but it's not like you make it out to be.
Dave
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Well, you can try using 'showkey' on the console. It'll give you the keycode of whatever key you press. For instance, running 'showkey' and then pressing Enter gives:
keycode 28 press
keycode 28 release
Now, I don't know how useful that information will be, but if your extended keys don't show up under 'showkey' you're probably snookered. However, you can check out 'xmodmap' and the console equivalent(don't know what it is) for a start.
Dave
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It doesn't say in the article, but I imagine there's more than a cubic metre - probably more like 1.5 or 2. They also don't say what pressure the air is stored at.
There is one thing to keep in mind - we've all been spoilt by e-Press e-Releases. This company already has two factories making these things, and the African government has already bought a budle of 'em. They'll be there before the year's end, by the sounds of it. This is obviously *not* vapourware.
Anothing thing to keep in mind is the industry that we're talking about. The "computer" industry is still very immature, and it acts that way - look at Rambus, look at Intel, look at Microsoft. For most other industries, to even *try* to bullshit your customers(especially governments) would spell instant death. And don't think that governments don't know exactly what's going on;) The auto industry is, however, fairly mature despite its relative youth(only going back a couple of hundred years at most, if you count the first steam-engine tests and such).
The BBC could be mis-reporting that these vehicles will get 10hrs at 80km/h off one fill-up, but I doubt it.
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Guys, BACK OFF. Have you even tried to get the translation? I did - no luck. Tried for twenty minutes, and I kept getting timeouts. I betcha I'm not the only one, the servers must be loaded. I, for one, am grateful for this post. I don't have to keep trying for another hour, nor do I have to wait 'til 4 in the morning for when the load dies down.
This is +1 Useful, not -1 redundant. There are going to be a LOT of people who won't be able to get this translation.
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Hey there:) Guess how much of the world's petroleum output goes towards making plastics. Just guess. Look at all the plastic around you. Must be a fair chunk, eh?:) Nope. 5% of petroleum produced is used to make plastics. Not a whole lot. Anyways, plastics arn't just made by petroleum, there are quite a number of plants that have been engineered to produce plastic. A good example is a plant some people made that is used for some milk containers:) 'Round the firewall,
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It depends on how you look at it, and that's why I said it "may" be too structured. It goes back to the way people think. I, for instance, never fully understood object-oriented programming until I started using Python. It just wasn't the way I thought. It made learning any sort of C++-type language(including Java) very difficult.
Now, if you think in a very abstract fashion, you might find that Python demands too much in its structure(things like naming conventions of the builtins, forced indentation, coersion). Unfortunatly, most average people *do* think in a very abstract way.
I learned Python really quickly because it reminds me a lot of a functional language. Because I could learn the basic language naturally, I eventually disconvered exactly what object-orientation entailed, and what it could be used for. Python was my intermediate step. I still like it, but I've also been able to learn Java. Heck, I more than like Python, I use it every day;) I just wish that the GTK+ and GNOME Python bindings actually looked like something vaguely resembling Python. As it is, the bindings look like C functions. I think they're ugly.:)
Not that I mind - I didn't write them, and I appreciate the people who did:)
Okay, enough rambling.
Dave 'Round the firewall,
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Well, there are pluses and minus to using either Perl or Python as a first programming language:
Perl Pluses:
You'll probably learn the value of making code readable. Perl is notorious for unmaintainable code.
Perl follows the, "There's more than one way to do it" philosophy, so you'll likely find that Perl programs you write more closely follow your thought/reasoning patterns.
Perl Minuses:
Because there are so many different ways of accomplishing the same goal, it might take longer to learn the language since you'll really have to think about what you want to do.
Python Pluses:
Very structured language - makes it easier to navigate for a beginner.
There are fewer ways to do one thing than with Perl, so it'll probably be quicker to learn the entire language. There arn't as many "gotcha"s.
Python Minuses:
Might be too structured for a beginner, but I've found it easier to teach than most other languages.
Sometimes it's a pain to do what you want, and you might have to go about it in a roundabout way.
Just my two cents, based on rather limited experience;)
Dave 'Round the firewall,
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Hm. Interesting. I bought one quite a while ago(neary... 8 years, I think), and it was great. Advertised battery life: 2 years. What I got(with a whole heck of a lot more usage that when they recommend): 3 years. The plastic over the screen was a bit scratched by that point, though. I ended up getting a beautiful white gold/pewter watch not a week later for a birthday present, so I never replaced the battery in my Casio.
Anyways, it stood up great for me. And I'm a clutz:)
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Well, it could be a window manager issue, but I tested it with BlackBox, Enlightenment, IceWM, and Sawfish. The results were the same. Mind you, I didn't get a chance to try the KDE Window Manager. What are you using? 'Round the firewall,
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Good point, some parts of it still do use the GTK+ settings. However, they've been moving away from GTK+ at a furious rate, and it won't be long till there's nothing visibly recognizable(although we'll probably always see little things like GTK+ menu behaviour). 'Round the firewall,
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Dual Athlons have not been released. A demonstration motherboard was displayed at the Microprocessor Forum 2000. They're close, but nothing has been released yet.
Mind you, I'm drolling waiting for these things:)
Dave
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Dual Athlons have not been released. A demonstration motherboard was displayed at the Microprocessor Forum 2000. They're close, but nothing has been released yet.
<BR><BR>
Mind you, I'm drolling waiting for these things:)<BR><BR>
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I don't understand. If I pay AT&T for my internet connection, am I not paying for the hardware, whatever software and service they provide, and the ability to use the service as I see fit? Sure, there are some limitations. I can't send out hundreds of gigs worth of bandwidth, that's abusing the system. But I pay for my 'net connection so I can go shopping. Now I've got to pay again? I don't understand, I really don't.
If AT&T can't afford to offer low flat-rates for high-speed internet connections, then they have to raise the price. If nobody buys their service because of the higher price, then a company which is more streamlined(read: a company that doesn't have a finger in every pie) will win out. That's the free market. At least, that's how it's supposed to work.
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Were they helpful when you asked them when their driver will be open source?
Yes, they were. They explained to me why the drivers wern't open source, and they had a good reason.
These days, a company has to watch its back when it comes to patents. Some little snot could sue them into oblivion for a broken patent. Unfortunatly, a product as complex as a graphics card can infringe on any number of patents, and it slips through the cracks. Apparently all their cards rely on some technology that is already patented. They didn't admit this outright, but they hinted strongly. It was an honest mistake, but they can't afford to take any chances. Opening the drivers would reveal the infringed patent, and that's a Bad Thing(tm). To make up for it, they have put a lot of time and effort into their drivers. You can see that by their performance.
Not using the DRI API, however, was a technical decision that I don't agree with. They didn't feel it was adequate. Personally, I'd rather lose 5% of performance for standards-based software, but I don't run the company and I havn't bought a new card from them in three years because I'm so happy with the one I have. So, I don't feel that I have the authority to tell them what to do. Now, if you want them to do what you tell them to, you better either buy a card or buy some stock. Otherwise, you have no right.
Dave
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Slashdot Mirror
I'd like to thank you guys for not making another distribution :) I'm terrified of a Free Software world were each and every major app(ie: word processor[Corel], desktop software[Mandrake], or security system[you case :]) needs an entirely different distribution underneath it.
:)
I'm glad Bastille relies on work that has already been done by others, rather than re-inventing the wheel.
Thank you
Dave
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I agree with you - we do need reform, but deeper than what you suggest. It's called "ethics," and it should be enforced legally for people running for office. *ANYTHING* purposefully misleading, or even non-purposefully if it misleads enough people, should automatically disqualify a candidate.
For instance, let's say that candidate A lauches a campaign against candidate B. Candidate A claims "Candidate B is a very bad person! They plan on raising your taxes! Do you want to live in a communist country?!? NO? Vote for ME, Candidate A!!" Of course, candidate B was going to raise taxes, it had to be done, so candidate A isn't really lying. However, candidate A was *also* going to raise taxes. So, this is misleading on several points:
1) A claimed B was a very bad person. That is totally subjective, and bordering on slander.
2) A said that B was going to raise taxes, and that it's a bad thing. A plans on raising taxes too, misleading the People to think that voting for A will keep taxes low, even though they'll be raised.
3) Higher taxes does not a communist country make. That is completely irrelevant.
Something like that is very unethical, and should be stopped. I don't think it'll happen anytime soon, though, because most people that are in office today rely on those tactics to get there - they're not going to de-rail their gravy train.
Dave
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I'm pretty sure it's not Sawfish :) I've used it every day since 0.12, except for a few lonely moments where I used IceWM because I had some bad RAM that needed to be removed temporarily.
Dave
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Ahh, good point, I hadn't considered EFM. It definetly must be E, though, as well as 'gkrellm'. I wish I knew the name of that gkrellm theme :)
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They arn't running Window Maker - they're just using icons/pixmaps from the Window Maker distribution. The window manager is most definetly Enlightenment, using the BlueSteel theme. You can tell by the fact that the title bars a) are vertical in some instances, and b) have more than two buttons.
Dave
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From the screenshots, here's what I gather:
:)
They are using 'gkrellm', a nice system-monitoring panel/applet-type thing. I always have at least one running, usually two. I havn't seen that particular theme for it, but it looks *real* nice.
Along the left side were tiles that looked like a Window Maker dock. I imagine they were putting minimized/hidden apps on the same side, because generally a Window Maker dock doesn't double in size in a short period of time.
I sure *looked* like Enlightenment, but I don't think Window Maker and Enlightenment can co-exist in the same session. So, I don't think that the Window Maker dock-like thing was a real Window Maker dock. I have NEVER seen a Window Maker theme that had titlebars on the sides of windws, nor have I seen a Window Maker theme which has more than two title-bar buttons. The left-hand-side dock-like things might have been some form of Enlightenment's IconBox.
Conclusion:
Wicked!
Dave
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As a general comment about the economics on which you speak, there's a massively horrible downside. You see, in this case, demand honestly outstrips supply. In this case, prices must indeed rise.
But what happens when supply doesn't outstrip demand, and yet prices still rise? You can see it happen with monopolies - Microsoft makes(in some ways) very bad software, and charges a *lot* of money for it. We're all getting nailed.
Also, think about local cable-internet access companies. Most of them have monopolies in the area they operate. The result? Bandwidth caps, high-ish prices, poor service, and abysmal customer relations.
Yes, the "Free Market" system is simple and easy to understand, but it is by no means fair in this day and age.
Dave
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Finance Open Source projects through licensing fees?
:) Well, if you hold the copyright(and if you're the author, you do), and Mr. Big Software Company Exec would like to make a proprietary app that links against your code, you can let him, either for free or for a wad of cash. You own the copyright, you set the licensing terms.
Further proof that the Eurocrats are basically nitwits who couldn't get work in their own countries!
Oh, pay attention. An open-source project can make money, TODAY, using the same principle.
You have a GPL'd library. A good one. No proprietary app can link against it, either! Sounds great, eh?
It's the same idea with patents. You patent a rather ingenious algorithm, and make an open source(GPL) implementation. For anyone else to use that algorithm, they have to get permission from you, else they'd be in violation of patent laws. In this case, EVERYONE has to ask permission(unfortunatly, this includes Open Source initiatives). It's really no different than with the regular GPL using copyright laws. Except it applies to everyone, so you can deny other Open Source initiatives the priveledge of using your patented algorithm.
Yeah, that's not the best, but it's not like you make it out to be.
Dave
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All I can say is: yup, they're politicians.
Dave
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Well, you can try using 'showkey' on the console. It'll give you the keycode of whatever key you press. For instance, running 'showkey' and then pressing Enter gives:
keycode 28 press
keycode 28 release
Now, I don't know how useful that information will be, but if your extended keys don't show up under 'showkey' you're probably snookered. However, you can check out 'xmodmap' and the console equivalent(don't know what it is) for a start.
Dave
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It doesn't say in the article, but I imagine there's more than a cubic metre - probably more like 1.5 or 2. They also don't say what pressure the air is stored at.
;) The auto industry is, however, fairly mature despite its relative youth(only going back a couple of hundred years at most, if you count the first steam-engine tests and such).
There is one thing to keep in mind - we've all been spoilt by e-Press e-Releases. This company already has two factories making these things, and the African government has already bought a budle of 'em. They'll be there before the year's end, by the sounds of it. This is obviously *not* vapourware.
Anothing thing to keep in mind is the industry that we're talking about. The "computer" industry is still very immature, and it acts that way - look at Rambus, look at Intel, look at Microsoft. For most other industries, to even *try* to bullshit your customers(especially governments) would spell instant death. And don't think that governments don't know exactly what's going on
The BBC could be mis-reporting that these vehicles will get 10hrs at 80km/h off one fill-up, but I doubt it.
Dave
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Guys, BACK OFF. Have you even tried to get the translation? I did - no luck. Tried for twenty minutes, and I kept getting timeouts. I betcha I'm not the only one, the servers must be loaded. I, for one, am grateful for this post. I don't have to keep trying for another hour, nor do I have to wait 'til 4 in the morning for when the load dies down.
This is +1 Useful, not -1 redundant. There are going to be a LOT of people who won't be able to get this translation.
Dave
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Hey there :) Guess how much of the world's petroleum output goes towards making plastics. Just guess. Look at all the plastic around you. Must be a fair chunk, eh? :) Nope. 5% of petroleum produced is used to make plastics. Not a whole lot. Anyways, plastics arn't just made by petroleum, there are quite a number of plants that have been engineered to produce plastic. A good example is a plant some people made that is used for some milk containers :)
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It depends on how you look at it, and that's why I said it "may" be too structured. It goes back to the way people think. I, for instance, never fully understood object-oriented programming until I started using Python. It just wasn't the way I thought. It made learning any sort of C++-type language(including Java) very difficult.
;) I just wish that the GTK+ and GNOME Python bindings actually looked like something vaguely resembling Python. As it is, the bindings look like C functions. I think they're ugly. :)
:)
Now, if you think in a very abstract fashion, you might find that Python demands too much in its structure(things like naming conventions of the builtins, forced indentation, coersion). Unfortunatly, most average people *do* think in a very abstract way.
I learned Python really quickly because it reminds me a lot of a functional language. Because I could learn the basic language naturally, I eventually disconvered exactly what object-orientation entailed, and what it could be used for. Python was my intermediate step. I still like it, but I've also been able to learn Java. Heck, I more than like Python, I use it every day
Not that I mind - I didn't write them, and I appreciate the people who did
Okay, enough rambling.
Dave
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Well, there are pluses and minus to using either Perl or Python as a first programming language:
;)
Perl Pluses:
You'll probably learn the value of making code readable. Perl is notorious for unmaintainable code.
Perl follows the, "There's more than one way to do it" philosophy, so you'll likely find that Perl programs you write more closely follow your thought/reasoning patterns.
Perl Minuses:
Because there are so many different ways of accomplishing the same goal, it might take longer to learn the language since you'll really have to think about what you want to do.
Python Pluses:
Very structured language - makes it easier to navigate for a beginner.
There are fewer ways to do one thing than with Perl, so it'll probably be quicker to learn the entire language. There arn't as many "gotcha"s.
Python Minuses:
Might be too structured for a beginner, but I've found it easier to teach than most other languages.
Sometimes it's a pain to do what you want, and you might have to go about it in a roundabout way.
Just my two cents, based on rather limited experience
Dave
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Hm. Interesting. I bought one quite a while ago(neary ... 8 years, I think), and it was great. Advertised battery life: 2 years. What I got(with a whole heck of a lot more usage that when they recommend): 3 years. The plastic over the screen was a bit scratched by that point, though. I ended up getting a beautiful white gold/pewter watch not a week later for a birthday present, so I never replaced the battery in my Casio.
:)
Anyways, it stood up great for me. And I'm a clutz
Dave
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Testing this with Mozilla M18© Hoping to see if characters are proper and such© !@#$%^&*¥
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Crap, you see that too? Hmm... Is it Slashdot, or my browser? Upsetting.
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Well, it could be a window manager issue, but I tested it with BlackBox, Enlightenment, IceWM, and Sawfish. The results were the same. Mind you, I didn't get a chance to try the KDE Window Manager. What are you using?
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Good point, some parts of it still do use the GTK+ settings. However, they've been moving away from GTK+ at a furious rate, and it won't be long till there's nothing visibly recognizable(although we'll probably always see little things like GTK+ menu behaviour).
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Well, I've been using th nightlies for a while, and I must say I am extraordinarily disappointed with Mozilla M18©
Why? Well, before I go into this, lemme tell you what I like about it :
a Must faster© At least on my machine, Mozilla resembles Netscape in speed© Not bad, considering that Mozilla is incredibly more sophisticated and featureful©
b Prettier© While I would prefer Mozilla to adopt my GTK+ theme, it probably won't be too long after 1©0 when someone releases a program to do just that© That said, I think the new "Modern" theme is nice©
c Stability© This is the first time I've ever been able to say this - Mozilla is at least as stable as my current Netscape distribution© 'nuff said©
Now, you're probably still wondering why I am disappointed with this Milestone© Well, use it for a while and you migt understand© If there's one thing every application - no matter how big or small - should keep in mind© The chances that it's the only application the user has open are next to nil© As such, they should take care not to throw themselves in front of the user every few minutes© Unfortunately, Mozilla has broken this rule - it will raise a window when pages have finished loading© Not all pages© And not consistently, either© What's worse is that under Linux, the raised windows arn't focused - they're just now sitting in front of whatever you were using© Now, you have to go over to the offensive Mozilla window and click on it to focus it, and then switch back to your old app© Now, when you're coding, you've just lost your train of thought, and you might never get it back©
Before I get flames about this, I'd like to say that, *YES* I could change my focus settings© But should I? Should I *have* to? Just because Mozilla wants me to? No, of course not© While many might not think at first glance that this is a show-stopping bug, it makes Mozilla extremely irritating to use©
Ah well, I've had my rant© : I've submitted a bug report : After all that has been said, I still have great respect for the Mozilla team and all their contributors© I wish them well© I wish them happiness and prosperity© I also wish they'd fix that bug ;
Dave
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Dual Athlons have not been released. A demonstration motherboard was displayed at the Microprocessor Forum 2000. They're close, but nothing has been released yet.
:)
Mind you, I'm drolling waiting for these things
Dave
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Dual Athlons have not been released. A demonstration motherboard was displayed at the Microprocessor Forum 2000. They're close, but nothing has been released yet. :)<BR><BR>
<BR><BR>
Mind you, I'm drolling waiting for these things
Dave<BR>
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I don't understand. If I pay AT&T for my internet connection, am I not paying for the hardware, whatever software and service they provide, and the ability to use the service as I see fit? Sure, there are some limitations. I can't send out hundreds of gigs worth of bandwidth, that's abusing the system. But I pay for my 'net connection so I can go shopping. Now I've got to pay again? I don't understand, I really don't.
If AT&T can't afford to offer low flat-rates for high-speed internet connections, then they have to raise the price. If nobody buys their service because of the higher price, then a company which is more streamlined(read: a company that doesn't have a finger in every pie) will win out. That's the free market. At least, that's how it's supposed to work.
Dave
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Were they helpful when you asked them when their driver will be open source?
Yes, they were. They explained to me why the drivers wern't open source, and they had a good reason.
These days, a company has to watch its back when it comes to patents. Some little snot could sue them into oblivion for a broken patent. Unfortunatly, a product as complex as a graphics card can infringe on any number of patents, and it slips through the cracks. Apparently all their cards rely on some technology that is already patented. They didn't admit this outright, but they hinted strongly. It was an honest mistake, but they can't afford to take any chances. Opening the drivers would reveal the infringed patent, and that's a Bad Thing(tm). To make up for it, they have put a lot of time and effort into their drivers. You can see that by their performance.
Not using the DRI API, however, was a technical decision that I don't agree with. They didn't feel it was adequate. Personally, I'd rather lose 5% of performance for standards-based software, but I don't run the company and I havn't bought a new card from them in three years because I'm so happy with the one I have. So, I don't feel that I have the authority to tell them what to do. Now, if you want them to do what you tell them to, you better either buy a card or buy some stock. Otherwise, you have no right.
Dave
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Out the modem,
Through the router,
Down the wire,