This implies having a Windows XP licence, which is a bit more than "Just" some prices Even if these prices are out of date, you get my drift that this is an extra overhead.
I don't think you are allowed to run IE without a windows licence anyway, so the whole idea of running IE in linux would only be for convenience.
Just so you know I have an msdn subscription and therefore legal access to windows, however I would dearly love to ditch this dependency.
Having to test for IE clients is yet another lock in to windows.
When I'm on my bike (often) I dislike being overtaken by die-sels. As they overtake they invariably but their foot down and make unpleasant smells, even the fancy new TDI ones.
Though I hate to think what the petrol ones chuck out that I can't smell and happily breath in.
Using GPL Code to provide a service is not the same as redistributing the code.
Though, if you extend the gpl'd code to provide a better service, it would be good to persuade people to publish the upgraded source, otherwise there is little incentive to gpl code for "web services".
Take a look at wine. I've been experimenting recently, and it seems to do a pretty damn good job of running win 98 apps. Recently got atomic bomerman running very cool.
I personally have been setting up Deli linux on an old 266MHz Toshiba laptop for someone. I'm pretty sure they won't cope, but it's a good challenge anyhoo.
I agree with all the points you make about ease of use, but don't you regret giving up your freedoms to boot?
I used to pay attention to the "which is more useable / feature rich?" debates, but I am beginning to see that this rather misses the point of Open Sauce, GNU, Richard Stallman etc. I am no longer content with giving my control over my computer away.
If you pass a string into a & d, and a pointer to the string into c & d you get the following available inside your function: a is a copy of the original value, b is a new pointer to the original value, c is the original value directly addressed, d is a copy of the original pointer.
With a you can't modify the original string, only the new copy. With d you can modify the original pointer.
So there.
And for what it's worth I don't think knowing any particular syntax is ever a good measure of programming aptitude, it can only be a measure of experience in a particular paradigm. Though I agree with the rest of the post, and very much like Joel's articles.
Yes, I did. But I share my name with a very popular b-list film star (who was in attack of the 60ft centre folds), so anything that relates to me is somewhat buried. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tim+abell
Mixed blessing I guess.
So next time I'm in an C# developer interview I'll see if I get asked about my acting career...
Egg (credit cards, UK) Phoned me on my cellphone to check an unusual transaction (which I had actually made). Fine, except it wasn't even a real person, and the system's first questions were the standard security questions I get when I call them. So I hung up and called the number I knew, they confirmed it was them that called. I told them I thought what they were doing was very foolish, but there's only so much you can say to the call centre.
Still a bit surprised, but what can you do? I wonder if they are still doing it.
Sure it would be interesting. Could you propose a method of collecting this data?
Perhaps while your at it you could tell me which the visitors to my website are loaded and gullible!
Oh, and just in case my sarcasm is misdirected, do you mean the total number of pages available on each website (which becomes fuzzy with active content), or do you mean how many page requests have been served by each server on the net?
I want the RIAA etc. to get their own way and to mess up the whole content distribution system soooo badly that Jo Public goes out of her way to find the answers that/. and friends all already know about, but can't seem to persuade others to use.
Example: podcasts (thank you Adam Curry) - radio sucks, so people get podcasts instead. The more radio sucks, the more people are motivated to find alternatives.
Not to mention of course eliminating 90% of productivity as a bonus.
Last attempt at running as an unpriveledged windows user lasted about 2 weeks. I even knew about runas. Couldn't run my favourite mozilla because it stored its profile in the wrong place (no idea if this was fixed).
You know, sometimes I'm not convinced the humans are worth saving. I mean, sure if your a human then you'd kinda like to stay alive, so would I. But just like the tree falling in a forest with no-one there to watch - does it matter if a planet of life is destroyed in a galaxy where none of the aliens seem to be looking. Besides, I'm not inclined to concern myself with things that I cannot affect (Like the flow of conversation on/. ).
Perhaps the Pastis is getting to me, it is xmas eve after all.
There's an organisation dedicated to turning off tv called White Dot. Unfortunately the web site is a bit naff, but the reason I mention them is they managed to broadcast a very powerfull half hour show on the bbc promoting their cause.
Slashdot Mirror
This implies having a Windows XP licence, which is a bit more than "Just"
some prices
Even if these prices are out of date, you get my drift that this is an extra overhead.
I don't think you are allowed to run IE without a windows licence anyway, so the whole idea of running IE in linux would only be for convenience.
Just so you know I have an msdn subscription and therefore legal access to windows, however I would dearly love to ditch this dependency.
Having to test for IE clients is yet another lock in to windows.
Which begs the question, how many octopuses and squid are there at Halifax's Dalhousie University?
It was the £7.50 (each) entrance fee that put me off going, even for well reviewed films.
When I'm on my bike (often) I dislike being overtaken by die-sels. As they overtake they invariably but their foot down and make unpleasant smells, even the fancy new TDI ones.
Though I hate to think what the petrol ones chuck out that I can't smell and happily breath in.
I reckon that's a contradiction in terms.
Using GPL Code to provide a service is not the same as redistributing the code.
Though, if you extend the gpl'd code to provide a better service, it would be good to persuade people to publish the upgraded source, otherwise there is little incentive to gpl code for "web services".
Take a look at wine. I've been experimenting recently, and it seems to do a pretty damn good job of running win 98 apps. Recently got atomic bomerman running very cool.
I personally have been setting up Deli linux on an old 266MHz Toshiba laptop for someone. I'm pretty sure they won't cope, but it's a good challenge anyhoo.
I agree with all the points you make about ease of use, but don't you regret giving up your freedoms to boot?
I used to pay attention to the "which is more useable / feature rich?" debates, but I am beginning to see that this rather misses the point of Open Sauce, GNU, Richard Stallman etc. I am no longer content with giving my control over my computer away.
I hope your work paid for you AV software!
If you pass a string into a & d, and a pointer to the string into c & d you get the following available inside your function:
a is a copy of the original value,
b is a new pointer to the original value,
c is the original value directly addressed,
d is a copy of the original pointer.
With a you can't modify the original string, only the new copy.
With d you can modify the original pointer.
So there.
And for what it's worth I don't think knowing any particular syntax is ever a good measure of programming aptitude, it can only be a measure of experience in a particular paradigm. Though I agree with the rest of the post, and very much like Joel's articles.
Yes, I did.
But I share my name with a very popular b-list film star (who was in attack of the 60ft centre folds), so anything that relates to me is somewhat buried.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tim+abell
Mixed blessing I guess.
So next time I'm in an C# developer interview I'll see if I get asked about my acting career...
Don't bollocks normally come in a bag?
Egg (credit cards, UK)
Phoned me on my cellphone to check an unusual transaction (which I had actually made).
Fine, except it wasn't even a real person, and the system's first questions were the standard security questions I get when I call them.
So I hung up and called the number I knew, they confirmed it was them that called. I told them I thought what they were doing was very foolish, but there's only so much you can say to the call centre.
Still a bit surprised, but what can you do? I wonder if they are still doing it.
By the way this was months ago.
Well, sponge bob is an obvious target for phishing really, given that he lives in the sea.
Sure it would be interesting. Could you propose a method of collecting this data?
Perhaps while your at it you could tell me which the visitors to my website are loaded and gullible!
Oh, and just in case my sarcasm is misdirected, do you mean the total number of pages available on each website (which becomes fuzzy with active content), or do you mean how many page requests have been served by each server on the net?
I want the RIAA etc. to get their own way and to mess up the whole content distribution system soooo badly that Jo Public goes out of her way to find the answers that /. and friends all already know about, but can't seem to persuade others to use.
Example: podcasts (thank you Adam Curry) - radio sucks, so people get podcasts instead. The more radio sucks, the more people are motivated to find alternatives.
My 2 pence.
Not to mention of course eliminating 90% of productivity as a bonus.
Last attempt at running as an unpriveledged windows user lasted about 2 weeks. I even knew about runas. Couldn't run my favourite mozilla because it stored its profile in the wrong place (no idea if this was fixed).
Shouldn't that be 30 cents per litter?
(I'm english, it's spelt litre here, so I mis-read the article anyway)
I think being full of oneself is hard wired in the human psyche.
You know, sometimes I'm not convinced the humans are worth saving. I mean, sure if your a human then you'd kinda like to stay alive, so would I. But just like the tree falling in a forest with no-one there to watch - does it matter if a planet of life is destroyed in a galaxy where none of the aliens seem to be looking. Besides, I'm not inclined to concern myself with things that I cannot affect (Like the flow of conversation on /. ).
Perhaps the Pastis is getting to me, it is xmas eve after all.
I moved house last weekend, and I think I suffered from a buffer overflow...
Wonder if I can blame Microsoft for that one too?...
There's an organisation dedicated to turning off tv called White Dot. Unfortunately the web site is a bit naff, but the reason I mention them is they managed to broadcast a very powerfull half hour show on the bbc promoting their cause.
If they were factory workers you'd have the unions to deal with.