And now that I can't bring an additional battery with me on board, flying in the USA is going to suck, especially if I'm going to be waiting at an airport with no electrical plug outlets (quite popular these days, building airports without accessible outlets for passengers).
Flying in the USA has sucked since 9/11. Flying into the USA sucks even more (even for citizens). All though only in the UK was I randomly taken aside, stripped searched and had my luggage dismantled. I guess I fit the profile of a short, hippie looking beer-belly middle-aged man with a bald-spot traveling on an American passport (Assholes (Wankers for my UK friends) confiscated my 1.5 inch multi-purpose screwdriver, knife and finger nail file and I'm still pissed about it).
You didn't read the article did you? You can have one battery installed and two spares. For me thats twelve hours on my Ubuntu+ThinkPad.
Chicago has outlets (I haven't been through JFK or Denver) and so do most of the major hubs. If all the outlets are in use carry a three way outlet expander (like I do) and ask a person if you can share their alternate current:) Use your two/three way (carry three and two prong outlets) to connect both laptops. BONUS, its a great way to meet people.
1) Since when has google used a AARD code in a Operating system to instill FUD for a user to purchase an alternate OS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code 2) Since when has google informed a user to remove a competitors program upon installation/upgrade of a new one? http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/12/20/505887.aspx 3) Since when has google forced install GGA (Google Genuine Advantage) software to frisk and accuse a user of being a thief when their not? http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2007/08/27/update-on-validation-issues.aspx 4) Correct me if I'm wrong, but google has't put yahoo, msn, ask jeeves out of business by bundling their service with computer manufacturers. Computer makers can bundle all or none except when they bundle Windows (Windows Live).
Microsoft stopped being a software company back in 1991. They are now a an exclusive Windows only monopoly protection company. Just like the contract they signed with (CBS), they are old and busted (MTV).
Silverlight is a copy of flash (but won't work on my cell phone)..Net is a copy of Java (but doesn't have a native compiler and doesn't work outside of a WinCE phone). Live office is joke compared to Google. My tweens (and their friends) want their computers/cell phones/ipods just to work regardless of the computer. Microsoft doesn't get this.
Microsoft assumed that they would steal away Ad dollars (UK Pounds, French EU etc) from google by being Microsoft. They don't understand yet that the Microsoft brand name is tainted and means squat for most of the world. Their not Coco-Cola for sure. They have brand recognition for being un-secure, BSOD, RROD (xbox360), and greedy.
In the USA a Microsoft ex-attorney is allowed to be head of the Microsoft DOJ oversight commission (Government). Hopefully the EU wont have a Microsoft employee overseeing their Microsoft anti-trust suit (Anyone can be bought by a company with ill-gotten $40 billion in the bank.
Microsoft is not evil. Just greedy. They forgot about making computer software thats simple and easy (Apple). Somehow they forgot that they were computer programmers, not Windows programmers.
the documentation is poor, and the people in the IRC channel only manage to mock those who don't know that the secret lies in a pdf buried in the subversion source code and will only expend the energy to type out some cryptic code to their bot that points you at the same tired document that doesn't answer your questions
I would say, in general, this is the number one problem with OSS. It's not the code quality or features, its the lack of quality documentation the users expect.
As a programmer, I plead guilty to lack of well defined feature descriptions. I also state that without a dedicated documentation department, it would be hard for any company to provide them (I work for a small custom retail software shop and our documentation sucks).
For any inspired entrepreneurs out there... Team up a freelance programmer with a freelance writer and start creating manuals (Print/PDF). The programmer tells the writer what each feature of the program does. Start with Asterisk, Apache, Gimp, Audacity, InkScape, Samba and Scribus. I'd pay $5 - $10 US for those.
While investigating a bug in one of our products, I found source code on a website that was nearly identical to code used in our product.
Was the bug within the copied code? Sometimes copyright isn't an issue with copied code. Its product quality.
The three instances of copied code I've found in our commercial product caused major headaches because the code got past QA and failed in the field. It didn't scale, had timing issues, etc.
In all three cases when I confronted the programmers they could not explain how "their" code worked. In all three cases I didn't have them fired. I made them fix it and apologize to the boss (who had to apologize to our customers).
As a result, I now have two decent programmers who write their own code. They ask for help when its needed instead of copying off of the internet.
Access is not a database, it's a RAD tool for data-drive apps. IIRC, Its an single user ISAM database with a separate index. Microsoft tacked on (wrapped) C++/C/VB5/VB6 tools to make it RAD. FoxPro was better (X-Base) at the time IMHO. At the same time I used the Mix C-DATA ISAM database because it worked under OS/2, Unix, DOS, and windows (Truly cross-platform).
A happy Windows user and developer, And PROUD of it!
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Most of us call ourselves computer programmers, not windows developers. We can code on anything from Mainframes down to iButton devices. Are you saying you have never programmed for a non-Microsoft platform? How about Microsoft (TM) OS/2? What about Microsoft Xenix?
Why do you think all these Microsoft articles are a vast right wing Unix conspiracy instead of a attempt to report on current Microsoft actions as it relates to the companies past behavior?
Probably the claims MS is making in all of these cases derive from Samba not the linux kernel itself. Samba may not violate MS copyright because it is developed independently, but in certain legal jurisdictions one could at least argue that MS intellectual property is involved.
Like MS or not Samba is used in order to inter-operate with Windows and MS might actually have some legitimate claims.
I've heard the Samba IP argument before. It doesn't hold water (IANAL). Windows/DOS networking (Netbios/SMB) was born out of a joint IBM/3Com/Microsoft venture back in the 80s. Microsoft owns about as much IP in Samba as 3Com and IBM do. Microsofts enhancements (bastardization ?) of kerberos authentication entitles them to no additional IP or innovation points.
Because waiting for America to get off its fat ass and do something is pointless. We'll all be freezing in the dark by the time anyone perks up their ears and by then it will be some draconian horrorshow of rations, forced relocations and law enforcement.
I'm not sure what America you live in. The one I live in overcomes and adapts.
- During the 70's we implemented EPA/factory controls to all but eliminate the ACID rain in the northeast. - During the 80's we mandated catalytic converters to eliminate the SMOG in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and every other major and minor American city. - During the 90's we increased Federal mandates on auto makers to increase the MPG on vehicles sold in the United States.
Our "Fat" Asses are....
- Recycling More. Do you recycle your beer cans and plastics? 40 Percent of us do now versus 10 percent a few years ago. - GWB tried to increase the MPG on cars sold in America, but was shot down by the Democrat and Republican Congress. - Everyone on slashdot uses more electricity to power their game stations, Computers, cell phones, cable boxes, DSL connections than their parents used in a lifetime. But nobody wants a new powerplant. Trying to get a new Nuclear or Coal fired plant is blocked by the Environmentalist (Nuke) or Global warming fanatics (Coal). - The USA is buying into the Toyota Pirus and other "Green" technology. Toyota can't keep up.
Stop with the negative vibes. Either mankind overcomes and adapts or we will be extinct. Its not up to me, its up to my kids. If I were them, for every inch of ice cap melted, I'd desalinate an inch of ocean and pump it into the farmlands. We have the technology.
For the record, I like wearing shorts and I like girls wearing bikinis year round even better. Life on planet earth during global warming is a lot better than an Ice Age on planet earth.
American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board.
The Kitty Hawk is not a super-carrier. Its the last conventional carrier left in the US Navy. Japan won't allow a Nuke powered aircraft carrier to be home ported in Japan.
Why is this even a story? Oh, because it's Microsoft trying to outcompete a Linux supplier, therefore, it's intrinsically evil. Evil, NO. Unethical, YES. No one likes a cheater.
What is your definition of competition? A kickback or bribe includes any item intended to improperly obtain favorable treatment. Why didn't Microsoft just lower the per unit license cost to match Mandrakes? Are you saying that on a level playing field, Windows looses to Linux?
From the article: Mba-Uzoukwu wrote that Microsoft is still negotiating an agreement that would give TSC US$400,000 (£190,323) for marketing activities around the Classmate PCs when those computers are converted to Windows.
Where have I heard this before? Oh Yeah, the anti-trust hearing: In addition, Plaintiffs are concerned that there is some confusion among OEMs relating to the application of certain portions of the MDA to OEM advertisements for computers containing non-Microsoft operating systems. Pursuant to the MDA, Microsoft provides marketing funds -- in the form of discounts on the price the OEM pays for each copy of Windows -- to OEMs whose print advertisements and websites promote Microsoft's operating systems in a manner specified by Microsoft.
Stay in tech for 20 years, or more, and see how you keep up. It's changing all the time.
Not really. Everything is getting faster. They are refining (fine tuning) our technology but at the end of the day, the modern computer is still a 2-state binary machine. I'm getting gray hairs STILL waiting for my 3-state Quantum computer.
With the great variety of things now, you have to specialise. You have to specialise very carefully. If you only do Microsoft.net security you could do very well for a salary for a spell -- that is, until something else comes along and replaces it and you have to study like a fiend to be up on it, too.
Its not hard once you dig into the internals and realize that all the new fluff is just wrappers around the old tried and true implementations. Both.Net and the JVM for Windows just wrap predefined calls (or classes) around Win32 and nt.dll. Same thing under Linux, just wrappers around system calls (via glibc) and Gtk/Qt.
Java, Python, Ruby, C# etc. are supposed to be helping you be a better programmer through abstraction (because computer programming is hard). Once you understand the syntax differences, none are hard to understand. You did want to become a better more productive programmer (copy other peoples code from the internet) didn't you?
I've been in programming for about 27 years, it's not easy keeping up anymore. To damn much to keep track of, and like I said, changing all the time.
Your a damn newbie, try doing this for 27.233333333 years. My first computer was a Radio Shack NAND gate with a couple of LEDs attached and we liked it.
Personal Computers haven't changed, just the speed of the processor and the stupidity of the programmer.
It just screws up the resolution when I use my GeForce 7600 GT.
Are you sure its Ubuntu? I had the same problem two weeks ago with xUbuntu and a no-name el-cheapo monitor. I cast an incantation and then replaced the monitor with a spare SAMSUNG and now have resolution goodness.
I'm currently running a Goldring 1012 cartridge in an old-ish Rega Planar 3 table. Not the highest end out there, but good enough for me. Fundamentally, that's all I'm looking for in vinyl playback, is something that's Good Enough vs. the flaws in records.
I'm not impressed with the needle that comes with the ION. My XUbuntu + Ensoniq AudioPCI + Bose speakers pick up all the Album flaws (I still need a decent record cleaner). Bundled with Audacity, (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ the ION is good enough too.
I like the fact that I was supporting Linux/Audacity with my ION purchase.
Swordgeek? I have two different broadswords and a flail. I'm trying to talk my wife into a double-bladed Axe and samurai but she won't let me. Stay single.
The only album that I believe I can hear a difference with is Led Zeppelin IV. But that may be just me and the 15% hearing loss in my left ear.
The bad thing with Vinyl is that its getting harder to find decent needles (for my once top of the line Sony Turntable). You also can't walk into Radio Shack anymore and get record cleaner. I'll still keep the records around for pure nostalgia/album art work. Everything new I purchase is all compact disk.
Correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't a security plugin have to be authenticated? That would add a couple of extra layers not required for a scheduler. A "Rock Solid" built in security scheme might be better (Unlike the Windows address relocation method). Linus is correct in the fact that there is a new security method every week. Whats the correct one to choose?
As for the Linux scheduler, I wouldn't mind a choice in desktop vs server tweak settings in (a)/proc/sys/scheduler (if it existed). RedHat, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc. could set the defaults based on user selection at install (Work Station vs Server).
I can't videoconference, edit videos, make mp3s, play video games or make a slideshow in Linux. How about a couple of kernel devs drop off and help Linux go the last mile.
Other than video conferencing (haven't tried), my wife and 13 year old son can do everything on your list (using SuSE, Fedora or Ubuntu).
RSS does not mean non-shared you ignorant prick. Actually I'm a stupid prick for posting rants after midnight while drunk.
It means Resident Set Size which is the amount of RAM that is actually resident on PHYSICAL RAM instead of in need to be paged in. I know and I'm sorry. No excuse. Please deduct 50 tux points from my account and donate them to the needy.
Actually, that's incorrect. GDM isn't a login program, it's a display manager. I suggest you read up on the concept a bit, and you'll realise that GDM needs to keep running even after login...
I could be wrong, but doesn't GDM/KDM just wrap login and call X? Its a GUI logon/startx replacement. Thats why X ppid = GDM.
In case you don't, thats 12.5 Meg RSS (Non-Shared) and 2.2 Meg resident usage for a login program that is no longer needed after a single user has signed on.
Right now, on my computer, Firefox is at the top of the memory list with 125mbs, followed by thunderbird at 25. Try the SeaMonkey/Mozilla suite. Mine never tops 80Meg.
Enjoy,
IMHO Gnome 1.4 was the best
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It was lightweight on memory and speedy. Every release since then has been slower. 12 meg of RAM for GDM? Give me a break. Its a freaking login box.
There are a number of enhancements and improvements to things such as power management, Evince (the GNOME document view), Totem (the video player), and note-taking application Tomboy. There are also some changes to GNOME's configuration utilities with an eye towards streamlining them.
Sure, and meanwhile, Program Manager (Windows 9x) and Presentation Manager (OS/2) did more with less memory (Two Meg), back in 1995. Whats really sad is that Presentation Manager was OOP/Class aware which is what both KDE and Gnome are still striving for.
Congrats to the Gnome team. Hardware companies everywhere salute you.
If I bitch about system requirements for Windows, then I can bitch about system requirements for Gnome/KDE. I won't be downloading Gnome. XFce4 is everything Gnome was suppose to be. How many Gnome programmers use XUbuntu for development?
And where in the hell is the new Enlightenment Ebuntu distribution?
Thats not a very good argument to get people to look seriously at a Mac. You may want to offer solutions instead of being derogatory about what other people purchase.
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And now that I can't bring an additional battery with me on board, flying in the USA is going to suck, especially if I'm going to be waiting at an airport with no electrical plug outlets (quite popular these days, building airports without accessible outlets for passengers).
:) Use your two/three way (carry three and two prong outlets) to connect both laptops. BONUS, its a great way to meet people.
Flying in the USA has sucked since 9/11. Flying into the USA sucks even more (even for citizens). All though only in the UK was I randomly taken aside, stripped searched and had my luggage dismantled. I guess I fit the profile of a short, hippie looking beer-belly middle-aged man with a bald-spot traveling on an American passport (Assholes (Wankers for my UK friends) confiscated my 1.5 inch multi-purpose screwdriver, knife and finger nail file and I'm still pissed about it).
You didn't read the article did you? You can have one battery installed and two spares. For me thats twelve hours on my Ubuntu+ThinkPad.
Chicago has outlets (I haven't been through JFK or Denver) and so do most of the major hubs. If all the outlets are in use carry a three way outlet expander (like I do) and ask a person if you can share their alternate current
Enjoy,
a competitive product?
.Net is a copy of Java (but doesn't have a native compiler and doesn't work outside of a WinCE phone). Live office is joke compared to Google. My tweens (and their friends) want their computers/cell phones/ipods just to work regardless of the computer. Microsoft doesn't get this.
1) Since when has google used a AARD code in a Operating system to instill FUD for a user to purchase an alternate OS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
2) Since when has google informed a user to remove a competitors program upon installation/upgrade of a new one? http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/12/20/505887.aspx
3) Since when has google forced install GGA (Google Genuine Advantage) software to frisk and accuse a user of being a thief when their not? http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2007/08/27/update-on-validation-issues.aspx
4) Correct me if I'm wrong, but google has't put yahoo, msn, ask jeeves out of business by bundling their service with computer manufacturers. Computer makers can bundle all or none except when they bundle Windows (Windows Live).
Microsoft stopped being a software company back in 1991. They are now a an exclusive Windows only monopoly protection company. Just like the contract they signed with (CBS), they are old and busted (MTV).
Silverlight is a copy of flash (but won't work on my cell phone).
Microsoft assumed that they would steal away Ad dollars (UK Pounds, French EU etc) from google by being Microsoft. They don't understand yet that the Microsoft brand name is tainted and means squat for most of the world. Their not Coco-Cola for sure. They have brand recognition for being un-secure, BSOD, RROD (xbox360), and greedy.
In the USA a Microsoft ex-attorney is allowed to be head of the Microsoft DOJ oversight commission (Government). Hopefully the EU wont have a Microsoft employee overseeing their Microsoft anti-trust suit (Anyone can be bought by a company with ill-gotten $40 billion in the bank.
Microsoft is not evil. Just greedy. They forgot about making computer software thats simple and easy (Apple). Somehow they forgot that they were computer programmers, not Windows programmers.
Enjoy,
the documentation is poor, and the people in the IRC channel only manage to mock those who don't know that the secret lies in a pdf buried in the subversion source code and will only expend the energy to type out some cryptic code to their bot that points you at the same tired document that doesn't answer your questions
I would say, in general, this is the number one problem with OSS. It's not the code quality or features, its the lack of quality documentation the users expect.
As a programmer, I plead guilty to lack of well defined feature descriptions. I also state that without a dedicated documentation department, it would be hard for any company to provide them (I work for a small custom retail software shop and our documentation sucks).
For any inspired entrepreneurs out there...
Team up a freelance programmer with a freelance writer and start creating manuals (Print/PDF). The programmer tells the writer what each feature of the program does. Start with Asterisk, Apache, Gimp, Audacity, InkScape, Samba and Scribus. I'd pay $5 - $10 US for those.
Food for thought,
Enjoy,
While investigating a bug in one of our products, I found source code on a website that was nearly identical to code used in our product.
Was the bug within the copied code? Sometimes copyright isn't an issue with copied code. Its product quality.
The three instances of copied code I've found in our commercial product caused major headaches because the code got past QA and failed in the field. It didn't scale, had timing issues, etc.
In all three cases when I confronted the programmers they could not explain how "their" code worked. In all three cases I didn't have them fired. I made them fix it and apologize to the boss (who had to apologize to our customers).
As a result, I now have two decent programmers who write their own code. They ask for help when its needed instead of copying off of the internet.
Enjoy,
I say we all dress up like politicians and dump the software in Baltimore harbor...
It worked in Boston once.
Enjoy,
Minor correction..
Access is not a database, it's a RAD tool for data-drive apps.
IIRC, Its an single user ISAM database with a separate index. Microsoft tacked on (wrapped) C++/C/VB5/VB6 tools to make it RAD. FoxPro was better (X-Base) at the time IMHO. At the same time I used the Mix C-DATA ISAM database because it worked under OS/2, Unix, DOS, and windows (Truly cross-platform).
Enjoy,
I think it's important to remember that we aren't in Japan by invitation.
No. We were invited into Japan on December 7, 1941.
Enjoy.
A happy Windows user and developer, And PROUD of it!
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Most of us call ourselves computer programmers, not windows developers. We can code on anything from Mainframes down to iButton devices. Are you saying you have never programmed for a non-Microsoft platform? How about Microsoft (TM) OS/2? What about Microsoft Xenix?
Why do you think all these Microsoft articles are a vast right wing Unix conspiracy instead of a attempt to report on current Microsoft actions as it relates to the companies past behavior?
Just curious,
Enjoy.
Probably the claims MS is making in all of these cases derive from Samba not the linux kernel itself. Samba may not violate MS copyright because it is developed independently, but in certain legal jurisdictions one could at least argue that MS intellectual property is involved.
Like MS or not Samba is used in order to inter-operate with Windows and MS might actually have some legitimate claims.
I've heard the Samba IP argument before. It doesn't hold water (IANAL). Windows/DOS networking (Netbios/SMB) was born out of a joint IBM/3Com/Microsoft venture back in the 80s. Microsoft owns about as much IP in Samba as 3Com and IBM do. Microsofts enhancements (bastardization ?) of kerberos authentication entitles them to no additional IP or innovation points.
My 2-bits.
Enjoy,
What does Kyocera get? The right to use patented Microsoft technology in its printers, copiers and "certain Linux-based embedded devices."
Maybe Kyocera just licensed Fonts/ODBC or some other mundane MS technology to use in their products. Food for thought.
Enjoy,
Because waiting for America to get off its fat ass and do something is pointless. We'll all be freezing in the dark by the time anyone perks up their ears and by then it will be some draconian horrorshow of rations, forced relocations and law enforcement.
I'm not sure what America you live in. The one I live in overcomes and adapts.
- During the 70's we implemented EPA/factory controls to all but eliminate the ACID rain in the northeast.
- During the 80's we mandated catalytic converters to eliminate the SMOG in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and every other major and minor American city.
- During the 90's we increased Federal mandates on auto makers to increase the MPG on vehicles sold in the United States.
Our "Fat" Asses are....
- Recycling More. Do you recycle your beer cans and plastics? 40 Percent of us do now versus 10 percent a few years ago.
- GWB tried to increase the MPG on cars sold in America, but was shot down by the Democrat and Republican Congress.
- Everyone on slashdot uses more electricity to power their game stations, Computers, cell phones, cable boxes, DSL connections than their parents used in a lifetime. But nobody wants a new powerplant. Trying to get a new Nuclear or Coal fired plant is blocked by the Environmentalist (Nuke) or Global warming fanatics (Coal).
- The USA is buying into the Toyota Pirus and other "Green" technology. Toyota can't keep up.
Stop with the negative vibes. Either mankind overcomes and adapts or we will be extinct. Its not up to me, its up to my kids. If I were them, for every inch of ice cap melted, I'd desalinate an inch of ocean and pump it into the farmlands. We have the technology.
For the record,
I like wearing shorts and I like girls wearing bikinis year round even better. Life on planet earth during global warming is a lot better than an Ice Age on planet earth.
Enjoy,
American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board.
The Kitty Hawk is not a super-carrier. Its the last conventional carrier left in the US Navy. Japan won't allow a Nuke powered aircraft carrier to be home ported in Japan.
Considering the Kitty Hawk has no S3 Viking (Anti-Submarine) Wing, this is a non-story except for people who want to bash the USA. http://www.kittyhawk.navy.mil/Air%20Wing/cvw5.htm
The Daily Mail in the UK can't report this?
Cheers to the Chinese Navy though. Job well done.
Enjoy,
Why is this even a story? Oh, because it's Microsoft trying to outcompete a Linux supplier, therefore, it's intrinsically evil.
Evil, NO. Unethical, YES. No one likes a cheater.
What is your definition of competition? A kickback or bribe includes any item intended to improperly obtain favorable treatment. Why didn't Microsoft just lower the per unit license cost to match Mandrakes? Are you saying that on a level playing field, Windows looses to Linux?
From the article:
Mba-Uzoukwu wrote that Microsoft is still negotiating an agreement that would give TSC US$400,000 (£190,323) for marketing activities around the Classmate PCs when those computers are converted to Windows.
Where have I heard this before? Oh Yeah, the anti-trust hearing:
In addition, Plaintiffs are concerned that there is some confusion among OEMs relating to the application of certain portions of the MDA to OEM advertisements for computers containing non-Microsoft operating systems. Pursuant to the MDA, Microsoft provides marketing funds -- in the form of discounts on the price the OEM pays for each copy of Windows -- to OEMs whose print advertisements and websites promote Microsoft's operating systems in a manner specified by Microsoft.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f205700/205751.htm
Enjoy,
Linux Journal had a article on doing this back in 2001. The benefits are replication, history, and backups.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5976
Enjoy,
Stay in tech for 20 years, or more, and see how you keep up. It's changing all the time.
.net security you could do very well for a salary for a spell -- that is, until something else comes along and replaces it and you have to study like a fiend to be up on it, too.
.Net and the JVM for Windows just wrap predefined calls (or classes) around Win32 and nt.dll. Same thing under Linux, just wrappers around system calls (via glibc) and Gtk/Qt.
Not really. Everything is getting faster. They are refining (fine tuning) our technology but at the end of the day, the modern computer is still a 2-state binary machine. I'm getting gray hairs STILL waiting for my 3-state Quantum computer.
With the great variety of things now, you have to specialise. You have to specialise very carefully. If you only do Microsoft
Its not hard once you dig into the internals and realize that all the new fluff is just wrappers around the old tried and true implementations. Both
Java, Python, Ruby, C# etc. are supposed to be helping you be a better programmer through abstraction (because computer programming is hard). Once you understand the syntax differences, none are hard to understand. You did want to become a better more productive programmer (copy other peoples code from the internet) didn't you?
I've been in programming for about 27 years, it's not easy keeping up anymore. To damn much to keep track of, and like I said, changing all the time.
Your a damn newbie, try doing this for 27.233333333 years. My first computer was a Radio Shack NAND gate with a couple of LEDs attached and we liked it.
Personal Computers haven't changed, just the speed of the processor and the stupidity of the programmer.
Enjoy,
It just screws up the resolution when I use my GeForce 7600 GT.
Are you sure its Ubuntu? I had the same problem two weeks ago with xUbuntu and a no-name el-cheapo monitor. I cast an incantation and then replaced the monitor with a spare SAMSUNG and now have resolution goodness.
BTW,
You should be posting on the Ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/, not slashdot.
Enjoy,
I'm currently running a Goldring 1012 cartridge in an old-ish Rega Planar 3 table. Not the highest end out there, but good enough for me. Fundamentally, that's all I'm looking for in vinyl playback, is something that's Good Enough vs. the flaws in records.
I'm not impressed with the needle that comes with the ION. My XUbuntu + Ensoniq AudioPCI + Bose speakers pick up all the Album flaws (I still need a decent record cleaner). Bundled with Audacity, (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ the ION is good enough too.
I like the fact that I was supporting Linux/Audacity with my ION purchase.
Swordgeek? I have two different broadswords and a flail. I'm trying to talk my wife into a double-bladed Axe and samurai but she won't let me. Stay single.
Enjoy,
For the past four months I've been using my ION Turntable (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/90a0/) to turn my 200+ 70s/80s Vinyl collection into mp3s/CDs.
The only album that I believe I can hear a difference with is Led Zeppelin IV. But that may be just me and the 15% hearing loss in my left ear.
The bad thing with Vinyl is that its getting harder to find decent needles (for my once top of the line Sony Turntable). You also can't walk into Radio Shack anymore and get record cleaner. I'll still keep the records around for pure nostalgia/album art work. Everything new I purchase is all compact disk.
Enjoy,
Correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't a security plugin have to be authenticated? That would add a couple of extra layers not required for a scheduler. A "Rock Solid" built in security scheme might be better (Unlike the Windows address relocation method). Linus is correct in the fact that there is a new security method every week. Whats the correct one to choose?
/proc/sys/scheduler (if it existed). RedHat, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc. could set the defaults based on user selection at install (Work Station vs Server).
As for the Linux scheduler, I wouldn't mind a choice in desktop vs server tweak settings in (a)
Enjoy,
I can't videoconference, edit videos, make mp3s, play video games or make a slideshow in Linux. How about a couple of kernel devs drop off and help Linux go the last mile.
Other than video conferencing (haven't tried), my wife and 13 year old son can do everything on your list (using SuSE, Fedora or Ubuntu).
Shouldn't you be posting questions to http://www.linuxquestions.org/ or http://www.justlinux.com/ ?
You wont get a RTFM response.
Slashdot isn't a Linux help forum.
Enjoy,
RSS does not mean non-shared you ignorant prick.
Actually I'm a stupid prick for posting rants after midnight while drunk.
It means Resident Set Size which is the amount of RAM that is actually resident on PHYSICAL RAM instead of in need to be paged in.
I know and I'm sorry. No excuse. Please deduct 50 tux points from my account and donate them to the needy.
Enjoy,
Actually, that's incorrect. GDM isn't a login program, it's a display manager. I suggest you read up on the concept a bit, and you'll realise that GDM needs to keep running even after login...
I could be wrong, but doesn't GDM/KDM just wrap login and call X? Its a GUI logon/startx replacement. Thats why X ppid = GDM.
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Whatever....
/usr/sbin/gdm --config=/etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf
2mbs in 1995! Computers back then had 16mb of RAM remember?
No they had on average 2-16 because RAM was expensive. Want to see my still working P100?
me fires up htop
Hmmm, its using 2mb on my computer...
Yeah, right.... You do know what ps -aux columns mean?
root 7875 0.0 0.8 12572 2264 ? S 21:39 0:00
In case you don't, thats 12.5 Meg RSS (Non-Shared) and 2.2 Meg resident usage for a login program that is no longer needed after a single user has signed on.
Right now, on my computer, Firefox is at the top of the memory list with 125mbs, followed by thunderbird at 25.
Try the SeaMonkey/Mozilla suite. Mine never tops 80Meg.
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It was lightweight on memory and speedy. Every release since then has been slower. 12 meg of RAM for GDM? Give me a break. Its a freaking login box.
There are a number of enhancements and improvements to things such as power management, Evince (the GNOME document view), Totem (the video player), and note-taking application Tomboy. There are also some changes to GNOME's configuration utilities with an eye towards streamlining them.
Sure, and meanwhile, Program Manager (Windows 9x) and Presentation Manager (OS/2) did more with less memory (Two Meg), back in 1995.
Whats really sad is that Presentation Manager was OOP/Class aware which is what both KDE and Gnome are still striving for.
Congrats to the Gnome team. Hardware companies everywhere salute you.
If I bitch about system requirements for Windows, then I can bitch about system requirements for Gnome/KDE.
I won't be downloading Gnome. XFce4 is everything Gnome was suppose to be. How many Gnome programmers use XUbuntu for development?
And where in the hell is the new Enlightenment Ebuntu distribution?
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Thats not a very good argument to get people to look seriously at a Mac.
You may want to offer solutions instead of being derogatory about what other people purchase.
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