Actually, Microsoft coming late to the game is part of its success. They take a concept that has proved to be a success and extend it with their own additions. The (in)famous "embrace and extend strategy".
Sure, sometimes it backfires or fails miserably. But then again, if you don't risk now and then, you will not make significant gains either. Microsoft knows this all too well.
Anyone confused with all the different DVD types should really read this book: DVD Production. It presents a great overview of all the types available. Contrary to popular belief, the technology involved doesn't change that fast (cd technology is over 20 years old now.)
Yep, although their intentions are good the gnomers obviously never read User Interface Design. Too bad...
In my opinion, (which might be different from yours, which I respect) gnome is based on a too old user interface paradigm. Because KDE doesn't have rigid UI requirements like gnome, a couple of apps have made use of a much more modern UI approach. K3Bs interface for instance is excellent.
Making gnome applications have a more modern look and feel will be a monstruous undertaking. It's great so many want to participate in this project, which could be the start of something really cool.
Normally, moving around a couple of feet will truly change the way you perceive sound. It's one of the major challenges for sound engineers (which is perfectly demonstrated in Spatial Sound by Francis Rumsey. Great book by the way)
First off: I am not an expert, just someone who watches this closely and has read a lot of books on the subject. (Hint: The fabric of reality and Quest for the Quantum computer are very good, not to difficult to read)
In a sense, nothing has been achieved here that hasn't been achieved with other methods. These guys are strugling with just one quantum spin, which doesn't even make one qubit (you have to do more) where others like some researchers from IBM have already combined 4 qubits. Making just one qubit isn't all that difficult these days, but combining them in a way that they are still usable is increasingly difficult when the number of qubits increases. It's called the problem of decoherence.
...But: what is good about this is that it is being done with conventional approaches: an ordinary transistor. Now they can use everything that is known to transistors to proceed and make it better. (what is not so good is that they still need to do it at _very_ low temperatures.)
I second this. When I switched to 2.6 my wheel mouse stopped working. This seems mostly due to the fact that I use a kvm switch.
I believe Linus himself said at one point that "the input layer has seriously detoriated". Unfortunately, it hasn't improved enough since to get my mouse wheel working again.
Last week I finaly threw in the towel and bought a new kvm switch, this time one that handles usb devices as well as ps2s. Guess what? Now my 2.6 kernel won't boot anymore.
I have the pleasure of having a job in which I work with linux almost exclusively. I love it, but the one thing I don't want to hassle with at home is installation, tweaking etc
At home things should just work as fast and easy as possible, without looking at long term solutions. I might be an insensive clod here, but for me money is no issue. If I have the choice between spending two days google'ing, reading howto's and editing config files versus buying a new computer with win2k installed, I'll go for the latter. I can tell you my girlfriend really appreciates this approach. I'm a lot less grumpy now:-)
I know this is a troll, but it is a question many ask in earnest
Why would it be a troll? I think the original poster is raising a valid question.
Some people wish to enjoy at least a small portion of the cornucopia of applications developed for the Windows platform without supporting what they see as an evil company
I get so sick and tired of this anti Microsoft lobby. Microsoft is not an evil company, it's a company. Period.
But to answer the original posters question: there are reasons why someone would insist on running anything in linux:
It's the place where you might do most of your work. Maybe you have only one computer and rebooting frustrates you because it is slow.
You might feel safer from viruses etc.
But really, that's all I can think of. Me, I have four computers. Most run linux exclusively, but one is reserved for the few things I do in windows. Crossover and Transgaming or really no issues to me. I have a much better chance of getting windows programs and games working on windows than on linux, so why bother? Because I am supporting an evil company this way? Get real.
I actually included fractal music in a game I wrote for the commodore 64 way back in 1984. The game was called Attack of the Galactic Gorillas. I know this risks the chance of getting modded up as funny, but it is actually true!
As an aside, the music sounded horrible back then as well.
So firebird is a *real* database? Then why can't it handle databases larger than 80GB?
Upon advise of a consultant, we trried switching from mysql to firebird for our 250GB, 1.2 billion rows database. We couldn't even import it. After some discussion with the designers of firebird it became evident that firebird has a problem with anything larger than 80GB.
We went back to mysql, and are very happy with it.
My first "computer" was a philips videopac. It was just a video games console, but you could buy a cartridge (number 9, if memory serves) that would let you program the videopac. It came with a whopping 100 bytes of memory and 12 bytes of video RAM. Still, you could program things like "guess the number" and something I called "random blob".
Actually, this was quite fun. I still remember the manual that came with it. It was the source of some real frustration, even for an eleven year old like me at those times. You see, the manual kept talking about this strange symbol, an 'O' with a slash through it. It took me half a year to figure out it was a zero...
Xouvert has its own sound engine, MAS. If Xouvert catches on, does this mean that the sound engines of KDE and gnome will become obsolete, or will they collide with MAS?
If they collide, it basically means that KDE and gnome will have to support both X11 and Xouvert. I'm not sure if that is achievable. On the other hand, if they don't collide what's the use of MAS? I'm pretty happy with the way it works now. So I'll then continue working without MAS.
From these variations, he could calculate the frequencies of the sound waves propagating through the Universe during its first 760,000 years, when it was just 18 million light years across. At that time the sound waves were too low in frequency to be audible. To hear them, Cramer had to scale the frequencies 100,000 billion billion times.
I don't get this (but then, this isn't my cup of tea either). If the universe started out as a small dot how can it be 18 million light years wide after only 780.000 years? Did it expand at a rate greater than the speed of light? I thought that was impossible...
Slashdot Mirror
Never mind, I prefer the BOOK anyway.
Click on the Mystery Futures Link!
Actually, Microsoft coming late to the game is part of its success. They take a concept that has proved to be a success and extend it with their own additions. The (in)famous "embrace and extend strategy".
Sure, sometimes it backfires or fails miserably. But then again, if you don't risk now and then, you will not make significant gains either. Microsoft knows this all too well.
Click here for the Mystery Futures Link!
A klystron looks and works something like an organ pipe.
In an organ pipe:
Blowing into the organ pipe produces a flow of air.
Flowing air excites vibrations in the cavity of the whistle.
The vibrations flow into the surrounding air as sound waves.
In a klystron:
The electron gun produces a flow of electrons.
The bunching cavities regulate the speed of the electrons so that they arrive in bunches at the output cavity.
The bunches of electrons excite microwaves in the output cavity of the klystron.
The microwaves flow into the waveguide , which transports them to the accelerator.
The electrons are absorbed in the beam stop.
Click here for the Mystery Futures Link!
Anyone confused with all the different DVD types should really read this book: DVD Production. It presents a great overview of all the types available. Contrary to popular belief, the technology involved doesn't change that fast (cd technology is over 20 years old now.)
Yep, although their intentions are good the gnomers obviously never read User Interface Design. Too bad...
In my opinion, (which might be different from yours, which I respect) gnome is based on a too old user interface paradigm. Because KDE doesn't have rigid UI requirements like gnome, a couple of apps have made use of a much more modern UI approach. K3Bs interface for instance is excellent.
Making gnome applications have a more modern look and feel will be a monstruous undertaking. It's great so many want to participate in this project, which could be the start of something really cool.
Normally, moving around a couple of feet will truly change the way you perceive sound. It's one of the major challenges for sound engineers (which is perfectly demonstrated in Spatial Sound by Francis Rumsey. Great book by the way)
First off: I am not an expert, just someone who watches this closely and has read a lot of books on the subject. (Hint: The fabric of reality and Quest for the Quantum computer are very good, not to difficult to read)
...But: what is good about this is that it is being done with conventional approaches: an ordinary transistor. Now they can use everything that is known to transistors to proceed and make it better. (what is not so good is that they still need to do it at _very_ low temperatures.)
In a sense, nothing has been achieved here that hasn't been achieved with other methods. These guys are strugling with just one quantum spin, which doesn't even make one qubit (you have to do more) where others like some researchers from IBM have already combined 4 qubits. Making just one qubit isn't all that difficult these days, but combining them in a way that they are still usable is increasingly difficult when the number of qubits increases. It's called the problem of decoherence.
I second this. When I switched to 2.6 my wheel mouse stopped working. This seems mostly due to the fact that I use a kvm switch.
I believe Linus himself said at one point that "the input layer has seriously detoriated". Unfortunately, it hasn't improved enough since to get my mouse wheel working again.
Last week I finaly threw in the towel and bought a new kvm switch, this time one that handles usb devices as well as ps2s. Guess what? Now my 2.6 kernel won't boot anymore.
So.. back to 2.4 again.
Mark.
Actually, it was a 40MHz 386DX with a greyscale monitor (you insensitive clod).
Everything about jumping out your skin remains the truth though.
What a great day for humanity. And what a great day for the economy august 3rd will be.
... can I have a date?
No you can't, it is well known that you read slashdot.
google just made me cream my pants again
Because your stocks went down the toilet?
I think we agree here :-)
:-)
I have the pleasure of having a job in which I work with linux almost exclusively. I love it, but the one thing I don't want to hassle with at home is installation, tweaking etc
At home things should just work as fast and easy as possible, without looking at long term solutions. I might be an insensive clod here, but for me money is no issue. If I have the choice between spending two days google'ing, reading howto's and editing config files versus buying a new computer with win2k installed, I'll go for the latter. I can tell you my girlfriend really appreciates this approach. I'm a lot less grumpy now
Why would it be a troll? I think the original poster is raising a valid question.
Some people wish to enjoy at least a small portion of the cornucopia of applications developed for the Windows platform without supporting what they see as an evil company
I get so sick and tired of this anti Microsoft lobby. Microsoft is not an evil company, it's a company. Period.
But to answer the original posters question: there are reasons why someone would insist on running anything in linux:
It's the place where you might do most of your work. Maybe you have only one computer and rebooting frustrates you because it is slow.
You might feel safer from viruses etc.
But really, that's all I can think of. Me, I have four computers. Most run linux exclusively, but one is reserved for the few things I do in windows. Crossover and Transgaming or really no issues to me. I have a much better chance of getting windows programs and games working on windows than on linux, so why bother? Because I am supporting an evil company this way? Get real.
The last person that gave me a raise was pregnant twenty seconds later!
Is there any way we can mod this up to +6 funny?
I'm still shaking from laughter. Great story.
I actually included fractal music in a game I wrote for the commodore 64 way back in 1984. The game was called Attack of the Galactic Gorillas. I know this risks the chance of getting modded up as funny, but it is actually true!
As an aside, the music sounded horrible back then as well.
Great. Someone has reinvented assertions.
How come this is even mentioned as slashdot?
It's slashdotted already!
This guy has more b*lls than I.
Why do you think he has more bills than you?
and from who did you get your edukation? :-)
So firebird is a *real* database? Then why can't it handle databases larger than 80GB?
Upon advise of a consultant, we trried switching from mysql to firebird for our 250GB, 1.2 billion rows database. We couldn't even import it. After some discussion with the designers of firebird it became evident that firebird has a problem with anything larger than 80GB.
We went back to mysql, and are very happy with it.
My first "computer" was a philips videopac. It was just a video games console, but you could buy a cartridge (number 9, if memory serves) that would let you program the videopac. It came with a whopping 100 bytes of memory and 12 bytes of video RAM. Still, you could program things like "guess the number" and something I called "random blob".
Actually, this was quite fun. I still remember the manual that came with it. It was the source of some real frustration, even for an eleven year old like me at those times. You see, the manual kept talking about this strange symbol, an 'O' with a slash through it. It took me half a year to figure out it was a zero...
Amazing... Brings back a lot of memories.
Xouvert has its own sound engine, MAS. If Xouvert catches on, does this mean that the sound engines of KDE and gnome will become obsolete, or will they collide with MAS?
If they collide, it basically means that KDE and gnome will have to support both X11 and Xouvert. I'm not sure if that is achievable. On the other hand, if they don't collide what's the use of MAS? I'm pretty happy with the way it works now. So I'll then continue working without MAS.
From the article:
From these variations, he could calculate the frequencies of the sound waves propagating through the Universe during its first 760,000 years, when it was just 18 million light years across. At that time the sound waves were too low in frequency to be audible. To hear them, Cramer had to scale the frequencies 100,000 billion billion times.
I don't get this (but then, this isn't my cup of tea either). If the universe started out as a small dot how can it be 18 million light years wide after only 780.000 years? Did it expand at a rate greater than the speed of light? I thought that was impossible...