Let's hope they wouldn't leave this code style in published source. One example given in some comment elsewhere was a 4-line snippet of C that turned into a 16-line behemoth of XML-compliant C. That's a 400% increase.
So instead of a 40MB kernel tbz2 that unpacks to a 300MB source tree we'd have 160MB archives that turn into 1.2GB trees?
(Yes, I know it doesn't exactly work that way and that those numbers are probably more than a little exaggerated. But you get the idea of the ridiculous amount of extraneous text that'd be included in these new source files.)
New proposal:
Let developers use this XML thing so they can easily go make changes. Then they can export code in a less verbose format (i.e. sans XML) for faster download and less space taken up.
Let's hope they wouldn't leave this source code style in published source. One example given in some comment elsewhere was a 4-line snippet of C that turned into a 16-line behemoth of XML-compliant C. That's a 400% increase.
So instead of a 40MB kernel tbz2 that unpacks to a 300MB source tree we'd have 160MB archives that turn into 1.2GB trees?
(Yes, I know it doesn't exactly work that way and that those numbers are probably more than a little exaggerated. But you get the idea of the ridiculous amount of extraneous text that'd be included in these new source files.)
New proposal:
Let developers use this XML thing so they can easily go make changes. Then they can export code in a less verbose format (i.e. sans XML) for faster download and less space taken up.
I don't even use DVI yet. My card supports it, but I'm using an old analog LCD and the rest of my family still has CRTs.
So is this just a way to force restriction of fair use onto consumers by selling it as an all-in-one cable run simplifier, with the nice side effect of making everyone upgrade to devices with the new standard and putting more money in home theatre companies' pockets?
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Gaim has made a lot of progress in terms of stability and reliability (read: a lot of the crash bugs are gone).
My USE flags contain "-kde -qt -gnome gtk gtk2" so I get GTK+ support for things that need it, like Gaim and Firefox, and no freaking KDE apps.
Probably makes it easier to code. Then you don't have to bother generating different versions of a page based on user permissions, all you have to do is have it spit out a "fuck off" page at people who try to change things they're not allowed to change.
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What do you want a graphical login manager for?
Use xdm for that and gaim for IM, it'll get rid of all your KDE deps. You'll just need GTK+ and some implementation of a spellchecker library if you choose to build with that.
That's assuming your broadband provider's network can stay operational too. From what I've heard, the battery backups for HFC networks often have dead batteries or the batteries have been stolen. If one of those inoperational power boxes is powering a repeater between your house and the other end, or the power for your node fails, your connection is gone. Same goes for field DSLAMs in RTs on a copper network. If you're lucky enough to have a line that doesn't go through an RT and you have DSL and a UPS then your connection stays up. But then again, if you have DSL you were probably forced to keep your ILEC's voice service to allow your loop to get provisioned, so power outages aren't a problem.
Verizon managed to solve the repeater issue for their new network by using passive optical technology. In the case of a widespread power outage, you keep your connection as long as your UPS holds out, and Verizon is distributing 8-hour UPS units with the Fios ONTs.
You don't have to chase around the disk to remove stray bits. That's what package managers are for.
Assuming you have an intelligent packaging system, it can track all the files that come in a software package and install/remove/update them as necessary.
The only thing Gentoo's Portage system can't clean up after (that I've seen) is a kernel tree with leftover object files in it. But the only thing you have to do to fix that is "make distclean" before you "emerge -C =your-kernel-source-x.y.z-a".
I doubt that the apartment building manager will let the necessary work be performed to get a T-1 loop into an apartment.
But then again, you could give the apartment complex owner a cut of whatever fees you collect.
I don't even know how many concurrals this is but add another. I bought the parts for this Athlon 2600+ box from them for under $600 or so. Great deals on everything (I got an Asus A7V880 for under $60) and it all works fine.
My IBM T86A only blows the image up if I tell it to. In console mode (during boot) it displays a little console display in the middle of the screen, and since I have X configured to run at its native 1280x1024 that's when it uses the whole screen.
All I knew about them was that Torvalds worked there for a while and they made low-power x86 clones, one of which was the Efficeon.
Pretty much a niche manufacturer that apparently got run out of the market by Cyrix, Via, and Intel and AMD's low-end chips.
Well, Afghanistan was obvious. Then when they started making noise about Iraq and inspections again it wasn't hard to figure out that something (aka Bush finishing his father's war) was on the way. The one thing I didn't really expect was the American populace being dumb enough to believe it when Bush claimed Saddam was involved with the WTC attack.
So now that we've discussed that... which country do you think is going to get it next? Iran or North Korea?
By "native" I meant the nVidia driver is the only one that's from outside the 2.6 kernel tree. Probably the wrong terminology for it but that's why I just clarified that.
Hardware detection generally blows.
That's why I built this machine myself. I know what's in it, I know it works, and I know how to make it work with Linux. I have working USB 2.0, GigE, sound, and accelerated graphics.
Nothing is being done with a "workaround", it's all native driver support (except the nVidia module).
But maybe that's because I'm running Gentoo instead of SuSE/Mandrake/Fedora/insert "more stable" distro here.
If you want to put a little more effort into installing a Linux distribution you should try Gentoo. You have to configure much of it yourself but it has bleeding-edge updates (things hit the Portage tree in testing branch almost as soon as the upstream software developers release an update and on most major architectures get moved to stable soon thereafter) and it's generally rock-solid. The only downside is the compilation time because it's a source-based distribution.
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Let's hope they wouldn't leave this code style in published source. One example given in some comment elsewhere was a 4-line snippet of C that turned into a 16-line behemoth of XML-compliant C. That's a 400% increase. So instead of a 40MB kernel tbz2 that unpacks to a 300MB source tree we'd have 160MB archives that turn into 1.2GB trees? (Yes, I know it doesn't exactly work that way and that those numbers are probably more than a little exaggerated. But you get the idea of the ridiculous amount of extraneous text that'd be included in these new source files.) New proposal: Let developers use this XML thing so they can easily go make changes. Then they can export code in a less verbose format (i.e. sans XML) for faster download and less space taken up.
Let's hope they wouldn't leave this source code style in published source. One example given in some comment elsewhere was a 4-line snippet of C that turned into a 16-line behemoth of XML-compliant C. That's a 400% increase. So instead of a 40MB kernel tbz2 that unpacks to a 300MB source tree we'd have 160MB archives that turn into 1.2GB trees? (Yes, I know it doesn't exactly work that way and that those numbers are probably more than a little exaggerated. But you get the idea of the ridiculous amount of extraneous text that'd be included in these new source files.) New proposal: Let developers use this XML thing so they can easily go make changes. Then they can export code in a less verbose format (i.e. sans XML) for faster download and less space taken up.
Yeah, I understand the benefits of DVI. But what's the point of HDMI if all it does is put audio in the same cable and add DRM?
I don't even use DVI yet. My card supports it, but I'm using an old analog LCD and the rest of my family still has CRTs. So is this just a way to force restriction of fair use onto consumers by selling it as an all-in-one cable run simplifier, with the nice side effect of making everyone upgrade to devices with the new standard and putting more money in home theatre companies' pockets?
Gaim has made a lot of progress in terms of stability and reliability (read: a lot of the crash bugs are gone). My USE flags contain "-kde -qt -gnome gtk gtk2" so I get GTK+ support for things that need it, like Gaim and Firefox, and no freaking KDE apps.
Probably makes it easier to code. Then you don't have to bother generating different versions of a page based on user permissions, all you have to do is have it spit out a "fuck off" page at people who try to change things they're not allowed to change.
What do you want a graphical login manager for? Use xdm for that and gaim for IM, it'll get rid of all your KDE deps. You'll just need GTK+ and some implementation of a spellchecker library if you choose to build with that.
That's assuming your broadband provider's network can stay operational too. From what I've heard, the battery backups for HFC networks often have dead batteries or the batteries have been stolen. If one of those inoperational power boxes is powering a repeater between your house and the other end, or the power for your node fails, your connection is gone. Same goes for field DSLAMs in RTs on a copper network. If you're lucky enough to have a line that doesn't go through an RT and you have DSL and a UPS then your connection stays up. But then again, if you have DSL you were probably forced to keep your ILEC's voice service to allow your loop to get provisioned, so power outages aren't a problem. Verizon managed to solve the repeater issue for their new network by using passive optical technology. In the case of a widespread power outage, you keep your connection as long as your UPS holds out, and Verizon is distributing 8-hour UPS units with the Fios ONTs.
China isn't purely communist anymore and hasn't been so for a while.
You don't have to chase around the disk to remove stray bits. That's what package managers are for. Assuming you have an intelligent packaging system, it can track all the files that come in a software package and install/remove/update them as necessary. The only thing Gentoo's Portage system can't clean up after (that I've seen) is a kernel tree with leftover object files in it. But the only thing you have to do to fix that is "make distclean" before you "emerge -C =your-kernel-source-x.y.z-a".
No, "we" use Firefox's "Live Bookmarks" to display RSS feeds in a menu on "our" toolbar.
I doubt that the apartment building manager will let the necessary work be performed to get a T-1 loop into an apartment. But then again, you could give the apartment complex owner a cut of whatever fees you collect.
/. posted a Firefox arbitrary code execution exploit on all platforms a few days ago. I suggest you stop running user applications as root.
I don't even know how many concurrals this is but add another. I bought the parts for this Athlon 2600+ box from them for under $600 or so. Great deals on everything (I got an Asus A7V880 for under $60) and it all works fine.
Because Ka-band is licensed for other uses already?
We've needed one for a while now...
So now you're carrying around a RAID array implemented with mini-HDDs?
My IBM T86A only blows the image up if I tell it to. In console mode (during boot) it displays a little console display in the middle of the screen, and since I have X configured to run at its native 1280x1024 that's when it uses the whole screen.
All I knew about them was that Torvalds worked there for a while and they made low-power x86 clones, one of which was the Efficeon. Pretty much a niche manufacturer that apparently got run out of the market by Cyrix, Via, and Intel and AMD's low-end chips.
If I had mod points I'd give you some Funny.
Hey hey hey. You can get a slice of pizza in New York for way less than $5. Probably TWO for the whole fiver.
Well, Afghanistan was obvious. Then when they started making noise about Iraq and inspections again it wasn't hard to figure out that something (aka Bush finishing his father's war) was on the way. The one thing I didn't really expect was the American populace being dumb enough to believe it when Bush claimed Saddam was involved with the WTC attack. So now that we've discussed that... which country do you think is going to get it next? Iran or North Korea?
By "native" I meant the nVidia driver is the only one that's from outside the 2.6 kernel tree. Probably the wrong terminology for it but that's why I just clarified that.
Hardware detection generally blows. That's why I built this machine myself. I know what's in it, I know it works, and I know how to make it work with Linux. I have working USB 2.0, GigE, sound, and accelerated graphics. Nothing is being done with a "workaround", it's all native driver support (except the nVidia module). But maybe that's because I'm running Gentoo instead of SuSE/Mandrake/Fedora/insert "more stable" distro here.
If you want to put a little more effort into installing a Linux distribution you should try Gentoo. You have to configure much of it yourself but it has bleeding-edge updates (things hit the Portage tree in testing branch almost as soon as the upstream software developers release an update and on most major architectures get moved to stable soon thereafter) and it's generally rock-solid. The only downside is the compilation time because it's a source-based distribution. Gentoo.org