Check out your FY2004. When the BS of A kicked out two gay members, the federal money thing came up again. Funny thing was, the BSA was using federal funds to pay lawyers fees for their case. This was a big no-no. So DC put an end to that (in FY 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations) In H.R. 2765, you will find the following under restrictions..
BOY SCOUTS: Prohibits Federal or D.C. Funds from being used to issue, administer, or enforce the D.C. Commission on Human Rights ruling that the Boy Scouts of America must reinstate two homosexual scout leaders and pay them $50,000 each plus legal fees.
Pretty vauge, I know.
A new bill was also introduced that would also cut fereral funding for public (read federal) schools that didn't let the BSA do assemblies and recruitment drives.
Who are YOU to impose your beliefs upon them?
I am their financer. The boyscouts are partially funded by the feds. Untill they stop accepting federal money, or I stop paying $30K a year in taxes, I am entitled to try to impose just about whatever I want on them.
FAMD is a dependency of KDE (and gnome) in portage. Why would you want a non-root "user" to be able to set a clock? Why would you want a non-root "user" to be able to mount anything (perhaps I'm just closed minded)? By "application sound server", are you referring to something like ALSA/dmix or ARTS? I know what an application is, and I know what a sound server is, but what is an "application sound server"? The multiple soundcard documentation is right here.
Things that 'can' make apps faster on Gentoo than other distros.
1: Better Prelinking (decreases startup time)
2: Newer libraries than any other distro (on the ~x86 branch)
3: Processor Optimizations for compilers
4: Choice of compilers (including icc!), and slotted compiler installs
All of these optimizations could apply to other distros, but Gentoo makes it easy. It's extremely simple (compared to LSF) to have a ntpl 2.6 install with glibc 2.3.5 and GCC3.4/4/icc7/icc8. Almost any software that you could want installs with a simple command. Want the Doom3 Demo? Type, "emerge doom3demo" and it's done! You don't even have to DL the package from Id's site. It just does it.
With ALSA now in the 2.6 kernel, there are a number of high quality, low latency drivers. Not perfect yet, but the subsystem is there. Is there a specific audio hardware manufacturer that you think we should petition for better linux drivers?
Most linux users don't have a problem running Photoshop... Or most games ( http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/ )... Not that there is a 64bit windows version of PS, or (m)any 64bit windows games.
Unfortunately, I have tried GnuCash. It wasn't even close to being on par with Quickbooks, Quicken, and MSMoney. On the bright side, Quickbooks does run under CXOffice (with some minor rendering glitches). I assume that Quicken does as well (to some degree).
Now, making ice in your home isn't illegal. Downloading copyrighted music that you haven't purchased is. So the analogy falls apart there.
Except for when the "copyrighted music" you are downloading doesn't need to be "purchased". Like from garageband.com, or freely distributable music on torrent/donkey/gnutella . I could quite feasibly distribute "my" copywritten music via edonkey, and then sue the RIAA for Latham act violations if they succeed in shutting it down.
Don't current Gentoo users have to change the symlink of their/etc/make.profile to point to the 2005.0 profile under/usr/portage/profiles? Then emerge sync, then emerge -uD world? Then fix_libtool_dependancies.sh... Then revdep-rebuild... Then Emerge --prune some of the old slotted apps that they don't need anymore?
If I remember correctly, ATI fireGL cards are the same chip as their normal line, with one or two resistors added/removed from the external chip packaging. All you have to do is:
1: Remove/add the resistors and change the BIOS.
or
2: Used a readily available hacked driver to recognize your stock card as a FireGL
All in all, there is no market for a 128MB solid modeling card. We had 128MB video cards in 1996 (Glint based). This card would be a huge step backward for a number of engineers.
While I am sorry to hear that there is no SANE backend for your scanner, I had a couple of problems with your post. Hopefully, I can keep this constructive.
1: Linux has a single scanner driver. It is called SANE. Under windows, they have TWAIN. If your scanner lacks a SANE backend, you can.... pay someone to write one.... Try to write one yourself.... or petition/write the manufacturer to do it. Usually, there are two manufacturers of a scanner. One of them makes the chipset used, and one to brand it. Write to both of them. lease don't take this as the typical "Why don't YOU" do it answer. I'm just saying.... at least send the email or donate $50 and loan the scanner to the sane team
2: Linux is a kernel, and doesn't have many aps per say. However you can install APIs on top of linux, like GTK, QT, and WINE. The WINE api will let you run almost all of the applications that you mentioned. Most applications don't require any specific OS to run, they just need the underlying API. Exceptions would be apps that make kernel calls (cd burning, apps that use the RTC, etc...)
So, I am sorry to hear about your scanner. but your apps should run fine.
Have you ever noticed that when you submit a bug report (even one that complies with the IEEE829 spec) that companies usually don't know what to do with it? Quality QS?QA people are extremely hard to come by.
On the flip side... Saturation, compression, warmth.
On your side, you missed the "wonderful" and tedius maintanance that had to be done on analog playback equipment.
Digital @ 44.1x16 made a great distribution medium. Digital @ 24x96 mad an "OK" creative medium, but it is my opinion that we will have to wait for the next step (192x48) for it to become what 2" analog has been for the last couple decades. (I know, we are already at the next step, but it is really, really, really, expensive)
While I run digital now, I still find myself mastering to a 1/2" 2 track or through an LA2 just to get the old analog feel.
Or did they buy the audio division when Ampex went to "Ampex Data Systems"? If I am to believe the article, then there would be no further sources of 2" reels. There are a lot of 24 track studios out there that still use this tech.
The reason passport duidn't succeed is because the product sucked. Period.
The passport SDK (I worked with 2.5) was a complete joke when trying to set up site to site navigation.
Let's talk about the dev process. You get the SDK and a test passport key. You Go to the passport admin site and enter the information of the site (urls and such). Then you WAIT 24 HOURS!
Then you develope the site. Everytime your schema changes, you have to update the passport admin site AND WAIT 24 HOURS for your changes to appear!
Once your site is done and you need a real passport key, you have to submit your site for passport compliance AND WAIT 7 DAYS! Better hope you pass, or you will have to resubmit AND WAIT ANOTHER SEVEN DAYS!
Then you have to register for a production passport key, WAIT ANOTHER 24 HOURS, dl the key, install it, and pray to god it works.
Wanna change your domain name? You can't, without going through the whole frickin process over again. Want support? Oh well, the PST team left Sammamish last year, and has been replaced with a help desk in India.
Want to use SSL on your site? Better disable it for your logon and logoff pages (at least any content you use for those pages), else it will break.
Did the person who registered and DL'd the prod key leave your company? Lose your key? Oh well, if he didn't assign you as the primary key user, your sites are now UNDEPLOYABLE, as you can't get a new key.
How many different ways does a porduct have to suck before people stop using it?
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Check out your FY2004. When the BS of A kicked out two gay members, the federal money thing came up again. Funny thing was, the BSA was using federal funds to pay lawyers fees for their case. This was a big no-no. So DC put an end to that (in FY 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations) In H.R. 2765, you will find the following under restrictions..
BOY SCOUTS: Prohibits Federal or D.C. Funds from being used to issue, administer, or enforce the D.C. Commission on Human Rights ruling that the Boy Scouts of America must reinstate two homosexual scout leaders and pay them $50,000 each plus legal fees.
Pretty vauge, I know.
A new bill was also introduced that would also cut fereral funding for public (read federal) schools that didn't let the BSA do assemblies and recruitment drives.
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BBH
Who are YOU to impose your beliefs upon them?
I am their financer. The boyscouts are partially funded by the feds. Untill they stop accepting federal money, or I stop paying $30K a year in taxes, I am entitled to try to impose just about whatever I want on them.
BBH
Reminds me of the "Asswipe" family SNL skit where it's pronounced "as-wee-pay"
BBH
Holy Crap!
A planet discovered by a scientist named "Dumass" and not a single +5 funny yet?
BBH
FAMD is a dependency of KDE (and gnome) in portage. Why would you want a non-root "user" to be able to set a clock? Why would you want a non-root "user" to be able to mount anything (perhaps I'm just closed minded)? By "application sound server", are you referring to something like ALSA/dmix or ARTS? I know what an application is, and I know what a sound server is, but what is an "application sound server"? The multiple soundcard documentation is right here.
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-263469-highl
Things that 'can' make apps faster on Gentoo than other distros.
1: Better Prelinking (decreases startup time)
2: Newer libraries than any other distro (on the ~x86 branch)
3: Processor Optimizations for compilers
4: Choice of compilers (including icc!), and slotted compiler installs
All of these optimizations could apply to other distros, but Gentoo makes it easy. It's extremely simple (compared to LSF) to have a ntpl 2.6 install with glibc 2.3.5 and GCC3.4/4/icc7/icc8. Almost any software that you could want installs with a simple command. Want the Doom3 Demo? Type, "emerge doom3demo" and it's done! You don't even have to DL the package from Id's site. It just does it.
A mostly happy gentoo user,
BBH
With ALSA now in the 2.6 kernel, there are a number of high quality, low latency drivers. Not perfect yet, but the subsystem is there. Is there a specific audio hardware manufacturer that you think we should petition for better linux drivers?
Most linux users don't have a problem running Photoshop... Or most games ( http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/ )... Not that there is a 64bit windows version of PS, or (m)any 64bit windows games.
BBH
Unfortunately, I have tried GnuCash. It wasn't even close to being on par with Quickbooks, Quicken, and MSMoney. On the bright side, Quickbooks does run under CXOffice (with some minor rendering glitches). I assume that Quicken does as well (to some degree).
Grammar nazis are just assholes.
Thank you for supporting our cause.
BBH
When OSX stop using X11? Is this something new in Tiger?
When did MS remove NTBackup from windows? Why is everyone suggesting 3rd party software?
Dag nabbit... It automatically becomes less funny when you "splain it"! Not that it was 'that' funny to begin with..
Yes, but are they extreme..... to the MAXX!?
Now, making ice in your home isn't illegal. Downloading copyrighted music that you haven't purchased is. So the analogy falls apart there.
Except for when the "copyrighted music" you are downloading doesn't need to be "purchased". Like from garageband.com, or freely distributable music on torrent/donkey/gnutella . I could quite feasibly distribute "my" copywritten music via edonkey, and then sue the RIAA for Latham act violations if they succeed in shutting it down.
BBH
Since when is putting a box in the DMZ "a lot of effort"?
This was meant to be funny, not informative....
Why would "compilation" impact a hard drive? It has no more impact than watching lengthy porn videos (normally done during the compilation).
BBH
Don't current Gentoo users have to change the symlink of their /etc/make.profile to point to the 2005.0 profile under /usr/portage/profiles? Then emerge sync, then emerge -uD world? Then fix_libtool_dependancies.sh... Then revdep-rebuild... Then Emerge --prune some of the old slotted apps that they don't need anymore?
Sincerely Yours
An "Actual" Gentoo user.
If I remember correctly, ATI fireGL cards are the same chip as their normal line, with one or two resistors added/removed from the external chip packaging. All you have to do is:
1: Remove/add the resistors and change the BIOS.
or
2: Used a readily available hacked driver to recognize your stock card as a FireGL
All in all, there is no market for a 128MB solid modeling card. We had 128MB video cards in 1996 (Glint based). This card would be a huge step backward for a number of engineers.
BBH
While I am sorry to hear that there is no SANE backend for your scanner, I had a couple of problems with your post. Hopefully, I can keep this constructive.
1: Linux has a single scanner driver. It is called SANE. Under windows, they have TWAIN. If your scanner lacks a SANE backend, you can.... pay someone to write one.... Try to write one yourself.... or petition/write the manufacturer to do it. Usually, there are two manufacturers of a scanner. One of them makes the chipset used, and one to brand it. Write to both of them. lease don't take this as the typical "Why don't YOU" do it answer. I'm just saying.... at least send the email or donate $50 and loan the scanner to the sane team
2: Linux is a kernel, and doesn't have many aps per say. However you can install APIs on top of linux, like GTK, QT, and WINE. The WINE api will let you run almost all of the applications that you mentioned. Most applications don't require any specific OS to run, they just need the underlying API. Exceptions would be apps that make kernel calls (cd burning, apps that use the RTC, etc...)
So, I am sorry to hear about your scanner. but your apps should run fine.
BBH
Gentoo is linux, and BSD, Hurd, Solaris... Oh, and MacOSX.
BBH
Have you ever noticed that when you submit a bug report (even one that complies with the IEEE829 spec) that companies usually don't know what to do with it? Quality QS?QA people are extremely hard to come by.
BBH
On the flip side... Saturation, compression, warmth.
On your side, you missed the "wonderful" and tedius maintanance that had to be done on analog playback equipment.
Digital @ 44.1x16 made a great distribution medium. Digital @ 24x96 mad an "OK" creative medium, but it is my opinion that we will have to wait for the next step (192x48) for it to become what 2" analog has been for the last couple decades. (I know, we are already at the next step, but it is really, really, really, expensive)
While I run digital now, I still find myself mastering to a 1/2" 2 track or through an LA2 just to get the old analog feel.
BBH
Or did they buy the audio division when Ampex went to "Ampex Data Systems"? If I am to believe the article, then there would be no further sources of 2" reels. There are a lot of 24 track studios out there that still use this tech.
BBH
The reason passport duidn't succeed is because the product sucked. Period.
The passport SDK (I worked with 2.5) was a complete joke when trying to set up site to site navigation.
Let's talk about the dev process. You get the SDK and a test passport key. You Go to the passport admin site and enter the information of the site (urls and such). Then you WAIT 24 HOURS!
Then you develope the site. Everytime your schema changes, you have to update the passport admin site AND WAIT 24 HOURS for your changes to appear!
Once your site is done and you need a real passport key, you have to submit your site for passport compliance AND WAIT 7 DAYS! Better hope you pass, or you will have to resubmit AND WAIT ANOTHER SEVEN DAYS!
Then you have to register for a production passport key, WAIT ANOTHER 24 HOURS, dl the key, install it, and pray to god it works.
Wanna change your domain name? You can't, without going through the whole frickin process over again. Want support? Oh well, the PST team left Sammamish last year, and has been replaced with a help desk in India.
Want to use SSL on your site? Better disable it for your logon and logoff pages (at least any content you use for those pages), else it will break.
Did the person who registered and DL'd the prod key leave your company? Lose your key? Oh well, if he didn't assign you as the primary key user, your sites are now UNDEPLOYABLE, as you can't get a new key.
How many different ways does a porduct have to suck before people stop using it?
BBH
1.5 Years in PPort hell.