if it increased boot time significantly, it could be of great benefit
Hope you meant "decreased". Ontopic, one useful place I could see LinuxBIOS going would be custom embedded boards. Of course, they probably have that in a FAQ somewhere.
If you have multiple people working on the same project, you need some coordination to prevent things like this. Ideally, you have well-defined interfaces between the modules, and each programmer is only responsible for HIS side of the code
Or, you could do what all my coworkers seem to do, which is cutn'paste every module your code depends on into your own code, so that nobody tweaking the 'real' module can break it. Then rename all the functions slightly so there aren't symbol conflicts. Of course, this is extremely bloated and also an extreme maintainance nightmare.
but I'm of the opinion that somebody who donates 10% of their meager substainance is far more generous than somebody that gives away 90% of his luxury
Well, what if it was 1% and 99%, respectively? There has to be a limit somewhere.
More generally, I personally think there is also something to be said for how hard the person worked to obtain what they end up giving away. Somebody who worked their ass off only to give 90% of their money away is more generous than somebody who inherited all of their wealth, even if they inherited less. BillG's lawyer dad notwithstanding, I think we can put Bill himself solidly in the "worker" camp.
Several years ago, when I first used YaST, I found it to be superior to the rest of the all-in-one administation tools around at the time.
That is not saying much. I always felt a little sorry for the Linuxconf authors (for example), it looked like they tried to make a flexible program (at least front-end wise), but their proggy was always buggy presumably because they couldn't track all the various configuration file changes across different distributions.
It's certainly nice that Suse is moving farther in the open-source direction, though.
Assume linux has 10% windows' marketshare (generous)
Assume twice as many linux users ('geeks') are likely to play games
Subtract those who won't actually *buy* a game because they are used to getting quality programs for free, or because they prefer pirating (arrr!)
Subtract those who wind up playing classic ported games like Ur-Quan Masters all day (such as myself)
Subtract those who choose the windows version because Linux doesn't support their video card well enough (ATI users?)
Subtract those who choose the windows version because it came out 1 week earlier or is better supported than the linux version
Not too many users left. Heck, Mac owners have a reputation for supporting *anybody* who makes a Mac game, and I don't exactly see those flying off the shelves.
Unix based OS's can run older versions of software.
*Practically* speaking, that's a crap argument. I haven't seen any linux distros installing libc5 support by default recently. Which means old libc5 apps won't run (unless they happened to be statically linked). I even seem to recall some pain in the glibc 2.0->2.1 transition. Or how about trying to install some older rpms on a shiny new distribution? It's about a 50-50 shot that it works.
Microsoft has to rewrite large portions of windows code to take on new features, which make it incompatible with older software.
The larger problem is that backwards compatability seems to be directly proportional to bloat. Microsoft's problem is that since they aren't a "distribution" per se, they can't even attempt to fix all your executables to use new libraries as they're developed. And then when they (finally) remove or fix obsolete/broken libraries anyway, shit breaks. Then they get blamed for 'intentionally' breaking other vendors' programs. It isn't actually their fault (..sometimes).
Really, I always thought MS bent over backwards to err on the side of "bloat" whenever possible. Which is why you have the DOS virtual machine and the win16 API etc.
In the meantime, that former Cooker system is compiling the kernel for a LiveCD / i686 Stage 3 Gentoo 2004.0 install. I look forward to seeing just how different these 2 distros are to use on a daily basis.
Actually I would say you're *already* seeing just how different those 2 distros are to use on a daily basis.:)
(disclaimer -- I honestly don't know squat about gentoo)
Everything I've seen leads me to believe that middle school is actually the worst time of all. By high school, it felt like everyone had pretty much "grown out of it" and really just left you alone if you didn't bother them
I think that's part of it. But it's "most people", and not "everybody". Also you tend to share fewer classes with the remaining bullies, because high school curriculums are much wider.
But the main reason high school was better for me was because I finally got used to all the hormones flooding my system.
It IS ok to "pick on" (whatever that means) other people. This is one way of learning.
You have some valid points. This isn't one of them. Getting picked on is a part of life. Sometimes you learn from it. Sometimes you might even deserve it. That doesn't mean it's OK to pick on people.
I knew a guy just like you who made my high school life hell. I eventually "forgave" all the dumb jocks because they just didn't know any better, and they really didn't have the knack for mental torture. Unfortunately this guy was the valedictorian.
After a reunion where I had the displeasure of running into him I also forgave this dude, but only because he had let himself go so pathetically.
I know you don't give a damn who I forgive, but speaking more objectively it's still pointless to make enemies you don't need to. That shit will eventually bite you. For instance, the secretary in the lobby is likely to notice what an asshole your kid is.
I've also found that even the most despicable, ridicule-worthy people will -- if you're civil with them -- offer you some kind of help with your own problems. Sometimes directly, and sometimes just as a very detailed example of what not to do.
the pop industry is all about stripping consumable income from the teen market, which is by definition naive, immature, and not generally capable of independent thought/analysis.
True, but you can easily apply those terms to most adults as well. Seems hardly fair to age-discriminate when it's not warranted.
I did, because SCO has a history of doing the dumbest thing possible, and suing another huge company is even dumber than not suing after they said they would.
I have (not) researched this carefully, and the answer to your 1st question is "yes", as long as the object also satisfies the condition raised in your second question
Sounds like a meaningless statistic to me. The vast bulk of CPU time in the network stack should be spent moving data. How much depends on whether the stack tries to do lazy copying to/from userspace (ala FreeBSD) and whether the hardware supports checksum offload or other nifty features.
I wish they'd say what network card they were using at least. I could see them doing better than 30% if they supported a TOE- (tcp offload engine) enabled network card when Linux didn't.
I downloaded RC3 and see Alan's name on cyrix_helper.c, r128_state.c, some versions of videodev.h, and cyrix.h. None of it is licensed under the GPL. XFree in fact cannot contain GPL code because of the "XFree86 Project Licensing Policy" which states in part
Others must be permitted to distribute binary-only forms of the code if
they which (sic) to do so.
This is found in one of the "LICENSE" files.
"LICENSE" also notes that files "without an explicit copyright" are covered by the XFree86 license, which explicitly permits sublicensing.
To your credit, the files Alan clearly owns do not explicitly permit sublicensing, so thanks at least for making me research this. Uhh IOW "you got the reasons wrong but you still win". The videodev.h files are a rip from video4linux and do permit sublicensing.
Mozilla went through a license change and they had to get approval from each and every code author...
That is just one of the differences between the MPL and XFree86 license.
but if you pick an uncommon, creative name such as Phoenix, Mandrake, or Lindows (yeah, it's not original but it's more of a brandname than a plain word as Windows) you get sued all over the place.
In bizzarro world: maybe the less common a thing is, the more likely somebody else thinks you ripped it off from them. Also, the trademark is liable to be stronger for less-common terms (even if it's in a completely unrelated field).
What is wrong here? Maybe one should simply name products the easy way:
Actually, desk/play/surf/paint sound pretty good to me. W/the exception of "paint" because of MS Paint.
I have a reasonably good ear, and use harmonics when "ear tuning" because they're more accurate than the fret placement (and less subject to the rising tone problems caused by fretting the previous string, which raises it's tone slightly).
I'll buy this, but if most of your song consists of fret-banging rather than harmonics (IOW the usual case)... wouldn't the song still sound better if you used fret tuning?
When asked if he visited chat rooms to solicit sex from 16 year old girls, was his answer "no"? Nope -- it was "the charges were dismissed and the records were sealed." The asked question was certainly not in the vein of "when did you stop beating your wife", so there's no reason to be dodgy about it.
From his POV, what if the truth was "I was soliciting sex on IRC and didn't realize I'd be answered by a 16-year-old?" Then he's innocent of any crime, but still ostracized. Being straightforward doesn't buy him anything.
And from our POV, some stuff is too much information. Say I ask you how many times a week you masturbate. It's not a "beating your wife" question because you can always say "zero". But, we probably don't care to know the REAL answer.
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On a grand scale, yes. That doesn't prevent us from concentrating our pollution in a microcosm, which explains why LA is still a smog pit.
No, even them. Hairy legs on a woman are OK. Unless she tries to combine them with a miniskirt. That's painful to see.
Hope you meant "decreased". Ontopic, one useful place I could see LinuxBIOS going would be custom embedded boards. Of course, they probably have that in a FAQ somewhere.
Or, you could do what all my coworkers seem to do, which is cutn'paste every module your code depends on into your own code, so that nobody tweaking the 'real' module can break it. Then rename all the functions slightly so there aren't symbol conflicts. Of course, this is extremely bloated and also an extreme maintainance nightmare.
What's an FSBO?
Well, what if it was 1% and 99%, respectively? There has to be a limit somewhere.
More generally, I personally think there is also something to be said for how hard the person worked to obtain what they end up giving away. Somebody who worked their ass off only to give 90% of their money away is more generous than somebody who inherited all of their wealth, even if they inherited less. BillG's lawyer dad notwithstanding, I think we can put Bill himself solidly in the "worker" camp.
That is not saying much. I always felt a little sorry for the Linuxconf authors (for example), it looked like they tried to make a flexible program (at least front-end wise), but their proggy was always buggy presumably because they couldn't track all the various configuration file changes across different distributions.
It's certainly nice that Suse is moving farther in the open-source direction, though.
Assume linux has 10% windows' marketshare (generous)
Assume twice as many linux users ('geeks') are likely to play games
Subtract those who won't actually *buy* a game because they are used to getting quality programs for free, or because they prefer pirating (arrr!)
Subtract those who wind up playing classic ported games like Ur-Quan Masters all day (such as myself)
Subtract those who choose the windows version because Linux doesn't support their video card well enough (ATI users?)
Subtract those who choose the windows version because it came out 1 week earlier or is better supported than the linux version
Not too many users left. Heck, Mac owners have a reputation for supporting *anybody* who makes a Mac game, and I don't exactly see those flying off the shelves.
*Practically* speaking, that's a crap argument. I haven't seen any linux distros installing libc5 support by default recently. Which means old libc5 apps won't run (unless they happened to be statically linked). I even seem to recall some pain in the glibc 2.0->2.1 transition. Or how about trying to install some older rpms on a shiny new distribution? It's about a 50-50 shot that it works.
Microsoft has to rewrite large portions of windows code to take on new features, which make it incompatible with older software.
The larger problem is that backwards compatability seems to be directly proportional to bloat. Microsoft's problem is that since they aren't a "distribution" per se, they can't even attempt to fix all your executables to use new libraries as they're developed. And then when they (finally) remove or fix obsolete/broken libraries anyway, shit breaks. Then they get blamed for 'intentionally' breaking other vendors' programs. It isn't actually their fault (..sometimes).
Really, I always thought MS bent over backwards to err on the side of "bloat" whenever possible. Which is why you have the DOS virtual machine and the win16 API etc.
Actually I would say you're *already* seeing just how different those 2 distros are to use on a daily basis. :)
(disclaimer -- I honestly don't know squat about gentoo)
I think that's part of it. But it's "most people", and not "everybody". Also you tend to share fewer classes with the remaining bullies, because high school curriculums are much wider.
But the main reason high school was better for me was because I finally got used to all the hormones flooding my system.
You have some valid points. This isn't one of them. Getting picked on is a part of life. Sometimes you learn from it. Sometimes you might even deserve it. That doesn't mean it's OK to pick on people.
I knew a guy just like you who made my high school life hell. I eventually "forgave" all the dumb jocks because they just didn't know any better, and they really didn't have the knack for mental torture. Unfortunately this guy was the valedictorian.
After a reunion where I had the displeasure of running into him I also forgave this dude, but only because he had let himself go so pathetically.
I know you don't give a damn who I forgive, but speaking more objectively it's still pointless to make enemies you don't need to. That shit will eventually bite you. For instance, the secretary in the lobby is likely to notice what an asshole your kid is.
I've also found that even the most despicable, ridicule-worthy people will -- if you're civil with them -- offer you some kind of help with your own problems. Sometimes directly, and sometimes just as a very detailed example of what not to do.
True, but you can easily apply those terms to most adults as well. Seems hardly fair to age-discriminate when it's not warranted.
Can you quantify that? For curiousity's sake..
I did, because SCO has a history of doing the dumbest thing possible, and suing another huge company is even dumber than not suing after they said they would.
Well, the elevator wouldn't rock if the occupants were weightless. But imagine the cleanup..
IOW, hope you like dick.
You're starting to scare me, let's not go off the deep end here.
Sounds like a meaningless statistic to me. The vast bulk of CPU time in the network stack should be spent moving data. How much depends on whether the stack tries to do lazy copying to/from userspace (ala FreeBSD) and whether the hardware supports checksum offload or other nifty features.
I wish they'd say what network card they were using at least. I could see them doing better than 30% if they supported a TOE- (tcp offload engine) enabled network card when Linux didn't.
I downloaded RC3 and see Alan's name on cyrix_helper.c, r128_state.c, some versions of videodev.h, and cyrix.h. None of it is licensed under the GPL. XFree in fact cannot contain GPL code because of the "XFree86 Project Licensing Policy" which states in part
This is found in one of the "LICENSE" files.
"LICENSE" also notes that files "without an explicit copyright" are covered by the XFree86 license, which explicitly permits sublicensing.
To your credit, the files Alan clearly owns do not explicitly permit sublicensing, so thanks at least for making me research this. Uhh IOW "you got the reasons wrong but you still win". The videodev.h files are a rip from video4linux and do permit sublicensing.
Mozilla went through a license change and they had to get approval from each and every code author...
That is just one of the differences between the MPL and XFree86 license.
In bizzarro world: maybe the less common a thing is, the more likely somebody else thinks you ripped it off from them. Also, the trademark is liable to be stronger for less-common terms (even if it's in a completely unrelated field).
Actually, desk/play/surf/paint sound pretty good to me. W/the exception of "paint" because of MS Paint.
QT is dual-licensed (QPL, which allows linking with old-BSD style licenses), so it's not by itself problematic.
I'll buy this, but if most of your song consists of fret-banging rather than harmonics (IOW the usual case)... wouldn't the song still sound better if you used fret tuning?
From his POV, what if the truth was "I was soliciting sex on IRC and didn't realize I'd be answered by a 16-year-old?" Then he's innocent of any crime, but still ostracized. Being straightforward doesn't buy him anything.
And from our POV, some stuff is too much information. Say I ask you how many times a week you masturbate. It's not a "beating your wife" question because you can always say "zero". But, we probably don't care to know the REAL answer.