Well, they must have fixed it all by the time the EEEpc 1000 came out. Mine works fine, with development libs, headers and tools installed. That they were missing in the retail version isn't a fault of the system or ASUS. They weren't targeting this thing at developer/hackers.
mySQL, Eclipse, gEDA, Apache, sage and a pile of custom Java desktop apps all run fine. I've never had a problem with WiFi or BlueTooth (the BT UI isn't the most intuitive, but its stable).
Yep, the default desktop looks a bit corny*. But a few minutes editing ~/.icewm config files fixed that.
* I guess they were trying to make Windows users happy, who sh*t themselves if they don't have a ribbon full of apps staring at them all the time.
A senior developer is more like a great studio musician. The person everyone wants for a recording session because he/she will make the product sound great.
A rock star is the personality who jumps around on stage, grabs his crotch, bites the heads off a few chickens and otherwise puts on a good show for the audience. He or she could be a good musician as well. Or not.
In the development world, rock stars are usually brought onto a project by management to impress the board of directors, customers, etc. Once, they may have done something great. But by the time they have achieved developer rock star status, they are coasting on their past achievments.
Supply of the raw material isn't the problem. Mining the ore will be permitted worldwide. Its the processing steps that will be regulated. Those licensed to process fuel grade uranium on behalf of the bank are free to acquire the raw material anywhere they can.
I have no mod points, but this is my thought exactly. Jurors should turn to the judge for explanations of legal issues, not each other. And certainly not to one who has a vested interest in a trial's outcome (establishing a legal precedent w.r.t. prior art in this case).
You can understand why the low-expression form might be advantageous, but the high-expression form would seem to make one pretty much always depressed and hard to live with.
Predisposition toward being depressed does not immediately suggest any advantage in getting your offspring into the next generation, or even any advantage in ensuring your immediate survival, let alone attracting a mate.
Back in the hunter-gatherer era, the ability to scare off potential suitors might help a woman in dedicating her existing attention towards the raising of an existing child. Popping out one kid a year (even if child mortality is high) results in a sizable family. And what with the father(s) absent hunting, or in a non-monogamous society where dad just moves on, mom can't afford to stretch her resources too far.
Then there's the great sex with a crazy bitch theory. If crazy bitch correlates with unhappy, and (based upon my observations) crazy bitch correlates with hot sex, the 'unhappy' gene serves to attract suitors.
... how someone's knowing some dark secret about my past will influence my decision making process. Your product sucks. So you have pictures of me naked at a party. Your product still sucks. BTW, that's your wife blowing me.
Its interesting to note just how inaccurate some of these databases are. I challenged a friend of mine in the private detective biz to do a background check on me. They have addresses for me that I've never lived at. They are missing some important information about me, including underestimating my net worth by a few orders of magnitude (something that should be important for targeted marketing IMO). They are also missing the identities of many of my business associates.
Its also interesting to note that most of the missing financial information on me involves with foreign investments. In countries who have much better laws concerning privacy protection. So the end result on lax data protection in the USA will be to drive private capital offshore.
The gov't response to this (already in some jurisdictions) will be mandated logging.
Today, you can't drive on a public road without a driver's license, current vehicle registration and liability insurance. Soon, Internet access will be taxed, registered and and regulated. Sure, some people will bypass this and continue to surf without a license. Just like some drive now. But the majority of the population will comply. And when they do, the majority (that pays its taxes) will look down on the unlicensed freeloaders as some sort of criminal or lower class who must be dealt with. Or at least kept out of their neighborhoods.
And when the lockdown is legislated, the 10% who buy components will be tracked like the guy buying a truckload of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Right now, the 10% can blend in to the rest of the crowd.
Once the lockdown is legislated, new technology development will be driven out of 'the garage' where people like Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Hewlett, and Dave Packard practiced it and into the R&D divisions of large corporations. And your new idea will never see the light of day if it doesn't sell more copies of Windows, iPads, or ad space on Google.
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Well, they must have fixed it all by the time the EEEpc 1000 came out. Mine works fine, with development libs, headers and tools installed. That they were missing in the retail version isn't a fault of the system or ASUS. They weren't targeting this thing at developer/hackers.
mySQL, Eclipse, gEDA, Apache, sage and a pile of custom Java desktop apps all run fine. I've never had a problem with WiFi or BlueTooth (the BT UI isn't the most intuitive, but its stable).
Yep, the default desktop looks a bit corny*. But a few minutes editing ~/.icewm config files fixed that.
* I guess they were trying to make Windows users happy, who sh*t themselves if they don't have a ribbon full of apps staring at them all the time.
This is right up there with Dr Strangelove's mine shaft gap.
Install one of these.
A senior developer is more like a great studio musician. The person everyone wants for a recording session because he/she will make the product sound great.
A rock star is the personality who jumps around on stage, grabs his crotch, bites the heads off a few chickens and otherwise puts on a good show for the audience. He or she could be a good musician as well. Or not.
In the development world, rock stars are usually brought onto a project by management to impress the board of directors, customers, etc. Once, they may have done something great. But by the time they have achieved developer rock star status, they are coasting on their past achievments.
OK, give the guy a tambourine. But don't mic it.
All I need is a shell prompt and a blinking cursor.
Supply of the raw material isn't the problem. Mining the ore will be permitted worldwide. Its the processing steps that will be regulated. Those licensed to process fuel grade uranium on behalf of the bank are free to acquire the raw material anywhere they can.
Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a patent attorney!
I have no mod points, but this is my thought exactly. Jurors should turn to the judge for explanations of legal issues, not each other. And certainly not to one who has a vested interest in a trial's outcome (establishing a legal precedent w.r.t. prior art in this case).
There is prior art.
You can understand why the low-expression form might be advantageous, but the high-expression form would seem to make one pretty much always depressed and hard to live with.
Predisposition toward being depressed does not immediately suggest any advantage in getting your offspring into the next generation, or even any advantage in ensuring your immediate survival, let alone attracting a mate.
Back in the hunter-gatherer era, the ability to scare off potential suitors might help a woman in dedicating her existing attention towards the raising of an existing child. Popping out one kid a year (even if child mortality is high) results in a sizable family. And what with the father(s) absent hunting, or in a non-monogamous society where dad just moves on, mom can't afford to stretch her resources too far.
Then there's the great sex with a crazy bitch theory. If crazy bitch correlates with unhappy, and (based upon my observations) crazy bitch correlates with hot sex, the 'unhappy' gene serves to attract suitors.
Just hook up at their place, not yours.
Its interesting to note just how inaccurate some of these databases are. I challenged a friend of mine in the private detective biz to do a background check on me. They have addresses for me that I've never lived at. They are missing some important information about me, including underestimating my net worth by a few orders of magnitude (something that should be important for targeted marketing IMO). They are also missing the identities of many of my business associates.
Its also interesting to note that most of the missing financial information on me involves with foreign investments. In countries who have much better laws concerning privacy protection. So the end result on lax data protection in the USA will be to drive private capital offshore.
I think NASA has it.
That's where Uncle Jeb's moonshine still blew up in 1925!
Stop modding me down.
But I know at least 50 things you can do with a VegOMatic.
I'm a porn star.
That brand name starts with a lower case 'i'.
You are truly hosed.
The gov't response to this (already in some jurisdictions) will be mandated logging.
Today, you can't drive on a public road without a driver's license, current vehicle registration and liability insurance. Soon, Internet access will be taxed, registered and and regulated. Sure, some people will bypass this and continue to surf without a license. Just like some drive now. But the majority of the population will comply. And when they do, the majority (that pays its taxes) will look down on the unlicensed freeloaders as some sort of criminal or lower class who must be dealt with. Or at least kept out of their neighborhoods.
No.
Best application of this law to date.
From a non-Apple rectangular computing device with rounded corners.
So, sue me.
And when the lockdown is legislated, the 10% who buy components will be tracked like the guy buying a truckload of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Right now, the 10% can blend in to the rest of the crowd.
Once the lockdown is legislated, new technology development will be driven out of 'the garage' where people like Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Hewlett, and Dave Packard practiced it and into the R&D divisions of large corporations. And your new idea will never see the light of day if it doesn't sell more copies of Windows, iPads, or ad space on Google.