> it doesn't matter if you are busy, employed, don't know C or C++, or
> that the person telling you this has never even seen the kernel source code.
Well, I am busy, I am employed, I do know C and C++, and as a matter of fact, I'm reading up on kernel internals and working on a little hax0r that I think will be a very cool addition for the next developmental round if I can get it working. Now, if only Slashdot supported a killfile so I could say *plonk*
Isn't it just a tad late to be importing a new and fairly significant chunk of code into the stable kernel ? Especially considering that 2.4.0 final is already long overdue. (at least according to public expectations, I know that the only real release date announced is 'when it's done')
> Isn't the Reiser File System the most advanced of the journaling file systems?
That's a matter of rather heated debate. It's really personal preference at this point.
> Linux already stated that it would NOT make it into the 2.4 kernel.
While I'm sure you meant that 'Linus' already stated as such, and while that is not, strictly speaking, a grammatical error, I still think you should take down your shingle for making such a grievous typo.
I metamoderate occasionally, and I moderate occasionally, and I try to exercise due diligence in doing both. However, my original point still stands. Both moderation and meta-moderation serve to uphold the ideological status quo, for better or worse.
Indeed. I think the system that's in place now is probably going to be the one that ends up sucking the least when it's all said and done... as long as it isn't adulterated with things like the infamous bitchslap, that is. But, I still think it's important to take the ratings with a grain of salt, and browse at -1 whenever possible.
> Articles that follow the groupthink of the cult get good moderation.
This is going to be true in any self-moderating community, regardless of the actual mechanism of the moderation... it's something akin to the social contract, karma eventually gravitates and stays near the denser ideological center of the group, and away from the fringe. Thank goodness that, on/. at least, you can, as I do, always browse at -1 if you want to hear the minority's voice as well.
If it doesn't, you could presumably calculate altitude by comparing known airspeed with the speed WRT the ground (reported by GPS). Don't know if this would be accurate enough to do flight control, though...
Yeah, that's what I had heard, but I had only heard it second hand, and I *am* an OIT employee, so I didn't want it to sound like I was making an official statement of my own.
I wonder how many people have made the connection that gordita is Spanish for 'little fat girl'. Somebody at Taco Bell's marketing department really laid an egg on that one.;-)
> Either this is FUD or M$ is trying to rewrite Wine without that nasty GPL
> so they can claim in 2008 that they invented it after years and years of research.
>> for a small upstart web company I'm quite comfortable using a linux box with apache and mysql, >>if i had to deploy something mission critical i'd use Sun and Oracle
What about using apache in a mission-critical environment ? Your example does not support a comparison of open vs closed source. I think that anybody who's been using Linux and Solaris long enough would agree that at this point, Solaris is more robust and scalable. Same with Oracle vs the various open alternatives. However, Apache is proof that the OSS model works; it is the BEST web server out there. I tend to believe that eventually, Linux will blow by Solaris, and mySQL will surpass Oracle. Or maybe not. =)
I think I see what this poster is stabbing at... that if the benchmarking tools are open then hardware/driver/application developers will design their products to do well on benchmarks, and not necessarily to perform well overall... this is already a huge deal in the hardware 3D market, where the only number that REALLY matters is the Q3A timedemo score... which is ridiculous since this number measures very little other than the performance of texture-mapped triangle drawing...
While I don't see this as a justification for trusting closed benchmarking tools, which could be doing far more sinister things (if (manufacturer != Microsoft) { busywait(); } ), it is definitely a problem that the tools themselves will have to address by being comprehensive enough to ensure that it's prohibitively difficult to optimize for that particular benchmarker.
> Would love to see the OS/2 Workplace Shell (WPS) being released under the GPL
Is there an enlightenment work-alike theme or other mock-up of this somewhere ? I've never used anything beyond OS/2 2.1, and even then I was at too early a stage to understand what made it different... I'd like to see what they did with their GUI that made is unique.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. Warp 3, at that... but talk about stable, the whole place gets hit with EMP and it's still sitting there on it's little splash screen.;-)
Okay firstly, somebody moderate this up, because it makes a lot more sense than other things I've read on the subject.
Secondly, I have a question: When the system drops your security to a less secure setting, that is only per-session, right ? So if you log out, log back in then you're top secret again, no ? Sooo, there's still the possibility of the user doing what the original poster said, i.e. opening vim in one login session, opening the file in another, and copying it. Or even print out / scan in, if the user had privileges to do both...
If it's based on a Mach microkernel, then it ought to run on a variety of platforms, once all the driver support is in place. Since most new Macs are based on PCI and AGP, and thus have a lot of crossover with PCs in the hardware they have in them, it should be a relatively quick port to other platforms... and I'm sure there'll be plenty of interest.
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> it doesn't matter if you are busy, employed, don't know C or C++, or
> that the person telling you this has never even seen the kernel source code.
Well, I am busy, I am employed, I do know C and C++, and as a matter of fact, I'm reading up on kernel internals and working on a little hax0r that I think will be a very cool addition for the next developmental round if I can get it working. Now, if only Slashdot supported a killfile so I could say *plonk*
Isn't it just a tad late to be importing a new and fairly significant chunk of code into the stable kernel ? Especially considering that 2.4.0 final is already long overdue. (at least according to public expectations, I know that the only real release date announced is 'when it's done')
> Isn't the Reiser File System the most advanced of the journaling file systems?
That's a matter of rather heated debate. It's really personal preference at this point.
> Linux already stated that it would NOT make it into the 2.4 kernel.
While I'm sure you meant that 'Linus' already stated as such, and while that is not, strictly speaking, a grammatical error, I still think you should take down your shingle for making such a grievous typo.
> It's at the top of the page. Use it.
I metamoderate occasionally, and I moderate occasionally, and I try to exercise due diligence in doing both. However, my original point still stands. Both moderation and meta-moderation serve to uphold the ideological status quo, for better or worse.
Indeed. I think the system that's in place now is probably going to be the one that ends up sucking the least when it's all said and done... as long as it isn't adulterated with things like the infamous bitchslap, that is. But, I still think it's important to take the ratings with a grain of salt, and browse at -1 whenever possible.
> Articles that follow the groupthink of the cult get good moderation.
/. at least, you can, as I do, always browse at -1 if you want to hear the minority's voice as well.
This is going to be true in any self-moderating community, regardless of the actual mechanism of the moderation... it's something akin to the social contract, karma eventually gravitates and stays near the denser ideological center of the group, and away from the fringe. Thank goodness that, on
> macromidia
Pot. Kettle. Black.
> Does GPS report altitude?
If it doesn't, you could presumably calculate altitude by comparing known airspeed with the speed WRT the ground (reported by GPS). Don't know if this would be accurate enough to do flight control, though...
Yeah, that's what I had heard, but I had only heard it second hand, and I *am* an OIT employee, so I didn't want it to sound like I was making an official statement of my own.
I believe Tech has also rejected the ban, informally.
> Commander Gordita. Love it.
;-)
I wonder how many people have made the connection that gordita is Spanish for 'little fat girl'. Somebody at Taco Bell's marketing department really laid an egg on that one.
> Even truly BAD Apples offer a competitive Total Cost of Ownership, thanks to buybacks.
Yeah, if you don't consider your time and productivity and the ability to depend on your computer valuable.
Oh, for the love of god... as if there weren't already enough Natlie Portman trolls around these parts, you have to go and bait them like this?
I have 2 completely vaporous rumours on the page for today, do I hear three ? Two implausible rumours going ONCE, TWICE....
> Either this is FUD or M$ is trying to rewrite Wine without that nasty GPL
> so they can claim in 2008 that they invented it after years and years of research.
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>> for a small upstart web company I'm quite comfortable using a linux box with apache and mysql,
>>if i had to deploy something mission critical i'd use Sun and Oracle
What about using apache in a mission-critical environment ? Your example does not support a comparison of open vs closed source. I think that anybody who's been using Linux and Solaris long enough would agree that at this point, Solaris is more robust and scalable. Same with Oracle vs the various open alternatives. However, Apache is proof that the OSS model works; it is the BEST web server out there. I tend to believe that eventually, Linux will blow by Solaris, and mySQL will surpass Oracle. Or maybe not. =)
>> Now we have Windows 2000.
And may god have mercy on your pitiful soul.
I have a Kodak DC210+ zoom. It's the last camera in the DC200 series to use the serial port. It works wonderfully with linux as well.
*sigh* /me forgets you can't post and moderate in the same thread... what a stupid rule.
> !pu dekcuf sreenigne tfosorciM
;-)
Okay, you get a +1 funny for you signature alone
I think I see what this poster is stabbing at... that if the benchmarking tools are open then hardware/driver/application developers will design their products to do well on benchmarks, and not necessarily to perform well overall... this is already a huge deal in the hardware 3D market, where the only number that REALLY matters is the Q3A timedemo score... which is ridiculous since this number measures very little other than the performance of texture-mapped triangle drawing...
While I don't see this as a justification for trusting closed benchmarking tools, which could be doing far more sinister things (if (manufacturer != Microsoft) { busywait(); } ), it is definitely a problem that the tools themselves will have to address by being comprehensive enough to ensure that it's prohibitively difficult to optimize for that particular benchmarker.
> Would love to see the OS/2 Workplace Shell (WPS) being released under the GPL
Is there an enlightenment work-alike theme or other mock-up of this somewhere ? I've never used anything beyond OS/2 2.1, and even then I was at too early a stage to understand what made it different... I'd like to see what they did with their GUI that made is unique.
>>Who still uses OS/2?
;-)
>The villian in Goldeneye
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. Warp 3, at that... but talk about stable, the whole place gets hit with EMP and it's still sitting there on it's little splash screen.
Okay firstly, somebody moderate this up, because it makes a lot more sense than other things I've read on the subject.
Secondly, I have a question: When the system drops your security to a less secure setting, that is only per-session, right ? So if you log out, log back in then you're top secret again, no ? Sooo, there's still the possibility of the user doing what the original poster said, i.e. opening vim in one login session, opening the file in another, and copying it. Or even print out / scan in, if the user had privileges to do both...
Right... ?
If it's based on a Mach microkernel, then it ought to run on a variety of platforms, once all the driver support is in place. Since most new Macs are based on PCI and AGP, and thus have a lot of crossover with PCs in the hardware they have in them, it should be a relatively quick port to other platforms... and I'm sure there'll be plenty of interest.