Uh, the glaciers on Antarctica are continuously moving, and rebuilding. Snow falls year after year, after year, and the glaciers keep moving, and rebuilding.
And, yes, the glaciers are moving faster. And, yes, this could - eventually - effect water levels. And, no, there is no possible way that this would happen within 10 years time. There is a mere outside chance that it may happen over the next 200 (two hundred) years.
What we don't know is how much we can effect this change - in either direction.
I actually agree here. I'm a big Linux proponent, but the whole text seems fishy to me. And if they are certain there are exactly that number of bugs in the code, then they probably have been addressed. Yet, there are probably more bugs yet to be found.
Then, when speaking of XP, they don't quantify the bugs, but merely say, "more are being found daily". Great... a pear.
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First, time for a new sig.
Second, while the theory behind this sort of smart vaccine sounds so cool - it also echoes the speech of the mad scientist who is on the virge of killing millions of people by unleashing his experiment (certain that his science is good, and that this pseudo-virus won't go rogue).
The rest of these movies are typically followed by the more humble, meek and/or less powerful folk trying to clean up the mess. In the movies, the super-virus is always suceptible to some really simple inhibitor (penicillin, sunlight, loud noise) - in real life... I'm terrified of the stuff that may come out of this research that you are talking about.
I found this quite interesting. A very decent summary of the article.
I wanted to mention that Within the last 5 years the Minneapolis, Minnesota area (where Taxi 2000 is headquartered) just spec'd, approved, built and launched light rail (LRT). Nobody once mentioned the possibility of using a "Sky Web". Seems strange, being that Minnesota has a tendancy of trying to use local companies for solutions...
I'm guessing that the article was written by a venture capitol investor who was 'taken' by a company that does little more than draw up hoards of glossy-full-color prospectus forms.
In other news, Zadr Enterprises is POISED to be the world's leading manufacturer of flame retardant 'elastic-woman' suits. For a full prospectus - just Email.
I fully agree in that this things seems to be no different than a digitizer pad. The only benefit is that this will likely be cheaper, but you loose the pen.
Trackballs have a whole different set of problems. Typically - I use a trackball for doing most things, but I need to game with a regular mouse (preferably optical).
What I don't get is what makes this 'MOUSE' any different than a digitizer pad (most come with mouse-like pointing devices along with the pen style interface). Seems like it's a lot of bother over something that's been available for a dozen or more years.
What about the scene transition delay. How distracting is that, really? Is it hardware-speed related, or is it only related to DVD reads and pre-programmed timing?
I appreciate your individual effort, and I'm (I hope) probably not the only person who would find these answers helpful - even if they're all similar.
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Good information (both of you). The local best buy has a 'Boxed Silver' that I happened to notice the other day - although, based on other user reports - I think I'd probably purchase online, directly through Steam.
Something else that isn't clear - are there any other on-going costs to this odd "steam" intallation? [ Subscription costs or anything else odd? ]. Can 'steam' be removed after the game is 'activated'?
This is interesting...
What sort of hardware are we talking about? What sort of delay between scene transitions? This could be helpful to others (NotJustMe).
I'm fully aware that 2.4 to 2.6 _was_ a major update. However, 2.6.8 to 2.6.9 should not have been. I recently had to make this switch. It went pretty flawlessly, but it did require driver rebuilds...
Under Fedora (on the other hand), the NTFS driver (fully open, and PART OF the kernel) is not a default-included module (Fedora is not alone in this distinction) - so the module must be rebuilt (or wait for a new RPM, and download that). It's not the fault of 'Linux', per se, but the kernel developers could elliviate this problem by better structure versioning within the drivers - let the driver itself determine if the kernel is close enough.
On my RHEL 3.0/Oracle 9i server, you are certainly right - RedHat does a great job back-porting all 'patches' into the same build-number code base as the original release. This server was also purchased with RedHat in mind, and I had the freedom at the time to make sure that everything would be fully supported by the default 2.4 RedHat Enterprise kernel.
Finally, as a working manager - I'm happy when users can answer their own questions. On the other hand, I get a lot of technical respect from those who work with-me, and the requisite questions that go with that. It's too bad you don't have managers deserving of respect where you work.
In IT it's part of my job to know what is available, and how it works. I take that part of my job seriously.
Why would I upgrade at every patch or minor release? There's a couple of reasons.
First, devices. There are several devices that only run with 2.6.x kernels. Yes, some of these are frivelous (D-Link web cam), some are not (Intel win-modem). This puts me in a position of running Fedora Core 3 on a couple of systems... This doesn't stop me from running stable operating systems on more important systems.
Second, security. Every couple of releases it seems there is a security update involved.
Finally, keeping up. I like to have at least one computer in the office running the bleeding edge. That way if one of the engineering users wants to run a particular version - I can give informed feedback.
Even though I'm replying to an AC post, I'm going to assume that it isn't just trolling...
A very few of the top Kernel developers are actually paid to do what they do. For the rest of the developers (the countless number of real folks with other things to do) who submit patches (many of which actually end up in the Kernel after a few bounces back-and forth with a lead).
For the perspective of these folks, the kernel does exist for them to code.
I think what you are forgetting, is that nobody can lock the Linux kernel up into an ivory tower. It is a community effort. When it's really, really important to someone with resources (IBM, HP), that someone will assign a few developers to get it done.
I think the biggest thing your argument forgets is that - by the nature of Open Source development - implimentation of something someone else has already done (often the case in Linux) must be done in a vacuum to avoid IP infringement. So, when it was time to do USB support - decisions had to be made. For most devices, the USB stuff does work, the fact that it isn't done the same as Windows isimportant.
For myself (I happen to be in IT mgmt), I would like to see a Linux kernel that can deal with "drivers" in a more modular way between (at minimum) even minor release levels.
For example, 2.8.xx.
That's not to say that I wouldn't be happy with accepting the possibility of a mid-version switch. So, maybe a major driver reorg could make things faster, and gets inserted at 2.8.12. Fine.. then I could get drivers released for 2.8.12 (and higher).
But the _every_single_double-minor_release_level_ change is difficult to manage.
Even so - I cope with the changes, like every other open source user. I'm not complaining, I'm just wishing there were something a little easier. I certainly don't want to see a fully re-implemented HAL (NT style, hardware abstraction layer) - just a way to make things a little less reactive.
That's the saddest, and quite possibly the most damning information I've heard about Wikipedia...
If accurate information in the Wiki comes from being plagiarized, then the project is doomed. Thankfully, it doesn't appear to me that the notation in the article was 'stolen'.
Frankly, I think that everyone who edits the Wikipedia should read the McHenry article. The one point that was quite clear to me is that the 'little' edits (change one sentance, change one fact), that don't take into account the overall flow of the article are the biggest threat to the overall usability of the site as a whole.
I do want to clarify one thing though. Once a program starts, it runs at a normal clip.
That's to say, that my set-up is plenty fast enough to run TuxRacer quite smoothly. It just takes a full minute and thirty to get to the point where TuxRacer's main menu appears.
I'll be looking elsewhere to try to gain more insight into what the problem could be. The settings you suggested neither sped up, nor slowed down my times.
From graphical login (hitting enter):
2m04s Splash Screen first appears
2m49s Splash Screen disappears
3m (even) GAIM login first starts
3m20s Menu is first visible
4m35s Theme finally appears
I'm not giving up (yet), and I thank you for your help. It is heartening to know that not everyone has the crap performance that I'm dealing with.
Here's my 'beef' with Fedora Core 3. I'm not sure if I can contribute this to SELinux additions, or to the new Gnome 2.8 - but everything starts slowly (I'm talking 20 seconds to start a Gnome-Terminal), or four times slower than it was on Core 2. I'm going to try to set up my environment in KDE and see if it's any better, but so far, I'm not impressed.
I should have looked the caucus thing up. I was thinking of the other Dakota.
To the rest - I forgot Rotary International. Also a civil service, grass roots club, that's always active. (I think most of the organizations I mentioned probably fit your requirements, it's just a matter of finding the right political fit).
I find it fascinating that you both live in a Caucus state and think it would be necessary to do that. If you are a member of a recognized major party, all you have to do is show up at your local caucus with four like-minded friends, and you can set the agenda and platform for your area's party.
If neither major party state platform matches your beliefs (I believe you've browsed my journal already, I certainly feel this way), you can still caucus with the party that you feel most closely matches your beliefs.
It is unlikely that it would be difficult (if I were determined to do so) to become a convention delegate. That's something that the caucus states make easy - grass-roots participation.
That said, populists are common in the major parties.
The second part seems an awful lot like your local Elks, Eagles, Lions, Optimists and Boy Scouts. All of these groups already do exactly what you are talking about. Some of them support candidates, some of them don't. No big deal. Mostly, ALL of them need more young, energetic participants to join thier ranks and help out.
And who doesn't like the Eagles - they are the reason Mother's Day is a national holiday.
All of that said, check the politics of the clubs that already exist in your area. You may find you fit right in with one of them. If not, then go form your own group, I'm just suggesting you check out what's already out there.
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And, yes, the glaciers are moving faster. And, yes, this could - eventually - effect water levels. And, no, there is no possible way that this would happen within 10 years time. There is a mere outside chance that it may happen over the next 200 (two hundred) years.
What we don't know is how much we can effect this change - in either direction.
Yes, I'm being cynical.
Then, when speaking of XP, they don't quantify the bugs, but merely say, "more are being found daily". Great... a pear.
Second, while the theory behind this sort of smart vaccine sounds so cool - it also echoes the speech of the mad scientist who is on the virge of killing millions of people by unleashing his experiment (certain that his science is good, and that this pseudo-virus won't go rogue).
The rest of these movies are typically followed by the more humble, meek and/or less powerful folk trying to clean up the mess. In the movies, the super-virus is always suceptible to some really simple inhibitor (penicillin, sunlight, loud noise) - in real life... I'm terrified of the stuff that may come out of this research that you are talking about.
I wanted to mention that Within the last 5 years the Minneapolis, Minnesota area (where Taxi 2000 is headquartered) just spec'd, approved, built and launched light rail (LRT). Nobody once mentioned the possibility of using a "Sky Web". Seems strange, being that Minnesota has a tendancy of trying to use local companies for solutions...
I'm guessing that the article was written by a venture capitol investor who was 'taken' by a company that does little more than draw up hoards of glossy-full-color prospectus forms.
In other news, Zadr Enterprises is POISED to be the world's leading manufacturer of flame retardant 'elastic-woman' suits. For a full prospectus - just Email.
I fully agree in that this things seems to be no different than a digitizer pad. The only benefit is that this will likely be cheaper, but you loose the pen.
What I don't get is what makes this 'MOUSE' any different than a digitizer pad (most come with mouse-like pointing devices along with the pen style interface). Seems like it's a lot of bother over something that's been available for a dozen or more years.
Thank you for that. This is the first argument for 'Steam' that actually makes any sense to me.
What about the scene transition delay. How distracting is that, really? Is it hardware-speed related, or is it only related to DVD reads and pre-programmed timing?
I appreciate your individual effort, and I'm (I hope) probably not the only person who would find these answers helpful - even if they're all similar.
Something else that isn't clear - are there any other on-going costs to this odd "steam" intallation? [ Subscription costs or anything else odd? ]. Can 'steam' be removed after the game is 'activated'?
This is interesting...
What sort of hardware are we talking about? What sort of delay between scene transitions? This could be helpful to others (NotJustMe).
Damn. I wasn't planning on buying this game, until reading this review.
I do have a question though. As someone whom has *gasp* never played Half-Life, would I be lost trying to pick it up in it's second incarnation?
Under Fedora (on the other hand), the NTFS driver (fully open, and PART OF the kernel) is not a default-included module (Fedora is not alone in this distinction) - so the module must be rebuilt (or wait for a new RPM, and download that). It's not the fault of 'Linux', per se, but the kernel developers could elliviate this problem by better structure versioning within the drivers - let the driver itself determine if the kernel is close enough.
On my RHEL 3.0/Oracle 9i server, you are certainly right - RedHat does a great job back-porting all 'patches' into the same build-number code base as the original release. This server was also purchased with RedHat in mind, and I had the freedom at the time to make sure that everything would be fully supported by the default 2.4 RedHat Enterprise kernel.
Finally, as a working manager - I'm happy when users can answer their own questions. On the other hand, I get a lot of technical respect from those who work with-me, and the requisite questions that go with that. It's too bad you don't have managers deserving of respect where you work.
In IT it's part of my job to know what is available, and how it works. I take that part of my job seriously.
First, devices. There are several devices that only run with 2.6.x kernels. Yes, some of these are frivelous (D-Link web cam), some are not (Intel win-modem). This puts me in a position of running Fedora Core 3 on a couple of systems... This doesn't stop me from running stable operating systems on more important systems.
Second, security. Every couple of releases it seems there is a security update involved.
Finally, keeping up. I like to have at least one computer in the office running the bleeding edge. That way if one of the engineering users wants to run a particular version - I can give informed feedback.
A very few of the top Kernel developers are actually paid to do what they do. For the rest of the developers (the countless number of real folks with other things to do) who submit patches (many of which actually end up in the Kernel after a few bounces back-and forth with a lead).
For the perspective of these folks, the kernel does exist for them to code.
I think what you are forgetting, is that nobody can lock the Linux kernel up into an ivory tower. It is a community effort. When it's really, really important to someone with resources (IBM, HP), that someone will assign a few developers to get it done.
I think the biggest thing your argument forgets is that - by the nature of Open Source development - implimentation of something someone else has already done (often the case in Linux) must be done in a vacuum to avoid IP infringement. So, when it was time to do USB support - decisions had to be made. For most devices, the USB stuff does work, the fact that it isn't done the same as Windows is important.
For example, 2.8.xx.
That's not to say that I wouldn't be happy with accepting the possibility of a mid-version switch. So, maybe a major driver reorg could make things faster, and gets inserted at 2.8.12. Fine.. then I could get drivers released for 2.8.12 (and higher).
But the _every_single_double-minor_release_level_ change is difficult to manage.
Even so - I cope with the changes, like every other open source user. I'm not complaining, I'm just wishing there were something a little easier. I certainly don't want to see a fully re-implemented HAL (NT style, hardware abstraction layer) - just a way to make things a little less reactive.
But I may be buying one of those skirts for my girlfriend. ;-)
If accurate information in the Wiki comes from being plagiarized, then the project is doomed. Thankfully, it doesn't appear to me that the notation in the article was 'stolen'.
Frankly, I think that everyone who edits the Wikipedia should read the McHenry article. The one point that was quite clear to me is that the 'little' edits (change one sentance, change one fact), that don't take into account the overall flow of the article are the biggest threat to the overall usability of the site as a whole.
That's to say, that my set-up is plenty fast enough to run TuxRacer quite smoothly. It just takes a full minute and thirty to get to the point where TuxRacer's main menu appears.
From graphical login (hitting enter):
- 2m04s Splash Screen first appears
- 2m49s Splash Screen disappears
- 3m (even) GAIM login first starts
- 3m20s Menu is first visible
- 4m35s Theme finally appears
I'm not giving up (yet), and I thank you for your help. It is heartening to know that not everyone has the crap performance that I'm dealing with.Here's my 'beef' with Fedora Core 3. I'm not sure if I can contribute this to SELinux additions, or to the new Gnome 2.8 - but everything starts slowly (I'm talking 20 seconds to start a Gnome-Terminal), or four times slower than it was on Core 2. I'm going to try to set up my environment in KDE and see if it's any better, but so far, I'm not impressed.
To the rest - I forgot Rotary International. Also a civil service, grass roots club, that's always active. (I think most of the organizations I mentioned probably fit your requirements, it's just a matter of finding the right political fit).
If neither major party state platform matches your beliefs (I believe you've browsed my journal already, I certainly feel this way), you can still caucus with the party that you feel most closely matches your beliefs.
It is unlikely that it would be difficult (if I were determined to do so) to become a convention delegate. That's something that the caucus states make easy - grass-roots participation. That said, populists are common in the major parties.
The second part seems an awful lot like your local Elks, Eagles, Lions, Optimists and Boy Scouts. All of these groups already do exactly what you are talking about. Some of them support candidates, some of them don't. No big deal. Mostly, ALL of them need more young, energetic participants to join thier ranks and help out.
And who doesn't like the Eagles - they are the reason Mother's Day is a national holiday.
All of that said, check the politics of the clubs that already exist in your area. You may find you fit right in with one of them. If not, then go form your own group, I'm just suggesting you check out what's already out there.