Google doesn't own the source to Photoshop -- Adobe does.
Google *can't* port it to Linux, but they *can* fund work on WINE to make the Windows version work.
Abobe *could* port it, but they don't want to. So if Google really wants Photoshop to work on Linux (not 100% sure what's in it for Google) then funding WINE makes sense.
Interesting history (or boring depending on your persective).
MS DOS has used / as an argument separator since before they even supported subdirectories (DOS 1.x supported root directory only, and only on floppy). Possibly inherited from CP/M, but my memory doesn't go back that far.
MS never broke backward compatibility with that.
Up through DOS 2.x you could alter the "switch character" to dash using the switchchar= setting in config.sys. There remained a int21h syscall for this up through at least DOS 3.x. Using these COMMAND.COM would recognize dash as an argument separator allowing the forward slashes in paths to get passed through to kernel which has always allowed forward slashes as an alternate path separator.
Problem is that even though COMMAND.COM and the DOS kernel could do it, 99% of 3rd party supplied apps would choke on it.
Because the parent to my post says that "they" encrypt the data.
Maybe we just disagree about the meaning of "you" and "they" in this context.
If "you" use their software to encrypt your data before uploading it then I say that "you" are encrypting it.
That is fine so long as you trust the encryption software (perhaps you inspected the source, etc.).
according to Desi Rhoden, president and CEO of industry consortium Advanced Memory International and chairman of the JEDEC JC-42 memory committee. "The historical year-over-year, price-per-bit decline from 1978 -2002 is 36 percent," ( http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cms/engine.php?page_ id=bb2a94e7 )
(1/(1-0.36))^14 > 500
The size of the kernel has grown more than 7 times over 14 years, but memory is more than 500 times cheaper.
When measured in dollars that 1500K 2007 kernel will fit in 70 times less memory than the 1993 kernel.
For example, if you run a trading system that has to be in sync with the NASDAQ or NYSE market open and market close times, you still have to worry about timezones.
When DST kicks in the market opens at 14:30 GMT, before then it opens at 13:30 GMT.
If my system needs to sync with these, it had better start trading at 14:30 when DST kicks in....
I recommend "How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen" by Paul J. McAuley. A humorous treatment of the moon getting eaten by a man made black hole.
http://www.iblist.com/book36355.htm
It is a short story available in various collections.
It's like Apple produces a talking dog and this guy complains about its grammar.
Firmware Update, check
Dynamic Repartitioning, check
Dual Boot Windows, check
BETA, check
and he expects it to be impossible to shoot himself in the foot somewhere along the way. Good grief.
Probably selected wong partition in the Windows (ignoring the "big bold print" in the Apple doc), which Apple simply can't prevent without modifying the Windows installer.
I saw people in banks using abacuses. Not to denigrate them for that -- they were faster and more efficient with them than the average North American worker is with a computer
Of course they were more efficient. AFAIK you can't get slashdot on an abacus.
Slashdot Mirror
>>This of course brings significant hope to amputees
As long as they don't mind carrying a monkey to control their prosthetic arm...
>>No DST.
>>No Timezones.
>>No AM/PM.
The no timezones part also implies that for some people the *date* would change mid-day. That gets seriously weird for the concept of "today"
Google doesn't own the source to Photoshop -- Adobe does.
Google *can't* port it to Linux, but they *can* fund work on WINE to make the Windows version work.
Abobe *could* port it, but they don't want to. So if Google really wants Photoshop to work on Linux (not 100% sure what's in it for Google) then funding WINE makes sense.
http://www.hackaday.com/2008/01/19/add-everything-to-your-eeepc/
Yep.
Interesting history (or boring depending on your persective).
MS DOS has used / as an argument separator since before they even supported subdirectories (DOS 1.x supported root directory only, and only on floppy). Possibly inherited from CP/M, but my memory doesn't go back that far.
MS never broke backward compatibility with that.
Up through DOS 2.x you could alter the "switch character" to dash using the switchchar= setting in config.sys. There remained a int21h syscall for this up through at least DOS 3.x. Using these COMMAND.COM would recognize dash as an argument separator allowing the forward slashes in paths to get passed through to kernel which has always allowed forward slashes as an alternate path separator.
Problem is that even though COMMAND.COM and the DOS kernel could do it, 99% of 3rd party supplied apps would choke on it.
Great. Now I can't get the Norman Greenbaum "Spirit in the Sky" out of my head.
Surely somebody with talent can whip up some War on Terror lyrics for it...
Because the parent to my post says that "they" encrypt the data.
Maybe we just disagree about the meaning of "you" and "they" in this context.
If "you" use their software to encrypt your data before uploading it then I say that "you" are encrypting it.
That is fine so long as you trust the encryption software (perhaps you inspected the source, etc.).
Maybe I'm just completely mising your point, but:
This is patently wrong. Why can't I supply them with a public key that they use to encrypt,
Because if they are doing the encryption then they have the plaintext.
They store two copies, the text that they encrypt and allow you to read, and the plaintext that they mine for info.
Parent is funny even if you don't know what d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e is the hash of, but I had to check...
/dev/null
/dev/null
To save you time it is the MD5 hash of an empty file:
md5sum
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
Yes, but so long as you have your water, plastic sheeting, and duct tape in your kit you will be OK in the event of a dimensional flip.
according to Desi Rhoden, president and CEO of industry consortium Advanced Memory International and chairman of the JEDEC JC-42 memory committee. "The historical year-over-year, price-per-bit decline from 1978 -2002 is 36 percent," ( http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cms/engine.php?page_ id=bb2a94e7 )
(1/(1-0.36))^14 > 500
The size of the kernel has grown more than 7 times over 14 years, but memory is more than 500 times cheaper.
When measured in dollars that 1500K 2007 kernel will fit in 70 times less memory than the 1993 kernel.
True, but it doesn't really help.
For example, if you run a trading system that has to be in sync with the NASDAQ or NYSE market open and market close times, you still have to worry about timezones.
When DST kicks in the market opens at 14:30 GMT, before then it opens at 13:30 GMT.
If my system needs to sync with these, it had better start trading at 14:30 when DST kicks in....
Got Me!!
Definitely should have shaved that day...
OSQ: Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
the world doesn't revolve around Earth
OW! I think a lazer just blinded my mind's eye...
I use my middle initial all the time for that reason
What? Anonymous J. Coward
Always got a chuckle out of "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" by Niven. http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html
I recommend "How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen" by Paul J. McAuley. A humorous treatment of the moon getting eaten by a man made black hole.
http://www.iblist.com/book36355.htm
It is a short story available in various collections.
It's like Apple produces a talking dog and this guy complains about its grammar.
Firmware Update, check
Dynamic Repartitioning, check
Dual Boot Windows, check
BETA, check
and he expects it to be impossible to shoot himself in the foot somewhere along the way. Good grief.
Probably selected wong partition in the Windows (ignoring the "big bold print" in the Apple doc), which Apple simply can't prevent without modifying the Windows installer.
"Is foo evil?"
Extremist A: "Yes."
Extremist B: "No."
Non-extremist: "Depends..."
Of course they were more efficient. AFAIK you can't get slashdot on an abacus.
It is a competition with non-trivial prizes.
There are significant legal restrictions, tax restrictions, etc. It would take a fair amount of work for them to make it legal in more places.
:)
Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek.
How about if cutting the brake cables on one Toyota disabled the brakes on all Toyotas?
With remotely exploitable security flaws this is sometimes the case for software.
They could reduce that with a little shear power
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