As much as I cringe to stand up for Bill, he's alright in his statement -- factoring a prime involves exactly that -- provably asserting that a number has exactly two factors, just like factoring any other whole, prime or nonprime. In a sense "guaranteeing" that a number is prime, is the same thing as factoring it.
I was trying to figure out why this kfree() broke things, and trying to figure out where it was freed elsewhere. Could the root of the problem really be the program logic, which is implemented using a nonzero number of goto's? I realize that goto is only being used for throwing exceptions, but still... if you're using goto's in code with malloc's, you're asking for trouble. But then, I'm no kernel hacker...
"Ok, M$ Orifice is hardly a notably stable/perfect office suite... but SmartSuite? SmartSuite is the most bitey, klunky, non-intuitive heap'o'crap I have ever had the displeasure to encounter. "
You don't like WordPro (AmiPro?)
You don't like LOTUS 1-2-3???
Approach not good for you?
Admittedly the 2-D CAD interface from the original Freelance was wonderful and the new versions of Freelance are not that...
I'd LOVE to have Organizer and 1-2-3 on my desktop.
"Do you think the suits want to 'become part of the linux community'? "
One certainly hopes. It would be a good step in accord with linux becoming part of the business community.
"Do you think the casual user actually wants to be involved in tracking down and reporting bugs?"
No, I realize the casual user wants to be blissfully unaware of anything at all. This applies to lots more than computers. (Driving, for instancce -- I don't think the casual driver wants to be involved in avoiding traffic accidents except those involving him.)
"No average user is interested in 'running a community'."
Wait just a minute. The average Linux user is, or ought to be. Or else somebody missed something fundamental about what linux is somewhere along the way.
"They don't want to contribute to making an operating system, and that's why they continue to pay for software instead of going open-source."
What's wrong with that? Is this how you characterize the average *linux* user? You're using windows users to illustrate the beliefs and behaviors of linux users. I have a real problem with that.
Re:Firewalling ICMP takes care of this, folks.
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"a rule banning incoming ICMP"
has your box breaking MTU path discovery, making you a bad netizen.
"...a vendor can only disclaim warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose if they do so very explicitly and obviously and before payment is made for the goods. If they fail to do this, then the buyer has the right to cancel their acceptance of the goods if defects are found that render the product unfit for use."
I think the reason fundamentalist christians get such a bad rap is because many of them DO care if you are a homosexual or a consensual sadomasochist, and they literally feel that you would be better off dead. The most radical of the group should not represent the entire cult, but that is the way they are perceived.
We'll probably see a lot of partnerships. They won't be buying any ISP's. Stockholders seem to think there is too much potential for growth and big ISP's will sell for a premium. That's why we've seen less of those types of acquisitions lately. I wish I had the answer to your question though, I'd be on the phone with my broker, rather than here:-)
I'd play a krondor game on linux; if i had it i'd play it all the time. I'd pay for that. Sierra games have never been among the most expensive, and they've delivered consistently good stuff since the early days of microcomputer games.
"What's next category of applications comming to Linux?"
"UML?"
I have a colleague working on this. He's doing a very fine job of it, considering he's never seen Rose. It's being developed in Java, but he has implemented quite a few graphic widgets (since he just wasn't happy with swing, etc.) and the whole thing looked great the last time I saw it.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have any intention of making it open source, nor does he really want help. His perogative I suppose... Not everybody is swayed by the Open Source argument, nor the cooperative development concept, and I suppose it is not our place do judge them.
Your post sounds like you assume the studio gets it's film processing for free, or that it is processed in facilities owned by the studios (and thus disappeared into the budget) but that's not how it works. Those prints are paid for, and they are rather expensive.
A six-reel production release with a digitally mastered soundtrack costs a fortune. Agreements and antitrust compliance between studios and processing labs (and all kinds of other business relationships) create serious requirements for independent parties to be involved in the production of a movie (and be compensated over the table for their services).
That's why you always see "Color by DeLuxe" or whatever, in the credits.
If you want a price list, how 'bout
http://www.deluxe-ent.com/hollywood/prices/plab. html
The minimum charge per foot, on prints from DeLuxe, is $61.00. Possibly, Lucas gets a discount. Maybe not. It's the distributor's problem. This is for 35mm. Perhaps it does not surprise you that there are so few 70mm and Imax releases!!
Wish I could remember the feet per reel, or the number of frames per foot...
Really. If it's just x86, then somewhere I have an IBM 5150 with a *short* serial number:-)
I could stick an RS232 card in it and connect it to the net, give it some business-related service to perform, and voila. It would be tied with everybody else's 5150 and probably come down to who's original PC has the lowest serial #.
I already gave away my TRS-80 (which had a TWO DIGIT serial number -- among the first ones made!) But the expansion interface was long gone anyway and RS232 wasn't an option without it. If my dad's trucking warehouse were still around, I'd bet the old man would have still been using that !@#$% trs-80 for the job I programmed it for back then ('78!)
I tried it but found far too much of it was optimized for asian localization, and I was not interested in that. It's basically a repackaging of RedHat, as far as I could tell.
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Oh, come on! Did he really write that?
As much as I cringe to stand up for Bill, he's
alright in his statement -- factoring a prime
involves exactly that -- provably asserting that
a number has exactly two factors, just like factoring any other whole, prime or nonprime.
In a sense "guaranteeing" that a number is prime,
is the same thing as factoring it.
"Just have a Windows box when they come out to install, and then switch to Linux.."
But that costs $180.00 and feeds the monopoly that we are trying to fight.
I have to have this AND the vmware server :-(
Oh well maybe Vmware will work NVidia's code
into their server and all will be well...
''I said, "Yeah, dad, watch out for ebay. I think they're going public. They should be a good buy." Too bad he forgot
Make sure to remind him of that every day from now on.
I was trying to figure out why this kfree()
broke things, and trying to figure out where
it was freed elsewhere.
Could the root of the problem really be the
program logic, which is implemented using a nonzero number of goto's?
I realize that goto is only being used for throwing exceptions, but still... if you're
using goto's in code with malloc's, you're asking for trouble.
But then, I'm no kernel hacker...
"Ok, M$ Orifice is hardly a notably stable/perfect office suite... but SmartSuite? SmartSuite is the most bitey, klunky, non-intuitive heap'o'crap I have ever had the
displeasure to encounter. "
You don't like WordPro (AmiPro?)
You don't like LOTUS 1-2-3???
Approach not good for you?
Admittedly the 2-D CAD interface from the original Freelance was wonderful and the new versions of Freelance are not that...
I'd LOVE to have Organizer and 1-2-3 on my desktop.
"Do you think the suits want to 'become part of the linux community'? "
One certainly hopes. It would be a good step in accord with linux becoming part of the business community.
"Do you think the casual user actually wants to be involved in tracking down and reporting bugs?"
No, I realize the casual user wants to be blissfully unaware of anything at all. This applies to lots more than computers. (Driving, for instancce -- I don't think the casual driver wants to be involved in avoiding traffic accidents except those involving him.)
"No average user is interested in 'running a community'."
Wait just a minute. The average Linux user is,
or ought to be. Or else somebody missed something fundamental about what linux is somewhere along the way.
"They don't want to contribute to making an operating system, and that's why they
continue to pay for software instead of going open-source."
What's wrong with that? Is this how you characterize the average *linux* user? You're using windows users to illustrate the beliefs and
behaviors of linux users. I have a real problem with that.
"a rule banning
incoming ICMP"
has your box breaking MTU path discovery, making
you a bad netizen.
http://www.worldgate.com/~marcs/mtu/
"...a vendor can only disclaim warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose if they do so very explicitly and obviously and
before payment is made for the goods. If they fail to do this, then the buyer has the right to cancel their acceptance of the goods if
defects are found that render the product unfit for use."
Wasn't this the premise of "refund day?"
Did anybody get a refund?
Perl is a general purpose language with applications in system and application software.
PHP only applies to web content.
Perl is popular because of its power, extensibility, flexibility, openness, and because
it's been well marketed (yes, even as it is free).
I think the reason fundamentalist christians
get such a bad rap is because many of them
DO care if you are a homosexual or a consensual
sadomasochist, and they literally feel that you
would be better off dead. The most radical of
the group should not represent the entire cult,
but that is the way they are perceived.
. (Extra Credit) List three lower-case letters that are NOT valid arguments to ls.
For GNU ls? POSIX ls?
FIVE lettesr? -e, -h, -j, -y, -z
We'll probably see a lot of partnerships. :-)
They won't be buying any ISP's. Stockholders
seem to think there is too much potential for
growth and big ISP's will sell for a premium.
That's why we've seen less of those types of
acquisitions lately. I wish I had the answer
to your question though, I'd be on the phone
with my broker, rather than here
"However, I say that the next target is either Time Warner or Verio. "
Time Warner? With the market cap of $77 Billion?
AOL would have to pay such a premium. It won't
be happening soon, with AOL at 122B and falling.
Verio, on the other hand, at the paltry 1.8B market cap, would be a trivial acquisition for somebody like that.
I don't see how you can put those two companies in the same sentence, in an acquisition/merger context.
I'd play a krondor game on linux; if i had
it i'd play it all the time. I'd pay for that.
Sierra games have never been among the most expensive, and they've delivered consistently
good stuff since the early days of microcomputer
games.
When I send an invoice, I expect the response to
be a check, most likely to my snailbox.
"What's next category of applications comming to Linux?"
"UML?"
I have a colleague working on this. He's doing
a very fine job of it, considering he's never seen
Rose. It's being developed in Java, but he has
implemented quite a few graphic widgets (since he just wasn't happy with swing, etc.) and the whole
thing looked great the last time I saw it.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have any intention of
making it open source, nor does he really want
help. His perogative I suppose... Not everybody
is swayed by the Open Source argument, nor the
cooperative development concept, and I suppose it
is not our place do judge them.
We never hear about these packages being developed
for java, in java.
There would be no reason whatsoever to have to
wait for Visual Age "for linux" or for there to
be JBuilder "for Win32".
What was that main thing that made java so great
again?
Your post sounds like you assume the studio gets it's film processing for free, or that it is processed in facilities owned by the studios (and thus disappeared into the budget) but that's not
. html
how it works. Those prints are paid for, and they
are rather expensive.
A six-reel production release with a digitally
mastered soundtrack costs a fortune.
Agreements and antitrust compliance between studios and processing labs (and all kinds of
other business relationships) create serious
requirements for independent parties to be involved in the production of a movie (and be
compensated over the table for their services).
That's why you always see "Color by DeLuxe" or
whatever, in the credits.
If you want a price list, how 'bout
http://www.deluxe-ent.com/hollywood/prices/plab
The minimum charge per foot, on prints from DeLuxe, is $61.00. Possibly, Lucas gets a discount. Maybe not. It's the distributor's
problem. This is for 35mm. Perhaps it does not
surprise you that there are so few 70mm and Imax
releases!!
Wish I could remember the feet per reel, or the
number of frames per foot...
wasn't ENIAC a single entity? Or was there
more than one built?
Really. If it's just x86, then somewhere :-)
I have an IBM 5150 with a *short* serial number
I could stick an RS232 card in it and connect
it to the net, give it some business-related
service to perform, and voila. It would be
tied with everybody else's 5150 and probably
come down to who's original PC has the lowest serial #.
I already gave away my TRS-80 (which had a TWO DIGIT serial number -- among the first ones made!)
But the expansion interface was long gone anyway
and RS232 wasn't an option without it. If my
dad's trucking warehouse were still around, I'd
bet the old man would have still been using that
!@#$% trs-80 for the job I programmed it for back then ('78!)
"The cynicism of it appalls everyone
over here.... "
If *everyone* was *appalled* there would be
a crater where the seat of government used to be.
America's government has not yet pushed its citizens to their breaking point (it's trying),
and neither has Australia's (it may not be trying.)
"This is a very dark day in Australian history. "
There's no escaping the roots, mate.
Think about the foundations of Australia.
I tried it but found far too much of it
was optimized for asian localization, and
I was not interested in that. It's basically
a repackaging of RedHat, as far as I could tell.
Your average darkroom hack could make a hell of
a good poster from a 35MM frame.