OpenBSD is an excellent operating system for running dedicated network hardware. It's fast, stable, and secure. My only two complaints are that it doesn't support PowerPC hardware, and its lack of SMP. I have a Power Mac 9600/300 dual processor box that is of no use to us in the shop but would take care of three installed boxes' network duties if I could put OpenBSD on it. I don't think that Linux or Darwin are up to the task, so the machine sits.
In the area i live alone, my father has remarked several times in the last five years how either his eyes have gotten used to the sun after almost sixty years, or that things are a lot dimmer -- he used to wear Blueblockers religiously but now doesn't even keep a pair around.
Linux user or not. I point to this atrocity as an example of the kind of extremism that makes it unsafe not just for Americans but any fair-skinned person to trudge about the Middle East. This is a shame, really, as Arabic support in Linux would benefit from more dialogue between the West and their Arab friends.
Having characters called things like Slartibartfast and Zloat kind of makes me think he was taking stabs in the dark at writing a having a huge joke over on his readers/consumers.
And SVG is controlled by the W3C and is slowly being integrated into browsers to boot. If it becomes version-dependent and requires a plugin it's no better than Flash.
There's nothing worse for the web than Flash. Can't be bookmarked, needs a plugin, version dependent, source can't be studied, and the W3C has no control over it.
Valid XHTML 1.1 and CSS are the way to go, no matter who or what's writing it.
People are not nearly so uptight as in the US. Gor crying out loud, we had an office party here for Christmas and everyone got a drunk — those who didn't still sang and danced and had a good time. Contrast this with my experience with typical American office parties where they order some bland catered food, sip on mineral water and itch at their cotton-polyester blend polo shirts waiting to go home so they can work some more.
There's much more of an "open collar" atmosphere in Canada. Everyone trusts everyone else, we're all ready to get to know one another, and we certainly don't stay uptight after the regional manager has ended his visit to our office. Working in Canada is much less conducive to heart attacks.
...that with all of the technology available nowadays we'd put something more advanced tham HAM radio into space. This is like using a submarine to deliver pizza.
That is, the concept that we will ever create some kind of technology that is so far in advance of what we already have that we won't know what to do with it/it will be a panacea/it will become sentient and try to take us over.
By then SETI might have actually found something. Remember, it intelligent life isn't dependent on a planet. Any advanced race probably left their world eons ago.
What Larry had for breakfast. What Sergey thinks of that Hellboy movie. Which Dawson's Creek character reminds us most of Eric.
I'd be much more interested to know where the last few tweaks for the latest algorithm update came from, or what kind of servers they'll be upgrading to in the next few weeks. Their personal lives are of little consequence to Google or anyone involved with them.
What's more important? The journey or the destination? Philosophically, the journey. But in the world of making money, the destination is the focus. We need working products. Your principles will go out the door each and every time in favor of greenbacks.
Obviously Linus and company aren't having such "need to see the source to fix bugs" problems if they're 10x more productive. Your point also kind of collapses when you look at the fact as the previous tool, that they got 10x less work done with, was Free.
Why there was an uproar over this. Who cares if it's Free or not? It gets the job done better, and in the end that's what counts. The flame wars all over LKML and other places were just wastes of time.
Windows XP Pro, SP1 runs pretty well, but then I don't too much with it that demands much. RAM is cheap for this motherboard so I might as well go to 1 GB some time soon. I'd hate to admit that a game was the reason though.:(
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OpenBSD is an excellent operating system for running dedicated network hardware. It's fast, stable, and secure. My only two complaints are that it doesn't support PowerPC hardware, and its lack of SMP. I have a Power Mac 9600/300 dual processor box that is of no use to us in the shop but would take care of three installed boxes' network duties if I could put OpenBSD on it. I don't think that Linux or Darwin are up to the task, so the machine sits.
In the area i live alone, my father has remarked several times in the last five years how either his eyes have gotten used to the sun after almost sixty years, or that things are a lot dimmer -- he used to wear Blueblockers religiously but now doesn't even keep a pair around.
Funny, they were the last time I checked...
1. Arabic dialect.
2. Part of Middle Eastern geo-socio region
3. Primarily Islamic
4. Phsyical features of the Arabian Peninsula
What am I missing?
Linux user or not. I point to this atrocity as an example of the kind of extremism that makes it unsafe not just for Americans but any fair-skinned person to trudge about the Middle East. This is a shame, really, as Arabic support in Linux would benefit from more dialogue between the West and their Arab friends.
Open Source software is about controlling life? I wonder that was what RMS was really thinking.
Having characters called things like Slartibartfast and Zloat kind of makes me think he was taking stabs in the dark at writing a having a huge joke over on his readers/consumers.
Good. That shit is annoying as fuck. Right up there with Brak.
And SVG is controlled by the W3C and is slowly being integrated into browsers to boot. If it becomes version-dependent and requires a plugin it's no better than Flash.
This is a bastardization of what the web is really about. :_(
There's nothing worse for the web than Flash. Can't be bookmarked, needs a plugin, version dependent, source can't be studied, and the W3C has no control over it.
Valid XHTML 1.1 and CSS are the way to go, no matter who or what's writing it.
I don't think using controlled substances in the workplace is anything but an indicication of criminal proclivity, not how laid back it is.
People are not nearly so uptight as in the US. Gor crying out loud, we had an office party here for Christmas and everyone got a drunk — those who didn't still sang and danced and had a good time. Contrast this with my experience with typical American office parties where they order some bland catered food, sip on mineral water and itch at their cotton-polyester blend polo shirts waiting to go home so they can work some more.
There's much more of an "open collar" atmosphere in Canada. Everyone trusts everyone else, we're all ready to get to know one another, and we certainly don't stay uptight after the regional manager has ended his visit to our office. Working in Canada is much less conducive to heart attacks.
...if these will stall out at 2.4 GHz like Intel did.
...that with all of the technology available nowadays we'd put something more advanced tham HAM radio into space. This is like using a submarine to deliver pizza.
That is, the concept that we will ever create some kind of technology that is so far in advance of what we already have that we won't know what to do with it/it will be a panacea/it will become sentient and try to take us over.
You're making a lot of assumptions there, me laddo.
If you calculate mileage on a regular combustion-engine car the same thing happens. The petroleum industry has grown quite irksome of late.
By then SETI might have actually found something. Remember, it intelligent life isn't dependent on a planet. Any advanced race probably left their world eons ago.
The one that's changing everything. :-)
What Larry had for breakfast. What Sergey thinks of that Hellboy movie. Which Dawson's Creek character reminds us most of Eric.
I'd be much more interested to know where the last few tweaks for the latest algorithm update came from, or what kind of servers they'll be upgrading to in the next few weeks. Their personal lives are of little consequence to Google or anyone involved with them.
What's more important? The journey or the destination? Philosophically, the journey. But in the world of making money, the destination is the focus. We need working products. Your principles will go out the door each and every time in favor of greenbacks.
Obviously Linus and company aren't having such "need to see the source to fix bugs" problems if they're 10x more productive. Your point also kind of collapses when you look at the fact as the previous tool, that they got 10x less work done with, was Free.
Why there was an uproar over this. Who cares if it's Free or not? It gets the job done better, and in the end that's what counts. The flame wars all over LKML and other places were just wastes of time.
Windows XP Pro, SP1 runs pretty well, but then I don't too much with it that demands much. RAM is cheap for this motherboard so I might as well go to 1 GB some time soon. I'd hate to admit that a game was the reason though. :(
...and you'll have an entire operating system on your hands.