[disclaimer: I'm not: - trying to offend anyone - trolling/flaming - astroturfing - offtopic (I hope.)
Also, I have no idea whether anyone's said anything like this before. I don't browse at -1.
Anyway...]
In commercial (often closed source, but not necessarily) environments, people often have to work together to get the product developed, debugged, tested, etc. Now, given that AS' sufferers (or those with mild autism) are not very good at handling social situations -- and also the fact that if you sit in your office/cubicle non-stop writing code, then most people think there's something wrong with you -- it would seem that commercial software development (even commercial OSS!) and geeks don't go together.
Hence why geeks like free OSS. They get to, for lack of a better word, "indulge" their social isolation by coding on their own, and also have the associated feeling of accomplishment when their code is accepted. Even if it isn't, they're still able to avoid having to work with others in person. Plus you get to flap your hands without anyone noticing.:-)
This is also partly the reason why I don't believe the general public will start using/contributing to OSS development any time soon. They don't want to be associated with a bunch of anti-social nerds.
Actually, fyi,.NET has already been released. =P And there is a fairly large amount of support in the MS dev community for starting new projects using.NET.
There are also competitions for students to develop.NET applications...
Heh, I wouldn't buy that mobo for a serious gaming system either. =)
I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, but lately games have been starting to demand all kinds of stuff like hw T&L, vertex buffers, etc.
For example, WC3 doesn't run on my Toshiba laptop (Yes, XP) apparently because the graphics chipset is "unsupported", even though it works fine for playing Descent 3 (okay, a bit slowly).
Some days I just wonder whether this isn't a conspiracy to get everyone to upgrade all at once..
Like another poster pointed out, integrated motherboards aren't targeted at serious gamers. They're targeted at average people.
Some of the early-generation ones didn't come with an extra AGP slot or a way of disabling the on-board options, but that seems to have been fixed now.
True, you might not find 5.1 sound or AGP8x/GeForce4 4400 performance, but if you consider who these motherboards are targeted at, it's good enough.
Just a comparison in Singapore: Motherboard + video card + sound card >= 400 Integrated motherboard >= 185
I have no idea if you woke up to find that you were missing something, or whether you've been looking at the mirror on the ceiling one too many times. =P
In contrast to nearly about everyone else on/., I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I appreciate good meta tags.
If I'm on a slow link, I get to see a brief description of the page and then decide if I want to go to it. And if I'm on a slow link I disable flash, scripting, etc. and set cache to a small amount.
It also helps that I use a different browser for slow links. =) (Nope, not IE, Mozilla or Opera.)
Another reason to like /.
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The best way to get lots of material for debates is to read/. and the comments at -1. =P
Also, the best way to get lost is to read/. at -1, but that's another thing altogether.
Happy birthday/., and please continue to be provocative!
They are, however, porting many of the classes except perhaps ASP.NET. Additionally, the public interface will have to be identical, even if the underlying implementation isn't.
It ain't Outlook 2000 yet, but then it's also not succeptible to script macros in message bodies.
Hmm... if it's using the IE engine then isn't it susceptible anyway? I'm curious whether they use the IE engine when rendering e-mail.
...where VBA doesn't come into play.
However, at least for the Win32 version, I would like SO to have an object model (ala Off2K) so that I can programatically do things with it from scripts, web pages, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, ok, the link didn't come out properly. Here it is again
I wonder if you've heard of the DisablePagingExecutive registry key, among others. A google search revealed the following page.
the tech-critic one, though it's a bit slow.
/. it *too* much, 'cause this is running off a cable modem. =)
:-( Don't have the money for a real webserver, or the time to install Apache.
I'm setting up my own mirror, please don't
IIS 5.1 (patched) on XP Pro, so sorry folks, only 10 connections.
Sorry for the popups, they're from the original site.
And now, the URL: *drumroll*
here
Yep, can't do with those guys, can't do without them. 8P
Kudos to whoever modded this as Funny.
/. is breaking down... mentioning the RIAA, MPAA, DMCA and MS will no longer get you an instant +5.
In other news, the "instant karma" algorithm on
What, you think Osama is secretly using the RIAA to commit terrorist acts?
Then again, he actually might be...
[disclaimer: I'm not:
:-)
- trying to offend anyone
- trolling/flaming
- astroturfing
- offtopic (I hope.)
Also, I have no idea whether anyone's said anything like this before. I don't browse at -1.
Anyway...]
In commercial (often closed source, but not necessarily) environments, people often have to work together to get the product developed, debugged, tested, etc. Now, given that AS' sufferers (or those with mild autism) are not very good at handling social situations -- and also the fact that if you sit in your office/cubicle non-stop writing code, then most people think there's something wrong with you -- it would seem that commercial software development (even commercial OSS!) and geeks don't go together.
Hence why geeks like free OSS. They get to, for lack of a better word, "indulge" their social isolation by coding on their own, and also have the associated feeling of accomplishment when their code is accepted. Even if it isn't, they're still able to avoid having to work with others in person. Plus you get to flap your hands without anyone noticing.
This is also partly the reason why I don't believe the general public will start using/contributing to OSS development any time soon. They don't want to be associated with a bunch of anti-social nerds.
An 802.11 robot.. does that mean I could get it to bring food to me while I'm programming? :D
Also, it could be useful around the house.
Wonder what this means for competition environments though...
*robot crashes into a wall at full throttle*
*competitor grins evilly while innocently removing 802.11b card*
Read the article, the IDE runs on Windows. No mention of the robot.
:P
Besides, if we want to watch things crash, we should look at their server and the slashdotting.
Actually, fyi, .NET has already been released. =P .NET.
.NET applications...
And there is a fairly large amount of support in the MS dev community for starting new projects using
There are also competitions for students to develop
Which is probably why OE6/OLXP block attachments by default. Besides, Message Source (Alt-F3 in OE) is your friend.
Heh, I wouldn't buy that mobo for a serious gaming system either. =)
I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, but lately games have been starting to demand all kinds of stuff like hw T&L, vertex buffers, etc.
For example, WC3 doesn't run on my Toshiba laptop (Yes, XP) apparently because the graphics chipset is "unsupported", even though it works fine for playing Descent 3 (okay, a bit slowly).
Some days I just wonder whether this isn't a conspiracy to get everyone to upgrade all at once..
Like another poster pointed out, integrated motherboards aren't targeted at serious gamers. They're targeted at average people.
Some of the early-generation ones didn't come with an extra AGP slot or a way of disabling the on-board options, but that seems to have been fixed now.
True, you might not find 5.1 sound or AGP8x/GeForce4 4400 performance, but if you consider who these motherboards are targeted at, it's good enough.
Just a comparison in Singapore:
Motherboard + video card + sound card >= 400
Integrated motherboard >= 185
I have no idea if you woke up to find that you were missing something, or whether you've been looking at the mirror on the ceiling one too many times. =P
Hey, FrontPage 2002 (XP) is actually useable and has options not to stuff things in for you. ;-) How about you try it first?
In contrast to nearly about everyone else on /., I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I appreciate good meta tags.
If I'm on a slow link, I get to see a brief description of the page and then decide if I want to go to it. And if I'm on a slow link I disable flash, scripting, etc. and set cache to a small amount.
It also helps that I use a different browser for slow links. =) (Nope, not IE, Mozilla or Opera.)
The best way to get lots of material for debates is to read /. and the comments at -1. =P
/. at -1, but that's another thing altogether.
/., and please continue to be provocative!
Also, the best way to get lost is to read
Happy birthday
Actually, even under XP Pro, you can still lock your computer. I just did. :-)
s/bsd/LindowsOS? FreeLindowsOS and OpenLindowsOS don't really seem to fit in ^^;
At any gate? Seems like you've been on /. (or watching Star Trek) too long. ;-)
They are, however, porting many of the classes except perhaps ASP.NET. Additionally, the public interface will have to be identical, even if the underlying implementation isn't.
IBM: They were the ones who couldn't market OS/2 out of a paper bag. Of course MS would want to cut its losses.
Hmm... if it's using the IE engine then isn't it susceptible anyway? I'm curious whether they use the IE engine when rendering e-mail.
However, at least for the Win32 version, I would like SO to have an object model (ala Off2K) so that I can programatically do things with it from scripts, web pages, etc.