If this is true, BitMover should expect a big financial hit.
BitKeeper's main claim to fame was that Linus and the kernel folks used it. That's the kind of endorsement that you can't buy for any amount of money. Without that, most people would never even know BitKeeper exists.
RTFA. BK makes most of their money selling windows software. You don't think Linux users pay for anything, do you? That would be pretty unusual.
The biggest surprise was how BAD the original fuel consumption on the Prius was before the modification. 40-45mpg? That's the same as a typical small car would get - and the Prius *is* a small car.
Unfortunately, you are talking out of your ass. Anything above 40mpg is quite extraordinary. Take a look at the (notoriously optimistic) EPA figures: http://www.fueleconomy.gov
I noticed, too, that the Clinton administration could do no wrong, whereas the Bush administration can do no right. In actuality, there is little, if any, difference between their policies.
I hope you're enjoying your vacation on Mars, or wherever the fuck it is you've been for the last few years.
I get the feeling the average slashdotter has never done a day's worth of hard work in his life.
"Oh no, we're being treated like mechanics/plumbers/repair men/janitors now!"
Hey losers, good luck functioning without those people. And instead of looking down on them, go learn to rebuild an engine or even sweat a copper pipe. Then come back and admit what a bunch of pretentious idiots you are.
And why are we viewed with such disdain? Imagine how you would feel about your plumber if you had to call him in two or three times a week to unclog your stopped toilet.
More importantly: why are janitors viewed with such disdain? Good luck living without them.
If the "antiquated" microfiche can hold up that long why not our records stored on the digital media?
I'd be more worried about the longevity of the equipment you use to read that media. Someday soon they'll stop making equipment capable of reading whatever WORM media you are using. What then?
Based on the comments here, it sounded awfully stupid. When I went to RTFA, the site was too slow to load the entire page. But luckily, the answer to the immortal question "what kind of pot is that guy smoking?" was right at the top of the page.
Welcome back to the moving target that's plagued WINE for more than a decade.
Horseshit. They've had a decade to make something that's at least compatible with Windows 95. That's not a moving target. They just haven't done it yet.
And to say because the research is done with "taxpayer's money" is missing the point: If you can't reproduce every step, it's voodoo, not science.
I would not say it is missing the point, exactly: it is a good point. Perhaps it is beside the point.
Yes, science is not science unless it is reproduceable. So there's that.
An additional point is that people should be able to reap the benefits of what they paid for with their "taxpayer money." That applies to both science and engineering, and any number of other things, I would think.
Want to know how to build a bridge? The government ought to have a lot of information available since they do it all the time, and make it available cheap. (and for all I know, they do, it's just an example of an engineering problem)
Two different points, both arguing toward the same end: openness. There are certainly other reasons for openness, too, some of the purely political variety.
The movie Troy was a huge cinematic blunder ruining one of the greatest stories of all time.
You know what's funny? One actually can consider the film to have "ruined the story," if one considers movies to be authoritative and more important than books. In this case, books which have been around for thousands of years, and existed before that as oral traditions.
If you don't share this warped view, you should view the thing as just a movie. Which is all it was intended to be, I imagine.
Like a few other brave souls in this discussion, I find the story pretty fishy. It reads like a pretty typical liberal alarmist, NYT view of what they *think* all those red-state yokels are like.
I live in a blue state, and I'll have you know that we have yokels too. Our yokels are every bit as clueless and loud as your yokels!
I would pose your question the other way around. Living in California, if I so much as breathe a single word about God, I am immeadiately told to cease and desist. I am not talking about getting up on a soap box and preaching (not my style), but rather about praying in public. By myself or with a few friends. Not loudly either.
Where? I lived in California for a while, and the only time I can imagine someone getting bitched at for praying would be standing in the line to get on the train or something. Just like anywhere else. So what are you talking about?
If I had a conversation with one of these people, they want you to embrace their way of thinking... OK fine.
Yet, when I try to peddle MY truth, its immediately too much to handle, so not right and so horrible they wont hear it.
I am in the south. This is how these people are. but, then they are quick to call themselves open minded. YEAH RIGHT.
Of course, you have already begun by playing their stupid game, when you talk about "their truth" and "your truth" as if reason didn't apply in either case.
The word is "beliefs" and, unlike truths, they aren't always... um... true.
I'm annoyed that kubuntu has to be themed in blue. Everyone bitches about Ubuntu being brown, but it's distinctive. I wish these guys could get on the same branding bandwagon as the rest of the Ubuntu team.
I bet the minute those guys start worrying about "branding," they are going to find some ways to be a lot less appealing to their current user base.
They test it "good enough".. which entails making sure the computer boots up with that RAM and CPU. Maybe a 1 minute memory test on occasion. All in all, about 10% of everything they send out is worthless, and will be sent back by the customer in a week.
One reason to be suspicious of companies that have a high "restocking fee," I would think.
The above poster noted that they hadn't password protected the content. Worse than that, it is not even protected in the site's robots.txt. But the site does have a robots.txt. The implication is that anything not in the site is fair game.
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RTFA. BK makes most of their money selling windows software. You don't think Linux users pay for anything, do you? That would be pretty unusual.
You're new to the business world, aren't you?
Stop lying. Thanks.
Unfortunately, you are talking out of your ass. Anything above 40mpg is quite extraordinary. Take a look at the (notoriously optimistic) EPA figures:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov
I hope you're enjoying your vacation on Mars, or wherever the fuck it is you've been for the last few years.
I get the feeling the average slashdotter has never done a day's worth of hard work in his life.
"Oh no, we're being treated like mechanics/plumbers/repair men/janitors now!"
Hey losers, good luck functioning without those people. And instead of looking down on them, go learn to rebuild an engine or even sweat a copper pipe. Then come back and admit what a bunch of pretentious idiots you are.
Thanks.
More importantly: why are janitors viewed with such disdain? Good luck living without them.
I'd be more worried about the longevity of the equipment you use to read that media. Someday soon they'll stop making equipment capable of reading whatever WORM media you are using. What then?
Wow, way to discredit yourself with a falsehood right off the bat, Paul.
I've heard rumors about these internets.
Blow me.
With all due respect for the Europe that I love, I think you've identified the naivete that is responsible for a lot of European pacifism.
Clearly, she should have stayed at home, or hid behind her Maginot Line, or something.
Based on the comments here, it sounded awfully stupid. When I went to RTFA, the site was too slow to load the entire page. But luckily, the answer to the immortal question "what kind of pot is that guy smoking?" was right at the top of the page.
Sweet!
Horseshit. They've had a decade to make something that's at least compatible with Windows 95. That's not a moving target. They just haven't done it yet.
I would not say it is missing the point, exactly: it is a good point. Perhaps it is beside the point.
Yes, science is not science unless it is reproduceable. So there's that.
An additional point is that people should be able to reap the benefits of what they paid for with their "taxpayer money." That applies to both science and engineering, and any number of other things, I would think.
Want to know how to build a bridge? The government ought to have a lot of information available since they do it all the time, and make it available cheap. (and for all I know, they do, it's just an example of an engineering problem)
Two different points, both arguing toward the same end: openness. There are certainly other reasons for openness, too, some of the purely political variety.
You know what's funny? One actually can consider the film to have "ruined the story," if one considers movies to be authoritative and more important than books. In this case, books which have been around for thousands of years, and existed before that as oral traditions.
If you don't share this warped view, you should view the thing as just a movie. Which is all it was intended to be, I imagine.
I live in a blue state, and I'll have you know that we have yokels too. Our yokels are every bit as clueless and loud as your yokels!
So there.
Where? I lived in California for a while, and the only time I can imagine someone getting bitched at for praying would be standing in the line to get on the train or something. Just like anywhere else. So what are you talking about?
Of course, you have already begun by playing their stupid game, when you talk about "their truth" and "your truth" as if reason didn't apply in either case.
The word is "beliefs" and, unlike truths, they aren't always... um... true.
I bet the minute those guys start worrying about "branding," they are going to find some ways to be a lot less appealing to their current user base.
"Branding." Jeez...
One reason to be suspicious of companies that have a high "restocking fee," I would think.
Don't throw away those "almost perfect" CPUs! Give them to needy people in the third world!
So they can remark them and sell them back to us...
I suspect you just don't know what you are talking about. Or maybe you are that one in a million who uses QNX as their desktop operating system...
That is a really great analogy. What a clever refutation of what I wrote. Keep up the good work!
Then you don't know what you are talking about.
The above poster noted that they hadn't password protected the content. Worse than that, it is not even protected in the site's robots.txt. But the site does have a robots.txt. The implication is that anything not in the site is fair game.
But what the hell, it's the French.