Solaris is generally accepted to be a server platform.
That's a new phenomenon. Ever wonder why their stock ticker is SUNW? The phrase "Sun Workstations" was a valuable brand. It wasn't that long ago that workstations were their primary focus. They gave up making money on those because the PC ate their lunch.
Every shop I knew that used Solaris/x86 never used them for desktops.
Since I worked at a company that used Solaris/x86 PCs (very effectively) this is utterly uninteresting to me. I'm sure you're terribly experienced and know lots of "shops" though.
This is how it's worked for a long time
Riiiiight. How long have you been a Sun user? Seriously, if you're going to be an arrogant cock, at least know what you're talking about.
Solaris is not Linux, it has different goals, and people who build Solaris systems do not deal haphazardly with hardware.
Well, obviously, since they can't. Even Sun has acknowledged that this has to change and has taken steps, so I can't imagine why you're babbling.
If evolution is true, then the things that we call "order" and "intelligence" are just a higher function of chaos (the inevitable byproduct of randomness).
There's nothing "random" about natural selection. It can be expressed as an algorithm.
On an even higher level, there is no reason to believe that we are actually designing anything, we are merely exciting our neurons (if they exist) into believing we have perceived that we are performing an action (which in this case is mental, which brings us back to the alleged neurons) that we call designing. If evolution is true, then intelligence will happen regardless of what we do, and we have no reason to believe that we have anything to do with it whatsoever, or could influence it in any way at all if we did.
This doesn't even slightly make sense.
As for me, I'll take an Almighty God (as long as he lets me)
You know, there's nothing about believing in God that forces you to adopt kooky pseudophilosophy. Maybe the problem here is that you're trying to slam the mind-body problem, the notion of the self and evolutionary theory into a single paragraph explaining something or other about God. Cute.
If you were given an ID card which identified you based upon some other kind of characteristic, such as having completed some form of task, separate from your name, age, DNA, etc... you could have an ID card which protected your anonymity. I guess it's all about how you think of ID as identifying you.
And you'd have to have an issuer of the ID who was both completely trustworthy, uninterested in who you are, and willing to do the work for free. Any real-world examples?
If you want a Solaris/x86 box, you spec out the server before you ever get a copy of the operating system media.
Interesting wording there. As if Sun doesn't care about the desktop at all, and doesn't care about making it convenient for end users to actually try the operating system they are offering as a free download. Brilliant strategy.
Look, it's not Solaris I'm criticizing, it's the x86 HCL. It's a worthless piece of garbage. The notion that Sun can't be bothered to test a piece of hardware, quite popular hardware in many cases, and relies on the users to report whether it works or not is just embarassing. Come on guys, you got that $2bn settlement, hire a few freaking QA engineers.
As opposed to the typical linux way of downloading a new OS on a whim and tossing it onto the nearest availible system, no matter what the hardware. And then whining about "it doesn't work" in mailing lists, bulletin boards, and newsgroups.
Except that Windows and Linux are infinitely more likely to actually work on the nearest available system. It's pretty hard to see how that is a bad thing.
This pretty much makes the HCL utterly worthless to me and, from what I can tell, most end users. Hey look, Sun has certified six hardware configurations! And there's a few hundred more that seem to work!
Apple would be fools to give up the high-margin hardware market and try to compete toe to toe with Microsoft Windows.
Apple aren't much of a player in the high-margin hardware market (servers), they're a player in the low-margin desktop computer market. They're in a pretty different situation.
The confusion is understandable, too, since they had the Solaris 10 "release party" about a month ago, which makes lots of sense. I never understood why nobody called them on that: having a release party without a product to release.
That may well be, but the launch vehicles he uses won't even remotely resemble the SpaceShipOne, which is the absurd comparison you made. And they won't be made by his tiny team alone, if they're to do a comparable amount of work.
Comparing a modern-day suborbital composite space plane to the most powerful man-rated rocket ever made is just dumb. The suborbital Mercury Redstone rockets were made by a small team, too, so THAT comparison would have been less idiotic.
As this all relates to the original point, each step upward in rocket power requires a lot more people and a lot more engineering to develop the booster. So, well, you're just completely wrong about the whole thing.
You're wrong, unfortunately. Under the Hazelwood Supreme Court decision pricipals of a school have the right to censor a school newspaper if they decide its contents will disrupt the school day.
That's interesting. I wasn't totally sure that the NEA situation would be 100% analogous to a school, and yes, that would be an important distinction.
Congress can make no law, nothing in the Constitution prevents states or their legislatures from doing it. What does it the over extension of the Federal Courts into the business of the States.
How is it an "over extension" for the courts to demand that the states not infringe on the fundamental rights which are guaranteed by the constitution of the United States? (okay, answer: IT'S NOT. This isn't even a remotely controversial point of law, it was all decided a century ago or longer)
Allowing children to read a prayer at their graduation is not a violation of the First Amendment. In fact it probably is more of a violation of the intent of the First to prevent the students from doing just that.
THAT is quite true. The ACLU has actually fought to protect student's free speech in that position, on constitutional grounds. (I guess maybe you knew that or you wouldn't have used it as an example) Good thing the constitution applies to ALL government, even at the municipal level.:D
I think that's an excellent lesson in the difference between the first amendment and sponsered speech. You'll notice in your example the principal exercised prior restraint in a publication he controls the funding for in a venue he controls the discipline for.
You've got it all wrong. The principal was constitutionally off-base in restricting the speech, as it is the taxpayer who is funding the paper. He was acting as a representative of the government, and the government cannot selectively restrict speech in this way.
Anyone interested in learning more ought to google "NEA first amendment" or something to that effect. The National Endowment of the Arts is the traditional lightning rod for speech restriction by government, since there are so many artists funded by the program who try to be deliberately provocative, and so many hicks responsible for legislating funding for the program. Traditionally the supreme court has found restrictions imposed on the speech of funded artists to be unconstitutional for a few different reasons, although I haven't followed supreme court cases much in the last couple of years, and the federal courts (like the rest of the country) are getting dumber and more conservative...
If you're going to do human rights work there, that it's probably best to do one illegal thing at a time. So, don't look at porn when your issue is Falun Gong. And likewise, don't look at Falun Gong sites if your issue is porn.
Damn. I would miss all the porno websites offering hot Falun Gong-on-Falun Gong action.:(
I don't think this is "elitist", I think it's practical. With every new developer on board, the task of managing the project grows. See: "The Mythical Man-Month" or any text ever written on the subject, ever.
It's a well-proven fact that adding too many developers to a project has negative effects on productivity due to the added overheads of communication, familiarization, duplication of effort, etc etc.
Nothing in The Mythical Man-Month is "well proven fact", it's all anecdotal evidence regarding an ancient project. It's a great book, but it's not necessarily gospel truth, and it doesn't apply to every project ever conceived by man.
I think it mostly DOES apply in Mozilla's case, but people cite it a little too blindly, as if a small team could create a Saturn V or Windows NT or something if they were just REALLY SMART and put in a lot of overtime.
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In my case it's purely anecdotal. I don't know more than a couple of people who bought doom3, almost everyone just played the warez download. I know quite a few who bought hl2, only one who uses the warez version.
Most of those I know who pirated doom3 would claim that they never would have bought it anyway. I'm pretty sure that's just the standard rationalization, although if there had been a demo download available when that game came out, it would probably be true.:/ Talk about overrated.
I'm new to slashdot: is this what people call "idiot trolls" ?
No, no... I'm afraid that was relatively one of the smarter trolls.:)
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ID software on the other hand... they released a game with amazing graphics, created a linux port and doesn't require you to go online and authenticate to play.
And got hit a lot harder by piracy. Funny how that works.
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That's a new phenomenon. Ever wonder why their stock ticker is SUNW? The phrase "Sun Workstations" was a valuable brand. It wasn't that long ago that workstations were their primary focus. They gave up making money on those because the PC ate their lunch.
Since I worked at a company that used Solaris/x86 PCs (very effectively) this is utterly uninteresting to me. I'm sure you're terribly experienced and know lots of "shops" though.
Riiiiight. How long have you been a Sun user? Seriously, if you're going to be an arrogant cock, at least know what you're talking about.
Well, obviously, since they can't. Even Sun has acknowledged that this has to change and has taken steps, so I can't imagine why you're babbling.
I have to believe that kind of thinking is the main reason AI hasn't moved forward very fast. Talk about vague goals.
There's nothing "random" about natural selection. It can be expressed as an algorithm.
This doesn't even slightly make sense.
You know, there's nothing about believing in God that forces you to adopt kooky pseudophilosophy. Maybe the problem here is that you're trying to slam the mind-body problem, the notion of the self and evolutionary theory into a single paragraph explaining something or other about God. Cute.
And you'd have to have an issuer of the ID who was both completely trustworthy, uninterested in who you are, and willing to do the work for free. Any real-world examples?
Interesting wording there. As if Sun doesn't care about the desktop at all, and doesn't care about making it convenient for end users to actually try the operating system they are offering as a free download. Brilliant strategy.
Look, it's not Solaris I'm criticizing, it's the x86 HCL. It's a worthless piece of garbage. The notion that Sun can't be bothered to test a piece of hardware, quite popular hardware in many cases, and relies on the users to report whether it works or not is just embarassing. Come on guys, you got that $2bn settlement, hire a few freaking QA engineers.
Except that Windows and Linux are infinitely more likely to actually work on the nearest available system. It's pretty hard to see how that is a bad thing.
No, you didn't. You downloaded "Solaris 10: Solaris Express", or what any normal company would call "Solaris 10 Beta".
This pretty much makes the HCL utterly worthless to me and, from what I can tell, most end users. Hey look, Sun has certified six hardware configurations! And there's a few hundred more that seem to work!
Apple aren't much of a player in the high-margin hardware market (servers), they're a player in the low-margin desktop computer market. They're in a pretty different situation.
The confusion is understandable, too, since they had the Solaris 10 "release party" about a month ago, which makes lots of sense. I never understood why nobody called them on that: having a release party without a product to release.
"Their document" consists of lists of reports from random end users on which hardware seems to work. So really, what was your point again?
Nice HCL.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa... easy there, pilgrim. I didn't say anything about them being backward hicks. That kind of comment would poison the discourse.
Sorry, but you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Which is sort of tragically funny given the topic.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_(Bil
Since that's wikipedia you can go through and change the law articles to read however your stupid ass thinks they should read. Have at it!
That may well be, but the launch vehicles he uses won't even remotely resemble the SpaceShipOne, which is the absurd comparison you made. And they won't be made by his tiny team alone, if they're to do a comparable amount of work.
Comparing a modern-day suborbital composite space plane to the most powerful man-rated rocket ever made is just dumb. The suborbital Mercury Redstone rockets were made by a small team, too, so THAT comparison would have been less idiotic.
As this all relates to the original point, each step upward in rocket power requires a lot more people and a lot more engineering to develop the booster. So, well, you're just completely wrong about the whole thing.
That is not even remotely true.
That's interesting. I wasn't totally sure that the NEA situation would be 100% analogous to a school, and yes, that would be an important distinction.
How is it an "over extension" for the courts to demand that the states not infringe on the fundamental rights which are guaranteed by the constitution of the United States? (okay, answer: IT'S NOT. This isn't even a remotely controversial point of law, it was all decided a century ago or longer)
THAT is quite true. The ACLU has actually fought to protect student's free speech in that position, on constitutional grounds. (I guess maybe you knew that or you wouldn't have used it as an example) Good thing the constitution applies to ALL government, even at the municipal level.
You've got it all wrong. The principal was constitutionally off-base in restricting the speech, as it is the taxpayer who is funding the paper. He was acting as a representative of the government, and the government cannot selectively restrict speech in this way.
Anyone interested in learning more ought to google "NEA first amendment" or something to that effect. The National Endowment of the Arts is the traditional lightning rod for speech restriction by government, since there are so many artists funded by the program who try to be deliberately provocative, and so many hicks responsible for legislating funding for the program. Traditionally the supreme court has found restrictions imposed on the speech of funded artists to be unconstitutional for a few different reasons, although I haven't followed supreme court cases much in the last couple of years, and the federal courts (like the rest of the country) are getting dumber and more conservative...
There's some humor about handwriting analysis, and other silly spycraft, in the film The Man With One Red Shoe.
Damn. I would miss all the porno websites offering hot Falun Gong-on-Falun Gong action.
Nothing in The Mythical Man-Month is "well proven fact", it's all anecdotal evidence regarding an ancient project. It's a great book, but it's not necessarily gospel truth, and it doesn't apply to every project ever conceived by man.
I think it mostly DOES apply in Mozilla's case, but people cite it a little too blindly, as if a small team could create a Saturn V or Windows NT or something if they were just REALLY SMART and put in a lot of overtime.
In my case it's purely anecdotal. I don't know more than a couple of people who bought doom3, almost everyone just played the warez download. I know quite a few who bought hl2, only one who uses the warez version.
:/ Talk about overrated.
Most of those I know who pirated doom3 would claim that they never would have bought it anyway. I'm pretty sure that's just the standard rationalization, although if there had been a demo download available when that game came out, it would probably be true.
No, no... I'm afraid that was relatively one of the smarter trolls.
And got hit a lot harder by piracy. Funny how that works.
How? Just curious.