That is only the case if you include the drivers to be a part of the OS. Windows uses third party drivers (that now have to be certified, I know), but if one of these causes the hardware to lock up, the kernel can't really do much, can it?
Well, flat rate to be accurate (159 NOK,approximately 19,50 Euro)
A norwegian company Telio is offering a flat rate which gives you free calls to the following countries:
Sweden, Danmark, Finland, Iceland, Great Britian, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, Liecthenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, USA and Canada.
Count 'em: free calls to 19 different countries. And no BS computer stuff, just plug your regular phone to the broadband line (trough an adapter) and make calls to ordinary phones just like before (like in France, as you were saying).
No broadband or TV though, you'll have to fix that yourself;)
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Telio other than being a costumer of theirs. And translating the country names from Norwegian to English was done on the fly, so sorry about any mistakes..
Given that the base driver code is the same across platforms, are there any particular aspects of X or Linux that reduce performance?
I'm not thinking this at all, NVIDIA has previously stated that creating drivers for Linux is easier than for Windows, so I'm thinking their Linux code is simply not up to par. Everyone knows drivers are everything when it comes to performance, they're simply not spending enough resources on the linux version.
I don't listen to music anymore (I can say for about 1.5 years now.)
Man, that sounds... almost sad. I don't have to listen to music all the time, but sometimes I just love to put some music on the stereo when I'm going to bed, I find it releaving and soothing (my favourite music that is, not some random radio).
Being without music over a long period of time really seems a bit sad to be honest, as I find great pleasure in music. I'm not saying that you're sad, I'm just saying that the concept of being without music seems sad to me.
The point is not to defend any specific religion, the point is to defend the possibility of an existence of something higher than ourselves.
I find the creation of the universe an interesting question, simply because we don't have an answer to it. Things that are hard to wrap the mind round, like what is nothing (not empty space, but that which is beyond space - complete nothingness), and the likes are interesting subjects without a clear answer/perception.
I'm not necessarily saying that one (science/higher powers) is better than the other, but I don't see how it is reasonable to totally outrule the possibility of an existence which is higher than ourselves, when it's an equally well explanation of the creation of the universe as science is. Everthing about the universe is pretty straight forward (big bang, gravity, galaxies, expansion of the universe, and so on), but it's whatever happened before that that is up for questioning.
I mean, we just don't know. Something godlike could very well exist or have existed, and yet everything science proves is still right. It's not an illogical answer, far future science could very well embrace it.
It's an open question. One might say "it's reasonable to think this and that" or "that just has to be wrong" or whatever, but not being openminded about questions that don't have answers is just blindfolding oneself IMO.
Actually, writing this made me think of the classic question: If we (in the future) buildt a perfect computurized "virtual universe", just stuffing in laws of physics and such and hit the on-button, letting it evolve; would the intelligent creatures it (hopefully) ends up creating within the universe become self-aware? (which again brings the question of consciousness...)
I didn't read the entire thread, it's just too much, I didn't bother, sorry.
f) Everyone should become an atheist, because it's the only rational decision for an intelligent person.
Throughout time, we humans have found an explanation of life/the universe that fits with reality, and been more or less satisfied with that.
In ancient times, everyone believed the world was flat and that everything was circeling around it because it fits with observation.
They also believed in God (or whatnot) because it explains everything, it fits.
Now people "believe" in science because it fits, everything can be explained with it. It's not a beliefe in it's sence, it's "the ultimate truth", explaining everything and explaining itself. Everything fits, nothing is left to imagination, surely it must be correct.
However, there is one thing that comes to mind. The creation of the universe. What happened at the beginning of time? Why is there a beginning of time? If not, why not? What happened before everything? What caused the universe to exist?
Science thinks it can explain this, it just doesn't have enough data on it yet.
So the whole logic of "action-reaction" in science's way falls short at it's most crucial point: the beginning of the universe.
However, most religions can explain this perfectly fine (they just can't prove it though). So in such sence, it's more logical to say that "they both fit equally well". They both explain equally well in their own way the universe, and life and everything, since neither of them can prove that it's more correct than the other.
We simply don't have the "ultimate truth" at this time in history.
My god, I opened a KDE window after reading this and was shocked to see those dots there! Seriously, I'm a total computer/Linux geek and I've *never* seen them before!
Amazing what you don't notice if you don't look..
"The term ``freeware'' has no clear accepted definition, but it is commonly used for packages which permit redistribution but not modification (and their source code is not available). These packages are not free software, so please don't use ``freeware'' to refer to free software." (emphasis added by me)
If it's released under the GPL it is *Free Software* and you can do just about whatever you want with it as long as it stays free (under the GPL license). It might not be gratis (free of charge) but "freeware" has nothing to do with it!
So please, enligthen yourself and stop spreading FUD (that goes for slashdot too)!
Why would anyone use Irrlicht instead of SDL? Or would it make sense to use both?
SDL only gives platform independent access to sound, mouse, keyboard, joysticks, and 3D graphics through OpenGL. You have to develop your own 3D-engine using OpenGL when using SDL. Irrlicht saves you from that hassle. So combinig SDL and Irrlicht makes sanse, since they cover different areas of a game.
Just wanted people to realize the diffrence here. irrlicht is is
a 3d engine, which is about putting things on screen.
For making a full game, much much more is needed. Player control/input
handling,
... +sound, and to do this you have SDL. SDL+OpenGL makes up everything DirectX does. SDL is also platform independent.
The problem is, Linus is letting his pursuit of one goal (encourage open-source drivers) hurt progress toward another (stable, user-friendly drivers for every single device out there).
At first when reading the headline I thought "This is great, just what Linux needs!", but after reading the article (yes, I'm new here..) I have to agree with Linus. Do we really want another Windows albeit Free/Open? Or do we want a technically superior OS? That OS has a price of many challenges just like this, but I think a solution other than this HAL can and will be reached with time. We can't sacrifice the beauty of the Bazaar, it has lead us this far, it will lead us further.
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That is only the case if you include the drivers to be a part of the OS. Windows uses third party drivers (that now have to be certified, I know), but if one of these causes the hardware to lock up, the kernel can't really do much, can it?
Well, flat rate to be accurate (159 NOK,approximately 19,50 Euro)
;)
A norwegian company Telio is offering a flat rate which gives you free calls to the following countries:
Sweden, Danmark, Finland, Iceland, Great Britian, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, Liecthenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, USA and Canada.
Count 'em: free calls to 19 different countries. And no BS computer stuff, just plug your regular phone to the broadband line (trough an adapter) and make calls to ordinary phones just like before (like in France, as you were saying).
No broadband or TV though, you'll have to fix that yourself
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Telio other than being a costumer of theirs. And translating the country names from Norwegian to English was done on the fly, so sorry about any mistakes..
Given that the base driver code is the same across platforms, are there any particular aspects of X or Linux that reduce performance?
I'm not thinking this at all, NVIDIA has previously stated that creating drivers for Linux is easier than for Windows, so I'm thinking their Linux code is simply not up to par. Everyone knows drivers are everything when it comes to performance, they're simply not spending enough resources on the linux version.
I don't listen to music anymore (I can say for about 1.5 years now.)
Man, that sounds... almost sad. I don't have to listen to music all the time, but sometimes I just love to put some music on the stereo when I'm going to bed, I find it releaving and soothing (my favourite music that is, not some random radio).
Being without music over a long period of time really seems a bit sad to be honest, as I find great pleasure in music. I'm not saying that you're sad, I'm just saying that the concept of being without music seems sad to me.
The point is not to defend any specific religion, the point is to defend the possibility of an existence of something higher than ourselves.
I find the creation of the universe an interesting question, simply because we don't have an answer to it. Things that are hard to wrap the mind round, like what is nothing (not empty space, but that which is beyond space - complete nothingness), and the likes are interesting subjects without a clear answer/perception.
I'm not necessarily saying that one (science/higher powers) is better than the other, but I don't see how it is reasonable to totally outrule the possibility of an existence which is higher than ourselves, when it's an equally well explanation of the creation of the universe as science is. Everthing about the universe is pretty straight forward (big bang, gravity, galaxies, expansion of the universe, and so on), but it's whatever happened before that that is up for questioning.
I mean, we just don't know. Something godlike could very well exist or have existed, and yet everything science proves is still right. It's not an illogical answer, far future science could very well embrace it.
It's an open question. One might say "it's reasonable to think this and that" or "that just has to be wrong" or whatever, but not being openminded about questions that don't have answers is just blindfolding oneself IMO.
Actually, writing this made me think of the classic question: If we (in the future) buildt a perfect computurized "virtual universe", just stuffing in laws of physics and such and hit the on-button, letting it evolve; would the intelligent creatures it (hopefully) ends up creating within the universe become self-aware? (which again brings the question of consciousness...)
I didn't read the entire thread, it's just too much, I didn't bother, sorry.
f) Everyone should become an atheist, because it's the only rational decision for an intelligent person.
Throughout time, we humans have found an explanation of life/the universe that fits with reality, and been more or less satisfied with that.
In ancient times, everyone believed the world was flat and that everything was circeling around it because it fits with observation.
They also believed in God (or whatnot) because it explains everything, it fits.
Now people "believe" in science because it fits, everything can be explained with it. It's not a beliefe in it's sence, it's "the ultimate truth", explaining everything and explaining itself. Everything fits, nothing is left to imagination, surely it must be correct.
However, there is one thing that comes to mind. The creation of the universe. What happened at the beginning of time? Why is there a beginning of time? If not, why not? What happened before everything? What caused the universe to exist?
Science thinks it can explain this, it just doesn't have enough data on it yet.
So the whole logic of "action-reaction" in science's way falls short at it's most crucial point: the beginning of the universe.
However, most religions can explain this perfectly fine (they just can't prove it though). So in such sence, it's more logical to say that "they both fit equally well". They both explain equally well in their own way the universe, and life and everything, since neither of them can prove that it's more correct than the other.
We simply don't have the "ultimate truth" at this time in history.
My god, I opened a KDE window after reading this and was shocked to see those dots there! Seriously, I'm a total computer/Linux geek and I've *never* seen them before! Amazing what you don't notice if you don't look..
What on earth is this? Don't you people know the difference between Free Software and Non-free Software?
From gnu.org:
"The term ``freeware'' has no clear accepted definition, but it is commonly used for packages which permit redistribution but not modification (and their source code is not available). These packages are not free software, so please don't use ``freeware'' to refer to free software." (emphasis added by me)
If it's released under the GPL it is *Free Software* and you can do just about whatever you want with it as long as it stays free (under the GPL license). It might not be gratis (free of charge) but "freeware" has nothing to do with it!
So please, enligthen yourself and stop spreading FUD (that goes for slashdot too)!
According to a Norwegian paper VG (sorry, no translation) it has caused the American Embassy in Norway to file federal charges against the rap-group.
*ducks*
A sure bet your PC is indeed a zombie PC:
It continues to moan even when your not watching pron!
I really hope they get MacGyver to write some articles, I already got a Swiss Army Knife and a roll of duct tape standing by.
Why would anyone use Irrlicht instead of SDL? Or would it make sense to use both?
SDL only gives platform independent access to sound, mouse, keyboard, joysticks, and 3D graphics through OpenGL. You have to develop your own 3D-engine using OpenGL when using SDL. Irrlicht saves you from that hassle. So combinig SDL and Irrlicht makes sanse, since they cover different areas of a game.