Since everyone is off-topic about moral high ground etc. I'll post my experiences with Linux GUI responsiveness over the years.
First off Windows always felt faster on machines before the multicore / GPU accellerated desktop era. KDE had a similar level of functionality to Windows but felt slower. It reminded me of a cheap Sharp front loader CD player. The controls always felt too plasticky and button presses weren't instant. And the CD took just too long to skip to the next track. I resorted to Fluxbox for speed.
Vista was crap and at that stage hardware was getting really fast and Linux (at this stage I started using Ubuntu) started feeling snappier. Windows 7 got better but Ubuntu has always felt faster since. Maybe it does less - who knows, it's good enough for me.
Windows is still useless with missing network / scratched CD's / broken flashdisks. Everything hangs. No such issues with Ubuntu.
I wonder if a better GPU has anything to do with your better experience?
Hehe. I use both Plone and Django heavily, so I can comment on both. Instead of boring you with a comparison between the two let's just say Plone is a CMS / application framework for older school developers using a new-fangled object database as storage, whereas Django is an application framework for "hip" developers using an old school RDBMS as storage.
The Plone community is also pretty awesome and helpful.
And I might as well pre-empt the "Plone is slow" crowd by saying Plone's security is brilliant (thanks to the underlying Zope) but Django is faster for most use cases.
The South African army used a similar object as a (translated from Afrikaans) "piss lily". You just stick the small side into the ground and instant toilet!
This is a weird post for you. I specifically remember your strange nick and some good comments made in the past. Hopefully your account has been hacked.
I've been following these browser press releases for years now and every time the Javascript is X% faster. Does that mean that it was horrendously crap to start with or do they conveniently benchmark it on whatever the latest and greatest available hardware is?
Facebook presumably made money from his profile under the old terms and conditions. So Facebook is not really free since you the user give them something (data) in return for a social networking platform.
There is no binding contract here, just an agreement. Depending on which country you live in you can pursue that to different extents. But let's say the agreement is enforcable then I'd say FB broke the law.
Thanks for the link. That was very informative. If what the developers claim is true then how about the DRM disabling itself 3 months after release? That takes away the crackers' motivation since they may not beat the window by much. People who dislike DRM may actually buy the game.
I suppose one possible downside is that people don't play a new game 3 months after they bought it, meaning they face DRM for their game's effective 'lifetime'.
I think the Chinese plan will work to some extent. Businesses will want to be on that register since China is a big market, so there's the corporate internet presence. Casual users (not/. folk) will just accept it, kinda like how most people accept DRM.
I don't agree with the plan at all, and I think the only way to prevent it is if all businesses boycott them. Like that's going to happen...
who thought that those are the names of new social networking sites?
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I'm confused - how does a language "scale"? Can you suddenly have 1 billion items in your array instead of 100 million? If that is indeed the case then like the parent said: it is crappy coding and/or design.
I'm fairly confident you can do twitter in whatever language you want and if designed properly it will scale in the proper sense of the word.
Why don't they just study tornados by driving straight into one with an Abrams or Challenger tank? All the armor research has already been done for the storm chasers. Plus you'll probably get thermal imaging as a freebie.
I don't believe your comparison is valid. Africa (apart from South Africa and probably Egypt) do not produce semi-conductors, so there is no industry to kill.
Besides, how old can these computers be? Maybe 8 years? That will mean early P4 / Athlon right? That sounds pretty decent.
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Since everyone is off-topic about moral high ground etc. I'll post my experiences with Linux GUI responsiveness over the years.
First off Windows always felt faster on machines before the multicore / GPU accellerated desktop era. KDE had a similar level of functionality to Windows but felt slower. It reminded me of a cheap Sharp front loader CD player. The controls always felt too plasticky and button presses weren't instant. And the CD took just too long to skip to the next track. I resorted to Fluxbox for speed.
Vista was crap and at that stage hardware was getting really fast and Linux (at this stage I started using Ubuntu) started feeling snappier. Windows 7 got better but Ubuntu has always felt faster since. Maybe it does less - who knows, it's good enough for me.
Windows is still useless with missing network / scratched CD's / broken flashdisks. Everything hangs. No such issues with Ubuntu.
I wonder if a better GPU has anything to do with your better experience?
She's definitely a real human if she ignores greasy Slashdotters :)
How about the summary that contains "recieve" instead of receive? Geez, the Joomla guys aren't doing themselves any favours.
I propose we tow the asteroid to Earth and drop it somewhere in New Mexico. Then mine at our leisure.
Extensions are mostly Javascript and XUL, but they can also be in XPCOM and C++ if you need lots of privileges and hardware access.
As an aside how about making it possible to sell extensions through an App Store? Firefox will attract a *lot* of new devs.
It is his and he needs to man up to it and quit being such an ass.
You can't have Assange without the ass.
Hehe. I use both Plone and Django heavily, so I can comment on both. Instead of boring you with a comparison between the two let's just say Plone is a CMS / application framework for older school developers using a new-fangled object database as storage, whereas Django is an application framework for "hip" developers using an old school RDBMS as storage.
The Plone community is also pretty awesome and helpful.
And I might as well pre-empt the "Plone is slow" crowd by saying Plone's security is brilliant (thanks to the underlying Zope) but Django is faster for most use cases.
I wish I had a few mod points for you AC (hey Taco, how about a Limited Wish button?).
The South African army used a similar object as a (translated from Afrikaans) "piss lily". You just stick the small side into the ground and instant toilet!
Oh, wait...
This is a weird post for you. I specifically remember your strange nick and some good comments made in the past. Hopefully your account has been hacked.
I've been following these browser press releases for years now and every time the Javascript is X% faster. Does that mean that it was horrendously crap to start with or do they conveniently benchmark it on whatever the latest and greatest available hardware is?
Facebook presumably made money from his profile under the old terms and conditions. So Facebook is not really free since you the user give them something (data) in return for a social networking platform.
There is no binding contract here, just an agreement. Depending on which country you live in you can pursue that to different extents. But let's say the agreement is enforcable then I'd say FB broke the law.
It seems... that Google has lost its way.
Yeeeaaah!
Cue The Who song.
At least the Poles will have sufficient warning this time ;)
Thanks for the link. That was very informative. If what the developers claim is true then how about the DRM disabling itself 3 months after release? That takes away the crackers' motivation since they may not beat the window by much. People who dislike DRM may actually buy the game.
I suppose one possible downside is that people don't play a new game 3 months after they bought it, meaning they face DRM for their game's effective 'lifetime'.
I think the Chinese plan will work to some extent. Businesses will want to be on that register since China is a big market, so there's the corporate internet presence. Casual users (not /. folk) will just accept it, kinda like how most people accept DRM.
I don't agree with the plan at all, and I think the only way to prevent it is if all businesses boycott them. Like that's going to happen...
Bwahaha. My girlfriend just commented that she can relate to this.
who thought that those are the names of new social networking sites?
I'm confused - how does a language "scale"? Can you suddenly have 1 billion items in your array instead of 100 million? If that is indeed the case then like the parent said: it is crappy coding and/or design.
I'm fairly confident you can do twitter in whatever language you want and if designed properly it will scale in the proper sense of the word.
Why don't they just study tornados by driving straight into one with an Abrams or Challenger tank? All the armor research has already been done for the storm chasers. Plus you'll probably get thermal imaging as a freebie.
3G causes no interference FWIW.
I love how Blakey Rat and pm_rat_posion are chatting. You'd think they'd be enemies.
I thought the article was about some new object oriented relational type (OORT) which now exists in Amazon's S3 cloud.
I don't believe your comparison is valid. Africa (apart from South Africa and probably Egypt) do not produce semi-conductors, so there is no industry to kill.
Besides, how old can these computers be? Maybe 8 years? That will mean early P4 / Athlon right? That sounds pretty decent.