That's your problem. If you believe something enough to insist something (that can't yet be accomplished) will never be accomplished, you're closed-minded. It's that simple.
People in the 1950s said a computer would never be able to fit inside a regular-sized room, let alone sit on a desk. Anyone who proposed a portable computer was ridiculed.
When time travel is invented, maybe I'll go back and show them my laptop.
If that's the case, then the test is only relevant if you own that particular Sony Vaio.
Wow. How useful.
What you're proposing might as well be a comparison between dd and rawrite, and how fast they burn either a fully installed Linux or Windows image to disk. Pretty pointless, if you ask me.
Though in my opinion, the fact that they used a restore disk negates the validity of the test anyway. If you want to compare a Linux distribution installer versus a Windows installer, then use the goddamned Windows installer. A restore disk is NOT a Windows installer; it's an image writer.
Sun's original lawsuit was not about the non-inclusion of the JRE in Windows. It was about Microsoft's "extension" of Java in their VM. Microsoft made their VM with Windows/Microsoft-specific "enhancements", and when programmers use these routines, they become broken on other platforms.
Sun had every right to say "Hey, you're breaking our language. Stop that crap right now, and do it the way we tell you."
When Microsoft first wanted to ship their VM, they told Sun "Sure sure, whatever you say." when Sun told them not to "extend" Java with their own bullshit. Remember Microsoft's track record with "Embrace and Extend"? Sun wanted to avoid that.
So Microsoft went ahead and created their modifications anyway, and Sun said "Okay. Stop. No more. We TOLD you not to pull that shit, and you did it anyway." Hence, the original lawsuit. Sun wins, and Microsoft says "Fuck you then.", and totally removes the VM.
THIS time, Sun is saying "Hey! Monopoly Abuse!", so Microsoft throws in this old, broken, shitty, outdated VM in a service pack so they can say "There, happy?"
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And just for irony's sake... the "some guy" you refer to will be directing Terminator 3, too. But I suppose you've never seen that series of movies, either...
Are you kidding? We should be getting a review of "The Terminator" on Slashdot's front page any day now.
I mean, if the entire Titanic can realistically be rendered, why not be able to render a person in real time with realistic voice synth and physics?
Are you serious? If you are, you obviously have absolutely no grasp of how 3D modeling works.
Rendering something like the Titanic is easy. (Not easy in the sense that anyone with a copy of 3D Studio MAX can do it, but easy in the sense that it's just a ship.)
When you create something in 3D like the Titanic, it's based on specifications that do not change. Lighting is constant, shapes stay the same, and moving parts are minimum.
Compare that to attempting to duplicate a person, detailed, in 3D. People are tremendously harder to do than objects, because people automatically scrutinize other people. That's why when you look at a movie like Final Fantasy, you can say "Wow, they sure are realistic, but there's just *something* not right."
With a person, you have to deal with mouth movement (a very difficult thing to model in 3D), eye movement, muscle expansion and contraction based on movement, bending limbs and joints, breating, and a whole host of other factors. Then when you get into voice synthesis (which is still not perfect, but AT&T is making leaps and bounds.), and physics modelling on things such as cloth and water... It's all very hard.
So between rendering something like a ship moving through the water, or creating a realistic person in 3D, the ship is a lot easier to do. It may be painstaking in detail to create, but it's still just basic shapes.)
Well, apparently Da Masta and Accipiter, it is actually you who seem to be the fuck-ups.
Hi Jon. Nice to see you finally got a Slashdot ID other than JonKatz.
In any case, it was originally spelled incorrectly as "Acadian". I also noticed that Katz took the liberty of correcting "rupees" to "blood rubies" as well, based on another comment submitted.
You have to love writing an article, then changing it when comment-submitters point out flaws and inaccuracies. It seems the Slashdot readership now has the job of "Editor", and fuckwits like Katz can post anything with an "eh-I'll-fix-it-later" attitude.
Take a look at Step 10, then tell me where it says he's even using the machine's power supply. Also show me where you found the above quote; I couldn't seem to find it.
It doesn't. I also purchased a really cool power strip - Which would mean he's plugging the strip directly into the wall.
My guess is, you're Just Another Troll and/or someone desperate for either attention or karma, and decided to post complete crap to get it. As far as I can tell, you made up that quote - bad grammar and all.
I hardly consider a version jump to be a "dark spot." Version number schemes have absolutely DICK to do with the quality of the distro. I'm still a happy Slackware user, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
You're either a troll, or someone incredibly ignorant. Did it occur to you that Vivendi might just be firing off BULLSHIT in their letters? Reading a legal document from the bad guy isn't going to give you an accurate profile of the entirety of the situation. Hence, your ignorance.
Bnetd wasn't created to pirate Blizzard games any more than DeCSS was created to pirate DVDs. It was created so people playing Blizzard games could have multiplayer games on local LANs without having to rely on battle.net.
Blizzard is just using the lack of CD key authentication as a reason to kill the project. Bnetd asked Blizzard to provide a means to authenticate CD keys, and Blizzard refused. So what happens? Bnetd functions happily without it.
They tried to take their ball and run home, but they made their OWN ball. Boo hoo for Blizzard.
Slashdot has posted quiteafewarticles about the evils of the DMCA. Since Slashdot has stated many times in the past that they believe the DMCA to be bad, that means they have taken an active position against the DMCA, as well as companies that use it to bully people into doing what they want.
And guess what Blizzard used to shut down bnetd? That's right! The good 'ol DMCA.
If you went to a restaurant where the waiter slapped you really hard every time you walked in, would you keep going there just because the soup is good?
it's perfectly possible and not hypocritical to hate Blizzard and want to fuck them five ways from Friday and still enjoy Warcraft III.
Bullshit. If you don't agree with what a company does, you don't use their software. If you do, you're a hypocrite. It's as simple as that. Hence, that is why I no longer use Windows. I got sick of Microsoft's bullshit (and Windows bullshit too), so I did something about it. (I'm not one to drag Microsoft into every argument, but this one is appropriate. I'm not pandering to Slashdot by saying this, I'm simply stating truth.)
I'm not one of the whiners that whines and complains about how horrible something is, but still continue to use it. That, my friend, is hypocrisy.
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Unviewable? Why is that?
Loose != Lose
Look it up!
I just don't see it as a reality.
That's your problem. If you believe something enough to insist something (that can't yet be accomplished) will never be accomplished, you're closed-minded. It's that simple.
People in the 1950s said a computer would never be able to fit inside a regular-sized room, let alone sit on a desk. Anyone who proposed a portable computer was ridiculed.
When time travel is invented, maybe I'll go back and show them my laptop.
If you want a PC without Windows on it, your best bet is still Walmart.
Horseshit. I'd rather build one myself than get one of those convoluted integrated mess systems.
Building it yourself is your best bet.
If that's the case, then the test is only relevant if you own that particular Sony Vaio.
Wow. How useful.
What you're proposing might as well be a comparison between dd and rawrite, and how fast they burn either a fully installed Linux or Windows image to disk. Pretty pointless, if you ask me.
Though in my opinion, the fact that they used a restore disk negates the validity of the test anyway. If you want to compare a Linux distribution installer versus a Windows installer, then use the goddamned Windows installer. A restore disk is NOT a Windows installer; it's an image writer.
The South shall rise again!
Yeah. Right.
To put it simply:
Encrypted Telnet.
You don't get it.
Sun's original lawsuit was not about the non-inclusion of the JRE in Windows. It was about Microsoft's "extension" of Java in their VM. Microsoft made their VM with Windows/Microsoft-specific "enhancements", and when programmers use these routines, they become broken on other platforms.
Sun had every right to say "Hey, you're breaking our language. Stop that crap right now, and do it the way we tell you."
When Microsoft first wanted to ship their VM, they told Sun "Sure sure, whatever you say." when Sun told them not to "extend" Java with their own bullshit. Remember Microsoft's track record with "Embrace and Extend"? Sun wanted to avoid that.
So Microsoft went ahead and created their modifications anyway, and Sun said "Okay. Stop. No more. We TOLD you not to pull that shit, and you did it anyway." Hence, the original lawsuit. Sun wins, and Microsoft says "Fuck you then.", and totally removes the VM.
THIS time, Sun is saying "Hey! Monopoly Abuse!", so Microsoft throws in this old, broken, shitty, outdated VM in a service pack so they can say "There, happy?"
And just for irony's sake... the "some guy" you refer to will be directing Terminator 3, too. But I suppose you've never seen that series of movies, either...
Are you kidding? We should be getting a review of "The Terminator" on Slashdot's front page any day now.
Not verbing the nouns, and not starting sentences with conjunctions. I mean really, stick a comma in there somewhere.
I will say it read better than a Katz review.
I mean, if the entire Titanic can realistically be rendered, why not be able to render a person in real time with realistic voice synth and physics?
Are you serious? If you are, you obviously have absolutely no grasp of how 3D modeling works.
Rendering something like the Titanic is easy. (Not easy in the sense that anyone with a copy of 3D Studio MAX can do it, but easy in the sense that it's just a ship.)
When you create something in 3D like the Titanic, it's based on specifications that do not change. Lighting is constant, shapes stay the same, and moving parts are minimum.
Compare that to attempting to duplicate a person, detailed, in 3D. People are tremendously harder to do than objects, because people automatically scrutinize other people. That's why when you look at a movie like Final Fantasy, you can say "Wow, they sure are realistic, but there's just *something* not right."
With a person, you have to deal with mouth movement (a very difficult thing to model in 3D), eye movement, muscle expansion and contraction based on movement, bending limbs and joints, breating, and a whole host of other factors. Then when you get into voice synthesis (which is still not perfect, but AT&T is making leaps and bounds.), and physics modelling on things such as cloth and water... It's all very hard.
So between rendering something like a ship moving through the water, or creating a realistic person in 3D, the ship is a lot easier to do. It may be painstaking in detail to create, but it's still just basic shapes.)
Pshaw. I don't need to build an android head. I found one deep in a cavern in San Francisco back in 1893.
Well, apparently Da Masta and Accipiter, it is actually you who seem to be the fuck-ups.
Hi Jon. Nice to see you finally got a Slashdot ID other than JonKatz.
In any case, it was originally spelled incorrectly as "Acadian". I also noticed that Katz took the liberty of correcting "rupees" to "blood rubies" as well, based on another comment submitted.
You have to love writing an article, then changing it when comment-submitters point out flaws and inaccuracies. It seems the Slashdot readership now has the job of "Editor", and fuckwits like Katz can post anything with an "eh-I'll-fix-it-later" attitude.
Why isn't Slashdot getting my money? There's nothing worth paying for.
Yeah, I was going to include a metaphor about how his lack of grasp is as extreme as having one's palms greased, but I caught that one early.
I also find it funny that he claims to have a grasp on something. When did that happen?
It's actually Akkadian.
So yes, it's the typical Jon Katz fuck-up.
Seems to me you're not reading shit.
Take a look at Step 10, then tell me where it says he's even using the machine's power supply. Also show me where you found the above quote; I couldn't seem to find it.
It doesn't. I also purchased a really cool power strip - Which would mean he's plugging the strip directly into the wall.
My guess is, you're Just Another Troll and/or someone desperate for either attention or karma, and decided to post complete crap to get it. As far as I can tell, you made up that quote - bad grammar and all.
Sorry, I don't remember hating Google.
Go Here and read Q0.
I hardly consider a version jump to be a "dark spot." Version number schemes have absolutely DICK to do with the quality of the distro. I'm still a happy Slackware user, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
I am seriously switching from slackware to something else, for the lack of tgz nowadays.
.tgz packages.
Try here. They have a good repository of recent stuff bundled as Slackware
They've done this before, and had the nerve to try to pass the blame on to the developers.
Looks like this stupidity affects more than one of the editors.
How is what bnetd doing OK in any way?
You're either a troll, or someone incredibly ignorant. Did it occur to you that Vivendi might just be firing off BULLSHIT in their letters? Reading a legal document from the bad guy isn't going to give you an accurate profile of the entirety of the situation. Hence, your ignorance.
Bnetd wasn't created to pirate Blizzard games any more than DeCSS was created to pirate DVDs. It was created so people playing Blizzard games could have multiplayer games on local LANs without having to rely on battle.net.
Blizzard is just using the lack of CD key authentication as a reason to kill the project. Bnetd asked Blizzard to provide a means to authenticate CD keys, and Blizzard refused. So what happens? Bnetd functions happily without it.
They tried to take their ball and run home, but they made their OWN ball. Boo hoo for Blizzard.
If you want me as a customer, do whatever you can to promote open standards and Windows emulators.
Virtual PC may be what you're looking for.
It's very much like VMWare, except it's actually emulating a different architecture.
That's a bunch of shit.
Slashdot has posted quite a few articles about the evils of the DMCA. Since Slashdot has stated many times in the past that they believe the DMCA to be bad, that means they have taken an active position against the DMCA, as well as companies that use it to bully people into doing what they want.
And guess what Blizzard used to shut down bnetd? That's right! The good 'ol DMCA.
Bah on you.
If you went to a restaurant where the waiter slapped you really hard every time you walked in, would you keep going there just because the soup is good?
it's perfectly possible and not hypocritical to hate Blizzard and want to fuck them five ways from Friday and still enjoy Warcraft III.
Bullshit. If you don't agree with what a company does, you don't use their software. If you do, you're a hypocrite. It's as simple as that. Hence, that is why I no longer use Windows. I got sick of Microsoft's bullshit (and Windows bullshit too), so I did something about it. (I'm not one to drag Microsoft into every argument, but this one is appropriate. I'm not pandering to Slashdot by saying this, I'm simply stating truth.)
I'm not one of the whiners that whines and complains about how horrible something is, but still continue to use it. That, my friend, is hypocrisy.