I am also a big fan of the Sun type 6 - I'm on my third (at home) since they were released, having repaired similarly cat/beer/wine damaged models. Actually, thinking about it, my third type 6 is the first one overhauled (again) and the traces etched back in with (as you say) conductive paint, after giving up on the second one (multiple wonky keys all over the place).
I've never liked the UNIX layout much though, even as a vi user trained on the type 3/4 (which you could argue was a much better keyboard). I prefer the spongier keys of the type 5 over previous models, having come up with the idea of fitting the USB circuitry from a damaged type 5 into a spare type 4 last year - not a huge success. You seem to have to hit the type 4 keys at exactly the right angle or they resist.
I actually launder my type 6 once every year. Taking the thing completely to bits, wash all the keycaps in soapy water, wipe down the membranes and give the case and rubber sheet (the crumb and cat hair trap) a good scrubbing with a soapy toothbrush, then hang it all out to dry, pegged onto the washing line. I put all the keycaps on a towel and let them dry over the radiator.
Also I don't use the useless plastic wrist rest thing, I have a gel filled rest which is much more comfortable, except that I tend to lean on one spot with my elbow and the gel eventually gets squished out and I have to replace it.
Only complaint about the type 6, is that the meta key becomes a dreaded 'windows' key under that accursed OS. My cat tends to press that button quite frequently when I'm playing FPS games, probably just to annoy me. Oh, and the type 6 mouse is dreadful.
Anyone tried the type 7 keyboard yet? Doesn't look all that promising..
That's a complaint about yum, not about RPM. There are other dependency-resolving tools for RPM, including urpmi, yast and (surprise) apt. Yast and apt don't exhibit the annoying behavior of which you write.
Sadly, apt for rpm (my tool of choice) is effectively dead as of FC5. As far as I can tell (correct me if I'm wrong), the only choice for FC5 is yum and it is dog-slow.
Mainframes are very good at reliably performing batch and OLTP workloads, they're hopeless at HPC - inadequate performance (even latest models) with *way* too much admin and maintenance/software cost overhead. Wrong tool for the job.
Sure, compiling your own sometimes results in a more efficient binary, but it's also a great way to make sure you have all the dependencies for whatever you're installing.
Yes, for your workstation, perhaps. As long as you don't plug it into my network. Did you audit that code before you compiled it? Did you document that audit?
People with experience of implementing any OS in a mission critical, change control environment will be rolling their eyes.
Of course, binaries are a huge advantage to non-experts and beginners, who just want a program to be there. They don't care about maximizing efficiency, they care about getting their work/fun done.
You seem to be confusing the process of application performance tuning, with the process of compiler flag tweaking. The former is usually done with an understanding of the behaviour of the application with regard to the published OS interfaces. The other tends to be an iterrative process with unpredictable results.
I like to think of it as a bunch of computer science theories put into a vat and distilled into a powerful brew, with a strength and flavour that takes a while to get used to, even longer to like, then before you know it you can't live without the stuff.
Slight hangover on some mornings though, when you've had too much.
I used to enjoy shooting guns, handguns particulary. Innocent fun. The legislation was extrenely badly drafted and flied in the face of traditional British fair play. The fact is, massive overreaction to incidents like dunblane didn't reduce gun related killings, they've gone up, helping nobody, but something was *seen to be done*.
I don't usually do this but - I don't watch this crap on British TV and I'd prefer you don't post it on slashdot, whatever the reason. The more we ignore it, the quicker it will go away.
In the arguments that I've had with my family about evolution (brought up in a Christian household, I'm agnostic), I've just pointed out that the early parts of Genesis might just be an allegory, a simple way to fill in a 'back story', which provides a context for the rest of the Old Testament. All civilisations have one and Judaism's is no more or less absurd than, say the Hawaiian stories about Pele.
So lets say God creates the universe. What's more impressive:
A) God creating the universe, earth, plants and animals plus Man to look after them all, in 6 days, using an unexplained superpower 'mojo'. or whatever, Perhaps his angels are on hand to help with burying the fossils, doing the fiddly bits around the fjords, keeping an eye on Satan etc.). I mean he's all powerful, it's a basic construction job. Hardest part was making the materials from scratch and working in the dark for the first couple of days.
Or:
B) God creating the laws and principles that we understand as mathematics, thermodynamics, mechanics, relativity, chemistry, inheritance and selection etc. etc. - lighting the blue touch paper and knowing (because obviously he'd have to be omnipotent) that eventually, on a small watery planet (among others), the conditions for life will result in a race of creatures, who eventually (just before they destroy themselves) begin to gain some small understanding of the beauty and elegance of his creation and their own insignificance within it.
Of course B is just as much an argument for there being no God at all. But isn't that what faith is all about?
Enterprise-class is management speak for "has a pretty GUI that a monkey can use".
Contrary to popular belief, Enterprise Class means 'supportable' in a large (enterprise) environment. Fancy going round 10,000 desktop PCs worldwide, applying 1 critical product patch personally? Or would you prefer to use some sort of 'enterprise-class' patch management software? Perhaps you'll be around to reset all those stalled PCs in that lights-out datacenter in the middle of nowhere, where you need to provide 48 hours notice just to enter the facility - or would you prefer to login to Sun boxes on the hardware console via an 'enterprise-class' LOM device?
Hiram Maxim kept his patented machine gun design safe and lucrative (via licensed production) for years...
Interestingly John Browning's design which worked around the Maxim patents, was just as effective, but better suited to mass production and arguably better suited to battlefield conditions.
It would seem that arms technology patents are respected diligently during peacetime, but completely ignored when the proverbial hits the proverbial.
Yes, I've tried all the usual hacks found on the Skype linux forum plus some link interposing trickery of my own, to try to understand what's going wrong. I reached the point of deciding to wait for the next version before wasting any more time on it. The USB headset is a separate issue, it doesn't work with the built in devices either.
I'd say that I'm pretty disillusioned with their linux support.
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I am also a big fan of the Sun type 6 - I'm on my third (at home) since they were released, having repaired similarly cat/beer/wine damaged models. Actually, thinking about it, my third type 6 is the first one overhauled (again) and the traces etched back in with (as you say) conductive paint, after giving up on the second one (multiple wonky keys all over the place).
I've never liked the UNIX layout much though, even as a vi user trained on the type 3/4 (which you could argue was a much better keyboard). I prefer the spongier keys of the type 5 over previous models, having come up with the idea of fitting the USB circuitry from a damaged type 5 into a spare type 4 last year - not a huge success. You seem to have to hit the type 4 keys at exactly the right angle or they resist.
I actually launder my type 6 once every year. Taking the thing completely to bits, wash all the keycaps in soapy water, wipe down the membranes and give the case and rubber sheet (the crumb and cat hair trap) a good scrubbing with a soapy toothbrush, then hang it all out to dry, pegged onto the washing line. I put all the keycaps on a towel and let them dry over the radiator.
Also I don't use the useless plastic wrist rest thing, I have a gel filled rest which is much more comfortable, except that I tend to lean on one spot with my elbow and the gel eventually gets squished out and I have to replace it.
Only complaint about the type 6, is that the meta key becomes a dreaded 'windows' key under that accursed OS. My cat tends to press that button quite frequently when I'm playing FPS games, probably just to annoy me. Oh, and the type 6 mouse is dreadful.
Anyone tried the type 7 keyboard yet? Doesn't look all that promising..
That's a complaint about yum, not about RPM. There are other dependency-resolving tools for RPM, including urpmi, yast and (surprise) apt. Yast and apt don't exhibit the annoying behavior of which you write.
Sadly, apt for rpm (my tool of choice) is effectively dead as of FC5. As far as I can tell (correct me if I'm wrong), the only choice for FC5 is yum and it is dog-slow.
Mainframes are very good at reliably performing batch and OLTP workloads, they're hopeless at HPC - inadequate performance (even latest models) with *way* too much admin and maintenance/software cost overhead. Wrong tool for the job.
Sure, compiling your own sometimes results in a more efficient binary, but it's also a great way to make sure you have all the dependencies for whatever you're installing.
Yes, for your workstation, perhaps. As long as you don't plug it into my network. Did you audit that code before you compiled it? Did you document that audit?
People with experience of implementing any OS in a mission critical, change control environment will be rolling their eyes.
Of course, binaries are a huge advantage to non-experts and beginners, who just want a program to be there. They don't care about maximizing efficiency, they care about getting their work/fun done.
You seem to be confusing the process of application performance tuning, with the process of compiler flag tweaking. The former is usually done with an understanding of the behaviour of the application with regard to the published OS interfaces. The other tends to be an iterrative process with unpredictable results.
I like to think of it as a bunch of computer science theories put into a vat and distilled into a powerful brew, with a strength and flavour that takes a while to get used to, even longer to like, then before you know it you can't live without the stuff.
Slight hangover on some mornings though, when you've had too much.
He's right.
I don't like our gun control. Thanks very much.
I used to enjoy shooting guns, handguns particulary. Innocent fun. The legislation was extrenely badly drafted and flied in the face of traditional British fair play. The fact is, massive overreaction to incidents like dunblane didn't reduce gun related killings, they've gone up, helping nobody, but something was *seen to be done*.
Apparently, they're after my air pistol next.
No, not interested at all. I couldn't care less if someone manages to shoehorn windows onto a Mac. I'll never need either product.
What I need is UNIX standards compliance, because it makes my life easier and more profitable.
I hate macs. Bastardized UNIX with an infuriating and unconventional graphical interface.
Trouble is, Debbie Aldridge doesn't look like that, at least not on my radio.
You know, IBM sells magnetic tape systems.
Really big, expensive ones.
I wonder if this IBM storage expert is entirely impartial.
I don't usually do this but - I don't watch this crap on British TV and I'd prefer you don't post it on slashdot, whatever the reason. The more we ignore it, the quicker it will go away.
...But Doctor Who is ALSO known for reversing the polarity as an explanation for time travel, so it can clearly not be a hoax on the viewers!
Yes, but he's got a sonic screwdriver. I've got all the security torx bits, but I've never encountered a sonic bit.
In the arguments that I've had with my family about evolution (brought up in a Christian household, I'm agnostic), I've just pointed out that the early parts of Genesis might just be an allegory, a simple way to fill in a 'back story', which provides a context for the rest of the Old Testament. All civilisations have one and Judaism's is no more or less absurd than, say the Hawaiian stories about Pele.
So lets say God creates the universe. What's more impressive:
A) God creating the universe, earth, plants and animals plus Man to look after them all, in 6 days, using an unexplained superpower 'mojo'. or whatever, Perhaps his angels are on hand to help with burying the fossils, doing the fiddly bits around the fjords, keeping an eye on Satan etc.). I mean he's all powerful, it's a basic construction job. Hardest part was making the materials from scratch and working in the dark for the first couple of days.
Or:
B) God creating the laws and principles that we understand as mathematics, thermodynamics, mechanics, relativity, chemistry, inheritance and selection etc. etc. - lighting the blue touch paper and knowing (because obviously he'd have to be omnipotent) that eventually, on a small watery planet (among others), the conditions for life will result in a race of creatures, who eventually (just before they destroy themselves) begin to gain some small understanding of the beauty and elegance of his creation and their own insignificance within it.
Of course B is just as much an argument for there being no God at all. But isn't that what faith is all about?
Meanwhile, in the real world. Guess how many non-Sun developers actively contribute to the OpenOffice project?
(hint: think single figures)
It was actually known as being RIFed at Sun, which is short for 'Reduction in Force'.
I should know, I'm a RIFee. I volunteered for a RIFing and I promptly got RIFed by a RIFer!
I love these euphamisms.
They must be using their GateCrasher chip to pull this off, since it has a memory stick interface.
I have a lot of respect for that firm. Standing up to Sony and creating some really cool products for their closed platform - the hard way.
Enterprise-class is management speak for "has a pretty GUI that a monkey can use".
Contrary to popular belief, Enterprise Class means 'supportable' in a large (enterprise) environment. Fancy going round 10,000 desktop PCs worldwide, applying 1 critical product patch personally? Or would you prefer to use some sort of 'enterprise-class' patch management software? Perhaps you'll be around to reset all those stalled PCs in that lights-out datacenter in the middle of nowhere, where you need to provide 48 hours notice just to enter the facility - or would you prefer to login to Sun boxes on the hardware console via an 'enterprise-class' LOM device?
Why would anyone search for an 'internet browser' via their internet browser?
Oh, AOL users.
Hiram Maxim kept his patented machine gun design safe and lucrative (via licensed production) for years...
Interestingly John Browning's design which worked around the Maxim patents, was just as effective, but better suited to mass production and arguably better suited to battlefield conditions.
It would seem that arms technology patents are respected diligently during peacetime, but completely ignored when the proverbial hits the proverbial.
Yes, I've tried all the usual hacks found on the Skype linux forum plus some link interposing trickery of my own, to try to understand what's going wrong. I reached the point of deciding to wait for the next version before wasting any more time on it. The USB headset is a separate issue, it doesn't work with the built in devices either.
I'd say that I'm pretty disillusioned with their linux support.
At least not on any distro that I've tried it on with this ThinkPad + USB headset.
Unlikely to ever work until it gets proper ALSA support.
Your examples are certainly sociopaths, but not psychopaths.
Sounds like Lander or Thrust on the beeb. What are the graphics like? Mode2? Better?
Yes simple newtonian laws will do at this scale, you don't need to use any of your quantum mechanics or special relativity mojo.
Of course that makes it easy!