A brillliant, charming fun anime...sort of! There are two three episode OAV series that are excellent. Then there is Nuku Nuku Dash! Which is awful and Nuku Nuku TV which is very silly. Only the original OAV's are worth putting money down for.
Of course they are VERY worth putting money down for.
You are doing really well then, because as far as I know only two episodes were produced. Some believe that this was the target, although more complex reasons abound.
Re:Video stores which != Blockbuster
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As far as I know Riding Bean was the original source, but the character got tied up in some sort of contractual dispute. The authors solution was to take his sidekick and do gunsmith cats, in which bean eventually showed up as a minor character.
Re:Don't forget Rumiko Takahashi (esp. Maison Ikko
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Rumiko Takahashi manga is *very* addictive. And while her artwork seems simple her sense of character is excellent. She also leaves a lot of `normal' Japanese events in the background for those who like that sort of thing.
As far as I know she made it onto the list of Japans 5 richest women. She also got paid a sizable loyalty bonus because she was so valuable to her publisher.
Heck, this is the exact question I designed my web page to answer. It has medium length reviews (100K words so far) as well as links to other reviews of the title. It's pretty ugly as web-pages go however.
And everything in the `exemplary' category I recommend (Although some are for historical reasons), While I really enjoyed everything marked `fav'.
While calling Unix a language is obviously nonsensical it may have been referring to linux `culture'. To the extent that Linux implies a whole heap of other things, including many languages and a general philosophy of how to solve problems it is possible to say that `young programmers express their solutions in Linux'.
Of course it is far more likely to PHB confusion in action.
It could be argued that the strongest point about open-source is that it is not innovative. Because there is no `marketing' of great new `features' developers are free to re-use idea's purely on the basis of how well they work. The old Unix concept of using the simple and robust solution over the `clever' solution is also here.
That said, and from my reading of lkml, there is a lot of innovation, but it is all safely hidden behind the API (why break software unless you have to?) and doesn't get seen.
Personally I'm happier with the amount of cruft (present in windows and Irix) that linux has avoided gaining...doesn't that count as the biggest innovation of all? Not letting marketing and feature lists determine technical choices.
I am not a kernel hacker (I wish) but from browsing of the kernel list I don't think this comment:
"I sent a patch to Linus two weeks ago, but he didn't reply, which basically means refused."
Is fully true. I am fairly certain Linus has been known to purge his mail (as he actually mentions doing in this article) or pass stuff onto others to manage overload.
I assume you mailed it to the linux kernel list as well? That seems to be where new features find supporters to lean on Linus:)
Re:Ironic? In more ways than one.
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Sob...
I saved a copy (at the time) because I knew it would be a priceless document when the linux wave splashed over the guys pointy little head (although he got convingly flambe'd at the time).
But I think I've lost it:( Did anyone else keep a copy of this beauty?
I also remember Evan's posts from that period. He was one of the first to suggest that Linux had value to a SCO reseller, and got some of his training dodging the resulting flames...since this was the early days when such a concept was scorned.
I enjoy reading a good slapping, the delivery is definitely in the style of usenet rather than journalist speak.
Of course, as other have noted, Linux advocacy seems less important given the very real strengths of Linux itself, and the increased presence.
Microsoft, by virtue of an entrenched monopoly, should not really be used as an example in an argument since I believe some of the numbers it generates (eg revenue/employee) are completely outside those of *any* other business, regardless of strategy.
So yes, if you happen to have a monopoly (which oracle doesn't) your opportunity to profit is magnified...which is a usable strategy for exactly one company.
On the other hand IBM seems to be expecting to turn over a small amount of cash providing primarily services.
To the best of my knowledge the Linux kernel is not pre-emptive (tasks in the kernel being put on hold) and it does not swap out kernel structures. NT does both of these things...
This does not say anything about quality, a kernel is a set of trade-offs and few features come for free. In this case the linux argument is that it is better to have all kernel calls fast, than the complication of pre-emption. Likewise it is better to have a small kernel that can survive without swapping itself out, than a large one that needs a huge amount of complexity to support this (forced) ability.
Unix, from the start, stated that KISS is an important element of design. An operating system with every feature is not neccessarily good. It will definitely be complex and heavy though, heh.. that sounds familiar.
I've got Gnome and E running on RH6.0 and it is pretty and functional (and mostly stable). The design of Gnome seems to follow the unix `tool' model and GTK looks a lot better to program than Motif.
I sat, I stared, I popped a bottle of wine and drank to the well deserved death of CDE/Motif, though few will mourn their passing. The sooner the unholy pair are purged from the earth by a superior and free alternative the better. These tools have held the unix desktop back more than any other single influence.
Cripes, would some people get it into their head that linux being the `only' unix would be a disaster? An operating system that works closely with custom and specialist hardware (eg high end Irix) is worlds away from low-mid end systems serving generic functions over a heterogenous hardware mix (ie Linux).
SGI is being clever, and Sun and IBM should follow suite. They make their money on hardware and Unix tuned for fighting at the high end..they don't want to fight with NT for the low end. On the other hand linux wants to be hot on the desktop and right in Microsofts face!
No one operating system can span both systems. It isn't worth writing linux for a 1024 CPU SGI monster or a horror Sun or IBM mainframe...they are too rare. On the other hand they should encourage Linux, running on their hardware, to become a desktop workstation powerhouse and halt the encroachment of NT.
Long live AIX, Solaris, Irix and the lean and mean windows killer Linux. On the other hand SCO competes directly in the same marketplace and should bend over for a good kicking:)
Sure, and before that Project Gemini with HP to do exactly the same thing. I know they have the money for a marketing department, it's their technical abilities I doubt.
Geeze, even the merger of their two products was supposed to be complete and re-released long ago.
No kidding, the lamers came out of the walls...It does seem that there are a large number of whiners and that they're all AC's! He's running a site to report news for nerds, not news for nong's.
That said, it would be better in most cases if the posting waited for a release comment. The earlier example only said that X.X was out, which wasn't much to discuss...thus the space was filled up with people whinging that it's not news and bemoaning the frequency of kernel Updates.
On the other hand when there's a release message people actually get to talk about the substance of the change...although it does mean the news is not quite as fresh.
Difficult one...Don't sweat it CT, everyone is responsible for the stories they choose to read:)
Re:Damnit this isn't fair
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Seriously, live with it.
There are an immense number of sites dealing with such boring trivia as a new ethernet card and web software from the NT perspective. There is simply no value in slashdot repeating these stories.
They are neither news, nor interesting to any but a small section of the current readership. In fact the idea of an NT only ethernet adapter makes me ill just with a mention.
Slashdot, of the readers, for the readers. You feel like a minority here? good, that's the feeling I get whenever I walk into a newsagent.
The interesting thing was seeing sco's income and profit amounts. Those numbers don't seem large enough to support all the technology they've been promising (like next generation unix) or to compete with MS or any of the RISC unix vendors. This puts them in the same league as the remains of Borland.
I wonder how those numbers compare to RedHat? We'll have to have an announcement if (when?) RedHat overtakes them:)
It is also possible that while the trade-rags think a browser is an awe-inspiring masterpiece that made the `hard' internet the `friendly' web in one single move most programmers might not give a damn.
quite a few programmers I know browse with lynx, including on slashdot. Most have all the `extras' turned off, hate the idea that java assumes you are not running on a shared machine, and find large gifs (especially animated) a waste of time. The discovery of a `shockwave' page is like a sort of shock.
Also, since it isn't really a `core' product reliability isn't as important an issue as it with an operating system.
In many ways the current netscape or old mosaic are simply `good enough'for many people.
They also, as has been said, made the error of releasing code that was not useful at the start.
I'm in love. Such beautiful curves, such promise is such a prim and gentle package. Ah, that I'm going to have to live my life without such beauty. I even like the nickname, 'bubbles'.
The Cray really is a damn sexy computer. Just wish that girl would put some clothes on and get out of the way:)
The number of times I've looked at a massive tangle of html pages (with 3 lines of text per node) and wished there was a utility to compress it into a flat file.
If you actually have time + ability to write such a thing I think it would be useful.
The other one would be to be capable of de-mangling texinfo.
I strongly remember at least two *previous* announcements from SCO that they would be producing a next generation unix. The last project was `gemini' which was SCO and HP (which makes sense since they're fairly central to mercede) which was announced with similar hooplah and then disappeared.
I simply doubt that SCO has the time and engineering manpower to pull-off the claims they make. Even if they could their strength in legacy systems would be of little help in capturing new customers!
If this is the core of the argument then the honor and the glory goes to ANSI and two people named Brian Kernighan and Dennis Richie who produced (and allowed the distribution?) of a sharable protocol for the generation of good operating system code.
The creation of that standard means that if GCC had not existed there would have been another C compiler, and that there is no need to have a single compiler cover all platforms.
There have been thousands of contributors to the community codebase that linux feeds from and contributes to. Any suggestion that RMS was the sole origin of the pool is simply ridiculous.
In fact lets have a moment for the silent members of GNU and FSF who may have contributed a byte or two.
It is interesting how much deeper the saloon article is, especially compared to the short and shallow one on wired. From memory most of the interesting analysis has come from saloon. I guess I've made my selection official, I deleted my wired bookmark and added saloon.
And to think at one point wired was where the exploration occurred.
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A brillliant, charming fun anime...sort of! There are two three episode OAV series that are excellent. Then there is Nuku Nuku Dash! Which is awful and Nuku Nuku TV which is very silly. Only the original OAV's are worth putting money down for.
Of course they are VERY worth putting money down for.
The Anime and Manga meta-review page, 305 Anime hints and warnings :)
You are doing really well then, because as far as I know only two episodes were produced. Some believe that this was the target, although more complex reasons abound.
The Anime and Manga Meta-Review Page, 305 Anime hints and warnings.
As far as I know Riding Bean was the original source, but the character got tied up in some sort of contractual dispute. The authors solution was to take his sidekick and do gunsmith cats, in which bean eventually showed up as a minor character.
The Anime and Manga Meta-Review Page. 305 Anime title reviews.
Rumiko Takahashi manga is *very* addictive. And while her artwork seems simple her sense of character is excellent. She also leaves a lot of `normal' Japanese events in the background for those who like that sort of thing.
As far as I know she made it onto the list of Japans 5 richest women. She also got paid a sizable loyalty bonus because she was so valuable to her publisher.
The Anime and Manga Meta-Review Page 305 reviews..Heck, this is the exact question I designed my web page to answer. It has medium length reviews (100K words so far) as well as links to other reviews of the title. It's pretty ugly as web-pages go however.
And everything in the `exemplary' category I recommend (Although some are for historical reasons), While I really enjoyed everything marked `fav'.
The Anime and Manga Meta Review Page.I would strongly suspect it is Totoro from the
Ghibli anime `My Neighbour Totoro'. An amazing
piece of work.
While calling Unix a language is obviously nonsensical it may have been referring to linux
`culture'. To the extent that Linux implies a whole heap of other things, including many languages
and a general philosophy of how to solve problems it is possible to say that `young programmers express
their solutions in Linux'.
Of course it is far more likely to PHB confusion in action.
It could be argued that the strongest point about open-source is that it is not innovative. Because
there is no `marketing' of great new `features' developers are free to re-use idea's purely on the
basis of how well they work. The old Unix concept of using the simple and robust solution over the
`clever' solution is also here.
That said, and from my reading of lkml, there is a lot of innovation, but it is all safely hidden
behind the API (why break software unless you have to?) and doesn't get seen.
Personally I'm happier with the amount of cruft (present in windows and Irix) that linux has
avoided gaining...doesn't that count as the biggest innovation of all? Not letting marketing
and feature lists determine technical choices.
I am not a kernel hacker (I wish) but from browsing of the kernel list I don't think this comment:
:)
"I sent a patch to Linus two weeks ago, but he didn't reply, which basically means refused."
Is fully true. I am fairly certain Linus has been known to purge his mail (as he actually mentions doing
in this article) or pass stuff onto others to manage overload.
I assume you mailed it to the linux kernel list as well? That seems to be where new features find
supporters to lean on Linus
Sob...
:( Did anyone else keep a copy of this beauty?
I saved a copy (at the time) because I knew it would be a priceless document when the linux wave
splashed over the guys pointy little head (although he got convingly flambe'd at the time).
But I think I've lost it
It also wasn't SCO, it was a SCO vendor.
I also remember Evan's posts from that period. He was one of the first to suggest that Linux had
value to a SCO reseller, and got some of his training dodging the resulting flames...since this
was the early days when such a concept was scorned.
I enjoy reading a good slapping, the delivery is definitely in the style of usenet rather than
journalist speak.
Of course, as other have noted, Linux advocacy seems less important given the very real strengths
of Linux itself, and the increased presence.
Microsoft, by virtue of an entrenched monopoly, should not really be used as an example in an argument
since I believe some of the numbers it generates (eg revenue/employee) are completely outside those
of *any* other business, regardless of strategy.
So yes, if you happen to have a monopoly (which oracle doesn't) your opportunity to profit is
magnified...which is a usable strategy for exactly one company.
On the other hand IBM seems to be expecting to turn over a small amount of cash providing primarily
services.
To the best of my knowledge the Linux kernel is not pre-emptive (tasks in the kernel being put on
hold) and it does not swap out kernel structures. NT does both of these things...
This does not say anything about quality, a kernel is a set of trade-offs and few features come for free.
In this case the linux argument is that it is better to have all kernel calls fast, than the
complication of pre-emption. Likewise it is better to have a small kernel that can survive without
swapping itself out, than a large one that needs a huge amount of complexity to support this (forced) ability.
Unix, from the start, stated that KISS is an important element of design. An operating system
with every feature is not neccessarily good. It will definitely be complex and heavy though, heh..
that sounds familiar.
Amen...
I've got Gnome and E running on RH6.0 and it is pretty and functional (and mostly stable). The
design of Gnome seems to follow the unix `tool' model and GTK looks a lot better to program than
Motif.
I sat, I stared, I popped a bottle of wine and drank to the well deserved death of CDE/Motif,
though few will mourn their passing. The sooner the unholy pair are purged from the earth by a
superior and free alternative the better. These tools have held the unix desktop back more than
any other single influence.
Cripes, would some people get it into their head that linux being the `only' unix would be a disaster?
:)
An operating system that works closely with custom and specialist hardware (eg high end Irix) is worlds
away from low-mid end systems serving generic functions over a heterogenous hardware mix (ie Linux).
SGI is being clever, and Sun and IBM should follow suite. They make their money on hardware and Unix
tuned for fighting at the high end..they don't want to fight with NT for the low end. On the other
hand linux wants to be hot on the desktop and right in Microsofts face!
No one operating system can span both systems. It isn't worth writing linux for a 1024 CPU SGI monster
or a horror Sun or IBM mainframe...they are too rare. On the other hand they should encourage
Linux, running on their hardware, to become a desktop workstation powerhouse and halt the
encroachment of NT.
Long live AIX, Solaris, Irix and the lean and mean windows killer Linux. On the other hand SCO competes
directly in the same marketplace and should bend over for a good kicking
Sure, and before that Project Gemini with HP to do exactly the same thing. I know they have the money
for a marketing department, it's their technical abilities I doubt.
Geeze, even the merger of their two products was supposed to be complete and re-released long ago.
No kidding, the lamers came out of the walls...It does seem that there are a large number of whiners
:)
and that they're all AC's! He's running a site to report news for nerds, not news for nong's.
That said, it would be better in most cases if the posting waited for a release comment. The earlier
example only said that X.X was out, which wasn't much to discuss...thus the space was filled up with
people whinging that it's not news and bemoaning the frequency of kernel Updates.
On the other hand when there's a release message people actually get to talk about the substance
of the change...although it does mean the news is not quite as fresh.
Difficult one...Don't sweat it CT, everyone is responsible for the stories they choose to read
Seriously, live with it.
There are an immense number of sites dealing with such boring trivia as a new ethernet card and web
software from the NT perspective. There is simply no value in slashdot repeating these stories.
They are neither news, nor interesting to any but a small section of the current readership. In fact
the idea of an NT only ethernet adapter makes me ill just with a mention.
Slashdot, of the readers, for the readers. You feel like a minority here? good, that's the feeling
I get whenever I walk into a newsagent.
The interesting thing was seeing sco's income and profit amounts. Those numbers don't seem large
:)
enough to support all the technology they've been promising (like next generation unix) or to
compete with MS or any of the RISC unix vendors. This puts them in the same league as the remains
of Borland.
I wonder how those numbers compare to RedHat? We'll have to have an announcement if (when?)
RedHat overtakes them
It is also possible that while the trade-rags think a browser is an awe-inspiring masterpiece
that made the `hard' internet the `friendly' web in one single move most programmers might
not give a damn.
quite a few programmers I know browse with lynx, including on slashdot. Most have all the `extras'
turned off, hate the idea that java assumes you are not running on a shared machine, and find large
gifs (especially animated) a waste of time. The discovery of a `shockwave' page is like a sort of shock.
Also, since it isn't really a `core' product reliability isn't as important an issue as it with
an operating system.
In many ways the current netscape or old mosaic are simply `good enough'for many people.
They also, as has been said, made the error of releasing code that was not useful at the start.
I'm in love. Such beautiful curves, such promise is such a prim and gentle package. Ah, that I'm
:)
going to have to live my life without such beauty.
I even like the nickname, 'bubbles'.
The Cray really is a damn sexy computer. Just wish that girl would put some clothes on and get
out of the way
The number of times I've looked at a massive tangle of html pages (with 3 lines of text per
node) and wished there was a utility to compress
it into a flat file.
If you actually have time + ability to write such a thing I think it would be useful.
The other one would be to be capable of de-mangling texinfo.
I strongly remember at least two *previous* announcements from SCO that they would be producing
a next generation unix. The last project was `gemini' which was SCO and HP (which makes sense
since they're fairly central to mercede) which was announced with similar hooplah and then disappeared.
I simply doubt that SCO has the time and engineering manpower to pull-off the claims they
make. Even if they could their strength in legacy systems would be of little help in capturing new
customers!
If this is the core of the argument then the honor and the glory goes to ANSI and two people named
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Richie who produced (and allowed the distribution?) of a sharable
protocol for the generation of good operating system code.
The creation of that standard means that if GCC had not existed there would have been another C
compiler, and that there is no need to have a single compiler cover all platforms.
There have been thousands of contributors to the community codebase that linux feeds from and
contributes to. Any suggestion that RMS was the sole origin of the pool is simply ridiculous.
In fact lets have a moment for the silent members of GNU and FSF who may have contributed a byte or
two.
It is interesting how much deeper the saloon article is, especially compared to the short and
shallow one on wired. From memory most of the interesting analysis has come from saloon. I guess
I've made my selection official, I deleted my wired bookmark and added saloon.
And to think at one point wired was where the exploration occurred.