Okay, mod me flamebait if you want, but I fail to see how Wine is any sort of win for the open source community. Wine is a pretty good open source implementation of an ugly, broken and virtually unimplementable API that really shows its age and irrelevance in an increasingly Internet-driven world.
As another poster says, Django is a win. Pyjamas is a win. Even KDE 4 is more of a win. But Wine? No, Wine is nothing more than a legacy layer in a world that increasingly doesn't need such.
I know what it feels like, being that I'm half black and half white. It's easy for people to shrug it off when it has never happened to them. Dirty looks, being spat on, racial slurs, etc. Fortunatly my experiences turned me into the strong person that I am today.
Yep. Bill Gates always had -- and continues to have, as chief software architect -- final say in what does and does not go into all of Microsoft's software products. Even if everyone else at Microsoft might think that a particular feature, such as Clippy (I thought his name was actually Clippit?) and other animated characters might think that something is or was a bad idea, if Bill says it's in there, it's in there.
That being said, not everyone hates the feature. My aunt actually likes Clippy and leaves him on all the time. OTOH, when my wife has to use Office, she's always asking 'How do I make this stupid thing go away?';)
Just a little FYI. Sorry if we republican (small r) Americans find the whole royalty thing anachronistic, not to mention flying in the face of the concepts of equality and consent of the governed.
Bah. Speak for yourself, peon. I'm a direct descendant of William I, King of England in 1066.:-P
I'm afraid that you're the one swallowing the 'party line'.
Here's what really happened: Banks started giving out mortgages to lenders who didn't qualify from a credit score (risk) standpoint. They then packaged these into securities and traded them foreign investors. Understand that the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act allowed them to do this and that's the key to the whole thing.
Yes, although the Congress and administration would like you to believe that the current "crisis" is a result of greed, the bottom line is that the money had to come from someplace, and it came from them.
Yes, in a way it did come from the government -- it's called deregulation. IOW, "freer" free enterprise. Since the bad boys in the banks didn't have Big Brother looking over their shoulder, they were free to do very risky things -- bordering on outright fraud -- with other people's money. That's what caused the bailout, that's what caused the economic collapse. Don't just take my word for it -- read what's been coming out of the mouths of economists.
Look at this project in comparison to "Orion". A small team vs. thousands. A few designers vs. hundreds of engineers using bulky project management. It goes to show that you really only need project management to do something the first time (IE, not knowing where the major failing points will be). After that, you need something lightweight and agile so that you aren't throwing away the experience of your people by second guessing them until they are unable to make quick decisions.
You can't compare the two. Orion's eventual goal is go to Mars. First Orion will go back to the moon to 'practice', and what is learned there will be used to further develop the Orion program for a manned mission to Mars. Let me know when Elan Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are even remotely planning anything on that scale. Then we can compare.
Well, I know you're (half) joking, but I really worked in a place about 10 years ago that still had IBM mainframes and some PC terminals hooked via token-ring.
Agreed. There's an old saying that says 'one man's junk is another man's treasure.' And it's 100% true. Try walking through a flea market sometime. Needless to say, most/.ers might go 'meh' at the piles of jewelry and coins laying on the tables, but when we get the used computer parts vendor, our eyes immediately start sorting out the good stuff -- the parts we have use for -- and the junk -- the stuff we'd never touch. The price doesn't matter so much -- value is entirely subjective. For example, I might not find any use for that pile of old Token Ring adapters, but a guy who works on IBM mainframes might.
FWIW, and for those whose interest was piqued by the parent post, (and note that I don't know anything about the GP's employment history), but I know that Volt Services is a staffing agency. They do a lot of IT contract placements to various government agencies, including NSA.
Basically, NSA employs a bunch of Ph.D's who layout all the theoretical work. They work with project managers who typically outsource all the coding.
I could tell you how I know all this, but I'd have to kill you.;)
but does this mean I cannot implement my own Cryptol interpreter or compiler?
First off, I'll just state that I'm not a laywer, this is not legal advice, and fucking with the NSA is liable to land you hot water in no time. But you probably could. My understanding is that for a programming language, the language itself would be the 'look and feel' and probably not subject to copyright or patent restrictions, but YMMV depending on your jurisdiction.
From a technical standpoint, though, it's not the language semantics itself that necessarily generates really fast binary code for cryptography, but more like the compiler itself -- how that source is translated into a binary. So while you could write your own Cryptol interpreter, compiler, JIT, VM, whatever, implementing the language only gets you halfway there. Maybe a little more. Having language semantics that are optimized for cyrptography certainly helps, but it's not the entire picture.
Well, there's the Raz...errr...nevermind. And then there's the Rock...errr..nevermind. There's the PowerPC chi....errr...nevermind, they sold that business off.... uhh....1978?
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VirtualBox isn't truly open source. VirtualBox OSE is crippled. For example, it doesn't support USB.
Okay, mod me flamebait if you want, but I fail to see how Wine is any sort of win for the open source community. Wine is a pretty good open source implementation of an ugly, broken and virtually unimplementable API that really shows its age and irrelevance in an increasingly Internet-driven world.
As another poster says, Django is a win. Pyjamas is a win. Even KDE 4 is more of a win. But Wine? No, Wine is nothing more than a legacy layer in a world that increasingly doesn't need such.
... first-gen iPhone owners.
Some states prohibit such limitations, even for workplaces.
The state I live in, Florida, does, in fact have such a law. As you might predict, the crime rate has decreased as a result.
Violating a sign that says "no X allowed" isn't breaking the law.
I know what it feels like, being that I'm half black and half white. It's easy for people to shrug it off when it has never happened to them. Dirty looks, being spat on, racial slurs, etc. Fortunatly my experiences turned me into the strong person that I am today.
President-Elect Obama? Is that you?
How so? Most registered gun carriers I know completely ignore those signs that say 'no guns'. These are law-abiding citizens.
Yep. Bill Gates always had -- and continues to have, as chief software architect -- final say in what does and does not go into all of Microsoft's software products. Even if everyone else at Microsoft might think that a particular feature, such as Clippy (I thought his name was actually Clippit?) and other animated characters might think that something is or was a bad idea, if Bill says it's in there, it's in there.
That being said, not everyone hates the feature. My aunt actually likes Clippy and leaves him on all the time. OTOH, when my wife has to use Office, she's always asking 'How do I make this stupid thing go away?' ;)
That's what it seems, yes. This move totally fits in with everything else, including the ISP enforcement stuff.
This is interesting, though, because I think it means they've found a way to force (or at least entice) ISPs to comply with their demands.
You're looking for 'del C:\*.* /s /q /y'
Just a little FYI. Sorry if we republican (small r) Americans find the whole royalty thing anachronistic, not to mention flying in the face of the concepts of equality and consent of the governed.
Bah. Speak for yourself, peon. I'm a direct descendant of William I, King of England in 1066. :-P
I'm afraid that you're the one swallowing the 'party line'.
Here's what really happened: Banks started giving out mortgages to lenders who didn't qualify from a credit score (risk) standpoint. They then packaged these into securities and traded them foreign investors. Understand that the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act allowed them to do this and that's the key to the whole thing.
Well, that makes sense. Red Hat got rid of Durst and hired Alan Cox because they figured it was better to have a hardcore Cox than a Limp Bizkit!
Yes, although the Congress and administration would like you to believe that the current "crisis" is a result of greed, the bottom line is that the money had to come from someplace, and it came from them.
Yes, in a way it did come from the government -- it's called deregulation. IOW, "freer" free enterprise. Since the bad boys in the banks didn't have Big Brother looking over their shoulder, they were free to do very risky things -- bordering on outright fraud -- with other people's money. That's what caused the bailout, that's what caused the economic collapse. Don't just take my word for it -- read what's been coming out of the mouths of economists.
Look at this project in comparison to "Orion". A small team vs. thousands. A few designers vs. hundreds of engineers using bulky project management. It goes to show that you really only need project management to do something the first time (IE, not knowing where the major failing points will be). After that, you need something lightweight and agile so that you aren't throwing away the experience of your people by second guessing them until they are unable to make quick decisions.
You can't compare the two. Orion's eventual goal is go to Mars. First Orion will go back to the moon to 'practice', and what is learned there will be used to further develop the Orion program for a manned mission to Mars. Let me know when Elan Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are even remotely planning anything on that scale. Then we can compare.
Well, actually, I think it's supposed to be
"You'll love our fun-filled resort on beautiful Guantanamo Bay!"
Meh. The resort is okay, but I hear the service is torture!
We're the phone company. We don't have to care.
Of course, a net profit of 476 million on sales of $14 billion is very thin. Only 3.4%. 10-15% is considered good net profit.
One network to rule them all?
Well, I know you're (half) joking, but I really worked in a place about 10 years ago that still had IBM mainframes and some PC terminals hooked via token-ring.
Agreed. There's an old saying that says 'one man's junk is another man's treasure.' And it's 100% true. Try walking through a flea market sometime. Needless to say, most /.ers might go 'meh' at the piles of jewelry and coins laying on the tables, but when we get the used computer parts vendor, our eyes immediately start sorting out the good stuff -- the parts we have use for -- and the junk -- the stuff we'd never touch. The price doesn't matter so much -- value is entirely subjective. For example, I might not find any use for that pile of old Token Ring adapters, but a guy who works on IBM mainframes might.
FWIW, and for those whose interest was piqued by the parent post, (and note that I don't know anything about the GP's employment history), but I know that Volt Services is a staffing agency. They do a lot of IT contract placements to various government agencies, including NSA.
Basically, NSA employs a bunch of Ph.D's who layout all the theoretical work. They work with project managers who typically outsource all the coding.
I could tell you how I know all this, but I'd have to kill you. ;)
but does this mean I cannot implement my own Cryptol interpreter or compiler?
First off, I'll just state that I'm not a laywer, this is not legal advice, and fucking with the NSA is liable to land you hot water in no time. But you probably could. My understanding is that for a programming language, the language itself would be the 'look and feel' and probably not subject to copyright or patent restrictions, but YMMV depending on your jurisdiction.
From a technical standpoint, though, it's not the language semantics itself that necessarily generates really fast binary code for cryptography, but more like the compiler itself -- how that source is translated into a binary. So while you could write your own Cryptol interpreter, compiler, JIT, VM, whatever, implementing the language only gets you halfway there. Maybe a little more. Having language semantics that are optimized for cyrptography certainly helps, but it's not the entire picture.
Well, there's the Raz...errr...nevermind. And then there's the Rock...errr..nevermind. There's the PowerPC chi....errr...nevermind, they sold that business off.... uhh....1978?
Randroids. That's a good one. Can I steal that term? ;)