I've just sent them an email 11:30 am Monday, asking why they don't release the source code... 20 minutes to go...
I can't see the reason they don't. I can't imagine the code would be much good to competitors (ATi), and releasing it would greatly increase prestige and sales amongst a certain market. ATi would probably realise they've made mistakes in ignoring Linux, and then would try and catch up so as not to leave all the spoils to nVidia. Everyone profits!
They decide to release the source code under an open source community to the free software community, by uploading it to a pay-service FTP server. Genius. Presumably BitTorrent wasn't compatible.
Uh, sorry, but the actual population of the USA is only just below 300 million. See http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.ht ml - the 500 million figure is from the last election:p As if the US system is anywhere NEAR being a 'democracy'.
You're joking, it's not PHP that Perl has to compete with, it's Python! PHP will always be slower than mod_perl 2 on Apache2 (bbc.co.uk runs on this and it is a monster), but Perl's primary use is not for server scripting (mod_perl) but as a power tool. Whenever you need to do something with your system beyond the power of shell scripting, use Perl;
With Python storming in popularity recently - there's been a lot of exposure, especially in Google, will Perl 6 be able to take back 'market' share? Currently, with Python appearing everywhere, and Perl 5 perceived as being very old. It'll need to be able to create apps (I'm very impressed by a couple of small python-gtk things). Sure, the Perl user base will never defect (these monks are devout and Perl will always be the true way).
mod_python at Google is clearly as much a workhorse as mod_perl at the BBC.
I've just learning to be a parselmouth (am a perl monk) and it's a nice language. less punctuation in syntax, and some friendly things like using indentation instead of square brackets (your code always look neat, but you could never do obfuscation)
At Google this great ability to turn research into product is entirely because all the management have degrees/masters in comuter science/technology/engineering and are in touch with the company's work.
I have a suspicision that if the first olympics were held in 776 BC, the word should have entered into the public domain around the time of the 25th dynasty of Egypt.
You can track users pretty well by IP address and other methods. If you use Amazon with cookies disabled, it still shows your recently visited items after you wipe all your cookies. In fact, if you don't want Amazon to show your recently visited items to someone else using your computer, you have to go to their preferences and check a box. This of course, sets a cookie. QED
The Space Age peaked in 1969 with the Apollo lunar landing and promptly died. The megabucks it cost to send those astronauts to the moon was never sustainable, although NASA still manage to blow their budget on the shuttle and ISS. Today, the real space exploration of other worlds is done by satellites, probes and robots. The real heroes are the scientists who built Spirit and Oppurtunity, two rovers that have already lasted a year longer than expected. They are doing the real science. Those dolls in white suits are just puppets in a national show for a public who don't want to accept that 'America' no longer rules the stars. (Anyone from outside the US who has ever tried to watch an unbearable patriotic space movie will understand)
A related shuttle = useless post from a blog I found yesterday. Yes, the shuttle exists only to serve the ISS - which does no real science, and is merely there as a place for the shuttle to go. "They're a co-dependant waste of money". I agree.
http://www.thewils.net/dave/blog/archives/000288.h tml
The Space Age ended in 1972, when we left the moon for good. We live in the Digital Age now. The future's changed.
I just read the rest of this morning's news on/. half an hour ago, and just popped back to read this article. Seems a good order, reminds me of how TV news works. They show the day's 'real' news - war, disasters, etc and then at the end, just before the weather they have something silly to cheer you up, usually animal related - an otter that can surf, monkeys at zoos having triplets, etc
Here on/. we have the day's real news of interest, software patents, privacy, Google joining Apple, and then at the end when we think all is bleak for free software, there's a short story on Windows to make you laugh. Look, it's insecure! All their sensitive data's being emailed around. Ha ha.
Uh, the nation's leading search engine and online music store? Both of these are global. This may be Apple - who have email in their en-US dictionary but not their en-GB, but technology's everywhere, man!
6 years after Quake III initial release, can someone explain the significance of releasing the source code now? Around 98-00 they licensed the engine for every game that came round the corner - Wolfenstein, Star Trek, Star Wars, Medal of Honour, but all these games already look very dated compared to Half-Life 2, Doom 3 and other new commercial engines. Better, free engines even exist.
Really, this is just an announcement they accept their engine is obsolete, the last drip of profit at last squeezed out of it, so they may as well try and earn some publicity by doing what VALVe did accidently with their Source Engine (for Half-Life 2) by using Microsoft Outlook.
Of course, this deserves to be on/. so long as the release of the Fish Fillets source was:) Who knows Quake 3 might even run on my scrounged from wrecks Linux box.
Of course, the Scots could have used OpenOffice for free, but a top official was quoted as saying "functionally, it's a superior product, but we just prefer the MS-style clipart".
Can just imagine their posters "Wanted. Bank robber." And then it has a clipart pic of some guy in a stripey shirt holding a bag labelled "swag".
My GNOME weather applet not only tells me the weather (neatly, what to wear today before i open), but also verifies my net connection is up (else the weather is giant question mark), thus I know whether it's worth launching my browser to check all those other sites.
I am on a 1024*768 LCD, but I have room for a 128*128 Firefox icon on my desktop, which helps me (you can't really miss) and anyone else using my computer.
I and a few friends had lunch on Jesus recently, in Oxford. The churches of the city were running a "feeding of the 5000" - basically a giant free BBQ outside. Were some tasty burgers, and we managed to get away before the worship music started.
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Possibly the most terrible institution in existence, I think it would almost be worth burning down the forests to stop them printing the Sun.
Clearly if kids are surfing pr0n sitting on a wall, any passing adult will be able to shout "that pr0ns too old for you, kiddo" to their embarassment.
But does it sigh with the satisfaction of a job well done upon closing?
stenography is easy.
I've just sent them an email 11:30 am Monday, asking why they don't release the source code... 20 minutes to go...
I can't see the reason they don't. I can't imagine the code would be much good to competitors (ATi), and releasing it would greatly increase prestige and sales amongst a certain market. ATi would probably realise they've made mistakes in ignoring Linux, and then would try and catch up so as not to leave all the spoils to nVidia. Everyone profits!
(Ok, maybe I forgot a ??? step)
They decide to release the source code under an open source community to the free software community, by uploading it to a pay-service FTP server. Genius. Presumably BitTorrent wasn't compatible.
Uh, sorry, but the actual population of the USA is only just below 300 million. See http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.ht ml - the 500 million figure is from the last election :p
As if the US system is anywhere NEAR being a 'democracy'.
By free access, as before, we may soon discover that their 'full access to The Internet' is blocking every port but 80.
Oregon, isn't that some kind of biscuit you have in the states?
Would it be possible to Trademark the TM logo. Surely?
You're joking, it's not PHP that Perl has to compete with, it's Python! PHP will always be slower than mod_perl 2 on Apache2 (bbc.co.uk runs on this and it is a monster), but Perl's primary use is not for server scripting (mod_perl) but as a power tool. Whenever you need to do something with your system beyond the power of shell scripting, use Perl;
With Python storming in popularity recently - there's been a lot of exposure, especially in Google, will Perl 6 be able to take back 'market' share? Currently, with Python appearing everywhere, and Perl 5 perceived as being very old. It'll need to be able to create apps (I'm very impressed by a couple of small python-gtk things). Sure, the Perl user base will never defect (these monks are devout and Perl will always be the true way).
mod_python at Google is clearly as much a workhorse as mod_perl at the BBC.
I've just learning to be a parselmouth (am a perl monk) and it's a nice language. less punctuation in syntax, and some friendly things like using indentation instead of square brackets (your code always look neat, but you could never do obfuscation)
At Google this great ability to turn research into product is entirely because all the management have degrees/masters in comuter science/technology/engineering and are in touch with the company's work.
I have a suspicision that if the first olympics were held in 776 BC, the word should have entered into the public domain around the time of the 25th dynasty of Egypt.
You can track users pretty well by IP address and other methods. If you use Amazon with cookies disabled, it still shows your recently visited items after you wipe all your cookies. In fact, if you don't want Amazon to show your recently visited items to someone else using your computer, you have to go to their preferences and check a box. This of course, sets a cookie. QED
A related shuttle = useless post from a blog I found yesterday. Yes, the shuttle exists only to serve the ISS - which does no real science, and is merely there as a place for the shuttle to go. "They're a co-dependant waste of money". I agree. http://www.thewils.net/dave/blog/archives/000288.h tml
The Space Age ended in 1972, when we left the moon for good. We live in the Digital Age now. The future's changed.
No doubt one of the many (ex) Firefox developers now 'owned' by Google.
I just read the rest of this morning's news on /. half an hour ago, and just popped back to read this article. Seems a good order, reminds me of how TV news works. They show the day's 'real' news - war, disasters, etc and then at the end, just before the weather they have something silly to cheer you up, usually animal related - an otter that can surf, monkeys at zoos having triplets, etc
/. we have the day's real news of interest, software patents, privacy, Google joining Apple, and then at the end when we think all is bleak for free software, there's a short story on Windows to make you laugh. Look, it's insecure! All their sensitive data's being emailed around. Ha ha.
Here on
Uh, the nation's leading search engine and online music store? Both of these are global. This may be Apple - who have email in their en-US dictionary but not their en-GB, but technology's everywhere, man!
6 years after Quake III initial release, can someone explain the significance of releasing the source code now? Around 98-00 they licensed the engine for every game that came round the corner - Wolfenstein, Star Trek, Star Wars, Medal of Honour, but all these games already look very dated compared to Half-Life 2, Doom 3 and other new commercial engines. Better, free engines even exist.
/. so long as the release of the Fish Fillets source was :) Who knows Quake 3 might even run on my scrounged from wrecks Linux box.
Really, this is just an announcement they accept their engine is obsolete, the last drip of profit at last squeezed out of it, so they may as well try and earn some publicity by doing what VALVe did accidently with their Source Engine (for Half-Life 2) by using Microsoft Outlook.
Of course, this deserves to be on
Of course, the Scots could have used OpenOffice for free, but a top official was quoted as saying "functionally, it's a superior product, but we just prefer the MS-style clipart".
Can just imagine their posters "Wanted. Bank robber." And then it has a clipart pic of some guy in a stripey shirt holding a bag labelled "swag".
My GNOME weather applet not only tells me the weather (neatly, what to wear today before i open), but also verifies my net connection is up (else the weather is giant question mark), thus I know whether it's worth launching my browser to check all those other sites.
I am on a 1024*768 LCD, but I have room for a 128*128 Firefox icon on my desktop, which helps me (you can't really miss) and anyone else using my computer.
I and a few friends had lunch on Jesus recently, in Oxford. The churches of the city were running a "feeding of the 5000" - basically a giant free BBQ outside. Were some tasty burgers, and we managed to get away before the worship music started.
Them? No, I thought it was a champion golf player?
Surely IE7 will be on Longhorn too, duh.