That's normal. Slashcode has been doing that for a long time. It's probably to allow enough line breaks. Frankly, I think Slashcode should detect URLs and make them linkable automatically.
There's a big difference. With embedded images, the browser isn't done loading the page until all embedded images are loaded, and that can affect what you see and how responsive the browser is. Ever try using a web page while it's still downloading? It doesn't always work.
But with this new Mozilla feature, the web browser does the loading in the background, without disturbing you.
The Mac owns the graphic design industry, and there are way more graphic designers in NYC than there are in Boston. I know lots of people who would go to Macworld in NYC because they live in NYC. Not one of them would travel to Boston for it.
I took Latin for three years in HS, and I got straight A's, but unfortunately I don't remember any of it any more. I did, however, gain a much better understanding of human languages as a whole. In fact, many of my friends are impressed at my linguistic abilities, which I attribute mostly to my study of Latin. Unlike European languages, which have various grammatical structures merged into a few words, everything is "spelled out" in Latin. It's impossible to understand English grammar completely using just English.
Very slick, dude! I knew the image came from stock photography (it has that "look"), but I didn't think I'd find proof. This is just like those fake video tapes that MS showed during their trial.
In order for me to turn off driver versioning in the kernel, I have to recompile it! The whole point behind this exercise is to be able to add drivers to an existing distribution kernel without rebuilding it.
A lot of people know what a TiVo is, they just don't think they could benefit from one. They see it as a "fancy shmancy VCR", and they're pretty much right.
Several popular TV shows have made references to them. I think even Oprah once talked about TiVo. A lot of people know what a Saab is, but how many of them do you see on the streets?
But in order to compile the module, you need to compile the entire kernel with it. Because Linux doesn't have an ABI (Application Binary Interface), everything needs to be compiled together.
I can't just compile the driver. Go ahead - try it. Install any standard distribution (Red Hat, Suse, Debian, Slackware, etc). Then download the source code for a new device driver that's not supported by your distribution. Now try to compile just the driver and insmod it without compiling the rest of the kernel or using "make xconfig". It won't work, because the driver is tied to the kernel. You can't download just a driver and expect it to work with whatever kernel you're using.
As for becoming more familiar with Linux, I'm an embedded Linux developer with 3 years of Linux kernel developement experience.
1) Distributions with hardware detection don't help if you need to add support for hardware that was created after the distribution was installed. What if I upgrade to a new network adapter that was just released? The "easiest" way way to add support for that hardware is download a new kernel with that driver and rebuild it. I can't just add the driver to my current installation.
2) If I upgrade to a new piece of hardware under Windows, that hardware will come with a floppy or CD-ROM that has the drivers on it. Windows drivers, but never Linux drivers. All I need to do is stick the disk in the driver, and Windows takes care of the rest. I don't need to know what kind of hardware it is.
3) If I install a new piece of hardware, Windows has the capability to go out to the Internet to look for a new driver. Linux will NEVER have that capability.
Look, I hate Windows as much as the next time. I don't use it, and I'm not going to, but I still think Linux could improve a great deal when it comes to the driver model.
What if you need to add support for hardware that wasn't available when you installed your kernel? New device drivers are being created all the time. The only way to add a new device driver is to recompile the whole damn kernel.
Yes, this is very important. You should give the user the opportunity to have the site shut down if it hits is bandwith cap. For personal web pages, it doesn't really matter if the site is up or down, but the overcharges can be very painful. I once had an $80 bill one month because I happened to put up a large web page that was very popular. I could have moved it to another site, but I didn't realize what was going on until I was over my usage. Bastards didn't even bother to email me!
Sorry, bad analogy. Windows does have a feature where it can detect hardware changes and locate the right driver for it automatically. Besides, comparing Linux to these Windows and MacOS is pointless because these OSes don't need to be rebuilt when you change hardware. Linux is different - when you want to add support for a new device, you need to rebuild the kernel.
The Linux kernel still doesn't have a hardware detection/configuration, and probably won't get one for years at this rate. Building a kernel still requires you to know the manufacturer and model of every freakin' piece of silicon in your machine, this "new" utility doesn't make anything easier. How hard can it be to write a utility that scans/proc/pci and creates a kernel config file from it? Hello, Linus?!?!?! It's the 21st century! Wake up!
Texas is one of many states that says that any telemarketer must check whether the phone number you are about to call is on a "do not call" list. It doesn't matter how you got the number, you must not call it if it's on that list, even if you're not in Texas.
raahul_da_man's point was that Linus did not make the right choice. He thought he did, but he was wrong then. That's right - Linus Torvalds was wrong to choose BitKeeper when he did. He should never have chosen it. Why? Because the fact that the license could have changed to something this onerous means that you could not rely on the product over the long term, and choosing something like BitKeeper requires you to make a long-term commitment to the product. What good is a version control system if you have to throw it out six months later? What are you supposed to do with the versioning information when you abandon BitKeeper for some other product?
Not only that, but Linus may not even be able to test Subversion while using BitKeeper, because the BK people may consider testing to be the same thing as "working on".
# Their array initialization routines are almost always O(n) instead of O(log n)
I may be setting myself up here, but how do you initialize an array in less than O(n)? You have to write to each array element at least once to initialize it, and that's O(n) at a minimum.
You're an idiot. What about the theft of service that spammers are guilty of? Just ask any ISP how much extra money they're spending on bandwith because of spam.
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That's normal. Slashcode has been doing that for a long time. It's probably to allow enough line breaks. Frankly, I think Slashcode should detect URLs and make them linkable automatically.
But with this new Mozilla feature, the web browser does the loading in the background, without disturbing you.
The Mac owns the graphic design industry, and there are way more graphic designers in NYC than there are in Boston. I know lots of people who would go to Macworld in NYC because they live in NYC. Not one of them would travel to Boston for it.
If you still don't get it, you might want to consider killing yourself.
I took Latin for three years in HS, and I got straight A's, but unfortunately I don't remember any of it any more. I did, however, gain a much better understanding of human languages as a whole. In fact, many of my friends are impressed at my linguistic abilities, which I attribute mostly to my study of Latin. Unlike European languages, which have various grammatical structures merged into a few words, everything is "spelled out" in Latin. It's impossible to understand English grammar completely using just English.
I once saw a 19" CRT monitor on display for $130 right next to a 19" LCD monitor going for for $1300.
Not any more. That was true with the Series 1 boxes, but not with the current (Series 2) boxes. Or so I've been told.
Very slick, dude! I knew the image came from stock photography (it has that "look"), but I didn't think I'd find proof. This is just like those fake video tapes that MS showed during their trial.
What about all the applications? Who's going to recompile (and debug) them for the x86 instrutions set?
Sure it does. You can't compile the kernel before you configure it.
Keep trying!
Several popular TV shows have made references to them. I think even Oprah once talked about TiVo. A lot of people know what a Saab is, but how many of them do you see on the streets?
I can't just compile the driver. Go ahead - try it. Install any standard distribution (Red Hat, Suse, Debian, Slackware, etc). Then download the source code for a new device driver that's not supported by your distribution. Now try to compile just the driver and insmod it without compiling the rest of the kernel or using "make xconfig". It won't work, because the driver is tied to the kernel. You can't download just a driver and expect it to work with whatever kernel you're using.
As for becoming more familiar with Linux, I'm an embedded Linux developer with 3 years of Linux kernel developement experience.
2) If I upgrade to a new piece of hardware under Windows, that hardware will come with a floppy or CD-ROM that has the drivers on it. Windows drivers, but never Linux drivers. All I need to do is stick the disk in the driver, and Windows takes care of the rest. I don't need to know what kind of hardware it is.
3) If I install a new piece of hardware, Windows has the capability to go out to the Internet to look for a new driver. Linux will NEVER have that capability.
Look, I hate Windows as much as the next time. I don't use it, and I'm not going to, but I still think Linux could improve a great deal when it comes to the driver model.
What if you need to add support for hardware that wasn't available when you installed your kernel? New device drivers are being created all the time. The only way to add a new device driver is to recompile the whole damn kernel.
Yes, this is very important. You should give the user the opportunity to have the site shut down if it hits is bandwith cap. For personal web pages, it doesn't really matter if the site is up or down, but the overcharges can be very painful. I once had an $80 bill one month because I happened to put up a large web page that was very popular. I could have moved it to another site, but I didn't realize what was going on until I was over my usage. Bastards didn't even bother to email me!
Sorry, bad analogy. Windows does have a feature where it can detect hardware changes and locate the right driver for it automatically. Besides, comparing Linux to these Windows and MacOS is pointless because these OSes don't need to be rebuilt when you change hardware. Linux is different - when you want to add support for a new device, you need to rebuild the kernel.
The Linux kernel still doesn't have a hardware detection/configuration, and probably won't get one for years at this rate. Building a kernel still requires you to know the manufacturer and model of every freakin' piece of silicon in your machine, this "new" utility doesn't make anything easier. How hard can it be to write a utility that scans /proc/pci and creates a kernel config file from it? Hello, Linus?!?!?! It's the 21st century! Wake up!
A Southpark episode.
eBay could provide legal resources to pursue him in court. If Yahoo Auctions did that, they would crush eBay in less than a month.
Texas is one of many states that says that any telemarketer must check whether the phone number you are about to call is on a "do not call" list. It doesn't matter how you got the number, you must not call it if it's on that list, even if you're not in Texas.
Not only that, but Linus may not even be able to test Subversion while using BitKeeper, because the BK people may consider testing to be the same thing as "working on".
2. Still O(n), not O(log n). Using SIMD instructions makes it faster, but doesn't change the order. Remember, O(n/4) is really the same thing as O(n).
3. Same deal. You're dividing n by a constant, so the order is the same.
I may be setting myself up here, but how do you initialize an array in less than O(n)? You have to write to each array element at least once to initialize it, and that's O(n) at a minimum.
You're an idiot. What about the theft of service that spammers are guilty of? Just ask any ISP how much extra money they're spending on bandwith because of spam.