Who cares about what spaceorb is "doing wrong", if anything? Are we supposed to force the guy into downloading and compiling a new X server, create an insanely complex configuration file, and possibly replace his video card because it isn't supported well?
Download and install latest drivers for video card.
There are no cards based on S3 or Nvidia cards in this test! While I don't expect huge performance from S3 cards, and I'm aware that there are some issues with Nvidia and open source, I would still like to see the results...
In 1995, I could buy a half-GB drive for $200. Today, that buys over 40 times more storage in the same amount of space, with four times the performance. CPUs are maybe 20 times faster since 1995, but $1/MHz is still cheap -- plus, they're getting bigger!
we were reading promises of one TB per square cm! OK, I might be exaggerating, but the point is the same.
Unlike other computer technologies, the hard disk market consistently finds some revolutionary way to make their products faster, bigger, and cheaper, while staying in business. With that kind of competition, I don't think the hard drive is going away...
Oh, wait -- it's closed source. Well, free beer isn't that bad... oh, it's not free, either.
I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but what incentive does anyone have to use Linux if the same applications are already available on the OS they are familiar with? Dad isn't going to start using Mandrake just because Quicken and his favorite golf game was ported to X11. Besides, X fonts really suck, and Motif apps like Netscape make me wanna puke.
I started tinkering with Linux because there was all kinds of fun stuff I could legitimately make (full) use of for free, like the GIMP and PHP...
When I'm using Windows, I see one of its advantages being the fact that applications are somewhat consistent in its look and feel. The same is true for Macintoshes, though I don't like the implementation as much.
Frm should follow function, but only to a point. If I may be one to make a computer/car analogy, a Ferrari F-1 uld* look visually different from a Renault Twingo, but once you step inside either car, all of the dashboard controls should have some at least some semblance of consistency in design -- otherwise, the driver confuses the tachometer with the speedometer and that can lead to a bit of trouble. I think applications are like the dashboard controls...
I am not against skins, but I refuse to use them if they are controlled at the application level. My personal belief is that skins are a marketing racket for software companies, and the LocalYokel Law of Software is that 75% of all software is marketing -- I work for a company that exemplifies this...
I've applied a progressive set of filters while browsing my White Pages (Minneapolis, MN):
Last: Johnson (28 pages) First: Thomas (~80) MI: E (~12)
Bear with me on this very crude sampling method, but generously saying the book serves 2 million people (probably ~1.5M), it can be said that there are over 1500 Thomas E. Johnsons in the United States alone.
With a system similar to RFC 2141, how would one find the Thomas E. Johnson that you are looking for? Do you enter "Thomas E. Johnson in Bloomington", "Tom Johnson on the 14th floor of that building by the building that says Gold Medal Flour" or what? There is never enough namespace...
Hmm, aside from the pickled egg, it sounds intriguing.
Dare I be so bold as to say I live in Lowry Hill East, a.k.a. "The Wedge"? The store is actually in Whittier, which is on the wrong side of Lyndale, but maybe I'm being too picky.
Anyway... I'm game, so if you or anyone else in the Twin Cities metro is seriously interested in kicking back a pint or two in St. Paul, my home email address is champs@visi.com.au -- I don't live in Australia, of course, so drop the ".au" to mail me.
I've got a great idea -- how about a Linux Snowshoeing Hike in Minnesota?:^)
It could be a walk along the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, with a stop for some delicious (better than German) beers at the Summit brewery in St. Paul, or maybe the Town Hall brewpub in Minneapolis?
Both of them can make minor improvements to proprietary software, then double both the size and price while halving its performance! No wonder Scott McNealy hates Microsoft so much -- he's jealous!
JonKatz gained position as the lone commentary/content provider on/.
JonKatz "bundles" a followup commentary to every new subject he initiates within two Slashdot "days" (when it rolls into "Older Stuff").
JonKatz acts as a lout in the Slashdot market to maintain his high bandwidth utilization share.
JonKatz spent hundreds of hours writing tirades all in an attempt to drown out the voices of would-be competitors.
JonKatz fails to provide "best of breed" offerings.
JonKatz uses his monotony power to dominate Slashdot screen share.
I have flamed JonKatz a million times before, but is it unrealistic to think that if Katz isn't going to leave, may we at least have some other person "preaching to the choir" to see whether people genuinely dislike him, or if they just don't like the subject matter?
TW2002 should stay a text-only multi-user game over a slow link. With GHz processors and 56k+ connections, the game might actually be bearable. Would it be more fun if there was no waiting, or was that part of the experience? I don't know, but it should be left alone.
How many games (and ideas in general) have been reinvented with disastrous results? I guess it depends on which Batman, Zorro, Pac Man, Inspector Gadget, or Chevy Nova you're talking about...
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Too bad they're stuck with NetPositive as the browser -- I bet the Mozilla Project is really kicking themselves for having decided not to make it an official platform two years ago.
FreBe(er) would be more tasty if it was served with BeZilla. If I may pander, this is a good example of Open Source's benefits. A few thousand more people using Be with a handful of developers among them could really help this project out -- it looks like they need it!
Is anyone waiting for Elightenment 1.0? Red Hat 6.2 isn't using XF86 4.0, but they've been using E as the wm for a while now.
Exactly what is the difference between Emacs vX.Y.Z and vA.B.C? I think the version numbers are automatically incremented by a random number generator.
Netscape Navigator 6.0, anyone? They probably shouldn't even call it "Netscape"...
Thank goodness I'm using Windows 98 here at work -- with a version number that high, it must be good!
If this professor wins, imagine what it could do to VA/Andover/Rob... For all the (sometimes deserved) thrashings Signal 11 takes whenever he posts, the guy could be an instant millionaire!
I have not personally played with Samba, but I think this interview was very informative. It's good to know that the stable of legitimate alternatives to expensive, proprietary software is growing into niches that even PHB's can appreciate. I got sick of using warez for "educational" purposes...
If I could edit that comment just a bit, yeah -- I'd change that line just a little bit. I think I sensationalized my opening comment just a bit too much, especially since that wasn't the point I was really trying to make. What can I say? I was late for work, and didn't have much time for editing.:)
Open source doesn't make software more secure, and neither does closed source. It was established a long time ago that a skilled administrator was the most important security device.
You can make NT, Linux, BSD, the MacOS, or even MS-DOS secure with a little bit of knowhow, even if the latter two are inherently nonsecured operating systems.
(A car with ABS is no good if the driver still pumps the brakes, if you know what I mean.)
Hemos needs help with his nanotech addiction, but I digress.
What happened to IBM? A few years ago, they were dead. These days, it seems like their scientists and engineers crank out some amazing new technology once a week! Maybe corporate giants really can adapt to changing markets and reinvent themselves...
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It shouldn't have to be so damn complicated -- we are talking about games, after all...
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There are no cards based on S3 or Nvidia cards in this test! While I don't expect huge performance from S3 cards, and I'm aware that there are some issues with Nvidia and open source, I would still like to see the results...
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In 1995, I could buy a half-GB drive for $200. Today, that buys over 40 times more storage in the same amount of space, with four times the performance. CPUs are maybe 20 times faster since 1995, but $1/MHz is still cheap -- plus, they're getting bigger!
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Unlike other computer technologies, the hard disk market consistently finds some revolutionary way to make their products faster, bigger, and cheaper, while staying in business. With that kind of competition, I don't think the hard drive is going away...
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I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but what incentive does anyone have to use Linux if the same applications are already available on the OS they are familiar with? Dad isn't going to start using Mandrake just because Quicken and his favorite golf game was ported to X11. Besides, X fonts really suck, and Motif apps like Netscape make me wanna puke.
I started tinkering with Linux because there was all kinds of fun stuff I could legitimately make (full) use of for free, like the GIMP and PHP...
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When I'm using Windows, I see one of its advantages being the fact that applications are somewhat consistent in its look and feel. The same is true for Macintoshes, though I don't like the implementation as much.
Frm should follow function, but only to a point. If I may be one to make a computer/car analogy, a Ferrari F-1 uld* look visually different from a Renault Twingo, but once you step inside either car, all of the dashboard controls should have some at least some semblance of consistency in design -- otherwise, the driver confuses the tachometer with the speedometer and that can lead to a bit of trouble. I think applications are like the dashboard controls...
I am not against skins, but I refuse to use them if they are controlled at the application level. My personal belief is that skins are a marketing racket for software companies, and the LocalYokel Law of Software is that 75% of all software is marketing -- I work for a company that exemplifies this...
--
I've applied a progressive set of filters while browsing my White Pages (Minneapolis, MN):
Last: Johnson (28 pages)
First: Thomas (~80)
MI: E (~12)
Bear with me on this very crude sampling method, but generously saying the book serves 2 million people (probably ~1.5M), it can be said that there are over 1500 Thomas E. Johnsons in the United States alone.
With a system similar to RFC 2141, how would one find the Thomas E. Johnson that you are looking for? Do you enter "Thomas E. Johnson in Bloomington", "Tom Johnson on the 14th floor of that building by the building that says Gold Medal Flour" or what? There is never enough namespace...
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Dare I be so bold as to say I live in Lowry Hill East, a.k.a. "The Wedge"? The store is actually in Whittier, which is on the wrong side of Lyndale, but maybe I'm being too picky.
Anyway... I'm game, so if you or anyone else in the Twin Cities metro is seriously interested in kicking back a pint or two in St. Paul, my home email address is champs@visi.com.au -- I don't live in Australia, of course, so drop the ".au" to mail me.
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Typical attitude of the folk in St. Paul. No wonder I like living in Minneapolis, the City of Lakes, not St. Paul, the City of Fakes... :^) -jk-
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I've got a great idea -- how about a Linux Snowshoeing Hike in Minnesota? :^)
It could be a walk along the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, with a stop for some delicious (better than German) beers at the Summit brewery in St. Paul, or maybe the Town Hall brewpub in Minneapolis?
--
Both of them can make minor improvements to proprietary software, then double both the size and price while halving its performance! No wonder Scott McNealy hates Microsoft so much -- he's jealous!
--
I have flamed JonKatz a million times before, but is it unrealistic to think that if Katz isn't going to leave, may we at least have some other person "preaching to the choir" to see whether people genuinely dislike him, or if they just don't like the subject matter?
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TW2002 should stay a text-only multi-user game over a slow link. With GHz processors and 56k+ connections, the game might actually be bearable. Would it be more fun if there was no waiting, or was that part of the experience? I don't know, but it should be left alone.
How many games (and ideas in general) have been reinvented with disastrous results? I guess it depends on which Batman, Zorro, Pac Man, Inspector Gadget, or Chevy Nova you're talking about...
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FreBe(er) would be more tasty if it was served with BeZilla. If I may pander, this is a good example of Open Source's benefits. A few thousand more people using Be with a handful of developers among them could really help this project out -- it looks like they need it!
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If it's April 1st, it must be Quittin' Day...
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Is Barrapunto wrtten in English today, then?
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I've got 02:35 GMT over here -- guess I was late.
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Is anyone waiting for Elightenment 1.0? Red Hat 6.2 isn't using XF86 4.0, but they've been using E as the wm for a while now.
Exactly what is the difference between Emacs vX.Y.Z and vA.B.C? I think the version numbers are automatically incremented by a random number generator.
Netscape Navigator 6.0, anyone? They probably shouldn't even call it "Netscape"...
Thank goodness I'm using Windows 98 here at work -- with a version number that high, it must be good!
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If this professor wins, imagine what it could do to VA/Andover/Rob... For all the (sometimes deserved) thrashings Signal 11 takes whenever he posts, the guy could be an instant millionaire!
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a G4 system without the OS forcibly "bundled"?
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I have not personally played with Samba, but I think this interview was very informative. It's good to know that the stable of legitimate alternatives to expensive, proprietary software is growing into niches that even PHB's can appreciate. I got sick of using warez for "educational" purposes...
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If I could edit that comment just a bit, yeah -- I'd change that line just a little bit. I think I sensationalized my opening comment just a bit too much, especially since that wasn't the point I was really trying to make. What can I say? I was late for work, and didn't have much time for editing. :)
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You can make NT, Linux, BSD, the MacOS, or even MS-DOS secure with a little bit of knowhow, even if the latter two are inherently nonsecured operating systems.
(A car with ABS is no good if the driver still pumps the brakes, if you know what I mean.)
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Funny how Netscape understands what bad HTML is, but still can't render good HTML worth a damn.
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Hemos needs help with his nanotech addiction, but I digress.
What happened to IBM? A few years ago, they were dead. These days, it seems like their scientists and engineers crank out some amazing new technology once a week! Maybe corporate giants really can adapt to changing markets and reinvent themselves...