Well, let's say your working on a unix system and it crashes or loses its configuration and the network underneath it gets reconfigured. I find the best solution for moving data and preserving permissions is a tar pipe through ssh or rsh. Cpio and other stuff might work better since tar has problems for deep directories. But here's what I use:
tar -cf - * | ssh backuphost 'cd/mnt/backupdir && tar -xf -'
But AFS looks cool. Does anyone know how secure it is?
I don't see how that matters, RedHat has already shot themselves in the foot. A friend just stopped by my cube and mentioned how he tried installing RedHat on a system with less than 256MB of RAM. It wouldn't let him. It didn't even try. The kernel was originally designed to run on systems with less than 8MB of RAM. Either RedHat must not like customers or they like Microsoft's system requirements. I don't know. These companies are the commercial entities trying to run off with Linux and play big corp businessman. They won't be able to compete with the rest of the industry when real solid stable modular distributions get easier to configure and more standards compliant. Of course by then most of their customers will probably be gone anyway.
Ha ha you just pointed out one of the two major flaws in socialism/communism.
I take it you didn't read my link. You are an excellent example of the problem. Instead of adding a link in your post you require people to do extra work. Every individual who reads your post now has to perform at least 3 steps to get to the website you mentioned. They have to highlight and copy the segment, paste it into their URL line in their browser, then edit it by hand to fix the part you broke on purpose. Its like make work day. When you could have went the extra few characters to automate the process. But that's exactly what capitalism does. The rich guys fund the production of products. They produce products that make them more money. And their goal is not to improve the quality of life or help YOU in any way, but to fatten their wallets. Don't ask me why someone with more money than they could spend in their life would want to make more, but that's just the way it is. But today we have technology that far surpasses anything we've had in the past. And the rate our technology improves is getting faster, so we'll have even more next year and the year after. This technology could be put to use to automate all the jobs people don't want to do. But that won't happen unless people do it because those rich guys only want to make money. Automating the process of taking out the trash doesn't do anything for them because they already have someone to do that for them.
We live in a survival of the fittest sort of society. But I think we're all equally fit to survive in civilization. We can teach eachother and learn from eachother and accomplish great things when given the right environment and the proper tools. But we'll never get the right education, environment or proper tools today unless we pay for them. Were you born with money? I wasn't. And that simply isn't fair to our children.
Ok, then answer me this. What did idustrialization do for us? What about computers and automation? I think these things replace jobs, don't you? What happens to those workers who were replaced? They have to go find new jobs because they can't eat unless they pay for it. And how many people's jobs are really helpful to producing products or society? Does commercialism help society or just help corps make money? Why not just replace their job and give them free stuff? Because that's not profitable. Endless cycle of work and sufferring. I miss my family. I'd like to spend a larger portion of my life with them. Larger than a few weeks a year or a few phone calls a month that all cost me lots of money. And I'd work for free if you'd just give me my time back. As it is now all of us will have to work until we're at least 60, unless we can save up enough to beat inflation and retire early.
I like GNU/Linux or even the GNU Linux or GNULinux. I just like GNU. Its the choice of the GNU generation. And I don't think you should be part of this GNU generation if you don't like GNU/Linux. I would love to see both Linux and GNU promoted since they are both the same thing. The last time I looked Linux was GNU software, published under the GPL. But I didn't write it and Linus has his own opinions about the parts he wrote and would like you to call them just Linux. I agree with him. But the rest of the kernel you can call GNU/Linux unless other kernel developers feel otherwise.;) GNU is the glue that makes all my hardware stable and useful in a homogenous UNIX environment. And GNU's not UNIX! Get it?
After reading some more it sounds like we're on the verge of creating synthetic oil and plastics from things like coal, so my entire point is pointless. Oh, well.
The supply of iron, silicon, and carbon are also finite on this planet. Does that mean we should looking for ways for Intel/AMD/Moto to save silicon?
No, that means we should get our ass off this rock and find some fucking silicon, and fast! I want a new AMD!
I'm against conservation. We shouldn't even be using non renewable resources. The universe is pretty big and it has plenty of renewable resources we can use. None of which are oil. Think about it this way. How do we make plastic? With oil, right? Would you rather burn all that oil, all that black gold, all that $$ up in smoke than make a bunch of shiny plastic things? Using oil is not the problem, using it for transportation is, specially when we can use electricity that you can get directly from the sun, from water, even from microvibrations in walls. There's really no logical arguement for our current use of oil besides the obvious that its easy and cheap and makes people rich. Its all about money, read my previous post if you dare. here
That's funny because I had long term goals and a clear direction since I was 9 years old. Then I learned about capitalism and the US government and the MPAA and RIAA, etc. Now I don't have any long term goals or direction. I'm winging it. Its nice that I have the option to do this, but I bet it says something kinda sad about the state my country is in. I'm even considerring moving out of this country. See, here's the thing. The goal of every American is to get rich quick. You don't do that by setting long term goals, saving every penny, etc. You do that by being a hardcore capitalist like Bill G or any of the fortune 500. I don't want to make money. I could care less. I've got everything I want. But I want to work. I want to make cool stuff and learn new things and grow technically. But I can't in this economy or with capitalism because companies don't want me to learn they want me to handle tickets or work. So it doesn't matter. I guess I'm happy... Check out what I found: the abolition of work
That basicly says it all. I knew what I wanted to do when I was 9 years old. It wasn't to work it was to play. And I play very productively, managing systems, network, software, you name it. I'm interested in it all as long as I'm working with similar people. But corps don't want me to play. They want me to work. So they change the way I work 'til it becomes less productive and more beaurocratic in nature. The only thing I can think of is someone up top of the org chart likes it this way. The world would be a much better place if we didn't have to work or worry about money, but then it'd be too good, too perfect. We can't have that!
Exactly, some people can. I have studio monitors and 24bit/96KHz sampling equipment. The difference is not that noticeable. Even 16/44.1 gives you a full range that will be reproduced on most people's stereos. Most people don't have studio monitors in their home so they won't hear the highs or lows anyway. And most people I know listen to their music in their cars or through cheap headphones and they're looking for a good beat, not an exceptionally clear high or low sound. And if your software was written properly using a higher resolution recording such as 24/96 and converting it to 16/44.1 or mp3 or ogg will give you a more acurate sample because you can more acurately describe the waveform using the extra data in 24/96. I bet most CDs are masterred from 24/96 audio anyway. I would prefer the studios to just setup a website so I can go download my favorite songs in the highest quality ogg format that were compressed from pristine 24/96 or higher quality samples. It would be nice to have the option of downloading the raw 24/96 data as well, but that's bandwidth intesive.
Standard voice communication is less than 64kbps. I have a broadband connection for $40 a month, flat rate, that gives me unlimited international communication at 128kbps upload, equivalent to two phone lines. $20 bucks a month for long distance flat rate. I don't see why telephone companies need to charge so much for long distance. Its only a few kbps. And that is why I don't have a phone.
play armchair political activist rather than actually doing anything.
Me too. And I don't know how much time I'd give to fighting for freedom either. For that matter I don't even know how much I'd fight for my country. Its not a free country, so what does it matter... Now I'm depressed. On one hand I'd love to fight for freedom if I knew it was possible to obtain it. On the other hand I know what people would do with it. They'd make it illegal for me to get high. *sigh*
You should just shut up and be happy you still got the freedom to surf the net. You're lucky, y'know. When I was a kid we didn't even have the internet. Now you can get it for $50 a month. We should all bow down and thank AT&T for bringing this to us ignornat lazy citizens. And I'm sure they won't let the government look at ALL your mail.
Gah! I fucking hate marketting! Why can't they just call it QDR, because that's what it is. Quad Data Rate fucking DIMMs. God damn it, motherfucking, sun of a bitch!
This brings up another point. I have around 80 years to live, at least until I hear otherwise. So if time is money I'm a very wealth person, right now. But I'm losing money every day. Plus all my things are losing their value along with inflation. So in like 80 years I'll be worthless. Should I cash in now while I still can?;)
I'm fascinated by time because everyone and everything percieves it differently. And all human existence is barely a drop in the vast ocean of time. We'll live and die and none of this will ever really matter, in time. Actually, I hope what we do here today and everyday will someday lead people to explore the universe and preserve our history and existence for millions of years. Maybe one day we'll move to a higher plane of existence, perhaps another universe spacially different than ours, who knows. I love pondering about these things.
I would consider the scenario where free software was completely blocked (due to, say, run-away digital rights management laws) to be a case worth fighting for.
But worth how much of a fight? How much time would you say the freedom of software is worth, compared with the freedom of speech. If you didn't have the freedom of speech would you spend your life fighting for it? Or how much time would you give for financial freedom? 20 hours a week? 40?
How much is time worth? How much would you pay to gain back 2 minutes of your life? 2 days? 2 years? I'm too curious... If I was close to death I'd pay more for the extra time than I would now, since time would have a monopoly on my life. I bet there are people who face these questions every day. Interesting topic, to me.
Yep. Disk space is extremely efficient in both cost and performance and the extra metadata would spead up access. But there wouldn't be any base-64 encoding. Store the mail in separate files in a directory, text for your html/text email content and binaries for each of the attachments. Compress old directories. But the problem with email currently is not the bloat but the problem of parsing a 1,000,000 line file or syncing up to a mail server. If it was stored in a loopback filesystem it might help with the organization and performance of your mail servers. But I wouldn't know.
I'd store it in either an XML format or possibly as separate files in a directory structure with a filesystem that could handle the extra load like XFS. But its nice to have a single file to backup, or at least a single directory. I think evolution, netscape, mbox handle mail just fine as it is. Or how about a filesystem in a file that you mount loopback and compress old mail as needed. Store all mail in separate directories and files for attachments and have XML metadata describing everything in an easily parsable system.
Ok, maybe I missed something. You mentioned x and P and Q but I didn't see any formula. P*Q-cost=x, right? But certainly the cost of manufacturing chips in volume is cheap compared to the cost of developement. I wonder what equations they use to figure out their market potential. I used to do problems in a calculus class that was very similar to this sort of thing, but I doubt anyone in marketting or finance makes use of calculus to maximize profits. I'm certain there's a way to determine the price you should market your chips at to maximize x knowing a function f(Q) that is based on supply and demand economics and competition and stuff. But I'm a sys admin, I don't know anything about economics or chip making.
Let's say that one other planet exists in our solar system that supports human life. And we discover that intelligent humanoid life exists on it. How long do you think it'll take us to decide to go there? Or better yet how long will it take us to collectively reallize that we're not alone, once we have absolute proof? Over half the world's population still believes in one form of religion or another that treats human life as if it were devine. Personally I feel like we're no better than the dirt we walk on, when you consider our wasted potential. But how many people would even consider the possibility that there might not be a God or that human life was not created and is not necessary for the existence of the universe?
Its so sad to think about exploring our galaxy or universe or even other planets in our solar system. Humanity is the only lifeform on Earth or in existence as far as we know that has even the most remote capability of exploring or understanding the very universe we exist in. But most of us don't care about exploration. And the rest of us are bound by lame financial concerns. Its still quite uncertain that we will ever leave this planet or do anything with our knowledge and talent. At the moment I wouldn't be surprised if we blew ourselves up. How's that for being intelligent life?
But what about someone who tells you that you will eventually get freedom if you struggle over time? How much is freedom worth to you? More or less than time? This is an interesting topic. I've recently thought about what it would be like to be a slave. Would life still be worth living? I'd say yes, just because nothing can compare to the experience of a sunrise or the sounds of birds chirping or even a muddy rainy day. Sometimes I feel like the struggle itself isn't worth it. Why not just quit working and be a bum and watch every sunrise and sunset and listen to every bird? But then I get high and play more gta3 and forget about the stress of civilization. But I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Yeah, I understand that linux is a patchwork quilt, but commercial entities that want to create products using this quilt are still held to the same level of expectations of any other commercial entity. If I purchase a product that says it will do x then it better do x or I should get my money back. Open Source and GNU software is different. Its not commercial in nature. Its open and free. Which means everyone is held under the same expectations which are to help out or RTFM. There's only one way to do something and that is to just do it. Transgaming is trying to be both an open source and a commercial company. They'll release some of the code, but under different licenses that may be modified in the future to prevent binary distribution, etc. They require you to pay for a product that isn't complete and doesn't have a completion date. Support for games is done through a forum instead of via email or a phone call with a technical representative like any commercial software company would have. I could go on. Do you see my concerns? It wouldn't matter if I could trust Transgaming, but with their recent actions they've lost my trust. Like I said I got Homeworld working, almost perfectly. Homeworld doesn't even have screenshots in their forum, yet. I know *MANY* people got Diablo II working. But I installed the latest winex on a Matrox G450, X420, RedHat 7.2, and it never got past the install, just hangs and crashes on startup. I'm a little upset, but does that honestly sound like a vendetta against Transgaming? Must I debug wine to get winex to work? I paid good money for this software. Where's the support? I wouldn't be saying any of that if Transgaming left Debian (the most GNU distro in my opinion) alone and didn't threaten license changes to prevent software distribution. That goes directly against the GNU philosophy, and last I checked wine is licensed under a GNU license.
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Transgaming has also promised to give back the sourcecode...There are many obstacles...but I'm sure they can overcome it.
I'll believe it when I see it. The message sent from their CEO states otherwise.
I'm still amazed to see Diablo II or new games...run perfectly on my Linux box.
First off they don't run perfectly. There are tons of problems. They are not 100% directx 8.x compliant. And they are not acting like an open source company: they deserve no slack from the community since they get paid for their work. Now they need to support those products, period.
Wine has been running games like starcraft for ages. It just takes a lot of effort to configure everything properly. Eventually the wine project will break through the proprietary SafeDisc stuff. You don't need a license to reverse engineer.
I would guess there are now more working games for Linux than for Mac OS.
I would guess that, too, since Loki released about 20 games, KDE includes a nice collection, as does GNOME. And wine supported a few. Winex gave me the ability to run Homeworld. And for that I feel my $60 contribution was worth it. But I still can't get diablo II to work and I was under the impression my money would go to fund sourcecode that eventually would fall under a GNU license. Was I wrong? Did I throw my money away? Yes. But I won't do it again.
I take it you've never deleted libc accidently. An OS should have a single user mode that runs in a chroot environment where all the binaries are staticly linked just in case you have a similar emergency on a production box and no spare media laying around. 'echo *' isn't a very useful interface and how would you rm, mv, tar or cp anything around unless you have staticly linked binaries.
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Well, let's say your working on a unix system and it crashes or loses its configuration and the network underneath it gets reconfigured. I find the best solution for moving data and preserving permissions is a tar pipe through ssh or rsh. Cpio and other stuff might work better since tar has problems for deep directories. But here's what I use:
But AFS looks cool. Does anyone know how secure it is?
I don't see how that matters, RedHat has already shot themselves in the foot. A friend just stopped by my cube and mentioned how he tried installing RedHat on a system with less than 256MB of RAM. It wouldn't let him. It didn't even try. The kernel was originally designed to run on systems with less than 8MB of RAM. Either RedHat must not like customers or they like Microsoft's system requirements. I don't know. These companies are the commercial entities trying to run off with Linux and play big corp businessman. They won't be able to compete with the rest of the industry when real solid stable modular distributions get easier to configure and more standards compliant. Of course by then most of their customers will probably be gone anyway.
Ha ha you just pointed out one of the two major flaws in socialism/communism.
I take it you didn't read my link. You are an excellent example of the problem. Instead of adding a link in your post you require people to do extra work. Every individual who reads your post now has to perform at least 3 steps to get to the website you mentioned. They have to highlight and copy the segment, paste it into their URL line in their browser, then edit it by hand to fix the part you broke on purpose. Its like make work day. When you could have went the extra few characters to automate the process. But that's exactly what capitalism does. The rich guys fund the production of products. They produce products that make them more money. And their goal is not to improve the quality of life or help YOU in any way, but to fatten their wallets. Don't ask me why someone with more money than they could spend in their life would want to make more, but that's just the way it is. But today we have technology that far surpasses anything we've had in the past. And the rate our technology improves is getting faster, so we'll have even more next year and the year after. This technology could be put to use to automate all the jobs people don't want to do. But that won't happen unless people do it because those rich guys only want to make money. Automating the process of taking out the trash doesn't do anything for them because they already have someone to do that for them.
We live in a survival of the fittest sort of society. But I think we're all equally fit to survive in civilization. We can teach eachother and learn from eachother and accomplish great things when given the right environment and the proper tools. But we'll never get the right education, environment or proper tools today unless we pay for them. Were you born with money? I wasn't. And that simply isn't fair to our children.
Ok, then answer me this. What did idustrialization do for us? What about computers and automation? I think these things replace jobs, don't you? What happens to those workers who were replaced? They have to go find new jobs because they can't eat unless they pay for it. And how many people's jobs are really helpful to producing products or society? Does commercialism help society or just help corps make money? Why not just replace their job and give them free stuff? Because that's not profitable. Endless cycle of work and sufferring. I miss my family. I'd like to spend a larger portion of my life with them. Larger than a few weeks a year or a few phone calls a month that all cost me lots of money. And I'd work for free if you'd just give me my time back. As it is now all of us will have to work until we're at least 60, unless we can save up enough to beat inflation and retire early.
I like GNU/Linux or even the GNU Linux or GNULinux. I just like GNU. Its the choice of the GNU generation. And I don't think you should be part of this GNU generation if you don't like GNU/Linux. I would love to see both Linux and GNU promoted since they are both the same thing. The last time I looked Linux was GNU software, published under the GPL. But I didn't write it and Linus has his own opinions about the parts he wrote and would like you to call them just Linux. I agree with him. But the rest of the kernel you can call GNU/Linux unless other kernel developers feel otherwise. ;) GNU is the glue that makes all my hardware stable and useful in a homogenous UNIX environment. And GNU's not UNIX! Get it?
After reading some more it sounds like we're on the verge of creating synthetic oil and plastics from things like coal, so my entire point is pointless. Oh, well.
The supply of iron, silicon, and carbon are also finite on this planet. Does that mean we should looking for ways for Intel/AMD/Moto to save silicon?
No, that means we should get our ass off this rock and find some fucking silicon, and fast! I want a new AMD!
I'm against conservation. We shouldn't even be using non renewable resources. The universe is pretty big and it has plenty of renewable resources we can use. None of which are oil. Think about it this way. How do we make plastic? With oil, right? Would you rather burn all that oil, all that black gold, all that $$ up in smoke than make a bunch of shiny plastic things? Using oil is not the problem, using it for transportation is, specially when we can use electricity that you can get directly from the sun, from water, even from microvibrations in walls. There's really no logical arguement for our current use of oil besides the obvious that its easy and cheap and makes people rich. Its all about money, read my previous post if you dare. here
That's funny because I had long term goals and a clear direction since I was 9 years old. Then I learned about capitalism and the US government and the MPAA and RIAA, etc. Now I don't have any long term goals or direction. I'm winging it. Its nice that I have the option to do this, but I bet it says something kinda sad about the state my country is in. I'm even considerring moving out of this country. See, here's the thing. The goal of every American is to get rich quick. You don't do that by setting long term goals, saving every penny, etc. You do that by being a hardcore capitalist like Bill G or any of the fortune 500. I don't want to make money. I could care less. I've got everything I want. But I want to work. I want to make cool stuff and learn new things and grow technically. But I can't in this economy or with capitalism because companies don't want me to learn they want me to handle tickets or work. So it doesn't matter. I guess I'm happy... Check out what I found: the abolition of work
That basicly says it all. I knew what I wanted to do when I was 9 years old. It wasn't to work it was to play. And I play very productively, managing systems, network, software, you name it. I'm interested in it all as long as I'm working with similar people. But corps don't want me to play. They want me to work. So they change the way I work 'til it becomes less productive and more beaurocratic in nature. The only thing I can think of is someone up top of the org chart likes it this way. The world would be a much better place if we didn't have to work or worry about money, but then it'd be too good, too perfect. We can't have that!
Exactly, some people can. I have studio monitors and 24bit/96KHz sampling equipment. The difference is not that noticeable. Even 16/44.1 gives you a full range that will be reproduced on most people's stereos. Most people don't have studio monitors in their home so they won't hear the highs or lows anyway. And most people I know listen to their music in their cars or through cheap headphones and they're looking for a good beat, not an exceptionally clear high or low sound. And if your software was written properly using a higher resolution recording such as 24/96 and converting it to 16/44.1 or mp3 or ogg will give you a more acurate sample because you can more acurately describe the waveform using the extra data in 24/96. I bet most CDs are masterred from 24/96 audio anyway. I would prefer the studios to just setup a website so I can go download my favorite songs in the highest quality ogg format that were compressed from pristine 24/96 or higher quality samples. It would be nice to have the option of downloading the raw 24/96 data as well, but that's bandwidth intesive.
Standard voice communication is less than 64kbps. I have a broadband connection for $40 a month, flat rate, that gives me unlimited international communication at 128kbps upload, equivalent to two phone lines. $20 bucks a month for long distance flat rate. I don't see why telephone companies need to charge so much for long distance. Its only a few kbps. And that is why I don't have a phone.
Yeah, its kinda like one.e.and.a.two.e.and.a.three.e.and.a and so one. Some nice jazzy tempo for yer computing needs.
play armchair political activist rather than actually doing anything.
Me too. And I don't know how much time I'd give to fighting for freedom either. For that matter I don't even know how much I'd fight for my country. Its not a free country, so what does it matter... Now I'm depressed. On one hand I'd love to fight for freedom if I knew it was possible to obtain it. On the other hand I know what people would do with it. They'd make it illegal for me to get high. *sigh*
You should just shut up and be happy you still got the freedom to surf the net. You're lucky, y'know. When I was a kid we didn't even have the internet. Now you can get it for $50 a month. We should all bow down and thank AT&T for bringing this to us ignornat lazy citizens. And I'm sure they won't let the government look at ALL your mail.
Gah! I fucking hate marketting! Why can't they just call it QDR, because that's what it is. Quad Data Rate fucking DIMMs. God damn it, motherfucking, sun of a bitch!
This brings up another point. I have around 80 years to live, at least until I hear otherwise. So if time is money I'm a very wealth person, right now. But I'm losing money every day. Plus all my things are losing their value along with inflation. So in like 80 years I'll be worthless. Should I cash in now while I still can? ;)
I'm fascinated by time because everyone and everything percieves it differently. And all human existence is barely a drop in the vast ocean of time. We'll live and die and none of this will ever really matter, in time. Actually, I hope what we do here today and everyday will someday lead people to explore the universe and preserve our history and existence for millions of years. Maybe one day we'll move to a higher plane of existence, perhaps another universe spacially different than ours, who knows. I love pondering about these things.
I would consider the scenario where free software was completely blocked (due to, say, run-away digital rights management laws) to be a case worth fighting for.
But worth how much of a fight? How much time would you say the freedom of software is worth, compared with the freedom of speech. If you didn't have the freedom of speech would you spend your life fighting for it? Or how much time would you give for financial freedom? 20 hours a week? 40?
How much is time worth? How much would you pay to gain back 2 minutes of your life? 2 days? 2 years? I'm too curious... If I was close to death I'd pay more for the extra time than I would now, since time would have a monopoly on my life. I bet there are people who face these questions every day. Interesting topic, to me.
Yep. Disk space is extremely efficient in both cost and performance and the extra metadata would spead up access. But there wouldn't be any base-64 encoding. Store the mail in separate files in a directory, text for your html/text email content and binaries for each of the attachments. Compress old directories. But the problem with email currently is not the bloat but the problem of parsing a 1,000,000 line file or syncing up to a mail server. If it was stored in a loopback filesystem it might help with the organization and performance of your mail servers. But I wouldn't know.
I'd store it in either an XML format or possibly as separate files in a directory structure with a filesystem that could handle the extra load like XFS. But its nice to have a single file to backup, or at least a single directory. I think evolution, netscape, mbox handle mail just fine as it is. Or how about a filesystem in a file that you mount loopback and compress old mail as needed. Store all mail in separate directories and files for attachments and have XML metadata describing everything in an easily parsable system.
Ok, maybe I missed something. You mentioned x and P and Q but I didn't see any formula. P*Q-cost=x, right? But certainly the cost of manufacturing chips in volume is cheap compared to the cost of developement. I wonder what equations they use to figure out their market potential. I used to do problems in a calculus class that was very similar to this sort of thing, but I doubt anyone in marketting or finance makes use of calculus to maximize profits. I'm certain there's a way to determine the price you should market your chips at to maximize x knowing a function f(Q) that is based on supply and demand economics and competition and stuff. But I'm a sys admin, I don't know anything about economics or chip making.
Let's say that one other planet exists in our solar system that supports human life. And we discover that intelligent humanoid life exists on it. How long do you think it'll take us to decide to go there? Or better yet how long will it take us to collectively reallize that we're not alone, once we have absolute proof? Over half the world's population still believes in one form of religion or another that treats human life as if it were devine. Personally I feel like we're no better than the dirt we walk on, when you consider our wasted potential. But how many people would even consider the possibility that there might not be a God or that human life was not created and is not necessary for the existence of the universe?
Its so sad to think about exploring our galaxy or universe or even other planets in our solar system. Humanity is the only lifeform on Earth or in existence as far as we know that has even the most remote capability of exploring or understanding the very universe we exist in. But most of us don't care about exploration. And the rest of us are bound by lame financial concerns. Its still quite uncertain that we will ever leave this planet or do anything with our knowledge and talent. At the moment I wouldn't be surprised if we blew ourselves up. How's that for being intelligent life?
But what about someone who tells you that you will eventually get freedom if you struggle over time? How much is freedom worth to you? More or less than time? This is an interesting topic. I've recently thought about what it would be like to be a slave. Would life still be worth living? I'd say yes, just because nothing can compare to the experience of a sunrise or the sounds of birds chirping or even a muddy rainy day. Sometimes I feel like the struggle itself isn't worth it. Why not just quit working and be a bum and watch every sunrise and sunset and listen to every bird? But then I get high and play more gta3 and forget about the stress of civilization. But I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Yeah, I understand that linux is a patchwork quilt, but commercial entities that want to create products using this quilt are still held to the same level of expectations of any other commercial entity. If I purchase a product that says it will do x then it better do x or I should get my money back. Open Source and GNU software is different. Its not commercial in nature. Its open and free. Which means everyone is held under the same expectations which are to help out or RTFM. There's only one way to do something and that is to just do it. Transgaming is trying to be both an open source and a commercial company. They'll release some of the code, but under different licenses that may be modified in the future to prevent binary distribution, etc. They require you to pay for a product that isn't complete and doesn't have a completion date. Support for games is done through a forum instead of via email or a phone call with a technical representative like any commercial software company would have. I could go on. Do you see my concerns? It wouldn't matter if I could trust Transgaming, but with their recent actions they've lost my trust. Like I said I got Homeworld working, almost perfectly. Homeworld doesn't even have screenshots in their forum, yet. I know *MANY* people got Diablo II working. But I installed the latest winex on a Matrox G450, X420, RedHat 7.2, and it never got past the install, just hangs and crashes on startup. I'm a little upset, but does that honestly sound like a vendetta against Transgaming? Must I debug wine to get winex to work? I paid good money for this software. Where's the support? I wouldn't be saying any of that if Transgaming left Debian (the most GNU distro in my opinion) alone and didn't threaten license changes to prevent software distribution. That goes directly against the GNU philosophy, and last I checked wine is licensed under a GNU license.
Transgaming has also promised to give back the sourcecode...There are many obstacles...but I'm sure they can overcome it.
I'll believe it when I see it. The message sent from their CEO states otherwise.
I'm still amazed to see Diablo II or new games...run perfectly on my Linux box.
First off they don't run perfectly. There are tons of problems. They are not 100% directx 8.x compliant. And they are not acting like an open source company: they deserve no slack from the community since they get paid for their work. Now they need to support those products, period.
Wine has been running games like starcraft for ages. It just takes a lot of effort to configure everything properly. Eventually the wine project will break through the proprietary SafeDisc stuff. You don't need a license to reverse engineer.
I would guess there are now more working games for Linux than for Mac OS.
I would guess that, too, since Loki released about 20 games, KDE includes a nice collection, as does GNOME. And wine supported a few. Winex gave me the ability to run Homeworld. And for that I feel my $60 contribution was worth it. But I still can't get diablo II to work and I was under the impression my money would go to fund sourcecode that eventually would fall under a GNU license. Was I wrong? Did I throw my money away? Yes. But I won't do it again.
someone once wrote, "When mothers are outlawed only outlaws will have mothers". Somehow this remined me of that. :)
I take it you've never deleted libc accidently. An OS should have a single user mode that runs in a chroot environment where all the binaries are staticly linked just in case you have a similar emergency on a production box and no spare media laying around. 'echo *' isn't a very useful interface and how would you rm, mv, tar or cp anything around unless you have staticly linked binaries.