The reason you don't get those patronising predicates in Windows articles is because you can't do anything in the CLI on Windows. It's mostly for decoration, or possibly finding out your IP.
You can get a properly versioned filesystem that runs under FUSE: CopyFS. It works rather well, but they've yet to make it particularly optimised space-wise (for example, each version is a full copy rather than a diff).
Dead on the money - if you want to learn Linux, dive in with Slackware. Aside from Linux From Scratch, it's the ultimate crash course in learning how to use everything:P
That's interesting, because *my* media player also "just works" - but I don't have to install any software like you do for the iPod. Mine's a mass storage device, has a touchscreen, and an interface leagues better than the iPod's. (It has touch gestures, for one, and effectively 12 buttons (it's actually 6 dual-function buttons), not including power and output switch/lock.) Mine also has a feature set vastly ahead of the iPod; it's a DVR, it has wifi + Opera, it's multitasking, it can read PDFs, play directly from SMB shares... The list goes on.
The iPod is more of a fashion statement than a good product. Requiring specialised software to load anything onto a PMP is a distinct failure in design.
Seriously, I don't know why it took companies so long to figure it out. Put a 3.5mm stereo jack on THE FRONT of the head unit, and allow any stereo input into it. Should've become a standard feature back when CD players became popular, and even now it's still quite rare (more manufacturers are opting instead for a USB socket on the front, which quite frankly I don't care for; let me just wire in whatever audio source I like!)
Except that nowhere does it say that a "day" in the context of Genesis is the standard 24 hours we're used to - it could been a few million years. Thus, creating every creature in a 2day" could in fact be referring to a span that covers the timeline given by evolution.
True, I don't believe a word of creationism, but if they can provide evidence, I'll at least listen before laughing in their faces:P
There's something better on the horizon, and it's called Hellgate: London. The company making it are Flagship Studios, led by Bill Roper. Having seen the live demo given by same at i30 about three weeks ago, I can safely say it's going to be good.
Giving away software to people who have no hardware to run the software on is somewhat stupid. And that's what Microsoft are doing.
To be fair, the title could use a little (cough) work, since the OLPC is a hardware project as well as a software project, whereas Microsoft are doing a $3-per-copy offer for software only.
Sounds like you want an Archos 604 Wifi. Which has useful Wifi (can run as a fileserver, download files from SMB shares, watch files over SMB) and has Opera (which is surprisingly responsive). Unfortunately, the Archos doesn't support Ad-Hoc (yet; I'm hoping support will be added at some point).
And a 4.3" touch screen, to boot. Also works as a DVR.
No, that seems in line with Microsoft's policies - they don't patent the source, they patent the idea. If memory serves, they hold patents on progress bars, browsers and a few other things that are common interface widgets and programming concepts.
The only thing that should protect source code is copyright. It's far too easy to accidentally infringe upon software patents when programming.
I run TA on Linux, under Wine and under VMware. Under wine, it's fantastic, but lacks networking support. Under VMware it's almost as smooth, but has networking (but has serious issues with lots of units on screen at once - I like playing with the 5k unit patch).
VB already gets the respect it deserves...
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...absolutely none. It's a horrible language. The only thing it has going for it is the reasonably useful IDE (although even that irritates me most of the time).
I wonder why. Maybe because Microsoft are a convicted monopoly, and have time and time again abused their position to try prevent anyone muscling in on "their turf".
90% of a country's population is caucasian, 6% is black, 3% is oriental and 1% is of other racial groups. The EU suddenly decides that it can only offer services to the majority, how fast do you think people's asses would be nailed to the wall?
They have an obligation to not discriminate between groups of people. By only allowing people using Windows or Mac OS/X to use services, that's discrimination.
Also, those statistics are misleading, since Opera identifies itself as IE by default.
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The reason you don't get those patronising predicates in Windows articles is because you can't do anything in the CLI on Windows. It's mostly for decoration, or possibly finding out your IP.
The battery on my Archos 604 Wifi will survive transferring a few hundred meg of files from Not At My Computer(TM) without being plugged in.
Similarly, I can "stream" files over the wifi from any SMB share.
And since the 604 Wifi has Opera, I could browse to (almost) any online music shop and download tracks and play them.
Plus I can use the device as a wireless fileserver.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any reports of ShoutCAST working (although the new 605 Wifi has optional Youtube/Dailymotion support).
Oh, and touchscreen.
What good points? It has a resource intensive "shiny" interface. It has levels of DRM heretofore unseen in an operating system. It is claimed that it is secure, yet still has gaping security holes. It is claimed that it is safe, yet has to be made un-safe for users to be able to do anything with it. It is expensive, clunky, space consuming, privacy invading, insecure, unsafe, and is more interested in protecting the interests of major Hollywood distributors than its users.
Care to highlight why I'd want to use Vista?
Clearly you play the wrong RTS games. Total Annihilation games frequently run into the hours if both/all players are good.
You can get a properly versioned filesystem that runs under FUSE: CopyFS. It works rather well, but they've yet to make it particularly optimised space-wise (for example, each version is a full copy rather than a diff).
I think His Noodly Appendage had a hand in that one. After all, the brain is essentially a large meatball...
Oh I wish I had mod points right now :P
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Dead on the money - if you want to learn Linux, dive in with Slackware. Aside from Linux From Scratch, it's the ultimate crash course in learning how to use everything
Jelly Babies.
I never said anything about drag and drop. I said that it was a mass storage device.
I do, in fact, use Amarok; but I don't have to. I could drag and drop, I could swap over to a shell and copy files manually. Doesn't matter.
But here's the major benefit: I don't have to install any software providing the system can talk to MSC devices.
That's interesting, because *my* media player also "just works" - but I don't have to install any software like you do for the iPod. Mine's a mass storage device, has a touchscreen, and an interface leagues better than the iPod's. (It has touch gestures, for one, and effectively 12 buttons (it's actually 6 dual-function buttons), not including power and output switch/lock.) Mine also has a feature set vastly ahead of the iPod; it's a DVR, it has wifi + Opera, it's multitasking, it can read PDFs, play directly from SMB shares... The list goes on.
The iPod is more of a fashion statement than a good product. Requiring specialised software to load anything onto a PMP is a distinct failure in design.
PS, my PMP is the Archos 604 Wifi.
Seriously, I don't know why it took companies so long to figure it out. Put a 3.5mm stereo jack on THE FRONT of the head unit, and allow any stereo input into it. Should've become a standard feature back when CD players became popular, and even now it's still quite rare (more manufacturers are opting instead for a USB socket on the front, which quite frankly I don't care for; let me just wire in whatever audio source I like!)
Except that nowhere does it say that a "day" in the context of Genesis is the standard 24 hours we're used to - it could been a few million years. Thus, creating every creature in a 2day" could in fact be referring to a span that covers the timeline given by evolution.
:P
True, I don't believe a word of creationism, but if they can provide evidence, I'll at least listen before laughing in their faces
I wear a hoodie. Granted, it's black, and has "NINJ4" on the front in big white letters, but it's still a hoodie ;)
But yes, there is an abundance of chavs in the UK.
(The hoodie in question. Exceptionally comfortable, very warm, mostly rainproof.)
There's something better on the horizon, and it's called Hellgate: London. The company making it are Flagship Studios, led by Bill Roper. Having seen the live demo given by same at i30 about three weeks ago, I can safely say it's going to be good.
Giving away software to people who have no hardware to run the software on is somewhat stupid. And that's what Microsoft are doing.
To be fair, the title could use a little (cough) work, since the OLPC is a hardware project as well as a software project, whereas Microsoft are doing a $3-per-copy offer for software only.
I have one, and yes, you do need a rather expensive addon to use it as a DVR.
However I can confirm it runs Linux; it's most likely a QTopia based doohickey.
Sounds like you want an Archos 604 Wifi. Which has useful Wifi (can run as a fileserver, download files from SMB shares, watch files over SMB) and has Opera (which is surprisingly responsive). Unfortunately, the Archos doesn't support Ad-Hoc (yet; I'm hoping support will be added at some point).
And a 4.3" touch screen, to boot. Also works as a DVR.
...they're taking AMD's on-die memory controller, AMD/ATi's on-die GPU and Sun's multi-thread handling and putting them on one chip?
Have Intel come up with anything genuinely new recently?
No, that seems in line with Microsoft's policies - they don't patent the source, they patent the idea.
If memory serves, they hold patents on progress bars, browsers and a few other things that are common interface widgets and programming concepts.
The only thing that should protect source code is copyright. It's far too easy to accidentally infringe upon software patents when programming.
Hm, who just brought out a new product with a metric fuckton of cache on it... Oh, yes.
Intel's Core 2 Duo.
Age of consent in the United Kingdom is 16.
You have to be 18 to view pornography.
So, in short; you can go out and fuck like rabbits and spread your genetic code, but god forbid you see any naked pictures.
I run TA on Linux, under Wine and under VMware. Under wine, it's fantastic, but lacks networking support. Under VMware it's almost as smooth, but has networking (but has serious issues with lots of units on screen at once - I like playing with the 5k unit patch).
...absolutely none. It's a horrible language. The only thing it has going for it is the reasonably useful IDE (although even that irritates me most of the time).
I wonder why. Maybe because Microsoft are a convicted monopoly, and have time and time again abused their position to try prevent anyone muscling in on "their turf".
Here's an equivalent argument.
90% of a country's population is caucasian, 6% is black, 3% is oriental and 1% is of other racial groups. The EU suddenly decides that it can only offer services to the majority, how fast do you think people's asses would be nailed to the wall?
They have an obligation to not discriminate between groups of people. By only allowing people using Windows or Mac OS/X to use services, that's discrimination.
Also, those statistics are misleading, since Opera identifies itself as IE by default.