Try more like "Hello, sir -- I've been scanning facebook for people in the local area who attended a particular list of educational establishments and work in IT. This list of establishments is one which I noted, from watching some alumni in a documentary, all use a particular moto, which they like to repeat a lot. Based on this, I assumed that a certain number of people in the area would be using said motto for their server passwords. Having cross-referenced the domain database with your organisation's name, I have narrowed down the servers you control, and established that you are one of the idio.. I mean, candidates for my scheme. I have now taken the liberty of installing our award winning anti-virus system on your server, at no charge."
Let's say you go to the store for milk. They only have goat's milk. Did they just create demand for goat's milk, or are you just resorting to goat's milk until someone supplies what you demanded?
Shuttleworth, as far as i can tell, never planned to make money with Canonical and Ubuntu.
Wut? He created a whole community backlash by trying to market closed-source products using the Ubuntu name, which the open source community helped to build.
Modern 3D glasses for cinemas etc. are actually half decent. They're a little big and bulky (to fit over your prescription glasses), but otherwise reasonably solid and well made. Certainly not cardboard and flimsy plastic, like you might be expecting.
All, but python and perl should be in there (OK, and ruby too...I suppose;).
BUT... the big (modern) element you're missing here is: DBUS. I haven't actually scripted that, but it's based on DCOP, and scripting KDE with DCOP was great. Reminded me a lot of ARexx on the Amiga. In other words, it lets you script GUI apps too, bringing the power of Unix into the modern age. For the most part.
I think the whole idea of scripting needs to be overhauled in unix. It pains me to say it, but MS had the right idea with a standardised OO library framework that all languages can access, and a powerful OO shell language too. Somehow they still managed to make it ugly and unfun to use, but just about anyone else with the resources to make a framework like that with Unix principles (rather than corporate motives) at the core would do well.
It doesn't need to be purely multiplayer to be interesting when you can destroy anything. It just needs to be balanced, so that there are consequences for destroying everything. Just running out of ammo or attracting attention would be a good start. Having the civilians rise against you while you sleep for making their village a desolate wasteland would be another.
No, writing getters/setters is the language's job. For example, in python, you don't need to write them at all. You simply write code that accesses variables directly, and if you need to override that variable access with a method wrapper after the fact, you can. Easy natural expression, AND future proof design, without worrying about all that getter/setter crap. Java did a lot of things well (at least compared to C++), but not everything java promoted was optimal.
You're aware of AROS, and AmigaOS4? And (E-)UAE? And Fellow? And AmigaForever?
Part of me wants to add... "and BeOS and DragonFly BSD and GNOME and KDE" as I'm pretty sure AmigaOS influenced each of these in some small ways (spatial desktop on GNOME, for instance).
No, what they're saying (perhaps without realising it), is that giving someone money will distract them enough that they don't feel pain so much. A good scratch will do the same thing, causing pain in one place and thereby distracting you from pain elsewhere.
I just don't know why this kind of pseudo-science is encouraged at unis.
I believe it spanned a lot of the graphics stack (so yes, involved X drivers, X itself, XRender, etc.). GTK 1.x attempted anti-aliasing with hacks, but it was fundamentally limited and caused artifacts. For 2.x, this was redone (largely thanks to pango and freetype, IIRC).
It's a fair point, but I disagree. I think publishing houses couldn't afford to wait for copyright expiration, because every download site and p2p service would do the same thing for free (by definition, and rightly so). If people will pay for anything related to media, it will be high-quality delivery of the newest stuff as soon as it exists, with the best analysis.
I recall this now that GP mentions it. What happened was that he turned up at the interview address, saw that the sign on the building said Microsoft, and left in a rage, screaming something about "time wasters".;)
Well, it's no Robby or Gort, but yeah, kinda cool:) Bring on the cheap, open source, 3D printer version. reprap and co just aren't cutting it (err, no pun intended).
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You're confusing different meanings of the word demand.
Try more like "Hello, sir -- I've been scanning facebook for people in the local area who attended a particular list of educational establishments and work in IT. This list of establishments is one which I noted, from watching some alumni in a documentary, all use a particular moto, which they like to repeat a lot. Based on this, I assumed that a certain number of people in the area would be using said motto for their server passwords. Having cross-referenced the domain database with your organisation's name, I have narrowed down the servers you control, and established that you are one of the idio.. I mean, candidates for my scheme. I have now taken the liberty of installing our award winning anti-virus system on your server, at no charge."
Let's say you go to the store for milk. They only have goat's milk. Did they just create demand for goat's milk, or are you just resorting to goat's milk until someone supplies what you demanded?
Wut? He created a whole community backlash by trying to market closed-source products using the Ubuntu name, which the open source community helped to build.
You co-worker is an idiot who neither understands the term OS, nor that Fedora is smaller than Ubuntu.
They do when people deserve payment, for one instance.
That's already been tried. The Internet will not fit behind a gnat.
Capitalism won't let that happen of course. It'll probably go more like:
Modern 3D glasses for cinemas etc. are actually half decent. They're a little big and bulky (to fit over your prescription glasses), but otherwise reasonably solid and well made. Certainly not cardboard and flimsy plastic, like you might be expecting.
That's nothing. Wait 'til you hear my CD player.
All, but python and perl should be in there (OK, and ruby too...I suppose ;).
BUT... the big (modern) element you're missing here is: DBUS. I haven't actually scripted that, but it's based on DCOP, and scripting KDE with DCOP was great. Reminded me a lot of ARexx on the Amiga. In other words, it lets you script GUI apps too, bringing the power of Unix into the modern age. For the most part.
I think the whole idea of scripting needs to be overhauled in unix. It pains me to say it, but MS had the right idea with a standardised OO library framework that all languages can access, and a powerful OO shell language too. Somehow they still managed to make it ugly and unfun to use, but just about anyone else with the resources to make a framework like that with Unix principles (rather than corporate motives) at the core would do well.
It doesn't need to be purely multiplayer to be interesting when you can destroy anything. It just needs to be balanced, so that there are consequences for destroying everything. Just running out of ammo or attracting attention would be a good start. Having the civilians rise against you while you sleep for making their village a desolate wasteland would be another.
Your mice have input controllers suitable for shooters? Clearly you're from a very cybernetically advanced society... albeit a slightly violent one.
No, writing getters/setters is the language's job. For example, in python, you don't need to write them at all. You simply write code that accesses variables directly, and if you need to override that variable access with a method wrapper after the fact, you can. Easy natural expression, AND future proof design, without worrying about all that getter/setter crap. Java did a lot of things well (at least compared to C++), but not everything java promoted was optimal.
ZFS is buggy and unreliable:
http://www.mouldy.org/zfs-the-final-straw
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=473421&tstart=0
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2008-January/016042.html
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=7682
http://markmail.org/message/4prch5ydto6nxquf
I'm interested in Tux3 and (particularly) Hammer though.
http://www.ntecs.de/blog/articles/2008/01/17/zfs-vs-hammerfs/
You're aware of AROS, and AmigaOS4? And (E-)UAE? And Fellow? And AmigaForever?
Part of me wants to add... "and BeOS and DragonFly BSD and GNOME and KDE" as I'm pretty sure AmigaOS influenced each of these in some small ways (spatial desktop on GNOME, for instance).
Wait. Does your dad like Superman movies MORE because of that, or less?
No, what they're saying (perhaps without realising it), is that giving someone money will distract them enough that they don't feel pain so much. A good scratch will do the same thing, causing pain in one place and thereby distracting you from pain elsewhere.
I just don't know why this kind of pseudo-science is encouraged at unis.
Welcome to the modern world of press releases :)
I believe it spanned a lot of the graphics stack (so yes, involved X drivers, X itself, XRender, etc.). GTK 1.x attempted anti-aliasing with hacks, but it was fundamentally limited and caused artifacts. For 2.x, this was redone (largely thanks to pango and freetype, IIRC).
It's a fair point, but I disagree. I think publishing houses couldn't afford to wait for copyright expiration, because every download site and p2p service would do the same thing for free (by definition, and rightly so). If people will pay for anything related to media, it will be high-quality delivery of the newest stuff as soon as it exists, with the best analysis.
I recall this now that GP mentions it. What happened was that he turned up at the interview address, saw that the sign on the building said Microsoft, and left in a rage, screaming something about "time wasters". ;)
You were selling to industry. Next time, try politics.
Well, it's no Robby or Gort, but yeah, kinda cool :) Bring on the cheap, open source, 3D printer version. reprap and co just aren't cutting it (err, no pun intended).
That's what we tell you after sweeping your mind.