Re:Let's be logical shall we
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Let's be logical shall we
The logical choice would be to rename it to something that makes more sense. If renaming would cause problems, that is already a problem that needs to fixed. I should be able to name it "Pretty Pink Ponies and Princesses" if I want and not have any problems arise from that.
How ridiculous. Obviously Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby, which all have absolutely no specification, are much more open and free than something with a specification that has been ratified by the lousy ISO. Pull your head out of the sand!
I use Windows XP and actually prefer it over Linux (due to its greater support). For me, Linux has always stayed rock-solid while Windows continually goes wonky in under a week. It usually remains mostly usable, but I don't feel comfortable continuing when e.g clicking taskbar buttons no longer minimizes the associated window.
Okay, I understand what you're saying. However, you said the keydown event "happens before the keys are interpreted according to your keyboard layout" which is not true.
When I'm using Qwerty and I hit the key under my left index finger (f/F), the keyCode property of the keydown event is 70 (0x46), which is the Unicode value for a capital F. When I'm using Dvorak and I hit the key under my left index finger (u/U), the keyCode property of the keydown event is 85 (0x55), which is the Unicode value for a capital U.
The value of the keyCode property changed because the key is interpreted according to my keyboard layout, and I changed the keyboard layout.
As it checks the keydown event (which happens before the keys are interpreted according to your keyboard layout)
The keydown event specifies the character entered and whether keys like ctrl/alt/shift/meta are pressed. It doesn't matter whether you pressed a key at the top-left to get a "z" or whether you pressed a key at the bottom-right to get a "z". If you entered a "z", the keydown event will specify that a "z" was entered.
Vorbis is an audio codec. Ogg is just a container format. "Ogg Vorbis" refers to Vorbis audio in an Ogg container. The term "Ogg Vorbis" is about as stupid as "MP4 AAC" or "AVI ASP".
Although some OSS projects never make any effort to produce a stable release (like Code::Blocks), many others are quite good about producing fully-functioning stable releases relatively often. Trunk source access and nightly builds don't make the stable releases any less stable.
Wait a second... what's wrong with programming in vi?
It has almost no knowledge of the programming language you're using. All it understands is text.
It's way easier to use than some random IDE with an overly-complex GUI.
Addition is easier than calculus. That doesn't mean we shouldn't use calculus.
it's not like a programmer should be complaining about needing idiot-proof tools.
It is not stupid to choose powerful tools over weak tools.
They require like a million lines of code before you can even start programming.
That has not been my experience. And any additional required code, such as type declarations, are so helpful that I do not want to do without them.
They require method autocomplete because they have [long names]
Without autocomplete, much more time must be spent looking up and memorizing names. I once found autocomplete features annoying, but taking advantage of it has sped up my coding significantly.
They require that your editor supports having multiple files open
In many cases autocomplete has allowed me to continue coding in place without having to stop to read documentation or interface/class definitions. That means less files open.
because no non-trivial functionality can be implemented in a single file.
It's good to split up stuff until each part is trivial. However, I do not know of any features of modern programming languages or IDEs that actually force modularization. Any examples?
All we care about "heap sort" is that it's a stable sort - stable / unstable should be specified in the documentation of the sort function and we can check if we care.
How often is checking documentation faster than being explicit? When others read the code later, they would probably prefer to not have to read documentation to understand your code. If you left a comment, you might as well have been explicit.
Vi is really great at text editing, but when you're programming, it's more useful to use something that actually understands the programming language you're using.
To setup hardware requiring proprietary closed-source drivers:
Windows: Windows Update. Reboot. Windows Update. Reboot. Windows Update. Reboot. Maybe repeat a few more times.
Linux: Learn that your hardware isn't working because it wasn't recognized. Study obscure scraps of documentation scattered all over the web, man pages, and comments in source code. Feel guilty as you read that you are directly responsible for everything bad in the world because you bought hardware from evil demons hell-bent on destroying everything good and clean, and that it isn't Linux's fault anyway. Cry a lot. Illegally obtain proprietary closed-source drivers and wrap, twist, and shove it into the Linux kernel. Cry when it doesn't work. Give up and try to compile the open-source driver that was abandoned years ago. Cry a lot as you struggle to get it to compile. Drink yourself halfway to death when it still doesn't work. Buy new hardware that is Linux compatible, do without the functionality, or pirate Windows. Of course, you could always just reverse-engineer the hardware and write a driver yourself, so it's like totally not Linux's fault and Linux is totally a much better choice than Windows.
According to Wikipedia, Windows Server 2003 has the NT 5.2 kernel and Windows Vista has the NT 6.0 kernel. So it would at least seem that somebody at Microsoft thinks there have been major changes.
One of the major problems with Linux in poorer countries is that most people are using dial-up and Linux has terrible support for modems. It doesn't matter why or whose fault it is. Either use Windows and access the web or use Linux and don't.
ultimately, their objections (and many PHB's) tend to boil down to "Linux is not Windows," and are really sham arguments used to justify a decision that's already been made.
That is not true. You are an irrational zealot.
For some people, like me, support is a huge issue. Linux doesn't support my modem, doesn't recognize my monitor's native resolution (1600x1200), and usually doesn't setup standby correctly. Windows Update handles all of that for me without the slightest problem. Then there are the thousands of Windows-only programs with no Linux equivalent.
No matter how much better Linux gets than Windows, as long as there's less support for it, there are good reasons for not using it. It's not a sham argument. The biggest problem for someone using Linux is that so few other people are using it.
Well, given that one third of texas students don't graduate high school, how documents written by their state government are actually coherent enough that the file format makes a difference?
I'm from Texas, and I can at least write better than you can.
It really annoys me to see "Ogg Vorbis" or "Ogg Theora". I've even seen "Ogg FLAC" several times even though FLAC streams are often included in a.flac container and not an.ogg container.
It's seems strange that it happens so often since I've never seen stuff like "Avi MPEG-2 Part 2", "Mpg H.264", "Mov MPEG-1 Part 2", "Mov AAC", "Avi MPEG-1 Part 3", etc.
I haven't really looked into it, but judging just from the articles on/. it would appear that Apple hardware is often problematic, and Apple is just better at covering up and denying problems.
Can fonts not be embedded in OpenDocument files? That would be quite strange since the idea certainly isn't new. I've heard that Microsoft Office has been able to embed fonts for quite awhile.
There's a project going on for Ubuntu which shows some promise, called Winbuntu - it's a Windows installer for Linux.
Thanks for the heads up, this looks fantastic!
For a long time it's seemed that few care about making Linux easy to get into for the average person. ("I can setup Linux, so it's stupid to waste time making setup easier. I'm faster with a CLI I've invested hundreds of hours in learning, so it's stupid to waste time making/improving the GUI.") However, this is clear evidence that some people really are working hard on making Linux easy as pie for normal people, and it really makes me hopeful.
If the Ubuntu Windows installer turns out like it is described on the Ubuntu wiki, I can definitely see it making a huge impact.
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How ridiculous. Obviously Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby, which all have absolutely no specification, are much more open and free than something with a specification that has been ratified by the lousy ISO. Pull your head out of the sand!
I use Windows XP and actually prefer it over Linux (due to its greater support). For me, Linux has always stayed rock-solid while Windows continually goes wonky in under a week. It usually remains mostly usable, but I don't feel comfortable continuing when e.g clicking taskbar buttons no longer minimizes the associated window.
Okay, I understand what you're saying. However, you said the keydown event "happens before the keys are interpreted according to your keyboard layout" which is not true.
When I'm using Qwerty and I hit the key under my left index finger (f/F), the keyCode property of the keydown event is 70 (0x46), which is the Unicode value for a capital F.
When I'm using Dvorak and I hit the key under my left index finger (u/U), the keyCode property of the keydown event is 85 (0x55), which is the Unicode value for a capital U.
The value of the keyCode property changed because the key is interpreted according to my keyboard layout, and I changed the keyboard layout.
The keydown event specifies the character entered and whether keys like ctrl/alt/shift/meta are pressed. It doesn't matter whether you pressed a key at the top-left to get a "z" or whether you pressed a key at the bottom-right to get a "z". If you entered a "z", the keydown event will specify that a "z" was entered.
Vorbis is an audio codec. Ogg is just a container format. "Ogg Vorbis" refers to Vorbis audio in an Ogg container. The term "Ogg Vorbis" is about as stupid as "MP4 AAC" or "AVI ASP".
Really? That's pretty insane if it's true. About half a year ago I installed Ubuntu on a computer with 64 megabytes of memory and it was very usable.
I think he was suggesting that you pirate it in a virtual machine. I know that's how I run all those mysterious spooky keygens.
Although some OSS projects never make any effort to produce a stable release (like Code::Blocks), many others are quite good about producing fully-functioning stable releases relatively often. Trunk source access and nightly builds don't make the stable releases any less stable.
Vi is really great at text editing, but when you're programming, it's more useful to use something that actually understands the programming language you're using.
To setup hardware requiring proprietary closed-source drivers:
Windows: Windows Update. Reboot. Windows Update. Reboot. Windows Update. Reboot. Maybe repeat a few more times.
Linux: Learn that your hardware isn't working because it wasn't recognized. Study obscure scraps of documentation scattered all over the web, man pages, and comments in source code. Feel guilty as you read that you are directly responsible for everything bad in the world because you bought hardware from evil demons hell-bent on destroying everything good and clean, and that it isn't Linux's fault anyway. Cry a lot. Illegally obtain proprietary closed-source drivers and wrap, twist, and shove it into the Linux kernel. Cry when it doesn't work. Give up and try to compile the open-source driver that was abandoned years ago. Cry a lot as you struggle to get it to compile. Drink yourself halfway to death when it still doesn't work. Buy new hardware that is Linux compatible, do without the functionality, or pirate Windows. Of course, you could always just reverse-engineer the hardware and write a driver yourself, so it's like totally not Linux's fault and Linux is totally a much better choice than Windows.
DVI - 3.7 Gbps (single) or 7.4 Gbps (dual)
HDMI 1.3 - 10.2 Gbps
UDI - 16 Gbps
DisplayPort - 10.8 Gbps
SD-SDI - 177 Mbps
HD-SDI - 1.485 Gbps
dual-link HD-SDI - 2.970 Gbps
But this is Slashdot, so I'm sure it's the lack of DRM that has caused it to not catch on.
According to Wikipedia, Windows Server 2003 has the NT 5.2 kernel and Windows Vista has the NT 6.0 kernel. So it would at least seem that somebody at Microsoft thinks there have been major changes.
One of the major problems with Linux in poorer countries is that most people are using dial-up and Linux has terrible support for modems. It doesn't matter why or whose fault it is. Either use Windows and access the web or use Linux and don't.
Ok, I see what you're saying. And you have a good point.
That is not true. You are an irrational zealot.
For some people, like me, support is a huge issue. Linux doesn't support my modem, doesn't recognize my monitor's native resolution (1600x1200), and usually doesn't setup standby correctly. Windows Update handles all of that for me without the slightest problem. Then there are the thousands of Windows-only programs with no Linux equivalent.
No matter how much better Linux gets than Windows, as long as there's less support for it, there are good reasons for not using it. It's not a sham argument. The biggest problem for someone using Linux is that so few other people are using it.
It really annoys me to see "Ogg Vorbis" or "Ogg Theora". I've even seen "Ogg FLAC" several times even though FLAC streams are often included in a .flac container and not an .ogg container.
It's seems strange that it happens so often since I've never seen stuff like "Avi MPEG-2 Part 2", "Mpg H.264", "Mov MPEG-1 Part 2", "Mov AAC", "Avi MPEG-1 Part 3", etc.
I don't believe Firefox can be upgraded from 1.5 to 2.0. So far only security patches have been released as updates.
I haven't really looked into it, but judging just from the articles on /. it would appear that Apple hardware is often problematic, and Apple is just better at covering up and denying problems.
I'm gay you insensitive clod!
And I guess there might be a few straight females too.
Can fonts not be embedded in OpenDocument files? That would be quite strange since the idea certainly isn't new. I've heard that Microsoft Office has been able to embed fonts for quite awhile.
For a long time it's seemed that few care about making Linux easy to get into for the average person. ("I can setup Linux, so it's stupid to waste time making setup easier. I'm faster with a CLI I've invested hundreds of hours in learning, so it's stupid to waste time making/improving the GUI.") However, this is clear evidence that some people really are working hard on making Linux easy as pie for normal people, and it really makes me hopeful.
If the Ubuntu Windows installer turns out like it is described on the Ubuntu wiki, I can definitely see it making a huge impact.