Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.
This is not true. There is probably some statistical probability which says that most headlines which end in a question mark can be answered with a "no". But not all of them.
I don't see how that follows. If you knew that sponsored open source projects were superior in quality to non sponsored open source projects, I don't see how that applies to non open sourced sponsored projects.
Closed source projects can simply directly sell their product.
Before you get too comfortable with that assertion, recall that Linux Torvalds wasn't being paid to develop Linux in the beginning nor for long after. Nor were his earliest assistants.
I'm still mostly comfortable with my assertion.:) I am talking about modern software, which is significantly more complex than early Linux. Indeed, it is the complexity and lines of code which makes it day by day harder to make meaningful software without it being a full-time paid commitment.
While volunteer contributors still represent a plurality among developers, over 80 percent of code is contributed by people who are paid for their work.
This. I've said it before and will say it again. The open source projects with most bugs and slowest development time are the ones without proper sponsors. That's why I also use a lot of commercial closed-source software myself, but do not have any particular grudge against OSS either. Just pay the developers properly, because complex, properly quality-assured modern software is impossible without that.
You hit the nail in the head. I'm an anti-piracy guy, but I see that piracy will be around for a long time. The best way to fight it is to make the legal route the easier and better deal.
It isn't even that hard, as TPB is actually a bad experience:
- The site is badly coded and the search function is rather crusty. - It shoves annoying advertisements on your face to no end. - Setting up a torrent client might be tasking for newbies. - Video and audio previews are not easily available. - Sometimes there are fake torrents and ones that contain malware. - The download speeds are not stable and some content might not be available at all. - There is no technical quality assurance for the content.
Ha. I always cringe when black hat crackers are called "security researchers". That's not research, it's malicious destroying of other people's systems and data.
Not directly related to Steam Music, but a simple feature for Grand Theft Auto games would be to have real radio stations (MP3 streamed) as the in-game radio stations.
study is a right, from start to your PhD , at most you pay for the books and a nominal fee (i.e 500 euro/year if your finances/family permits else it's free).
Paying tens of thousands or getting debts before you even start working is simply barbaric and the heritage of a classist society.
But you know sheeple are good for the ones who controls....
Even the so called "free education" is a bit dubious in Finland. In addition to a steady rate of achieving study credits (fair enough) which warrant your student benefit, the new system limits receiving the benefit to 4 years max. If you haven't graduated in that period, it's GTFO unless you have a side job. You cannot even raise more student loan as it is government-backed and tied to the student benefit. Now when you are forced to drop out of school in this situation, you suddenly get luxurious social welfare support which is more than enough money for good living. Studying should be the more attractive deal, not drinking booze at home.
That is true. But the feature set of C++ is explosivelingly more complex than of C's, that's what I meant. For example, one person can know essentially the whole language of C down to every nook and cranny. But one person cannot master the whole language of C++ to every minute detail. I'm not commenting on which one is better and which one is suitable for this or that task. Right tool for the right job.
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What's that?
But then again, it's bad if an extension or plugin crashes the whole browser.
In the world of Open Source, I would also like to see the sum total of Open Source web servers VS. IIS
Why? What makes "Open Source" so magical?
Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.
This is not true. There is probably some statistical probability which says that most headlines which end in a question mark can be answered with a "no". But not all of them.
I don't see how that follows. If you knew that sponsored open source projects were superior in quality to non sponsored open source projects, I don't see how that applies to non open sourced sponsored projects.
Closed source projects can simply directly sell their product.
Before you get too comfortable with that assertion, recall that Linux Torvalds wasn't being paid to develop Linux in the beginning nor for long after. Nor were his earliest assistants.
I'm still mostly comfortable with my assertion. :) I am talking about modern software, which is significantly more complex than early Linux. Indeed, it is the complexity and lines of code which makes it day by day harder to make meaningful software without it being a full-time paid commitment.
While volunteer contributors still represent a plurality among developers, over 80 percent of code is contributed by people who are paid for their work.
This. I've said it before and will say it again. The open source projects with most bugs and slowest development time are the ones without proper sponsors. That's why I also use a lot of commercial closed-source software myself, but do not have any particular grudge against OSS either. Just pay the developers properly, because complex, properly quality-assured modern software is impossible without that.
Now, can I please have Windows 9 with the Windows 7 and Windows Classic UI as options??
Actually there is a chance of exactly that happening.
I agree. It has to be realistically the better option. The 10 minutes of warnings and trailers have to be removed. The DRM has to be removed.
Well, let's at least not destroy this guy immediately. Maybe he has something good to bring to Microsoft as the CEO.
You hit the nail in the head. I'm an anti-piracy guy, but I see that piracy will be around for a long time. The best way to fight it is to make the legal route the easier and better deal.
It isn't even that hard, as TPB is actually a bad experience:
- The site is badly coded and the search function is rather crusty.
- It shoves annoying advertisements on your face to no end.
- Setting up a torrent client might be tasking for newbies.
- Video and audio previews are not easily available.
- Sometimes there are fake torrents and ones that contain malware.
- The download speeds are not stable and some content might not be available at all.
- There is no technical quality assurance for the content.
Ha. I always cringe when black hat crackers are called "security researchers". That's not research, it's malicious destroying of other people's systems and data.
Not directly related to Steam Music, but a simple feature for Grand Theft Auto games would be to have real radio stations (MP3 streamed) as the in-game radio stations.
I don't know. My school head does not know either.
study is a right, from start to your PhD , at most you pay for the books and a nominal fee (i.e 500 euro/year if your finances/family permits else it's free). Paying tens of thousands or getting debts before you even start working is simply barbaric and the heritage of a classist society. But you know sheeple are good for the ones who controls....
Which countries? Is it actually like that anywhere? See my comment above.
You sure are an angry man.
He says in the summary that quitting does not "feel right".
Even the so called "free education" is a bit dubious in Finland. In addition to a steady rate of achieving study credits (fair enough) which warrant your student benefit, the new system limits receiving the benefit to 4 years max. If you haven't graduated in that period, it's GTFO unless you have a side job. You cannot even raise more student loan as it is government-backed and tied to the student benefit. Now when you are forced to drop out of school in this situation, you suddenly get luxurious social welfare support which is more than enough money for good living. Studying should be the more attractive deal, not drinking booze at home.
Well, it is a clusterfuck. But the situation can be alleviated by just taking the features you need. For example, only classes, if you want to.
I carry a full-size wall clock in a backpack which I pull out to check the time.
That is true. But the feature set of C++ is explosivelingly more complex than of C's, that's what I meant. For example, one person can know essentially the whole language of C down to every nook and cranny. But one person cannot master the whole language of C++ to every minute detail. I'm not commenting on which one is better and which one is suitable for this or that task. Right tool for the right job.
Well, that certainly changes things a bit.
You are disabling a good amount of quite useful features there.
ACPI driver? ACPI does not need a manufacturer-specific driver. You probably mean ACPI WMI driver?
The Win+Q route has the advantage of seeing the desktop while typing.