I am not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but I'll bite. Java WebStart was a good idea that, for one reason or another, never caught on. People are still trying to figure out such a deployment model. When deploying a Java app, there are a lot of platform specifics you need to take into account to get a good user experience. WebStart was an attempt to make Java app deployment non-platform specific.
The difference is; people like the feel of brushed metal, but you can't "feel" a GUI. Brushed metal GUIs just look tacky. I prefer metals to plastics for devices. I recently bought a laptop and I only considered ones with magnesium shells because I don't trust the cheap plastic that a lot of manufacturers use.
The Internet has opened up new opportunities that the previous generation does not understand. Pop singer Lilly Allen practically launched her entire career through MySpace. The Internet is leveling the playing field and drowning out all of the "middle men" (i.e. the Labels).
That night Apple submitted a patent for "A handheld device capable of playback of digital audio."(No link needed, this is the full text of the submission) which was immediately, and without review, approved by the head of the USPTO himself.
That is a good catch. My point was that capacity is usually what is brought up as the biggest difference between the two formats. Since the OP did not seem to care about capacity, but only price and availability it should not be implied that it is really that important to him. There are many people who see capacity as the most important difference between the two. Omitting it as a deciding factor seems to imply the exact opposite, that is, the OP does not care about capacity. There are many markets out there that do not need the extra capacity and will continue to choose DVD until it is completely phased out.
Clusters are supercomputers. Supercomputers are clusters.
It might be nitpicking, but I think it would be more appropriate to say, "Clusters can be supercomputers. Supercomputers can be clusters." Because I can make a cluster that is not a supercomputer and make a supercomputer that is not a cluster.
Only a handful of the derivatives are officially supported by Ubuntu. The rest can just be considered customizations. I am not a Muslim, but I really like the green theme/artwork in the Muslim Edition, as seen in the screenshots. Hopefully these groups are providing meta-packages along with full install images.
The problem now is that, because of how widespread Windows is, the "open hardware" is made specifically for Windows. If you want to use much of the hardware for something other than Windows, you are on your own. While it is better than the single vendor system, it currently has some problems.
"HD content" can be put on any media that will hold a byte. One of the biggest reasons we have these new formats is that nobody wants to have to swap out/turn over discs multiple times just to watch a single movie. One of the biggest debates in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is over capacity. Some people want Blu-Ray because it is demonstrating higher capacity and potential for capacity. The OP made no mention of capacity, only that he wants a cheap and ubiquitous format. If those are your criteria, then DVD wins. Like it or not, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray still have to compete with DVD. Until they can compete on price and ubiquitousness, DVD can beat them in some markets. Don't just assume we should all just give up on DVD because some corporations said so. I personally hope both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray go the way of the Laser Disc and we get a third, better and more open, format. The spread of upscaling DVD players may just give the market enough time to come up with something new, but only time will tell. So I am not trying to be witty or funny, I just think that people should make the choice that is best for them and their needs without feeling forced to choose between two corporate coalitions trying to force feed "the future" to us.
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It is not implied. The OP made no mention of capacity being a deciding factor. You could package HD content on DVD, but to get a full length movie it would probably have to span multiple discs. Given the logic of the poster, the price of burners, price of media, and device support, DVD still wins even if you consider using it for HD content.
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If those are your only criteria, then regular DVD wins.
Ubuntu still contains most of the command line maintenance utilities. So if you learn how to use them, you can do remote administration. On the other hand, as long as your network latency isn't horrible, you can use the GUI tools remotely. This can be done using either VNC or X. I use X clients remotely all of the time from my Windows laptop using Xming, an X Server for Windows. Just make sure you use port forwarding in your SSH session and you are good to go.
It's not about which of the two is better. What a pluggable system provides is a way to further customize the performance of the Linux kernel to suit the application. Different users have different needs. I am sure some developer could figure out a scheduling algorithm that would be great for games but horrible for many other uses.
That is why Linus should have listened to Con Kolivas when he tried to introduce a pluggable scheduler system. With a modular system we could have CFS and the staircase scheduler and both problems solved.
I am wondering if slashdotters will love it or hate it if Microsoft went of and forked FreeBSD to create a new version of "Windows". Some would be happy because at least they are going to base it on Unix, but I think many people would complain about how Microsoft is abusing open source. Hopefully they would at least wait and see if Microsoft contributes any changes to the community. Hell, half of the work is already done for them if they would contribute a group to hack WINE for compatibility and then pull an OS X move by creating a brand new proprietary platform on top(since WINE is LGPL). Also, Mono is making great strides. An interesting question is; how much work would it take for Microsoft to hack WINE and Mono, or port their own code to Unix, to near full XP compatibility?
Just curious, what is advantage to putting your lvalues on the right of a comparison? Is it an optimization or just a "best practice"? I typically will put the subject of the comparison on the left. Which means between a constant/literal and an lvalue, the lvalue gets the left. Between to lvalues, I pick the one, which there almost always is, that is somehow more important to the logic of the control statement being compared for. I am a professional programmer, but have never heard of any rule or advantage regarding lvalues on the right of a comparison.
I love SG-1, but you have to admit that they had excercised all possible story outlets and even made some not so great ones up. While the Ori story arc was interesting, it was really just a rehash of the Go'uld (sp?) story arc. Atlantis is in danger of falling into the same trap and just reimplementing SG-1. The end of the last Atlantis season indicated a possibility of a new direction. So I am hopeful for the future of the Stargate universe.
You are thinking of the wrong people. Somebody makes money from the ridiculous ASCAP/BMI fees that are being extracted from American companies. The problem with the system is that there are too many middlemen riding the copyright profits wave.
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I am not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but I'll bite. Java WebStart was a good idea that, for one reason or another, never caught on. People are still trying to figure out such a deployment model. When deploying a Java app, there are a lot of platform specifics you need to take into account to get a good user experience. WebStart was an attempt to make Java app deployment non-platform specific.
The difference is; people like the feel of brushed metal, but you can't "feel" a GUI. Brushed metal GUIs just look tacky. I prefer metals to plastics for devices. I recently bought a laptop and I only considered ones with magnesium shells because I don't trust the cheap plastic that a lot of manufacturers use.
So does that mean we can turn sperm whales into something like a cargo ship?
Since most home computers do not have a registered domain name, I do not think home computers fall within the limits of this study.
The Internet has opened up new opportunities that the previous generation does not understand. Pop singer Lilly Allen practically launched her entire career through MySpace. The Internet is leveling the playing field and drowning out all of the "middle men" (i.e. the Labels).
Instead of "hate", the word "envy" might be more appropriate.
That night Apple submitted a patent for "A handheld device capable of playback of digital audio."(No link needed, this is the full text of the submission) which was immediately, and without review, approved by the head of the USPTO himself.
That is a good catch. My point was that capacity is usually what is brought up as the biggest difference between the two formats. Since the OP did not seem to care about capacity, but only price and availability it should not be implied that it is really that important to him. There are many people who see capacity as the most important difference between the two. Omitting it as a deciding factor seems to imply the exact opposite, that is, the OP does not care about capacity. There are many markets out there that do not need the extra capacity and will continue to choose DVD until it is completely phased out.
It might be nitpicking, but I think it would be more appropriate to say, "Clusters can be supercomputers. Supercomputers can be clusters." Because I can make a cluster that is not a supercomputer and make a supercomputer that is not a cluster.
Only a handful of the derivatives are officially supported by Ubuntu. The rest can just be considered customizations. I am not a Muslim, but I really like the green theme/artwork in the Muslim Edition, as seen in the screenshots. Hopefully these groups are providing meta-packages along with full install images.
The problem now is that, because of how widespread Windows is, the "open hardware" is made specifically for Windows. If you want to use much of the hardware for something other than Windows, you are on your own. While it is better than the single vendor system, it currently has some problems.
It appears that Ubuntu and Islam have already formed a joint venture, Ubuntu Muslim Edition, to avoid such comparisons.
"HD content" can be put on any media that will hold a byte. One of the biggest reasons we have these new formats is that nobody wants to have to swap out/turn over discs multiple times just to watch a single movie. One of the biggest debates in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is over capacity. Some people want Blu-Ray because it is demonstrating higher capacity and potential for capacity. The OP made no mention of capacity, only that he wants a cheap and ubiquitous format. If those are your criteria, then DVD wins. Like it or not, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray still have to compete with DVD. Until they can compete on price and ubiquitousness, DVD can beat them in some markets. Don't just assume we should all just give up on DVD because some corporations said so. I personally hope both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray go the way of the Laser Disc and we get a third, better and more open, format. The spread of upscaling DVD players may just give the market enough time to come up with something new, but only time will tell. So I am not trying to be witty or funny, I just think that people should make the choice that is best for them and their needs without feeling forced to choose between two corporate coalitions trying to force feed "the future" to us.
It is not implied. The OP made no mention of capacity being a deciding factor. You could package HD content on DVD, but to get a full length movie it would probably have to span multiple discs. Given the logic of the poster, the price of burners, price of media, and device support, DVD still wins even if you consider using it for HD content.
If those are your only criteria, then regular DVD wins.
Ubuntu still contains most of the command line maintenance utilities. So if you learn how to use them, you can do remote administration. On the other hand, as long as your network latency isn't horrible, you can use the GUI tools remotely. This can be done using either VNC or X. I use X clients remotely all of the time from my Windows laptop using Xming, an X Server for Windows. Just make sure you use port forwarding in your SSH session and you are good to go.
It's not about which of the two is better. What a pluggable system provides is a way to further customize the performance of the Linux kernel to suit the application. Different users have different needs. I am sure some developer could figure out a scheduling algorithm that would be great for games but horrible for many other uses.
That is why Linus should have listened to Con Kolivas when he tried to introduce a pluggable scheduler system. With a modular system we could have CFS and the staircase scheduler and both problems solved.
Mars is the red planet, so I guess China should get first dibs.
Oh look, he's got a "kidnapped sidekick" story ball.
I am wondering if slashdotters will love it or hate it if Microsoft went of and forked FreeBSD to create a new version of "Windows". Some would be happy because at least they are going to base it on Unix, but I think many people would complain about how Microsoft is abusing open source. Hopefully they would at least wait and see if Microsoft contributes any changes to the community. Hell, half of the work is already done for them if they would contribute a group to hack WINE for compatibility and then pull an OS X move by creating a brand new proprietary platform on top(since WINE is LGPL). Also, Mono is making great strides. An interesting question is; how much work would it take for Microsoft to hack WINE and Mono, or port their own code to Unix, to near full XP compatibility?
Just curious, what is advantage to putting your lvalues on the right of a comparison? Is it an optimization or just a "best practice"? I typically will put the subject of the comparison on the left. Which means between a constant/literal and an lvalue, the lvalue gets the left. Between to lvalues, I pick the one, which there almost always is, that is somehow more important to the logic of the control statement being compared for. I am a professional programmer, but have never heard of any rule or advantage regarding lvalues on the right of a comparison.
I love SG-1, but you have to admit that they had excercised all possible story outlets and even made some not so great ones up. While the Ori story arc was interesting, it was really just a rehash of the Go'uld (sp?) story arc. Atlantis is in danger of falling into the same trap and just reimplementing SG-1. The end of the last Atlantis season indicated a possibility of a new direction. So I am hopeful for the future of the Stargate universe.
Are you suggesting we put a "backdoor" in the flight control program? Anonymous Coward, you might be a Cylon agent and not even know.
You are thinking of the wrong people. Somebody makes money from the ridiculous ASCAP/BMI fees that are being extracted from American companies. The problem with the system is that there are too many middlemen riding the copyright profits wave.