I agree... However, how hard is it to post an unmodified interview along with the obviously *majorly* modified interview. I mean, after all, we're talking a web page here. They can cut & paste 90% of it. (unless they cut a LOT of material!) Ethan
I don't think that's very fair to any of the/. maintainers OR Andover. I have been reading Slashdot for a long time, and I have noticed nothing but improvements overall. I don't think it's been long enough to really know for sure how the Andover buyout will affect Slashdot, but it sure seems to be getting off to a good start.
Heaven forbid that the/. maintainers should do something other than post stories for YOUR amusement every once in a while...
Keep up the good work, guys. Here's to hoping Andover makes a good steward for Slashdot/Freshmeat/whoever else. Ethan
I have always felt (from his posts to linux-kernel, etc) that he spoke English very well. Better than most of the people here in the midwestern US, as a matter of fact.;-) I wondered about their motivation myself.
I thought it was a good interview (more actual content than any other I've seen, I think), but I was a little perturbed at all the [editorial] modifications. Not to say that they didn't do a good job, but seeing [all of] those insertions/changes just makes me wonder what he *really* said.;-)
Not that I think there is any deception, just that I want to KNOW what slang Linus used.
I have to say I voted for William Shockley, for that very reason. I also think you could have been a little more polite in your diatribe, although I do agree with the spirit of what you're saying.;-)
The guy wrote a clone of Unix (which I'm surprised he didn't get sued for doing) with great organization and happened to release it freely so other Unix lovers could use it also. This meant hacking your own drivers for the hardware but in time people cover those faster then you can so you just use theirs.
Not to be pedantic, he did not get sued because Linux is a cleanroom implementation of the POSIX standard, not a recreation of any particular Unix system.
Reverse engineering is legal if you don't have access to the source...
BTW, your point was well taken. I don't mean to shift the topic of your argument.:-) Linus is NOT a god; however, he is someone that many of us (myself included) respect and admire for his achievements.
I seem to be running Netscape 4.6 on RedHat 6.0... As a matter of fact, it's a RedHat RPM if I remember correctly. What seems to be the problem when you get it?
Yeah, I guess I worded that poorly. I know the fb doesn't do 3D... I understood that there was a lot more 2D stuff, too, though. I haven't looked at the source or anything. Ethan
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If it helps, I wanted to moderate that down, but I'm out of moderation points.:-( Ethan (who deserves more points!;-)
This is certainly a good question, as my Xserver segfaulted over night last night... I'm not sure if I should blame it on E-0.16 or the new Xserver, though.;-) Ethan
Firstly, MS Office is not a standard, standards are properly documented open formats that are usualy (but not always) well thought out, sensible and portable. HTML, XML, ASCII text, TeX, Ansi C, HTTP and XPM are all "standards", a crappy, proprietary, backwards and forwards incompatible, binary document format is not a standard.
I'm sorry to add fuel to the fire, but you left out the important words de facto from his post. Look them up.;-)
I didn't care much for it, either, so I got the american pronunciation version. (kal-diphone, I believe) Poke around on the Festival homepage and you're sure to find it! Ethan
I had good luck using esddsp with festival. It does seem to produce its output at 8bit, though, and does not sound as good as without EsounD. It is very understandable, though.
There may be a way to fix those minor caveats, I didn't spend much time on it. It worked well enough for me. *And* I could redirect the audio to another server for extra kicks... It's great to watch someone jump as their computer starts talking to them! Ethan
Neither can a digital signature. The content of the signature depends not only on your private key, but also on the content of the message. A signature that signs a specific document WILL NOT (statistically, anyhow) sign any other document.
There are some great articles that explain how all this works... Look to www.gnupg.org for their URL's, as I don't remember them off the top of my head.
I called nVidia and actually got to talk to a live person... He told me that he "was not aware of" any work being done on the Linux front, but that he would get back with me. That was at about 2:30 local time, it is 7:30 now... No phone call. I haven't quite given up on that call yet, but I'm not holding my breath, either.
It's not looking pretty... I asked about spec releases, and he got back on the driver topic pretty quick. I dunno if that's because he thought I was more concerned about drivers or because specs just aren't going to happen.
My personal favorite TV show (though it is in reruns) is SailorMoon. For those of you that've never seen it, if you're in the US (Possibly other NA countries and parts of Europe? I dunno how far it reaches...), you can currently catch it on the Cartoon Network (at 4PM in EST (GMT -5), check your local listings).
Just my $.02.
"In the name of the Moon... I will punish you!" -- Sailor Moon
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I agree... However, how hard is it to post an unmodified interview along with the obviously *majorly* modified interview. I mean, after all, we're talking a web page here. They can cut & paste 90% of it. (unless they cut a LOT of material!)
Ethan
I don't think that's very fair to any of the /. maintainers OR Andover. I have been reading Slashdot for a long time, and I have noticed nothing but improvements overall. I don't think it's been long enough to really know for sure how the Andover buyout will affect Slashdot, but it sure seems to be getting off to a good start.
/. maintainers should do something other than post stories for YOUR amusement every once in a while...
Heaven forbid that the
Keep up the good work, guys. Here's to hoping Andover makes a good steward for Slashdot/Freshmeat/whoever else.
Ethan
I have always felt (from his posts to linux-kernel, etc) that he spoke English very well. Better than most of the people here in the midwestern US, as a matter of fact. ;-) I wondered about their motivation myself.
I thought it was a good interview (more actual content than any other I've seen, I think), but I was a little perturbed at all the [editorial] modifications. Not to say that they didn't do a good job, but seeing [all of] those insertions/changes just makes me wonder what he *really* said. ;-)
Not that I think there is any deception, just that I want to KNOW what slang Linus used.
All in all, kudos to Upside, though.
Ethan
I have to say I voted for William Shockley, for that very reason. I also think you could have been a little more polite in your diatribe, although I do agree with the spirit of what you're saying. ;-)
Ethan
The guy wrote a clone of Unix (which I'm surprised he didn't get sued for doing) with great organization and happened to release it freely so other Unix lovers could use it also. This meant hacking your own drivers for the hardware but in time people cover those faster then you can so you just use theirs.
Not to be pedantic, he did not get sued because Linux is a cleanroom implementation of the POSIX standard, not a recreation of any particular Unix system.
Reverse engineering is legal if you don't have access to the source...
BTW, your point was well taken. I don't mean to shift the topic of your argument.
Ethan
I seem to be running Netscape 4.6 on RedHat 6.0... As a matter of fact, it's a RedHat RPM if I remember correctly. What seems to be the problem when you get it?
Yeah, I guess I worded that poorly. I know the fb doesn't do 3D... I understood that there was a lot more 2D stuff, too, though. I haven't looked at the source or anything.
Ethan
If it helps, I wanted to moderate that down, but I'm out of moderation points. :-( ;-)
Ethan (who deserves more points!
This is certainly a good question, as my Xserver segfaulted over night last night... I'm not sure if I should blame it on E-0.16 or the new Xserver, though. ;-)
Ethan
How difficult would it be to use these drivers as reference for creating a RIVA TNT kernel framebuffer driver? Will this make that a lot easier?
I, for one, like the idea of a unified framebuffer interface across platforms; I would *love* to see some more explicit HW support.
If I'm barking up the wrong tree, forgive me... I'm not a device driver programmer. (Yet!)
Ethan
I'm sorry to add fuel to the fire, but you left out the important words de facto from his post. Look them up.
Ethan
I didn't care much for it, either, so I got the american pronunciation version. (kal-diphone, I believe) Poke around on the Festival homepage and you're sure to find it!
Ethan
I had good luck using esddsp with festival. It does seem to produce its output at 8bit, though, and does not sound as good as without EsounD. It is very understandable, though.
There may be a way to fix those minor caveats, I didn't spend much time on it. It worked well enough for me. *And* I could redirect the audio to another server for extra kicks... It's great to watch someone jump as their computer starts talking to them!
Ethan
Neither can a digital signature. The content of the signature depends not only on your private key, but also on the content of the message. A signature that signs a specific document WILL NOT (statistically, anyhow) sign any other document.
There are some great articles that explain how all this works... Look to www.gnupg.org for their URL's, as I don't remember them off the top of my head.
I called nVidia and actually got to talk to a live person... He told me that he "was not aware of" any work being done on the Linux front, but that he would get back with me. That was at about 2:30 local time, it is 7:30 now... No phone call. I haven't quite given up on that call yet, but I'm not holding my breath, either.
It's not looking pretty... I asked about spec releases, and he got back on the driver topic pretty quick. I dunno if that's because he thought I was more concerned about drivers or because specs just aren't going to happen.
Cross your fingers, fellow TNT users!
Just my $.02.
"In the name of the Moon... I will punish you!" -- Sailor Moon
Ethan