Lately buying the lastest special combo beats web purchases of old hardware for testing in all but the most special cases. In those cases either have a warranty, seller test, or expect trouble if its bleeding edge and use forums.
I'd bet that's a Canadian Coke. I visited there once and could even taste the difference in Heinz ketchup as it has sugar there. US manufacturers using sugar get my business instead of Coke or Heinz now.
These companies are asking to be replaced with "Natural Brew Root Beer" (Smuckers, actually) and unsecured games like "World of Goo".
I've seen that info here & there (as have all Slashdot readers), but unifying it and targeting non-geeks with a few graphs & lists might be attractive.
Should it be done? All I know is cold-calls are hard & I've avoided marketing ever since. I will pass that question off to someone else.
I've used each piece of info you've mentioned at some time to explain Linux, so it may be a good resource for geeks with friends too.
Agreed! I'd say I'm a programmer because of fun books I found that taught me programming basics through building games & tweaking physics, sounds, etc.
There was nothing easy about it. Kids prefer a challenge.
Every program with source should work on ARM [except things like Wine's pass thru x86 instructions (Windows) expecting an x86 processor]. That includes VLC, Gnash, Firefox, Webkit, etc.
Additionally, There are nice Adobe-supported ARM Flash players for Linux in the Maemo stack. Google's working to get a better one than it into Android (Linux on ARM).
As for using decoder chips, it would be a matter of a kernel driver & a player that could interact with it. Anyone know?
Extending this further, do people have the right to fix software bugs in PC software?
This could begin mandating source availability for purchased software. This could be interesting.
USB Video card:
I'm fairly certain I saw these around once. It may simplify things, but I don't know if X is ready for random display additions.
Crossover cable:
If you're physically there, plug a laptop into the hub and connect to it.
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If it didn't boot though, you may be unable to use either of these. That's when having a lightweight host for a paravirtualized Linux guest sounds good for updates and restarts. TIP: most modern distros recognize they're being paravirtualized and simply work at great speed improvements over CPU virtualization.
If you're new to this, try Virtual Machine Manager (GTK), the new Redhat web-based one, or anything else that runs atop libvirt.
Programmers aren't getting smarter. It would be nice if OS maintainers realized that and better separated UI threads & work threads as a standard practice. It has been done well before.
I've heard that go both ways. In Psychology class they had people answer a long questionnaire and paid some $3 and others $100, then did a followup call: "Your information was helpful. Was it enjoyable?"
Those paid almost nothing thought they were doing it for the good of science, and enjoyed it. Those well-paid assumed they did it for money and got little enjoyment from it.
Applying that: The perceived benefit may be higher for those who buy cheaper sugar pills as the perceived personal benefit was higher for those underpaid for their answering work. It will be interesting to see if the same charity concept applies.
The cost of getting rid of cable justified buying the box & a pcHDTV tuner, and it paid for itself in 10 months. Shows worth watching over are are usually 11pm-5am.
Best of all, the people getting your money are then hardware guys.
Grayed-out options: Have you ever worked tech support & tried to explain why some option is there, but it's not really.
Submenus:
Tell someone over 70 to first move your mouse over this, then over that. See how long it takes before they give up.
Checkboxes:
If menus aren't persistent until I dismiss them, how will I know if I correctly clicked that option or just missed?
Option Hiding:
And I don't mean the Office 2003 kind. Any option that's task-specific-enabled that isn't visible when usable is very confusing (Lotus Notes). This is why right-clicking was invented.
Dropdown menus benefit neither power users nor newbies. I'd personally prefer them replaced by a mini command line and a tutorial button... it works great for AutoCad.
I upgrade all the time for both home & office PCs. Though I use Ubuntu exclusively, so it's a free venture.
The foundations of PCs have mostly been ironed out, but I use & program on PCs every day and I'm always finding something new to try out, learn, or work with. It helps that the software, though simple, is all free and central so I can play with things like Vector Art "just because" while being unconcerned about viruses or problems while wondering into that unknown.
The ever-expanding package selection in the central Ubuntu repos is a big draw.
I doubt it. I've programmed on the N800 running the same Maemo system. They recommend programming on a PC first, then copying it over, but I only used that to upgrade the OS (before it had Wireless OS upgrades).
Now, I program in Python (pyGame, PyGTK) on the phone itself using a bluetooth keyboard.
I never paid anyone anything after I bought the device, even though I got 2 OS upgrades and 100s of games & programs off the different repos.
Do you know what SSL stack Lotus Notes uses?
Nope, no one cares. You don't even see Lotus Notes advertised much anymore, even though it has more *active* seats than any email client in the world.
Everyone's watching their advertising dollars.
For regular use, there's no need for the command line / shell. Even advanced users changing resolutions, installing programs, adding hardware never need a command line in Desktop Linuxes.
Then there's the home user with something broken. In the Linux world, a web search often reveals a 1-liner to solve it all or get debug rolling.
Often Windows lacks this documentation, so off to technical support where the walk-thrus are ridiculous and ever-changing. Any admin/tech who has spent time with Windows & Linux can appreciate getting something done in an instant in the command line.
Side-Note: Admins like the command-line for servers not primarily for resources, but for script-ability. Computers were _intended_ to be about automation, right?
Visit Ubuntu.com and try Linux. Use Synaptic to install Wine if you're worried about a few programs not running. Worst case, VirtualBox will run windows (XP recommended, but anything runs) for those last few stubborn programs, driver-problem-free.
It just needs a blank CD or 2gb USB drive.
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Lately buying the lastest special combo beats web purchases of old hardware for testing in all but the most special cases. In those cases either have a warranty, seller test, or expect trouble if its bleeding edge and use forums.
Agreed. One of the strong points it shares with google is easy conversion to on-premise.
I'd bet that's a Canadian Coke. I visited there once and could even taste the difference in Heinz ketchup as it has sugar there. US manufacturers using sugar get my business instead of Coke or Heinz now.
These companies are asking to be replaced with "Natural Brew Root Beer" (Smuckers, actually) and unsecured games like "World of Goo".
I've seen that info here & there (as have all Slashdot readers), but unifying it and targeting non-geeks with a few graphs & lists might be attractive.
Should it be done? All I know is cold-calls are hard & I've avoided marketing ever since. I will pass that question off to someone else.
I've used each piece of info you've mentioned at some time to explain Linux, so it may be a good resource for geeks with friends too.
1. Everything Ubuntu can offer is available for ARM: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/arm
4. W32Codecs is obsolete since FFMPEG does WMV & Quicktime. Real player is in Helix. All these are distributed by source and should work on ARM.
Agreed! I'd say I'm a programmer because of fun books I found that taught me programming basics through building games & tweaking physics, sounds, etc.
There was nothing easy about it. Kids prefer a challenge.
Every program with source should work on ARM [except things like Wine's pass thru x86 instructions (Windows) expecting an x86 processor]. That includes VLC, Gnash, Firefox, Webkit, etc.
Additionally, There are nice Adobe-supported ARM Flash players for Linux in the Maemo stack. Google's working to get a better one than it into Android (Linux on ARM).
As for using decoder chips, it would be a matter of a kernel driver & a player that could interact with it. Anyone know?
Extending this further, do people have the right to fix software bugs in PC software?
This could begin mandating source availability for purchased software. This could be interesting.
I was thinking the same. How about gameplay as a measure of games?
USB Video card: I'm fairly certain I saw these around once. It may simplify things, but I don't know if X is ready for random display additions.
Crossover cable: If you're physically there, plug a laptop into the hub and connect to it. --------
If it didn't boot though, you may be unable to use either of these. That's when having a lightweight host for a paravirtualized Linux guest sounds good for updates and restarts. TIP: most modern distros recognize they're being paravirtualized and simply work at great speed improvements over CPU virtualization.
If you're new to this, try Virtual Machine Manager (GTK), the new Redhat web-based one, or anything else that runs atop libvirt.
+1 Favorite slashdot analogy.
Programmers aren't getting smarter. It would be nice if OS maintainers realized that and better separated UI threads & work threads as a standard practice. It has been done well before.
I've heard that go both ways. In Psychology class they had people answer a long questionnaire and paid some $3 and others $100, then did a followup call:
"Your information was helpful. Was it enjoyable?"
Those paid almost nothing thought they were doing it for the good of science, and enjoyed it. Those well-paid assumed they did it for money and got little enjoyment from it.
Applying that: The perceived benefit may be higher for those who buy cheaper sugar pills as the perceived personal benefit was higher for those underpaid for their answering work. It will be interesting to see if the same charity concept applies.
You know mythtv works great for hdtv over air?
The cost of getting rid of cable justified buying the box & a pcHDTV tuner, and it paid for itself in 10 months. Shows worth watching over are are usually 11pm-5am.
Best of all, the people getting your money are then hardware guys.
Grayed-out options:
... it works great for AutoCad.
Have you ever worked tech support & tried to explain why some option is there, but it's not really.
Submenus:
Tell someone over 70 to first move your mouse over this, then over that. See how long it takes before they give up.
Checkboxes:
If menus aren't persistent until I dismiss them, how will I know if I correctly clicked that option or just missed?
Option Hiding:
And I don't mean the Office 2003 kind. Any option that's task-specific-enabled that isn't visible when usable is very confusing (Lotus Notes). This is why right-clicking was invented.
Dropdown menus benefit neither power users nor newbies. I'd personally prefer them replaced by a mini command line and a tutorial button
I upgrade all the time for both home & office PCs. Though I use Ubuntu exclusively, so it's a free venture.
The foundations of PCs have mostly been ironed out, but I use & program on PCs every day and I'm always finding something new to try out, learn, or work with. It helps that the software, though simple, is all free and central so I can play with things like Vector Art "just because" while being unconcerned about viruses or problems while wondering into that unknown.
The ever-expanding package selection in the central Ubuntu repos is a big draw.
int done = FALSE;
int x = 0, y = 0;
int target = WHATEVER;
int multiArray[100][100];
init(&multiArray);
do{
do{
if (multiArray[x][y] == needle)
done=TRUE;
}while (!done && y++ < 100);
}while (!done && x++ < 100);
I doubt it. I've programmed on the N800 running the same Maemo system. They recommend programming on a PC first, then copying it over, but I only used that to upgrade the OS (before it had Wireless OS upgrades).
Now, I program in Python (pyGame, PyGTK) on the phone itself using a bluetooth keyboard.
I never paid anyone anything after I bought the device, even though I got 2 OS upgrades and 100s of games & programs off the different repos.
But it would be decades, if not centuries.
I've heard this before, but Free software's interest is accelerating not only with tinkerers, but with companies (Dell didn't ship Linux 5 years ago).
...winning the game by produc(ing) better and better software for lower and lower prices
Code commit count ~= software improvements
Whoever has the most commits wins, and open source has 10x the committers.
Do you know what SSL stack Lotus Notes uses? Nope, no one cares. You don't even see Lotus Notes advertised much anymore, even though it has more *active* seats than any email client in the world. Everyone's watching their advertising dollars.
Asus is the easiest one to "return Windows" with. Don't open the box, call support, drive it to the local shop, get $65. I did it.
Ummm, you know about the Internet?
Different Scenarios:
1. Regular use
2. Repair
For regular use, there's no need for the command line / shell. Even advanced users changing resolutions, installing programs, adding hardware never need a command line in Desktop Linuxes.
Then there's the home user with something broken. In the Linux world, a web search often reveals a 1-liner to solve it all or get debug rolling.
Often Windows lacks this documentation, so off to technical support where the walk-thrus are ridiculous and ever-changing. Any admin/tech who has spent time with Windows & Linux can appreciate getting something done in an instant in the command line.
Side-Note: Admins like the command-line for servers not primarily for resources, but for script-ability. Computers were _intended_ to be about automation, right?
Visit Ubuntu.com and try Linux. Use Synaptic to install Wine if you're worried about a few programs not running. Worst case, VirtualBox will run windows (XP recommended, but anything runs) for those last few stubborn programs, driver-problem-free. It just needs a blank CD or 2gb USB drive.
Virtualbox got DirectX guests on Linux Hosts recently (3.0?). It was a slashdot article too.