Also, it measures defects for the number of opportunities instead of number of units, which is the old way.
For example, which is better: 1000 defecs for 1,000,000 cars or 100 defects for 1,000,000 pens?
If we consider that a car may have 10,000 opportunities for defects while pen manufacturing has maybe 5, the car factory would be in better shape than the pen factory.
Some time ago, Microsoft was advising people to put a Microsoft mug on the corner of their desk when the Oracle representative came around. This would cause an automatic 1 milion $$ discount on Oracle.
It seems that the wheels have moved. When it's time to renew your licenses or upgrade, but a tux doll on the corner of your desk, and see what happens.
I imagine that the OSX version is OpenGL. If that's the case, then most of the work to make the graphical portion of the game on Linux is already done.
But Linux is just impossible to support (too many distros, too many configurations, too many kernel versions, too many GUI environments, too many ways to fuck up, etc).
That's why Linux is great if you're in the business of selling support for Linux.
But Blizzard doesn't do that. They sell a "finished" product and hope for no support at all.
Sorry, but here we care only about free software. 2-4 CPU machines with loads of RAM to run Linux can cost a whole lot, but we'll be damned if we pay $100 for software that has millions lines of code and a ton of bundled applications.
And it's definately about free=freedom, otherwise we wouldn't have opteron and core duo 2 dicks in every orifice. We'd all be running sparcs.
At the end of the day, open source is all about free loading and acting smog.
1- Never connect a Windows PC to the internet without first connecting to an external firewall (such as a router). 2- Never install Linux, who knows who's been adding what to it. 3- Never use a MAC if you can't wash your hands after. 4- Never use FireFox, it sends your personnal information to Google. Use elinks for secure browsing.
> Isn't restructuring supposed to help you make sales instead of loose them ??!
No, it's supposed to reduce costs like expenses, delays and inventory.
Usually, it's best to look at the reasons why such things exist before removing them. Like keeping an inventory before a big sales event instead of just hoping that production will keep up with customer demand in real-time (aka takt-time).
It's clear that young women today have bigger tits than the previous generations. And now we know that the level testosterone is dropping to almost nothing in men.
I am not gonna say that it's a left-wing conspiracy, but I do think that this could also explain the increase of leftist mentality that has been slowly happening over the last decades (ie just not as a reaction to Bush).
Just like Romans used lead in their aqueducts, we seem to be poisonning ourselves. Hopefully the results will be different for us.
There is a nasty bug in Linux that makes the computer reboot every 49.7 days. The worst part is that this bug has been around for more than 10 years...
What good is a million eyes looking at the code if they are attached to half a million idiots?
I guess most people don't realize this because they need to recompile their kernel every other week, or they use Linux only to boot into illegal copies of Windows.
When will people just abandon KDE? It's the worst graphical environment for Linux in terms of stability and resource management, and it's the most complicated to use. It lacks a proper license that allows running commercial applications freely. Even Windows 3.1 didn't require to a special license just to run applications.
I have an iPod. I like the hardware but hate the software. iTunes makes a good player actually, but I can't stand Quicktime. iTunes is basically a trojan that wants to install Quicktime, which is a virus.
I recently purchased a Samsung mp3 player that had "Plays for sure" indicated on the box. That's a push by Microsoft for those who don't know. Well, I was pretty surprised to see that "Plays for Sure" basically uses Windows Media Player for a comptible MP3 player the same way as the iPod uses iTunes to manage songs. I was hoping for an old-fashion drag and drop. I haven't tried on a non-MS OS yet and I am not sure yet if Plays for Sure manages the library like iTunes does (partly meaning that it's "hooked" to one computer.)
At least Plays For Sure doesn't seem to rename the songs for no good reason. And the Samsung player has many hardware advantages over the iPod
I would recommend getting a player that's not an iPod and doesn't use Plays for Sure. And speaking of iPods, they are really not that great. When you try someting else, you don't go back.
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Also, it measures defects for the number of opportunities instead of number of units, which is the old way.
For example, which is better: 1000 defecs for 1,000,000 cars or 100 defects for 1,000,000 pens?
If we consider that a car may have 10,000 opportunities for defects while pen manufacturing has maybe 5, the car factory would be in better shape than the pen factory.
Some time ago, Microsoft was advising people to put a Microsoft mug on the corner of their desk when the Oracle representative came around. This would cause an automatic 1 milion $$ discount on Oracle.
It seems that the wheels have moved. When it's time to renew your licenses or upgrade, but a tux doll on the corner of your desk, and see what happens.
It should be released for the abacus soon as well.
I believe that Linus moved the kernel source from bitkeeper to subversion to hide his tracks regarding the SCO case.
Perhaps this event will also make it difficult for Microsoft to prove any patent claims?
Not according to this: http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/specs.html
If it's included, does it work right out of the box or do you have to go through all kinds of hoops to get it working?
If so, would that be good enough for the Blizzard experience?
Did Unreal Tournament 2004 sell almost 7 million copies to all kinds of demographics like World of Warcraft?
Does Unreal Tournament charge $15 a month for a service that works as perfectly as possible, as a business model?
I imagine that the OSX version is OpenGL. If that's the case, then most of the work to make the graphical portion of the game on Linux is already done.
But Linux is just impossible to support (too many distros, too many configurations, too many kernel versions, too many GUI environments, too many ways to fuck up, etc).
That's why Linux is great if you're in the business of selling support for Linux.
But Blizzard doesn't do that. They sell a "finished" product and hope for no support at all.
Always remember: The Medium is the Message, and the Message is the Audience (and the message is really stupid).
Sorry, but here we care only about free software. 2-4 CPU machines with loads of RAM to run Linux can cost a whole lot, but we'll be damned if we pay $100 for software that has millions lines of code and a ton of bundled applications.
And it's definately about free=freedom, otherwise we wouldn't have opteron and core duo 2 dicks in every orifice. We'd all be running sparcs.
At the end of the day, open source is all about free loading and acting smog.
Can linux withstand that kind of activity? No.
After less than a month it would go into a paging frenzy.
If we are talking about some kind of cluster with regular reboots for individual nodes, I could see that. Otherwise, I would recommend Solaris.
Debian will probably catch up to it in a year or two.
-Condescending
-Stubborn
-Insecure
-Ugly
In terms of usability, Linux ranks between Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
In terms of stability, Linux ranks between Windows NT and Windows 2000.
Why would people want to use something that doesn't do anything they want?
1- Never connect a Windows PC to the internet without first connecting to an external firewall (such as a router).
2- Never install Linux, who knows who's been adding what to it.
3- Never use a MAC if you can't wash your hands after.
4- Never use FireFox, it sends your personnal information to Google. Use elinks for secure browsing.
I think that covers it.
> Isn't restructuring supposed to help you make sales instead of loose them ??!
No, it's supposed to reduce costs like expenses, delays and inventory.
Usually, it's best to look at the reasons why such things exist before removing them. Like keeping an inventory before a big sales event instead of just hoping that production will keep up with customer demand in real-time (aka takt-time).
> If you want me to run something on MY computer, I have a RIGHT to see the source code.
I don't want you to run my software on your computer if you're not going to pay for it. So I guess we have an agreement then.
Similar to how P2P, pay-for newsgroups and free license generators are helping software companies?
Ahh, the slashdot dreamworld. So rosey...
I believe in that theory as well.
It's clear that young women today have bigger tits than the previous generations. And now we know that the level testosterone is dropping to almost nothing in men.
I am not gonna say that it's a left-wing conspiracy, but I do think that this could also explain the increase of leftist mentality that has been slowly happening over the last decades (ie just not as a reaction to Bush).
Just like Romans used lead in their aqueducts, we seem to be poisonning ourselves. Hopefully the results will be different for us.
This time, I'd vote for Al!
There is a nasty bug in Linux that makes the computer reboot every 49.7 days. The worst part is that this bug has been around for more than 10 years...
What good is a million eyes looking at the code if they are attached to half a million idiots?
I guess most people don't realize this because they need to recompile their kernel every other week, or they use Linux only to boot into illegal copies of Windows.
When running Linux is not enough.
Is it a Linux launch only?
If America wins the war on terror, Linux will be as good as dead.
Equally, there is a link between P2P activity and (lack of) economic growth inside and outside the US.
When will people just abandon KDE? It's the worst graphical environment for Linux in terms of stability and resource management, and it's the most complicated to use. It lacks a proper license that allows running commercial applications freely. Even Windows 3.1 didn't require to a special license just to run applications.
I have an iPod. I like the hardware but hate the software. iTunes makes a good player actually, but I can't stand Quicktime. iTunes is basically a trojan that wants to install Quicktime, which is a virus.
I recently purchased a Samsung mp3 player that had "Plays for sure" indicated on the box. That's a push by Microsoft for those who don't know. Well, I was pretty surprised to see that "Plays for Sure" basically uses Windows Media Player for a comptible MP3 player the same way as the iPod uses iTunes to manage songs. I was hoping for an old-fashion drag and drop. I haven't tried on a non-MS OS yet and I am not sure yet if Plays for Sure manages the library like iTunes does (partly meaning that it's "hooked" to one computer.)
At least Plays For Sure doesn't seem to rename the songs for no good reason. And the Samsung player has many hardware advantages over the iPod
I would recommend getting a player that's not an iPod and doesn't use Plays for Sure. And speaking of iPods, they are really not that great. When you try someting else, you don't go back.
Until kernel 2.6, Linux didn't even support multithreading. Now it's a nicer hack. But this speaks volumes.
At least Linux 2.8 should get a boost in the stability department with Han Reiser in jail.
Don't get me wrong though. I love Linux. I just think it should run where it belongs: watches, calculators and vending machines.