>Do you seriously thing that an automaker would >advertise their engine as having only 140 hp if >with a small software change they could get 160 >hp? I mean come on.
Single brand (Porsche, BMW) companies usually don't - but those who have luxury brands and ordinary brands (Toyota, Honda, VW, Nissan, Ford, GM...) do. They want to share parts to reduce cost, but have to intentionally downtune the cheaper brands to prevent it from competing with its own luxury brands.
>These programs {KaZaA, etc.) are blocked because >the owners feel that they promote activities which >are immoral and wrong
"Immoral and wrong" eat my shit. You'd better have said "illegal", or admit that the bandwidth saving is the original intention and NOT a side effect.
How do you define "immaral" or "wrong"? Is swearing "wrong"? If so, you might want to block slashdot and IRC as well. Is porn "immoral"? If so you might as well block HTTP as well.
So, my opinion is, your post contradicts with your action. Either:
A: you are a damn lier, or B: your employer has successfully brainwashed you
FYI, Outlook's calendaring still works, does not require Exchange, and will spill out nice iCalendar MIME media type if you don't use it with an Exchange server.
>I'm an exception. I'm a poweruser and I know >what I'm doing, so I don't mind editing some >configuration files.
I don't mind too, but it seems to me that there's a better system out there, namely put all fonts into one directory, and let the system identify them - it is not "Install Shield" dumb, but you don't have to edit any config files (think about it, it is a process to help the computer to find the fonts) either.
It is both an easy and a powerful concept for Windows users or people like us.
Never mind. The sarcasm is not obvious enough I guess. Should you have put the disclaimer on top instead of at the bottom of your comment, you would have saved us a lot of *OUR* keystrokes.
>It's slow: not any more. Many years ago, all X >communication took place via network sockets. >This involved lots of unnecessary overhead. So >the XFree team implemented the shared memory >extension, eliminating the need for network IO. >Result? Big speed gain
Yeah we can play fast games on X but window dragging with content is still very jerky compared to X on SGI, Exceed on Solaris over a network, and Windows (they're all silky smooth). Until this one is fixed, XFree86 is still very unresponsive to me.
>Fonts suck: this is largely because good fonts >are difficult to make and cost money. Until >recently XFree didn't support TrueType fonts, so >you couldn't use the Microsoft ones either >(which are very good and available for free). >Recently some new (good) fonts were donated to >XFree by a font company, I forget the names. >This, combined with true antialiasing as seen in >the GNOME 2 screenshots (and in KDE too), mean >fonts finally look good on a well set up Linux >box. It'll take some time for these changes to >filter through to all Linux distros, but really, >fonts are well on their way to being an ex- >problem.
The problem does not lie in the availability of fonts, it is in the installation of fonts. Even if I'm completely satisfied with the quality of existing fonts, installing them and get them recognized by all applications are royal PITA.
It *should* ideally be just a "copy-font-file-to-directory" operation. Flexibility sometimes is a liability, especially when we're talking about things like font directories. font aliases? mkfontdir? Gimme a break - sometimes I just think it is a good idea to have a "File Hierarchy Standard" for XFree. I say hardcode the font directory!!
Remember, you have to *SIGN* to purchase something with a credit card - it'd be an incredibly convenient idea for MS if they stick an EULA on a bill and say "if you sign this credit card bill you agree to the EULA".
How To Solve It, by G Polya, is also a very good math book. It actually was more interesting to me than some other books with more symbols when I read it during high school.
It proved to be so useful even after I've entered and graduated from university, and beyond.
I'm not saying that the UI of Eclipse is not immensely powerful. It might be. I don't know - ignorance? You are absolutely correct. How can I know anything about Eclipse if I don't know about it - all I've been using so far to edit my C++ code are vi and nedit with automake and other scripts.
That's exactly WHY you need screenshots. I'm not attacking the quality of the UI, only the lack of a screenshot on the site which is the first step to cure ignorance about something new.
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It happens in the computer world too. Remember the Celeron 450...er...300? And the i486 "SX"?
>Do you seriously thing that an automaker would
>advertise their engine as having only 140 hp if
>with a small software change they could get 160
>hp? I mean come on.
Single brand (Porsche, BMW) companies usually don't - but those who have luxury brands and ordinary brands (Toyota, Honda, VW, Nissan, Ford, GM...) do. They want to share parts to reduce cost, but have to intentionally downtune the cheaper brands to prevent it from competing with its own luxury brands.
>These programs {KaZaA, etc.) are blocked because
>the owners feel that they promote activities which
>are immoral and wrong
"Immoral and wrong" eat my shit. You'd better have said "illegal", or admit that the bandwidth saving is the original intention and NOT a side effect.
How do you define "immaral" or "wrong"? Is swearing "wrong"? If so, you might want to block slashdot and IRC as well. Is porn "immoral"? If so you might as well block HTTP as well.
So, my opinion is, your post contradicts with your action. Either:
A: you are a damn lier, or
B: your employer has successfully brainwashed you
Both are correctable, so don't panic.
Nedit addresses it. It is by far the most balanced editor in terms of power and ease of use.
Unbalanced editors are (IMHO, no flamewar intented), emacs, nano.
FYI, Outlook's calendaring still works, does not require Exchange, and will spill out nice iCalendar MIME media type if you don't use it with an Exchange server.
>I'm an exception. I'm a poweruser and I know
>what I'm doing, so I don't mind editing some
>configuration files.
I don't mind too, but it seems to me that there's a better system out there, namely put all fonts into one directory, and let the system identify them - it is not "Install Shield" dumb, but you don't have to edit any config files (think about it, it is a process to help the computer to find the fonts) either.
It is both an easy and a powerful concept for Windows users or people like us.
Never mind. The sarcasm is not obvious enough I guess. Should you have put the disclaimer on top instead of at the bottom of your comment, you would have saved us a lot of *OUR* keystrokes.
>CDs are licensed for the use of the purchaser
>ONLY
Well son, CDs are BOUGHT, not licensed. Your friend can lend you his CD, no problem.
The law only kicks in when you try to COPY the CD. It is why COPYright laws are so named.
So you're using kfontinst. May I ask you a question - WHY does this program exist?
Is it a cure to the root of the problem or just a mere workaround so that we no longer see the symtoms?
IMHO, an operation as simple as adding a font should NOT require a separate program. If you can choose between
A: to install fonts with kfontinst, and
B: copying the font file to a directory
What is your choice?
hm. Interesting. Am I mistaken, or are kwm/konqueror, sawfish/nautilus no longer different programs?
>It's slow: not any more. Many years ago, all X
>communication took place via network sockets.
>This involved lots of unnecessary overhead. So
>the XFree team implemented the shared memory
>extension, eliminating the need for network IO.
>Result? Big speed gain
Yeah we can play fast games on X but window dragging with content is still very jerky compared to X on SGI, Exceed on Solaris over a network, and Windows (they're all silky smooth). Until this one is fixed, XFree86 is still very unresponsive to me.
>Fonts suck: this is largely because good fonts
>are difficult to make and cost money. Until
>recently XFree didn't support TrueType fonts, so
>you couldn't use the Microsoft ones either
>(which are very good and available for free).
>Recently some new (good) fonts were donated to
>XFree by a font company, I forget the names.
>This, combined with true antialiasing as seen in
>the GNOME 2 screenshots (and in KDE too), mean
>fonts finally look good on a well set up Linux
>box. It'll take some time for these changes to
>filter through to all Linux distros, but really,
>fonts are well on their way to being an ex-
>problem.
The problem does not lie in the availability of fonts, it is in the installation of fonts. Even if I'm completely satisfied with the quality of existing fonts, installing them and get them recognized by all applications are royal PITA.
It *should* ideally be just a "copy-font-file-to-directory" operation. Flexibility sometimes is a liability, especially when we're talking about things like font directories. font aliases? mkfontdir? Gimme a break - sometimes I just think it is a good idea to have a "File Hierarchy Standard" for XFree. I say hardcode the font directory!!
Do you think it is really a cure to the root of the problem, or is it just a hack to work around the problem so that we look away from the symtoms?
I don't want a tool just to install fonts. It should just be a copy-into-directory operation.
Please mod parent up - very informative.
A more responsive GUI is key. I still think X is sluggish because I happen to resize and move windows around alot with content drawing on.
Can anything be done so that this single operation (which contributes to a lot of perceived responsiveness) would be brought up to Windows speed?
Then explain to me what I have observed:
Test:
1. Turn on "display window contents while moving" on a platform.
2. Drag a window around.
Results:
Windows: Smooth
X on SGI Octane: Smooth
Exceed on Solaris 8: Smooth
XFree86 (any version) on Linux: Jerky
Do you mean all the other OS put a GUI in their kernels? I highly doubt so.
Yeah it looks good, but that's AFTER you have installed everything right. I'm still at a loss sometimes when I try to install a new font.
Ideally, it should just be a "copy-into-directory" operation.
Remember, you have to *SIGN* to purchase something with a credit card - it'd be an incredibly convenient idea for MS if they stick an EULA on a bill and say "if you sign this credit card bill you agree to the EULA".
Any thoughts?
How To Solve It, by G Polya, is also a very good math book. It actually was more interesting to me than some other books with more symbols when I read it during high school.
It proved to be so useful even after I've entered and graduated from university, and beyond.
You can't judge the UI of the app based on a few screenshots. However, you also cannot judge the UI of the app without any. Enuf said.
I'm not saying that the UI of Eclipse is not immensely powerful. It might be. I don't know - ignorance? You are absolutely correct. How can I know anything about Eclipse if I don't know about it - all I've been using so far to edit my C++ code are vi and nedit with automake and other scripts.
That's exactly WHY you need screenshots. I'm not attacking the quality of the UI, only the lack of a screenshot on the site which is the first step to cure ignorance about something new.
Hope it helps you understand my post better.
Do they regard screenshots as shallow first impression or something, why isn't there a screenshot link in their home page?
It is without any doubt *THE* most important information a first-timer can get about any program with a GUI.
Friggin "no-screenshot" religion.
when this happens xbox will be obsolete :)
Well. If a Xbox with a modchip runs the program, I'll call it a success. Afterall, it's the whole point.
So, what they can do:
Use the SDK to build gcc.
Use the resulting gcc to build gcc2
gcc2 is then MS-free. Now distribute gcc2.
Is it a classic case of "put-your-name-beside-the-big-ones-so-that-you-loo k-big-too"?
Come on, NYTimes.com isn't a "big-name" Web site by any measure.
I'll gladly take the old money away from your hands. Email me.