the phrase Internet telephony will sound as archaic as 'horseless carriage' sounds today.
Well, we used to call it just "net phony", but people kept confusing it with dating services.
We should probably think up a totally different name for it. Internet telephony has telephone in it, so every city councilman in the land thinks you should pay him money to use it. Just start calling it voip, pronounced as a monosyllabic word, as in "I'll voip you later" instead of "I'll phone you later." That way they will think it is different.
... portage has replaced makefiles and instead uses a python based solution.
I like Python and use it often, but makefiles are highly specialised for this sort of thing, so I don't really think that Python is appropriate here.
... you can specify stuff like "X ssl gtk -kde -cups" and stuff like that...
This capability already exists within the BSD ports collection, with slightly different syntax. For example, I normally install new versions of Mozilla as such:
# cd/usr/ports/www/mozilla
# make install WITH_CALENDAR=yes
I use the Mozilla Calendar to keep track of when I am supposed to be somewhere even though it is currently considered development-only, and therefore isn't built by default.
As a FreeBSD user, my question is this: How exactly is this different from the ports tree? I thought that it was basically the same. I am glad to see somebody doing it, though.
... on a dial-up connection, this would cost around GBP 9.20 on a typical UK internet access package.
Wow, that really sucks. Here in the USA, $20 per month will get you unlimited dialup access to just about anywhere, except for some isolated rural locations. An (almost) unlimited high-speed connection can usually be had for $40 per month. You should start up an ISP with that sort of pricing structure, you'd make a killing.
MS is already saying that the broswer needs to be tied to OS revisions, and down the line I wouldn't be suprised if they say they need to control exactly what hardware is in there for security purposes.
That would be the final step in copying MacOS after all: Microsoft LonghornOS: available on the new Microsoft LonghornPC.
10. Hey buddy, stop whining that you can't come back! Resurrection only happens in the Hindu RPG.
The Buddhist RPG would have resurrection too, but the only way to win the game would be to break the cycle of resurrection by unplugging your computer.
... My father-in-law is the chief scientist to the Canadian Space Agency. Let me tell you, I think with his multiple PhDs, international recognition and awards, he is perfectly capable of performing his capacity of deciding on what projects are worth spending money on and out-performing the private sector at efficient use of research dollars....
Was he the one who decided that Canada's only contributions of note to the exploration of space would be two robotic arms? How much did those two arms cost? How much should they have costed?
Unless, of course, they go back to public funding for such projects.... Here in Canuckistan, we're weird that way.
Why didn't I think of that? A massive government agency to spurn innovation in medical research, by having civil servants deciding who is the most deserving of the funding, instead of the free market. Now that seems like a really good idea.
... With several relatives either gone because of cancer, or currently have cancer... Happy Canadian flippin the bird at stupid US patents.
The only way that medical problems such as cancer will be cured is by medical research. If medical research companies are not able to recover their investment, then the research will stop. They are in the business to make money, and are trying to make money in a very honorable way, helping to fight major medical issues.
... Impression ads, of course, have to be cheaper per impression than a click-through. And this won't rule out still having click-through ads...
This is still showing a double-standard applied to internet advedrising. If someone actually clicks on an ad, there is a good possibility that they are going to buy something right then. The equivalent of the current ad scheme on the internet, applied to TV, would be that NBC would run a commercial for Ford, but would only get paid about $0.05 for every person who immediatly turned off the TV and went to buy a new Mustang right then. How long would it take for every TV station to go off the air (except PBS) with an ad scheme like that? Internet ads should be payed per-impression, and click-thoughs should get a commission for the website, say 5% of the purchase.
... Humans cannot physically remember events that happen before the age of two...
The earliest eveent that I can remember definitively is seeing my little sister for the first time after she was born, which was when I was 2-years 10-months old. I seem to have vague memories of stuff before that, but nothing really "solid," just vague impressions. I can remember lots of stuff from age 4 and up, about as well as any other non-recent period of my life.
Will there be any real issues with the change from 4.7 to 5.0, or will I just have to change RELENG_4 to RELENG_5 for cvsup, and then do the typical compilation dance?
... Just because AMD were bad 10 years ago, doesn't mean they are now.
This is true, but it does increase the probability greatly. Generally, whenever I have a problem with a company, I make a point not to buy from them again. I had an AMD 486DX4 100MHz and an Intel 486DX 66MHz, and the Intel chip was noticably faster, in practally identical systems otherwise. It isn't the slowness that annoyed me (it did cost less), but the fact that they claimed otherwise.
Why did they bother releasing a port to IA64? Don't they know that IA64 is dying?
The next time I buy a computer, it will have a 64-bit processor. Since ia64 is what FreeBSD seems to be supporting, and I have never had a problem with Intel, that is probably what I will get. There doesn't seem to be any real wok done on AMD's 64-bit chip for FreeBSD. You can actually buy an ia64 currently, whereas AMD's is coming "real soon now." The last time I purchased an AMD (about ten years ago) it ran about half as fast as the supposedly equivalent Intel chip. I honestly don't know why so many people have such a love of AMD. I am glad that Intel has competition, though. The main reason why ia64 is having troubles is because not much supports it yet. Once FreeBSD gets a usable ia64 port, it will just be a matter of time for any other OS that wants it.
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the phrase Internet telephony will sound as archaic as 'horseless carriage' sounds today.
Well, we used to call it just "net phony", but people kept confusing it with dating services.
We should probably think up a totally different name for it. Internet telephony has telephone in it, so every city councilman in the land thinks you should pay him money to use it. Just start calling it voip, pronounced as a monosyllabic word, as in "I'll voip you later" instead of "I'll phone you later." That way they will think it is different.
I like Python and use it often, but makefiles are highly specialised for this sort of thing, so I don't really think that Python is appropriate here.
This capability already exists within the BSD ports collection, with slightly different syntax. For example, I normally install new versions of Mozilla as such: /usr/ports/www/mozilla
# cd
# make install WITH_CALENDAR=yes
I use the Mozilla Calendar to keep track of when I am supposed to be somewhere even though it is currently considered development-only, and therefore isn't built by default.
As a FreeBSD user, my question is this: How exactly is this different from the ports tree? I thought that it was basically the same. I am glad to see somebody doing it, though.
You must be a programmer.
Why didn't he just drop his stage name for his real name? Is it something incredibly stupid for a pop star, like Johnathan Pinkerton Jr.?
Wow, that really sucks. Here in the USA, $20 per month will get you unlimited dialup access to just about anywhere, except for some isolated rural locations. An (almost) unlimited high-speed connection can usually be had for $40 per month. You should start up an ISP with that sort of pricing structure, you'd make a killing.
Then why don't you spell it as "about a yard"?
Isn't the Monaro just an F-body, like the former Camaros and Firebirds?
That would be the final step in copying MacOS after all: Microsoft LonghornOS: available on the new Microsoft LonghornPC.
The most notable difference is that you can get "reincarnated" as a cockroach, instead of your own self.
The Buddhist RPG would have resurrection too, but the only way to win the game would be to break the cycle of resurrection by unplugging your computer.
I'm not little, I'm 6'4", and I don't see why DC needs a midget special interest group.
One is supposed to place commas "inside the quotes," and "periods too."
Now that's funny.
Was he the one who decided that Canada's only contributions of note to the exploration of space would be two robotic arms? How much did those two arms cost? How much should they have costed?
Why didn't I think of that? A massive government agency to spurn innovation in medical research, by having civil servants deciding who is the most deserving of the funding, instead of the free market. Now that seems like a really good idea.
The only way that medical problems such as cancer will be cured is by medical research. If medical research companies are not able to recover their investment, then the research will stop. They are in the business to make money, and are trying to make money in a very honorable way, helping to fight major medical issues.
This is still showing a double-standard applied to internet advedrising. If someone actually clicks on an ad, there is a good possibility that they are going to buy something right then. The equivalent of the current ad scheme on the internet, applied to TV, would be that NBC would run a commercial for Ford, but would only get paid about $0.05 for every person who immediatly turned off the TV and went to buy a new Mustang right then. How long would it take for every TV station to go off the air (except PBS) with an ad scheme like that? Internet ads should be payed per-impression, and click-thoughs should get a commission for the website, say 5% of the purchase.
The earliest eveent that I can remember definitively is seeing my little sister for the first time after she was born, which was when I was 2-years 10-months old. I seem to have vague memories of stuff before that, but nothing really "solid," just vague impressions. I can remember lots of stuff from age 4 and up, about as well as any other non-recent period of my life.
Will there be any real issues with the change from 4.7 to 5.0, or will I just have to change RELENG_4 to RELENG_5 for cvsup, and then do the typical compilation dance?
This is true, but it does increase the probability greatly. Generally, whenever I have a problem with a company, I make a point not to buy from them again. I had an AMD 486DX4 100MHz and an Intel 486DX 66MHz, and the Intel chip was noticably faster, in practally identical systems otherwise. It isn't the slowness that annoyed me (it did cost less), but the fact that they claimed otherwise.
The arguments of a person with such a "flexible" version of the English language tend not to change my mind.
The next time I buy a computer, it will have a 64-bit processor. Since ia64 is what FreeBSD seems to be supporting, and I have never had a problem with Intel, that is probably what I will get. There doesn't seem to be any real wok done on AMD's 64-bit chip for FreeBSD. You can actually buy an ia64 currently, whereas AMD's is coming "real soon now." The last time I purchased an AMD (about ten years ago) it ran about half as fast as the supposedly equivalent Intel chip. I honestly don't know why so many people have such a love of AMD. I am glad that Intel has competition, though. The main reason why ia64 is having troubles is because not much supports it yet. Once FreeBSD gets a usable ia64 port, it will just be a matter of time for any other OS that wants it.
More of the ISS? Why? I have yet to hear a good reason for ISS, and I have actually tried to find one© Now there are several good reasons to have a permamently manned space station© It could serve as a construction facility for large vessels, but ISS isn't going to do that© It could serve as a "service station" to all of the other satellites in space, to make it easier to repair them, but ISS isn't going to do that either© It could serve as a sort of "space port" for the docking of ships on their way to and from other interesting parts of space, but ISS isn't going to even do this© It could serve as a first attempt at a human colony in space, but it currently only holds 3 people, and is only designed to hold 7 in the long run, all "astronauts", so it isn't doing that either© It is in the wrong orbit to serve as a manned communications station, so it isn't going to replace any of those© It isn't going to replace Hubble, and it isn't going to replace any of the other scientific satellites either© A few days ago it was suggested that ISS might be abandoned© If it were abandoned, It most likely would never be reoccupied© I don't think that would be all that bad of a thing©