Yes, it's completely worthless because there are some cases where it couldn't be used!
The slashdot community has become one of the most insufferable communities on the internet. Rob Malda dumped ya'll, and now this dated website is changing hands at breakneck speed as the new owners realize their user base consists of a bunch of idiot neckbeards who are incapable of contributing anything of value. You're all disillusioned by the vapid self-affirmation that dominates any discussion. You all need to seriously consider the possibility that you're a bunch of fucking idiots.
Have you actually ever read anything about te FSF and its goals. The FSF explicitely states that Free Softwre is a social movement for the greater good. I'm pretty sure that spying on users and disrespecting their privacy is not for the greater good, even if they never explicitely state it.
The FSF can define free software however they want. They have no jurisdiction in forcing *their* definition onto others. They're a bunch of ideologues whose relevance is approaching zero.
The only review that matters in the end is what the market thinks. The market doesn't seem to be buying. Saying "the professional reviewers liked it!" is loser talk.
You act like people gravitate toward superior products, as opposed to the product with superior marketing. Microsoft is still fighting the deeply ingrained stigma that their products just aren't cool. People are more interested in fitting in than they are making objective decisions regarding the quality of the thing they will be consuming.
When passing this question on to Mr. Stallman, try replacing "open source" with "free software".
And this is why RMS is no longer relevant -- his masturbatory pedantry. The only thing I'd ask RMS is to take his meds, he's clearly mentally ill and his paranoid ramblings do not deserve the platform they're given.
I disagree. Anyone with enough experience can write code like riding a bike -- writing the code itself is largely automatic when you know what you're trying to accomplish. Programming in general is about decomposing problems and solving them. This is where drugs can have a positive influence, not in that they make one *better* at problem solving, but they allow the mind to see a problem differently, perhaps offering an angle that the sober mind hasn't considered. Having multiple perspectives is always a good thing, and sometimes drugs can help with that.
The slashdot contingent still fails to see the value in a more closed, locked-down environment. I realize it butts heads with the ideology around here, but there is value to it, namely, a greater barrier to entry for malware. Wasn't there a story here on slashdot just a few days ago about a guy who can't go anywhere without his Android getting hacked into? Exactly.
and no one except Microsoft is allowed to write desktop applications at all.
Windows RT devices don't have a desktop. If you're claiming that only Microsoft can write desktop apps on Windows 8 (x86), that would be patently false.
So a man is languishing in solitary confinement for years
No.
they'll be sending him back to jail because he enabled people to download music and movies
No, he made millions of dollars allowing other people to download music/movies/games/software that other people made and own the rights to. Oh, he was a brazen prick while he did it, too. Karma is a bitch.
If anything, the more level-headed users have left for reddit. The only people who stick around here are people who scream "SHILL!" the second anyone has an opinion about Microsoft that isn't paranoid in nature.
"Windows Runtime, or WinRT, is a cross-platform application architecture on the Windows 8 operating system. WinRT supports development in C++/CX (Component Extensions, a language based on C++) and the managed languages C# and VB.NET, as well as JavaScript. WinRT applications natively support both the x86 and ARM architectures, and also run inside a sandboxed environment to allow for greater security and stability."
First of all, Windows RT is a runtime. Secondly, this is the pricing for a *device*, not an operating system. Thirdly, Microsoft's own Win8 tablet is retailing for $200. Who let this idiot put this up?
The interesting thing is how the OSS allows Valve to tweak or examine the driver code on the fly to find out how to optimize performance.
Anyone who *actually* games wants to know who the fuck cares about underpowered Intel video card drivers. Oh, it will be able to play 5 year old Valve games? WHOOPTY-FUCKING-DOO.
Perhaps you forgot about the time, years ago, when the FOSS crowd courted ATI, saying "Release your specs! The FOSS community will do the rest!" What did ATI do? They released the specs. An opensource driver was born, and it's an unstable, slow piece of shit. When these FOSS folks realized they weren't technically competent enough to actually create a driver for a modern GPU architecture, they went back to demonizing ATI for not releasing their proprietary driver under a free license.
What's the moral of the story here? Just because something is open source doesn't mean "the community" is going to be able to do shit about it. Intel wants to point and say, "Look! Intel GPU can play 5 year old valve games!" Valve wants to say, "Look, Linux is a viable gaming platform!" At the end of the day, it's totally irrelevant to people who want to play new games on modern GPU's.
>And yes, I'm using both preload and readahead on the Linux system, so don't give me the "Windows uses RAM to store things it will need in the future" because my Linux does as well.
If you're *only* using 231MB of 16 gigabytes, you're not caching nearly as many things as it could/should be. The only point you make is that Linux is terrible at putting your system's resources to good use.
Funny how Valve just *loves* Linux now that Microsoft threatens their primary business model. Meanwhile, John Carmack, who supported Linux before it was trendy and cool and has no financial incentive to shit all over Microsoft claims that Linux is not a good platform for games. Gee, I wonder who I should believe?!?!
not be frustrated with the amateur hour programming Bethesda seems to employ.
You are aware that the PS3 architecture is notoriously difficult to develop for, right? Bethesda should be given a medal for getting Skyrim running on a system with a single general purpose processor and 256 megabytes of system RAM.
Oh, I get it. Your life (understandably) is so boring, drab, and uneventful that you convince yourself that you're living in a dystopian novel. You then go on the internet trying to convince anyone who isn't needlessly indignant that they should be, and if they arent, then SHEEPLE, blah blah blah. You guys crack me up.
I've traveled a fair amount and have had no issues with the TSA. "The internet" loves having things to be indignant about, and TSA was the golden child in that regard for a long time. Apparently, some of you are still holding onto it.
No seriously, good. Chronic torrenters use a disproportionately high amount of bandwidth compared to other people. Your desire to attain every single movie released in the past 30 years in high def shouldn't affect my typical internet usage that we pay the same amount of money for.
Any service with a commenting section is full of people projecting their anger and insecurities on others. Given the nature of slashdot, it's particularly bad here.
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Except that "freedom of assembly" is a well-defined act that any reasonable person would conclude doesn't include DDoS attacks.
Yes, it's completely worthless because there are some cases where it couldn't be used!
The slashdot community has become one of the most insufferable communities on the internet. Rob Malda dumped ya'll, and now this dated website is changing hands at breakneck speed as the new owners realize their user base consists of a bunch of idiot neckbeards who are incapable of contributing anything of value. You're all disillusioned by the vapid self-affirmation that dominates any discussion. You all need to seriously consider the possibility that you're a bunch of fucking idiots.
Have you actually ever read anything about te FSF and its goals. The FSF explicitely states that Free Softwre is a social movement for the greater good. I'm pretty sure that spying on users and disrespecting their privacy is not for the greater good, even if they never explicitely state it.
The FSF can define free software however they want. They have no jurisdiction in forcing *their* definition onto others. They're a bunch of ideologues whose relevance is approaching zero.
The only review that matters in the end is what the market thinks. The market doesn't seem to be buying. Saying "the professional reviewers liked it!" is loser talk.
You act like people gravitate toward superior products, as opposed to the product with superior marketing. Microsoft is still fighting the deeply ingrained stigma that their products just aren't cool. People are more interested in fitting in than they are making objective decisions regarding the quality of the thing they will be consuming.
When passing this question on to Mr. Stallman, try replacing "open source" with "free software".
And this is why RMS is no longer relevant -- his masturbatory pedantry. The only thing I'd ask RMS is to take his meds, he's clearly mentally ill and his paranoid ramblings do not deserve the platform they're given.
So without drugs some people cannot program since they are not able to 'see' a way to solve the problem.
I'm not sure how you've come to this conclusion, because I surely didn't imply that.
I disagree. Anyone with enough experience can write code like riding a bike -- writing the code itself is largely automatic when you know what you're trying to accomplish. Programming in general is about decomposing problems and solving them. This is where drugs can have a positive influence, not in that they make one *better* at problem solving, but they allow the mind to see a problem differently, perhaps offering an angle that the sober mind hasn't considered. Having multiple perspectives is always a good thing, and sometimes drugs can help with that.
The slashdot contingent still fails to see the value in a more closed, locked-down environment. I realize it butts heads with the ideology around here, but there is value to it, namely, a greater barrier to entry for malware. Wasn't there a story here on slashdot just a few days ago about a guy who can't go anywhere without his Android getting hacked into? Exactly.
and no one except Microsoft is allowed to write desktop applications at all.
Windows RT devices don't have a desktop. If you're claiming that only Microsoft can write desktop apps on Windows 8 (x86), that would be patently false.
So a man is languishing in solitary confinement for years
No.
they'll be sending him back to jail because he enabled people to download music and movies
No, he made millions of dollars allowing other people to download music/movies/games/software that other people made and own the rights to. Oh, he was a brazen prick while he did it, too. Karma is a bitch.
Does that seem right to you?
If he gets a fair trial, yes.
If anything, the more level-headed users have left for reddit. The only people who stick around here are people who scream "SHILL!" the second anyone has an opinion about Microsoft that isn't paranoid in nature.
Blue screens? Seriously? WTF are you running, some 7 year old plus XP installs?
This is fucking slashdot. You simply imply that Microsoft still writes unstable software, it doesn't actually have to be true.
"Windows Runtime, or WinRT, is a cross-platform application architecture on the Windows 8 operating system. WinRT supports development in C++/CX (Component Extensions, a language based on C++) and the managed languages C# and VB.NET, as well as JavaScript. WinRT applications natively support both the x86 and ARM architectures, and also run inside a sandboxed environment to allow for greater security and stability."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Runtime
I've never met a group of people so boastful with their ignorance. No wonder Rob Malda jumped ship, I'd be ashamed too.
WinRT is the name of the runtime you fucking moron. It runs on ARM and x86. What do you think RT stands for? Hint: It rhymes with fun time.
No, WinRT is the name of the runtime that runs on both ARM and X86. What do you think the RT stands for?
First of all, Windows RT is a runtime. Secondly, this is the pricing for a *device*, not an operating system. Thirdly, Microsoft's own Win8 tablet is retailing for $200. Who let this idiot put this up?
The interesting thing is how the OSS allows Valve to tweak or examine the driver code on the fly to find out how to optimize performance.
Anyone who *actually* games wants to know who the fuck cares about underpowered Intel video card drivers. Oh, it will be able to play 5 year old Valve games? WHOOPTY-FUCKING-DOO.
Perhaps you forgot about the time, years ago, when the FOSS crowd courted ATI, saying "Release your specs! The FOSS community will do the rest!" What did ATI do? They released the specs. An opensource driver was born, and it's an unstable, slow piece of shit. When these FOSS folks realized they weren't technically competent enough to actually create a driver for a modern GPU architecture, they went back to demonizing ATI for not releasing their proprietary driver under a free license.
What's the moral of the story here? Just because something is open source doesn't mean "the community" is going to be able to do shit about it. Intel wants to point and say, "Look! Intel GPU can play 5 year old valve games!" Valve wants to say, "Look, Linux is a viable gaming platform!" At the end of the day, it's totally irrelevant to people who want to play new games on modern GPU's.
>And yes, I'm using both preload and readahead on the Linux system, so don't give me the "Windows uses RAM to store things it will need in the future" because my Linux does as well. If you're *only* using 231MB of 16 gigabytes, you're not caching nearly as many things as it could/should be. The only point you make is that Linux is terrible at putting your system's resources to good use.
Open source drivers for what platform, now? Less knee-jerks, more summary.
Funny how Valve just *loves* Linux now that Microsoft threatens their primary business model. Meanwhile, John Carmack, who supported Linux before it was trendy and cool and has no financial incentive to shit all over Microsoft claims that Linux is not a good platform for games. Gee, I wonder who I should believe?!?!
not be frustrated with the amateur hour programming Bethesda seems to employ.
You are aware that the PS3 architecture is notoriously difficult to develop for, right? Bethesda should be given a medal for getting Skyrim running on a system with a single general purpose processor and 256 megabytes of system RAM.
Oh, I get it. Your life (understandably) is so boring, drab, and uneventful that you convince yourself that you're living in a dystopian novel. You then go on the internet trying to convince anyone who isn't needlessly indignant that they should be, and if they arent, then SHEEPLE, blah blah blah. You guys crack me up.
I've traveled a fair amount and have had no issues with the TSA. "The internet" loves having things to be indignant about, and TSA was the golden child in that regard for a long time. Apparently, some of you are still holding onto it.
No seriously, good. Chronic torrenters use a disproportionately high amount of bandwidth compared to other people. Your desire to attain every single movie released in the past 30 years in high def shouldn't affect my typical internet usage that we pay the same amount of money for.
Any service with a commenting section is full of people projecting their anger and insecurities on others. Given the nature of slashdot, it's particularly bad here.