Yes, he was only in the Air Force during the largest war in history and only had two awards for his outstanding service. I think that means he knows nothing, nope, not a thing.
Yeah, I know this post was meant to be funny, but anyone that depended on magic_quotes for 'security' needs their head examined. All magic_quotes ever did was cause trouble, and I'm sad to see it's still an option in PHP 5 (indeed, many web hosts explicitly enable it too).
On the plus side, php.net has the work-around to servers with it enabled in a solution that's practically cut-and-paste.
Sun was a proprietary vendor for quite a long time. Practically the whole reason that they take so long between announcing something is going to be open source (eg, Solaris and Java) and actually getting it into the public, is auditing the entire source tree to make sure they don't release some component licensed from some other company when they're not supposed to do that.
In my experience, I've actually found VirtualBox to be much faster than VMware, and coupled with the far less demanding system requirements (at least for the VM software itself, it doesn't do much to reduce guest sys requirements, of course:P), I haven't used VMware for over a year and half now.
I believe that it was made in Java, but I'm not sure about that... sounds reasonable though, as Java's the only thing remotely competent at handling something like this.
No, really, all of the SCMs he listed really do suck. To be far, SVN and CVS are probably the two that suck the least, but that doesn't say much, it just means the others are worse.
Windows application and/or driver installation requires the application/package and a double-click. You then choose a typical install which does literally everything for you or a customizable one. Done.
Here's a better simplification of the process:
1. Open web browser
2. Search (modern browsers, the search bar, older browsers, navigate to google.com) for "calendar program"
3. Find program web site.
4. Find download link and download.
5. Double click EXE
6. Click Next, Next, Next, I Agree, Next
7. Choose "Simple" or "Advanced" install. Assume Simple install for the rest:
8. Click Next, Next, Next, Next, Reboot prompt.
9. Wait for reboot.
10. Configure program.
No Linux distro I have tried has EVER followed as simple an installation process. Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu, DSL- Each had its own quirks, almost all of which required shell commands. (In fact, I believe all required it.)
Obviously you've never used any of the distributions you listed. Here's an Ubuntu example:
1. Click System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager
2. Type password
3. Search for "calendar"
4. Install sunbird (or other desired program)
5. Open program in the Applications menu and use.
If Linux developers could all agree on an install process that was 100% GUI compliant
You mean like this? Most average people would probably see AT MOST two different UI styles, if they happen to install both KDE/Qt and GNOME/Gtk programs, and they're not even dramatically different paradigms by default. If you even look more closely, the linked screenshot consists only of Microsoft applications; way to go, demonstrating there's no such thing as consistency in Windows (ironically, the most "standard" Win32 UI in that screenshot happens to be Notepad).
I agree, I've found git to be an absolute joy for any project I can use it on. In fact, it's so easy to setup a repository (mkdir project && cd project && git init), the excuse I used to use for one-man jobs not being maintained in Subversion ("Too much work to setup a repository") effectively disappeared. This even makes it trivial for other people to join latter on, as you don't need to worry about setting up a repository filled with files that apparently were created from magic (aka, not version controlled in the past). Hell, the lack of centralisation even eliminates the question I, and probably others, had with Subversion, on whether I should put the server on my laptop (expecting only me to use it, latter causing moving issues when others need a repo), or on a more permanent computer (cutting me off from my own repo when I'm on a plane/bus). There's no question to ask, just create it, and have others clone when needed, and they have the full history to play with as well.
Though perhaps the biggest advantage I've found with git, is that branching+merging is a breeze and feels natural. It's so quick, users of CVS/SVN might even wonder if git did anything at all (I did at first). Indeed it did, and has none of the CVS or SVN merging headaches.
1. Most companies don't pay developers on number of sales. The developers get a fixed salary and it doesn't matter weather one or a million copies were sold. 2. Yes. Being an early adopter doesn't make it "unfair" that future users get it for a lower price or free. The original Doom games cost $40 each, now you can get all of them on a single CD for $10.
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You actually start out as a Cadet before being promoted to Ensign. It's not shown much in any show except Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Yes, he was only in the Air Force during the largest war in history and only had two awards for his outstanding service. I think that means he knows nothing, nope, not a thing.
Yeah, I know this post was meant to be funny, but anyone that depended on magic_quotes for 'security' needs their head examined. All magic_quotes ever did was cause trouble, and I'm sad to see it's still an option in PHP 5 (indeed, many web hosts explicitly enable it too).
On the plus side, php.net has the work-around to servers with it enabled in a solution that's practically cut-and-paste.
Unless it turns out that dinosaurs really were purple and green.
Sun was a proprietary vendor for quite a long time. Practically the whole reason that they take so long between announcing something is going to be open source (eg, Solaris and Java) and actually getting it into the public, is auditing the entire source tree to make sure they don't release some component licensed from some other company when they're not supposed to do that.
You're already using Windows -- what's so odd about buying a license?
In my experience, I've actually found VirtualBox to be much faster than VMware, and coupled with the far less demanding system requirements (at least for the VM software itself, it doesn't do much to reduce guest sys requirements, of course :P), I haven't used VMware for over a year and half now.
It would probably be better to just pick up a used P4 notebook
That is, until it burns your legs off.
When someone ports MAME to it, yes.
^%$#@!
I'm sure Linux developers love having their cake and eating it too!
700, with a depth of 300.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005RHQZ/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=
http://ioquake3.org/
Practically the same thing.
I believe that it was made in Java, but I'm not sure about that... sounds reasonable though, as Java's the only thing remotely competent at handling something like this.
No, really, all of the SCMs he listed really do suck. To be far, SVN and CVS are probably the two that suck the least, but that doesn't say much, it just means the others are worse.
Windows application and/or driver installation requires the application/package and a double-click. You then choose a typical install which does literally everything for you or a customizable one. Done.
Here's a better simplification of the process:
1. Open web browser
2. Search (modern browsers, the search bar, older browsers, navigate to google.com) for "calendar program"
3. Find program web site.
4. Find download link and download.
5. Double click EXE
6. Click Next, Next, Next, I Agree, Next
7. Choose "Simple" or "Advanced" install. Assume Simple install for the rest:
8. Click Next, Next, Next, Next, Reboot prompt.
9. Wait for reboot.
10. Configure program.
No Linux distro I have tried has EVER followed as simple an installation process. Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu, DSL- Each had its own quirks, almost all of which required shell commands. (In fact, I believe all required it.)
Obviously you've never used any of the distributions you listed. Here's an Ubuntu example:
1. Click System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager
2. Type password
3. Search for "calendar"
4. Install sunbird (or other desired program)
5. Open program in the Applications menu and use.
If Linux developers could all agree on an install process that was 100% GUI compliant
You mean like this? Most average people would probably see AT MOST two different UI styles, if they happen to install both KDE/Qt and GNOME/Gtk programs, and they're not even dramatically different paradigms by default. If you even look more closely, the linked screenshot consists only of Microsoft applications; way to go, demonstrating there's no such thing as consistency in Windows (ironically, the most "standard" Win32 UI in that screenshot happens to be Notepad).
I agree, I've found git to be an absolute joy for any project I can use it on. In fact, it's so easy to setup a repository (mkdir project && cd project && git init), the excuse I used to use for one-man jobs not being maintained in Subversion ("Too much work to setup a repository") effectively disappeared. This even makes it trivial for other people to join latter on, as you don't need to worry about setting up a repository filled with files that apparently were created from magic (aka, not version controlled in the past). Hell, the lack of centralisation even eliminates the question I, and probably others, had with Subversion, on whether I should put the server on my laptop (expecting only me to use it, latter causing moving issues when others need a repo), or on a more permanent computer (cutting me off from my own repo when I'm on a plane/bus). There's no question to ask, just create it, and have others clone when needed, and they have the full history to play with as well.
Though perhaps the biggest advantage I've found with git, is that branching+merging is a breeze and feels natural. It's so quick, users of CVS/SVN might even wonder if git did anything at all (I did at first). Indeed it did, and has none of the CVS or SVN merging headaches.
Because obviously Aunt Tillie needs the latest version of PostgreSQL.
> There has been new version since Phoenix 0.8. Firefox has been using Win32 api for rendering its control for ages now, but that's not the point.
Only very recently (Firefox 3.0) has it been able to *pretend* that it's using the API for rendering its controls, but it's still not doing so.
Wolfenstein 3D wasn't compilable in its initial source code release; that didn't stop others from fixing it.
1. Most companies don't pay developers on number of sales. The developers get a fixed salary and it doesn't matter weather one or a million copies were sold.
2. Yes. Being an early adopter doesn't make it "unfair" that future users get it for a lower price or free. The original Doom games cost $40 each, now you can get all of them on a single CD for $10.
Even easier: the Soviet Union was established in 1922, and "1984" was published in 1948.
Now unless you want to claim that the USSR had time-travel, that alone should be enough proof the book was not a blueprint of any sort.
I did that once, but I had to turn it off once it started playing the newest Brittany Spears hit.
For those using Ubuntu and Firefox, there's also this link apt://virus
If you really want a bare-bones install, try out debootstrap :)