We test at every level you can think of. Right up to the fault tolerance level. Right down code to the line of code level. We never do enough. We do it a lot. You can't make something reliable unless you have tested the crap out of it. On the other hand we have hundreds of millions of users that test it for us everyday. So a lot of our testing can be done by real time monitoring.... (around 1:00:30)
...I would sure like to see that happen. I know that there is noise to get some of our software out under GPL.... We certainly want to give some of this stuff out to the community because its really cool stuff we want to let people to use. We are talking about it but I don't know whats going to happen. (around 1:03:00)
US military uses Plan 9 for many of its services. Their new GPS system that was used in Iraq was based on it. Basicly it was a system there you could where everyone is with about 1.5s delay. Kinda of making real war more video game like - except people actually get hurt and die.:(
The US government hires numerous Plan 9 developers. Most notably, Ronald G. Minnich.
You can change fonts in Plan 9 and Inferno! Just edit your $home/lib/profile and change the font line. Those scroll bars are crippled. In the Plan 9 world, to scroll up/down you have to move your mouse to some tiny button and left click it. Sorry mate, Plan 9 makes real use of all three mouse buttons. Left/right is up/down. Middle is where you want the scroll bar. The only problem is people aren't use to such so different ideas.
An advertiser only gets charged when the play button is pushed. Obviously, this will attracted advertisers interested in such business. I only hope the play button is not flash. I'll contact some Google employees with my suggestion.
Yes it is a 1994 paper. Much has changed in acme and Plan 9 but it still is currently the best piece of work explaining acme. In the future, maybe the Wikipedia article will be better because its updated, but today that is not the case.
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The scrollbars do require one to RTFM
The scrollbars work like how the rest of them work in Plan 9. Left/right click is up/down. Middle click takes you to the hovered place. Makes it really quick if you just want to go up a bit because now you don't have to find some shrimpy button at the top/bottom of the scroll bar to push which takes a lot longer.
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You have to be kidding. Bonkaroo has no idea about what he is talking about. He is hardcore trolling.
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The port to Inferno is offical. This is just making Inferno into a standalone package.
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Caerwyn said he was going to make a new release in a few days with the bug fixes. Most importantly this one. Check it out again in a few days.
The Plan 9 from User Space acme has been well tested and is mostly bug free.
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Australia, New Zealand & friends will be screwed.... as the Internet is not going to move to China...
Just another one: c2l - C to Limbo. The only two languages Dennis M. Ritchie has documented on.
US military uses Plan 9 for many of its services. Their new GPS system that was used in Iraq was based on it. Basicly it was a system there you could where everyone is with about 1.5s delay. Kinda of making real war more video game like - except people actually get hurt and die. :(
The US government hires numerous Plan 9 developers. Most notably, Ronald G. Minnich.
Agreed. Check out the print css it is horrible. At least hide the login box with it!
"Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad." - Rob Pike 1991
Its eaiser because don't have to highlight...
Acme doesn't use widgets or a toolkit. It talks to /dev/draw directly like most Plan 9 applications.
You can change fonts in Plan 9 and Inferno! Just edit your $home/lib/profile and change the font line. Those scroll bars are crippled. In the Plan 9 world, to scroll up/down you have to move your mouse to some tiny button and left click it. Sorry mate, Plan 9 makes real use of all three mouse buttons. Left/right is up/down. Middle is where you want the scroll bar. The only problem is people aren't use to such so different ideas.
An advertiser only gets charged when the play button is pushed. Obviously, this will attracted advertisers interested in such business. I only hope the play button is not flash. I'll contact some Google employees with my suggestion.
Yes it is a 1994 paper. Much has changed in acme and Plan 9 but it still is currently the best piece of work explaining acme. In the future, maybe the Wikipedia article will be better because its updated, but today that is not the case.
The scrollbars do require one to RTFM
The scrollbars work like how the rest of them work in Plan 9. Left/right click is up/down. Middle click takes you to the hovered place. Makes it really quick if you just want to go up a bit because now you don't have to find some shrimpy button at the top/bottom of the scroll bar to push which takes a lot longer.
The book was at the top of this interview.
Well each window has a text buffer at the top. Surely it isn't hard to get to the top of the window? By window I mean an acme window.
Uglyness is just a side effect of usablity.
Its very fast when considering they almost started from scratch only a few months ago.
You have to be kidding. Bonkaroo has no idea about what he is talking about. He is hardcore trolling.
The port to Inferno is offical. This is just making Inferno into a standalone package.
Caerwyn said he was going to make a new release in a few days with the bug fixes. Most importantly this one. Check it out again in a few days. The Plan 9 from User Space acme has been well tested and is mostly bug free.
Thats the great part of acme. Its also a fileserver. Actually thats the great part of Plan 9 and Inferno operating systems.
This actually made digg.
There is also a new web browser called abaco for Plan 9 that is progressing fast.
The post is worthy of general reading. Mod up insightful please.