*THIS* is the year of Linux on the desktop. Wait, no, this one....errr, this one?
Ah, screw it, Linux on the desktop is still years away. And it will be until all of the fractured versions converge into only one or two. A combined Gnome and KDE exists. And it's as simple (dumb?) as Windows. Until then, it will pretty much be a geek's toy.
I'm a savvy computer user and I can't tell you which is the "best" combination of Linux. Maybe someone should put together a decision matrix that says "If you want XXX, then you need KDE. If you want YYY, then you need RedHat. If you want ZZZ, then you need...." Present a bunch of sliders about how important all of the major features are and it tallies them up to recommend a Linux environment that will work best for them.....and maybe even link to a specific build that meets the needs.
I still have both of my copies. One I turned into a clock. That face with glasses was perfect for a clock face. The other, I'm not sure where it is.....probably in a box somewhere.
(or to use a more common vernacular, we're 'loosers').
And since most people can't tell the difference between loose and lose, most of them just wind up calling you a loser......ah, the stupidity of the masses.....
Running in Silverlight and the Database could be counted as different operating environments depending on how you view it......but that line is blurrier.
It is cross platform (not necessarily cross OS). I've written code in C# that can run on my Windows Mobile phone or on my Windows laptop or as a Web Service or in my SQL Server database or in Silverlight or as a Web App or even on an XBox. That portability works well (as long as the libraries are supported -- see Compact Framework for example). It may not work as well on the Mac or Linux (but Mono does work), but porting code between the platforms I mentioned isn't that difficult (mostly just changing your target in Visual Studio; assuming library support existing on the targetted platform).
It's almost like they are rewarding his stupidity by giving him exactly what he wanted even though originally they didn't want to give it to him.......
If you have a laptop without GPS, you can turn it in to a large screen nav unit. So, why WOULDN'T you want it. Imagine running Google Maps on a nice 17" touch screen laptop.
You don't get that big off of Ramon (noodles), that's for sure.
Have you see how much fat is in half a pack (one serving)? And I normally eat two packs at a time. Not to mention how much sodium......but still probably the best $$/serving ratio you can find. 10 packs for $1 = 20 servings = 5 cents per serving. And that's grocery store prices, I'm sure the warehouse club prices are even cheaper.
I've gone between Avast, AVG, and ClamWin (less annoying but, to me, lacking). I switched to MSE because it does both Virus and Spyware. It's faster and lighter than either Avast or AVG. It auto-updates well (and frequently). And coming from Microsoft, I expect them to have more insight into Windows exploits that are available.
I don't have viruses, but I practice smart browsing, too. (And my family is locked so that they can't install anything to their computers -- that eliminates quite a few virii right there.)
The Diablo II battle chest collection still sells for $30 around here when I would expect it to be closer to $20. I'd love to buy games on release day, but never have the time to play them enough to make it worth it. I just bought a used copy of Oblivion for my 360 for $15. It should last me at least a year (from what I understand, it could last close to a year even if you played all day every day). Games that don't drop in price fast enough never make it into my queue. Myst still sells for $20 and it's ancient.
Don't forget about instances where a toll in instituted to pay for the road. Once the road is paid for, the toll is continued because the budget now depends on it. I know it happened in New Orleans, but I'm pretty sure that isn't the only place where that has happened.
You can keep your resolution but go vertical. You get to see more without scrolling and without making him scroll as much. Win/win.
Besides, most web designers like to force width their web pages so that it looks "exactly like the photoshop comp, down to the pixel" (stupid pretentious pricks, that one pixel difference you see in IE vs FF can't be helped).
Yeah, my programming went more or less along the lines of this (skipping database languages and languages only covered as topics in a class with no significant amount of code written):
BASIC --> Pascal --> C --> Ada --> C++ --> PowerScript --> Java --> C#
After learning Pascal, I still only have a single exit point for any loop or function. Set a boolean and check it, last few loops are effectively NOOPs (not the most efficient, but I can tune those out if perfomance becomes an issue). Only one return per function. etc. etc. My BASIC code, though, probably overused GOTO.
I think the average programmer can't do better than the compiler because they don't understand computers at that low of a level. I was surprised when I was going through college (90 to 94) how many CS majors had no clue how a computer worked. That has only increased today where writing code is even further away from the hardware. That being said, a compiler can generally be beaten by an average ASSEMBLY programmer.
For the most part, those average programmers who don't know the hardware can still be good programmers. You only need the uber-programmer-assembly-god to come in a tweak a few key routines to maintain performance of the whole system.....
I've decided that this is how I want my 3G/4G/...79G/etc. devices to work from now on:
Get a MiFi like device for my data connection. This device will support mobile data upstream and WiFi or Blue Tooth connections downstream. It will also have the ability to transfer a data stream from one connected device to another -- seamlessly.
My phone will be running some sort of smart OS (Android, iPhone, WinMo, Chrome, Linux, Windows 7, whatever) and have a decent VOIP client and app store. It will connect to the MiFi device via WiFi. [* - I'm ok with the phone and MiFi being the same device, but the transfer to other devices is important]
My netbook/tablet/slate/MID/notebook/etc. can connect to the MiFi via WiFi or Blue Tooth and has the same VOIP client. With the MiFi shared data stream, I should be able to being a data session on one device (say my phone) and transfer it to my tablet and then back again as my needs change.
The VOIP service should support device to device transfers of calls as well (even across different connections such as switching from MiFi to the Starbucks WiFi).
So, here's the mythical scenario I would like to be able to play out:
While in your kitchen having breakfast, you're surfing the web on your tablet and the phone rings (using the WiFi in your apartment). Using the tablet's built in mic/speaker, you answer the phone and begin the conversation -- while continuing to surf the web. Your cab is here, so you transfer the call to your phone and put your tablet in your briefcase; as soon as you leave the house, the connection switches over to MiFi. The cab takes you to the airport while you continue to talk on the phone. At the airport, your phone recognizes the WiFi you already have configured and switches from MiFi to WiFi (seamlessly).
All of the technology exists to make this scenario happen. We just need the device makers and service providers and software guys to get on board with it. Of course, the cell providers won't like it because it means I only need one data plan instead of four or five like they want today.
I don't block ads. If a site I want to visit insists on pop-up / annoying ads, I don't visit them any more. I've had that little check box that says "disable ads" from Slashdot for quite a while not, and yet, I don't click it because I want to support them. Sites I like, I'll occasionally click their ads so they get some click-through credit. As long as the ads aren't terribly obnoxious, I don't mind seeing them.
I always spell it out in the side work I do. In some instances, I've retained the rights to the code in others, I didn't. If you want to own the code, it will cost you extra (since I then can't resell it), but if you just want to use the end result of the code, you pay regular price. I also offer the option for you to get a copy of the code but that I own the rights to it. I give the options mostly to be able to get extra cash, I really could care less about code ownership wrt my clients. I've not had too many instances where the code I wrote for one client overlapped a lot with that for another (at least not yet).
It's not like we read the article anyway. I came here looking for the summary posting saying which browser Tom declared the current winner. I must not have read far enough down because it wasn't in the First Post (or the second - aka the first REAL post)......
I think this would be a matter of logistics. Capturing all of the output of millions of cows or capturing the output from one region of Earth. And then shipping said product to processing facilities. Sure, the cows could be used, but I think it would be easier to deal with the planet.
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*THIS* is the year of Linux on the desktop. Wait, no, this one....errr, this one?
Ah, screw it, Linux on the desktop is still years away. And it will be until all of the fractured versions converge into only one or two. A combined Gnome and KDE exists. And it's as simple (dumb?) as Windows. Until then, it will pretty much be a geek's toy.
I'm a savvy computer user and I can't tell you which is the "best" combination of Linux. Maybe someone should put together a decision matrix that says "If you want XXX, then you need KDE. If you want YYY, then you need RedHat. If you want ZZZ, then you need...." Present a bunch of sliders about how important all of the major features are and it tallies them up to recommend a Linux environment that will work best for them.....and maybe even link to a specific build that meets the needs.
I still have both of my copies. One I turned into a clock. That face with glasses was perfect for a clock face. The other, I'm not sure where it is.....probably in a box somewhere.
(or to use a more common vernacular, we're 'loosers').
And since most people can't tell the difference between loose and lose, most of them just wind up calling you a loser......ah, the stupidity of the masses.....
I'm pretty sure that some of those are different platforms.....Xbox vs PC vs Windows Mobile at a minimum. All three run different OS code bases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform
PowerPC(-ish) vs x86 vs ARM
Running in Silverlight and the Database could be counted as different operating environments depending on how you view it......but that line is blurrier.
It is cross platform (not necessarily cross OS). I've written code in C# that can run on my Windows Mobile phone or on my Windows laptop or as a Web Service or in my SQL Server database or in Silverlight or as a Web App or even on an XBox. That portability works well (as long as the libraries are supported -- see Compact Framework for example). It may not work as well on the Mac or Linux (but Mono does work), but porting code between the platforms I mentioned isn't that difficult (mostly just changing your target in Visual Studio; assuming library support existing on the targetted platform).
It's almost like they are rewarding his stupidity by giving him exactly what he wanted even though originally they didn't want to give it to him.......
No, there is no such thing as an USB gprs/3g modem with GPS. It makes no business sense whatsoever for manufacturers of devices to include GPS.
Tell that to AT&T.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=AT%26T+USBConnect+Velocity&q_sku=sku4380265
If you have a laptop without GPS, you can turn it in to a large screen nav unit. So, why WOULDN'T you want it. Imagine running Google Maps on a nice 17" touch screen laptop.
You don't get that big off of Ramon (noodles), that's for sure.
Have you see how much fat is in half a pack (one serving)? And I normally eat two packs at a time. Not to mention how much sodium......but still probably the best $$/serving ratio you can find. 10 packs for $1 = 20 servings = 5 cents per serving. And that's grocery store prices, I'm sure the warehouse club prices are even cheaper.
The question asked which one I use.....and I don't have any pirated copies. :)
And if they are visible, they'd be visible in two places at once! That's the part you are missing.
millionth-ed
I've gone between Avast, AVG, and ClamWin (less annoying but, to me, lacking). I switched to MSE because it does both Virus and Spyware. It's faster and lighter than either Avast or AVG. It auto-updates well (and frequently). And coming from Microsoft, I expect them to have more insight into Windows exploits that are available.
I don't have viruses, but I practice smart browsing, too. (And my family is locked so that they can't install anything to their computers -- that eliminates quite a few virii right there.)
The Diablo II battle chest collection still sells for $30 around here when I would expect it to be closer to $20. I'd love to buy games on release day, but never have the time to play them enough to make it worth it. I just bought a used copy of Oblivion for my 360 for $15. It should last me at least a year (from what I understand, it could last close to a year even if you played all day every day). Games that don't drop in price fast enough never make it into my queue. Myst still sells for $20 and it's ancient.
Don't forget about instances where a toll in instituted to pay for the road. Once the road is paid for, the toll is continued because the budget now depends on it. I know it happened in New Orleans, but I'm pretty sure that isn't the only place where that has happened.
Lost any ships in the triangle recently?
Well, originally I had lost them last week, but thank to the ripple, I lost them in 1967. Thanks, LHC!
You can keep your resolution but go vertical. You get to see more without scrolling and without making him scroll as much. Win/win.
Besides, most web designers like to force width their web pages so that it looks "exactly like the photoshop comp, down to the pixel" (stupid pretentious pricks, that one pixel difference you see in IE vs FF can't be helped).
Yeah, my programming went more or less along the lines of this (skipping database languages and languages only covered as topics in a class with no significant amount of code written):
BASIC --> Pascal --> C --> Ada --> C++ --> PowerScript --> Java --> C#
After learning Pascal, I still only have a single exit point for any loop or function. Set a boolean and check it, last few loops are effectively NOOPs (not the most efficient, but I can tune those out if perfomance becomes an issue). Only one return per function. etc. etc. My BASIC code, though, probably overused GOTO.
I think the average programmer can't do better than the compiler because they don't understand computers at that low of a level. I was surprised when I was going through college (90 to 94) how many CS majors had no clue how a computer worked. That has only increased today where writing code is even further away from the hardware. That being said, a compiler can generally be beaten by an average ASSEMBLY programmer.
For the most part, those average programmers who don't know the hardware can still be good programmers. You only need the uber-programmer-assembly-god to come in a tweak a few key routines to maintain performance of the whole system.....
Don't Copy that Floppy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI
Every custom compile is essentially a fork.....dead-end forks, but forks none-the-less.
I've decided that this is how I want my 3G/4G/...79G/etc. devices to work from now on:
Get a MiFi like device for my data connection. This device will support mobile data upstream and WiFi or Blue Tooth connections downstream. It will also have the ability to transfer a data stream from one connected device to another -- seamlessly.
My phone will be running some sort of smart OS (Android, iPhone, WinMo, Chrome, Linux, Windows 7, whatever) and have a decent VOIP client and app store. It will connect to the MiFi device via WiFi. [* - I'm ok with the phone and MiFi being the same device, but the transfer to other devices is important]
My netbook/tablet/slate/MID/notebook/etc. can connect to the MiFi via WiFi or Blue Tooth and has the same VOIP client. With the MiFi shared data stream, I should be able to being a data session on one device (say my phone) and transfer it to my tablet and then back again as my needs change.
The VOIP service should support device to device transfers of calls as well (even across different connections such as switching from MiFi to the Starbucks WiFi).
So, here's the mythical scenario I would like to be able to play out:
While in your kitchen having breakfast, you're surfing the web on your tablet and the phone rings (using the WiFi in your apartment). Using the tablet's built in mic/speaker, you answer the phone and begin the conversation -- while continuing to surf the web. Your cab is here, so you transfer the call to your phone and put your tablet in your briefcase; as soon as you leave the house, the connection switches over to MiFi. The cab takes you to the airport while you continue to talk on the phone. At the airport, your phone recognizes the WiFi you already have configured and switches from MiFi to WiFi (seamlessly).
All of the technology exists to make this scenario happen. We just need the device makers and service providers and software guys to get on board with it. Of course, the cell providers won't like it because it means I only need one data plan instead of four or five like they want today.
I don't block ads. If a site I want to visit insists on pop-up / annoying ads, I don't visit them any more. I've had that little check box that says "disable ads" from Slashdot for quite a while not, and yet, I don't click it because I want to support them. Sites I like, I'll occasionally click their ads so they get some click-through credit. As long as the ads aren't terribly obnoxious, I don't mind seeing them.
I always spell it out in the side work I do. In some instances, I've retained the rights to the code in others, I didn't. If you want to own the code, it will cost you extra (since I then can't resell it), but if you just want to use the end result of the code, you pay regular price. I also offer the option for you to get a copy of the code but that I own the rights to it. I give the options mostly to be able to get extra cash, I really could care less about code ownership wrt my clients. I've not had too many instances where the code I wrote for one client overlapped a lot with that for another (at least not yet).
It's not like we read the article anyway. I came here looking for the summary posting saying which browser Tom declared the current winner. I must not have read far enough down because it wasn't in the First Post (or the second - aka the first REAL post)......
I think this would be a matter of logistics. Capturing all of the output of millions of cows or capturing the output from one region of Earth. And then shipping said product to processing facilities. Sure, the cows could be used, but I think it would be easier to deal with the planet.
There's a Harbor Freight just down the parking lot from Fry's here in Austin.....shipping is "free".