Closed-source software companies are paranoid about this sort of thing. They are often openly hostile, to the point of suing anybody who does this sort of analysis.
As always, computer "innovation" goes in circles. Everything goes from dedicated hardware to software running on a general-use CPU, and back again. Terminals are replaced by PCs, which become hosts for remote interfaces to applications running on servers somewhere else.
It seems like everything I can do now I could do in 1990, but today I can do it *in hi-definition, wirelessly*. Yippee.
Yes, perfectly. If we all simultaneously suicide by locking the entirety of humanity in an air-tight cave under the ocean we will both sequester a great deal of carbon back in the Earth's crust where it apparently "belongs" and end the anthropogenic addition of CO2 into the Earth's atmosphere, thus neatly solving the problem and preserving all other life on Earth.
We also get the added benefit of never having to hear the following "debate" ever again:
Humans are causing the Earth's climate to warm up. No they aren't. Yes they are. No, they aren't. Are! Aren't! (etc.)
Since when does wild-ass guessing = science that is newsworthy?
How about they do a *lot* more research and then get back to us when they have more than "we found that humans have more copies of a 'mystery gene' that codes for proteins in the brain than a monkey"?!
By this logic, wouldn't firing *everyone* make you the most productive?
Seriously, though...it's all a show for The Street anyways. They fire a bunch of people to keep the stockholders happy, then when things looks rosy again they quietly hire up again. When was the last time you saw "[Insert big company here] hires 10,000 over last 2 quarters" plastered all over the news?
If only Java applets worked correctly in Firefox on my Mac. That's why I downloaded Opera in the first place.
Lack of extensions is no big deal to me (except for Flashblock!). Anyway, if I need the utility of some extension, I can still open Firefox. Last time I checked I could still use both at the same time.
Oh, and lack of source code doesn't bother me in the least; I'm too busy working on my own projects (which make me money) to bother fixing the bugs in other people's code.
I think that a democracy with appropriate checks and balances is the best solution. Because we can't trust each other, it works best when everyone is watching everyone else.
Oh, and the people who think that the solution is for "professionals" or licensed practitioners (doctors, lawyers, etc.), or university professors or whatever "qualified" people to be the gatekeepers - I suggest that this would basically be setting up a "priesthood" that controls/directs the views represented in Wikipedia. A Bad Thing IMHO.
Just because someone is paid money for or holds a license (basically just passing a test) for a particular field doesn't guarantee that they have any better understanding of a topic than anyone else. Einstein wasn't the chair of a physics department at a major university when he came up with his theory of relativity, and Philo T. Farnsworth wasn't a licensed Electrical Engineer.
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So tell them to use the IETab (http://ietab.mozdev.org/) extension. They can set it to use IE just for the intranet sites, and Firefox for everything else. Seamlessly.
I see a whole bunch of people whining about lack of Linux drivers. Is ATI worried about losing money from such a small merket segment? Obviously not. Face facts: graphics card manufacturers are never going to give you the level of support for Linux you want until Linux has a *much* bigger share of the market. They are busy enough churning out new hardware every six months; hell, they can't even write good drivers for Windows at the current pace, let alone Linux.
You're bright, talented, resourceful guys/gals right? Instead of whining on Slashdot about closed-source drivers for a proprietary GPU architecture, why don't you design, manufacture, and sell "open" GPUs, CPUs, and systems? With complete documentation? So that I can write drivers that will let me take advantage of *all* the features the hardware has to offer? Bonus points if I don't have to sign abusive NDA's or fork over huge sums of money on licenses/royalties for access to the docs.
Open-source software is neat and all, but if I don't have complete documentation of every bit of circuitry/firmware/embedded software, etc. in the system, then running an open-source OS just means I won't be able to use all the features of the hardware that I paid for.
The software can only be as free (as in speech) as the hardware it runs on.
Linux drivers? How about open specs/complete docs
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I see a whole bunch of people whining about lack of Linux drivers. Is ATI worried about losing money from such a small merket segment? Obviously not. Face facts: graphics card manufacturers are never going to give you the level of support for Linux you want until Linux has a *much* bigger share of the market. They are busy enough churning out new hardware every six months; hell, they can't even write good drivers for Windows at the current pace, let alone Linux.
You're bright, talented, resourceful guys/gals right? Instead of whining on Slashdot about closed-source drivers for a proprietary GPU architecture, why don't you design, manufacture, and sell "open" GPUs, CPUs, and systems? With complete documentation? So that I can write drivers that will let me take advantage of *all* the features the hardware has to offer? Bonus points if I don't have to sign abusive NDA's or fork over huge sums of money on licenses/royalties for access to the docs.
Open-source software is neat and all, but if I don't have complete documentation of every bit of circuitry/firmware/embedded software, etc. in the system, then running an open-source OS just means I won't be able to use all the features of the hardware that I paid for.
The software can only be as free (as in speech) as the hardware it runs on.
Lawyers being sneaky? I don't believe it.
Someone wake me when there is a conclusion to this sad, sordid affair...long about the 5th of Never, I should think.
Nothing to see here; move along.
I swear, if I have to hear one more middle-aged housewife blather on about the details of her marital problems in the aisle of a grocery store, I'm going to start carrying a portable cell-phone jammer with me.
Don't get me started on people who talk on their cell phones in traffic...
I propose a better question: How old do you have to be to have consideration for other people?
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Closed-source software companies are paranoid about this sort of thing. They are often openly hostile, to the point of suing anybody who does this sort of analysis.
While lead sulfide[PDF] isn't particularly hazardous, I wouldn't categorize it as safe. Lead poisoning is on my list of things to avoid. YMMV.
As always, computer "innovation" goes in circles. Everything goes from dedicated hardware to software running on a general-use CPU, and back again. Terminals are replaced by PCs, which become hosts for remote interfaces to applications running on servers somewhere else.
It seems like everything I can do now I could do in 1990, but today I can do it *in hi-definition, wirelessly*. Yippee.
HP used to make decent products. Now they make craptacular products and have management that read from Stalin's playbook.
It's a shame, really.
...that all I ever need is four words: "Drink! Arse! Feck! Girls!"
Yes, perfectly. If we all simultaneously suicide by locking the entirety of humanity in an air-tight cave under the ocean we will both sequester a great deal of carbon back in the Earth's crust where it apparently "belongs" and end the anthropogenic addition of CO2 into the Earth's atmosphere, thus neatly solving the problem and preserving all other life on Earth.
We also get the added benefit of never having to hear the following "debate" ever again:
Humans are causing the Earth's climate to warm up.
No they aren't.
Yes they are.
No, they aren't.
Are!
Aren't!
(etc.)
Either you're making a poor attempt at humor, or you *really* don't understand global warming.
Since when does wild-ass guessing = science that is newsworthy?
How about they do a *lot* more research and then get back to us when they have more than "we found that humans have more copies of a 'mystery gene' that codes for proteins in the brain than a monkey"?!
"We're laying people off to be more competitive!"
By this logic, wouldn't firing *everyone* make you the most productive?
Seriously, though...it's all a show for The Street anyways. They fire a bunch of people to keep the stockholders happy, then when things looks rosy again they quietly hire up again. When was the last time you saw "[Insert big company here] hires 10,000 over last 2 quarters" plastered all over the news?
fried, not mashed.
If only Java applets worked correctly in Firefox on my Mac. That's why I downloaded Opera in the first place.
Lack of extensions is no big deal to me (except for Flashblock!). Anyway, if I need the utility of some extension, I can still open Firefox. Last time I checked I could still use both at the same time.
Oh, and lack of source code doesn't bother me in the least; I'm too busy working on my own projects (which make me money) to bother fixing the bugs in other people's code.
Anyway, Opera has most of these "new" features, and consumes fewer resources. I switched, and haven't looked back.
This problem isn't new. Human nature is a bitch.
I think that a democracy with appropriate checks and balances is the best solution. Because we can't trust each other, it works best when everyone is watching everyone else.
Oh, and the people who think that the solution is for "professionals" or licensed practitioners (doctors, lawyers, etc.), or university professors or whatever "qualified" people to be the gatekeepers - I suggest that this would basically be setting up a "priesthood" that controls/directs the views represented in Wikipedia. A Bad Thing IMHO.
Just because someone is paid money for or holds a license (basically just passing a test) for a particular field doesn't guarantee that they have any better understanding of a topic than anyone else. Einstein wasn't the chair of a physics department at a major university when he came up with his theory of relativity, and Philo T. Farnsworth wasn't a licensed Electrical Engineer.
So tell them to use the IETab (http://ietab.mozdev.org/) extension. They can set it to use IE just for the intranet sites, and Firefox for everything else. Seamlessly.
Haven't you been paying attention to the news?! Any literary allusions to Uncle Remus stories are racist! You insensitive clod.
What a tar baby you've just picked up.
I see a whole bunch of people whining about lack of Linux drivers. Is ATI worried about losing money from such a small merket segment? Obviously not. Face facts: graphics card manufacturers are never going to give you the level of support for Linux you want until Linux has a *much* bigger share of the market. They are busy enough churning out new hardware every six months; hell, they can't even write good drivers for Windows at the current pace, let alone Linux. You're bright, talented, resourceful guys/gals right? Instead of whining on Slashdot about closed-source drivers for a proprietary GPU architecture, why don't you design, manufacture, and sell "open" GPUs, CPUs, and systems? With complete documentation? So that I can write drivers that will let me take advantage of *all* the features the hardware has to offer? Bonus points if I don't have to sign abusive NDA's or fork over huge sums of money on licenses/royalties for access to the docs. Open-source software is neat and all, but if I don't have complete documentation of every bit of circuitry/firmware/embedded software, etc. in the system, then running an open-source OS just means I won't be able to use all the features of the hardware that I paid for. The software can only be as free (as in speech) as the hardware it runs on.
I see a whole bunch of people whining about lack of Linux drivers. Is ATI worried about losing money from such a small merket segment? Obviously not. Face facts: graphics card manufacturers are never going to give you the level of support for Linux you want until Linux has a *much* bigger share of the market. They are busy enough churning out new hardware every six months; hell, they can't even write good drivers for Windows at the current pace, let alone Linux.
You're bright, talented, resourceful guys/gals right? Instead of whining on Slashdot about closed-source drivers for a proprietary GPU architecture, why don't you design, manufacture, and sell "open" GPUs, CPUs, and systems? With complete documentation? So that I can write drivers that will let me take advantage of *all* the features the hardware has to offer? Bonus points if I don't have to sign abusive NDA's or fork over huge sums of money on licenses/royalties for access to the docs.
Open-source software is neat and all, but if I don't have complete documentation of every bit of circuitry/firmware/embedded software, etc. in the system, then running an open-source OS just means I won't be able to use all the features of the hardware that I paid for.
The software can only be as free (as in speech) as the hardware it runs on.
Lawyers being sneaky? I don't believe it. Someone wake me when there is a conclusion to this sad, sordid affair...long about the 5th of Never, I should think. Nothing to see here; move along.
I swear, if I have to hear one more middle-aged housewife blather on about the details of her marital problems in the aisle of a grocery store, I'm going to start carrying a portable cell-phone jammer with me. Don't get me started on people who talk on their cell phones in traffic... I propose a better question: How old do you have to be to have consideration for other people?