They can't get chips small enough for a Powerbook G5 line.
Looking at the iMac G5, I can't see why not. I mean, that things almost a laptop already! I'm really surprised there are no laptops with G5's yet. I thought it was the next step from that iMac...
This is such a stupid statement... *everybody* would have to have two legs in order for the 'average' to have two legs. A single person having one leg means the average is now below 2 (even by a little bit).
Though I do agree tha the government seems to have a strange target fixation on ID cards at the moment. And they will create more problems than they are likely to solve...
We're talking about custom code built to client specifications. If you consider a PHP web site running on Apache under Linux "gluing together components" then you've got bigger issues than your inability to understand me.
Not all software is a shrink-wrapped product you know. What "product" can GM use to keep track of inventory, sales, and the success of new advertising campaigns?
Software products are tools to many of us. We use Apache, Linux, Windows, IIS, Perl,.NET, etc. to build more complex systems. This is what Global Services does you shmuck - not install Word for you and configure it so it does paragraphs the way you like.
Except when the person is personally involved with your project. Then it's perfectly reasonable to not use his product because you don't like him.
Larry was a pain in the ass since Linux started using BK. He fought with developers, got pissy over people insulting BK, and finally took his ball and went home.
it's possible that the Linux World Expo had crufty projection equipment and did not let anyone boot anything else.
It's possible, but not true.
One developer (yes, well-respected developer) simply stated (expecting flames) that Power Point was better and said he would not take any questions on that during his presentation.
Though that was a few years back. The last time I saw him at LWCE he was using a Mac with some other presentation software.
According to the article given by the first poster, they even have digital tools to speed up this process as well. Thus the only real excuse is "we don't want to spend the time or money". *shrug*
Well, "Tom & Jerry" ain't exactly "Gone With the Wind" is it?
A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader.
It is concievable that the user intended his 'short story' to be funny. But how do we know? The description oes on...
Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which when juxtaposed with the setup provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience.
I don't see an obvious setup, but I *do* detect a bit of irony towards the end. It would seem to me that "decibels in the double digits", though flawed, is implying that anything with Db in double digits is quite loud. And that keeping something *down* to something so *high* is ironic, is it not?
So yes. it would appear to actually be humor. You can now feel free to laugh at it.
By distributing the tracking, this helps to minimize the damage should the original publisher go off-line. This does absolutely nothing for hiding your IP address.
You're damned right it doesn't. THIS ISN'T THE POINT OF BIT TORRENT!!!
You could, uh, click on Firefox (or alt-tab to it), then the tab you want (or ctrl-tab to it)? Not much different from clicking on the "IE" group, and selecting the instance of IE you want really. But then again, you don't *need* to use tabs in Firefox. Just don't use them if you don't like them? Or group similar pages in each window via tabs? Like a Firefox window for Tech News, one for stuff you're searching for, etc.
The point is, you have a *lot* of choice. Asking your average slashdotter will get you no where.
I find posts like yours interesting. You've assumed that not only do I believe in "protectionism", but that I'm also incompetent and lazy.
I work damned hard. And I'm constantly training/learning. But as time has shown, goodenough/cheap beats fantastic/expensive almost all the time.
I don't believe in complete "Free trade" or complete "protectionism." Unlike most slashdotters I believe in a gray area. Maybe limit competition from nations with terrible work labor laws (as they unfairly treat citizens to compete unfairly) for instance.
Yes. Especially if that competition is unfair competition. Why is asking the government to do one of the few things it *should* (protect its citizens) a bad thing? Or should we all live on the same pay as the least paid people in the world?
This "free trade" idea only works if all countries are created equal. They are not. Thus there must be some form of compromise, unless you *want* the United States to become like India*?
* Not that I think India is aweful, I just think the standard of living overall leaves something to be desired when compared to the US.
Are these USE flags parameters passes to the configure script, or are they Gentoo-specific ?
The USE flags are things like "X gtk kde mmx". Typically they are package specific and are passed to the configure script. So if you don't want X support in apps, you can set "-X" and it will compile-out X support where possible.
I've understood that "emerge" works a bit like "apt-get", in that it automatically downloads and installs dependencies. Is this correct ?
Yes. It also takes into account your USE settings.
How hard is it to add new apps ? That is, if I find an app online (or develop one myself) and want to make an ebuild for it, how difficult is it ? And how difficult would it be to get that ebuild a part of the "official" Gentoo ?
The ebuilds are pretty easy to create for simple things. "portage" keeps a directory hierarchy much like the BSD ports under/usr/portage. You can put your own ebuilds in/usr/local/portage. Getting an ebuild into the official tree is a matter of submitting it to bugs.gentoo.org (they've got an FAQ on how to submit). I'm not sure how often new ebuilds are accepted or on what merit they are accepted however...
What happens if there's a power failure during the upgrade ? Can I simply rerun the upgrade command, or do I have to start hunting for broken package(s) ?
The compiling is done in a chroot environment of sorts, then the binaries are copied to the official location. I've never had anything "corrupt" an install. If an ebuild fails for any reason, you can run 'emerge --resume' to pick up again where you left off. This is where 'just doing it' sorta works out nice. It doesn't complain that there is an existing install, or that the exsting install is corrupted. It just fetches, compiles, and installs no matter what.
The "USE" flags are great and do a lot to help customize apps for a system. The dependency checking is very nice and doesn't hesitate to re-compile/re-install things (rpm always pissed me off by being a pain about installing things that are already installed). The official portage tree has a *lot* of apps in it.
I also like the init file system much more than RedHat (I don't have a lot of experience with Debian admitedly). Every/etc/init.d/ also has a/etc/conf.d/ that configures options. rc-update is very nice for adding things to different run levels ( not more so than other distros though, but nice non-the-less).
And the fact that portage isn't afraid to put commercial ebuilds in for things like 'Neverwinter Nights' or 'Quake' is fantastic for installing things under Linux that can be tricky.
Further, I like the idea of no 'version'. Where every update just gets the latest of everything. Debian is very good about dist-upgrade, but you still need to make time for it.
If the citizens end up not liking the gov't solution then they can slash the budget.
You see, the problem is that it's a lot more difficult to beat the governement at anything on price. It's also a lot more difficult to "vote with your money/votes" with the government. Companies come and go. When was the last time you saw a government agency dissapear? Whenever the government needs more money they threaten cutting back on education and law enforcement first! Nevermind some of the more useless projects. No, they want their money. It's a *lot* harder to fight the government than it is a company...
Keep the bloody government out of this. We don't need their help. It's not the end of the world to not have "free" WiFi.
I don't know what pipe dream you live in, but in the pipe dream I call the United States, businesses are here to make as much money as possible, not to provide cheap internet.
And just FYI: The government doesn't exist to guarantee cheap WiFi. Or cheap anything else you feel is overpriced.
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They can't get chips small enough for a Powerbook G5 line.
Looking at the iMac G5, I can't see why not. I mean, that things almost a laptop already! I'm really surprised there are no laptops with G5's yet. I thought it was the next step from that iMac...
The average person has less than two legs.
This is such a stupid statement... *everybody* would have to have two legs in order for the 'average' to have two legs. A single person having one leg means the average is now below 2 (even by a little bit).
Though I do agree tha the government seems to have a strange target fixation on ID cards at the moment. And they will create more problems than they are likely to solve...
We're talking about custom code built to client specifications. If you consider a PHP web site running on Apache under Linux "gluing together components" then you've got bigger issues than your inability to understand me.
Go write some code kid, then we'll talk.
Way to show your lack of understanding....
.NET, etc. to build more complex systems. This is what Global Services does you shmuck - not install Word for you and configure it so it does paragraphs the way you like.
Not all software is a shrink-wrapped product you know. What "product" can GM use to keep track of inventory, sales, and the success of new advertising campaigns?
Software products are tools to many of us. We use Apache, Linux, Windows, IIS, Perl,
Except when the person is personally involved with your project. Then it's perfectly reasonable to not use his product because you don't like him.
Larry was a pain in the ass since Linux started using BK. He fought with developers, got pissy over people insulting BK, and finally took his ball and went home.
it's possible that the Linux World Expo had crufty projection equipment and did not let anyone boot anything else.
It's possible, but not true.
One developer (yes, well-respected developer) simply stated (expecting flames) that Power Point was better and said he would not take any questions on that during his presentation.
Though that was a few years back. The last time I saw him at LWCE he was using a Mac with some other presentation software.
And not one story about all the presentations given at Linux World that were done using Power Point on Windows.
I'm happy just so long as they don't touch "The Rabbit of Seville."
:-)
According to the article given by the first poster, they even have digital tools to speed up this process as well. Thus the only real excuse is "we don't want to spend the time or money". *shrug*
Well, "Tom & Jerry" ain't exactly "Gone With the Wind" is it?
Dupe!
A post bitching about dups has already been posted. This post is such a dupe. Don't the readers of slashdot read slashdot anymore?!?!?!
Hmmm. Perhaps it was a joke? Lets see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader.
It is concievable that the user intended his 'short story' to be funny. But how do we know? The description oes on...
Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which when juxtaposed with the setup provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience.
I don't see an obvious setup, but I *do* detect a bit of irony towards the end. It would seem to me that "decibels in the double digits", though flawed, is implying that anything with Db in double digits is quite loud. And that keeping something *down* to something so *high* is ironic, is it not?
So yes. it would appear to actually be humor. You can now feel free to laugh at it.
And I could overwrite OSX and throw Linux with ratpoison on it as my WM.
I know it may disagree with the Gospel according to Jobs, but some people don't *like* OSX. The form factor of the mini is pretty nifty though.
By distributing the tracking, this helps to minimize the damage should the original publisher go off-line. This does absolutely nothing for hiding your IP address.
You're damned right it doesn't. THIS ISN'T THE POINT OF BIT TORRENT!!!
Why doesn't anybody here seem to get this?
Cool, didn't know that! Only good for the first 10 tabs or so though, but I don't tend to have more than that open.
You could, uh, click on Firefox (or alt-tab to it), then the tab you want (or ctrl-tab to it)? Not much different from clicking on the "IE" group, and selecting the instance of IE you want really. But then again, you don't *need* to use tabs in Firefox. Just don't use them if you don't like them? Or group similar pages in each window via tabs? Like a Firefox window for Tech News, one for stuff you're searching for, etc.
The point is, you have a *lot* of choice. Asking your average slashdotter will get you no where.
Correction to my post above, after reading the article I learned a few facts.
Amazing! Simply amazing!
So you believe in outsourcing simply as a way to "stick it to the man?"
I find posts like yours interesting. You've assumed that not only do I believe in "protectionism", but that I'm also incompetent and lazy.
I work damned hard. And I'm constantly training/learning. But as time has shown, goodenough/cheap beats fantastic/expensive almost all the time.
I don't believe in complete "Free trade" or complete "protectionism." Unlike most slashdotters I believe in a gray area. Maybe limit competition from nations with terrible work labor laws (as they unfairly treat citizens to compete unfairly) for instance.
Or are you asking for exemption from competition?
Yes. Especially if that competition is unfair competition. Why is asking the government to do one of the few things it *should* (protect its citizens) a bad thing? Or should we all live on the same pay as the least paid people in the world?
This "free trade" idea only works if all countries are created equal. They are not. Thus there must be some form of compromise, unless you *want* the United States to become like India*?
* Not that I think India is aweful, I just think the standard of living overall leaves something to be desired when compared to the US.
Are these USE flags parameters passes to the configure script, or are they Gentoo-specific ?
/usr/portage. You can put your own ebuilds in /usr/local/portage. Getting an ebuild into the official tree is a matter of submitting it to bugs.gentoo.org (they've got an FAQ on how to submit). I'm not sure how often new ebuilds are accepted or on what merit they are accepted however...
The USE flags are things like "X gtk kde mmx". Typically they are package specific and are passed to the configure script. So if you don't want X support in apps, you can set "-X" and it will compile-out X support where possible.
I've understood that "emerge" works a bit like "apt-get", in that it automatically downloads and installs dependencies. Is this correct ?
Yes. It also takes into account your USE settings.
How hard is it to add new apps ? That is, if I find an app online (or develop one myself) and want to make an ebuild for it, how difficult is it ? And how difficult would it be to get that ebuild a part of the "official" Gentoo ?
The ebuilds are pretty easy to create for simple things. "portage" keeps a directory hierarchy much like the BSD ports under
What happens if there's a power failure during the upgrade ? Can I simply rerun the upgrade command, or do I have to start hunting for broken package(s) ?
The compiling is done in a chroot environment of sorts, then the binaries are copied to the official location. I've never had anything "corrupt" an install. If an ebuild fails for any reason, you can run 'emerge --resume' to pick up again where you left off. This is where 'just doing it' sorta works out nice. It doesn't complain that there is an existing install, or that the exsting install is corrupted. It just fetches, compiles, and installs no matter what.
The "USE" flags are great and do a lot to help customize apps for a system. The dependency checking is very nice and doesn't hesitate to re-compile/re-install things (rpm always pissed me off by being a pain about installing things that are already installed). The official portage tree has a *lot* of apps in it.
/etc/init.d/ also has a /etc/conf.d/ that configures options. rc-update is very nice for adding things to different run levels ( not more so than other distros though, but nice non-the-less).
I also like the init file system much more than RedHat (I don't have a lot of experience with Debian admitedly). Every
And the fact that portage isn't afraid to put commercial ebuilds in for things like 'Neverwinter Nights' or 'Quake' is fantastic for installing things under Linux that can be tricky.
Further, I like the idea of no 'version'. Where every update just gets the latest of everything. Debian is very good about dist-upgrade, but you still need to make time for it.
That's why I use Gentoo.
If you think we do it for the performance boost, you have no idea what Gentoo is all about.
Good thing you didn't crank it to 11...
If the citizens end up not liking the gov't solution then they can slash the budget.
You see, the problem is that it's a lot more difficult to beat the governement at anything on price. It's also a lot more difficult to "vote with your money/votes" with the government. Companies come and go. When was the last time you saw a government agency dissapear? Whenever the government needs more money they threaten cutting back on education and law enforcement first! Nevermind some of the more useless projects. No, they want their money. It's a *lot* harder to fight the government than it is a company...
Keep the bloody government out of this. We don't need their help. It's not the end of the world to not have "free" WiFi.
I don't know what pipe dream you live in, but in the pipe dream I call the United States, businesses are here to make as much money as possible, not to provide cheap internet.
And just FYI: The government doesn't exist to guarantee cheap WiFi. Or cheap anything else you feel is overpriced.