Microsoft may be taking a step forward by dropping the GUI, but they still don't get it.
I've been a Linux user since kernel 1.2.3, and a Windows L-user nearly as long. I assure you my friend, they get it.
What makes Unix so powerful isn't just the shell, it's the concept of pipes. The input and output of each program is text. You type the input at the keyboard, look at the output on the screen, that's what makes Unix so powerful.
Powerful, yes. Let's count all the files in the current directory that are bigger than 20mbs with a simple bash script:
~: find . -printf '%s %p\n'| sort -nr | awk '$1 > 20971520 {++c} END {print c}'
Why? Because that way you can pipe the output of one program to the input of another. By using binary objects each program gets two additional levels of complexity, you need a utility to inspect the objects and another to enter data.
Really? Here's the powershell equivalent of the above bash script:
ps> ls | where length -gt 20mb | measure | select -expand count
25
I'm looking at the output on the screen. I didn't need arcane awk/sed tricks. I didn't need a "utility to inspect the objects" nor "another to enter data." If you really want to defend unix, you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer. You're clearly standing in the middle of nowhere with your head in the sand.
Look on the bright side, at 5 digits I'm stuck with my wife (just kidding honey).
But it landed a wife that reads Slashdot?
Internet Explorer had it in 1995.
While this works, it is not quite comporable because it executes serially. The powershell method has built in parallelism and throttling with the -AsJob switch.
I will be glad to try, I charge $150/hr with $300 minimum. Feel free to contact me about this.
Ah, this reminds me of a old adage: "Linux is only free if your time is worthless."
This is FUD in and in itself. Tilt bits are signals orthogonal to the normal functioning of video and sound drivers. If you don't implement platform-level DRM, you don't need to care about them. Linux drivers have had stability issues long before the concept of "trusted computing" came out of some ass-hat's tiny brain.
-Oisin
No defending Sony, but I'm putting this out there.
The person who takes the bribe (or campaign contributions) is much more morally bankrupt than the person offering. Joe and Orin could have said no.
The entire American system for funding political parties is based around mutual back scratching. No point jabbing your finger at individuals either. The problem is bigger than that. You need to replace your flag's stars and stripes with a loofah and dollar signs.
This test is a crock of shit. Everyone is so delighted that IE9 is running last that they don't bother to ensure their objectivity, something this "test" certainly does not have. Either that, or the test authors are morons.
DUH
[meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"
END DUH.
-Oisin
Today I noticed I have a "freak". Funnily enough, I had to find out exactly what that meant. Much to my horror, I discovered that someone has added me as a "foe": Feck! it took a few years, but finally I've annoyed someone enough for them to actually be arsed into adding me as a foe! hilarious!
I think it may have something to do with the fact that I've had too much m$ content in my posts recently. Ah well.
If all else fails, lower your standards.