Disqus - Latest Comments for Alexei

Re: Is Google Plus Dead On Arrival?

Alexei — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:44:38 -0000

I don't have time, energy or inclination to start on ANY "social network", especially facebook.

Re: One bug report to rule them all

Alexei — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:35:57 -0000

Ah, but that's not glamorous. I mean, its so much fun making windows wobble or icons rotate or creating some other super-duper feature. But creating an easy to use bug-reporting workflow? Bah! Bo-ring :P

Re: One bug report to rule them all

Alexei — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:12:31 -0000

Yeah, yeah. Look at me. I'm laughing. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Re: Rants heard 'round the community ver. 10

Alexei — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:18:51 -0000

Well, if you roll your mouse pointer over that stern face, you can see URL of disqus profile of the poster. I suppose that's how you can tell them apart.

Re: Rants heard 'round the community ver. 10

Alexei — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:03:20 -0000

I absolutely hate Unix directory structure (whatsit called? there is an abbreviation, I just forgot it.. never mind), be it Linux or some commercial Unix. Methinks Unix was broken enough even before Linus came along (see Unix Hater's Handbook)

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:35:35 -0000

You've got a better plan? Please share it with us, then.
Work on something better? I'm all for it. If it isn't another wobbly WM with 1337 FX that is.

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:16:16 -0000

What are those virtual desktops good for, anyway?
I honestly don't understand why can't I just use the taskbar to manage open windows

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:50:21 -0000

MWAHAHAHA!!!....
Blood, bloooood!!!

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:44:36 -0000

>> but i've not yet heard of any CG blockbuster by Pixar or DreamCast entirely and proudly "made with Blender"

Of course. They have already made huge investments, both in terms of money AND in terms of effort, Blender would offer them NO benefit, who in their right mind would switch? Another point - when I watch, say, Shrek, I really don't care about the software it was made with, or what CPUs do they use at the render farm (or what OS. or how long did it take to render it.). This is nothing but trivia for the viewer (well, I am curious, but frankly I don't care much)

About Maya: I actually wrote a couple of plugins for it (custom format exporters), about 5 years ago. I hate its UI (well, there are worse apps, much worse, but still).

Suggesting Maya proves that 1) I used to work with it 2) I do not like Maya UI (artists I worked with loved Maya and hated Max, whereas I didn't really enjoy Maya API or UI, Max UI looks much cleaner)

In any event, Blender is one of the better FOSS apps.

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:10:19 -0000

Actually, Blender is quite good IMO. It would be one example of success if anything ( http://www.bigbuckbunny.org... ? I can't say i like characters much, but technically the quality is good)

For the not-so pretty interface with roots in Unix widget sets (Motif?), try Maya.

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:21:14 -0000

Yeah, that name's got to go. Say what - let's name it "Pedophile", or better yet - GNU/Pedophile

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:52:23 -0000

Ptooey again

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:46:59 -0000

Glad to know I'm not the only one to hate "Oubountou". Ptooey.

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:40:05 -0000

Too late for this guy :)

But you know, the strangest thing is that I really AM starting to see the point of "build everything" distros like Gentoo. Sure, its painful, but at least you can be sure everything is consistent (well, at least in theory, as I suspect in practice its much harder then configure / make / install)

Re: Lusers make me laugh ver.4

Alexei — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:30:49 -0000

Too sweet to actually happen. Sigh.
(And yes, that's basically cloning OS X, which is a good thing IMO)

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:49:45 -0000

1. Windows / OS X market share is small compared to Linux? Wait a second, these words must have some other meaning I'm unaware of... hm.

2. The only reason Linux has any market share on desktop (IMHO) is that it a) works at times (like, you only install stuff from your distro CD and lucky enough to have all your HW supported or simply don't care). Plus it happens to _look_ like a real, working, stable desktop OS. And, of course the fanboyism - they blow the flames hard enough to ensure there are always people willing to try out Linux (not that there are many)

Or something like that, I guess.

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:44:15 -0000

Well, I can't see why any GUI framework would be SO much easier to use then another (without their form designers). I've seen a couple of frameworks (and the worst designer is Netbeans' Swing form designer), but wouldn't recommend going without at least some kind of designer for anything more serious then Helloworld with any of them.

As for .NET, well, this little open source perversion of mine - http://akireev.freehostia.c...
was written mostly is a simple text editor, on a PDA (because I was bored out of my mind during bus rides :). Interface is simplistic, I admit, but doing C# forms w/o form designer is possible (although, again, I'd recommend against this approach), and easier then MFC without VS for sure.

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:09:19 -0000

Firefox 3: This web site at www.antivirusgolden.com has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.

Firefox is great. On Windows. This is where overwhelming majority of Firefox copies run.

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:45:07 -0000

Vista isn't exactly a hit, if that's a consolation for you. Still, the point was that Linux' market share is negligible (not for all companies, of course, but smaller companies would be wise to ignore it). OS X is something completely different, Apple controls every aspect there - be it hardware or software (drivers, firmware). Linux, on the other hand, is highly fragmented. When "FOSS enthusiasts" start to understand that this lack of conformity (and stability) is their major long-term problem, then and only then may Linux gain in popularity on desktops. Not when another mega-killer WM with wobbling windows and rotating icons comes out.

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:22:03 -0000

>>> I'd like to see someone develop a really complex .NET app without Visual Studio and its nice features, such as Forms designer, intelli-sense, and all that mumbo jumbo. Probably not that productive, right?... well isn't that the whole purpose of .NET--to make Windows development easier? If you still have to use an IDE to get work done then what is the difference?

Not that your point (writing a .NET app w/o VS) makes more sense, then, say, developing MFC app w/o VS, or developing a VCL app w/o Delphi or C++ Builder (or BDS or whatever they call it now), but have you heard about Sharp Develop? I have actually used it, and its good. I'm not sure if MonoDevelop is any good, though.

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:12:38 -0000

Sorry, but GCC consistently generates bigger binaries then MS compilers (and they're free, too).
Intel compiler may be better then all those, though (never actually tried it)

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:34:09 -0000

Where did I call him stupid? :P
He just likes toying with Linux, I guess, just like he likes toying with Brew or whatever.
Well, he's got time to play with those, good for him.

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:22:11 -0000

Another thing, before some "FOSS enthusiast" comes and enlightens me about id Software.

Yes, I know about Carmack's fondness towards Linux and OpenGL. I've read his rants about how OpenGL is superior to DirectX back in 98 (or was it in 99?). It was a long time ago, however, and DirectX has matured since that time.

I wonder how much id earns from Linux customers, but I guess there's no way to tell (they give binaries for free and you have to buy Windows version for game contents, AFAIK). My guess is that Linux ports are rather Carmack's pet project then anything with a real purpose. Maybe he thinks Linux will mature and become another desktop market, who knows - companies do stuff that is not necessarily profitable at the moment.

Looks like he is not that hopeful anymore:
http://sathyasays.com/2007/...

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:57:21 -0000

And I use Apollo ( http://koti.welho.com/hylin... )
It has a really simple, minimalistic interface (which is what I like about it). Its free. Its not FOSS. And there's no Linux version (but who cares?)

Re: Foxnews^H^H^H^Hconn conspiracy

Alexei — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:26:08 -0000

Mwahaha! Games for Linux??!
You're kidding me (or, more correctly: lusers are). Why would any sane gamedev studio target desktop Linux(es)?

1) Their total market share is 3% or less
2) There is no such OS as "Linux", there are about a dozen of partially compatible with each other "distros" (meaning, "Linux" is not a single target, its a bunch of targets)
3) Of those 3%, how many are willing to pay for the games, considering Linux users' disdain for proprietary software?

They may as well petition the Pope or General Secretary of UN