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Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win
An anonymous reader writes "The boys at Intel can't be happy with the latest opposition to the IA-64 instruction set. According to this Inquirer scoop, Linus himself has weighed in, and it appears he's putting his eggs in the x86-64 basket. In the original usenet post, he goes so far as to say that 'We're ... praying that AMD's x86-64 succeeds in the market, forcing Intel to make Yamhill their standard platform.'"
It would be nice if good hardware was actually adopted into the mainstream, but Mac and Sun are living proof that people want CHEAP hardware. Let's all pray this is a good median.
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I win!!!! Wooo hooo!!! Wang!
Hooray for Linus. Those penguins do have balls.
I too have a +1 posting bonus, which I protect by posting AC when I claim first post.
Maybe some day you will be as smart as me.
Cherish my balls as though they were unharmed miners.
Hey, does anyone know when the 64-bit version of Windows XP will be available to the public? I heard it exists, and I'd like to put it on my CAD machine (planning on dual Hammers) once I build it next year - along with a 64-bit Linux distro, of course.
I belong to the ______ generation.
Ok, fine but I have a more important question that needs to be answered.
.. the problem is, I just can't seem to stop 'cyber-stalking' my ex-girlfriend. I knew her password, so I forwarded all her emails to an anonymous Lycos account, and periodically I'll log in to her mail server and grab her Outbox for reading.
.. help.
It's about a girl - the only girl I've ever loved. We'd been together for about two years. And as far as I knew, we loved each other.
About four months ago we broke up. She was cheating on me with a complete bastard who was cheating on his girlfriend too. It really messed my head up - I've been depressed for months and to add insult to injury, she won't even talk to me anymore.
It's like I've been cast as the bad guy whereas the complete bastard gets all the glory.
Ok. But
Every time I read the emails I get really really upset. But I can't tell anyone why, because then I'd have to admit to stalking her.
It's addictive. I can't seem to stop doing it.
Has anyone else been in a situation like this? What did you do to resolve it?
This isn't a troll. I'm genuine, and I need help. Please, please
Agreed, the Inquirer story was every bit as bad as your average Enquirer piece. Bitch bitch bitch Slashdot editorial quality control moan moan moan.
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With my current love of OS X I could care less what's happening in the "WIntel" world. I'm the only one at my work that uses Linux on the desktop because we only have x86 based destop systems. I'd be more than happy to dump this system for a G4 dual 1GHz. I'm not knocking Linux at all, in fact I still love it for a server environment, but with all the "hoopla" over the GUI it needs to grow up a bit. I've been happily using Linux on my desktop for almost 10 years straight at work while everyone else has gone through the headache of upgrading Windows, and the ugliness that is XP...Hell, my 6mo old daughter could design a better looking interface. Anyway, I'm just not excited about anything on the x86 front anymore. How far off is the ia-64 from it's original release date? Wasn't it scheduled for release in 2000? Bah...
In trying emotional times like these, there is only one place to turn to...NWA lyrics.
The founders of west coast gangsta rap teach us important life lessons like "a bitch is a bitch" and "life ain't nuthin but bitches and money".
You also noted that the guy that was boning your woman was also cheating on his girlfriend. Find that girl! You can buy her a drink and empathize with her because you too have been cheated on. With that kind of sensitivity, you should be pulling her panties off within hours.
Good luck, psycho boy.