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Linux To Be First OS To Support USB 3.0
An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from Neowin.net "Sarah Sharp, a self-styled 'geekess' and Linux developer at Intel's Open Source Technology Center who has recently been working on the Linux USB subsystem, announced on her blog that support of USB 3.0 will soon be integrated into the Linux kernel. This makes Linux the first operating system to support the standard. If you can't wait and have the expertise necessary, she includes instructions on how to get USB 3.0 support in Linux now." Here's Sharp's post.
My Linux box goes to USB 11
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Chalk one up for Intel and Linux kernel OSS support! IMHO, a big milestone in the fact that Linux kernel development is always teetering on the bleeding edge. This isn't going to change much for the novice user unless distro's do their part and package in the kernel support for it, but for the more savvy users and testers, it's going to help USB 3.0 mature very quickly and get the bugs worked out faster. I dig it.
I believe that would make the USB5 logo Plaid?
An operating system should be like a light switch... simple, effective, easy to use, and designed for everyone.
How about geek with pendulous tits?
That is still gender neutral.
I don't care what she looks like. If she refers to herself as a "geekess", she's off my list based on annoyability quotient.
Anyway, you want fun, you gotta go for the Liberal Arts majors. They read "erotica" and learn all that kama sutra stuff.
Or, do what I did and go for a mathematician. For some reason, female mathematicians are sex machines. The trick is to find one that doesn't look like Leonid Brezhnev with lipstick.
Here's the secret: hang around the math department and look for the girls with names that sound like they're from the former Soviet Bloc. I don't know why, but over there they breed a certain type of hot chick with strong math aptitude. Probably a result of some sort of early genetic experiment before the fall of the USSR. Anyway, they get over here and go to our best math schools and since back home all the guys are brooding boors who drink too much and don't bathe, it can be as simple as being nice to them (and, of course, bathing regularly). Also, if they're from the former Yugoslavia, it's best not to mention that you thought Clinton was a great president. They still hold a grudge about all the bombing of Belgrade and stuff.
If you play your cards right, you'll end up with a female that looks like Milla Jovovic and has a brain like Pierre de Fermat. They end up with a nice job in a math department somewhere (or even better, the financial sector) and BAM! you're home relaxed, playing Far Cry 2 and commenting on Slashdot, writing a novel the same way that Brian from Family Guy is "writing a novel" and in twenty minutes she comes home bringing bacon. Of course, be prepared to cook dinner occasionally and perform like a tantric guru. It can be a sweet, if tiring existence.
Now excuse me, I have something on the stove.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Neither Amiga (Virtual desktops in 1985) or NeWS (tabbed windows and browsing, 1988) were open source.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
How about geek with pendulous tits?
That is still gender neutral.
and on Slashdot it isn't even gender indicative
Also, if they're from the former Yugoslavia, it's best not to mention that you thought Clinton was a great president. They still hold a grudge about all the bombing of Belgrade and stuff.
That's only if she's a Serb. If she's Croatian, it could be a point in your favour.
The takeaway here is that paying attention to geopolitics can pay great dividends.
Nope. USB 4.0 will have "OMG Ponies" as it's moniker
Mod me up/Mod me down: I wont frown as I've no crown
I could engage in some huge diatribe about how you're objectifying women
Yes, but talk like that will just make you popular with the lesbians.
Which is perfectly alright. But if you're straight it's a lonely existence.
So does that mean CPU usage will be 100% when I copy files to a hard drive?
USB 3.0 does away with polling (which is what causes the high CPU usage) with an asynchronous event model whereby the device controller sends service requests to the host (unfortunately, I can't find a great reference for this, although they mention it here).
Or, to put it another way, it allows USB to enter the 20th century. :)
"Looks good to me:"
Bah, pictures mean nothing. Check out her youtube video
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Would you kids please get your wanking done before you start posting on Slashdot? Panting and drooling every time you see a female is pretty boring for others...
You must be new here.
Nice to hear that, but are there any USB 3.0 devices to plug ?
Mod me troll if you want, but the majority of the devices won't come until Windows has USB 3.0 support.