Intel likes ide hard drives, why? because they are processor dependant. They waste cpu cycles doing laborious io processing. SCSI controllers are not cpu bound and contain a seperate chip to do the io. Intel designed usb 1.0, 1.1. and 2.0 with the goals of... 1. Cheap components that 2. Make you need a faster computer. Microsoft loves it too and uses it as a stick to get people on the win98 bandwagon...
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Correct me if Im wrong, but the sledgehammer runs 32bit code native and so it seems to me that linux should work right now(might need to be recompiled?).
The only real work that should be done is to optimize the source to make use the the new 64bit operations. This is needed so that the sledgehammer can compete against itanium and so linux can compete against win2k. This will also force ms to produce an optimized win2k version unless they want to loose a boatload of server installs.
Personally I think slashdot should fight this tooth and nail, however if they are to loose or be slapped with an injunction then I think some creative server configuration would force microsoft to drop the case. Im sure that Slashdot runs as a distributed app on at least one server farm right now. I bet that with a little creative configuration discussions of questionable nature could easily be hosted by countries that place more value on free speach or less value on copyrights. Then the DMCA would not apply and microsoft would be forced to sit & spin.
Back in the day when when we used bulky and inneficient media to store music the cost of producing and distributing an album was quite high. Record contracts were negotiated with this in mind and the artists were left with a fairly small chunk of the the revenue. When CDs were released and manufacturing was ramped up the cost of production dropped to pennies.
Record contracts did not evolve to reflect this change in the industry and album prices actually rose. Artists actually get about 1-2% of the price you pay for a CD. Artists can make much more monry touring than selling CDs and only those who make the leap to superstardom top 40 are actually well compensated. The vast majority struggle to get by while the record labels get fat.
The new free music economy does not hurt the artists so much as it hurts the labels. Music distribution as we know it is outdated. If the artists sold music for $1/album on large fast internet servers they would make more money than they do today. The artists would be fairly compensated, the fans would get lots of cheap music and the recoring industry would either lower prices or go out of business.
The industry is already dead, it just doesnt know it yet.
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Intel likes ide hard drives, why? because they are processor dependant. They waste cpu cycles doing laborious io processing. SCSI controllers are not cpu bound and contain a seperate chip to do the io. Intel designed usb 1.0, 1.1. and 2.0 with the goals of... 1. Cheap components that 2. Make you need a faster computer. Microsoft loves it too and uses it as a stick to get people on the win98 bandwagon...
This original work may be rebroadcast without written or implied consent.
Correct me if Im wrong, but the sledgehammer runs 32bit code native and so it seems to me that linux should work right now(might need to be recompiled?).
The only real work that should be done is to optimize the source to make use the the new 64bit operations. This is needed so that the sledgehammer can compete against itanium and so linux can compete against win2k. This will also force ms to produce an optimized win2k version unless they want to loose a boatload of server installs.
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Personally I think slashdot should fight this tooth and nail, however if they are to loose or be slapped with an injunction then I think some creative server configuration would force microsoft to drop the case. Im sure that Slashdot runs as a distributed app on at least one server farm right now. I bet that with a little creative configuration discussions of questionable nature could easily be hosted by countries that place more value on free speach or less value on copyrights. Then the DMCA would not apply and microsoft would be forced to sit & spin.
Back in the day when when we used bulky and inneficient media to store music the cost of producing and distributing an album was quite high. Record contracts were negotiated with this in mind and the artists were left with a fairly small chunk of the the revenue. When CDs were released and manufacturing was ramped up the cost of production dropped to pennies.
Record contracts did not evolve to reflect this change in the industry and album prices actually rose. Artists actually get about 1-2% of the price you pay for a CD. Artists can make much more monry touring than selling CDs and only those who make the leap to superstardom top 40 are actually well compensated. The vast majority struggle to get by while the record labels get fat.
The new free music economy does not hurt the artists so much as it hurts the labels. Music distribution as we know it is outdated. If the artists sold music for $1/album on large fast internet servers they would make more money than they do today. The artists would be fairly compensated, the fans would get lots of cheap music and the recoring industry would either lower prices or go out of business.
The industry is already dead, it just doesnt know it yet.
If they only blocked Mariah Carey or Backstreet Boys it would be more like a spam filter. -Aaron