Sorry to nitpick but the P2 was not *really* new. The P2 was just a Pentium Pro with MMX extensions and a larger but slower cache.
This is the first *really* new chip since the Pentium Pro. FWIW, the Pentium Pro started at 60 Mhz.
They should have an easier time ramping up the clock speed but it doesn't look like they are going to beat AMD's chips in the near term (one to two years) for overall performance.
It won't work. I hate paying $20 per month for anything. I can't believe that companies think this will work.
I look forward to the time when companies large and small begin to understand that people are not interested in handing out monthly checks for every service that's offered.
HTML Source options: IE (IE opens the source in Notepad; Netscape just shows it to you)
Actually, Netscape doesn't just show it to you. It shows it to you with syntax high lighting. That's a big deal for me. I prefer Netscape's way of showing the source for that reason.
I can't believe that this news is coming out on the day of their IPO. This is going to hurt them. It's going to hurt even worse because of the timing. I wonder if this has been planned?
Daycare provides a child with something you
cannot. Socialization skills.
I just wanted to counter this thought because I often hear it from parents who use daycare services. In my experiances it's just untrue. One of the first things my wife did after she was well enough was to join a "Mommy and me" excersize class. This class was the foundation of a new network of friends with babies of the same age.
Most stay at home parents usually find new friends with children to match their own. They form playgroups and other groups just to make sure that it's provided. If you're luckly (like me) you'll live in a neighborhood with lots of children for you son/daughter to play with too.
Parents who stay home to dedicate their life to raising their children are usually doing better than a daycare provider, not worse. It's unfair to say that their kids will lack socialization skills.
I understand that not everybody can stay home to raise their children and still makes ends meet. However, I would hope that people are not planning to have children if they are not planning to raise them. (Heck, I hope they don't buy a dog if they aren't in a situation where they can raise them.)
In my region (Research Triangle Park, NC) they handle this pretty well. Basically, they charge an impact fee to the developer when they put up new construction. These fees are to cover the extra burden that new people (like me) will put on the roads, the schools, the water/sewage system, etc.
Of course, the developer passes these fees on to the homeowner and they end up paying for their "impact". I find this system to be fair.
A normal impact fee will be something in the range of 1% or 2% of the cost of your house.
Actually, taxes on regular fuel and taxes on desiel fuel are not always the same (at least in my state).
They can tax regular people without increasing the price of goods.
If you're curious, I do not support gas taxes to fund anything but highway construction.
Actually, as a married guy who earns less than $100K I would benefit from his plan. My problem is with the concept of buying votes with the tax code. I also benefit from the $500 for every kid law. However, I think it's a bad law.
I think capitalism is the key to prosperity. Taking from the "rich" and giving to the poor is lousy in the long haul. (According to me)
Just to set the record straight, I don't really like either candidate. As a matter of fact, I haven't found any of the candidate acceptable. I've voted outside the two parties twice before but I don't see anybody attractive enough this time for me to do it again.
Gore's saving plans are a redistribution of wealth that I feel will be bad for the nation. In short, if you put money aside in a federal savings account the Government will match it. If you make too much money, you can't participate. Taking money from everybody (taxes) and giving it to a select group will redistribute wealth. I disagree with that idea.
Gore's targeted tax cuts are a way of getting votes. I don't have a problem with using the tax code to encourage behavior that's good for the nation. For example, the home mortgage deduction is designed to promote home ownership. I sincerly believe that home ownership by the masses is good for the nation. However, handing out $500 for everybody with a kid is just buying votes.
Gore is for affirmative action. I think that everybody should compete on their own merits. I do hiring where I work and I can assure you that everybody gets an equal shot regardless of their race, sex, religion, etc. The nation would be better off if we stopped counting who we're hiring. Capitalism will ensure that we do what best for the company.
In summary, Gore uses the tax code to get large groups of people to vote for him. That's not what's is for.
However, there is something of a silver lining for Intel. The company's investments in Micron and
Samsung have produced a generous return as the shares have appreciated significantly in value.
I suspect this investment gain is not as rosey as this author is claiming it is.
FYI, those rankings are for graduate engineering programs. I think these rankings are a valid consideration when choosing where to get a master's degree in CS.
Okay, I understand the reliability of Linux is very high but that's not true for all open source projects. Anytime you have a large pool of programmers working on code you're going to have a large difference in programmer skill levels.
Isn't it likely that bugs are going to slip into systems that can't have them? Okay, the system already has bugs but at least they have somebody to back them up and fix them. Yes these arguments have been used against open source before but this time we're dealing with large and boring systems.
Who's going to spend their free time writing this stuff? Wouldn't it be tempting to walk away as soon as you realize that it's not fun? You have to pay people to work one large boring systems.
A 486 running Apache can handle 100K hits per day. I can't imagine why they would say that.
Now, if they are talking about Apache and Perl vs. IIS and ASP then there are so many other issues to consider that the HTTP server probably doesn't play a major role.
I've been a Palm Pilot user for about three years. The reason I've choosen Palm over Win CE (or whatever they call it this week) is that it's not Microsoft.
I suspect that a lot of the people who are buying PDAs are still techie enough to hate MS. How can Palm compete with the cooler features (MP3 player, voice recorder, first to color, more RAM, etc.) offered by the Win CE devices.
What do you think? Is Palm winning just because they are not MS?
I don't agree with this. I know a lot of people who are going to college at night while financing the entire thing with their day job. I did it for 5 years before I finished with two BS degrees. College is only out of reach if you are easily discouraged.
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PS Now that you have a marketable skill set maybe you can find a job with tuition reimbursement?
I think that Healtheon tracks medical records with their systems. Their system is used through a web browser so it should work with any OS. (I've used it under Linux)
It's not freeware, if I understand it right it's more like an ASP. However, it should be easier to implement than a client based solution.
I've noticed that a lot of/.ers don't think very much of "convergence". I disagree with them.
A device that "only" plays games will be at a real disadvantage with a device that does so much more. I am buying a PS2 mostly because it has a built in DVD player. I want to play games but I've never bought a game console before. The DVD player puts me over the edge.
If the X-Box has a Tivo like device built into it I might just replace the PS2 I'm buying when it comes out.
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PS Nah, probably won't replace it because I tend to boycott MS stuff. However, I will give it a long look.
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Sorry to nitpick but the P2 was not *really* new. The P2 was just a Pentium Pro with MMX extensions and a larger but slower cache.
This is the first *really* new chip since the Pentium Pro. FWIW, the Pentium Pro started at 60 Mhz.
They should have an easier time ramping up the clock speed but it doesn't look like they are going to beat AMD's chips in the near term (one to two years) for overall performance.
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It won't work. I hate paying $20 per month for anything. I can't believe that companies think this will work.
I look forward to the time when companies large and small begin to understand that people are not interested in handing out monthly checks for every service that's offered.
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I'm pretty sure that was a joke. Maybe we need tags?
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HTML Source options: IE (IE opens the source in Notepad; Netscape just shows it to you)
Actually, Netscape doesn't just show it to you. It shows it to you with syntax high lighting. That's a big deal for me. I prefer Netscape's way of showing the source for that reason.
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I can't believe that this news is coming out on the day of their IPO. This is going to hurt them. It's going to hurt even worse because of the timing. I wonder if this has been planned?
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Daycare provides a child with something you cannot. Socialization skills.
I just wanted to counter this thought because I often hear it from parents who use daycare services. In my experiances it's just untrue. One of the first things my wife did after she was well enough was to join a "Mommy and me" excersize class. This class was the foundation of a new network of friends with babies of the same age.
Most stay at home parents usually find new friends with children to match their own. They form playgroups and other groups just to make sure that it's provided. If you're luckly (like me) you'll live in a neighborhood with lots of children for you son/daughter to play with too.
Parents who stay home to dedicate their life to raising their children are usually doing better than a daycare provider, not worse. It's unfair to say that their kids will lack socialization skills.
I understand that not everybody can stay home to raise their children and still makes ends meet. However, I would hope that people are not planning to have children if they are not planning to raise them. (Heck, I hope they don't buy a dog if they aren't in a situation where they can raise them.)
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In my region (Research Triangle Park, NC) they handle this pretty well. Basically, they charge an impact fee to the developer when they put up new construction. These fees are to cover the extra burden that new people (like me) will put on the roads, the schools, the water/sewage system, etc.
Of course, the developer passes these fees on to the homeowner and they end up paying for their "impact". I find this system to be fair.
A normal impact fee will be something in the range of 1% or 2% of the cost of your house.
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Actually, taxes on regular fuel and taxes on desiel fuel are not always the same (at least in my state). They can tax regular people without increasing the price of goods.
If you're curious, I do not support gas taxes to fund anything but highway construction.
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Actually, as a married guy who earns less than $100K I would benefit from his plan. My problem is with the concept of buying votes with the tax code. I also benefit from the $500 for every kid law. However, I think it's a bad law.
I think capitalism is the key to prosperity. Taking from the "rich" and giving to the poor is lousy in the long haul. (According to me)
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However, there is something of a silver lining for Intel. The company's investments in Micron and Samsung have produced a generous return as the shares have appreciated significantly in value.
I suspect this investment gain is not as rosey as this author is claiming it is.
FYI, those rankings are for graduate engineering programs. I think these rankings are a valid consideration when choosing where to get a master's degree in CS.
Okay, I understand the reliability of Linux is very high but that's not true for all open source projects. Anytime you have a large pool of programmers working on code you're going to have a large difference in programmer skill levels.
Isn't it likely that bugs are going to slip into systems that can't have them? Okay, the system already has bugs but at least they have somebody to back them up and fix them. Yes these arguments have been used against open source before but this time we're dealing with large and boring systems.
Who's going to spend their free time writing this stuff? Wouldn't it be tempting to walk away as soon as you realize that it's not fun? You have to pay people to work one large boring systems.
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Naked BSD chick? Care yo post an URL? Vanguard
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A 486 running Apache can handle 100K hits per day. I can't imagine why they would say that.
Now, if they are talking about Apache and Perl vs. IIS and ASP then there are so many other issues to consider that the HTTP server probably doesn't play a major role.
Humph, 100k hits, that's kiddy stuff.
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The PDA phone is really exciting. At that price I'd buy one in a second if it's not to bulky. Does anybody have any prototype pictures?
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I've been a Palm Pilot user for about three years. The reason I've choosen Palm over Win CE (or whatever they call it this week) is that it's not Microsoft.
I suspect that a lot of the people who are buying PDAs are still techie enough to hate MS. How can Palm compete with the cooler features (MP3 player, voice recorder, first to color, more RAM, etc.) offered by the Win CE devices.
What do you think? Is Palm winning just because they are not MS?
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I don't agree with this. I know a lot of people who are going to college at night while financing the entire thing with their day job. I did it for 5 years before I finished with two BS degrees. College is only out of reach if you are easily discouraged.
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PS Now that you have a marketable skill set maybe you can find a job with tuition reimbursement?
I think that Healtheon tracks medical records with their systems. Their system is used through a web browser so it should work with any OS. (I've used it under Linux)
It's not freeware, if I understand it right it's more like an ASP. However, it should be easier to implement than a client based solution.
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Slashdot, history for nerds. Things that used to matter.
:-)
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I've noticed that a lot of /.ers don't think very much of "convergence". I disagree with them.
A device that "only" plays games will be at a real disadvantage with a device that does so much more. I am buying a PS2 mostly because it has a built in DVD player. I want to play games but I've never bought a game console before. The DVD player puts me over the edge.
If the X-Box has a Tivo like device built into it I might just replace the PS2 I'm buying when it comes out.
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PS Nah, probably won't replace it because I tend to boycott MS stuff. However, I will give it a long look.
FWIW, they didn't take my name or scan anything in.
I just asked them if they were giving away free scanners and they said, "Sure, I'll get you one."
Before I knew it they put the scanner and the catalog in a bag and I was on my way.
The iPAQ runs X?
I tried to find out more about the iPAQ but the links from this page were broken.
Does anybody have info on the iPAQ running X?
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$125,000 + $20,000 = $145,000 towards IBM.
:-)
This gives us the ablity to run 41,500 linux machines.
(125,000 + 20,000) / 41,500 = ~$3.50 per linux machine.
Sounds like a bargain to me.
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