It's a very big deal for aspiring Linux users who aren't hands-on tech people. In fact, the less you know about Gnome, or even what Gnome is, the bigger a deal Helix Code is. Helix Code is creating a standard Gnome platform for Gnome-based applications to run on. For uses who don't download, compile, and install their own libraries, it's been hard to run Gnome apps. The pre-installed or CD Linux distributions have Gnome libraries that are way out of date, or out of whack with what the latest apps (Nautilus, Evolution, Gnumeric, etc) need to run. Helix Code will enable people to treat Gnome more like, say, Real Player or (dare I say it) Internet Explorer, where the necessarly DLL's can easily be kept up to date over the Net by users who don't even know what a DLL is. Except I trust Helix Code more than I do MS or RN with my computer.:-)
I wrote an article over the weekend for which Miguel and Nat explained to me their plans for World Domination through ease of use. I'm going to start using Evolution when it's officially released, because just having a *faster* email program that reads MS Office docs will make a world of difference.
The ASCI machines, which are far beyond previous supercomputers in power and speed, are specifically funded and built to simulate the explosion performance of aging US nuclear warheads. Since the Clinton administration was determined to sign no-nuke-testing treaties to keep other countries from advancing in the technology, ASCI was created as a ten-year, billion-dollar program to replace real explosion tests with simulated ones.
That's also why there are export controls over "supercomputers" above 1 gigaflop - to make it harder for upcoming nuke powers to do simulations. That's being revised to 6.5 gigaflops in early 2000 to prevent Playstation II from being classified as a munition.:-)
ASCI Blue replaced its old SGI-based system (see list #13 at top500.org) with Moto chips and a Myrinet, according to the Top500 folks and ASCI Blue spokespeople. They were #1 until about two weeks ago, when ASCI Red pulled some late nights optimizing their two-year-old hardware to get back to #1.
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If we told you, it wouldn't be a surprise.
The LA Times quoted Bove calling the McDonald's bombing "pointless and imbecilic". I can't find it on the Times site, but the Detroit News has it here
It's a very big deal for aspiring Linux users who aren't hands-on tech people. In fact, the less you know about Gnome, or even what Gnome is, the bigger a deal Helix Code is. Helix Code is creating a standard Gnome platform for Gnome-based applications to run on. For uses who don't download, compile, and install their own libraries, it's been hard to run Gnome apps. The pre-installed or CD Linux distributions have Gnome libraries that are way out of date, or out of whack with what the latest apps (Nautilus, Evolution, Gnumeric, etc) need to run. Helix Code will enable people to treat Gnome more like, say, Real Player or (dare I say it) Internet Explorer, where the necessarly DLL's can easily be kept up to date over the Net by users who don't even know what a DLL is. Except I trust Helix Code more than I do MS or RN with my computer. :-)
I wrote an article over the weekend for which Miguel and Nat explained to me their plans for World Domination through ease of use. I'm going to start using Evolution when it's officially released, because just having a *faster* email program that reads MS Office docs will make a world of difference.
Apologies for the self-promo, but we published a fairly long interview with Michael Tiemann not too long ago. I think he's a good guy for the job.
http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~haensel/Don_Marti n/don_martin_main.html
I can't help thinking Mad was where I learned the word "Plotz". I hope Don would prefer that in a headline.
The ASCI machines, which are far beyond previous supercomputers in power and speed, are specifically funded and built to simulate the explosion performance of aging US nuclear warheads. Since the Clinton administration was determined to sign no-nuke-testing treaties to keep other countries from advancing in the technology, ASCI was created as a ten-year, billion-dollar program to replace real explosion tests with simulated ones.
:-)
That's also why there are export controls over "supercomputers" above 1 gigaflop - to make it harder for upcoming nuke powers to do simulations. That's being revised to 6.5 gigaflops in early 2000 to prevent Playstation II from being classified as a munition.
ASCI Blue replaced its old SGI-based system (see list #13 at top500.org) with Moto chips and a Myrinet, according to the Top500 folks and ASCI Blue spokespeople. They were #1 until about two weeks ago, when ASCI Red pulled some late nights optimizing their two-year-old hardware to get back to #1.
It's a typo, of course. Thanks for pointing it out.
It's a typo, of course. Thanks for pointing it out.
Hi guys,
Thanks for the link. We've posted a second update from the conference's second day this afternoon on sendmail.net.