If you require performance for LInux desktop that goes beyond free software 3d games and good 3d desktop support and have requirements for newer video games or need 3d performance for your work then you have no choice but to buy nvidia.
There exists no open source 3d drivers that can support high end 3d performance nearly as well as what Nvidia provides.
But if your looking for cost effective and stable (much more stable then Nvidia) 2d/3d performance then Intel onboard video cards are the logical choice.
He concedes the performance point, but merely says Intel is fast enough for desktop use. I don't play doom, so I really could care less if my Intel video is fast enough to play it.... cue car analogy... It is fast enough in the same way that my 92 Accord is fast enough to get me to work and back every day. It isn't as fast as a (insert high performance sports car here), but it gets me where I am going reliably and quickly enough (faster than one can legally go in my jurisdiction).
Why would I want to bother running wires if I can get the same connectivity with wireless and WPA without bothering with cables. Especially considering that when my nephew comes over (who is one), he likes to get into cords and cables and stuff. My power cord pulls out of my notebook pretty easily, but the ethernet doesn't. What happens when he pulls on the cord and the computer comes crashing down? Happened to my M-in-Law and her notebook is still getting repaired (mind you, that's because the service at the place she got it sucks, but anyway).
yes... not to mention that presumably if things were being moved to a digital format, there was a plan perhaps at some point to get rid of the hard copies. And so I wonder if the saving grace in the situation is really the fact that they hadn't gotten rid of the paper documents yet (and maybe now, they won't).
but this is different than the incident you are referring to... UWisconsin isn't necessarily saying there is nothing wrong with the actions of the students. They are only saying that they won't release the information unless forced to by the law courts. In fact, they're acceptable use policy presumably excludes illegal activity. I would look at the stance of UW, but I guess the page has been slashdotted:)
That is the way current business model works... But does it have to? I mean, hardware is always changing and improving, and paradigms are shifting. Dos 3.3 was pretty stable... but Dos 4.0 had to be released (IIRC it offered support for larger disks) and then 5.0 and 6.0. In the OS market, innovation should drive it. OSes have continued to be a market for the last twenty years, even though the OS from 20 years ago would run just fine on the machines we use today. Innovation and new features should drive the OS market (not useless annoying features, but actual things that make it easier to do work).
well, more completely: 1. to occur; happen; take place. 2. to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves. 3. to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores. 4. to be revealed or become known. -verb (used with object) 5. to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
So the GP had it right... Surveillance cameras caught the crime as it (happened) transpired.
As for... I was very transpired by the whole story. I have never heard transpire used incorrectly in this manner.
What is needed is RFID tracking units in all vehicles. They could be randomly distributed and able to be deactivated for the sake of privacy. But the purpose of the system would be to provide traffic information. Traffic reports (at least where I'm from) give qualitative data such as busy, slow, congested, etc etc.
But, if we could track the movement of cars along roads and highways, then we could get average, up to the minute estimates as to how long it would take to get from one point to another. This could be used to great fastest route plans and even load balancing.
It could even be used for fantastic traffic analysis to see which routes were busiest and what times were busiest.
well, considering your talking about boot time vs. wake time, yes, it is an unfair comparison. My Windows notebook will also awake from sleep mode in about 3 seconds, and also uses very little battery while in sleep mode.
The bizarre thing is that you hear people claiming all over that the reason for this is that Apple is a hardware company, and not a software company. But things are to the point that the differentiation between Mac and PC is the software, not the hardware. Does this make sense?
Left wing or Liberals, are by definition a group of people who push change. Right wings or Conservative, are by definition a group of people who want to keep the current method.
Someone who is more left is more willing to use Linux, just because it is an attempt to push change. Someone who is more right is more willing to use Windows, just because it is what they used before.
Before some crazy debate on which side is better. I like to break it down to the following. Liberals want to make the world better, Conservative want to prevent the world from getting worse. Liberals in the attempt to make the world better could end up making it worse because they push change to fast and make mistakes. Conservatives in the attempt to prevent things from getting worse will prevent a new and better idea from continuing.
Now that is fair and balanced without spin... I hope.
Oh yes... totally fair... balanced... no spin at all there! (can you hear the sarcasm dripping?)
My goodness, your 'summary'/'definition' is the very definition of biased.
oh come on... what are you modding me down for? I wasn't saying this device was the bees knees, but it IS in a totally different class than the iPhone. Nobody would in a million years consider writing anything of length on an iPhone. It wasn't meant for that. It would be like typing a thesis on a cell phone. Nothing wrong with the cellphone, but not the right tool for the job.
What are you saying? That the price will skyrocket? Or that conservation will be urged? Either way, something drastic will happen.
It is only FAIR to move to IPv6 for the sake of developing countries that will someday find their way onto the Internet in increasing numbers.
You are right in saying that the math in the article is wrong in a sense in that it assumes a linear trend - that 170 million is constant. I would think that if anything the number of IP addresses allocated would increase, not decrease. If at the current trend we will run out in 7.5 years, I think the actual would be less.
What makes this hard to believe is that more is not being done about this. But maybe the people managing it all have their eye on it and ipv6 deployment is on schedule. You would hope that at the very least new device installs would be ipv6 capable.
iPhone doesn't have a keyboard, AFAIK. iPhone won't run Windows apps (or any apps beyond cert'ed ones IIRC). iPhone is in a completely different category. If people are complaining about the keyboard on this being too small, how about a keyboard that doesn't give any tactile feedback?
I would say there is more added value in books than in music... Printed books are technologically superior in that they don't require a reading device to use them. Electronic books have not replaced printed books to the same extent that downloadable music has replaced CDs because it isn't as easy to sit in an armchair and read a book on a computer.
I have no idea what you've written about, but I have lots of books that I own and want to read but haven't yet. Math text books are much more likely to sell if a professor picks it up to use as a text.
The article was about Ubuntu on the desktop, and in essence, people new to Linux trying it out. If we have new Linux users trying to use their computers, they will have to sudo at some point, and there will be times when they will want to do more than a one off command.
Slashdot Mirror
Why modded this down?
That was a good analogy (although it was a car analogy...)
Apple loves to use OSS... What OSS has it released? Why isn't OS X open sourced?
If you require performance for LInux desktop that goes beyond free software 3d games and good 3d desktop support and have requirements for newer video games or need 3d performance for your work then you have no choice but to buy nvidia.
... cue car analogy...
There exists no open source 3d drivers that can support high end 3d performance nearly as well as what Nvidia provides.
But if your looking for cost effective and stable (much more stable then Nvidia) 2d/3d performance then Intel onboard video cards are the logical choice.
He concedes the performance point, but merely says Intel is fast enough for desktop use. I don't play doom, so I really could care less if my Intel video is fast enough to play it.
It is fast enough in the same way that my 92 Accord is fast enough to get me to work and back every day. It isn't as fast as a (insert high performance sports car here), but it gets me where I am going reliably and quickly enough (faster than one can legally go in my jurisdiction).
Hmmmm... Intel onboard graphics run quite quick for the standard stuff I do on my Linux PC.
I do watch quite a bit of video on it as well.
Why should your Mini be faster than your powerbook?
But then how is that:
we have VMware, we have 2007, we have everything necessary to run Windows programs without running Windows.
Pls post instructions on how to run Windows without Windows using VMWare. thx.
Not saying that is a bad solution, but that still doesn't allow you to run Windows programs without windows.
Windows with snapshots is still Windows.
Why would I want to bother running wires if I can get the same connectivity with wireless and WPA without bothering with cables. Especially considering that when my nephew comes over (who is one), he likes to get into cords and cables and stuff. My power cord pulls out of my notebook pretty easily, but the ethernet doesn't. What happens when he pulls on the cord and the computer comes crashing down? Happened to my M-in-Law and her notebook is still getting repaired (mind you, that's because the service at the place she got it sucks, but anyway).
Okay... so we have a virtual machine... what runs on that virtual machine?
yes... not to mention that presumably if things were being moved to a digital format, there was a plan perhaps at some point to get rid of the hard copies. And so I wonder if the saving grace in the situation is really the fact that they hadn't gotten rid of the paper documents yet (and maybe now, they won't).
but this is different than the incident you are referring to... UWisconsin isn't necessarily saying there is nothing wrong with the actions of the students. They are only saying that they won't release the information unless forced to by the law courts. In fact, they're acceptable use policy presumably excludes illegal activity. I would look at the stance of UW, but I guess the page has been slashdotted :)
That is the way current business model works... But does it have to? I mean, hardware is always changing and improving, and paradigms are shifting. Dos 3.3 was pretty stable... but Dos 4.0 had to be released (IIRC it offered support for larger disks) and then 5.0 and 6.0. In the OS market, innovation should drive it. OSes have continued to be a market for the last twenty years, even though the OS from 20 years ago would run just fine on the machines we use today. Innovation and new features should drive the OS market (not useless annoying features, but actual things that make it easier to do work).
well, more completely:
1. to occur; happen; take place.
2. to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
3. to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores.
4. to be revealed or become known.
-verb (used with object)
5. to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
So the GP had it right... Surveillance cameras caught the crime as it (happened) transpired.
As for... I was very transpired by the whole story. I have never heard transpire used incorrectly in this manner.
I had always envisioned some enterprising company doing it - a radio station perhaps, so that they can produce really good traffic reports.
Ian
What is needed is RFID tracking units in all vehicles. They could be randomly distributed and able to be deactivated for the sake of privacy. But the purpose of the system would be to provide traffic information. Traffic reports (at least where I'm from) give qualitative data such as busy, slow, congested, etc etc.
But, if we could track the movement of cars along roads and highways, then we could get average, up to the minute estimates as to how long it would take to get from one point to another. This could be used to great fastest route plans and even load balancing.
It could even be used for fantastic traffic analysis to see which routes were busiest and what times were busiest.
well, considering your talking about boot time vs. wake time, yes, it is an unfair comparison. My Windows notebook will also awake from sleep mode in about 3 seconds, and also uses very little battery while in sleep mode.
ahhh... so unlike you, they are not REAL mac users...
So you're saying that real mac users are elitist, hate new mac users, and don't care bout others...
The world needs more REAL mac users!
The bizarre thing is that you hear people claiming all over that the reason for this is that Apple is a hardware company, and not a software company. But things are to the point that the differentiation between Mac and PC is the software, not the hardware. Does this make sense?
Left wing or Liberals, are by definition a group of people who push change.
Right wings or Conservative, are by definition a group of people who want to keep the current method.
Someone who is more left is more willing to use Linux, just because it is an attempt to push change.
Someone who is more right is more willing to use Windows, just because it is what they used before.
Before some crazy debate on which side is better. I like to break it down to the following.
Liberals want to make the world better, Conservative want to prevent the world from getting worse.
Liberals in the attempt to make the world better could end up making it worse because they push change to fast and make mistakes.
Conservatives in the attempt to prevent things from getting worse will prevent a new and better idea from continuing.
Now that is fair and balanced without spin... I hope.
Oh yes... totally fair... balanced... no spin at all there! (can you hear the sarcasm dripping?)
My goodness, your 'summary'/'definition' is the very definition of biased.
Please don't forget the argument:
IMacs are Apple's middle-of-the-road desktop line, but a better-looking computer doesn't exist at any price.
Has to be good looking to compete, right?
oh come on... what are you modding me down for? I wasn't saying this device was the bees knees, but it IS in a totally different class than the iPhone. Nobody would in a million years consider writing anything of length on an iPhone. It wasn't meant for that. It would be like typing a thesis on a cell phone. Nothing wrong with the cellphone, but not the right tool for the job.
Ian
What are you saying? That the price will skyrocket? Or that conservation will be urged? Either way, something drastic will happen.
It is only FAIR to move to IPv6 for the sake of developing countries that will someday find their way onto the Internet in increasing numbers.
You are right in saying that the math in the article is wrong in a sense in that it assumes a linear trend - that 170 million is constant. I would think that if anything the number of IP addresses allocated would increase, not decrease. If at the current trend we will run out in 7.5 years, I think the actual would be less.
What makes this hard to believe is that more is not being done about this. But maybe the people managing it all have their eye on it and ipv6 deployment is on schedule. You would hope that at the very least new device installs would be ipv6 capable.
Unlikely but probable.
Huh?
What about Apple? How come I don't see anyone insisting that Apple offer their computers sans OS X and pre-loaded with Linux?
Cause nobody would want one. Apple without OS X is just another clone in fancy packaging.
iPhone doesn't have a keyboard, AFAIK. iPhone won't run Windows apps (or any apps beyond cert'ed ones IIRC). iPhone is in a completely different category. If people are complaining about the keyboard on this being too small, how about a keyboard that doesn't give any tactile feedback?
Ian
I would say there is more added value in books than in music... Printed books are technologically superior in that they don't require a reading device to use them. Electronic books have not replaced printed books to the same extent that downloadable music has replaced CDs because it isn't as easy to sit in an armchair and read a book on a computer.
I have no idea what you've written about, but I have lots of books that I own and want to read but haven't yet. Math text books are much more likely to sell if a professor picks it up to use as a text.
OS X isn't ready to run on an uncontrolled hardware platform.
well, that's a bit of an unhelpful argument...
The article was about Ubuntu on the desktop, and in essence, people new to Linux trying it out. If we have new Linux users trying to use their computers, they will have to sudo at some point, and there will be times when they will want to do more than a one off command.