They move pretty quick. Also, you need to remember that the CD will likely just have patch 3.0 on it, and they'll push out any updates past that at release. Then factor in the time it takes to get to 80 (I know someone will do it in 2 days or something ridiculous, but I mean the average) and they still have time to tune things.
Plus the endgame raids get tuned almost continually, so it's not like they need to be in completely stable state at release either.
It's running on 4 SCSI-320 Cheetah 32GB, 15K RPM drives in RAID 0.
I hope you know how volatile RAID 0 can be. A problem with any single one of those drives will screw up the whole works until you can restore from a backup. I can understand wanting to avoid RAID 5/6 if there are a lot of writes to your DB as performance of those arrays in writes are notoriously bad and RAID 1 would be a doubled hardware cost increase, but the ability to stay up and hot swap in drives after a failure is priceless.
It's probably false advertising (flash and java are part of the web and they aren't accessible from an iphone). It may or may not be the governments place to step in depending on how they deal with television regulation. Does the FCC handle false advertising at all? How is false advertising handled other than by consumer law suits?
A lot of places don't "really" have an option. The college I work for has a ton of varying applications, some that run on Windows, some on Linux (mostly virtual servers), and some on Unix. It really isn't an option to dump windows for us. We don't purchase support as we handle it in house but if our two Linux guys (of which I'm one) ever left and the need for contracted support arose, I'd put money on our IT director picking Novell/SUSE simply because we already have contracts with MS.
First off, make sure that everyone knows they're responsible for their own equipment and not to leave it unattended. Period. Put in cameras, bouncers, whatever you want to minimize the chances of theft, but don't rely on them. I know it sounds like a cop out, but a party situation just has too many variables to control effectively.
Linux vendors get a great deal of their revenue through support. The way I see it they're trying to direct revenue to their chosen Linux vendor, thereby hurting the other vendors. If you run a mixed MS/Linux shop and can get subsidized SUSE support through MS, it makes business sense to go that route.
They look like they're supporting Linux, but they're only doing it for the vendor that's in their back pocket.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that IPv6 wasn't going to be used on internal LANs for the most part. People on the near side of NAT (IE an address like 10.10.1.12) wouldn't see much difference at all, and on the far side of NAT 99% of usage would be by domain not IP. It really doesn't affect me much if google.ca resolves to 64.233.187.104 or 1.2.64.233.187.104. Even my home IP I use a (free) dynamic DNS service for. As long as DNS's are set up to handle the transition it's the big ISPs and webhosts that need to get on the band wagon and make the changes on the back end, not Joe Schmoe network admin at initech.
Douglas Quaid: Ever heard of Rekall? They sell those fake memories.
Harry: Oh, "Rekall, Rekall, Rekall". You thinking of going there?
Douglas Quaid: I don't know, maybe.
Harry: Well don't. A friend of mine tried one their "special offers", nearly got himself lobotomised.
Douglas Quaid: No shit?
Harry: Don't fuck with your brain, pal. It ain't worth it.
Douglas Quaid: I guess not.
I don't remember the exact cases (I'm sure some other/.er will know for sure), but I seem to recall that EULAs have already been put to the test in multiple cases and been shot down.
*I found one regarding right of first sale, which is somewhat related to the topic at hand:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/28/1551200
What about competition?
It's not covered in the article and I'm not American, but from what I understand America's internet structure is very much dominated by a small number of (2-3) giant corporations.
1) Those corporations have no incentive to increase speed in high density areas where they're the only option. Right now they can charge whatever they want for mid-range broadband because people -have- to pay it if they want broadband. Putting out money for the infrastructure needed to increase speed while bringing in the same amount of money doesn't make sense for them.
2) The mindset of large corporations to minimize risk/reward keep them from penetrating into the less dense areas where they'd have to put in new service.
More diverse competition would force advancement in both areas so as not to lose out to competitors. Until that happens, if it happens at all, growth will be slow.
But you don't want the imitators coming out before you.
Exactly. If you correctly read the summary let alone the article, it says they've banned him from talking about his hobbies. He's still being encouraged to develop ideas for the company, they just don't want other companies cashing in on his ideas before they do.
Why do game developers leave big companies to form their own companies? The exact same reasons other professionals leave big companies for their own companies. More breaking news at 10.
So the best people to rule would be those who have no desire to rule?
By that logic, the best presidents would be hardcore WoW raiders locked in the basement. "No I can't go speak at the UN. It's our second night on Brutallus!"
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I'm just surprised that the CD didn't wind up with his pron collection on it.
They move pretty quick. Also, you need to remember that the CD will likely just have patch 3.0 on it, and they'll push out any updates past that at release. Then factor in the time it takes to get to 80 (I know someone will do it in 2 days or something ridiculous, but I mean the average) and they still have time to tune things. Plus the endgame raids get tuned almost continually, so it's not like they need to be in completely stable state at release either.
We're closing the studio as soon as this game is done. Try to reach the deadline please.
Executive logic continues to elude me.
It's running on 4 SCSI-320 Cheetah 32GB, 15K RPM drives in RAID 0.
I hope you know how volatile RAID 0 can be. A problem with any single one of those drives will screw up the whole works until you can restore from a backup. I can understand wanting to avoid RAID 5/6 if there are a lot of writes to your DB as performance of those arrays in writes are notoriously bad and RAID 1 would be a doubled hardware cost increase, but the ability to stay up and hot swap in drives after a failure is priceless.
I'll be hard...
Freudian slip much?
I bet it passes the Turing test.
Thank you. I found the popup box annoying, but not enough to bother searching for a plugin myself. That one seems exactly what I wanted.
Der... yes it is. In that case, yes the government agency was just doing its job stepping in.
Apparently false advertising in the US is handled by the FTC. Does the UK have something similar?
It's probably false advertising (flash and java are part of the web and they aren't accessible from an iphone). It may or may not be the governments place to step in depending on how they deal with television regulation. Does the FCC handle false advertising at all? How is false advertising handled other than by consumer law suits?
Quite simply, it's one of the smallest PCs in the world, with each side measuring around 2 square inches.
*Emphasis mine
Yeap. Nothing to see here. Why BBC would translate trademark->patent for no apparent reason is a good question though.
A lot of places don't "really" have an option. The college I work for has a ton of varying applications, some that run on Windows, some on Linux (mostly virtual servers), and some on Unix. It really isn't an option to dump windows for us. We don't purchase support as we handle it in house but if our two Linux guys (of which I'm one) ever left and the need for contracted support arose, I'd put money on our IT director picking Novell/SUSE simply because we already have contracts with MS.
First off, make sure that everyone knows they're responsible for their own equipment and not to leave it unattended. Period. Put in cameras, bouncers, whatever you want to minimize the chances of theft, but don't rely on them. I know it sounds like a cop out, but a party situation just has too many variables to control effectively.
Linux vendors get a great deal of their revenue through support. The way I see it they're trying to direct revenue to their chosen Linux vendor, thereby hurting the other vendors. If you run a mixed MS/Linux shop and can get subsidized SUSE support through MS, it makes business sense to go that route.
They look like they're supporting Linux, but they're only doing it for the vendor that's in their back pocket.
You have to get it in the package with the lift kit and mud tires.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that IPv6 wasn't going to be used on internal LANs for the most part. People on the near side of NAT (IE an address like 10.10.1.12) wouldn't see much difference at all, and on the far side of NAT 99% of usage would be by domain not IP. It really doesn't affect me much if google.ca resolves to 64.233.187.104 or 1.2.64.233.187.104. Even my home IP I use a (free) dynamic DNS service for. As long as DNS's are set up to handle the transition it's the big ISPs and webhosts that need to get on the band wagon and make the changes on the back end, not Joe Schmoe network admin at initech.
Douglas Quaid: Ever heard of Rekall? They sell those fake memories. Harry: Oh, "Rekall, Rekall, Rekall". You thinking of going there? Douglas Quaid: I don't know, maybe. Harry: Well don't. A friend of mine tried one their "special offers", nearly got himself lobotomised. Douglas Quaid: No shit? Harry: Don't fuck with your brain, pal. It ain't worth it. Douglas Quaid: I guess not.
I don't remember the exact cases (I'm sure some other /.er will know for sure), but I seem to recall that EULAs have already been put to the test in multiple cases and been shot down.
*I found one regarding right of first sale, which is somewhat related to the topic at hand:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/28/1551200
What about competition? It's not covered in the article and I'm not American, but from what I understand America's internet structure is very much dominated by a small number of (2-3) giant corporations. 1) Those corporations have no incentive to increase speed in high density areas where they're the only option. Right now they can charge whatever they want for mid-range broadband because people -have- to pay it if they want broadband. Putting out money for the infrastructure needed to increase speed while bringing in the same amount of money doesn't make sense for them. 2) The mindset of large corporations to minimize risk/reward keep them from penetrating into the less dense areas where they'd have to put in new service. More diverse competition would force advancement in both areas so as not to lose out to competitors. Until that happens, if it happens at all, growth will be slow.
But you don't want the imitators coming out before you.
Exactly. If you correctly read the summary let alone the article, it says they've banned him from talking about his hobbies. He's still being encouraged to develop ideas for the company, they just don't want other companies cashing in on his ideas before they do.
That explains the cocaine, but explaining the trace amounts of carnival midget and KY could prove more difficult.
Google 'microwave plasma balls' and you will get the idea.
I'm completely in awe that I didn't get a single porn site on the front page doing that search.
Why do game developers leave big companies to form their own companies? The exact same reasons other professionals leave big companies for their own companies. More breaking news at 10.
So the best people to rule would be those who have no desire to rule?
By that logic, the best presidents would be hardcore WoW raiders locked in the basement. "No I can't go speak at the UN. It's our second night on Brutallus!"