...it looks like this Machinima stuff is actually becoming a medium of its own. The convergence of filmmaking, animation & game development all rolled into one!
Err, MOST games these days qualify for that. Where have you been hiding?
...unfortunately, is somewhat broken. I'm trying to isolate the reason, but it appears that "gnome-session" segfaults. It may be due to db libraries, which is where I left off my debugging last night.
My provider here on the east coast in the New York area has asynchronous service as well. Originally I had thought that this only applied to @Home customers, but they're saying they've done it all along.
I've managed to pull 3MB/sec down quite easily so far, but the upload speed is limited to 1MB/sec. We'll see...
With the recent forced upgrade to the customer cable modems they've also closed the door on having multiple machines get IPs with DHCP. Now it's only one IP per modem - so they can charge you another $19.95 per month, PLUS another modem for each additional machine. I used a Netgear RT311 gateway router to get around that little SNAFU. For $100 it was a great investment.
I don't know about you, but I'm mighty thankful to the Great White North for those Molsons they keep hidden up there. The imports aren't just the same and love it when friends bring down "the good stuff.":)
If this does come to pass, don't mock it. Embrace it! Why? It'll bring more folks to Linux if they know that Office is available... Sure, there's already a slew of office apps for Linux, but there's generally a gripe or two about all of them. Not like Office itself is any better - but when people hear that it is available, they'll at least give Linux a try.
From there, they can make their own decisions about whether or not to use a Microsoft product again...;>
I don't think the limitations exist with RAM quite as much as their implementation. Look at what other companies have accomplished with RAM by simply providing a better back-end architecture like SGI and SUN - both of which use a crossbar switch internally to provide much greater memory bandwidth.
Intel is struggling with 800MB/s? Sun's latest is at 1.9GB/s and SGI's is around 1.6GB/s. Maybe we should optimize what we've got more - without obsoleting everything we already have like RAM.
Sun hardware goes so far as to allow you to use SIMMs from the SparcStation 20 in the Ultra 2 and even the latest Ultra 60 and Ultra 80 systems!
Obviously, RAM isn't quite the bottleneck as much as Intel and others would lead you to believe.
Things like "Detonator" and "Firing Squad" and "Ultra..."
Like American and Japanese cars. American cards have names like "Mustang" and "Camaro" and "Viper" whilst Japanese cars have more tranquil names like "Elantra" and "Mirage" and such.
It hooks up between the cable modem and your hub/switch and does DHCP and NAT and serves as a firewall as well.
You run your LAN on a private IP class and you can use the router to provide DHCP or you can do it manually. For the WAN, it uses DHCP to get an address from your provider.
You can set up rules inbound and outbound based on protocol, port number and so on. Access to the device is via telnet, HTTP or serial cable. Very nice!
Now, what is happening in the broadband industry is that the cable modems now all support the "DOCSIS" standard and most cable companies are forcing customeres to upgrade.
What this means is that you can usually no longer get as many DHCP assigned addresses as you used to - my provider, Cablevision - did the same thing. They want to sell you another cable modem (at $300 or $19.95/mo!) instead.
I say screw them. Use something like ip-filter, ip-chains or even hardware to get around this.
I highly recommend the Netgear RT311 gateway router, which is what I picked up. It's a buck and change and does a nice job of NAT (not VPN, sheesh) and serves as a firewall as well. Setup is through telnet, serial port or Web. Within ten minutes you can be up and running again. Linksys makes a nice one too.
I get a major release, preferably a.1 or.2, but in general, a major release.
Update the packages as they come out do to erratas and bug fixes.
Update the packages YOU USE MOST as they come out.
No need to start over or buy and upgrade everytime there's a new "release" by Red Hat or any other vendor. You really only need that if you want a "clean slate" to a known-version.
I run a few 6.0 systems that are well beyond 6.2 and on par with 7.0 even. It does what I need, the packages I use and rely on are current. That's good enough for me.
Of course, in production situations, your needs will vary...
That really sucks. I've been a loooong time fan of #9. I have two of their cards in my home boxen, too. (Imagine 128 Series I) Their cards haven't really been that exciting the last few years though, so I'm not terribly surprised.
In one sense, this isn't news - but Intel had this problem with the i840 chipset motherboards. The fact that they have a recall though... Whoa, that sucks for them.
Moral of the story - test before production! (and don't assume people will gladly pay for RAMBUS)
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Is this KDE/GNOME debate really that much different from the Linux/Windows debate in maturity? No!
If you don't like one, don't bitch about it - just use another one. It's not that hard.
Personally, I'm a GNOME/Sawfish person - but I certainly don't hold sides. KDE rocks - it's just not my style.
Kudos to BOTH teams on an awesome job!
Err, MOST games these days qualify for that. Where have you been hiding?
Yo Taco, how about English? I think you meant, "You email me and ask, 'what's an RMS?'" ;>
How do you Service Pack a chip? ;>
But otherwise, I run it on all my Linux boxes!
Here comes Cobalt, and man, they look pissed! ;>
I've managed to pull 3MB/sec down quite easily so far, but the upload speed is limited to 1MB/sec. We'll see...
With the recent forced upgrade to the customer cable modems they've also closed the door on having multiple machines get IPs with DHCP. Now it's only one IP per modem - so they can charge you another $19.95 per month, PLUS another modem for each additional machine. I used a Netgear RT311 gateway router to get around that little SNAFU. For $100 it was a great investment.
I don't know about you, but I'm mighty thankful to the Great White North for those Molsons they keep hidden up there. The imports aren't just the same and love it when friends bring down "the good stuff." :)
If this does come to pass, don't mock it. Embrace it! Why? It'll bring more folks to Linux if they know that Office is available... Sure, there's already a slew of office apps for Linux, but there's generally a gripe or two about all of them. Not like Office itself is any better - but when people hear that it is available, they'll at least give Linux a try.
From there, they can make their own decisions about whether or not to use a Microsoft product again... ;>
Intel is struggling with 800MB/s? Sun's latest is at 1.9GB/s and SGI's is around 1.6GB/s. Maybe we should optimize what we've got more - without obsoleting everything we already have like RAM.
Sun hardware goes so far as to allow you to use SIMMs from the SparcStation 20 in the Ultra 2 and even the latest Ultra 60 and Ultra 80 systems!
Obviously, RAM isn't quite the bottleneck as much as Intel and others would lead you to believe.
My mother always told me to run the vacuum() once in a while too...
Things like "Detonator" and "Firing Squad" and "Ultra..."
Like American and Japanese cars. American cards have names like "Mustang" and "Camaro" and "Viper" whilst Japanese cars have more tranquil names like "Elantra" and "Mirage" and such.
"Where do you want to go today | tomorrow | yesterday?"
It hooks up between the cable modem and your hub/switch and does DHCP and NAT and serves as a firewall as well.
You run your LAN on a private IP class and you can use the router to provide DHCP or you can do it manually. For the WAN, it uses DHCP to get an address from your provider.
You can set up rules inbound and outbound based on protocol, port number and so on. Access to the device is via telnet, HTTP or serial cable. Very nice!
Linksys also makes a really nice one.
Now, what is happening in the broadband industry is that the cable modems now all support the "DOCSIS" standard and most cable companies are forcing customeres to upgrade.
What this means is that you can usually no longer get as many DHCP assigned addresses as you used to - my provider, Cablevision - did the same thing. They want to sell you another cable modem (at $300 or $19.95/mo!) instead.
I say screw them. Use something like ip-filter, ip-chains or even hardware to get around this.
I highly recommend the Netgear RT311 gateway router, which is what I picked up. It's a buck and change and does a nice job of NAT (not VPN, sheesh) and serves as a firewall as well. Setup is through telnet, serial port or Web. Within ten minutes you can be up and running again. Linksys makes a nice one too.
Use software or hardware, your choice...
Update the packages as they come out do to erratas and bug fixes.
Update the packages YOU USE MOST as they come out.
No need to start over or buy and upgrade everytime there's a new "release" by Red Hat or any other vendor. You really only need that if you want a "clean slate" to a known-version.
I run a few 6.0 systems that are well beyond 6.2 and on par with 7.0 even. It does what I need, the packages I use and rely on are current. That's good enough for me.
Of course, in production situations, your needs will vary...
It's X11, X, or the X Window System...
The only picture of the hovercraft moving, it shows what looks like a rope, pulling it forward.
There are no pictures of the sub submerged, either.
Maybe it's early yet and they're not at that stage of development... Or, maybe not.
Man, life is good! Now if we can only find evidence of the coffee bean out in space, we'd be all set!
Is it just me or isn't it a little funny/ironic that Intel chose to announce this while at Microsoft? :)
When running "configure" on v1.1.23, I peeped the line "Searching for intelligent life... Not found." or something close to it... Too funny. :)
"...a higher-margin product line which is targeted to the fast-growing network server market."
Higher-margin? You mean OVERPRICED, right?
Thanks, but I'll stick with Sun (granted, not terribly better, but at least the hardware around it is better.
That really sucks. I've been a loooong time fan of #9. I have two of their cards in my home boxen, too. (Imagine 128 Series I) Their cards haven't really been that exciting the last few years though, so I'm not terribly surprised.
Moral of the story - test before production! (and don't assume people will gladly pay for RAMBUS)
Yeah, and how many fingerpr ints did these yahoos put all over that mirror? ;>