Naw, seriously. Perhaps they can be re-utilized to provide connectivity, or if worse comes to worse, the shuttle can scoop 'em up and melt 'em down to fund the ISS.:)
It's all useless with the current crop of chipsets though. The 810/820's are useless and the 840 isn't looking all that. Via's Apollo 133 Pro chipset looks to be the most promising right now, though. Doesn't make sense to build that "killer system" just yet...
The Slashdorks only post what they think is cute, like program updates and Legos. Truly useful news like new Linux distributions and even the Win2K release go ignored.
...over at Everything Linux as it's been recently re-vamped with a better discussion forum, news portal, screenshots gallery, software and more HOWTOs than you can shake a stick at...
While I have Redhat 6.0/6.1 on my boxes, I usually update things along the way - and my RPMs are actually newer than what is probably in 6.2 anyway. So what's the point?
Announcements like this are just stupid. Now we'll have a few thousand monkeys trying to download from Redhat's site, using bandwidth that should be used for more legitimate reasons. If you're going to announce stuff like this, then wait until there are mirrors. There's a reason for mirroring...
I for one probably won't upgrade my boxen en masse before 7.0 anyway. Like I said, I update individual things here and there along the way anyway.
Beside, why would you download a beta release of the distro? They're gonna change it more than likely anyway. What, you're gonna download it all over again later? Ugh.
Whoa, what a dorkfest the Andover booth was... So what did you guys actually *do* there?
Buy anyway... LinuxWorld was weak. Only half of the top floor, the very small side - was used. The downstairs area was closed also. Maybe it's just me, but Linux Expo in Raleigh/Durham was more exciting and "big money" than this lame beast.
Anyone else find something strange about SGI's tie-dyed shirt that said, "open is not free?" Yeah, it is true sometimes - but what did I miss? Thie was apparently a quote from the dude mentioned below the quote, but WTF?
LinuxOne. LOL. 'Nuf said.
What was so special about the BSD woman? If she had worn a red g-string then I can see the commotion...
Applixware is looking WAY better thanks to it's GTK re-write. Keep it up Applix! Got a preview CD at the show... It runs rather well so far with only one crash and a lot of PNG library warnings so far.
A few cute stickers to be had but nothing memorable like LinuxCare's "Linuxgruven" one that I got last year. "Living la vida Linux" was cute, the VA Linux ones inescapable and the "Linux is where I want to go today" ones were lame and ugly.
Lots of cool games to be had about the show. Loki is kickin' some serious bootie out there. Keep it up folks!
Overall I wasn't really impressed with the show itself. Linux Expo was way more energetic and seemed to have a lot more cool stuff.
Any moron that would spend their money on a box that contains basically a refrigerator oughtta have their head examined.
I'm sorry, but there's no need to go that extreme for a couple of MHz. Sure, it's cool and all. (no pun intended) In a few months, CPUs will run at that speed without all that crap.
PCs are supposed to be getting greener as much as they are faster. Somehow, I don't think this is in following with that philosophy. Besides, as much as it cools the inside, it *heats* the outside!
No one has mentioned yet the name change that occured. When originally introduced and for some time, it was indeed called "EPCOT" (Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow).
Not sure when the change occured, but it is now known as "Epcot Center."
You'll notice that it's not capitalized anymore, so as not to imply it's original acryonym and adds the word "Center" to the name.
Yeah, Sun has some whacky code names. As someone mentioned, the "Happy Meal" NIC, "Carrera, Sirius, Pegasus, RoadRunner, Sunrise, Campus, Sunergy, Sunray, Phoenix, Calvin, Node Warrior, Hobbes, Gypsy" and so on, to name a few.
I use cool ancient Egyptian names and gods for my servers and workstations at home... Not that I have that many, heh. It goes well with my Egyptology fetish.:)
Do they just ping faster thanks to an all-new, top secret ping optimization ASIC or is the *throughput* faster - as it should be? How much faster than 53Kbps ya gonna go?
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Naw, seriously. Perhaps they can be re-utilized to provide connectivity, or if worse comes to worse, the shuttle can scoop 'em up and melt 'em down to fund the ISS. :)
...both of you. It's a "pissing contest." Four year olds "pee."
It's all useless with the current crop of chipsets though. The 810/820's are useless and the 840 isn't looking all that. Via's Apollo 133 Pro chipset looks to be the most promising right now, though. Doesn't make sense to build that "killer system" just yet...
Can't say I'm sad to see RDRAM go. Later!
Oops. Ahh, whatever.
The Slashdorks only post what they think is cute, like program updates and Legos. Truly useful news like new Linux distributions and even the Win2K release go ignored.
While I have Redhat 6.0/6.1 on my boxes, I usually update things along the way - and my RPMs are actually newer than what is probably in 6.2 anyway. So what's the point?
Announcements like this are just stupid. Now we'll have a few thousand monkeys trying to download from Redhat's site, using bandwidth that should be used for more legitimate reasons. If you're going to announce stuff like this, then wait until there are mirrors. There's a reason for mirroring...
I for one probably won't upgrade my boxen en masse before 7.0 anyway. Like I said, I update individual things here and there along the way anyway.
Beside, why would you download a beta release of the distro? They're gonna change it more than likely anyway. What, you're gonna download it all over again later? Ugh.
Buy anyway... LinuxWorld was weak. Only half of the top floor, the very small side - was used. The downstairs area was closed also. Maybe it's just me, but Linux Expo in Raleigh/Durham was more exciting and "big money" than this lame beast.
Anyone else find something strange about SGI's tie-dyed shirt that said, "open is not free?" Yeah, it is true sometimes - but what did I miss? Thie was apparently a quote from the dude mentioned below the quote, but WTF?
LinuxOne. LOL. 'Nuf said.
What was so special about the BSD woman? If she had worn a red g-string then I can see the commotion...
Applixware is looking WAY better thanks to it's GTK re-write. Keep it up Applix! Got a preview CD at the show... It runs rather well so far with only one crash and a lot of PNG library warnings so far.
A few cute stickers to be had but nothing memorable like LinuxCare's "Linuxgruven" one that I got last year. "Living la vida Linux" was cute, the VA Linux ones inescapable and the "Linux is where I want to go today" ones were lame and ugly.
Lots of cool games to be had about the show. Loki is kickin' some serious bootie out there. Keep it up folks!
Overall I wasn't really impressed with the show itself. Linux Expo was way more energetic and seemed to have a lot more cool stuff.
And that's all I have to say about that.
There's a good review here.
A little Parasite Eve anyone?
That's what they get for trying to make a closed format system. Bungholes! What, they're not making enough profits from CDs now? Bah.
A blowup doll in the shape of Tux! (just kidding)
Here's a very nice Cray FAQ! All you ever wanted to know about 'em.
They got the technology they needed out of Cray... Pass on the carcass! :)
I'm sorry, but there's no need to go that extreme for a couple of MHz. Sure, it's cool and all. (no pun intended) In a few months, CPUs will run at that speed without all that crap.
PCs are supposed to be getting greener as much as they are faster. Somehow, I don't think this is in following with that philosophy. Besides, as much as it cools the inside, it *heats* the outside!
It's cute, but I wouldn't want one.
Not sure when the change occured, but it is now known as "Epcot Center."
You'll notice that it's not capitalized anymore, so as not to imply it's original acryonym and adds the word "Center" to the name.
Neat, eh?
I did this some time ago already. Get with the times, Yahoo.
Jeez, give it up already. Name it something new and short. That name just sounds stupid.
Cool, bring it on Debian!
Yeah, Sun has some whacky code names. As someone mentioned, the "Happy Meal" NIC, "Carrera, Sirius, Pegasus, RoadRunner, Sunrise, Campus, Sunergy, Sunray, Phoenix, Calvin, Node Warrior, Hobbes, Gypsy" and so on, to name a few.
I call my home Sparc, "Ra." :)
I'd rather telnet to "HollyGoodhead" and "Domino" and "AlottaFagina" (err, Austin Powers) and such... ;>
Ra, khefren/cheops, tutankhamen, hetshepsut, amenhotep, cleopatra, nefertiti, amen, anubis, anuket, aten, atum, bast, horus, hathor, imhotep, isis, maat, osiris, sekhmet, set, thoth, etc.
Do they just ping faster thanks to an all-new, top secret ping optimization ASIC or is the *throughput* faster - as it should be? How much faster than 53Kbps ya gonna go?
Is he dead or just the punch cards? ;>
DepityEnus and Jesse. Not to mention, the car...