Interesting, is it not? Similar benefits as server-side Java, or ASP.NET - the overhead of JITing is insignificant once you start optimizing common code paths. Incidentally, Mono's XSLT implementation is supposedly already faster than libxslt written in C.
Which brings up an interesting question: official business and scientific benchmark figures. Chain as many Transmeta blade servers as needed to equal a given UltraSPARC/Xeon/Itanium2 server's power requirement, run load-balanced servers and benchmark.
Probably more useful to run web servers than database servers though.
Has anyone else noticed that while searching for bill+gates predictably returns more results than searching for "bill gates" (since bill and gates do not have to be adjacent), in Linus' case the opposite happens?
And that if we search by formal names, Linus wins hands-down:). I say, we should search by the name that appears on their passports.
The services were described in a 2000 review by the British Computer Society - the initiatives were Physical to Electronic (PTE) that scans incoming mail and deliver them in electronic format, and RelayOne that lets you e-mail people without Internet access, for the mail to be printed and sent by post, worldwide.
I could not get any information from Royal Mail's current website though. Anyone ever tried those services?
You're thinking of Red Hat. It's compiled for a 386
Actually, Mandrake is compiled for i686 but only using the i586 instruction set, while Red Hat is compiled for i686 utilising the i486 instruction set for compatibility. Why it's still called 'i386' is anyone's guess.
To me it seems like one of the most basic features a network-transparent window system should have: the ability to move applications from one display to another.
In the meantime, running the apps you want to make accessible from multiple desktops inside a VNC session would not do you any harm...:)
Used to do it to run my Licq session about 4 years back. Over a 300 KBps WAN link a small 400x300 VNC window does not consume too much bandwith. And that was plain VNC, not TightVNC!
Why would you even want to mix-and-match with Linux (or BSD)?
In any case it's already possible - you need the 32-bit libraries from libc upwards installed in parallel to the 64-bit libraries. Kind of like the way Linux emulation works in FreeBSD I guess.
Altogether, I think that they still need to make boxed sets. And that if they don't then they'll regret it. But this isn't the same thing as paying stores to carry it on their shelves.
Exactly - and according to their FAQ, that is exactly what is planned:
Q: How will the Red Hat Linux project be made available to the public?
A:Red Hat Linux releases will be available as ISO images for both CDs and DVDs, and will also be available through other channels such as online sales of physical media; distribution at Linux User Groups, included in magazines and in books, and maybe even handed out at trade shows. The bits may be actively pushed into content sharing networks such as BitTorrent. (Not all mechanisms will be used for each release, except that ISOs will be freely available for each release.)
In other words, RedHat can't handle it. Don't make excuses for one of the most consistently touchy Linuxes.
Err... in this case they do have a clear reason: binary-only kernel drivers. I have installed recent Red Hat releases (8.0 and 9) on computers with nVidia video cards and the included XFree86 'nv' driver works just fine, just no 3D.
Running at runlevel 3 when editing video settings is just plain common sense. If X bails you immediately see the diagnostic output, instead of having to wait 10 seconds while it tries to restart itself over and over...
The reason given there for not including it is lack of time to integrate with the installer. BS or the truth? You decide
Neither - it is actually possible out-of-the-box if you type 'linux reiserfs' when booting the install CD.
The actual reason is that, as mentioned before, ReiserFS is not supported by Red Hat. Not that they can't integrate it with the installer - after all, the XFS team has been shipping their modified installer with XFS support for ages; adding a filesystem to the installer can't be that hard.
Well, it's already being used - there's a Palm OS game, Space Trader, where one of the mission is destroying the renegade experimental craft 'DragonFly' armed with lightning shields:)
... Ever since the Centrino platform was released, Intel has had a Linux driver for the wireless chipset tested in-house, but it has not been released 'awaiting market demand'.
I might actually settle for a semi-closed driver rather than having to plug a battery-hogging PC Card get wi-fi connectivity...
It's interesting that you mentioned the automatic updates. I find it interesting that you are pleased that SuSE does nightly auto updates, and most people hate MS for it's automatic updates.
As long as the feature is optional it's fine, of course, at least for me. I kind of like having my updates automatically downloaded, but requiring my confirmation before they get installed.
And it's not as if M$ would be suicidal to make automatic updating compulsory. Think of the outcry in corporate environments when the sysadmins realise they could not control their desktops anymore.
The report that came out of this, stated that while 91% of the individula responses were negative, and "economic majority" of the respondents favoured the introduction of software patents.
Yikes. Hopefully when the constitution finally gets ratified it can serve as a model on defining a majority - as in the current draft, a policy has to be agreed to by at least 50% of the population and 50% of the states.
It should only be right that in addition to gaining support from an economic majority, they need support from a majority of respondents as well for introducing something as controversial as this.
IE for pr0n? Are you crazy, man? Going to a pr0n site with IE is like saying "I am crazy mister person who likes pop-ups! Please to pop-up many windows!"
Indeed. I cringe in pain in the past when I had to use this friend of mine's PC. Even after running AdAware and various other tools he still gets spywarez opening windows all over the place, leftover from his pr0n browsing moments.
Note that the only really profitable carriers these days are those with a single type.
I concur on that. Although, what carriers settle for now seems to be one type per class, and preferably one make for the whole fleet.
Southwest in USA and Ryanair in Europe get away with just operating B737s, but these are short-haul carriers. The new Boeing 7E7 is still a medium-size long-haul plane, so airlines would still have to fly at least two models to make ends meet.
Boeing's guess is that if the seat/mile cost is the same for the 7e7 and the A380, then the load factors will be higher on the 7e7
True, but using smaller planes leave you more hostage to pilot strikes? Probably a small factor though, especially considering that if all the pilots strike it does not matter anyway.
Maintenance costs might be higher for 3 planes instead of one as well, no matter how reliable. Similar to the mainframe vs. PC server argument.
The first glass cockpit was the 757 / 767 cockpit.
Ah right. Must have gotten my facts wrong then - read it so many years ago I could not remember. Would the A320 be the possessor of the first fully fly-by-wire control system then?
But seriously, the highly automated design/build that Boeing is embarking on is the real advance. It will drop Boeings costs to such a degree that they will easily keep whatever share of the market they want, while remaining highly profitable
Good for Boeing. It is about time to produce a replacement for 767 anyway - if the market for A380 were to take off though, Boeing executives would be kicking themselves. Then again Airbus did OK for two decades without a 747-class aircraft.
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In all likelihood the chip has been released, it's products based on it that have not.
Which brings up an interesting question: official business and scientific benchmark figures. Chain as many Transmeta blade servers as needed to equal a given UltraSPARC/Xeon/Itanium2 server's power requirement, run load-balanced servers and benchmark.
Probably more useful to run web servers than database servers though.
"Ableon", OTOH, sounds like Ablution. Beware of the censors !
Has anyone else noticed that while searching for bill+gates predictably returns more results than searching for "bill gates" (since bill and gates do not have to be adjacent), in Linus' case the opposite happens?
And that if we search by formal names, Linus wins hands-down :). I say, we should search by the name that appears on their passports.
I could not get any information from Royal Mail's current website though. Anyone ever tried those services?
Just because something is in common use does not mean it is accurate, IMHO.
That's what I meant to say, yes - thanks.
Actually, Mandrake is compiled for i686 but only using the i586 instruction set, while Red Hat is compiled for i686 utilising the i486 instruction set for compatibility. Why it's still called 'i386' is anyone's guess.
In the meantime, running the apps you want to make accessible from multiple desktops inside a VNC session would not do you any harm...
Used to do it to run my Licq session about 4 years back. Over a 300 KBps WAN link a small 400x300 VNC window does not consume too much bandwith. And that was plain VNC, not TightVNC!
In any case it's already possible - you need the 32-bit libraries from libc upwards installed in parallel to the 64-bit libraries. Kind of like the way Linux emulation works in FreeBSD I guess.
Exactly - and according to their FAQ, that is exactly what is planned:
Err... in this case they do have a clear reason: binary-only kernel drivers. I have installed recent Red Hat releases (8.0 and 9) on computers with nVidia video cards and the included XFree86 'nv' driver works just fine, just no 3D.
Running at runlevel 3 when editing video settings is just plain common sense. If X bails you immediately see the diagnostic output, instead of having to wait 10 seconds while it tries to restart itself over and over...
Simple - Severn is a river in England and Cambridge is the university town named after the bridge over river Cam.
Neither - it is actually possible out-of-the-box if you type 'linux reiserfs' when booting the install CD.
The actual reason is that, as mentioned before, ReiserFS is not supported by Red Hat. Not that they can't integrate it with the installer - after all, the XFS team has been shipping their modified installer with XFS support for ages; adding a filesystem to the installer can't be that hard.
Well, it's already being used - there's a Palm OS game, Space Trader, where one of the mission is destroying the renegade experimental craft 'DragonFly' armed with lightning shields :)
I've been planning to buy a portable audio player for a while now - for those rare moments in the gym - and this should be the clincher.
Hope it's available in the UK...
I might actually settle for a semi-closed driver rather than having to plug a battery-hogging PC Card get wi-fi connectivity...
As long as the feature is optional it's fine, of course, at least for me. I kind of like having my updates automatically downloaded, but requiring my confirmation before they get installed.
And it's not as if M$ would be suicidal to make automatic updating compulsory. Think of the outcry in corporate environments when the sysadmins realise they could not control their desktops anymore.
Of course, we probably would not hear about it until someone else reinvented something and the NSA said oh, by the way, we did this 10 years ago...
Yikes. Hopefully when the constitution finally gets ratified it can serve as a model on defining a majority - as in the current draft, a policy has to be agreed to by at least 50% of the population and 50% of the states.
It should only be right that in addition to gaining support from an economic majority, they need support from a majority of respondents as well for introducing something as controversial as this.
Indeed. I cringe in pain in the past when I had to use this friend of mine's PC. Even after running AdAware and various other tools he still gets spywarez opening windows all over the place, leftover from his pr0n browsing moments.
I concur on that. Although, what carriers settle for now seems to be one type per class, and preferably one make for the whole fleet.
Southwest in USA and Ryanair in Europe get away with just operating B737s, but these are short-haul carriers. The new Boeing 7E7 is still a medium-size long-haul plane, so airlines would still have to fly at least two models to make ends meet.
True, but using smaller planes leave you more hostage to pilot strikes? Probably a small factor though, especially considering that if all the pilots strike it does not matter anyway.
Maintenance costs might be higher for 3 planes instead of one as well, no matter how reliable. Similar to the mainframe vs. PC server argument.
Ah right. Must have gotten my facts wrong then - read it so many years ago I could not remember. Would the A320 be the possessor of the first fully fly-by-wire control system then?
Good for Boeing. It is about time to produce a replacement for 767 anyway - if the market for A380 were to take off though, Boeing executives would be kicking themselves. Then again Airbus did OK for two decades without a 747-class aircraft.
Even with the debugging menu on and the User Agent set to Mozilla or IE?