I recently built a machine for less than $700 consisting of the following:
MoBo: ABIT KT7A-RAID
PROC: 1200MHz Athlon
MEMORY: 1GB (high density, cheapo stuff)
STORAGE: 2 IBM 60GXP 20GB IDE drives in RAID 1 (mirrored) configuration.
GRAPHICS: ATI XPERT 2000 (32 MB)
CASE: Antec Premium line case w/ 300W PS.
ETC: Sony floppy drive and Creative CDROM drive.
NETWORK: 3Com 3C905 10/100 card.
I know this machine isn't as fast as the ULB, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper, and I would rather have 5 of the above machine ($700 * 5 = $3500, only $100 cheaper than the ULB w/o the "extras") than one ULB. I might even decide to make a Beowulf cluster out of them.
As I've heard other Slashdotters mention many times before, it's not the performance of your hardware, but the performance of your hardware per dollar that matters.
P.S. I would like to know what Tom (from Tom's Hardware Guide) would consider the Ultimate Linux box.
This move will effectively cement Windows 95 as the standard client operating system for a large number of fortune 1000 companies. A classic case of VHS vs. Betamax.
What about HTML with CSS? When fully implemented to CSS2, there's very little a word processor or desktop publishing app couldn't save in this format. Tables, columns, kerning, images, the works! And even better, them things ARE open standards that everyone has bought into.
I've often wondered this myself. Microsoft has built a client-side activex control called the "microsoft dhtml editor" that looks/acts like a word processor and can output html with embedded css.
Well, I think IE3 beat out Netscape 3 b/c of its stability, as well as its support for additional tags such as iframe, and its ability to correctly display html even with nonstandard nesting of tags...
it's only bloated on today's hardware... just like palmOS is bloated if you think about trying to run it on a TI-85. Microsoft is banking that the hardware will catch up soon and allow pocketpc to match palm's elegance.
A note to the skeptics about pocketpc -- When I first saw Internet Explorer 1.0 I laughed and thought about how I would never use such a lame excuse for a browser. By the time 3.0 came along, IE had taken the lead and now it is hands down the best browser ever written. Microsoft may be able to accomplish the same kind of feat with pocketpc. For now, however, I'll stick with my palm and wait until I have reason to switch.
The problem LEGO had was to create too many specialized parts in non-standard shapes that had little use outside of the kit that they came with.
When I would get a new lego set (as a kid), I would build the set according to the instructions, play with it for a while, but before long (usually within an hour or two) I would disassemble the item and build something bigger and better using the new blocks along with the blocks I already owned.
One idea led to another, and my box of legos filled up with blocks of various colors and shapes. I would typically use blocks that came from the kid's legos (the big ones), sets to build space ships, sets to build road construction vehicles, and the medieval sets.
One look at the current lego product line shows a much heavier emphasis on the slick specialized components, and more emphasis on color-coordination. These factors lead a child to be afraid to innovate.
This kind of technology (using software in the RF stage) would appear to make ham radio appealing to those with the same inventive spirit that brought a lot of innovation to radio technology.
One thing that made Amateur Radio appealing to a lot of the old timers was the fact that they could build their own transmitters and receivers and antennas. With Software Defined Radio Systems, hams could build their own antennas and code their own radios.
Code could be shared among enthusiasts that worked particularly well for particular applications... Hard core hams could overclock their systems to run serious number crunching code for enhanced dynamic range to pull out weak signals, etc.
Put on your Thomas Kuhn hat for a moment and tell us:
What is the most revlutionary (i.e., it is scoffed at by those in control/power) idea in the software industry today? Explain how this idea will eventually win out and revolutionize software as we know it.
except for the part about most teachers being well qualified to teach, I think you are on target.
The problem is, there is a vast difference in the quality of teachers from school to school.
Imagine 10 equally qualified teachers who have just graduated from college with degrees in education. Suppose 5 are hired by top-performing schools and 5 are hired by rural or urban schools that lack the community support to generate the tax base to buy adequate supplies and hire effective administrators. Which group of teachers will be better qualified to teach 10 years later?
What you are saying is that people with degrees in education are not inherently underqualified, to which I agree. Regardless of how energetic, motivated, and idealistic a teacher was when he/she first began teaching, nothing creates more dysfunction in our schools than the hordes of lazy, tenured teachers who lack passion for their jobs.
Poor quality teachers are responsible for this. The "smart kids" are able to teach themselves, while the "average kids" get most of the teacher's attention. The "dumb kids" are usually just average kids who have emotional problems.
The way to solve the problem is to enable students to select the school that best suits them via a mechanism such as school vouchers and schools of choice.
It is important to acknowledge that the Public School System started out as a vocational education and daycare system in order to benefit industrialization.
Those with the drive to succeed
needed (and still need) to succeed in spite of
the system.
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I recently built a machine for less than $700 consisting of the following:
MoBo: ABIT KT7A-RAID
PROC: 1200MHz Athlon
MEMORY: 1GB (high density, cheapo stuff)
STORAGE: 2 IBM 60GXP 20GB IDE drives in RAID 1 (mirrored) configuration.
GRAPHICS: ATI XPERT 2000 (32 MB)
CASE: Antec Premium line case w/ 300W PS.
ETC: Sony floppy drive and Creative CDROM drive.
NETWORK: 3Com 3C905 10/100 card.
I know this machine isn't as fast as the ULB, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper, and I would rather have 5 of the above machine ($700 * 5 = $3500, only $100 cheaper than the ULB w/o the "extras") than one ULB. I might even decide to make a Beowulf cluster out of them.
As I've heard other Slashdotters mention many times before, it's not the performance of your hardware, but the performance of your hardware per dollar that matters.
P.S. I would like to know what Tom (from Tom's Hardware Guide) would consider the Ultimate Linux box.
Yes you can. Just minimize the window and use IE or Netscape and any other apps that talk tcp/ip.
You are dead on. Zip drives are *click* junk!
This move will effectively cement Windows 95 as the standard client operating system for a large number of fortune 1000 companies. A classic case of VHS vs. Betamax.
someone should really mod the parent comment up.
I've often wondered this myself. Microsoft has built a client-side activex control called the "microsoft dhtml editor" that looks/acts like a word processor and can output html with embedded css.
could you sample the input and dynamically optimize based on the time the chip is taking to process?
about the ability of our internet infrastructure to handle the demand in cases of crisis?
are the sites down because of some kind of DDOS attack? or just because of high demand for content? (or for some other reason?)
Well, I think IE3 beat out Netscape 3 b/c of its stability, as well as its support for additional tags such as iframe, and its ability to correctly display html even with nonstandard nesting of tags...
A note to the skeptics about pocketpc -- When I first saw Internet Explorer 1.0 I laughed and thought about how I would never use such a lame excuse for a browser. By the time 3.0 came along, IE had taken the lead and now it is hands down the best browser ever written. Microsoft may be able to accomplish the same kind of feat with pocketpc. For now, however, I'll stick with my palm and wait until I have reason to switch.
When I would get a new lego set (as a kid), I would build the set according to the instructions, play with it for a while, but before long (usually within an hour or two) I would disassemble the item and build something bigger and better using the new blocks along with the blocks I already owned.
One idea led to another, and my box of legos filled up with blocks of various colors and shapes. I would typically use blocks that came from the kid's legos (the big ones), sets to build space ships, sets to build road construction vehicles, and the medieval sets.
One look at the current lego product line shows a much heavier emphasis on the slick specialized components, and more emphasis on color-coordination. These factors lead a child to be afraid to innovate.
One thing that made Amateur Radio appealing to a lot of the old timers was the fact that they could build their own transmitters and receivers and antennas. With Software Defined Radio Systems, hams could build their own antennas and code their own radios.
Code could be shared among enthusiasts that worked particularly well for particular applications... Hard core hams could overclock their systems to run serious number crunching code for enhanced dynamic range to pull out weak signals, etc.
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What is the most revlutionary (i.e., it is scoffed at by those in control/power) idea in the software industry today? Explain how this idea will eventually win out and revolutionize software as we know it.
Math is to your brain like spinach is for Popeye's muscles... Good reasoning skills are sorely lacking in many discussions in Humanities classrooms.
The problem is, there is a vast difference in the quality of teachers from school to school.
Imagine 10 equally qualified teachers who have just graduated from college with degrees in education. Suppose 5 are hired by top-performing schools and 5 are hired by rural or urban schools that lack the community support to generate the tax base to buy adequate supplies and hire effective administrators. Which group of teachers will be better qualified to teach 10 years later?
What you are saying is that people with degrees in education are not inherently underqualified, to which I agree. Regardless of how energetic, motivated, and idealistic a teacher was when he/she first began teaching, nothing creates more dysfunction in our schools than the hordes of lazy, tenured teachers who lack passion for their jobs.
The "smart kids" are able to teach
themselves, while the "average kids" get most
of the teacher's attention. The "dumb kids"
are usually just average kids who have emotional problems.
The way to solve the problem is to enable
students to select the school that best suits
them via a mechanism such as school vouchers
and schools of choice.
It is important to
acknowledge that the Public School System
started out as a vocational education and
daycare system in order to benefit industrialization.
Those with the drive to succeed
needed (and still need) to succeed in spite of
the system.
To what extent does an 18 month child have a highly developed ontology?
It's really a nail in Apple's coffin.
those are useful to the newbie who doesn't know that rpmfind exists.
I have Speakeasy DSL and most of the problems that I have had have been Ameritech's fault!!!!
Please, Uncle Sam, do away with Ameritech's last mile monopoly!
I want to commend those who worked
on the project. Let's Go Blue!
the dell insprion 8000 does indeed kick butt...
art
representation of something in the world
self-referential
art
10 PRINT "Nice troll";
20 GOTO 10