It's too bad you have been able to use IBM's support, because it's incredible. I consider EasyServ the *best* in the business. I had to get a ThinkPad serviced a couple years ago (it was 2.5 years old) and the day after I called for warranty service a FedEx guy was on my doorstep with a box to ship the laptop in. I put it in the box, he took it, got to IBM the next day, they serviced it in one day and then I had it back the next. 3-day turnaround time - the best you can get without entrusting it to a "local service center" (usually a CompUSA or something with techs of dubious expertise). And when they serviced it they even replaced the TrackPoint cap, threw in some extras, and added a little pad to the bottom that helped dissipate the heat. Unfortunately, after 4 years that ThinkPad has been retired, but when I bought my new one I bought it knowing that in the extremely rare case anything goes wrong, I'm covered.
The thing that differentiates Gentoo from Slack is Portage - and it's a very significant (and positive IMO) difference.
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Last time I went to Home Depot I noticed they had pneumatic tubes running all over. I think they were getting cash for the registers or something through them. Looked pretty cool to look up at the network of tubes running around the ceiling...
On the site for the makers of the robot (linked elsewhere) they mention that you can easily swap out the battery to keep it running 24x7. I assume since they're paying $5/hour to lease him, they'd rather have him moving around than standing at the wall recharging.
You do now that both Microsoft and Apple also have programms that perform very poorly in usability tests? Take a look at the Interface Hall of Shame [iarchitect.com]. There are quite some MS-products in there (and even Apples Quicktime). Sometimes they even make a bad UI for political reasons, which you most probably won't find in open source projects.
The Interface Hall of Shame would have a field day with most the open source apps out there. Definitely not all, but most. You'll also notice that Microsoft has several features listed in the Hall of Fame.
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I agree with the cooling comment - I have a 60GXP that's been running 24/7 for about 8 months now and it's had zero problems. However, it is in a very well ventilated Lian-Li case, and sits right in front of the front case fan all by its lonesome self, so I doubt it gets very hot at all...
You're exactly right. In fact, even though studios show press screenings of movies weeks before the movie opens, they ask reporters not to post their reviews until the movie actually opens. Of course, they can't force the reviewer not to print it, they just say "if you do, you won't be going to any more screenings..."
It's obvious why they do this. They don't want bad reviews sinking crappy films before the first day. A crappy film is going to have it's best take the first couple days of its opening before everyone has had a chance to hear how horrible it is. The movie studios can't say "you must wait until opening day to release your review UNLESS it's a good review" so they make you wait with all of them.
Not only did CmdrTaco not check this out before posting, but Timothy's update is VERY misleading. He says "It looks like the source is available now, gpl.txt and all." (emphasis mine) Well, looks to me like it was available BEFORE too if you bothered to look. It's not like all the sudden they said "Holy CRAP, look at this story on/., we better get our source code up..."
Yes. The DCC page states that they use a 'fuzzy' checksumming algorithm that doesn't just checksum the whole message, and that the algorithm is evolving as spam evolves.
Coming Summer 2003... They had to reshoot all the shots that had Aaliyah with Jada Pinckett-Smith, and plus the Oracle died (dunno what they're doing about that...)
I agree 100% - Oracle is definitely not the answer for everybody. In fact, I don't think it's the appropriate solution for most people. It costs a ton to license and a good DBA will cost even more. It's stupid to pay all that for a dumb message board. For mission-critical purposes though, you get what you pay for.
Apparently their Linux clusters scale well enough to replace their big HP boxes with them... Maybe Larry's just saying this without them having tested the setup, but I doubt it.
It seems from a lot of people's comments that they think that Larry is saying that Oracle will finally support Linux. Well, Oracle has run on Linux for awhile now, though it's been a lower priority. Patches come out for Solaris versions first, then Linux and Windows.
All Larry was saying that at Oracle they'll be running their own product on Linux rather than Solaris. From which we can presume that they'll start making Linux a higher priority when it comes to patching...
Most Oracle users don't use it for "moderate database requirements". They use it when they simply cannot afford to lose data and/or they need something that you can scale the hell out of. PostgreSQL is nice but will *never* replace Oracle. Sun would look childish to offer PGSQL as a replacement.
I doubt it. In fact, even reading/. most of the comments from people that actually USE 2k/XP are very positive of its stability. The people that complain are people that haven't actually used it and are just remembering the 9x days.
I've been running XP on two boxes since RC1 and it still runs just as well as it did on fresh install. (Same thing with 2000.) I've got ~25 additional apps installed as well. All the other XP users I know say the same thing.
I was a 100% linux man myself until Win2k came out. I'm back on the MS bandwagon for my desktops.
Why do they claim it's the "world's thinnest Palm-Powered(TM) color handheld"?? According to the specs, it's.5" thick. The Palm m505 is also.5" thick. Of course, the Clie' screen beats the m505's screen hands down, but still...
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It's too bad you have been able to use IBM's support, because it's incredible. I consider EasyServ the *best* in the business. I had to get a ThinkPad serviced a couple years ago (it was 2.5 years old) and the day after I called for warranty service a FedEx guy was on my doorstep with a box to ship the laptop in. I put it in the box, he took it, got to IBM the next day, they serviced it in one day and then I had it back the next. 3-day turnaround time - the best you can get without entrusting it to a "local service center" (usually a CompUSA or something with techs of dubious expertise). And when they serviced it they even replaced the TrackPoint cap, threw in some extras, and added a little pad to the bottom that helped dissipate the heat. Unfortunately, after 4 years that ThinkPad has been retired, but when I bought my new one I bought it knowing that in the extremely rare case anything goes wrong, I'm covered.
The thing that differentiates Gentoo from Slack is Portage - and it's a very significant (and positive IMO) difference.
Last time I went to Home Depot I noticed they had pneumatic tubes running all over. I think they were getting cash for the registers or something through them. Looked pretty cool to look up at the network of tubes running around the ceiling...
On the site for the makers of the robot (linked elsewhere) they mention that you can easily swap out the battery to keep it running 24x7. I assume since they're paying $5/hour to lease him, they'd rather have him moving around than standing at the wall recharging.
It sounded to me like Tim was saying the relationship the co-workers have developed with the robot is scary, not the robot itself.
Wrong, you can charge for redistribution of BSD licensed software. Link
You do now that both Microsoft and Apple also have programms that perform very poorly in usability tests? Take a look at the Interface Hall of Shame [iarchitect.com]. There are quite some MS-products in there (and even Apples Quicktime). Sometimes they even make a bad UI for political reasons, which you most probably won't find in open source projects.
The Interface Hall of Shame would have a field day with most the open source apps out there. Definitely not all, but most. You'll also notice that Microsoft has several features listed in the Hall of Fame.
I agree with the cooling comment - I have a 60GXP that's been running 24/7 for about 8 months now and it's had zero problems. However, it is in a very well ventilated Lian-Li case, and sits right in front of the front case fan all by its lonesome self, so I doubt it gets very hot at all...
Just because you're not earning interest on your money in PayPal doesn't mean they aren't.
Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if they were zipped multiple times "just to be sure".
You're exactly right. In fact, even though studios show press screenings of movies weeks before the movie opens, they ask reporters not to post their reviews until the movie actually opens. Of course, they can't force the reviewer not to print it, they just say "if you do, you won't be going to any more screenings..."
It's obvious why they do this. They don't want bad reviews sinking crappy films before the first day. A crappy film is going to have it's best take the first couple days of its opening before everyone has had a chance to hear how horrible it is. The movie studios can't say "you must wait until opening day to release your review UNLESS it's a good review" so they make you wait with all of them.
Here's an explanation from a reviewer I know.
Not only did CmdrTaco not check this out before posting, but Timothy's update is VERY misleading. He says "It looks like the source is available now, gpl.txt and all." (emphasis mine) Well, looks to me like it was available BEFORE too if you bothered to look. It's not like all the sudden they said "Holy CRAP, look at this story on /., we better get our source code up..."
Sheeesh...
Nice logic. Does knowing that millions of people who don't wear seatbelts aren't killed in horrible car crashes mean you don't wear yours either?
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Doesn't look like they're on a sinking ship to me... I've heard that google mades loads through licensing its engine though.
Am I missing something?
Yes. The DCC page states that they use a 'fuzzy' checksumming algorithm that doesn't just checksum the whole message, and that the algorithm is evolving as spam evolves.
Coming Summer 2003... They had to reshoot all the shots that had Aaliyah with Jada Pinckett-Smith, and plus the Oracle died (dunno what they're doing about that...)
I agree 100% - Oracle is definitely not the answer for everybody. In fact, I don't think it's the appropriate solution for most people. It costs a ton to license and a good DBA will cost even more. It's stupid to pay all that for a dumb message board. For mission-critical purposes though, you get what you pay for.
You're obviously a troll but...
Apparently their Linux clusters scale well enough to replace their big HP boxes with them... Maybe Larry's just saying this without them having tested the setup, but I doubt it.
It seems from a lot of people's comments that they think that Larry is saying that Oracle will finally support Linux. Well, Oracle has run on Linux for awhile now, though it's been a lower priority. Patches come out for Solaris versions first, then Linux and Windows.
All Larry was saying that at Oracle they'll be running their own product on Linux rather than Solaris. From which we can presume that they'll start making Linux a higher priority when it comes to patching...
Most Oracle users don't use it for "moderate database requirements". They use it when they simply cannot afford to lose data and/or they need something that you can scale the hell out of. PostgreSQL is nice but will *never* replace Oracle. Sun would look childish to offer PGSQL as a replacement.
I doubt it. In fact, even reading /. most of the comments from people that actually USE 2k/XP are very positive of its stability. The people that complain are people that haven't actually used it and are just remembering the 9x days.
This everyday box also has an uptime of 103 days, which is exponentially more than a Windows user would ever see.
Funny, my Win2k box at work has been up for four months without a reboot. And yes, I use it daily.
I've been running XP on two boxes since RC1 and it still runs just as well as it did on fresh install. (Same thing with 2000.) I've got ~25 additional apps installed as well. All the other XP users I know say the same thing.
I was a 100% linux man myself until Win2k came out. I'm back on the MS bandwagon for my desktops.
Amen to that, brother.
Why do they claim it's the "world's thinnest Palm-Powered(TM) color handheld"?? According to the specs, it's .5" thick. The Palm m505 is also .5" thick. Of course, the Clie' screen beats the m505's screen hands down, but still...