High level mob farming is a good point, and well taken. I've had ideas on different mobs including if you kill off a REAL high level mob, it never comes back. Actually trying to put more of a story line in than Verant's re-occuring critters. Of course this would necessitate MANY MANY months of writing and a totally new server engine, but I can dream can't I?
Making more of the higher level stuff NO DROP though does present a problem when trying to build up money for tradeskills. Tho it's only now become really feasible to work on high-lvl skills beyond jewelry with some of the new player-made items, but that's another thread altogether.
Ultima Online was very similar. I know people who matched their salaries by selling items/gold/etc on eBay. It's great, and really don't think Verant should be banning people for doing such. It's a virtual world with virtual delivery. If you sell a watch, and I win the auction and send a MO, couldn't the seller simply keep the money with an "Oh, I sent that out last week" message until you give up. Same here. Verant should let players do what they like. Transferring the funds from one player to another isn't going to upset the economy of the game, and if after a year of playing I could make a couple hundred in cash on the side, so be it! Heck, I'd even declare it on taxes if I made enough. Why not?
Verant get's paid for their work to create/run the game, why not also get paid for all the work I put into playing it?
As far as your sfil, so long as the game does not affect his health, then let 'em play. I do. My gf does. My cousin, and some of my friends. Frankly ten bucks a month is a WHOLE lot cheaper than going to bars, clubs, etc. and can be far more entertaining in a lot of ways. EQ is a world that you can get absorbed into very easily, but it's always up to the player to get off the game and take care of necessary stuff.
I love it, and I'll keep playing it until Star Wars Galaxies comes out.
Oh wow! Database THEORY! Step into the real world bud. There's nothing about theory here. It's hard down, pay your bills, live with yourself in the morning reality, and all the theory in the world ain't doin' nothing for ya except making my ears hurt.
I've been in the real world for far too long, and I'm REALLY tired of hearing this stupidity. MOST projects never gain benefit from Foreign Key support. FK's in fact will slow down a LOT of good applications because once you get past a certain point of reference (I'm generally having to deal with over a billion rows per db) FK's will bring it to a CRAWL!
Sure db features are excellent and time saving (in some cases), but they are not a replacement for good, solid programming. If you don't understand the project at hand, how it will be used, accessed, and grow, then you're probably going to be building something that someone like me will have to come in after 6-12 months and rebuild the whole dang thing because you cut corners.
Go teach a class or something. The rest of us have a career to continue.
Aye not only is it necessary, but there's a very good chance that the product we all seek is laying out among the various current projects in pieces. One of the VERY common problems with Open Source (Not that I knock it, mind you. I totally love and embrase it), is that the wheel tends to get reinvented numerous times, where one package has not large, but small things in it that another similar package does not.
What really needs to be done is SOMEONE (unfortunately, it's a a fair bit over my head atm) needs to gather all the projects like SDL, Mesa, OpenGL, OpenAL, SDLnet, SDL Input, (and the numerous other libs out there that I haven't used) and attempt to use those libraries as a basis for a wrapper.
First We must duplicate the existing, ie. DX with our own software. Then take steps to merge them together using the incredible amount of knowledge in the OSS environment into a well-focused library set which is both extensible and cross-platform compatible. Many of the projects out there already do this, but it must be solidified.
Now don't go bashing me for mentioning an OSS version of DX. Not having messed with it more than a week, I'm no expert on it. However, there are OBVISOUSLY things about DX that developers like well enough that makes their jobs easier. That's what We have to do as well. Create libraries that are easy to install, cross platform compatible, feature rich enough to satisfy the majorities needs of functionality, and finally optimized to the max. It's been proven that Linux is faster that WinX in a number of different senarios, but if We can't pull together with this, then it's going to take a VERY long time for OSS to gain it's footing in the gaming market.
Besides, with an OSS solution, people like Carmack can spread their knowledge to extend the library with functionality with a simple submission whereas trying to get that into DX... well.. M$ would just laugh at you.
Congrats Hemos! Looks like you'll be turning in the ol' keyboard and mouse for wet-naps and diapers for a bit! Enjoy it man.. brings a whole new meaning to ones life!
2-1541's (With JiffyDOS), 2-1541 Clones (With JiffyDOS), and a 1581 (The ol' 3.5"ers). I've been online since 300 baud was new for the C=64! That had to have been the most fun I've ever had in technology! Especially with Butterfield's reference books! ML RULES! Ok.. ok.. it's just assembly, but to us, it was VERY fun! Even figuring out how to build a reset switch off of 2 pins on the expansion card bus. (Or was it the Cartridge slot bus? I can't remember any more).
Ahhh.. those were the days! I ran boards up through the 2400 days, then retired for about 4 years and sold out when I bought my first 486DX-50.
Oh.. they've managed to disrupt. There's no doubt about that. And they've finally gotten what they've wanted after all these years: Distruction of a notable amount on US soil.
So be it, the trick is that we'll rebuild the World Trade Centers and surrounding buildings. We'll have Federal security instead of the lousy $6/hr wannabe's that will let you on a plane with a Bowie knife. It will be a safer than it was before, and not giving up any personal freedoms. But now, we all have a common goal to focus on, and this helps keep at bay the internal problems we've had in the past.
Maybe after this is all over with, we can have the military ACTUALLY patrolling the borders and keep more drugs/terrorists/etc. out of our country!
It doesn't take me by surprise at all, and I don't really blame him. International flights out of the US are going to be a little scary for a while since the past Tuesdays affairs.
Since there was no new hardware to be displayed, I don't really see this as much of a loss anyhow.
Apple really needs to refocus and release tech. info on their older systems anyhow. I've been fighting for 2 years to get driver-level specs for a Powerbook 1400, and have yet to recieve anything but a runaround. MacOS X based on a BSD core is pretty cool, but Apple just like IBM-clones need a choice. BeOS comes close, but neither of these will run on my PB. I'd hate to think I'd wasted my money.
BTW, a 1400 CAN be installed, but PCMCIA and floppy support, you can forget about.
Well. I know that 486's are still being used for firewalls and such, and the 586 market is still being used as a desktop for those who just do word processing and such. Linux has really allowed people to reuse their old equipment, but face it. Many can go to Flea markets and Marketpro shows to pick up old equipment for pennies on the dollar, and others can sit on eBay and score 20 486's for under $100.
It's just in what you like. I'm glad to see them cut off manufacturing just so they can start back producing even faster chips to catch back up with Intel. Maybe we can even see AMD pushing out those 760MP chipsets too!!
As long as they like. Once you have been arreigned (sp?) in court, then you're tail may rot in jail until death before a trial comes forth. If the prosecution makes a good enough case that you are too dangerous to be released, then bail will be resciended. But, IANAL.
I went with a bunch of members of our Linux Users Group, and the general concensus was, the movie was good. It is a HUGE step in CGI as there are scenes (quite a few at that) when the characters LOOK real! It's totally amazing. They still have work to do like getting fingers to relax in a normal position, but for the most part the animation was EXCELLENT! The plot was pretty weak, but being people who have seen movies like this, we didn't expect one at all. Instead it gave a decent plot that you could actually follow. Much of the story was ripped from various books, anime, etc. but was put together pretty well. There were times when the voices were out of sync (not the WHOLE movie), and natural mouth movement is something that needs improvement.
Overall we were all pleased and weren't sorry we saw it. Many times I'll agree with JonKatz, but today I think he's way off base. Sorry man, but geeks say "Good movie".
Heck no. Firstly, if they're actually trying to make lists of times/dates/IP's that the kiddies are scanning, then Cool! They should keep their database private for sure, but unless you run the ISP, you won't know WHO is on which IP. Personally, I'd LOVE to see some people getting fined for portscanning. A couple of grand per incident.
Don't think so? Picture this. I walk through your neighborhood, and stop at each house trying to open doors and windows. Occasionally, I may use a special tool to open a door or window. If I'm doing that to your house, damn right you're going to want me arrested. Same situation, period!
if there are any reputable cable-access providers around. Roadrunner in Tennessee is about as well liked as @Home. We're constantly having problems. Personally, I'm for running fibre to each and every person's house, and each person/family/household can have their own T1+ at home. Maybe then we can get some peace of mind. Would make running Quake/Napster servers faster at any rate.
I believe that it was Mandrakesoft who produced the most versitile 'detect' library out thus far. I'd just like it if we could get some sort of fdisk-substitute that was graphical, yet not quite as brain-dead as Mandrake's or Disk Druid(RH). Partitioning a disk should be as easy or difficult as you want it. I prefer to partition everything by hand since I usually know the layout's I like. Disk Druid moves partitions around in an order I didn't want to begin with.
I see this regularly in enterprise-wide systems CONSTANTLY. (Thank goodness I don't administrate them cause there'd be a lot of people looking for jobs!) Let's not really think in the lines of kernel changes, because that does require 'root' access, but lets think more along the lines of the custom app servers running. Some shmuck decides to make a change that ends up crashing the app server 30 mins later, and the OS is to blame for this? How about the admin? No? Blame the guy that made the change to a production system without testing on staging first.
This is pretty normal in SysAd circles where web sites are common. (Bob made a change to one of his scripts and now the web is broken... It wouldn't do that if it were.)
I really hate seeing this kind of stuff happen, and is why I really encourage those in the SysAd circles to stand up to management and say 'No. You hired me for my knowledge and my ability. Not to be a button-pushing monkey!'
I'd suggest releasing code at your v0.99 point which should be a code-freeze state and final bug-fixes. At this point, OSS people will no doubt grab the source and put it through the ringer. After a couple of weeks worth of reports and suggestions, you'll probably be able to put together a release.
But please note:
Since you didn't say what KIND of software it is, a fair evaluation is extremely hard to give. Also, what lang. is it written in, and is it going to be standards compliant? (i18n, etc.)
Hell. I hate to see this done to ANY site. Working for hosting facilities for some time, I know what it's like to have these kiddies pull this kind of a stunt. First off, it is a Federal offense to do some bone-headed stunt like DOS or DDOS attacks. Secondly, they have NO idea what it's like as an admin to have to deal with this kind of stunt.
How many of you out there have records? You know EXACTLY how hard it is to get a technical job with one! It's one of those cases where it'd just be better to smoke crack and shoot a little china...
To be honest, these tests really don't influence me at all. I could care less who trounces who in these damn benchmarks. They try to test real-world situations, but it just doesn't compare to the real world in a lot of situations. Don't beleive me? Try what I do on a daily basis: Take 500 sites with mixes of PHP, Perl, Python, Java, and static pages. Now, run them on 2 servers load balanced with Cisco, F5 (what I use), Hydraweb, Holontech, etc. Keep them running.... I've had Dual PII/Linux/Apache servers running this kind of load taking well over the 1 million hit/day point, and have had NO problems with slow downs or crashes. 243 days uptime before having to be taken down due to power maintenance. Now. Do the same damn thing with Windows. I tried. I got at LEAST 4 pages/week. System dying, and all these were doing is running static or ASP's. Server software isn't the only thing that causes excellent web server performance, but also the quality of the code. In a shared web environment, I'll only use Linux/Apache. I've run Sun/Solaris/Netscape, Sun/Solaris/Apache, Alpha/Linux/Apache, Intel/Solaris/Apache, Intel/WinNT/Apache, Intel/WinNT/IIS. I'm here to tell you, for high-powered, dynamic sites that need maximum uptime, Intel/Linux/Apache is the only way to go!
Sure.. but in 8-bit color, how do you decide what color palette to use? Are you going to remove colors for the Alpha-blending ability? Do you make anti-aliasing for only 15, 16, 24, and 32 bit palettes available? There are some concerns when it comes to that.
Now, I'd personally LOVE to see alpha-blending/anti-aliasing in X myself. But the X protocol could do with some changes itself (compression, ssX...) to improve the speed some. Granted it's fast, but I've seen a TON of posts on/. on how it could be made much better. Maybe now with CVS, I can duck my head in there and see how much of a fiasco it would be to implement such things. (
Of course, a setup program for X4.0 would REALLY be sweet at this point!h
Man.. this is great! First off, hat's off to the Alpha. I've used several of these systems, and all kidding aside, a single processor 533 with 512Meg will happily run 6 quake servers! That's a serious beating.
I'm glad to see some of Intel's technology rolling over into the other processors. Hardware companies should take cues from the open source movement. If you see something you like, use it in your product and come out with something even better. I've gotten worn out from the Gigahertz wars, but some seriously beefy Alphas are always welcome in my place.
I do hope that some companies will take notice and start porting their games (like HalfLife) to the Alpha platform. They'd make totally superior gaming machines since the FPU is actually worth something as compared to Intel.
1.2GHz Alpha... 4MB cache... Drool!!! When can I get one?
Alas, I knew #9 well.. For much of my younger career, and up until recently, they'd been the shining light in 2D video cards. I will miss them. However, I do have one rather major concern.
Do we have available, the driver specs for full use of all the cards? I'm talking the register level stuff! We might want this when upgrading X drivers or if something new presents itself!
This was posted on/. like a year and a half ago in a Quickies segment. I got curious myself and called up the company that made them and asked for a sales dude to call me back. Funny thing was, the day he called me back, I had just dumped (accidentally) a full cup of hot chocolate into my keyboard. I could actually hear the PC board snapping! He said that the flexiboard was resistant to hot chocolate, coffee, and other such common beverages found in the office.
I've not gotten one yet, but if you could find a roll-up flat-panel or LCD, then it'd make the sub-notebook market REALLY nice looking!
Well, I'm glad to see they did release a 1.3 compiler, but whatever happened to a 1.2 compiler? I think IBM's getting version-skipping happy. Not that I'm complaining, just curious.
Thanks to IBM, it may one day be reasonable to run Java Servlets/JSP's for a web page;)
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High level mob farming is a good point, and well taken. I've had ideas on different mobs including if you kill off a REAL high level mob, it never comes back. Actually trying to put more of a story line in than Verant's re-occuring critters. Of course this would necessitate MANY MANY months of writing and a totally new server engine, but I can dream can't I?
Making more of the higher level stuff NO DROP though does present a problem when trying to build up money for tradeskills. Tho it's only now become really feasible to work on high-lvl skills beyond jewelry with some of the new player-made items, but that's another thread altogether.
Point taken, and I do have a TON of fun playing along with others. Guess it's the kind of 'work' I'd like to do :)
Ultima Online was very similar. I know people who matched their salaries by selling items/gold/etc on eBay. It's great, and really don't think Verant should be banning people for doing such. It's a virtual world with virtual delivery. If you sell a watch, and I win the auction and send a MO, couldn't the seller simply keep the money with an "Oh, I sent that out last week" message until you give up. Same here. Verant should let players do what they like. Transferring the funds from one player to another isn't going to upset the economy of the game, and if after a year of playing I could make a couple hundred in cash on the side, so be it! Heck, I'd even declare it on taxes if I made enough. Why not?
Verant get's paid for their work to create/run the game, why not also get paid for all the work I put into playing it?
As far as your sfil, so long as the game does not affect his health, then let 'em play. I do. My gf does. My cousin, and some of my friends. Frankly ten bucks a month is a WHOLE lot cheaper than going to bars, clubs, etc. and can be far more entertaining in a lot of ways. EQ is a world that you can get absorbed into very easily, but it's always up to the player to get off the game and take care of necessary stuff.
I love it, and I'll keep playing it until Star Wars Galaxies comes out.
Oh wow! Database THEORY! Step into the real world bud. There's nothing about theory here. It's hard down, pay your bills, live with yourself in the morning reality, and all the theory in the world ain't doin' nothing for ya except making my ears hurt.
I've been in the real world for far too long, and I'm REALLY tired of hearing this stupidity. MOST projects never gain benefit from Foreign Key support. FK's in fact will slow down a LOT of good applications because once you get past a certain point of reference (I'm generally having to deal with over a billion rows per db) FK's will bring it to a CRAWL!
Sure db features are excellent and time saving (in some cases), but they are not a replacement for good, solid programming. If you don't understand the project at hand, how it will be used, accessed, and grow, then you're probably going to be building something that someone like me will have to come in after 6-12 months and rebuild the whole dang thing because you cut corners.
Go teach a class or something. The rest of us have a career to continue.
Aye not only is it necessary, but there's a very good chance that the product we all seek is laying out among the various current projects in pieces. One of the VERY common problems with Open Source (Not that I knock it, mind you. I totally love and embrase it), is that the wheel tends to get reinvented numerous times, where one package has not large, but small things in it that another similar package does not.
What really needs to be done is SOMEONE (unfortunately, it's a a fair bit over my head atm) needs to gather all the projects like SDL, Mesa, OpenGL, OpenAL, SDLnet, SDL Input, (and the numerous other libs out there that I haven't used) and attempt to use those libraries as a basis for a wrapper.
First We must duplicate the existing, ie. DX with our own software. Then take steps to merge them together using the incredible amount of knowledge in the OSS environment into a well-focused library set which is both extensible and cross-platform compatible. Many of the projects out there already do this, but it must be solidified.
Now don't go bashing me for mentioning an OSS version of DX. Not having messed with it more than a week, I'm no expert on it. However, there are OBVISOUSLY things about DX that developers like well enough that makes their jobs easier. That's what We have to do as well. Create libraries that are easy to install, cross platform compatible, feature rich enough to satisfy the majorities needs of functionality, and finally optimized to the max. It's been proven that Linux is faster that WinX in a number of different senarios, but if We can't pull together with this, then it's going to take a VERY long time for OSS to gain it's footing in the gaming market.
Besides, with an OSS solution, people like Carmack can spread their knowledge to extend the library with functionality with a simple submission whereas trying to get that into DX... well.. M$ would just laugh at you.
Congrats Hemos! Looks like you'll be turning in the ol' keyboard and mouse for wet-naps and diapers for a bit! Enjoy it man.. brings a whole new meaning to ones life!
2-1541's (With JiffyDOS), 2-1541 Clones (With JiffyDOS), and a 1581 (The ol' 3.5"ers). I've been online since 300 baud was new for the C=64! That had to have been the most fun I've ever had in technology! Especially with Butterfield's reference books! ML RULES! Ok.. ok.. it's just assembly, but to us, it was VERY fun! Even figuring out how to build a reset switch off of 2 pins on the expansion card bus. (Or was it the Cartridge slot bus? I can't remember any more).
Ahhh.. those were the days! I ran boards up through the 2400 days, then retired for about 4 years and sold out when I bought my first 486DX-50.
Oh.. they've managed to disrupt. There's no doubt about that. And they've finally gotten what they've wanted after all these years: Distruction of a notable amount on US soil.
So be it, the trick is that we'll rebuild the World Trade Centers and surrounding buildings. We'll have Federal security instead of the lousy $6/hr wannabe's that will let you on a plane with a Bowie knife. It will be a safer than it was before, and not giving up any personal freedoms. But now, we all have a common goal to focus on, and this helps keep at bay the internal problems we've had in the past.
Maybe after this is all over with, we can have the military ACTUALLY patrolling the borders and keep more drugs/terrorists/etc. out of our country!
It doesn't take me by surprise at all, and I don't really blame him. International flights out of the US are going to be a little scary for a while since the past Tuesdays affairs.
Since there was no new hardware to be displayed, I don't really see this as much of a loss anyhow.
Apple really needs to refocus and release tech. info on their older systems anyhow. I've been fighting for 2 years to get driver-level specs for a Powerbook 1400, and have yet to recieve anything but a runaround. MacOS X based on a BSD core is pretty cool, but Apple just like IBM-clones need a choice. BeOS comes close, but neither of these will run on my PB. I'd hate to think I'd wasted my money.
BTW, a 1400 CAN be installed, but PCMCIA and floppy support, you can forget about.
Well. I know that 486's are still being used for firewalls and such, and the 586 market is still being used as a desktop for those who just do word processing and such. Linux has really allowed people to reuse their old equipment, but face it. Many can go to Flea markets and Marketpro shows to pick up old equipment for pennies on the dollar, and others can sit on eBay and score 20 486's for under $100.
It's just in what you like. I'm glad to see them cut off manufacturing just so they can start back producing even faster chips to catch back up with Intel. Maybe we can even see AMD pushing out those 760MP chipsets too!!
As long as they like. Once you have been arreigned (sp?) in court, then you're tail may rot in jail until death before a trial comes forth. If the prosecution makes a good enough case that you are too dangerous to be released, then bail will be resciended. But, IANAL.
I went with a bunch of members of our Linux Users Group, and the general concensus was, the movie was good. It is a HUGE step in CGI as there are scenes (quite a few at that) when the characters LOOK real! It's totally amazing. They still have work to do like getting fingers to relax in a normal position, but for the most part the animation was EXCELLENT! The plot was pretty weak, but being people who have seen movies like this, we didn't expect one at all. Instead it gave a decent plot that you could actually follow. Much of the story was ripped from various books, anime, etc. but was put together pretty well. There were times when the voices were out of sync (not the WHOLE movie), and natural mouth movement is something that needs improvement.
Overall we were all pleased and weren't sorry we saw it. Many times I'll agree with JonKatz, but today I think he's way off base. Sorry man, but geeks say "Good movie".
Heck no. Firstly, if they're actually trying to make lists of times/dates/IP's that the kiddies are scanning, then Cool! They should keep their database private for sure, but unless you run the ISP, you won't know WHO is on which IP. Personally, I'd LOVE to see some people getting fined for portscanning. A couple of grand per incident. Don't think so? Picture this. I walk through your neighborhood, and stop at each house trying to open doors and windows. Occasionally, I may use a special tool to open a door or window. If I'm doing that to your house, damn right you're going to want me arrested. Same situation, period!
Easy.. A true neutral would vote for Ben Stein. I know I will.
--Bush & Gore... it's not an election, it's a snuff film!
if there are any reputable cable-access providers around. Roadrunner in Tennessee is about as well liked as @Home. We're constantly having problems. Personally, I'm for running fibre to each and every person's house, and each person/family/household can have their own T1+ at home. Maybe then we can get some peace of mind. Would make running Quake/Napster servers faster at any rate.
I believe that it was Mandrakesoft who produced the most versitile 'detect' library out thus far. I'd just like it if we could get some sort of fdisk-substitute that was graphical, yet not quite as brain-dead as Mandrake's or Disk Druid(RH). Partitioning a disk should be as easy or difficult as you want it. I prefer to partition everything by hand since I usually know the layout's I like. Disk Druid moves partitions around in an order I didn't want to begin with.
I see this regularly in enterprise-wide systems CONSTANTLY. (Thank goodness I don't administrate them cause there'd be a lot of people looking for jobs!) Let's not really think in the lines of kernel changes, because that does require 'root' access, but lets think more along the lines of the custom app servers running. Some shmuck decides to make a change that ends up crashing the app server 30 mins later, and the OS is to blame for this? How about the admin? No? Blame the guy that made the change to a production system without testing on staging first.
.)
This is pretty normal in SysAd circles where web sites are common. (Bob made a change to one of his scripts and now the web is broken... It wouldn't do that if it were
I really hate seeing this kind of stuff happen, and is why I really encourage those in the SysAd circles to stand up to management and say 'No. You hired me for my knowledge and my ability. Not to be a button-pushing monkey!'
I'd suggest releasing code at your v0.99 point which should be a code-freeze state and final bug-fixes. At this point, OSS people will no doubt grab the source and put it through the ringer. After a couple of weeks worth of reports and suggestions, you'll probably be able to put together a release.
But please note:
Since you didn't say what KIND of software it is, a fair evaluation is extremely hard to give. Also, what lang. is it written in, and is it going to be standards compliant? (i18n, etc.)
Hell. I hate to see this done to ANY site. Working for hosting facilities for some time, I know what it's like to have these kiddies pull this kind of a stunt. First off, it is a Federal offense to do some bone-headed stunt like DOS or DDOS attacks. Secondly, they have NO idea what it's like as an admin to have to deal with this kind of stunt.
How many of you out there have records? You know EXACTLY how hard it is to get a technical job with one! It's one of those cases where it'd just be better to smoke crack and shoot a little china...
To be honest, these tests really don't influence me at all. I could care less who trounces who in these damn benchmarks. They try to test real-world situations, but it just doesn't compare to the real world in a lot of situations. Don't beleive me? Try what I do on a daily basis: Take 500 sites with mixes of PHP, Perl, Python, Java, and static pages. Now, run them on 2 servers load balanced with Cisco, F5 (what I use), Hydraweb, Holontech, etc. Keep them running.... I've had Dual PII/Linux/Apache servers running this kind of load taking well over the 1 million hit/day point, and have had NO problems with slow downs or crashes. 243 days uptime before having to be taken down due to power maintenance. Now. Do the same damn thing with Windows. I tried. I got at LEAST 4 pages/week. System dying, and all these were doing is running static or ASP's. Server software isn't the only thing that causes excellent web server performance, but also the quality of the code. In a shared web environment, I'll only use Linux/Apache. I've run Sun/Solaris/Netscape, Sun/Solaris/Apache, Alpha/Linux/Apache, Intel/Solaris/Apache, Intel/WinNT/Apache, Intel/WinNT/IIS. I'm here to tell you, for high-powered, dynamic sites that need maximum uptime, Intel/Linux/Apache is the only way to go!
Sure.. but in 8-bit color, how do you decide what color palette to use? Are you going to remove colors for the Alpha-blending ability? Do you make anti-aliasing for only 15, 16, 24, and 32 bit palettes available? There are some concerns when it comes to that.
/. on how it could be made much better. Maybe now with CVS, I can duck my head in there and see how much of a fiasco it would be to implement such things. (
Now, I'd personally LOVE to see alpha-blending/anti-aliasing in X myself. But the X protocol could do with some changes itself (compression, ssX...) to improve the speed some. Granted it's fast, but I've seen a TON of posts on
Of course, a setup program for X4.0 would REALLY be sweet at this point!h
Man.. this is great! First off, hat's off to the Alpha. I've used several of these systems, and all kidding aside, a single processor 533 with 512Meg will happily run 6 quake servers! That's a serious beating.
I'm glad to see some of Intel's technology rolling over into the other processors. Hardware companies should take cues from the open source movement. If you see something you like, use it in your product and come out with something even better. I've gotten worn out from the Gigahertz wars, but some seriously beefy Alphas are always welcome in my place.
I do hope that some companies will take notice and start porting their games (like HalfLife) to the Alpha platform. They'd make totally superior gaming machines since the FPU is actually worth something as compared to Intel.
1.2GHz Alpha... 4MB cache... Drool!!! When can I get one?
Alas, I knew #9 well.. For much of my younger career, and up until recently, they'd been the shining light in 2D video cards. I will miss them. However, I do have one rather major concern.
Do we have available, the driver specs for full use of all the cards? I'm talking the register level stuff! We might want this when upgrading X drivers or if something new presents itself!
This was posted on /. like a year and a half ago in a Quickies segment. I got curious myself and called up the company that made them and asked for a sales dude to call me back. Funny thing was, the day he called me back, I had just dumped (accidentally) a full cup of hot chocolate into my keyboard. I could actually hear the PC board snapping! He said that the flexiboard was resistant to hot chocolate, coffee, and other such common beverages found in the office.
I've not gotten one yet, but if you could find a roll-up flat-panel or LCD, then it'd make the sub-notebook market REALLY nice looking!
Well, I'm glad to see they did release a 1.3 compiler, but whatever happened to a 1.2 compiler? I think IBM's getting version-skipping happy. Not that I'm complaining, just curious.
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Thanks to IBM, it may one day be reasonable to run Java Servlets/JSP's for a web page