most apps are waiting for something from the user, network or disk... only apps with CPU intensive usage you can see a difference something that uses the cpu for 1s isnt enough to give you ANY feedback about speed
finally, a background flash running might be enough to kill any speed gain, as usually we are talking about about 5% to 20% speed increase (depend of course how the app uses the cpu) and a flash movie can eat 30% or more of your cpu...
you are right of course, without basic infrastructures you are limiting the learning, but the OLPC is also for those with already basic infrastructure... the keyword is lack of economic power and reduce or no access to education systems. those without ANY infrastruture are for sure in the same group as the starving ones... they have bigger problems and the OLPC isnt for then
one OLPC will not make one kid in a Phd, but might open the eyes enough to improve all things around him. and again yes, migration is always a problem with poor countries, but think about it... its always better to go to another place with more knowledge/brain than without...and they usually sent money back to their families, so in the end and in the long term, its always a opportunity to get things better
please note that the main topic of this news is that kids might learn more by self teaching and exploring the OLPC than to send a team trying to explain and demonstrate it (one heli trip is faster safer to deliver than a trunk in some locations)... it doesnt mean that is isolated or that they weren't contacted previously to arrange the OLPC
i have seen somewhere a search engine that allowed one to block a site from showing again... google should implement this, users can decide what they want and dont want and google should allow that choice
long term education helps with long term food, shelter and clean water with long term food, shelter and clean water, more resources can be gather to improve live and develop the region/city/country all those help long time education, that will again improve everything else
again, stop with the image of a kid starving with a OLPC, but thing in a kid without or little education system... check my other post:
so why are you thinking that this is bad? what are you doing to improve all those items? how do you teach all that info? and finally, why do you think you know more that some of the countries that welcomed the OLPC (see the Brazil as one big example)
What many people still dont understand is that the OLPC isnt for those dying from hunger, its for those that can already survive, but have no economic ways to really improve their long term lives.. education can help a lot in that field, but... in poor countries the education level is low and have a serious lack of government support. A small computer can help in teaching and transfer knowledge and in ten years some areas might have a real education system based in OLPC. Yes, it will take years and in the start there are always problems, its always hard to change things, but "one long journey starts with a single step".
That is why OLPC isnt just for africa, its also for south and central america and asia... example: you might not have huge hunger problems in Philippines, but many of its population would gain a lot with having their kids with a OLPC
So please, stop with the image/hype/joke of a kid starving in Somalia being given a OLPC, the OLPC isnt target for those! that only gives a bad image to the OLPC project for those that dont really know the project and make things harder.
let me put things in a different perspective... US schools are buying iPads to help teaching, countries with no or poor education systems are being given OLPC to help teaching... see, not much a difference!
hey, you can always post the same script in IPFW/PF so we can compare...
just in case you didnt read. that is (part of) a script, full of long variable names... yes, their names could be better, the rule_j14 is weird name, the multi-line makes it harder to read... bug again, this is clearly just a small part of s bigger script and the user ls671 didnt wanted to clean it up... simply because the idea is there, adapt that for your own use.
you know that plugins run now at a separated process, right? so all the constant crash of the past are gone... also, update your flash, java, whatever, FF by itself doesnt crash for me, but flash did crash alot... and i usually have MANY tabs open for several weeks
it should have at least asked you to update to 6.x in that option... if it didnt, something is broken in your end (or a FF bug maybe?) i update already "manually" (went to the help about, check update) several 3.6.x, 4 and 5 Firefox browser in my work and all worked fine... when it fails to do the incremental upgrade, it switch to the full download... sadly going from 3.6.x will take several updates, but maybe newer versions are more inteligent
I dont see those participating in Humble Indie Bundle with problems in marketing... in fact, they are making a good money
Big publishers releases today are mostly just remakes of the same games, with better graphics... in fact, many times the game is even less fun to play, because "all" the development work was put in the graphic and very little on new ideas, the game story, bug fix, balance or simply in the fun of playing!
That is also why humble indie have lots success, most of the games are original and very fun to play, even if sometimes the graphics arent the state or art.
Taking things to extreme, to show that what is important is the fun to play, nethack and Dwarf Fortresshave almost no graphic feedback, yet are very famous, fun to play and people play it for years, even decades!
switch out windows to linux... or at least switch to a 64bit system...
in windows 32bits you can only use max about 1.5GB (or something like that) because the "OS" takes 50% of the RAM for him and being 32bits and windows, you can only use 3GB of ram
later windows can use more ram and pass a flag in the boot.ini for the OS "just" take 1GB of ram, and IIRC, that push the limit to about1.75GB or something, that is about the same limit as the (normal) linux 32bit (IIRC)
64bits OS will enable java to use the full memory size (unless there is another limit i dont know about):)
That is false, i use nephthys in my company and have no problem with any windows (xp, vista and 7), just map a network drive using the webdav url (using http(s):// url, not webdav:// ) and works fine... macosx and linux (kde dolphin at least) too works fine, but they use the webdav:// format url
i later moved to https and to work i only had to get a valid certificate (get one free in startssl.com)
nephthys dont use authentication, so maybe if there is a problem, it lies in the auth part of windows
For share files with others, its a perfect replacement for FTP and avoiding the cloud pitfall.
Its based in webdav with a very simple web interface to allow users to share files. It auto expires shared files, so you do dont waste space with forgotten shares.
the git needs a few tweaks to work in a recent debian ( i will send a patch do the developer in a few days/weeks)... the.deb packages didnt worked for me
yet this is a very simple solution and works very in windows, macox and linux
it is almost unknown, but it saved me from thousand of user calls asking for help with ftp problems (clients, access, quotas and transfer)
all cool gardens in hot countries have a lot of trees to make shadow and even better, some running water on that shadow. No one yet out perfect this nature design on a open space.
one bit part of the problem is that the cities are more and more concrete, stone and roads, there is no green space, no shadow, no running water
of course, this is a very slow solution for the future children:)
for a short term solution, you need shadow, whatever material is good, but put at least 2 layers of it and some space between then (the "hotter the material gets, the bigger the space), so the first layer will get hot, but the air flow between the layers will keep the second layer cooler. dont forget the indirect sunlight, if you get much indirect light, you are also getting indirect heat
For share with others, a perfect replacement for FTPs i use nephthys. Its based in webdav with a very simple web interface to allow users to share files. It auto expires shared files, so you do dont waste space with forgotten shares.
the git needs a few tweaks to work in a recent debian ( i will send a patch do the developer in a few days/weeks)... the.deb packages didnt worked for me
yet this is a very simple solution and works very in windows, macox and linux
it is almost unknown, but it saved me from thousand of user calls asking for help with ftp problems (clients, access, quotas and transfer)
you simply have to know their contact, just like skype, google talk and friends...
as this is jabber/XMPP, the contacts are in a form of email address (user@server), where most of the time that address is really the main user email (user@gmail.com), so just have the friends install the apps, register their use and use it
Firefox betas have a lot more debug enabled, that can increase the ram and cpu usage. My personal experience is that chrome eats more ram *globally* than firefox4 (you need to count all the threads and chrome process), using the same pages ( i did a small test a few months ago with about random 10 web pages that i had open at the time... firefox had more reserved RAM, but less resident RAM needed... both with no swap at all)
Because it WORKS in the webpages i use... not everyone wants to go to facebook, some people want the web to research and read, flash, javascript, popups, images are useless.
on the other hand, if a site doesnt work with lynx... we will more to the next one, its their lost!
If one REALLY needs to go to facebook... then we can launch a bigger browser and close it when finish
I personally use many times lynx and dillo, side by side to firefox and chrome
Install ImgLikeOpera, to control when and what images can be loaded
Of course, dont open too many tabs!!
you can also install dillo, its small and fast, no animated images, no javascript, no plugins, limited CSS... but it works well for most sites and for those that need to READ webpages and not play online, its far more usable and useful than most bigger browsers
No problem at all, both are clearly for totally different user targets, each side will mostly ignore the other... of course there will be always some black sheep's, but those will troll both storied, no matter if nested or isolated... and everyone knows that slackware is the best!;)
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most apps are waiting for something from the user, network or disk... only apps with CPU intensive usage you can see a difference
something that uses the cpu for 1s isnt enough to give you ANY feedback about speed
finally, a background flash running might be enough to kill any speed gain, as usually we are talking about about 5% to 20% speed increase (depend of course how the app uses the cpu) and a flash movie can eat 30% or more of your cpu...
you are right of course, without basic infrastructures you are limiting the learning, but the OLPC is also for those with already basic infrastructure... the keyword is lack of economic power and reduce or no access to education systems. those without ANY infrastruture are for sure in the same group as the starving ones... they have bigger problems and the OLPC isnt for then
one OLPC will not make one kid in a Phd, but might open the eyes enough to improve all things around him. and again yes, migration is always a problem with poor countries, but think about it... its always better to go to another place with more knowledge/brain than without...and they usually sent money back to their families, so in the end and in the long term, its always a opportunity to get things better
please note that the main topic of this news is that kids might learn more by self teaching and exploring the OLPC than to send a team trying to explain and demonstrate it (one heli trip is faster safer to deliver than a trunk in some locations)... it doesnt mean that is isolated or that they weren't contacted previously to arrange the OLPC
i have seen somewhere a search engine that allowed one to block a site from showing again... google should implement this, users can decide what they want and dont want and google should allow that choice
search the web for people with problems delivering to hotmail... lots and lots of people with the same problem...
this will help with education...
long term education helps with long term food, shelter and clean water
with long term food, shelter and clean water, more resources can be gather to improve live and develop the region/city/country
all those help long time education, that will again improve everything else
again, stop with the image of a kid starving with a OLPC, but thing in a kid without or little education system... check my other post:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2507486&cid=37933580
so why are you thinking that this is bad? what are you doing to improve all those items? how do you teach all that info? and finally, why do you think you know more that some of the countries that welcomed the OLPC (see the Brazil as one big example)
What many people still dont understand is that the OLPC isnt for those dying from hunger, its for those that can already survive, but have no economic ways to really improve their long term lives.. education can help a lot in that field, but... in poor countries the education level is low and have a serious lack of government support. A small computer can help in teaching and transfer knowledge and in ten years some areas might have a real education system based in OLPC. Yes, it will take years and in the start there are always problems, its always hard to change things, but "one long journey starts with a single step".
That is why OLPC isnt just for africa, its also for south and central america and asia... example: you might not have huge hunger problems in Philippines, but many of its population would gain a lot with having their kids with a OLPC
So please, stop with the image/hype/joke of a kid starving in Somalia being given a OLPC, the OLPC isnt target for those! that only gives a bad image to the OLPC project for those that dont really know the project and make things harder.
let me put things in a different perspective... US schools are buying iPads to help teaching, countries with no or poor education systems are being given OLPC to help teaching... see, not much a difference!
hey, you can always post the same script in IPFW/PF so we can compare...
just in case you didnt read. that is (part of) a script, full of long variable names... yes, their names could be better, the rule_j14 is weird name, the multi-line makes it harder to read... bug again, this is clearly just a small part of s bigger script and the user ls671 didnt wanted to clean it up... simply because the idea is there, adapt that for your own use.
you know that plugins run now at a separated process, right? so all the constant crash of the past are gone... also, update your flash, java, whatever, FF by itself doesnt crash for me, but flash did crash alot... and i usually have MANY tabs open for several weeks
it should have at least asked you to update to 6.x in that option... if it didnt, something is broken in your end (or a FF bug maybe?)
i update already "manually" (went to the help about, check update) several 3.6.x, 4 and 5 Firefox browser in my work and all worked fine... when it fails to do the incremental upgrade, it switch to the full download... sadly going from 3.6.x will take several updates, but maybe newer versions are more inteligent
either way. do the manual upgrade and enjoy
I dont see those participating in Humble Indie Bundle with problems in marketing... in fact, they are making a good money
Big publishers releases today are mostly just remakes of the same games, with better graphics... in fact, many times the game is even less fun to play, because "all" the development work was put in the graphic and very little on new ideas, the game story, bug fix, balance or simply in the fun of playing!
That is also why humble indie have lots success, most of the games are original and very fun to play, even if sometimes the graphics arent the state or art.
Taking things to extreme, to show that what is important is the fun to play, nethack and Dwarf Fortresshave almost no graphic feedback, yet are very famous, fun to play and people play it for years, even decades!
check the java parameter -XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled
it enable the unused class unloading ... but i think that this changed in new versions
switch out windows to linux ... or at least switch to a 64bit system...
in windows 32bits you can only use max about 1.5GB (or something like that) because the "OS" takes 50% of the RAM for him and being 32bits and windows, you can only use 3GB of ram
later windows can use more ram and pass a flag in the boot.ini for the OS "just" take 1GB of ram, and IIRC, that push the limit to about1.75GB or something, that is about the same limit as the (normal) linux 32bit (IIRC)
64bits OS will enable java to use the full memory size (unless there is another limit i dont know about) :)
not seeing CmdrTaco in slashdot will be very strange!!
well, all i can say its THANK YOU for slashdot and good luck!
http://activepolitic.com.82.nyud.net/blog/2011-08-21/Former_Wikileaks_spokesman_destroyed_unreleased_files.html
That is false, i use nephthys in my company and have no problem with any windows (xp, vista and 7), just map a network drive using the webdav url (using http(s):// url, not webdav:// ) and works fine...
macosx and linux (kde dolphin at least) too works fine, but they use the webdav:// format url
i later moved to https and to work i only had to get a valid certificate (get one free in startssl.com)
nephthys dont use authentication, so maybe if there is a problem, it lies in the auth part of windows
Dont hurry, nephthys protected your computer while it was dead cold... after you reboot it computer, she helped you by sharing files!
So, you see, nephthys is a perfect software, works both when you computer is on or off!! :)
nephthys!
For share files with others, its a perfect replacement for FTP and avoiding the cloud pitfall.
Its based in webdav with a very simple web interface to allow users to share files. It auto expires shared files, so you do dont waste space with forgotten shares.
the git needs a few tweaks to work in a recent debian ( i will send a patch do the developer in a few days/weeks)... the .deb packages didnt worked for me
yet this is a very simple solution and works very in windows, macox and linux
it is almost unknown, but it saved me from thousand of user calls asking for help with ftp problems (clients, access, quotas and transfer)
all cool gardens in hot countries have a lot of trees to make shadow and even better, some running water on that shadow. No one yet out perfect this nature design on a open space.
one bit part of the problem is that the cities are more and more concrete, stone and roads, there is no green space, no shadow, no running water
of course, this is a very slow solution for the future children :)
for a short term solution, you need shadow, whatever material is good, but put at least 2 layers of it and some space between then (the "hotter the material gets, the bigger the space), so the first layer will get hot, but the air flow between the layers will keep the second layer cooler.
dont forget the indirect sunlight, if you get much indirect light, you are also getting indirect heat
For share with others, a perfect replacement for FTPs i use nephthys. Its based in webdav with a very simple web interface to allow users to share files. It auto expires shared files, so you do dont waste space with forgotten shares.
the git needs a few tweaks to work in a recent debian ( i will send a patch do the developer in a few days/weeks)... the .deb packages didnt worked for me
yet this is a very simple solution and works very in windows, macox and linux
it is almost unknown, but it saved me from thousand of user calls asking for help with ftp problems (clients, access, quotas and transfer)
you simply have to know their contact, just like skype, google talk and friends...
as this is jabber/XMPP, the contacts are in a form of email address (user@server), where most of the time that address is really the main user email (user@gmail.com), so just have the friends install the apps, register their use and use it
i too recommend jitsi, its simple and it works
Firefox betas have a lot more debug enabled, that can increase the ram and cpu usage.
My personal experience is that chrome eats more ram *globally* than firefox4 (you need to count all the threads and chrome process), using the same pages ( i did a small test a few months ago with about random 10 web pages that i had open at the time... firefox had more reserved RAM, but less resident RAM needed... both with no swap at all)
Because it WORKS in the webpages i use... not everyone wants to go to facebook, some people want the web to research and read, flash, javascript, popups, images are useless.
on the other hand, if a site doesnt work with lynx... we will more to the next one, its their lost!
If one REALLY needs to go to facebook... then we can launch a bigger browser and close it when finish
I personally use many times lynx and dillo, side by side to firefox and chrome
Most ram is being abused by flash, images (specially animated images) and javascript... so:
Install noscript in firefox to disable java script in all sites except those you want/really need
Install flashblock to block flash on sites that you want to allow java script, but sill wants to control what flash can be loaded
disable animated images (or play once), like they say here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Animated_images
Install ImgLikeOpera, to control when and what images can be loaded
Of course, dont open too many tabs!!
you can also install dillo, its small and fast, no animated images, no javascript, no plugins, limited CSS... but it works well for most sites and for those that need to READ webpages and not play online, its far more usable and useful than most bigger browsers
No problem at all, both are clearly for totally different user targets, each side will mostly ignore the other... of course there will be always some black sheep's, but those will troll both storied, no matter if nested or isolated... ;)
and everyone knows that slackware is the best!
try OTRS, its clean, friendly for users and the developers/agents have also a good interface