For instance, Macromedia uses their own GUI toolkits. MS Office doesn't use the system ctrl3d stuff, they have their own GUI library as well.. They still use alot of the underlying COM/OLE stuff, though.. so it's a mixed bag.
You must be smoking crack! I've worked at a sun shop for 2 years.. and they DO crash. Just as much as linux, actually.
We beat our machines up, as DB servers. We had about 50 sun boxes, 30 linux, 10 alphas. They were all about as reliable as the others(except the linux boxes has less reliable HW.. but that's a different story)
Sun boxes required more routine maintenance then anything else (The E65k especially).
I have a Delta Dio 2496, and it rocks. You can
set up SCMS exactly how you want to.
Only drawback is the last of non-alsa drivers, and the thing always wants to record 12 channels, and you have to play 12 channels, so you have to use special software for this.
But, I can finally export MP3 into my minidisk, so I'm happy.
Well, if you remember Chinese history, this is EXACTLY what you don't want. There are billions of people there. A revolution would be a big huge gamble! A bloody one would likely involve millions of deaths.
Well, I am not shure about.NET in general, but in my testing with C# - it's pretty damn fast.
Java sucks for me because it's unpredictable in terms of platform compatability, speed, and version. Writting serious large data set applications in Java seems to lack as well. (Tried loading and parsing 100Mb of data latily?)
Java can definitly do this, and does already. I'm just annoyed at working with java. Having to use JNI to access the "real" system hurts. Repetitive OS calls are somewhat slow as well.. (as in generating decent RC5 keys using SHA1 - this calles time quite a bit, and is very slow)
Java is a great language. And the greatest compliment is that C# mirrors it so much. A good GPL'ed C# compiler on Linux would win me over.
But I don't think you'll be seeing a GPL Java JIT that's good for a while to come. After all, RPC was implemented by Sun, and now it's part of.NET.;)
It's kinda sad that MS came up with it first. I'm suprised that Ximian isn't using more of the code from existing byte-code interpriters or GCC.
I have a Delta Dio 2496. It works perfectly, plus is has a digital channel mixer which can move sound into any i/o port on the board (including loopback.. ehh hehehe)
While it is true that MS operating systems and MS applications tend to have a standard look and feel (but not always... look at the User Domain manager, or SQL Server Manager) that is not true for the platform.
You will find that ANY piece of software will take a bit of time to master, whether it be Word or VI. I don't think there is a "single look and feel" for all applications. Borland apps look different, Quicken looks different. Games tend to have their own distinct look and feel that is sometimes out of the ordinary - yet average joe plays them with no problem IF THEY ARE WELL DESIGNED.
Which is my point... standard look and feel doesn't matter jack jelly beans, unless the application is well designed.
Alpha has this same instruction set (Since the EV4/5 even). It does repetitive loops over numerous registers to achieve massive multiplication/division sets (useful for MPEG encoding)
I own a couple of alphas.. I'm a "registered" developer... I worked on them at a previous company.
Do you know how many times I was "marketed" to? Like... maybe twice. I worked on a total of 10 alpha systems.
Compaq has done absolutly NOTHING. NADA. Heck, their marketing sites "alphapowered" was always broken. The only freaking thing they ever got right was the processor itself. You couldn't even buy an alpha online from their site.
Oh well, maybe they'll be a great discount on hardware.
I have the best of both worlds. I work for a Irvine California company at California wages. But I live in Texas (home of the real deal, the Alamo, and lots of tasty animals to eat).
Texas: No income tax. Low sales tax (6.25 + 2 MTA), Low housing (3/2/2 for 100k are common) and I am sorry to say, but Californians have no idea about BBQ.
I'm surprised he can't get transfer credit anywhere though...
The school may not have an obligation to award him credit for transfer. Remember that transcripts are sent from school to school and sealed with the school seal.
Immitating jive is racist? A person who is "racist" is one who is racialy intollerent or discriminitory. In other words, YOU can't or arn't allowed to do something because of your race. (Vote, stand on the corner, run for political office, etc).
While it could be argued that perhaps it was a severe case of "lack of taste," I don't think that it was racist.
And you are not old-fashoned. You are new-fashoned. It was fairly acceptable to exterminate peoples based on race or color up until the 19th century.
In fact, the Jewish people were asked to "annihilate" the Canaans after the Exodus because of their sexual practices. The Greeks considered people who didn't shave or cut their hair as "Barbarians" (related to the word barber). The Pilgrims/American Settlers left Europe because of religeous intollerence, and then proceeded to burn Catholic whitches in America.
I have to agree with you there. My background is in biometric authentication (of the non-weak variety).
Cryptograph authentication does indeed improove security vastly. As long as the password / private key is SAFE then you will have no problems. The use of smart cards that include their own host processor is the way to go.
Eliminating passwords would save the world a whole lot of grief, IMHO.
It would be. Backbone providers expend alot of their income on bandwidth upgrades. In order to serve your customers, you keep running totals of traffick usage, and build a curve for needed additional bandwidth as time progresses.
The flatter the curve, the lower the total infrastructure budget will be. The lower the budget, the more likely that bandwidth will become cheaper.
As a case in point, 56k dialup access is now sooo cheap that it's lower than your phone bill.
All the cost and infrastructure for 56k dialups are already there. The providers need only provide maintenance and admins. Their aggregate bandwidth usage is very low, and will always stay flat unless infrastructure changes.
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Actually that is not wholly true.
For instance, Macromedia uses their own GUI toolkits. MS Office doesn't use the system ctrl3d stuff, they have their own GUI library as well.. They still use alot of the underlying COM/OLE stuff, though.. so it's a mixed bag.
And Lotus Notes is just silly..
Pan
You must be smoking crack! I've worked at a sun shop for 2 years.. and they DO crash. Just as much as linux, actually.
We beat our machines up, as DB servers. We had about 50 sun boxes, 30 linux, 10 alphas. They were all about as reliable as the others(except the linux boxes has less reliable HW.. but that's a different story)
Sun boxes required more routine maintenance then anything else (The E65k especially).
Pan
Are you in a band called Spinal Tap by any chance?
I have a Delta Dio 2496, and it rocks. You can
set up SCMS exactly how you want to.
Only drawback is the last of non-alsa drivers, and the thing always wants to record 12 channels, and you have to play 12 channels, so you have to use special software for this.
But, I can finally export MP3 into my minidisk, so I'm happy.
Roger
Well, if you remember Chinese history, this is EXACTLY what you don't want. There are billions of people there. A revolution would be a big huge gamble! A bloody one would likely involve millions of deaths.
Better to have a peaceful revolution, slowly.
Pan
Well, I am not shure about .NET in general, but in my testing with C# - it's pretty damn fast.
.NET. ;)
Java sucks for me because it's unpredictable in terms of platform compatability, speed, and version. Writting serious large data set applications in Java seems to lack as well. (Tried loading and parsing 100Mb of data latily?)
Java can definitly do this, and does already. I'm just annoyed at working with java. Having to use JNI to access the "real" system hurts. Repetitive OS calls are somewhat slow as well.. (as in generating decent RC5 keys using SHA1 - this calles time quite a bit, and is very slow)
Java is a great language. And the greatest compliment is that C# mirrors it so much. A good GPL'ed C# compiler on Linux would win me over.
But I don't think you'll be seeing a GPL Java JIT that's good for a while to come. After all, RPC was implemented by Sun, and now it's part of
It's kinda sad that MS came up with it first. I'm suprised that Ximian isn't using more of the code from existing byte-code interpriters or GCC.
Pan
Yes. They're sometimes called op-ed pieces.
Nobody expects the Suburban White Boy Posse!!
I have a Delta Dio 2496. It works perfectly, plus is has a digital channel mixer which can move sound into any i/o port on the board (including loopback.. ehh hehehe)
There's linux sound drivers on the site as well.
Pan
While it is true that MS operating systems and MS applications tend to have a standard look and feel (but not always... look at the User Domain manager, or SQL Server Manager) that is not true for the platform.
You will find that ANY piece of software will take a bit of time to master, whether it be Word or VI. I don't think there is a "single look and feel" for all applications. Borland apps look different, Quicken looks different. Games tend to have their own distinct look and feel that is sometimes out of the ordinary - yet average joe plays them with no problem IF THEY ARE WELL DESIGNED.
Which is my point... standard look and feel doesn't matter jack jelly beans, unless the application is well designed.
Pan
You mean like Cygnus Solutions? They're a bunch loosers anyway.
Volunteers makes it sound degrading, too. I guess the United Way are all a bunch of loosers. So's the Red Cross and Catholic Charities. All Loosers
Pan
He's probably thinking of the early i810 mobo's that had a bad RAMBUS socket.
Pan
Alpha has this same instruction set (Since the EV4/5 even). It does repetitive loops over numerous registers to achieve massive multiplication/division sets (useful for MPEG encoding)
It's called Alpha MVI.
Pan
"promoted and marketed" hahaha
I own a couple of alphas.. I'm a "registered" developer... I worked on them at a previous company.
Do you know how many times I was "marketed" to? Like... maybe twice. I worked on a total of 10 alpha systems.
Compaq has done absolutly NOTHING. NADA. Heck, their marketing sites "alphapowered" was always broken. The only freaking thing they ever got right was the processor itself. You couldn't even buy an alpha online from their site.
Oh well, maybe they'll be a great discount on hardware.
Pan
SAP has open sourced the DB. I'm betting all my redhat stock (ehehe) that their using SAP DB.
Look at the timeing... SAP just released their DB a few weeks ago under the GPL.
Pan
libxml rocks. I've been writing quite a few systems using it, and it is superb.
One thing... use libxml2!!!
Pan
Your sounding like a Brit there. "You never know then the IRA will strike again!!! Only cameras will allow us police to protect you!!"
pan
Actually, Aluminum used to be worth more than gold because it was so expensive to de-oxidize.
They made chandaliers, plates, candleholders, bullion, and other things out of it.
Than someone discovered a cheap way to do it, and all that thuff was instant junk.
Pan
I have the best of both worlds. I work for a Irvine California company at California wages. But I live in Texas (home of the real deal, the Alamo, and lots of tasty animals to eat).
Texas: No income tax. Low sales tax (6.25 + 2 MTA), Low housing (3/2/2 for 100k are common) and I am sorry to say, but Californians have no idea about BBQ.
Pan
Yeah.. it also uses 660W (~8A) of power. That is ALOT. That's like 4 times the power of a 21inch monitor!
Pan
The school may not have an obligation to award him credit for transfer. Remember that transcripts are sent from school to school and sealed with the school seal.
Pan
Immitating jive is racist? A person who is "racist" is one who is racialy intollerent or discriminitory. In other words, YOU can't or arn't allowed to do something because of your race. (Vote, stand on the corner, run for political office, etc).
While it could be argued that perhaps it was a severe case of "lack of taste," I don't think that it was racist.
And you are not old-fashoned. You are new-fashoned. It was fairly acceptable to exterminate peoples based on race or color up until the 19th century.
In fact, the Jewish people were asked to "annihilate" the Canaans after the Exodus because of their sexual practices. The Greeks considered people who didn't shave or cut their hair as "Barbarians" (related to the word barber). The Pilgrims/American Settlers left Europe because of religeous intollerence, and then proceeded to burn Catholic whitches in America.
Good luck on your journey of learning.
Panaflex
I know a site that's never been hacked.
The Vatican. Ofcourse, they - like Amazon - use Alpha.
Pan
(Maybe that says something...)
I have to agree with you there. My background is in biometric authentication (of the non-weak variety).
Cryptograph authentication does indeed improove security vastly. As long as the password / private key is SAFE then you will have no problems. The use of smart cards that include their own host processor is the way to go.
Eliminating passwords would save the world a whole lot of grief, IMHO.
Pan
The flatter the curve, the lower the total infrastructure budget will be. The lower the budget, the more likely that bandwidth will become cheaper.
As a case in point, 56k dialup access is now sooo cheap that it's lower than your phone bill.
All the cost and infrastructure for 56k dialups are already there. The providers need only provide maintenance and admins. Their aggregate bandwidth usage is very low, and will always stay flat unless infrastructure changes.
Pan