Branch prediction wouldn't affect this. It only predicts what code to execute next, not what move to make. The only way the processors could make a difference is if the faster one has an advantage.
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What exactly does speed/power have to do with this?
You're right, it is a troll. When you read 5, you know what it means - but first you have to take the time to find it on the bill, read it, and understand that. With a color, you just need to see the bill. And besides, you probably have good eyesight, at least compared to some people.
Exactly what I wanted to say. Of course, when you put something on the Internet you don't expect it to be archived forever, but you have to keep in mind that anyone can download it and do what they want.
All software is likely to have bugs, but some are more serious than others. Look at the Apache advisories so far this year - I think attackers can read directories in the web root when auto-indexing is off (another reason not to rely on security through obscurity)! Now compare this to the average IIS vulnerability (which are also more frequent).
You are possibly correct - on 64-bit Unix and Windows platforms it can give remote access. Note that you need a 64-bit platform to go beyond a DoS on Unix.
Even better, if the process doesn't require it, why destroy the original? I don't really like the idea of being unnecessarily killed while a perfect copy of myself is created.
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"2001 was the warmest year since 1653 (or thereabouts) which begs the question, exactly who or what was emitting CO2 at present day levels back then?"
Actually, they're more likely to focus on graphics, which gives game developers a sort of dual-processor system. If any other areas of game development were standardized and needed this kind of power (I can think of a few that could use it) they might get accelerators too...
I said this in another post, but I'll consider using their service when they release a Liquid Audio plugin for XMMS. Another thing I forgot to mention is that I refuse to buy it if I can't put it on my NJB.
My biggest concern with 700 people in an IRC channel would be trying to follow a conversation - this can be hard with only 40 people. Look for smaller channels!
I don't know how much of an effect this will have, but the songs will be distributed in the Liquid Audio format. I'll consider it when they release a Liquid Audio XMMS plugin.
Another thing is that people will never pay for all the music they want to listen to. There are two reasons for this: most people, given the chance, will listen to more music than they could buy, and they will also download songs and albums that they would never even consider buying - good enough to listen to isn't good enough to buy. In both cases, reducing the price would help.
the monsters I can imagine in my head are a lot more interesting than the cheesy commercial graphics that kills the imagination.
So in other words, bad graphics kill the game? Congratulations, you just contradicted yourself. Maybe you should change your opinion to "if you can't do it well, don't do it", which also applies to posting on slashdot.
On the other hand, if it's known that the source is infected the source code of the virus will be available to everyone, and that would stop it pretty fast. This is probably not the kind of think the virus writer wants.
Let me guess - the servers never shut down uncleanly? The only problems I've had were on unclean shutdown (one messed up file might be understandable. KDE nearly unusable because of corrupted settings (files|directories) is another thing), and if that wasn't a problem I wouldn't be likely to use a journaling filesystem.
I have also heard from someone who does Linux consulting who won't use ReiserFS. Overall, I don't call it stable.
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Ok, so we've established that IT workers are lucky. Should they now stop trying to improve their working conditions because of that?
Branch prediction wouldn't affect this. It only predicts what code to execute next, not what move to make. The only way the processors could make a difference is if the faster one has an advantage.
What exactly does speed/power have to do with this?
You're right, it is a troll. When you read 5, you know what it means - but first you have to take the time to find it on the bill, read it, and understand that. With a color, you just need to see the bill. And besides, you probably have good eyesight, at least compared to some people.
Yeah, now you try that on some foreign currency.
Exactly what I wanted to say. Of course, when you put something on the Internet you don't expect it to be archived forever, but you have to keep in mind that anyone can download it and do what they want.
Yes, and /usr also means "Unix System Resources". Fear logic!
Got anything more believable than the word of an anonymous poster?
"You don't see IIS vulnerabilites spouted all over the internet every day."
Yes, they tried but it's hard to get people to work on weekends.
All software is likely to have bugs, but some are more serious than others. Look at the Apache advisories so far this year - I think attackers can read directories in the web root when auto-indexing is off (another reason not to rely on security through obscurity)! Now compare this to the average IIS vulnerability (which are also more frequent).
You are possibly correct - on 64-bit Unix and Windows platforms it can give remote access. Note that you need a 64-bit platform to go beyond a DoS on Unix.
Even better, if the process doesn't require it, why destroy the original? I don't really like the idea of being unnecessarily killed while a perfect copy of myself is created.
"2001 was the warmest year since 1653 (or thereabouts) which begs the question, exactly who or what was emitting CO2 at present day levels back then?"
(dates may be off)
Like this?
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http://www.ubersoft.net/d/20020527.html
Bet you can't guess what company is being parodied
Actually, Cg is "C for graphics" - you can guess what language it comes from.
Actually, they're more likely to focus on graphics, which gives game developers a sort of dual-processor system. If any other areas of game development were standardized and needed this kind of power (I can think of a few that could use it) they might get accelerators too...
I said this in another post, but I'll consider using their service when they release a Liquid Audio plugin for XMMS. Another thing I forgot to mention is that I refuse to buy it if I can't put it on my NJB.
My biggest concern with 700 people in an IRC channel would be trying to follow a conversation - this can be hard with only 40 people. Look for smaller channels!
I don't know how much of an effect this will have, but the songs will be distributed in the Liquid Audio format. I'll consider it when they release a Liquid Audio XMMS plugin.
Another thing is that people will never pay for all the music they want to listen to. There are two reasons for this: most people, given the chance, will listen to more music than they could buy, and they will also download songs and albums that they would never even consider buying - good enough to listen to isn't good enough to buy. In both cases, reducing the price would help.
These aren't MP3s. They use the Liquid Audio format, which means I won't be buying them any time soon.
Actually he said the bad commercial graphics made the game worse. If they were high-quality graphics would he still complain?
the monsters I can imagine in my head are a lot more interesting than the cheesy commercial graphics that kills the imagination.
So in other words, bad graphics kill the game? Congratulations, you just contradicted yourself. Maybe you should change your opinion to "if you can't do it well, don't do it", which also applies to posting on slashdot.
On the other hand, if it's known that the source is infected the source code of the virus will be available to everyone, and that would stop it pretty fast. This is probably not the kind of think the virus writer wants.
Let me guess - the servers never shut down uncleanly? The only problems I've had were on unclean shutdown (one messed up file might be understandable. KDE nearly unusable because of corrupted settings (files|directories) is another thing), and if that wasn't a problem I wouldn't be likely to use a journaling filesystem.
I have also heard from someone who does Linux consulting who won't use ReiserFS. Overall, I don't call it stable.
Yes, I have regularly upgraded software, including OpenSSH, without being anywhere near the server.
The main disadvantage of bzip2 is that it's MUCH slower than gzip.