Re:There's more to it than 64-bit instructions
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Hey aminorex.
The compiler has nothing to do with PAE. In fact, only the kernel VM subsystem needs to deal with PAE, and it can piece together physical page numbers manually.
I didn't say that userspace code can access 36 bits of memory. All I meant is that the P7 bus protocol supports 36 bits of physical memory and thus doesn't need to change in the near future. Obviously a CPU with 64-bit virtual and 36-bit physical addresses is preferable to the current situation of 32-bit virtual and 36-bit physical.
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The correct solution to this is pretty simple: page-fault if the reserved bits are not zero. Of course, we just saw two examples of processors that didn't get this right, so let's hope that AMD did.
Which would you prefer: "We're raising our prices, suckers!" or "We're not greedy, but we now have to pay the universal service fee, and we're passing that on you you"?
The "proper" name of Sun Linux is "Java Desktop System"
No, Sun Linux was a rebranded version of Red Hat. Java Desktop System is the proper name for Mad Hatter.
The development/high-end version of Java Desktop System (JDS) is called "Java Enterprise System".
No, Java Enterprise System is a bundle of server software which has nothing to do with JDS.
Your distinction between "desktop" and "distribution" is somewhat arbitrary; the Java Desktop System is a desktop which includes its own distribution, so it's both.
A phone system for an employee costs $300 to buy + $300 per year for maintenance. Sun demonstrated software that uses VoIP and existing networks to integrate the telephone with this desktop. Lucent is providing the technology for this.
I'm pretty skeptical about integrating telephones and desktop computers. I want a physical handset for my phone, not a headset and a softphone, but physical VoIP phones cost just as much as proprietary PBX phones. When my computer breaks, I want to use my phone to call the help desk.
I am a big believer in VoIP, but not if it means the elimination of phones altogether.
And what isn't built in can be added using CF cards.
CF isn't fast enough to support modern I/O like 802.11g and FireWire 800, and it certainly isn't fast enough to support a video card.
why not introduce a decent expansion mechanism for _desktop_ computers?
If it costs $1 more, Dell won't do it. Device Bay was defined a few years ago; notice how no one used it. Likewise, PCs don't use CompactPCI even though it's mechanically superior to regular PCI.
I know my local college decided to go with re-installing the Macs to "clean" them, rather than using a hard drive image. They tried using hard drive images -- it was simply more pain to remove the hard drives and re-image than it was to simply format and start again.
If you know what you're doing, you don't have to remove a hard drive to image it.
Sorry, those documents are NOT easy to understand. They're a great reference if you're writing a Web server or proxy, but they're really not aimed at Web app developers.
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Hey aminorex.
The compiler has nothing to do with PAE. In fact, only the kernel VM subsystem needs to deal with PAE, and it can piece together physical page numbers manually.
I didn't say that userspace code can access 36 bits of memory. All I meant is that the P7 bus protocol supports 36 bits of physical memory and thus doesn't need to change in the near future. Obviously a CPU with 64-bit virtual and 36-bit physical addresses is preferable to the current situation of 32-bit virtual and 36-bit physical.
The correct solution to this is pretty simple: page-fault if the reserved bits are not zero. Of course, we just saw two examples of processors that didn't get this right, so let's hope that AMD did.
If you don't need a phone number, just get Free World Dialup or Skype.
Come on, we all know that -ium is tired; -ino is the way to go now.
Intel x86 CPUs can already address 36 bits of physical memory, which should be enough for the next few years.
Intel doesn't do on-board memory controllers because they got burned by Timna.
Which would you prefer: "We're raising our prices, suckers!" or "We're not greedy, but we now have to pay the universal service fee, and we're passing that on you you"?
Vonage is different from IM and voice chat because it interconnects with the PSTN and thus Vonage counts as a phone company.
The "proper" name of Sun Linux is "Java Desktop System"
No, Sun Linux was a rebranded version of Red Hat. Java Desktop System is the proper name for Mad Hatter.
The development/high-end version of Java Desktop System (JDS) is called "Java Enterprise System".
No, Java Enterprise System is a bundle of server software which has nothing to do with JDS.
Your distinction between "desktop" and "distribution" is somewhat arbitrary; the Java Desktop System is a desktop which includes its own distribution, so it's both.
A phone system for an employee costs $300 to buy + $300 per year for maintenance. Sun demonstrated software that uses VoIP and existing networks to integrate the telephone with this desktop. Lucent is providing the technology for this.
I'm pretty skeptical about integrating telephones and desktop computers. I want a physical handset for my phone, not a headset and a softphone, but physical VoIP phones cost just as much as proprietary PBX phones. When my computer breaks, I want to use my phone to call the help desk.
I am a big believer in VoIP, but not if it means the elimination of phones altogether.
Is it possible to make an external PCIX connector that doesn't limit developers to the form factor of a card?
Interesting idea; you could probably run PCI Express (not PCI-X) over Fibre Channel cabling.
And what isn't built in can be added using CF cards.
CF isn't fast enough to support modern I/O like 802.11g and FireWire 800, and it certainly isn't fast enough to support a video card.
why not introduce a decent expansion mechanism for _desktop_ computers?
If it costs $1 more, Dell won't do it. Device Bay was defined a few years ago; notice how no one used it. Likewise, PCs don't use CompactPCI even though it's mechanically superior to regular PCI.
The logical thing to do would be what they do now: have single and double height cards, that work in a double slot.
How many Type I PCMCIA cards have you seen lately?
This article isn't a dupe, but Expresscard was code-named NEWCARD and was discussed on Slashdot a month ago.
I know my local college decided to go with re-installing the Macs to "clean" them, rather than using a hard drive image. They tried using hard drive images -- it was simply more pain to remove the hard drives and re-image than it was to simply format and start again.
If you know what you're doing, you don't have to remove a hard drive to image it.
64-bit CPUs don't necessarily have more pins.
BitTorrent isn't a network; that's why the concept of searching it doesn't make sense.
The Google of BitTorrent is Google. Of course, sites serving illegal content via BT may not want to be indexed by Google.
Exactly. What a beautiful example of artificial market segmentation.
Sorry, those documents are NOT easy to understand. They're a great reference if you're writing a Web server or proxy, but they're really not aimed at Web app developers.
Steadily increasing noise... what, I can't hear you... "NO PROBLEM".
This stuff is still alive but now it's called CompactPCI.
$500? You haven't bought a Pentium 4 lately. The 3.2GHz is $600 now, so I would expect the Extreme Edition to be over $700.
Heh, CHUD will let you do anything except overclock your iBook.
The Asante adaptor was the cheapest I found, and it's also pretty small. It works fine with OS X and Windows.
I don't think 1GB PC133 SO-DIMMs exist.
Apple's pushing wireless connectivity but most offices still don't (and won't) have 802.11x connectivity due to security concerns.
What kind of dumbass IT department are you being held hostage by? At my office we've had secure 802.11 since 2000.