User: xerces8

It's Italy

On: Yahoo! Liable In Italy For Searchable Content

This from the country where the president (Prime Minister to be exact) engages in sex with underage prostitute(s).
No surprise.

Acronym Fun

On: NASA Names Best & Worst Sci-Fi Movies of All Time

> Science and Entertainment Exchange

S.E.X. ?

Depends on the country

On: Broadband Access Without the Pork?

It depends where you are. Here in Slovenia you can get VDSL internet without TV or phone service.

Price:
1/1 Mbps - 22 EUR/month
10/2 Mbps - 29 EUR/month
no hidden costs.

Unfortunately it is available only in close vicinity of the phone central.

(small test, ignore : ÄÅžÄOEÅŽ)

Check the facts ...

On: Java Performance On Ubuntu Vs. Windows Vista

I posted this on the moronix forum:

Phoronix discovered that the server HotSpot VM is about 60% faster* than the client VM.
Guess what, this is true on both Windows and Linux.

The real result is not "Linux is 60% faster than Windows" but "server VM is 60% faster than client VM".

Anyone who has doubts, can repeat the tests on their own PC.

* - depends on actual code; for Bork File Encryptor it is about 60%

And this on another forum (no need to translate to see the essence):

Evo, gehajmnis geluftet:

Java 1.6.0_11-b03
HostSpot 11.0-b16

Test : Bork File Encrypter v1.4
Ukaz : java -server/-client "-Dbork.password=testpassword" -cp bork.jar org.matthew.bork.Bork ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
Testni fajl na FAT32 particiji. V vsakem testu na isti.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Q6600
RAM: 8GB DDR2 800 5-5-5-5

Windows XP SP3 :
- client VM : 15,5 sekund
- server VM : 8,9 sekund

RIPLinux 7.3 (jedro 2.6.27.7)
- client VM : 15,8 sekund
- server VM : 10,3 sekund

Torej so pametnjakoviÄi na moronix-u ugotovili, da je server VM 60% hitrejÅi od client VM.
Pol so to zlagali v "Linux je 60% hitrejÅi".