Bus speeds are up, interface speeds are up, memory bandwidth is up, and we're still suffering under meager disk I/O data rates. MAKE DISKS FASTER! Instead of a 40 GB, 3 platter/6 head model, I'll pay the same for a 4 GB, 10 platter,20 head model. Instead of a "stack of records" style, arrange the heads like in a roll of coins. Yes, its more $$ for head design and driver hardware. I want 100MB/sec from the media!
MAPS blocking these sites blocks mail from them, it's not some über-conspiracy to make those IP addresses a black hole on the Internet. You can still surf those sites. You just may not be able to get mail from the domains living there.
I have my own domain, and just use Verizon for connectivity. My domain _happens_ to live elsewhere, on its own box, but you can get your own domain for $20 + $10/month. It's great for bragging rights, running your own email accounts, and webhosters don't make as enticing targets for spammers. Also, that's what they DO, not some bandwagon that an old, crufty Telco decided to jump on. Check out He.Net for an example.
I can't believe people still think that administering Windows networks can be easier than Unix. The following things require a server reboot:
Changing the server's WINS server.
Adding an IP address to a multihomed NIC.
Changing DNS settings (although this can be ignored)
Installing and activating LPR printing
And so on, and so on. God forbid that you need to do something on a critical box, like a WINS server - the network will flake for a long (>1 minute) time. MS' implementation of broadcast-then-query-then-broadcast for name resolution sucks.
THIS is why people hardcode everything on their desktop boxen, and if something breaks, re-ghost the whole damn thing.
Install software in the wrong order? Reinstall the OS.
Install a new media subsystem, to find that its buggy? Reinstall the OS.
Install a web-browser? Reboot. If it breaks, reinstall the OS.
Try to "upgrade" productivity software? Reboot. Then reinstall.
Some of this is true in the Unix (Linux) world. But having the system services (paenguins) completely independent of the OS is a Good Thing (tm). Give me SSH and NIS over sneakernet, SMS and WINS/NT-Domains any day. At least you can look in a human-readable file to see config details, and a human-readable text file, verbose as you like, error log.
Just because people use MS at home, and like the Paperclip, and play Minesweeper, doesn't make Windows a better office App. Suite.
This proves how ridiculous the MHz escalation war is. AMD chips kick off a lot of heat as well. What's next, mandatory active cooling? 400W power supplies as standard? Cases so loud you can't hear your PC audio?
This whole thing is fueled by the mass production of single-processor OSes. You can get a more responsive PC, with a smoother UI, even under load, by aggressive multithreading in the OS, SMP support in the OS, and well-made, dual, quad, and higher motherboards. Unless I had to use a specific, single-threaded app, that was time-critical, I'd take 2 500 MHz chips over a single GHz chip any day. In fact, I do.;-)
I'd wager that a quad processor system, each chip running at 200 MHz, would be much better for Joe PC User, than a single 1 GHz box. Since no single task that the mainstream user performs requires massive processing power (AOL, Word, Netscape), you'd have a system where you could surf, burn CDs, play MP3s, and print to your Winprinter, all without slowing any of the other tasks down. How disappointing is it to hear skips in MP3s on your 500MHz+ machine, because Netscape decides to choke on DNS lookups and pin the (only) CPU up to 100%?
Intel & Co. need to spend more time and $$ on designing PC architectures that will work and remain responsive, instead of just revving the same old engine faster.
I had one of these, you could play Atari-looking games, and program on its membrane keyboard in 4004 assembler. I wrote a great program to make "fart" noises at variable frequency.
Hey, Transmeta has produced a lot of vapor, and sucked up a lot of VC, many would say due to Linus' involvement. Personally, I see Clarke as more visionary than Linus - why wouldn't this scheme work?
I'm not saying that this thing is good, or bad, or anything more than vapor, but that doesn't mean the scheme will fail.
If these "benchmark" apps that people use were in Open Source form, people could recompile and optimize however they want. Every test Tom runs could show optimized-for-Athlon numbers, then optimized-for-Pentium numbers. That would be a great thing - people could then just recompile binaries on their systems (if they care) with their own CPU-specific flags. I wonder what the Shovelware from Redmond is compiled for? A 386? An original Pentium? There must be some spec that big vendors use - the average home PC processor?
We, as thinking, rational people, have to stand on the fact that morality and ethics are universal, and that what's "true" for one country, MUST be "true" for another. I'm so sick of this relativistic bullshit. Right is right, and wrong is wrong - just because a population/country has a history of statist oppression doesn't mean that "it's OK for them".
There are patches for both Posix ACLs (which the next Samba should support) and ReiserFS.
This is a non-issue - you can have those features Right Now.
The biggie I see is easier-for-newbies odd hardware support (USB, ATA66,100, etc), and the multithreaded TCP stack.
Have they actually checked out the fungus living on Mir? I guess the theory is that it will all be wiped out by the fiery re-entry, but heck, this stuff was living IN SPACE, on the OUTSIDE of Mir. It was covering the windows. Are they sure that this stuff isn't toxic or weird?
Slashdot Mirror
RPM Package Manager, isn't that like ATM Machine, or VIN Number?
Bus speeds are up, interface speeds are up, memory bandwidth is up, and we're still suffering under meager disk I/O data rates. MAKE DISKS FASTER! Instead of a 40 GB, 3 platter/6 head model, I'll pay the same for a 4 GB, 10 platter,20 head model. Instead of a "stack of records" style, arrange the heads like in a roll of coins. Yes, its more $$ for head design and driver hardware. I want 100MB/sec from the media!
Then edit \boot.ini to point at c:\bootsect.lnx
Presto, dual boot from the W2K Boot Manager.
This is all documented.
b) There's no "Mac OS" support, at least not read-write.
Once again, ZDNet shovels the FUD.
MAPS blocking these sites blocks mail from them, it's not some über-conspiracy to make those IP addresses a black hole on the Internet. You can still surf those sites. You just may not be able to get mail from the domains living there.
Like DeCSS, mirror early, mirror often!
I have my own domain, and just use Verizon for connectivity. My domain _happens_ to live elsewhere, on its own box, but you can get your own domain for $20 + $10/month. It's great for bragging rights, running your own email accounts, and webhosters don't make as enticing targets for spammers. Also, that's what they DO, not some bandwagon that an old, crufty Telco decided to jump on. Check out He.Net for an example.
Try reading Anandtech, they had this yesterday. (-1, Heresy)
Since 2001 is right around the corner, anyone else find it interesting that the Station is also called the Soyuz TMA-1 ???
Nope, /.
Agreed 100%
Good thing that the flash plugins for linux-netscape never seem to quite work, and so remain uninstalled.
Changing the server's WINS server.
Adding an IP address to a multihomed NIC.
Changing DNS settings (although this can be ignored)
Installing and activating LPR printing
And so on, and so on. God forbid that you need to do something on a critical box, like a WINS server - the network will flake for a long (>1 minute) time. MS' implementation of broadcast-then-query-then-broadcast for name resolution sucks.
THIS is why people hardcode everything on their desktop boxen, and if something breaks, re-ghost the whole damn thing.
Install software in the wrong order? Reinstall the OS.
Install a new media subsystem, to find that its buggy? Reinstall the OS.
Install a web-browser? Reboot. If it breaks, reinstall the OS.
Try to "upgrade" productivity software? Reboot. Then reinstall.
Some of this is true in the Unix (Linux) world. But having the system services (paenguins) completely independent of the OS is a Good Thing (tm). Give me SSH and NIS over sneakernet, SMS and WINS/NT-Domains any day. At least you can look in a human-readable file to see config details, and a human-readable text file, verbose as you like, error log.
Just because people use MS at home, and like the Paperclip, and play Minesweeper, doesn't make Windows a better office App. Suite.
I smell vapor.
This whole thing is fueled by the mass production of single-processor OSes. You can get a more responsive PC, with a smoother UI, even under load, by aggressive multithreading in the OS, SMP support in the OS, and well-made, dual, quad, and higher motherboards. Unless I had to use a specific, single-threaded app, that was time-critical, I'd take 2 500 MHz chips over a single GHz chip any day. In fact, I do. ;-)
I'd wager that a quad processor system, each chip running at 200 MHz, would be much better for Joe PC User, than a single 1 GHz box. Since no single task that the mainstream user performs requires massive processing power (AOL, Word, Netscape), you'd have a system where you could surf, burn CDs, play MP3s, and print to your Winprinter, all without slowing any of the other tasks down. How disappointing is it to hear skips in MP3s on your 500MHz+ machine, because Netscape decides to choke on DNS lookups and pin the (only) CPU up to 100%?
Intel & Co. need to spend more time and $$ on designing PC architectures that will work and remain responsive, instead of just revving the same old engine faster.
It ASKS you for your zip code.
Bzz. Thanks for playing.
PS, if I use anonymizer, its WAY off.
I had one of these, you could play Atari-looking games, and program on its membrane keyboard in 4004 assembler. I wrote a great program to make "fart" noises at variable frequency.
Hey, Transmeta has produced a lot of vapor, and sucked up a lot of VC, many would say due to Linus' involvement. Personally, I see Clarke as more visionary than Linus - why wouldn't this scheme work?
I'm not saying that this thing is good, or bad, or anything more than vapor, but that doesn't mean the scheme will fail.
If these "benchmark" apps that people use were in Open Source form, people could recompile and optimize however they want. Every test Tom runs could show optimized-for-Athlon numbers, then optimized-for-Pentium numbers. That would be a great thing - people could then just recompile binaries on their systems (if they care) with their own CPU-specific flags. I wonder what the Shovelware from Redmond is compiled for? A 386? An original Pentium? There must be some spec that big vendors use - the average home PC processor?
Is it? Are we all 100% sure of the perfection of the FSF model, that nothing needs to be changed about it (particularly RMS)?
(Jefferson or Franklin).
I guess you just need to make sure that your cell is plush and comfortable, and then you don't mind living in slavery.
We, as thinking, rational people, have to stand on the fact that morality and ethics are universal, and that what's "true" for one country, MUST be "true" for another. I'm so sick of this relativistic bullshit. Right is right, and wrong is wrong - just because a population/country has a history of statist oppression doesn't mean that "it's OK for them".
This is a non-issue - you can have those features Right Now.
The biggie I see is easier-for-newbies odd hardware support (USB, ATA66,100, etc), and the multithreaded TCP stack.
Have they actually checked out the fungus living on Mir? I guess the theory is that it will all be wiped out by the fiery re-entry, but heck, this stuff was living IN SPACE, on the OUTSIDE of Mir. It was covering the windows. Are they sure that this stuff isn't toxic or weird?