Except for those Linux systems which don't use sysvinit, I guess you mean. I think Gentoo, for instance, uses something other than sysvinit. There's no real reason other distributions couldn't as well. sysvinit isn't part of the linux kernel, it is just a piece of software; you can put anything you want in/sbin/init.
How will HP be able to undercut them on price? HP has to pay for the cost of making those changes in the first place. Everyone else just has to pay for the evaluation. First mover advantages are often overrated.
Generally speaking, if a lot of people read and like an author, I'm finding that I don't tend to like it.
Because Neal Stephenson is pretty much a nobody that only you have discovered. You know that his last book was on the NYT best seller list, right? Guess you should steer clear of Neal from now on.
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They are noisy, and dirty. Not any more
Not noisy but certainly dirty. According to the EPA the best VW diesel pollutes twice as much as the worst gas car in its segment (a Ferrari Enzo). When compared to the best gas car it contributes an order of magnitude more pollution.
Very true. Several years ago when I was in college I ported Boa to DOS. At the time I thought it was the world's first DOS httpd but was later informed someone had beaten me to the punch. At the time Corel or someone were releasing their free DOS replacement and talked to me a couple of times about including Boa for DOS but eventually their project died.
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The PR department doesn't write strategy documents. So what you're saying is that this document could have easily been forged by anyone who, like you, "closely follows MS PR" (i.e. reads the news).
Strategy documents are not press releases. Press releases are not strategy documents.
Did you read the article? They are saying that TiVo (the company) will fail because PVR features will be offered standard in televisions from Sony, RCA, etc. Which has nothing to do with them being upset that you can skip their ads.
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Well then you are an idiot for wearing wool in the summer in Texas. You know they make suits out of other materials, right?
Blitz's benchmarks show that Fortran isn't quite the speed king you imply it is. As they show Blitz++ does more aggressive loop unrolling than Fortran. The main performance bottleneck seems to be that Blitz++ doesn't do loop jamming, although they show there are circumstances in which loop jamming makes the Fortran compilers slower. The moral of the story: benchmark, never assume.
Fortran may be faster for your particular application. But it may be slower. If performance is that important then you have to write both and benchmark them. If performance isn't that important then other considerations (availability of libraries) dominate.
With Linux, you aren't locked into a single vendor.
This benchmark tested Oracle. If you put 18TB of data into an Oracle database you are locked into a single vendor anyway.
And if you don't like Linux anymore, you can switch to any of a dozen other, compatible platforms.
No, you can switch to whatever platforms Oracle supports. Because you have 18TB of data in it.
With Windows, you are locked into a single, proprietary implementation and Microsoft has you by the proverbial precious body parts; there is no other vendor you can get a compatible implementation of Windows or all the Windows libraries from.
I'm using an Oracle database. Why do I need compatible implementations of all the Windows libraries if I decide I want to migrate that database cluster to another host OS?
You fail to understand how trademarks work. You do not need to write Microsoft(TM). Take a look at how every single newpaper and magazine on the planet Earth spells it: Microsoft. It is part of fair use of the trademark.
You are completely clueless. Microsoft has lots of things that are completely specific to windows (like _ltot) that have leading underscores. That is how Microsoft (sometimes) tell you things aren't part of ANSI C. You are right, snprintf isn't part of the standard. Blame ANSI, not Microsoft.
And I doubt they use "%13s" or directives like this in sprintf(), or if their version even supports these constructs.
Did you spend two years learning lambda calculus before you were allowed to program?
All algorithm theory should be taught in assembly.
Out of curiosity...what kind of crap school did you go to? We didn't program at all during my algorithm theory class. We did math. That's what algorithms are. Assembly is just a layer of cruft on top of the math.
Actually it does impact Toyota and Nissan. When Ford was coming out with its Focus it spent a lot of time and money working with aftermarket parts suppliers so that that subculture would be ready to hit the ground running with the Focus' release. Ford did this because their market research had shown how much of an effect those people have on car sales. Not only do they count as sales but also are a strong advertising force.
What was the last FPS that made it's claim to fame in single player mode only? Probably the original Doom.
You're joking, right? Goldeneye 007, Half-Life, Deux Ex, Thief, System Shock, Rainbow 6, Jedi Knight, Medal of Honor: Frontline, No One Lives Forever, MDK, Outlaws, Hitman, Shogo.
I like playing FPS because they let me pit my wits against other people.
You can play most games online, from Backgammon to Chess to every RTS made nowadays.
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Are you on crack? ToS was canned because of a lack of a following. TNG went on forever because of a horde of rabid, scary fans.
Except for those Linux systems which don't use sysvinit, I guess you mean. I think Gentoo, for instance, uses something other than sysvinit. There's no real reason other distributions couldn't as well. sysvinit isn't part of the linux kernel, it is just a piece of software; you can put anything you want in /sbin/init.
How will HP be able to undercut them on price? HP has to pay for the cost of making those changes in the first place. Everyone else just has to pay for the evaluation. First mover advantages are often overrated.
Generally speaking, if a lot of people read and like an author, I'm finding that I don't tend to like it.
Because Neal Stephenson is pretty much a nobody that only you have discovered. You know that his last book was on the NYT best seller list, right? Guess you should steer clear of Neal from now on.
They are noisy, and dirty.
Not any more
Not noisy but certainly dirty. According to the EPA the best VW diesel pollutes twice as much as the worst gas car in its segment (a Ferrari Enzo). When compared to the best gas car it contributes an order of magnitude more pollution.
Really? Phoenix just crashed at home 20 minutes ago and all of my preferences are gone. At least it didn't eat my bookmarks, too.
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22 is just a number.
Very true. Several years ago when I was in college I ported Boa to DOS. At the time I thought it was the world's first DOS httpd but was later informed someone had beaten me to the punch. At the time Corel or someone were releasing their free DOS replacement and talked to me a couple of times about including Boa for DOS but eventually their project died.
Yes it can.
The PR department doesn't write strategy documents. So what you're saying is that this document could have easily been forged by anyone who, like you, "closely follows MS PR" (i.e. reads the news).
Strategy documents are not press releases. Press releases are not strategy documents.
Did you read the article? They are saying that TiVo (the company) will fail because PVR features will be offered standard in televisions from Sony, RCA, etc. Which has nothing to do with them being upset that you can skip their ads.
Well then you are an idiot for wearing wool in the summer in Texas. You know they make suits out of other materials, right?
Yep and the list goes on and on. West Wing, ER, 24.
Oh wait....
You realize that the Iliad doesn't actually talk about the Trojan Horse because it ends when Achilles dies, which happens before the city falls?
Blitz's benchmarks show that Fortran isn't quite the speed king you imply it is. As they show Blitz++ does more aggressive loop unrolling than Fortran. The main performance bottleneck seems to be that Blitz++ doesn't do loop jamming, although they show there are circumstances in which loop jamming makes the Fortran compilers slower. The moral of the story: benchmark, never assume.
Fortran may be faster for your particular application. But it may be slower. If performance is that important then you have to write both and benchmark them. If performance isn't that important then other considerations (availability of libraries) dominate.
Sharp and Sony don't care. They license IP all the time. They don't care about a "free" format. They care about market penetration.
Protocols are not some myseterious thing that should be piggy-backed upon.
You mean like the way http is piggy backed on top of TCP which is piggy backed on top of IP which is piggy backed on top of ethernet?
Do you have any actual critiques of webdav other than not liking that its protocol is based on top on http?
With Linux, you aren't locked into a single vendor.
This benchmark tested Oracle. If you put 18TB of data into an Oracle database you are locked into a single vendor anyway.
And if you don't like Linux anymore, you can switch to any of a dozen other, compatible platforms.
No, you can switch to whatever platforms Oracle supports. Because you have 18TB of data in it.
With Windows, you are locked into a single, proprietary implementation and Microsoft has you by the proverbial precious body parts; there is no other vendor you can get a compatible implementation of Windows or all the Windows libraries from.
I'm using an Oracle database. Why do I need compatible implementations of all the Windows libraries if I decide I want to migrate that database cluster to another host OS?
You fail to understand how trademarks work. You do not need to write Microsoft(TM). Take a look at how every single newpaper and magazine on the planet Earth spells it: Microsoft. It is part of fair use of the trademark.
You are completely clueless. Microsoft has lots of things that are completely specific to windows (like _ltot) that have leading underscores. That is how Microsoft (sometimes) tell you things aren't part of ANSI C. You are right, snprintf isn't part of the standard. Blame ANSI, not Microsoft.
And I doubt they use "%13s" or directives like this in sprintf(), or if their version even supports these constructs.
That works just fine.
Did you spend two years learning lambda calculus before you were allowed to program?
All algorithm theory should be taught in assembly.
Out of curiosity...what kind of crap school did you go to? We didn't program at all during my algorithm theory class. We did math. That's what algorithms are. Assembly is just a layer of cruft on top of the math.
Actually it does impact Toyota and Nissan. When Ford was coming out with its Focus it spent a lot of time and money working with aftermarket parts suppliers so that that subculture would be ready to hit the ground running with the Focus' release. Ford did this because their market research had shown how much of an effect those people have on car sales. Not only do they count as sales but also are a strong advertising force.
As opposed to the 99% of "premium" channel content that sucks ass and isn't worth watching?
What was the last FPS that made it's claim to fame in single player mode only? Probably the original Doom.
You're joking, right? Goldeneye 007, Half-Life, Deux Ex, Thief, System Shock, Rainbow 6, Jedi Knight, Medal of Honor: Frontline, No One Lives Forever, MDK, Outlaws, Hitman, Shogo.
I like playing FPS because they let me pit my wits against other people.
You can play most games online, from Backgammon to Chess to every RTS made nowadays.
The days of government bailouts are over.
You mean like the bailout of the airline industry just a few months back? Or the bailout of farmers that was just passed?
Government bailouts will be around for a long, long time.