My 'outdated piece of shit' is doing just great and I use it every day. The new battery lasts even longer than the original and the tickless 2.6 kernel doesn't hurt, either.
You apparently don't know about sitee called 'ebay' or 'google'. I have several old laptops and batteries are very easy to find. They even have more capacity than the originals.
One of my co-workers once decided to install a beta version of Windows NT on the company's Novell file server, which EVERYBODY used for EVERYTHING. He did this in the evening when noone would notice and then he left for two weeks' vacation!!! I have never in my entire life met a more arrogant SOB. The entire company was down for over a day as we restored the server from a backup.
The boss refused to fire him (out of a cannon), so we filled the entire volume of his office with computer boxes. We went up and over the drop ceiling to deposit the last few boxes so he could not even open the door. When he returned from vacation, it took him a whole day to figure out how to get the boxes out.
With this approach, it seems like it would be possible to frame every Internet user, or at least a significant number of them. What a monkey-wrench that would throw into the works! The modern version of 'I, Spartacus'.
We developers know the value of separating the content from the presentation in developing software, why do we then insist that they be intermingled in developing documents? I don't give a damn about what my documents look like until I present them, it's the content that matters while I'm editing them. I'd rather edit text in emacs than in a word processor.
One of their big stated reasons for buying into their infrastructure is that they offer a stable platform for developers so they don't have to keep doing more work every time Microsoft upgrades.
This reason is rapidly falling by the boards. First it was Visual Basic, which has changed so many times that there is no hope of old code running. Then it was the Windows API, where many things that developers did, originally with Microsoft's blessing, now cause security warning dialog boxes in Vista. Now it's their interpretation of HTML, which they convinced many web developers to follow instead of the standard.
Every time a developer codes to a Microsoft "standard", they had better be prepared to make extensive modifications at the drop of a hat.
Hopefully Microsoft's customers are catching on to this trend.
What does he hope to accomplish by this? What would he have lost if he had not done this? Does he think there is value to this performance that he can charge for? I don't mind seeing people do covers of other bands, but it's not really something I want to pay money for. Does he not realize that people seeing his performance maybe might want to purchase his album?
The Worldwind folks have shown that you can do this stuff in Java, too. Why not use a Java plugin? Before you say 'java is slow', try profiling a Java 3-D application and see where the CPU cycles are spent.
There's a used office furniture store in Manchester, NH, filled with the office furniture from failed.coms. Of course, all the employees of the store have Herman Miller Aeron chairs. If you like leather and mahogany office furniture, this is the place to go!
Back in ArpaNet days, MIT had machines running an OS called ITS. It was a friendly and happy world and there were user accounts but no passwords. But networking means that strangers can connect and so Arpa insisted that passwords be added. So the ITS developers added a password prompt that ignored the password, and this made the Arpa people happy for a while until they figured it out and made them actually check the password.
In a similar vein, Microsoft file server passwords were originally checked only on the client, a fact which went undiscovered until Samba came along.
- figure out everything I can and have the info at my fingertips when I call - always treat the person on the other end of the phone with courtesy and respect, even when the only verb tense they know is present participle - don't expect miracles from entry-level tech support - have been with them for years and they value me as a customer
It doesn't matter. This is a prototype. I am unsure of the actual reason, but I bet the development tools for PCI-X are more mature and less expensive than PCI-E. The final product can be PCI-E with relatively minor changes. The vast majority of the development for this card does not care a whit what the actual bus interface is.
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$50 for a new battery is way less than half the upgrade budget.
My 'outdated piece of shit' is doing just great and I use it every day. The new battery lasts even longer than the original and the tickless 2.6 kernel doesn't hurt, either.
My old laptop (Compaq Evo N610c) runs like cold molasses with XP, but with a 2.6 kernel, a nice new hard drive, and Firefox 3, it runs just great.
Go look on ebay before you say that.
You apparently don't know about sitee called 'ebay' or 'google'. I have several old laptops and batteries are very easy to find. They even have more capacity than the originals.
Good god, we've slammed their poor servers hard enough. I can just see this:
21. Bugzilla is slashdotted and I can't even read your bug report.
Where do I download the source code for these Adobe and Microsoft products you're talking about?
One of my co-workers once decided to install a beta version of Windows NT on the company's Novell file server, which EVERYBODY used for EVERYTHING. He did this in the evening when noone would notice and then he left for two weeks' vacation!!! I have never in my entire life met a more arrogant SOB. The entire company was down for over a day as we restored the server from a backup.
The boss refused to fire him (out of a cannon), so we filled the entire volume of his office with computer boxes. We went up and over the drop ceiling to deposit the last few boxes so he could not even open the door. When he returned from vacation, it took him a whole day to figure out how to get the boxes out.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/votes/
With this approach, it seems like it would be possible to frame every Internet user, or at least a significant number of them. What a monkey-wrench that would throw into the works! The modern version of 'I, Spartacus'.
We developers know the value of separating the content from the presentation in developing software, why do we then insist that they be intermingled in developing documents? I don't give a damn about what my documents look like until I present them, it's the content that matters while I'm editing them. I'd rather edit text in emacs than in a word processor.
One of their big stated reasons for buying into their infrastructure is that they offer a stable platform for developers so they don't have to keep doing more work every time Microsoft upgrades.
This reason is rapidly falling by the boards. First it was Visual Basic, which has changed so many times that there is no hope of old code running. Then it was the Windows API, where many things that developers did, originally with Microsoft's blessing, now cause security warning dialog boxes in Vista. Now it's their interpretation of HTML, which they convinced many web developers to follow instead of the standard.
Every time a developer codes to a Microsoft "standard", they had better be prepared to make extensive modifications at the drop of a hat.
Hopefully Microsoft's customers are catching on to this trend.
What does he hope to accomplish by this? What would he have lost if he had not done this? Does he think there is value to this performance that he can charge for? I don't mind seeing people do covers of other bands, but it's not really something I want to pay money for. Does he not realize that people seeing his performance maybe might want to purchase his album?
The Worldwind folks have shown that you can do this stuff in Java, too. Why not use a Java plugin? Before you say 'java is slow', try profiling a Java 3-D application and see where the CPU cycles are spent.
There's a used office furniture store in Manchester, NH, filled with the office furniture from failed .coms. Of course, all the employees of the store have Herman Miller Aeron chairs. If you like leather and mahogany office furniture, this is the place to go!
"Arbitrary" code will see lots of 'permission denied' errors as it tries to do evil.
It was well documented and everyone knew about it. There's no theater if there's no deception.
I cannot verify this story, anyone else?
Back in ArpaNet days, MIT had machines running an OS called ITS. It was a friendly and happy world and there were user accounts but no passwords. But networking means that strangers can connect and so Arpa insisted that passwords be added. So the ITS developers added a password prompt that ignored the password, and this made the Arpa people happy for a while until they figured it out and made them actually check the password.
In a similar vein, Microsoft file server passwords were originally checked only on the client, a fact which went undiscovered until Samba came along.
I find Vonage to be very helpful.
OF course, I:
- figure out everything I can and have the info at my fingertips when I call
- always treat the person on the other end of the phone with courtesy and respect, even when the only verb tense they know is present participle
- don't expect miracles from entry-level tech support
- have been with them for years and they value me as a customer
Between the news of McClellan's book and now this, I've said, "Well, Duh!" twice today.
Two of the supposed three candidates are gunning for war, war, war. We may not even have a tech industry to care about.
You are going to throw the first one away, whether you want to or not. Plan on it and take advantage of the opportunities this gives you.
Ralph Lauren actually sued the US Polo Association. In a victory for common sense, Ralph Lauren lost.
Developers without deep pockets often choose older technology for development because it's much cheaper.
This is a prototype! The final product can be realized on better silicon and a faster bus.
It doesn't matter. This is a prototype. I am unsure of the actual reason, but I bet the development tools for PCI-X are more mature and less expensive than PCI-E. The final product can be PCI-E with relatively minor changes. The vast majority of the development for this card does not care a whit what the actual bus interface is.