Why are Sys Admins (and secretaries, I suppose) singled out for their own special day?
Because their work is usually noticed only when things go wrong. I guess it goes with the idea of infrastructure that when it's running well, it's not supposed to be noticed.
I still wonder why PC sound cards didn't emulate the amiga sound chip.
Since about the 386, the IBM compatibles have been powerful enough to use software mixing to the same effect. Besides, for more than 4 channels of tracking, you'd need software mixing on the Amiga as well. Thus having four channels in hardware is a neat trick, but extremely limited.
FYI, Deer Park has been alpha 2 for some time now, and it's a lot better/faster than alpha 1 in my experience. For example, caching rendered pages works fine.
Imagine the size of that thing! Current processors use about half of the chip real estate for cache, as the SRAM technology takes up more space than the DRAM used for main memory. If that cache is something like 1 MB, you're imagining a cache layer 500 times the size of current processors:) Talk about imagining a Beowulf cluster...
Along the same lines, I want power connectors (Molex) with sensible locking mechanism. It drives me mad that I have to use some kind of pliers to disconnect a hard drive connector, as they rely on friction (and lots of it!) to stay put. It's particularly dumb since you're dealing with rather sensitive equipment; the forces you need to work with the connectors would easily destroy the drive.
I agree, fans themselves are not the problem. It's how they are used.
It's the stupid historical design that puts the CPU in the middle of the case, where it's the most difficult to cool. What I'd like is a CPU mounted on the 'wrong' side of the circuit board. Then you could use the entire case as your heatsink, and barely need a fan anymore.
I want big heatsinks with natural convection cooling. It's not impossible as it was done in the G4 cube at least. It wouldn't work for laptops so well though.
...people could now record songs in their bedrooms and make them available to the world, and new artists no longer needed "a label, or a manager, or a BBC Radio playlist".
"We feel that it's almost like if I could go and watch Lennon and McCartney in the studio making Sgt Pepper, and watch them on the internet making that record, that would be a really exciting thing," James explained.
But there are so many bedroom musicians. How do you pinpoint the future Lennons and McCartneys?
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Because their work is usually noticed only when things go wrong. I guess it goes with the idea of infrastructure that when it's running well, it's not supposed to be noticed.
It depends on what the meaning of "Is" is.
I think the meaning of 'virtual' in terms of software is a very blurry line, because everything is more or less virtual there.
Python is great for a desk calculator :)
Since one dB is 10 times the 10-based log, an increase of 12 dB means multiplication by 10^(1.2). Thus
so it's more than one watt, but not excessively so.From my Mac OS experiences I can easily imagine why someone would like to do that *ducks*
I think it's because the BSD section is intended for BSD users, whereas this article is intended for non-BSD Unix users.
Agreed. I read the article, and couldn't find any answer to the question "Why FreeBSD?" since I already use Gentoo.
Since about the 386, the IBM compatibles have been powerful enough to use software mixing to the same effect. Besides, for more than 4 channels of tracking, you'd need software mixing on the Amiga as well. Thus having four channels in hardware is a neat trick, but extremely limited.
His labia? :-o
For once, somebody on Slashdot is using 'acronym' with its correct meaning :)
Pretty close, since Halfbloof Prince "fired" the "father" of the Order of the Phoenix :(
FYI, Deer Park has been alpha 2 for some time now, and it's a lot better/faster than alpha 1 in my experience. For example, caching rendered pages works fine.
Thanks for sharing that wonderful thought. I really needed to know that. ;)
Imagine the size of that thing! Current processors use about half of the chip real estate for cache, as the SRAM technology takes up more space than the DRAM used for main memory. If that cache is something like 1 MB, you're imagining a cache layer 500 times the size of current processors :) Talk about imagining a Beowulf cluster...
Good point! If you treat ethanol as a storage medium like batteries and hydrogen, the efficiency seems more reasonable.
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I thought satiracle was iSpeak for "satirical article" :)
Along the same lines, I want power connectors (Molex) with sensible locking mechanism. It drives me mad that I have to use some kind of pliers to disconnect a hard drive connector, as they rely on friction (and lots of it!) to stay put. It's particularly dumb since you're dealing with rather sensitive equipment; the forces you need to work with the connectors would easily destroy the drive.
It's the stupid historical design that puts the CPU in the middle of the case, where it's the most difficult to cool. What I'd like is a CPU mounted on the 'wrong' side of the circuit board. Then you could use the entire case as your heatsink, and barely need a fan anymore.
I want big heatsinks with natural convection cooling. It's not impossible as it was done in the G4 cube at least. It wouldn't work for laptops so well though.
Coral cache of the printable article here: http://www.flexbeta.net.nyud.net:8090/main/printar ticle.php?id=99
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At least then we'd find out about the 'uncut version'...
That's funny... 'sto' is Russian for hundred, whereas 'hundert' is the same in German.
But there are so many bedroom musicians. How do you pinpoint the future Lennons and McCartneys?
It mentions DAC, so I presume it can only output audio. Besides, as other posters have noted, it's probably unable to run Skype anyway.
Trackers are still a great way to make music, particularly when combined with other tools. MP3 is just a storage method for the finalized song.