Consider decimal numbers: 342 means 3 hundred + 4 tens + 2 units. It's
in that order because hundred > ten > unity.
To do the same with dates, you might say 2003/04/17 because year >
month > day. Alternatively, 17/04/2003 is pretty good because day
< month < year and things are in order.
I'm not trolling against Americans. Just pointing out that dates and
times are much like decimal numbers, where the position of a digit
tells its order of magnitude. It's much easier when the orders of
magnitude are in some logical order.
> I find a mouse wheel to be 1000% more efficient than having to move the mouse over and drag a clumsy scrollbar.
Ever tried arrow keys (or pgup/pgdn/home/end) for scrolling the page? I find the most efficient way of surfing (and some other computing tasks) is using the keyboard and the mouse together. I use my left hand for the mouse, and the right for the keyb. And yes, I prefer a three button mouse.
A sphere is the surface formed by points at a constant distance
to a centerpoint. Therefore in 3D a sphere is a two-dimensional space:
it takes two numbers to completely determine one's position on a
spherical surface. For instance latitude and longitude on Earth.
Have you actually tried the Linux i686 binary? It works just fine on my K6-III.
It's probably optimized for i686 without using any exclusive i686 instructions (something like -mcpu=i686 -march=i386 if you think about gcc). Incidentally, the new release of SETI@home does the same, and there is only one binary for x86 Linux (i686 version but runs on my K6III).
Movie playing performance depends so much on the software, and graphics hardware. For example, according to some MPlayer docs a 300Mhz P2 can do better than a 1 GHz P3, if the former has a decent video card. A proper card can take care of (at least) colorspace conversion and scaling.
Remember how we used to say: "Windows is a 32-bit shell to a 16-bit operating system, originally designed for an 8-bit processor with a 4-bit bus by a two bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." Any ideas how to bring that up to date?
*sigh* Linux is not a drop-in replacement for Windoze, and it was never intended so. If Windows suddenly disappeared from the face of Earth (I can dream, can't I?) then people would have to accept the alternatives, and they would be happy with it, just like the old-timers who loved going uphill both ways because they had no choice. Right now there's no such direct incentive for switching.
Why would anyone want a GUI in a movie player? Movie theaters and TVs don't have GUIs, they just show it all in fullscreen, just they way I want it. A GUI would only be a distraction and a waste of screen real estate.
Reading? You mean they've made a book based on the script?
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Good point about the random order. In fact I've set my reading order
to inverse, so that I can quickly find the latest comments. It's
slightly better than the usual order for moderation, but random would
probably be even better.
your sig: "Too many posts hit +4. Decrease the number of moderators."
The problem is that people tend to read only the better moderated comments, and mod them even further without ever seeing the excellent post at +1. The solution could be something like this:
Decide whether you want to post or moderate a discussion.
If you moderate, filtering by threshold is disabled. You'll see every comment as equal, possibly without their scores.
In addition to improving moderation, this also helps to see unfair moderations and correct them.
Profit!
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> Apple introduced the Apple I in 1976. That circuit board would be analagous to Bell's first telephone call, etc.
Except that "PC" here means "IBM PC/XT/AT compatible x86 box". I know it's wrong, I agree that PC means personal computer, but that's what the article is all about. There's much less legacy hardware in Macs, for example.
Then again, by using the IBM PC definition, Legacy-free PC is an oxymoron. You can already escape the legacy problems by using other platforms. But you cannot change the fundamentals of IBM PC and still call it IBM PC. It's possible to use x86, PCI et al. without having an entire IBM PC, though.
It doesn't matter, as long as you devote the spare cycles to something. But running a computer without doing any work is like hiring a person to twiddle their thumbs. Computers are practically free labour (for certain tasks) and there's plenty of work left for computers in this world.
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In digital-rights-managed America, Windows administers you!
To do the same with dates, you might say 2003/04/17 because year > month > day. Alternatively, 17/04/2003 is pretty good because day < month < year and things are in order.
I'm not trolling against Americans. Just pointing out that dates and times are much like decimal numbers, where the position of a digit tells its order of magnitude. It's much easier when the orders of magnitude are in some logical order.
Ever tried arrow keys (or pgup/pgdn/home/end) for scrolling the page? I find the most efficient way of surfing (and some other computing tasks) is using the keyboard and the mouse together. I use my left hand for the mouse, and the right for the keyb. And yes, I prefer a three button mouse.
In other news:
(hint: $ man 7 signal)
A sphere is the surface formed by points at a constant distance to a centerpoint. Therefore in 3D a sphere is a two-dimensional space: it takes two numbers to completely determine one's position on a spherical surface. For instance latitude and longitude on Earth.
It's probably optimized for i686 without using any exclusive i686 instructions (something like -mcpu=i686 -march=i386 if you think about gcc). Incidentally, the new release of SETI@home does the same, and there is only one binary for x86 Linux (i686 version but runs on my K6III).
Yeah, but Linux does infinite loops in five seconds!
Just add.. umm..
"layout" *tick*
"middle-ground" *tick"
"interoperability" *tick*
"XML" *tick*
"Corporate Resume" *tick*
BINGO!
This might actually be useful, in case you're n00b enough to take a sip from your methanol powered laptop. ;-)
How many broads must a brand load down, before you can call him broadband?
Movie playing performance depends so much on the software, and graphics hardware. For example, according to some MPlayer docs a 300Mhz P2 can do better than a 1 GHz P3, if the former has a decent video card. A proper card can take care of (at least) colorspace conversion and scaling.
This is My Timothy Unit 0x8026. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated into service in My Cube.
Remember how we used to say: "Windows is a 32-bit shell to a 16-bit operating system, originally designed for an 8-bit processor with a 4-bit bus by a two bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." Any ideas how to bring that up to date?
*sigh* Linux is not a drop-in replacement for Windoze, and it was never intended so. If Windows suddenly disappeared from the face of Earth (I can dream, can't I?) then people would have to accept the alternatives, and they would be happy with it, just like the old-timers who loved going uphill both ways because they had no choice. Right now there's no such direct incentive for switching.
Bah! The Mandrake OS is already at 9.1, therefore it's 3.5 times as advanced as Linux!
Why would anyone want a GUI in a movie player? Movie theaters and TVs don't have GUIs, they just show it all in fullscreen, just they way I want it. A GUI would only be a distraction and a waste of screen real estate.
Farnsworth says you can have fusion at home, isn't this like.. good news everyone?
unless you're watching The Big Blue, The Blue Lagoon, or the Gates Three Colors trilogy: Blue, Blue, and Blue.
Fortunately, there's also Enemy at the Gates.
Reading? You mean they've made a book based on the script?
Good point about the random order. In fact I've set my reading order to inverse, so that I can quickly find the latest comments. It's slightly better than the usual order for moderation, but random would probably be even better.
The problem is that people tend to read only the better moderated comments, and mod them even further without ever seeing the excellent post at +1. The solution could be something like this:
Except that "PC" here means "IBM PC/XT/AT compatible x86 box". I know it's wrong, I agree that PC means personal computer, but that's what the article is all about. There's much less legacy hardware in Macs, for example.
Then again, by using the IBM PC definition, Legacy-free PC is an oxymoron. You can already escape the legacy problems by using other platforms. But you cannot change the fundamentals of IBM PC and still call it IBM PC. It's possible to use x86, PCI et al. without having an entire IBM PC, though.
It doesn't matter, as long as you devote the spare cycles to something. But running a computer without doing any work is like hiring a person to twiddle their thumbs. Computers are practically free labour (for certain tasks) and there's plenty of work left for computers in this world.