And no, Intel is no where near doing what Sun can already do. Go shoot your precious linux server with a.44, and see if it's still up. I'd guess the answer is no. Doing the same with a properly configured SunFire 15k would result in a high replacement cost, but an up and running system nonetheless.
Oh really? You've got a Sun machine that I can try on? I've got a.44. I just tried it on my cheapo Linux server. As you said it, it's dead.
Now you've got to prove that your Sun is not dead
after the same test, right? I'd like to see that.
This is too cool. As another posted said earlier, pinch me. I hope andrew bunner goes after the DVDCCA in an Anti-SLAPP [sirius.com] (abuse of process) lawsuit if he comes out of this unscathed.
Yeah, but are you willing to put your money on the table, and support him throughout the trial?
Well, at least, not the Brits and Americans. They count by 12, 16,.... I guess before they evolved into the current form and shape, they probably had 12 fingers, 16 toes, or something like that.
I worked for a small startup, and the only platform the IT knows how to manage is Windows. And on a new project that used Java only, I installed Linux on NT machine (duo-boot), and I did all my development on Linux, while everyone else worked on NT.
The problem happened when one of the routers went nut, and got into an infinite loop or something like that, and only a few packets per second went thru. And then the IT blamed it on me and my Linux box, saying that my Linux is broadcasting all kinds of packets on the network and bogged down the whole thing. It was ridiculous, and we didn't have any troubleshooting tools to figure out why this happened, and from what source.
As I had 3 machines in my cubicle, I finally sealed them up in my own subnet, with my own firewall, and I was on my own. No more IT support, as if there was any before that. All packets from my network went thru another router. And I was really happy in my own little kingdom.
After that, the router still went nut, and finally, the IT had to figure what really went wrong. Actually, it was because the router corrupted its own memory, for some reason.
Users who refuse to buy DVD ware?
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Ok, sounds like a good idea to be able to have everything on one disc. Now, what would happen to those people who stick to their principle, and refuse to buy DVD wares because of this stupid regional encryption scheme?
I don't mind having my debian on multiple CDs, but I refuse to buy any DVD wares. Give me my debian on normal CDs!
I live an area in South San Jose, California, and I can't get cable modem, DSL, or anything else faster than the 28kbps on the modem. The only high-speed alternative is the Sprint fixed wireless (the diamond-shape antenna).
But I refuse to do business with Sprint because they screwed us up once, and caused a lot of damage to my credit history.
Two years ago, we moved to a new house, and thought that we had notified our long distance carrier. But after a month, we figured that Sprint long distance jumped in to take our account, without our consent, and charged us $2.71/min to call NYC. The total charge was about $70. After 6 months of phone calls and tons of frustrations, Sprint even dare to give that to a collection company. And that put a nasty spot on my credit history. Eventually, we tried to get over it and paid the god-damned amount.
However, we swear not to give any business to Sprint anymore. We immediately cancelled all our PCS accounts (two of them, and at an average fee of $180/mo, as we were always over the limit) which we had for more than 2 years.
And we discover Sprint did this to a lot of people, including their long-time customers.
So, even if Sprint can provide any high-speed access at a low cost, and even if I don't have any other alternative, I'll give shit to Sprint.
Besides me, anyone else after reading these
articles? I'm living in South San Jose, California, and I can't get cable modem, DSL, fixed wireless. Modem is at 28k, ISDN will cost $120/mo.
BTW, I'm an excellent programmer, with experiences in C/C++, Java (EJB, Servlet, JMS,...), CORBA, computer/network security, PKI, encryption technologies, etc. I'm willing to relocate to Sweden. Anyone has any opening now?
A Vaio PictureBook, this "eyeglasses" (preferably can display 1024x768, full color) with an integrated ear bud for audio, a high-speed wireless internet card.
I was running 386DX, 25MHz, with 4MB of memory.
When I looked at the size of word.exe, it's
more than 4MB. And I didn't like the fact that each package (Word, Excel,...) came with its
own spellchecker,.... (There's no Office yet).
My idea was to come up with a well-define document format, and build a vanilla word processor. This processor will have a plug-in
interface, so other people can just write a plug-in and install as loadable module, on a per-need-basis. E.g., if I need to write a math formula, then only at time, a match formula editor will be loaded. And that module is just a plug-in.
If I need a spreadsheet, the spreadsheet module will be loaded. Same for graphics.
I did this as my term project in CS degree. The project was a big flop, because it was too big a project to do during half a semester (you got to know the project only half way thru the semester), with other term projects coming at the same time. And I was a lousy programmer too, that was in my second year, and only the second year I had access to computers.
Maybe I should make another attempt, now that I'm better equiped.
Well, why don't Sun require that OpenOffice
be the standard inside Sun first? Put all your downloadable documents in that open XML format too.
I went to the technical seminars at Sun's headquarters, those presentors all made jokes on MS and its softwares. Guess what these presentors run on their machines? Guess which software they used to do the presentation? I didn't find it very funny. I bash MS from time to time, but at least, all my machines (except those belonged to the company) run Linux or BSD.
These AMD marketing people must be reading/.
everyday. All the geeks on/. claimed that Mhz numbers do not mean anything in regards to the overall speed of the computer, yada yada yada.
Well, you got what you asked for. Now go figure out the speed of your new Athlon machine.
This looks really good. The problem for mass adoption seems to be the lack of applications, and it seems to require real porting efforts, if we are to port Linux apps to AtheOS, especially X-based apps.
The question I have is: how hard would it be to provide Linux binary compatibility, so that with a minimum of tweaking, people can run Linux apps on it? Something like a VM, or a compartmentized process that will run Linux apps inside, would be just fine too.
If this is possible, I would be happy to try it on my Vaio PictureBook, which is currently running Linux.
Let's create a nasty song or message, something like "Fuck the MPAA/RIAA" (or whatever you don't like), well obviously with better wording than I could possibly write.
Then put it in mp3 format, with the name (with a little bit of modification, so as to be considered a parody) of whatever favorite song/music/movie, etc, and
spread the files all over the place.
When MPAA/RIAA strike, counter sue them for whatever reason you can think of (freedom, rights, 1st Amendment, etc).
Do this in a big scale. And everyone who is sued by MPAA/RIAA, must counter sue. Imagine MPAA/RIAA have to fight a hundred thousand lawsuits at once. That would be funny to watch.
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What a scary combination of words at this time...
I always prefer the latest model.
And no, Intel is no where near doing what Sun can already do. Go shoot your precious linux server with a
Oh really? You've got a Sun machine that I can try on? I've got a
Now you've got to prove that your Sun is not dead
after the same test, right? I'd like to see that.
So, when your clothes have been cracked, does that mean you are going to be striped naked?
Let's just hope that GWB is not going to wear this thing in public.....
This is too cool. As another posted said earlier, pinch me. I hope andrew bunner goes after the DVDCCA in an Anti-SLAPP [sirius.com] (abuse of process) lawsuit if he comes out of this unscathed.
Yeah, but are you willing to put your money on the table, and support him throughout the trial?
Taco, what if VA goes under (hope not), and what if Microsoft makes a bid on /.? Would you sell?
People count by tens and machines count by twos
.... I guess before they evolved into the current form and shape, they probably had 12 fingers, 16 toes, or something like that.
Well, at least, not the Brits and Americans. They count by 12, 16,
I worked for a small startup, and the only platform the IT knows how to manage is Windows. And on a new project that used Java only, I installed Linux on NT machine (duo-boot), and I did all my development on Linux, while everyone else worked on NT.
The problem happened when one of the routers went nut, and got into an infinite loop or something like that, and only a few packets per second went thru. And then the IT blamed it on me and my Linux box, saying that my Linux is broadcasting all kinds of packets on the network and bogged down the whole thing. It was ridiculous, and we didn't have any troubleshooting tools to figure out why this happened, and from what source.
As I had 3 machines in my cubicle, I finally sealed them up in my own subnet, with my own firewall, and I was on my own. No more IT support, as if there was any before that. All packets from my network went thru another router. And I was really happy in my own little kingdom.
After that, the router still went nut, and finally, the IT had to figure what really went wrong. Actually, it was because the router corrupted its own memory, for some reason.
Ok, sounds like a good idea to be able to have everything on one disc. Now, what would happen to those people who stick to their principle, and refuse to buy DVD wares because of this stupid regional encryption scheme?
I don't mind having my debian on multiple CDs, but I refuse to buy any DVD wares. Give me my debian on normal CDs!
But I refuse to do business with Sprint because they screwed us up once, and caused a lot of damage to my credit history.
Two years ago, we moved to a new house, and thought that we had notified our long distance carrier. But after a month, we figured that Sprint long distance jumped in to take our account, without our consent, and charged us $2.71/min to call NYC. The total charge was about $70. After 6 months of phone calls and tons of frustrations, Sprint even dare to give that to a collection company. And that put a nasty spot on my credit history. Eventually, we tried to get over it and paid the god-damned amount.
However, we swear not to give any business to Sprint anymore. We immediately cancelled all our PCS accounts (two of them, and at an average fee of $180/mo, as we were always over the limit) which we had for more than 2 years.
And we discover Sprint did this to a lot of people, including their long-time customers.
So, even if Sprint can provide any high-speed access at a low cost, and even if I don't have any other alternative, I'll give shit to Sprint.
This ION thingy is born dead, and good for them.
SkyOS is like Win2K and Linux is like DOS?
Don't let me see you, I'm a Linux fundamentalist.
articles? I'm living in South San Jose, California, and I can't get cable modem, DSL, fixed wireless. Modem is at 28k, ISDN will cost $120/mo.
BTW, I'm an excellent programmer, with experiences in C/C++, Java (EJB, Servlet, JMS,
Now, that's what I want.
is willing to pick up some of them? I'm sure
they will be able to contribute some major
improvements and functionalities into the Linux
kernel.
A crime-fighting police now?
When I looked at the size of word.exe, it's
more than 4MB. And I didn't like the fact that each package (Word, Excel,
own spellchecker,
My idea was to come up with a well-define document format, and build a vanilla word processor. This processor will have a plug-in
interface, so other people can just write a plug-in and install as loadable module, on a per-need-basis. E.g., if I need to write a math formula, then only at time, a match formula editor will be loaded. And that module is just a plug-in.
If I need a spreadsheet, the spreadsheet module will be loaded. Same for graphics.
I did this as my term project in CS degree. The project was a big flop, because it was too big a project to do during half a semester (you got to know the project only half way thru the semester), with other term projects coming at the same time. And I was a lousy programmer too, that was in my second year, and only the second year I had access to computers.
Maybe I should make another attempt, now that I'm better equiped.
be the standard inside Sun first? Put all your downloadable documents in that open XML format too.
I went to the technical seminars at Sun's headquarters, those presentors all made jokes on MS and its softwares. Guess what these presentors run on their machines? Guess which software they used to do the presentation? I didn't find it very funny. I bash MS from time to time, but at least, all my machines (except those belonged to the company) run Linux or BSD.
This particular technique will likely not become commonplace because the effort to make it work is far greater than the possible computational return.
True, but it could be modified and used to launch a DOS attack on a specific server, couldn't it?
everyday. All the geeks on
Well, you got what you asked for. Now go figure out the speed of your new Athlon machine.
...you'd believe that Ballmer has a future as an exotic dancer.
Ouch.... that gotta hurt my eyes....
Any plan to start a distribution and service company soon, a la RH?
The question I have is: how hard would it be to provide Linux binary compatibility, so that with a minimum of tweaking, people can run Linux apps on it? Something like a VM, or a compartmentized process that will run Linux apps inside, would be just fine too.
If this is possible, I would be happy to try it on my Vaio PictureBook, which is currently running Linux.
Then put it in mp3 format, with the name (with a little bit of modification, so as to be considered a parody) of whatever favorite song/music/movie, etc, and
spread the files all over the place.
When MPAA/RIAA strike, counter sue them for whatever reason you can think of (freedom, rights, 1st Amendment, etc).
Do this in a big scale. And everyone who is sued by MPAA/RIAA, must counter sue. Imagine MPAA/RIAA have to fight a hundred thousand lawsuits at once. That would be funny to watch.
At least, you can buy laws and government. This is just another example.
Yeah, while were are at it, why not sue God as well, because he created the god-damned universe (if you are a creationist, that is. But I'm not)?