Uh... stop me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like you're thinking Mozilla and Netscape 6 are completely different. They're not... NS6 is basically a re-packaged Mozilla. Mozilla is the open-sourced browser produced by the Mozilla team. It's the core of NS6. When you say "NS will have to pull off something special for that to change," you sound as if you're picturing Netscape and Mozilla competing. They won't... they'll be the same product.
Other than simply PR, I wonder why Microsoft would choose to do this. Does the move strike anyone else as a move in a huge pissing contest? Hotmail is a big site... and, for its purpose, it's probably running the OS and web server it should have. I can't help questioning the reasoning behind making a switch to Win2000.
Aluminum frames are really expensive to produce... they can't be simply spot-welded like a steel frame. As production costs decrease, aluminum frames are becoming more common (Audi, Acura, etc.).
Maybe... but I think they're also pissed because they might make less money. Lars talked about "western capitalism." Metallica is definitely capitalistic first. Their main concern is making less money.
The version number on Freshmeat is 0.21 and the version included in Mandrake 7.0 (not 7.1) is 0.22. Does that mean the 0.22 version in Mandrake 7.0 has this functionality? Is it some sort of beta or something?
Any user who downloads RealPlayer submits a name, e-mail address, etc. before downloading. While there's no guarantee users are submitting correct information, my guess is that most are. In any case, users are definitely aware of the request for info. Given this, why is submission of a unique ID by the program an issue? If RealNetworks asked for (and probably got) my name and e-mail address, why does it matter if they know when I'm using the software I downloaded. I don't think this is nearly as large an issue as the RealJukebox stuff.
After poking around Microsoft's research site for a while, I realized that there were actually some cool and/or interesting projects listed. For example, some guy is writing an implementation of IPv6 for NT... it's even downloadable so users can test it out. Someone else has designed a PDA pen that recognizes handwriting with accelerometers and stores the text. Very cool... they've even built a prototype.
I guess the point is this: Even if a lot of people don't agree with Microsoft's "business practices" and don't like its software, there are people within the company who do some cool things. Many of those people could have ended up in any number of other places, but they happen to work for a company a lot of people dislike. I think each product from Microsoft should be evaluated on its own merits. Despite the crappiness of some of their past products, some of the stuff they're researching looks insteresting at the very least.
I doubt anyone in the "Linux community" opposes widespread adoption and use of Linux. In order for this to happen, a large number of people must have access to Linux. Red Hat provides that access. The company is simply good at what it does. If, as everyone wishes, a large number of people use Linux, the company providing Linux to them will become large as well. As long as it remembers and respects the reasons for its popularity, I don't think Red Hat is a bad thing. I think it's a good solution to the difficult problem of providing Linux to lots of people.
Maximum addressable RAM for a Pentium is 4 gig. Most motherboards don't support that much because they can't handle memory modules large enough to total 4 gig... but the CPU itself will address 4 gig of physical RAM. Windows can only cache the first 64 meg (not sure about other OSs), so that may be what you're thinking of.
Slashdot seems to be at least partially about Linux advocacy. Due to this fact, you might reasonably expect to see articles on positive Linux-related events here. If you aren't comfortable with this idea, don't read the stuff here.
SLI (stands for Scan Line Interleaved) isn't any faster than the new Voodoo3... a standard Voodoo2 does 3M textured triangles per second. Two cards in SLI mode would do 6M triangles. However, even a single Voodoo2 is more than fast enough for any current game on the market. If you've got a game that necessitates an SLI setup now, your CPU is probably way too slow. There's really no reason to go SLI if you have the PCI slots... it should be more than fast enough for quite a while.
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I get that crap even when I don't send e-mails!
Mod this shit down... Signal 11 or not.
...how much "Terascale" looks like "Testicle" when you read it quickly.
Uh... stop me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like you're thinking Mozilla and Netscape 6 are completely different. They're not... NS6 is basically a re-packaged Mozilla. Mozilla is the open-sourced browser produced by the Mozilla team. It's the core of NS6. When you say "NS will have to pull off something special for that to change," you sound as if you're picturing Netscape and Mozilla competing. They won't... they'll be the same product.
Cheapbytes (www.cheapbytes.com) will sell a 3 CD RH 7.0 install set for x86 and ship it to the UK for US $12.99. It would be shipped US air mail.
Other than simply PR, I wonder why Microsoft would choose to do this. Does the move strike anyone else as a move in a huge pissing contest? Hotmail is a big site... and, for its purpose, it's probably running the OS and web server it should have. I can't help questioning the reasoning behind making a switch to Win2000.
Aluminum frames are really expensive to produce... they can't be simply spot-welded like a steel frame. As production costs decrease, aluminum frames are becoming more common (Audi, Acura, etc.).
If you haven't had done so, try out a newish Civic sometime. They actually have very good legroom. They are often better than much larger cars.
Uh... he *might* be lying.
Maybe... but I think they're also pissed because they might make less money. Lars talked about "western capitalism." Metallica is definitely capitalistic first. Their main concern is making less money.
Nothing else matters indeed!
The version number on Freshmeat is 0.21 and the version included in Mandrake 7.0 (not 7.1) is 0.22. Does that mean the 0.22 version in Mandrake 7.0 has this functionality? Is it some sort of beta or something?
Not really... it's just a pre-release kernel.
Any user who downloads RealPlayer submits a name, e-mail address, etc. before downloading. While there's no guarantee users are submitting correct information, my guess is that most are. In any case, users are definitely aware of the request for info. Given this, why is submission of a unique ID by the program an issue? If RealNetworks asked for (and probably got) my name and e-mail address, why does it matter if they know when I'm using the software I downloaded. I don't think this is nearly as large an issue as the RealJukebox stuff.
After poking around Microsoft's research site for a while, I realized that there were actually some cool and/or interesting projects listed. For example, some guy is writing an implementation of IPv6 for NT... it's even downloadable so users can test it out. Someone else has designed a PDA pen that recognizes handwriting with accelerometers and stores the text. Very cool... they've even built a prototype.
I guess the point is this:
Even if a lot of people don't agree with Microsoft's "business practices" and don't like its software, there are people within the company who do some cool things. Many of those people could have ended up in any number of other places, but they happen to work for a company a lot of people dislike. I think each product from Microsoft should be evaluated on its own merits. Despite the crappiness of some of their past products, some of the stuff they're researching looks insteresting at the very least.
That wouldn't be a bad idea... but Mandrake stuff is compiled specifically for i586 and higher. It won't run on a 386 or 486 (486/66 in your case).
I doubt anyone in the "Linux community" opposes widespread adoption and use of Linux. In order for this to happen, a large number of people must have access to Linux. Red Hat provides that access. The company is simply good at what it does. If, as everyone wishes, a large number of people use Linux, the company providing Linux to them will become large as well. As long as it remembers and respects the reasons for its popularity, I don't think Red Hat is a bad thing. I think it's a good solution to the difficult problem of providing Linux to lots of people.
Maximum addressable RAM for a Pentium is 4 gig. Most motherboards don't support that much because they can't handle memory modules large enough to total 4 gig... but the CPU itself will address 4 gig of physical RAM. Windows can only cache the first 64 meg (not sure about other OSs), so that may be what you're thinking of.
Slashdot seems to be at least partially about Linux advocacy. Due to this fact, you might reasonably expect to see articles on positive Linux-related events here. If you aren't comfortable with this idea, don't read the stuff here.
SLI (stands for Scan Line Interleaved) isn't any faster than the new Voodoo3... a standard Voodoo2 does 3M textured triangles per second. Two cards in SLI mode would do 6M triangles. However, even a single Voodoo2 is more than fast enough for any current game on the market. If you've got a game that necessitates an SLI setup now, your CPU is probably way too slow. There's really no reason to go SLI if you have the PCI slots... it should be more than fast enough for quite a while.