Now there is an obscure flame ware to start: which is the best floppy-distro around. I guess if you want the stability of Linux on the most untrustworthy piece of computing hardware available (this side of the Zip100), you don't mind going on that kind of jihad...
Then why the heck did they spen over a billion dollars to develop the Itanium? IIRC, they scrapped the first version because the software x86 emulator was just too dang slow.
Last I checked my Lucent chips were pretty much fully supported under Linux. It's mostly newer hardware chips that are not.
This is not surprising, as Linux hardware support always lags a little. The same experience can be had with motherboard chipsets...(this is not a flame, just current reality).
Back in the day, didn't Rhapsody (the predecessor of our beloved OS X), have something called the Red Box that would run x86 code? (Blue Box was classic, and yellow box was Java?)
So, they pimp out the new chip with their (software) emulator that gives you an equivalent 2 Ghz machine. Now that would be bang for the buck!
...and what percentage of the total number of cycles per second is that on your machine?
If that percentage is low (which I assume it is, even if you are using the aforementioned 486/66!), you won't notice it.
I would like to know if it logs actions somewhere. If I download NewProjectXYZ and run it, I can toggle exec shield on, and look for problems. Now I just run it, cross my fingers...99% of the time it's fine, this would just give me another way to protect my box.
Sure, memory latency has an effect. That's overhead to get to the first word that's needed by your cache.
Then bandwidth is needed because on your processor, we have to fill the rest of the cache line. It would be painful to have low latency (OOhhh! we get the first word quickly), and low bandwidth (dang, now we have to wait to fill the rest of the cache line...).
Reading Cringley's latest blather was enlightening. If a sever dies at Google, they do nothing. They don't even unplug it, or power it down. The clustering software takes care of moving its duties to another...
Maybe they should leave the image/cookie blocking to the web proxy (i.e privoxy), and just get rendering what is sent to it correct. That would be the UNIX way...
If it hoses your virtual machine, you are out nothing. If you aren't up for the kernel screwing up your*real* machine and having to reinstall everything, leave it alone.
2.4.xx is perfectly fine. You really aren't missing anything. You'll get it soon enough, without the pain. Besides, anticipation makes you appreciate it more.
Sure, free as in beer, but how much did your hardware cost? Compiling everything from source is not an option on older hardware (wasn't that one of the original benefits of linux, to run on older hardware that windows bloat was dog slow on???). I'd rather buy a boxed set on my old hardware than drop $$$ on new hardware so I can compile my free software. But hey, I'm cheap.
...a 686 then you are correct. Somewhere on their site it says that all packcages are for 686. Which seems like a very decent compromise for people who don't feel compelled to compile every package they want to install (that is not a flame BTW, I like gentoo...).
The replacement instructions on the APC site tell you to take the battery out of the old shell, and install it in the new shell that they send you. Since your battery is fine, they don't have to (want to) ship you a replacement, and the plastic shell doesn't weight that much. Still, I smell a one time charge for the quarter for APC...
Is 1993 (original intro of the Newton) or 1995 (intro of NewtonOS 2 with the "greatly improved handwriting recognition system") considered "newly developed"? Seems like porting it to cocoa/carbon/NextStep wouldn't be that difficult...
So, let me get this straight. There's a space on the TiVO they sell ads for, but they are watched only voluntarily? Seems like some genius must've come up with that idea.
What, do you suppose, is the value of an ad that no one watches? Zero. Eventually, their advertisers will figure out that those star ads work as well as banners, and TiVO's revenue will take another nose dive.
Then it's win-lose. Or an interface change which forces you to watch them to get at your desired recorded programming.
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Now there is an obscure flame ware to start: which is the best floppy-distro around. I guess if you want the stability of Linux on the most untrustworthy piece of computing hardware available (this side of the Zip100), you don't mind going on that kind of jihad...
Intel, greedy? Yes. Wanting to push its old tech?
Then why the heck did they spen over a billion dollars to develop the Itanium? IIRC, they scrapped the first version because the software x86 emulator was just too dang slow.
Last I checked my Lucent chips were pretty much fully supported under Linux. It's mostly newer hardware chips that are not.
This is not surprising, as Linux hardware support always lags a little. The same experience can be had with motherboard chipsets...(this is not a flame, just current reality).
If you haven't risen up yet, what makes you think that you will in the future???
Reaganomics, Iran-Contra, DMCA, what does it take to push your "rise up" button?
Umm...no.
At least AMD is consistent. They never put out a 1700+ and suddenly renamed it to be a 3200+...
I think that your math may be bad as well...Read this this.
No, it just means there is no honor among thieves...
Heck, that's the same with any P2P network. I am surprised that the *AA hasn't decided to crap flood them with mislabeled files...
Back in the day, didn't Rhapsody (the predecessor of our beloved OS X), have something called the Red Box that would run x86 code? (Blue Box was classic, and yellow box was Java?)
So, they pimp out the new chip with their (software) emulator that gives you an equivalent 2 Ghz machine. Now that would be bang for the buck!
...and what percentage of the total number of cycles per second is that on your machine?
If that percentage is low (which I assume it is, even if you are using the aforementioned 486/66!), you won't notice it.
I would like to know if it logs actions somewhere. If I download NewProjectXYZ and run it, I can toggle exec shield on, and look for problems. Now I just run it, cross my fingers...99% of the time it's fine, this would just give me another way to protect my box.
Sure, memory latency has an effect. That's overhead to get to the first word that's needed by your cache.
Then bandwidth is needed because on your processor, we have to fill the rest of the cache line. It would be painful to have low latency (OOhhh! we get the first word quickly), and low bandwidth (dang, now we have to wait to fill the rest of the cache line...).
Looks like what Mac OS 9 had - pop up windows. Not to bash it, it does look slick.
It can't be that good if they have had to come out with 9 versions of their software.
Tell RedHat and Mandrake that.....
>Maintenance of the equipment would be a bitch.
Reading Cringley's latest blather was enlightening. If a sever dies at Google, they do nothing. They don't even unplug it, or power it down. The clustering software takes care of moving its duties to another...
You meant like lights, AC, etc....right?
Maybe they should leave the image/cookie blocking to the web proxy (i.e privoxy), and just get rendering what is sent to it correct. That would be the UNIX way...
vmware.
If it hoses your virtual machine, you are out nothing. If you aren't up for the kernel screwing up your*real* machine and having to reinstall everything, leave it alone.
2.4.xx is perfectly fine. You really aren't missing anything. You'll get it soon enough, without the pain. Besides, anticipation makes you appreciate it more.
Sure, free as in beer, but how much did your hardware cost? Compiling everything from source is not an option on older hardware (wasn't that one of the original benefits of linux, to run on older hardware that windows bloat was dog slow on???). I'd rather buy a boxed set on my old hardware than drop $$$ on new hardware so I can compile my free software. But hey, I'm cheap.
Easy cowboy. I meant that comment in relation to Yoper. It is optimized for 686.
And "I big thumbs up" too... sometimes even a big middle finger. Depends on who I wave it at.
...a 686 then you are correct. Somewhere on their site it says that all packcages are for 686. Which seems like a very decent compromise for people who don't feel compelled to compile every package they want to install (that is not a flame BTW, I like gentoo...).
Sounds like Intel wants to reinvent the wheel. I hope they realize that Open Firmware exists. Or is it their version of embrace and extend?
that a multi-threaded app that utilized Altivec would beat a single thread that relied solely on the FPU to do the work...
I mean this is not rocket science! You would get similar results on most any machine using SSE2/MMX and hyper threading (perhaps...).
The replacement instructions on the APC site tell you to take the battery out of the old shell, and install it in the new shell that they send you. Since your battery is fine, they don't have to (want to) ship you a replacement, and the plastic shell doesn't weight that much. Still, I smell a one time charge for the quarter for APC...
What about QuickTime? Or maybe the Apple computers on the P2P network are that missing 5%?
Glad I use OS X....rip, mix, burn, share.
Is 1993 (original intro of the Newton) or 1995 (intro of NewtonOS 2 with the "greatly improved handwriting recognition system") considered "newly developed"? Seems like porting it to cocoa/carbon/NextStep wouldn't be that difficult...
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So, let me get this straight. There's a space on the TiVO they sell ads for, but they are watched only voluntarily? Seems like some genius must've come up with that idea.
What, do you suppose, is the value of an ad that no one watches? Zero. Eventually, their advertisers will figure out that those star ads work as well as banners, and TiVO's revenue will take another nose dive.
Then it's win-lose. Or an interface change which forces you to watch them to get at your desired recorded programming.
That's the first time I have heard that. I thought it was gamers and on-line porn.