IRIX is not dead on the desktop. It's dying, but could be revived yet. Perhaps the new Tezro workstations might do the trick, although most people won't see this kind of machine unless their employer buys one.
IRIX is the most stable unix I have used. It hardly ever crashes. OS updates don't break the system. The desktop is quite nice although not as nice as gnome. But that's not a problem because IRIX can also run gnome!
I know with a 64 processor machine I would prefer to use IRIX if I could. Linux is a good second choice.
I kind of get the feeling that they're re-creating the (SGI) workstation business all over again -- high priced, high margin machines designed for niche applications.
I think you're right - with OS X and powerful new machines Apple could take what used to be the bottom of SGI's market. SGI seems to have taken high priced to its extreme with new Fuel workstations being horrible prices. (>£15000)
Lets not forget the thousands of Iraqis who were tortured on a daily basis and the thousands more abused under the Iraqi government.
Let's not forget the hundreds of iraqis now being killed by US soldiers. Let's not forget the thousands of people who are still without water, electricity or food. Let's not forget that the soldiers were supposed to leave as soon as possible.
Then again, maybe you don't get those reports on the news in your area.
I too study a martial art, in my case Modern Arnis, a form of Philipino stick fighting with bits taken from other martial arts. I enjoy it because it keeps me fit, and teaches me how to fight without going into some of the stranger traditions or spirituality. Or maybe it's just reminiscent of light sabres...
Hopefully video / nic / other expansion cards for the desktop pc will eventually look something like a game console cartridge, ie all the electronics are safely enclosed in plastic, (with relevant cooling slots if so required.)All you need to do is find a blank slot at the back of the PC (protected by a spring loaded dust cover, super nintendo style) and ram it in. The card powers up, The BIOS/OS detects and configures the card and you're good to go!
I agree with the idea of using enclosed hot-swap cartridges, but I think it should be taken a step further. Make everything use those cartridges. The motherboard should just be a backplane built into the chassis, and the cpu/ram/bus controller built into a cartridge too. That way any part could be upgraded without throwing out the rest, and there would be no more problems trying to replace second rate parts on integrated motherboards.
I started noticing that about once a day for 2 to 3 seconds my whole body (and especially my heart) would feel like I was running in super hyper mode... ... She had actually felt my heart skip an entire beat while she was taking my pulse!
Ok, that's scaring me. I've had the same kind of feeling but I never though it would stop my heart.
I used to drink around 6 to 10 mugs of filter coffee a day, along with many penguin mints, cokes and other caffeinated products.
I also had frequent migraines, an insomnia problem, and was often too tired in the evening to go out.
About a year ago I cut down my caffeine intake dramatically. Now I have 1 or 2 coffees a day, or a coke instead. No Penguin mints. The difference was incredible: Hardly any migraines, I was able to sleep at night, I was more active in the evenings. As a bonus, my pericarditus (inflamed muscles around the heart) went away completely.
I still enjoy my coffee and caffeine, but I think it should come with a health warning. We certainly shouldn't be giving so much of it to children.
Steve.
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By definition a DX has a built in math coprocessor.
Partly right, but you are thinking of a 486DX. A 386DX has a 32 bit external bus rather than 16 bit bus on the 386SX. The co-processor was a seperate device until the 486DX came along.
i rewatched that scene in matrix 1 -- they show them working on the back plugs, but you don't see them get pulled out of his back. Half of them were covered up by gauze, but i'm pretty sure they didn't actually show them coming out.
Yes, I watched the scene again too, and you're right. They have bandages over most of the plugs on Neo's spine and show a pair of pliers / grips on one of the plugs, but they don't actually show it coming out. I just assumed that the pliers were pulling out the plugs. It's not like we saw him naked again until the next film. As for the arm plugs, I always thought they were left in because he still needed the drip.
Why has no one pointed out that neo has plugs all over him? He has plugs on just about every part of his body and all down his spine. What about the long scene just after his unplugging in the first film showing the surgical removal of every plug except the one in his head?
what about....HOW THE FUCK did neo do that thing at the end!!!
The obvious conclusion is that he is still inside the matrix. Or A matrix, anyway. Remember, just before frying the machines he said something like "Somethings different, I can sense them." (I can't remember the exact wording.) My guess is that the matrix is inside another matrix that also contains Zion. This gives the machines a way to control the 1% that can't deal with the matrix without actually releasing them.
I think I'm correct in saying further that London has the largest underground system in the world, and it holds up pretty well even when _really_ busy.
Hah! Yes, London has the oldest and biggest underground system, but it does NOT hold up well. Unless you like being squeezed in like sardines, roasting slowly in other peoples sweat and waiting ages between stations. Just recently the Central line was out of use for months after a derailment triggered a panic check of every train on the line. That's the central line, you know, the one that carries most of the traffic every day. Of course that's nothing against underground trains, just that they have to be properly funded and managed before making them the only form of transport.
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It's also worth noting that Lord Sainsbury of Turville has a personal connection with this issue. He's a spammer himself.
Please take note that this post is NOT a troll. the supermarket chain Sainsburys, owned by Lord Sainsbury, did indeed engage in spamming. The Register has the details. Check your facts before moderating please.
For that matter, I don't understand why they didn't put the capability in the DVD format to tell the TV when to pan, so that people could watch fullscreen or widescreen simply by zooming in on the picture.
They did. For some reason not a single film has ever made use of the capability. Perhaps it's more expensive than just chopping the picture up.
It's not just that the speed of the phone is too much for the transmitter handoffs, it's also that a phone that far away prevents frequency re-use in other cells. A phone on the ground is in range of maybe 3 to 6 cells, all of which are on different frequency ranges. A phone in the air is an equal distance from a lot more cells than that. Thus the frequency of the phone is blocking several other cells trying to use the same one.
I'll refer back to the FAQ entry then that pretty clearly spells out that/. is a US-centric website with US-centric stories/articles. Nothing in that FAQ entry indicated that/. was intended for worldwide consumption, only that if people from outside the US wanted to submit stories that they'd be given consideration as well.
And I will point out that if all of us from outside the US stop posting and go elsewhere, slashdot will lose ad revenue, subscriptions, and have a far less interesting discussion.
Maybe it should give some consideration to keeping those readers; it's good business sense.
and I respect that right. But my workplace is not your house. If carrying a gun doesn't interfere with my duties, what difference does it make to you?
Quite a lot of difference. Why should I have to work in the same place as someone with a gun? I don't like guns and I don't want to be near them. Hell, it makes me nervous that the police carry guns, but then I used to live in England where the police could solve a crime without threatening to kill somebody.
There is a BBC news article about Welsh Police impounding cars because the owners used cooking oil as fuel without paying fuel
That impounding was actually illegal, as using cooking oil in cars is allowed as long as tax is paid. (~26p/litre) That tax doesn't have to be paid until the tax return form is filled in after the fuel is used. Did the police offer the car owners the chance to pay the tax? No. So why hasn't anyone appealed against the impounding in court?
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IRIX is not dead on the desktop. It's dying, but could be revived yet. Perhaps the new Tezro workstations might do the trick, although most people won't see this kind of machine unless their employer buys one.
IRIX is the most stable unix I have used. It hardly ever crashes. OS updates don't break the system. The desktop is quite nice although not as nice as gnome. But that's not a problem because IRIX can also run gnome!
I know with a 64 processor machine I would prefer to use IRIX if I could. Linux is a good second choice.
I kind of get the feeling that they're re-creating the (SGI) workstation business all over again -- high priced, high margin machines designed for niche applications.
I think you're right - with OS X and powerful new machines Apple could take what used to be the bottom of SGI's market. SGI seems to have taken high priced to its extreme with new Fuel workstations being horrible prices. (>£15000)
It's a shame, I like SGI machines.
We just broke into your house, so can we have the key now?
Not quite. It's more like "We just broke into our house that you built for us, so can we have the key now?"
nope; they were sold off last night in a bid to raise money to support for prosecuting the war on [noun].
Really? I think California is more in need of the money than the next war is right now...
Work protected by a temporary monopoly.
I think this conveys the idea far better than "Copyright" After all, could you see Disney lobbying the government on this?
"So, you would like your government-granted temporary monopoly extended to 150 years? And how does this fit with the word temporary?"
Beat that.
OK.
I used to work for the British Civil Service.
Holiday on entry: 23 days per year. Add one day every year until you get to 30 days per year.
My last job in a shop gave me 22 days holiday per year.
In England basic rate sick pay is guaranteed by law, but full salary is paid by most companies anyway.
5 days a year??? You Americans are crazy. What happened to "land of the free" and standing up for your rights?
Almost got to page three before it was slashdotted.
Let's not forget the hundreds of iraqis now being killed by US soldiers. Let's not forget the thousands of people who are still without water, electricity or food. Let's not forget that the soldiers were supposed to leave as soon as possible.
Then again, maybe you don't get those reports on the news in your area.
I too study a martial art, in my case Modern Arnis, a form of Philipino stick fighting with bits taken from other martial arts. I enjoy it because it keeps me fit, and teaches me how to fight without going into some of the stranger traditions or spirituality. Or maybe it's just reminiscent of light sabres...
I agree with the idea of using enclosed hot-swap cartridges, but I think it should be taken a step further. Make everything use those cartridges. The motherboard should just be a backplane built into the chassis, and the cpu/ram/bus controller built into a cartridge too. That way any part could be upgraded without throwing out the rest, and there would be no more problems trying to replace second rate parts on integrated motherboards.
Ok, that's scaring me. I've had the same kind of feeling but I never though it would stop my heart.
Good thing I cut down on caffeine last year.
I used to drink around 6 to 10 mugs of filter coffee a day, along with many penguin mints, cokes and other caffeinated products.
I also had frequent migraines, an insomnia problem, and was often too tired in the evening to go out.
About a year ago I cut down my caffeine intake dramatically. Now I have 1 or 2 coffees a day, or a coke instead. No Penguin mints. The difference was incredible: Hardly any migraines, I was able to sleep at night, I was more active in the evenings. As a bonus, my pericarditus (inflamed muscles around the heart) went away completely.
I still enjoy my coffee and caffeine, but I think it should come with a health warning. We certainly shouldn't be giving so much of it to children.
Steve.
Partly right, but you are thinking of a 486DX. A 386DX has a 32 bit external bus rather than 16 bit bus on the 386SX. The co-processor was a seperate device until the 486DX came along.
Yes, I watched the scene again too, and you're right. They have bandages over most of the plugs on Neo's spine and show a pair of pliers / grips on one of the plugs, but they don't actually show it coming out. I just assumed that the pliers were pulling out the plugs. It's not like we saw him naked again until the next film. As for the arm plugs, I always thought they were left in because he still needed the drip.
Why has no one pointed out that neo has plugs all over him? He has plugs on just about every part of his body and all down his spine. What about the long scene just after his unplugging in the first film showing the surgical removal of every plug except the one in his head?
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The obvious conclusion is that he is still inside the matrix. Or A matrix, anyway. Remember, just before frying the machines he said something like "Somethings different, I can sense them." (I can't remember the exact wording.) My guess is that the matrix is inside another matrix that also contains Zion. This gives the machines a way to control the 1% that can't deal with the matrix without actually releasing them.
Hah! Yes, London has the oldest and biggest underground system, but it does NOT hold up well. Unless you like being squeezed in like sardines, roasting slowly in other peoples sweat and waiting ages between stations. Just recently the Central line was out of use for months after a derailment triggered a panic check of every train on the line. That's the central line, you know, the one that carries most of the traffic every day. Of course that's nothing against underground trains, just that they have to be properly funded and managed before making them the only form of transport.
Please take note that this post is NOT a troll. the supermarket chain Sainsburys, owned by Lord Sainsbury, did indeed engage in spamming. The Register has the details. Check your facts before moderating please.
They did. For some reason not a single film has ever made use of the capability. Perhaps it's more expensive than just chopping the picture up.
Steve.
It's not just that the speed of the phone is too much for the transmitter handoffs, it's also that a phone that far away prevents frequency re-use in other cells. A phone on the ground is in range of maybe 3 to 6 cells, all of which are on different frequency ranges. A phone in the air is an equal distance from a lot more cells than that. Thus the frequency of the phone is blocking several other cells trying to use the same one.
And I will point out that if all of us from outside the US stop posting and go elsewhere, slashdot will lose ad revenue, subscriptions, and have a far less interesting discussion.
Maybe it should give some consideration to keeping those readers; it's good business sense.
Quite a lot of difference. Why should I have to work in the same place as someone with a gun? I don't like guns and I don't want to be near them. Hell, it makes me nervous that the police carry guns, but then I used to live in England where the police could solve a crime without threatening to kill somebody.
Oh, I disagree. Makes concentrating pretty difficult though.
Steve.
Umm... Here in Holland people will eat pancakes with anything so chopped liver and pancakes is probably being made somewhere...