Additionally: if one does not like large memory footprint, just install an old distro. Emacs works on these, too:-).
On the contrary, OpenOffice _is_ bloatware. IMHO it gives me the best open sourced presentation and writer progs, but I just don't understand the immense footprint. Whatever. It is great to have a scriptable and programmable desktop which nobody and everbody owns. It makes us totally independent. And that is a good thing [tm]!
Example for the efficiency of the XFS filesystem under Linux:
let WinXP do two simultaneous network transfers: the _total_ transfer rate dropped (in my case) to 4 MB/s whereas it was 10 MB/s for one transfer at a time.
Under Linux/XFS I had running a 10 MB/s incoming network transfer and _concurrently_ a burst read from the same disk! I always had the impression that Windows is extremely bad at concurrent massive disk accesses. XFS is built for that. The performance is insane.
I just tested it:
cat'ing two 1 GB files simultaneously to/dev/null gives a total transfer rate of 16.5 MB/s on the same machine! (against approx. 4 MB/s under WinXP) Three concurrent process still give me a total rate of 9.3 MB/s.
Copying a 1 GB file on the same partition gives 15.3 MB/s (65 secs), resulting in a total disk data throughput of 30 MB/s!
On the contrary, modifying access rights etc. is extremely fast on Windows since all such information is stored in the MFT. But for the average end user the access rights scheme implemented in Windows is nonetheless much too capable and therefore IMHO rather useless.
What do You mean by low-priority? Do You artificially slow down the servers so that, eg. the lower (what ever that means) 20% don't ever get through? If not, keep in mind that, usually, all mail is being delivered at once. Therefore such a priority has no meaning in general...
I even think that it cannot be done _politically_. Too many just don't like such behaviour. I am, for example, one of them. The internet is free. And it should remain free. For me, that has a higher priority than any spam protection.
And, of course, there are better methods. For example: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cinquero/11478.ht ml
Well, these arguments may be correct to some extent. But one should keep in mind that Slashdotters are a special sort of people. We think about moral issues and 'free beer'. But there's another world where assholes are proud of getting a software package in an illegal way for half-price, eg. route maps for their new cars.
On the one side, the article is telling me about reading novels on that device. Someone who is reading for fun isn't necessarily very interested in reading novels on such devices or even spend 220 Pounds for it or pay for books if he can them them for free at the local library.
On the other side, there is no support for persons like me who just want to have a portable library including my own book and script scans... there's neither enough storage nor is the display's size sufficient. And, additionally, how the hell may I convert GIFs, JPGs and PDF scans to the BBeB format? How do I use it as a news reader if there's no WLAN support to browse the web or to check out scientific articles from PROLA and other online publication services? It is a PDA with enhanced contrast but without colors and wihtout the functionality.
Maybe the max 5.000 pieces per month figure accurately representes these problems... so why does/. even report on that if nearly noone is gonna buying or even using it?:-)))
There's that problem with junk mails. Let's assume that even the most intricate and smartest algorithms cannot reliably detect spam mails.How is Google gonna detect which Mails I like and which don't?
Maybe they are gonna keep statistics on the addresses their users write to in order to do that. Maybe it will even be necessary to do that or anything like.
Absolutely right. But I guess Google does not cache graphics... would be great if Google could work together with/. and cache the relevant pages including the pictures. If/. has a problem with creating caches, Google obviously hasn't.
I guess that will become the largest digital garbage can on earth. Just think of all the spam mails that will be stored forever just because no one cares to delete them anymore:-))).
Does Miocrosoft sell a product called 'security'? Do they guarantee security? I don't think so. So why should they be liable? If You want security, lock the door and cut the network cables.
And about open source products one can basically argument totally different: do You pay for it? No. You often just pay for the distribution. So where can there be liability? No one said it is perfectly fitted for high security uses...
I just don't understand this discussion. If You want security, get a firewall from SUN and a damn good admin.
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... on slower lines...
This story is off-topic as it can be. Read a RAID-FAQ. Every idiot knows that there are hot-swappable drives. And that is common in the RAID area.
Excerpt:
"Another likely candidate is the Morning Post, which featured articles by Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth."
I guess all these news articles will be at least 50 years old.
Additionally: if one does not like large memory footprint, just install an old distro. Emacs works on these, too :-).
On the contrary, OpenOffice _is_ bloatware. IMHO it gives me the best open sourced presentation and writer progs, but I just don't understand the immense footprint. Whatever. It is great to have a scriptable and programmable desktop which nobody and everbody owns. It makes us totally independent. And that is a good thing [tm]!
Example for the efficiency of the XFS filesystem under Linux:
/dev/null gives a total transfer rate of 16.5 MB/s on the same machine! (against approx. 4 MB/s under WinXP) Three concurrent process still give me a total rate of 9.3 MB/s.
let WinXP do two simultaneous network transfers: the _total_ transfer rate dropped (in my case) to 4 MB/s whereas it was 10 MB/s for one transfer at a time.
Under Linux/XFS I had running a 10 MB/s incoming network transfer and _concurrently_ a burst read from the same disk! I always had the impression that Windows is extremely bad at concurrent massive disk accesses. XFS is built for that. The performance is insane.
I just tested it:
cat'ing two 1 GB files simultaneously to
Copying a 1 GB file on the same partition gives 15.3 MB/s (65 secs), resulting in a total disk data throughput of 30 MB/s!
On the contrary, modifying access rights etc. is extremely fast on Windows since all such information is stored in the MFT. But for the average end user the access rights scheme implemented in Windows is nonetheless much too capable and therefore IMHO rather useless.
... if they'll still use interlacing as they do (in live broadcasts) for HDTV...
What do You mean by low-priority? Do You artificially slow down the servers so that, eg. the lower (what ever that means) 20% don't ever get through? If not, keep in mind that, usually, all mail is being delivered at once. Therefore such a priority has no meaning in general...
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I even think that it cannot be done _politically_. Too many just don't like such behaviour. I am, for example, one of them. The internet is free. And it should remain free. For me, that has a higher priority than any spam protection.
And, of course, there are better methods. For example: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cinquero/11478.h
The answer is simple: because they neither want nor have to do so.
Nope. I filter messages based on the condition that the sender exists in my address books...
Don't think that would work.
Try http://www.livejournal.com/users/cinquero/11478.ht ml!
Just for the statistics/archives:
kernel.org has 6 gigs of RAM and a 250 MBits/s connection. We have slashdotted it for over an hour.
I wonder when we'll beat that. *g*
Which problems? Such a person would mean pretty few danger >:->>.
Well, these arguments may be correct to some extent. But one should keep in mind that Slashdotters are a special sort of people. We think about moral issues and 'free beer'. But there's another world where assholes are proud of getting a software package in an illegal way for half-price, eg. route maps for their new cars.
On the one side, the article is telling me about reading novels on that device. Someone who is reading for fun isn't necessarily very interested in reading novels on such devices or even spend 220 Pounds for it or pay for books if he can them them for free at the local library.
/. even report on that if nearly noone is gonna buying or even using it? :-)))
On the other side, there is no support for persons like me who just want to have a portable library including my own book and script scans... there's neither enough storage nor is the display's size sufficient. And, additionally, how the hell may I convert GIFs, JPGs and PDF scans to the BBeB format? How do I use it as a news reader if there's no WLAN support to browse the web or to check out scientific articles from PROLA and other online publication services? It is a PDA with enhanced contrast but without colors and wihtout the functionality.
Maybe the max 5.000 pieces per month figure accurately representes these problems... so why does
There's that problem with junk mails. Let's assume that even the most intricate and smartest algorithms cannot reliably detect spam mails.How is Google gonna detect which Mails I like and which don't?
Maybe they are gonna keep statistics on the addresses their users write to in order to do that. Maybe it will even be necessary to do that or anything like.
As far as I have understood FreeCache, the site owner has to modify the links on his page so that requests get redirected to FreeCache servers.
Why not setting up a /.-Proxy? Accessible by everyone but only returning related websites' content.
Absolutely right. But I guess Google does not cache graphics... would be great if Google could work together with /. and cache the relevant pages including the pictures. If /. has a problem with creating caches, Google obviously hasn't.
Congratulations! Pretty dumb statement.
I guess that will become the largest digital garbage can on earth. Just think of all the spam mails that will be stored forever just because no one cares to delete them anymore :-))).
Well, since notebooks are widely distributed today, why don't they just rewrite Mozilla's mail application to do such a thing?
Bandwidth limits?
Does Miocrosoft sell a product called 'security'? Do they guarantee security? I don't think so. So why should they be liable? If You want security, lock the door and cut the network cables.
And about open source products one can basically argument totally different: do You pay for it? No. You often just pay for the distribution. So where can there be liability? No one said it is perfectly fitted for high security uses...
I just don't understand this discussion. If You want security, get a firewall from SUN and a damn good admin.
Just my two cents...
And not to forget: James Bond :-)