Very little 16-bit code. Thunking (going from 16-bits to 32-bits and back by the system) is done as an option, not by default. There are still some trivial things handled by the system in 16-bit (changing the computer time/date, for example), but most of the other commands have been converted to 32-bit.
If they weren't, how I would be able to use so much Windows 95/98 software in Windows 2000? 2000's a purebred, 32-bit OS.
I argued before that Linux needs a universal, DirectX-like API. NOT OpenGL. Something that can handle sound calls, graphic calls, directplay-like networking features, the works. People who use OpenGL might question the performance of Direct3D, but the fact remains that game-makers only need to write a single spec for the game, and DirectX handles what calls the hardware can actually carry out and which ones can pass it by. Earlier versions of DirectX didn't do this well. DirectX 8 does it beautifully.
And for all the naysayers who said Quake was better because "it's open source", I'd like to remind you of something. UT was not open source. Buy EpicGames released a *free* full version edition of UT off their website. Granted, the graphics weren't as optimized as the Windows version, but it was trivial to get a dedicated server up and running (one of the main things I saw many Linux boxes doing for Quake 3).
To see a good demonstration of lack of QA, look no further than computer games. Hundreds of thousands of patches abound, many soon after the game is released. And a majority aren't "let's add this cool new feature" patches but "oops, that's one hell of a bug we missed" patches.
Point 1: from what I've read, Itanium will only be offered in high-end server configurations for the first year. Desktops will come noticably late afterwards.
Point 2, more importantly: is Linux ready to take advantage of Itanium features? Support for P3 instructions in Linux have been slow at best, and Itanium will apparently be so different from x86 code that entire software that recompilations of software and OS's will be necessary in general. Are we ready to take the plunge?
A friend of mine installed Linux simply because she despised Microsoft. She doesn't in any way like Linux, however (it's a dual-boot machine. Much of her time is spent in Windows). Her retort: "It doesn't work with any of my current software or hardware [well], and it's frustrating to use a command line".
I personally spend a majority of my time in Windows 2000 for stability and security reasons. I don't mind paying a couple hundred bucks for software I know will run right, AND support my esoteric hardware, AND run a majority of the Win95/98 apps correctly.
There are arguments for each (stability, security and not liking Bill), but notice that none of them have anything to do with actually LIKING Linux.
If I had my way, I'd take Windows 2000, open source over rocks.
Opera's giving away their browser (in addition to a paid version). How do they expect to exist without accepting some pay for it?
Netscape and Microsoft, both multibillion-dollar companies at the time, could afford to dump their browsers on the market. Opera's coming late to a 2-browser party. If they'd try to release the browser without some kind of revenue generation, they'd be toast.
A review of the new Microsoft PocketPC GUI? I heard it blows the old Windows CE interface out of the water, and even affords some innovations on the Palm GUI (the handwriting area, for example, scrolls out of the way when you're not using it. All, the Start Menu has been combined with the application toolbars to save space).
void breakdown(int somenumber){
while(!done){ /* find factors of somenumber */ /* check to see if both numbers are prime */ /* repeat until halfway to number */
}
}
Considering a quantum machine can do a huge number of these checks at one time, breaking down a large number into its two prime constituents is trivial.
The Code Book has a great section about quantum cryptography for "normal people". It helps to get the basics down (like quantum money and breakdown of prime numbers using quantum computing) before tackling the more complicated things like actually creating a quantum encryption scheme. Highly recommended.
I've always argued this point, and I'm glad to see one more argument to back me up. Given time, the earth gradually heals itself, and even adjusts to human intervention and polution.
Going to a particularly politically-correct school (which I absolutely abhor, I hear ecological arguments all the time. Get a grip, people. Humans are not creating "artificial" changes in the way the earth operates. Humans are animals, and thus natural, just like everyone else. We change our environment to suit are needs, as most animals do; and when we "create" chemicals and substances, the reality is we're just remixing what we already see. Who knows. Polyurthene may be a naturally growing tree on some other planet.
My point is, the green view is nice, but I really don't think it's necessary. Given time and a little patience, the planet is more than adequate at adjusting itself back to its center.
I'd have to disagree. Most corporations I have personally been in (I interned at a 300-user law firm for example, once) like to use whatever comes with the OS. They frown on installing additional programs, and generally like to strip away as many core programs as they can, then add only the necessary ones (at the law firm, they had a version of Lexis).
It used to show the word "shortcut" back in version 3. They got rid of it two and a half versions ago.
That's like me complaining that Netscape 3 has some problem, going to another browser, and complaining the browser still has the problem ever since I left.
I'll put my money into the pot as well. Two months with no crashes (I'm even thinking of having a daily picture taken of my Win2K box system uptime and putting it on my site).:)
Where IE has won:
- Home users
- Macintosh users in all areas (it's simply the better browser of the two, and has been bundled ever since Microsoft sunk millions into Apple)
Where Netscape has won:
- College campuses (where most network kit distributions come with instructions for Netscape, not Explorer). Also, most college labs have Netscape as their primary browser
- Linux users (there's no other suitable choices for browsers w/GUI, although this may change in the next few months)
- Developers who still must test their sites with both browsers
Unfortunately for Netscape/Mozilla fans, there's a far greater number of home users than students/Linux users. And most developers I've worked with (including the last site I interned at) were beginning to focus much more on IE.
By the way, the last stats at refer-it.com (before I left my internship):
- Close to 80% IE
- About 10% Netscape
- Remaining 10% Web TV, Opera, Lynx, etc.
OK, I've got a question. In what instance does an asteroid turn into a satelie (like a moon)?
It would seem with a size of 10km that some of these "moons" could easily be debunked size-wise by some of the smaller asteroids.
What does an asteroid need to do to be officially declared a "moon"? Maintain an eliptical or circular orbit around a planet? (And how do we know whether these moons near Saturn will stay in place in 20 years? Or if some asteroids with really large orbits won't eventually be declared "moons" of some planet?)
The MS Virtual Machine for Java is actually surprisingly smooth. It runs all the applets I've tried well, it's fast (it loads up in seconds as compared to even Java's 1.3 runtime libraries), and it never crashes.
Maybe Java-lovers (myself included) should jump ship to the Microsoft camp?
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If they weren't, how I would be able to use so much Windows 95/98 software in Windows 2000? 2000's a purebred, 32-bit OS.
And for all the naysayers who said Quake was better because "it's open source", I'd like to remind you of something. UT was not open source. Buy EpicGames released a *free* full version edition of UT off their website. Granted, the graphics weren't as optimized as the Windows version, but it was trivial to get a dedicated server up and running (one of the main things I saw many Linux boxes doing for Quake 3).
Think about it.
You're pretty close, but you're off by 16-bits.
To see a good demonstration of lack of QA, look no further than computer games. Hundreds of thousands of patches abound, many soon after the game is released. And a majority aren't "let's add this cool new feature" patches but "oops, that's one hell of a bug we missed" patches.
Point 1: from what I've read, Itanium will only be offered in high-end server configurations for the first year. Desktops will come noticably late afterwards. Point 2, more importantly: is Linux ready to take advantage of Itanium features? Support for P3 instructions in Linux have been slow at best, and Itanium will apparently be so different from x86 code that entire software that recompilations of software and OS's will be necessary in general. Are we ready to take the plunge?
I personally spend a majority of my time in Windows 2000 for stability and security reasons. I don't mind paying a couple hundred bucks for software I know will run right, AND support my esoteric hardware, AND run a majority of the Win95/98 apps correctly.
There are arguments for each (stability, security and not liking Bill), but notice that none of them have anything to do with actually LIKING Linux.
If I had my way, I'd take Windows 2000, open source over rocks.
Opera's giving away their browser (in addition to a paid version). How do they expect to exist without accepting some pay for it?
Netscape and Microsoft, both multibillion-dollar companies at the time, could afford to dump their browsers on the market. Opera's coming late to a 2-browser party. If they'd try to release the browser without some kind of revenue generation, they'd be toast.
A review of the new Microsoft PocketPC GUI? I heard it blows the old Windows CE interface out of the water, and even affords some innovations on the Palm GUI (the handwriting area, for example, scrolls out of the way when you're not using it. All, the Start Menu has been combined with the application toolbars to save space).
That's pretty funny. Someone mod him up.
while(!done){
}
}
Considering a quantum machine can do a huge number of these checks at one time, breaking down a large number into its two prime constituents is trivial.
The Code Book has a great section about quantum cryptography for "normal people". It helps to get the basics down (like quantum money and breakdown of prime numbers using quantum computing) before tackling the more complicated things like actually creating a quantum encryption scheme. Highly recommended.
Can anyone get a mirron with some JPG files instead? Thanks.
Going to a particularly politically-correct school (which I absolutely abhor, I hear ecological arguments all the time. Get a grip, people. Humans are not creating "artificial" changes in the way the earth operates. Humans are animals, and thus natural, just like everyone else. We change our environment to suit are needs, as most animals do; and when we "create" chemicals and substances, the reality is we're just remixing what we already see. Who knows. Polyurthene may be a naturally growing tree on some other planet.
My point is, the green view is nice, but I really don't think it's necessary. Given time and a little patience, the planet is more than adequate at adjusting itself back to its center.
Out of curiousity, why do people hate Katz? I haven't been around here long enough to understand that.
I'd have to disagree. Most corporations I have personally been in (I interned at a 300-user law firm for example, once) like to use whatever comes with the OS. They frown on installing additional programs, and generally like to strip away as many core programs as they can, then add only the necessary ones (at the law firm, they had a version of Lexis).
I was also thinking K's browser, but to be honest it simply seems like the "OS integration" that so many Linux fans don't want.
That's like me complaining that Netscape 3 has some problem, going to another browser, and complaining the browser still has the problem ever since I left.
Care to back your statements up without resorting to AC?
I'll put my money into the pot as well. Two months with no crashes (I'm even thinking of having a daily picture taken of my Win2K box system uptime and putting it on my site). :)
Anyone notice how Netscape 0.9 didn't even bother to display an error message when it couldn't load a site?
- Home users
- Macintosh users in all areas (it's simply the better browser of the two, and has been bundled ever since Microsoft sunk millions into Apple)
Where Netscape has won:
- College campuses (where most network kit distributions come with instructions for Netscape, not Explorer). Also, most college labs have Netscape as their primary browser
- Linux users (there's no other suitable choices for browsers w/GUI, although this may change in the next few months)
- Developers who still must test their sites with both browsers
Unfortunately for Netscape/Mozilla fans, there's a far greater number of home users than students/Linux users. And most developers I've worked with (including the last site I interned at) were beginning to focus much more on IE.
By the way, the last stats at refer-it.com (before I left my internship):
- Close to 80% IE
- About 10% Netscape
- Remaining 10% Web TV, Opera, Lynx, etc.
Isn't refering to it as "Microsoft Exploder" flamebait?
That was actually pretty funny and elaborate for a troll.
It would seem with a size of 10km that some of these "moons" could easily be debunked size-wise by some of the smaller asteroids.
What does an asteroid need to do to be officially declared a "moon"? Maintain an eliptical or circular orbit around a planet? (And how do we know whether these moons near Saturn will stay in place in 20 years? Or if some asteroids with really large orbits won't eventually be declared "moons" of some planet?)
Maybe Java-lovers (myself included) should jump ship to the Microsoft camp?