This smacks of arguments about evolution. This kind of artificial selection has been used for millenia to breed cats and dogs... maybe this is just how the human race will evolve to the next evolutionary plateau.
Who says a race of rich, superhuman babies is a bad thing anyway.;-)
Funny. I placed an order for a 160 gig drive about a month and a half ago from driveguys.com. They had it to me within a few days. Check them out, they have great service.
Moderators: This is one of those posts where I say screw karma. Mod me to redundant hell if you wish, it just doesn't matter.
This is an extremely sad day for computer science. There is hardly a field in CS that Dijkstra's work didn't touch. His work can be seen everywhere we use computers.
Personally, this is an extremely sad day for me as well. Although I never met the man or saw him speak (now one of my greatest regrets), being in college, he's my equivalent of a Joe DiMaggio or a Ted Williams. This man was a hero and an inspiration to me.
Sometimes it really pisses me off that we show such public sorrow for sports figures who pass away like Ted Williams who for the most part didn't do a damn thing to really and truly improve our lives (granted Ted Williams was a marine and fighter pilot but that's not why most people were mourning him). This man greatly and directly contributed to a vast improvement of our quality of life as human beings. His obituary will be a foot note and page Z-42 of the NY Times and Washington Post but when celebrities die, they're front and center on page 1. It makes me sick.
That's my 2 cents and I'm not giving any damn change. >:o
There should be much improved IDE support including much improved support for UDMA6/ATA133 especially on Promise cards. To me, this is the most important thing because I've been unable to use Linux on my main system due to spurrious lockups when my large UDMA6 disks are mounted (even without DMA turned on..). -- Dave
It looks like you're writing a letter... it looks like you're writing a letter... it looks like you're writing a letter... it looks like you're writing a letter...
I'd buy an airline, a basketball franchise, and a couple space vehicles. I'd fire all my basketball players and set up a franchise on the moon. I would then fly a bunch of midgets to my launch facility on my airline then blast them off to the moon. I would only let midgets play on my moon-based basketball team. Can you imagine how awesome it would be to see little people slam dunking over Shaq's head?
Speaking in terms of economics, the major difference between VMWare and Wine(X) is cost. You need to buy VMWare for ~$300, you need to buy a licensed copy of Windows, and then you need to buy the game. With WineX, its only $5/mo plus the cost of games. Add it up and VMWare will cost you ~$450 to run one game ($300 for VMWare, $100 for an MS OS, $50 for a game). WineX will cost you $55 ($5 to download the package and then $50 for the game) with an additional $5 each month should you choose to continue subscribing in between updates.
DON'T USE IT if you have a Promise ATA133 card
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During testing, I discovered a bug that's related to the ATA133 patch including in Mandrake's version of the 2.4.18 kernel. If you attempt to install 8.2 with a Promise Ultra TX2 card (the ones packaged with Maxtor ATA133 drives), it will not successfully complete and will destroy your existing installation. I reported this bug on the cooker mailing list and to Mandrake's bugzilla site. It was not fixed before release. Be forewarned and wait for an updated kernel with this bug fixed. Cheers.
You're forgetting about people having multiple internet connected devices... one at home... one at work... maybe their cell phone... PDA. I also seriously doubt they count things like commercial web servers, DNS servers, mail servers, etc as "people". Just my $0.02.
Oh, you mean those people who couldn't hack it as CS students? Something to the effect of lim GPA -> 0 (CS) = Communications ?::ducking for cover:::-P
Just joking, I seriously am envious of some of the classes that some of our communications majors take here. While it seems like I'm stuck in the muckity muck of theory (in the CS department), learning little that's applicable to a "real world job" other than C/C++, some of the communications majors are learning technologies that are in demand.
Don't get me wrong, I love what I'm doing and I know a lot of it will be useful in post graduate work but I can't afford to go to grad school right out of undergrad. I sometimes wonder if I'm going to be at a disadvantage to people who have formal training in Flash or _insert_hot_web_technology_du_jour_here.
I'm curious where your sister goes... because I want to transfer. Here at Tulane, I believe OfficeXP pro is $199 (maybe $149... I don't use it so I haven't looked lately). The educational discount is good... but never THAT good.
Single Network Firewall... runs off of a 2.2 kernel, easy to set up, and runs off a "slick web based interface". You can download the ISOs for free off their website.
Do slashdot editors read the articles before posting them?
Do people posting about slashdot stories actually READ the entire thing before posting? If you had you would have noticed that the comment about transparent aluminum was not made by michael but by the person who originally sent in the story.
This might not be the sort of answer you're looking for because it's expensive and will take a few months (at least) but if you haven't already, look at taking a formal course in operating systems. At my university it's a 300 level course and has some heavy pre-reqs but I've seen it offered at other universities with only the requirement of prior programming experience.
The course I took in opiples that make an operating system "go" -- scheduling, physical and virtual memory management, we touched on sockets and pipes (it was a *nix-centric course but we discussed other operating systems including Windows, as well).
I may be missing something here but what exactly will the headlines say? For example, will I read a headline that says "Horror Author Steven King Dead at " (tounge firmly implanted into cheek), and when I click on it, an ad will pop up?
I guess what I'm getting at is that a person may not find a story interesting enough to read but could take the headline at face value. If the headline said something that sounded really important, it could potentially lead to mass hysteria. Either way, Yahoo just lost a lot of points in my book.
Do we really need another USB v1.1 (Unix Standard Base)? I know the open source world is terrible at checking to make sure that acronyms aren't already used and thereby confuses people but sheesh.;-)
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Well, assuming he has AC in his house, this should still be fine. Pipe the air into the cool rooms warming them and causing the AC to switch on. The cool air from these rooms would be circulated to the hot server room, cooling it down. It might be a little on the inefficient side but it would definitely work.
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This smacks of arguments about evolution. This kind of artificial selection has been used for millenia to breed cats and dogs... maybe this is just how the human race will evolve to the next evolutionary plateau.
Who says a race of rich, superhuman babies is a bad thing anyway. ;-)
Funny. I placed an order for a 160 gig drive about a month and a half ago from driveguys.com. They had it to me within a few days. Check them out, they have great service.
Moderators: This is one of those posts where I say screw karma. Mod me to redundant hell if you wish, it just doesn't matter.
This is an extremely sad day for computer science. There is hardly a field in CS that Dijkstra's work didn't touch. His work can be seen everywhere we use computers.
Personally, this is an extremely sad day for me as well. Although I never met the man or saw him speak (now one of my greatest regrets), being in college, he's my equivalent of a Joe DiMaggio or a Ted Williams. This man was a hero and an inspiration to me.
Sometimes it really pisses me off that we show such public sorrow for sports figures who pass away like Ted Williams who for the most part didn't do a damn thing to really and truly improve our lives (granted Ted Williams was a marine and fighter pilot but that's not why most people were mourning him). This man greatly and directly contributed to a vast improvement of our quality of life as human beings. His obituary will be a foot note and page Z-42 of the NY Times and Washington Post but when celebrities die, they're front and center on page 1. It makes me sick.
That's my 2 cents and I'm not giving any damn change. >:o
There should be much improved IDE support including much improved support for UDMA6/ATA133 especially on Promise cards. To me, this is the most important thing because I've been unable to use Linux on my main system due to spurrious lockups when my large UDMA6 disks are mounted (even without DMA turned on..). -- Dave
I see Tannenbaum's book mentioned several times but so far I haven't seen even one mention of The Dinosaur Book.
It looks like you're writing a letter... it looks like you're writing a letter... it looks like you're writing a letter... it looks like you're writing a letter...
Case in point. ;-)
I'd buy an airline, a basketball franchise, and a couple space vehicles. I'd fire all my basketball players and set up a franchise on the moon. I would then fly a bunch of midgets to my launch facility on my airline then blast them off to the moon. I would only let midgets play on my moon-based basketball team. Can you imagine how awesome it would be to see little people slam dunking over Shaq's head?
Novelist Steven King, 55, was found dead in his Maine home today. Even if you aren't familiar with his work...
Oh wait... just kidding... he's not quite dead yet, either. (insert appropriate Princess Bride or Monty Python quote here)
Speaking in terms of economics, the major difference between VMWare and Wine(X) is cost. You need to buy VMWare for ~$300, you need to buy a licensed copy of Windows, and then you need to buy the game. With WineX, its only $5/mo plus the cost of games. Add it up and VMWare will cost you ~$450 to run one game ($300 for VMWare, $100 for an MS OS, $50 for a game). WineX will cost you $55 ($5 to download the package and then $50 for the game) with an additional $5 each month should you choose to continue subscribing in between updates.
During testing, I discovered a bug that's related to the ATA133 patch including in Mandrake's version of the 2.4.18 kernel. If you attempt to install 8.2 with a Promise Ultra TX2 card (the ones packaged with Maxtor ATA133 drives), it will not successfully complete and will destroy your existing installation. I reported this bug on the cooker mailing list and to Mandrake's bugzilla site. It was not fixed before release. Be forewarned and wait for an updated kernel with this bug fixed. Cheers.
You're forgetting about people having multiple internet connected devices... one at home... one at work... maybe their cell phone... PDA. I also seriously doubt they count things like commercial web servers, DNS servers, mail servers, etc as "people". Just my $0.02.
Almost always there is beer ... but people feel fine paying for those
Are you kidding? That's what frat parties are for (and the only good thing, at that). Haven't you ever heard of free-as-in-beer? ;-)
It's electronic arts and communications students.
Oh, you mean those people who couldn't hack it as CS students? Something to the effect of lim GPA -> 0 (CS) = Communications ? ::ducking for cover:: :-P
Just joking, I seriously am envious of some of the classes that some of our communications majors take here. While it seems like I'm stuck in the muckity muck of theory (in the CS department), learning little that's applicable to a "real world job" other than C/C++, some of the communications majors are learning technologies that are in demand.
Don't get me wrong, I love what I'm doing and I know a lot of it will be useful in post graduate work but I can't afford to go to grad school right out of undergrad. I sometimes wonder if I'm going to be at a disadvantage to people who have formal training in Flash or _insert_hot_web_technology_du_jour_here.
I'm curious where your sister goes... because I want to transfer. Here at Tulane, I believe OfficeXP pro is $199 (maybe $149... I don't use it so I haven't looked lately). The educational discount is good... but never THAT good.
Single Network Firewall... runs off of a 2.2 kernel, easy to set up, and runs off a "slick web based interface". You can download the ISOs for free off their website.
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A noxious concoction which would probably not only turn any surrounding napkins translucent with lipids, but maybe even the table itself.
Think it'd work on concrete too? We may have ourselves another ./ article... ;-)
Do slashdot editors read the articles before posting them?
Do people posting about slashdot stories actually READ the entire thing before posting? If you had you would have noticed that the comment about transparent aluminum was not made by michael but by the person who originally sent in the story.
Like the original creators didn't do a good job. If you spend that much money, why buy a car that you don't agree with?
Kinda like spending $50 on Daikatana....
It seems michael doesn't read Slashbacks... this was posted yesterday: Slashback: Games, Goats, Galileo
This might not be the sort of answer you're looking for because it's expensive and will take a few months (at least) but if you haven't already, look at taking a formal course in operating systems. At my university it's a 300 level course and has some heavy pre-reqs but I've seen it offered at other universities with only the requirement of prior programming experience.
The course I took in opiples that make an operating system "go" -- scheduling, physical and virtual memory management, we touched on sockets and pipes (it was a *nix-centric course but we discussed other operating systems including Windows, as well).
If you dont want to spend the time or money on a formal course, I'd at least reccomend the dinosaur book. While lacking in code examples (it doesn't try to show you how to write a *nix-like OS in C, it tries to explain concepts that can be applied to any platform, any language, etc.), it is extremely thorough and makes hard concepts easier to learn.
While I haven't actually read it (yet), I hear Tanenbaum's Modern Operating Systems is also excellent.
I may be missing something here but what exactly will the headlines say? For example, will I read a headline that says "Horror Author Steven King Dead at " (tounge firmly implanted into cheek), and when I click on it, an ad will pop up?
I guess what I'm getting at is that a person may not find a story interesting enough to read but could take the headline at face value. If the headline said something that sounded really important, it could potentially lead to mass hysteria. Either way, Yahoo just lost a lot of points in my book.
Do we really need another USB v1.1 (Unix Standard Base)? I know the open source world is terrible at checking to make sure that acronyms aren't already used and thereby confuses people but sheesh. ;-)
5 moderator points! Merry Christmas Slashdot! :-)
This is a wonderful reason for us all to learn Esperanto. This site offers a free Esperanto course with a personal tutor.
Well, assuming he has AC in his house, this should still be fine. Pipe the air into the cool rooms warming them and causing the AC to switch on. The cool air from these rooms would be circulated to the hot server room, cooling it down. It might be a little on the inefficient side but it would definitely work.