Yeah but a few years ago, Intel had over 90% marketshare. AMD has come a long way. People used to give me strange looks when I told them I preferred AMD over Intel (this was in the Super Socket 7 days, when AMD had PC-100 and Intel was still using PC-66).
There's nothing wrong with Intel products (FDIV jokes aside), they make solid chips that perform decently. But the price/performance award goes to AMD hands down, and has for some time.
Rambus basically sat in on industry meetings, then pre-emptively patented the technologies which were under proposal. Their methods were no more than extortion toward companies which implemented the (supposedly open) standards the industry had agreed upon. As far as I know Rambus doesn't actually employ many (any?) engineers, they are primarily in business to make money from "intellectual property."
I understand that this is a beta version, but if they're embedding the IE rendering engine, I can't imagine that this browser will be cross platform. This is significant because it will be the first Netscape which is not cross platform. Seems like a giant step backwards.
Also, does the MPL (Mozilla Public License) affect their ability to close the source? I'm not that familiar with the MPL, but I think it's more BSD-ish than GPL-ish.
Finally, I can't think of a greater disservice to those of us interested web standards, than for AOL to embed the IE rendering engine, and especially using it by default for "safe" sites. Anyone want to bet that "safe site" status is available for purchase, regardless of how evil a site may actually be?
The only good thing that might come of this, is that people might finally abandon Netscape for good, and hopefully migrate to the "real" Netscape, aka Mozilla/Firefox.
Get one off ebay, and stuff it w/ a mini or nano-itx board.
Or you could keep the original hardware, and run Solaris, Linux, or BSD on it, eh? I just don't get this fascination with taking perfectly good computers and putting mini-ITX boards in them..
It's also hard to build a mini-PC that's optimized for low power usage and low noise. Every Shuttle (and Shuttle clone) box that I've looked at is trying to be a gamer's "pocket rocket".
I don't need extreme performance in a mini-pc, my needs are: something small and quiet with low power draw, something that can run 24/7 and not drive up the power bill, and not burn the house down because a fan got stuck or because the water cooling system developed a leak. I've looked for such a case/motherboard, and have had no luck at all. Except in the Mac Mini.
- stupid \r\n line endings
- "smart" quotes (granted, this is more the fault of MS Office)
- system reboots for trivial configuration changes
- annoying, unnecessary prompts second guessing the user (are you *really* sure you want to send this file to the recycling bin?)
- a zillion stupid default settings (how much havoc has been wreaked by hiding file extensions?)
Does this look like a legitimate product to you? If a company resorts to tricking a user into installing their product, then takes active steps to prevent removal, that's enough to put them well into the "scumware" category.
I can see why this was modded "funny". The XP Virtual Desktop powertoy is worthless, I've tried it. Kinda defeats the point of virtual desktops to have tasks from *each* desktop displayed on *each* taskbar.
I'm not a big fan of the Windows XP desktop, but admittedly it's much better than the cluttered mess of subwindows that was Windows 3.x. (I had a relative who would insist on opening every single program group simultaneously, with the tiny windows tiled across the screen.. I don't know how he found that to be usable)
You try convincing someone that they need to hire/pay 4-5 people to rewrite what it took 4-5 people over a year to write the first time, that works.
If a company has painted themselves into the corner of ActiveX, they deserve their just rewards. Nobody has ever certified ActiveX as a standard, why should anyone support it, or god forbid develop Intranet applications which only work on a propreitary browser extension? At least XUL is an open standard.. it blows my mind that businesses willingly bind themselves to the vendor lock-in of VB,.NET, and/or ActiveX technology.
However, consider that W3Schools' content is strongly biased toward MS, so it is somewhat remarkable that 20% of their visitors use a non-MS web browser..
Flashblock is the only way that the monstrosity known as Flash is allowed on my computers. I feel sorry for the majority of Internet users whose machines are at the mercy of Macromedia's/Doubleclick's advertising engine of choice..
No doubt! I gave it over an hour on my AMD 2600+ and still no result.. I attribute it less to Python's interpreted nature than the immense nature of the number in question. I still find it simply incredible that a number so huge may be indivisible.
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Intel has 80% of the market share
Yeah but a few years ago, Intel had over 90% marketshare. AMD has come a long way. People used to give me strange looks when I told them I preferred AMD over Intel (this was in the Super Socket 7 days, when AMD had PC-100 and Intel was still using PC-66).
There's nothing wrong with Intel products (FDIV jokes aside), they make solid chips that perform decently. But the price/performance award goes to AMD hands down, and has for some time.
Rambus basically sat in on industry meetings, then pre-emptively patented the technologies which were under proposal. Their methods were no more than extortion toward companies which implemented the (supposedly open) standards the industry had agreed upon. As far as I know Rambus doesn't actually employ many (any?) engineers, they are primarily in business to make money from "intellectual property."
The future is now.
I understand that this is a beta version, but if they're embedding the IE rendering engine, I can't imagine that this browser will be cross platform. This is significant because it will be the first Netscape which is not cross platform. Seems like a giant step backwards.
Also, does the MPL (Mozilla Public License) affect their ability to close the source? I'm not that familiar with the MPL, but I think it's more BSD-ish than GPL-ish.
Finally, I can't think of a greater disservice to those of us interested web standards, than for AOL to embed the IE rendering engine, and especially using it by default for "safe" sites. Anyone want to bet that "safe site" status is available for purchase, regardless of how evil a site may actually be?
The only good thing that might come of this, is that people might finally abandon Netscape for good, and hopefully migrate to the "real" Netscape, aka Mozilla/Firefox.
It reminds me of Robositter from ATHF.. let's just hope it doesn't come equipped with rotary saws for hands.
Very interesting, thanks.
Get one off ebay, and stuff it w/ a mini or nano-itx board.
Or you could keep the original hardware, and run Solaris, Linux, or BSD on it, eh? I just don't get this fascination with taking perfectly good computers and putting mini-ITX boards in them..
It's also hard to build a mini-PC that's optimized for low power usage and low noise. Every Shuttle (and Shuttle clone) box that I've looked at is trying to be a gamer's "pocket rocket".
I don't need extreme performance in a mini-pc, my needs are: something small and quiet with low power draw, something that can run 24/7 and not drive up the power bill, and not burn the house down because a fan got stuck or because the water cooling system developed a leak. I've looked for such a case/motherboard, and have had no luck at all. Except in the Mac Mini.
I would just add to that list:
- stupid \r\n line endings
- "smart" quotes (granted, this is more the fault of MS Office)
- system reboots for trivial configuration changes
- annoying, unnecessary prompts second guessing the user (are you *really* sure you want to send this file to the recycling bin?)
- a zillion stupid default settings (how much havoc has been wreaked by hiding file extensions?)
the company whose motto is "The Network is the Computer."
What happened to the "dot in dot com"? Well, besides the whole "dot com" thing becoming terribly unfashionable..
I saw Chicago cab #2600 the other day. It's weird how often that number seems to pop up.
Does this look like a legitimate product to you? If a company resorts to tricking a user into installing their product, then takes active steps to prevent removal, that's enough to put them well into the "scumware" category.
Yes, it's good to see that Zapp Brannigan found employment again.. although I see that he still hasn't changed his methods.
"If we can hit this bullseye, all the dominos will fall like a house of cards...checkmate!"
telnet nethack.alt.org
This server lets you watch other people play.
Very cool. Thanks, AC!
No doubt! cat is as simple as
grep would probably take a couple lines, depending on which options you wanted to implement..
Agreed, I used to run Blackbox on my Windows XP box at work, but it just wasn't the same. Finally gave up and went back to the "classic" Windows GUI.
I can see why this was modded "funny". The XP Virtual Desktop powertoy is worthless, I've tried it. Kinda defeats the point of virtual desktops to have tasks from *each* desktop displayed on *each* taskbar.
Just one quick game of Nethack.. I can stop any time, really.
"Windows is only free if you don't mind software piracy." - Me
It hasn't changed much since 3.1.
I'm not a big fan of the Windows XP desktop, but admittedly it's much better than the cluttered mess of subwindows that was Windows 3.x. (I had a relative who would insist on opening every single program group simultaneously, with the tiny windows tiled across the screen.. I don't know how he found that to be usable)
You try convincing someone that they need to hire/pay 4-5 people to rewrite what it took 4-5 people over a year to write the first time, that works.
If a company has painted themselves into the corner of ActiveX, they deserve their just rewards. Nobody has ever certified ActiveX as a standard, why should anyone support it, or god forbid develop Intranet applications which only work on a propreitary browser extension? At least XUL is an open standard.. it blows my mind that businesses willingly bind themselves to the vendor lock-in of VB, .NET, and/or ActiveX technology.
However, consider that W3Schools' content is strongly biased toward MS, so it is somewhat remarkable that 20% of their visitors use a non-MS web browser..
Flashblock is the only way that the monstrosity known as Flash is allowed on my computers. I feel sorry for the majority of Internet users whose machines are at the mercy of Macromedia's/Doubleclick's advertising engine of choice..
python -c "print 2 ** 25964951 - 1"
May take a while.
No doubt! I gave it over an hour on my AMD 2600+ and still no result.. I attribute it less to Python's interpreted nature than the immense nature of the number in question. I still find it simply incredible that a number so huge may be indivisible.
No, that was Linus.. and isn't it about time he left that security blanket behind?