I do two demanding things on my network connection: online gaming and bulk downloads. For the former I want rock-solid QoS. I'm using only about 5 KiB/s of traffic, but it's imperative that that traffic get where it's going as fast as possible.
For bulk downloads, latency and reliability is less important to me than throughput. I don't care if I'm at 10% packet loss and 1000msec latency, really, as long as a whole pile of data gets sent and received. However, right now my ISP treats all my traffic the same, and routes my bulk downloads with as much priority and reliability as my game traffic.
I imagine I'd get better value for my bandwidth buck if I could pay by the byte, paying a premium for my time-critical traffic to get there more quickly. Metered service isn't necessarily bad -- does anyone complain about metered electricity bills? -- and could lead to more efficient allocation of network resources. How much money would it save my ISP (that they could then pass on to me) if they could route the bulk of their traffic (people downloading things) with low priority?
The average joe flying across the country on vacation doesn't need to be on his cell phone, but there are all sorts of scenarios (involving family medical emergencies, etc.) that would make cell access on the plane more than just a convenience.
Why not let technology do its thing, and then let people decide for themselves how to use it?
Maybe the reason for ThinkPads (am I the only one who dislikes CamelCase?) is that they typically don't have the mid- to high-end graphics cards needed to play modern games?
If it'll run Mathematica it'll run Solitaire, a SNES emulator, etc., just fine -- but if all of a sudden you have a bunch of students with Radeon X700's in class, expect to see ssid's named "AdHocForUT2004DuringPHYS101" in lecture halls.
So J-P rejected cartoons of Jesus but published cartoons of Mohammed. So what? They're allowed to do that, just like a different newspaper could publish rude cartoons about Jesus and not about Mohammed. Doesn't make either one of them particularly friendly and considerate, but they've certainly got the right to do it.
If you're a publisher in the West, you're *allowed* to be biased. That's part of freedom of the press -- freedom to have a viewpoint!
One worry I have about Vista using the GPU is laptop power use.
My laptop has dedicated graphics that consume significant power when clocked at full speed. To save power, my machine underclocks the graphics module when the performance isn't needed, sort of like PowerNow/Speedstep for the GPU. I understand that Nvidia cards actually power down some of their 3D circuitry when it's not needed, as well.
If Vista requires the GPU to be fully powered up all the time, that could put a significant burden on laptop batteries. This seems unnecessary, especially when there's plenty of eye candy that can be rendered in software by a processor running at low speed.
Exactly. My #1 objection to the current US foreign policy is that we are spending absolutely humongous gobs of money on something that, in my view, has zero benefit to the American people.
With as high of a deficit that we run, every bit of cash that is taken away from the military contractors and military and put into actually helping Americans, or used to cut taxes, or used to pay down the debt, is worthwhile.
Every dollar saved by running Linux on a military robot is a dollar spent for your benefit instead. If you wouldn't buy yourself a Windows license, why would you buy the government one? Certainly it's worthwhile to question whether we need to be building these sorts of robots at all, but if we are, there's no point in wasting more money than necessary.
Good luck, if it's anything like the Ravel stuff I know: random notes and parts, crazy frilly runs, no clear direction to the music, and everyone off doing their own thing.
I hope so, but the whole thing seems surreal. When one of the most respected senators in the country (McCain) flat-out accuses the CIA of torturing prisoners in violation of everything this country stands for (ethics, respect for all people, respect for the rule of law, etc.), I wonder what the hell is going on. Aren't we supposed to be taking the moral high ground, or something?
I do. I'm an improv pianist and perform in a classical choir, and in fact saw (back in the days of Napster) someone downloading a recording of said choir from me. Did I think "Oh, someone deprived us of a $10 CD?" Of course not.
I can listen to a song and write down the chords and notes. Does this mean I can no longer listen to RIAA music, because I'll wind up with an unauthorized copy of the score in my brain? I haven't paid for a copy of the score, only a recording.
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I would think Opera would be a better browser than Firefox in this context. It's designed to be light and fast from ground up.
I'm a physicist named Freeman....
Foil does do a good job at blocking radiative transfer.
... if it's not done with Evil (tm) in mind.
I do two demanding things on my network connection: online gaming and bulk downloads. For the former I want rock-solid QoS. I'm using only about 5 KiB/s of traffic, but it's imperative that that traffic get where it's going as fast as possible.
For bulk downloads, latency and reliability is less important to me than throughput. I don't care if I'm at 10% packet loss and 1000msec latency, really, as long as a whole pile of data gets sent and received. However, right now my ISP treats all my traffic the same, and routes my bulk downloads with as much priority and reliability as my game traffic.
I imagine I'd get better value for my bandwidth buck if I could pay by the byte, paying a premium for my time-critical traffic to get there more quickly. Metered service isn't necessarily bad -- does anyone complain about metered electricity bills? -- and could lead to more efficient allocation of network resources. How much money would it save my ISP (that they could then pass on to me) if they could route the bulk of their traffic (people downloading things) with low priority?
The average joe flying across the country on vacation doesn't need to be on his cell phone, but there are all sorts of scenarios (involving family medical emergencies, etc.) that would make cell access on the plane more than just a convenience.
Why not let technology do its thing, and then let people decide for themselves how to use it?
Maybe the reason for ThinkPads (am I the only one who dislikes CamelCase?) is that they typically don't have the mid- to high-end graphics cards needed to play modern games?
If it'll run Mathematica it'll run Solitaire, a SNES emulator, etc., just fine -- but if all of a sudden you have a bunch of students with Radeon X700's in class, expect to see ssid's named "AdHocForUT2004DuringPHYS101" in lecture halls.
Any decent laptop thief would turn wireless off until they got off campus with it...
And I care about the deposit of no less than a milliwatt of heat into my brain why?
You are *NOT* making a new copy.
A computer in Russia duplicates their copy and sends one copy to you over the Internet.
Pardon my lack of education, but how does thinking that 5.0 + 5.0 = 9.99999992346712 help you compress data better?
My machine won't run Windows Vista.
Sure, it meets all the specs. But it won't run Vista all the same.
So J-P rejected cartoons of Jesus but published cartoons of Mohammed. So what? They're allowed to do that, just like a different newspaper could publish rude cartoons about Jesus and not about Mohammed. Doesn't make either one of them particularly friendly and considerate, but they've certainly got the right to do it.
If you're a publisher in the West, you're *allowed* to be biased. That's part of freedom of the press -- freedom to have a viewpoint!
One worry I have about Vista using the GPU is laptop power use.
My laptop has dedicated graphics that consume significant power when clocked at full speed. To save power, my machine underclocks the graphics module when the performance isn't needed, sort of like PowerNow/Speedstep for the GPU. I understand that Nvidia cards actually power down some of their 3D circuitry when it's not needed, as well.
If Vista requires the GPU to be fully powered up all the time, that could put a significant burden on laptop batteries. This seems unnecessary, especially when there's plenty of eye candy that can be rendered in software by a processor running at low speed.
Exactly. My #1 objection to the current US foreign policy is that we are spending absolutely humongous gobs of money on something that, in my view, has zero benefit to the American people.
With as high of a deficit that we run, every bit of cash that is taken away from the military contractors and military and put into actually helping Americans, or used to cut taxes, or used to pay down the debt, is worthwhile.
Every dollar saved by running Linux on a military robot is a dollar spent for your benefit instead. If you wouldn't buy yourself a Windows license, why would you buy the government one? Certainly it's worthwhile to question whether we need to be building these sorts of robots at all, but if we are, there's no point in wasting more money than necessary.
... my D&D group is half female, and the only one that's really feared is Tammy, who has a tendency to catch party members in blast spells...
It's quite a large savings. My computer (the entire system, measured by /proc/acpi, including LCD panel) uses 50W at 2.2 GHz and 20-25W at 800 MHz.
Bush wouldn't be able to figure how how to give a blowjob.
That's the one piece of his that I like. :)
Eew. You have to conduct Ravel for your final?
:) )
Good luck, if it's anything like the Ravel stuff I know: random notes and parts, crazy frilly runs, no clear direction to the music, and everyone off doing their own thing.
(Not a fan of Impressionism.
Because linking to something is a citation.
Copying something is plagiarism.
People, please show a little creativity when writing article titles, and don't use the same title, verbatim, used by the BBC.
:) Me either. Among my choir making fun of overly-vibratoized opera singers is a favorite pasttime.
I hope so, but the whole thing seems surreal. When one of the most respected senators in the country (McCain) flat-out accuses the CIA of torturing prisoners in violation of everything this country stands for (ethics, respect for all people, respect for the rule of law, etc.), I wonder what the hell is going on. Aren't we supposed to be taking the moral high ground, or something?
Write your own damn songs.
I do. I'm an improv pianist and perform in a classical choir, and in fact saw (back in the days of Napster) someone downloading a recording of said choir from me. Did I think "Oh, someone deprived us of a $10 CD?" Of course not.
Shit. I can't listen to RIAA music any more.
I can listen to a song and write down the chords and notes. Does this mean I can no longer listen to RIAA music, because I'll wind up with an unauthorized copy of the score in my brain? I haven't paid for a copy of the score, only a recording.