Re:Right: It's not invasion of privacy, it's theft
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Your "not a big deal" argument falls flat. If someone breaks into my house and doesn't steal anything except some silverware that I don't want anyhow, does that make it OK? This sounds like 100,000 counts of petty theft to me.
Like I said, don't make this out to be something more than it is. It isn't someone stealing silverware from inside your house, it's just video card information. Breaking into your house and stealing silverware IS a big deal. They're obviously not the same.
Come on, it's nothing more than video card information and Quake version. This is hardly a violation of privacy... I read the argument that "that's not the point", and that the software shouldn't do something it doesn't advertise, but I think this is going overboard. Let's not get ridiculous people.
This is harmless. So please, be sensible, don't make it out to be something more than it is.
While the Coppermine does narrow the previously large gap between the Pentium III and Athlon, the K7 is still faster. I've read many different comparisons between the two -- and the Coppermine, clock for clock, is definitely showing its age with its Pentium-Pro core. The Athlon has LOTS of room to grow.
Be careful when reading benchmarks, some tests include SSE enhancements without 3dnow! support. Some 3D performance tests use high resolutions to put the bottleneck in the video card and not the cpu (thus decreasing differences). A good reliable source for benchmarks is Anandtech.
I would just like to point out that Napster has been out for quite a LONG time. In fact, it's been out long enough for people to copy the concept (take a look at CuteMX, or whatever it's called). It's basically the same concept, except generalized to support all media and not just mp3.
There's something I think I'm missing here. The DVD people are upset because now that the source is released people can copy DVD movies, correct? But, the thing I don't understand is.. why would we need to decrypt ANYTHING on a DVD disk to make a copy of it? Couldn't you just copy a "raw image" of the DVD to a blank DVD and allow the players handle the decryption? Is there a hardware layer that prevents raw reading of DVD movies or something?
I just downloaded the M10 linux bin and I'm very impressed with the progress. Startup times compared to M9 are much improved. Context menus now work (ie, you can right click on a link and choose "Open link in new window"). But one of the best things i noticed is that the Gtk widgets are MUCH more responsive in this release. In the past it took like 5 seconds for a button on a toolbar to highlite and allow me to click it. In M10 it works almost right away (on a lowly k5-100 here). Of course, it's still not perfect. I noticed that the text input stuff seems worse than before:) As I'm typing this message right now in M10 I can't see what I'm writing... it also has backspace problems. One thing that does bother me is the whole profile thing. Why does the linux version even NEED the profile stuff? This is something that should be on Windows/Mac only IMO. On the Linux version, shouldn't mozilla just use your home directory for the preferences file? This way mozilla would just use the existing userbase on your linux box for storing profiles. Anyways, great job Mozilla people, keep it up.
As a Twin Cities MediaOne user myself, I totally agree.
I'm on my 3rd cable modem. The first two sb1200's they gave me kept having problems, so I'm using the internal sb1000 now (working much better). But you're right, 1-way hybrid is awful.
I think I would recommend Adelphia over @home. I don't know this from experience, but I've heard so many bad things about @home, not to mention their upload capacity limit. That alone is enough reason to go with Adelphia if it doesn't have the upstream cap limit.
Another point is that service varies from area to area. For example, here in Minnesota people have been generally very unhappy with the cable modem service from MediaOne - yet in other areas people have been thrilled with MediaOne. Check on things such as static IP/hostnames, their policies on running daemons, if it's 1-way or 2-way service, and what kind of cable modems they use (external with ethernet hookup is probably best, and both probably use that).
Since it took 6 years to develop, couldn't the programmer have written a couple thousand short stories himself, and then have the computer randomly select one?:)
But seriously, this is either extremely impressive or very lame, depending on exactly how the stories are created.
Wouldn't it be more effective to try random numeric IP addresses? This way you would find sites without common words in them. You could just take 4 random numbers between 0 and 255 and check it for port 80. You would at least get a real IP address one out of every, say 10 times.:)
Of course, then you have to worry about paranoid system administrators reporting you for attempting to connect to port 80 on "private" boxes (??), not to mention you'd also get a bunch of non-servers. I guess if your goal is finding EVERYTHING this would work better, but slower.
What ever happened with that open letter to creative about better SBLive support for Linux? I think the main complaints were that we had to use a specific kernel number for whatever kernel they decided to compile the driver for. Also, the driver didn't add any special functionality over regular soundcards like it's supposed to in Windows.
Did they ever respond to it? I can't remember exactly where I saw this...
There's a lot of issues that come up when a commericial compiler will be available that is likely to become very popular. I'm willing to bet that lots of people would buy Delphi for Linux (including myself). But, I want the apps that I write to be runnable on alphas, sparcs, ppc, as well as x86. Normally, with gcc, this isn't a problem -- you simply distribute the source with your app and let them compile it... or get a friend to do it if you're weird. There's one thing that you CAN assume -- that almost every Linux user will be able to use your app... because almost everyone has gcc.
Now, with Delphi I don't think you could do this. I don't know how I'd be able to ensure that Linux/Alpha users would be able to use something I programmed in Delphi. So, I came up with one idea.
What if Borland freely distributed their compiler that handled Delphi source code, for all Linux platforms? Maybe they're already planning on doing this, but I'm not sure. Anyways, they could still sell the RAD environment and the tools. This way, you could even write open source Delphi applications.
One problem with this is that people would be able to code without the RAD environment, and just edit the source files.. and thus not needing to buy Delphi. But I'm sure Borland could figure a way around this.
So, to conclude, I guess what I'm trying to say is that Borland should seriously consider the ability to produce applications that can be ran on all Linux platforms, not just x86 / glibc2 / qt / whatever.
My understanding was that Microsoft was going to incorporate NAT1000 into Windows 2000, not Win98 SE. I've never used the software, but I've heard great things about it, and a large majority of NAT1000 users were pissed when they discovered MS bought Nevod out and they lost support.
This is somewhat related. I have an AudioPCI (es1370) card that appears to work fine under linux (native drivers as of kernel 2.2 even). However, I can't get input (via microphone) to work at all. It works fine under Windows, so it's not a hardware problem. I've tried various methods of reading from/dev/dsp and/dev/audio, but to no avail. I contacted the author of the drivers (Thomas Sailor I believe), and he had a patch that he thought would fix it, but it didn't seem to help.
The whole MSN messenger idea disgusts me to be honest. It's just another case where Microsoft makes their own version of an already successful application, and somehow eventually forces everyone to use it. They want the ICQ/AIM user base, and they'll get it eventually. Don't be suprised if this MSG messenger or whatever comes with Windows 2000 and sooner or later all Windows users have to use it. Why can't they allow anyone to have anything that's popular? This is not innovating. AOL knows this, and they're probably worried that the same thing will happen to AIM/ICQ that happened to Netscape, so I don't blame them for their response.
The AC stands for Alan Cox, everyone's second favorite Linux kernel developer. He has his own patches to the kernel that he distributes. And (someone correct me if I'm wrong), eventually his modifications get merged in with Linus' work. Personally, I don't know why this kernel was posted as a story. AFAIK no other ac patches have been posted, regardless of how major the update was.
I was hoping someone would try to estimate the costs of the motherboard, as I'm trying to determine just how much money I'll need. But thanks for the information. I still haven't decided whether I should wait for the K7 to go copper or not. I get the feeling I'll be waiting forever if I'm worried about something better coming out.
And concerning your sig, Why does everyone spend so much time wearing digital watches?
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Your "not a big deal" argument falls flat. If someone breaks into my house and doesn't steal anything except some silverware that I don't want anyhow, does that make it OK? This sounds like 100,000 counts of petty theft to me.
Like I said, don't make this out to be something more than it is. It isn't someone stealing silverware from inside your house, it's just video card information. Breaking into your house and stealing silverware IS a big deal. They're obviously not the same.
Come on, it's nothing more than video card information and Quake version. This is hardly a violation of privacy... I read the argument that "that's not the point", and that the software shouldn't do something it doesn't advertise, but I think this is going overboard. Let's not get ridiculous people.
This is harmless. So please, be sensible, don't make it out to be something more than it is.
The VIA KX133 Athlon chipset will support PC133 SDRAM, a much more realistic technology than Rambus.
While the Coppermine does narrow the previously large gap between the Pentium III and Athlon, the K7 is still faster. I've read many different comparisons between the two -- and the Coppermine, clock for clock, is definitely showing its age with its Pentium-Pro core. The Athlon has LOTS of room to grow.
Be careful when reading benchmarks, some tests include SSE enhancements without 3dnow! support. Some 3D performance tests use high resolutions to put the bottleneck in the video card and not the cpu (thus decreasing differences). A good reliable source for benchmarks is Anandtech.
I would just like to point out that Napster has been out for quite a LONG time. In fact, it's been out long enough for people to copy the concept (take a look at CuteMX, or whatever it's called). It's basically the same concept, except generalized to support all media and not just mp3.
I think this is different because they're providing specialized support for primarily the software that THEY produce.
There's something I think I'm missing here. The DVD people are upset because now that the source is released people can copy DVD movies, correct? But, the thing I don't understand is.. why would we need to decrypt ANYTHING on a DVD disk to make a copy of it? Couldn't you just copy a "raw image" of the DVD to a blank DVD and allow the players handle the decryption? Is there a hardware layer that prevents raw reading of DVD movies or something?
I don't understand, am I the only one who thinks this should be WAY further up the list, especially compared to some of the others listed.
Check out these comparisons between the Coppermine and Athlon:
Ace's Hardware
Tom's Hardware
I just downloaded the M10 linux bin and I'm very impressed with the progress. Startup times compared to M9 are much improved. Context menus now work (ie, you can right click on a link and choose "Open link in new window"). But one of the best things i noticed is that the Gtk widgets are MUCH more responsive in this release. In the past it took like 5 seconds for a button on a toolbar to highlite and allow me to click it. In M10 it works almost right away (on a lowly k5-100 here). :) As I'm typing this message right now in M10 I can't see what I'm writing... it also has backspace problems. One thing that does bother me is the whole profile thing. Why does the linux version even NEED the profile stuff? This is something that should be on Windows/Mac only IMO. On the Linux version, shouldn't mozilla just use your home directory for the preferences file? This way mozilla would just use the existing userbase on your linux box for storing profiles.
Of course, it's still not perfect. I noticed that the text input stuff seems worse than before
Anyways, great job Mozilla people, keep it up.
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that just because a patent is filed in 1996 doesn't necessarily mean it will be _published_ at that time.
As a Twin Cities MediaOne user myself, I totally agree.
I'm on my 3rd cable modem. The first two sb1200's they gave me kept having problems, so I'm using the internal sb1000 now (working much better). But you're right, 1-way hybrid is awful.
I think I would recommend Adelphia over @home. I don't know this from experience, but I've heard so many bad things about @home, not to mention their upload capacity limit. That alone is enough reason to go with Adelphia if it doesn't have the upstream cap limit.
Another point is that service varies from area to area. For example, here in Minnesota people have been generally very unhappy with the cable modem service from MediaOne - yet in other areas people have been thrilled with MediaOne. Check on things such as static IP/hostnames, their policies on running daemons, if it's 1-way or 2-way service, and what kind of cable modems they use (external with ethernet hookup is probably best, and both probably use that).
Since it took 6 years to develop, couldn't the programmer have written a couple thousand short stories himself, and then have the computer randomly select one? :)
But seriously, this is either extremely impressive or very lame, depending on exactly how the stories are created.
Wouldn't it be more effective to try random numeric IP addresses? This way you would find sites without common words in them. You could just take 4 random numbers between 0 and 255 and check it for port 80. You would at least get a real IP address one out of every, say 10 times. :)
Of course, then you have to worry about paranoid system administrators reporting you for attempting to connect to port 80 on "private" boxes (??), not to mention you'd also get a bunch of non-servers. I guess if your goal is finding EVERYTHING this would work better, but slower.
What ever happened with that open letter to creative about better SBLive support for Linux?
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I think the main complaints were that we had to use a specific kernel number for whatever kernel they decided to compile the driver for. Also, the driver didn't add any special functionality over regular soundcards like it's supposed to in Windows.
Did they ever respond to it? I can't remember exactly where I saw this
There's a lot of issues that come up when a commericial compiler will be available that is likely to become very popular. I'm willing to bet that lots of people would buy Delphi for Linux (including myself). But, I want the apps that I write to be runnable on alphas, sparcs, ppc, as well as x86. Normally, with gcc, this isn't a problem -- you simply distribute the source with your app and let them compile it... or get a friend to do it if you're weird. There's one thing that you CAN assume -- that almost every Linux user will be able to use your app... because almost everyone has gcc.
Now, with Delphi I don't think you could do this. I don't know how I'd be able to ensure that Linux/Alpha users would be able to use something I programmed in Delphi. So, I came up with one idea.
What if Borland freely distributed their compiler that handled Delphi source code, for all Linux platforms? Maybe they're already planning on doing this, but I'm not sure. Anyways, they could still sell the RAD environment and the tools. This way, you could even write open source Delphi applications.
One problem with this is that people would be able to code without the RAD environment, and just edit the source files.. and thus not needing to buy Delphi. But I'm sure Borland could figure a way around this.
So, to conclude, I guess what I'm trying to say is that Borland should seriously consider the ability to produce applications that can be ran on all Linux platforms, not just x86 / glibc2 / qt / whatever.
My understanding was that Microsoft was going to incorporate NAT1000 into Windows 2000, not Win98 SE. I've never used the software, but I've heard great things about it, and a large majority of NAT1000 users were pissed when they discovered MS bought Nevod out and they lost support.
No, this is not the case. Nothing was muted, I checked everything. I sincerely doubt it's anything so obvious.
This is somewhat related. I have an AudioPCI (es1370) card that appears to work fine under linux (native drivers as of kernel 2.2 even). However, I can't get input (via microphone) to work at all. It works fine under Windows, so it's not a hardware problem. I've tried various methods of reading from /dev/dsp and /dev/audio, but to no avail. I contacted the author of the drivers (Thomas Sailor I believe), and he had a patch that he thought would fix it, but it didn't seem to help.
Any ideas?
The whole MSN messenger idea disgusts me to be honest. It's just another case where Microsoft makes their own version of an already successful application, and somehow eventually forces everyone to use it. They want the ICQ/AIM user base, and they'll get it eventually. Don't be suprised if this MSG messenger or whatever comes with Windows 2000 and sooner or later all Windows users have to use it. Why can't they allow anyone to have anything that's popular? This is not innovating. AOL knows this, and they're probably worried that the same thing will happen to AIM/ICQ that happened to Netscape, so I don't blame them for their response.
The AC stands for Alan Cox, everyone's second favorite Linux kernel developer. He has his own patches to the kernel that he distributes. And (someone correct me if I'm wrong), eventually his modifications get merged in with Linus' work. Personally, I don't know why this kernel was posted as a story. AFAIK no other ac patches have been posted, regardless of how major the update was.
I was hoping someone would try to estimate the costs of the motherboard, as I'm trying to determine just how much money I'll need. But thanks for the information. I still haven't decided whether I should wait for the K7 to go copper or not. I get the feeling I'll be waiting forever if I'm worried about something better coming out.
And concerning your sig,
Why does everyone spend so much time wearing digital watches?
I plan on building my own K7 box when possible. These benchmarks were nice, but I already wanted one anyways. So, what I REALLY want to know is..
How much will the motherboards cost?
What type of case is needed? ATX?
Apparently Athlon needs a lot of power, so what kind of power supply is needed?
Is PC100 SDRAM the best RAM to use for it?
That's it for now.. anyone care to fill me in?
Use a check card.