AMD is responsible for the chip price wars and the better overall chips. If AMD weren't around, Intel could do basically what they want because they would dominate the CPU market. That means we'd be using P3-400's at high prices.
If you're an Intel fan and enjoy getting your excellent Pentium chips at reasonable prices, recommend AMD Athlon processors to friends and corporations you can influence. Personnally I own three AMD chips and couldn't be prouder. The Athlon is awesome, and deserves the credit.
The same could also apply to Microsoft. If you run Linux and like Linux, buy Linux software (rather than pirating it). The software is excellent and cheap. I've bought about 7-8 commercial software packages for Linux (including Corel Linux, WP8 for Linux, Q3A, Railroad Tycoon, etc...)
The more we buy, the fiercer the competition gets, the lower the prices, the higher the technological advances!
I am always amazed to see these new and creative ways to spend our useless tax dollars. 1.5 billion takes what, 2 months to raise? No problem. Once the overtaxed citizens have given up enough of their income, build something else!
On NT 4, you can damn near get the theoretical bandwidth limit of your cable with such a small protocol like NetBEUI. The major problem of NOT being routable is not a problem in a LAN. In a cool scenario, you could use NetBEUI only on your LAN Servers, and load NETBEUI and TCP/IP on the workstations for Internet connectivity. This protects your servers from direct Internet intrusions to the servers. It does add bloat to the workstations, but hey, we gotta get used to that bloat!!
I think it's a common mistake if it's done by someone who doesn't type its very often. If it's an insult to you, it's your problem. If it's not, well, if it's the way you want to deal with its consequences, it's up to you. It's your choice. It's all I can say.
Linux seems the obvious choice for Sub-PC and embedded platforms. It is much thinner than WinCE, and I expect to see many devices powered from Linux. Soon our EFI systems and ABS brakes will be Linux operated, as well as our Home Entertainment System.
No your "2.88" modem won't overkill this drive but...
Slap these new drives in, say, yahoo.com, where the servers must slash through the database millions of times per day, and there you have it: faster searches.
Slap these drives in ftp.cdrom.com, which consistently has 5000 connected users downloading crap they probably don't need, and there you have it: faster downloads.
You all know damn right that this offer will be removed in a matter of weeks. When someone tries to do a "nice thing" for the public, the public is going to milk it for all its worth until it dies. Like they said in The Matrix: we humans comsume everything until there is nothing left, forcing us to abandon what we've acquired.
A million people are going to want a free domain for a million different reasons, and after two weeks of being harassed, nuked, DoS'ed, and threatened, the poor organizers of this free parade are going to withdraw the offer.
I had an NT4 server on a 100Mbps link serving SMB to Win95 and NT workstation clients. Under a "heavy load", CPU use rarely exceeded 70%.
I recently switched it to Linux, using Red Hat 6.1. Except now it's a 200MHz CPU. Under the same load, CPU use goes up to 100%, and stays there.
That is why I claim it is less efficient. I don't care about any benchmarks, other than my real-world tests. I still get the same performance out of Samba (3+ MB/sec), and the memory management is much more efficient in Linux. NT would swap for absolutely no reason. Linux doesn't.
Novell lack the Marketing power M$ has. I think many people underestimate the power and flexibility of Novell's NDS. Truly an unsung hero. Also, many people thing that one OS fits all. Here's how I see OS's:
Novell: Large LAN File/Print servers and user auth Linux: Web/Mail/Internet, firewalls. Samba isn't as efficient as M$'s SMB NT: General purpose small-size File/Print/Web server, database server Solaris: database/web
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't PSX 5 years old? I've tried playing some games on the Playstation, but the graphics are horrible. Even on a 32-inch TV, you can barely see what you're doing. Some games don't even come close to PC quality: Quake 2, NFS and MotoRacer come to mind.
Can these "emulators" render the graphics any better?
Look at the back cover of your Quake III Arena for Linux CD. Beautiful graphics, crisp and clear. 1200 dpi resolution, 32-bit color, approximately 80MB of information.
Obviously your Canon bubblejet won't print this, but pre-press requires this kind of quality.
I guess people at Slashdot only use their PC's for gaming. No, you won't see a light of difference between a 400MHz and a 600MHz for a game. But on a Database server, or for a graphics editor, a 1GHz chip is most appreciated.
When I apply a "smooth" effect on a 96MB 900dpi image, it takes my 600MHz Athlon roughtly 25 seconds to complete. Could I use a 1GHz? Obviously. But not for Quake.
I do lots of graphics editing, and every MHz counts. Try applying image filters on a 128MB IMAGE. My current machine is an Athlon 600 w/ 256MB RAM. Just doing a Print Preview on a 900dpi image is a feat. And No, your 466 MHz Celeron won't cut it.
Most other graphics designers I know use NT workstation and dual CPU's... Or SGI's IRIX (if you have the money for it).
Let's also not forget Database servers, who usually execute processor-intensive code. Also think about sites like Slashdot, that get mega-hits/hour and every hit is a dynamic page. In these cases, the high CPU frequencies really do a lot.
Business ethics are something important to me. Since Intel can allow itself to bully companies around, it's 100% AMD for me. Besides, Athlon is a superior product.
I currently have a 550 MHz Athlon, as well as a K6-2 and a K6.
Actually, as much as Civ:CTP may be cool, when I play there's just so much to think about! Sometimes I'm more stressed out after playing than before. Civ is an excellent game, I just find there's too much thinking and not enough fun.
For what it's worth, I prefer Age of Empires. It's much easier and less complex than CTP. Me and my girlfriend have spent COUNTLESS hours playing a 2-player + 5 computer multiplayer team game. After a 2-hour game, we'd enjoy trading secrets, how the game went, etc.
I'm a network engineer and I try to keep away from Civ:CTP. It's too complicated for my small brain.
With games like Quake III/II and Unreal Tournament native in linux, I think OpenGL has a good chance of becoming the de-facto for 3D rendering using hardware acceleration.
OpenGL used to be real popular on Windows, but M$ just keep pushing DirectX. And quite frankly, they've succeeded. Most games employ DirectX, with total disregard for OpenGL support.
I play Q3 and Unreal Tournament on linux and find it amazing. The stability and speed of linux + quality games = unmatched fun.
Microsoft are indeed engineering the Active Directory, but NetWare has had NDS (Novell Directory Services) in its server software since 1996.
Microsoft delivers a directory service four years later. I can call that catch-up. Microsoft has never innovated. They have always taken ideas from the competition and have rendered them user-friendly, at the cost of major security. But when user-friendliness VS. security is the point, most people choose user-friendliness. Because we are lazy. We don't want to learn. Learning is way too much work!
I tend to agree with this, but public perception is based on the higher MHz. It doesn't matter that you're using a 3600 RPM 15ms drive, or 16 MB of RAM (ugh), as long as it's equipped with an 800MHz Athlon, people think it's a rocker of a machine.
The amount (and speed) of RAM as well as the speed of the HD and accompanying bus are equally important. Otherwise, Linux (or Windows 2000) will load just as slow as a Pentium 200 with 128 MB. But most people ignore this.
The almighty MHz. Some people's friend. Some people's ennemy.
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AMD is responsible for the chip price wars and the better overall chips. If AMD weren't around, Intel could do basically what they want because they would dominate the CPU market. That means we'd be using P3-400's at high prices.
If you're an Intel fan and enjoy getting your excellent Pentium chips at reasonable prices, recommend AMD Athlon processors to friends and corporations you can influence. Personnally I own three AMD chips and couldn't be prouder. The Athlon is awesome, and deserves the credit.
The same could also apply to Microsoft. If you run Linux and like Linux, buy Linux software (rather than pirating it). The software is excellent and cheap. I've bought about 7-8 commercial software packages for Linux (including Corel Linux, WP8 for Linux, Q3A, Railroad Tycoon, etc...)
The more we buy, the fiercer the competition gets, the lower the prices, the higher the technological advances!
I am always amazed to see these new and creative ways to spend our useless tax dollars. 1.5 billion takes what, 2 months to raise? No problem. Once the overtaxed citizens have given up enough of their income, build something else!
Perpetual waste. I give you the Government.
On NT 4, you can damn near get the theoretical bandwidth limit of your cable with such a small protocol like NetBEUI. The major problem of NOT being routable is not a problem in a LAN. In a cool scenario, you could use NetBEUI only on your LAN Servers, and load NETBEUI and TCP/IP on the workstations for Internet connectivity. This protects your servers from direct Internet intrusions to the servers. It does add bloat to the workstations, but hey, we gotta get used to that bloat!!
I think it's a common mistake if it's done by someone who doesn't type its very often. If it's an insult to you, it's your problem. If it's not, well, if it's the way you want to deal with its consequences, it's up to you. It's your choice. It's all I can say.
Who is Natalie Portman? Have I been living under a rock? Is she some famous model, rock star, singer, blah?
I'm on her site now (www.natportman.com) looking at her perty pictures, still clueless as to who the hell she is!
I come here, get the scoop, it keeps me up to date, I get great info from intelligent posters, the site layout is clean and organized.
What I don't like? Sometimes the speed sucks, and those trolls... But society isn't without it's pests!
Linux seems the obvious choice for Sub-PC and embedded platforms. It is much thinner than WinCE, and I expect to see many devices powered from Linux. Soon our EFI systems and ABS brakes will be Linux operated, as well as our Home Entertainment System.
No your "2.88" modem won't overkill this drive but...
Slap these new drives in, say, yahoo.com, where the servers must slash through the database millions of times per day, and there you have it: faster searches.
Slap these drives in ftp.cdrom.com, which consistently has 5000 connected users downloading crap they probably don't need, and there you have it: faster downloads.
You all know damn right that this offer will be removed in a matter of weeks. When someone tries to do a "nice thing" for the public, the public is going to milk it for all its worth until it dies. Like they said in The Matrix: we humans comsume everything until there is nothing left, forcing us to abandon what we've acquired.
A million people are going to want a free domain for a million different reasons, and after two weeks of being harassed, nuked, DoS'ed, and threatened, the poor organizers of this free parade are going to withdraw the offer.
I had an NT4 server on a 100Mbps link serving SMB to Win95 and NT workstation clients. Under a "heavy load", CPU use rarely exceeded 70%.
I recently switched it to Linux, using Red Hat 6.1. Except now it's a 200MHz CPU. Under the same load, CPU use goes up to 100%, and stays there.
That is why I claim it is less efficient. I don't care about any benchmarks, other than my real-world tests. I still get the same performance out of Samba (3+ MB/sec), and the memory management is much more efficient in Linux. NT would swap for absolutely no reason. Linux doesn't.
Novell lack the Marketing power M$ has. I think many people underestimate the power and flexibility of Novell's NDS. Truly an unsung hero. Also, many people thing that one OS fits all. Here's how I see OS's:
Novell: Large LAN File/Print servers and user auth
Linux: Web/Mail/Internet, firewalls. Samba isn't as efficient as M$'s SMB
NT: General purpose small-size File/Print/Web server, database server
Solaris: database/web
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't PSX 5 years old? I've tried playing some games on the Playstation, but the graphics are horrible. Even on a 32-inch TV, you can barely see what you're doing. Some games don't even come close to PC quality: Quake 2, NFS and MotoRacer come to mind.
Can these "emulators" render the graphics any better?
Look at the back cover of your Quake III Arena for Linux CD. Beautiful graphics, crisp and clear. 1200 dpi resolution, 32-bit color, approximately 80MB of information.
Obviously your Canon bubblejet won't print this, but pre-press requires this kind of quality.
I guess people at Slashdot only use their PC's for gaming. No, you won't see a light of difference between a 400MHz and a 600MHz for a game. But on a Database server, or for a graphics editor, a 1GHz chip is most appreciated.
When I apply a "smooth" effect on a 96MB 900dpi image, it takes my 600MHz Athlon roughtly 25 seconds to complete. Could I use a 1GHz? Obviously. But not for Quake.
I do lots of graphics editing, and every MHz counts. Try applying image filters on a 128MB IMAGE. My current machine is an Athlon 600 w/ 256MB RAM. Just doing a Print Preview on a 900dpi image is a feat. And No, your 466 MHz Celeron won't cut it.
Most other graphics designers I know use NT workstation and dual CPU's... Or SGI's IRIX (if you have the money for it).
Let's also not forget Database servers, who usually execute processor-intensive code. Also think about sites like Slashdot, that get mega-hits/hour and every hit is a dynamic page. In these cases, the high CPU frequencies really do a lot.
Business ethics are something important to me. Since Intel can allow itself to bully companies around, it's 100% AMD for me. Besides, Athlon is a superior product.
I currently have a 550 MHz Athlon, as well as a K6-2 and a K6.
... But 65,000? I can understand a couple dozen, but this is ridiculous. And the Windows consumers let it all happen, without a fuss.
I'm not some 16-year-old kid. I want news THAT MATTERS, not cow cases.
Come on Slashdot, stop selling yourselves out!
It wasn't the real Bruce Perens. Keep ya shorts on! That's why it was moderate down!
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Actually, as much as Civ:CTP may be cool, when I play there's just so much to think about! Sometimes I'm more stressed out after playing than before. Civ is an excellent game, I just find there's too much thinking and not enough fun.
For what it's worth, I prefer Age of Empires. It's much easier and less complex than CTP. Me and my girlfriend have spent COUNTLESS hours playing a 2-player + 5 computer multiplayer team game. After a 2-hour game, we'd enjoy trading secrets, how the game went, etc.
I'm a network engineer and I try to keep away from Civ:CTP. It's too complicated for my small brain.
So that's what OpenGL stands for. I had figured Graphics, but I hadn't even considered "library".
Thanks, now my life is complete. I am prepared to die =)
With games like Quake III/II and Unreal Tournament native in linux, I think OpenGL has a good chance of becoming the de-facto for 3D rendering using hardware acceleration.
OpenGL used to be real popular on Windows, but M$ just keep pushing DirectX. And quite frankly, they've succeeded. Most games employ DirectX, with total disregard for OpenGL support.
I play Q3 and Unreal Tournament on linux and find it amazing. The stability and speed of linux + quality games = unmatched fun.
I vouch for the "catching up" theory also.
Microsoft are indeed engineering the Active Directory, but NetWare has had NDS (Novell Directory Services) in its server software since 1996.
Microsoft delivers a directory service four years later. I can call that catch-up. Microsoft has never innovated. They have always taken ideas from the competition and have rendered them user-friendly, at the cost of major security. But when user-friendliness VS. security is the point, most people choose user-friendliness.
Because we are lazy. We don't want to learn. Learning is way too much work!
Damn right! I got the FSB up to 112MHz, which gives me a 616MHz CPU!
The overall system is much faster, including disk i/o and memory i/o, thanks to the faster bus.
I tend to agree with this, but public perception is based on the higher MHz. It doesn't matter that you're using a 3600 RPM 15ms drive, or 16 MB of RAM (ugh), as long as it's equipped with an 800MHz Athlon, people think it's a rocker of a machine.
The amount (and speed) of RAM as well as the speed of the HD and accompanying bus are equally important. Otherwise, Linux (or Windows 2000) will load just as slow as a Pentium 200 with 128 MB. But most people ignore this.
The almighty MHz. Some people's friend. Some people's ennemy.