> Sure, you need
some heafty hardware to take care of it
You need a lot of memeory, but not a (vast) amount of anything else. At my company I work (as in MS VC++, and occasionally Word + Excel) with a VMWare simulated NT machine (128MB RAM) on a Linux P3-400 with 368MB RAM. I get along fine with it.
I read somewhere that the VMWare machine only runs 10% slower than a real one (this could be a load of marketing crap because I haven't put an identical NT machine alongside to compare). The networking is speedy, and the disk access (I use a disk file [so I can make backups!]) is adequate.
Steve.
BTW - I do have a need for Linux, I'm not just running it for the 'ooooh, Linux' factor (although I admit, once you switch from fullscreen VMWare back to X, people do tend to be impressed - you just don't tell them that there is a Windows version)
For our current project, I have chosen Xerces (using DOM). Like the guy says - fast and reliable.
Also bear in mind that Xerces is a validating parser - I have no idea if the other parsers mentions are or not, but Xerces certainly is. Using a DTD and letting Xerces take care of the majority (all) of the validation of your XML data is great.
I started using Xerces for a JAVA projects, and eventually required a C++ element to it - the Xerces XML parser is also available in a C++ version and the API is practically identical to that of the JAVA version (incl. smart pointer based access to allow a JAVA style memory management and parameter passing). This made my job one hell of a lot easier - rigorous use of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
If the companies/organisations pay for the email shot actually realised that their money is being spent sending stuff to people who are not merely uninterested, but actually unable to take advantage of (or in this case, unable to understand) the 'offer', perhaps they might think again about using such a scheme - it's pretty obvious that people on the email shot who live in a country that:
generally does not speak the same language as that contained in the email
are unable to take 'advantage' of the 'offer' because of location or eletrical differences (ie 'get your satellite decoder for $99')
is excluded from the 'offer' (ie offer only valid in US)
are wasting valuable money.
The only problem is determining where someone lives when the email address is obtained through underhanded automatic trawling of web pages.
Just a note here - does (and should)/. have any traps for email trawlers?
What I find the most annoying thing about the spam I receive is that most of it originates from other countries.
I live in the UK - the majority of the spam I receive is from the US. Not only does it attempt to sell things I don't want (like all spam tries to do), it attempts to sell things like electrical or satellite equipment that won't even work. Even worse the have a marvelous 'toll free number to remove yourself from our list' that will most certainly not be toll free.
Is this toll free number required by US law? Does is specifically say the number should be toll free within the US, or is it simply stated as having to be toll free? If it is the latter case, would that mean that all US spammers should provide toll free numbers in all of the countries they spam to?
A great DVD player. Lacks the ability to turn of CSS & Macrovision (I don't understand why people want to turn this off - copying a DVD to video is a waste)
It can be region chipped - it has four tiny air vents on the side, the extra region chip plugs into one of them!
It plays DVD, CD, CDR, CDRW, MP3CD & VCD. The works
It evens comes with decoded 6 channel outputs (or optical if you prefer) for Dolby Digital and DTS. Stonky. It even has a blue LED for disc access indication.
(d) states: For the purposes of this section, ''unordered merchandise'' means merchandise mailed without the prior expressed request or consent of the recipient.
Will checking 'Allow my details to be passed onto other companies so they can mail me crap' boxes on web forms mean that you have given consent?
Ahhh.... thinking about it, going from zero to 'fast' (even instantaniously) requires acceleration (in the case of 'instantanously', infinite acceleration).
Does this mean that *all* graphics cards accelerate the processing of graphics when they start up (going from producing nothing to producing loads...).
Wow - I suppose the old Trident VGA card in my 386 is now producing accelerated graphics (at least when I turn the machine on)
For what? Do M$ have a broad patent that covers 'a large piece of software (known as an Operating System, or OS) that that allows other software written by 3rd parties to run'
Reducing the amount of time the patent is valid for is a good idea - within 6 months the hardware/software produced is likely to be out of date, and the company owning the patent will have sold most of the devices they are going to sell anyway.
Do you know what number it actually dials? I bet it's not a 'standard' number. Not living in the US, I can only give the possible UK perspective.
It is most likley that a UK TiVo would dial an '0845' number - a premium service line, charged at the local rate wherever you call from. I'm sure the US has an equivalent.
Using this number, TiVo would generate extra cash on top of the subscription fee because a cut of the call charges go to them.
> Of course, I speak American so I'll have to learn English...:-)
Speaking English lesson 1: If you spill your drink down you while you are in a pub do not proclaim that you have 'wet your pants':)
On the topic in hand, wasn't the internet designed by DARPA to provide a network of computers that would survive through a nuclear war? If you thoroughly nuke the US, the majority of the Internet will probably work fine. The only thing I can think of is the TLD nameservers for.com,.org, etc. - loads of non-US websites use those.
Also - isn't there also a domain '.' (to get you to the TLDs) - if so, where are the nameservers for that physically located?
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You need a lot of memeory, but not a (vast) amount of anything else. At my company I work (as in MS VC++, and occasionally Word + Excel) with a VMWare simulated NT machine (128MB RAM) on a Linux P3-400 with 368MB RAM. I get along fine with it.
I read somewhere that the VMWare machine only runs 10% slower than a real one (this could be a load of marketing crap because I haven't put an identical NT machine alongside to compare). The networking is speedy, and the disk access (I use a disk file [so I can make backups!]) is adequate.
Steve.
BTW - I do have a need for Linux, I'm not just running it for the 'ooooh, Linux' factor (although I admit, once you switch from fullscreen VMWare back to X, people do tend to be impressed - you just don't tell them that there is a Windows version)
Also bear in mind that Xerces is a validating parser - I have no idea if the other parsers mentions are or not, but Xerces certainly is. Using a DTD and letting Xerces take care of the majority (all) of the validation of your XML data is great.
I started using Xerces for a JAVA projects, and eventually required a C++ element to it - the Xerces XML parser is also available in a C++ version and the API is practically identical to that of the JAVA version (incl. smart pointer based access to allow a JAVA style memory management and parameter passing). This made my job one hell of a lot easier - rigorous use of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
Steve.
If the companies/organisations pay for the email shot actually realised that their money is being spent sending stuff to people who are not merely uninterested, but actually unable to take advantage of (or in this case, unable to understand) the 'offer', perhaps they might think again about using such a scheme - it's pretty obvious that people on the email shot who live in a country that:
- generally does not speak the same language as that contained in the email
- are unable to take 'advantage' of the 'offer' because of location or eletrical differences (ie 'get your satellite decoder for $99')
- is excluded from the 'offer' (ie offer only valid in US)
are wasting valuable money.The only problem is determining where someone lives when the email address is obtained through underhanded automatic trawling of web pages.
Just a note here - does (and should) /. have any traps for email trawlers?
Steve.
I live in the UK - the majority of the spam I receive is from the US. Not only does it attempt to sell things I don't want (like all spam tries to do), it attempts to sell things like electrical or satellite equipment that won't even work. Even worse the have a marvelous 'toll free number to remove yourself from our list' that will most certainly not be toll free.
Is this toll free number required by US law? Does is specifically say the number should be toll free within the US, or is it simply stated as having to be toll free? If it is the latter case, would that mean that all US spammers should provide toll free numbers in all of the countries they spam to?
Steve.
understand why people want to turn this off - copying a DVD to video is a waste)
It can be region chipped - it has four tiny air vents on the side, the extra region
chip plugs into one of them!
It plays DVD, CD, CDR, CDRW, MP3CD & VCD. The works
It evens comes with decoded 6 channel outputs (or optical if you prefer) for Dolby
Digital and DTS. Stonky. It even has a blue LED for disc access indication.
Steve.
So we are talking about a speed of 400-800 m/s, faster than my car :)
granted, but I wouldn't expect to get to Alpha Centuri for this side
of Christmas
Steve.
Steve.
What are the odds they won't sue when people write a drivers for Free OSes....
Steve
You are still invited to 'Email this to a friend.' at the bottom of the page, and to 'Email it' at the top of the page.
It would make a pretty impressive museum piece - the first man made object to go out of the solar system, and them come back agin!
For the purposes of this section, ''unordered merchandise'' means merchandise mailed without the prior expressed request or consent of the recipient.
Will checking 'Allow my details to be passed onto other companies so they can mail me crap' boxes on web forms mean that you have given consent?
Steve.
Does this mean that *all* graphics cards accelerate the processing of graphics when they start up (going from producing nothing to producing loads...).
Wow - I suppose the old Trident VGA card in my 386 is now producing accelerated graphics (at least when I turn the machine on)
I mean, who wants to have their graphics start of slowly and then get faster over time? :)
Why would you want an ethernet card to render 3D graphics?
For what? Do M$ have a broad patent that covers 'a large piece of software (known as an Operating System, or OS) that that allows other software written by 3rd parties to run'
They are pretty interesting. Lets make a new 3D card that uses them.
Reducing the amount of time the patent is valid for is a good idea - within 6 months the hardware/software produced is likely to be out of date, and the company owning the patent will have sold most of the devices they are going to sell anyway.
I can only give the possible UK perspective.
It is most likley that a UK TiVo would dial an '0845' number - a premium service line, charged at
the local rate wherever you call from. I'm sure the US has an equivalent.
Using this number, TiVo would generate extra cash on top of the subscription fee because a cut of
the call charges go to them.
Heretic! The Sun orbits the Earth, along with all other planets.
The Earth is the center of the universe
People are so easliy led astray by the likes of Copernicus.
Speaking English lesson 1: :)
If you spill your drink down you while you are in a pub do not proclaim that you have 'wet your pants'
On the topic in hand, wasn't the internet designed by DARPA to provide a network of computers that would .com, .org, etc. - loads of non-US websites use
survive through a nuclear war? If you thoroughly nuke the US, the majority of the Internet will probably work
fine. The only thing I can think of is the TLD nameservers for
those.
Also - isn't there also a domain '.' (to get you to the TLDs) - if so, where are the nameservers for that
physically located?