Exactly! It's not a general purpose processor in the sense that it can run an OS. I wasn't involved in the latest design, but the first chip we taped out (AsAP 1) only had a register file. It didn't even have local memory like a cache or DRAM. It's very efficient for software pipelined tasks, which is more aligned with DSP workloads.
Any distro using kernel 3.19.7+ is affected. This includes the second most popular distro Fedora as well. That's how I originally discovered the bug and tested the fix. I only used 4.0.3 to first confirm the bug was still there before starting to bisect the commits.
I just bought a Nook Simple Touch from OfficeMax for $59! Besides price my other big selling point was ePub support. I didn't want to buy a device that only works with Amazon and nothing else (unless you do decryption and conversion). I heard that B&N's bookstore is larger than Amazon's but that is just something I heard. I read mostly tech books from O'Reilly so it's not much of an issue for me. The Kindle eInk device does have a better display and some nice extra features but it's not worth over 2x the price. Plus the Nook Simple Touch can be rooted and run normal Android apps, not sure about the Kindle Paperwhite. I have a tablet already so rooting didn't appeal to me but it might to others. I think the Nook is a great lower costs alternative to the Kindle.
Is there anything wrong with SVG? It supports animations, already has good editors, and is supported by most browsers although only some browsers support animation. I think everyone agrees that we don't need a new standard for something not frequently used.
The specs for this board are similar to the specs for the PandaBoard, which is less than $200. Linaro also works on the PandaBoard. Is this just a new development board based on Samsung's SOC that happens to support Linaro?
I just ran the SunSpider test on my Fedora 8 system with Firefox 2.0.0.12, not FasterFox or any other special 32-bit build and it took 1/3 of the time reported by the author for the same version of Firefox.
2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz
Total: 10085.6ms +/- 1.5%
Seems decent to me, though I still can't wait for FF3.
For me it seems that the biggest problem with IE is that it makes it easy for users to screw themselves over, regardless of security exploits. Something will pop-up and an user will click it (maybe just trying to hide it) then get ad-ware all over the place. The most likely is the cause of the notorious pop-ups when nothing is running. It's not quite as easy for FireFox users. IE can be setup to be similar in vulnerability as FireFox, but FireFox just has better defaults. There is also the standards issues but thats not really the point here. Just my 2 cents.
Doesn't matter much to me. I use Linux exclusivly at home and in the labs at school while my laptop runs OS X. I dont have anything worthwhile stored on a windows system.
Thats a very good point! A computer (desktop or laptop) for something as simple as a research paper with external sources, can save lots of time. The computers in my HS lab were 90%+ of the time used for this task. You can't really say going back to the typewriter or spending 3X as long in a library finding the right books is a good choice for a student. Compared to a word processor, and online publication collections.
I spliced in an FDC power connection just the other day for a system in order to install Linux (basically a thin client, with HD only, no CDROM). I just cut the necessary part off an old power supply then soldered the cable right in. The system was an old PII 333 with a 130W Powersupply.
I did something like that for a project to perform Wifi GPS positioning. Log the data, analyze the data to find the GPS position (an estimation) then use the data for positioning later with only the Wifi device in use. The problem is the GPS doesn't work indoors so the idea of developing an indoor GPS equivolent system using Wifi pretty much died.
We run clamwin on all our systems (granted we only have 10). It has an outlook filter which is where 95% of our viruses come from. Scheduled scans from our linux samba server and locally cover the other 5%. It's a passive scanner so you don't have to worry so much about any performance hit.
I wouldn't say Windows XP is all that "purty" compared to a nice Linux install using Gnome 2.2 or KDE 3 and AA fonts. And given the level of customization you have in configuring the GUI in Linux it shouldn't be hard to find something better than the Windows GUI. I don't think Debian is out of date and the apt system is 2nd to none, but the installer does tend to keep people away from it. Once you figure it out Debian is kick ass!
Ok so I made a grammar mistake in my post, I guess I leave myself open to scrutiny on my grammar instead of comments related to topic I actully commentened on. Sorry I'll try to do a better job myself because I guess I'm not helping either.Ok, so I made a grammar mistake in my post. I guess I leave myself open to scrutiny on my grammar instead of getting comments related to the topic I was actually commentating on. Someone always has to better another, grammar in this case. Sorry, I'll try to do a better job myself because I'm not helping the stereotype either with that last post.
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Exactly! It's not a general purpose processor in the sense that it can run an OS. I wasn't involved in the latest design, but the first chip we taped out (AsAP 1) only had a register file. It didn't even have local memory like a cache or DRAM. It's very efficient for software pipelined tasks, which is more aligned with DSP workloads.
Any distro using kernel 3.19.7+ is affected. This includes the second most popular distro Fedora as well. That's how I originally discovered the bug and tested the fix. I only used 4.0.3 to first confirm the bug was still there before starting to bisect the commits.
Could someone provide a link to an MP3 from an untrusted random site that I can listen to which explains how this vulnerability work? Reading is hard!
Same here. I feel each Android release makes my device snappier.
I just bought a Nook Simple Touch from OfficeMax for $59! Besides price my other big selling point was ePub support. I didn't want to buy a device that only works with Amazon and nothing else (unless you do decryption and conversion). I heard that B&N's bookstore is larger than Amazon's but that is just something I heard. I read mostly tech books from O'Reilly so it's not much of an issue for me. The Kindle eInk device does have a better display and some nice extra features but it's not worth over 2x the price. Plus the Nook Simple Touch can be rooted and run normal Android apps, not sure about the Kindle Paperwhite. I have a tablet already so rooting didn't appeal to me but it might to others. I think the Nook is a great lower costs alternative to the Kindle.
Is there anything wrong with SVG? It supports animations, already has good editors, and is supported by most browsers although only some browsers support animation. I think everyone agrees that we don't need a new standard for something not frequently used.
The PandaBoard is actually cheaper.
The specs for this board are similar to the specs for the PandaBoard, which is less than $200. Linaro also works on the PandaBoard. Is this just a new development board based on Samsung's SOC that happens to support Linaro?
This post reminded me to add doubleclick.net to my untrusted list in NoScript. How convenient that slashdot.org uses them.
Sorry, don't have Konquerer installed. If I did I would gladly run it for you.
I just ran the SunSpider test on my Fedora 8 system with Firefox 2.0.0.12, not FasterFox or any other special 32-bit build and it took 1/3 of the time reported by the author for the same version of Firefox.
2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz
Total: 10085.6ms +/- 1.5%
Seems decent to me, though I still can't wait for FF3.
I am glad that I'm not the only one who hates those toolbars.
I personally use Sage for my RSS needs. I know it's not as good as others out there such as straw but it fits in nicely.
Thats pretty much what I was thinking when I read this.
For me it seems that the biggest problem with IE is that it makes it easy for users to screw themselves over, regardless of security exploits. Something will pop-up and an user will click it (maybe just trying to hide it) then get ad-ware all over the place. The most likely is the cause of the notorious pop-ups when nothing is running. It's not quite as easy for FireFox users. IE can be setup to be similar in vulnerability as FireFox, but FireFox just has better defaults. There is also the standards issues but thats not really the point here. Just my 2 cents.
Well put!
This is a common problem that blows many IC's internally. Though not related here kind of funny.
Doesn't matter much to me. I use Linux exclusivly at home and in the labs at school while my laptop runs OS X. I dont have anything worthwhile stored on a windows system.
Thats a very good point! A computer (desktop or laptop) for something as simple as a research paper with external sources, can save lots of time. The computers in my HS lab were 90%+ of the time used for this task. You can't really say going back to the typewriter or spending 3X as long in a library finding the right books is a good choice for a student. Compared to a word processor, and online publication collections.
I spliced in an FDC power connection just the other day for a system in order to install Linux (basically a thin client, with HD only, no CDROM). I just cut the necessary part off an old power supply then soldered the cable right in. The system was an old PII 333 with a 130W Powersupply.
I did something like that for a project to perform Wifi GPS positioning. Log the data, analyze the data to find the GPS position (an estimation) then use the data for positioning later with only the Wifi device in use. The problem is the GPS doesn't work indoors so the idea of developing an indoor GPS equivolent system using Wifi pretty much died.
We run clamwin on all our systems (granted we only have 10). It has an outlook filter which is where 95% of our viruses come from. Scheduled scans from our linux samba server and locally cover the other 5%. It's a passive scanner so you don't have to worry so much about any performance hit.
I wouldn't say Windows XP is all that "purty" compared to a nice Linux install using Gnome 2.2 or KDE 3 and AA fonts. And given the level of customization you have in configuring the GUI in Linux it shouldn't be hard to find something better than the Windows GUI. I don't think Debian is out of date and the apt system is 2nd to none, but the installer does tend to keep people away from it. Once you figure it out Debian is kick ass!
Ok so I made a grammar mistake in my post, I guess I leave myself open to scrutiny on my grammar instead of comments related to topic I actully commentened on. Sorry I'll try to do a better job myself because I guess I'm not helping either.Ok, so I made a grammar mistake in my post. I guess I leave myself open to scrutiny on my grammar instead of getting comments related to the topic I was actually commentating on. Someone always has to better another, grammar in this case. Sorry, I'll try to do a better job myself because I'm not helping the stereotype either with that last post.