so what is the main purpose of the BSDcon? To get people that mostly communicate via the 'net to meet face-face & _bond_ (read : drink).
forgive my ignorance, but I've only recently started delving into *BSD from my current *linux* distros..
immediate uses I can think of....
1.) you know all those displays at airports/train stations/etc? the ones that flash times of arrival/departure/etc? since each pixel is SWITCHEABLE on/off, they can use 0 power to use those displays!
2.) flashlights/reflective gear! since this device amplifies light 30 times NOW (and probably more later),.. you can imagine the HUGE amount of usage here.... countless others...
actually.. I talked to one of the hotmail BSD goons about the win2k switch.. they've said so far so good. the win2k servers are serving well and approximately equivelant load to what the BSD servers did.
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increasing efficiency? shmuck! go read the article!!
lol.. funny, and a nice tag line. (read caps backwards you ninnies..)
thank you, thank you :)
__that really did make my day__
appreciate the answers... especially the last "bonus".
about 27 megs memory footprint while browsing normally. hmm, that's probably in line with what IE does, if you think about it...
I've been using it for a bit, looks like an actual alternative to IE5.. (netscrape hasn't done it for me since 3.x)...
so what is the main purpose of the BSDcon? To get people that mostly communicate via the 'net to meet face-face & _bond_ (read : drink). forgive my ignorance, but I've only recently started delving into *BSD from my current *linux* distros..
immediate uses I can think of.... 1.) you know all those displays at airports/train stations/etc? the ones that flash times of arrival/departure/etc? since each pixel is SWITCHEABLE on/off, they can use 0 power to use those displays! 2.) flashlights/reflective gear! since this device amplifies light 30 times NOW (and probably more later), .. you can imagine the HUGE amount of usage here. ... countless others ...
actually.. I talked to one of the hotmail BSD goons about the win2k switch.. they've said so far so good. the win2k servers are serving well and approximately equivelant load to what the BSD servers did.