I've had enough of those pathetic 66MHz Celeron releases. When will Intel actually release their 400MHz FSB (in the same definition as the Athlon's 200MHz FSB [which is actually 2x100]) P4's? And this time, let's forgo the Rambus chipset. No one in their right mindset would even think of getting a proprietary RAM standard that has already been proven inferior to the de facto standard, SDRAM (among the morons who buy RAMBUSt: CEOs who blindly purchase workstations, and every single PS2 owner).
The UNIX crowd caters to the bearded road-apples of our society. To like Linux, you either have to embrace its simplicity, modularity, or revolutionary stance. Unfortunately, most people don't want to fsck their hard drive every week or stumble around for a new kernel/GNOME update/Mozilla Milestone/KDE Kandidat/Samba release/et cetera every week. It's bad enough that computers are declared old after three months, but it's outright lunacy that an operating system is declared obsolete after one week.
...then we'd better stock up on firewall software. Right now, Jerusalem is the battleground between Christendom and Islam (neither of which I condone), and bullets and stones are flying all over the place.
Yes, the term "New Jerusalem" is pointing out the fact that the Internet unites this motley crew that is the human race into one large melting pot. However, I fear the reactions that will inevitably take place which will produce disastrous results, much like combining a base with an acid, matter with antimatter, and time with antitime.
Linux alone won't be the answer.
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The largest problem with a computerized voting system is the potential for hacking, tweaking, and other dirty tactics of old carried over to a computerized voting system. Also, there's no way to do a recount by hand; however, radio buttons will hopefully eliminate the need for one.
Okay people, here's the standard procedure for dealing with a story about vaporware:
Be impressed with the technological feat.
Ignore it for the next six months (or in Daikatana's case, three years)
When the subject gets out of the vaporware stage, become amazed again; even more so than before since it actually exists.
FreeBDS? JonKatz took a little too much LDS.
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Come on, Jon, Slashdot is the Linux news website. A slip-up like that just might get you ostracized (that is, if you didn't have permanent tenure here).
Okay, test subject, Crusoe 600MHz. I believe that it was reviewed by CNet, among others, but all I remember are the details:
Battery life improvement: 10% to 20%
Relative performance: equivalent to a Pentium II
Notice that just which Pentium II was not specified. It could've been the lowly 266 or the 450, the last one made for the laptop. What matters that the Crusoe just doesn't stand up to the P3's performance, MHz for MHz.
Furthermore, the battery life improvement was a measly 20%. What happened to that doubled battery life promise?
Either way, the Crusoe just doesn't stack up well against the mobile P3. Intel will be releasing a new mobile P3 which uses even less power, so Transmeta might be given a real challenge now.
Okay, new TLDs soon, good, good.
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So when will CmdrTaco get his hands on the.dot TLD? Will we have to go to http://slashdot.dot after that? Will the abbreviated form of Slashdot also include/...?
"And what is this 'hundreds of dollars' that programmers are paying to use Java?
Two words: Visual Café. Or perhaps one conglom-o-word: JBuilder. Java is becoming the next corporate fad (XML, servlets, applets, etc.), and Sun, Symantec and Borland are cashing in.
"I'd like to see your source for the blanketing declaration that any Java method call results in a 100ms lag, and how any of the tens of thousands of sites using servlets or JSPs instead of CGI on the server side could run at all if that were the case."
Check out winamp.com sometime. They run entirely off of servlets, and are lagged like hell. 100ms per function call was pretty lenient for an insult, since that means about three transactions per second (I'm guesstimating here), which is okay for a web server, just not great. Hence the reason why winamp.com is always bogged down: high demand + latency at the code level = noticeable lag on the client side. Of course, comparing jsp to cgi is like comparing applets to oranges (hehe, get it?), so a more quantitative analysis is necessary (which I'll leave up to the business magazines).
"My only hope is that your second-to-last paragraph indicates a sense of irony, and that your entire posting was intended to be taken a a single large sarcastic wisecrack."
Well, sort of. Javalag is so notorious that the term itself really should be copyrighted by Sun, who can then charge publications for using it. As for the rest of the post, it's sad but true. Java lags. You can't deny that, no matter how hard you try.
So will we have to extend ASCII to 65,536 from 256? Will legacy Japanese URLs look like "http://%0077%0077%0077.%0073%006F%006e%0075.%0063 $006F.006A%0070/"?
And what will the new ones look like to us Americans? Ugh, I can't bear to think of it.
"Microsoft is spinning [.Net] as innovative new platform but what they're really doing is giving developers an updated set of handcuffs."
Wake up, mister Buhrupgupta. Any Java program is already spat upon, since being programmed in Java results in a lag of at least 100ms per function call. Javalag(TM) is so notorious that sometimes entire websites are avoided simply because of shoddy scripting or too many frivolous applets that take so long to load. And that annoying IBM SurePay POS (Point of Sale, or Piece of S#!&, take your pick) system that CompUSA uses? That POS program runs entirely on Java. It lags like hell, causes the printer to stutter, and gives the keyboard a keystroke acceptance rate similar to that of the PCJr.
It's funny how the Sun programmers are complaining of Microsoft building another set of shackles when Java has programmers shelling out hundreds of dollars to put themselves in irons.
Java is to the programming world as trolls are to Slashdot. And I'm not biting when the time comes for me to choose an API.
DISCLAIMER: Javalag(TM) is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., LLC, CRAP, ETC.
"Has Middlehoff found the perfect compromise, or has he jumped into the Big Muddy?"
For all I care about Mister Megalomaniac(TM) himself, he can go jump into the river Styx. I won't be there to hold his ankle, cause if I was, I'd push him down!
Think about it: AMD providing the CPUs, Siemens, the RAM, and BMG, the content. And it seems that there's nothing to stop them.
Sometimes I wish that the tactics of Soldier of Fortune could be put into place here. It sounds like an internal coup would be the only thing to stop this from happening.
I thought they just squeaked out some PPP connection to a national server for the program schedule. Oh well, if it really does work, then they must have had one hell of a hard time with firmware/software drivers for this hack. What's next, a TiVo with 10/100?
AMD didn't just start in that Dresden factory, they contracted it with Siemens. Therefore, they are in a contractual alliance with Siemens, and are therefore part of the Fourth Reich.
Intel, on the other hand, has its own fab in Puerto Rico, Malaysia, and other locations. As far as I know (or as far as the public "needs to know"), they haven't entered into a contractual agreement with other companies.
My vision is 20/10 right now; I can read the console text in Q2 at 1024x768 on a 15-inch monitor without difficulty. I don't think that my vision will fail by that much.
Besides, these voters used assumption to cast their ballot, which they should never do. It's the convict who wears the blindfold during a beheading, not the executioner.
That's what this is trying to convey. WalMart hasn't been found criminally responsible because they sell hunting bows, shotguns, rifles, and the like. However, they have been sued over such things.
"Yes, I mean you, the one who's got a copy of Filemaker Pro at home and thinks he knows it all."
That's the way I feel. Every time someone buys Filemaker Pro or something similar, like Adobe Photoshop/Premiere/Illustrator/Go Live/etc., Macromedia Director, Visual Cafe, or JBuilder, they automatically assume that they are well educated in the topic just by making the purchase. This arrogance must stop before it spreads like a plague (wait a minute, that bum across the street is holding a copy of JBuilder, too late).
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I've had enough of those pathetic 66MHz Celeron releases. When will Intel actually release their 400MHz FSB (in the same definition as the Athlon's 200MHz FSB [which is actually 2x100]) P4's? And this time, let's forgo the Rambus chipset. No one in their right mindset would even think of getting a proprietary RAM standard that has already been proven inferior to the de facto standard, SDRAM (among the morons who buy RAMBUSt: CEOs who blindly purchase workstations, and every single PS2 owner).
The UNIX crowd caters to the bearded road-apples of our society. To like Linux, you either have to embrace its simplicity, modularity, or revolutionary stance. Unfortunately, most people don't want to fsck their hard drive every week or stumble around for a new kernel/GNOME update/Mozilla Milestone/KDE Kandidat/Samba release/et cetera every week. It's bad enough that computers are declared old after three months, but it's outright lunacy that an operating system is declared obsolete after one week.
When will you people ever learn French clichés correctly?
Will this "corporate cuteness" never end? Why don't they just put flowers all around their name and force you to type it as "**CD**"?
Yes, the term "New Jerusalem" is pointing out the fact that the Internet unites this motley crew that is the human race into one large melting pot. However, I fear the reactions that will inevitably take place which will produce disastrous results, much like combining a base with an acid, matter with antimatter, and time with antitime.
The largest problem with a computerized voting system is the potential for hacking, tweaking, and other dirty tactics of old carried over to a computerized voting system. Also, there's no way to do a recount by hand; however, radio buttons will hopefully eliminate the need for one.
...except one: Bouillabaisse. There, now every possible troll is covered.
Be impressed with the technological feat.
Ignore it for the next six months (or in Daikatana's case, three years)
When the subject gets out of the vaporware stage, become amazed again; even more so than before since it actually exists.
Come on, Jon, Slashdot is the Linux news website. A slip-up like that just might get you ostracized (that is, if you didn't have permanent tenure here).
Battery life improvement: 10% to 20%
Relative performance: equivalent to a Pentium II
Notice that just which Pentium II was not specified. It could've been the lowly 266 or the 450, the last one made for the laptop. What matters that the Crusoe just doesn't stand up to the P3's performance, MHz for MHz.
Furthermore, the battery life improvement was a measly 20%. What happened to that doubled battery life promise?
Either way, the Crusoe just doesn't stack up well against the mobile P3. Intel will be releasing a new mobile P3 which uses even less power, so Transmeta might be given a real challenge now.
Only time will tell...
Two words: Visual Café. Or perhaps one conglom-o-word: JBuilder. Java is becoming the next corporate fad (XML, servlets, applets, etc.), and Sun, Symantec and Borland are cashing in.
Check out winamp.com sometime. They run entirely off of servlets, and are lagged like hell. 100ms per function call was pretty lenient for an insult, since that means about three transactions per second (I'm guesstimating here), which is okay for a web server, just not great. Hence the reason why winamp.com is always bogged down: high demand + latency at the code level = noticeable lag on the client side. Of course, comparing jsp to cgi is like comparing applets to oranges (hehe, get it?), so a more quantitative analysis is necessary (which I'll leave up to the business magazines).
Well, sort of. Javalag is so notorious that the term itself really should be copyrighted by Sun, who can then charge publications for using it. As for the rest of the post, it's sad but true. Java lags. You can't deny that, no matter how hard you try.
The best reason to crash/freeze/segfault just got better!
And what will the new ones look like to us Americans? Ugh, I can't bear to think of it.
Wake up, mister Buhrupgupta. Any Java program is already spat upon, since being programmed in Java results in a lag of at least 100ms per function call. Javalag(TM) is so notorious that sometimes entire websites are avoided simply because of shoddy scripting or too many frivolous applets that take so long to load. And that annoying IBM SurePay POS (Point of Sale, or Piece of S#!&, take your pick) system that CompUSA uses? That POS program runs entirely on Java. It lags like hell, causes the printer to stutter, and gives the keyboard a keystroke acceptance rate similar to that of the PCJr.
It's funny how the Sun programmers are complaining of Microsoft building another set of shackles when Java has programmers shelling out hundreds of dollars to put themselves in irons.
Java is to the programming world as trolls are to Slashdot. And I'm not biting when the time comes for me to choose an API.
DISCLAIMER: Javalag(TM) is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., LLC, CRAP, ETC.
Too late.
Hardly. In fact, they're exacerbating the situation. Our only choice is to abolish corporatized entertainment as we know it.
For all I care about Mister Megalomaniac(TM) himself, he can go jump into the river Styx. I won't be there to hold his ankle, cause if I was, I'd push him down!
Sometimes I wish that the tactics of Soldier of Fortune could be put into place here. It sounds like an internal coup would be the only thing to stop this from happening.
This is (possibly) the first time that a UBB forum has been slashdotted. Way to go, we gotta show 'em that perl/Bender is what to use for forums!
I thought they just squeaked out some PPP connection to a national server for the program schedule. Oh well, if it really does work, then they must have had one hell of a hard time with firmware/software drivers for this hack. What's next, a TiVo with 10/100?
Intel, on the other hand, has its own fab in Puerto Rico, Malaysia, and other locations. As far as I know (or as far as the public "needs to know"), they haven't entered into a contractual agreement with other companies.
Besides, these voters used assumption to cast their ballot, which they should never do. It's the convict who wears the blindfold during a beheading, not the executioner.
That's what this is trying to convey. WalMart hasn't been found criminally responsible because they sell hunting bows, shotguns, rifles, and the like. However, they have been sued over such things.
That's the way I feel. Every time someone buys Filemaker Pro or something similar, like Adobe Photoshop/Premiere/Illustrator/Go Live/etc., Macromedia Director, Visual Cafe, or JBuilder, they automatically assume that they are well educated in the topic just by making the purchase. This arrogance must stop before it spreads like a plague (wait a minute, that bum across the street is holding a copy of JBuilder, too late).