I think that this is a major load. Many/.ers know that Gnutella was started by Nullsoft, who then stopped making the Gnutella client and released the source to give birth to other client/server shells for Gnutella. Even flatplanet.net is in Gnutella; they're spamming every search query; already, most of the Gnutella clients have flatplanet filters.
Remember back near 1984, when the Soviet sub K219 brushed against an American sub, causing the nuclear missile tubes to flood, the reactor to almost melt down, and the entire sub to sink? A movie was made about that ("Hostile Waters", starring Alec Guinness and Martin Sheen, as the Soviet and American sub commanders, respectively).
The Siberia level of Soldier of Fortune reminds me of this, too. Especially with the exploding helicopter and the noxious gas. The Russian space program has some blunders, too: They were the ones to achieve the first fatality in space. I think it was when a Cosmonaut was in Soyuz (maybe Vostok or Voskhod, I lost the October 86 issue of National Geographic, that's what had it). Then came the defective valve on a later Soyuz, which caused the three Cosmonauts onboard to suffocate prior to re-entry. Then there's the Mir blunder, when a Progress freighter was navigated by hand. The monitor went blank, until 400 milliseconds before it hit the station, puncturing one of the modules.
We only have to wait (probably not long) before the next blunder occurs. The only question remaining is who will be next.
Why didn't Microsoft just patch the installer to prompt the administrator to enter a password? Kinda like every Linux distribution prompts you to enter a root password.
I think that this is just a classic omission on the part of the Microsoft (and Red Hat) software engineers. This is the reason why much of the software released as 1.0 is actually beta quality.
If I had my way, I'd add on a "gamma" software stage; the requirements of this stage being:
Full functionality,
Passed the 99 runtime test (ran the latest build at least 99 times without a single hitch)
Not quite tested on all systems (hence, the gamma)
I admit, I was a little prejudiced by seeing Stalingrad and Deutschland in the same song. It's too hard not to be predujiced, with all the things German companies have been doing (prime example: ASUS leaking out the See-Through drivers; average Counter-Strike round down by 30 seconds; coincidence? no.)
I have a PIII 500 on a 440BX board. I've been waiting for Intel to give up Rambus and make a high-end chipset with AGP4x and slot1. Is this a lost cause? If so, I'll probably wait until either:
Rambus gets off their high horse and lowers the prices;
I'm sick of/. being full of these gnomes chanting, "Linux is the uber-OS! M$ SUCKS!!!" I run Windows 2000, and I've been contemplating changing my browser string to "MozillaSucks/NT5's bigone."
I remember that I did stumble upon a site with the layout of/. but about Win2k. I'd like to find it again. Because of the lack of intelligence at/. I've been forced to seek alternative newsfeeds (the Onion, for one; the constant GNU-Bickering at/. makes me sad)
Well, on the last, uhh, 22, I can see why. But the first ones should've been there, I agree.
Did those last ones come out of rage?
By the way, I have a cockatiel, but I've never tried to let him sit on my, uhh, you know, decor forbids, the perl script would kill me if I typed it? I might try it, but he loves to bite things, so then again, maybe not.
Regarding the buyback programs that Apple has instigated, I can only quote from Nelson from The Simpsons: "HA-Ha!"
We all know that many fruits fell from the Apple tree. It just so happens that some of those fruits were people like Steve Jobs.
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I have solid evidence that Java is slow and cumbersome: The IBM Point Of Service system. I work at parts counter at CompUSA, where these units are used as cash registers. These registers are running NT4SP5 (strange, considering that there are USB ports on the units). The POS program used is entirely written in Java. On power-up, there is a scripted FTP session to download JPEG files used for instant advertisement. The monitor functions as a display of the receipt (to comply with a recent town ordinance to show the customer the receipt; I'm going to oppose this ordinance, since it only spawns more Java programmers). The keyboard latency (time you have to wait before pressing another key) is 150ms. If the enter key is pressed before this time has elapsed, a certain letter will appear (proving that the Enter key and Escape key are remapped in the program). In C programs, there is no keyboard latency. The thermal receipt printer (suspiciously named the "IBM SureMark") makes a stuttering sound when sent its data to print. During the test print/paper cut sequence, there is no stuttering, proving that the Java program lags when sending data. There also have been problems recently when the entire Java data files were changed; there is an option for what kind of CompUSA credit card payment method (so we can manually trigger the 6 month no interest plan), but sometimes (and this has happened at the damndest times), a credit card will come up with a message of "Use Another Tender," and it won't let the cashier enter in an auth code. This became annoying once because I actually had an auth code from the creditors!
So next time you say that Java is fast, just walk into your local CompUSA, and watch the cashiers cursing at the register terminals. The POS terminal program was coded by IBM's (snicker) Java (snicker snicker!) technicians (ROTFL!!!).
I am majoring in Computer Engineering at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, so I will have to learn programming. However, I have made a vow to learn C(++) as a second language. Maybe I'll learn Java, but it will have no place for me, since Java-driven drivers are the worst drivers.
Not convinced? Just look at that "Punch the monkey and win $20!" banner ad. That thing is Java. And it seems to run slower when you run it on a faster processor.
Also, Quake III is partially Java powered (the main game code). However, it can also take DLLs (but John Carmack prefers QVM for its better file system security), and a group of hackers recently converted the main QVM files into DLLs. These run 20% faster than the QVM files, making mod developers wonder if they've done the wrong thing by learning QVM.
I know what Linux is, I just want to know why a driver for such a popular chipset could be so unfinished? I'm willing to bet that BeOS has a highly refined driver for this chip, considering that many people have a hobby system with this chip, and are trying out Be.
...or is this being done solely for the sake of proving it possible?
I decided about a year ago that if I ever decided to get a PDA, it would be the Palm. (I've wavered over just which model I should get, but I like PalmOS, nice and simple). The only thing I would do with a PDA is take notes/schedule my day. If I want to hear music, I'll bring a Walkman/Discman/Rio. If I want to watch movies, I'll go to a theater. If I want to read a book, I'll go to my local Barnes & Noble.
Personally, I think it's a waste of time and space to squeeze a Linux kernel on a PDA. It would be hell if you yanked out the batteries, checking the entire flash memory would take a long time. Furthermore, what's the point of shoving a server operating system onto a handheld organizer? To all those who say, "Because I can," I say, "Go ahead, waste your money." I'm not the one using a rocketship to travel three blocks down the street.
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I think that this is a major load. Many /.ers know that Gnutella was started by Nullsoft, who then stopped making the Gnutella client and released the source to give birth to other client/server shells for Gnutella. Even flatplanet.net is in Gnutella; they're spamming every search query; already, most of the Gnutella clients have flatplanet filters.
The Siberia level of Soldier of Fortune reminds me of this, too. Especially with the exploding helicopter and the noxious gas. The Russian space program has some blunders, too: They were the ones to achieve the first fatality in space. I think it was when a Cosmonaut was in Soyuz (maybe Vostok or Voskhod, I lost the October 86 issue of National Geographic, that's what had it). Then came the defective valve on a later Soyuz, which caused the three Cosmonauts onboard to suffocate prior to re-entry. Then there's the Mir blunder, when a Progress freighter was navigated by hand. The monitor went blank, until 400 milliseconds before it hit the station, puncturing one of the modules.
We only have to wait (probably not long) before the next blunder occurs. The only question remaining is who will be next.
This is just great. Now I guess I will live the rest of my life in the local fallout shelter.
it was a p90. 48MB of RAM.
I think I made my point clear in the subject line (that is, if the perl script didn't eat it up like last time.
And you're scolding us for not previewing before submitting.
I think that this is just a classic omission on the part of the Microsoft (and Red Hat) software engineers. This is the reason why much of the software released as 1.0 is actually beta quality.
If I had my way, I'd add on a "gamma" software stage; the requirements of this stage being:
Full functionality,
Passed the 99 runtime test (ran the latest build at least 99 times without a single hitch)
Not quite tested on all systems (hence, the gamma)
They do have some muscle to them. It's like holding a 486 in your hands (perfect for DOOM, it gets 30fps on a 486)
That was the title to a Gallagher special.
It'll either take 20 more years, the Alzheimer's epidemic, the Arthritis epidemic, or 60,000 7.62mm rounds.
You decide.
I admit, I was a little prejudiced by seeing Stalingrad and Deutschland in the same song. It's too hard not to be predujiced, with all the things German companies have been doing (prime example: ASUS leaking out the See-Through drivers; average Counter-Strike round down by 30 seconds; coincidence? no.)
How do you know this as a fact if IA-64 is still vaporware? Or, as the linux gnomes usually do, are you just pulling this "fact" out of a hat?
I have a PIII 500 on a 440BX board. I've been waiting for Intel to give up Rambus and make a high-end chipset with AGP4x and slot1. Is this a lost cause? If so, I'll probably wait until either:
Rambus gets off their high horse and lowers the prices;
Rambus drops their royalties;
Something beats Rambus; or
The Athlon-Killer arrives
I'm sick of /. being full of these gnomes chanting, "Linux is the uber-OS! M$ SUCKS!!!" I run Windows 2000, and I've been contemplating changing my browser string to "MozillaSucks/NT5's bigone."
I remember that I did stumble upon a site with the layout of /. but about Win2k. I'd like to find it again. Because of the lack of intelligence at /. I've been forced to seek alternative newsfeeds (the Onion, for one; the constant GNU-Bickering at /. makes me sad)
this just makes me mad. Now I'll have to expose Malda's laziness: I now demonstrate to you how the perl script automatically rates the post:
Linux Linux Linux:
I installed my Debian Linux,
Installed and ran okay,
I started up Enlightenment,
And found the JDK.
There, plenty of HTML code used, and even a Linux poem. I might even continue that one later. Let's see how this fares on the ratings.
well if you understood more than 2% of it, then would you be so kind as to translate?
Well, on the last, uhh, 22, I can see why. But the first ones should've been there, I agree.
Did those last ones come out of rage?
By the way, I have a cockatiel, but I've never tried to let him sit on my, uhh, you know, decor forbids, the perl script would kill me if I typed it? I might try it, but he loves to bite things, so then again, maybe not.
uhh, see the subject line.
I agree.
We desperately need that troll classification.
...or let's make another field: Fourth Reich Fanatic.
Regarding the buyback programs that Apple has instigated, I can only quote from Nelson from The Simpsons: "HA-Ha!"
We all know that many fruits fell from the Apple tree. It just so happens that some of those fruits were people like Steve Jobs.
I have solid evidence that Java is slow and cumbersome: The IBM Point Of Service system. I work at parts counter at CompUSA, where these units are used as cash registers. These registers are running NT4SP5 (strange, considering that there are USB ports on the units). The POS program used is entirely written in Java. On power-up, there is a scripted FTP session to download JPEG files used for instant advertisement. The monitor functions as a display of the receipt (to comply with a recent town ordinance to show the customer the receipt; I'm going to oppose this ordinance, since it only spawns more Java programmers). The keyboard latency (time you have to wait before pressing another key) is 150ms. If the enter key is pressed before this time has elapsed, a certain letter will appear (proving that the Enter key and Escape key are remapped in the program). In C programs, there is no keyboard latency. The thermal receipt printer (suspiciously named the "IBM SureMark") makes a stuttering sound when sent its data to print. During the test print/paper cut sequence, there is no stuttering, proving that the Java program lags when sending data. There also have been problems recently when the entire Java data files were changed; there is an option for what kind of CompUSA credit card payment method (so we can manually trigger the 6 month no interest plan), but sometimes (and this has happened at the damndest times), a credit card will come up with a message of "Use Another Tender," and it won't let the cashier enter in an auth code. This became annoying once because I actually had an auth code from the creditors!
So next time you say that Java is fast, just walk into your local CompUSA, and watch the cashiers cursing at the register terminals. The POS terminal program was coded by IBM's (snicker) Java (snicker snicker!) technicians (ROTFL!!!).
I am majoring in Computer Engineering at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, so I will have to learn programming. However, I have made a vow to learn C(++) as a second language. Maybe I'll learn Java, but it will have no place for me, since Java-driven drivers are the worst drivers.
Not convinced? Just look at that "Punch the monkey and win $20!" banner ad. That thing is Java. And it seems to run slower when you run it on a faster processor.
Also, Quake III is partially Java powered (the main game code). However, it can also take DLLs (but John Carmack prefers QVM for its better file system security), and a group of hackers recently converted the main QVM files into DLLs. These run 20% faster than the QVM files, making mod developers wonder if they've done the wrong thing by learning QVM.
I know what Linux is, I just want to know why a driver for such a popular chipset could be so unfinished? I'm willing to bet that BeOS has a highly refined driver for this chip, considering that many people have a hobby system with this chip, and are trying out Be.
...or is this being done solely for the sake of proving it possible?
I decided about a year ago that if I ever decided to get a PDA, it would be the Palm. (I've wavered over just which model I should get, but I like PalmOS, nice and simple). The only thing I would do with a PDA is take notes/schedule my day. If I want to hear music, I'll bring a Walkman/Discman/Rio. If I want to watch movies, I'll go to a theater. If I want to read a book, I'll go to my local Barnes & Noble.
Personally, I think it's a waste of time and space to squeeze a Linux kernel on a PDA. It would be hell if you yanked out the batteries, checking the entire flash memory would take a long time. Furthermore, what's the point of shoving a server operating system onto a handheld organizer? To all those who say, "Because I can," I say, "Go ahead, waste your money." I'm not the one using a rocketship to travel three blocks down the street.