What about ASP and ColdFusion? Gee, why didn't I see them here?
And what about the homebrew server-side code that the Shack uses? That site's uptime and responsiveness is greater than that of Slashdot, which is primarily due to the server running BSD rather than Linux. And that web server doesn't even have a RAID cage (the proof is in the "0 comments" lines beside some of the mid-March articles, due to a missed backup).
It turns out that if the P4 is adequately cooled, you'll never run into this kind of problem. Also, many P4 boards let you set the temperature at which the CPU throttles down by 50% (you could set the temp to 130 so it doesn't burn up like so many Thunderbirds have this year).
Gee, whenever a trivial vulnerability regarding Linux or AMD is exposed, it's instantly dismissed as Wintel FUD. However, when it's the other way around, you just stand there and stoke the flames. Slashdot has become the epitome of tech hypocrisy.
After reading that headline, I laughed so hard that I nearly fell out of my chair. The P4 can't possibly become a "budget" option until they ditch that costly RDRAM. It's still 2.5 times the price of the same sized PC133 CAS2 7.0ns (and I can remember when 128 megs of RDRAM would set you back by $800).
No thanks, Intel. I would rather not save the dying demon that is Rambus. Instead, why don't you consider releasing a DDR chipset?
It was canned because it "didn't come up often enough" MS felt.
I thought they canned it because so many people were annoyed by it. My mother likes the paper-scraps cat in Office 2000, and I'd like to see Ranger from Quake as an Office character.
Extract fla_mp06.wav from the Q3:Team Arena pak, and loop it in your favorite player. Envision the Rambus "empire" crumbling before your very eyes as you listen to the sounds of the destruction of corruption.
If there was such a thing as sonic justice, fla_mp06 would be it.
Ugh, when the reset button on a computer doesn't work right, you KNOW there's a big problem. And I thought ATX was bad enough with the delayed power-off.
I'm probably going to get burned for saying this, but open source is like reading your source code, line by line, over a set of loudspeakers in front of millions of people. And the GPL is more like an honor system than a license. Any company can just hire staffers to hunt around SourceForge and download relevant source files. They then change a few variable names, find another way to perform one of the functions, and then use it in their project. And that's the best-case scenario; worst-case scenario is cut-and-paste right into the compiler.
I haven't seen any evidence of this, but it sure sounds like what is happening out there. After all, what's the Free Software Foundation going to do to companies like Microsoft and HP? Send them a cease-and-desist letter?
IMHO, this is how MS will die - not the Fed suit, but piles of private suits.
No, no; that's how the U. S. Judicial system would die; not at the hand of a legitimate rebellion, but by being suffocated by thousands upon thousands of petty lawsuits against one company.
Do something worthwhile. If you hate Windows 9X, go for Windows 2000. If you hate Windows altogether, try out Linux. If you're just an average joe who wants to make an extra thousand dollars for no good reason, this lawsuit isn't for you.
Seriously, an operating system pre-installed by the OEM doesn't amount to any kind of abuse or negligence. Those people bought the system knowing full well what operating system was installed (and perhaps they even had a chance to try out a demo unit, or take a look at the complete list of applications installed). Do the judicial system a favor, and keep your petty differences out of the courts.
At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing were Hank Berry, Napster interim chief, representatives from the recording industry, artists Alanis Morissette and [Don] Henley, and the MPAA's Jack Valenti.
Right before all were seated, a sudden outburst of "All Hail Valenti!" ran through the room.
But they still have to make money somehow. They'll find a way better than Metallica was planning (suing the pants off of Napster).
Add a little bit to that last sentence.
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For example, using CobraNet's technology, they are able to stream audio out to speakers with no loss of sound quality, while keeping the control rooms in a centralized location remote to the area.
... to protect the workers in the control rooms from the rioting workers in costumes, who still haven't received their back pay.
And, of course, keeping free -- some will say stolen -- music alive.
Yeah, Alanis Morrissette and Don Henley would say stolen. Sheesh, my sister bought Dogma, my parents have Hell Freezes Over and Hotel California (the latter on BOTH LP and CD), and both me and my sister have Jagged Little Pill (and I don't even listen to mine; it's buried under anti-static bags and old expansion cards somewhere). Add to that my collection of three (yes, THREE) CDs of The Downward Spiral, all aluminum (I kept losing the one I had, and then I found the other two one day).
And these musicians complain of Napster and Gnutella causing a negative cash flow position?!?! Poppycock!!
Of course, CD-ripping and MP3 encoding helps me. I don't have to find the CD if I already ripped it; I can just play the wav or mp3 files from where they were stored. And I don't have to go out to the record store to buy an entire album for just one song; I can just get the one I want. The record companies are going to try to charge us up the wazoo to do this, but as long as Gnutella is up and running, we won't have to tolerate their capitalist bull.
Doug Miller's response to the hardware-based copy protection question:
There are others at Microsoft who are better equipped to answer this question than me. I know we are continually looking at ways to protect our software but balance it with an acceptable user experience. Software piracy for all commercial software companies around the world is a huge problem...
Translation: "RED ALERT!!! RED ALERT!!! Copy protection question! Shields up! Charge the FUD cannon! Prepare a legitimate excuse! FIRE!!"
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There. The Gamecube will be produced, but depending on the feedback from E3, they might hold back the release of the console.
Hah! Close your tags next time!
Like I was hinting at, Slashdot is incredibly biased. I've contemplated abandoning it.
What about ASP and ColdFusion? Gee, why didn't I see them here? And what about the homebrew server-side code that the Shack uses? That site's uptime and responsiveness is greater than that of Slashdot, which is primarily due to the server running BSD rather than Linux. And that web server doesn't even have a RAID cage (the proof is in the "0 comments" lines beside some of the mid-March articles, due to a missed backup).
Gee, whenever a trivial vulnerability regarding Linux or AMD is exposed, it's instantly dismissed as Wintel FUD. However, when it's the other way around, you just stand there and stoke the flames. Slashdot has become the epitome of tech hypocrisy.
After reading that headline, I laughed so hard that I nearly fell out of my chair. The P4 can't possibly become a "budget" option until they ditch that costly RDRAM. It's still 2.5 times the price of the same sized PC133 CAS2 7.0ns (and I can remember when 128 megs of RDRAM would set you back by $800).
No thanks, Intel. I would rather not save the dying demon that is Rambus. Instead, why don't you consider releasing a DDR chipset?
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.20MHz
Region 2 & 3 voice uplink: 144.49MHz
Did the MPAA force them into this? Are the Region 2 and 3 uplinks delayed by over five months?
I thought they canned it because so many people were annoyed by it. My mother likes the paper-scraps cat in Office 2000, and I'd like to see Ranger from Quake as an Office character.
Gee, THIS policy won't go unabused...
If you bought a PlayStation2, then you already did.
If there was such a thing as sonic justice, fla_mp06 would be it.
What if they calculated the course in Angstroms instead of Astronomical Units? This "Odyssey" would become the next "Voyager"!
Ugh, when the reset button on a computer doesn't work right, you KNOW there's a big problem. And I thought ATX was bad enough with the delayed power-off.
I haven't seen any evidence of this, but it sure sounds like what is happening out there. After all, what's the Free Software Foundation going to do to companies like Microsoft and HP? Send them a cease-and-desist letter?
No, no; that's how the U. S. Judicial system would die; not at the hand of a legitimate rebellion, but by being suffocated by thousands upon thousands of petty lawsuits against one company.
Do something worthwhile. If you hate Windows 9X, go for Windows 2000. If you hate Windows altogether, try out Linux. If you're just an average joe who wants to make an extra thousand dollars for no good reason, this lawsuit isn't for you.
Seriously, an operating system pre-installed by the OEM doesn't amount to any kind of abuse or negligence. Those people bought the system knowing full well what operating system was installed (and perhaps they even had a chance to try out a demo unit, or take a look at the complete list of applications installed). Do the judicial system a favor, and keep your petty differences out of the courts.
What about Samsung's Yopy?
Didn't Bill Gates get arrested in Albuquerque?
Right before all were seated, a sudden outburst of "All Hail Valenti!" ran through the room.
"Houston, we don't have a region problem!"
But they still have to make money somehow. They'll find a way better than Metallica was planning (suing the pants off of Napster).
Yeah, Alanis Morrissette and Don Henley would say stolen. Sheesh, my sister bought Dogma, my parents have Hell Freezes Over and Hotel California (the latter on BOTH LP and CD), and both me and my sister have Jagged Little Pill (and I don't even listen to mine; it's buried under anti-static bags and old expansion cards somewhere). Add to that my collection of three (yes, THREE) CDs of The Downward Spiral, all aluminum (I kept losing the one I had, and then I found the other two one day).
And these musicians complain of Napster and Gnutella causing a negative cash flow position?!?! Poppycock!!
Of course, CD-ripping and MP3 encoding helps me. I don't have to find the CD if I already ripped it; I can just play the wav or mp3 files from where they were stored. And I don't have to go out to the record store to buy an entire album for just one song; I can just get the one I want. The record companies are going to try to charge us up the wazoo to do this, but as long as Gnutella is up and running, we won't have to tolerate their capitalist bull.
Translation: "RED ALERT!!! RED ALERT!!! Copy protection question! Shields up! Charge the FUD cannon! Prepare a legitimate excuse! FIRE!!"
"Eject my Zip disk, HAL."
"EJECT MY ZIP DISK HAL!!!"
*click* *ka-chunk!*
"Finally! And all I had to do was right-click on the drive icon?!?!"
(Timpani roll throughout.)