This thing looks like its sittin in less than 1/5th its height under water. If it were ever to tip over in a storm you'd be screwed. Mild to moderate winds could probably do it too with that much surface area. Unless they added weight to the bottom to make it self right I wouldnt want to own it.. Tho seriously if i thought it was safe I'd definatly buy one as long as i could sleep in it while it was in the water.
Slashdot doesnt have any spell checking or grammar checking. Because this is just another online forum I dont feel its necessary to even bother with those. I'm not going to copy it to Word, check it and copy it back. Its extremely small of you to even bring it up.
At least windows is consitantly ugly, when put in perspective its not too bad. Stuff under X11 is unconsitantly ugly. Everything is ugly in its own ugly way. One app is ugly one way, another app is ugly an entirely new way. All verry inconsistant and ruins the entire X11 experience.
OSX's aqua is ugly on a new kinda 3dish level. Its ugly not only because its all blue and striped but because Steve Jobs said its Lick able. Ugh! Yuck! If he wants to lick his screen so be it, just dont give me that mental image. Its the last thing that I need.
BeOS.. Now theres an Ugly OS that wasnt too bad. It was consistantly ugly and not in an in your face ugly sort of way tho. it was kind of an "Hey im ugly but not so ugly you have to stare at me like a car accident" sort of way. Slim and the bare essentials while keeping everything the same kinda cold morgue feeling. Tho that spinning teapot demo warmed it up a little.
Well, They have to launch a rocket into space with 3 passengers and then retreive the rocket then launch it again in a certian number of hours and get it back again. This way we're taking off the second half of the competition and turning it into a NASCAR race:-) But yea, +5 sure would hit the spot.
This was added in the G4 CPUs but not to the G3s but these are now expected to get Altivec in a later revision.
The G4 is a G3 processor with altivec stuck on top.
Motorola isnt making the G3s apple uses in the ibooks these days; IBM is, they wouldtn put altivec on one. with the execption to the processor they use for the Game Cube which is an IBM PPC 750vxe (or somethign like that.) with altivec like processing units for the gamecube to utilize for games.
With the looks of it everybody is pokeing holes in this guys rambleings.
You missed my point entirely, The operating system on the BEFW11S4 is Linux as well. The wireless chipset has nothing (well verry little) to do with what OS is being run on the Router.
Really the only difference between the differnt versions is minor hardware changes, 2 to 4 are minor hardware changes, 1 just doesnt have multi spectrum antenna configurations. on 1 you cant set left or right antenna or both. on 2-4 you can have left, right, or both. i dont know the difference between 2 3 and 4 tho. 1 and 2 is just the antenna config and powersupply. the BEFW11S4 has a better powersupply and doesnt blow up.
Isnt the BEFW11S4 in the same boat as the WRT54G? Isnt it based on linux as well?
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There isnt an appropriate fortran compiler to properly compile SPEC in OSX. The current version is out of date and apple has to use a Fortran to C converter inorder to build them.
This is possibly why they havent submitted any benchmarks.
Granted the compiler should make everything look the same in the end but this is just a theory.
Apple chose not to purchase Be because the OS was nowhere near mature enough. NeXT's OpenStep was a logical choice because its simply an amazing OS. If you've ever seen it (NeXTStep) running on a 40mhz 68040 you would know what i mean. It was even fantastic on x86 hardware. OpenSteps only problem with the x86 version was it was verry expensive and really only had one use to most people who would want it; WebObjects development. Granted apple could have improved it but since with the acquisition of NeXT they got both the OS and all their intellectual property. All together NeXT is far more valueble to them than just Be.
ECC ram is just as bad as regular ram execpt that if the parity bit got corrupt then that entire block gets wasted. ECC is just a little better, not a lot, its not perfect.
You're still going to need to write any changes to the disk or else you could risk loseing everything if something (hardware or software) failed. useing ram to read out from the database wouldnt be a bad idea tho.
Ok I was going to use my final moderator point on this but i found far too many offtopics for me to do it. I do belive the longets running application they are looking for is the LONGEST STILL RUNNING from start to today. Like uptime but just a single application. There was reciently the longest running computer hunt and now i suppose they want the longest running application. Im sure its going to be a database or a print or file server of some kind but you never know, someone may still have Word running and they never quit it on their dos machine 10 years ago:) I'm sure theres still really old applications in use today but its unlikely they have been running all this time. People, Please read the article before you chose to reply.
That should be the #1. I cant belive its not there. What a crumby list. If thats not there what other really good ones are overlooked by the list? I deem it incomplete and flawed!
First you didnt bother reading what i said, you shot your self in the foot with the toolkit reply. ONE toolkit is whats needed. *READ* The fact that theres so many Managers and Toolkits is what makes it all so painfull and bloated.
I shouldnt have to upgrade my hardware to run LINUX. how about i just NOT use it and run something that does run well, Windows.
All your counter points are infact reasons to get rid of X11 if you just steped back and thought about it.
Too much power over something makes it far too complex which is not a good thing.
The point i was trying to get at is X11 is not End user friendly by any means. Just because it may be powerfull doesnt make it good however most of the time it makes it difficult. Its difficult to configure (something you SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO) and if you do try to do it by hand its terribly easy to screw up. In regards to the KDE vs WindowMaker someone commented on, I would have to say thats a case of Bloat Vs Streamlined (or stripped). KDE is easier for average Joe to walk up and use then WindowMaker. Since KDE is slow and bloated its also not worth while for Average Joe to use as his primary OS.
To be a good Desktop OS you need ease of use, at this moment X11 doesnt fit that description. Just because you may think Microsoft or even Apple is evil doesnt mean you shouldnt take design tips from them. A possible solution would be a new X11 Compatable system for those who want it and a solid fast easy to use UI for it for those who dont. I also think we need a Unified UI Toolkit so everything across applications is the same.
I run W2k/XP on a PII400 256mb ram with a really crumby video card and its far more responsive then Linux with X11 on the same box. Which is why XP is on that box and linux is on my Athlon XP.
Im sorry, its not the kernel that makes a desktop OS what it is, its the userinterface on top. Linux isnt going to be truely Desktop friendly untill X11 gets replaced with something that doesnt completely suck. You shouldnt need a high end video card to make X11 nice and smooth or have to use a stripped down UI. If Linux wants to set it self apart from all the other OS's its going to need its own desktop engine. I do agree that the 2.6 kernel is going in the right direction, I just belive the rest of the OS is being left really far in the past.
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Apple didnt put Linux on the XServes. TerraSoft purchased XServes from apple and installed Linux onto them.
Why linux is on there is beyond me, OSX is better suited since it has souperior Multiprocessing and threading to linux in every possible aspect.
Maybe the Navy is too lazy to port their software to OSX.
This thing looks like its sittin in less than 1/5th its height under water. If it were ever to tip over in a storm you'd be screwed. Mild to moderate winds could probably do it too with that much surface area. Unless they added weight to the bottom to make it self right I wouldnt want to own it..
Tho seriously if i thought it was safe I'd definatly buy one as long as i could sleep in it while it was in the water.
Slashdot doesnt have any spell checking or grammar checking. Because this is just another online forum I dont feel its necessary to even bother with those. I'm not going to copy it to Word, check it and copy it back. Its extremely small of you to even bring it up.
At least windows is consitantly ugly, when put in perspective its not too bad. Stuff under X11 is unconsitantly ugly. Everything is ugly in its own ugly way. One app is ugly one way, another app is ugly an entirely new way. All verry inconsistant and ruins the entire X11 experience.
OSX's aqua is ugly on a new kinda 3dish level. Its ugly not only because its all blue and striped but because Steve Jobs said its Lick able. Ugh! Yuck! If he wants to lick his screen so be it, just dont give me that mental image. Its the last thing that I need.
BeOS.. Now theres an Ugly OS that wasnt too bad. It was consistantly ugly and not in an in your face ugly sort of way tho. it was kind of an "Hey im ugly but not so ugly you have to stare at me like a car accident" sort of way. Slim and the bare essentials while keeping everything the same kinda cold morgue feeling. Tho that spinning teapot demo warmed it up a little.
Well, They have to launch a rocket into space with 3 passengers and then retreive the rocket then launch it again in a certian number of hours and get it back again. This way we're taking off the second half of the competition and turning it into a NASCAR race :-)
But yea, +5 sure would hit the spot.
One of the competitions could be to launch a NASCAR into space and race it 3 hours after its return.
The G4 is a G3 processor with altivec stuck on top.
Motorola isnt making the G3s apple uses in the ibooks these days; IBM is, they wouldtn put altivec on one. with the execption to the processor they use for the Game Cube which is an IBM PPC 750vxe (or somethign like that.) with altivec like processing units for the gamecube to utilize for games.
With the looks of it everybody is pokeing holes in this guys rambleings.
You missed my point entirely, The operating system on the BEFW11S4 is Linux as well. The wireless chipset has nothing (well verry little) to do with what OS is being run on the Router.
Really the only difference between the differnt versions is minor hardware changes, 2 to 4 are minor hardware changes, 1 just doesnt have multi spectrum antenna configurations. on 1 you cant set left or right antenna or both. on 2-4 you can have left, right, or both.
i dont know the difference between 2 3 and 4 tho. 1 and 2 is just the antenna config and powersupply. the BEFW11S4 has a better powersupply and doesnt blow up.
Isnt the BEFW11S4 in the same boat as the WRT54G? Isnt it based on linux as well?
There isnt an appropriate fortran compiler to properly compile SPEC in OSX. The current version is out of date and apple has to use a Fortran to C converter inorder to build them.
This is possibly why they havent submitted any benchmarks.
Granted the compiler should make everything look the same in the end but this is just a theory.
I would be more impressed if somebody made a Rotisserie BBQ out of lego. Works with real gas and cooks real chicken!
:)
To make it a real trick give it a linux box to control the heat and cooking time
Better yet, put the linux box inside and cook that!
Cisco owns Linksys now, there would be no licenseing fees.
:-)
I'm all for ISO on my BEFW11S4 v2, that means i dont have to go out and buy a 2501 to play with
Apple chose not to purchase Be because the OS was nowhere near mature enough. NeXT's OpenStep was a logical choice because its simply an amazing OS. If you've ever seen it (NeXTStep) running on a 40mhz 68040 you would know what i mean. It was even fantastic on x86 hardware. OpenSteps only problem with the x86 version was it was verry expensive and really only had one use to most people who would want it; WebObjects development.
Granted apple could have improved it but since with the acquisition of NeXT they got both the OS and all their intellectual property. All together NeXT is far more valueble to them than just Be.
OMG! What ever we do now, we best not invent artaficial intelligence or else they'll use this technology on us to power them!
ECC ram is just as bad as regular ram execpt that if the parity bit got corrupt then that entire block gets wasted. ECC is just a little better, not a lot, its not perfect.
You're still going to need to write any changes to the disk or else you could risk loseing everything if something (hardware or software) failed.
useing ram to read out from the database wouldnt be a bad idea tho.
Max Payne has by far the best dialog of any game ever, if anything deserves to be novelized its this.
Ok I was going to use my final moderator point on this but i found far too many offtopics for me to do it. I do belive the longets running application they are looking for is the LONGEST STILL RUNNING from start to today. Like uptime but just a single application. :)
There was reciently the longest running computer hunt and now i suppose they want the longest running application. Im sure its going to be a database or a print or file server of some kind but you never know, someone may still have Word running and they never quit it on their dos machine 10 years ago
I'm sure theres still really old applications in use today but its unlikely they have been running all this time.
People, Please read the article before you chose to reply.
Phew, about time someone rounded all those gnomes up in one place where they couldnt do any dammage. This way we can get rid of them once and for all.
That should be the #1. I cant belive its not there. What a crumby list. If thats not there what other really good ones are overlooked by the list? I deem it incomplete and flawed!
First you didnt bother reading what i said, you shot your self in the foot with the toolkit reply. ONE toolkit is whats needed. *READ* The fact that theres so many Managers and Toolkits is what makes it all so painfull and bloated.
I shouldnt have to upgrade my hardware to run LINUX. how about i just NOT use it and run something that does run well, Windows.
All your counter points are infact reasons to get rid of X11 if you just steped back and thought about it.
Too much power over something makes it far too complex which is not a good thing.
The point i was trying to get at is X11 is not End user friendly by any means. Just because it may be powerfull doesnt make it good however most of the time it makes it difficult. Its difficult to configure (something you SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO) and if you do try to do it by hand its terribly easy to screw up. In regards to the KDE vs WindowMaker someone commented on, I would have to say thats a case of Bloat Vs Streamlined (or stripped). KDE is easier for average Joe to walk up and use then WindowMaker. Since KDE is slow and bloated its also not worth while for Average Joe to use as his primary OS.
To be a good Desktop OS you need ease of use, at this moment X11 doesnt fit that description. Just because you may think Microsoft or even Apple is evil doesnt mean you shouldnt take design tips from them.
A possible solution would be a new X11 Compatable system for those who want it and a solid fast easy to use UI for it for those who dont. I also think we need a Unified UI Toolkit so everything across applications is the same.
I run W2k/XP on a PII400 256mb ram with a really crumby video card and its far more responsive then Linux with X11 on the same box. Which is why XP is on that box and linux is on my Athlon XP.
Im sorry, its not the kernel that makes a desktop OS what it is, its the userinterface on top. Linux isnt going to be truely Desktop friendly untill X11 gets replaced with something that doesnt completely suck. You shouldnt need a high end video card to make X11 nice and smooth or have to use a stripped down UI. If Linux wants to set it self apart from all the other OS's its going to need its own desktop engine. I do agree that the 2.6 kernel is going in the right direction, I just belive the rest of the OS is being left really far in the past.
My 2 1/2 cents Canadian