Not only does it not seem worth upgrading, it doesn't affect performance much. I have an Athlon 2500+ (for $85) that overclocks (with no change in Vcore) to a 3000+. The CPU now thinks it's a 3000+ (well Linux thinks so and so does the BIOS). Final results? Kernel compile is down 15 seconds. Now if you were going to buy a 3000+, it would cost $200 more than the 2500+. For 15 seconds off the kernel compile. That's what we like to call a ripoff. OTOH, just overclock the 2500+ (multiplier goes from 11x to 13x) and get the extra "speed" for free.
Lindows is a bit strange if you ask me. The default user is root, there's a "My Computer", there's a "My Documents" folder, and the icons are stolen from MacOS X. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen; you can't steal other people's icons!
And the fact that it's debian doesn't make me feel any better. So what if it's Linux, they took all the good stuff* out!
* Like apt, decent icons, stability, not having to pay for the Gimp (they charge you at their site!!), etc.
> nVidia are doing what they can to provide their customers with value for money and leading performance, and to me that is far more commendable than a company who's support for Linux and Linux users is pitiful at best.
They are indeed. I just migrated to x86 last month (from years of Linux/PPC). I bought a GeForce 4 MX 440 because the price was right, but was a bit worried about Linux support. My worries were blown away when I got the Nvidia driver for XFree... I've never seen a better driver in my life. xdpyinfo/glxinfo showed that the nvidia driver supported _everything_. GLX, Xv Motion Compensation, etc. And I did no configuration other than setting the mouse device to/dev/input/mice and the resolution to 1152x864. Also, the documentation is the best I've seen.
nVidia's drivers, despite being slightly-closed-source are _wonderful_, and I'll surely buy an nVidia card again. (Actually I won't because bzFlag already runs at 200fps, so I don't see how you could do better than that:)
I think that this is hillarious. Porn seems to be the one thing in our society that everyone hates (in public anyway). They say it's bad, immoral, etc. So the RIAA is trying to associate file sharing with child porn. Now, if you use filesharing clients, you're a pornographer. Great.
Unfortunately for them, a search for a common song rarely turns up porn. Not a lot of porn around with MP3 headers. So rather than implementing a list of all subscribers, file sharing services could filter out all non-music files. Just like the RIAA made Napster do with certain songs.
So with only music on the P2P network, the RIAA could only object to "their" "copyright" being infringed upon. And nobody would care.
Remember that big companies like IBM back Linux, so they're not going to sit around as Linux becomes unbootable on new computers. IBM will make non-DRM BIOS if it comes down to that.
Or, as my economics teacher says, "they can't really get him for anything". He suggests that they arrest the Microsoft engineers that allowed the flaw to exist.
Think about it this way:
If Blaster wasn't written, there wouldn't have been a Blaster epidemic. If DCOM was secured by MS engineers, there wouldn't have been a Blaster epidemic.
So the virus author and MS are equally guilty. Take one out and there's no problem. Why is it the penniless virus writer instead of a huge corporation? Makes you think.
> The width of the new 2500-pin DIMM's could have an adverse effect on case design however.
That's not necessarily true. There's no reason that I know of that requires RAM to be a long stick. Make it look like a CPU and you can have a square-shaped socket that has more pins/square inch.
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Not only does it not seem worth upgrading, it doesn't affect performance much. I have an Athlon 2500+ (for $85) that overclocks (with no change in Vcore) to a 3000+. The CPU now thinks it's a 3000+ (well Linux thinks so and so does the BIOS). Final results? Kernel compile is down 15 seconds. Now if you were going to buy a 3000+, it would cost $200 more than the 2500+. For 15 seconds off the kernel compile. That's what we like to call a ripoff. OTOH, just overclock the 2500+ (multiplier goes from 11x to 13x) and get the extra "speed" for free.
0xCAFEBABE wins here. Time for some yummy java!
Lindows is a bit strange if you ask me. The default user is root, there's a "My Computer", there's a "My Documents" folder, and the icons are stolen from MacOS X. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen; you can't steal other people's icons!
And the fact that it's debian doesn't make me feel any better. So what if it's Linux, they took all the good stuff* out!
* Like apt, decent icons, stability, not having to pay for the Gimp (they charge you at their site!!), etc.
Well, I don't use sendmail. I use postfix. So M$ and sendmail both suck, lol.
Isn't that "the aidoru"?
I think M$ would _like_ clones. Less of them losing money on the console and more of them selling games. How is that bad?
user: noreg
pass: noreg
xpdf? You do use Linux, right!
Well, if none of the lights come on then you know something's wrong, just not what. Better than nothing.
I don't use Linux because it's free. I use it because it's better. Windows is a piece of shit. That's why I don't use it.
Maybe they'll strip(1), mount(8), and fsck(8) too?
I say it's:
:)
1. ???
2. ???
3. ???
4. Release software
5. ???
6. ???
Not a lot of thinking going on
> nVidia are doing what they can to provide their customers with value for money and leading performance, and to me that is far more commendable than a company who's support for Linux and Linux users is pitiful at best.
/dev/input/mice and the resolution to 1152x864. Also, the documentation is the best I've seen.
:)
They are indeed. I just migrated to x86 last month (from years of Linux/PPC). I bought a GeForce 4 MX 440 because the price was right, but was a bit worried about Linux support. My worries were blown away when I got the Nvidia driver for XFree... I've never seen a better driver in my life. xdpyinfo/glxinfo showed that the nvidia driver supported _everything_. GLX, Xv Motion Compensation, etc. And I did no configuration other than setting the mouse device to
nVidia's drivers, despite being slightly-closed-source are _wonderful_, and I'll surely buy an nVidia card again. (Actually I won't because bzFlag already runs at 200fps, so I don't see how you could do better than that
This is slashdot, you know. So don't recommend Lemmings, recommend Pingus! It's hard, though, to kill the little pingus. They're too cute!
Or you can log on to nytimes.com with the username noreg and password noreg. It's nice :)
I think that this is hillarious. Porn seems to be the one thing in our society that everyone hates (in public anyway). They say it's bad, immoral, etc. So the RIAA is trying to associate file sharing with child porn. Now, if you use filesharing clients, you're a pornographer. Great.
Unfortunately for them, a search for a common song rarely turns up porn. Not a lot of porn around with MP3 headers. So rather than implementing a list of all subscribers, file sharing services could filter out all non-music files. Just like the RIAA made Napster do with certain songs.
So with only music on the P2P network, the RIAA could only object to "their" "copyright" being infringed upon. And nobody would care.
fp?
>> Yu made the remark yesterday morning during the weekly closed-door Cabinet meeting.
No I didn't. And learn to spell "you"!
And I thought they were Linux-unfriendly at *my* school!
Remember that big companies like IBM back Linux, so they're not going to sit around as Linux becomes unbootable on new computers. IBM will make non-DRM BIOS if it comes down to that.
Once you print a document the only DRM is a nice warm fire.
I've never considered slashdot a blog. To me a blog is a personal journal/website akin to the journals at slashdot. I don't read those very often :)
> "By closing this browser window, you agree to mail Minna Kirai $700".Is that binding? (I wish).
:)
If it was, everyone would hate you
MODERATORS: Learn what "Minna Kirai" means before you mod me down.
Or, as my economics teacher says, "they can't really get him for anything". He suggests that they arrest the Microsoft engineers that allowed the flaw to exist.
Think about it this way:
If Blaster wasn't written, there wouldn't have been a Blaster epidemic.
If DCOM was secured by MS engineers, there wouldn't have been a Blaster epidemic.
So the virus author and MS are equally guilty. Take one out and there's no problem. Why is it the penniless virus writer instead of a huge corporation? Makes you think.
> The width of the new 2500-pin DIMM's could have an adverse effect on case design however.
That's not necessarily true. There's no reason that I know of that requires RAM to be a long stick. Make it look like a CPU and you can have a square-shaped socket that has more pins/square inch.
How about this google bar?
http://googlebar.mozdev.org/