Yawn, same old stuff - read the rest, Windows is better at thread switching. That makes up for the slow process creation. Windows programmers know that processs creation is slow, and thread creation is quick. Using Threads over Processes is not the same model you generally use in the Linux world which prefers Processes to threads.
Even the Blog author makes the same comment: "So why is this interesting? Because their test methods reflect Windows internals, not Unix kernel design." yet he will still draws out the process creation figures as his headline.
The reason to break what's working is that there are some old clocks that need manual intervention to keep them in sync, so everytime a leap second is added, some poor sod has to go and update the clock and they don't like doing it.
Unfortunately, the 'fix' that was proposed really means we'll slowly get out of sync with the sun. In a hundred years or so, it'll be sunny at midnight, and dark at noon (ok, exagerrated there - but it will slowly get closer to that state, second by second). That's the reason we add leap seconds 'cos the earth doesn't rotate about the sun in an perfectly exact value.
oh no, its not the evil spore creatures.. its the evil pillows... you think they wrap themselves in a knot to help us sleep? Push all their innards to one end so you have a lumpy pillow to assist us in sleeping? Gradually make feathers come out of the fabric pointy end first...
No... they're b*st*rds slowly plotting our downfall. Now they've just found a new way to get to us. If only science would work towards finding a replacement, then world peace would ensue and we'd all be happy and relaxed from a good night's sleep.
The reason/. community condemns spyware is because it is hidden, you do not have the choice about running it, as it is hidden away in an EULA that no-one reads, and installs the code that performs the spying without informing the end user.
Sure, you could read all the very small print, but the point is that if the spyware companies were to make it explicit that the malware app was to be installed (I think like Bearshare used to - 'we install ad programs to fund this app so you can use it for free - for no ads, buy the Pro version') then the community would have no problem. After all, in that instance, you knew what you were getting into, so it is your decision.
With spyware, its deliberately made difficult for you to make this (informed) choice, and we think that is wrong. The Law doesn't come into it, except in discussions on how to stop this.
Row level locking isn't mandatory for scalability, performance and even less necessary for reliability. Stop reading the Oracle marketing:)
As for 'enterprise' apps - believe me when I say many industries are running their serious enterprise apps on platforms that *are* much older than 5 years old (remember the y2k 'bug', think of all those COBOL programs that are running... 30 years old and still going. I'd say something that runs for 35 years is the very definition of robustness).
The fundamentals are the same - MySQL is just catching up to what the serious players had way back.
The demonstration was on a normal laptop (with lots of RAM of course)
I thought the article was about memory allocation and dealocation speeds in Java. Chuck so much RAM at the problem that it never needs to deallocate is hardly a good example of how Java is a fast language.
My Irish girlfriends used to say (as if it were a common phrase they all knew) "I thank God every day for making me Catholic because guilt just makes sex better":-)
Technically CVV numbers are slightly more than adding 4 digits to your CC as they are not printed on the card front - so someone cannot copy it down. Unless you handed your card to them, say, and they turned it over. Or, say you used it online and they stored the CVV number in the database along with the card number.
Hmm. yes, ok.
Chip n Pin is not the answer as you say, the cardholder is now responsible. I've seen the readers - they're supposed to have protective screens so no-one can overlook you while you're typing the pin in.. yeah, right. they're far too low to stop that from any angle above 30 degrees. Say, about head height if the card reader is at table height. Personally, I'm glad my amex card doesn't yet have a chip. (but I once went to a store that didn't take amex, and I didn't know the pin for my new visa card.. They treated me like I'd stolen it).
Look at credit-card fraud. Do banks pay for this? Hell, yeah. Is there a cottage industry? Perhaps, but banks are EXTREMELY motivated to fix the problem, since it's costing them daily
rubbish. Look at bank's current efforts to fix CC fraud.. CVV numbers that are relatively recent introduction for distance selling, and now chip and pin for cardholder-present frauds. Until very recently you didn't need to give the CVV number for authentication, and some of my cards *still* don't have chips on them.
The point here is that the banks are very conservative. They will first add up how much fraud costs them, figure out how much it will cost them to fix (including all the hidden costs like consultants and management and new readers for stores etc), and if the cost is too great, won't do a thing.
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Linus Says No to 'Specs'
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It's not adventurous or fun
And that's the root of the issue. Linus (like many geek coders) doesn't like namby-pamby stuff like specifications, requirements and documentation. None of that is fun, so getting rid of it as much as possible is a driving force for these kind of guys.
I don't like the paperwork that goes with my fun day job of coding, but I have to do it, and it is necessary. Just ask the guys I hand my releases off to for a very valid reason why the paperwork is necessary.
There is something similar..ish - Keepass from sourceforge. It's a secure repository for your passwords, and will happily encrypt them as you create new ones.
Ue it to store passwords and urls, (and usernames), and with a little cut and paste you don;t have any more problems with remembering those little used passwords.
Yes, hexes are considered wargamers material (for a reason, they take it seriously, as you know:) ).
Player control.. I was thinking of mouse movement, as the only games I can think of that have a tiled floorplan are wargames, strategy games (almost the same thing really) where movement is a slow and planned affair; or rpgs where it is point and click. If necessary to map 8 way controls to a unit - I'd do it with 4 controls... forward, forward+left, forward+right, turn around. Who walks backwards anyway:)
Re:I think its the opposite. High pay = house slav
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Pay vs. Happiness
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so you're saying the only job that's really satisfying is.. 'idle millionaire playboy'. I've scoured the job adverts, but I havn't found any of those..
wanted to become a lawyer so she could "buy a Porsche"
What's wrong with that? A lot of people work for the money so they can buy the things they really want, be it a family, the ability to retire early and sail the world on a yacht, or to be able to afford that car she'd always dreamed of.
I don't do my job for free after all, even though my requirements are considerably smaller (unlimited beer and TV:) )
On the other hand, I don't know her so the context could be much more like a freeloading salesman/lawyer/other crap profession that I'm givinbg her credit for.
If you're texturing the ground, and making each tile blend into adjacent tiles, then there's no reason at all to display real hexagons. Display the squares, offset as I described, and the player will not notice any difference except that it appears he can move in 6 directions instead of the usual 8.
actually, for a hex map all you need is a square grid, and then 'shift' every other line of squares off by half a square. The data structure is very simple once you've got that in your head, the difficult bit is remembering that you have 2 adjacent squares on a different numbered 'row' - the one next to you, and the one above (or below) you.
Try drawing out a 3x3 grid with the middle column offset by half a square, then draw it again but flat. It'll be obvious.
That said, do you think Debian and RedHat cron work exactly the same way? What about apache installs on them (which user was it installed with by default, what was the name its process is known as?)
Add all Oracle GUI tools to that as well. They actually make me prefer using sql*plus instead of them.
And Orbix too - even the silly little 'select a nameserver' app was appallingly slow unresponsive, and used 80Mb for a tree control and half a dozen editboxes.
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Firefox 1.0.7 Released
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Then, as me, I set up a directory called Firefox107. I made a directory under that one called Firefox as the installation area for the install of Firefox 1.0.7. I then downloaded the Linux installer for 1.0.7 directly from mozilla.org. I untarred/gunzipped the installer into the Firefox107 directory. It made a firefox-installer directory under Firefox107 where I then clicked the firefox-installer script to start the install process. Again, I installed as me, not as root.
I don't know about you, but I clicked 'download now', then double-clicked 'Firefox Setup 1.0.7.exe', then I had a lie down, the effort required was just that bit too much for me. Bring on the auto-update, that's what I say!
I can't even imagine how profound the boomcar boyz hearing loss must be
I saw a TV programme about this ages ago - they took a 'Barry' and tested his hearing. When they showed him the results (that he hearing response dipped around a certain frequency- you could see the graph and it looked bad), he said "wot, so your saying, right, that I need to turn up the volume on me graphic equalizer around that point yeah?"
YOU MAY RECIEVE FAKE EMAILS that look like they are from Methlabs
Really? Hey guys, I think I got one, but I'm not sure this one isn't for real:
Dear Sir:
I have been requested by the Methlabs and P2P Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Methlabs and P2P Company has recently concluded a revolution where several high ranking members of the Company attempted to wipe the company servers of data and abscond with funds totalling $400 gazillion dollars. It is of uptmost concern to us that these funds not find their way into the hands of revolutionaries and so we ask your assistance.
You assistance is requested as a non-Methlabs member to assist the Methlabs and P2P Company, and also the Peerguardian Community, in moving these funds out of Methlabs. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Methlabs and P2P Company. In exchange for your accomodating services, the Methlabs and P2P Company would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.
However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to ICANN law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person on the forums, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Methlabs and P2P Company, as well as with certain officials of the PeerGuardian community.
Please call me at your earliest convenience at [Phone Number]. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the revolutionaries will realize that the server backup was intact and will attempt to transfer it to another domain.
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If he's registered as disabled, then your taxes should be paying for that software - that's why it costs hundreds of dollars...
r toys/xppowertoys.mspx
Anyway, I don't know what software it is, but have you considered the free magnifier powertoy? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powe
Yawn, same old stuff - read the rest, Windows is better at thread switching. That makes up for the slow process creation. Windows programmers know that processs creation is slow, and thread creation is quick. Using Threads over Processes is not the same model you generally use in the Linux world which prefers Processes to threads.
Even the Blog author makes the same comment: "So why is this interesting? Because their test methods reflect Windows internals, not Unix kernel design." yet he will still draws out the process creation figures as his headline.
The reason to break what's working is that there are some old clocks that need manual intervention to keep them in sync, so everytime a leap second is added, some poor sod has to go and update the clock and they don't like doing it.
Unfortunately, the 'fix' that was proposed really means we'll slowly get out of sync with the sun. In a hundred years or so, it'll be sunny at midnight, and dark at noon (ok, exagerrated there - but it will slowly get closer to that state, second by second). That's the reason we add leap seconds 'cos the earth doesn't rotate about the sun in an perfectly exact value.
oh no, its not the evil spore creatures.. its the evil pillows... you think they wrap themselves in a knot to help us sleep? Push all their innards to one end so you have a lumpy pillow to assist us in sleeping? Gradually make feathers come out of the fabric pointy end first...
No... they're b*st*rds slowly plotting our downfall. Now they've just found a new way to get to us. If only science would work towards finding a replacement, then world peace would ensue and we'd all be happy and relaxed from a good night's sleep.
The reason /. community condemns spyware is because it is hidden, you do not have the choice about running it, as it is hidden away in an EULA that no-one reads, and installs the code that performs the spying without informing the end user.
Sure, you could read all the very small print, but the point is that if the spyware companies were to make it explicit that the malware app was to be installed (I think like Bearshare used to - 'we install ad programs to fund this app so you can use it for free - for no ads, buy the Pro version') then the community would have no problem. After all, in that instance, you knew what you were getting into, so it is your decision.
With spyware, its deliberately made difficult for you to make this (informed) choice, and we think that is wrong. The Law doesn't come into it, except in discussions on how to stop this.
good point, but... what was MySQL like back in the days of SQLServer 6.5?
:) )
I know its good now, and I've been using v3 for a while (yes, I upgrade to v4 and its immediately superseded. just my luck
mostly right, sortof. Have a look here: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=165 189&cid=137834925 189&cid=13783454
and
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16
Row level locking isn't mandatory for scalability, performance and even less necessary for reliability. Stop reading the Oracle marketing :)
As for 'enterprise' apps - believe me when I say many industries are running their serious enterprise apps on platforms that *are* much older than 5 years old (remember the y2k 'bug', think of all those COBOL programs that are running... 30 years old and still going. I'd say something that runs for 35 years is the very definition of robustness).
The fundamentals are the same - MySQL is just catching up to what the serious players had way back.
The demonstration was on a normal laptop (with lots of RAM of course)
I thought the article was about memory allocation and dealocation speeds in Java. Chuck so much RAM at the problem that it never needs to deallocate is hardly a good example of how Java is a fast language.
My Irish girlfriends used to say (as if it were a common phrase they all knew) "I thank God every day for making me Catholic because guilt just makes sex better" :-)
Technically CVV numbers are slightly more than adding 4 digits to your CC as they are not printed on the card front - so someone cannot copy it down. Unless you handed your card to them, say, and they turned it over. Or, say you used it online and they stored the CVV number in the database along with the card number.
Hmm. yes, ok.
Chip n Pin is not the answer as you say, the cardholder is now responsible. I've seen the readers - they're supposed to have protective screens so no-one can overlook you while you're typing the pin in.. yeah, right. they're far too low to stop that from any angle above 30 degrees. Say, about head height if the card reader is at table height. Personally, I'm glad my amex card doesn't yet have a chip. (but I once went to a store that didn't take amex, and I didn't know the pin for my new visa card.. They treated me like I'd stolen it).
Look at credit-card fraud. Do banks pay for this? Hell, yeah. Is there a cottage industry? Perhaps, but banks are EXTREMELY motivated to fix the problem, since it's costing them daily
rubbish. Look at bank's current efforts to fix CC fraud.. CVV numbers that are relatively recent introduction for distance selling, and now chip and pin for cardholder-present frauds. Until very recently you didn't need to give the CVV number for authentication, and some of my cards *still* don't have chips on them.
The point here is that the banks are very conservative. They will first add up how much fraud costs them, figure out how much it will cost them to fix (including all the hidden costs like consultants and management and new readers for stores etc), and if the cost is too great, won't do a thing.
It's not adventurous or fun
And that's the root of the issue. Linus (like many geek coders) doesn't like namby-pamby stuff like specifications, requirements and documentation. None of that is fun, so getting rid of it as much as possible is a driving force for these kind of guys.
I don't like the paperwork that goes with my fun day job of coding, but I have to do it, and it is necessary. Just ask the guys I hand my releases off to for a very valid reason why the paperwork is necessary.
There is something similar..ish - Keepass from sourceforge. It's a secure repository for your passwords, and will happily encrypt them as you create new ones.
Ue it to store passwords and urls, (and usernames), and with a little cut and paste you don;t have any more problems with remembering those little used passwords.
Yes, hexes are considered wargamers material (for a reason, they take it seriously, as you know :) ).
:)
Player control.. I was thinking of mouse movement, as the only games I can think of that have a tiled floorplan are wargames, strategy games (almost the same thing really) where movement is a slow and planned affair; or rpgs where it is point and click. If necessary to map 8 way controls to a unit - I'd do it with 4 controls... forward, forward+left, forward+right, turn around. Who walks backwards anyway
so you're saying the only job that's really satisfying is.. 'idle millionaire playboy'. I've scoured the job adverts, but I havn't found any of those..
wanted to become a lawyer so she could "buy a Porsche"
:) )
What's wrong with that? A lot of people work for the money so they can buy the things they really want, be it a family, the ability to retire early and sail the world on a yacht, or to be able to afford that car she'd always dreamed of.
I don't do my job for free after all, even though my requirements are considerably smaller (unlimited beer and TV
On the other hand, I don't know her so the context could be much more like a freeloading salesman/lawyer/other crap profession that I'm givinbg her credit for.
If you're texturing the ground, and making each tile blend into adjacent tiles, then there's no reason at all to display real hexagons. Display the squares, offset as I described, and the player will not notice any difference except that it appears he can move in 6 directions instead of the usual 8.
actually, for a hex map all you need is a square grid, and then 'shift' every other line of squares off by half a square. The data structure is very simple once you've got that in your head, the difficult bit is remembering that you have 2 adjacent squares on a different numbered 'row' - the one next to you, and the one above (or below) you.
Try drawing out a 3x3 grid with the middle column offset by half a square, then draw it again but flat. It'll be obvious.
That said, do you think Debian and RedHat cron work exactly the same way? What about apache installs on them (which user was it installed with by default, what was the name its process is known as?)
Add all Oracle GUI tools to that as well. They actually make me prefer using sql*plus instead of them.
And Orbix too - even the silly little 'select a nameserver' app was appallingly slow unresponsive, and used 80Mb for a tree control and half a dozen editboxes.
Then, as me, I set up a directory called Firefox107. I made a directory under that one called Firefox as the installation area for the install of Firefox 1.0.7. I then downloaded the Linux installer for 1.0.7 directly from mozilla.org. I untarred/gunzipped the installer into the Firefox107 directory. It made a firefox-installer directory under Firefox107 where I then clicked the firefox-installer script to start the install process. Again, I installed as me, not as root.
I don't know about you, but I clicked 'download now', then double-clicked 'Firefox Setup 1.0.7.exe', then I had a lie down, the effort required was just that bit too much for me. Bring on the auto-update, that's what I say!
I can't even imagine how profound the boomcar boyz hearing loss must be
:)
I saw a TV programme about this ages ago - they took a 'Barry' and tested his hearing. When they showed him the results (that he hearing response dipped around a certain frequency- you could see the graph and it looked bad), he said "wot, so your saying, right, that I need to turn up the volume on me graphic equalizer around that point yeah?"
The hearing-scientist lady wasn't impressed
Interesting that they don't have NCQ, whereas SCSI drives generally do (well, called TCQ on SCSI IIRC)
Is this just marketing speak, has it truly included scsi features, or could it actually be better performing than SCSI in a RAID array?
YOU MAY RECIEVE FAKE EMAILS that look like they are from Methlabs
Really? Hey guys, I think I got one, but I'm not sure this one isn't for real:
Dear Sir:
I have been requested by the Methlabs and P2P Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Methlabs and P2P Company has recently concluded a revolution where several high ranking members of the Company attempted to wipe the company servers of data and abscond with funds totalling $400 gazillion dollars. It is of uptmost concern to us that these funds not find their way into the hands of revolutionaries and so we ask your assistance.
You assistance is requested as a non-Methlabs member to assist the Methlabs and P2P Company, and also the Peerguardian Community, in moving these funds out of Methlabs. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Methlabs and P2P Company. In exchange for your accomodating services, the Methlabs and P2P Company would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.
However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to ICANN law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person on the forums, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Methlabs and P2P Company, as well as with certain officials of the PeerGuardian community.
Please call me at your earliest convenience at [Phone Number]. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the revolutionaries will realize that the server backup was intact and will attempt to transfer it to another domain.
Yours truly, etc.