For those of you who can't be bothered to read the entire article, the most interesting part by far is the real-world database benchmark towards the end. The 1.2GHz Athlon places right smack in the middle between the single Xeon and the dual Xeon (both 1.7GHz).
That makes it highly likely that a dual Athlon will significantly outperform the dual Xeon, does it not?
Even though dual Athlon systems aren't available yet, I'm willing to bet that when they are, the price tag of one such system will quickly drop far below the price tag of one of those dual Xeon beasties.
...is the MMORPG I'm looking forward to at the moment. They even have a Linux client planned, yay. (Although the initial release will be Win32 only. I guess I'll have to stick with dual boot for a little while longer..)
May 17 is my country's independence day. You're asking me why I'm not out celebrating? Well maybe I will next year, knowing I now have one more reason to do so:)
You can just imagine the script kiddies already getting busy, tracking down this company and taking advantage of the situation..
".. and now you can observe how easily the intruder is gaining access to our classified documents. But don't worry folks, remember; it's just a simulation!"
From the "previously reported" article: ...but also comes with version of Linux that lets consumers skirt the Windows boot-up when it comes to certain applications.
Looks like they're aiming the Linux part towards simple tasks like playing music etc. A stripped down version will have a short boot-up time, making it nice for that sort of thing.
From the article: Consumers, however, can convert the machine to an all-Linux beast.
The keys are FreeNet's equivalent to URLs. How did you find this place? I wouldn't be surprised if you saw "www.slashdot.org" posted on a board somewhere. "www.slashdot.org" is the "key" to this place.
As for searching capabilities, nothing stops search engines from being created just like they are on the internet. Keys being submitted, spidered, and indexed.
My country has one of the highest mobile phone densities in the world, and kids under 18 are among the most active users. I can't tell you how many times a day I hear those horrible boyband/girlband/teenybop tunes, twisted into even worse things by the conversion to the ringtone format, blaring out on the bus or in the streets or in even worse places (movie theatre, anyone?).
So yes, please, make them go away.
On the other hand, I wish I'd started up a company offering ringtones about a year ago. Around here, one ringtone goes for the equivalent of about $1. Sending one out can't cost more than a cent or two. Just imagine the money they must be making, and you'll sympathize with those who want royalties.
It took quite a bit of guessing -- and cursing -- before I found the step that I had missed. Unfortunately, the errors the Installer generated weren't too helpful, and seemed to indicate that I had run out of disk space - with 8 GB to spare, I knew that wasn't the problem. Once I had figured out the real culprit, everything worked like a charm.
Reviewers do this way too often. Describe a big messy problem in the install process, but fail to add the short line pointing out the mistake they made. Way to go, now everyone gets to make the same mistake!
Walking on Glass is a novel by Iain Banks (who also authors SF novels under the "pseudonym" Iain M. Banks), in which the flowing of glass is described.
As a way of implying that a castle is impossibly old, the author lets one of the main characters find a row of window frames with the glass "spilled out", covering the floor.
Now, knowing how complex Banks' novels always are, I won't even speculate on what he knew about the lack of scientific proof for this (nonexistant?) phenomenon. Probably he didn't care.
But personally, I see no reason not to believe that glass can flow, but I'd imagine timeframes of tens or hundreds of thousands of years would be necessary to see any effect at all. Someone should build a big glass wall, invent time travel, and find out for us:)
I can't find it now for some reason, but about a year ago a saw a very cool piece of concept art at Microvision's site: A pair of sunglasses with a small laser mounted near one ear, which beamed the laser onto your retina by way of a tiny reflective spot on the inside of the glasses.
I wonder how long till that implementation of this technology is available in the stores? (I want to hope 5-10 years, but 15 seems more realistic.)
Very good point, although I think room-sized is a bit too pessimistic. I saw an article on a very similar technology a few weeks ago, and the reading/writing unit was described as being fridge sized.
Now, we could start arguing how big a fridge they meant, or how small a room you meant, but I think that's pointless. I think, as someone else pointed out here, the fact that they're using a rare compound will be the limiting factor in getting this technology out to consumers.
That's the most pointless article I've seen in a long while. They neglect to mention anything except language syntax and implementation. If that's all that mattered, any developer would choose the one which was most familiar or which came most naturally to him/her. I do see a small mention of "power" in the conclusion, which they seem to think PHP has sacrificed in favor of ease of use. They might even be right, who knows.
I wonder if Hemos even took a look at the article before he posted it. (Hmm, slow day.. Hey lookie here, an article comparing PHP and Perl and Java servlets, that should get the flame wars going!)
..telling someone who has been working on a Mac or Windows that they need to take a month out to learn EMACS is just silly.
What? A month to learn Emacs?
I recently switched to Linux from Windows here at work. I had been doing my web developing in Homesite, finding it a fairly good application, but far from perfect. When I switched to Linux, a coworker introduced me to Emacs.
It did seem a bit complex at first, but I was very much up to speed after a few days, and after the first few weeks I was doing my programming much faster. Now, after several months, I can honestly say that I'm doing simple tasks at least twice as fast as before. I won't use another text editor again, and especially not a glorified one which eats memory as bad as Homesite does.
I do realize others might not be as easily comfortable with all the key bindings of Emacs, but a month? Come on..
I think you're slightly underestimating the average age of the part of the online gaming community I'm targeting:) If I were to go for some sort of monthly/annual/whatever payment deal, or donations for that matter, I think my audience would be more viable than the "pre-teen" demographic.
That aside, your advice is sound, I'm just worried that any sort of investment would be too much of a risk these days. I'll probably lay low for a while, concentrate on enhancing the service, and see how things play out. My budget can take it for a little while longer.
Good thing I'm not relying on this for my primary source of income:)
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For those of you who can't be bothered to read the entire article, the most interesting part by far is the real-world database benchmark towards the end. The 1.2GHz Athlon places right smack in the middle between the single Xeon and the dual Xeon (both 1.7GHz).
That makes it highly likely that a dual Athlon will significantly outperform the dual Xeon, does it not?
Even though dual Athlon systems aren't available yet, I'm willing to bet that when they are, the price tag of one such system will quickly drop far below the price tag of one of those dual Xeon beasties.
...is the MMORPG I'm looking forward to at the moment. They even have a Linux client planned, yay. (Although the initial release will be Win32 only. I guess I'll have to stick with dual boot for a little while longer..)
May 17 is my country's independence day. You're asking me why I'm not out celebrating? Well maybe I will next year, knowing I now have one more reason to do so :)
You can just imagine the script kiddies already getting busy, tracking down this company and taking advantage of the situation..
".. and now you can observe how easily the intruder is gaining access to our classified documents. But don't worry folks, remember; it's just a simulation!"
Expect this thing to feature a colorful interchangeable outer shell, not to mention annoying ringtones..
..is the correct spelling. Great title, when you think about it, almost-anagram of Despair.
But I agree wholeheartedly, Banks is definitely worth getting into. He writes SF and non-SF with the same amazing inventiveness and style.
Titles of note are The Use of Weapons (SF), and The Bridge (Non-SF, but fantastical in its own way.)
Unless your friend is referring to the animated version from 1978, my guess is he saw Dungeons & Dragons and got confused.
I just killed a field mouse for 120 XP, how much do I get if I kill this Windows thing?
From the "previously reported" article:
...but also comes with version of Linux that lets consumers skirt the Windows boot-up when it comes to certain applications.
Sounds like a dual boot setup.
Looks like they're aiming the Linux part towards simple tasks like playing music etc. A stripped down version will have a short boot-up time, making it nice for that sort of thing.
From the article:
Consumers, however, can convert the machine to an all-Linux beast.
Um..
The keys are FreeNet's equivalent to URLs. How did you find this place? I wouldn't be surprised if you saw "www.slashdot.org" posted on a board somewhere. "www.slashdot.org" is the "key" to this place.
As for searching capabilities, nothing stops search engines from being created just like they are on the internet. Keys being submitted, spidered, and indexed.
..could have used this when designing Q3's network protocol.
My country has one of the highest mobile phone densities in the world, and kids under 18 are among the most active users. I can't tell you how many times a day I hear those horrible boyband/girlband/teenybop tunes, twisted into even worse things by the conversion to the ringtone format, blaring out on the bus or in the streets or in even worse places (movie theatre, anyone?).
So yes, please, make them go away.
On the other hand, I wish I'd started up a company offering ringtones about a year ago. Around here, one ringtone goes for the equivalent of about $1. Sending one out can't cost more than a cent or two. Just imagine the money they must be making, and you'll sympathize with those who want royalties.
Walking on Glass is a novel by Iain Banks (who also authors SF novels under the "pseudonym" Iain M. Banks), in which the flowing of glass is described. As a way of implying that a castle is impossibly old, the author lets one of the main characters find a row of window frames with the glass "spilled out", covering the floor. Now, knowing how complex Banks' novels always are, I won't even speculate on what he knew about the lack of scientific proof for this (nonexistant?) phenomenon. Probably he didn't care. But personally, I see no reason not to believe that glass can flow, but I'd imagine timeframes of tens or hundreds of thousands of years would be necessary to see any effect at all. Someone should build a big glass wall, invent time travel, and find out for us :)
I can't find it now for some reason, but about a year ago a saw a very cool piece of concept art at Microvision's site: A pair of sunglasses with a small laser mounted near one ear, which beamed the laser onto your retina by way of a tiny reflective spot on the inside of the glasses.
I wonder how long till that implementation of this technology is available in the stores? (I want to hope 5-10 years, but 15 seems more realistic.)
Very good point, although I think room-sized is a bit too pessimistic. I saw an article on a very similar technology a few weeks ago, and the reading/writing unit was described as being fridge sized.
Now, we could start arguing how big a fridge they meant, or how small a room you meant, but I think that's pointless. I think, as someone else pointed out here, the fact that they're using a rare compound will be the limiting factor in getting this technology out to consumers.
...how come five points just showed up in my account?
Are you sure what you really mean isn't that you've grown up since you the last time you enjoyed a Nintendo game?
..I bet he's a Camper.
Actually, to be honest, I think it's a good idea. But if I won, I would make sure the address was an alternate one and not too important to me.
That's the most pointless article I've seen in a long while. They neglect to mention anything except language syntax and implementation. If that's all that mattered, any developer would choose the one which was most familiar or which came most naturally to him/her. I do see a small mention of "power" in the conclusion, which they seem to think PHP has sacrificed in favor of ease of use. They might even be right, who knows.
I wonder if Hemos even took a look at the article before he posted it. (Hmm, slow day.. Hey lookie here, an article comparing PHP and Perl and Java servlets, that should get the flame wars going!)
What? A month to learn Emacs?
I recently switched to Linux from Windows here at work. I had been doing my web developing in Homesite, finding it a fairly good application, but far from perfect. When I switched to Linux, a coworker introduced me to Emacs.
It did seem a bit complex at first, but I was very much up to speed after a few days, and after the first few weeks I was doing my programming much faster. Now, after several months, I can honestly say that I'm doing simple tasks at least twice as fast as before. I won't use another text editor again, and especially not a glorified one which eats memory as bad as Homesite does.
I do realize others might not be as easily comfortable with all the key bindings of Emacs, but a month? Come on..
I think you're slightly underestimating the average age of the part of the online gaming community I'm targeting :) If I were to go for some sort of monthly/annual/whatever payment deal, or donations for that matter, I think my audience would be more viable than the "pre-teen" demographic.
:)
That aside, your advice is sound, I'm just worried that any sort of investment would be too much of a risk these days. I'll probably lay low for a while, concentrate on enhancing the service, and see how things play out. My budget can take it for a little while longer.
Good thing I'm not relying on this for my primary source of income