I do the same, but I occasionally will stack the cd's. If I'm feeling really careful, I'll use an old cd-r spindle for the stack. Oh, I also keep copies of everything and sometimes disk images because my cd's die so often. Maybe it'd be worth taking better care of them...naw.
I guess my above post may not have exactly answered your question. DirectX is a suit of media components including network, sound, input, graphics. Most developers use it for sound and input. In fact, many libraries, like SDL, simply are a layer between DirectX on windows. I don't know of anyone who uses the network component (direct play), but many people do choose to use Direct3d (the graphics component). Quake 2 and 3 used DirectX for input and sound, if I remember correctly, and used OpenGL for graphics. Because of the.plan file, Doom3 will be OpenGL based, and, because of history and industry trends, we can assume it will use DirectX 8 or 9 for sound and input.
Every graphics engine since Quake 1, that John Carmack has made, has used OpenGL. In his latest.plan update he makes many comments about using OpenGL, though the most obvious is this: "Trying to keep boneheaded-ideas-that-will-haunt-us-for-years
out of Direct-X is the primary reason I have been attending the Windows
Graphics Summit for the past three years, even though I still code for OpenGL." Anyway, if an interesting read is his.plan update when he was first experimenting with OpenGL in quake. Basically, there are not as many problems with DirectX anymore, but he still uses OpenGL. Personally I like OpenGL better because of its design philosophy and because it's cross platform. Anyway, some links are below for those interested.
Just a small note, but one that's been bothering me with all of these reviews: Not all 'next generation' games are 'dx9.' Though the new cards are dx9, many games (coincidently, most of the best games) use OpenGL. Unfortunately, it's much easier to incorrectly call Doom3 a dx9 game than to cite the OpenGL extensions (like shaders) that are used.
(Also, I'll note that Doom3 may be technically a DirectX9 game because its sound and input MAY use it, but in the context that people have been talking about dx9 games, it is still incorrect.)
What they didn't say in their conclusion (but that I noticed) was that the main place where the Opteron didn't do well was Windows tests. Coincidently, most of the workstation tests were Windows. I can't help but wonder if the judgement (that the Opteron isn't for workstations) is a bit premature.
I'm wondering if the person who asked the question got generic ram. What most people don't realize is that generic ram is really the crucial/micron/etc ram that's not good enough for the brand name. Basically if ram doesn't pass a test, then they try to salvage it. If they can salvage the ram then it's sold under an agreement that the re-seller can not tell anyone where it came from. The really crappy stuff goes to answering machines and other similar devices. But the bottom line is that if you buy anything but the name-brand ram, you are just asking for trouble.
I'm sure it's possible and an interesting question to ask...but why not meet together? Why all be in different rooms watching a power point presentation or whatever else is being shown? I don't really understand what you hope to gain by this.
Has anyone stopped to think what might happen if we didn't do genetic engineering? Sure, everyone thinks about the moral implications of such topics, but no one ever stops to consider that we have essentially stopped evolution and possibly turned it around. More often, now, people need glasses, have diseases, and other unwanted characteristics because those people don't die like they used to. At the risk of sounding like a flamer, I've also noticed that (typically) it's the dumb people who have more kids. If this process continues, before long, everyone's going to be on medications, need glasses, be allergic to lots of stuff, and so on because we have not replaced the natural selection that we did away with a while ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that we should start a third riche, but I do think that people need to consider that perhaps genetic engineering is just a continuation of what was done naturally before.
I read the article, but I'm still having some trouble understanding it. I'm guessing that it's something that I'll need higher level math to understand better (I'm only in Highschool calculus). But, is there a chance that anyone has a link to a good resource for explaining it to someone like me? It would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I have a relative that works there and he was telling me that the only reason Dartmouth could afford all the AP's is that it was a joint venture with Cisco (and maybe some other companies). Supposedly Cisco partially wanted some real life data for such an installation, free advertising, and to make all the other schools around the country wish they had a huge Cisco network. Anyway, this is second hand and from memory, so don't quote me.
...and although most places have finally gotten their act together, this is still a bit of a problem for us. Our ISP has been working quite hard to get people to update their filters (the ISP was one of the first to get addresses in this space), but it's still a bit of a problem. Hopefully being on the front page of slashdot will help the problem some.
SQL server. Access was never designed to do what you're doing. I doubt that a SQL server will use much more CPU and it shouldn't be too hard to re-write the access stuff from SQL. Even if it were only two users using it, I would have designed it to be SQL based from the beginning.
I don't know if this helps...
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How Stable is WEP?
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I don't know if this helps, but I own several different wireless products from many different brands and run wep-128 on everything. Some of the computers even run WinXP. Although it is possible that I may have had minor problems, I've never had any problems that were visibile. It sounds like some firmware updates might help.
I just used this today at work (we have the latest version of exchange) and it's really a pain compared to outlook. I'm sure as they add features and functionality it'll be nicer (and it's sure nicer from a management standpoint), but I'm still not thrilled with the interface. Currently we have everyone in the office running normal outlook with a few people (including us IT staff) trying out the web version of exchange when needed.
This is completely right. You may have some good ideas, but you're going to miss things that a good sys-admin will catch. There's really no way around having someone on staff who knows these things.
You are simply thinking in ideal numbers. Just because linux says your ping is 1ms doesn't mean that you seek times will be at least 10 times that of a hard disk. Just because the nic says it's 1000mb/s doesn't mean it's 5 times as fast in transfer rates. Obviously you'd have to test all of this to know for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that any raid card worth anything will equal the speed of this idea. But this argument is trivial because of all the other negatives of running this (power costs, maintenance costs, problems when a node goes down, etc.).
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RAMdisk RAID?
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I completely second this. The costs of the hardware will not be worth it. I suspect that you would do a lot better adding disks to the array, creating another array, or upgrading the ram on the main machine. Although it sounds like a cool idea in concept, this is not a good idea if you're doing anything but playing arround with the tech. It does sound like a cool project, though.
Every time there is an AskSlashdot, someone complains about the questions sucking and that the person should have tried google. But isn't this going a bit far: asking us about something he's doing for profit. I can maybe understand if someone was asking about licensing or something else that applies to the whole community, but I find this question a bit pathetic for the front page of slashdot. I'm really not trying to flame anyone, but I really wonder if AskSlashdot needs a little more direction; perhaps some written guidelines for what should be posted. Just a thought.
And then, once they fix it, Microsoft would find some new way to determine it's Opera. This way they call attention to it and MAYBE they'll be able to get a long term fix. Personally, I think it's a good strategy. Not to mention that it's kind of funny.
Is it just me, or is MSN not even comming up with this version of Opera? I looked and the source is there, but my screen's completely blank. Is this Microsoft's way at getting back at Opera or am I just too stupid to use this new version?
I think you're getting feature-rich and better confused. Normally newer releases have more in them, but this does not always equal better. For something to be better, stability, ease of use, speed, and so on are also factors. If version numbers told you which release was better, then they would likely change and be much more confusing in general.
Perhaps what you were thinking of is the fact that the last number in the version is generally a statement of which release is better. This is generally true, since the last number is the revision number and is usually only incremented for bug fixes.
Slashdot Mirror
Can the first post be redundant...
I do the same, but I occasionally will stack the cd's. If I'm feeling really careful, I'll use an old cd-r spindle for the stack. Oh, I also keep copies of everything and sometimes disk images because my cd's die so often. Maybe it'd be worth taking better care of them...naw.
I guess my above post may not have exactly answered your question. DirectX is a suit of media components including network, sound, input, graphics. Most developers use it for sound and input. In fact, many libraries, like SDL, simply are a layer between DirectX on windows. I don't know of anyone who uses the network component (direct play), but many people do choose to use Direct3d (the graphics component). Quake 2 and 3 used DirectX for input and sound, if I remember correctly, and used OpenGL for graphics. Because of the .plan file, Doom3 will be OpenGL based, and, because of history and industry trends, we can assume it will use DirectX 8 or 9 for sound and input.
Every graphics engine since Quake 1, that John Carmack has made, has used OpenGL. In his latest .plan update he makes many comments about using OpenGL, though the most obvious is this: "Trying to keep boneheaded-ideas-that-will-haunt-us-for-years
out of Direct-X is the primary reason I have been attending the Windows
Graphics Summit for the past three years, even though I still code for OpenGL." Anyway, if an interesting read is his .plan update when he was first experimenting with OpenGL in quake. Basically, there are not as many problems with DirectX anymore, but he still uses OpenGL. Personally I like OpenGL better because of its design philosophy and because it's cross platform. Anyway, some links are below for those interested.
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http://www.bluesnews.com/plans/1/
http://www.exaflop.org/docs/d3dogl/d3dogl_jc_plan
Just a small note, but one that's been bothering me with all of these reviews: Not all 'next generation' games are 'dx9.' Though the new cards are dx9, many games (coincidently, most of the best games) use OpenGL. Unfortunately, it's much easier to incorrectly call Doom3 a dx9 game than to cite the OpenGL extensions (like shaders) that are used.
(Also, I'll note that Doom3 may be technically a DirectX9 game because its sound and input MAY use it, but in the context that people have been talking about dx9 games, it is still incorrect.)
What they didn't say in their conclusion (but that I noticed) was that the main place where the Opteron didn't do well was Windows tests. Coincidently, most of the workstation tests were Windows. I can't help but wonder if the judgement (that the Opteron isn't for workstations) is a bit premature.
I'm wondering if the person who asked the question got generic ram. What most people don't realize is that generic ram is really the crucial/micron/etc ram that's not good enough for the brand name. Basically if ram doesn't pass a test, then they try to salvage it. If they can salvage the ram then it's sold under an agreement that the re-seller can not tell anyone where it came from. The really crappy stuff goes to answering machines and other similar devices. But the bottom line is that if you buy anything but the name-brand ram, you are just asking for trouble.
Is that the shortest slashdot post ever? Sure looks it.
I'm sure it's possible and an interesting question to ask...but why not meet together? Why all be in different rooms watching a power point presentation or whatever else is being shown? I don't really understand what you hope to gain by this.
Has anyone stopped to think what might happen if we didn't do genetic engineering? Sure, everyone thinks about the moral implications of such topics, but no one ever stops to consider that we have essentially stopped evolution and possibly turned it around. More often, now, people need glasses, have diseases, and other unwanted characteristics because those people don't die like they used to. At the risk of sounding like a flamer, I've also noticed that (typically) it's the dumb people who have more kids. If this process continues, before long, everyone's going to be on medications, need glasses, be allergic to lots of stuff, and so on because we have not replaced the natural selection that we did away with a while ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that we should start a third riche, but I do think that people need to consider that perhaps genetic engineering is just a continuation of what was done naturally before.
I read the article, but I'm still having some trouble understanding it. I'm guessing that it's something that I'll need higher level math to understand better (I'm only in Highschool calculus). But, is there a chance that anyone has a link to a good resource for explaining it to someone like me? It would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I have a relative that works there and he was telling me that the only reason Dartmouth could afford all the AP's is that it was a joint venture with Cisco (and maybe some other companies). Supposedly Cisco partially wanted some real life data for such an installation, free advertising, and to make all the other schools around the country wish they had a huge Cisco network. Anyway, this is second hand and from memory, so don't quote me.
...and although most places have finally gotten their act together, this is still a bit of a problem for us. Our ISP has been working quite hard to get people to update their filters (the ISP was one of the first to get addresses in this space), but it's still a bit of a problem. Hopefully being on the front page of slashdot will help the problem some.
SQL server. Access was never designed to do what you're doing. I doubt that a SQL server will use much more CPU and it shouldn't be too hard to re-write the access stuff from SQL. Even if it were only two users using it, I would have designed it to be SQL based from the beginning.
I don't know if this helps, but I own several different wireless products from many different brands and run wep-128 on everything. Some of the computers even run WinXP. Although it is possible that I may have had minor problems, I've never had any problems that were visibile. It sounds like some firmware updates might help.
I just used this today at work (we have the latest version of exchange) and it's really a pain compared to outlook. I'm sure as they add features and functionality it'll be nicer (and it's sure nicer from a management standpoint), but I'm still not thrilled with the interface. Currently we have everyone in the office running normal outlook with a few people (including us IT staff) trying out the web version of exchange when needed.
Yes, but remember that Iraq is a desert. Do you want your military equipment to end up like this? Baked Apple
This is completely right. You may have some good ideas, but you're going to miss things that a good sys-admin will catch. There's really no way around having someone on staff who knows these things.
You are simply thinking in ideal numbers. Just because linux says your ping is 1ms doesn't mean that you seek times will be at least 10 times that of a hard disk. Just because the nic says it's 1000mb/s doesn't mean it's 5 times as fast in transfer rates. Obviously you'd have to test all of this to know for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that any raid card worth anything will equal the speed of this idea. But this argument is trivial because of all the other negatives of running this (power costs, maintenance costs, problems when a node goes down, etc.).
I completely second this. The costs of the hardware will not be worth it. I suspect that you would do a lot better adding disks to the array, creating another array, or upgrading the ram on the main machine. Although it sounds like a cool idea in concept, this is not a good idea if you're doing anything but playing arround with the tech. It does sound like a cool project, though.
Every time there is an AskSlashdot, someone complains about the questions sucking and that the person should have tried google. But isn't this going a bit far: asking us about something he's doing for profit. I can maybe understand if someone was asking about licensing or something else that applies to the whole community, but I find this question a bit pathetic for the front page of slashdot. I'm really not trying to flame anyone, but I really wonder if AskSlashdot needs a little more direction; perhaps some written guidelines for what should be posted. Just a thought.
Jeremy
And then, once they fix it, Microsoft would find some new way to determine it's Opera. This way they call attention to it and MAYBE they'll be able to get a long term fix. Personally, I think it's a good strategy. Not to mention that it's kind of funny.
Is it just me, or is MSN not even comming up with this version of Opera? I looked and the source is there, but my screen's completely blank. Is this Microsoft's way at getting back at Opera or am I just too stupid to use this new version?
I think you're getting feature-rich and better confused. Normally newer releases have more in them, but this does not always equal better. For something to be better, stability, ease of use, speed, and so on are also factors. If version numbers told you which release was better, then they would likely change and be much more confusing in general.
Perhaps what you were thinking of is the fact that the last number in the version is generally a statement of which release is better. This is generally true, since the last number is the revision number and is usually only incremented for bug fixes.
Does he mean mega bit of bandwidth a month?