Slashdot Mirror


User: Thaidog

Thaidog's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
388
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 388

  1. Any word on the SMP? on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering what HT and/or SMP rigs will perform with the new smp aware doom3 engine....

  2. Re:Whoa! on SGI to Scale Linux Across 1024 CPUs · · Score: 1

    It's SGI... how the FUCK could it not?

  3. Soon to go out of business... on More on Toronto's Linux-only Computer Store · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...beacuse everythings free!


    That would be a damn fun store to shop at... just grab something and run out the door... if caught just tell them it's Linux!

  4. Re:It's all about the CAS timings on Dual Channel Memory Shootout · · Score: 1

    Don't post shit like this if you don't have anything to prove it with. If you're going to say something like that, you need to have an example.

  5. It's all about the CAS timings on Dual Channel Memory Shootout · · Score: 4, Informative

    The better the cas timing the better the ram... Also more sticks in the banks cases more latency... if you can do one stick 512 vs 2 256 it will give less sytem latency... I wonder what dual channel ram does to system latency... if there is more because 2 sticks have to be addressed...hmmm?

  6. Re:Red Hat has the workstation market for sure on Netcraft: Red Hat Still Top Linux Server Distro · · Score: 1

    Red Hat does not use YAST, which SuSE has or will be open sourcing... I find it a bit easier from a GUI perspective to setup for server purposes... but then again of you're using Linux as a server, you're more than likely going to know and use the commandline. This is where linux distros are more centered... and the desktop is where it's not. there is not common desktop for Linux... which is what makes it look fragmented.

  7. Re:Red Hat has the workstation market for sure on Netcraft: Red Hat Still Top Linux Server Distro · · Score: 1

    It's not that they will not... it's that the hardware is not certified or it's a customer configuration.... like this for example:
    http://www4.discreet.com/smoke/smoke.php ?id=174

    It's a whole package that's being soled... sure you could more than likely run it on any linux base but that's how they sell it... and you don't find many like these that aren't RH....

  8. Red Hat has the workstation market for sure on Netcraft: Red Hat Still Top Linux Server Distro · · Score: 1

    Red Hat is the defacto standard for Linux machines in the "workstation" class... if you've got a highend app that runs on linux.. (Maya...etc) Red Hat has the certification.... Second would still be SuSE.

  9. Re:Lord needs no operation, but a healing touch on Eye Transplant Enables Blind Boy to See · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're not even close to funny. And neither is benny hinn...

  10. Re:Careful... on Eye Transplant Enables Blind Boy to See · · Score: 1
    There is already a solution for macular degeneration where a small digital camera is placed in the center of the retina and a feed from it is attached to the nerve... and it works.


    This in my opinion is another case of technology being present... but humanity not ready for it... both the people needing it and the poeple making it.

  11. This interests me greatly.... on Eye Transplant Enables Blind Boy to See · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ...since I suffer from macular degeneration... As many of you know there is no way to transplant the retina of the eye... but it sounds as if they have successfully transplanted a whole... eye... here?


    (Sorry I did not get to read the whole thing bc I wanted to get this post in quickly... back to reading)

  12. Re:I'm still hoping for a more snappy interface... on Tiger Slideshow: Pretty Mac OS X Pictures · · Score: 1

    OS X did not start off double-buffered, alpha-channeled...etc, when it 1st came about... and it was slow then.

  13. Re:I'm still hoping for a more snappy interface... on Tiger Slideshow: Pretty Mac OS X Pictures · · Score: 1
    Speed to me equals usablilty on a end user level. If you don't think an enduser would take XP over, say OS X 10.0 with all the apps available today I'd say you're wrong. It's annoying.


    True to say that there is a psychology behind it yes... but that's because people like thinks "snappy"... and we're not just talking computers. This is the advantage XP has over OS X.


    I feel it's right to say that OS X maybe more stable now than XP (My os x system *is* more stable) But you've got to think about thet fact that Apple has more control over the hardware.

  14. I'm still hoping for a more snappy interface... on Tiger Slideshow: Pretty Mac OS X Pictures · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It's true to say that OS X has gottten a lot faster since it first came out... But it's still not as snappy as XP. I own Macs and PCs and you notice the difference the second you jump off your mac after working on it for a while and get on your XP box...


    The Mac is now workable for any type of task... it's *that* fast... but it's still not where XP is.

  15. Re:Wow support for 4k stacks!!! on NVidia Releases Linux Drivers Supporting 4K Stacks · · Score: 1

    Mad overclocking for mas q3 framerates!!

  16. Re:Wow support for 4k stacks!!! on NVidia Releases Linux Drivers Supporting 4K Stacks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah... and here I was about to go make pancakes. Thanks for the insight!

  17. Wow support for 4k stacks!!! on NVidia Releases Linux Drivers Supporting 4K Stacks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok... wtf is a 4k stack?

  18. Damn 1999 3 series... on Alpine to Release iPod Interface in Autumn 2004 · · Score: 1

    I would be just a few years off with my car damnit... Looks like I'll be upgrading to an Alpine system then. They're my fav anyway when it comes to kick ass sound systems.

  19. Stripped-down, cut-rate version? on Cut-Rate Windows 'XP Starter Edition' in Thailand · · Score: 1

    So what's changed?

  20. Well that's depressing... on Computer Pioneer Bob Bemer Dies · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, if he can't escape death who can?

  21. Probably a silly question but... on Xgrid Agent for Unix · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can anybody confirm if the linux and unix ports are smp aware?

  22. Any bet on OS X? on Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I bet it does not install on os x or linux...

  23. Re:There is too much technology to get ceritied on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 1

    Well... that be a start now wouldn't it?

  24. There is too much technology to get ceritied on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Technology changes too quickly and there is too much technology for me to get cerified and actually think it amounts to anything.


    As far as I'm concerned the only thing a certification will get you is a job. It looks good to bosses on your resume. But if you're boss was smart enough, they'd know what to look for... which in my opinion would render most certifications meaningless.

  25. Re:This is why all good software dies... on EA, Atari Sue Over Videogame Copying Software · · Score: 1
    The problem I see that differs from FTP and this technology is that by itself, FTP has no illegal components. This software, however has the ability to break encryption... which is illegal. It's the difference between an M-16 and a toaster oven. Sure you can pick your toaster up and beat somebody to death with it... but an M-16's sole purpose is to kill somebody.


    If the software did nothing but a bit for bit copy and did not break any encryption there would be no grounds for a lawsuit.


    But once again it comes back in to the hands of the company and the user and what the software was intended for. Kind of like a shotgun vs an M-16 this time... sure you can kill a *person* with a shotgun, but that's not the sole reason for a shotgun (123 software).... but the M-16 it is. (An M-16 being a straight up hack tool)