If Google (or another search engine) set up all links to visit an internal google page that quickly redirected the user to the target site, it could rate on how many people visited the site, instead of a potentially biased rating of users.
Of course, shady websites could still influence it, either by hitting the pages themselves, or by crafting their page so that the google-selected text is tempting to search engine users, but the system still has the advantage of not requiring active participation of users.
I've bought versions of Windows many times over the years, and sometimes it does recognize all my hardware, and sometimes it doesn't. However, I'm content to let windows use any drivers it wants, and can't bother to hunt down the most stable drivers for it, or even the proper drivers for some hardware. Even if I had good drivers, I've installed and uninstalled so many things over the years that the cruft leads to blue screens of deaths frequently. I might even have a virus eating away at core system files, but I'm too lazy to check.
Linux never gave me permission to mess with core files as a non-root user. It has never locked up on me.
Isn't linux great?
I'm sorry, it just seems that 99% of the slashdot crowd assumes that a normal, healthy installation of windows crashes all the time. Sure, windows does crash, and I've seen a BSOD or two, but rarely on healthy hardware and software. A crash is the exception, not the rule.
If the average windows user were the average linux user, then you'd see viruses. They'd either have "Please insert root password here", use their own dictionary, or use the first program made for newbies (Think the AOL-Linux Distro).
I used windows for many years, and still do use it at work and at home, and I've never been infected with a virus. I have downloaded over 40 gigs of files, including several execuables, and have never had any problems.
The only additional "security" linux offers is user permissions, and even then, that is a rather fragile barrier, prone to user mistakes and security holes (think ramen worm). Plus, really, to propigate, a worm like the annoying worm wouldn't need root to spread, only an appropriate IM client.
So, don't think Linux keeps you safe. Only good security practices and common sense keeps you safe.
Here's my project for December: turning my Dreamcast into a sweet arcade cabinet.
From linuxdevices.com: The Dreamcast sports a Hitachi SH7750 CPU running at 200 MHz, with 16MB of memory.
Okay, MAME, under Win98SE, needs over a 300 Mhz K6-2 for some games (KOF, etc). Any early arcade games, or anything up to and including the SNES generation consoles should run fast enough on a dreamcast (although this is an educated guess that assumes the Dreamcast performs at about the same rate as a P200).
However, I'm tempted to turn a Dreamcast into an emulated gaming machine as well. I like the idea of of a desktop omni-console. However, I don't think the dreamcast is fast enough for some arcade games, although I'd be happy if I was wrong.
There is a wonderful line in the movie "Twilight" about talks about how some people are broke, and others are just overextended.
I live in a rather poor area, and most people would consider my wages low (about $8.50/hr). However, due to my conservative lifestyle, I manage to save just under half of my paycheck each week (or about $150, or $500 a month). My car, while old, is dependable, and so is my truck, I rent a nice apartment on a lake in the middle of a national forest, I have a relatively new computer, and I have enough books to keep myself entertained.
I can live comfortably on $8.50/hour. Hell, I'm managing to further educate myself in my spare time. Sooner or later I'll probably get a better paying job, and I might pick up an old house to fix up, but that's a year or two down the road, at least.
I grew up dirt poor, the sort of "poor" where you go hungry occasionally, not the sort of "poor" where you drive a 10 year old car and don't have designer clothing. As long as I have food on the table and a roof over my head, I'm happy. My parents never paid a penny for my schooling, and I don't love them less because of it.
My GF doesn't care what kind of car I drive, what brand of clothing that I wear, or how large of a house I live in. If she did, we wouldn't be together, since I expect that a girl should love me, and not my possessions. If I had kids, I hope I raise them in such a manner that they don't measure other people by their car, clothing, and shelter. I'd be appalled if they did.
You are a sad, sad individual that thinks your total worth as a human being is the same as your bank account.
I really hope you are young and naive, because you might have time to change your viewpoint.
Work isn't supposed to be all fun and games, but if you want to spend 40+ hours a week in pure hell just for a few hundred (or a few thousand, if yer lucky) bucks, then you better love money above all else.
OTOH, I'm content making a few bucks, and generally having a good time at work.
And guess what. I'm guessing I'll go further then you at work. Friends in the work place help. You promote whoever is a team player, who can get along with others people. Now this might be the rare individual that can do all of that, that can support the business and have ties to it without making any friends. But most people can't.
Oh, and if you're in IT, unless you want to be locked in some dinky little server room (which some people DO want), you better have people skills. You'll need it to deal with users.
Just my $.02
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Weavus writes:
Apart from that, i'm sure Microsoft have put in plenty of other measures to stop people emulating the Xbox on a PC. BIOS checks, DirectX differences, Stripped OS etc...
Sorry. There is only one console that I know of that's a bitch to emulate on the PC, and that's the lowly NES. Not the N64, not the SNES, but the original 8 bit NES, and that was due to mapper support. No NES emulator that I know of has full mapper support, bioNES, fwNES, and NESticle were the best when I was in the emulation scene. Arcade games also tend to be a pain, due to anti-piracy measures implimented in a few of the games, and the relative scarcity of arcade games when compared to most console games. The Atari Jaguar has also been slow to be emulated, although I don't know if this was due to technical difficulties or a lack of interest.
That being said, the following have been successfully emulated on the lowly PC (running DOS/Win for the most part): Arcade (which is technically many different platforms, even if the systems are JAMMA compliant, they have different hardware. MAME roms alone list over 3000 games (including clones, and there are other multi-arcade emulators out there). The NeoGeo (some games that have been successfully emulated by MAME) adds a hundred or two more. Looking at old school stuff, the C64, Amiga, and Apple II have all been emulated, according to Zophar, as well as the Trash-80's and Tandy's. For consoles, we have Atari, ColecoVision, Dreamcast, SMS/Gamegear, Intellivision, NES, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, Playstation, Saturn, Turbo Grafix 16, and the Vectrex, among others. The Gameboy, and the NeoGeo pocket has also been emulated (as well as the aforementioned Game Gear, which is really a SMS with better graphics). We also have both HP and TI calculators emulated.
With all of this emulated, I don't suspect that Xbox will be that much of a problem, especially with the demand for an emulator that we will see.
I don't know jack about programming (just doing a bit here and there), but isn't there a simple work around to treat all arrays as a function whose only purpose is to store and retrieve an array?
I work in a small computer store that gets the majority of its supplies by UPS.
If it wasn't for the quality of the packaging supplied by most computer equipment manufacturers, I'd suspect a significant portion of the equipment would be damaged in transit.
The items in question were all shipped from a national wholesaler (techdata) via UPS. A motherboard I recieved had a partially crushed box. I've seen Athlon processors arrive in dented boxes. Some of the boxes look like they have been torn apart. However, the parts usually arrive in working order, despite the damage.
To UPS, its just a package, that is handled and moved by a bunch of low-paid workers who have no interest in treating your package with TLC, and the management doesn't seem to add any accountability. Until management cares enough to track where and when the damage occurs, and uses that information to remove the problem employees, nothing will improve.
Just my $.02
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Its almost as bad as if Slashdot did movie reviews.
I figure, its only a matter of time before some bright monkey figures out the X-Box, and there is a lot of bright hardware monkeys and a lot of bright linux monkeys. Therefore, I'm guessing its just a matter of time before someone figures out how to throw linux on the thing, and do a few hardware upgrades (such as USB).
Once that happens, I have the perfect TV-top box that will support USB controls, run linux and have TV out. Then, I stick a ton of emulators on it (X-Mame, etc). The processor should be beefy enough for all but a few games.
I would love to setup a computer interview like that. Depending on the position, you'd cover the basic tasks they should know, then move onto judgement calls under pressure, afterwords, just ask totally weird questions, give them access to the internet and some tech books, and see if they can find the answer. Like if they are applying to be a Solaris admin, ask them win2k questions.
I realize a person can't know everything. However, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to look up questions. Google, books, or usenet are my personal heroes. Hell, basic problem solving skills are a must. I don't care if you don't know what a problem is, I just care if you can figure out what a problem isn't.
For some interesting experience, find a computer shop that also repairs, maintains, creates, and expands networks. A lot of companies have a many-flavored OS network, and learning how to network a windows 3.11 machine to a windows2k machine is interesting, to say the least.
Then, take a few classes on networks and OSes. Learn why installing IPX fixes windows networking problems (something I'm curious about, myself). Learn the principles of novell and unix networks. Learn how stuff works after you've learned how to set it up.
Oh, and get a boss that doesn't mind you learning on the job.
Grokking windows is a long, complicated task that is probably equal, in terms of diffuculty, to grokking linux, if not greater. (Hell, with linux, at least you can turn to the source).
Just because colleges and tech schools like to give any moron who can click a mouse and memories a few situations a MCSE doesn't make windows easy to administer. These are the same schools how have web designers and basic CGI programs, just because a lot of people can code up a simple form and cgi script to process it doesn't make the job of web design and programming easy.
Don't think that because windows gives "wizards" that basic tasks are easy. Linux gives text files for configuration, what's the difference between entering a gateway on a wizard, and hitting "vi config.file" and entering the gateway in the line "0.0.0.0 #gateway"? Its not really that complicated.
I've dealt with win2k a lot in my current job, and I will be the first to admit that microsoft's OS occasionally don't work in the way that the documentation says. Also, microsoft's approach to systemn recovery in case of a disaster is also a joke, when a windows machine crashes hard, with all the user data on it, the result can often be hours of tedious data with visits to usenet and google to figure out what was saved where.
So, when I let my friend borrow my tools, instead of making him buy his own, and when I borrow some VHS movies he bought, instead of buying them myself, I'm a dirty, rotten communist whore, and so is he?
I'm sorry, but your argument is flawed. Losing the sale, of, say, a satelite dish just because I visit a friend to watch the few shows I like doesn't mean I "stole" or "pirated" free satelite TV. In a way, I don't even recieve net financial gain, since the alternative would be not to have any TV at all, since I'm not interested in going to the hassle of getting a satelite dish (hell, I don't even have a phone yet at the new place).
A copywrite holder can unintentionally sacrifice sales in several ways. A song being overplayed on the radio or TV might make a potential buyer otherwise lose interest and not buy the CD. Movies being played on broadcast TV might make an otherwise potential renter not rent a specific movie. (Oh, speaking of broadcast TV, I seem to watch it alot, at least the 4 channels I get, yet I rarely, if ever buy anything advertized. Is this wrong too?)
I live in a rural area (very rural), and the local area computer stores aren't selling linux as a solution either, for the desktop or the server.
Working in one of these computer stores, I can tell you the typical customer's request for a server. All he or she wants is a decent machine with plenty of hard drive space that has the ability to network with windows, can do automated backups to tape or cd-rw, can do NAT/Dial-on-Demand, and is rather stable. They don't care if its linux or windows, in fact, linux would probably be the preferred choice because of cost.
However, nobody here can set up a machine like that (including I, who am a dumb, naive linux newbie, who knows about SAMBA and could probably work out a Bash script/cron job for automated backups, but has no idea how to do dial-on-demand for a NAT network). So, a windows 2k pro or win2k server solution wins out, depending on the environment.
From my point of view, linux isn't winning in business because there are a lack of people who knows how to impliment it effectively. This may be in part because linux users might be less likely to overestimate themselves, unlike the many window users that assume that if they can install a simple program with an install wizard, they can do anything.
As for me, I'm slowly learning linux and testing it out in the local store environment. I'd like to start selling it as a solution, it lowers our cost, provides the customer with equal, if not better service, and I don't have to mess around with product codes all day.:) Plus, it increases our margins, which is never a bad thing in a small store.
I believe Kurt Vonnegut will be read 50 years from now. Vonnegut has been associated with Sci-Fi, which has the unfortunate effect that his work hasn't been considered that seriously.
However, any reader of Vonnegut's work will see some interesting trends. He's very interested in human nature. He uses a more complex writing style, often times mixing up the chronological order of a story for more effective story telling. His stories can have great morals, such as "Mother Night", which deals about how careful we must be at pretending what we are, for we are what we pretend we are. The dialog in his stories are fresh and effective.
I'm seeing a few other sci-fi authors being read due to story content, such as Card's Ender Game (although a few other books in the series are weak), and several books being read for humor (Xanth, Discworld), but few sci-fi authors have the mastery of writing that Vonnegut has.
Well, that's why you get a nice, cutting-edge motherboard, that supports more memory and a higher processor speed then you need. Sure, you might not be able to afford it, but in the future, the price will drop.
Extra credit if you check out AMD/Intel's roadmap, to see where they are going to take the chip.
Do your homework, your componets last longer then.
See, that's why I'm against computers in general, and military computers in particular. If you watch either of the Terminator movies, you see that computers will try to destroy mankind.
(I do agree with you, its just that you shouldn't base your reasoning on a movie)
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If Google (or another search engine) set up all links to visit an internal google page that quickly redirected the user to the target site, it could rate on how many people visited the site, instead of a potentially biased rating of users.
Of course, shady websites could still influence it, either by hitting the pages themselves, or by crafting their page so that the google-selected text is tempting to search engine users, but the system still has the advantage of not requiring active participation of users.
Just my $.02
I've bought versions of Windows many times over the years, and sometimes it does recognize all my hardware, and sometimes it doesn't. However, I'm content to let windows use any drivers it wants, and can't bother to hunt down the most stable drivers for it, or even the proper drivers for some hardware. Even if I had good drivers, I've installed and uninstalled so many things over the years that the cruft leads to blue screens of deaths frequently. I might even have a virus eating away at core system files, but I'm too lazy to check.
Linux never gave me permission to mess with core files as a non-root user. It has never locked up on me.
Isn't linux great?
I'm sorry, it just seems that 99% of the slashdot crowd assumes that a normal, healthy installation of windows crashes all the time. Sure, windows does crash, and I've seen a BSOD or two, but rarely on healthy hardware and software. A crash is the exception, not the rule.
End Rant.
Er, no.
If the average windows user were the average linux user, then you'd see viruses. They'd either have "Please insert root password here", use their own dictionary, or use the first program made for newbies (Think the AOL-Linux Distro).
I used windows for many years, and still do use it at work and at home, and I've never been infected with a virus. I have downloaded over 40 gigs of files, including several execuables, and have never had any problems.
The only additional "security" linux offers is user permissions, and even then, that is a rather fragile barrier, prone to user mistakes and security holes (think ramen worm). Plus, really, to propigate, a worm like the annoying worm wouldn't need root to spread, only an appropriate IM client.
So, don't think Linux keeps you safe. Only good security practices and common sense keeps you safe.
2Flower writes:
Here's my project for December: turning my Dreamcast into a sweet arcade cabinet.
From linuxdevices.com: The Dreamcast sports a Hitachi SH7750 CPU running at 200 MHz, with 16MB of memory.
Okay, MAME, under Win98SE, needs over a 300 Mhz K6-2 for some games (KOF, etc). Any early arcade games, or anything up to and including the SNES generation consoles should run fast enough on a dreamcast (although this is an educated guess that assumes the Dreamcast performs at about the same rate as a P200).
However, I'm tempted to turn a Dreamcast into an emulated gaming machine as well. I like the idea of of a desktop omni-console. However, I don't think the dreamcast is fast enough for some arcade games, although I'd be happy if I was wrong.
There is a wonderful line in the movie "Twilight" about talks about how some people are broke, and others are just overextended.
I live in a rather poor area, and most people would consider my wages low (about $8.50/hr). However, due to my conservative lifestyle, I manage to save just under half of my paycheck each week (or about $150, or $500 a month). My car, while old, is dependable, and so is my truck, I rent a nice apartment on a lake in the middle of a national forest, I have a relatively new computer, and I have enough books to keep myself entertained.
I can live comfortably on $8.50/hour. Hell, I'm managing to further educate myself in my spare time. Sooner or later I'll probably get a better paying job, and I might pick up an old house to fix up, but that's a year or two down the road, at least.
I grew up dirt poor, the sort of "poor" where you go hungry occasionally, not the sort of "poor" where you drive a 10 year old car and don't have designer clothing. As long as I have food on the table and a roof over my head, I'm happy. My parents never paid a penny for my schooling, and I don't love them less because of it.
My GF doesn't care what kind of car I drive, what brand of clothing that I wear, or how large of a house I live in. If she did, we wouldn't be together, since I expect that a girl should love me, and not my possessions. If I had kids, I hope I raise them in such a manner that they don't measure other people by their car, clothing, and shelter. I'd be appalled if they did.
Just my $.02
Actually, being the only one locally with even simple linux skills, that's the exact same fear I have promoting samba over win2k fileservers.
Just an interesting viewpoint.
Here's a good link of which games uses which mapper.
You are right, most uses a few common mappers. However, I'd like my collection to be complete.
You are a sad, sad individual that thinks your total worth as a human being is the same as your bank account.
I really hope you are young and naive, because you might have time to change your viewpoint.
Work isn't supposed to be all fun and games, but if you want to spend 40+ hours a week in pure hell just for a few hundred (or a few thousand, if yer lucky) bucks, then you better love money above all else.
OTOH, I'm content making a few bucks, and generally having a good time at work.
And guess what. I'm guessing I'll go further then you at work. Friends in the work place help. You promote whoever is a team player, who can get along with others people. Now this might be the rare individual that can do all of that, that can support the business and have ties to it without making any friends. But most people can't.
Oh, and if you're in IT, unless you want to be locked in some dinky little server room (which some people DO want), you better have people skills. You'll need it to deal with users.
Just my $.02
Weavus writes:
Apart from that, i'm sure Microsoft have put in plenty of other measures to stop people emulating the Xbox on a PC. BIOS checks, DirectX differences, Stripped OS etc...
Sorry. There is only one console that I know of that's a bitch to emulate on the PC, and that's the lowly NES. Not the N64, not the SNES, but the original 8 bit NES, and that was due to mapper support. No NES emulator that I know of has full mapper support, bioNES, fwNES, and NESticle were the best when I was in the emulation scene. Arcade games also tend to be a pain, due to anti-piracy measures implimented in a few of the games, and the relative scarcity of arcade games when compared to most console games. The Atari Jaguar has also been slow to be emulated, although I don't know if this was due to technical difficulties or a lack of interest.
That being said, the following have been successfully emulated on the lowly PC (running DOS/Win for the most part): Arcade (which is technically many different platforms, even if the systems are JAMMA compliant, they have different hardware. MAME roms alone list over 3000 games (including clones, and there are other multi-arcade emulators out there). The NeoGeo (some games that have been successfully emulated by MAME) adds a hundred or two more. Looking at old school stuff, the C64, Amiga, and Apple II have all been emulated, according to Zophar, as well as the Trash-80's and Tandy's. For consoles, we have Atari, ColecoVision, Dreamcast, SMS/Gamegear, Intellivision, NES, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, Playstation, Saturn, Turbo Grafix 16, and the Vectrex, among others. The Gameboy, and the NeoGeo pocket has also been emulated (as well as the aforementioned Game Gear, which is really a SMS with better graphics). We also have both HP and TI calculators emulated.
With all of this emulated, I don't suspect that Xbox will be that much of a problem, especially with the demand for an emulator that we will see.
I don't know jack about programming (just doing a bit here and there), but isn't there a simple work around to treat all arrays as a function whose only purpose is to store and retrieve an array?
But port 12345 is already being used.
I work in a small computer store that gets the majority of its supplies by UPS.
If it wasn't for the quality of the packaging supplied by most computer equipment manufacturers, I'd suspect a significant portion of the equipment would be damaged in transit.
The items in question were all shipped from a national wholesaler (techdata) via UPS. A motherboard I recieved had a partially crushed box. I've seen Athlon processors arrive in dented boxes. Some of the boxes look like they have been torn apart. However, the parts usually arrive in working order, despite the damage.
To UPS, its just a package, that is handled and moved by a bunch of low-paid workers who have no interest in treating your package with TLC, and the management doesn't seem to add any accountability. Until management cares enough to track where and when the damage occurs, and uses that information to remove the problem employees, nothing will improve.
Just my $.02
Its almost as bad as if Slashdot did movie reviews.
Er wait...
If I grok windows (and I might not), the win2k server isn't using WINS. However, other machines on the network might be screwing it up.
Win2k is funky.
I figure, its only a matter of time before some bright monkey figures out the X-Box, and there is a lot of bright hardware monkeys and a lot of bright linux monkeys. Therefore, I'm guessing its just a matter of time before someone figures out how to throw linux on the thing, and do a few hardware upgrades (such as USB).
Once that happens, I have the perfect TV-top box that will support USB controls, run linux and have TV out. Then, I stick a ton of emulators on it (X-Mame, etc). The processor should be beefy enough for all but a few games.
I *really* want an X-box.
I would love to setup a computer interview like that. Depending on the position, you'd cover the basic tasks they should know, then move onto judgement calls under pressure, afterwords, just ask totally weird questions, give them access to the internet and some tech books, and see if they can find the answer. Like if they are applying to be a Solaris admin, ask them win2k questions.
I realize a person can't know everything. However, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to look up questions. Google, books, or usenet are my personal heroes. Hell, basic problem solving skills are a must. I don't care if you don't know what a problem is, I just care if you can figure out what a problem isn't.
Just my $.02
For some interesting experience, find a computer shop that also repairs, maintains, creates, and expands networks. A lot of companies have a many-flavored OS network, and learning how to network a windows 3.11 machine to a windows2k machine is interesting, to say the least.
Then, take a few classes on networks and OSes. Learn why installing IPX fixes windows networking problems (something I'm curious about, myself). Learn the principles of novell and unix networks. Learn how stuff works after you've learned how to set it up.
Oh, and get a boss that doesn't mind you learning on the job.
Just my $.02
I agree, agree, agree!
Grokking windows is a long, complicated task that is probably equal, in terms of diffuculty, to grokking linux, if not greater. (Hell, with linux, at least you can turn to the source).
Just because colleges and tech schools like to give any moron who can click a mouse and memories a few situations a MCSE doesn't make windows easy to administer. These are the same schools how have web designers and basic CGI programs, just because a lot of people can code up a simple form and cgi script to process it doesn't make the job of web design and programming easy.
Don't think that because windows gives "wizards" that basic tasks are easy. Linux gives text files for configuration, what's the difference between entering a gateway on a wizard, and hitting "vi config.file" and entering the gateway in the line "0.0.0.0 #gateway"? Its not really that complicated.
I've dealt with win2k a lot in my current job, and I will be the first to admit that microsoft's OS occasionally don't work in the way that the documentation says. Also, microsoft's approach to systemn recovery in case of a disaster is also a joke, when a windows machine crashes hard, with all the user data on it, the result can often be hours of tedious data with visits to usenet and google to figure out what was saved where.
Just my $.02
Thanks. I'll try that on my home network as soon as I get a phone in the new apartment.
So, when I let my friend borrow my tools, instead of making him buy his own, and when I borrow some VHS movies he bought, instead of buying them myself, I'm a dirty, rotten communist whore, and so is he?
I'm sorry, but your argument is flawed. Losing the sale, of, say, a satelite dish just because I visit a friend to watch the few shows I like doesn't mean I "stole" or "pirated" free satelite TV. In a way, I don't even recieve net financial gain, since the alternative would be not to have any TV at all, since I'm not interested in going to the hassle of getting a satelite dish (hell, I don't even have a phone yet at the new place).
A copywrite holder can unintentionally sacrifice sales in several ways. A song being overplayed on the radio or TV might make a potential buyer otherwise lose interest and not buy the CD. Movies being played on broadcast TV might make an otherwise potential renter not rent a specific movie. (Oh, speaking of broadcast TV, I seem to watch it alot, at least the 4 channels I get, yet I rarely, if ever buy anything advertized. Is this wrong too?)
Anyways, your argument is flawed. Just my $.02
I live in a rural area (very rural), and the local area computer stores aren't selling linux as a solution either, for the desktop or the server.
Working in one of these computer stores, I can tell you the typical customer's request for a server. All he or she wants is a decent machine with plenty of hard drive space that has the ability to network with windows, can do automated backups to tape or cd-rw, can do NAT/Dial-on-Demand, and is rather stable. They don't care if its linux or windows, in fact, linux would probably be the preferred choice because of cost.
However, nobody here can set up a machine like that (including I, who am a dumb, naive linux newbie, who knows about SAMBA and could probably work out a Bash script/cron job for automated backups, but has no idea how to do dial-on-demand for a NAT network). So, a windows 2k pro or win2k server solution wins out, depending on the environment.
From my point of view, linux isn't winning in business because there are a lack of people who knows how to impliment it effectively. This may be in part because linux users might be less likely to overestimate themselves, unlike the many window users that assume that if they can install a simple program with an install wizard, they can do anything.
As for me, I'm slowly learning linux and testing it out in the local store environment. I'd like to start selling it as a solution, it lowers our cost, provides the customer with equal, if not better service, and I don't have to mess around with product codes all day.
Just my $.02
I believe Kurt Vonnegut will be read 50 years from now. Vonnegut has been associated with Sci-Fi, which has the unfortunate effect that his work hasn't been considered that seriously.
However, any reader of Vonnegut's work will see some interesting trends. He's very interested in human nature. He uses a more complex writing style, often times mixing up the chronological order of a story for more effective story telling. His stories can have great morals, such as "Mother Night", which deals about how careful we must be at pretending what we are, for we are what we pretend we are. The dialog in his stories are fresh and effective.
I'm seeing a few other sci-fi authors being read due to story content, such as Card's Ender Game (although a few other books in the series are weak), and several books being read for humor (Xanth, Discworld), but few sci-fi authors have the mastery of writing that Vonnegut has.
Just my $.02
Well, that's why you get a nice, cutting-edge motherboard, that supports more memory and a higher processor speed then you need. Sure, you might not be able to afford it, but in the future, the price will drop.
Extra credit if you check out AMD/Intel's roadmap, to see where they are going to take the chip.
Do your homework, your componets last longer then.
Check the heatsink on both the CPU and the Vid Card (if the video card has one).
You might have an intermittent heat problem that is brought on by the heavy cpu usage of UT.
Just my thoughts.
Hard lockups may be caused by the OS, but in my experience, is probably a hardware problem.
See, that's why I'm against computers in general, and military computers in particular. If you watch either of the Terminator movies, you see that computers will try to destroy mankind.
(I do agree with you, its just that you shouldn't base your reasoning on a movie)