I have personally been using broadband for over 10 years. In that time I have lived in 3 different locations and used 5 different providers. During my usage I did notice one common thing. I had to reboot the router when using PPPOE almost daily (yea cron!) but never ever would it be required when using DHCP.
All the DSL providers I was on required use of PPPOE and the cable providers used DHCP. I know I wont ever use PPPOE again unless it is the last provider on the planet.
network solutions wants $10 per year if you buy 100 years worth..
I registered my domain through godaddy.com for $7 per year because I bought 10 years worth.. Heck had I only wanted one year it would have only been $8.. why in the world you pay the extra $2 (or $3) per year..
Ok, I installed Debian 2.2r2 on a computer at my house.. This was a couple of years ago.. I have not had to re-install it at all since then.. It updated just fine from 2.2 stable to 3.0 stable.. I even went to 3.0 testing without any problems.. Now I have Xfree 4 instead of 3.. KDE instead of twm..
You just cant do that with any redhat, mandrake, whatever box.. you end up having to install from scratch each time.. To me this ends up being what I would call a "throw away" server just like M$ winders does..
Given the choice of a single install that is good forever (in computer years at least) or wasting my time re-installing and re-configuring my OS every 6-8 months.. ack what a waste!
What if Adobe was planning on porting all their products to linux (including Illustrator). They might feel that if they did port them that it would be hard for lUsers to tell the difference between them.
My problem with most games now is that they are driven by demands of money rather than the demands of having fun. Get it out the door. Make money. etc..
I had lots of fun playing Meridian 59 when it was in beta because the players were allowed the freedom to do what they wanted. In retail though it changed because if a player was being "evil" they were slapped down and told they couldnt do that or their account would be canceled.
Same thing happened in Everquest. Beta was a blast. Could do what you want. Out comes retail and bam. Have to play nice or not play. Blech.
I was testing SMS on our NT box because we were contemplating utilizing it for administration. I installed the client on one box to see how it would be. Lo and behold.. the next day.. it had installed itself on ALL of our computers. It had gone in and made changes to my login.bat script own its own. This was TOTALLY not cool.
I am not quite sure how much one of these crazy systems cost with quad xeons, raid and four nics.. But I think someone should do a comparison that is more like what a business would do and do a comparison for performance per cost.. Just taking a shot in the dark I am figuring one of those test systems that they are using costs about 10k if not more.. So how much performance could be gotten out of a linux for 10k (or whatever that single box costs)?
If it isnt obvious by now, these people are going to keep throwing benchmarks around using the ideal hardware to make NT look good.. but if a benchmark could be done using the hardware that linux really shines on.. What about a cluster of some sort? A redundant array of inexpensive machines?
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I have personally been using broadband for over 10 years. In that time I have lived in 3 different locations and used 5 different providers. During my usage I did notice one common thing. I had to reboot the router when using PPPOE almost daily (yea cron!) but never ever would it be required when using DHCP.
All the DSL providers I was on required use of PPPOE and the cable providers used DHCP. I know I wont ever use PPPOE again unless it is the last provider on the planet.
I must admit I liked lemmings but..
The incredible machine was even more fun to me..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine
I wish they still made games like that..
With 3.5 million subscribers each paying monthly for the game..
Can you please explain why the physical servers are shared among multiple realms (or game servers)? (obviously it cant be due to cost)
network solutions wants $10 per year if you buy 100 years worth..
I registered my domain through godaddy.com for $7 per year because I bought 10 years worth.. Heck had I only wanted one year it would have only been $8.. why in the world you pay the extra $2 (or $3) per year..
Microsoft starts printing their own cash with pictures of Bill Gates on the front.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/weekinreview/18B AMF.html?ex=1053835200&en=afbf9e2309015f72&ei=5062 &partner=GOOGLE
Now imagine how much hotter things are closer to the equator. How about having mid 60's as your low for winter?
Ok, I installed Debian 2.2r2 on a computer at my house.. This was a couple of years ago.. I have not had to re-install it at all since then.. It updated just fine from 2.2 stable to 3.0 stable.. I even went to 3.0 testing without any problems.. Now I have Xfree 4 instead of 3.. KDE instead of twm..
You just cant do that with any redhat, mandrake, whatever box.. you end up having to install from scratch each time.. To me this ends up being what I would call a "throw away" server just like M$ winders does..
Given the choice of a single install that is good forever (in computer years at least) or wasting my time re-installing and re-configuring my OS every 6-8 months.. ack what a waste!
What if Adobe was planning on porting all their products to linux (including Illustrator). They might feel that if they did port them that it would be hard for lUsers to tell the difference between them.
My problem with most games now is that they are driven by demands of money rather than the demands of having fun. Get it out the door. Make money. etc..
I had lots of fun playing Meridian 59 when it was in beta because the players were allowed the freedom to do what they wanted. In retail though it changed because if a player was being "evil" they were slapped down and told they couldnt do that or their account would be canceled.
Same thing happened in Everquest. Beta was a blast. Could do what you want. Out comes retail and bam. Have to play nice or not play. Blech.
To me there is no way that anyone would confuse a sucks site with a real site..
well.. maybe if the site was for a vacuum cleaner..
I was testing SMS on our NT box because we were contemplating utilizing it for administration. I installed the client on one box to see how it would be. Lo and behold.. the next day.. it had installed itself on ALL of our computers. It had gone in and made changes to my login.bat script own its own. This was TOTALLY not cool.
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I am not quite sure how much one of these crazy systems cost with quad xeons, raid and four nics..
But I think someone should do a comparison that is more like what a business would do and do a comparison for performance per cost.. Just taking a shot in the dark I am figuring one of those test systems that they are using costs about 10k if not more.. So how much performance could be gotten out of a linux for 10k (or whatever that single box costs)?
If it isnt obvious by now, these people are going to keep throwing benchmarks around using the ideal hardware to make NT look good.. but if a benchmark could be done using the hardware that linux really shines on.. What about a cluster of some sort? A redundant array of inexpensive machines?