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  1. libmtmalloc, libumem on Solaris on Memory Management Technique Speeds Apps By 20% · · Score: 1

    there are many allocator implementations that behave way better than the single-thread-optimized default malloc. Hooray for another one. Here is one old article about that: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/multiproc/multiproc.html IIRC even glibc uses a slab allocator these days, and is much better performance wise on multi processor machines.

  2. Re:Missed the Better Headline on Gas Wants To Kill the Wind · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Best fart is like a ninja - silent but deadly.

  3. Re:I don't understand on US DOJ Says Kindle In Classroom Hurts Blind Students · · Score: 1

    how does that work when the prof writes something on the blackboard?

  4. Deja vu - V400 on New Logitech Dark Field Mice Operate On Glass · · Score: 1

    The Logitech V400 mouse also sported a dual laser several years ago. I have yet to experience worse tracking performance than what that thing offered, even regular optical mouse was WAY better on any surface I tried. Hopefully this one will be better, but for now I'm sticking with my VX Revolution.

  5. Re:Wait a minute... on Licensing Dispute Threatens Future of Skype · · Score: 1

    but is Vista ready for the desktop?

  6. Re:And what of other "open" countries? on Internet Giving Rise To "Citizen Spies" · · Score: 1
  7. Requirements? on The Coder Behind the Mortgage Meltdown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The guy coded it. Who created his requirements?

  8. Re:Hungarian notation on Best and Worst Coding Standards? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apparently, the bastardized version of Hungarian Notation got popular: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html

    zm

  9. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 1

    actually, field strength drops by distance squared for a point source; when you have a long transmission line (a line source), the strength drops linearly with the distance. Which still approaches zero quickly. ;)

  10. Re:He's one bad Morrison & Foerster on Thunderbird in Crisis? · · Score: 4, Funny

    > What's so offensive about Morrison & Foerster?
    Apart from them being lawyers?

  11. Re:Trackpoint? on Mouse or Trackball? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be very intelligent....

  12. Re:65 million? on Study Provides Compelling Evidence of Single Impact Extinction Theory · · Score: 1

    Right on the money there, amigo. Similarly, if it was His will that the scientists do stem cell research and that the doctors perform abortions, who the heck are we to question Him? There are people around who claim to be bigger believers than us and tell us that His will is something else, but we know better - if it happens, it is the will of God. Praise the Lord.

  13. Re:Not a lot of better options on Firefox 2.0 Password Manager Bug Exposes Passwords · · Score: 1

    > I'm not really sure what I'd do without it

    keepass

    zm

  14. Re:Profiling is worse than random searches. on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    > a young single woman flying out of Sweden
    well, it was an Irish woman out of London, but search for Anne Murphy.
    not that she wanted to blow up the plane, she was just (unknowingly) a bomb carrier.
    zm

  15. Re:Not Linux news.... on IBM and 3Com Plan First Internet Telephony Suite · · Score: 1

    Oh, actually, let me rephrase that: it will run on Linux that will in turn run on top of i5/OS VM. (or some such thing... ;) )

  16. Re:Not Linux news.... on IBM and 3Com Plan First Internet Telephony Suite · · Score: 1

    Oh, but it is being ported. I've been working on that in my (3Com-partner) company.

  17. Re:Ahhh 3com on IBM and 3Com Plan First Internet Telephony Suite · · Score: 1
    The 3com VoIP system would not read line voltages correctly from a Vonage ATA (they were using Vonage for phone lines for some reason). Further, it would not work with 'SIP', as 3com had their own proprietary protocol.
    Ummm... you've got me confused here... why would a SIP based system like 3Com VCX need to read a line voltage off an ATA?

    ZM
  18. Re:Not Linux news.... on IBM and 3Com Plan First Internet Telephony Suite · · Score: 1

    Information Week read between the lines and came up with something not even there.

    Actually, 3Com VCX system does run on Linux (a RHEL clone, to be more precise). I've been working on it for the last couple of years...

    ZM

  19. Re:How long... on Better Networking with SCTP · · Score: 2, Informative

    > Sctp is new

    Nope. I worked on SCTP implementation in year 2000.... Nortel had it in 1999.

    zm

  20. Re:Cruise-control a DMCA circumvention device? on Device Stops Speeders From Inside Car · · Score: 1

    Furthermore, the C in DMCA stands for "Copyright"; just how is that applicable to a speed control device is beyond me. OTOH, IANAL.

  21. in-memory on Dumping Lots of Data to Disk in Realtime? · · Score: 1

    You will likely need to run this baby all in RAM, with optional persistant storage if needed. If you don't have enough memory, go for distributed solution: data from devices a,b,c go to machine1, from devices d,e,f to machine2, etc. The per device distribution algorithm should consider the amount of data from each device.

  22. Re:What about TCP/IP handoff? on Signal Handoff Could Mean Roaming VoIP over WiFi · · Score: 2, Informative

    VoIP works on UDP, not TCP. WIFI association and the address disovery can be done while the call is still in progress (ever heard of having two addresses on the same interface?). Then there is almost no impact on the media path. See for example http://sipquest.com/sipquest-software-wifi.htm.

  23. Re:swingline stapler on Top 100 Gadgets of All Time · · Score: 1

    Dude, you forgot a hammer.

  24. Nothing to see here... on Random Number Generator That Sees Into the Future · · Score: 1

    Just some folks trying to come up with an excuse for creating an RNG without much R.

  25. Opposite on Are Extensible Programming Languages Coming? · · Score: 1

    Guess the guy wanted something opposite to Brainfuck, eh?