They should still support their products with something better than a half-assed work around.
Haha, I found that sentence funny.
If you're looking for something better than a "half-assed" work around, why are you using NT4? After the Win9x series, I'd say it's Microsoft's worst product. Windows 2000 replaced it, and is much better.
I currently have 512k and am considering getting 1mbps. Just because I don't download huge amounts of pr0n or videos, doesn't mean I don't want my Internet connection to be very responsive.
That would be excellent for me. My Internet habits entirely consist of...
* Checking Slashdot and a few other discussion boards * Checking my e-mail * Chatting on Jabber, AIM and MSN * Updating my website * Occasionally downloading Redhat's software updates * Sometimes playing streaming music (but not very often)
5Gb per month? If they really are talking about gigabits and not gigabytes, then that is somewhat ridiculous. Oh boy, I can download one CD image (of a piece of software I already have, of course) per month. What a great service.
Why do that when you can download one that you don't already have?
They can connect via SSL to a server in your office's DMZ. That way, it stays secure.
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I talk to people using Gaim (on Jabber or MSN protocol) whenever possible, and hav full logging turned on. It makes for a more active conversation that e-mail - i.e. more productive, and it's still easy to copy & paste. Having a jabber server set up in the office keeps conversation secure too, instead of going via some server on the internet.
E-mail is better for when you want to explain something in detail to someone or send them a document. Even then, I think it's better to put the document somewhere they have access to it and tell them where to get it. E-mail was designed for plain text and should remain that way:-)
The fact that X's process size is 287M when I only have 256mb RAM can't help much either. I know most of that's probably swapped out, but still, it's a large process.
I find some things jump a little (e.g. dragging windows around) at the moment (RH8, Athlon MP 1600, GeForce 2) in X.
On a 475MHz laptop with ATi Rage Pro video, it runs just as smooth as XP does (they both jump a bit when dragging windows around).
I know this shouldn't happen on the fast PC though. I must have something set up wrongly. Maybe the latest kernel will make it less noticeable though:-)
Lets hope Microsoft has tighter security on their DLLs than your/usr/lib directory has. lrwxrwxrwx on the symlinks will allow *anyone* to change the link to point to another version of the library, which could be a hacked one.
The guy from my ISP (blueyonder) who came to install teh cable modem at least knew about Linux and told me what to do to get my linux box online (although it was already set up for DHCP, so it worked anyway). ISPs who send out people without explaining differences between operating systems they might expect to find at a customer's site are going to come across as unfriendly to the customer.
What this company Reasoning does sounds pretty much like what Rational's Purify product does. IMO, all software should be tested with a system like this before going through the QA cycle. I use Purify quite often, just to check that there are no such memory errors.
I guess you've never heard of a cross compiler o QT then. I can write software using a Mac running OSX that will run on your PC and look like any other windows GUI.
That's what open standards and file formats are all about.
by "modern" I mean produced within the last year. Computers made within that period are fast. Even macs are. The new AlBook is fast enough to run OSX, which is kinda bloated. If it can run OSX smoothly, its a fast machine:-)
A font that is meant to be 10pt will be 10pt on any screen or printed on paper, unless there is an error in the software rendering it. If you use a decent OS (one that knows about this) then 10pt will be perfectly readable on one of those Dells. In any OS that uses X, you can tell X what the physical resolution of your screen is, and it will adjust the points to pixels ratio to account for the screen size. I think plug 'n' play monitors should also send this info to the computer so it can all happen automatically.
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They should still support their products with something better than a half-assed work around.
Haha, I found that sentence funny.
If you're looking for something better than a "half-assed" work around, why are you using NT4? After the Win9x series, I'd say it's Microsoft's worst product. Windows 2000 replaced it, and is much better.
Is that using some 32-bit emulation feature?
Do they run on Itanium 2?
That's a Release Candidate, not a mainstream product.
If they keep on getting faster at this rate, we'll soon be able to benefit from the speed of this ;-)
I currently have 512k and am considering getting 1mbps. Just because I don't download huge amounts of pr0n or videos, doesn't mean I don't want my Internet connection to be very responsive.
That would be excellent for me. My Internet habits entirely consist of...
* Checking Slashdot and a few other discussion boards
* Checking my e-mail
* Chatting on Jabber, AIM and MSN
* Updating my website
* Occasionally downloading Redhat's software updates
* Sometimes playing streaming music (but not very often)
That could easily be les than 5Gb/month.
5Gb per month? If they really are talking about gigabits and not gigabytes, then that is somewhat ridiculous. Oh boy, I can download one CD image (of a piece of software I already have, of course) per month. What a great service.
Why do that when you can download one that you don't already have?
They can connect via SSL to a server in your office's DMZ. That way, it stays secure.
I talk to people using Gaim (on Jabber or MSN protocol) whenever possible, and hav full logging turned on. It makes for a more active conversation that e-mail - i.e. more productive, and it's still easy to copy & paste. Having a jabber server set up in the office keeps conversation secure too, instead of going via some server on the internet.
:-)
E-mail is better for when you want to explain something in detail to someone or send them a document. Even then, I think it's better to put the document somewhere they have access to it and tell them where to get it. E-mail was designed for plain text and should remain that way
My website only stores encrypted passwords. Anyone on Slashdot who stores plain text passwords should be ashamed.
My graphics card is 32mb, so it's still a lot of mapped memory, etc.
The fact that X's process size is 287M when I only have 256mb RAM can't help much either. I know most of that's probably swapped out, but still, it's a large process.
I find some things jump a little (e.g. dragging windows around) at the moment (RH8, Athlon MP 1600, GeForce 2) in X.
:-)
On a 475MHz laptop with ATi Rage Pro video, it runs just as smooth as XP does (they both jump a bit when dragging windows around).
I know this shouldn't happen on the fast PC though. I must have something set up wrongly. Maybe the latest kernel will make it less noticeable though
I watched the whole animation
;-)
At least video works then. Just got sound to worry about
It's 12.50pm here (UK) and there are 108 posts and I can still get the full speed my cable modem will allow :-)
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SCO == SCO Unix, Unixware
IBM == AIX
No?
Oops. I obviosuly wasn't concentrating much at that point.
Lets hope Microsoft has tighter security on their DLLs than your /usr/lib directory has. lrwxrwxrwx on the symlinks will allow *anyone* to change the link to point to another version of the library, which could be a hacked one.
The guy from my ISP (blueyonder) who came to install teh cable modem at least knew about Linux and told me what to do to get my linux box online (although it was already set up for DHCP, so it worked anyway). ISPs who send out people without explaining differences between operating systems they might expect to find at a customer's site are going to come across as unfriendly to the customer.
What this company Reasoning does sounds pretty much like what Rational's Purify product does. IMO, all software should be tested with a system like this before going through the QA cycle. I use Purify quite often, just to check that there are no such memory errors.
Hey, it can spark a huge debate over which memory "standard" is the best instead ;-)
Rambus isn't as fast as PC3200 is it? My mobo from a year ago supports PC3200.
I guess you've never heard of a cross compiler o QT then. I can write software using a Mac running OSX that will run on your PC and look like any other windows GUI.
That's what open standards and file formats are all about.
Finally we'll have a PC that can last as long as an iBook without needing mains power :-)
by "modern" I mean produced within the last year. Computers made within that period are fast. Even macs are. The new AlBook is fast enough to run OSX, which is kinda bloated. If it can run OSX smoothly, its a fast machine :-)
A font that is meant to be 10pt will be 10pt on any screen or printed on paper, unless there is an error in the software rendering it. If you use a decent OS (one that knows about this) then 10pt will be perfectly readable on one of those Dells. In any OS that uses X, you can tell X what the physical resolution of your screen is, and it will adjust the points to pixels ratio to account for the screen size. I think plug 'n' play monitors should also send this info to the computer so it can all happen automatically.