Perhaps there should be a 20% tax levied on all computers purchased without Windows. I suggest that this money goes straight to Microsoft, as everyone knows that anyone buying a computer without Windows is really in fact just pirating it.
OSes are never developed to be run on only the latest and greatest. A somewhat new laptop can always run the newest OS from Apple or Microsoft extremely well. The only problem is that it doesn't have the type of upgrade life that desktops might have, so you're often lucky to get more than one OS upgrade.
The goal of the OS maker is to put in more and more features that require better and better CPUs, thus making their product better (not because of bloat, I mean come on, Windows XP is DEFINITELY much better than Windows 95, and a lot of it is in the features).
I had an HP laptop sitting right next to me a couple of days ago that was running a mobile Athlon 1800+. With Dell, it's pretty much a given that they'll only sell Intel, especially in notebooks (I mean, they don't even sell AMD in desktops). I would give IBM a little more benefit of the doubt, they aren't under the will of Intel in every case.
First of all, thanks for the helpful links to AMD's and Intel's websites.
Second of all, Intel has been "one up" on AMD for quite some time now, being at least a couple of months ahead in terms of performance (3.06Ghz with HyperThreading is out now and available to buy). As always, it's great to see that AMD is hanging in there, but there's no need to toot their horn no matter how they're actually doing.
I'm not all that familiar with Linux and KDE/Gnome, but I am with Windows 2K/XP simply because I use it at home all the time. Most people have personal computers, and many have XP. While it is radically different from 95, I would venture to say the difference is much smaller between 98 and XP (and most if not all of their employees are running 98 or newer).
Seems to me they probably just take the total number of messages they receive and subtract the amount of legit mail sent to them to get the spam total.
It wouldn't exactly be newsworthy to say "AOL MEMBERS GET TEN MILLION LEGITIMATE EMAILS IN ONE DAY" though.
In all honesty, a manned mission to the moon by another country would be great. It would finally shut up all of these conspiracy theories about how the manned missions to the moon by the U.S. were elaborate hoaxes.
Not that anyone should continue to believe any of that trash considering the huge amount of evidence that we did land on the moon.
I see nothing wrong with human progress, even if it's not my own country. I suppose we should have flying cars right now because those darned Chinese are starting to get more and more of them.
If anything, competition encourages increased effort into projects.
Out of curiousity, how does one go about testing a system like this? Do they test changes to the code in a live system? (not using the newer version, just looking at it along with the old one). Are there flight emulators that will feed fake data to the software which in turn displays what it is receiving? Do they do extensive testing between new systems that perform different functions yet interface as well? It seems to me a large part of the budget for these projects has to be testing.
In other major retailer news, it turns out that Wal-Mart will be expanding the range of products they sell by adding a new "Sam's Choice" soda Pepsi Blue imitation. Analysts are speculating why anyone would want to buy generic Pepsi Blue, let alone the real deal.
On top of the $5 million the library received for planning the initiative in 2000, the plan approved yesterday releases another $20 million of funding to develop a system for evaluating and storing digital information. Just as the library receives more than 20,000 printed pieces each day but keeps less than half, it now faces the herculean task of deciding what digital information should be saved for future generations.
-- The library doesn't keep all of the printed information it receives, keeping all of the information online is an enormous, if not possible task. The archive.org has terrabytes upon terrabytes of data, and they don't even come close to having everything that was on the web at any one time. With the budget they're talking about, keeping all of this information would most definitely not be possible.
On top of the $5 million the library received for planning the initiative in 2000, the plan approved yesterday releases another $20 million of funding to develop a system for evaluating and storing digital information. Just as the library receives more than 20,000 printed pieces each day but keeps less than half, it now faces the herculean task of deciding what digital information should be saved for future generations.
-- The library doesn't keep all of the printed information it receives, keeping all of the information online is an enormous, if not possible task. The archive.org has terrabytes upon terrabytes of data, and they don't even come close to having everything that was on the web at any one time. With the budget they're talking about, keeping all of this information would most definitely not be possible.
Another quirk I just noticed. My personal webpage was just recently indexed by Google. When searching for terms in it and getting it near the top of the search results, a cached link is seen next to it. This link works.
However, if I enter cache:URL_HERE, it says it cannot find it. This feature works for other webpages, so I know it's not my syntax.
On the first part where you see Gandalf about to fall and it says "Follow you fools," I'm not really surprised that they screwed it up. I can barely tell what he's saying when I watch the American version. I had to buy the DVD and turn on subcaptions to learn it should actually be "Fly you fools."
I own a DVD of Gladiator (with Russel Crowe). There isn't a single scratch on the disc, but now when I put it in the player, it can't get beyond the menu (even on the computer). I'm not sure why these companies can't have a return policy since they're so cheap to make (ie, they tell you to send some type of SASE) but I suppose it's the whole thing about getting people to buy the same movie over and over again. I thought I had a license to view it by owning it, but if I can't do that, what do I have?
A democracy is not the same thing as a representative democracy. The founders of the United States never intended for the U.S. to be a democracy. You're not from the U.S. so I can't expect you to know this. But those modding the parent up to 5 should probably take a U.S. government course.
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So, in theory, battlefield porn is the next killer app?
Perhaps there should be a 20% tax levied on all computers purchased without Windows. I suggest that this money goes straight to Microsoft, as everyone knows that anyone buying a computer without Windows is really in fact just pirating it.
OSes are never developed to be run on only the latest and greatest. A somewhat new laptop can always run the newest OS from Apple or Microsoft extremely well. The only problem is that it doesn't have the type of upgrade life that desktops might have, so you're often lucky to get more than one OS upgrade.
The goal of the OS maker is to put in more and more features that require better and better CPUs, thus making their product better (not because of bloat, I mean come on, Windows XP is DEFINITELY much better than Windows 95, and a lot of it is in the features).
New OSes sell new computers.
I had an HP laptop sitting right next to me a couple of days ago that was running a mobile Athlon 1800+. With Dell, it's pretty much a given that they'll only sell Intel, especially in notebooks (I mean, they don't even sell AMD in desktops). I would give IBM a little more benefit of the doubt, they aren't under the will of Intel in every case.
First of all, thanks for the helpful links to AMD's and Intel's websites.
Second of all, Intel has been "one up" on AMD for quite some time now, being at least a couple of months ahead in terms of performance (3.06Ghz with HyperThreading is out now and available to buy). As always, it's great to see that AMD is hanging in there, but there's no need to toot their horn no matter how they're actually doing.
What, you mean they didn't invent currency?
I don't know about you, but I was bartering for all of my goods until Amazon came along.
We're sorry, but...no.
I'm not all that familiar with Linux and KDE/Gnome, but I am with Windows 2K/XP simply because I use it at home all the time. Most people have personal computers, and many have XP. While it is radically different from 95, I would venture to say the difference is much smaller between 98 and XP (and most if not all of their employees are running 98 or newer).
Seems to me they probably just take the total number of messages they receive and subtract the amount of legit mail sent to them to get the spam total.
It wouldn't exactly be newsworthy to say "AOL MEMBERS GET TEN MILLION LEGITIMATE EMAILS IN ONE DAY" though.
1 billion - 5.5 million = 15
In all honesty, a manned mission to the moon by another country would be great. It would finally shut up all of these conspiracy theories about how the manned missions to the moon by the U.S. were elaborate hoaxes.
Not that anyone should continue to believe any of that trash considering the huge amount of evidence that we did land on the moon.
I see nothing wrong with human progress, even if it's not my own country. I suppose we should have flying cars right now because those darned Chinese are starting to get more and more of them.
If anything, competition encourages increased effort into projects.
yeeaaahhhh...
Out of curiousity, how does one go about testing a system like this? Do they test changes to the code in a live system? (not using the newer version, just looking at it along with the old one). Are there flight emulators that will feed fake data to the software which in turn displays what it is receiving? Do they do extensive testing between new systems that perform different functions yet interface as well? It seems to me a large part of the budget for these projects has to be testing.
Hmm, this looks like a good 'toot Linux's horn' general post. I think I'll copy it and paste it into the next couple of Linux news posts.
In other major retailer news, it turns out that Wal-Mart will be expanding the range of products they sell by adding a new "Sam's Choice" soda Pepsi Blue imitation. Analysts are speculating why anyone would want to buy generic Pepsi Blue, let alone the real deal.
From the article:
On top of the $5 million the library received for planning the initiative in 2000, the plan approved yesterday releases another $20 million of funding to develop a system for evaluating and storing digital information. Just as the library receives more than 20,000 printed pieces each day but keeps less than half, it now faces the herculean task of deciding what digital information should be saved for future generations.
--
The library doesn't keep all of the printed information it receives, keeping all of the information online is an enormous, if not possible task. The archive.org has terrabytes upon terrabytes of data, and they don't even come close to having everything that was on the web at any one time. With the budget they're talking about, keeping all of this information would most definitely not be possible.
From the article:
On top of the $5 million the library received for planning the initiative in 2000, the plan approved yesterday releases another $20 million of funding to develop a system for evaluating and storing digital information. Just as the library receives more than 20,000 printed pieces each day but keeps less than half, it now faces the herculean task of deciding what digital information should be saved for future generations.
--
The library doesn't keep all of the printed information it receives, keeping all of the information online is an enormous, if not possible task. The archive.org has terrabytes upon terrabytes of data, and they don't even come close to having everything that was on the web at any one time. With the budget they're talking about, keeping all of this information would most definitely not be possible.
Another quirk I just noticed. My personal webpage was just recently indexed by Google. When searching for terms in it and getting it near the top of the search results, a cached link is seen next to it. This link works.
However, if I enter cache:URL_HERE, it says it cannot find it. This feature works for other webpages, so I know it's not my syntax.
A more important question: would you be able to even notice a performance gain?
This thread is a wasteland. Five pages of comments, not one rated high enough for me to see without clicking on it.
This one included.
Ok, now that you spoiled the plot for me with #4 there's no chance I'm going to see it now.
I thought I made it clear that it wouldn't play in any player..all other DVDs work. I live in a smoke free environment without a lot of dust.
On the first part where you see Gandalf about to fall and it says "Follow you fools," I'm not really surprised that they screwed it up. I can barely tell what he's saying when I watch the American version. I had to buy the DVD and turn on subcaptions to learn it should actually be "Fly you fools."
I own a DVD of Gladiator (with Russel Crowe). There isn't a single scratch on the disc, but now when I put it in the player, it can't get beyond the menu (even on the computer). I'm not sure why these companies can't have a return policy since they're so cheap to make (ie, they tell you to send some type of SASE) but I suppose it's the whole thing about getting people to buy the same movie over and over again. I thought I had a license to view it by owning it, but if I can't do that, what do I have?
A democracy is not the same thing as a representative democracy. The founders of the United States never intended for the U.S. to be a democracy. You're not from the U.S. so I can't expect you to know this. But those modding the parent up to 5 should probably take a U.S. government course.