Don't get me started on medicine names:) Ever heard of Magaldrat? If you haven't, kudos to you, you don't have an ulcer. Makes some sense in its original language (german), but in english...whoa!
Sure, his is equally fast under a light load, but put it under a heavy cpu load (ie emulation) and his bites the dust. The reason? No external cache. (InHell finally saw the light and put a little in later models). Umh..not entirely true. I have a C300A which behaves gracefully even when running 2 simultaneous instances of VMware, each with its virtual machine running in it. Under exactly the same load, i.e. 2 VMs running simultaneously, a friend's K6-2/300 becomes so slow it's almost unusable. All of the other parameters being almost exactly the same (amount of memory and swap, number of processes, etc.)
That's exactly the reason that made me play with the Linux software raid. Basically I've revived an old 486dx2-50, and stuffed it with several HDs, both IDE and SCSI (from dead Mac IIcx's), that I've combined in a raid0 array. Running fine for several months now. If you're interested in details about the setup, mail me after removing the obvious:)
Uhh...my ISA data acquisition card? I built it for around 40 bucks. If I were to buy one, I would pay ~$400 for a ISA card with the same performance, or $800-1000 for a PCI one. Serial is too slow for the 1.2Mb/s I need, and there's no USB/firewire/AGP/you-name-it equivalent.
>Is there anything these guys can't genetically engineer: > Now Monsanto is considering technologies that turn engineered genes on and off in plants after they are sprayed with a chemical.
This isn't big news. It's even a basic technique in molecular biology. Hell, I'm only a student, but I do it in the lab every day. However, this might hint into the way they do the fertility thing. Did you think of how they grow the fertility-impaired seeds in the first place? Yes, crossing of two different parental strains might be an answer - but it's a long shot and would lead to many complications. Since the Microsoft analogy has already been used, they might have used a "back door" into their "terminator" seeds, by placing a essential gene for reproduction under control of a promoter that's off unless a special chemical is present, then grow their production crops in presence of the chemical. It's simple enough to do, and wouldn't need as much time/money for R&D as any other approach.
When Opera for Linux comes out, and it's as good as the hype, I will pay for it. That being said, I find extremely amusing their justification of why nothing is free .
I have posted a method to get it working in Slack 4 quite a while ago. Here it is. It worked with the original version, and it works with the new one. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: all names portrayed here are fictional!
Say I have a web site called, for the sake of the argument, umh..whatevername.com. All is well, but after four years, Sony comes up with an artist called "whatevername". Where do I stand? Do I have to get license from them to continue running my (preexistent, mind you) website, or get sued by them? The way I read the terms, they would think I do. Pure madness!
You're not. It's not the same story as e.g. the SB Live driver, that's a binary only, and locks you in a specific kernel version; this one comes as source, and you have to compile it even if you use RH.
It's only my opinion here, but I think this is a Good Thing(TM).
I just downloaded the package, and gave it a quick look. The only thing I see RH-specific is the patches (for those who want to build the driver into the kernel, statically); they're for kernels 2.2.5 and 2.0.36 only. If you build it as a module, it should run on any distribution, including my beloved Slack:)
The installation instructions seem pretty good, too.
I recently left Slackware becouse it just didn't keep with the times
Too bad you did...Slack 6.2 beta is out, and kicks ass...and the old complaint about glibc2 has become totally irrelevant, it's all based on glibc-2.1.2. It's the most stable beta I've ever seen, too:)
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Whatever the "next Linux" may be, it'll have to be damn good to make me switch over :)
True, on Debian - not in Slackware, though.
Don't get me started on medicine names :)
Ever heard of Magaldrat? If you haven't, kudos to you, you don't have an ulcer. Makes some sense in its original language (german), but in english...whoa!
Actually, this one makes sense, since the active ingredient is sodium cromoglycate, and it's administered intranasally.
Hear, hear. Now, where are those moderator points when I need them...
Then, how about once, when you first install the software and you got pop-up windows anyway? You know, agree to the license and stuff.
Sure, his is equally fast under a light load, but put it under a heavy cpu load (ie emulation) and his bites the dust. The reason? No external cache. (InHell finally saw the light and put a little in later models).
Umh..not entirely true. I have a C300A which behaves gracefully even when running 2 simultaneous instances of VMware, each with its virtual machine running in it. Under exactly the same load, i.e. 2 VMs running simultaneously, a friend's K6-2/300 becomes so slow it's almost unusable. All of the other parameters being almost exactly the same (amount of memory and swap, number of processes, etc.)
That's exactly the reason that made me play with the Linux software raid. Basically I've revived an old 486dx2-50, and stuffed it with several HDs, both IDE and SCSI (from dead Mac IIcx's), that I've combined in a raid0 array. Running fine for several months now. :)
If you're interested in details about the setup, mail me after removing the obvious
My personal record is 12 minutes for Slackware 7.0, from inserting the install CD until typing "startx" as a non-root user. Anyone better?
Uhh...my ISA data acquisition card? I built it for around 40 bucks. If I were to buy one, I would pay ~$400 for a ISA card with the same performance, or $800-1000 for a PCI one. Serial is too slow for the 1.2Mb/s I need, and there's no USB/firewire/AGP/you-name-it equivalent.
The original "Winmodem"(TM) was in fact ISA, a few years back, IIRC. Then they moved them to PCI, for obvious reasons.
OK, not too shabby...however, I don't think I will replace my desktop background just yet.
>Is there anything these guys can't genetically engineer:
> Now Monsanto is considering technologies that turn engineered genes on and off in plants after they are sprayed with a chemical.
This isn't big news. It's even a basic technique in molecular biology. Hell, I'm only a student, but I do it in the lab every day.
However, this might hint into the way they do the fertility thing. Did you think of how they grow the fertility-impaired seeds in the first place? Yes, crossing of two different parental strains might be an answer - but it's a long shot and would lead to many complications. Since the Microsoft analogy has already been used, they might have used a "back door" into their "terminator" seeds, by placing a essential gene for reproduction under control of a promoter that's off unless a special chemical is present, then grow their production crops in presence of the chemical. It's simple enough to do, and wouldn't need as much time/money for R&D as any other approach.
When Opera for Linux comes out, and it's as good as the hype, I will pay for it. That being said, I find extremely amusing their justification of why nothing is free .
Oops, I should have read the original post. No, it won't work with libc5 only.
I have posted a method to get it working in Slack 4 quite a while ago. Here it is. It worked with the original version, and it works with the new one. Enjoy.
Maybe. There's a slight problem, though: in both cases, the .com are already taken.
So, doesn't Geek's recent affair with Dawn make you a bit jealous?
Say I have a web site called, for the sake of the argument, umh..whatevername.com. All is well, but after four years, Sony comes up with an artist called "whatevername". Where do I stand? Do I have to get license from them to continue running my (preexistent, mind you) website, or get sued by them? The way I read the terms, they would think I do. Pure madness!
No, that's KDE for sure. Look at the panel at the bottom of the screens.
Bean was always my favorite character, anyway. Oh, how I wish I hadn't used all of my credit line for the month!
It's only my opinion here, but I think this is a Good Thing(TM).
This is no flamebait - it's just funny.
The installation instructions seem pretty good, too.
Too bad you did...Slack 6.2 beta is out, and kicks ass...and the old complaint about glibc2 has become totally irrelevant, it's all based on glibc-2.1.2. It's the most stable beta I've ever seen, too :)