The main problem with the Blade 100 system is the IDE disks. Sure, ATA66 is relatively snappy for a small workstation, but the Solaris IDE drivers have had quite a few shortcomings since this workstation first arrived on the scene. Your best bet is to get your hands on a cheap Sun-supported PCI SCSI interface and a small SCSI disk - Your performance will probably double.
Ok, the missile does not carry that large of a payload. I am not sure exactly what it is, but it is much smaller than that of even the Hiroshima or Nagasaki nukes. This missile is designed to take out reinforced structures that an 1,000 pound guided bomb simply can't do; it's not designed to take out urban areas.
Actually, the bunker buster is laser-guided, and will probably never be dropped by a high-altitude bomber such as the B-52. To add to the accuracy of its laser guidance system, once it hits its target it has the ability to "count" floor levels by a small device within the missile body which I believe is able to detect the minute deceleraiton caused by impact with strong floor surfaces used in bunkers - usually steel reinforced concrete.
To control in which floor or room of the compound this missile detonates is pretty fine-grained, wouldn't you say?
Well, we could have invaded mainland Japan instead, which probably would have ended in a much larger total loss. Civilians would still be killed, as would have many American and Australian soldiers.
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The non-pagable kernel memory used to fit, just about, in 32MB with some to spare for buffer cache (well, 2.5.1 did) . Nowadays it just swaps horribly.
I have an older SS5-110 with 64MB of memory and a couple of 2GB disks installed. Solaris 8 runs quite well on this old machine after some trimming of services, and it is not too hard to fit a basic installation with the necessary tools to install gcc, gmake, and start compiling your own software. The Solaris 9 beta (yes, version 9 STILL supports sun4m) runs even faster than Solaris 8. To be honest, I have experienced more swapping in Sparc Linux than in Solaris, however Linux is still a bit faster than Solaris on this machine.
I would probably be using NetBSD on it if they would finally get 24-bit color support for the TCX framebuffer.
Sun doesn't have to worry about raw CPU power because their machines are not designed to write Word documents or play a game of Wolfenstein. Compare a Sun machine to almost any PC out there and it will smash the PC's memory and system bus bandwidth. For the kind of tasks that Sun machines usually accomplish, that is much more important when it comes to the throughput that people buy Sun machines for.
Hell, most PCs don't even have enough PCI bandwidth to fully saturate a gigabit ethernet connection unless you have a totally bare PCI bus or a system which provides each PCI slot with its own dedicated bus, as most Sun PCI systems do.
Let's not even compare the stability, scalability, and worksmanship of PC and Sun hardware. That would just be unfair to 99% of the "business" PC workstations and servers on the market.
Somehow, the thought of torture becoming a game show disturbed me.
Remember the video game "Smash TV?" As I recall, the theme of the game was a futuristic game show where the contestents fought against droves of killer robots (not necessarily intelligent), and if they died, well then that's that. I could see such a thing happening very soon.
What kind of legal actions are available for consumers who have been targeted by corporations who choose to violate opt-in laws? Does this apply to only coporations within state?
Yes, maybe I should do my research, but I'm busy doing research for other things. Maybe I shouldn't be wasting my time here too!:)
Also if you're considering spending $400 or so then there's the FireGL type of card.
The FireGL is not a good choice for games. It is designed to draw high-polygon models at fast speeds with extreme accuracy. Hand it any game with massive amounts of textures and it will start to choke.
Likewise, when you GEForce starts to choke on high polygon models in Rhino 3D, the Fire GL will still be pumping them out velvetty-smooth:)
You have to be using esd or artsd for everything (xmms, xine, etc), but it will eliminate your problem.
Actually, I believe that newer versions of ESD will release their lock on the sound device after a certain period of inactivity from sound server clients. This is pretty handy for programs that don't know how to use ESD.
"What's that, you want something to do?" said the Man to Steve. "Go back to the counter and pretend like nothing happened. Go on, do it." As Dave turned around to head back to the counter, the man fired three silenced shots. SCHUMPF, SCHUMPF, SCHUMPF. Steve's body laid motionless in front of the counter.
The fossil record shows that we've been evolving at a breakneck pace up until now.
Our species has not even existed on this planet for a million years. Yes, it is true that around the time of our conception as a whole, hominids were evolving quie rapidly, but who is to say that such an evolutionary "sprint" is not a fluke?
Personally, I believe that given the time, our species may evolve. However, the real questions are:
1. Will we even notice it?
2. If we do take notice of a singular or widespread evolutionary step, will we naturally cast it away as a "disease" or "syndrome?"
Number two is something I could see happening very easily.
Really? I have the same model Trackman and I've always had a really hard time playing games with it, even after "training" myself in Half-Life with it for a while. Is there some trick involved?
I'd have to agree with you on this one. It was a dumb move to have client hostnames permanently bound to their respective IP address. Though my IP address has yet to change with AT&T's new service, I fear that I will be lucky enough to have the address change right at the same moment that I try to ssh into my home machine from a remote location.
I really hate dynamic DNS services, but it looks like I might have to go back to using them.
AT&T has only had their new network up for a few weeks now, and while it seems reliable and reasonably fast, it is still not the greatest. Now I have heard ads for "AT&T Broadband" on the local radio station offering "great holiday values on lightning-fast internet access." I don't know what they're thinking. Do they want to start stacking customers onto a network that has just been erected recently and hastily?
Actually, the Japanese used balloons quite effectively during WWII to deliver incindiary bombs to the west coast of the United States. They were launched from Pacific islands held by Japanese forces and were carried by the jetstream towards the US.
There was even a airborne unit (I can't remember the designation - any help?) comprised entirely of African Americans that were dedicated to stamping out these fires. It was a very dangerous job, as they were dropped into the fire zone with only shovels, picks, and hatchets to draw a fireline through the forest.
As I recall, this was even top-secret information at the time, though a rather unfortunate family on a hiking trip discovered an undetonated bomb resting amongst the trees and set it off while examining the strange object.
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The main problem with the Blade 100 system is the IDE disks. Sure, ATA66 is relatively snappy for a small workstation, but the Solaris IDE drivers have had quite a few shortcomings since this workstation first arrived on the scene. Your best bet is to get your hands on a cheap Sun-supported PCI SCSI interface and a small SCSI disk - Your performance will probably double.
Ok, the missile does not carry that large of a payload. I am not sure exactly what it is, but it is much smaller than that of even the Hiroshima or Nagasaki nukes. This missile is designed to take out reinforced structures that an 1,000 pound guided bomb simply can't do; it's not designed to take out urban areas.
Actually, the bunker buster is laser-guided, and will probably never be dropped by a high-altitude bomber such as the B-52. To add to the accuracy of its laser guidance system, once it hits its target it has the ability to "count" floor levels by a small device within the missile body which I believe is able to detect the minute deceleraiton caused by impact with strong floor surfaces used in bunkers - usually steel reinforced concrete.
To control in which floor or room of the compound this missile detonates is pretty fine-grained, wouldn't you say?
Well, we could have invaded mainland Japan instead, which probably would have ended in a much larger total loss. Civilians would still be killed, as would have many American and Australian soldiers.
The non-pagable kernel memory used to fit, just about, in 32MB with some to spare for buffer cache (well, 2.5.1 did) . Nowadays it just swaps horribly.
I have an older SS5-110 with 64MB of memory and a couple of 2GB disks installed. Solaris 8 runs quite well on this old machine after some trimming of services, and it is not too hard to fit a basic installation with the necessary tools to install gcc, gmake, and start compiling your own software. The Solaris 9 beta (yes, version 9 STILL supports sun4m) runs even faster than Solaris 8. To be honest, I have experienced more swapping in Sparc Linux than in Solaris, however Linux is still a bit faster than Solaris on this machine.
I would probably be using NetBSD on it if they would finally get 24-bit color support for the TCX framebuffer.
Sun doesn't have to worry about raw CPU power because their machines are not designed to write Word documents or play a game of Wolfenstein. Compare a Sun machine to almost any PC out there and it will smash the PC's memory and system bus bandwidth. For the kind of tasks that Sun machines usually accomplish, that is much more important when it comes to the throughput that people buy Sun machines for.
Hell, most PCs don't even have enough PCI bandwidth to fully saturate a gigabit ethernet connection unless you have a totally bare PCI bus or a system which provides each PCI slot with its own dedicated bus, as most Sun PCI systems do.
Let's not even compare the stability, scalability, and worksmanship of PC and Sun hardware. That would just be unfair to 99% of the "business" PC workstations and servers on the market.
Somehow, the thought of torture becoming a game show disturbed me.
Remember the video game "Smash TV?" As I recall, the theme of the game was a futuristic game show where the contestents fought against droves of killer robots (not necessarily intelligent), and if they died, well then that's that. I could see such a thing happening very soon.
So it's just another empty promise. Kind of makes me wonder why they even bother to pass the law if there's no third party to enforce it.
What kind of legal actions are available for consumers who have been targeted by corporations who choose to violate opt-in laws? Does this apply to only coporations within state?
:)
Yes, maybe I should do my research, but I'm busy doing research for other things. Maybe I shouldn't be wasting my time here too!
Also if you're considering spending $400 or so then there's the FireGL type of card.
:)
The FireGL is not a good choice for games. It is designed to draw high-polygon models at fast speeds with extreme accuracy. Hand it any game with massive amounts of textures and it will start to choke.
Likewise, when you GEForce starts to choke on high polygon models in Rhino 3D, the Fire GL will still be pumping them out velvetty-smooth
You have to be using esd or artsd for everything (xmms, xine, etc), but it will eliminate your problem.
Actually, I believe that newer versions of ESD will release their lock on the sound device after a certain period of inactivity from sound server clients. This is pretty handy for programs that don't know how to use ESD.
"What's that, you want something to do?" said the Man to Steve. "Go back to the counter and pretend like nothing happened. Go on, do it." As Dave turned around to head back to the counter, the man fired three silenced shots. SCHUMPF, SCHUMPF, SCHUMPF. Steve's body laid motionless in front of the counter.
ERROR!!! ERROR!!! ERROR!!!
The fossil record shows that we've been evolving at a breakneck pace up until now.
Our species has not even existed on this planet for a million years. Yes, it is true that around the time of our conception as a whole, hominids were evolving quie rapidly, but who is to say that such an evolutionary "sprint" is not a fluke?
Personally, I believe that given the time, our species may evolve. However, the real questions are:
1. Will we even notice it?
2. If we do take notice of a singular or widespread evolutionary step, will we naturally cast it away as a "disease" or "syndrome?"
Number two is something I could see happening very easily.
Really? I have the same model Trackman and I've always had a really hard time playing games with it, even after "training" myself in Half-Life with it for a while. Is there some trick involved?
There used to be a DSL company called Zipconn, I think. I don't know if they're still around.
Now if only the same thing would happen with OpenBSD
There's a good chance the FreeBSD binaries of these two software packages will work under OpenBSD (and NetBSD's) FreeBSD emulation. Give it a try!
Cool, now this means that NetBSD and OpenBSD can use the Sun JDK and runtimes :) I love the binary emulation.
I'd have to agree with you on this one. It was a dumb move to have client hostnames permanently bound to their respective IP address. Though my IP address has yet to change with AT&T's new service, I fear that I will be lucky enough to have the address change right at the same moment that I try to ssh into my home machine from a remote location.
I really hate dynamic DNS services, but it looks like I might have to go back to using them.
It's still stuck at 128kbit/sec. I sure wish they would double it, but I doubt that will happen anytime soon!
AT&T has only had their new network up for a few weeks now, and while it seems reliable and reasonably fast, it is still not the greatest. Now I have heard ads for "AT&T Broadband" on the local radio station offering "great holiday values on lightning-fast internet access." I don't know what they're thinking. Do they want to start stacking customers onto a network that has just been erected recently and hastily?
Well, if you're going to grow marijuana, you might as well grow marijuana. Honestly though, was he harming anyone by growing our favorite herb?
Thanks for the good info
Actually, the Japanese used balloons quite effectively during WWII to deliver incindiary bombs to the west coast of the United States. They were launched from Pacific islands held by Japanese forces and were carried by the jetstream towards the US.
There was even a airborne unit (I can't remember the designation - any help?) comprised entirely of African Americans that were dedicated to stamping out these fires. It was a very dangerous job, as they were dropped into the fire zone with only shovels, picks, and hatchets to draw a fireline through the forest.
As I recall, this was even top-secret information at the time, though a rather unfortunate family on a hiking trip discovered an undetonated bomb resting amongst the trees and set it off while examining the strange object.
Who fell asleep and let Bill take over the world?
:) Speaking of which, I think a Microsoft phone company would have sort of a ring to it: "Microsoft Bell"
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Enough cheap puns for now...
I can login to Hotmail using Netscape 4.61 under SunOS emulation on Linux/SPARC. The fonts look like crap, but I can still manage my Hotmail.