Uh, yeah we can't do the same offer for each other! I also have gotten several iPods, some cash from offercentric, and a PS2. It's nice when these sites actually work eh?
Dell found cheaper prices for Intel boards/processors and whatnot, and can keep their bargain basement prices without switching vendors. All this means is that they can keep winning the price wars without switching...
Side note: Oh and anyone who still needs a Gmail account...feel free to drop by my page. I have over 600 of them posted. Free for the taking...
I think that the more important question is "Should I bother to hand optimize my code at all?" since as you pointed out we don't really know how the compiler is going to optimize everything. It could take your perfectly optimized code and ruin it completely, thus wasting all of the time you spent optimizing.
Personally, I try to write code that is easily readable by myself and others. If it isn't readable by someone in the future, it does no good IMHO. I say write the code how it is easy to read, and let the speed of modern processors, and the advancement of compilers do the hard work.
Now, of course I don't mean you should write terribly slow algorigthms just to be neat and tidy, you should still take the time to think of a good/clean/fast snippet of code as well.
...is only as good as the security of the admin setting it up. It doesn't matter how many updates need to be run, whether one or one hundred. If the system admin doesn't keep the server up to date, it's only a matter of time until the server will be vulnerable.
Now let the flaming begin, so you can all argue about the number of patches/updates required for each system, how long it takes for Linux/Windows to respond to problems, and all that good stuff. We all know that's the only reason this kind of story shows up on Slashdot is to start a good flame/troll war!:-)
CNN reports that a weak El Nino and human-made greenhouse gases could make 2005 the warmest year since records started being kept
It should be 'CNN reported', not 'CNN reports' because we all read this 2 days ago on CNN. Honestly Slashdot, can you at least keep up with the news. Even if it isn't great news, the whole point of reading the news is to get CURRENT events instead of LAST WEEKS events. I know, North Korea was telling us they had nukes on the same day, so everyone probably missed this one right?
I would agree completely with your point, young kids have no need for that kind of crap. It only makes them spend more time with their gadgets instead of going outside and getting exercise, or playing with their friends (in person, not online). However, the PalmOS could be used for a lot of things. One simple thing it could be used for is to keep around your "buddies" in a convenient matter so kids can use the fun little wireless chat thing that the unit already does. Also, it could be used to maintain high score lists (both local and online) and to simply provide for a powerful (for a game unit) interface for browsing your firmware/game menus. Just because they licensed the PalmOS doesn't mean it will be a full blown PDA. Of course it could, and I can't say for sure that it won't be, but it could just be for a code base that they want to use for their own design.
Anyone need a gmail account? I have posted several hundred over on my site...click below to get your own.
Exactly my point. Kevin Rose is a guy on the G4 show "The ScreenSavers". He is indeed a good geek, he mods a lot and in general knows his shit. But, like any decently successful TV personality on their own, I don't expect him to necessarilly have the news before Slashdot. Certainly not a week before Slashdot.
The mods/owners of this site have gotten lazy and stuck in their ways. It's no longer the first place I go for enws. It is a random stop I make to waste time...but not my news source.
I'm seriously not trying to troll or anything, but I remember when I used to hear Kevin Rose (of the Screensavers) talk about stuff he read on Slashdot. Now I read stuff on Slashdot that Kevin Rose talked about last week. No longer is it "news for nerds" it is more like "news nerds have already heard". Sad, truly sad.
On a happy note, congrats to Kevin Rose for doing a better job of sharing the news with me.
If you're telling me there is a bug free version of OS X or Linux anywhere out there, I'd like to see it. Every OS patches, and every OS has bugs. There is no point where fixing errors is going to stop. We WANT them to fix the errors, in fact most people only complain that they don't fix them faster.
For all of those out there saying they have to "go get updates every N months" why not turn on Auto Update? You know how often I go get updates? Never. And yet I am always 100% up-to-date...man that is tough to check that box that lets it all happen automatically.
Longhorn will have bugs, and security issues. So will every OS out at the time. Bugs are a fact of life, no programmer is perfect. In fact, no team of programmers is perfect, becuase someday someone more dedicated and more creative will find a way to break in somehow.
Well, Microsoft could take the stance of creating the "bullet proof" OS which allows you to run only the software that comes preinstalled, and only stuff that they have tested and debugged...that's about the only way they could "guarantee" their product to be bug free. (of course even linux users would never claim to be totally bug free)
But you know what? That wouldn't be a very useful machine to anyone. The beauty of an OS is that it can run programs that you install (or even write) after the fact. You want the "Fort Knox" of machines? Run BartPE, or a Linux LiveCD or something. You want a functional OS, that can run all kinds of software and actually evolve over time, run Windows (or linux for all I care, or Mac). The point is, they do their best to keep up with the changing world, and fix bugs as well as they can in a timely fashion most of the time.
You have to realize that a lot of bugs and security problems are found in the OS due to bad code in the apps that people have written. (or good code, depending on who you are) So MS reacts to the new ways that people find to break in. You think cars always had LoJack, or GPS tracking, or security alarms? NO. Security is an ongoing fight, not just in the computer industry. The "criminals" will constantly find new ways to break in, and the "good guys" keep on trying new ways to keep them out. So step back and relax, and remember the good old days when no one had to worry about hackers on the internet, then remember that in those days you also dialed in on a 19.2 Baud modem, and it sucked ass. We've come a long wya, and things are getting better...
Yeah, my network of 5 windows machines never has any troubles. Of course that's because everyone here is smart enough not to download spyware infested crap from the internet. We have AVG running on every machine and that keeps us virus free. And yes, I have a router as firewall, and SP2 on every box.
If your Windows machines are broken, it's not Windows fault IMHO, it's mostly user issues. I do agree that Windows makes it easy to install bad software, but Linux can also be totally runined by installing bad software (at least when you know as little as I do). So if you want to have a solid Windows box, learn how to manage it. Don't let your 9-year old install stuff and you should be ok.
Come on Slashdot, at least they are actively fixing their shit. You all bad mouth them for not fixing stuff fast enough, and then when they announce they are releasing a patch you try to find some way to bad mouth them for that?
We're all bored of hearing how much people hate MS here...we KNOW you don't like them. Just leave it at that, and instead of reading and posting 600 replies here about how they suck, have some sort of intelligent conversation instead.
Because they feel the need to crawl web pages roughly 5 times as much as Google does. I swear their spider has nothing better to do with it's like than to visit my web page for some reason. I only have a few pages, and I get better than 50 hits a day just from the MS spider. Google seems to only hit each page once a day at most. I could see how that could get out of hand if you had a large site, with tons of pages.
Don't get me wrong, I am not worried about bandwidth because of the spider or anything, I just think they could tone down a little. Obviously if I were worried I could do something about it (maybe, depending on how nice it is).
The process is not well understood, but scientists speculate it could one day be employed to light a city or generate celestial advertisements.
Those seem like two completely different options there...help humanity by providing light to a city, or numb the mind of humanity a little more by advertising in the auroras in the night sky.
Really, we should just float huge space banners geosynchronously over all of the big cities. 24 hour exposure, plus in the daytime it could block harmful UV rays from reaching Earth. Argh...can't we have ANY physical space not filled with advertising?
Well, that is one way! But no, this folded into a little box about 10 ft across (the width of the solar array) and 7 inches high, and maybe 7 inches deep. The pole that the array extended on also collapsed into a little cube about a foot on a side. Very neat and tidy.:-) I see your point though, that wouldn't make for much of a "portable array" now would it!
On another note, these things are pretty neat, but small form factor PC's have been around a long time and since market share on Macs is pretty low, I doubt a SFF mac is going to lead to any real changes...just a thought. But I do still want one, I have always had Mac-envy, just no money.
I was actually just watching an IMAX Nasa special the other day and was shocked to hear that the current space suits weigh in at almost 250lbs!! I know that without gravity, it doesn't matter how much you weigh, but the bulk in those suits seriously made it hard for the astronauts to do their job at times.
A new "second skin" version of the suit would certainly make it easier on the astronauts, and would free up a ton of space for hauling more cargo up there as well.
On a side note, Nasa was testing this cool 100ft solar array in the movie, which when folded up fit into a 7 inch tall box! It was pretty cool.
Also, since Macs are built here in the US, who knows what kind of export fees Apple has to pay to sell them over seas. I know if you order straight from Apple, you pay for that kind of stuff in your shipping. But if Apple sells their machines in stores over there in Europe (and I don't know if they do or not) then the price would obviously have to include the added cost of getting the machine over there.
Just like paying more for a European car (which I have) here in the states...importing costs money.
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Hehe...probably not a good idea to post myself on /. you're thinking? :-)
Uh, yeah we can't do the same offer for each other! I also have gotten several iPods, some cash from offercentric, and a PS2. It's nice when these sites actually work eh?
Dell found cheaper prices for Intel boards/processors and whatnot, and can keep their bargain basement prices without switching vendors. All this means is that they can keep winning the price wars without switching...
Side note:
Oh and anyone who still needs a Gmail account...feel free to drop by my page. I have over 600 of them posted. Free for the taking...
http://www.jiggybyte.com/gmail
Enjoy...
Anyone who still needs a Gmail account...feel free to drop by my page. I have over 600 of them posted. Free for the taking...
http://www.jiggybyte.com/gmail
Enjoy...
I think that the more important question is "Should I bother to hand optimize my code at all?" since as you pointed out we don't really know how the compiler is going to optimize everything. It could take your perfectly optimized code and ruin it completely, thus wasting all of the time you spent optimizing.
Personally, I try to write code that is easily readable by myself and others. If it isn't readable by someone in the future, it does no good IMHO. I say write the code how it is easy to read, and let the speed of modern processors, and the advancement of compilers do the hard work.
Now, of course I don't mean you should write terribly slow algorigthms just to be neat and tidy, you should still take the time to think of a good/clean/fast snippet of code as well.
Now let the flaming begin, so you can all argue about the number of patches/updates required for each system, how long it takes for Linux/Windows to respond to problems, and all that good stuff. We all know that's the only reason this kind of story shows up on Slashdot is to start a good flame/troll war!
CNN reports that a weak El Nino and human-made greenhouse gases could make 2005 the warmest year since records started being kept
It should be 'CNN reported', not 'CNN reports' because we all read this 2 days ago on CNN. Honestly Slashdot, can you at least keep up with the news. Even if it isn't great news, the whole point of reading the news is to get CURRENT events instead of LAST WEEKS events. I know, North Korea was telling us they had nukes on the same day, so everyone probably missed this one right?
I would agree completely with your point, young kids have no need for that kind of crap. It only makes them spend more time with their gadgets instead of going outside and getting exercise, or playing with their friends (in person, not online). However, the PalmOS could be used for a lot of things. One simple thing it could be used for is to keep around your "buddies" in a convenient matter so kids can use the fun little wireless chat thing that the unit already does. Also, it could be used to maintain high score lists (both local and online) and to simply provide for a powerful (for a game unit) interface for browsing your firmware/game menus. Just because they licensed the PalmOS doesn't mean it will be a full blown PDA. Of course it could, and I can't say for sure that it won't be, but it could just be for a code base that they want to use for their own design.
Anyone need a gmail account? I have posted several hundred over on my site...click below to get your own.
http://www.jiggybyte.com/gmail
Exactly my point. Kevin Rose is a guy on the G4 show "The ScreenSavers". He is indeed a good geek, he mods a lot and in general knows his shit. But, like any decently successful TV personality on their own, I don't expect him to necessarilly have the news before Slashdot. Certainly not a week before Slashdot.
The mods/owners of this site have gotten lazy and stuck in their ways. It's no longer the first place I go for enws. It is a random stop I make to waste time...but not my news source.
I'm seriously not trying to troll or anything, but I remember when I used to hear Kevin Rose (of the Screensavers) talk about stuff he read on Slashdot. Now I read stuff on Slashdot that Kevin Rose talked about last week. No longer is it "news for nerds" it is more like "news nerds have already heard". Sad, truly sad.
On a happy note, congrats to Kevin Rose for doing a better job of sharing the news with me.
If you're telling me there is a bug free version of OS X or Linux anywhere out there, I'd like to see it. Every OS patches, and every OS has bugs. There is no point where fixing errors is going to stop. We WANT them to fix the errors, in fact most people only complain that they don't fix them faster.
For all of those out there saying they have to "go get updates every N months" why not turn on Auto Update? You know how often I go get updates? Never. And yet I am always 100% up-to-date...man that is tough to check that box that lets it all happen automatically.
Longhorn will have bugs, and security issues. So will every OS out at the time. Bugs are a fact of life, no programmer is perfect. In fact, no team of programmers is perfect, becuase someday someone more dedicated and more creative will find a way to break in somehow.
Well, Microsoft could take the stance of creating the "bullet proof" OS which allows you to run only the software that comes preinstalled, and only stuff that they have tested and debugged...that's about the only way they could "guarantee" their product to be bug free. (of course even linux users would never claim to be totally bug free)
But you know what? That wouldn't be a very useful machine to anyone. The beauty of an OS is that it can run programs that you install (or even write) after the fact. You want the "Fort Knox" of machines? Run BartPE, or a Linux LiveCD or something. You want a functional OS, that can run all kinds of software and actually evolve over time, run Windows (or linux for all I care, or Mac). The point is, they do their best to keep up with the changing world, and fix bugs as well as they can in a timely fashion most of the time.
You have to realize that a lot of bugs and security problems are found in the OS due to bad code in the apps that people have written. (or good code, depending on who you are) So MS reacts to the new ways that people find to break in. You think cars always had LoJack, or GPS tracking, or security alarms? NO. Security is an ongoing fight, not just in the computer industry. The "criminals" will constantly find new ways to break in, and the "good guys" keep on trying new ways to keep them out. So step back and relax, and remember the good old days when no one had to worry about hackers on the internet, then remember that in those days you also dialed in on a 19.2 Baud modem, and it sucked ass. We've come a long wya, and things are getting better...
Yeah, my network of 5 windows machines never has any troubles. Of course that's because everyone here is smart enough not to download spyware infested crap from the internet. We have AVG running on every machine and that keeps us virus free. And yes, I have a router as firewall, and SP2 on every box.
If your Windows machines are broken, it's not Windows fault IMHO, it's mostly user issues. I do agree that Windows makes it easy to install bad software, but Linux can also be totally runined by installing bad software (at least when you know as little as I do). So if you want to have a solid Windows box, learn how to manage it. Don't let your 9-year old install stuff and you should be ok.
Come on Slashdot, at least they are actively fixing their shit. You all bad mouth them for not fixing stuff fast enough, and then when they announce they are releasing a patch you try to find some way to bad mouth them for that?
We're all bored of hearing how much people hate MS here...we KNOW you don't like them. Just leave it at that, and instead of reading and posting 600 replies here about how they suck, have some sort of intelligent conversation instead.
Because they feel the need to crawl web pages roughly 5 times as much as Google does. I swear their spider has nothing better to do with it's like than to visit my web page for some reason. I only have a few pages, and I get better than 50 hits a day just from the MS spider. Google seems to only hit each page once a day at most. I could see how that could get out of hand if you had a large site, with tons of pages.
Don't get me wrong, I am not worried about bandwidth because of the spider or anything, I just think they could tone down a little. Obviously if I were worried I could do something about it (maybe, depending on how nice it is).
How many sheets of paper would you have to eat to constitute your 100%DV of fiber I wonder? MMmmmm...paper, D'oh!
Spammers are using Microsoft's Hotmail servers as Spam servers, and sending out hundreds (of millions) of emails each day to unwilling recipients.
Come on, this is hardly news worthy on the front page of Slashdot...this kind of thing has been going on in one way or another for a long time.
The process is not well understood, but scientists speculate it could one day be employed to light a city or generate celestial advertisements.
Those seem like two completely different options there...help humanity by providing light to a city, or numb the mind of humanity a little more by advertising in the auroras in the night sky.
Really, we should just float huge space banners geosynchronously over all of the big cities. 24 hour exposure, plus in the daytime it could block harmful UV rays from reaching Earth. Argh...can't we have ANY physical space not filled with advertising?
Well, that is one way! But no, this folded into a little box about 10 ft across (the width of the solar array) and 7 inches high, and maybe 7 inches deep. The pole that the array extended on also collapsed into a little cube about a foot on a side. Very neat and tidy.
If you help me get my first Mac!
http://www.freeminimacs.com/?r=14101826
On another note, these things are pretty neat, but small form factor PC's have been around a long time and since market share on Macs is pretty low, I doubt a SFF mac is going to lead to any real changes...just a thought. But I do still want one, I have always had Mac-envy, just no money.
Yes, a quick google search taught me that much. I thought I'd try to make a joke...clearly I should have put an LOL after it so every one understood?
I was actually just watching an IMAX Nasa special the other day and was shocked to hear that the current space suits weigh in at almost 250lbs!! I know that without gravity, it doesn't matter how much you weigh, but the bulk in those suits seriously made it hard for the astronauts to do their job at times.
A new "second skin" version of the suit would certainly make it easier on the astronauts, and would free up a ton of space for hauling more cargo up there as well.
On a side note, Nasa was testing this cool 100ft solar array in the movie, which when folded up fit into a 7 inch tall box! It was pretty cool.
So there really is life on Mars?
Are you saying the mars rovers have provided us with evidence that EA is laying people off? I thought it was the LA office, not the Mars office.
It works 100% fine with Firefox 1.0, which is what I use on all of these sites, including this one. Feel free to try it out, it will work fine.
Also, since Macs are built here in the US, who knows what kind of export fees Apple has to pay to sell them over seas. I know if you order straight from Apple, you pay for that kind of stuff in your shipping. But if Apple sells their machines in stores over there in Europe (and I don't know if they do or not) then the price would obviously have to include the added cost of getting the machine over there.
Just like paying more for a European car (which I have) here in the states...importing costs money.