I complete agree with that sentiment, however since a lot of those clueless drivers are probably driving an automatic.... but really picking up the cell phone isn't really that bad even on a manual so long you're prepared to throw the cell phone away at a moment's notice to change gear...:)
What I hate is those morons who mistake big and dumb with eing actually fast. No, a 2-tonne truck cannot beat a MR2, thank you very much!
I'd think there is nothing inherently bad with massive corporations having that much controlling power - it's just when we get to that stage the whole "hands off, it's business activity, we want free enterprises!" approach will hopefully be reveal to be woefully inadequate, and large corporations will be subject to more and more scrutiny on their conducts and have to take those attention into account when running their businesses.
Well, it's only dangerous to people not control of them, assuming 100% reliability!
And comes in handy in an interstellar conflict! All we need is to deploy nukes in space, invent energy shields, hyperspace travel.......
Damnit! We want some real aliens to fight and the technology to fight them with. And those aliens can be reptilian, insectoid, or just yucky slimy blobs...:)
Actually the Pentium 60 was quite a bit faster than the 486DX2/66, and I'd imagine you'd need some truly bad hardware to get the 486 to outperform the P60. But then the P60 is running the bus at 30MHz instead of the 33MHz of the DX2
I remember playing around with the alpha release of Quake and it ran okayish on my P60 and chokes on my friend's 486DX2/66, even though he got a video card that is a bit faster than mine.
I suppose the good thing about Duron is that you can upgrade the CPU later, whereas the Celeron means a new motherboard.
True, but really what is the likelyhood of a few MB of cache on the hard disk scoring a hit compared to the much bigger OS disk cache with probably better caching algorithm?
I suppose the bigger hard drive cache might be more useful when used as a write buffer, but for reads they're probably pretty much useless?
Not that I'm claiming I know anything about X Windows works, but surely at least some of the slowness of GUI on Linux is attributable to X Windows with all that X client/server communication? And really how many people run X remotely now that the speed of running GUI locally VS over the network is so different?
On a slightly different subject, I don't know why just because computers are much faster now means every new OS come with tonnes of GUI animations, and even worse transparency stuff. I'd prefer my Athlon run like an Athlon, not like some 386 with an ISA unaccelerated video card thank you very much.
Is that there are so few thing needing to work together. Every now and then Apple decides that certain hardware are too old and will not be supported by the latest OS. Whereas Linux has support for hardware that's pushing 20 years old, not to mention the various hardware platforms it works on.
The same can be said about the apps - I'd bet if we round up all the Gnome and KDE developers and hold a gun to their heads and get them to develop a single GUI environment that breaks any compatibility with X Windows they deem fit, they can come up something just as cohesive.
Well, perhaps one of these days an asteroid will be heading for a direct collision with Earth and on it will be a metal plate engraved with the response:
Point...... just that I still usually install the binary packages instead of compiling my own (apart from playing around with new versions of stuff).... from my limited experience with Slackware 8.0 (finally got a spare computer to do a proper install of it) they've done quite a few of the packages into seperate subdirectories in/etc compared to the big mess of files in 7.1 (and the Apache in/var.....pure evil.....) not sure how much the other distro organise the/etc files (only used Debian and RedHat quite a few years back)...
I remember the Aptiva boxes with the sliding front panel from a few years back - while the concept is kinda cool the execution of it was pretty dismal - the plastic panel wobbles and the spring makes that creaking noise when you're moving the panel up and down. Tne NetVista ones look okay I suppose.....
I used to hate those things when I tried out the notebooks at a store, but now that I've been using a ThinkPad for about a year and got used to it I can really appreciate how handy not having to move my hand far away from the keys. And the trackpoint is great for when you're using the notebook on a couch or in bed.
I guess it comes down to personal aesthetics really - I love the flat black case of ThinkPads (I have a 600E as my main computer on Win98, all the other computers run Slackware). The Dell, Compaq, HP ones I've seen all look way too like some cheap plastic toy compared to the ThinkPad. And of course we all know black makes the computer run faster...:)
The Windows registry is ugly, no question about it, but I suppose the/etc directory could do with some organising - the more programs you have the more that directory resemble a junkyard.
This is how much I give a damn about the XMLRPC thing:
Yeah, that much...... on the other hand, I pray regularly that Apache 2.0 gets to official release, and if sacrificing a newborn baby helps, then I'd do it!
Except these bans won't be of much help so long there are other countries without the same sort of restriction. There is hardly the kind of monitoring on the movements of computers (even the supercomputers) as opposed to movement of say nuclear material (and really, how much effective monitoring of that is in place?).
I remember about 15 years ago my parents' computer company in Hong Kong was selling these Apollo Domain workstations to China thanks to the export restrictions in place then. To clear customs the computers were dismantled, and had a few critical components removed to allow them to be shipped. They just put them back together once they're in the country.
But really, those restrictions are pointless - you cannot limit the quantity of components, so how can anyone tell whether the computers are used separately or bunched together as a cluster? If they limit the export of say ultra high speed optical networking components then yes it'll put a bit of damper on building supercomputers using commodity products. Except for the fact that even gigabit network cards are commodity product made in Taiwan (heck, the Taiwanese company making them may well be manufacturing them in China...)
Mig-25 is highspeed, high altitude interceptor built to counter the high speed, high altitude bombers that never got built, Su-25 is a ground attack aircraft. I think you're probably refering to the Mig-25 that flew to Japan?
If you have played Zangband... then yes (some) angels can cast death magic.
The thing is, regardless of how many Windows apps it can run, if it doesn't come pre-installed with computers, it's going to run a seriously uphill battle going after the "clueless user" market.
Er.... the thing is armed with supersonic anti-ship missles with a range of 300km..... slight overkill drug interdiction and coastal patrol no? Unless you consider blowing them out of the water before they are in your sea territory acceptable practice...
Er.... actually the Britney clones are kinda really inferior compared to the original Britney.... especially since her recent music videos are pushing jailbait-ness to warp factor 10...
You have the person doing the voice, and unless we get speech generation software good enough to not require voice-over, the person doing the voice-over is the person giving the CG actor the personality.
The thing is, just getting the "look" right is far from it, the characters in Final Fantasy move about way too smoothly. It'll be a long time before you can have CG actors that will move about like a real human being.
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I complete agree with that sentiment, however since a lot of those clueless drivers are probably driving an automatic.... but really picking up the cell phone isn't really that bad even on a manual so long you're prepared to throw the cell phone away at a moment's notice to change gear... :)
What I hate is those morons who mistake big and dumb with eing actually fast. No, a 2-tonne truck cannot beat a MR2, thank you very much!
Sorry, I meant the PCI and VL bus...... I assume those would be run at 60/2 = 30MHz...
I'd think there is nothing inherently bad with massive corporations having that much controlling power - it's just when we get to that stage the whole "hands off, it's business activity, we want free enterprises!" approach will hopefully be reveal to be woefully inadequate, and large corporations will be subject to more and more scrutiny on their conducts and have to take those attention into account when running their businesses.
Well, it's only dangerous to people not control of them, assuming 100% reliability!
:)
And comes in handy in an interstellar conflict! All we need is to deploy nukes in space, invent energy shields, hyperspace travel.......
Damnit! We want some real aliens to fight and the technology to fight them with. And those aliens can be reptilian, insectoid, or just yucky slimy blobs...
Actually the Pentium 60 was quite a bit faster than the 486DX2/66, and I'd imagine you'd need some truly bad hardware to get the 486 to outperform the P60. But then the P60 is running the bus at 30MHz instead of the 33MHz of the DX2
I remember playing around with the alpha release of Quake and it ran okayish on my P60 and chokes on my friend's 486DX2/66, even though he got a video card that is a bit faster than mine.
I suppose the good thing about Duron is that you can upgrade the CPU later, whereas the Celeron means a new motherboard.
True, but really what is the likelyhood of a few MB of cache on the hard disk scoring a hit compared to the much bigger OS disk cache with probably better caching algorithm?
I suppose the bigger hard drive cache might be more useful when used as a write buffer, but for reads they're probably pretty much useless?
Not that I'm claiming I know anything about X Windows works, but surely at least some of the slowness of GUI on Linux is attributable to X Windows with all that X client/server communication? And really how many people run X remotely now that the speed of running GUI locally VS over the network is so different?
On a slightly different subject, I don't know why just because computers are much faster now means every new OS come with tonnes of GUI animations, and even worse transparency stuff. I'd prefer my Athlon run like an Athlon, not like some 386 with an ISA unaccelerated video card thank you very much.
Except hard drives are hardly transfering at that kind of speed.
The thing is with the large number of DV video cameras being sold I'm surprised most PC's still don't come with Firewire.
Is that there are so few thing needing to work together. Every now and then Apple decides that certain hardware are too old and will not be supported by the latest OS. Whereas Linux has support for hardware that's pushing 20 years old, not to mention the various hardware platforms it works on.
The same can be said about the apps - I'd bet if we round up all the Gnome and KDE developers and hold a gun to their heads and get them to develop a single GUI environment that breaks any compatibility with X Windows they deem fit, they can come up something just as cohesive.
Well, perhaps one of these days an asteroid will be heading for a direct collision with Earth and on it will be a metal plate engraved with the response:
"Fuck off lamer"
Mind you if someone drops a digital camera the lens is probably as likely to be damaged as hard drive...
Point...... just that I still usually install the binary packages instead of compiling my own (apart from playing around with new versions of stuff).... from my limited experience with Slackware 8.0 (finally got a spare computer to do a proper install of it) they've done quite a few of the packages into seperate subdirectories in /etc compared to the big mess of files in 7.1 (and the Apache in /var.....pure evil.....) not sure how much the other distro organise the /etc files (only used Debian and RedHat quite a few years back)...
What about BRE? Can't remember the ammount of time I've spent playing the damn thing.
And I wonder who still have those ANSI graphics and animation lying around on a hard drive....
I remember the Aptiva boxes with the sliding front panel from a few years back - while the concept is kinda cool the execution of it was pretty dismal - the plastic panel wobbles and the spring makes that creaking noise when you're moving the panel up and down. Tne NetVista ones look okay I suppose.....
I used to hate those things when I tried out the notebooks at a store, but now that I've been using a ThinkPad for about a year and got used to it I can really appreciate how handy not having to move my hand far away from the keys. And the trackpoint is great for when you're using the notebook on a couch or in bed.
I guess it comes down to personal aesthetics really - I love the flat black case of ThinkPads (I have a 600E as my main computer on Win98, all the other computers run Slackware). The Dell, Compaq, HP ones I've seen all look way too like some cheap plastic toy compared to the ThinkPad. And of course we all know black makes the computer run faster... :)
The Windows registry is ugly, no question about it, but I suppose the /etc directory could do with some organising - the more programs you have the more that directory resemble a junkyard.
This is how much I give a damn about the XMLRPC thing:
Yeah, that much...... on the other hand, I pray regularly that Apache 2.0 gets to official release, and if sacrificing a newborn baby helps, then I'd do it!
Except these bans won't be of much help so long there are other countries without the same sort of restriction. There is hardly the kind of monitoring on the movements of computers (even the supercomputers) as opposed to movement of say nuclear material (and really, how much effective monitoring of that is in place?).
I remember about 15 years ago my parents' computer company in Hong Kong was selling these Apollo Domain workstations to China thanks to the export restrictions in place then. To clear customs the computers were dismantled, and had a few critical components removed to allow them to be shipped. They just put them back together once they're in the country.
But really, those restrictions are pointless - you cannot limit the quantity of components, so how can anyone tell whether the computers are used separately or bunched together as a cluster? If they limit the export of say ultra high speed optical networking components then yes it'll put a bit of damper on building supercomputers using commodity products. Except for the fact that even gigabit network cards are commodity product made in Taiwan (heck, the Taiwanese company making them may well be manufacturing them in China...)
Mig-25 is highspeed, high altitude interceptor built to counter the high speed, high altitude bombers that never got built, Su-25 is a ground attack aircraft. I think you're probably refering to the Mig-25 that flew to Japan?
If you have played Zangband... then yes (some) angels can cast death magic.
The thing is, regardless of how many Windows apps it can run, if it doesn't come pre-installed with computers, it's going to run a seriously uphill battle going after the "clueless user" market.
True, but there are more cost-efficient ways of doing that, like sending in a helicopter gunship or two..... or just use a sub to torpedo them.
I assume most country would require that ships suspected of carrying drugs be seized and searched as opposed to being fired upon first, even Russia?
Er.... the thing is armed with supersonic anti-ship missles with a range of 300km..... slight overkill drug interdiction and coastal patrol no? Unless you consider blowing them out of the water before they are in your sea territory acceptable practice...
Er.... actually the Britney clones are kinda really inferior compared to the original Britney.... especially since her recent music videos are pushing jailbait-ness to warp factor 10...
And damnit, I need those music videos mpgs.....
You have the person doing the voice, and unless we get speech generation software good enough to not require voice-over, the person doing the voice-over is the person giving the CG actor the personality.
The thing is, just getting the "look" right is far from it, the characters in Final Fantasy move about way too smoothly. It'll be a long time before you can have CG actors that will move about like a real human being.