If you have been putting up with a G3 that has been upgraded to a G4 (so it still has an ancient memory/ATA/system controllers) then why are you under the impression you need a Quad to replace it??
Any current Intel machine will blow that so far out of the water it just isn't funny.
And yet there is still some software that Intel machine won't even run.
So... perhaps he wants the fastest machine that will run his software...
As I stated in an earlier post, Austrailia, New Zealand and Singapore already have RFID passports.
When was the last time these countries put an imbecile in charge who then tried to exert his will on other countries because he talked to God?
Does a large majority of the world have something against these countries?
How is it even the same when the citizens in these countries can't hold a candle to the arogance displayed by the common U.S. citizen? (starting with calling themselves "american" conveniently forgetting the 75 percent of the landmass not in their own country)
If nothing else, the U.S. should not do it because they will be endangering citizens from the other countries that use RFID if their passports can't be destinguished from a U.S. passport.
I just do not understand the insistance/fascination with RFID in this case.
Because smart cards were invented in the 70s and the patent has expired. Thus not putting money into the pocket of your "constituents*" as fast as a patented technology would.
So... they aren't the ones that did the lobbying.
When it comes to politics... "why" is always easy.
I don't have a cell phone. (tho I did buy one of those pre-paid thingy's for my wife's car... but the batter is dead on it and she'd have to plug it in to the cigaret lighter to make it work)
But I do have a passport. (which I don't carry on me so you are right in that this is a poor method also)
What a convenient tool for implementing an application named "proximity fuse."
Better yet "minimum target count".
Place a bomb at desired location... have it count the number of 'mericans in the vicinity... when the number exceeds a certain threshold... detonate.
Cool new way to make sure you don't waste explosive!
Other variations abound.
Place bomb inside but trigger at doorway. Count number of individuals that pass through door. Detonate when target amount reached. Of course this method can't account for persons leaving vs. entering... but you get the idea.
Hey... you could even have it wait for a specific passport! Great for those times when you need to knock off someone and collect insurance while making it look like random violence.
Gotta remember to thank the state department for such a convenient tool...
But, in the real world, how much memory that is used by a process will be written to? I'd say quite a lot of it. Executable code, and static data (strings etc) will be effectively read-only, as will startup initialisation, but past that and especially in a dynamic process that is a small engine that works with a lot of dynamic data (ie a web server), you'll see a lot of private memory used for each process.
In myreal world very little of the process memory is written to.
Specifically, I'm talking about a web application written in perl and run via mod_perl (apache 1.3).
I load almost all used perl modules during apache startup... which makes for a very fat parent memory wise. But, when the child processes are forked most of their code (percentage wise) is shared with the parent process.
In real world terms I found that I could easily run (actually running and serving client requests) ten times the number of apache processes in the same memory footprint.
So... I think it would really depend on the process.
And that is the answer to the original question: It depends on the nature of the process.
The difference is, most of the Windows programs you just mentioned have some kernel level components... or are considered part of the OS by the vendor.
And under penalty of perjury... they have claimed so in a court of law.
They CAN NOT BE REMOVED according to the vendor.
Not so with the linux code...
So... the "working definition" of Operating System being used is: If it can not be removed, it is the OS.
(1) The classified servers are physically disconnected from the Internet. They have to be.
Oh...
So that's why the VA let's people carry around laptops will million of Social Security Numbers. Because they aren't allowed to connect to a network (via the internet).
"Are we to understand," asked the judge, "that you hold your own interests above the interests of the public?" "I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals."
"Well," said the judge, "that solves our lunch problem. Let's see who we'll be eating for dinner..."
And get the attention of every other country that uses their software, making it painfully obvious how stupid they've been by locking up their data in a format they don't have access to?
I don't think so...
You think ODF has a little momentum right now? This would litterally trigger warp speed!!
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Joe is content with what he's got.
Or frustrated with what he's got... and smart enough to know that "new" won't fix the frustration.
You'd be silly to buy a non-Intel Mac right now.
And yet, I'd desperately like to find a new non-intel Mac Mini at close out prices!
(I wanna build a diskless Myth frontend)
Face it, there is still software out there that won't run on the Intel based Macs that will run on the PPC Macs.
Since I can't find one at a reasonable price, I have my eyes on this instead...
So... perhaps he wants the fastest machine that will run his software...
His first reaction to the better graphics, faster CPU is "the Internet's not faster".
Wow... your internet connection must really suck for you not to notice the difference!
I bought my wife a 266MHz G3 Imac with 384MB RAM when they came out. (still running OS9)
I have a three year old TIBook (1GHz G4, 1GB RAM, OSX).
The difference between the two systems when surfing the web is like night and day.
As I stated in an earlier post, Austrailia, New Zealand and Singapore already have RFID passports.
When was the last time these countries put an imbecile in charge who then tried to exert his will on other countries because he talked to God?
Does a large majority of the world have something against these countries?
How is it even the same when the citizens in these countries can't hold a candle to the arogance displayed by the common U.S. citizen? (starting with calling themselves "american" conveniently forgetting the 75 percent of the landmass not in their own country)
If nothing else, the U.S. should not do it because they will be endangering citizens from the other countries that use RFID if their passports can't be destinguished from a U.S. passport.
Actually, that isn't a bad idea.
Problem is that the kooks start screaming something about 666... whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.
(as if the whole 666 thing referred to a particular country with an almost insignificant portion of the planets population)
So... they aren't the ones that did the lobbying.
When it comes to politics... "why" is always easy.
Just follow the money.
*constituent: the people that bribed you
I don't have a cell phone. (tho I did buy one of those pre-paid thingy's for my wife's car... but the batter is dead on it and she'd have to plug it in to the cigaret lighter to make it work)
But I do have a passport. (which I don't carry on me so you are right in that this is a poor method also)
Remember... defence in depth!
Assuming they use encryption/etc, it should be a lot harder to fake a passport.
Why fake a passport when it is so easy to steal a blank or bribe some low paid clerk into giving you one?
Hell... this will just make the lives of people using good fakes easier... because questioning the legitimacy of a passport becomes that much harder.
What a convenient tool for implementing an application named "proximity fuse."
Better yet "minimum target count".
Place a bomb at desired location... have it count the number of 'mericans in the vicinity... when the number exceeds a certain threshold... detonate.
Cool new way to make sure you don't waste explosive!
Other variations abound.
Place bomb inside but trigger at doorway. Count number of individuals that pass through door. Detonate when target amount reached. Of course this method can't account for persons leaving vs. entering... but you get the idea.
Hey... you could even have it wait for a specific passport! Great for those times when you need to knock off someone and collect insurance while making it look like random violence.
Gotta remember to thank the state department for such a convenient tool...
Specifically, I'm talking about a web application written in perl and run via mod_perl (apache 1.3).
I load almost all used perl modules during apache startup... which makes for a very fat parent memory wise. But, when the child processes are forked most of their code (percentage wise) is shared with the parent process.
In real world terms I found that I could easily run (actually running and serving client requests) ten times the number of apache processes in the same memory footprint.
So... I think it would really depend on the process.
And that is the answer to the original question: It depends on the nature of the process.
Eh?
Here is what I see:
Perhaps the bias, and lack of credibility, is elsewhere...
The difference is, most of the Windows programs you just mentioned have some kernel level components... or are considered part of the OS by the vendor.
And under penalty of perjury... they have claimed so in a court of law.
They CAN NOT BE REMOVED according to the vendor.
Not so with the linux code...
So... the "working definition" of Operating System being used is: If it can not be removed, it is the OS.
HTH
(1) The classified servers are physically disconnected from the Internet. They have to be.
Oh...
So that's why the VA let's people carry around laptops will million of Social Security Numbers. Because they aren't allowed to connect to a network (via the internet).
Have you ever tried pilfering trillions of dollars?
That is "hard work". (as someone in the administration has a tendency to say)
What happens if they don't pay?
They officially confirm the existence of a backdoor in MS products and demand that all copies in their country be disabled immediately?
"NEXT!"
True but the EU has allready started to ratchet up the fine.
Have the EU actually gotten any MS money from all this?
(I'm thinking there may be appeals, etc that MS can use to pull an SCO and not have to cough up a thing for decades)
Just wondering...
Microsoft could pull out of Europe totally.
And get the attention of every other country that uses their software, making it painfully obvious how stupid they've been by locking up their data in a format they don't have access to?
I don't think so...
You think ODF has a little momentum right now? This would litterally trigger warp speed!!
the Patriot Act isn't being used just to track terrorists?
Chances are that the resources are being consumed by this kind of petty bullshit that the ability to actually track terrorist is negligible...
I see here you like heavy metal music, are you in league with the devil?
Me: Is everyone here that stupid, or is it just you?
(I'm not the only one being interviewed... they have to pass muster before I'll work for them.)
in Florida if you want to be a police officer you have to get a polygraphed interview
Yeah, how's that working out for them?
What does attributing typing errors to poor spelling makes one look like?
Anyone have a closer hunch?
Just guessing, but...
They needed an article that would appeal to a certain kind of advertiser and it had to fit in the smallest space possible.
Here is a direct link to the tests.
This tells us little to nothing about the tests... only their results.
Big difference.
(it isn't your link that is bad, the article is lacking)