So, if there's no neet to upgrade the machine for each upgrade, can anyone tell me why RH7.1 requires 32mb to install? even for a text install?
serious question, honest.
dave
A standard 35mm photo negative or transparency is 36mmx24mm. Film, however, is shot vertically, so the width is 24mm and the height is 18mm? It's not always shot at letterbox, sometimes it's shot full frame and letterboxed later.
A good film scanner will get 2700dpi or 106dpmm which gives you a horizontal resolution of about 2500pixels.
That would be the upper limit, and you'd be able to see the film grain at a scan of that size.
Heck, there's probably stuff in the Old Testament about not believing false prophets of doom and naysayers.
Lemme look...
Deuteronomy 18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,
which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the
name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which
the LORD hath not spoken?
Deuteronomy 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name
of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the
thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it
presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Of course the following verse:
Isiah 19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave
networks, shall be confounded.
Clearly indicates that sysadmins will always be frustrated.
Taking the original question as an analogy doesn't quite work, especially with the performance aspect.
It would be more like: "I have a two litre, 150bhp car. What controls should I get (auto/stick, power steering/manual, etc)
In which case Mandrake would be the fully loaded version (Say a cadillac - comfortable but weighed down by convenience)
Debian would be, say, am auto-BMW : more sporty and responsive but still heavy. RedHat probably in this category as well.
OpenBSD would be a bare chassis, with the absolute minimum of controls, all manual, no frills. (You'd also have to wear a tinfoil hat while driving).
FreeBSD would be a small truck with a few comforts.
Windows would be a big stationwagon, overweight for its engine.
MacOS would be something well designed, but not necessarily a superb performer. Possibly a coupe/sportscar version of a standard model.
They're not censoring you bytes - that would imply that they're blocking based on content. They're just blocking the entire stream regardless of content.
It may not have been put very tactfully, but the above comment is true. A Pinoy is a Filipino overseas worker. The pinoygrams described in Cryptonomicon weren't wireless either - they depended on a huge cable.
It looks like the only reason the word 'pinoygram' was used, was that both countries are in South East Asia and Cryptonomicon is also set there.
dave
Almost every other country on the planet uses GSM. It's just the US has their own weird standards. Hell, I go from Oz to Hong Kong to Europe with the same phone. Go to the US and... nothing.
Just to let the younger kids know: the ARCHIE had a realtime 3D game written in interpreted BASIC. In 1987! It was absolutely awesome, probably at least five years ahead of everyone else, maybe ten years ahead of Microsoft.
The story, of course, is that Apple used Cray's supercomputers to design their Macs, while Cray himself, doodled out his supercomputer design on a Mac.
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AT/AT compatible?
Intel are using Imperial Technology now? Aren't they worried about them pesky Ewoks?
dave
re: 2.4 kernel on a 486.
So, if there's no neet to upgrade the machine for each upgrade, can anyone tell me why RH7.1 requires 32mb to install? even for a text install?
serious question, honest.
dave
A standard 35mm photo negative or transparency is 36mmx24mm. Film, however, is shot vertically, so the width is 24mm and the height is 18mm? It's not always shot at letterbox, sometimes it's shot full frame and letterboxed later.
A good film scanner will get 2700dpi or 106dpmm which gives you a horizontal resolution of about 2500pixels.
That would be the upper limit, and you'd be able to see the film grain at a scan of that size.
dave
As someone called Dave, I get nervous when my computer tells me it can't do things. Like opening pod bay doors, ya know.
dave "daisy, daisy"
Heck, there's probably stuff in the Old Testament about not believing false prophets of doom and naysayers.
Lemme look...
Deuteronomy 18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Deuteronomy 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Of course the following verse:
Isiah 19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Clearly indicates that sysadmins will always be frustrated.
dave "all hail project gutenberg!"
...it doesn't half make you leaky afterwards either.
(paraphrase, I haven't watched Orgazmo for ages.
dave
My first FP game was Wizardry on the Apple ][, probably about 1984(?) or so.
dave
Oh yeah, Linux From Scratch would be taking the two litre engine and putting it in a motorbike.
dave
Taking the original question as an analogy doesn't quite work, especially with the performance aspect.
It would be more like: "I have a two litre, 150bhp car. What controls should I get (auto/stick, power steering/manual, etc)
In which case Mandrake would be the fully loaded version (Say a cadillac - comfortable but weighed down by convenience)
Debian would be, say, am auto-BMW : more sporty and responsive but still heavy. RedHat probably in this category as well.
OpenBSD would be a bare chassis, with the absolute minimum of controls, all manual, no frills. (You'd also have to wear a tinfoil hat while driving).
FreeBSD would be a small truck with a few comforts.
Windows would be a big stationwagon, overweight for its engine.
MacOS would be something well designed, but not necessarily a superb performer. Possibly a coupe/sportscar version of a standard model.
dave
Sheldon's view of the Title
They're not censoring you bytes - that would imply that they're blocking based on content. They're just blocking the entire stream regardless of content.
dave
So you're saying that installing so much rubbish that you need to reinstall the OS once a month is *not* acting like a luser?
dave
Info has a high lovelace index.
I really don't want to have to load up emacs just to look at a man page.
dave
Reload Windows once a month? That sounds barely credible to me. What version of Windows?
dave
It may not have been put very tactfully, but the above comment is true. A Pinoy is a Filipino overseas worker. The pinoygrams described in Cryptonomicon weren't wireless either - they depended on a huge cable.
It looks like the only reason the word 'pinoygram' was used, was that both countries are in South East Asia and Cryptonomicon is also set there.
dave
Capitalizing occasional words like that always reminds me of Robert McElwaine. "FULL and COMPLETE dissemination is ENCOURAGED..."
dave
Jeez, that read like Kirk-speak. Where, is the, ensign in the, red shirt, Bones?
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dave "HTH, HAND."
150Mb? What the hell is in there? Does incoming mail get some kind of virtual reality tour of the Universe?
dave
Wasn't this what David Gerrold (http://www.gerrold.com) was trying to do with his Star Wolf series?
dave
Yeah, bring back Charley Mudd.
dave
Almost every other country on the planet uses GSM. It's just the US has their own weird standards. Hell, I go from Oz to Hong Kong to Europe with the same phone. Go to the US and ... nothing.
dave
Just to let the younger kids know: the ARCHIE had a realtime 3D game written in interpreted BASIC. In 1987! It was absolutely awesome, probably at least five years ahead of everyone else, maybe ten years ahead of Microsoft.
dave
The story, of course, is that Apple used Cray's supercomputers to design their Macs, while Cray himself, doodled out his supercomputer design on a Mac.
dave
I though Nixon invented China...