"Sun intends to hold back some" And where do Sun explicitly say that?
So you can read minds. forsee the future? I would have thought that if Sun had such an intention it would be expressed in Java and Solaris. In both those cases there is no evidence of holding some back.
Actually, I think Sun is one of the only companies that could possibly do this. Java is installed on the majority of Windows desktops, and self-updates on each new version. Sun could roll this out as part of a Java update and hardly anyone would notice. Well if Sun follow the Apple model of including Safari in an application upgrade they are likely to include Solaris in a Java upgrade.
So you have not used ZFS yet? If so, you would know "why not just use Linux and lvm2?" It is just so easy and fast to add extra storage and provide data security across many different devices. For one thing, newfs is redundant.
"Does ZFS really require that much memory?" No, but if it is available it will certainly use it. The upside of ZFS using more memory is that disk IO will be lower so better overall performance.
"Given the enormous prevalence of depressions in modern society, even a 1 in 3 effectiveness is a huge help to a lot of people."
Maybe, maybe not. Some years ago I was diagnosed with depression and had extended courses of anti-depressants. I have always considered that they did next to nothing for me. A few sessions with a psychiatrist, plus other councelling and I was "cured". Only problem now is that the courses of anti-depressants are on my medical records and they have negatively affected insurance premiums. So I have had negative "help" as a result of the anti-depressants.
So no more bird flu excitement, generating $Bs for consultants and drug companies, only rational pandemic decisions based on hard facts. Should be good.
It they released her immediately it would look like a mistake by Police/Security staff. Police and Security staff NEVER make a mistake, but sometimes after due consideration, which likely involves overnight in a cell, legal deprivation etc. a decision is made to pass the problem over to the courts or to be nice and let the person off with a warning that they should never do that again or the book will be thrown. Note that in neither case is the person found to be innocent.
DEC Alpha did pretty well on performance as well. And PA-Risc appears to be going the same way as Alpha, so just maybe outright performance is not directly related to market success. In that context (market) Sparc seems to be doing quite wel.
The global warming supporters would argue that the warmer temps have caused more of the southern ice to break away and that is why the icebergs are available to approach NZ. However apparently these icebergs would have broken away 7 years ago. And in the 1930s icebergs also reached NZ. I don't see any evidence in support or against global warming in this, but I am sure those who try hard enough will find "evidence".
Right, so when the earth starts into the next ice age after this current (maybe) upward temp cycle, that will be a consequence of global warming as well??
"They are also two-stroke engines, which certainly wouldn't be an ideal solution."
The big diesel two-strokes are not exactly motor cycle type engines. They are super charged high power and efficiency units that would be just as ideal as any other industrial diesel.
How many are actually BS "standards". Have not checked all of the list, but WS-SecurityPolicy is not a standard in my book. Two versions have been proposed to OASIS but no working group started. Now the WS-SecurityPolicy draft is part of a wider reaching WG.
"The truth of the matter is that most people wouldn't buy that software if they couldn't get it for free."
From my perspective it is worse than that. If it was harder to get/pirate illegal copies of commercial software, more would be using OpenSource software. So maybe we should be supporting the BSA's "initiatives". And I am being serious.
I wonder if the BSA members (Microsoft etc.) have really thought this through.....
And you think no one swears by SMB or has ever lost data to it. Actually the amount of data that wanders over the internet via open smb shares probably dwarfs all the data ever mounted on nfs.
"My point was that trully random data can not be compressed"
Bollocks. This string "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" is just as truly random as any other random stream of characters. Repeating strings are just as likely to turn up in a random stream as any specific non-repeating stream.
However you could accurately state that truly random daya probably cannot be compressed.
"Sun has very onerous provisions on their java licensing which prevents inclusion of the JDK in a lot of Linux distributions."
Bollocks, but this is correct - A lot?? of Linux distributions have onerous provisions in their approach to licensing which prevents inclusion of the JDK.
Correct. But no-one said anything about buying out OpenOffice. But the lead article referred to openoffice.org being bought. That is certainly possible.
Are you serious? Have you ever actually called Microsoft to see what happens when one of their patches break... One or more of the following:
- Reinstall windows with no 3rd party apps. Install patch, still broken - refer to your dealer for a hardware issue
- The above and it breaks after 3rd party app is installed - refer to the 3rd party vendor
- etc. etc.
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"Sun intends to hold back some" And where do Sun explicitly say that?
So you can read minds. forsee the future? I would have thought that if Sun had such an intention it would be expressed in Java and Solaris. In both those cases there is no evidence of holding some back.
Yep, about the same status as NTFS....
So you have not used ZFS yet? If so, you would know "why not just use Linux and lvm2?" It is just so easy and fast to add extra storage and provide data security across many different devices. For one thing, newfs is redundant.
"Does ZFS really require that much memory?"
No, but if it is available it will certainly use it. The upside of ZFS using more memory is that disk IO will be lower so better overall performance.
"Given the enormous prevalence of depressions in modern society, even a 1 in 3 effectiveness is a huge help to a lot of people."
Maybe, maybe not. Some years ago I was diagnosed with depression and had extended courses of anti-depressants. I have always considered that they did next to nothing for me. A few sessions with a psychiatrist, plus other councelling and I was "cured". Only problem now is that the courses of anti-depressants are on my medical records and they have negatively affected insurance premiums. So I have had negative "help" as a result of the anti-depressants.
You might want to check out the latest Netcraft survey results, not the old one referenced in the intro...
PDF was never intended to be edited, once published. The objective of the format it that it can be rendered as the author intended, not edited.
So no more bird flu excitement, generating $Bs for consultants and drug companies, only rational pandemic decisions based on hard facts. Should be good.
It they released her immediately it would look like a mistake by Police/Security staff. Police and Security staff NEVER make a mistake, but sometimes after due consideration, which likely involves overnight in a cell, legal deprivation etc. a decision is made to pass the problem over to the courts or to be nice and let the person off with a warning that they should never do that again or the book will be thrown. Note that in neither case is the person found to be innocent.
And Reuters need to figure out what century they are working in. This at the bottom of the referenced article "© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. "......
The reference is bollocks, there has been significant investment in hydro generation over the past 15 years. However reality is that around 45% of NZ electricity generation comes from non-renewable sources (oil, gas, coal). Geothermal is less than 10%. Real info here... http://www.stats.govt.nz/products-and-services/hot -off-the-press/nz-energy-statistics/nz-energy-stat istics-sep06qtr-hotp.htm
Commentary about NZ statistics from an Australian site would be about as relevant as USA statistics from a Russian site....
DEC Alpha did pretty well on performance as well. And PA-Risc appears to be going the same way as Alpha, so just maybe outright performance is not directly related to market success. In that context (market) Sparc seems to be doing quite wel.
The global warming supporters would argue that the warmer temps have caused more of the southern ice to break away and that is why the icebergs are available to approach NZ. However apparently these icebergs would have broken away 7 years ago. And in the 1930s icebergs also reached NZ. I don't see any evidence in support or against global warming in this, but I am sure those who try hard enough will find "evidence".
Right, so when the earth starts into the next ice age after this current (maybe) upward temp cycle, that will be a consequence of global warming as well??
We know we are special because we have the best Rugby team. A few icebergs arriving off the Southern coast is just the icing on the cake.
"They are also two-stroke engines, which certainly wouldn't be an ideal solution."
The big diesel two-strokes are not exactly motor cycle type engines. They are super charged high power and efficiency units that would be just as ideal as any other industrial diesel.
How many are actually BS "standards". Have not checked all of the list, but WS-SecurityPolicy is not a standard in my book. Two versions have been proposed to OASIS but no working group started. Now the WS-SecurityPolicy draft is part of a wider reaching WG.
"The truth of the matter is that most people wouldn't buy that software if they couldn't get it for free."
From my perspective it is worse than that. If it was harder to get/pirate illegal copies of commercial software, more would be using OpenSource software. So maybe we should be supporting the BSA's "initiatives". And I am being serious.
I wonder if the BSA members (Microsoft etc.) have really thought this through.....
And you think no one swears by SMB or has ever lost data to it. Actually the amount of data that wanders over the internet via open smb shares probably dwarfs all the data ever mounted on nfs.
"My point was that trully random data can not be compressed"
Bollocks. This string "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" is just as truly random as any other random stream of characters. Repeating strings are just as likely to turn up in a random stream as any specific non-repeating stream.
However you could accurately state that truly random daya probably cannot be compressed.
"Sun has very onerous provisions on their java licensing which prevents inclusion of the JDK in a lot of Linux distributions."
Bollocks, but this is correct - A lot?? of Linux distributions have onerous provisions in their approach to licensing which prevents inclusion of the JDK.
Correct. But no-one said anything about buying out OpenOffice. But the lead article referred to openoffice.org being bought. That is certainly possible.
Are you serious? Have you ever actually called Microsoft to see what happens when one of their patches break... One or more of the following:
- Reinstall windows with no 3rd party apps. Install patch, still broken - refer to your dealer for a hardware issue
- The above and it breaks after 3rd party app is installed - refer to the 3rd party vendor
- etc. etc.