Should've finished up the article. It's a shame that Mindcraft is refusing to do a proper test. Apparently the truth will hurt that they rig results. Pity.
The purpose of these tests is to please the customer who commissions them.
I think that pretty much sums up the whole situation. And here Microsoft is trying to tout this result as something valid when the whole Linux community is up in arms over it, the press is outright calling the results a sham, and even Mindcraft is now wanting to redo the tests, most likely to get some respect back. I hate to say it (actually I LOVE to say it) but Microsoft is again making themselves look stupid by demeaning Linux. Hell, I just started running Linux full time after playing around with it for a year, and I have to say I've never been happier with speed, stability, and performance. Let real world examples show Linux is better than NT.
Hey geeks, no matter where you are, no matter how old you are! I know of one way to fight back against these people that try to control your life. Sick the law on 'em! Lemme explain.
I of course was your typical tormented teen back in high school. I always had everybody else pushing me around because they could, and would insult me because of my views, which often didn't conform. Well, my freshman year in college I put up on my old webpage all my gripes about high school, and it was basically a rant that I had about me growing up in my high school. Turns out some guys from my high school found that webpage, and emailed me threatening me to change my views or get my ass kicked, same old thing that happened in high school all the time. On advice from some friends, I looked up the law, and it turns out what they did (threatening me in a serious manner) is ILLEGAL (at least here in Texas). So I told the university police about them, got them to apologize, and guess what, I haven't heard from them since. Goes to show that high school aggression tactics just don't work out here in the real world.
We're all smart here, everybody that reads/.. Find ways to fight back intelligently, and remember to use the man in your struggle! As long as you have some form of proof that they are violating your rights (right to happiness, which having serious threats against you violates), your aggressors are fsck'd. As one of my favorite bands, Machine Head, states, BOW DOWN TO NONE. Don't bemoan your state, take action! If I had known to fight back like this back in high school, I might have had an easier time.
Simple, convert a nanotech assembler to read data instead of moving atoms...of course this would be a LOT simpler if assemblers existed right now. Doh. Oh well, history has shown us that we have the right ideas for technology, it's the implementation that screws us up. Best of luck to the researchers out there in developing this technology.
From my own studies into molecular systems, I have to say this will be a large step forward in developing nanotechnology. Now that is possible for us to make such large capacity hard drives, we can decrease the size of the drive and we'll have perfect data storage for nanocomputers and nano-robots. The possibility of a watch containing more data storage as my computer has now, or an internal medical nanobot with a database of biological and medical knowledge, it is all suddenly viable (assuming that other key components of molecular systems are advanced as well). All in all, not only is this a good thing for the computer world, but ultimately for any field that molecular systems will touch, which is basically any and all.
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Should've finished up the article. It's a shame that Mindcraft is refusing to do a proper test. Apparently the truth will hurt that they rig results. Pity.
Jack
I think that pretty much sums up the whole situation. And here Microsoft is trying to tout this result as something valid when the whole Linux community is up in arms over it, the press is outright calling the results a sham, and even Mindcraft is now wanting to redo the tests, most likely to get some respect back. I hate to say it (actually I LOVE to say it) but Microsoft is again making themselves look stupid by demeaning Linux. Hell, I just started running Linux full time after playing around with it for a year, and I have to say I've never been happier with speed, stability, and performance. Let real world examples show Linux is better than NT.
Jack
Hey geeks, no matter where you are, no matter how old you are! I know of one way to fight back against these people that try to control your life. Sick the law on 'em! Lemme explain.
I of course was your typical tormented teen back in high school. I always had everybody else pushing me around because they could, and would insult me because of my views, which often didn't conform. Well, my freshman year in college I put up on my old webpage all my gripes about high school, and it was basically a rant that I had about me growing up in my high school. Turns out some guys from my high school found that webpage, and emailed me threatening me to change my views or get my ass kicked, same old thing that happened in high school all the time. On advice from some friends, I looked up the law, and it turns out what they did (threatening me in a serious manner) is ILLEGAL (at least here in Texas). So I told the university police about them, got them to apologize, and guess what, I haven't heard from them since. Goes to show that high school aggression tactics just don't work out here in the real world.
We're all smart here, everybody that reads /.. Find ways to fight back intelligently, and remember to use the man in your struggle! As long as you have some form of proof that they are violating your rights (right to happiness, which having serious threats against you violates), your aggressors are fsck'd. As one of my favorite bands, Machine Head, states, BOW DOWN TO NONE. Don't bemoan your state, take action! If I had known to fight back like this back in high school, I might have had an easier time.
Jack
I heard of one being made that will read CD's...I'll try to dig up the URL
Jack
Simple, convert a nanotech assembler to read data instead of moving atoms...of course this would be a LOT simpler if assemblers existed right now. Doh. Oh well, history has shown us that we have the right ideas for technology, it's the implementation that screws us up. Best of luck to the researchers out there in developing this technology.
From my own studies into molecular systems, I have to say this will be a large step forward in developing nanotechnology. Now that is possible for us to make such large capacity hard drives, we can decrease the size of the drive and we'll have perfect data storage for nanocomputers and nano-robots. The possibility of a watch containing more data storage as my computer has now, or an internal medical nanobot with a database of biological and medical knowledge, it is all suddenly viable (assuming that other key components of molecular systems are advanced as well). All in all, not only is this a good thing for the computer world, but ultimately for any field that molecular systems will touch, which is basically any and all.
Jack