We can't even get on with others that have diffent skin and cultures than us, let alone genes... Lets say the republic is 10,000 years old (as is alluded to in the movies). Thats mean they've had 10,000 years to turn Us and them to just Us. Culture shares a large part in that, The europeans went from backward thridworld area continually warring with itself to a fairly unified entity in less then 1000 years. It's not hard to imagine, given 10,000 years the various races of the republic would start identifying themselves as a hetrogenous whole rather then a group of distinct peoples.
This is probably true but I know for a fact that I would buy an Intel Mac because I could put Windows AND my favorite Linux AND Mac all on the same dual-booting machine. That's very apetizing for me seeing as I've never been into multiple-computer setups. Multiple OS single computers sounds great.
Intel-MAc != x86-Mac
they may use an x86 chip with slight modifications to make it incompatible with the other os's. Possibly small revisions to register counts and different APU's.
exactly one way to be sure: run a packet sniffer all interfaces.
The simple fact isn't that it is spoofing task man, but that it uses a name that "appears" safe. Malware isn't like a virus where it eats up 80% of your CPU, it takes next to 0%. Task man SHOULD also show you the paths of processes, and it handles non-visible charactors poorly..
Are you still 100% sure? Are you that arrogant? I wouldn't hire you if you used what you just posted in an interview.. shows a lot of inexperience in the real world..
I am 100% sure. There is about 10 proccesses that normall run on my computer. If there is anythign more I know something is up. It doesn't take a genius to spot proccesses that shouldn't be running. Simply naming it runtime32 doesn't mean I'm going to say.. geee it must be okay.
I have a lot of experience with this. I can spot the ones that shouldn't be there. msconfig and regedit help too.
I'm not going to belittle you on slashdot by mocking the number of your "friends" -- but rather point out that inherently, your "friends" are the very antithesis of a random sampling. Also, you chose the word "friends" rather than acquaintances. Think about it.
I making a point, your annecdotal evidence is just as good as mine. I don't know what my aquantances do because their aquantances and it's not important enough to ask. I know what my friends do because I help them buy the replacement and set it up. Got any numbers to back up your statement?
You can push people away from the worst excesses that way and of course the poorest are the hardest hit by tax increases and often can't afford the capital expense of the more environmentally friendly solution. It also doesn't help pull people towards the greenest solutions either, you need tax reductions and exemptions for that.
Actually if you ever studied any economics, in the western world the middle class are the hardest hit by taxes and often times the poor pay little to no taxes while the very rich evade most of it.
"So far only "market-share" statistics are commonly published for the public"
Market share != installed base. Apple does not compete in a lot of markets where Linux and Windows are used. There are machines like frickin' ATMs running a version of Windows.
Web statistcs support the market share numbers, as well as making allowances for longer lifespans. The idea that mac's last 5 times as long as PC'S (as they would need to to have 3% market share but 16% install base) is popostrous. I can beleive a mac user might use his mac one or two years more then a PC user but not 5 times as long. This means that all macs every sold are still used regularly. This is indeed impossible.
You have got to be fucking kidding me. The main users of Macs are students (regardless of major), less computer-literate users, and people in the graphic design/movie/music industry. None of these people would be particularly interested in running SETI@home.
I have to disagree, most students these days use PC because that is what they know. It is mostly graphic artists and older computers users that use macs. Males 25 and under use PC's because they also play games.
You data point is biased. It seems to be a site about photography. Which means most of the interested parties will also be interested in photography and many artists/photographers use mac's.
Many, many different sites see about 3%-6% mac visitors. This number conforms with the market share numbers even with the alleged longer lifespan of macs. So 16% does seem to be pulled out of someones anal cavity.
Well, if you want to get into a personal experiences pissing match -- EVERY SINGLE PERSON I know who lives in Japan owns a Mac. Some own two. Of course, my experiences probably vary greatly from yours, so neither point is entirely valid.
That said, the last time I was in the Apple Store in Ginza people were buying Mac Minis by the armload. The majority of people in the checkout line were Thai, Chinese, and Korean. So, if your statement is true, where are all these Macs going?
I travel to asia often. In all the places in China I've been (Beijing, Xin hoa, Ghoung Zhou, Toa San) I have yet to see a single mac anywhere.
In the Philipines (Manilla, Valenzuala) and in indonesia (Jakarta) I have also never seen a mac.
Generally most people can't afford the hardware and a real licence to the software. They all use cheap PC's with pirated / legit versions of windows xp. You anicdotal evidence is pithy.
The worst ones are the ones you *don't* know of; your statement *could* mean that you are incompetent and/or that your spyware-detection software is poor.
Unless it's spoofing my task manager, I am 100% sure I have no malware or virri on my computer. I work as a tech and I am aware of what every proccess running does. You can also easily look this stuff up. Running 2-3 spy ware removal programs also get rid of 99% of the spyware and I'm technical enough to remove the remaining 1%.
Now assume Apples get replaced every 4 years and PCs get replaced every two. Now, who has the larger install base?
Unfortunatly I have never noticed a difference in longevity in my machines. However I know what to buy and can maintain my machines better then most people.
I have a old 486 still running, a pIII 450 still running, a p4 1.8 ghz still running and my sister imac still runs. All run well and haven't had any hardware failure.
He claims the DPRK hackers to be 'equal to that of the CIA,' whatever that might mean."
I take that to mean their sloppy script kiddies with government funding. They get caught frequently, only successful in the most rudementry of attempts, and are hired because their budy was the step son of the director.
Because a year after the console is released, when its hardware is now old-spec and new PC hardware is still right at the bleeding edge, the PC will out-game the console.
Two years after the console is released it'll be an even wider difference, and 3 years after it'll be incomparable
The thing is, in 3 years I won't have upgraded my computer much so my console will outclass my computer for those 3 years. When I do upgrade, I'll notice a negliable difference because most PC games don't use all the effects of the new card exept in boring FPS's. When they do I'll be upgrading consoles anyway. So the difference in graphics is not that significant. However you will never replace my PC for RTS's.
We differ only in the matter of how bad the damage was, and yes I was exagerating. I know my history. The complete destruction of london wasn't logistically possible for the Luftwaffe.
And what happens when we move on Pyongyang and they launch a preemptive bomb on Seoul, killing millions?
China woudl be right pissed. They would lost a significant amoutn of face and would be very vengeful. They would likly withdraw agurcultural aid and so would all other agencies. N. Korea woudl then starve to death since their agracultural infrastucture is just a mess (maoist ideals at their best).
There's that one movie(philadelphia experiment 2?) where a F-117 somehow magically gets transported(with a nuke) to WW2 Nazi Germany. So the Nazis take the plane, fly it over to Washington DC and nuke it, and win.
What was neat to see was the F-117 painted in Nazi markings(with the cross + numbers).
One flaw of this idea is that destroying the capital would unite and harden the americans. When your losing already such a blow is demoralizing, when your winning it's unifying.
If Hitler was a spiteful bastard he would have firebomed London into the ground in 1941 and never bothered to actually occupy Russian cities. Why do that when you could kill everyone inside of them from a distance.
If Hitler could have done it, he would have. But the RAF annihalated the Luftwaffe when they raided england. Due to radar and the complete decription of the german message coding schemes, the english knew all their troop movements/air deployments.
The speeds you get are still related to your distance from the tower in CDMA networks. In GSM ones they are more consitant but have a sharp drop off at certain ranges. If you are within range for a 2.5g or 3.0g GSM network then it's exactly what you need (abietly at a much higher price then dsl or cable). If it's CDMA, milage may vary (ie. Band width may vary).
What makes an OS a gaming OS? ease of use ; Driver support for various video cards, game pads, monitors, and other peripherals; and support from game studios.
What needs to be changed in GNU/Linux to make it a gaming OS? Make installing a game requires less then 3 hours, ensure that the default configuration can run on most systems without reconfiguration. Include all nessacary libraries with every game. Improve driver support, win over game developers.
I can't think of anything specific about the OS that would prevent it from succeeding as a gaming OS. The need to re-compile and configure for most installations is a huge problem. The lack of driver support from hardware vendors as well. The fact that linux is not uniform makes it even more of a pain in the ass to make a bug free game for. Not onyl do you have hardware variation, you now have to account for subtle software differences too.
(of course I'm one of those old fogies that doesn't consider web browsers and media players to be a part of the OS, so YMMV)
I didn'ts mention any of that. only his point about games.
4) The status of Linux gaming hasn't suffered as a consequence of Microsoft's tactics garnering it a near monopoly
Linux gaming? You might have a valid point with the other ideas but this one is like saying nintendo is making mac gaming impossible... It's not that fact that MS is trying to monopolize desktop gaming, it's the fact that linux isn't really much of a gaming OS and doesn't have much of a desktop presence. It's market share and not MS that keeps Linux from having many games.
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We can't even get on with others that have diffent skin and cultures than us, let alone genes...
Lets say the republic is 10,000 years old (as is alluded to in the movies). Thats mean they've had 10,000 years to turn Us and them to just Us. Culture shares a large part in that, The europeans went from backward thridworld area continually warring with itself to a fairly unified entity in less then 1000 years. It's not hard to imagine, given 10,000 years the various races of the republic would start identifying themselves as a hetrogenous whole rather then a group of distinct peoples.
Apple owns that niche market and you'd have to spend a lot of money before you could come close to building up as much brand image and goodwill.
Actually Sony has a foot in the door in that niche as well.
This is probably true but I know for a fact that I would buy an Intel Mac because I could put Windows AND my favorite Linux AND Mac all on the same dual-booting machine. That's very apetizing for me seeing as I've never been into multiple-computer setups. Multiple OS single computers sounds great.
Intel-MAc != x86-Mac
they may use an x86 chip with slight modifications to make it incompatible with the other os's. Possibly small revisions to register counts and different APU's.
His anecdotal evidence is no good but your's is?
I'm pointing out it's just anecdotal evidence he has nothing to back him up, I'm nto claiming mine is any better.
exactly one way to be sure: run a packet sniffer all interfaces.
The simple fact isn't that it is spoofing task man, but that it uses a name that "appears" safe. Malware isn't like a virus where it eats up 80% of your CPU, it takes next to 0%. Task man SHOULD also show you the paths of processes, and it handles non-visible charactors poorly..
Are you still 100% sure? Are you that arrogant? I wouldn't hire you if you used what you just posted in an interview.. shows a lot of inexperience in the real world..
I am 100% sure. There is about 10 proccesses that normall run on my computer. If there is anythign more I know something is up. It doesn't take a genius to spot proccesses that shouldn't be running. Simply naming it runtime32 doesn't mean I'm going to say.. geee it must be okay.
I have a lot of experience with this. I can spot the ones that shouldn't be there. msconfig and regedit help too.
I'm not going to belittle you on slashdot by mocking the number of your "friends" -- but rather point out that inherently, your "friends" are the very antithesis of a random sampling. Also, you chose the word "friends" rather than acquaintances. Think about it.
I making a point, your annecdotal evidence is just as good as mine. I don't know what my aquantances do because their aquantances and it's not important enough to ask. I know what my friends do because I help them buy the replacement and set it up. Got any numbers to back up your statement?
The significant point is whether the average mac user would wait longer than the average PC user. You've already pointed out that you're not average.
Do you have any number to back that up? I still have a great many friends who go on the 4 year cycle.
You can push people away from the worst excesses that way and of course the poorest are the hardest hit by tax increases and often can't afford the capital expense of the more environmentally friendly solution. It also doesn't help pull people towards the greenest solutions either, you need tax reductions and exemptions for that.
Actually if you ever studied any economics, in the western world the middle class are the hardest hit by taxes and often times the poor pay little to no taxes while the very rich evade most of it.
Replaced != failed. Don't forget the old upgrade treadmill.
Indeed, I buy a new one every 4-5 years. I doubt your average mac users would wait much longer then me.
"So far only "market-share" statistics are commonly published for the public"
Market share != installed base. Apple does not compete in a lot of markets where Linux and Windows are used. There are machines like frickin' ATMs running a version of Windows.
Web statistcs support the market share numbers, as well as making allowances for longer lifespans. The idea that mac's last 5 times as long as PC'S (as they would need to to have 3% market share but 16% install base) is popostrous. I can beleive a mac user might use his mac one or two years more then a PC user but not 5 times as long. This means that all macs every sold are still used regularly. This is indeed impossible.
You have got to be fucking kidding me. The main users of Macs are students (regardless of major), less computer-literate users, and people in the graphic design/movie/music industry. None of these people would be particularly interested in running SETI@home.
I have to disagree, most students these days use PC because that is what they know. It is mostly graphic artists and older computers users that use macs. Males 25 and under use PC's because they also play games.
You data point is biased. It seems to be a site about photography. Which means most of the interested parties will also be interested in photography and many artists/photographers use mac's.
Many, many different sites see about 3%-6% mac visitors. This number conforms with the market share numbers even with the alleged longer lifespan of macs. So 16% does seem to be pulled out of someones anal cavity.
Well, if you want to get into a personal experiences pissing match -- EVERY SINGLE PERSON I know who lives in Japan owns a Mac. Some own two. Of course, my experiences probably vary greatly from yours, so neither point is entirely valid.
That said, the last time I was in the Apple Store in Ginza people were buying Mac Minis by the armload. The majority of people in the checkout line were Thai, Chinese, and Korean. So, if your statement is true, where are all these Macs going?
I travel to asia often. In all the places in China I've been (Beijing, Xin hoa, Ghoung Zhou, Toa San) I have yet to see a single mac anywhere.
In the Philipines (Manilla, Valenzuala) and in indonesia (Jakarta) I have also never seen a mac.
Generally most people can't afford the hardware and a real licence to the software. They all use cheap PC's with pirated / legit versions of windows xp. You anicdotal evidence is pithy.
That you know of? Exactly.
The worst ones are the ones you *don't* know of; your statement *could* mean that you are incompetent and/or that your spyware-detection software is poor.
Unless it's spoofing my task manager, I am 100% sure I have no malware or virri on my computer. I work as a tech and I am aware of what every proccess running does. You can also easily look this stuff up. Running 2-3 spy ware removal programs also get rid of 99% of the spyware and I'm technical enough to remove the remaining 1%.
Now assume Apples get replaced every 4 years and PCs get replaced every two. Now, who has the larger install base?
Unfortunatly I have never noticed a difference in longevity in my machines. However I know what to buy and can maintain my machines better then most people.
I have a old 486 still running, a pIII 450 still running, a p4 1.8 ghz still running and my sister imac still runs. All run well and haven't had any hardware failure.
He claims the DPRK hackers to be 'equal to that of the CIA,' whatever that might mean."
I take that to mean their sloppy script kiddies with government funding. They get caught frequently, only successful in the most rudementry of attempts, and are hired because their budy was the step son of the director.
If he had said the NSA I'd be impressed.
Because a year after the console is released, when its hardware is now old-spec and new PC hardware is still right at the bleeding edge, the PC will out-game the console.
Two years after the console is released it'll be an even wider difference, and 3 years after it'll be incomparable
The thing is, in 3 years I won't have upgraded my computer much so my console will outclass my computer for those 3 years. When I do upgrade, I'll notice a negliable difference because most PC games don't use all the effects of the new card exept in boring FPS's. When they do I'll be upgrading consoles anyway. So the difference in graphics is not that significant. However you will never replace my PC for RTS's.
We differ only in the matter of how bad the damage was, and yes I was exagerating. I know my history. The complete destruction of london wasn't logistically possible for the Luftwaffe.
And what happens when we move on Pyongyang and they launch a preemptive bomb on Seoul, killing millions?
China woudl be right pissed. They would lost a significant amoutn of face and would be very vengeful. They would likly withdraw agurcultural aid and so would all other agencies. N. Korea woudl then starve to death since their agracultural infrastucture is just a mess (maoist ideals at their best).
There's that one movie(philadelphia experiment 2?) where a F-117 somehow magically gets transported(with a nuke) to WW2 Nazi Germany. So the Nazis take the plane, fly it over to Washington DC and nuke it, and win.
What was neat to see was the F-117 painted in Nazi markings(with the cross + numbers).
One flaw of this idea is that destroying the capital would unite and harden the americans. When your losing already such a blow is demoralizing, when your winning it's unifying.
If Hitler was a spiteful bastard he would have firebomed London into the ground in 1941 and never bothered to actually occupy Russian cities. Why do that when you could kill everyone inside of them from a distance.
If Hitler could have done it, he would have. But the RAF annihalated the Luftwaffe when they raided england. Due to radar and the complete decription of the german message coding schemes, the english knew all their troop movements/air deployments.
Check your history. You are gravely mis informed.
The speeds you get are still related to your distance from the tower in CDMA networks. In GSM ones they are more consitant but have a sharp drop off at certain ranges. If you are within range for a 2.5g or 3.0g GSM network then it's exactly what you need (abietly at a much higher price then dsl or cable). If it's CDMA, milage may vary (ie. Band width may vary).
What makes an OS a gaming OS?
ease of use ; Driver support for various video cards, game pads, monitors, and other peripherals; and support from game studios.
What needs to be changed in GNU/Linux to make it a gaming OS?
Make installing a game requires less then 3 hours, ensure that the default configuration can run on most systems without reconfiguration. Include all nessacary libraries with every game. Improve driver support, win over game developers.
I can't think of anything specific about the OS that would prevent it from succeeding as a gaming OS.
The need to re-compile and configure for most installations is a huge problem. The lack of driver support from hardware vendors as well. The fact that linux is not uniform makes it even more of a pain in the ass to make a bug free game for. Not onyl do you have hardware variation, you now have to account for subtle software differences too.
(of course I'm one of those old fogies that doesn't consider web browsers and media players to be a part of the OS, so YMMV)
I didn'ts mention any of that. only his point about games.
Oh yeah, to that other company that makes x86 consumer level operating systems.
x86 isn't the be all and end all of computer hardware. It's like saying Apple has a monopoly on OS's for MAc's.
4) The status of Linux gaming hasn't suffered as a consequence of Microsoft's tactics garnering it a near monopoly
Linux gaming? You might have a valid point with the other ideas but this one is like saying nintendo is making mac gaming impossible... It's not that fact that MS is trying to monopolize desktop gaming, it's the fact that linux isn't really much of a gaming OS and doesn't have much of a desktop presence. It's market share and not MS that keeps Linux from having many games.