It's illegal to display the swastika in Germany, so it won't be released there. Same as France, and most other European countries who had a shady past with the Nazis (it'll be fine in the UK, btw:) - we never forget).
While this isn't technically the best place to troll IE6, your sentiments are true. IE6 is the best browsing effort I've seen out there. Simple, blindingly fast, full of features (which don't slow it down - they're only called upon when needed).
I have no idea what happened to the reply I posted to this earlier, but:
80% improvement over current fastest technology. The technology in current CPUs is not the fastest technology. Different compounds, different die-size.
There is no way that a p3 has 100 cycles per operation. That would mean that a 1ghz CPU would operate just a little bit faster than a 16mhz CPU, at 10 million operations per second. I think you've misunderstood something here.
That's 5x200, not 1x1000. It doesn't take 1/5th the time to execute an instruction on the cluster, but it can do 5 at once. If you put an extra lane on the highway, would it increase the speed limit to 110?
We have to put up with anyone not trying to destroy microsoft being moderated as 'trolls' and anyone waving a Penguin-based flag around being proclaimed a prophet and given instant kudos from all the other Linux-jockeys out there.
Slashdot isn't news for nerds, it's heavily-censored pro-linux, anti-microsoft opinions for nerds.
Supporting an underdog is the necessary social response in order to maintain an open, competitive market.
Surely that means that anyone can enter a market, make the least amount of effort in producing a poor product, and because they're the underdog, people like you would support them? Are you mad? Do you drive a car made in Slovakia? You should do, as they're the underdogs when compared to Ford et al. Your reasoning is as flawed as communism - If we all get the same benefits, why work harder?. Intel are top of their market for a reason - they make the best chips in the world. They make the best chipsets in the world. Their R&D has driven PCs since day one. We owe them a lot. They saw a position to be able to steer a major competitor's product roadmap, and they've taken it.
Intel is a company, not a moral crusader. I bet you wouldn't be happy until Intel bought Alpha as a present for AMD, and wrapped a big ol' bow round it.
How do you know that's what AMD would do? Next you'll be saying how AMD rescues cats from trees and helps old ladies cross the road, whereas Intel and Microsoft tag-team wrestle baby seals with claw-hammers.
The more of this biassed, pathetic rubbish is posted on slashdot, the more slashdot's reputation is going to slip.
We were forced to use them at school. They would crash all the time, had their OS in ROM, couldn't use a monitor properly, had pathetic networking, looked awful (green and beige, anyone?). They were plainly for educational purposes, but a few Acorn-freaks decided to try and use them as desktop computers at home/work. This usually ended up in said person looking like a fool, desperately trying to make excuses for the Acorn's terrible performance.
You could say I'm biassed against them, but that's all true. (Heck, our school even taught us to type on those silly little Mac things with the weird keyboards).
About 5 minutes ago, Anonymous Coward was found dead in his trailer out on the I-95. The only witness in the area, TikkaMassala, could not be approached for a comment, as he had to return his chainsaw to the shop for a refund/de-braining.
That's the drawback of 'free' software - no-one can be assed to pay anyone to develop it. Microsoft paid someone to make a DVD player for Windows, and so Windows users have had professional ones for years.
This happens every time new technology appears for PCs (USB for another example).
If you want to try and upload a manuscript you're working on to a pad of paper, then download your changes back to your computer without blinking, you probably don't want a pad of paper. And I've never seen a pad of paper play mp3s...
I think Taco's losing it. First he was going on about how much things 'costed', now he's harping on about not being able to type 2 words at a prompt... dear oh dear.:)
If you want old-skool computers, go to the Science Museum in london. They have a recreation of the first computer in the world (powered by a handle). Good work, Mr. Babbage.
Such as the US space programme, which was actually started with German ex-nazi scientists, and V2 rockets, which where stolen from other Allies. It never ends.
The 'Bombe' was Turing's machine. The Manchester one (as mentioned below) was called 'Baby'. I wish they had names like that for computers these days (better than bleedin' numbers). The 'IBM Goat' range, or 'Sun Monkey' servers.
But the thing with this debate is, there is actual PROOF that other computers existed before this one. It's not just a friend-of-a-friend-said-they-heard-something-on-th e-radio type deal.
UNIVAC was number 2, and will remain that way forever.
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It's illegal to display the swastika in Germany, so it won't be released there. Same as France, and most other European countries who had a shady past with the Nazis (it'll be fine in the UK, btw :) - we never forget).
This'll be modded down as a troll, but who cares.
80% improvement over current fastest technology. The technology in current CPUs is not the fastest technology. Different compounds, different die-size.
There is no way that a p3 has 100 cycles per operation. That would mean that a 1ghz CPU would operate just a little bit faster than a 16mhz CPU, at 10 million operations per second. I think you've misunderstood something here.
That's 5x200, not 1x1000. It doesn't take 1/5th the time to execute an instruction on the cluster, but it can do 5 at once. If you put an extra lane on the highway, would it increase the speed limit to 110?
Slashdot isn't news for nerds, it's heavily-censored pro-linux, anti-microsoft opinions for nerds.
Supporting an underdog is the necessary social response in order to maintain an open, competitive market.
Surely that means that anyone can enter a market, make the least amount of effort in producing a poor product, and because they're the underdog, people like you would support them? Are you mad? Do you drive a car made in Slovakia? You should do, as they're the underdogs when compared to Ford et al. Your reasoning is as flawed as communism - If we all get the same benefits, why work harder?. Intel are top of their market for a reason - they make the best chips in the world. They make the best chipsets in the world. Their R&D has driven PCs since day one. We owe them a lot. They saw a position to be able to steer a major competitor's product roadmap, and they've taken it.
Intel is a company, not a moral crusader. I bet you wouldn't be happy until Intel bought Alpha as a present for AMD, and wrapped a big ol' bow round it.
The more of this biassed, pathetic rubbish is posted on slashdot, the more slashdot's reputation is going to slip.
You could say I'm biassed against them, but that's all true. (Heck, our school even taught us to type on those silly little Mac things with the weird keyboards).
and they use terms like 'Micro$oft', and never listen to the other side of the argument.
But Intel's always been faster, since the 1GHz fiasco. Intel = No. 1. Get used to it!
* Patent Pending, (c)2001 TikkaMassala.
About 5 minutes ago, Anonymous Coward was found dead in his trailer out on the I-95. The only witness in the area, TikkaMassala, could not be approached for a comment, as he had to return his chainsaw to the shop for a refund/de-braining.
This happens every time new technology appears for PCs (USB for another example).
In Europe, we know US cars just sound loud with no performance. That's why we don't buy 'em.
So they're just scraping by with under $1m profit, whereas Windows is raking in billions? That's hardly turning a profit when compared to Bill's boys.
If you want to try and upload a manuscript you're working on to a pad of paper, then download your changes back to your computer without blinking, you probably don't want a pad of paper. And I've never seen a pad of paper play mp3s...
Maybe they have more integrity than censoring news stories that put their community in a bad light (unlike /. or most US news centres of course).
I think Taco's losing it. First he was going on about how much things 'costed', now he's harping on about not being able to type 2 words at a prompt... dear oh dear. :)
If you want old-skool computers, go to the Science Museum in london. They have a recreation of the first computer in the world (powered by a handle). Good work, Mr. Babbage.
Braveheart The Patriot Saving Private Ryan Titanic Pearl Harbor The list goes on...
It does cover them. With bias and untruths.
If we were to believe everything on /., then Linux would be a good desktop operating system, and Windows would be the most unpopular OS in the world.
Such as the US space programme, which was actually started with German ex-nazi scientists, and V2 rockets, which where stolen from other Allies. It never ends.
The 'Bombe' was Turing's machine. The Manchester one (as mentioned below) was called 'Baby'. I wish they had names like that for computers these days (better than bleedin' numbers). The 'IBM Goat' range, or 'Sun Monkey' servers.
We know exactly what it looks like - we're subjected to it every day on /. by some hick with a dsl line and an unnatural penchant for penguins... ;)
UNIVAC was number 2, and will remain that way forever.