I remember WinPlay. I wonder what's the power consumption like on the new IA-64 'brick'?
I still think turning off is worse for machines hardware, all of that heating and cooling. Not to mention the joy of running 'top' to see that you've been up for a week or two without reboot.
You'd have to be scrooge to turn your computer off.
Leaving on computer equipment expands its life time by reducing component expansion and contraction. I can understand turning the the monitor off, but a computer only takes 300->600watts (600 watts is an extreme case, 300watt is most widely used) electricity which is pennies compared with a fridge, air conditioning or electric heating systems.
Surely if this technology provides you with something as usefull as your fridge, that costs less, you'd bite the bullet?
Surely then the usage of a single machine (machine X) could potentially create power black holes with more network traffic in the surrounding hosts? Especially if the hosts are inadeqaute to meet the needs of Machine X.
How are network traffic jams dealt with (the document is very utopian) in a way that does not create latency?
An article back in 1999 discussed a venture between United Utilities and Nortel where they were going to use powerlines, they concluded it wasn't commercially viable.
There is a fairly light discussion of the pros and cons of the broadband technologies (including powerlines) on the same site.
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I have had a similar experience with my Athlon machine. I think it is down to my NVIDIA drivers because I've benchmarked from the command line and its fine.
They were until relatively recently (1-3 years) running 95 and even 3.11 based systems in several large departments. The DSS and Jobcenter system was a f**kup from start to finish, costing £billions of taxpayers money. Basically it didn't work. I've forgotten the name of the consultancy, but I think they appear in Private Eye every other issue.
I have personally seen it in several places , it's out there but the tech-guys often don't shout about it. I don't know why, whether it is internal pressure, or commercial pressure or interoperability between departments.
QinetiQ the UK's commercial wing of DERA (Defense Evaluation and Research Agency) produced this report: QinetiQ_OSS_rep.pdf. Which is the most pro-OSS report I've read.
The German Government support GnuPG and a few other security related projects.
And of course the NSA have SE-Linux, and have put money into research at the university of Utah.
WTF do you expect from lawyers? Their job is to give the best possible advantage to their clients. It's down to the consumer to keep companies legal departments in check and because consumers of Microsoft products have been walked all over for such a long time the legal department will do anything that they can get away with. Hopefully the backlash will, like the effect on other companies, moderate their behaviour.
This is a problem, I find these documents a confusing mixture of genres (which I my self am guilty of from time to time), not quite academic, not quite light but somewhere in between. Heh. Like the three bears.
I don't feel that any of the current reports are aimed at people such as myself, and don't feel that I'm getting the real deal in terms that I understand.
I understand what a register is, the advantages of 64bit, 128bit etc., even what a pipeline is.
What I would like to see is a bullet pointed list of advantages put in executive summary style, dumb-down, type!
It depends on how long you need the distraction though, if one were to sit there with a frequency counter and a note pad I image it'd help. Also if you are stealing you don't need long term protection, just enough to walk right through the door (like the Jane's Addiction Song).
It's amazing that these are not streamed (onto the Internet), It wouldn't be reliant on the Olympic commitee and Astra 2E already carries encrypted digital streams (with interactive features).
I wouldn't like the idea of the Olympics being overly connected to the outside world, at least not without compartmentalization. Heh. We 0wn Y0UR G01Ds WE 1z 33LE3T.
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I remember WinPlay. I wonder what's the power consumption like on the new IA-64 'brick'?
I still think turning off is worse for machines hardware, all of that heating and cooling. Not to mention the joy of running 'top' to see that you've been up for a week or two without reboot.
You'd have to be scrooge to turn your computer off.
Leaving on computer equipment expands its life time by reducing component expansion and contraction. I can understand turning the the monitor off, but a computer only takes 300->600watts (600 watts is an extreme case, 300watt is most widely used) electricity which is pennies compared with a fridge, air conditioning or electric heating systems.
Surely if this technology provides you with something as usefull as your fridge, that costs less, you'd bite the bullet?
Surely then the usage of a single machine (machine X) could potentially create power black holes with more network traffic in the surrounding hosts? Especially if the hosts are inadeqaute to meet the needs of Machine X.
How are network traffic jams dealt with (the document is very utopian) in a way that does not create latency?
Won't people just use the minimum specification of machine and leach processing power from the rest of the network?
There is a fairly light discussion of the pros and cons of the broadband technologies (including powerlines) on the same site.
I have had a similar experience with my Athlon machine. I think it is down to my NVIDIA drivers because I've benchmarked from the command line and its fine.
I'm glad someone else pointed that one out ;-).
Little bit of politics there.
http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_document.asp?doc num=429
For those in Europe note the link to the E-Europescheme.
Sorting out an electronic infrastructure sounds like a real nightmare when your dealing with 317 million people.
Also, as another piece of trivia; the US Navy have well high end documented uses, but the USN PSA in San Diego uses Linux for personel support.
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They were until relatively recently (1-3 years) running 95 and even 3.11 based systems in several large departments. The DSS and Jobcenter system was a f**kup from start to finish, costing £billions of taxpayers money. Basically it didn't work. I've forgotten the name of the consultancy, but I think they appear in Private Eye every other issue.
I agree absolutely right up to the photos on the linked site which just cheapen the issue.
A government also has to ensure interoperability, if the existing base is brand X they have to think twice as hard about a switch.
I have personally seen it in several places , it's out there but the tech-guys often don't shout about it. I don't know why, whether it is internal pressure, or commercial pressure or interoperability between departments.
QinetiQ the UK's commercial wing of DERA (Defense Evaluation and Research Agency) produced this report: QinetiQ_OSS_rep.pdf. Which is the most pro-OSS report I've read.
The German Government support GnuPG and a few other security related projects.
And of course the NSA have SE-Linux, and have put money into research at the university of Utah.
LANL have some pretty serious Linux clustering.
Check out my submission log.
Preach on Brother! From this gospel flows EMACS, GnuProlog, GCC, Bash and other mighty intellectual victuals.
Sometimes I guess. It depends on the devils form.
Anyone seen this since September 11th?
WTF do you expect from lawyers? Their job is to give the best possible advantage to their clients. It's down to the consumer to keep companies legal departments in check and because consumers of Microsoft products have been walked all over for such a long time the legal department will do anything that they can get away with. Hopefully the backlash will, like the effect on other companies, moderate their behaviour.
This is a problem, I find these documents a confusing mixture of genres (which I my self am guilty of from time to time), not quite academic, not quite light but somewhere in between. Heh. Like the three bears.
Thanks I understood that. The caveat and the end seals a perfect summing up.
I don't feel that any of the current reports are aimed at people such as myself, and don't feel that I'm getting the real deal in terms that I understand.
I understand what a register is, the advantages of 64bit, 128bit etc., even what a pipeline is.
What I would like to see is a bullet pointed list of advantages put in executive summary style, dumb-down, type!
Also, I read a few years ago about Elberus, who have some pretty neat claims here:http://www.elbrus.ru/mcst_e/proect_e/e2k_arch _e.htm
You may be interested in their claims.
I agree.
It depends on how long you need the distraction though, if one were to sit there with a frequency counter and a note pad I image it'd help. Also if you are stealing you don't need long term protection, just enough to walk right through the door (like the Jane's Addiction Song).
It's amazing that these are not streamed (onto the Internet), It wouldn't be reliant on the Olympic commitee and Astra 2E already carries encrypted digital streams (with interactive features).
I wouldn't like the idea of the Olympics being overly connected to the outside world, at least not without compartmentalization. Heh. We 0wn Y0UR G01Ds WE 1z 33LE3T.
I didn't realise their were women like that. Maybe she has a dark secret, I don't know an XP-Fetish or something?
We use bog, or the mile high club, dependant on the circumstances.