It really seems that a BIOS comes down to two things here:
- Some mobo specific code (incl boot configuraion) - a small, instant-on OS.
Why not CLEARLY SEPARATE the two ? Imagine the hacking possibilities ! After all, it would need some basic tailoring of the OS but cross-compiling a propoer kernel could take care of that. After all, custom kernels in x86 binary code is not exactly new !
A lean, instant on OS, user downloadable (without messing with scary & dangerous mobo specific - the real BIOS) with basic graphical GUI, fs drivers, a simple editor, would be awesome for some of us ! (repair, diskless PCs...) Imagine fun hybrid OS things (part in CMOS, part in Hard drive) !
Just add some memory and an option not to load the MBR from CMOS. The Hardware is there isn't it ?
Well, varying speed (AMD speedstep ?) desktop processors aside, I don't think this is true.
Executing a NOP at full speed does, I'd think, use much less circuitry in the CPU than a SSE2 fp multiplication. Why do my processor temperature rise 5C between idle and full speed modes (games) ?
And for the CPU usage, when did you change your CPU because it died on you under normal operation (ie not switching it on/off, nor pouring beer on it) ?
I think that with the globalization of P2P networks, and the fact that volunteer subtitiles are quite simple to produce, more and more movies (and especially those with high 'geek-appeal') will need to be out simultaneously.
If I can see a divx a few month before a movie on divx I would have been able to see in a theatre, I'll only go to see only good movies which are worth the 8 euros I'll have to pay to see it on big screen, which might be less than "every movie".
30K seems a lot for a mobile greeting card. Given the 9.6 kbps (bits, not bytes) standard data rate (you can have more but you can rely on 9.6), that's 30s of download !
And just think of the pleasure to use games where 3x3 is supposed to be the pattern used for keys ? Like, 2 for going down, 8 for up, 4 for left... you get the idea.
I know, I'm the first to look for screenshots, but antialiased filesystems are a bit too much, maybe.
That's a good thing I think to separate filesystem and document storage. Better than vfs : either it's plain fs (simple == good for admin), or sophisticated document retrieval architecture with richer semantics than a tree (or graphs if you count links).
And then, do not let GUI apps show you the filesystem, only storage system.
Whoah ! Whadaya think, dude, people, like, gotta go to da jail when they use slang ?
I'm French, and I assume no one ever gets to jail for speaking bad words, we only have a formal language definition (Academia, that's its name in french), which proposes a dictionnary. It's not the only one, you're never required to use it. But it's there, and while sometime the french word they propose for english computer vocabulary is awkward (le mel), sometimes the translations are good (like software translated as logiciel) and widely used. mel is never used.
What was enforced by law, though, was (supposedly it's still the case), when you'd use an english wording on an advert ("Just do it",...), you have to translate it as well.(think sometimes babelfish translations)
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It really seems that a BIOS comes down to two things here :
...) Imagine fun hybrid OS things (part in CMOS, part in Hard drive) !
- Some mobo specific code (incl boot configuraion)
- a small, instant-on OS.
Why not CLEARLY SEPARATE the two ? Imagine the hacking possibilities ! After all, it would need some basic tailoring of the OS but cross-compiling a propoer kernel could take care of that. After all, custom kernels in x86 binary code is not exactly new !
A lean, instant on OS, user downloadable (without messing with scary & dangerous mobo specific - the real BIOS) with basic graphical GUI, fs drivers, a simple editor, would be awesome for some of us ! (repair, diskless PCs
Just add some memory and an option not to load the MBR from CMOS. The Hardware is there isn't it ?
does that include every discussions & threads ?
that's an interesting point however.
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Is slashdot content open/free ?
Can we download Slashdot and archive it ourselves ? Hell, some +5 posts might be interesting to keep.
Final question : how big is
given the target audience, HXR1337 would've been a better name.
"25 miles per gallon in liter per 100 km" put into google calc (magic!) is about 9.41 L/100km fur us non-units-impaired people.
Well, varying speed (AMD speedstep ?) desktop processors aside, I don't think this is true.
Executing a NOP at full speed does, I'd think, use much less circuitry in the CPU than a SSE2 fp multiplication.
Why do my processor temperature rise 5C between idle and full speed modes (games) ?
And for the CPU usage, when did you change your CPU because it died on you under normal operation (ie not switching it on/off, nor pouring beer on it) ?
I think that with the globalization of P2P networks, and the fact that volunteer subtitiles are quite simple to produce, more and more movies (and especially those with high 'geek-appeal') will need to be out simultaneously.
If I can see a divx a few month before a movie on divx I would have been able to see in a theatre, I'll only go to see only good movies which are worth the 8 euros I'll have to pay to see it on big screen, which might be less than "every movie".
30K seems a lot for a mobile greeting card.
Given the 9.6 kbps (bits, not bytes) standard data rate (you can have more but you can rely on 9.6), that's 30s of download !
If I am right, 5k would be a more useful contest.
Well, for this pro-audio work, you have to test Ardour and a Hammerfall card (pro audio stuff with drivers available under linux).
And when your hit is hitting charts, don't forget to give some paypal money to the guys of this awesome project ! (which I am not part of)
Brain overclocking ! ... so , when are we going to see l337 peltier coolers on OC heads ? Or leds showing thinking activity ?
MMhh
The only people with privacy will be nudists. ...
in a glass houses society ? Don't think so
If you open that door fast enough.
Hint : if you don't want your server being hit, don't put a link to it on /. front page !
Other possibility : require flash player on the front page with no alt text for the only visible thing on your site.
In soviet russia, new robot overlords welcome US !
And just think of the pleasure to use games where 3x3 is supposed to be the pattern used for keys ? ... you get the idea.
Like, 2 for going down, 8 for up, 4 for left
Well, DUH ! Anyone knows that the PC you get with XP is MUCH faster than the one with DOS !!
See? XP is faster !
Where have you been ?
except 286 were at, xt were 8086 & 8088.
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Ahem, considering the article, I think we're allowed to post about anything here.
.. does puking on CDs counts as biotech, too ?
Er,
this PC is da bomb, man !
First thought it was about pr0n or Kazaa (or using blink tags), but no.
I know, I'm the first to look for screenshots, but antialiased filesystems are a bit too much, maybe.
That's a good thing I think to separate filesystem and document storage. Better than vfs : either it's plain fs (simple == good for admin), or sophisticated document retrieval architecture with richer semantics than a tree (or graphs if you count links).
And then, do not let GUI apps show you the filesystem, only storage system.
/., a "news for good english, stuff that warrants people attention" ?
./ you were reading before
You never been there or what ?
Maybe it was
Because they don't, Robin.
Government has only the right to refuse to call a child with injurious first name (and it really has to be), which is understandable.
Yes, Gandalf will be accepted, I think.
at Unreal Tournament ? Why, some have cool jobs.
formal language police like the French ?
...), you have to translate it as well.(think sometimes babelfish translations)
Whoah ! Whadaya think, dude, people, like, gotta go to da jail when they use slang ?
I'm French, and I assume no one ever gets to jail for speaking bad words, we only have a formal language definition (Academia, that's its name in french), which proposes a dictionnary. It's not the only one, you're never required to use it.
But it's there, and while sometime the french word they propose for english computer vocabulary is awkward (le mel), sometimes the translations are good (like software translated as logiciel) and widely used. mel is never used.
What was enforced by law, though, was (supposedly it's still the case), when you'd use an english wording on an advert ("Just do it",