But what a lost opportunity for a Reboot Fix, in the grand tradition of MSware throughout history. Just think, an automatic reboot for your robot car, plane, spaceship... and it just keeps going! (or, more properly, starts going again -- now, where was I?)
The decTOP is a tiny AMD Geode-based box that consumes a total of about 8 watts, doesn't have a fan, runs Linux, and the only noise is the hard drive. With a flash-based drive, the power would drop to around 5 watts, perhaps, and it'd be totally silent.
The 1 watt AMD Geode in the decTOP runs at 366 MHz and makes a fine light-duty server.
Government created the copyright/patent monopolies -- and the citizens fund and enforce them through taxes. The original intent of Copyrights and Patents was a give and take relationship between those enforcers and the copyright/patent holders.
No, copyright holders do not have a right to my taxes to fund their artificial monopoly in perpetuity. bleah.
Here's an old one and a new one in the same genre. These are internet-only multiplayer strategy games. Both can be played by telnet, TLR can also be played via browser but it's far less immersive that way.
New: Space Tyrant (GPL'd): telnet ioresort 9999 Old: TLR (not open source... the code sucks:( telnet ioresort 23
In fact it will only get worse as technology coverage is handed to newer, less-qualified observers who simply cannot use a Microsoft Windows computer.
Heh. Now there's an argument the WinMedia didn't use against Linux. I'm not sure it speaks well of Windows though.
Meanwhile, some of the Unix sysadmins I know have recently switched to a Mac.
Therefore, if the non-technological end of the market goes to Apple because they 'simply cannot use a Microsoft Windows computer' and the tech-savvy are running Linux (and/or Mac's), what will become of Windows?
It sounds almost like Dvorak is trying to say 'Windows is dying!'??
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The OpenBSD songs, while not as popular as some alternatives, contain fully audited lyrics and music, and are among the most secure compositions you can play on a computer.
We have a 2-node RAC in place with plans to add two additional nodes over the next few weeks. We're using GigE and it's working perfectly. Unfortunately, only two GEthernet ports were spec'd originally, so we're also adding a third so we can have a redundant interconnect, heh. -- Barebones computer reviews
Yes, and various other prediction in history were 100% wrong -- until the actual event happened. Then they were suddenly transformed into accurate predictions.
It's that 'never changing' conventional wisdom that causes so many surprises to look so obvious in retrospect once the shift happens.
The chances of dying in a terrorist attack are about 10,000 times smaller than dying in a car accident.
I have to call BS on this one. There've been, what, ~3500 terrorist-caused deaths in the US in the past decade? With your math, there must have been 35,000,000 US car accident deaths in that same decade. Traffic deaths, however, are closer to about 40,000 a year -- not 3,500,000 a year.
Is this art? A human designed the algorithms and the structures of the images involved with artistic intent. The images themselves were generated entirely by a computer and random number generator.
Using tools to assist a human generating art doesn't disqualify the product as art in itself. Adding randomness doesn't disqualify it either, as at least one famous piece shows (in 'qualified' opinion, anyway).
The line is more blurred than you suggest, I think.
CAN-SPAM is easiest defined by what it is not; it is simply the opposite of an imaginary CAN'T-SPAM act. In order to ban spam you first have to define it. Any gaps left in the definition, therefore, are implicitly legal. Hence, CAN-spam.
They don't specify, but I suspect by "backed DB server" they mean "IBM zSeries running Oracle" not "Dell Poweredge running MySQL". From the amount of data that goes on, and the fact that multiple actual game servers talk to one backend DB, I'm betting it's big iron from IBM, Sun or the like.
Say it ain't so! The price/performance ratio on 'big iron' sucks. When using multiple machines, it's far, far cheaper to simply set up spare systems for failover. To compete effectively with Google for example, buying mainframes with abysmal price/performance would be the only fatal mistake you would need to make in order to lose the war.
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Ok, so the headline is bogus...
But what a lost opportunity for a Reboot Fix, in the grand tradition of MSware throughout history. Just think, an automatic reboot for your robot car, plane, spaceship... and it just keeps going! (or, more properly, starts going again -- now, where was I?)
Many Unnecessarily Large Tables In Core Simultaneously.
I think we know what Linux stole from MULTICS!
The decTOP is a tiny AMD Geode-based box that consumes a total of about 8 watts, doesn't have a fan, runs Linux, and the only noise is the hard drive. With a flash-based drive, the power would drop to around 5 watts, perhaps, and it'd be totally silent.
The 1 watt AMD Geode in the decTOP runs at 366 MHz and makes a fine light-duty server.
Government created the copyright/patent monopolies -- and the citizens fund and enforce them through taxes. The original intent of Copyrights and Patents was a give and take relationship between those enforcers and the copyright/patent holders.
No, copyright holders do not have a right to my taxes to fund their artificial monopoly in perpetuity. bleah.
er... that should be: telnet ioresort.com 9999
.com... and, no, preview didn't help at all, heh
I forgot the
Here's an old one and a new one in the same genre. These are internet-only multiplayer strategy games. Both can be played by telnet, TLR can also be played via browser but it's far less immersive that way.
:( telnet ioresort 23
New: Space Tyrant (GPL'd): telnet ioresort 9999
Old: TLR (not open source... the code sucks
In fact it will only get worse as technology coverage is handed to newer, less-qualified observers who simply cannot use a Microsoft Windows computer.
Heh. Now there's an argument the WinMedia didn't use against Linux. I'm not sure it speaks well of Windows though.
Meanwhile, some of the Unix sysadmins I know have recently switched to a Mac.
Therefore, if the non-technological end of the market goes to Apple because they 'simply cannot use a Microsoft Windows computer' and the tech-savvy are running Linux (and/or Mac's), what will become of Windows?
It sounds almost like Dvorak is trying to say 'Windows is dying!'??
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The Summer of Code can only lead to...
The Fall of programming progress...
The Winter of endless loop hibernation -- a bitter code spell, indeed...
And the Spring of 1000 bugs! (looks like time to gear up for another Summer of Code, eh?)
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Minimalist barebones computer, motherboard, and CPU reviews.
It's clear and beautiful here and I now live in a place with an unobstructed view of the sky. Perfect! Now, let's see... what time do I have to get out there... 12:00 GMT, October 17... The 17th?! D'oh!
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I'm holding out for a web server that runs on my iPod. Meanwhile, I guess I'll have to make do with the next best thing.
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Another source of tutorials for WoW newbies is WoW-Camp. It contains a fair amount of leveling info.
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The OpenBSD songs, while not as popular as some alternatives, contain fully audited lyrics and music, and are among the most secure compositions you can play on a computer.
For use on conventional CD players, there is little security advantage to running OpenBSD songs.
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We have a 2-node RAC in place with plans to add two additional nodes over the next few weeks. We're using GigE and it's working perfectly. Unfortunately, only two GEthernet ports were spec'd originally, so we're also adding a third so we can have a redundant interconnect, heh.
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Indeed. Good viruses are bad for quite a few reasons.
For example, how do you 'control' a brilliant white-hat worm when the code is in the hands of a black-hat?
Evidently, Taco doesn't read /.
...This thing would be slashdotted before even 1 comment went up!
Yes, and various other prediction in history were 100% wrong -- until the actual event happened. Then they were suddenly transformed into accurate predictions.
It's that 'never changing' conventional wisdom that causes so many surprises to look so obvious in retrospect once the shift happens.
I'll proclaim US high schools and Microsoft obsolete...
I agree with them too?! I gotta go reexamine my premises...
The chances of dying in a terrorist attack are about 10,000 times smaller than dying in a car accident.
I have to call BS on this one. There've been, what, ~3500 terrorist-caused deaths in the US in the past decade? With your math, there must have been 35,000,000 US car accident deaths in that same decade. Traffic deaths, however, are closer to about 40,000 a year -- not 3,500,000 a year.
Is this art? A human designed the algorithms and the structures of the images involved with artistic intent. The images themselves were generated entirely by a computer and random number generator.
Using tools to assist a human generating art doesn't disqualify the product as art in itself. Adding randomness doesn't disqualify it either, as at least one famous piece shows (in 'qualified' opinion, anyway).
The line is more blurred than you suggest, I think.
CAN-SPAM is easiest defined by what it is not; it
is simply the opposite of an imaginary CAN'T-SPAM
act. In order to ban spam you first have to
define it. Any gaps left in the definition, therefore, are implicitly legal. Hence, CAN-spam.
Heh.
They don't specify, but I suspect by "backed DB server" they mean "IBM zSeries running Oracle" not "Dell Poweredge running MySQL". From the amount of data that goes on, and the fact that multiple actual game servers talk to one backend DB, I'm betting it's big iron from IBM, Sun or the like.
Say it ain't so! The price/performance ratio on 'big iron' sucks. When using multiple machines, it's far, far cheaper to simply set up spare systems for failover. To compete effectively with Google for example, buying mainframes with abysmal price/performance would be the only fatal mistake you would need to make in order to lose the war.
...will he stop this silly stunt?
;)
Hmmm... that brings up an idea... maybe
I'll do a crazy stunt and see if people
offer me jobs to get me to stop.
I've got a server that's been hosted by a local provider since 1999... It's a Celeron 366 Slot 1!.
My calculators are at least 10 years.
However, I seem to be sending more and more money to Apple lately... The trend continues.