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  1. Re:It IS good for us. on Outsourcing is Good for You · · Score: 1
    If outsourcing jobs creates jobs, where are they?
    there
  2. Re:Note: Here, Single is Better on Dual Caches for Dual-core Chips · · Score: 1
    Isn't the Opteron like, 100m^2?
    100m^2? The ENIAC maybe be, certainly not the Opteron. ;)
  3. Re:Note: Here, Single is Better on Dual Caches for Dual-core Chips · · Score: 1
    Surely there's a synchronization cost if both cpus are accessing the same resource.
    You have synchronization in dual cache too because there must be away for them to tell each other when it is being modified.

    More, with dual cache, synchronization may actually be worse because it's two "distant" units that need to be synchronized instead of one cache telling itself to not give the data to the other processor yet.
    You can tell something to yourself at least as fast as (and hopefully faster than) you can tell someone else.
  4. Re:mmmm cores on Dual Caches for Dual-core Chips · · Score: -1, Troll

    You must be new here, don't you that know *BSD are dead?

  5. Re:How to change your pirated XP key on Windows XP SP2 In Release · · Score: 1
    From your post:
    If you're using one of the two widely pirated keys for XP [...], SP1 didn't install for you,

    From your link:
    How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP SP1-based computer

    Am I missing something here?
  6. Re:Good security on Microsoft has Delayed SP2, Again · · Score: 1
    What? You mean

    display_loading_logo();
    display_BSoD();

    doesn't work?!
    I don't know but I would not be surprised if display_BSoD() doesn't work as advertised and has some ugly bugs.
  7. Good security on Microsoft has Delayed SP2, Again · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yea, if 3 out of 5 machines failed to come back up, it needs some polishing.
    Yes, until 5 out of 5 machines fail to come back up, there will be security issues.
    The thing I don't understand is why it takes so long to prevent all machines from booting....
  8. Re:You're kidding me on Around The Country Without Gasoline · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's surprising, I'm more used to scooting poopers

  9. Re:Boobs bad, violence is good on PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship · · Score: 1

    No, no, please, I'm just bleeding, my shirt is really white.

  10. Re:Boobs bad, violence is good on PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship · · Score: 1

    It helped me react to the situation better, and more quickly than I think I otherwise would have

    And how many people will just freeze in place or panic to the point of hindering the rescue team? I don't have numbers, but from what I read, it seems that people are more subject to freeze/panic than anything else in such situation.

    The problem is not about desensitization in itself, it's about not understanding what violence really is and what the consequences are.
    Not being afraid of blood is good, not being afraid of shoutout is good, thinking that it's normal to beat someone up because you don't like his shirt color is not good.

  11. Re:Fired? on AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Sure, one can file any number of frivolous suits; that alone doesn't establish just cause (i.e. it will get thrown out on demurrer).

    I don't know about that particular case (I'm not even sure that it's not an hoax) but the thing is that you can file a frivolous lawsuit and win
  12. Re:Fired? on AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme · · Score: 2, Insightful
    And I don't think anyone can argue that there's cause here.
    You want to bet? This is America, where people dry their cat in the microwave and then sue manufacturer for not telling them it would kill it!!
  13. Re:It's called a "wife" on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    And it's also very complicated to use. I still don't understand how this thing works. More often than not, when I want it to do something, I end up doing it. Worse, sometimes I don't ask for anything and I end up doing something still :(

  14. Re:Raid 1, 0+1, or 5.. on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 1

    You don't want to use RAID 0+1 (aka 01) you want RAID 1+0 (aka 10).
    See my other post

  15. Re:search the fscking google on Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver? · · Score: 1
    You should go with RAID 0+1
    Wrong, you don't want a RAID 0+1, you want RAID 1+0. In the RAID 0+1, you are more likely to lose your data if two disks fails.
    If you have four drives A, B, C and D. RAID 0+1 is about building two RAID 0 (A+B and C+D) which you then combine in a RAID 1. RAID 1+0 is two RAID 1 which you them combine in a RAID 0.

    In the case of RAID 0+1, if A fails, A+B isn't usable anymore and you get your data from C+D. So if C or D fails, you're screwed. So, if a second drive fails, 2/3 of the time, you lose all your data.
    In the case of RAID 1+0, if A fails, you get your data for B and (C+D). So you get screw only if B fails. If a second drive fails, you lose all your data only 1/3 of tihe time.

    See that page
  16. Re:Now you're talking Profiling on Java Faster Than C++? · · Score: 1

    What about the unfair advantage that C++ is natively compiled for a specific processor (and thus optimized for it) while Java is compiled for a virtual machine?
    What about the unfair advantage that C++ programmers can do tricks with pointers to make their application run faster while Java programmers can't?

    The two languages, while similar, are not identical. So you can always find the benchmark biased if you want to. It all depend on the "rules" you give yourself.
    If the benchmark is about coding an application that does something specific, it doesn't matter how the thing is done. If the program use a time machine to give the answer faster, that fine with me even if the real processing times is 100x slower than when using another language/environment.

  17. Re:anybody compiled it yet on Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL · · Score: 2

    Don't confuse C++ and "Managed C++". Managed C++ is a C++ like language that is compiled to run on a .NET virtual machine. Regular C++ doesn't need a virtual machine to run.

    Visual Studio .NET supports both regular C++ and managed C++.
    If you see C++ and C# used together to describe a framework/compiler/..., chances are that it's really about managed C++.
    I didn't look at Mono but if they say that they have a C++ compiler, it's very likely that they actually have a managed C++ compiler.

  18. Re:anybody compiled it yet on Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, it's not built on .NET, it's regular C++. It was programmed using Visual Studio .NET and uses MFC for the GUI.

  19. Re:It's crap like this that... on Canon Digital Rebel Hacked Into A Pseudo-10D · · Score: 1
    <i>PS: the commies are <---- this way .. to the LEFT you know! :-)</i>
    No, no, they are
    |
    |
    V
    that way, one the other side of earth (China).
    ...Or is it there
    \
    _\|
    (Cuba on a map)?
    __^__
    |\|/|
    <-0->
    |/|\|
    --V--
    Argh, they are everywehere

    (admire my l337 sills in ASCII arts!)
  20. Re:Feelings on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'm usually on campus when I'm moving my gear around - so I just look like another student. Who wants to steal my books anyway?
    Could you provide a picture of you and what campus you go to, please?
  21. Re:Maybe you are the problem on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Hmmm... Let's suppose, for just a moment, that you will take everyone's guns away. Make it a crime to carry a gun. Ok, now take a deep breath and think about this next one before answering it: Will the thieves also give up their guns? Or will they be empowered because suddenly they are the only ones with guns? Think this one through very carefully.
    Did you think that one through? If we follow through your reasonning, what you are basically suggesting is to banish all laws because criminals don't obey them anyway.
  22. Re:Wow, only 64 MB of RAM? on Mozilla's Mini-Me · · Score: 1

    it only requires 64 MB of RAM
    Where did you see that? I read that the choice device has 64MB of physical memory. AFAIK, in most such devices, this includes the files on the "disk", the OS on the "disk", the runtime data for both OS and applications,...
    And if you RTFA, you'll see that Minimo uses only 25MB.

    And even then, "formatting pictures" can use quite a bit a memory (see various 3D games)

  23. Re:spammers on Semacode - Hyperlinks For The Real World · · Score: 1

    I was going to mod you up, but given your signature, I'm not going to.
    And if I didn't feel like warning others, I would mod you Troll +1.

  24. Re:Don't panic, this is called life on Who's Behind the Shower Curtain? · · Score: 1

    Every time you breath, you inhale pollen, dust mites, various chemical vapors, and all sorts of organic detritus.
    [...]
    take a deep breath


    Yeah, right!

  25. Re:As my head explodes.... on Postfix 2.1 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, no, you don't get it, it's because of all the filters. It fixes posts. So now, pe0ple kan wreite az badi az the want & get there pausts fyxt too a corekt form@t. This is a big help for spam filtering, no more v.iagr@, v1 gra, and stuff.

    I wonder if this technology would work for /. to spelling.