So which CPU offers the lowest latency in optimal conditions? For which OS? Does one perform context switches faster? Do either support any QoS features?
I have to agree, I've currently got a 5110 -- and although it doesn't really have the features of the newer models (3200 series) or isn't as sexy as the 8810, it is the best phone I've ever had. GSM beats all analogue and other digital systems I've used. Battery life is great, and things like SMS are really useful. I usually go 7 days between charges, and it never runs out either.
Simply, if you like gadgets, Nokia phones are for you, if not, they still are, just don't play the games!
NT is bloated, poorly designed, and a pain in the ass to manage.
Well, I can agree with 2 out of those 3 points, but I do have to disagree with your second point.
NT is not poorly designed -- internally. The kernel is elegant, and a lot of very good design went into it. The (true) Win32 sub-system is very easy to code for and is very powerful.
I believe there is a difference in approach that some people can't see past when comparing systems. I would hope that people would try to look objectively, but they rarely do.
NT is a great system, with a layer that came out of the marketing dept. sitting on top. It needs maturity.
I now use an internet-based bill payment system through my bank, prior to that I used the telephone banking system (also through my bank)
They both work very well. I get my bills in the post (they still include a return envelope to post a cheque in). It took me a long time to actually get a cheque book, but I have yet to write one out. They serve little or no purpose anymore!
Remember that in terms of the date 08/28/888, zero is simply a matter of format, not of content. You remove the issue of zero simply by specifying a different format -- 8/28/888, or from where I come from -- 28/8/888:)
It seems to me that the importance of version numbers is simply to distinguish between versions. Any and all information that they carry should be documented as appropriate for those concerned. It is this meta-data that can ultimately be related back to a single version. I would see very little benefit in encoding any information into a versioning scheme, simply because there is so much information possible to put into it -- not much is relevant by itself. So long as the developers can manage changes, engineers and users can install correct versions, and marketing people can invent new product names and numbers, it simply works.
Well, being in New Zealand as I type, I can assure you that your average new year involves a large amount of societal collapse anyway. If it didn't it would be a fairly embarrasing new year. Woohoo... we will be first nation to have televised mass-destruction!
What you have described is pretty much exactly the situation we have here in New Zealand with Telecom (NZ)
However, I suspect we did our deregulation a little earlier and now have had significant decreases in call prices. Local calls are still free (as provided for in law) too.
I am proud to say that I am no-longer a Telecom customer for my home service or my cell-phone service. Options at last!
I even hear that cable modems will be available next month!
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I use a couple of PA-RISC boxes. They rock. Most stable boxes I've ever dealt with, and they handle unexpected load like a dream.
:) but not so stable IME.
If I were shopping for a Unix box (and money wasn't first on my mind!) I'd get HPs.
I just wish they'd give you an ANSI C compiler (as in free).
Sequent NUMAs are nice too (sorry IBM
Very good point.
So which CPU offers the lowest latency in optimal conditions? For which OS? Does one perform context switches faster? Do either support any QoS features?
I got a couple of dual boards very cheap (used) but I've never even seen a 4-way board in local stores, or on the used-bits-circuit.
Would be nice, I have to say!
Cool, I didn't know that. I may actually buy one then! (being in New Zealand...)
Simply, if you like gadgets, Nokia phones are for you, if not, they still are, just don't play the games!
Well, I can agree with 2 out of those 3 points, but I do have to disagree with your second point.
NT is not poorly designed -- internally. The kernel is elegant, and a lot of very good design went into it. The (true) Win32 sub-system is very easy to code for and is very powerful.
I believe there is a difference in approach that some people can't see past when comparing systems. I would hope that people would try to look objectively, but they rarely do.
NT is a great system, with a layer that came out of the marketing dept. sitting on top. It needs maturity.
They both work very well. I get my bills in the post (they still include a return envelope to post a cheque in). It took me a long time to actually get a cheque book, but I have yet to write one out. They serve little or no purpose anymore!
Enough said.
I second that motion!
Remember that in terms of the date 08/28/888, zero is simply a matter of format, not of content. You remove the issue of zero simply by specifying a different format -- 8/28/888, or from where I come from -- 28/8/888 :)
Does anyone know what an industrial passive backplane case is?
I can get them real cheap, a local seller has them on the web site (for $5, new!) and it says they are suitable for wall or rack mounting.
Any ideas?
It seems to me that the importance of version numbers is simply to distinguish between versions. Any and all information that they carry should be documented as appropriate for those concerned. It is this meta-data that can ultimately be related back to a single version. I would see very little benefit in encoding any information into a versioning scheme, simply because there is so much information possible to put into it -- not much is relevant by itself. So long as the developers can manage changes, engineers and users can install correct versions, and marketing people can invent new product names and numbers, it simply works.
Right on!
Paul Holmes has driven me away from TVNZ. First the election coverage (the worst I've ever seen) and now this...
Well, being in New Zealand as I type, I can assure you that your average new year involves a large amount of societal collapse anyway. If it didn't it would be a fairly embarrasing new year. Woohoo... we will be first nation to have televised mass-destruction!
What you have described is pretty much exactly the situation we have here in New Zealand with Telecom (NZ)
However, I suspect we did our deregulation a little earlier and now have had significant decreases in call prices. Local calls are still free (as provided for in law) too.
I am proud to say that I am no-longer a Telecom customer for my home service or my cell-phone service. Options at last!
I even hear that cable modems will be available next month!
Hurrah!