That's because if the process is sleeping, Linux keeps it in swap so it can use your memory for things that _do_ help you, _right_now_: Disk cache.
You may disagree with the sentiment, but you get benefits fro it all the time. All those gettys that you're not using? Init? Portmap? Pump? devfsd? lpd? atd? cron? xinit? Those are swapped out, and they won't be wasting your RAM until you want to use them (and then, it's not "wasting").
But yes, for extremely large programs, it'd be swell if Linux (or anything) could predict you'll want something before you actually want it.
I wonder how Cactus is planning that. Whatever the
case, it will take two shakes of a lamb's tail to subvert it.
If I wanted to create a stumbling block (and an impassable wall is impossible, as demonstrated many times over), then I'd look at encoding techniques of compression functions, and insert noise or disturb the sound at an interval relatively prime to the period of the compression function (if there is one), so that in compressing, the noise jumps out to be as loud as the target music.
But then, who wants to buy those CDs?
Screw this! I'm going back to LPs! Who's with me?!
Using spaces is fine, unless you expect other people to edit your code. If everyone uses tabs ("tab" being an general (in that tab stops can be set to _anything_!) way to specify an indent!) then everyone can be happy.
The clincher is that _you_have_to _learn_to_use_your_friggin_tool!_ If you don't know how to get lpr, less, or vi to show your indentions how you want, then you should RTFM!
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Don't collaberate much? Try diff'ing and getting something useful.
If you have a recent mac, then holding (IIRC) shift (or option?) at boot will give a selection menu of "folders" that have blessed (=bootable) directories.
If your Mac is older than a few months, but still new-world, you should use yaboot to do it.
(If it's an old-world mac, your're out-of-luck as far as booting OSX and MacOS easily, but Linux should still be bootable with BootX.)
The very power of the deCSS mirrors is their association -- they have none. There's no authority or listing of who has what, so would-be litigators are hard-pressed to do anything about it.
In creating a 'membership', you are creating a mechanism for the dismemberment.
Listen attentively for a few moments, then ask them to hold a moment -- you'll ``be right back.''
Put down the phone. Leave it.
Time wasted listening to your carpet decay is time they can't spend harassing you or others. Sure, you'll get future calls, but it's kinda fun to bite into their cold-calling productivity.
It seems as though the ``blatant stupidity'' of plain old slashdot readers is going to promote your question up to Adams, who'll growl (in his stuffy British accent) ``Idiots! I'm _DOUGLAS_!''
You can buy 100 packs of OEM L. MouseMan for like $500 -- five bucks each! Or, you can buy the common comsumer-grade make-it-black- so-it's-cooler MouseMans for $16 each, or you can buy the WingMan (make it graphite-grey, and the put-racing-stripes-on-it!-quality) for $40.
Who wants a mouseman? If we get a pool (of ~70 commitments) -- I'll buy and sell 'em at cost.
V4 will/does have good multihead support, so you could run one server with two displays, (think ``:0.0'' and ``:0.1'').
_Also_ there's a swell idea called 'Xinerama' that is similar to multihead (id est, it still uses several monitors), but ALL as a single DISPLAY. Want another xterm? Drag that man-page rxvt up to the third monitor so you can code in the tree xterms side-by-side.
- chad The config file is particularly nicer to read and write, too.
In short, there's some nice new features, but only if you're itching to use them should you change versions.
If selling the haradware with the contents usable is distributing binaries, then putting the source on there, in exactly the same form, is distributing the source.
> I don't suppose you actually bothered to check > out Mike Huben's criticisms of Ms. Rand, did you > (the link Jafac posted)?
If I had said ``Rand was a swell person'', then Jafac's response would have been apropriate. I'm talking about antitrust -- however did the subject of a dead author arise?
The response to Netscape was not a moral crime, and it shouldn't be attached to the idea that Windows98 is worse for it. It's not as though the organization in question could not afford to hire more coders.
At most, this should boil down to a class-action suit against Microsoft for having such bugs in their software. It's envy, hate, and desire for retribution driving this case, IMO.
- chad (atheist beer-hating linux-user-since-1.2.13)
> All laws are arbitrary in that they protect the > weak from the strong. Or maybe you beleive that > the strong should be allowed to do anything > that they please. If you do believe that then > you are a moron.
Slashdot Mirror
That's because if the process is sleeping, Linux keeps it in swap so it can use your memory for things that _do_ help you, _right_now_: Disk cache.
You may disagree with the sentiment, but you get benefits fro it all the time. All those gettys that you're not using? Init? Portmap? Pump? devfsd? lpd? atd? cron? xinit? Those are swapped out, and they won't be wasting your RAM until you want to use them (and then, it's not "wasting").
But yes, for extremely large programs, it'd be swell if Linux (or anything) could predict you'll want something before you actually want it.
I'm one of those pre-uid geezers who found this place after checking Rob's page for AfterStep (not WindowMaker!) "wharf" apps.
Funny -- I bought a Multia about the same time, and spent many hours fiddling around with it. (Because it was cool -- and face it -- slow.)
I wonder how Cactus is planning that. Whatever the
case, it will take two shakes of a lamb's tail to subvert it.
If I wanted to create a stumbling block (and an impassable wall is impossible, as demonstrated many times over), then I'd look at encoding techniques of compression functions, and insert noise or disturb the sound at an interval relatively prime to the period of the compression function (if there is one), so that in compressing, the noise jumps out to be as loud as the target music.
But then, who wants to buy those CDs?
Screw this! I'm going back to LPs! Who's with me?!
Now _that's_ funny.
The source rag in question is written in English, though produced by the PRC. pee are oh pee gee ay en dee ay.
"3" what? 3 tabs?
Using spaces is fine, unless you expect other people to edit your code. If everyone uses tabs ("tab" being an general (in that tab stops can be set to _anything_!) way to specify an indent!) then everyone can be happy.
The clincher is that _you_have_to _learn_to_use_your_friggin_tool!_ If you don't know how to get lpr, less, or vi to show your indentions how you want, then you should RTFM!
Don't collaberate much? Try diff'ing and getting something useful.
If you have a recent mac, then holding (IIRC) shift (or option?) at boot will give a selection menu of "folders" that have blessed (=bootable) directories.
If your Mac is older than a few months, but still new-world, you should use yaboot to do it.
(If it's an old-world mac, your're out-of-luck as far as booting OSX and MacOS easily, but Linux should still be bootable with BootX.)
...and connect to it.
I use Debian on my black 1999 Lombard PowerBook. Man, it's sweet.
The very power of the deCSS mirrors is their association -- they have none. There's no authority or listing of who has what, so would-be litigators are hard-pressed to do anything about it.
In creating a 'membership', you are creating a mechanism for the dismemberment.
Listen attentively for a few moments, then ask them to hold a moment -- you'll ``be right back.''
Put down the phone. Leave it.
Time wasted listening to your carpet decay is time they can't spend harassing you or others. Sure, you'll get future calls, but it's kinda fun to bite into their cold-calling productivity.
It seems as though the ``blatant stupidity'' of plain old slashdot readers is going to promote your question up to Adams, who'll growl (in his stuffy British accent) ``Idiots! I'm _DOUGLAS_!''
Man! slashdot is great.
You can buy 100 packs of OEM L. MouseMan for like
$500 -- five bucks each! Or, you can buy the common comsumer-grade make-it-black- so-it's-cooler MouseMans for $16 each, or you can buy the WingMan (make it graphite-grey, and the put-racing-stripes-on-it!-quality) for $40.
Who wants a mouseman? If we get a pool (of ~70 commitments) -- I'll buy and sell 'em at cost.
Them's parts, not fuel. How often do you buy new
sprockets, fans, seats, and plastic widgets for your car? Almost never, eh?
The Beef Industry's a bigger FUD-maker than them all.
Tho, the carbs and fiber are a bit low, also. You're right, in some respect.
Now, _that's_ funny.
V4 will/does have good multihead support, so you could run one server with two displays, (think ``:0.0'' and ``:0.1'').
_Also_ there's a swell idea called 'Xinerama' that is similar to multihead (id est, it still uses several monitors), but ALL as a single DISPLAY.
Want another xterm? Drag that man-page rxvt up to the third monitor so you can code in the tree xterms side-by-side.
- chad
The config file is particularly nicer to read and write, too.
In short, there's some nice new features, but only if you're itching to use them should you change versions.
See this excellent article:
http://web.chad.org/var/doc/gamers- are-killers/
What does it mean to make the binaries available?
Put the sources on your closed, inaccessable box.
If selling the haradware with the contents usable
is distributing binaries, then putting the source
on there, in exactly the same form, is distributing the source.
> I don't suppose you actually bothered to check
> out Mike Huben's criticisms of Ms. Rand, did you
> (the link Jafac posted)?
If I had said ``Rand was a swell person'', then Jafac's response would have been apropriate. I'm talking about antitrust -- however did the subject of a dead author arise?
The response to Netscape was not a moral crime, and it shouldn't be attached to the idea that Windows98 is worse for it. It's not as though the organization in question could not afford to hire more coders.
At most, this should boil down to a class-action suit against Microsoft for having such bugs in their software. It's envy, hate, and desire for retribution driving this case, IMO.
- chad (atheist beer-hating linux-user-since-1.2.13)
> All laws are arbitrary in that they protect the
> weak from the strong. Or maybe you beleive that
> the strong should be allowed to do anything
> that they please. If you do believe that then
> you are a moron.
We disgree on terms. See my clarification.
> The sick and the weak need the law to protect
> them from people who would kill them for their
> food.
_Everyone_ deserves protection from thugs and mobs of canibalistic haters-of-success.
Yah, if you can't attack the ideas, attack the bearer of them.