I don't use KDE, but I use fluxbox so I can use my gigs of ram for actual applications. Until memory is literally free, all you "but memory is so cheap" people can kiss my
You know, I do the same things on my servers since they only have one or maybe two main functions. My desktop, however, is meant to do many things such as play music or browse the web. Because I have enough ram and free cpu cycles to do so, i turn on compwiz and max out the settings. Now, if KDE will allow me to do similar and save me a hundred megs of ram in the process, I will be happy.
Since you obviously need every free bit of ram, I will suggest that you cease caring to respond to any news on KDE. Until memory is literally free, that is.
if it is implemented like HTML Applications (HTA) in windows, this is a moot point.
and yes, microsoft did this years ago and still uses it today (you know that window that pops up when you first install windows 2003 asking what you want to do next?).
kids got to sit with the pilot during a lay over (pre-9/11 again dang I miss the old days)
i recently flew jetblue to new york, and found myself at the very back of the plane. since i was the last passenger to get off, i had a chance to talk to the pilots (no one else was leaving and the crew was prepping the plane for the next flight). it was only a 727-200, but they let me go into the cockpit as far as i could comfortably. the co-pilot even gave me a rundown of most of the gauges. most older pilots are nice and still talk to you and let you in the cockpit. just watch out for the ex-navy pilots, they're pretty cold (although they don't waste time on the tarmac, like the time a pilot swung onto the runway at full throttle and then cut off taxi-ing airplanes on the way to the gate after landing)
doubt it. ever heard of ulimit? any self-respecting unix admin worth salt would limit resources to unprivileged users/applications on their production servers.
this is still pointing to application problem. if you divide by zero in an app, the application goes down. the os continues on gracefully (yes even with nt). unless, of course, they are using kernel mode drivers, then yes your divide by zero can easily crash the os (i'm sure i can take down a linux kernel with a cleverly crafted div by 0 in kernel mode). again, NT was not the cause of the problem.
"We don't think this is a major problem, and people who are having it are obviously too dumb to realize that it's somehow their own fault. Therefore, in order to get this patch, you'll have to call our support line where we will bill you outrageous fees in order to tell you whether you really need the patch or not."
Obviously you have never taken the 5 minutes of time to call them. If they determine you need the patch they give it, and the call , to you free of charge. How do they determine you need the patch? You tell them. Seriously, just call them and say "hey i'm affected by KB so and so, please send me the patch". The tech will get your contact information for an optional survey, you get the patch. You can download the patch, burn it to cd, give it to your grandmother, whatever. The downside is that the patch has not been thoroughly tested (hence why you have to call them).
Microsoft isn't as horrible as everyone makes them out to be. Just like how java isn't slow.
Hopfully not this one... please pause the war while we coldboot the warship and a lot of boxes running mutually interlocking RPC calls can't be that isolated.
From your article: The Yorktown lost control of its propulsion system because its computers were unable to divide by the number zero, the memo said. The Yorktown's Standard Monitoring Control System administrator entered zero into the data field for the Remote Data Base Manager program. That caused the database to overflow and crash all LAN consoles and miniature remote terminal units, the memo said.
As you higher UID's like to say... LOL what?
Because an application divided by 0 and failed, it's NT's fault. Your post is comedic at best
and, you know, allow gigabit over copper. but we don't need that, so lets just do away with this stupid auto MDIX thing. just like how we should have got rid of plug-n-play back in the early 90s.. and usb in the late 90s. stupid technology that has potential just shouldn't get the time of day...
i know you're joking. but this is for the up-and-coming teenagers out there that are looking to get into IT.
while, microsoft is the devil and postgresql can probably satisfy their needs.. you sometimes are tied into products due to upper management (hint: you can always find a semi-competent microsoft admin and pay them around or below market. you can't always find a postgresql admin on demand). if you are not in a director position or directly below, you probably won't have the ability to persuade them. that being said, always know how to work with what you are given. if upper management says "use microsoft products", designing a project around oracle or mysql will get you fired. sql server costs (including operational costs) a fuckton less than oracle with comparable results. if a shop doesn't have a budget for oracle, sql server is usually next up to the plate. additionally, there are times when you don't want to use oracle and have a need for DB2.
the younger you grip this mentality, the faster you will advance.
I beg to differ. Having sane default settings is very much part of the overall quality of a product. For very complex systems, it is insane to require an user to know the meaning and default setting of every parameter, even if the user is an expert.
I beg your pardon? If I am going to pay an engineer $100k/year, they damn well better be an expert at what they do. Again, let's revisit my correct analogy using solaris. Are you telling me an expert solaris admin should not be held responsible when he enables ECHO, DAYTIME, TELNET, RLOGIN, etc and leaves ipfilter wide the fuck open because it's the default and insane for him to know the default setting of COMMON parameters to the OS? If you are this so called "expert", I would not hire you. Hell, I would not even want to work with you. You are probably the type of person that leans on other experts for information.
The fact that SQL server locks on reads can obviously lead to downtime on a heavily used server. If you are running a heavily used server, you probably need a competent sql server admin or programmer. If you have a competent sql server admin/programmer, they know that locks on read can cause major problems. 2 + 2 = 4, the admin/programmer should prevent it from happening. Then again, maybe some people don't care about uptime or they want to save a buck or two. You get what you pay for.
and if you're a programmer or an admin that knows sql server, then you know to disable this before you go into production. again, this is not a problem with the product. saying such would be like saying solaris is trash because it enables everything plus the kitchen sink, unless you tell it not to...
oracle is all great and fun if you have the money to cough up for it. sql server has great performance at a fraction of oracle's cost. of course, a competent architect will know when to use sql server and when to use oracle.
you don't. drill a hole, don't fuck it up, and patch it when you leave. or, if it's a house, put wall plates in the wall. if your landlord asks about it, say your ISP installed it. just make sure you can do a professional job, or get someone that does (cable/telephone companies tend not to ask if you are renting if its a house and you don't live in a neighborhood thats frequently rented out, i.e. college town).
i have ran 100+ ft of cat5 through holes in my rented house before (ghetto method) and, most recently, left wall plates in my basement for future tenants/owners. as long as your walls look normal when you move out, you won't get charged. YMMV
okay so you're one of those ipod users i referenced in my original post. i, on the other hand, do a lot of sound engineering and mastering work for my work and artists that work with my label. the only time mp3 comes out of my mouth is when the track is finished and we're preparing to release a song. i can hear artifacts on a 256kbps mp3 with my headphones. hell anyone who has even WORKED with the mp3 format knows it ruins audio quality. run your favorite 128kbps mp3 through a spectrum analyzer then compare it to the raw wave ripped from the cd. you lose your entire low (60-70hz and below) and high (10khz+) bands. then again if i listened to headphones at an amazingly loud volume or kept a 500watt subwoofer in my car trunk, i probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference either.
sheesh old people these days;) by the way, i'm not talking about listening to music while i'm riding my bike, jogging, or bathing my dog. i'm talking about when i'm laying down on my couch, enjoying music. then the chain-like sound of mp3 encoded cymbol crashes ring out like nails down a chalkboard... helloooooooo uncompressed AAC.
they had fortran, we had basic (soon after, qbasic). they had millions of punch cards, we had millions of 5 1/4" 160KB floppy disks. they had pong, we had test drive (4 color CGA goodness). i think we had a good childhood:-)
i got into computing in 1987 with an 8088 (with a whooping 20mb hd!) i did the unix/dos thing until 92 when i got my hands on windows 3.1. funny thing is my mom actually taught me fortran, which i had zero use for. thats about when i hit the demo scene....
most people don't care about the sound difference between mp3 and cd. hell i have friends who like the over compression of FM radio. i can tell you the difference between 320kbps mp3 and a cd, and anyone who has a quality sound system can hear the difference as well. solution: audio reconstruction. there are many algorithms out there that can simulate the missing highs and lows which is satisfying enough for most people (i have a friend who can't stand the way mp3's fuck up guitars and high hats).
ipods have a few million users as a base, i bet at least 25% (probably way more) use the $0.50 earbuds that came with them. they suck, yet the users are fine with it. apple keeps selling ipods with shitty earphones, users accept the way music sounds. hell even dell's $20 speakerset with subs get rave reviews from my friends who live in college dorms......until they hear my $1300 5.1 setup:-)
i know its a joke, but what do you do when novell and ibm come knocking on your door for that few million dollars SCO owes them? then everyone is out of their mere 100k and darl picks up a new cushy job as a CEO elsewhere.
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I don't use KDE, but I use fluxbox so I can use my gigs of ram for actual applications. Until memory is literally free, all you "but memory is so cheap" people can kiss my
You know, I do the same things on my servers since they only have one or maybe two main functions. My desktop, however, is meant to do many things such as play music or browse the web. Because I have enough ram and free cpu cycles to do so, i turn on compwiz and max out the settings. Now, if KDE will allow me to do similar and save me a hundred megs of ram in the process, I will be happy.
Since you obviously need every free bit of ram, I will suggest that you cease caring to respond to any news on KDE. Until memory is literally free, that is.
if it is implemented like HTML Applications (HTA) in windows, this is a moot point.
and yes, microsoft did this years ago and still uses it today (you know that window that pops up when you first install windows 2003 asking what you want to do next?).
kids got to sit with the pilot during a lay over (pre-9/11 again dang I miss the old days)
i recently flew jetblue to new york, and found myself at the very back of the plane. since i was the last passenger to get off, i had a chance to talk to the pilots (no one else was leaving and the crew was prepping the plane for the next flight). it was only a 727-200, but they let me go into the cockpit as far as i could comfortably. the co-pilot even gave me a rundown of most of the gauges. most older pilots are nice and still talk to you and let you in the cockpit. just watch out for the ex-navy pilots, they're pretty cold (although they don't waste time on the tarmac, like the time a pilot swung onto the runway at full throttle and then cut off taxi-ing airplanes on the way to the gate after landing)
A great way to DoS a server remotely!
doubt it. ever heard of ulimit? any self-respecting unix admin worth salt would limit resources to unprivileged users/applications on their production servers.
8 megs for an operating system is pretty small...
define this lan console. a FRONT END application that interfaces with their database atop of an NT 4.0 system.
actually now that you point it out, maybe you're right. the ship's propulsion system was managed through control panel.
you're just wasting my time now, troll.
this is still pointing to application problem. if you divide by zero in an app, the application goes down. the os continues on gracefully (yes even with nt). unless, of course, they are using kernel mode drivers, then yes your divide by zero can easily crash the os (i'm sure i can take down a linux kernel with a cleverly crafted div by 0 in kernel mode). again, NT was not the cause of the problem.
"We don't think this is a major problem, and people who are having it are obviously too dumb to realize that it's somehow their own fault. Therefore, in order to get this patch, you'll have to call our support line where we will bill you outrageous fees in order to tell you whether you really need the patch or not."
Obviously you have never taken the 5 minutes of time to call them. If they determine you need the patch they give it, and the call , to you free of charge. How do they determine you need the patch? You tell them. Seriously, just call them and say "hey i'm affected by KB so and so, please send me the patch". The tech will get your contact information for an optional survey, you get the patch. You can download the patch, burn it to cd, give it to your grandmother, whatever. The downside is that the patch has not been thoroughly tested (hence why you have to call them).
Microsoft isn't as horrible as everyone makes them out to be. Just like how java isn't slow.
I have no idea how to toggle this under Linux.
or if your theory is even correct, crackpot.
Hopfully not this one ... please pause the war while we coldboot the warship and a lot of boxes running mutually interlocking RPC calls can't be that isolated.
From your article:
The Yorktown lost control of its propulsion system because its computers were unable to divide by the number zero, the memo said. The Yorktown's Standard Monitoring Control System administrator entered zero into the data field for the Remote Data Base Manager program. That caused the database to overflow and crash all LAN consoles and miniature remote terminal units, the memo said.
As you higher UID's like to say... LOL what?
Because an application divided by 0 and failed, it's NT's fault. Your post is comedic at best
and, you know, allow gigabit over copper. but we don't need that, so lets just do away with this stupid auto MDIX thing. just like how we should have got rid of plug-n-play back in the early 90s.. and usb in the late 90s. stupid technology that has potential just shouldn't get the time of day...
what you hate now, you will love in 5 years.
So did this 1993 32-bit arcade game, Gale Racer
i know you're joking. but this is for the up-and-coming teenagers out there that are looking to get into IT.
while, microsoft is the devil and postgresql can probably satisfy their needs.. you sometimes are tied into products due to upper management (hint: you can always find a semi-competent microsoft admin and pay them around or below market. you can't always find a postgresql admin on demand). if you are not in a director position or directly below, you probably won't have the ability to persuade them. that being said, always know how to work with what you are given. if upper management says "use microsoft products", designing a project around oracle or mysql will get you fired. sql server costs (including operational costs) a fuckton less than oracle with comparable results. if a shop doesn't have a budget for oracle, sql server is usually next up to the plate. additionally, there are times when you don't want to use oracle and have a need for DB2.
the younger you grip this mentality, the faster you will advance.
I beg to differ. Having sane default settings is very much part of the overall quality of a product. For very complex systems, it is insane to require an user to know the meaning and default setting of every parameter, even if the user is an expert.
I beg your pardon? If I am going to pay an engineer $100k/year, they damn well better be an expert at what they do. Again, let's revisit my correct analogy using solaris. Are you telling me an expert solaris admin should not be held responsible when he enables ECHO, DAYTIME, TELNET, RLOGIN, etc and leaves ipfilter wide the fuck open because it's the default and insane for him to know the default setting of COMMON parameters to the OS? If you are this so called "expert", I would not hire you. Hell, I would not even want to work with you. You are probably the type of person that leans on other experts for information.
The fact that SQL server locks on reads can obviously lead to downtime on a heavily used server. If you are running a heavily used server, you probably need a competent sql server admin or programmer. If you have a competent sql server admin/programmer, they know that locks on read can cause major problems. 2 + 2 = 4, the admin/programmer should prevent it from happening. Then again, maybe some people don't care about uptime or they want to save a buck or two. You get what you pay for.
Hint: don't argue things you are clueless about.
and if you're a programmer or an admin that knows sql server, then you know to disable this before you go into production. again, this is not a problem with the product. saying such would be like saying solaris is trash because it enables everything plus the kitchen sink, unless you tell it not to...
oracle is all great and fun if you have the money to cough up for it. sql server has great performance at a fraction of oracle's cost. of course, a competent architect will know when to use sql server and when to use oracle.
iirc, sql server by default locks on read. this is a prime example of poor programmers/admins (not os or sql product, as others may have you believe)
It's designed for projects as distributed as the kernel. This is just another one of his inane ramblings.
Who is this Linus character and what does he have to do with Linux?
you don't. drill a hole, don't fuck it up, and patch it when you leave. or, if it's a house, put wall plates in the wall. if your landlord asks about it, say your ISP installed it. just make sure you can do a professional job, or get someone that does (cable/telephone companies tend not to ask if you are renting if its a house and you don't live in a neighborhood thats frequently rented out, i.e. college town).
i have ran 100+ ft of cat5 through holes in my rented house before (ghetto method) and, most recently, left wall plates in my basement for future tenants/owners. as long as your walls look normal when you move out, you won't get charged. YMMV
okay so you're one of those ipod users i referenced in my original post. i, on the other hand, do a lot of sound engineering and mastering work for my work and artists that work with my label. the only time mp3 comes out of my mouth is when the track is finished and we're preparing to release a song. i can hear artifacts on a 256kbps mp3 with my headphones. hell anyone who has even WORKED with the mp3 format knows it ruins audio quality. run your favorite 128kbps mp3 through a spectrum analyzer then compare it to the raw wave ripped from the cd. you lose your entire low (60-70hz and below) and high (10khz+) bands. then again if i listened to headphones at an amazingly loud volume or kept a 500watt subwoofer in my car trunk, i probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference either.
;) by the way, i'm not talking about listening to music while i'm riding my bike, jogging, or bathing my dog. i'm talking about when i'm laying down on my couch, enjoying music. then the chain-like sound of mp3 encoded cymbol crashes ring out like nails down a chalkboard... helloooooooo uncompressed AAC.
sheesh old people these days
they had fortran, we had basic (soon after, qbasic). they had millions of punch cards, we had millions of 5 1/4" 160KB floppy disks. they had pong, we had test drive (4 color CGA goodness). i think we had a good childhood :-)
i got into computing in 1987 with an 8088 (with a whooping 20mb hd!) i did the unix/dos thing until 92 when i got my hands on windows 3.1. funny thing is my mom actually taught me fortran, which i had zero use for. thats about when i hit the demo scene....
most people don't care about the sound difference between mp3 and cd. hell i have friends who like the over compression of FM radio. i can tell you the difference between 320kbps mp3 and a cd, and anyone who has a quality sound system can hear the difference as well. solution: audio reconstruction. there are many algorithms out there that can simulate the missing highs and lows which is satisfying enough for most people (i have a friend who can't stand the way mp3's fuck up guitars and high hats).
:-)
ipods have a few million users as a base, i bet at least 25% (probably way more) use the $0.50 earbuds that came with them. they suck, yet the users are fine with it. apple keeps selling ipods with shitty earphones, users accept the way music sounds. hell even dell's $20 speakerset with subs get rave reviews from my friends who live in college dorms......until they hear my $1300 5.1 setup
i know its a joke, but what do you do when novell and ibm come knocking on your door for that few million dollars SCO owes them? then everyone is out of their mere 100k and darl picks up a new cushy job as a CEO elsewhere.
dk's final thought: meh not worth it.
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plus all cell phone providers are showing off their new 14 day try for free policy that the government mandated upon them a year or so ago.
oh you didn't know??
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