Why? NTFS is slower than FAT, offsetting the gains you might have made by your other tweaks. If you're worried about someone being able to read what's on the partition easily, well, they still can if it's NTFS.
Slower how? In accessing files? This is just for the pagefile. And NTFS is better as far as fragmentation goes - less fragmentation with NTFS than FAT or FAT32.
..is to put the swap on a drive other than the OS (not just a different partition), and on a different channel. I've also heard to put the swap start/stop at the same size (so its not fighting the filesystem for space) and to have the size be 2.5 to 3 times the amount of physical RAM installed.
If you're running Windows NT/2000/XP, make the partition in question NTFS too.
I'm running XP Pro with 512MB of PC2100 and have my swap start/stop at 2GB (ok, 4x my RAM) on an NTFS partition. The little trashing I do have is because that partition also contains game files and downloads from bittorrent.
I imagine if you're using a 2GB drive solely for swap and nothing else, you may not have any thrashing at all.
How reliable is that 2GB drive though? I guess it doesn't really matter, cause if the drive fails, the OS should move the swapfile back to the default location.
Allegedly, it's expected to be shipped on 3/24. I can wait. If they fall through and don't honor the SE price, they've lost a customer (and hopefully quite a few more). Since this is a limited edition version, I'm not sure I have any recourse with looking elsewhere.
I pre-ordered the special DVD edition of UT 2k4 about 2 weeks ago. $42 and change.
I pre-ordered mine from BestBuy for $29.99. Unfortunately its on back-order, but I can wait - I need to reinstall the whole box to make space if UT2K4 and clean up the drives anyway..
I can't say about UT2k3, but in the original UT, they removed the cd check in an official patch since so many had problems.
They removed it in UT2K3 via a patch as well. I'll be applying any legit patch I can find to remove the DVD check as well (I'd rather not waste the hours on my DVD+RW if I can spare it).
It'd go like this (moreso in my wonderful home state of Texas):
*doorbell rings* "Hello there, I'm from the RIAA handing you a subpoena..."
*smiles* (Click) Points 20 gague shotgun at the RIAA drone, followed by "You're trespassing. I'll give you a 10 second head-start to get off my porch.."
Now, if the subpoena were served by an actual deputy/process server, then they have leagal right to trespass to serve, without actually entering the dwelling. Joe Citizen (even a member of the RIAA) is not a member of law enforcement and not entitled to trespass to serve legal documents.
How quickly you forget this (covered here on slashdot, though I couldn't find it).
Quoth the link:
Though no guns were brandished, the bust from a distance looked like classic LAPD, DEA or FBI work, right down to the black "raid" vests the unit members wore. The fact that their yellow stenciled lettering read "RIAA" instead of something from an official law-enforcement agency was lost on 55-year-old parking-lot attendant Ceasar Borrayo.
Looking like and acting like an officer of the law would warrant being detained (if not outright arrested) by a cop if Joe Average did the same.
I know there's at least one cop that reads/. If you're reading this thread, please chime in?
People submit their site, google goes to their site and visits every link it can find on the main page, then every link it finds on those other pages etc. So that pretty much the whole site is included.
Google doesn't just search pages submitted - I've got an Apache webserver running a home, doling out pages for family photos and stats for a local UT2K3 server. I hadn't enabled robots.txt to stop search engines from crawling it (didn't think I needed to) and one day entered my URL in google, only to find it.
I've never submitted the URL to google.
Should we assume that Google's already crawled a majority of the sites out there?
BTW, Yahoo has no record of my site in their database.
Who wants to take bets it won't be long before he's talking about BlackOps helicopters, that Desi Arnaz killed JFK, and that he's got proof that the US military is building landing strips for gay martians?
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And when my Logitec died, I switched to a Microsoft Optical Trackball. The PS2 version is something like $35 at Wally World.
Despite the fact that I have bad thumbs (several sprains while skateboarding in my youth), using a trackball has never caused fatigue.
Plus, I find the trackball better for gaming (UT2K4, etc).
I second that.
Gimme a place that offers free PC hardware. I'm in need of a cheap/free front audio panel. Something in the sub-$10 range..
..I'd nuke my XP Pro installation and slap the copy of Lindows 4.5 I downloaded from their site (for free!) on my box.
..the loser in the next world war has to keep France.
Hey - maybe we say the French gubmnet is supporting al Quida and use this as an excuse to invade and set up a puppet government.
Wait. Nevermind. I guess we can see it already has one.
..when they're giving the Xbox away in a box of Lucky Charms.
Why? NTFS is slower than FAT, offsetting the gains you might have made by your other tweaks. If you're worried about someone being able to read what's on the partition easily, well, they still can if it's NTFS.
Slower how? In accessing files? This is just for the pagefile. And NTFS is better as far as fragmentation goes - less fragmentation with NTFS than FAT or FAT32.
..some some 'Security through Obscurity'?
When was the last time an OS/2 WARP Server was rooted? When was the last time OS/2 had a virus?
Then again, when was the last time OS/2 WARP Server was available for purchase?
Damn. If only I still had a copy...
..is to put the swap on a drive other than the OS (not just a different partition), and on a different channel. I've also heard to put the swap start/stop at the same size (so its not fighting the filesystem for space) and to have the size be 2.5 to 3 times the amount of physical RAM installed.
If you're running Windows NT/2000/XP, make the partition in question NTFS too.
I'm running XP Pro with 512MB of PC2100 and have my swap start/stop at 2GB (ok, 4x my RAM) on an NTFS partition. The little trashing I do have is because that partition also contains game files and downloads from bittorrent.
I imagine if you're using a 2GB drive solely for swap and nothing else, you may not have any thrashing at all.
How reliable is that 2GB drive though? I guess it doesn't really matter, cause if the drive fails, the OS should move the swapfile back to the default location.
Allegedly, it's expected to be shipped on 3/24. I can wait. If they fall through and don't honor the SE price, they've lost a customer (and hopefully quite a few more). Since this is a limited edition version, I'm not sure I have any recourse with looking elsewhere.
I pre-ordered the special DVD edition of UT 2k4 about 2 weeks ago. $42 and change.
I pre-ordered mine from BestBuy for $29.99. Unfortunately its on back-order, but I can wait - I need to reinstall the whole box to make space if UT2K4 and clean up the drives anyway..
I can't say about UT2k3, but in the original UT, they removed the cd check in an official patch since so many had problems.
They removed it in UT2K3 via a patch as well. I'll be applying any legit patch I can find to remove the DVD check as well (I'd rather not waste the hours on my DVD+RW if I can spare it).
I didn't watch the videos, but if they actually talked to the guy, did they manage to get systems to review?
Even if they did, I find the numbers hard to believe.
I lost interest a long time ago. Moreso after Duke Nukem Manhattan.
At this point, I just want 3DRealms to put up or shut up. I really liked Duke Nukem, and even bought the Atomic Edition.
Just license the friggin' Q3 engine or UT2K3/4's and get the game out already.
And how about some free dedicated server software too? That's definitely helping Unreal Tournament's popularity..
..how about a little less telling everyone else how to run their company and a little more Duke Nukem Forever development, mmmkay?
At this rate, the PlayStation IX will be out before DNF.
Only old people watch CBS. Most of whom won't be alive in 25 years.
What do they care what the laws will be then?
I predict a flop.
Based on the fact that the 1st time I went trap shooting (clay pidgeons for those who don't know) I hit 79 of 90 discs with a 20 gauge.
First time shooting like this and first time shooting anything bigger than a paintball gun.
Paintball's more fun though - the targets get to shoot back at you.
Obviously sarcasm is lost on a troll such as yourself.
Incorrect.
It'd go like this (moreso in my wonderful home state of Texas):
*doorbell rings*
"Hello there, I'm from the RIAA handing you a subpoena..."
*smiles*
(Click) Points 20 gague shotgun at the RIAA drone, followed by "You're trespassing. I'll give you a 10 second head-start to get off my porch.."
Now, if the subpoena were served by an actual deputy/process server, then they have leagal right to trespass to serve, without actually entering the dwelling. Joe Citizen (even a member of the RIAA) is not a member of law enforcement and not entitled to trespass to serve legal documents.
But, IANAL.
1. Claim Bin Laden is hiding in Paris
2. Carpet bomb France
3. ??
4. Profit!
In the next world war, the loser has to keep France. Why not give 'em a clean slate to start with?
If you're *in China* and they're blocking the BBC, how can this be useful?
How quickly you forget this (covered here on slashdot, though I couldn't find it).
/. If you're reading this thread, please chime in?
Quoth the link:
Though no guns were brandished, the bust from a distance looked like classic LAPD, DEA or FBI work, right down to the black "raid" vests the unit members wore. The fact that their yellow stenciled lettering read "RIAA" instead of something from an official law-enforcement agency was lost on 55-year-old parking-lot attendant Ceasar Borrayo.
Looking like and acting like an officer of the law would warrant being detained (if not outright arrested) by a cop if Joe Average did the same.
I know there's at least one cop that reads
Better yet, turn Hubble around to point back at us and use it to look for Bin Laden from space.
A little tweaking of the mirror to concentrate the sunlight and it's the universe's largest magnifing glass - fry him like an ant!
People submit their site, google goes to their site and visits every link it can find on the main page, then every link it finds on those other pages etc. So that pretty much the whole site is included.
Google doesn't just search pages submitted - I've got an Apache webserver running a home, doling out pages for family photos and stats for a local UT2K3 server. I hadn't enabled robots.txt to stop search engines from crawling it (didn't think I needed to) and one day entered my URL in google, only to find it.
I've never submitted the URL to google.
Should we assume that Google's already crawled a majority of the sites out there?
BTW, Yahoo has no record of my site in their database.
That ol' Darl needs a brain pacemaker.
Who wants to take bets it won't be long before he's talking about BlackOps helicopters, that Desi Arnaz killed JFK, and that he's got proof that the US military is building landing strips for gay martians?
Yeah, but only if you do it Shatner-style.