Which, as we all know, is 42, when written in base 13. Douglas Adams always claimed that this was a complete coincidence, saying that as weird as he was, at least he didn't make jokes in base 13.
The XFree86 drivers work perfectly with the current X.Org server. Since at the moment it's basically XFree86 4.4rc2, it's almost completely compatible with the xfree 4.3 drivers. So we have stable 3D accelerated drivers from the get-go. Whether they update the drivers if/when XOrg's driver interface changes is another matter.
Mandrake's install disk can certainly do that. I think Fedora's can too, but I may be wrong there. The one reason I keep my Mandrake 9 disks around is for the partition editor in the installer.
I'd guess it's partly because a lot of the stuff on the second and thirds CDs is less frequently used. If all most people want is KDE, OpenOffice, and Mozilla, and Knoppix can fit them all on one CD, why bother with a DVD at all?
pH 7 is neutral. 14 is 'completely' alkaline, and 0 is completely acid. pH 1 or 2 is a fairly strong acid (concentrated hydrochloric acid, for example).
Well, after Darwin travelled on it, it went through a long period as a coastguard ship, and then was moored in a river and used as a houseboat and customs vessel for several more years. So it's quite likely there won't be much evidence left from Darwin's voyages.
See this. Of course, there were the standard rumours going around before Prescott's launch that it was going to have a 64-bit layer, but that didn't happen.
What I find interesting is that Intel said before Opteron's launch that they weren't going to make any form of 64-bit x86 processor, and now it's on the roadmap.
Earlier this week, Intel's President and COO, Paul Otellini, confirmed in a web-cast interview that a move into the 64-bit desktop market was certain, but that the company would nevertheless wait for the arrival of operating system and application support.
"You can be fairly confident that when there is software from an application and operating system standpoint, we'll be there," he said.
You mean once the OS and application developers have started using AMD's 64-bit extensions, Intel will come up with something to compete?
Is it just me, or does this look like some wierd hybrid of a traditional PDA (a la Palm V) and Microsoft's Tablet PC idea? It's a PDA in size and processing power, but then it opens out into a laptop shape and has a qwerty keyboard. And then there's the screen. 640x480 is the largest screen resolution I've seen on a PDA, unless I'm missing something.
It's marginally slower now, but the margin is less than when the original P4 came out, and for much the same reasons. But then again, the original P4s were designed to run above 2GHz, so they were slow at 1.4GHz. I'd suggest that Prescott is probably designed to be running in excess of 4GHz, so it is slower now than the Northwoods. That'll change once they start ramping up the clock speeds, and the effects of a longer pipeline become less significant.
Not quite. Essentially, it's a name made up out of the digits that make the number. So, 1 is 'un', two is 'bi', three 'tri', four 'quad' five 'pent', six 'hex', seven 'sept', eight 'oct', and nine I can't remember; it's probably 'non'. Then you stick 'ium' on the end, because all element names have to end in 'ium'. Stick '115' in there, and you get ununpentium. The resemblance to the Intel chip is (almost) pure coincidence.
Element 113 only appeared when the atoms of 115 decayed, and it lasted a lot longer (1.2 seconds- that's a seriously long time in particle physics).
is it the pursuit of the correct combination that is so hard? Or is it just minor alterations to existing elements?
It's a matter of accelerating atoms of one element towards another, in the hope that they collide and fuse. In this case, calcium (20) + americium (95) = ununpentium (115). Then, that decays, losing two protons, and becomes 113.
It's hard to see how Microsoft can win. If they make software that can be used to censor internet access and sell it to China, then they're aiding in human rights violations. If they make it and don't sell it to China, then they get accused of discrimination. If their software can't censor internet access, then the majority of public schools and libraries can't use it.
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What's the difference between writing a virus that targets sco.com and posting a link to sco.com in a slashdot story?
One possible advantage to always dynamically linking: when some nasty bug in the runtime is found, it should be easier to upgrade the runtime than to relink every application that's been linked statically to it. Of course, people won't actually bother to upgrade, but you can see how the theory goes.
Yes, I say when a nasty bug is found, and not just because it's a Microsoft product. No matter how good the software is, there's always at least one critical security flaw.
I think the point is that a VB interface is easier for your average script kiddie. Yes, virii could still be written with a C++ interface, but your average 13 year old virus modifier doesn't know C++. He does know VB, however.
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Which, as we all know, is 42, when written in base 13. Douglas Adams always claimed that this was a complete coincidence, saying that as weird as he was, at least he didn't make jokes in base 13.
The XFree86 drivers work perfectly with the current X.Org server. Since at the moment it's basically XFree86 4.4rc2, it's almost completely compatible with the xfree 4.3 drivers. So we have stable 3D accelerated drivers from the get-go. Whether they update the drivers if/when XOrg's driver interface changes is another matter.
Exactly: all hardware is practically free now, as long as you only need 640K of RAM.
Mandrake's install disk can certainly do that. I think Fedora's can too, but I may be wrong there. The one reason I keep my Mandrake 9 disks around is for the partition editor in the installer.
Alternatively, do your install from a stage3 with binary packages, and then do emerge -e world and let it recompile everything while you're working.
And the ever popular Question
How about this one?
he first created the popular axiom "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magick."
Which of course leads to the corollary: "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
I'd guess it's partly because a lot of the stuff on the second and thirds CDs is less frequently used. If all most people want is KDE, OpenOffice, and Mozilla, and Knoppix can fit them all on one CD, why bother with a DVD at all?
pH 7 is neutral. 14 is 'completely' alkaline, and 0 is completely acid. pH 1 or 2 is a fairly strong acid (concentrated hydrochloric acid, for example).
What's sarcasm?
Sarcasm is when...oh, shit.
By the way, what does RTFA stand for?
Read The F? Article.
Well, after Darwin travelled on it, it went through a long period as a coastguard ship, and then was moored in a river and used as a houseboat and customs vessel for several more years. So it's quite likely there won't be much evidence left from Darwin's voyages.
See this. Of course, there were the standard rumours going around before Prescott's launch that it was going to have a 64-bit layer, but that didn't happen.
What I find interesting is that Intel said before Opteron's launch that they weren't going to make any form of 64-bit x86 processor, and now it's on the roadmap.
Earlier this week, Intel's President and COO, Paul Otellini, confirmed in a web-cast interview that a move into the 64-bit desktop market was certain, but that the company would nevertheless wait for the arrival of operating system and application support. "You can be fairly confident that when there is software from an application and operating system standpoint, we'll be there," he said.
You mean once the OS and application developers have started using AMD's 64-bit extensions, Intel will come up with something to compete?
Is it just me, or does this look like some wierd hybrid of a traditional PDA (a la Palm V) and Microsoft's Tablet PC idea? It's a PDA in size and processing power, but then it opens out into a laptop shape and has a qwerty keyboard. And then there's the screen. 640x480 is the largest screen resolution I've seen on a PDA, unless I'm missing something.
It is a rediculous sum that stifles innovation.
Exactly. If you want innovation, you need at least another two zeroes. As long as Microsoft have their desktop OS monopoly, innovation suffers.
It's marginally slower now, but the margin is less than when the original P4 came out, and for much the same reasons. But then again, the original P4s were designed to run above 2GHz, so they were slow at 1.4GHz. I'd suggest that Prescott is probably designed to be running in excess of 4GHz, so it is slower now than the Northwoods. That'll change once they start ramping up the clock speeds, and the effects of a longer pipeline become less significant.
If my boss was clever enough to want to use Linux, he wouldn't be my boss, he'd be the janitor.
ununpentium is Latin for "115"
Not quite. Essentially, it's a name made up out of the digits that make the number. So, 1 is 'un', two is 'bi', three 'tri', four 'quad' five 'pent', six 'hex', seven 'sept', eight 'oct', and nine I can't remember; it's probably 'non'. Then you stick 'ium' on the end, because all element names have to end in 'ium'. Stick '115' in there, and you get ununpentium. The resemblance to the Intel chip is (almost) pure coincidence.
Element 113 only appeared when the atoms of 115 decayed, and it lasted a lot longer (1.2 seconds- that's a seriously long time in particle physics).
is it the pursuit of the correct combination that is so hard? Or is it just minor alterations to existing elements?
It's a matter of accelerating atoms of one element towards another, in the hope that they collide and fuse. In this case, calcium (20) + americium (95) = ununpentium (115). Then, that decays, losing two protons, and becomes 113.
Does element 114 already exist?
According to this, yes.
It's hard to see how Microsoft can win. If they make software that can be used to censor internet access and sell it to China, then they're aiding in human rights violations. If they make it and don't sell it to China, then they get accused of discrimination. If their software can't censor internet access, then the majority of public schools and libraries can't use it.
What's the difference between writing a virus that targets sco.com and posting a link to sco.com in a slashdot story?
Simple. The virus is less effective.
One possible advantage to always dynamically linking: when some nasty bug in the runtime is found, it should be easier to upgrade the runtime than to relink every application that's been linked statically to it. Of course, people won't actually bother to upgrade, but you can see how the theory goes.
Yes, I say when a nasty bug is found, and not just because it's a Microsoft product. No matter how good the software is, there's always at least one critical security flaw.
they just can't stick to an OS
True- and half of those have been Linux. Take a look at the bottom of that page. Well, I suppose they're `allowed' to use it.
Looking at their uptime stats, a DDoS wouldn't really make much difference.
I think the point is that a VB interface is easier for your average script kiddie. Yes, virii could still be written with a C++ interface, but your average 13 year old virus modifier doesn't know C++. He does know VB, however.