Check out some benchmarks. I did before buying my video card, and G400 is the fastest video card under linux according to all the sites I saw. (Fastest meaning: fastest under Xfree, I didn't look at the performance under the commercial X servers) Sorry I don't have a link. I've been looking for those pages that I found the benchmarks on for the past week because my friend is looking at buying one, and I want to show him how much better the G400 is... So if you do find a page with that on it, please let me know.
Are you sure about this? Most people? I find it very hypocritical when people say they don't buy CDs because the record studios cheat the artists. Of course, by stealing the MP3, you're cheating the artist out of the $1.50 or whatever that they would have made. Do they write a check for $1.50 and put it in the mailbox? No.
Well... This is how the process usually goes for me:
1. Hear a song I like on the radio 2. Start liking that song 3. Want to hear the song on the radio but it isn't played 4. Go find and download an MP3 5. Listen to the MP3 a lot 6. Get any other MP3s I can find by the same artist to see what else is on the CD 7. BUY the CD
That's how my normal process goes. So if the artist does a good enough job in their work, I do support them. I just don't want to throw my money away for a piece of crap CD that only has one good song on it.
I read the article... And it said the Pentium III would be less than the K7, not the Xeon. And according to the benchmarks, the K7 outperforms the Xeon, which is what the above poster what referring to.
Why not make it an option in the user's preferences. Be able to use any animated GIF or whatever it uses. Just fill in the filename and have Mozilla use that one. Then everyone can have their own.. websites could give their own out. Maybe have a little "/." up in the corner of the browser. I think it'd be pretty cool if they would let you set your own. I know you can already do that with IE5... just have to do some registry edits or replace a BMP, but it can be done... it'd be nice to see it under the "Options...".
I've been using the term "ethical hacker" when talking to... less enlightened individuals. I saw it in IBM's ads touting their e-business or whatever. I thought it gave a lot better feeling off than just "hacker". It brings across all the "oh he's a computer genius and can do anything" associated with hacker, yet adds the respect that someone who is "ethical" would receive.
I was having the same difficulty. My TI-86 was stolen at the middle of the semester, right before I entered Calc II (in high school, taken over the Iowa Communications Network--a big fiber-optic network that runs across Iowa connecting schools, etc.). Anyway, it was a college class, and I needed a good calculator. I looked over all the available models, information about them, and discussed it on newsgroups and chatrooms (probably much like what you are doing) I finally decided that since I wanted to get into electrical engineering, I'd buy a HP48GX.
It was WAY different than the TI series of calculators. (I think it has something to do with the RPN vs. Algebraic interface)
After I got used to it, I really liked it, and it had a bunch of useful functions that I could do very fast (well, considering the processor was only 4Mhz and couldn't really do stuff FAST), but I could manipulate numbers etc. very easily.
I never really got into the advanced stuff on the HP48GX, but it can do some cool stuff and I've seen some awesome games for it, and they're _grayscale_ so they look a helluva lot better than the TI games.
However, the HP does take a little while to get used to, and wasn't quite as friendly as the TI that I had been used to since 7th grade.
But the HP49 looks like it will take care of ALL of my complaints. It is going to be MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH faster, and will have an Algebraic mode--which will make it easier for some problems.
But really, I did not use my calculator much at all in the class. And I believe the AP BC calc is going to contain most of the same stuff that Calc II did. I did differentiation, integrals, vectors, more vectors, different types of coordinates, three dimintional vectors and matrices... those are what I remember right off-hand. What I used the calculator for most of the time was just to check my basic math such as multiplication and division, and occasionally square roots and exponents. I did use it for symbolic differentiation and integration and for creating 3d plots (3d plotting was SLOW--30 sec to 1 min for a single frame, but the HP49 will do 6 fps! and allow rotation in realtime).
So really, your calculator will probably not make a HUGE difference in your class.
If you are very comfortable with TIs and are happy with the features (and limitations) then just stick with it and get an 89 or 92.
If you want more capabilities with programming, I/O, and just messing around in general, but are willing to sacrifice speed, get the 48GX.
You may want to get the 49 though. Personally, I will get one before I go to my first college math class next year. It looks like the interface will be cleaned up, and make it easier to use for people not used to it--which would make it easier for you to transition from TI to HP. And the realtime 3d drawings will be great for advanced Calc. I think this HP49 looks (based on what I have heard and seen about it, never used one in person) spectacular, sounds as easy to use as a TI while being faster than a TI, yet keeping the power that HPs are known for.
HP49 would be your best bet, then either a HP48GX or TI-89 (based on what you want to use it for).
I think the original poster was referring to Burger King making the portal Burgerking.com and then selling ads to other companies on Burgerking.com (probably no fast-food ads tho).
I think the problem with BSDies is: B S Dies Not only does it not sound good, it looks like your saying "BS" DIE! I like the BSDieties idea. I've just been saying BSDite... but Diety sounds really good to me.
First off, IANAL, so I may be wrong on any of this.
Just last night I was looking over each of the licenses. I may have misinterpreted the GPL because it is very wordy and lawyerish, but I know I understood the FreeBSD, its only got 2 clauses.
Basically w/ FreeBSD you agree not to take credit for something you didn't write, but otherwise gives them full control over the code.
The GPL however says that if GPL'd code is used in a program, the resulting program must be released under the GPL.
From the GPL: 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
IMHO, this does not give people the most freedom, just forces people to play along with the FSF. It seems like a virus, because if someone wants to use a part of someone else's GPL'd code, they have to make their program GPL. That is not always in the 2nd party's interest. However, if the programmer WANTS to force his social ideas on other people who may find a use for the code, then by all means, the GPL is the way to do it. I agree with the original poster in that a modified FreeBSD license would be the best way to go... and I had also thought of doing the exact thing last night. I thought, "my ideal license would be a FreeBSD with a clause stating that if the code was going to be used in a commercial product, they must negotiate with the original author for permission".
Too bad they were saying FreeBSD wasn't a good desktop machine and that it didn't have many programs (reference to someone having to start Windows to use Word or something like that). Did they know FreeBSD has support for Linux binaries (Corel WP?)?
Personally, I would want my network to be "secure". You said that crackers wouldn't be able to break in and give something a virus... but I still wouldn't want them to break in and change the channel at the finale of a movie... or break in and change the temperature to 20 degrees in the winter while I'm sleeping.
just because it is linux based does not make it superior
It does make it superior if you're only running Linux.
For example (assuming you are using MS Windows): Say a new program "Foo: 2000" comes out. It's supposedly the best game in the whole entire world. Better graphics than anything that's ever been made before (better than `Episode 1'), awesome AI, and totally perfect interface.
It's only released for MacOS.
Now how great is that game going to be to you, if you don't have the platform it runs on?
Just like some people thought CDs would never catch on? The problem with LaserDisks was that they weren't any better than VHS. The movies wouldn't even fit on one disk and the quality wasn't noticably better than good VHS. I thought the same thing when DVD first came out, but now that I have learned what it is and what it can do, I have repented for my unbelief. DVD _IS_ going to take over, and stay the standard for a long time to come. As for your arguement that something better will come. Well, so what? Just like mini-discs, those came out, but there's really not any advantage to use those over CDs. Sure, you can record on them, and they are smaller... but why not just get an MP3 player? CDs _have_been_ replaced, but there is no good reason to leave them. That was exactly how it was with Laserdisc before. VHS was replaced, but there was no good reason to switch over. DVD is immensely superior to VHS and Laserdisk, and offers so many more features. DVD will be the choice of the mainstream viewers in less than three years. I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but it is required in the US that all broadcasters switch over to digital HDTV signals by 2002 (give or take a year--I'm not sure the _exact_ date), and DVD will be the preferred storage format.
Correct? I too have a 10.1 GB _IDE_ Deskstar by IBM. They never said there were no hard drives that were 10 GB. They said no _SCSI_ hard drives at 10GB:
Harddisk IBM Ultra3 SCSI 6ms 10.0 GB
And yours isn't an Ultra3 SCSI is it? :-) If it is, let me know where you got it so I can get one.
It's probably for insurance. $4 for the shipping $5.37 for the insurance. I don't know why the insurance would be so high.. so it probably is just lining their pockets in case they lose one.
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Check out some benchmarks. I did before buying my video card, and G400 is the fastest video card under linux according to all the sites I saw.
(Fastest meaning: fastest under Xfree, I didn't look at the performance under the commercial X servers)
Sorry I don't have a link. I've been looking for those pages that I found the benchmarks on for the past week because my friend is looking at buying one, and I want to show him how much better the G400 is...
So if you do find a page with that on it, please let me know.
What about win9x? ~unyun~
Well... This is how the process usually goes for me:
1. Hear a song I like on the radio
2. Start liking that song
3. Want to hear the song on the radio but it isn't played
4. Go find and download an MP3
5. Listen to the MP3 a lot
6. Get any other MP3s I can find by the same artist to see what else is on the CD
7. BUY the CD
That's how my normal process goes. So if the artist does a good enough job in their work, I do support them. I just don't want to throw my money away for a piece of crap CD that only has one good song on it.
~unyun~
I read the article...
And it said the Pentium III would be less than the K7, not the Xeon. And according to the benchmarks, the K7 outperforms the Xeon, which is what the above poster what referring to.
~unyun~
Why not make it an option in the user's preferences. Be able to use any animated GIF or whatever it uses. Just fill in the filename and have Mozilla use that one. Then everyone can have their own.. websites could give their own out. Maybe have a little "/." up in the corner of the browser.
I think it'd be pretty cool if they would let you set your own. I know you can already do that with IE5... just have to do some registry edits or replace a BMP, but it can be done... it'd be nice to see it under the "Options...".
~unyun~
It does seem to come across that way. :-)
And the reply about the mentally stable child is also good.
Guess "ethical hacker" is out.
~unyun~
I've been using the term "ethical hacker" when talking to ... less enlightened individuals. I saw it in IBM's ads touting their e-business or whatever. I thought it gave a lot better feeling off than just "hacker". It brings across all the "oh he's a computer genius and can do anything" associated with hacker, yet adds the respect that someone who is "ethical" would receive.
~unyun~
I was having the same difficulty. My TI-86 was stolen at the middle of the semester, right before I entered Calc II (in high school, taken over the Iowa Communications Network--a big fiber-optic network that runs across Iowa connecting schools, etc.). Anyway, it was a college class, and I needed a good calculator. I looked over all the available models, information about them, and discussed it on newsgroups and chatrooms (probably much like what you are doing) I finally decided that since I wanted to get into electrical engineering, I'd buy a HP48GX.
It was WAY different than the TI series of calculators. (I think it has something to do with the RPN vs. Algebraic interface)
After I got used to it, I really liked it, and it had a bunch of useful functions that I could do very fast (well, considering the processor was only 4Mhz and couldn't really do stuff FAST), but I could manipulate numbers etc. very easily.
I never really got into the advanced stuff on the HP48GX, but it can do some cool stuff and I've seen some awesome games for it, and they're _grayscale_ so they look a helluva lot better than the TI games.
However, the HP does take a little while to get used to, and wasn't quite as friendly as the TI that I had been used to since 7th grade.
But the HP49 looks like it will take care of ALL of my complaints. It is going to be MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH faster, and will have an Algebraic mode--which will make it easier for some problems.
But really, I did not use my calculator much at all in the class. And I believe the AP BC calc is going to contain most of the same stuff that Calc II did. I did differentiation, integrals, vectors, more vectors, different types of coordinates, three dimintional vectors and matrices... those are what I remember right off-hand.
What I used the calculator for most of the time was just to check my basic math such as multiplication and division, and occasionally square roots and exponents. I did use it for symbolic differentiation and integration and for creating 3d plots (3d plotting was SLOW--30 sec to 1 min for a single frame, but the HP49 will do 6 fps! and allow rotation in realtime).
So really, your calculator will probably not make a HUGE difference in your class.
If you are very comfortable with TIs and are happy with the features (and limitations) then just stick with it and get an 89 or 92.
If you want more capabilities with programming, I/O, and just messing around in general, but are willing to sacrifice speed, get the 48GX.
You may want to get the 49 though. Personally, I will get one before I go to my first college math class next year. It looks like the interface will be cleaned up, and make it easier to use for people not used to it--which would make it easier for you to transition from TI to HP. And the realtime 3d drawings will be great for advanced Calc. I think this HP49 looks (based on what I have heard and seen about it, never used one in person) spectacular, sounds as easy to use as a TI while being faster than a TI, yet keeping the power that HPs are known for.
HP49 would be your best bet, then either a HP48GX or TI-89 (based on what you want to use it for).
~unyun~
I think the original poster was referring to Burger King making the portal Burgerking.com and then selling ads to other companies on Burgerking.com (probably no fast-food ads tho).
~unyun~
I think the problem with BSDies
is: B S Dies
Not only does it not sound good, it looks like your saying "BS" DIE!
I like the BSDieties idea.
I've just been saying BSDite... but Diety sounds really good to me.
~unyun~
First off, IANAL, so I may be wrong on any of this.
Just last night I was looking over each of the licenses. I may have misinterpreted the GPL because it is very wordy and lawyerish, but I know I understood the FreeBSD, its only got 2 clauses.
Basically w/ FreeBSD you agree not to take credit for something you didn't write, but otherwise gives them full control over the code.
The GPL however says that if GPL'd code is used in a program, the resulting program must be released under the GPL.
From the GPL:
2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
IMHO, this does not give people the most freedom, just forces people to play along with the FSF. It seems like a virus, because if someone wants to use a part of someone else's GPL'd code, they have to make their program GPL. That is not always in the 2nd party's interest. However, if the programmer WANTS to force his social ideas on other people who may find a use for the code, then by all means, the GPL is the way to do it.
I agree with the original poster in that a modified FreeBSD license would be the best way to go... and I had also thought of doing the exact thing last night.
I thought, "my ideal license would be a FreeBSD with a clause stating that if the code was going to be used in a commercial product, they must negotiate with the original author for permission".
~unyun~
Too bad they were saying FreeBSD wasn't a good desktop machine and that it didn't have many programs (reference to someone having to start Windows to use Word or something like that).
Did they know FreeBSD has support for Linux binaries (Corel WP?)?
~unyun~
Personally, I would want my network to be "secure". You said that crackers wouldn't be able to break in and give something a virus... but I still wouldn't want them to break in and change the channel at the finale of a movie... or break in and change the temperature to 20 degrees in the winter while I'm sleeping.
~unyun~
just because it is linux based does not make it superior
It does make it superior if you're only running Linux.
For example (assuming you are using MS Windows):
Say a new program "Foo: 2000" comes out. It's supposedly the best game in the whole entire world. Better graphics than anything that's ever been made before (better than `Episode 1'), awesome AI, and totally perfect interface.
It's only released for MacOS.
Now how great is that game going to be to you, if you don't have the platform it runs on?
~unyun~
Just like some people thought CDs would never catch on?
The problem with LaserDisks was that they weren't any better than VHS. The movies wouldn't even fit on one disk and the quality wasn't noticably better than good VHS.
I thought the same thing when DVD first came out, but now that I have learned what it is and what it can do, I have repented for my unbelief. DVD _IS_ going to take over, and stay the standard for a long time to come.
As for your arguement that something better will come. Well, so what? Just like mini-discs, those came out, but there's really not any advantage to use those over CDs. Sure, you can record on them, and they are smaller... but why not just get an MP3 player?
CDs _have_been_ replaced, but there is no good reason to leave them. That was exactly how it was with Laserdisc before. VHS was replaced, but there was no good reason to switch over. DVD is immensely superior to VHS and Laserdisk, and offers so many more features.
DVD will be the choice of the mainstream viewers in less than three years.
I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but it is required in the US that all broadcasters switch over to digital HDTV signals by 2002 (give or take a year--I'm not sure the _exact_ date), and DVD will be the preferred storage format.
~unyun~
Correct?
I too have a 10.1 GB _IDE_ Deskstar by IBM.
They never said there were no hard drives that were 10 GB. They said no _SCSI_ hard drives at 10GB:
Harddisk IBM Ultra3 SCSI 6ms 10.0 GB
And yours isn't an Ultra3 SCSI is it?
:-)
If it is, let me know where you got it so I can get one.
~unyun~
It's probably for insurance.
$4 for the shipping
$5.37 for the insurance.
I don't know why the insurance would be so high.. so it probably is just lining their pockets in case they lose one.