You're going to tell me that a chipset implementation is somehow going to be as slow as an OS implementation? That having no RAID is better than a semi-hardware version on the board? I don't buy it.
Of course it's still CPU powered. The best SCSI RAIDs are still CPU-powered to an extent. The difference is 30-40% CPU and 1-5%, and the performance benefits are tangible (there are benchmarks to prove it).
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In defense of this article, the writer was talking about "newer, more original" uses of USB, like as a power source for light bulbs and a cell phone charger. Nothing new to geeks, but I doubt your average grandmother knows they can plug a book light into their computer.
Actually, I was disappointed in UT2004's performance until I set up an SATA RAID on a Promise chipset (other reply in this discussion). The speed difference is very noticable.
"Seeing as how these "RAID" controllers are mostly glorified ATA bus controllers, and your RAID functionality takes place almost entirely in software"
I stopped reading around there. The Promise controller is totally hardware. If it wasn't, I would be using software RAID (Windows 2000 in this case) or none at all.
I recently put together a rig with a K8V SE Deluxe. The chipset includes two SATA RAID chipsets: the standard VIA one and a Promise one. I've been absolutely floored by the Promise's performance (easily the fastest desktop RAID I've ever tested) and I don't see it anywhere in this review.
For those hankering for another opinion, setting up the SATA RAID was a breeze. It was literally set it up and forget about it. The servers at work were much more difficult to set up. If you have the extra money for a spare drive (mine is two WD 10,000 RPM HDs:) ), it's worth it. Nearly double the speed.
AOL and Apple are partnering on iChat. Strategic partnering usually means cooperating so that standards (like cross-platform AIM video) carry through to the partners. That's not the case.
Considering it doesn't work too well right now, probably nothing. *Sigh* Video chat in iChat works very well -- it's a shame that AOL doesn't support it better cross-platform.
"Terrorism is old and busted, and is nothing but a political tool and soundbite op."
In a political sense, yes. In a practical sense, not on your life. Just like "the war on drugs" was mostly a political tool, there was a REAL underlying problem that existed (and still exists). Just because some polish up phrases and use them as soundbites doesn't mean the root cause isn't important.
There's some very real people out there that want to do some very real harm to our very real civilians. Are they as numerous as people say? No. Are people be incorrectly persecuted in this country for it? Yes. But taking away the injustices, there's STILL a core group of real people wanting to mass murder US civilians. Ignoring the issue just because it's a political soundbite is almost as dangerous as ignoring the injustices.
It's not so much that PC makers don't build things "beautifully", it's that most PC makers care more about functionality and price than asthetics. Open any recent Dell case and you'll see much of the same design (wires put off to the side, drives in easy-to-manage trays, etc).
If you're doing a comparison between a quiet, nice-looking Apple and a slightly-noisier, yet more functional PC, most businesses will take the PC. It's just not economical to buy Macs for business.
I think what he's saying is that at that price range you kind of expect top-of-the-line equipment. I was kind of surprised by the default 9600 XT on the top of the line Mac. You'd think at the very least they'd go for one in the 9800 series. Wonder if it generated too much heat.....
They've actually had this in Visual Studio for a while: you can easily set any source or error (during the compile) as a "to do", which attaches itself to the project. In.NET, you can have "to dos" over different languages in the same project (which I haven't seen in too many IDEs).
Others may have it, but it's one of those quiet innovations MS has they don't make too much noise about. Like Autocomplete (can't run across a single browser nowadays that doesn't have this).
Not necessarily. Assuming I know what computers you've been too, and assuming Knoppix used even a tiny swap, I could probably get at some critical information. Not to mention tracing your ISP or whatever connection you used (who knows what they store on proxies).
Of course, if you're using Knoppix you look suspicious in the first place.;)
"On the other hand, if a user is innocently visiting a web site and a dialog box all of a sudden appears prompting the user to accept that *an application* be run, I think it's pretty clear that this handles the issue. "
I can argue vehementally, without a doubt, that this is totally, utterly incorrect for most users. The average user can barely tell what an "application" is, let alone know what to click.
It isn't clear in the screenshots (I'm going to test this on my iBook) whether or not Cancel is the default. If it's an IE 6 "press enter and OK is chosen automatically to install the searchbar/adware/spyware", OS X help desk people are still in a world of hurt.
What they should do is similar to XP SP2: make Cancel the default on remotely triggered applcations (all applications, which would cover installs). I can't tell you the number of times I've heard from secretaries that they pushed enter on some random internet dialog box "without thinking".
Eh, that's really, really hard to prove. One of the quantifiers of creating a new market (usually) is that others try to recreate your success. This usually feeds back into the original company and strengthens it (look at Sony).
Apple has never been like this. True, they created a functional personal computer, but who's to say the PC really benefitted from it (or, if we go back, the Homebrew groups)? IBM pretty much rewrote the rules Apple had created -- does that make Apple "create" the PC market. Probably not.
Um, not to troll, but their number one product right now was not in a market they created. Long before the iPod there were the Rios and Nomads. Apple performed an evolution on the classic MP3 player, which is cool, but they didn't create the market.
I would, however, like to see Apple truly create a market. Someone else mentioned how cool it would be to see Apple create a wireless iPod, or a remote that can connect to these devices. That would absolutely rock, and would bring the "smart home" to the forefront like nothing before it.
It's kind of science-fictiony, but I believe when they go to work, the Slashdot editors are put in darkened rooms where they can't see, hear, or talk to anyone about anything. They're not permitted to look at previous stories -- heck, they barely know what Slashdot looks like. It's more of a slavery under a cult than a profession.
I mean, what other way to explain the fact that stories get repeated again and again?
The point is that MS has been waffling on the decision for a while now (one article will say they're avoiding piraters like the plague, next will say they'll support them "just this once"). I have a feeling that people within MS itself don't really know if they're going to support the piraters, and are kind of letting the story out, getting a feel for what the public wants. Excellent PR tactic, actually.
It makes zero business sense. What's the point of rewarding those who didn't give the company a single penny? Let them keep their crappy copies. Maybe they'll see a legitimate copy and say to themselves "Hey, maybe I should actually pay for this instead of pirating it every time".
Besides, this has very little to do with current XP users. I know some people who didn't even bother to install SP1. This to affect new computer purchases (particularly by corporations) more than anything. XP with SP2 is seen as a lot more viable approach to security than XP with SP1 -- I know my company is delaying any purchases until the new service pack comes out. Microsoft could care less about 3rd-world piraters (despite what you may think, the vast majority of MS workstations are used in business).
My point is that people are suggesting an alternative where an alternative may not be desirable (or even necessary). Considering that half of all browsers that access Google are on Windows XP, and nearly every new computer will have popup blocking turned on by default, I don't think it's going to be an issue where someone will need to download another browser.
Also, considering one of the primary arguments I've always heard for downloading Mozilla/variants is "it block popups", I'm not sure how fans can continue to use that argument and expect it to carry weight. Me, I use a variety of browsers (IE on XP, Safari on OS X, etc.) I'd think at this point, people should argue other benefits of their choice in browsing (loads quickly, standards compliant, etc.) instead of an issue that may be mitigated or nonexistent in less than a month or two.
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You're going to tell me that a chipset implementation is somehow going to be as slow as an OS implementation? That having no RAID is better than a semi-hardware version on the board? I don't buy it.
Of course it's still CPU powered. The best SCSI RAIDs are still CPU-powered to an extent. The difference is 30-40% CPU and 1-5%, and the performance benefits are tangible (there are benchmarks to prove it).
In defense of this article, the writer was talking about "newer, more original" uses of USB, like as a power source for light bulbs and a cell phone charger. Nothing new to geeks, but I doubt your average grandmother knows they can plug a book light into their computer.
You're going to tell me that a chipset implementation is somehow going to be as slow as an OS implementation? I don't buy it.
Of course it's still CPU powered. The best SCSI RAIDs are still CPU-powered to an extent. The difference is 30-40% CPU and 1-5%.
Actually, I was disappointed in UT2004's performance until I set up an SATA RAID on a Promise chipset (other reply in this discussion). The speed difference is very noticable.
"Seeing as how these "RAID" controllers are mostly glorified ATA bus controllers, and your RAID functionality takes place almost entirely in software"
I stopped reading around there. The Promise controller is totally hardware. If it wasn't, I would be using software RAID (Windows 2000 in this case) or none at all.
I recently put together a rig with a K8V SE Deluxe. The chipset includes two SATA RAID chipsets: the standard VIA one and a Promise one. I've been absolutely floored by the Promise's performance (easily the fastest desktop RAID I've ever tested) and I don't see it anywhere in this review.
:) ), it's worth it. Nearly double the speed.
For those hankering for another opinion, setting up the SATA RAID was a breeze. It was literally set it up and forget about it. The servers at work were much more difficult to set up. If you have the extra money for a spare drive (mine is two WD 10,000 RPM HDs
AOL and Apple are partnering on iChat. Strategic partnering usually means cooperating so that standards (like cross-platform AIM video) carry through to the partners. That's not the case.
Considering it doesn't work too well right now, probably nothing. *Sigh* Video chat in iChat works very well -- it's a shame that AOL doesn't support it better cross-platform.
"Terrorism is old and busted, and is nothing but a political tool and soundbite op."
In a political sense, yes. In a practical sense, not on your life. Just like "the war on drugs" was mostly a political tool, there was a REAL underlying problem that existed (and still exists). Just because some polish up phrases and use them as soundbites doesn't mean the root cause isn't important.
There's some very real people out there that want to do some very real harm to our very real civilians. Are they as numerous as people say? No. Are people be incorrectly persecuted in this country for it? Yes. But taking away the injustices, there's STILL a core group of real people wanting to mass murder US civilians. Ignoring the issue just because it's a political soundbite is almost as dangerous as ignoring the injustices.
And more and more articles about what Linus thinks of the new town's grocery store, country sherif and those damn neighbors ("Dinkleberg!").
It's not so much that PC makers don't build things "beautifully", it's that most PC makers care more about functionality and price than asthetics. Open any recent Dell case and you'll see much of the same design (wires put off to the side, drives in easy-to-manage trays, etc).
If you're doing a comparison between a quiet, nice-looking Apple and a slightly-noisier, yet more functional PC, most businesses will take the PC. It's just not economical to buy Macs for business.
"Perhaps, but it requires a talented and dedicated engineer to produce this kind of work."
Yes, but what engineer thought it'd be good to ship a $2000 computer with an old video card? Or was that marketing's fault?
"albeit very chic"
;)
Cheese graters are chic?
I think what he's saying is that at that price range you kind of expect top-of-the-line equipment. I was kind of surprised by the default 9600 XT on the top of the line Mac. You'd think at the very least they'd go for one in the 9800 series. Wonder if it generated too much heat.....
"bare with me for a moment"
Do I have to? It's "bear".
They've actually had this in Visual Studio for a while: you can easily set any source or error (during the compile) as a "to do", which attaches itself to the project. In .NET, you can have "to dos" over different languages in the same project (which I haven't seen in too many IDEs).
Others may have it, but it's one of those quiet innovations MS has they don't make too much noise about. Like Autocomplete (can't run across a single browser nowadays that doesn't have this).
Not necessarily. Assuming I know what computers you've been too, and assuming Knoppix used even a tiny swap, I could probably get at some critical information. Not to mention tracing your ISP or whatever connection you used (who knows what they store on proxies).
;)
Of course, if you're using Knoppix you look suspicious in the first place.
"On the other hand, if a user is innocently visiting a web site and a dialog box all of a sudden appears prompting the user to accept that *an application* be run, I think it's pretty clear that this handles the issue. "
I can argue vehementally, without a doubt, that this is totally, utterly incorrect for most users. The average user can barely tell what an "application" is, let alone know what to click.
It isn't clear in the screenshots (I'm going to test this on my iBook) whether or not Cancel is the default. If it's an IE 6 "press enter and OK is chosen automatically to install the searchbar/adware/spyware", OS X help desk people are still in a world of hurt.
What they should do is similar to XP SP2: make Cancel the default on remotely triggered applcations (all applications, which would cover installs). I can't tell you the number of times I've heard from secretaries that they pushed enter on some random internet dialog box "without thinking".
Eh, that's really, really hard to prove. One of the quantifiers of creating a new market (usually) is that others try to recreate your success. This usually feeds back into the original company and strengthens it (look at Sony).
Apple has never been like this. True, they created a functional personal computer, but who's to say the PC really benefitted from it (or, if we go back, the Homebrew groups)? IBM pretty much rewrote the rules Apple had created -- does that make Apple "create" the PC market. Probably not.
Um, not to troll, but their number one product right now was not in a market they created. Long before the iPod there were the Rios and Nomads. Apple performed an evolution on the classic MP3 player, which is cool, but they didn't create the market.
I would, however, like to see Apple truly create a market. Someone else mentioned how cool it would be to see Apple create a wireless iPod, or a remote that can connect to these devices. That would absolutely rock, and would bring the "smart home" to the forefront like nothing before it.
It's kind of science-fictiony, but I believe when they go to work, the Slashdot editors are put in darkened rooms where they can't see, hear, or talk to anyone about anything. They're not permitted to look at previous stories -- heck, they barely know what Slashdot looks like. It's more of a slavery under a cult than a profession.
I mean, what other way to explain the fact that stories get repeated again and again?
The point is that MS has been waffling on the decision for a while now (one article will say they're avoiding piraters like the plague, next will say they'll support them "just this once"). I have a feeling that people within MS itself don't really know if they're going to support the piraters, and are kind of letting the story out, getting a feel for what the public wants. Excellent PR tactic, actually.
It makes zero business sense. What's the point of rewarding those who didn't give the company a single penny? Let them keep their crappy copies. Maybe they'll see a legitimate copy and say to themselves "Hey, maybe I should actually pay for this instead of pirating it every time".
Besides, this has very little to do with current XP users. I know some people who didn't even bother to install SP1. This to affect new computer purchases (particularly by corporations) more than anything. XP with SP2 is seen as a lot more viable approach to security than XP with SP1 -- I know my company is delaying any purchases until the new service pack comes out. Microsoft could care less about 3rd-world piraters (despite what you may think, the vast majority of MS workstations are used in business).
Also, considering one of the primary arguments I've always heard for downloading Mozilla/variants is "it block popups", I'm not sure how fans can continue to use that argument and expect it to carry weight. Me, I use a variety of browsers (IE on XP, Safari on OS X, etc.) I'd think at this point, people should argue other benefits of their choice in browsing (loads quickly, standards compliant, etc.) instead of an issue that may be mitigated or nonexistent in less than a month or two.
I tried, I failed. Oh, you clever Slashdotters!