The ROM in the computer on the moon lander used ferrite rope memory that was hand strung from bins of cores pre-programmed as '1's and '0's. The assemblers literally had a bin full of 1's and 0's.
Those where the days when assembly programming really meant just that.
...The operating system restricts the functionality of the operating system, such as by making selected portions and functionality of the operating system unavailable to the user or by limiting the user's ability to add software applications or device drivers to the computer.
How does this differ from a guest or non-root login on a Linux system?
Dual HD4870 - Works great with compiz, although I have to turn it off in order to watch videos or run some programs such as google earth and celestia as the screen flashes and flickers. Temporarily flipping back to metacity works fine, so it is just an annoyance. But I hope it gets fixed.
> Destroy science and religion. Science will re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion
Because scientific experiments are repeatable; you can repeat experiments 10,000 years later and achieve exactly the same results, and over time, rediscover how the universe is made up. You may have another prophet born in 10,000 years, but they will not be exactly the same as Jesus or Muhammad or Guru Nanak.
Linux users would be less screwed since everything is open source - same apps, just new binaries to work with your old data. Windows users would be screwed royally since they would almost certainly have to relicense/repurchase all their apps, or run their old ones in emulation. But apple got away with it...
Since the "alleging 3rd party" and Quebecor caused damages to you ( loss of internet service ) without showing reasonable proof, I wonder if you could sue them?
Is it possible to get a class action going if they caused large numbers of people to lose internet access?
Well, I fired up Ubuntu with the new configuration and I wasn't disappointed - WOW!
Booting is lightning quick - I am still doing a lot of downloads so I haven't had a chance as some real performance tests but from what I have seen so far the results are impressive.
My old Pentium 4 which I just retired ran at 3.6 GHz. My slightly overclocked i7 runs at 3.65 GHz. Obviously a 3.6 GHz P4 != 3.6 GHz i7 or Phenom 2, but the raw clock rate hasn't changed much in about 4 years. There is a practical 4 GHz ceiling. We just do more on each clock.
Yeah, but if you watched the video, you only have about an hour to play before the liquid helium runs out, and your CPU turns into a slag heap. Think you can finish the game in time?
Keep it actually plugged in and running for 50 years. Configure the BIOS to wake on LAN, so it can recover from blackouts. Better yet, if it has a wireless network card. You could wall it away, and even remotely ping it every now and then to see if it is still alive.
I wonder if you could replace the BIOS battery (which obviously won't lasts 50 years) with a nuclear pacemaker. Contact Medtronic to see if they could donate one for this cause. Either that, or remove the battery and provide enough instructions to boot the machine with default (dead battery) BIOS settings.
I think in 50 years there will still be enough experts in antique computers (The original Mac just turned 25 for perspective) to get the machine up and running, as long as nothing has corroded beyond repair. New motherboards and high end power supplies are being made with polymer capacitors that last a lot longer. http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2113
I just wish X-Plane had full 64 bit linux support and actual city landmarks, at least as downloadable add-ons I was a bit disappointed when I took off from Toronto Island and couldn't find Ontario Place or the CN tower. And I was so looking forward to flying in the Toronto air show.
I would love to see formation flying and combat over a LAN added. Oh, and take out the "must insert CD" copy protection please - it doesn't stop piracy and is just annoying.
Cause games look like crap outside of an LCDs native resolution, and I need a big, high resolution display for coding. (Or two smaller monitors, but I prefer one big one)
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Try playing Crysis at 2560x1600 - I am ordering an i7 which I plan to overclock and with a HD4870x2 card, yet even this beast couldn't keep above 30 fps according to the benchmarks I have seen.
Of course I plan to put Linux on it, and running Crysis under wine doesn't work very well, ( the closed source ATI drivers still suck, the open source ones don't do 3D ) but you get the idea. If you have a big display, expecially with anti-aliasing enabled you need a lot of GPU power.
Then they lower the bar to catch more people. Cities with red light cameras were caught shortening the yellow light down to the point where it was impossible to stop.
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The ROM in the computer on the moon lander used ferrite rope memory that was hand strung from bins of cores pre-programmed as '1's and '0's. The assemblers literally had a bin full of 1's and 0's.
Those where the days when assembly programming really meant just that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
Even those who pay for the ultimate everything edition don't have full access to Microsoft's OS.
Try getting access to the protected A/V path.
How does this differ from a guest or non-root login on a Linux system?
Dual HD4870 - Works great with compiz, although I have to turn it off in order to watch videos or run some programs such as google earth and celestia as the screen flashes and flickers. Temporarily flipping back to metacity works fine, so it is just an annoyance. But I hope it gets fixed.
> Destroy science and religion. Science will re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion
Because scientific experiments are repeatable; you can repeat experiments 10,000 years later and achieve exactly the same results, and over time, rediscover how the universe is made up. You may have another prophet born in 10,000 years, but they will not be exactly the same as Jesus or Muhammad or Guru Nanak.
It is now in Canada - they managed to buy themselves a law last year.
Linux users would be less screwed since everything is open source - same apps, just new binaries to work with your old data. Windows users would be screwed royally since they would almost certainly have to relicense/repurchase all their apps, or run their old ones in emulation. But apple got away with it...
3 martinis later I agree - hard enough to find the caps lock key. Damned glad I didn't have to drive tonight.
The truth shall set you free!
Stream away!
IANAL, but maybe someone who is might chime in:
Since the "alleging 3rd party" and Quebecor caused damages to you ( loss of internet service ) without showing reasonable proof, I wonder if you could sue them?
Is it possible to get a class action going if they caused large numbers of people to lose internet access?
Good point, I will have to think about that...
Well, I fired up Ubuntu with the new configuration and I wasn't disappointed - WOW!
Booting is lightning quick - I am still doing a lot of downloads so I haven't had a chance as some real performance tests but from what I have seen so far the results are impressive.
If I mount /home on a separate drive, (good to do when upgrading) the rest of the Linux file system fits nicely on a small SSD.
Well, I heard sealand http://www.sealandgov.org/ was up for grabs, and Ceres http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet) ought to be large enough for the asteroid purpose. AFAIK nobody else has laid claim to it.
My old Pentium 4 which I just retired ran at 3.6 GHz. My slightly overclocked i7 runs at 3.65 GHz. Obviously a 3.6 GHz P4 != 3.6 GHz i7 or Phenom 2, but the raw clock rate hasn't changed much in about 4 years. There is a practical 4 GHz ceiling. We just do more on each clock.
Yeah, but if you watched the video, you only have about an hour to play before the liquid helium runs out, and your CPU turns into a slag heap. Think you can finish the game in time?
Liquid helium cooling or should I go to the bother and expense of adding another CPU?
Keep it actually plugged in and running for 50 years. Configure the BIOS to wake on LAN, so it can recover from blackouts. Better yet, if it has a wireless network card. You could wall it away, and even remotely ping it every now and then to see if it is still alive.
I wonder if you could replace the BIOS battery (which obviously won't lasts 50 years) with a nuclear pacemaker. Contact Medtronic to see if they could donate one for this cause. Either that, or remove the battery and provide enough instructions to boot the machine with default (dead battery) BIOS settings.
I think in 50 years there will still be enough experts in antique computers (The original Mac just turned 25 for perspective) to get the machine up and running, as long as nothing has corroded beyond repair. New motherboards and high end power supplies are being made with polymer capacitors that last a lot longer.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2113
I just wish X-Plane had full 64 bit linux support and actual city landmarks, at least as downloadable add-ons I was a bit disappointed when I took off from Toronto Island and couldn't find Ontario Place or the CN tower. And I was so looking forward to flying in the Toronto air show.
I would love to see formation flying and combat over a LAN added. Oh, and take out the "must insert CD" copy protection please - it doesn't stop piracy and is just annoying.
Desktop Imax?
I'll let you know when the new PC that comes with it arrives today or tomorrow.
Same here - I was wavering between the top NVidia card and the HD4870x2 for my new linux box. I am glad I finally decided to go with the ATI GPUs.
Cause games look like crap outside of an LCDs native resolution, and I need a big, high resolution display for coding. (Or two smaller monitors, but I prefer one big one)
Only ice cooled? I want liquid nitrogen!
Try playing it at 2560x1600. The game needed a massively overclocked Skulltrail machine with 3 top end Nvidia cards and 8G of RAM to run smoothly.
Try playing Crysis at 2560x1600 - I am ordering an i7 which I plan to overclock and with a HD4870x2 card, yet even this beast couldn't keep above 30 fps according to the benchmarks I have seen.
Of course I plan to put Linux on it, and running Crysis under wine doesn't work very well, ( the closed source ATI drivers still suck, the open source ones don't do 3D ) but you get the idea. If you have a big display, expecially with anti-aliasing enabled you need a lot of GPU power.
Then they lower the bar to catch more people. Cities with red light cameras were caught shortening the yellow light down to the point where it was impossible to stop.