Prices are so low due to mass production. As the older drives get phased out, their prices increase. You can see the same thing happen with old processors. If demand were high enough, old drives might be updated with new technology and produced with new processes.
But price doesn't necessarily scale linearly, either. Even if demand for old drives did increase, and manufacturers used current technology to build them, some parts of the manufacturing process remain the same. So there are still fixed costs. Usually it's just not worth it.
MS Paint has been around since Win3.1, when was the last time you heard of an artist trading in their paintbrush for that?
There are many artists now who have traded in their paintbrushes for a program called "Photoshop"--perhaps you've heard of it? And for these "cookie cutter images spit out at will", people do in fact pay "big bucks". When professional technology is considered, it actually strengthens the parent post's argument.
Try Command-{ and Command-} (that's left and right bracket--i.e., shift-[ ). This switches between tabs in Chimera; I imagine it works in Mozilla as well.
I admire what this guy is doing (I have his book, in fact) but if one of the project goals is to aid the visually-impaired, he should probably extend that to include his website. By this I mean a CSS-based rather than table-oriented layout, not embedding tags inside table cells, and so on. These things make a web site more accessible to all. Now, off to download the project.
You realize, of course, that this or something similar has been the top ten list of every cranky old man in every human generation after the first one. The world looks wonderful when filtered through the haze of memory.
Go to my searches page and marvel that not only do people look for porn on Google, they look for really fucked up shit, and don't understand how to formulate a proper query.
And 3e8.org isn't even a porn site! "Masturbating in Gatlinburg" indeed.
My home network is comprized entirely of 100-160MHz Pentium machines running Win9x.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! It would be almost as fast as my laptop.;)
Re:Several problems with syslogd.
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Valid points, all. Keep in mind, though, that the syslog protocol runs on all sorts of systems, not just servers. It is still true that a simple, UDP-based protocol is easier on embedded hardware than a complex, TCP-based one.
Also, the function of syslog is not only to log routine diagnostic messages but also "distress calls", where the ailing system may only be able to squirt a few bytes onto the network before dying. Formatting, handshakes and authentication are all potential obstacles.
I think that a reliable syslogd is very important, for the reasons you mentioned and more. Sometimes the data recorded by standard syslogd is useless, making its design a liability. But its simple design helped ensure its acceptance. See RFC 3164 for historical notes and a review of the syslog protocol--section 1 is of great relevance.
Eh? Your first link says its info comes from an article by "Phil Hiscock"! Up next, an article with revealing new insider info on the RIAA, by Ben Dover!
"Home control" systems have been marketed for 20 years, and have never caught on. The system administration takes more time than the thing saves. How many people even use the time clocks on ovens?
If they're on the Net, they can just use NTP;) One unanticipated benefit of my SliMP3 is that the time is always right (it syncs to a box that gets time from the UIUC NTP servers). I don't bother setting my VCR clock after a power outage any more.
Anyway, even if you can't go too far out of the city, just standing in the shadow of a tall building will give you a decent view, given the sheer magnitude of the storm.
In Chicago, the sky is usually completely red all night. Hopefully the far suburbs will fare a little better.
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OK, I'll start at the other end and work my way toward you:
Wow, what exactly are you running? The slowest time-to-launch application I've got is Reason 2.0, and it only takes 5 bounces max on my iBook 700. Most everything else takes 1 or 2.
It works pretty well for me at my company. It's written in Python 1.5.2, but I was able to make a couple changes to get it to run under 2.2. Using it under OS X right now.
I've done a lot of research into tax law since starting my own business, and unfortunately, you can't expense your suits. IRS doesn't allow deductions for work clothing unless they are "unwearable" outside of your job. Fast food uniforms and medical scrubs fall into this category. Suits, no matter how you feel about them, do not.
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Holy cow, that is catastrophic!
Prices are so low due to mass production. As the older drives get phased out, their prices increase. You can see the same thing happen with old processors. If demand were high enough, old drives might be updated with new technology and produced with new processes.
But price doesn't necessarily scale linearly, either. Even if demand for old drives did increase, and manufacturers used current technology to build them, some parts of the manufacturing process remain the same. So there are still fixed costs. Usually it's just not worth it.
MS Paint has been around since Win3.1, when was the last time you heard of an artist trading in their paintbrush for that?
There are many artists now who have traded in their paintbrushes for a program called "Photoshop"--perhaps you've heard of it? And for these "cookie cutter images spit out at will", people do in fact pay "big bucks". When professional technology is considered, it actually strengthens the parent post's argument.
Try Command-{ and Command-} (that's left and right bracket--i.e., shift-[ ). This switches between tabs in Chimera; I imagine it works in Mozilla as well.
I admire what this guy is doing (I have his book, in fact) but if one of the project goals is to aid the visually-impaired, he should probably extend that to include his website. By this I mean a CSS-based rather than table-oriented layout, not embedding tags inside table cells, and so on. These things make a web site more accessible to all. Now, off to download the project.
Scientist apparently not know about e-bay.
You realize, of course, that this or something similar has been the top ten list of every cranky old man in every human generation after the first one. The world looks wonderful when filtered through the haze of memory.
John Gatto? The guy with metal joints? One time I beat him up, and won 15 silver points.
Perhaps this is valid in your universe, but in ours we have the Backstreet Boys and 'NSYNC.
Go to my searches page and marvel that not only do people look for porn on Google, they look for really fucked up shit, and don't understand how to formulate a proper query.
And 3e8.org isn't even a porn site! "Masturbating in Gatlinburg" indeed.
when "Sgt. Knapp" turns out to be Mr. Christmas's brother!
Yes. It's also a good way to pretend you're swamped with work. "This stack of paper in my inbox? It's actually Coldplay's latest single."
My home network is comprized entirely of 100-160MHz Pentium machines running Win9x.
;)
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! It would be almost as fast as my laptop.
Valid points, all. Keep in mind, though, that the syslog protocol runs on all sorts of systems, not just servers. It is still true that a simple, UDP-based protocol is easier on embedded hardware than a complex, TCP-based one.
Also, the function of syslog is not only to log routine diagnostic messages but also "distress calls", where the ailing system may only be able to squirt a few bytes onto the network before dying. Formatting, handshakes and authentication are all potential obstacles.
I think that a reliable syslogd is very important, for the reasons you mentioned and more. Sometimes the data recorded by standard syslogd is useless, making its design a liability. But its simple design helped ensure its acceptance. See RFC 3164 for historical notes and a review of the syslog protocol--section 1 is of great relevance.
Man, and I thought the Phillips vs. Slotted flamewar here was hot. This one could go nuclear!
Eh? Your first link says its info comes from an article by "Phil Hiscock"! Up next, an article with revealing new insider info on the RIAA, by Ben Dover!
"Home control" systems have been marketed for 20 years, and have never caught on. The system administration takes more time than the thing saves. How many people even use the time clocks on ovens?
;) One unanticipated benefit of my SliMP3 is that the time is always right (it syncs to a box that gets time from the UIUC NTP servers). I don't bother setting my VCR clock after a power outage any more.
If they're on the Net, they can just use NTP
I wouldn't even trust my priest with a moist sponge in a bathtub. Wait...
Anyway, even if you can't go too far out of the city, just standing in the shadow of a tall building will give you a decent view, given the sheer magnitude of the storm.
In Chicago, the sky is usually completely red all night. Hopefully the far suburbs will fare a little better.
OK, I'll start at the other end and work my way toward you:
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Wow, what exactly are you running? The slowest time-to-launch application I've got is Reason 2.0, and it only takes 5 bounces max on my iBook 700. Most everything else takes 1 or 2.
There's an NTLM authorization proxy server, written in Python, available at
http://www.geocities.com/rozmanov/ntlm
It works pretty well for me at my company. It's written in Python 1.5.2, but I was able to make a couple changes to get it to run under 2.2. Using it under OS X right now.
If you want to see bloat, take a look at the commercial UNIXes.
/stand/vmunix
For example, on a random HP 11.0 box here:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 18946872 May 9 08:43
That is a 19 megabyte binary kernel. It would be interesting to see how big the source is...
I've done a lot of research into tax law since starting my own business, and unfortunately, you can't expense your suits. IRS doesn't allow deductions for work clothing unless they are "unwearable" outside of your job. Fast food uniforms and medical scrubs fall into this category. Suits, no matter how you feel about them, do not.
You've been playing way too much Wizardry, man.