You see, the Government which has shamed our country (haven't you seen all of Australia's internet control policies) all over the world over online control has been reelected for another three years. This Government has attempted to censor the Internet and ban Internet gambling.
This new proposal however is a state law, so it doesnt apply to all of us - only those in NSW.
However, the truth is this is against Australia's free-speech and democracy that makes it such a great country - we are one of the only countries left that have free speech [apart from the US - but then again they have the DMCA:-( ].
So to be honest, I doubt these laws will pass - and if they do, some lawyers with too much time on their hands will have it removed.
Interesting how you can suck up to moderators just by saying "linux is better than windows". Even though the comment was completely offtopic. What would happen if someone did the same thing, but declared Windows to be better than Linux?
Exactly right. Does anyone really care, since it is only providing "advice" to people purchasing it - you can take it as seriously as the Bible, or completely ignore it. Your choice.
At least the system was only a ratings "advise".
Here in Australia, You CANNOT purchase games that are 'recommended' [BS] for an age level higher than your own. Technically, it's illegal for a 14-year old to purchase Half Life (although retaileres don't generally ask for ID, so its fairly easy to circumvent).
What's worse, the highest rating is MA15+. Anything higher than that is pretty much banned, as far as the law is concerned.
I am so glad that hopefully that the software industry will no longer be plagued with these appeals that have gone on forever. Hopefully we can put this all behind us and stop whinging about it.
But to be honest, what did Microsoft do so wrong in the first place? Did they stop people making other operating systems? No. Did they prevent people from making software for their operating system? No. Did they include some useful software with the OS? Yes.
Come on, lets get serious. When using Windows, who would use anything other than Internet Explorer to browse the web? I know its not perfect, but its pretty good, relative to the other "competitors" - that is Mozilla and Netscape (-or should that be Mozilla/Netscape?). No this is not flamebait, its just the truth. Mozilla is open-source yet is still unresponsive, slow, crashes all the time, displays odd behaviour [well so does IE, but not to this extent]. Even with the source "open" for the community to improve it still doesn't compete - yet. (No disrespect to all Mozilla users [I am one] or developers)
I'll use the analogy I heard someone else use on Slashdot, because it is an excellent one. Car makers aren't sued for including stereos on their cars are they? Even though their are better ones available from other companies. But most people think that is "good enough" so they don't buy them. That isn't anti-competitive.
Same with Internet Explorer. Except, in this case, there isn't anything better. So, why arent we seeing these kind of cases against Ford / Holden / Toyota?
I would bet that if Netscape went ahead and created a commercial OS and built Netscape into it no one would be complaining. So isn't this a little biased towards the "big company"?
I'm no fan of MS (in fact, I primarily use FreeBSD and a little Linux (GNU/Linux:-) ), but I still think maybe we should be giving them a fair go.
Whether you think 802.11a's offerings are useful or not, it will be still be a great thing for 802.11b - which is far from obselete.
As most people are arguing, the capabilities (primarily bandwidth) offered by 802.11b are still suitable for many people. Now, with the introduction of 802.11a products, the prices of 802.11b will be reduced, as many organizations and users dump their 802.11b gear, as well as the price of brand new equipment falling.
A similar thing happened with 802.11 -> 802.11b, except in those days 802.11 was no where near as widespread as 802.11b is now.
The 2^48 * 512 is because of the 48-bit address bus addresses _sectors_ not bytes. A sector is usually 512 bytes, so multiply the potential number of sectors by the size of a sector to get the total capacity.
But yeah, I see what you were trying to say, the prefix to the units is always 2^(width_in_bits%10)
The whole point of ACPI was to be a very flexible power management system, as well as a "configuration interface".
Unlike APM (which was never properly documented and hence most BIOSes had unusual quirks/bugs resulting in bloated APM code in the kernel to try and handle all these problems), ACPI and the newer ACPI2.0 was thoroughly documented - see how big the specification document is. Unfortunately, for the ACPI 1.0 generation, it still seems so much hardware does not conform to the standard, and hence the power management mess is still around despite the good intentions of Intel & co.
2.3 saw the introduction of a primitive ACPI 1.0 implementation, and 2.4 saw this evolve into a more useful implementation, complete with AML interpreter, as well as better integration with device drivers.
Hopefully 2.5 shall see a *better* userspace interface, giving users more access to the true flexibility ACPI offers.
The Hammer family is in a completely different boat to the IA64. Although it is "64-bit", it is just really an extension to the current x86 architecture, which is getting old in age.
I am strongly familiar with the IA64 and Hammer instruction sets and architectures, as well as the current x86 architectures. The IA64 is a *fresh start* (not like the Pentium, which was extensions the 486, which was extensions to the 386, which was a [large] extension to the 286/8086 and so on), and offers features like
* Predication (more 'smooth' execution)
* Loop pipelining
* ENORMOUS amount of registers
* Heavily used ILP
* Speculation to take care of ambiguous jumps/memory accesses
* A very interesting way of implementing VM
and a hell of a lot more that I can't think of the top of my head. As well as finally discarding segmentation as well.
Although i have a mixed opinion towards IA64 (I mean, its a hell of a lot more work for those writing assembly for it, not to mention compilers and OS's), In the end, the Hammer architecture, while a big step forward, is merely squeezing whatever is left out of the x86 architecture. It really is just doubling the width of the registers and allowing easy implementation of a 64-bit data type, without offering any of the new optimizing features of the IA64. In my opinion, while the Hammer may have the advantage initially, IA64 will eventually dominate.
Software developers too, are unlikely to want to release two binaries (forget the open source argument for now:-) of their software, for _completely_ incompatible architectures.
So in short, they aren't really competing products, nor are they even aimed at the same market. They still however, are both good for what they are.
Absolutely. Here in Australia MDs are reasonably popular, although not as much as in the UK as I understand.
In the last month I've noticed how American-ized slashdot really is - it's as if the rest of the world doesn't count. Just look at the Aluminium vs Aluminum discussion going on.
Some mobiles have a lot longer standby time than you think, for example, 5110s can easily stay on standby for at least 10 days, my 8210 can do about 4 or 5 (considering it consumes 3ma in standby, even less with no signal).
In other countries around the world, such as Australia, network TV channels are all showing identical CNN feed. If I wanted to watch CNN, i'd switch to the cable channel.
The events are tragic, but slashdot is a technology-related site, not a news site as it is becoming right now.
It is true that American's think the world ends outside the US though.
Mathmatically, that is not terribly secure, do I have to explain why.. ? Maybe a bit more secure if you sing into it for 74 minutes.. Ask any cryptanalyst.
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You see, the Government which has shamed our country (haven't you seen all of Australia's internet control policies) all over the world over online control has been reelected for another three years. This Government has attempted to censor the Internet and ban Internet gambling.
:-( ].
This new proposal however is a state law, so it doesnt apply to all of us - only those in NSW.
However, the truth is this is against Australia's free-speech and democracy that makes it such a great country - we are one of the only countries left that have free speech [apart from the US - but then again they have the DMCA
So to be honest, I doubt these laws will pass - and if they do, some lawyers with too much time on their hands will have it removed.
Interesting how you can suck up to moderators just by saying "linux is better than windows". Even though the comment was completely offtopic. What would happen if someone did the same thing, but declared Windows to be better than Linux?
Exactly right. Does anyone really care, since it is only providing "advice" to people purchasing it - you can take it as seriously as the Bible, or completely ignore it. Your choice.
At least the system was only a ratings "advise".
Here in Australia, You CANNOT purchase games that are 'recommended' [BS] for an age level higher than your own. Technically, it's illegal for a 14-year old to purchase Half Life (although retaileres don't generally ask for ID, so its fairly easy to circumvent).
What's worse, the highest rating is MA15+. Anything higher than that is pretty much banned, as far as the law is concerned.
Maybe you just suck as a parent. That or your son's a retard.
I am so glad that hopefully that the software industry will no longer be plagued with these appeals that have gone on forever. Hopefully we can put this all behind us and stop whinging about it.
:-) ), but I still think maybe we should be giving them a fair go.
But to be honest, what did Microsoft do so wrong in the first place? Did they stop people making other operating systems? No. Did they prevent people from making software for their operating system? No. Did they include some useful software with the OS? Yes.
Come on, lets get serious. When using Windows, who would use anything other than Internet Explorer to browse the web? I know its not perfect, but its pretty good, relative to the other "competitors" - that is Mozilla and Netscape (-or should that be Mozilla/Netscape?). No this is not flamebait, its just the truth. Mozilla is open-source yet is still unresponsive, slow, crashes all the time, displays odd behaviour [well so does IE, but not to this extent]. Even with the source "open" for the community to improve it still doesn't compete - yet. (No disrespect to all Mozilla users [I am one] or developers)
I'll use the analogy I heard someone else use on Slashdot, because it is an excellent one. Car makers aren't sued for including stereos on their cars are they? Even though their are better ones available from other companies. But most people think that is "good enough" so they don't buy them. That isn't anti-competitive.
Same with Internet Explorer. Except, in this case, there isn't anything better. So, why arent we seeing these kind of cases against Ford / Holden / Toyota?
I would bet that if Netscape went ahead and created a commercial OS and built Netscape into it no one would be complaining. So isn't this a little biased towards the "big company"?
I'm no fan of MS (in fact, I primarily use FreeBSD and a little Linux (GNU/Linux
Whether you think 802.11a's offerings are useful or not, it will be still be a great thing for 802.11b - which is far from obselete.
As most people are arguing, the capabilities (primarily bandwidth) offered by 802.11b are still suitable for many people. Now, with the introduction of 802.11a products, the prices of 802.11b will be reduced, as many organizations and users dump their 802.11b gear, as well as the price of brand new equipment falling.
A similar thing happened with 802.11 -> 802.11b, except in those days 802.11 was no where near as widespread as 802.11b is now.
The 2^48 * 512 is because of the 48-bit address bus addresses _sectors_ not bytes. A sector is usually 512 bytes, so multiply the potential number of sectors by the size of a sector to get the total capacity.
But yeah, I see what you were trying to say, the prefix to the units is always 2^(width_in_bits%10)
Australia not reknowned for its Linux developers?
Ever heard of SAMBA? (Andrew Tridgell)
Ever used IPTABLES? (Rusty Russell)
The whole point of ACPI was to be a very flexible power management system, as well as a "configuration interface".
Unlike APM (which was never properly documented and hence most BIOSes had unusual quirks/bugs resulting in bloated APM code in the kernel to try and handle all these problems), ACPI and the newer ACPI2.0 was thoroughly documented - see how big the specification document is. Unfortunately, for the ACPI 1.0 generation, it still seems so much hardware does not conform to the standard, and hence the power management mess is still around despite the good intentions of Intel & co.
2.3 saw the introduction of a primitive ACPI 1.0 implementation, and 2.4 saw this evolve into a more useful implementation, complete with AML interpreter, as well as better integration with device drivers.
Hopefully 2.5 shall see a *better* userspace interface, giving users more access to the true flexibility ACPI offers.
The Hammer family is in a completely different boat to the IA64. Although it is "64-bit", it is just really an extension to the current x86 architecture, which is getting old in age.
:-) of their software, for _completely_ incompatible architectures.
I am strongly familiar with the IA64 and Hammer instruction sets and architectures, as well as the current x86 architectures. The IA64 is a *fresh start* (not like the Pentium, which was extensions the 486, which was extensions to the 386, which was a [large] extension to the 286/8086 and so on), and offers features like
* Predication (more 'smooth' execution)
* Loop pipelining
* ENORMOUS amount of registers
* Heavily used ILP
* Speculation to take care of ambiguous jumps/memory accesses
* A very interesting way of implementing VM
and a hell of a lot more that I can't think of the top of my head. As well as finally discarding segmentation as well.
Although i have a mixed opinion towards IA64 (I mean, its a hell of a lot more work for those writing assembly for it, not to mention compilers and OS's), In the end, the Hammer architecture, while a big step forward, is merely squeezing whatever is left out of the x86 architecture. It really is just doubling the width of the registers and allowing easy implementation of a 64-bit data type, without offering any of the new optimizing features of the IA64. In my opinion, while the Hammer may have the advantage initially, IA64 will eventually dominate.
Software developers too, are unlikely to want to release two binaries (forget the open source argument for now
So in short, they aren't really competing products, nor are they even aimed at the same market. They still however, are both good for what they are.
--JQuirke
Absolutely. Here in Australia MDs are reasonably popular, although not as much as in the UK as I understand.
In the last month I've noticed how American-ized slashdot really is - it's as if the rest of the world doesn't count. Just look at the Aluminium vs Aluminum discussion going on.
I don't think their jurisdiction extends to Australia
Some mobiles have a lot longer standby time than you think, for example, 5110s can easily stay on standby for at least 10 days, my 8210 can do about 4 or 5 (considering it consumes 3ma in standby, even less with no signal).
Haha, stupid Canadians. Basically all the news could be stuck in a half hour timeslot rather than repeated for 24 continuous hours.
In other countries around the world, such as Australia, network TV channels are all showing identical CNN feed. If I wanted to watch CNN, i'd switch to the cable channel.
The events are tragic, but slashdot is a technology-related site, not a news site as it is becoming right now.
It is true that American's think the world ends outside the US though.
Hey dickhead, the keyword in your excerpt was 'least'.
And it sounds like your the one taking it up the ass.
No your quite obviously the FAG. must this continue?
Mathmatically, that is not terribly secure, do I have to explain why.. ? Maybe a bit more secure if you sing into it for 74 minutes.. Ask any cryptanalyst.