I always tought that OpenBSD is the most x86-centered of the xBSD trinity and that the NetBSD crew where the one boldly porting their OS on platform nobody dare to port to before. Just surprising that the port is based on OpenBSD.
Also, the processor spec talk about 32 bit general-purpose register. Can a 64 bit CPU have 32 bit register ? I always tough that data path widht was directly related to register size. Anyway, I don't know much about processor design, maybe I am just misleaded.
I know nothing of wireless and RF, but have you investigated 802.11 (wireless ethernet) ? For voice/audio application, you coud do VoIP and streaming audio, and since this is broadcast (not sure... ought to verify), you could connect all the friend of your neighborhood to your LAN for some wireless Quake.
As I said, I don't know much about about wireless in general and 802.11 in particuliar, so don't take my word for it.
Thus, the developper choose the platform for wich he release binarie. If he don't have access to, say, a Sparc, he will probably not release his software for Sparc/Linux since he can't test his binarie. That's cheap, but that's the closed source way.
I hate chain letter, but now I'm spamming all my friend, co-worker and family with this story.
I don't know how they are gonna react to the/. effect. Their webmaster is gonna freak out when he'll find his site had a ten-fold increase in hit for a few hours...
That's it. Ctrl + Esc is the Windoze shortcut that pop up the Start menu. And it's quite useful : it permit to shutdown the machine in less than 1/10 sec. (Win95 + Up arrow + Enter; much quicker than "shutdown -h now").
I do agree about the power button on the keyboard. I missed this feature from my SS10 when working on peecees (and I curse the placement of CapsLock/Ctrl !). With almost every PC now sold being equiped with software-controllable power supply (ATX?), it sould be doable. Probably another limitation in the name of backward compatibility !
Thus said, in my setup (web backend database), I choosed PostgreSQL, mainly for the totally random reason that MySQL was'nt compiling on my developpement platform (Debian 2.1/Sparc) and PostgreSQL was packaged for that distribution.
However, I had made some research on the issue. Here are my conclusion :
- MySQL is reputed faster (MySQL developper admit that speed is no. 1 priority), but PostgreSQL advocate point that the speed disadvantage of PostgreSQL is mostly due to fsync() call for every write request to the db, wich is a Good Thing (TM) but can be disabled if speed is an issue. My personnal opinion is that fast hardware is cheap, thus lowering the importance of this issue.
- MySQL has a lot of nice third-partie support and goodies and better doc. However, the doc for PostgreSQL 6.5 had been much improved and is quite helpful.
- As pointed out in previous post, support for transaction is a plus for PostgreSQL. Also, the PostgreSQL developpement team seem genuinely focused on SQL92 compliance, another Good Thing (TM) from my newbie point of view.
- Another nice aspect of PostgreSQL I don't know much about is native geometric data type (could be interesting in GIS application) and support for BLOB (don't know if MySQL support BLOB). I don't need these features, but it's nice to know there available.
Thus said, PostgreSQL has some shortcoming (at least in v.6.3.2, the one I use):
- Can't use aggregate function in WHERE clause. For example, the following statement is legal with MySQL :
SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE id = max(id);
In PostgreSQL, you need some hoopla to do this :
SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE id = (SELECT max(id) FROM sometable);
This might be fixed in Pg 6.5, I don't know.
- There is no AUTO_INCREMENT in PostgreSQL. You have to create a "sequence" (CREATE SEQUENCE seq;) and invoke nextval('seq') to extract a serial number. This is fixed in v6.5 : PostgreSQL now have a SERIAL data type that is auto-incrementing.
That being said, don't take my word for it (I *really* don't have much experience with database).
... at least on my SS10. The connector is not the familiar DB15 it is on PC hardware, it's more like a dense female 25 pin, very much like the Sun speaker connector. However, I am not really familiar with Sun hardware, so don't take my word for it.
I'm stuck i a similar situation, except that it's an MS hell. I have used Internet Mail 3.0 (the mailer for IE 3) for about 2 years now, and would seriously like to move all that accumulated mail to something else. A lot of research have'nt turned out anything that could converte their proprietary format (a kind of database format where the index and the data are kept separately in no particuliar order) for mail box to something else. If you know of a trick that could do it (I am especially looking at converting all this mail to plain ASCII), please let me know.
And don't say I should'nt have used it in the first place; I already know it, that's why I'm moving.
With all those bugfixe, it should be time for a new release of Slash my dear Rob. I have a lot of idea for wich I could pilfer some of your code !
Thanx for your good work !
PepsiCo paid 2.5 *Billion* $ for the right ...
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... to put the SW character on their product. PepsiCo also own Frito-Lays, KFC, Pizza-Hut, etc... so expect to see those familiar SW face on your bag of chips, your pizza box, your fried-chicken barrel, etc.
This is not urban legend; this morning I catched an analysis of SW marketing on radio (CBC, serious stuff) where they were talking about the revenue model of the production. I just can't believe how much money they are gonna make with this one...
Beware : Netscape Composer have the bad habit of using literal link (i.e. "C:\website\img\image.gif" instead of "/img/image.gif") like many other WYSIWYG editor. Take care with this one.
I admit I am a newbie, but I always tought that the difference between different Unix was mostly cosmetic (command line switch, file system layout, admin utilities, etc) and once you grab the basic, you can apply it on any other Unices. So switching from one *nix to the other is mainly a matter of RTFM. In my mind Unix include Linux, so this also apply between Linux vs. other *nix.
Please enlighten me if I am wrong : are there major (read : fundamental) differences between, say, AIX and Solaris ? Irix and HP-UX ? (beside the obvious SysV vs BSD)
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That may have been in the past, but not anymore. Most of today script kiddies are just troublemaker : the fact that they are making trouble with computer is merely coincidential. They would breaking windows if it was'nt for the fact that being a "haX0r" is now considered cool. Lazy, bored teenager, that is what they are...
An unfortunate fact is that most of them don't even consider their behavior harmful. Smurfing your network is a victimless crime in their little narrow mind; they can't conceive it's somebody's job to keep that network running. They lack education of the real life type.
If you really want to help them, kick their butt. Maybe we could teach them some respect that way.
Send your document by email... If I need one, I'll made a hard copy.
Plus, if I post my printer URL (printer:// ???), I would need some serious filtering/firewalling not to have all the world spammer jam my printer. At the cost of ink cartridge, better think twice before publishing your printer "Web adress" (--> this one really made me fall down my chair...)
Let's see what I have here (I am running an elementary school computer lab) : several version of DOS (both MS and PC from 3.3 to 7.0), 3 implementation of Win16 (3.0, 3.1 WfW), two flavor of Win95 (pre- and OSR2), WinNT 4.0 wich lag behind Service Pack (never finished the 80 MB download for SP4...). If I would buy a bunch of new PeeCee, I would have to specify Win95 in my RFP if I don't want YAOS (Yet Another OS), that is Win98.
The solution to this fragmentation ? The only one I could see is standardizing on two OS : one for the obsolete PC (let's say WfW + same version of DOS) and one for the newer box (let's say Win95 OSR2). But where am I suppose to get the cash for that upgrade ??? This is the kick : Windows world isn't fragmented because people are willing to pay for bug fixe and marginal feature.
(Actually, I could'nt standardize on OSR2; the only way to use it legally is if it was pre-installed on your machine)
For the DOS fragmentation problem, I'll be standardizing on DR-DOS 7.02, wich is still hopefully free for educationnal institution. I know, I know : Linux would be a better solution, but not an option until the educationnal app the teacher use are available for it. So I am stuck juggling with MS mess (patch, revision, service pack and implementation). And they call it consolidation ???
Although it is a good thing to see major manufacturer bundling Linux, I just can't swallow their stupid ads (seen in Unix Review/Performance Computing) about how Unix was outdated, how lame it is, come on and follow us on the path of NT paradise...
Honestly, if I buy a machine to run any flavor of Unix, I'll go to a manufacturer who understand and support Unices. And it's not being religious, it's being pragmatic : I would'nt risk ending up unsupported because the wind changed and my OS is not anymore the flavor of the day.
... buying a Netwinder ? These machine look quite good, are reasonnably priced and offer great hack potential (2 Enet port, video in/out, telephone jack, etc.) The only problem I see is that the ARM platform is limited in OS support. But if you are running Linux exclusively, that is not a problem.
As other point out, you have an AUI jack behind your Sparc. You need to get a transceiver for your type of network (10bt, coax, fiber, whatever). Just an advice : on my SS10, the AUI is non-standard (not the same as on PC hardware), so make sure the transceiver you get work on your machine (ask the vendor).
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I always tought that OpenBSD is the most x86-centered of the xBSD trinity and that the NetBSD crew where the one boldly porting their OS on platform nobody dare to port to before. Just surprising that the port is based on OpenBSD.
Also, the processor spec talk about 32 bit general-purpose register. Can a 64 bit CPU have 32 bit register ? I always tough that data path widht was directly related to register size. Anyway, I don't know much about processor design, maybe I am just misleaded.
I know nothing of wireless and RF, but have you investigated 802.11 (wireless ethernet) ? For voice/audio application, you coud do VoIP and streaming audio, and since this is broadcast (not sure... ought to verify), you could connect all the friend of your neighborhood to your LAN for some wireless Quake.
As I said, I don't know much about about wireless in general and 802.11 in particuliar, so don't take my word for it.
Thus, the developper choose the platform for wich he release binarie. If he don't have access to, say, a Sparc, he will probably not release his software for Sparc/Linux since he can't test his binarie. That's cheap, but that's the closed source way.
... be on switched Ethernet.
I hate chain letter, but now I'm spamming all my friend, co-worker and family with this story.
/. effect. Their webmaster is gonna freak out when he'll find his site had a ten-fold increase in hit for a few hours ...
I don't know how they are gonna react to the
That's it. Ctrl + Esc is the Windoze shortcut that pop up the Start menu. And it's quite useful : it permit to shutdown the machine in less than 1/10 sec. (Win95 + Up arrow + Enter; much quicker than "shutdown -h now").
I do agree about the power button on the keyboard. I missed this feature from my SS10 when working on peecees (and I curse the placement of CapsLock/Ctrl !). With almost every PC now sold being equiped with software-controllable power supply (ATX?), it sould be doable. Probably another limitation in the name of backward compatibility !
Thus said, in my setup (web backend database), I choosed PostgreSQL, mainly for the totally random reason that MySQL was'nt compiling on my developpement platform (Debian 2.1/Sparc) and PostgreSQL was packaged for that distribution.
However, I had made some research on the issue. Here are my conclusion :
- MySQL is reputed faster (MySQL developper admit that speed is no. 1 priority), but PostgreSQL advocate point that the speed disadvantage of PostgreSQL is mostly due to fsync() call for every write request to the db, wich is a Good Thing (TM) but can be disabled if speed is an issue. My personnal opinion is that fast hardware is cheap, thus lowering the importance of this issue.
- MySQL has a lot of nice third-partie support and goodies and better doc. However, the doc for PostgreSQL 6.5 had been much improved and is quite helpful.
- As pointed out in previous post, support for transaction is a plus for PostgreSQL. Also, the PostgreSQL developpement team seem genuinely focused on SQL92 compliance, another Good Thing (TM) from my newbie point of view.
- Another nice aspect of PostgreSQL I don't know much about is native geometric data type (could be interesting in GIS application) and support for BLOB (don't know if MySQL support BLOB). I don't need these features, but it's nice to know there available.
Thus said, PostgreSQL has some shortcoming (at least in v.6.3.2, the one I use):
- Can't use aggregate function in WHERE clause. For example, the following statement is legal with MySQL :
SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE id = max(id);
In PostgreSQL, you need some hoopla to do this :
SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE id = (SELECT max(id) FROM sometable);
This might be fixed in Pg 6.5, I don't know.
- There is no AUTO_INCREMENT in PostgreSQL. You have to create a "sequence" (CREATE SEQUENCE seq;) and invoke nextval('seq') to extract a serial number. This is fixed in v6.5 : PostgreSQL now have a SERIAL data type that is auto-incrementing.
That being said, don't take my word for it (I *really* don't have much experience with database).
Just my 0.02 CDN$.
According to the FAQ :
"It supports operating in both the normal client/server mode, and
in a special "client linked into the server" mode for very low memory
applications."
So I suppose they mean client/server in the "networkable" way.
... at least on my SS10. The connector is not the familiar DB15 it is on PC hardware, it's more like a dense female 25 pin, very much like the Sun speaker connector. However, I am not really familiar with Sun hardware, so don't take my word for it.
I'm stuck i a similar situation, except that it's an MS hell. I have used Internet Mail 3.0 (the mailer for IE 3) for about 2 years now, and would seriously like to move all that accumulated mail to something else. A lot of research have'nt turned out anything that could converte their proprietary format (a kind of database format where the index and the data are kept separately in no particuliar order) for mail box to something else. If you know of a trick that could do it (I am especially looking at converting all this mail to plain ASCII), please let me know.
And don't say I should'nt have used it in the first place; I already know it, that's why I'm moving.
Thanx !
Etyenne
With all those bugfixe, it should be time for a new release of Slash my dear Rob. I have a lot of idea for wich I could pilfer some of your code !
Thanx for your good work !
... to put the SW character on their product. PepsiCo also own Frito-Lays, KFC, Pizza-Hut, etc... so expect to see those familiar SW face on your bag of chips, your pizza box, your fried-chicken barrel, etc.
...
This is not urban legend; this morning I catched an analysis of SW marketing on radio (CBC, serious stuff) where they were talking about the revenue model of the production. I just can't believe how much money they are gonna make with this one
Beware : Netscape Composer have the bad habit of using literal link (i.e. "C:\website\img\image.gif" instead of "/img/image.gif") like many other WYSIWYG editor. Take care with this one.
If it's legit (not bogus) and documented, then we have the ultimate argument against MS FUD. That might be worth looking at.
I admit I am a newbie, but I always tought that the difference between different Unix was mostly cosmetic (command line switch, file system layout, admin utilities, etc) and once you grab the basic, you can apply it on any other Unices. So switching from one *nix to the other is mainly a matter of RTFM. In my mind Unix include Linux, so this also apply between Linux vs. other *nix.
Please enlighten me if I am wrong : are there major (read : fundamental) differences between, say, AIX and Solaris ? Irix and HP-UX ? (beside the obvious SysV vs BSD)
That may have been in the past, but not anymore. Most of today script kiddies are just troublemaker : the fact that they are making trouble with computer is merely coincidential. They would breaking windows if it was'nt for the fact that being a "haX0r" is now considered cool. Lazy, bored teenager, that is what they are ...
An unfortunate fact is that most of them don't even consider their behavior harmful. Smurfing your network is a victimless crime in their little narrow mind; they can't conceive it's somebody's job to keep that network running. They lack education of the real life type.
If you really want to help them, kick their butt. Maybe we could teach them some respect that way.
Send your document by email ... If I need one, I'll made a hard copy.
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Plus, if I post my printer URL (printer:// ???), I would need some serious filtering/firewalling not to have all the world spammer jam my printer. At the cost of ink cartridge, better think twice before publishing your printer "Web adress" (--> this one really made me fall down my chair
I have'nt shopped recently for a PDA, but what is the price difference between a Palm and those flashy WinCE machine ?
;)
I would'nt pay 800$ for a PDA. I'll buy a used laptop instead. PDA should be cheap if they want to be Personnal.
On another note : did they crash frequently ?
(That's where the color become interesting : you can have a blue screen
Let's see what I have here (I am running an elementary school computer lab) : several version of DOS (both MS and PC from 3.3 to 7.0), 3 implementation of Win16 (3.0, 3.1 WfW), two flavor of Win95 (pre- and OSR2), WinNT 4.0 wich lag behind Service Pack (never finished the 80 MB download for SP4...). If I would buy a bunch of new PeeCee, I would have to specify Win95 in my RFP if I don't want YAOS (Yet Another OS), that is Win98.
The solution to this fragmentation ? The only one I could see is standardizing on two OS : one for the obsolete PC (let's say WfW + same version of DOS) and one for the newer box (let's say Win95 OSR2). But where am I suppose to get the cash for that upgrade ??? This is the kick : Windows world isn't fragmented because people are willing to pay for bug fixe and marginal feature.
(Actually, I could'nt standardize on OSR2; the only way to use it legally is if it was pre-installed on your machine)
For the DOS fragmentation problem, I'll be standardizing on DR-DOS 7.02, wich is still hopefully free for educationnal institution. I know, I know : Linux would be a better solution, but not an option until the educationnal app the teacher use are available for it. So I am stuck juggling with MS mess (patch, revision, service pack and implementation). And they call it consolidation ???
Although it is a good thing to see major manufacturer bundling Linux, I just can't swallow their stupid ads (seen in Unix Review/Performance Computing) about how Unix was outdated, how lame it is, come on and follow us on the path of NT paradise ...
Honestly, if I buy a machine to run any flavor of Unix, I'll go to a manufacturer who understand and support Unices. And it's not being religious, it's being pragmatic : I would'nt risk ending up unsupported because the wind changed and my OS is not anymore the flavor of the day.
Anyhow, still a good news.
... buying a Netwinder ? These machine look quite good, are reasonnably priced and offer great hack potential (2 Enet port, video in/out, telephone jack, etc.) The only problem I see is that the ARM platform is limited in OS support. But if you are running Linux exclusively, that is not a problem.
Instead of using windows/temp, Netscape 4.5 use /temp instead. One level higher in the FS ... so more visible !
As other point out, you have an AUI jack behind your Sparc. You need to get a transceiver for your type of network (10bt, coax, fiber, whatever). Just an advice : on my SS10, the AUI is non-standard (not the same as on PC hardware), so make sure the transceiver you get work on your machine (ask the vendor).