Ah, I see. Things are fine as long as Linux remains a niche product run mostly by the computer savvy. Heaven forbid a major corporation buy a distro and make it easily available to millions of users. Then it wouldn't be as cool or elitist to run Linux. I think that's your real issue here.
What a knee jerk reaction to what ultimately might be the best thing that could happen to Linux.
I live in Western PA, and wow, am I glad I don't have your company as a provider. I use VPN to get back to the office to do work, which is one of the reasons I have broadband. I certainly hope that there are high speed alternatives in your area for people who realise how rotten what you describe is. You could have at LEAST offered people higher priced connections that supported VPN.
Good points. I did find it an interesting read, but didn't agree with most of it. Still, I do enjoy reading opposing views, even when they are way off base.
So if I disagree that this is in any way enlightening, that makes me non-free thinking and jingoistic? What a biased, bigoted thing to say. In other words, anyone who doesn't espouse the neo-Marxist views expressed in this interview is labled a jingoist?
How typical of left/liberal thinking; if you don't agree with us, you are a bad person! LOL.
I would have liked some more technical details on their product pages, but all in all it looks like a pretty cool device. I would really love to see a color unit.
They should add a more interactive demo, so that people can get some more of the feel of using it's interface. I love the fact that it uses Java. Theoretically, it should be pretty easy to extend, software wise.
Devices like this are going to be coming out of the wooodwork soon enough. I for one can't wait, I'm tired of carrying a multiple devices around.
People who are going to install ethernet switches will probably cable it themselves and put in a regular old switch, and not need this 'gee whiz' switch. Others will opt for home PNA or 802.11 solutions.
I don't see them selling a whole bunch of these. Other than the 'gee whiz' factor they aren't any more useful than a regular switch/hub.
I understand your sentiment, but it is hard to put food on the table if you give your product away. There is room in this world for both open source and proprietary software.
Of course, I expected to see at least a dozen comments like that. Not everything can be free, guys. People need to live and eat and take care of their families. That being said, open source is here to stay, and as I said above I think it can easily coexist with commercial software.
I've been following the development of this, and it's nice to see a game being developed simultaneously for Linux and Windows, rather than being released on Linux a year or more after the Windows counterpart.
I also like the fact that the binaries for all platforms will be on one CD. I'm tired of buying two copies of games if I want to run them on both Linux and Windoze.
Hopefully they will find a partner and be successful. It could be a good shot in the arm for Linux game development. It will be hard for them to say who is running it on what platform though, but I can live with that in return for getting all of the binaries in one box.
I hate to burst your bubble, but AMD had been making chips for MANY YEARS before they hit 1ghz...then again the above is what I'd expect from an AMD fanboy...
If we allow our rights to become significantly abridged, then we have let the terrorists win. I do not claim to have the answers, but we are treading on a slipperly slope that could lead to the loss of more than just a little privacy.
Certainly, we would all be physically safer if we lived in a totalitarian regime with no privacy protection. Would that be worth the cost? No, Katz does not advocate this, but the very subject of the erosion of our civil liberties is a dangerous one. Yes, we need a national debate on this. Hopefully cool heads will prevail.
Maybe some of the more rabid fans of RMS will open their eyes now and see him for the megalomaniac that he is. It isn't about free speech or free software at all to him, it's about control and forcing his opinions upon everyone he can get to.
I wonder how long it will be before Corporate America tries to patent this process, in case they have the technology to reproduce it synthetically in a million years or so;)
So now Mr. Katz is a legal analyst specializing in monopoly and anti-trust law? I have my own doubts about the judgement and remedy, but I have no doubt that MS broke the law.
Drawing a parallel with AOL/Time is very disingenuous, but I think you know that. Illegality is defined by behavior. If (some would say when) AOL starts using their clout the way MS has, to dominate the market, then and only then is it breaking the law.
Monopolies are not illegal. Abusing the power of a monopoly is. You seem to miss that point.
Peer to peer applications like this are just the beginning. As 'intelligent agent' software (little progs that sit on your 'puter and do stuff without much input or oversight on your part), and search/directory technologies such as this evolve, there truly will be a 'web' connecting every peer on the Internet, or on any given network for that matter.
Peer to peer connectivity over distributed networks may well be the next killer app. since email.
In a reported attempt to keep full creative control, as well as to reduce employment costs, George Lucas is replacing his entire production staff with CGI characters.
Not true...I just now went to Dell's site and was easily able to choose a PIII 1.13ghz for a Dimension XPS B. Look again.
As for Tom's objectivity and bias, I stand by my original statement. I did not say he was incorrect, just that he has repeatedly been very forgiving of AMD and very quick to bash Intel.
While I don't discount the numerous problems that people have had with the 1.13ghz PIII, let's not pretend that Tom isn't strongly biased against Intel. He always has been, which in my book casts doubt on his credibility.
That being said, there is obviously a problem with the 1.13ghz part. I would not just take Tom's word on it though. The other articles/reviews mentioned add credence to this.
Disclaimer: I have AMD and Intel CPU's at home. I'm agnostic when it comes to processors, give me speed and stability and I don't care who it is from!
Check out the review of the 1.1 ghz Athlon at
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/reviews/cp u/thunderbird_1-1ghz/
Good marks, great performance. However, look at this blurb from the review about the high return rates of high speed Athlons:
"We haven't had any more AMD CPUs fry on us, but we did talk to a mail order house that said some disturbing things. They told us that they have had approximately a 10% return rate on AMD Athlon Thunderbird CPUs. That is a painfully high failure rate. They said that some distributors place bar codes on the underside of the Athlon Thunderbird CPUs and that these barcoded CPUs often come back with their barcodes burnt. Their Duron failure rate, however, has fallen to normal and acceptable levels."
Could it be that both Intel and AMD are too busy racing each other to take proper care in the Quality Control arena?
I think people should probably reserve judgment until units actually start to ship. Only by observing the real world performance, both at the CPU/throughput level and the power management level, will we really know if Crusoe will live up to the hype.
I for one can't wait to get my hands on a unit to evalutate. Hey, a good battery test would be to run the Q3 Quaver demo over and over and over....hey, if the Crusoe really does optimize on the fly, then my framerates should get higher with each interation!;-)
Painting satellites and space stations black would cause them to absorb FAR more heat than reflective surfaces. Heat is a huge problem in space, believe it or not.
This is interesting, if true. I've seen many Mac pundits claim that Altivec was the next best thing since sliced bread. I've only had a bit of hand's on time with G4's, being an x86 or SPARC type of guy, so I'm definitely not an expert on the G4. Does anyone have any first hand experience with whether or not Altivec was a bad move?
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Ah, I see. Things are fine as long as Linux remains a niche product run mostly by the computer savvy. Heaven forbid a major corporation buy a distro and make it easily available to millions of users. Then it wouldn't be as cool or elitist to run Linux. I think that's your real issue here.
What a knee jerk reaction to what ultimately might be the best thing that could happen to Linux.
I live in Western PA, and wow, am I glad I don't have your company as a provider. I use VPN to get back to the office to do work, which is one of the reasons I have broadband. I certainly hope that there are high speed alternatives in your area for people who realise how rotten what you describe is. You could have at LEAST offered people higher priced connections that supported VPN.
Good points. I did find it an interesting read, but didn't agree with most of it. Still, I do enjoy reading opposing views, even when they are way off base.
So if I disagree that this is in any way enlightening, that makes me non-free thinking and jingoistic? What a biased, bigoted thing to say. In other words, anyone who doesn't espouse the neo-Marxist views expressed in this interview is labled a jingoist?
How typical of left/liberal thinking; if you don't agree with us, you are a bad person! LOL.
I would have liked some more technical details on their product pages, but all in all it looks like a pretty cool device. I would really love to see a color unit.
They should add a more interactive demo, so that people can get some more of the feel of using it's interface. I love the fact that it uses Java. Theoretically, it should be pretty easy to extend, software wise.
Devices like this are going to be coming out of the wooodwork soon enough. I for one can't wait, I'm tired of carrying a multiple devices around.
People who are going to install ethernet switches will probably cable it themselves and put in a regular old switch, and not need this 'gee whiz' switch. Others will opt for home PNA or 802.11 solutions.
I don't see them selling a whole bunch of these. Other than the 'gee whiz' factor they aren't any more useful than a regular switch/hub.
I understand your sentiment, but it is hard to put food on the table if you give your product away. There is room in this world for both open source and proprietary software.
Of course, I expected to see at least a dozen comments like that. Not everything can be free, guys. People need to live and eat and take care of their families. That being said, open source is here to stay, and as I said above I think it can easily coexist with commercial software.
I've been following the development of this, and it's nice to see a game being developed simultaneously for Linux and Windows, rather than being released on Linux a year or more after the Windows counterpart.
I also like the fact that the binaries for all platforms will be on one CD. I'm tired of buying two copies of games if I want to run them on both Linux and Windoze.
Hopefully they will find a partner and be successful. It could be a good shot in the arm for Linux game development. It will be hard for them to say who is running it on what platform though, but I can live with that in return for getting all of the binaries in one box.
...can you power a Beowulf cluster with one of these?
Sorry...couldn't resist...
Actually, RDRAM is double pumped off of a 400mhz signal, which in the case of the i850 chipset is a quad pumped 100mhz FSB.
Get it right...
I hate to burst your bubble, but AMD had been making chips for MANY YEARS before they hit 1ghz...then again the above is what I'd expect from an AMD fanboy...
My, what a Marxist notion. Gee, let's start raping companines of their capital to fund public education. Heh.
Try actually reading the article. The author talks about battery life at the end of the article.
If we allow our rights to become significantly abridged, then we have let the terrorists win. I do not claim to have the answers, but we are treading on a slipperly slope that could lead to the loss of more than just a little privacy.
Certainly, we would all be physically safer if we lived in a totalitarian regime with no privacy protection. Would that be worth the cost? No, Katz does not advocate this, but the very subject of the erosion of our civil liberties is a dangerous one. Yes, we need a national debate on this. Hopefully cool heads will prevail.
Maybe some of the more rabid fans of RMS will open their eyes now and see him for the megalomaniac that he is. It isn't about free speech or free software at all to him, it's about control and forcing his opinions upon everyone he can get to.
I wonder how long it will be before Corporate America tries to patent this process, in case they have the technology to reproduce it synthetically in a million years or so ;)
So now Mr. Katz is a legal analyst specializing in monopoly and anti-trust law? I have my own doubts about the judgement and remedy, but I have no doubt that MS broke the law.
Drawing a parallel with AOL/Time is very disingenuous, but I think you know that. Illegality is defined by behavior. If (some would say when) AOL starts using their clout the way MS has, to dominate the market, then and only then is it breaking the law.
Monopolies are not illegal. Abusing the power of a monopoly is. You seem to miss that point.
Peer to peer applications like this are just the beginning. As 'intelligent agent' software (little progs that sit on your 'puter and do stuff without much input or oversight on your part), and search/directory technologies such as this evolve, there truly will be a 'web' connecting every peer on the Internet, or on any given network for that matter.
Peer to peer connectivity over distributed networks may well be the next killer app. since email.
In a reported attempt to keep full creative control, as well as to reduce employment costs, George Lucas is replacing his entire production staff with CGI characters.
Not true...I just now went to Dell's site and was easily able to choose a PIII 1.13ghz for a Dimension XPS B. Look again.
As for Tom's objectivity and bias, I stand by my original statement. I did not say he was incorrect, just that he has repeatedly been very forgiving of AMD and very quick to bash Intel.
While I don't discount the numerous problems that people have had with the 1.13ghz PIII, let's not pretend that Tom isn't strongly biased against Intel. He always has been, which in my book casts doubt on his credibility.
That being said, there is obviously a problem with the 1.13ghz part. I would not just take Tom's word on it though. The other articles/reviews mentioned add credence to this.
Disclaimer: I have AMD and Intel CPU's at home. I'm agnostic when it comes to processors, give me speed and stability and I don't care who it is from!
p u/thunderbird_1-1ghz/
Check out the review of the 1.1 ghz Athlon at
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/reviews/c
Good marks, great performance. However, look at this blurb from the review about the high return rates of high speed Athlons:
"We haven't had any more AMD CPUs fry on us, but we did talk to a mail order house that said some disturbing things. They told us that they have had approximately a 10% return rate on AMD Athlon Thunderbird CPUs. That is a painfully high failure rate. They said that some distributors place bar codes on the underside of the Athlon Thunderbird CPUs and that these barcoded CPUs often come back with their barcodes burnt. Their Duron failure rate, however, has fallen to normal and acceptable levels."
Could it be that both Intel and AMD are too busy racing each other to take proper care in the Quality Control arena?
I think people should probably reserve judgment until units actually start to ship. Only by observing the real world performance, both at the CPU/throughput level and the power management level, will we really know if Crusoe will live up to the hype.
;-)
I for one can't wait to get my hands on a unit to evalutate. Hey, a good battery test would be to run the Q3 Quaver demo over and over and over....hey, if the Crusoe really does optimize on the fly, then my framerates should get higher with each interation!
Painting satellites and space stations black would cause them to absorb FAR more heat than reflective surfaces. Heat is a huge problem in space, believe it or not.
This is interesting, if true. I've seen many Mac pundits claim that Altivec was the next best thing since sliced bread. I've only had a bit of hand's on time with G4's, being an x86 or SPARC type of guy, so I'm definitely not an expert on the G4. Does anyone have any first hand experience with whether or not Altivec was a bad move?