It depends on your CPU scheduler and your throttling algorithm, too.
I run BOINC on linux. BOINC is "niced" to have an idle priority, meaning that CPU time is only granted to it if there's nothing better to be doing. In addition, I used the on-demand frequency governor which I have instructed to ignore "niced" processes when determining whether to spin up the CPU.
As a result, yes, BOINC only uses spare CPU cycles and not too many of them, either.
What's the point of a Tablet? Well the market for PDAs has basically disappeared. If you don't fancy paying ~£800 for your handheld computer (£30/month contract for 2 years plus the initial cost), Tablets are the way to go.
We have had variable speed limits in the UK for a while
now, but everyone (including the police) ignores them.
AFAIK, most variable speed limits are only advisory. If you see "40" on a matrix sigh with the flashy yellow lights, that's only an advisory speed unless it also has the red circular border around it.
At the moment, the M42's speed limits are only advisory, but it looks like it's geared up to use CVSLs (Compulsory Variable Speed Limits) soon.
The obvious answer, and one that I'm surprised no-one's mentioned, is the SL-6000, the latest (last?) in the line of upright Zaurii.
The 6000 has a larger, higher resolution display than the 5500 (full VGA), more memory and battery life and it also has full USB hoting capabilities. It comes in three variants; with built-in bluetooth, with built-in 802.11b wi-fi or with both.
It also has all the features you'd expect of a monolithic Zaurus (SD and CF, hidden keyboard and so on)
OK, so what I can't figure out is why are Team 17 being involved? Lemmings is a Psygnosis title and, as you say, Psygnosis are now part of Sony. Team 17 are an entirely separate company, best known for the "Worms" series.
OK, so Team 17 know what they're doing with platform games and they could probably do a good conversion from the old DOS/Amiga version, but farming it out like this strikes be as being like asking Electronic Arts to write Doom4 or having Mario on the XBox.
Turn off the touchpad, or just turn off the tapping. The linux touchpad drivers (if they recognize your 'pad) will allow you to turn off tapping but still retain the gestures such as scrolling.
Hey, this is a great way to get back at the slashdot crowd.
1. Get Slashdotted. 2. Re-build server. 3. Add ActiveX control to format hard drives of unsuspecting visitors. 4. Re-post to slashdot 5. ??? 6. Profit.
I suspect step 5 here is "Set up a data recovery company"
Windows has long had the ability to use 3D user interfaces. In fact between Windows 3.1 and Windows XP, thousands of programs were 3D. You just need to know where to look to find them.
The giveaway is linking to a certain CTRL3D.DLL...
True, but there's also a green field (across which marge drives her canyonaro) AND a house (which George Bush moves into) directly opposite the Simpsons house.
Pretty much, if you want to learn just try to. The information is free.
Really? I'd be interested in learning how the Microsoft operating system "Windows" works. Not just how to write programs for it, but how the core OS works. Where would I go to find that sort of free information?
Really, there should be no problem with installing programs from a browser (in the way you can on Windows). All it needs is the correct configuration. Sure, if you download a tarball of the source code, you're going to have to compile it, but a lot of the time there's no need for that. If your browser recognises that you're downloading an RPM or a DEB or whatever, then it should be able to pass the downloaded file to rpm or dpkg and automatically install the program.
This is EXACTLY what package managers are for. Pre-compiled applications with all the config and data files in there PLUS meta information so that menu items can be added, dialogs can be displayed asking what shade of pinnk your widget should be and so on.
Just as we all know Open Source means you can pore over the code before you install a program, we all know users would much prefer to click on a link and have the program installed with a minimum of fuss.
The University of York used to do this idea. The computers would network boot to a small menu system (probably in DOS or something). You could either choose to Boot windows (whereby the Hard Disk was chainloaded) or Rebuild the PC.
Rebuilding the PC downloaded an image from a central server and re-imaged C:
If, however, the menu system noticed the time was after 1:00am and the PC hadn't been rebuilt for 24hours, it would force a rebuild, cleaning up any left over problems.
The system was enforced by removing the Logoff option from windows, requiring users to reboot after a session.
The only problem was, as mentioned above, that if you're working an all nighter on your project, forgetting to save then, when Windows crashes at 5am the rebuild will begin and wipe out your crucial temp files.
I suppose the solutions to this are A) put $TEMP on D:, a non-imaged partition for general junk or B) only re-image if the PC has been idle for a set amount of time (e.g. hold at the menu system for an hour then re-image)
This is a good idea. Stick your CV on there and you can just plug it in and copy it to whomever's desktop. Kinda like a business card but bigger (more detailed) and less hassle than a 'business card' CD.
Ah yes. The advantage of a track editor is that you can create stupid tracks that allow you to go places that weren't anticipated. Suspension bridge + Tunnel = Driving on TOP of the tunnel. Plus there are the really evil things like Suspension Bridge, Space, Space, Suspension Bridge, Concrete Blocks. The Bridge can only be crossed at maximum speed which makes it almost impossible to slow down enough for the concrete blocks:)
Oh, and this game does run under modern Windows, although you may need to use the PC speaker for sound.
Yes. The object found in the vicinity of Jupiter/Saturn was given the designation TMA-2 due to the fact that it was identical in all repects except size to the one found on the moon. The fact that it was nowhere near Tycho, didn't have an intense magnetic field and was identical to a previously observed object was no barrier to the people who named it.
You'd think people would remember this. It was only two years ago!
Yeah I'll probably get modded down for this, and no-one will see it, but here is a lone voice of dissent warning you about the perils of buying an iPod and about just how stupid they can be at Apple Customer Support.
This is not a new idea at all. I remember buying games from Menzies (a UK newsagent chain) for the Spectrum+. You browse the shelves and take the empty box up to the counter. They'd then put a blank cassette into a machine and make a copy of the game you want and put the cassette into the box. Yes, it meant a bit of a wait but it had all the same advantages for the retailer as this idea does (no unpopular software clogging up shelves, matching supply to demand etc.). Plus, because you got the official box you also got all the documentation you needed (what more do you need than the keys for up, down, left, right and fire?) This is a tried and tested idea and about time someone brought it into the CD age.
Actually, I believe Arthur C Clarke maintains that HAL stands for Heuristic ALgorithm (basically an oxymoron because Heuristics are flexible and dynamic and Algorithms are static and precise)
Slashdot Mirror
TBL has already apologised for that:
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#etc
It depends on your CPU scheduler and your throttling algorithm, too.
I run BOINC on linux. BOINC is "niced" to have an idle priority, meaning that CPU time is only granted to it if there's nothing better to be doing. In addition, I used the on-demand frequency governor which I have instructed to ignore "niced" processes when determining whether to spin up the CPU.
As a result, yes, BOINC only uses spare CPU cycles and not too many of them, either.
What's the point of a Tablet? Well the market for PDAs has basically disappeared. If you don't fancy paying ~£800 for your handheld computer (£30/month contract for 2 years plus the initial cost), Tablets are the way to go.
The linked ICANN blog suggests http://xn----rmckbbajlc6dj7bxne2c.xn--wgbh1c/ as an example.
I believe Monty Python put the answer to that most succinctly:
"It's a fair cop, guv, but society is to blame."
"Right, we'll arrest them instead."
-- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
We have had variable speed limits in the UK for a while now, but everyone (including the police) ignores them.
AFAIK, most variable speed limits are only advisory. If you see "40" on a matrix sigh with the flashy yellow lights, that's only an advisory speed unless it also has the red circular border around it.
At the moment, the M42's speed limits are only advisory, but it looks like it's geared up to use CVSLs (Compulsory Variable Speed Limits) soon.
The obvious answer, and one that I'm surprised no-one's mentioned, is the SL-6000, the latest (last?) in the line of upright Zaurii.
The 6000 has a larger, higher resolution display than the 5500 (full VGA), more memory and battery life and it also has full USB hoting capabilities. It comes in three variants; with built-in bluetooth, with built-in 802.11b wi-fi or with both.
It also has all the features you'd expect of a monolithic Zaurus (SD and CF, hidden keyboard and so on)
Yet another typo graces the front page of Slashdot. Of course, what they meant to say was:
"No employees, former employees, their relatives or others, we think, should be ineligible." Hurrah for inclusivity.
OK, so what I can't figure out is why are Team 17 being involved? Lemmings is a Psygnosis title and, as you say, Psygnosis are now part of Sony. Team 17 are an entirely separate company, best known for the "Worms" series.
OK, so Team 17 know what they're doing with platform games and they could probably do a good conversion from the old DOS/Amiga version, but farming it out like this strikes be as being like asking Electronic Arts to write Doom4 or having Mario on the XBox.
Turn off the touchpad, or just turn off the tapping. The linux touchpad drivers (if they recognize your 'pad) will allow you to turn off tapping but still retain the gestures such as scrolling.
Hey, this is a great way to get back at the slashdot crowd.
1. Get Slashdotted.
2. Re-build server.
3. Add ActiveX control to format hard drives of unsuspecting visitors.
4. Re-post to slashdot
5. ???
6. Profit.
I suspect step 5 here is "Set up a data recovery company"
Windows has long had the ability to use 3D user interfaces. In fact between Windows 3.1 and Windows XP, thousands of programs were 3D. You just need to know where to look to find them. The giveaway is linking to a certain CTRL3D.DLL...
1.6TB?
Based on the recent posting from Plusnet, that's about three months worth of downloading over ADSL.
Swanage, Dorset: Home of Basil Fawlty and possible site of one of Alfred the Great's Sea Battle.
Swanwick, Hampshire: Home of NATS
True, but there's also a green field (across which marge drives her canyonaro) AND a house (which George Bush moves into) directly opposite the Simpsons house.
Pretty much, if you want to learn just try to. The information is free. Really? I'd be interested in learning how the Microsoft operating system "Windows" works. Not just how to write programs for it, but how the core OS works. Where would I go to find that sort of free information?
Really, there should be no problem with installing programs from a browser (in the way you can on Windows). All it needs is the correct configuration. Sure, if you download a tarball of the source code, you're going to have to compile it, but a lot of the time there's no need for that. If your browser recognises that you're downloading an RPM or a DEB or whatever, then it should be able to pass the downloaded file to rpm or dpkg and automatically install the program.
This is EXACTLY what package managers are for. Pre-compiled applications with all the config and data files in there PLUS meta information so that menu items can be added, dialogs can be displayed asking what shade of pinnk your widget should be and so on.
Just as we all know Open Source means you can pore over the code before you install a program, we all know users would much prefer to click on a link and have the program installed with a minimum of fuss.
The University of York used to do this idea. The computers would network boot to a small menu system (probably in DOS or something). You could either choose to Boot windows (whereby the Hard Disk was chainloaded) or Rebuild the PC.
Rebuilding the PC downloaded an image from a central server and re-imaged C:
If, however, the menu system noticed the time was after 1:00am and the PC hadn't been rebuilt for 24hours, it would force a rebuild, cleaning up any left over problems.
The system was enforced by removing the Logoff option from windows, requiring users to reboot after a session.
The only problem was, as mentioned above, that if you're working an all nighter on your project, forgetting to save then, when Windows crashes at 5am the rebuild will begin and wipe out your crucial temp files.
I suppose the solutions to this are A) put $TEMP on D:, a non-imaged partition for general junk or B) only re-image if the PC has been idle for a set amount of time (e.g. hold at the menu system for an hour then re-image)
Has no-one spotted the spelling error in this text, then?
"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch"
Shouldn't this be "Aoccdrnig to rscheearch" or "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearcehr"?
Can someone supply a patch to ispell to cope with these?
...your resume...
This is a good idea. Stick your CV on there and you can just plug it in and copy it to whomever's desktop. Kinda like a business card but bigger (more detailed) and less hassle than a 'business card' CD.
Ah yes. The advantage of a track editor is that you can create stupid tracks that allow you to go places that weren't anticipated. Suspension bridge + Tunnel = Driving on TOP of the tunnel. Plus there are the really evil things like Suspension Bridge, Space, Space, Suspension Bridge, Concrete Blocks. The Bridge can only be crossed at maximum speed which makes it almost impossible to slow down enough for the concrete blocks :)
Oh, and this game does run under modern Windows, although you may need to use the PC speaker for sound.
Yes. The object found in the vicinity of Jupiter/Saturn was given the designation TMA-2 due to the fact that it was identical in all repects except size to the one found on the moon. The fact that it was nowhere near Tycho, didn't have an intense magnetic field and was identical to a previously observed object was no barrier to the people who named it.
You'd think people would remember this. It was only two years ago!
Yeah I'll probably get modded down for this, and no-one will see it, but here is a lone voice of dissent warning you about the perils of buying an iPod and about just how stupid they can be at Apple Customer Support.
This is not a new idea at all. I remember buying games from Menzies (a UK newsagent chain) for the Spectrum+. You browse the shelves and take the empty box up to the counter. They'd then put a blank cassette into a machine and make a copy of the game you want and put the cassette into the box.
Yes, it meant a bit of a wait but it had all the same advantages for the retailer as this idea does (no unpopular software clogging up shelves, matching supply to demand etc.). Plus, because you got the official box you also got all the documentation you needed (what more do you need than the keys for up, down, left, right and fire?)
This is a tried and tested idea and about time someone brought it into the CD age.
Actually, I believe Arthur C Clarke maintains that HAL stands for Heuristic ALgorithm (basically an oxymoron because Heuristics are flexible and dynamic and Algorithms are static and precise)