Wrong. I've never had any other install than the memory-residing one, and even when I'm nowhere close to maxing out memory it is still *way* slower. Currently at 1.1.
About crashes... well, it does rarely crash. But it hangs when you don't use it for a while.:)
It is not the machine, you are correct. I have a 1.5 GHz with 256 MB (indeed overpowered for anything else), and it is still exactly as you describe. At work, 1GHz with 512MB. Same thing. Memory is not an issue.
IE 5.5 will support nested tables up to 7 in depth...
I would say that if that is a problem (less than 7), standards are the least of your problems... seven? You gotta be kidding me. Anyone actually design like this, even in the dark ages?:)
Apart from that, I'm pretty sure that NS 4.x used to choke on less than that (by insane rendering time). So it is hardly very backwards compatible to start with.
It is not so easy. You will, in best case scenario, end up with crappy sounding music. Since the algorithms for Ogg and mp3 are different, you can not just "translate" it from one to the other. You could encode your mp3s (say via wav) to ogg, but then you will have had destructive compression applied to the songs twice.
... or "Plain Old Documentation". It is very simplistic yet powerful enough to write books (like the Camel) in.
It can also be easily converted into almost anything, be it PDF, HTML, PostScript, nroff, plain text or what have you. the list goes on and on.
It is also the built in documentation language of Perl, and it is everything javadoc (for instance) should have been, since it is so easy to write, human readable as it is and powerful in its output.
Or even better, do like quite a few products do today - offer 30 real days of trial, which means that when you come back, you still have 29 days of use left, and so on, even if it is a month later.
It seems that US citizens think that their government actually would use this to somehow harm their citizens - in Europe, there is no such fear (apart from perhaps a few really paraniod guys I would presume, and they always find something to be afraid of).
I guess that is a fair fear, given that from what you hear from US citizens, the US is, for all the talk about the land of the free, one of the most non-free, controlled countries apart from actual dictatorships. I don't know if that is so, but it sure sounds like it when they talk about it.
Well, anyhow, if you live in fear of your own government, isn't it time to do something about it?
I can assure you, that at least over here, citizens and business both almost only benefit from being registered, as many other have pointed out. The only thing that is bad for you that I can come up with, is that businesses and landlords etc. will know if you are a fuck-up with lots of debts, which if you think of it, also really is a good thing for the most part. Meaning that ppl that pay their way get to rent the apts and buy the stereos, and stores have less problem getting their cash for the things they sell. It is possible they are a bit too harsh though on that part (one strike and you are gone for a few years, economically - that sucks), and need to lighten up - but the thought is, I guess, good.
To show that the server can run with very small amounts of memory, there is a demo server running on a Commodore 64.
The old 64 had tons of memory! You had to work really hard to fill it unless with junk and useless graphics. Now they are using it to illustrate that a program can fit into a toaster?
Well, they just to call one of the models "the bread-can" or something like that (in Swedish at least), so I guess it kinda follows suite...
Better to use Opera then. It is more similar to IE, and probably easier to get started with.
Plus mozilla is painfully slow on any machine < 1GHz, while Opera was built for speed. Also, Opera will let me in on all those secure sites (like banking etc) which will stop mozilla at the front page. Maybe that is necessary for business, maybe it isn't. I'm not sure about Opera business licensing, if it still is free as in ad-bar for corporations, but it is in any way no problem to fit that into the budget after throwing out Windows.
The CIL has one feature not found in Java though: it is byte code representation that is powerful enough to be used as a target for many languages: from C++, C, Fortran and Eiffel to Lisp and Haskell including things like Java, C#, JavaScript and Visual Basic in the mix.
Let's forget for a minute what the source of this new byte code language, or standard, is. If it truly delivers the above, that would be quite an accomplishment, and probably a good thing. Remember I said, forget about the source for a moment...:)
What I wonder is, how does for example parrot measure up against that? Parrot seems to be moving quite slowly, but I might be mistaken since I am not involved. Since it apparently is the new engine for perl 6, I'd say it must have something going behind it.:)
Anyhow, one of the things with parrot is at least said to be the possibility to compile a lot of other languages besides perl, such as python or java into parrot byte code - something that indeed would be a good thing for portability and the ease of running a little of whatever on any platform. I am not sure how deep these plans actually go, and how feasible it really is.
But parrot is where I would like to set my hopes, so can anyone tell me - do I wait in vain? Is CIL really the way to go? Or are we, in reality, simply stuck with different compilers and/or interpreters for different languages?
Simple as that. I know lots of people that download stuff more or less 24/7 "just because they can" or even more stupid "because they pay for it anyways".
I use my broadband to:
a. be online all the time, so I don't need to dial up a slow modem pool when I need to check some facts, plus it is nice to get email at once and so forth.
b. download what I do need which really isn't much.
I would really welcome a policy on my provider where you pay for what you use, same as the providers themselves do. That would be fair. Now I probably pay way too much, to finance someone elses compulsive downloading.
You don't need, you probably don't even want 90% of of those "impressive" 120 GB anyways. Do you use it?
From that site: Win2K had fewer vulnerabilities than RedHat Linux 7.0 or MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.2
Red Hat and Mandrake? Whoever runs these in a critical environment? Or a server-type environment? I wouldn't know, but I have friends that claim that those distros are no better than Windows, since they come in a plug-and-play package that opens everything. What I do know is that I wouldn't use them for anything business-critical, and so wouldn't anyone with half a brain either I think. Which makes that a really hollow "victory" and just cheap points for the masses. What bugs me is that it probably works, too.
Is this a hoax, or maybe just marketing hype? The web site looks to be legitimate.
If it is a hoax, what would be the point if it looked suspicious?:)
Personally, I kind of like it, even if it just to earn cheap points. If they actually concentrate hard on swatting bugs, it will benefit not only MS users, but everyone out there that some way or the other relies on something Microsoft to work. No matter what you run yourself. I bet that is most of you...
Now, if they only would do this on a regular basis. How about officially declare February "bug swatting month" every year? I think that would be good for others than MS too.
Extreme Ultraviolent Explorer, and all sorts of images started to form in my head, mostly related to Alex and his old droogs in combination with a (in)famous browser.
I'm pretty happy I read it wrong. Although Microsoft never seem to hesitate to give us "some of the old in-out-in-out" whenever we dare to walk in the wrong parts of town.
On a somewhat related topic: One of Sweden's bigger and first broadband companies, Bredbandsbolaget (translates to "the broadband company") are scanning all their traffic for pirated software, music and movies. The funny thing is that they are offering 10Mb in both directions, when most around here only offer 0.5 - 2.5Mb, and that is incoming traffic only... so you can guess which connection all warez dudez are running if they have the possibility...
One of my friends have been heavily into trading stuff since he had a 33.6 and a P100 machine - and was the coolest kid in town with that. Now he has shut down his ftp server and probably sits at home shaking from withdrawal. Thankfully, I never was much into warez, I have a few mp3's on my conscience, but that is pretty much about it. And I have another provider, if the urge should set in.:)
I think this is something we will see more of in the future, although so far I don't think any of the other companies have followed.
Scanning for warez may be more in line though, considering the terms of use, but on what level should the companies control what we do with the access? Forbidding several computers on one connection just to charge more money is just plain cheap, although many do already have clauses about not allowing servers on your home connection.
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This is considered a bug, not a feature. Please wait for the next upgrade, Patriot 1.1 to fix this issue.
Wrong. I've never had any other install than the memory-residing one, and even when I'm nowhere close to maxing out memory it is still *way* slower. Currently at 1.1.
:)
About crashes... well, it does rarely crash. But it hangs when you don't use it for a while.
And yes, I've plenty machine.
It is not the machine, you are correct. I have a 1.5 GHz with 256 MB (indeed overpowered for anything else), and it is still exactly as you describe. At work, 1GHz with 512MB. Same thing. Memory is not an issue.
You must have a really odd setup. I don't think I've ever seen that happen to anyone, although it does happen to Moz once in a while.
:)
Odd that indeed.
I still like Mozilla, and it handles my mail and such instead of outlook. But this sounds a bit on the wishful thinking side. If not, great for you!
D*mn straight. Like Linux, and Apache, and ... erm... yeah, those others that probably exist.
Yeah, that is what you think...
(Yes, I know the difference. Just couldn't resist).
I would say that if that is a problem (less than 7), standards are the least of your problems... seven? You gotta be kidding me. Anyone actually design like this, even in the dark ages?
Apart from that, I'm pretty sure that NS 4.x used to choke on less than that (by insane rendering time). So it is hardly very backwards compatible to start with.
It is not so easy. You will, in best case scenario, end up with crappy sounding music. Since the algorithms for Ogg and mp3 are different, you can not just "translate" it from one to the other. You could encode your mp3s (say via wav) to ogg, but then you will have had destructive compression applied to the songs twice.
... or "Plain Old Documentation". It is very simplistic yet powerful enough to write books (like the Camel) in.
It can also be easily converted into almost anything, be it PDF, HTML, PostScript, nroff, plain text or what have you. the list goes on and on.
It is also the built in documentation language of Perl, and it is everything javadoc (for instance) should have been, since it is so easy to write, human readable as it is and powerful in its output.
Or even better, do like quite a few products do today - offer 30 real days of trial, which means that when you come back, you still have 29 days of use left, and so on, even if it is a month later.
I guess that is a fair fear, given that from what you hear from US citizens, the US is, for all the talk about the land of the free, one of the most non-free, controlled countries apart from actual dictatorships. I don't know if that is so, but it sure sounds like it when they talk about it.
Well, anyhow, if you live in fear of your own government, isn't it time to do something about it?
I can assure you, that at least over here, citizens and business both almost only benefit from being registered, as many other have pointed out. The only thing that is bad for you that I can come up with, is that businesses and landlords etc. will know if you are a fuck-up with lots of debts, which if you think of it, also really is a good thing for the most part. Meaning that ppl that pay their way get to rent the apts and buy the stereos, and stores have less problem getting their cash for the things they sell. It is possible they are a bit too harsh though on that part (one strike and you are gone for a few years, economically - that sucks), and need to lighten up - but the thought is, I guess, good.
The old 64 had tons of memory! You had to work really hard to fill it unless with junk and useless graphics. Now they are using it to illustrate that a program can fit into a toaster?
Well, they just to call one of the models "the bread-can" or something like that (in Swedish at least), so I guess it kinda follows suite...
Plus mozilla is painfully slow on any machine < 1GHz, while Opera was built for speed. Also, Opera will let me in on all those secure sites (like banking etc) which will stop mozilla at the front page. Maybe that is necessary for business, maybe it isn't. I'm not sure about Opera business licensing, if it still is free as in ad-bar for corporations, but it is in any way no problem to fit that into the budget after throwing out Windows.
Otherwise that is of course good advice.
Hopefully, there will be a way to accomodate this one, at least. :)
From the statement:
:)
:)
The CIL has one feature not found in Java though: it is byte code representation that is powerful enough to be used as a target for many languages: from C++, C, Fortran and Eiffel to Lisp and Haskell including things like Java, C#, JavaScript and Visual Basic in the mix.
Let's forget for a minute what the source of this new byte code language, or standard, is. If it truly delivers the above, that would be quite an accomplishment, and probably a good thing. Remember I said, forget about the source for a moment...
What I wonder is, how does for example parrot measure up against that? Parrot seems to be moving quite slowly, but I might be mistaken since I am not involved. Since it apparently is the new engine for perl 6, I'd say it must have something going behind it.
Anyhow, one of the things with parrot is at least said to be the possibility to compile a lot of other languages besides perl, such as python or java into parrot byte code - something that indeed would be a good thing for portability and the ease of running a little of whatever on any platform. I am not sure how deep these plans actually go, and how feasible it really is.
But parrot is where I would like to set my hopes, so can anyone tell me - do I wait in vain? Is CIL really the way to go? Or are we, in reality, simply stuck with different compilers and/or interpreters for different languages?
Simple as that. I know lots of people that download stuff more or less 24/7 "just because they can" or even more stupid "because they pay for it anyways".
I use my broadband to:
a. be online all the time, so I don't need to dial up a slow modem pool when I need to check some facts, plus it is nice to get email at once and so forth.
b. download what I do need which really isn't much.
I would really welcome a policy on my provider where you pay for what you use, same as the providers themselves do. That would be fair. Now I probably pay way too much, to finance someone elses compulsive downloading.
You don't need, you probably don't even want 90% of of those "impressive" 120 GB anyways. Do you use it?
I thought so.
From that site: Win2K had fewer vulnerabilities than RedHat Linux 7.0 or MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.2
Red Hat and Mandrake? Whoever runs these in a critical environment? Or a server-type environment? I wouldn't know, but I have friends that claim that those distros are no better than Windows, since they come in a plug-and-play package that opens everything. What I do know is that I wouldn't use them for anything business-critical, and so wouldn't anyone with half a brain either I think. Which makes that a really hollow "victory" and just cheap points for the masses. What bugs me is that it probably works, too.
I know I would, if I was Mr. Gates. Every waking hour between the times I'd go laughing to my bank office...
Is this a hoax, or maybe just marketing hype? The web site looks to be legitimate.
:)
If it is a hoax, what would be the point if it looked suspicious?
Personally, I kind of like it, even if it just to earn cheap points. If they actually concentrate hard on swatting bugs, it will benefit not only MS users, but everyone out there that some way or the other relies on something Microsoft to work. No matter what you run yourself. I bet that is most of you...
Now, if they only would do this on a regular basis. How about officially declare February "bug swatting month" every year? I think that would be good for others than MS too.
Extreme Ultraviolent Explorer, and all sorts of images started to form in my head, mostly related to Alex and his old droogs in combination with a (in)famous browser.
I'm pretty happy I read it wrong. Although Microsoft never seem to hesitate to give us "some of the old in-out-in-out" whenever we dare to walk in the wrong parts of town.
A sneak-preview of the new server-racks.
On a somewhat related topic: One of Sweden's bigger and first broadband companies, Bredbandsbolaget (translates to "the broadband company") are scanning all their traffic for pirated software, music and movies. The funny thing is that they are offering 10Mb in both directions, when most around here only offer 0.5 - 2.5Mb, and that is incoming traffic only... so you can guess which connection all warez dudez are running if they have the possibility...
:)
One of my friends have been heavily into trading stuff since he had a 33.6 and a P100 machine - and was the coolest kid in town with that. Now he has shut down his ftp server and probably sits at home shaking from withdrawal. Thankfully, I never was much into warez, I have a few mp3's on my conscience, but that is pretty much about it. And I have another provider, if the urge should set in.
I think this is something we will see more of in the future, although so far I don't think any of the other companies have followed.
Scanning for warez may be more in line though, considering the terms of use, but on what level should the companies control what we do with the access? Forbidding several computers on one connection just to charge more money is just plain cheap, although many do already have clauses about not allowing servers on your home connection.
In one of the pages that are linked to, you can read that the deadline is January 28th, 2002.
It is funny to see, when 4 out of 5 posts so far comments on the broken link in the story, and 3 of them posts the real one (a toughy to figure out).
:)
Now I am gonna sit around waiting for someone to actually have an opinion about the matter too.
... how about "Indiana Jones and the Leather Goddesses of Phobos"?