I've always felt that creationism and evolution don't conflict at all.
After all, if He wanted, to, God could have created the entire universe just a moment after you read this comment. So why couldn't he have created the Earth with skeletons of dinosaurs where they are?
If someone were to tell me this is impossible, I would tell them they're underestimating God. (shrug....their loss.)
As the parent pointed out, AGP cards may come down in price. So if you just bought the latest Radeon 9800 at $500, you'll have to watch helplessly as others buy it at $50 bargain bin prices a couple years from now.
To be fair, I disagree with the assessment. If AGP cards become rare, while people hold on to their AGP-supporting motherboards (especially those running Athlon64's), their value is going to rise. At least, it'll rise up to just before the point where it's cheaper for people to get a new mb (and RAM, and CPU) along with their video card.
Well, a car wreck is convenient to look at. (You're driving right past it.)... I would have to look for the source code, which I'm not even going to bother to do.
Besides, if you want to see Microsoft code, use their Visual C++, and get the step into/step over keys backwards. It's easy to accidentally jump inside the cout statement, for example.
And anybody elses code? If you can read assembler, wait for it to GPF. At the college I work at, MSVC++ used to snag any crash and throw it up on the screen as x86 assembler code. (I seem to remember that happening to Netscape 4.x a lot.)
The whole stigma about "equivalent performance" is really unwarranted. Cyrix used to name their processors things like "P-100" or "P-120" to rate them as equivalent with the Pentium 100MHz or Pentium 120MHz. And they did perform to those standards.
In a logical sense, there shouldn't be any problem with AMD using numbers like "3200+"...Of course, nobody ever said the Megahertz Myth was logical. It only seems to be.
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Yeah, definately an IO problem. AFAIK, nobody's bothered to extend process priorities to areas other than the CPU scheduler.
It'd be interesting, for sure. Especially considering the implications for real-time jobs.
I think I'll try to grok the kernel and see if things like system calls share the priority of the process that calls them. I know that microkernel architectures like QNX do this.
Even if there's no prior art (which is possible; nobody may have had a practical use for embedding executable code in XML files), a strong case can be made for it being the "logical next step":
XML files are a means for storing data in an organized fashion. So is MySQL. And MySQL supports embedding perl code (or executable code, if you prefer to call it that.) in the data you put in the database.
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Sounds like a cron'd updatedb with a poor I/O scheduler. I hardly notice any slowdown with the 2.6 anticipatory I/O scheduler. I remember the system crawling under 2.4 whenever I had to run updatedb.
Is there any sort of legal repercussion (aside from getting a smack-down from IBM) for advertising based on a flaw you caused, esp. through the court system?
I'd have to ask a friend (Who brews wines and mead), but I think you'd risk damaging the flavor.
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Well, the McDonalds display down at the corner of Michigan and Lafeyette in Grand Rapids Michigan is showing a GPF error, last I saw. And it definately looked like Windows 98/NT4.
I told them to reboot the machine, and they said they tried that.
Like it or not, I think Mickey D's is moving away from SCO UNIX.
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I can't believe they'd say that one. Other UNIX vendors ought to go after SCO for misleading advertising. (Last I knew, BSD was in the UNIX royal family. So is Solaris. And HP/UX. I don't know about Minix, but Linux wasn't born of a contract or flamewar(fork).)
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I've thought of all three of those possibilities. To be honest, it doesn't bother me that I still believe any and all of them. (sic)
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And besides; that's my kind of humor.
Isn't hydrogen peroxide a rocket fuel?
*hm....*
Okay, so go for a hike.
;)
If that doesn't work, try it again.
I've always felt that creationism and evolution don't conflict at all.
...their loss.)
After all, if He wanted, to, God could have created the entire universe just a moment after you read this comment. So why couldn't he have created the Earth with skeletons of dinosaurs where they are?
If someone were to tell me this is impossible, I would tell them they're underestimating God. (shrug.
As the parent pointed out, AGP cards may come down in price. So if you just bought the latest Radeon 9800 at $500, you'll have to watch helplessly as others buy it at $50 bargain bin prices a couple years from now.
To be fair, I disagree with the assessment. If AGP cards become rare, while people hold on to their AGP-supporting motherboards (especially those running Athlon64's), their value is going to rise. At least, it'll rise up to just before the point where it's cheaper for people to get a new mb (and RAM, and CPU) along with their video card.
Well, a car wreck is convenient to look at. (You're driving right past it.) ... I would have to look for the source code, which I'm not even going to bother to do.
Besides, if you want to see Microsoft code, use their Visual C++, and get the step into/step over keys backwards. It's easy to accidentally jump inside the cout statement, for example.
And anybody elses code? If you can read assembler, wait for it to GPF. At the college I work at, MSVC++ used to snag any crash and throw it up on the screen as x86 assembler code. (I seem to remember that happening to Netscape 4.x a lot.)
The whole stigma about "equivalent performance" is really unwarranted. Cyrix used to name their processors things like "P-100" or "P-120" to rate them as equivalent with the Pentium 100MHz or Pentium 120MHz. And they did perform to those standards.
...Of course, nobody ever said the Megahertz Myth was logical. It only seems to be.
In a logical sense, there shouldn't be any problem with AMD using numbers like "3200+"
No, dryers don't, but socks can slip over the lip of the rotating tub in the washer.
Wasn't it in "Ringworld" where a civilization contacted the Kzin, and the Kzin enslaved them?
It's like a natural battery. :)
Ketinhov probably doesn't have every room wired with at least two 100base-T jacks, all on a 24-port rackmount switch.
:)
First ten people to arrive get to help me finish putting down the flooring and putting up the drywall in my bedroom.
No alcohol during that stage, though.
There's a kluge workaround? Do tell!
Yeah, definately an IO problem. AFAIK, nobody's bothered to extend process priorities to areas other than the CPU scheduler.
It'd be interesting, for sure. Especially considering the implications for real-time jobs.
I think I'll try to grok the kernel and see if things like system calls share the priority of the process that calls them. I know that microkernel architectures like QNX do this.
And for developers who don't want to pay a license, it's "bait and snitch."
OK, so once we've got some additional prior art to submit, who's going to pay the reexamination fee?
Even if there's no prior art (which is possible; nobody may have had a practical use for embedding executable code in XML files), a strong case can be made for it being the "logical next step":
XML files are a means for storing data in an organized fashion. So is MySQL. And MySQL supports embedding perl code (or executable code, if you prefer to call it that.) in the data you put in the database.
Sounds like a cron'd updatedb with a poor I/O scheduler. I hardly notice any slowdown with the 2.6 anticipatory I/O scheduler. I remember the system crawling under 2.4 whenever I had to run updatedb.
Well, in the case of a bleeding artery, it's better than letting the pressure build up inside the skull.
I don't profess to be an expert, but you could try something like SGML or LaTeX.
OOo and KOffice can print to PostScript or PDF, if you like.
Is there any sort of legal repercussion (aside from getting a smack-down from IBM) for advertising based on a flaw you caused, esp. through the court system?
It sounds like abuse, to me.
No! info is what real power users use. I'll search through your docs in a sec--wait.
Hold on while I get swish-e to work. Drat it!
Which is why free software is so good. :)
I think their point is that if you have problems, you automatically know where to go. At least, that's the only sensible point I can think of.
I'd have to ask a friend (Who brews wines and mead), but I think you'd risk damaging the flavor.
Well, the McDonalds display down at the corner of Michigan and Lafeyette in Grand Rapids Michigan is showing a GPF error, last I saw. And it definately looked like Windows 98/NT4.
I told them to reboot the machine, and they said they tried that.
Like it or not, I think Mickey D's is moving away from SCO UNIX.
I can't believe they'd say that one. Other UNIX vendors ought to go after SCO for misleading advertising. (Last I knew, BSD was in the UNIX royal family. So is Solaris. And HP/UX. I don't know about Minix, but Linux wasn't born of a contract or flamewar(fork).)