Myspace is about as popular as slashdot, ranking 77 to slashdot's 75 on Netcraft. I realize that Netcraft isn't scientific since the results depend on people having the netcraft toolbar installed, but we can infer that they must have similar server capabilities. Sorry.
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Oh, and when I "click here for help," I get a Web page whose source is this:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD> <BODY></BODY></HTML>
But it's HTML 4.0 compliant! At least that's something! Way to go AOL, embracing the standards of 6 years ago!
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Where does one go to install the plugin on that page? It just shows me my list of downloaded shows, and links to other music videos and such.
Wait a minute. You're going to put swap on a RAM disk? I'm hoping that's a typo, and you really meant that you're going to put/tmp on a RAM disk. Just in case that's not a typo, though, here's why it's a bad idea:
Swap space is used by the kernel to temporarily store stuff when it runs out of memory. It is usually placed on a disk, which has the advantage of being much larger than your memory, but much slower. So, you gain extra "virtual" memory at the expense of speed.
What you're proposing to do is take away some of your "real" memory, use it as a disk instead, and store your "virtual" memory on it. You're taking memory, making it pretend to be a disk, which then pretends to be memory again. You're not gaining anything, and are probably actually slowing down your system a bit due to the overhead of swapping between the two areas of memory.
In a situation like this, the solution is to not use swap at all. That way all your memory stays as "real" memory and Linux has full use of it.
There is a Microsoft hardware product to which exactly the same thing happened, namely the Microsoft Phone (a cordless, not cellular, phone with Windows connectivity and a voice recognition phone book).
That's funny, explain to me how WhenU (WhenU Search, USave!) suddenly appeared on my friend's computer without any action on his part, and without any EULA being displayed. Actually, I'll tell you. As he told me "I was just reading an article online, and all of a sudden, this big window popped up, a bunch of new icons appeared on my desktop, and I have this new toolbar in Internet Explorer. I never clicked 'yes' to anything!"
The icons on his desktop (o, o.bat, and some executables whose names I forget) were part of a CoolWebSearch infestation. If you look here you'll see that this installs by itself using a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. One of the packages it had downloaded was WhenU. Now I'm sure WhenU will say "This was done by an independant contractor. We had no knowledge of it!" but they still pay this "independant contractor" for the ad revenue. These guys have just as much right to forcefully install advertising software on my computer as I have to break into your house and paint "visit slashdot.org" on your wall. Which is to say, none.
OK, you're technically correct (they're no longer called "PalmPilots") but there are plenty of Palms that fit these requirements nicely. If you take exception to them being called "PalmPilots," well, then you're just picking nits.
Sorry, but you're more than a little off here. First of all, your "been done" link. Yes, AMD has a 64-bit, 2.0 GHz processor. How much does it cost? About $800, minimum, per processor. Sure, the 146 is cheaper, but it can't be run in a dual-porcessor configuration. So, about $1600, for 2 processors, then another $500 or so for the motherboard, and then the case, RAM, Serial ATA hard drive, and your Radeon 9600 Pro and DVD burner, and you're looking at over $3000. As for your "equivalent system," that's a dual-processor system, sure, but it's dual 32-bit processors, running at 1533 MHz, with a 266 MHz FSB, as opposed to dual 64-bit processors, running at 2.0 GHz, with (in apple's case) a 1 GHz FSB! This thing has a clock multiplier of 2. Think about that. And, as I pointed out above, a real "equivalent system" costs more that the Apple G5.
Take a piece of smoked glass or painted glass, about 1" high by 2.5" long. Scratch two slits in it with a pin or razor blade. (The instructions at this point in our assignment said "Then take it to the instructor who will tell you that the slits are too far apart. Go back and try again." You will probably need to follow this advice.) Once you get a good double slit, tape over all your failed tries (there will probably be 10 or 15 of them) with black tape.
On another note, igotmyfirstlogon, the description of the original doubleslit experiment is übercool and would probably work better than this.
Slashdot Mirror
It literally is a rule of the universe.
Entropy
Myspace is about as popular as slashdot, ranking 77 to slashdot's 75 on Netcraft. I realize that Netcraft isn't scientific since the results depend on people having the netcraft toolbar installed, but we can infer that they must have similar server capabilities. Sorry.
Oh, and when I "click here for help," I get a Web page whose source is this:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>
But it's HTML 4.0 compliant! At least that's something! Way to go AOL, embracing the standards of 6 years ago!
Where does one go to install the plugin on that page? It just shows me my list of downloaded shows, and links to other music videos and such.
I get this error when I try to play the "Hi-Q" content properly, ie by opening up the Hi-Q app and clicking "Play." Anyone have any input?
Wait a minute. You're going to put swap on a RAM disk? I'm hoping that's a typo, and you really meant that you're going to put /tmp on a RAM disk. Just in case that's not a typo, though, here's why it's a bad idea:
Swap space is used by the kernel to temporarily store stuff when it runs out of memory. It is usually placed on a disk, which has the advantage of being much larger than your memory, but much slower. So, you gain extra "virtual" memory at the expense of speed.
What you're proposing to do is take away some of your "real" memory, use it as a disk instead, and store your "virtual" memory on it. You're taking memory, making it pretend to be a disk, which then pretends to be memory again. You're not gaining anything, and are probably actually slowing down your system a bit due to the overhead of swapping between the two areas of memory.
In a situation like this, the solution is to not use swap at all. That way all your memory stays as "real" memory and Linux has full use of it.
There is a Microsoft hardware product to which exactly the same thing happened, namely the Microsoft Phone (a cordless, not cellular, phone with Windows connectivity and a voice recognition phone book).
That's funny, explain to me how WhenU (WhenU Search, USave!) suddenly appeared on my friend's computer without any action on his part, and without any EULA being displayed. Actually, I'll tell you. As he told me "I was just reading an article online, and all of a sudden, this big window popped up, a bunch of new icons appeared on my desktop, and I have this new toolbar in Internet Explorer. I never clicked 'yes' to anything!"
The icons on his desktop (o, o.bat, and some executables whose names I forget) were part of a CoolWebSearch infestation. If you look here you'll see that this installs by itself using a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. One of the packages it had downloaded was WhenU. Now I'm sure WhenU will say "This was done by an independant contractor. We had no knowledge of it!" but they still pay this "independant contractor" for the ad revenue. These guys have just as much right to forcefully install advertising software on my computer as I have to break into your house and paint "visit slashdot.org" on your wall. Which is to say, none.
ATM guards have guns in the US. Why can't "IP Guards?"
I can't find it on their Web site. Was it there, or in print? Can anyone provide a link? Thanks.
OK, you're technically correct (they're no longer called "PalmPilots") but there are plenty of Palms that fit these requirements nicely. If you take exception to them being called "PalmPilots," well, then you're just picking nits.
Sorry, but you're more than a little off here. First of all, your "been done" link. Yes, AMD has a 64-bit, 2.0 GHz processor. How much does it cost? About $800, minimum, per processor. Sure, the 146 is cheaper, but it can't be run in a dual-porcessor configuration. So, about $1600, for 2 processors, then another $500 or so for the motherboard, and then the case, RAM, Serial ATA hard drive, and your Radeon 9600 Pro and DVD burner, and you're looking at over $3000. As for your "equivalent system," that's a dual-processor system, sure, but it's dual 32-bit processors, running at 1533 MHz, with a 266 MHz FSB, as opposed to dual 64-bit processors, running at 2.0 GHz, with (in apple's case) a 1 GHz FSB! This thing has a clock multiplier of 2. Think about that. And, as I pointed out above, a real "equivalent system" costs more that the Apple G5.
or is the appearance of this article and the last one a strange coincidence?
Except your thumbs. Or maybe your whole hand.
Yes. Yes he is.
The team, led by Japan's Kazufumi Goto...
I hear that Goto is considered harmful.
Surprisingly enough, it's everyone's favorite Microsoft-killer, Apple. Their Shake application reqires an Annual Maintenance fee of $1,199. FX
You work support for this too? Are you at the MS campus, in MSN support, or are you at the outsource company's site at an unnamed location in Canada?
Here's one we did in high school:
Take a piece of smoked glass or painted glass, about 1" high by 2.5" long. Scratch two slits in it with a pin or razor blade. (The instructions at this point in our assignment said "Then take it to the instructor who will tell you that the slits are too far apart. Go back and try again." You will probably need to follow this advice.) Once you get a good double slit, tape over all your failed tries (there will probably be 10 or 15 of them) with black tape.
On another note, igotmyfirstlogon, the description of the original doubleslit experiment is übercool and would probably work better than this.
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