Lets hope they include a game with this, rather then an editor + a few quests like they did with Morrowind & Dungeon Siege. I for one am sick of paying 50$ just to find out that the devloper expects me to finish the game for them.
Unless we get rib of all such weapons testing designs is a good thing as it stops them from blowing up in the silo.
Do you know how old our curent stockpile is? Do you know what the expected stable life time is of our curent weapons? Look both nubers up and you may be in for a shock.
Right now we have a shortage of people able to design and maintain nukes. This is a bad thing unless we manage to get rid of every last one of them (not going to happen).
That wont work. I've been using the Absmiddle setting becuase I've been unable to find a CSS that works the same. However, after messing around some today it seems I found it. Using style="vertical-align: middle" within the IMG tags has the desired effect.
Because most people use IE. Therefor most website devlopers use IE layer tags. The end result is htat Mozila wont work with a lot of pages that use layers. I'm not saying its right, but it is the way it is.
This looks like the first version I may end up using over IE on Windows.
However it still has a few problems.
from Klassy.com
1. Image alignment. Seems to not support the Align=AbsMiddle property of an image tag.
2. Lacks support for IE style layers. Its too much to expect web site devlopers to use more then one layer type. Its time to bite the bullet and support the MS style.
These are the only real problems I can find after a breif test. Overall looking very good (other then the Netscape 4 interface).
The DELL has dual gigabit on board, you dont need the Intel Pro 1000XT card unless you want more then two ports. In which case you would have to add one to the Apple as well.
As for the OS, whats wrong with Linux? Given the market that Apple is targeting it would seem like a more logical choice.
"73GB 10K RPM Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive [add $550]
" Ok, so how much to add this to the Apple? You seem to want to configure the DELL with a lot of stuff that the Apple dosn't have in order to drive the price up. This is not how you do a fair comparison, but it does seem to be how Apple does things. Which is a pity as I've allways felt that their hardware stands up rather well on its own without resorting to that kind of BS.
It looks like the release has been changing a bit. The first glance I had of it was when it was first posted (prior to it showing up on Slashdot). At that time it simply stated that a second gigabit card took up the PCI slot with no mention of any other expansion slots. Later it listed two 64bit PCI slots so I assumed that the network card was in one. Now it lists three slots with one being dedicated to the second NIC. Ah well, having two free slots is much better.
After reading the current information on the new Apple server (the
XServe) I'm noticing more then a few problems with the first Apple
server since the end of AI/X.
Pros:
1U, this is sweet. I was expecting a 2U system. This will make for a
very nice high density server farm.
266mhz DDR memory. About time.
4 hard disk bays.
Dual gigabit ethernet.
Cons:
No redundant power supply.
No ECC memory. Current price is looking like 1000$ for an extra
256megs of Apple blessed DDR RAM. I'm hopping this is a typo.
IDE hard disks. Quote the Jobs "We're going with ATA because they're
just as fast as SCSI and they offer real benefits in term of largest
capacities.". How dumb does Jobs think we are? IDE just as fast as
SCSI my ass. Any real world comparison of a top of the line IDE drive
VS SCSI shows SCSI winning.
No expansion slots. The second gigabit network card takes up the only
PCI slot. Compare this to the DELL 1650 which has on board SCSI RAID,
dual gigabit and two 64bit PCI slots at a starting price of under
1500$ and I have to wonder what Apple is thinking here.
After reading the current information on the new Apple server (the
XServe) I'm noticing more then a few problems with the first Apple
server since the end of AI/X.
Pros:
1U, this is sweet. I was expecting a 2U system. This will make for a
very nice high density server farm.
266mhz DDR memory. About time.
4 hard disk bays.
Dual gigabit ethernet.
Cons:
No redundant power supply.
No ECC memory. Current price is looking like 1000$ for an extra
256megs of Apple blessed DDR RAM. I'm hopping this is a typo.
IDE hard disks. Quote the Jobs "We're going with ATA because they're
just as fast as SCSI and they offer real benefits in term of largest
capacities.". How dumb does Jobs think we are? IDE just as fast as
SCSI my ass. Any real world comparison of a top of the line IDE drive
VS SCSI shows SCSI winning.
No expansion slots. The second gigabit network card takes up the only
PCI slot. Compare this to the DELL 1650 which has on board SCSI RAID,
dual gigabit and two 64bit PCI slots at a starting price of under
1500$ and I have to wonder what Apple is thinking here.
Not that surprising really. Having used Embedded NT in the past I was more then a little confused as to what they where going to demonstrate. Sure, embedded windows is modular during the rollout phase. However once installed it cant be changed. In other words you cant install Word onto it once its up and running. In this respect it is not a good example of what the DOJ is after MS to produce, a modular end user OS.
Since the review is allready dead to the world, I tought I'd ask the people here if htey knew of any Linux based DVD players with support for hardware decoders such as those by Creative Labs and Real Magic.
Yea, but just try to get the student to hold still long enough to do the experament while inside of one. Lazy students, allways banging on the side of the jar trying to get oiut rather then just getting down to learning.
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Lets hope they include a game with this, rather then an editor + a few quests like they did with Morrowind & Dungeon Siege. I for one am sick of paying 50$ just to find out that the devloper expects me to finish the game for them.
Do you know how old our curent stockpile is? Do you know what the expected stable life time is of our curent weapons? Look both nubers up and you may be in for a shock.
Right now we have a shortage of people able to design and maintain nukes. This is a bad thing unless we manage to get rid of every last one of them (not going to happen).
Time to watch The Siege again.
Compared to testing them in the "real world" I'd say this is rather cool.
That wont work. I've been using the Absmiddle setting becuase I've been unable to find a CSS that works the same. However, after messing around some today it seems I found it. Using style="vertical-align: middle" within the IMG tags has the desired effect.
Because most people use IE. Therefor most website devlopers use IE layer tags. The end result is htat Mozila wont work with a lot of pages that use layers. I'm not saying its right, but it is the way it is.
However it still has a few problems. from Klassy.com
1. Image alignment. Seems to not support the Align=AbsMiddle property of an image tag.
2. Lacks support for IE style layers. Its too much to expect web site devlopers to use more then one layer type. Its time to bite the bullet and support the MS style.
These are the only real problems I can find after a breif test. Overall looking very good (other then the Netscape 4 interface).
There is nothing natural about 24fps.
I'll take a macro virus to a paper cut any day.
I see them every day. Standing there with a "will program for food" sign.
You just need to learn how to shout "do it again but do it right this time" in several languages.
The DELL has dual gigabit on board, you dont need the Intel Pro 1000XT card unless you want more then two ports. In which case you would have to add one to the Apple as well.
As for the OS, whats wrong with Linux? Given the market that Apple is targeting it would seem like a more logical choice.
"73GB 10K RPM Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive [add $550] " Ok, so how much to add this to the Apple? You seem to want to configure the DELL with a lot of stuff that the Apple dosn't have in order to drive the price up. This is not how you do a fair comparison, but it does seem to be how Apple does things. Which is a pity as I've allways felt that their hardware stands up rather well on its own without resorting to that kind of BS.
It looks like the release has been changing a bit. The first glance I had of it was when it was first posted (prior to it showing up on Slashdot). At that time it simply stated that a second gigabit card took up the PCI slot with no mention of any other expansion slots. Later it listed two 64bit PCI slots so I assumed that the network card was in one. Now it lists three slots with one being dedicated to the second NIC. Ah well, having two free slots is much better.
Not only did they fail to mention it, they claim it was dual.
"1GHz dual 256MB DDR and a 60GB hard disk for $2999 -- 1GHz dual 512 MB DDR with a 60GB for $3999."
Ah well, if the 2999$ one is sinlge CPU then thats not TOO bad pricewise. Well within the normal Apple mark up (jk).
This looks to be the case. However it could also read as having three PCI slots with two 64bit slots free. Its hard to tell at this point.
But I may have jumped the gun a bit in with my criticism on that point.
After reading the current information on the new Apple server (the XServe) I'm noticing more then a few problems with the first Apple server since the end of AI/X.
Pros:
1U, this is sweet. I was expecting a 2U system. This will make for a very nice high density server farm.
266mhz DDR memory. About time.
4 hard disk bays.
Dual gigabit ethernet.
Cons:
No redundant power supply.
No ECC memory. Current price is looking like 1000$ for an extra 256megs of Apple blessed DDR RAM. I'm hopping this is a typo.
IDE hard disks. Quote the Jobs "We're going with ATA because they're just as fast as SCSI and they offer real benefits in term of largest capacities.". How dumb does Jobs think we are? IDE just as fast as SCSI my ass. Any real world comparison of a top of the line IDE drive VS SCSI shows SCSI winning.
No expansion slots. The second gigabit network card takes up the only PCI slot. Compare this to the DELL 1650 which has on board SCSI RAID, dual gigabit and two 64bit PCI slots at a starting price of under 1500$ and I have to wonder what Apple is thinking here.
After reading the current information on the new Apple server (the XServe) I'm noticing more then a few problems with the first Apple server since the end of AI/X. Pros: 1U, this is sweet. I was expecting a 2U system. This will make for a very nice high density server farm. 266mhz DDR memory. About time. 4 hard disk bays. Dual gigabit ethernet. Cons: No redundant power supply. No ECC memory. Current price is looking like 1000$ for an extra 256megs of Apple blessed DDR RAM. I'm hopping this is a typo. IDE hard disks. Quote the Jobs "We're going with ATA because they're just as fast as SCSI and they offer real benefits in term of largest capacities.". How dumb does Jobs think we are? IDE just as fast as SCSI my ass. Any real world comparison of a top of the line IDE drive VS SCSI shows SCSI winning. No expansion slots. The second gigabit network card takes up the only PCI slot. Compare this to the DELL 1650 which has on board SCSI RAID, dual gigabit and two 64bit PCI slots at a starting price of under 1500$ and I have to wonder what Apple is thinking here.
Not that surprising really. Having used Embedded NT in the past I was more then a little confused as to what they where going to demonstrate. Sure, embedded windows is modular during the rollout phase. However once installed it cant be changed. In other words you cant install Word onto it once its up and running. In this respect it is not a good example of what the DOJ is after MS to produce, a modular end user OS.
Since the review is allready dead to the world, I tought I'd ask the people here if htey knew of any Linux based DVD players with support for hardware decoders such as those by Creative Labs and Real Magic.
Cant say I blame them.
(1024*768*32*4)/8=12582912 or about 12megs 'o RAM.
Yes that is in fact what AGP can do. However this was to store textures not to be used as display memory.
Just think about how many copies of Linux that much money could buy.
Yea, but just try to get the student to hold still long enough to do the experament while inside of one. Lazy students, allways banging on the side of the jar trying to get oiut rather then just getting down to learning.
You'r right. It was called the Sierra Network in 1991, later renamed the ImagiNation Network, which was bought by AOL in 1996.