Total Cost Overall or TCO can be analyzed many ways. Now, this information came from a linux friendly website. The site's editors most likely wrote the article with some bias as a result. Linux is a good operating system with tons of potential, yet, I doubt that the TCO is that much.
I agree with the original post. The information that these people release just help microsoft to fine tune their DRM system. This information will most likely be used in the research for Palladium, and eventually Palladium will take over, and we will all be enslaved to MS.
Solution 1: Requires a network. 1. Establish a BOOTP and DHCP server. 2. Set your computer's BIOS configuration to boot off the network. 3. Install the applications you need onto the server. 4. When the workstation is turned on, it will load the operating system from the server, and work off the server.
Any system would work for this, but if you're looking for cost efficiency, this configuration should work nicely: - Any old Socket 7 motherboard. - A Pentium 200, maybe 233. - 64mb ram, maybe 128. - Standard network card (it would be best if this was onboard) - 15" Monitor
Option 2: Install a base distribution of Linux, something that would be simple and easy to understand (i.e. Redhat, mandrake or suse). Base config would be the same for this, except you would need a 1.6gb hard drive.
Were you aware that if you were to shine a laser off a window that you could take the mathematical computations and produce a very high quality recording? They dont even have to bug a room now, they can shine a laser at it. So, yeah, lasers have lots of uses.
And on this object, there is presently a bunch of ice. Ok, so why not call it Iceworld or something? Or, it is the tenth planet, so they should actually call it Planet X. This could also be tied into the recent plans to send a probe to europa to drill through the ice and look for life in the very cold water under the ice. Anyway, that's about all I have to say about it.
At present, websites are not designed well enough to balance a major load. Sites built on mod_perl, for example. mod_perl is an Apache module that offers a built in link to your system's Perl interpreter. Mod_perl is a very good module, yet there are some problems with it. mod_perl requires some cpu time to work, even though when it works, it works well. If you were to run a site that uses mod_perl, then load balancing would definately be recommended. There are alternatives to mod_perl, such as PHP, Zope, CFM, ASP and JSP. ASP is not exactly a programming language though, it is dependant on other languages. ASP just provides scripting functionality. JSP is known as Java Server Pages, and it has similar problems as mod_perl, it requires a scriptlet server to run, and since it's running on a virtual machine, it's efficiency is lowered. PHP is a good scripting language, and offers high functionality. CFM, which is developed by Macromedia, is similar to PHP in it's functionality and efficiency, but costs money. Zope is based on python, uses a dataspace for datastorage, and in the case that you need to pack the ZODB, you can experience difficulties. There are other languages, that are developed by other companies, but they are also costly to implement. Vignette can be consider as an example.
The only option is to use load balancing and PHP, as that is the only way that efficiency can be effectively offered to the typical user, which most sites are not using.
I have read that there are licenses for many hardware components as well as software components of a modern network. So, in 10 to 15 years, will there be licenses for hardware, and if so, what do you think the licenses will be like? Will they be more open than they presently are, or will they still remain very restrictive as into the appropriate usage of the hardware?
By devices that use licenses, I mean devices such as routers and other appliances of the like.
Also, what is your opinion on licenses? Do you like licensing, or do you think it should be abolished?
Anandtech has a very good review at http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1723. It compares and contrasts many motherboards with the chipsets on them, comparing features, etc, and it also has some very good benchmarking information. It also supports hyperthreading, which looks like it will be a very promising technology. It also points out some problems with some of these new motherboards. This chipset looks like it can offer great potential, for both the average home user, and the typical overclocker, especially the Albatron PX845PEV Pro, which has a interface that is similar to Softmenu 3. The ASUS P4PE also has great potential for overclocking, yet it doesnt look like it's as tough as the Albatron. Their technical support is also not as good. If it is USB that you are looking for though, the Gigabyte 8PE667 Ultra definately offers the most functionality (10 Ports, wow!). In all, this review is quite long, with 25 pages of content, which offers more information than the mentioned review.
So? You can find DeCSS over all sorts of servers in europe, even a Google Search will create some interesting results. Infact the first few links, are a collection of links to where you can download DeCSS: First Link, Second Link and Third Link. I just hate it when people make a big deal out of something so pointless.
The mirror system is unique because it will work the same way the warez scene works. with couriers, suppliers, etc. Drop me a line if you possibly want to help me out with this.
Hmm, it seems to me that you're making another warez site, and you are using the phrase "Free Software Mirror System" to cover it up. The other possibility is that you're trying to do warez with free software, which is completely ridiculous and unnecessary. So, before you do that, make sure you absolutely have boundaries set for yourself and know exactly what you're doing, because the feds might not see it as a free software repository but as a warez site. And what do you mean by "Free Software"? Is it software that you got for free and posted to the system, or is it truly GNU software. You have to be sure to make it clear to everyone that it is GNU software, and to make sure that the illegal software doesn't mysteriously appear. So, I would say, it's in your best interests to stay on the ethical side of things right now, and that seems kind of borderline.
Music Television. Music Television WOULD IMPLY THAT THEY PLACE MUSIC VIDEOS, and MTV2 does. MTV itself also does. What do you think TRL is? You request MUSIC VIDEOS. So, it is your logic that is flawed.
If MTV is working with Shawn Fanning (creator of Napster, got sued etc, blah blah blah) then aren't they assisting with the promotion of P2P, which will hurt their business in the long run (music video releases go down, due to lack of money for production and they have to play the same old material again and again, thus killing ratings and advertising), and wouldn't they be more likely to support the RIAA? I would say that they would support the RIAA, as it means money for them. Ironic, isn't it?
This is ridiculous. So, what, if I were to say something bad about like say, Microsoft then what? Bill Gates is gonna come sue me into the stone age?! You can't just sue someone over the fact that they decided to post their opinions about the site on a message board! Also, he is claiming emotional distress. Why? He wasn't placed into emotional distress. If this guy wins, then, hmm...
I find certifications to be a rip off. They are alternatives to getting actual credentials from a respected learning institution. People who get jobs off of a certification need to actually get a diploma. The best certification is a college diploma, it will always be the best, and the alternative certifications annoy me. It's the cheap way towards achieving your goal. I obviously dont agree with the merits of certifications, and I dont think I would trust a person with only a security certification to protect my data. Face it, anyone can get a certification, and you can cheat on the tests to get them. There is a large risk when you entrust something as major as the protection of your data to someone who could potentially not know how to do his job.
IRIX doesnt look very good. This is version 6.5, you would at least expect a nicer desktop than what you get. I am aware that KDE and GNOME/Sawfish can be installed, but that's a pain. They should scrap this release, completely rework IRIX and release it as IRIX 7.0, as IRIX is starting to grasp obsolescence, even though the switch to XFS was a good move for IRIX.
Technically they would have to appeal the DMCA first. If they don't appeal the DMCA, then this law would be useless, that is unless the bill has a section that would designate the appeal of the DMCA.
Well, if you get bombed, it's the cost of playing the game. If you don't get bombed, then great. If you do, then well, it's not so good, but it's the cost of avoiding U.S. Law. So, in these situations, you always have to roll with the punches, so to say.
It's called the USA Patriot Act. It pretty much kills the entire point of the first amendment, because anything you say can be monitored, and you can be prosecuted as a terrorist, if they dont like what you say.
Well, people want the hammer released because every program made for x86 can run on the hammer as it is an x86 processor with a 64-bit Processor Word (the amount of data the processor can process per click, tick or cycle) capacity, over the typical 32-bit Process Word.
Intel's Itanium processor (and Itanium2) are IA-64. This is a NEW architecture, and does not offer the same support for software because it doesn't work like an x86 processor. Even though some operating systems support IA-64, not many operating systems do, because to write in assembly for this processor would be radically different then writing assembly code for the x86 that most programmers presently run.
Assembly works by controlling exactly what data goes to what register inside the processor, and with a completely different specification, you would have to relearn Assembly for the IA-64.
With the hammer, since it is x86, programmers wont have to relearn anything. They will just be able to get a motherboard and processor, and they will be able to start coding immediately. Since the x86 is typically associated with 32-bit words (the 8088, the x86 predecessor could only handle 8-bit words, the 286 family could handle 16-bit words and the 386 family was the first x86 processor to handle a 32-bit word.), engineers have termed the Hammer and processors like it as x86-64 processors. Eventually they will just become x86 processors, once they become standard.
So, That is why people want it now. They want the improved processing capability because it will offer more speed than the current processors available on the market. I still have a P3 (had an Athlon MP system with 1gb of registered DDR133 (PC2100) memory, but it got power surged into submission) because I want to have an updated processor.
But I will say this: If Intel makes a Pentium 5 processor, than it will most likely be x86-64.
I quote from the KDE Developer's Corner: "Whilst KDE and most KDE applications are implemented using the C++ programming language, that doesn't mean you don't have a choice. A number of bindings to other languages are available, these include scripting languages like Perl and Python, and systems programming languages like Java and C#."
"C# Qt# binds the Qt toolkit with Mono, an open source implementation of the.NET Development Framework."
Technically, if they are offering bindings than they did SOMETHING. But yes, there is nothing on their site about them completely adapting Mono.
And, what if say one of the candidates hired a hacker and modified what was in the database? Everyone could be voting for the exact opposite of who they want. Complexity was also another reason for the failure of those elections. The punch card ballot machines that were messed up were also placed in the poor, low-income sections of town, while the people who had more money got more reliable machinery.
Anyway, back to the voting machines.
They could make a very complicated interface that could defer the voters that may have less of an education (which is primarily the people in the poorer areas of town, and most of these people would probably vote Democratic, as that would do them the most good). A complicated interface would not only defer people who have little knowledge, but it could actually make the election turn out differently.
A computerized voting system will never work because of random hackers and/or employed hackers that might have an interest in the result of the election. This is because any way the voting machine would work, eventually a way to circumvent the machine's security would emerge. This is just an easier way to rig elections.
The only voting system that will ever work well is a system that is used in several states, including Oklahoma, where you fill in arrows that are pointing to the candidate or option with a pen. The machine then stores the ballot in a lockbox, and then the ballots are ran through an OCR machine, that searches for the arrows and records the vote. Machinery like this is much harder to circumvent than a punchcard machine. And, computerized voting is also not secure, so it looks like the way I just mentioned (Filling in arrows for candidates) will work well.
Slashdot Mirror
Total Cost Overall or TCO can be analyzed many ways. Now, this information came from a linux friendly website. The site's editors most likely wrote the article with some bias as a result. Linux is a good operating system with tons of potential, yet, I doubt that the TCO is that much.
According to "make menuconfig", General Setup, There is now a high memory access setting, it goes all the way up to 2048gb or something.
I agree with the original post. The information that these people release just help microsoft to fine tune their DRM system. This information will most likely be used in the research for Palladium, and eventually Palladium will take over, and we will all be enslaved to MS.
Solution 1: Requires a network.
1. Establish a BOOTP and DHCP server.
2. Set your computer's BIOS configuration to boot off the network.
3. Install the applications you need onto the server.
4. When the workstation is turned on, it will load the operating system from the server, and work off the server.
Any system would work for this, but if you're looking for cost efficiency, this configuration should work nicely:
- Any old Socket 7 motherboard.
- A Pentium 200, maybe 233.
- 64mb ram, maybe 128.
- Standard network card (it would be best if this was onboard)
- 15" Monitor
Option 2:
Install a base distribution of Linux, something that would be simple and easy to understand (i.e. Redhat, mandrake or suse). Base config would be the same for this, except you would need a 1.6gb hard drive.
Were you aware that if you were to shine a laser off a window that you could take the mathematical computations and produce a very high quality recording? They dont even have to bug a room now, they can shine a laser at it. So, yeah, lasers have lots of uses.
And on this object, there is presently a bunch of ice. Ok, so why not call it Iceworld or something? Or, it is the tenth planet, so they should actually call it Planet X. This could also be tied into the recent plans to send a probe to europa to drill through the ice and look for life in the very cold water under the ice. Anyway, that's about all I have to say about it.
The only option is to use load balancing and PHP, as that is the only way that efficiency can be effectively offered to the typical user, which most sites are not using.
I have read that there are licenses for many hardware components as well as software components of a modern network. So, in 10 to 15 years, will there be licenses for hardware, and if so, what do you think the licenses will be like? Will they be more open than they presently are, or will they still remain very restrictive as into the appropriate usage of the hardware?
By devices that use licenses, I mean devices such as routers and other appliances of the like.
Also, what is your opinion on licenses? Do you like licensing, or do you think it should be abolished?
Anandtech has a very good review at http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1723. It compares and contrasts many motherboards with the chipsets on them, comparing features, etc, and it also has some very good benchmarking information. It also supports hyperthreading, which looks like it will be a very promising technology. It also points out some problems with some of these new motherboards. This chipset looks like it can offer great potential, for both the average home user, and the typical overclocker, especially the Albatron PX845PEV Pro, which has a interface that is similar to Softmenu 3. The ASUS P4PE also has great potential for overclocking, yet it doesnt look like it's as tough as the Albatron. Their technical support is also not as good. If it is USB that you are looking for though, the Gigabyte 8PE667 Ultra definately offers the most functionality (10 Ports, wow!). In all, this review is quite long, with 25 pages of content, which offers more information than the mentioned review.
So? You can find DeCSS over all sorts of servers in europe, even a Google Search will create some interesting results. Infact the first few links, are a collection of links to where you can download DeCSS: First Link, Second Link and Third Link. I just hate it when people make a big deal out of something so pointless.
Hmm, it seems to me that you're making another warez site, and you are using the phrase "Free Software Mirror System" to cover it up. The other possibility is that you're trying to do warez with free software, which is completely ridiculous and unnecessary. So, before you do that, make sure you absolutely have boundaries set for yourself and know exactly what you're doing, because the feds might not see it as a free software repository but as a warez site. And what do you mean by "Free Software"? Is it software that you got for free and posted to the system, or is it truly GNU software. You have to be sure to make it clear to everyone that it is GNU software, and to make sure that the illegal software doesn't mysteriously appear. So, I would say, it's in your best interests to stay on the ethical side of things right now, and that seems kind of borderline.
Music Television. Music Television WOULD IMPLY THAT THEY PLACE MUSIC VIDEOS, and MTV2 does. MTV itself also does. What do you think TRL is? You request MUSIC VIDEOS. So, it is your logic that is flawed.
If MTV is working with Shawn Fanning (creator of Napster, got sued etc, blah blah blah) then aren't they assisting with the promotion of P2P, which will hurt their business in the long run (music video releases go down, due to lack of money for production and they have to play the same old material again and again, thus killing ratings and advertising), and wouldn't they be more likely to support the RIAA? I would say that they would support the RIAA, as it means money for them. Ironic, isn't it?
This is ridiculous. So, what, if I were to say something bad about like say, Microsoft then what? Bill Gates is gonna come sue me into the stone age?! You can't just sue someone over the fact that they decided to post their opinions about the site on a message board! Also, he is claiming emotional distress. Why? He wasn't placed into emotional distress. If this guy wins, then, hmm...
I find certifications to be a rip off. They are alternatives to getting actual credentials from a respected learning institution. People who get jobs off of a certification need to actually get a diploma. The best certification is a college diploma, it will always be the best, and the alternative certifications annoy me. It's the cheap way towards achieving your goal. I obviously dont agree with the merits of certifications, and I dont think I would trust a person with only a security certification to protect my data. Face it, anyone can get a certification, and you can cheat on the tests to get them. There is a large risk when you entrust something as major as the protection of your data to someone who could potentially not know how to do his job.
So, certifications are bad.
IRIX doesnt look very good. This is version 6.5, you would at least expect a nicer desktop than what you get. I am aware that KDE and GNOME/Sawfish can be installed, but that's a pain. They should scrap this release, completely rework IRIX and release it as IRIX 7.0, as IRIX is starting to grasp obsolescence, even though the switch to XFS was a good move for IRIX.
Technically they would have to appeal the DMCA first. If they don't appeal the DMCA, then this law would be useless, that is unless the bill has a section that would designate the appeal of the DMCA.
Well, if you get bombed, it's the cost of playing the game. If you don't get bombed, then great. If you do, then well, it's not so good, but it's the cost of avoiding U.S. Law. So, in these situations, you always have to roll with the punches, so to say.
The $200 PC has a VIA Cyrix C3 Processor that is not as good as the 733mhz Celeron processor in the Xbox. That is the motivation for most people.
They (being whoever would want to) could track you via the usage of your epoxy token.
Ok, $15k to sit in a car dropped from a cargo jet with you in it. What if you die or something, does the 15k pay for a funeral as well?
It's called the USA Patriot Act. It pretty much kills the entire point of the first amendment, because anything you say can be monitored, and you can be prosecuted as a terrorist, if they dont like what you say.
Well, people want the hammer released because every program made for x86 can run on the hammer as it is an x86 processor with a 64-bit Processor Word (the amount of data the processor can process per click, tick or cycle) capacity, over the typical 32-bit Process Word.
Intel's Itanium processor (and Itanium2) are IA-64. This is a NEW architecture, and does not offer the same support for software because it doesn't work like an x86 processor. Even though some operating systems support IA-64, not many operating systems do, because to write in assembly for this processor would be radically different then writing assembly code for the x86 that most programmers presently run.
Assembly works by controlling exactly what data goes to what register inside the processor, and with a completely different specification, you would have to relearn Assembly for the IA-64.
With the hammer, since it is x86, programmers wont have to relearn anything. They will just be able to get a motherboard and processor, and they will be able to start coding immediately. Since the x86 is typically associated with 32-bit words (the 8088, the x86 predecessor could only handle 8-bit words, the 286 family could handle 16-bit words and the 386 family was the first x86 processor to handle a 32-bit word.), engineers have termed the Hammer and processors like it as x86-64 processors. Eventually they will just become x86 processors, once they become standard.
So, That is why people want it now. They want the improved processing capability because it will offer more speed than the current processors available on the market. I still have a P3 (had an Athlon MP system with 1gb of registered DDR133 (PC2100) memory, but it got power surged into submission) because I want to have an updated processor.
But I will say this: If Intel makes a Pentium 5 processor, than it will most likely be x86-64.
Actually, it seems like you are wrong.
.NET Development Framework."
I quote from the KDE Developer's Corner:
"Whilst KDE and most KDE applications are implemented using the C++ programming language, that doesn't mean you don't have a choice. A number of bindings to other languages are available, these include scripting languages like Perl and Python, and systems programming languages like Java and C#."
"C#
Qt# binds the Qt toolkit with Mono, an open source implementation of the
Technically, if they are offering bindings than they did SOMETHING. But yes, there is nothing on their site about them completely adapting Mono.
And, what if say one of the candidates hired a hacker and modified what was in the database? Everyone could be voting for the exact opposite of who they want. Complexity was also another reason for the failure of those elections. The punch card ballot machines that were messed up were also placed in the poor, low-income sections of town, while the people who had more money got more reliable machinery.
Anyway, back to the voting machines.
They could make a very complicated interface that could defer the voters that may have less of an education (which is primarily the people in the poorer areas of town, and most of these people would probably vote Democratic, as that would do them the most good). A complicated interface would not only defer people who have little knowledge, but it could actually make the election turn out differently.
A computerized voting system will never work because of random hackers and/or employed hackers that might have an interest in the result of the election. This is because any way the voting machine would work, eventually a way to circumvent the machine's security would emerge. This is just an easier way to rig elections.
The only voting system that will ever work well is a system that is used in several states, including Oklahoma, where you fill in arrows that are pointing to the candidate or option with a pen. The machine then stores the ballot in a lockbox, and then the ballots are ran through an OCR machine, that searches for the arrows and records the vote. Machinery like this is much harder to circumvent than a punchcard machine. And, computerized voting is also not secure, so it looks like the way I just mentioned (Filling in arrows for candidates) will work well.