These guys have said this before, and nothing materialized. 512mb max of onboard ram is a hell of a boast. these guys better come through, but i predict about $1000+ for a good board.
It isn't that linux users are unwilling to accept this thing (more hardware please), it's because of it's nature, that of being slow, unreliable, and a cpu hog, that linux users don't like it. It's bad hardware which could give linux a bad name for being unreliable on the internet. Not to mention that many of the modem protocols (espeically the newer ones) are patented and/or copyrighted, so they can't be open. If you want hardware, lets pick good hardware the way they pick the good code. Obviously we shouldn't yell at Linus, because he probably didn't decide the code should be allowed. We probably can't prevent people from using them, but we should at least make a point to all linux users (especially newbies) that you should specifically avoid *inModems.
Luke, fortunately, didn't fall to the dark side... Not to mention that if we tell everyone who wants to try linux NOT to get a LinModem (post it on webpages, write it into the modem HOWTOs), it'll have a hard time infecting it.
Your choice of CPU is irrelevant to this discussion.
Hardware acelleration of graphics was essential because the task of setting up triangles and drawing textures on them is very repetitive and redundant. The acellerator takes that load off the CPU, freeing it for other things (Why do you think people want lighting and geometry acelleration on their cards now?). Now software based modems are a total reversal of all of the ideas of dedicated processors for redundant tasks. Not to mention that if you use your CPU, it can't devote as much time to the modem, thus your speed drops (no FIFO buffers for data storage...)
My friend just got a new PC, which has a winmodem. OS differences aside, he has a p3 450. When he is online running very little, his winmodem gets about the same speed my hardware modem gets. If he starts playing an mp3 (about 1% of his CPU), he loses a full KB off his download speed (IE from 3.5 KB/s to 2.5 KB/s). I can play an MP3, have 2 or 3 IE windows (sorry...) open, have my WinTV (which takes up 10% of the cpu for it's interpolation software) running, and mIRC on my p2 400 (same ram), and I still get good rates downloading software (when downloading HTML, i have seen my modem hit 132KBps!). It's internal and works with both windows and linux.
Claiming FIRST POST is about as irritating as it gets. It's sorta like saying "i rule and you all suck" to a bunch of people, who will then proceed to ignore you. And it's a random bunch of people who moderate down. Also, the other guy had much more to say than just "FIRST POST!!!!!". not much there that makes it relevant enough to consider a "Free Speech" argument.
Err, delphi does suppport console mode (console mode, probably in a dos window only tho). In Project>Options>Linker there is an option to "generate console application". Don't know if it will run in pure dos though.
And all those.edu sites out there with every really important book in english literature is a complete waste of time. Nah, when I go for research in english class, i can just look through the small archive of books that we have.
(I was/am in a(n) AP English classes, and every book i have ever read has had TONS of information about it on college websites. Very useful reference materials.)
err, that's not assimiliation. that's cross platform ability (something which NT has been losing). Assimilation is if linux took every peice of software it came across and integrated it into itself, which is what MSFT has tried to do.
A spammer can pretty much randomly guess an e-mail address at aol and get it right, especially with the AIM. Now, i have ICQ, and my e-mail doesn't match my nickname, nor is my e-mail listed. So your argument is pointless if you don't put your e-mail in.
I guess it's time to start (bomb) inserting words (anfo) into our sentences to (plutonium uranium fission) throw (AAFJ#@L57H8a8e479) off the authorities
I don't think he will oppose, as Vacant Lott (it fits him) has proven himself to be ignorant and somewhat stupid about his country by some previous comments by him about a certain group of people...
How so? You can still sell your product. Look at how Netscape dealt with Mozilla (except for the fact that they stopped selling it because of microsoft)
Well quite obviously, the person you are referring to isn't a professional. They are probably some 12 year old kid who has never used Redhat in his life, probably not even Linux. He probably thinks Redhat IS Linux, and therefore he hates Redhat...
NASA didn't invent Velcro(tm). I say we gut the current NASA bueracracy and put the Engineers and Scientists in charge. At least They know what they are doing, and how it needs to be done.
Do what they did with the early explorations of north america and sell shares in the mission. I'd throw money in it just to see if it would go... The rest of the Idea i leave up to you cause it just slipped my mind. (heavy objects contacting the floor at a high rate of speed do cause distractions...)
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hehe. webpage now returns:
Logon failure: user not allowed to log on to this computer.
These guys have said this before, and nothing materialized. 512mb max of onboard ram is a hell of a boast. these guys better come through, but i predict about $1000+ for a good board.
But unlike windows, i can give linux a facelift :P
It isn't that linux users are unwilling to accept this thing (more hardware please), it's because of it's nature, that of being slow, unreliable, and a cpu hog, that linux users don't like it. It's bad hardware which could give linux a bad name for being unreliable on the internet. Not to mention that many of the modem protocols (espeically the newer ones) are patented and/or copyrighted, so they can't be open. If you want hardware, lets pick good hardware the way they pick the good code. Obviously we shouldn't yell at Linus, because he probably didn't decide the code should be allowed. We probably can't prevent people from using them, but we should at least make a point to all linux users (especially newbies) that you should specifically avoid *inModems.
What would be the point?
Luke, fortunately, didn't fall to the dark side... Not to mention that if we tell everyone who wants to try linux NOT to get a LinModem (post it on webpages, write it into the modem HOWTOs), it'll have a hard time infecting it.
Your choice of CPU is irrelevant to this discussion.
Hardware acelleration of graphics was essential because the task of setting up triangles and drawing textures on them is very repetitive and redundant. The acellerator takes that load off the CPU, freeing it for other things (Why do you think people want lighting and geometry acelleration on their cards now?). Now software based modems are a total reversal of all of the ideas of dedicated processors for redundant tasks. Not to mention that if you use your CPU, it can't devote as much time to the modem, thus your speed drops (no FIFO buffers for data storage...)
My friend just got a new PC, which has a winmodem. OS differences aside, he has a p3 450. When he is online running very little, his winmodem gets about the same speed my hardware modem gets. If he starts playing an mp3 (about 1% of his CPU), he loses a full KB off his download speed (IE from 3.5 KB/s to 2.5 KB/s). I can play an MP3, have 2 or 3 IE windows (sorry...) open, have my WinTV (which takes up 10% of the cpu for it's interpolation software) running, and mIRC on my p2 400 (same ram), and I still get good rates downloading software (when downloading HTML, i have seen my modem hit 132KBps!). It's internal and works with both windows and linux.
Claiming FIRST POST is about as irritating as it gets. It's sorta like saying "i rule and you all suck" to a bunch of people, who will then proceed to ignore you. And it's a random bunch of people who moderate down. Also, the other guy had much more to say than just "FIRST POST!!!!!". not much there that makes it relevant enough to consider a "Free Speech" argument.
... is the department for the preservation of SILLY WALKS
What? You must be joking! Have you seen the TV series!
That to, but still...
"We want you to bring us, a SHRUBBERY!!"
Err, delphi does suppport console mode (console mode, probably in a dos window only tho). In Project>Options>Linker there is an option to "generate console application". Don't know if it will run in pure dos though.
And all those .edu sites out there with every really important book in english literature is a complete waste of time. Nah, when I go for research in english class, i can just look through the small archive of books that we have.
(I was/am in a(n) AP English classes, and every book i have ever read has had TONS of information about it on college websites. Very useful reference materials.)
I don't get what you mean by "...every page placed on the WWW should stand on its own..."
If you mean that pages shouldn't be linked to, that wouldn't make sense. Could you clarify this?
err, that's not assimiliation. that's cross platform ability (something which NT has been losing). Assimilation is if linux took every peice of software it came across and integrated it into itself, which is what MSFT has tried to do.
A spammer can pretty much randomly guess an e-mail address at aol and get it right, especially with the AIM. Now, i have ICQ, and my e-mail doesn't match my nickname, nor is my e-mail listed. So your argument is pointless if you don't put your e-mail in.
I guess it's time to start (bomb) inserting words (anfo) into our sentences to (plutonium uranium fission) throw (AAFJ#@L57H8a8e479) off the authorities
I don't think he will oppose, as Vacant Lott (it fits him) has proven himself to be ignorant and somewhat stupid about his country by some previous comments by him about a certain group of people...
How so? You can still sell your product. Look at how Netscape dealt with Mozilla (except for the fact that they stopped selling it because of microsoft)
Cause not ALL of it is free...
and must you insult everyone?
Well quite obviously, the person you are referring to isn't a professional. They are probably some 12 year old kid who has never used Redhat in his life, probably not even Linux. He probably thinks Redhat IS Linux, and therefore he hates Redhat...
AFAIK that "recent outdoor concert turned disaster" was frequented by more 20+ year olds than anyone else.
NASA didn't invent Velcro(tm).
I say we gut the current NASA bueracracy and put the Engineers and Scientists in charge. At least They know what they are doing, and how it needs to be done.
Do what they did with the early explorations of north america and sell shares in the mission. I'd throw money in it just to see if it would go... The rest of the Idea i leave up to you cause it just slipped my mind. (heavy objects contacting the floor at a high rate of speed do cause distractions...)