Luckily, there is a slashdot monkey here who actually does run Linux.:)
I don't know what kind of hardware you're running on, but on my P3/933mhz with 256mb of RAM, I've never waited longer than 9 seconds for a window to open, and even that was under a fairly heavy load. Even if Mozilla does take 2x as long to load, does that really prove that the multithreading under Linux sucks? Does Windows suck at handling concurrent connections just because PostgreSQL under Windows craps out after about 50 connections?
Also, I think that saying that the Linux I/O is based on comparison of Windows to KDE might be a little shortsighted, considering that Windows isn't weighed down by X11 and it's large feature set.
On a happier note, nice job with your version of Linux (Debian). I like it as well.:)
In my opinion, a cheap, effective DNA sequencer could provide a revolution in the biotech world, maybe even similar to the development of the microchip in the late 1970s.
Here's a link to the Harvard lab which discovered nanopore sequencing, which is a good bet for the next breakthrough in sequencing technology.
Donald knuth's the art of computer science.
I go this in grade 10. I can't tell you how usefull it was. Now i'm in 3rd year and i've still not learnt anything knew that wasn't already in TAOCP.
You probably mean the Art of Computer Programming. I'm pretty sure that it would be over the heads of most high school students. While it's a great set of books on theory (especially the stuff on algorithms), I doubt that many high schoolers (or their teachers) would have the necessary math background to get a lot of use out of it.
It will be interesting to see how different countried react to this availability onboard - many countried are VERY paranoid about RF gear operating on an airliner due to fear of interferance with the onboard systems...
The article forgot to mention the thousand miles or so of Cat5e running out of the end of the plane.:)
"Linux is a way of developing software whereas piracy is copying."
At least people are getting a little closer to using hackers' terms correctly, last time I checked Linux is a kernel for an operating system that uses tools developed mostly for the public domain. But it's good to know that not even people at Microsoft think that Linux == piracy.
I don't agree with the implication that only those who major in a broad field such as CS, English or Biology develop problem solving skills, observation skills, etc". I'm currently a Bioinformatics student at RIT, and I don't consider myself unable to solve problems or unobservant, nor do I think that I will become so after I get my diploma.
Many fields such as Biology are becoming so broad that it is impossible to have an undergraduate major that sufficiently covers all of the relevant topics. Many colleges offer degrees in Molecular Biology, Pathology, and Biotechnology for students who have research interests that they want to specialize in, or those who want jobs with pharmaceutical companies. Biotech and pharmaceutical companies would much rather hire someone with lab experience in Molecular Biology and a good foundation of the theory behind it than a Biology major who has their ichthyology down cold but wouldn't know a lysozyme from a solution of granzymes and perforins, much less how to use either.
The development of more specific majors most likely arises from the fact that colleges realize that there is only so much that they can do. The students are allowed to specialize in things that their students will actually use in their future careers, and there is nothing that says that a technologically-geared education precludes them from having brains.
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I don't know what kind of hardware you're running on, but on my P3/933mhz with 256mb of RAM, I've never waited longer than 9 seconds for a window to open, and even that was under a fairly heavy load. Even if Mozilla does take 2x as long to load, does that really prove that the multithreading under Linux sucks? Does Windows suck at handling concurrent connections just because PostgreSQL under Windows craps out after about 50 connections?
Also, I think that saying that the Linux I/O is based on comparison of Windows to KDE might be a little shortsighted, considering that Windows isn't weighed down by X11 and it's large feature set.
On a happier note, nice job with your version of Linux (Debian). I like it as well.
One of the things that would make DNA computing run a lot smoother is improving DNA sequencing technology.
In my opinion, a cheap, effective DNA sequencer could provide a revolution in the biotech world, maybe even similar to the development of the microchip in the late 1970s.
Here's a link to the Harvard lab which discovered nanopore sequencing, which is a good bet for the next breakthrough in sequencing technology.
Counter evidence to this argument:
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Millions of misuses of the words "your" and "you're" in various tech sites, such as Slashdot.
Example:
"As long as your talking about the FSF, let's talk about RMS . .
Donald knuth's the art of computer science. I go this in grade 10.
I can't tell you how usefull it was. Now i'm in 3rd year and i've still not learnt anything knew that wasn't already in TAOCP.
You probably mean the Art of Computer Programming. I'm pretty sure that it would be over the heads of most high school students. While it's a great set of books on theory (especially the stuff on algorithms), I doubt that many high schoolers (or their teachers) would have the necessary math background to get a lot of use out of it.
It will be interesting to see how different countried react to this availability onboard - many countried are VERY paranoid about RF gear operating on an airliner due to fear of interferance with the onboard systems...
:)
The article forgot to mention the thousand miles or so of Cat5e running out of the end of the plane.
Not only that, but apparently compiling PHP when using a 2.5 kernel can cause cone dumps into various output files.
:)
"Linux is a way of developing software whereas piracy is copying." At least people are getting a little closer to using hackers' terms correctly, last time I checked Linux is a kernel for an operating system that uses tools developed mostly for the public domain. But it's good to know that not even people at Microsoft think that Linux == piracy.
I don't agree with the implication that only those who major in a broad field such as CS, English or Biology develop problem solving skills, observation skills, etc". I'm currently a Bioinformatics student at RIT, and I don't consider myself unable to solve problems or unobservant, nor do I think that I will become so after I get my diploma.
Many fields such as Biology are becoming so broad that it is impossible to have an undergraduate major that sufficiently covers all of the relevant topics. Many colleges offer degrees in Molecular Biology, Pathology, and Biotechnology for students who have research interests that they want to specialize in, or those who want jobs with pharmaceutical companies. Biotech and pharmaceutical companies would much rather hire someone with lab experience in Molecular Biology and a good foundation of the theory behind it than a Biology major who has their ichthyology down cold but wouldn't know a lysozyme from a solution of granzymes and perforins, much less how to use either. The development of more specific majors most likely arises from the fact that colleges realize that there is only so much that they can do. The students are allowed to specialize in things that their students will actually use in their future careers, and there is nothing that says that a technologically-geared education precludes them from having brains.