I think the point is that it's a "user" flamewar rather than a "developer" flamewar. You're right in that Gnome/KDE get on fairly well (well, they do now; I think there was some antagonism early on), but users get very angry in the same way we have perl/python/ruby wars, emacs/vi, debian/redhat/suse/mandrake/slackware/whatever wars....
Sounds more reasonable. However, a beta/alpha version of PS3 could be getting built now, probably mainly for development, both within Sony and for games developers.
However, Sony are going to need to get PS3 out within a reasonable timeframe, simply to keep up with the Xbox. Right now, it's showing its age against the latest offerings and the only thing keeping it going is brand loyalty and a larger game base. Once MS catches up with the game base (particularly if it keeps buying companies and making Xbox-only games), the PS2 will start to lag.
Heck, even if the PS2 comes out relatively soon, it may not be enough; MS are already thinking about XBox-2 which could leapfrog the PS3 (NB: wild speculation here!). If the timeframe between PS3 & Xbox2 isn't enough, Sony are going to have some trouble making sales.
Well, if we're gonna mention aircraft, the Shakleton was originally built just after WWII and was still flying active duty in the UK (for surveilance duty) until the 90s.
I remember a documentary about it just as it was retiring describing this bird as "10,000 loose rivets flying in close formation".
Yeah, ATM was gonna kill of ethernet. We were getting told this in our course back in 96/97. Where I work, ATM was put in and has now been largely replaced by trunked GigE and it's ATM that's died off (although it lives on in telecommunications, at least in the UK). 10GigE has already been mooted, as has Gig to the desktop (!!!).
As someone has said, ethernet has changed from the CSMA/CD to a connected "star" network.
Yeah, I've been getting Internal Server Errors all morning; hitting reload seems to fix it, though. I can only assume that one web server is screwy and the load balancer makes me hit another one when it works.
It's probably also worth checking some of the mailing lists & stuff on Google groups. It's been a while since I had to deal with Qmail (almost 2 years) but I do remember one argument which was on the mailing lists.
For those that don't know, if a mail is sent to multiple aliases and a user is in more than one, he will get multiple copies of the same mail. End users wanted to configure this as (a) it's different to how sendmail handled it and (b) it's confusing. DJB basically said "my way is the right way" and wouldn't listen to the considerable number of users who wanted it changed, or at least the option to change it. As has been pointed out, the bizarre licensing of DJB makes it impossible to fork the code.
DJB may write good software, but his ego is a pain to deal with.
That means nothing. Even if 15% of surfers visit adult sites, they could only stay there for 5 minutes, get their kicks and move on, meaning that the % of traffic is tiny. Alternatively, 10% could spend 3 hours a day downloading porn, meaning that a large portion of bandwidth is used up by it.
Compilers? On Unix? Out of IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX, none come with native compilers for free (/usr/ucb/cc on Solaris doesn't count!). This means you have to use gcc (back to the same) or buy a commercial compiler license, usually into the four figures for license costs.
Also, on linux, there's the Intel compilers for x86 which are apparently very good, but again you have to pay for it. Unfortunatly, that doesn't help on Alpha or SPARC (is IBM doing anything for its pSeries?).
1100 is nowhere near the limits of ethernet; you just have to consider a few other matters like how to subnet it, how to hook together all the switches and stuff like that. Nothing too difficult for a competent network engineer and since Cisco are sponsoring, it's possible/likely that there will be some good networking skills on hand.
In any case, ethernet doesn't always mean LAN; we have two sites which are about 4 miles apart (as the crow flies) which would count as a WAN but still goes over gigabit ethernet fibres.
we should see roughly 1100 people packing the Mayfield Trade Center
Given the low standard of personaly hygiene some geeks have, you may want to stock up on air freshener and/or nose plugs...
Note: this is not intended to be aimed at those geeks who do actually know what soap, water and deoderant are. The problem is, even 10% of unclean, sweaty bodies would be enough to make things unpleasant.
Seriously... Where I work, we're going through a round of layoffs. One girl left on Thursday and heard about 3 jobs all through word of mouth which probably never got advertised (although 2 might get advertised now). I'm finishing at the end of March and about the best lead I've had has been through word of mouth (someone from elsewhere in the company is starting there soon and he happened to know there was another post going at the company).
I got my current job because I went to Uni with someone who was already working there; the interview was basically "this is what you have to do. How much would you like?"
Unfortunately, it's not always what you know, it's who you know that gets you a job.
Fair enough idea, but it has a distinct possibility to backfire if the reagents you use to restore the equilibrium cause some other unanticipated side-effect. Heck, it took us long enough to figure out that CFC's were screwing up the Ozone layer; who's to say that chemical ABC we use to help restore it doesn't do something else to the environment which is worse than the hole in the Ozone layer?
We then end up trying to counter that with agent DEF, which causes another effect, which we counter with agent GHI, ad nauseum.
As I understand it, the Ozone layer is gradually fixing itself; I'm all for leaving it sort itself out after we screwed it up in the first place.
Buy a cheaper IDE RAID and set it in mode 15 (Mirror two RAID5 arrays together, harder to lose data that way.)
Raid 15? Why? Unless you're being overly paranoid, you're far better off with RAID 10 (mirror then stripe) or at least 0+1 (stripe then mirror) as you'll get redundancy with the mirroring and performance with the striping.
RAID 15 will use up more disks (extra disk for parity) and will also have lower performance (due to the parity calculations).
However, the rest of the post is sound; use a fast RAID-0 array for working sets (fast, but no redundancy; worst case, you lose your current run of data) before copying to redundant (e.g. RAID 5, 10, 0+1) storage or copying to tape.
The difference between Sun & Microsoft is that MS basically strong-armed people into migrating. From the article, Sun will continue to offer the existing licenses as is, based on the number of CPUs.
For some people this will be a good option and everyone looking at Solaris/SunONE licensing should have a looksee and work out which option is better for them.
The original author said "CPAN made me learn perl", but there's nothing to stop someone maintaining a set of C libraries+headers to do exactly the same job. A CPAN-like array of C libraries would negate that benefit of perl. Therefore, the speed of development is less to do with the language and more to do with the developer community. The question could be raised as to why a similar community hasn't arisen among C programmers.
The 4GB limit is about the biggest advantage; the only other benefit is that a 64-bit CPU can handle 64-bit number more easily as it doesn't have to go through hoops.
There is currently no need for a 64-bit desktop for a normal user. Where they will start will be the high-end workstation market, for graphics design, seismic interpretation & other scientific apps where there is a need for large number crunching and/or >4GB RAM. Eventually, the price will come down and they'll make inroads to the "desktop" market and users will wonder how they ever got by with "only" 1GB of RAM. Personally, I think this will probably happen sooner than Intel think, and AMD will have a good head-start if they play it right.
Ah, yes, wars... about the only good thing you can say about the two world wars is that they advanced science considerably between 1914 & 1945.
Mainly that science was "how to kill people" & "how to stop your people being killed", but we did get some useful advances in medicine & transport (e.g. radar, sonar, jet engines) out of it.
Yup, we have Boyndie race track up here in North-East Scotland. I believe it used to be used as an airfield (mainly for Mosquitoes) in WWII but has now been redeveloped as a go-karting track.
I can readily understand the South & East being especially thick with airfields, however.
Well, I've got the advantage that I've studied accountancy so I know how the tax system works. I checked their numbers against my estimates and they matched, so I'm happy that it's fair. Besides, my situation was relatively simple, so it wasn't too hard.
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I think the point is that it's a "user" flamewar rather than a "developer" flamewar. You're right in that Gnome/KDE get on fairly well (well, they do now; I think there was some antagonism early on), but users get very angry in the same way we have perl/python/ruby wars, emacs/vi, debian/redhat/suse/mandrake/slackware/whatever wars....
However, Sony are going to need to get PS3 out within a reasonable timeframe, simply to keep up with the Xbox. Right now, it's showing its age against the latest offerings and the only thing keeping it going is brand loyalty and a larger game base. Once MS catches up with the game base (particularly if it keeps buying companies and making Xbox-only games), the PS2 will start to lag.
Heck, even if the PS2 comes out relatively soon, it may not be enough; MS are already thinking about XBox-2 which could leapfrog the PS3 (NB: wild speculation here!). If the timeframe between PS3 & Xbox2 isn't enough, Sony are going to have some trouble making sales.
I remember a documentary about it just as it was retiring describing this bird as "10,000 loose rivets flying in close formation".
Hrm, is that the one that uses the same ammo as the Barret "light" 50? Nice sniper cannon...
As someone has said, ethernet has changed from the CSMA/CD to a connected "star" network.
Ah, just wear a kilt :) Wonderful bit of clothing; great way to meet girls, too!
Yeah, I've been getting Internal Server Errors all morning; hitting reload seems to fix it, though. I can only assume that one web server is screwy and the load balancer makes me hit another one when it works.
For those that don't know, if a mail is sent to multiple aliases and a user is in more than one, he will get multiple copies of the same mail. End users wanted to configure this as (a) it's different to how sendmail handled it and (b) it's confusing. DJB basically said "my way is the right way" and wouldn't listen to the considerable number of users who wanted it changed, or at least the option to change it. As has been pointed out, the bizarre licensing of DJB makes it impossible to fork the code.
DJB may write good software, but his ego is a pain to deal with.
That means nothing. Even if 15% of surfers visit adult sites, they could only stay there for 5 minutes, get their kicks and move on, meaning that the % of traffic is tiny. Alternatively, 10% could spend 3 hours a day downloading porn, meaning that a large portion of bandwidth is used up by it.
Also, on linux, there's the Intel compilers for x86 which are apparently very good, but again you have to pay for it. Unfortunatly, that doesn't help on Alpha or SPARC (is IBM doing anything for its pSeries?).
Could be worse; could be France...
In any case, ethernet doesn't always mean LAN; we have two sites which are about 4 miles apart (as the crow flies) which would count as a WAN but still goes over gigabit ethernet fibres.
Note: this is not intended to be aimed at those geeks who do actually know what soap, water and deoderant are. The problem is, even 10% of unclean, sweaty bodies would be enough to make things unpleasant.
I got my current job because I went to Uni with someone who was already working there; the interview was basically "this is what you have to do. How much would you like?"
Unfortunately, it's not always what you know, it's who you know that gets you a job.
We then end up trying to counter that with agent DEF, which causes another effect, which we counter with agent GHI, ad nauseum.
As I understand it, the Ozone layer is gradually fixing itself; I'm all for leaving it sort itself out after we screwed it up in the first place.
Sheesh, is there anything in the world that isn't bad for you in some way or another?
RAID 15 will use up more disks (extra disk for parity) and will also have lower performance (due to the parity calculations).
However, the rest of the post is sound; use a fast RAID-0 array for working sets (fast, but no redundancy; worst case, you lose your current run of data) before copying to redundant (e.g. RAID 5, 10, 0+1) storage or copying to tape.
For some people this will be a good option and everyone looking at Solaris/SunONE licensing should have a looksee and work out which option is better for them.
The original author said "CPAN made me learn perl", but there's nothing to stop someone maintaining a set of C libraries+headers to do exactly the same job. A CPAN-like array of C libraries would negate that benefit of perl. Therefore, the speed of development is less to do with the language and more to do with the developer community. The question could be raised as to why a similar community hasn't arisen among C programmers.
There is currently no need for a 64-bit desktop for a normal user. Where they will start will be the high-end workstation market, for graphics design, seismic interpretation & other scientific apps where there is a need for large number crunching and/or >4GB RAM. Eventually, the price will come down and they'll make inroads to the "desktop" market and users will wonder how they ever got by with "only" 1GB of RAM. Personally, I think this will probably happen sooner than Intel think, and AMD will have a good head-start if they play it right.
Nah, it's far too readable.
Mainly that science was "how to kill people" & "how to stop your people being killed", but we did get some useful advances in medicine & transport (e.g. radar, sonar, jet engines) out of it.
I can readily understand the South & East being especially thick with airfields, however.
Well, I've got the advantage that I've studied accountancy so I know how the tax system works. I checked their numbers against my estimates and they matched, so I'm happy that it's fair. Besides, my situation was relatively simple, so it wasn't too hard.