Slashdot Mirror


User: JebusIsLord

JebusIsLord's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,133
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,133

  1. Impress them with true multitasking! on Teaching Linux/Unix Basics to Microsoft Junkies? · · Score: 1

    My non-unix friends are always amazed by the alt-switching capabilities of a true multi-tasking OS. Show them that!

  2. Re:It's not far from the truth on Interview With id Software's Robert A. Duffy · · Score: 1

    What sort of economics would you blame? surely you are not suggesting that the united states is a third-world country and hence succeptible to third-world-like crimerates?

  3. Re:.NET is actually pretty sweet on Microsoft Gives Up on Hailstorm · · Score: 1

    as in gigabytes? sorry :)

  4. No you misunderstand... on Microsoft Gives Up on Hailstorm · · Score: 1

    Microsoft uses .NET as a trademark, as in .NET server, .NET messenger etc. This is nothing but a marketing campaign.

    The .NET framework is a set of technologies for cross-platform (sort of) APIs that allows you to basically code in several .NET compliant languages (C#, C++, J# etc.) and execute the resulting binaries on any .NET compliant machine regardless of architecture.

    Yes this is confusing, and it is leading a lot of people to attack the straw-man of .NET without actually understanding what it is.

  5. MHz AREN'T an objective value! on Intel Funds AMD-bashing Report · · Score: 1

    I argue that MHz aren't all that objective any more. The Pentium 4's "400MHz front-size bus" actually runs at 100MHz with 4 data bursts per clock cycle, and (conversely) internally parts of the P4 run at double the reported clockspeed. I think MHz are turning out to be about as relevant and objective as the console "bit wars" of the 90s, where manufacturers just announced the size of the fatest pipe in the system.

  6. Why transparent proxy though? on How to Work Around Broken Port-80 Routing? · · Score: 1

    Why not just use a port 8080 http proxy instead though? Most of our customers go through one without their knowledge, and those that know better simply turn this feature off. IE defaults to autodetecting an HTTP proxy anyhow, making for no configuration.

  7. Re:Even 333hr per month is pushing it on IBM 120GXP Revisited · · Score: 1

    Hah! Your story is the same as mine - My 75GXP just failed 2 weeks ago after over a year of perfect operation. I was upset to find out that IBM expects a turnaround time of 1 month (!) to get me a new drive, during which time i will be without one. This i feel is extremely unacceptible since Quantum at least used to send out a replacement immediately. Oh, and for the record, this drive had 2 dedicated fans blowing above and below for its entire life, and the drive did NOT run 24/7 (maybe 12 hours/day about)

  8. Re:Who needs garbage collection? on Mopping Up Mozilla Memory Leaks · · Score: 1

    I would argue that Perl is the most portable of languages, of course granted you need an interpreter for Win32, but the code doesn't require any messy #ifdef stuff. Of course, I need to add the disclaimer that I am new at all this, and I only know Perl and C++ so far:)