Well, personally, I still keep 98 so I can run some of my old games that XP doesn't support. For doing this purpose only, 98 is still on my machine. I know people that dual boot 98 with linux for this purpose as well, so this would be a great fit for them.
I'd say a new standard every 10 years is a pretty reasonably upgrade cycle compared to most other PC technologies...
OK, so yes we can probably live with PCI for longer (possibly much longer), but why not introduce a new standard with better potential? It maintains complete backwards compatability with regular PCI components, so manufacturers of harware don't even have to change anything. Of course another issue is motherboard cost, but there will always be new features put into successive motherboard generations that aren't in widespread use yet... like serial ATA, gigabit ethernet, etc. And there will probably be motherboards available for a lower cost without those features as well.
What's next? Are they going to make it a requirement to keep audio tapes of all conversations, phone or otherwise, for 3 years? Surely they must stop sometime when the cost of implementation greatly outweigh any benefits.
This shouldn't be much of a surprise... Last fall a group in Denmark started billing people for copyrighted media they were sharing on p2p networks. There was a/. article about it, but I can't find it now.
In any case, the group was an anti-piracy group of the major media companies, so they are by no means limited to action in the US.
I wonder what cost spam has on MS itself... Think of all the resources on Hotmail that get taken up with sent and received spam... Surely it would add up?
Then again, it might not matter to such a large company... but it's MS, there must be some monetary explanation for all this:)
OK, so what happens if I just happen to have lying around in my memory a program that detects intrusion and counter-attacks anybody trying to mess with my machine...
Seriously though, this is like capital punishment for PCs. It's basically their way of saying "well, we have no idea who the actual PEOPLE are that are downloading this stuff, but let's punish them anonymously!"
Plus, what happens if someone is using a PC at work or school or a netcafe to run filesharing software? Should the owner of the computer be responsible, or the person using it at the time? I should think it would be the latter, in which case this method is flawed again.
On the other hand, people who's jobs may involve fighting piracy would find this bit of news quite useful. Understand that this isn't posted with the intention of allowing people to pirate stuff, it's posted so that the information is out there and we can discuss it.
There is a performance gain from the smaller format... they can spin faster, thereby reducing load times. I've definitely noticed a difference between the platforms in this area because of this.
Also, this time they have not really alienated any developers, because they are still using the same kind of format, just in a smaller size. Of course it means you can't play DVDs in it, but if Nintendo wanted to, they could presumably release an add-on to go on the bottom that would do this.
As for piracy, that remains to be seen. Presumably less people can burn the little discs than regular sized ones.
My point was that the post is about rumours, not facts. Of course it is appropriate to post this information when it is actually formal and public. Until then, we risk spreading misinformation.
Unfortunately you seemed to take my post as being "Boo Apple, Yay Intel", when that is not the case. I do not dispute any of your numbers, you just missed my point.
Perhaps the sales slump will be a good thing as far as innovation is concerned... they really will have to develop interesting new features to interest buyers, and that could eventually result in cooler stuff for passengers. So long as they don't go bankrupt, of course:)
I have to agree with others that have posted, is this really the place for a topic like this? If some/. readers want Mac rumours, I'm sure they can find them somewhere else. There was already a topic on the 970s, isn't that enough?
You can't really blame them for selling out when they had the chance... IE was obviously going to win the browser war, so getting AOL to pay for a dying product was quite a feat:)
Why do you think so? By funding a specific special effects house themself, they are not allowing any competition to take place.
Instead, why not imagine a movie industry where there are 4 or 5 really good special effects companies, none attached to any specific film companies. The competition between these could really spark major innovations, as they each want a crack at the big movies. A film could even give a portion to each company and see how they do with it and base their decision on that.
Yes, it is nice to see many more options these days than in the past, and I in no way intend to slight Weta at all. This is something that should have happened 10 years ago, methinks:)
The successor to the current generation of Pentium M processors, due out later this year, will have a 2 MB cache. It might be a good idea to hold off until they are out for your test:)
This is from a review of Intel's roadmap at Anandtech.
The Matrix handles issues of creation and existence inside a computer. How is this threatening to real-world religion? Are we expected to think that a movie about virtual reality threatens religion? Yes, it makes parallels to real religion, but honestly... either they didn't think this through very well or there's something else behind it.
One would expect Microsoft to do the same kind of thing with any other releases in the future as well, so it does matter. It won't just be limited to Lindows.
This isn't exactly what I mean... This just runs the same update executables after the installation is effectively finished, and is what I currently do. However, it would be much easier to have the updater go into the installation share and just replace the dlls, exes, etc. and update the catalog, so that the installation occurs with all the updates without having to replace a whole lot of files that you just installed anyway.
There is actually a way to do this, but it involves manually going in and replacing the affected system files, and making some other weird changes to make sure the catalog files get put in. It's certainly not worth the effort.
Now, with a service pack, it's easy... just run the installer with a different switch, and the files in the installation share are updated.
The big problem with doing it as it is done now is just that it takes a (relatively) long time to update everything. Going through the ~20 hotfixes for XP right now adds about 50% to the total installation time, an annoyance that could be made unnecessary.
On a bit less related note, MS has also committed to providing hotfixes that do not require a reboot, which is of course targeted at the server market more than desktops, but will also remove the need for knowing what switch to use.
The real problem is that it's not really an optimization... it's just upping the frame rate at the expense of image quality. This is where benchmarking software differs from games... NVidia knows that people don't interact with benchmarks, so they cut corners on the image quality for a higher number at the end. If you did that with a real game, it's no benefit, because with the higher framerate you get image defects.
Not only do they need to standardize the patch installers more, they also need to put into patches the ability to slipstream them with new installations, like you can do with a service pack. The number of critical updates we have to install after every new installation of XP is ridiculous when they could just provide us with an easy method of integrating the changes into the source files.
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Well, personally, I still keep 98 so I can run some of my old games that XP doesn't support. For doing this purpose only, 98 is still on my machine. I know people that dual boot 98 with linux for this purpose as well, so this would be a great fit for them.
I'd say a new standard every 10 years is a pretty reasonably upgrade cycle compared to most other PC technologies...
OK, so yes we can probably live with PCI for longer (possibly much longer), but why not introduce a new standard with better potential? It maintains complete backwards compatability with regular PCI components, so manufacturers of harware don't even have to change anything. Of course another issue is motherboard cost, but there will always be new features put into successive motherboard generations that aren't in widespread use yet... like serial ATA, gigabit ethernet, etc. And there will probably be motherboards available for a lower cost without those features as well.
Thanks for pointing out my ignorance :) I had no idea it went so deep.
What's next? Are they going to make it a requirement to keep audio tapes of all conversations, phone or otherwise, for 3 years? Surely they must stop sometime when the cost of implementation greatly outweigh any benefits.
For reference, here's a summary of some current decaffeination processes. An excerpt:
"Coffee is decaffeinated using a variety of processes. All of which are relatively harmless to your health, but harmful to the beverage quality."
This shouldn't be much of a surprise... Last fall a group in Denmark started billing people for copyrighted media they were sharing on p2p networks. There was a /. article about it, but I can't find it now.
In any case, the group was an anti-piracy group of the major media companies, so they are by no means limited to action in the US.
I meant that it may be insignificant in the big picture... i.e. a small expense compared to their overall operations.
I wonder what cost spam has on MS itself... Think of all the resources on Hotmail that get taken up with sent and received spam... Surely it would add up?
:)
Then again, it might not matter to such a large company... but it's MS, there must be some monetary explanation for all this
OK, so what happens if I just happen to have lying around in my memory a program that detects intrusion and counter-attacks anybody trying to mess with my machine...
Seriously though, this is like capital punishment for PCs. It's basically their way of saying "well, we have no idea who the actual PEOPLE are that are downloading this stuff, but let's punish them anonymously!"
Plus, what happens if someone is using a PC at work or school or a netcafe to run filesharing software? Should the owner of the computer be responsible, or the person using it at the time? I should think it would be the latter, in which case this method is flawed again.
Yeah, but consider the fact that a half or quarter full X-Box disc might only have data in the same radius as a GC disc.
On the other hand, people who's jobs may involve fighting piracy would find this bit of news quite useful. Understand that this isn't posted with the intention of allowing people to pirate stuff, it's posted so that the information is out there and we can discuss it.
There is a performance gain from the smaller format... they can spin faster, thereby reducing load times. I've definitely noticed a difference between the platforms in this area because of this.
Also, this time they have not really alienated any developers, because they are still using the same kind of format, just in a smaller size. Of course it means you can't play DVDs in it, but if Nintendo wanted to, they could presumably release an add-on to go on the bottom that would do this.
As for piracy, that remains to be seen. Presumably less people can burn the little discs than regular sized ones.
My point was that the post is about rumours, not facts. Of course it is appropriate to post this information when it is actually formal and public. Until then, we risk spreading misinformation.
Unfortunately you seemed to take my post as being "Boo Apple, Yay Intel", when that is not the case. I do not dispute any of your numbers, you just missed my point.
Perhaps the sales slump will be a good thing as far as innovation is concerned... they really will have to develop interesting new features to interest buyers, and that could eventually result in cooler stuff for passengers. So long as they don't go bankrupt, of course :)
I have to agree with others that have posted, is this really the place for a topic like this? If some /. readers want Mac rumours, I'm sure they can find them somewhere else. There was already a topic on the 970s, isn't that enough?
You can't really blame them for selling out when they had the chance... IE was obviously going to win the browser war, so getting AOL to pay for a dying product was quite a feat :)
Why do you think so? By funding a specific special effects house themself, they are not allowing any competition to take place.
:)
Instead, why not imagine a movie industry where there are 4 or 5 really good special effects companies, none attached to any specific film companies. The competition between these could really spark major innovations, as they each want a crack at the big movies. A film could even give a portion to each company and see how they do with it and base their decision on that.
Yes, it is nice to see many more options these days than in the past, and I in no way intend to slight Weta at all. This is something that should have happened 10 years ago, methinks
This new technology was used to finally identify SCO's miniscule penis. Researchers hope to soon identify whether SCO does in fact have balls as well.
The successor to the current generation of Pentium M processors, due out later this year, will have a 2 MB cache. It might be a good idea to hold off until they are out for your test :)
This is from a review of Intel's roadmap at Anandtech.
Slimming reflections.
The Matrix handles issues of creation and existence inside a computer. How is this threatening to real-world religion? Are we expected to think that a movie about virtual reality threatens religion? Yes, it makes parallels to real religion, but honestly... either they didn't think this through very well or there's something else behind it.
One would expect Microsoft to do the same kind of thing with any other releases in the future as well, so it does matter. It won't just be limited to Lindows.
This isn't exactly what I mean... This just runs the same update executables after the installation is effectively finished, and is what I currently do. However, it would be much easier to have the updater go into the installation share and just replace the dlls, exes, etc. and update the catalog, so that the installation occurs with all the updates without having to replace a whole lot of files that you just installed anyway.
There is actually a way to do this, but it involves manually going in and replacing the affected system files, and making some other weird changes to make sure the catalog files get put in. It's certainly not worth the effort.
Now, with a service pack, it's easy... just run the installer with a different switch, and the files in the installation share are updated.
The big problem with doing it as it is done now is just that it takes a (relatively) long time to update everything. Going through the ~20 hotfixes for XP right now adds about 50% to the total installation time, an annoyance that could be made unnecessary.
On a bit less related note, MS has also committed to providing hotfixes that do not require a reboot, which is of course targeted at the server market more than desktops, but will also remove the need for knowing what switch to use.
The real problem is that it's not really an optimization... it's just upping the frame rate at the expense of image quality. This is where benchmarking software differs from games... NVidia knows that people don't interact with benchmarks, so they cut corners on the image quality for a higher number at the end. If you did that with a real game, it's no benefit, because with the higher framerate you get image defects.
Not only do they need to standardize the patch installers more, they also need to put into patches the ability to slipstream them with new installations, like you can do with a service pack. The number of critical updates we have to install after every new installation of XP is ridiculous when they could just provide us with an easy method of integrating the changes into the source files.