I disabled the cache and i see firefox consuming 98% of cpu time and over 100mb in ram, especially on flash sites.
Granted, maybe it is a bug on the plugin, but anyway firefox is slower than IE or opera, not only because of its cross platform interface (xul) but rather gecko as well (ktml feels faster, guess why apple chose it instead of gecko)
An also, most missing features in firefox without extensions are available in opera by default. (source: a digg article, too lazy to search for it)
Apple stores don't get merchandise before the public announcements. And some people over at macrumors.com suggest that this may 9th date is because of the red hot chili peppers album being released on iTunes that day.
but nothing Java has ever had that "hackish" feel to it
I take it you haven't seen the java 1.5 generics implementation. Generics, autoboxing, and lots of other features were just done for syntactic sugar, and are indeed hackish. Also, because java isn't a complete OOP language, some hacks were need to be done (particulary with strings and integers)
People in academia that i know refuse to install 1.5 and still use 1.4.2
And, the most important thing, is that vorbis isn't superior to AAC, the sound quality is practically the same, and vorbis requires more CPU to decode it, which would mean the iPod would be more expensive than it already is, and the battery life would suffer.
Vorbis just doesn't cut it. Accept it and move on people
Simple. It is known that exploits are made after MS releases the patch, by reverse engineering them. Since 90% of the people is stupid and don't patch their systems (i made this up) then these people get hit.
My rant is not against MS. It's against people (supposedly people with knowledge) don't take the time to update their systems. SP2 actually improved this by trying to push the updates in the user's throats.
Can anyone list and compare the most popular firmware bundles available for the linksys routers? There are so many of them, some Free, some closed source, which provide a different set of features. My wireless linksys router is working perfectly in my home, but i would like to have ssh and such.
AJAX doesn't make it easy to develop cross-platform web applications. Look at all the browser incompatibilities in the developing of Gmail and more recently MSN's start.com page.
We need to re-standarize Javascript or at least make sure all the browsers implement a 100% compatible version. And i don't think that will work since not even HTML is properly rendered by any browser at all.
t will be interesting to see if they drop java in the forthcoming project. In 9.3 they distribute it on the cd. They pay Sun for this priviledge, so I find it hard to believe they would be so charitable in the future.
Slackware distributes java and installs it by default. I don't think they pay anything.
This made me laugh; Windows installation has never been shy about overwriting LILO (and later GRUB),
That's why i use Windows' own NTloader to boot my linux distros. That way i can reinstall windows and linux and still be able to boot both without overwriting any of them.
We should all be applauding Apple for finally putting 512MB standard in their machines.
No we don't. By the time they add 512MB to all their product line, it won't be enough. The powermac line (that is, the machines that are supposed to be the fastest they make), STILL come with 256MB RAM in the single-cpu model. An iMac has more memory. This is stupid.
We definitely need a "Open Source Software" (OSS) section on slashdot, to avoid using weird sections like Apache for these types of stories (yeah, apache is one of the oss in the story but still)
The subject should read OSS Products instead of OS. OS is known as Operative System most of the time.
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I disabled the cache and i see firefox consuming 98% of cpu time and over 100mb in ram, especially on flash sites.
Granted, maybe it is a bug on the plugin, but anyway firefox is slower than IE or opera, not only because of its cross platform interface (xul) but rather gecko as well (ktml feels faster, guess why apple chose it instead of gecko)
An also, most missing features in firefox without extensions are available in opera by default. (source: a digg article, too lazy to search for it)
I have a friend who is getting his doctorate in amsterdam, and he has tanenbaum next door.
Guess what he told me. A revamped version of minix is coming.
Apple stores don't get merchandise before the public announcements. And some people over at macrumors.com suggest that this may 9th date is because of the red hot chili peppers album being released on iTunes that day.
As long as google's search engine is better, everyone will search there
Just like most people use windows because it is better?
Quality, not quantity.
Slackware has bundled java for years. Why didn't anyone else? Is/was it illegal?
but nothing Java has ever had that "hackish" feel to it
I take it you haven't seen the java 1.5 generics implementation. Generics, autoboxing, and lots of other features were just done for syntactic sugar, and are indeed hackish. Also, because java isn't a complete OOP language, some hacks were need to be done (particulary with strings and integers)
People in academia that i know refuse to install 1.5 and still use 1.4.2
Here we go again; the claim that a better Windows box costs half as much. But, as usual, no specifics are provided
/-RW/R CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer
HP dv8000t 17"
Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2600 (2.16 GHz)
2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
17.0" WSXGA BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050)
120 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
FREE Upgrade DVD
FREE Upgrade to Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG w/Bluetooth
256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
$1,929.99
And no heating, funny noises or other issues. More than 800$ less.
whocares, stupid, slownewsday,gay...
Is the public taking revenge at Taco et al for having us tortured with PinkDot yesterday?
Since the new company will be headquartered in Paris, it would have to be French Electric.
Don't worry. The US branch would be called Freedom Electric.
And, the most important thing, is that vorbis isn't superior to AAC, the sound quality is practically the same, and vorbis requires more CPU to decode it, which would mean the iPod would be more expensive than it already is, and the battery life would suffer.
Vorbis just doesn't cut it. Accept it and move on people
Sure, a dumb marketing campaign, just as like some little campaign called "Centrino" that we know that flopped.
Oh wait...
Icons no longer display useful information, like file type or network protocol in mounted shares.
God, that was stupid. Please change it back!
and still hold a full cup of java afterward without leaking
So they use a garbage collector?
Simple. It is known that exploits are made after MS releases the patch, by reverse engineering them. Since 90% of the people is stupid and don't patch their systems (i made this up) then these people get hit.
My rant is not against MS. It's against people (supposedly people with knowledge) don't take the time to update their systems. SP2 actually improved this by trying to push the updates in the user's throats.
Can anyone list and compare the most popular firmware bundles available for the linksys routers? There are so many of them, some Free, some closed source, which provide a different set of features. My wireless linksys router is working perfectly in my home, but i would like to have ssh and such.
...until someone implements RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
AJAX doesn't make it easy to develop cross-platform web applications. Look at all the browser incompatibilities in the developing of Gmail and more recently MSN's start.com page.
We need to re-standarize Javascript or at least make sure all the browsers implement a 100% compatible version. And i don't think that will work since not even HTML is properly rendered by any browser at all.
t will be interesting to see if they drop java in the forthcoming project. In 9.3 they distribute it on the cd. They pay Sun for this priviledge, so I find it hard to believe they would be so charitable in the future.
Slackware distributes java and installs it by default. I don't think they pay anything.
This made me laugh; Windows installation has never been shy about overwriting LILO (and later GRUB),
That's why i use Windows' own NTloader to boot my linux distros. That way i can reinstall windows and linux and still be able to boot both without overwriting any of them.
We should all be applauding Apple for finally putting 512MB standard in their machines.
No we don't. By the time they add 512MB to all their product line, it won't be enough. The powermac line (that is, the machines that are supposed to be the fastest they make), STILL come with 256MB RAM in the single-cpu model. An iMac has more memory. This is stupid.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/ 20/1750238&tid=180&tid=3
Making it come from CNN doesn't make it new (it references ThinkSecret).
Zonk gets the title of most dupes. He should work for world of warcraft or something.
Do your homework. GSM stands for:
Groupe Speciale Mobile
From wikipedia:
Global System for Mobile Communications
source
Don't forget the duct tape. Seems that the russian space agency are doom players.
We definitely need a "Open Source Software" (OSS) section on slashdot, to avoid using weird sections like Apache for these types of stories (yeah, apache is one of the oss in the story but still)
The subject should read OSS Products instead of OS. OS is known as Operative System most of the time.
You can be a "member" of LA Times and let us fill your mailbos with shit
Or, you could use mailinator or a similar service to register with a fake "valid" email address and forget about it.