The German jets were so experimental that they could barely stay in the air in the first place. They didn't require a crop duster buzzing around to help them crash.:)
I believe that a dynamically optimising compiler, such as HotJava(?), can see that the value of your debug variable is never changed and safely remove the check at runtime.
For each specific algorithm, the progress follows Moore's law that states that the speed of computers double every 18 months.
Sorry for sounding like a dick, but Moore's Law states that the number of transistors per unit area doubles every eighteen months. This does not directly correspond to an increase in computer "speed".
Don't worry, there will be a huge die-back after the end of the availability of cheap oil.
I've just noticed that the second site has removed its Articles section temporarily. It still has a good selection of links however.
Oh, I'm sure that modern versions of the engine work fine on today's Linux distributions; after all, the engine is actively maintained.
But the source for the Linux port of Tribes 2 was never released, so after Loki was run in to the ground by the idiots who ran it, the port became unsupported.:(
Good luck trying to get the game to run on a modern system (glibc 2.3.2, kernel 2.6 with ALSA). The sound doesn't work, and the game will only run for a few minutes before segfaulting.:(
Does anyone(*) actaully need a separate/boot partition these days? I'm pretty sure that PC BIOSes have allowed bootloaders to access the disk past the first gigabyte, or whatever, since the late 90s...
* In the general case, if you want RAID but don't trust RAID autodetection, or else have some other esoteric setup that demands a separate/boot for reasons other than the usual then go ahead, I'm not telling you what to do with your system.:)
May I suggest you check out the Sender Policy Framework website? It could help you by cutting down on the amount of bounces you recieve when you are "Joe-jobbed".
1. Running network programs under a separate user account does not absolve you of the need to make backups.
4, 5. Yes, I trust Debian. I have been running the experimental branch of Apt, which checks cryptographically signed binaries (signed together as a "Release"), for months now--see this announcement and the explanation for more details.
Please read the story before commenting; popularity-contest is not a poll.
It is a script that compares the atime vs ctime for the files in all installed packages, and uses this information to determine how often an installed package is used. This information can then be used to determine suitable packages for each CD of the Sarge release.
The only interaction the user has with popularity-contest is upon installation, when debconf asks him for permission to use the (more-or-less) anonymous data for the purpose outlined above.:)
Yes, debian-installer installs a Debian kernel-image package, complete with initrd. I agree that initrd is a feature useful for building generic kernels, and so don't use them for my own builds.
Having to edit the lilo.conf after installing a Debian-supplied kernel-image the first time *is* a minor annoyance; however, Debian's update-grub script removes this need (the only computer I admin that still uses Lilo is a server that boots of a RAID-1 volume) and I believe debian-installer installs Grub, not Lilo, by default.
You are supposed to install a kernel-image package after you install. The default kernel is a special one that is really only useful during installation.
This fact is probably mentioned in the Debian install manual; it will be a moot point after Sarge is released anyway, since the new debian-installer installs a regular kernel-image package like you'd expect.
Once you have, eg, kernel-image.2.4.18-3-k7 installed then apt-get update && apt-get upgrade fetches a new version of the kernel whenever it's updated, same as any other package.
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Your caps lock has a limited number of presses? :)
FYI, you have described the LGPL (L == lesser).
The German jets were so experimental that they could barely stay in the air in the first place. They didn't require a crop duster buzzing around to help them crash. :)
I think you can do this already, if you don't mind editing your prefs.js file by hand. You can give each identity a different incoming POP server.
What you say!? Not all /. posts are moderated by the SAME PERSON!? :)
But since it's Debian, you can just apt-get remove whatever you don't like. Or run aptitude, and interactively pick packages to remove.
Why is this a problem, as long as you don't write if statements that alter your program's state?
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eg: if (something > something_else && something = 3) {
In fact the compiler should be able to detect that your if statements are dangerous, and consequently not optimise them away.
I believe that a dynamically optimising compiler, such as HotJava(?), can see that the value of your debug variable is never changed and safely remove the check at runtime.
Humans behind Internet-forum-post-moderation-system in non-deterministic shocker! :)
Sorry for sounding like a dick, but Moore's Law states that the number of transistors per unit area doubles every eighteen months. This does not directly correspond to an increase in computer "speed".
maybe he was put off the original by the sequel. ;p
Don't worry, there will be a huge die-back after the end of the availability of cheap oil. I've just noticed that the second site has removed its Articles section temporarily. It still has a good selection of links however.
Oh, I'm sure that modern versions of the engine work fine on today's Linux distributions; after all, the engine is actively maintained.
:(
But the source for the Linux port of Tribes 2 was never released, so after Loki was run in to the ground by the idiots who ran it, the port became unsupported.
Good luck trying to get the game to run on a modern system (glibc 2.3.2, kernel 2.6 with ALSA). The sound doesn't work, and the game will only run for a few minutes before segfaulting. :(
Does anyone(*) actaully need a separate /boot partition these days? I'm pretty sure that PC BIOSes have allowed bootloaders to access the disk past the first gigabyte, or whatever, since the late 90s...
/boot for reasons other than the usual then go ahead, I'm not telling you what to do with your system. :)
* In the general case, if you want RAID but don't trust RAID autodetection, or else have some other esoteric setup that demands a separate
None of that makes any difference as long as our population (and thereforce demand for power) continues to increase at an increasing rate.
Because there is no alternative. ;)
May I suggest you check out the Sender Policy Framework website? It could help you by cutting down on the amount of bounces you recieve when you are "Joe-jobbed".
... assuming that MICROS~1's implementation matches the specifications laid down in the API. ;)
1. Running network programs under a separate user account does not absolve you of the need to make backups.
4, 5. Yes, I trust Debian. I have been running the experimental branch of Apt, which checks cryptographically signed binaries (signed together as a "Release"), for months now--see this announcement and the explanation for more details.
Please read the story before commenting; popularity-contest is not a poll.
:)
It is a script that compares the atime vs ctime for the files in all installed packages, and uses this information to determine how often an installed package is used. This information can then be used to determine suitable packages for each CD of the Sarge release.
The only interaction the user has with popularity-contest is upon installation, when debconf asks him for permission to use the (more-or-less) anonymous data for the purpose outlined above.
Yes, debian-installer installs a Debian kernel-image package, complete with initrd. I agree that initrd is a feature useful for building generic kernels, and so don't use them for my own builds.
Having to edit the lilo.conf after installing a Debian-supplied kernel-image the first time *is* a minor annoyance; however, Debian's update-grub script removes this need (the only computer I admin that still uses Lilo is a server that boots of a RAID-1 volume) and I believe debian-installer installs Grub, not Lilo, by default.
You are supposed to install a kernel-image package after you install. The default kernel is a special one that is really only useful during installation.
This fact is probably mentioned in the Debian install manual; it will be a moot point after Sarge is released anyway, since the new debian-installer installs a regular kernel-image package like you'd expect.
Once you have, eg, kernel-image.2.4.18-3-k7 installed then apt-get update && apt-get upgrade fetches a new version of the kernel whenever it's updated, same as any other package.
I believe you are thinking of Keith Packard's X Server. Freedesktop.org has another X server project, forked from xfree86.org's 4.4rc2 release.
I think.
It's called repeatedly hitting enter. :)
IIRC d-i beta 2 took 11 keypresses to get Debian installed (10 'enter's, one 'left' in order to OK the automatic partitioning warning).