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People also take time out of their day to write comments that contribute negatively, either by being trolls, flamebait, or just offtopic. They are not important. When we mod these people down, we are making on-topic discussion be smoother and less frustrating, making people hang around longer, and then everything stays north:P
As much as I want gnash to be my main flash player, I have yet to find a single flash file which it plays properly:-/ Running "gnash [file.swf]" doesn't seem to give me keyboard, mouse, or sound; and plain animations (eg weebl and bob) are slow as hell...
Currently you have say 512mb of process memory, and 512mb of in-memory cached files (the kernel keeps commonly accessed files in ram to speed reads); with swap, you could move 256mb of idle processes to swap (you won't notice the processes slowing down, since the're idle anyway), and have 768mb free for caching files.
The only time people notice swap slowing things down is when they don't have enough ram to keep active processes in main memory, and the couple of seconds lag when eg you've had firefox minimised for a day (so the OS thinks the process is idle, and swapped it out), and it takes a while for the hundreds of megs of process to get back to main ram.
their script was leaking memory. eventually consuming all ram (2.5G) + all swap (1-2g)
Which is why I set ulimit caps on my server, so that no process can use more than eg 256MB of real memory and 64MB virtual (a soft limit, so it can be raised if necessary). Then I get all the speed benefits of swap space, a short time of degraded performance if the process starts leaking, then it dies of memory loss; all the other processes carry on as normal, since there's plenty of ram free, just no single process can use it all.
It would be performed by people who love it and are willing to do it without being paid.
Are you willing to do your own job without being paid? Or perhaps you don't have one; your view of economics (and the world generally) seems distinctly teenage...
Um, what? Can you show evidence of even one, let alone several, slashdot using myspace haters who love myspace and use it regularly?
I'd have dismissed this as a simple troll and moved on, but +1 insightful needs debunking...
The only contact with myspace that I've ever had is from users who keep hotlinking my images (And about half of them link to the page that says "you were referred here from google image search; please note that if you want to hotlink the image, you should give credit to it's source - (link). Now that you've read that, the real image is here (link)". I have contemplated chainging the script so that anyone who links to that page and *isn't* from google image search gets goatse'd...)
There is very much a linux port of onscripter, and not just for the gp32 as someone else mentioned. Insani have a complete SDK, which they use when translating nscripter based games (see here and here). It runs on OSX too AFAIK, hence most of insani's releases being tri-platform~
I was wondering why my.iso was only coming in at 5kb/s... It turns out that the day I decide to check out some other OSes is the same day, that only happens once every few years, that someone links to plan9 on the front page of slashdot -_-;
If hammer space is an overflow of space, does that make hammer time an overflow of time? Is the reason that we had to stop for hammer time so that those of us caught in it didn't get out of sync with the rest of the world?
explain why obesity levels are rising at an alarming rate in other Western countries too
American culture is spreading to them. Walking down my local high street we have a bakery (tradional healthy english), a butcher (tradional healthy english), and a McDonalds (imported american junk food), with a Burger King (imported american junk food) just round the corner. The american-owned fast food places are becoming ever more popular, and traditional cooking is dying off fast D:
Apple's UI sucks. It just sucks less than anybody else's
Compared to the ideal of having the computer read my mind and do what I wanted before the thought even reaches my conscious, yes, everything sucks. But seeing as that's not going to happen within my lifetime, I think it fair to set my standards a little lower...
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The product, if it is good will speak for itself
Are you thinking about what you're saying? A blob of code sitting on a webserver and not being downloaded isn't going to talk to anyone -- what you're probably thinking of is "The product, if it is good will have people spread it by word of mouth", which in this day and age, still isn't enough~
Eventually the media companies are going to push too hard
Eventually? They haven't pushed hard enough for average joe to stop buying, but they're already shooting themselves in the feet in quieter ways -- how are you going to buy "that song" that you heard on the radio, if google won't tell you what it is, for example?
Are there any virtualisation things which let the guest OS have direct access to parts of the hardware, eg so that I can run copy-protected games inside a windows VM inside linux? (at least, the ones which rely on the CD containing special data in non-standard areas)
Moderation of funny and someone calls you a liar o_O? Well, maybe you are joking, but I don't see randomly generated 16+ character passwords as unrealistic -- I have about 20 randomly generated 8 character passwords I use on a daily basis, and a further 50 stored in an encrypted passwords.txt file (when the master password is over 100 characters, you quickly come to find memorising 8 character sequences much more convenient -- I'm so used to the system that I rarely have to look up the password more than once or twice before I've remembered it:)
Maybe I just have good memory for such things though, I still remember a psychology class from two years ago where we split into two groups, mine had 30 seconds to memorise "MPIBMITVAAFBIRAF", another had 30 seconds to memorise "MP IBM ITV AA FBI RAF" (All common acronyms in the UK). Even though I didn't spot that they were common acronyms and ended up memorising it as a solid block, I still had the best recall of either group XD I also memorised "NYM PYD CNL RKT FCT" in 10 seconds as being the racket factory by the canal of nym pyd, a fictional Welsh town I invented just so that I could remember it...
My only reason for using windows is games, and old-ish games at that, so performance isn't a worry -- a question though; is there anything (vmware or other) that will allow the inner OS raw access to the CD drive, so that ugly hardware hack copy protection schemes work?
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People also take time out of their day to write comments that contribute negatively, either by being trolls, flamebait, or just offtopic. They are not important. When we mod these people down, we are making on-topic discussion be smoother and less frustrating, making people hang around longer, and then everything stays north :P
As much as I want gnash to be my main flash player, I have yet to find a single flash file which it plays properly :-/ Running "gnash [file.swf]" doesn't seem to give me keyboard, mouse, or sound; and plain animations (eg weebl and bob) are slow as hell...
Currently you have say 512mb of process memory, and 512mb of in-memory cached files (the kernel keeps commonly accessed files in ram to speed reads); with swap, you could move 256mb of idle processes to swap (you won't notice the processes slowing down, since the're idle anyway), and have 768mb free for caching files.
The only time people notice swap slowing things down is when they don't have enough ram to keep active processes in main memory, and the couple of seconds lag when eg you've had firefox minimised for a day (so the OS thinks the process is idle, and swapped it out), and it takes a while for the hundreds of megs of process to get back to main ram.
Which is why I set ulimit caps on my server, so that no process can use more than eg 256MB of real memory and 64MB virtual (a soft limit, so it can be raised if necessary). Then I get all the speed benefits of swap space, a short time of degraded performance if the process starts leaking, then it dies of memory loss; all the other processes carry on as normal, since there's plenty of ram free, just no single process can use it all.
How far apart are windows / OSX releases? Seems we've been on XP for several years too...
I read "soap" as an acronym for "snakes on a plane". Surprisingly enough, it still makes sense, and it's relevant to the topic too O_O
This looks like it could make a great mode of transport...
This is like a car with three wheels! (?)
How does a quote saying "A nerd exists" prove that "Visual Novel = Porn" o_O?
Um, what? Can you show evidence of even one, let alone several, slashdot using myspace haters who love myspace and use it regularly?
I'd have dismissed this as a simple troll and moved on, but +1 insightful needs debunking...
The only contact with myspace that I've ever had is from users who keep hotlinking my images (And about half of them link to the page that says "you were referred here from google image search; please note that if you want to hotlink the image, you should give credit to it's source - (link). Now that you've read that, the real image is here (link)". I have contemplated chainging the script so that anyone who links to that page and *isn't* from google image search gets goatse'd...)
There is very much a linux port of onscripter, and not just for the gp32 as someone else mentioned. Insani have a complete SDK, which they use when translating nscripter based games (see here and here). It runs on OSX too AFAIK, hence most of insani's releases being tri-platform~
I was wondering why my .iso was only coming in at 5kb/s... It turns out that the day I decide to check out some other OSes is the same day, that only happens once every few years, that someone links to plan9 on the front page of slashdot -_-;
If hammer space is an overflow of space, does that make hammer time an overflow of time? Is the reason that we had to stop for hammer time so that those of us caught in it didn't get out of sync with the rest of the world?
American culture is spreading to them. Walking down my local high street we have a bakery (tradional healthy english), a butcher (tradional healthy english), and a McDonalds (imported american junk food), with a Burger King (imported american junk food) just round the corner. The american-owned fast food places are becoming ever more popular, and traditional cooking is dying off fast D:
Compared to the ideal of having the computer read my mind and do what I wanted before the thought even reaches my conscious, yes, everything sucks. But seeing as that's not going to happen within my lifetime, I think it fair to set my standards a little lower...
Are you thinking about what you're saying? A blob of code sitting on a webserver and not being downloaded isn't going to talk to anyone -- what you're probably thinking of is "The product, if it is good will have people spread it by word of mouth", which in this day and age, still isn't enough~
Eventually? They haven't pushed hard enough for average joe to stop buying, but they're already shooting themselves in the feet in quieter ways -- how are you going to buy "that song" that you heard on the radio, if google won't tell you what it is, for example?
Will these official lyrics come in encrypted, DRM'ed text files, and you aren't allowed to sing along once your licence runs out? :P
Not content with a life of disconnecting IRC users for fun, he's now joined the music industry? What a bastard >:|
Are there any virtualisation things which let the guest OS have direct access to parts of the hardware, eg so that I can run copy-protected games inside a windows VM inside linux? (at least, the ones which rely on the CD containing special data in non-standard areas)
When has watching a bunch of guys kick a ball back and forth been fun? IMHO never, but it's still one of the most popular activities in the country...
Moderation of funny and someone calls you a liar o_O? Well, maybe you are joking, but I don't see randomly generated 16+ character passwords as unrealistic -- I have about 20 randomly generated 8 character passwords I use on a daily basis, and a further 50 stored in an encrypted passwords.txt file (when the master password is over 100 characters, you quickly come to find memorising 8 character sequences much more convenient -- I'm so used to the system that I rarely have to look up the password more than once or twice before I've remembered it :)
Maybe I just have good memory for such things though, I still remember a psychology class from two years ago where we split into two groups, mine had 30 seconds to memorise "MPIBMITVAAFBIRAF", another had 30 seconds to memorise "MP IBM ITV AA FBI RAF" (All common acronyms in the UK). Even though I didn't spot that they were common acronyms and ended up memorising it as a solid block, I still had the best recall of either group XD I also memorised "NYM PYD CNL RKT FCT" in 10 seconds as being the racket factory by the canal of nym pyd, a fictional Welsh town I invented just so that I could remember it...
My only reason for using windows is games, and old-ish games at that, so performance isn't a worry -- a question though; is there anything (vmware or other) that will allow the inner OS raw access to the CD drive, so that ugly hardware hack copy protection schemes work?
And jozxyqk. You'd be surprised how often that combination of letters comes up...