Windows XP:
Intial cost: $200
Time spent patching & rebooting instead of working in $: way to much.
Time spent complaining about viruses in $: even more TCO: (Mass of all AOL disks ever made ^ c) ** 3.14
Slackware Linux:
Initial cost: $0.5 (cdr)
Time spent patching & rebooting: $5 (scriped patching)
Time spent complaining: $0
TCO: $5.5
That would be about year 3005
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It has taken my machine 2 weeks to render approximately 4.3 frames of Doom 3. According to my calculations i will be done playing Doom 3 in june 3005.
Let me explain Sweden, basicly we have two seasons: 1. Winter. Constantly below freezing. Occationally drops below -40 in some regions. 2. Summer: When it doesent rain mosquitos devour everyone who dares to step outdoors.
They run Solaris or Linux or something like that, and run Windows 2000/XP through VNC. The problem is that the administrator is incredibly incompetent. You can Ctrl+Alt+Backspace out of the X session and end up in a password free terminal with root access to the entire network. The library also has a wifi network connected to this search network... well, i shouldn't need to tell you any more x.x;
I can see it before me: "Damn, i'm stuck in the mud"! Speed the engine to 60 MPH, no movement Get out, push Get PO, speed the engine to 250 MPH. A few months passes... WTF? $40000 insurance bill?
Meanwhile in USA... (Score:5, Funny) by Eudial (590661) on Sun August 08, 04:12 PM (#9913135) disclaimer: If you live in USA; Don't take it personally, i make fun of everyone for all the wrong reasons.
SlashUSA.org headlines:
The number of people calling themselves IT-professionals have decreased by 1175% and those calling themselves programmers 2500%.
Mua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Inferior beings! I run an antiquated version of SPARC solaris, and NOTHING is compatible with SPARC solaris! Not even spyware!
When downclocked to 100 Mhz, minimum illumination, 4X cd speed, highest hdd spindown time and that linux ioctl that caches hdd writes i can get 5-6 hours.
This project seems like a bad idea, registering your IP that you broke copyright laws, sounds like an excuse for the *AA to get the courts to make NE turn over the whole list and all logs and then all the ISP logs:P
Not really. You don't see bittorrent trackers subpoenad for logs, and they would be a much better target then this experiment.
IANAL, but signing this list doesent mean you couldn't be lying to keep the statistics up. To actually get convicted of something you need more proof then that (just because i claim that i shot JFK doesent mean that i can't be sentenced to death row for 1st degree murder based on that statement), and since you've already got the stuff legally you most probably threw the illegal copy away a very long time ago.
Well, since everyone signing up already has bought the stuff, and probably doesent still have the illegal copy laying around, it would be impossible to verify if he or she actually did have an illegal copy of it, and if he/she has, he/she can say it's a backup for personal usage (you're allowed to make those in most countries)
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50 bucks on '1984' =P
It's so dredful. I had nightmares for weeks.
And Half Life 2 will be released any time soon.
Windows XP:
Intial cost: $200
Time spent patching & rebooting instead of working in $: way to much.
Time spent complaining about viruses in $: even more
TCO: (Mass of all AOL disks ever made ^ c) ** 3.14
Slackware Linux:
Initial cost: $0.5 (cdr)
Time spent patching & rebooting: $5 (scriped patching)
Time spent complaining: $0
TCO: $5.5
It has taken my machine 2 weeks to render approximately 4.3 frames of Doom 3. According to my calculations i will be done playing Doom 3 in june 3005.
That would explain those CS dominating Swedes.
Let me explain Sweden, basicly we have two seasons:
1. Winter. Constantly below freezing. Occationally drops below -40 in some regions.
2. Summer: When it doesent rain mosquitos devour everyone who dares to step outdoors.
If they want to dope themselves, let them! It's their bodies. We've got the science to improve our bodies, why not use it?
Java is slow, obeist, and heavy.
That was true with = Java 1.4, but not any more. Java 1.5 is fast. VERY fast. My experience with it swooches straight past both C++ and C.
My library has thin clients for book searching.
They run Solaris or Linux or something like that, and run Windows 2000/XP through VNC. The problem is that the administrator is incredibly incompetent. You can Ctrl+Alt+Backspace out of the X session and end up in a password free terminal with root access to the entire network. The library also has a wifi network connected to this search network... well, i shouldn't need to tell you any more x.x;
Well, let's just describe it as security suicide.
The soul usage for WAP that i've actually found useful is to remote control my computers. Nothing like reviewing logs on that fishing trip =P
Yes, i know i'm hopeless.
How does it measure speed?
What happens if you get stuck in the mud?
I can see it before me:
"Damn, i'm stuck in the mud"!
Speed the engine to 60 MPH, no movement
Get out, push
Get PO, speed the engine to 250 MPH.
A few months passes...
WTF? $40000 insurance bill?
Dimension 1, X: check
Dimension 2, Y: check
Dimension 3, Z: nope
Dimension 4, T(ime): check (monitors are not static)
1+1+0+1 = 3.
To cool down you want to radiate IR, not trap it?
How'bout preventing the IR from getting in in the first place?
Looks like NASA will be about the only ones to be able to play Half life 2.
"Misplacing" your ID-card in someones trunk.
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Meanwhile in USA... (Score:5, Funny)
by Eudial (590661) on Sun August 08, 04:12 PM (#9913135)
disclaimer: If you live in USA; Don't take it personally, i make fun of everyone for all the wrong reasons.
SlashUSA.org headlines:
The number of people calling themselves IT-professionals have decreased by 1175% and those calling themselves programmers 2500%.
disclaimer: If you live in india; Don't take it personally, i make fun of everyone for all the wrong reasons.
Slashindia.org headlines:
The number of people calling themselves IT-professionals have increased by 1175% and those calling themselves programmers 2500%.
Nah, i feel more like
Mua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Inferior beings! I run an antiquated version of SPARC solaris, and NOTHING is compatible with SPARC solaris! Not even spyware!
XP embedded is actually a very useful product.
;)
War is peace,
Freedom is slavery,
Ignorance is strength,
XP embedded is useful.
*sigh* Looks like me and my al quaida buddies will have to start importing our VoIP gear ;)
Damn, don't you just hate those shipping fees?
My IBM R40 has 2-3 hours untweaked.
When downclocked to 100 Mhz, minimum illumination, 4X cd speed, highest hdd spindown time and that linux ioctl that caches hdd writes i can get 5-6 hours.
This project seems like a bad idea, registering your IP that you broke copyright laws, sounds like an excuse for the *AA to get the courts to make NE turn over the whole list and all logs and then all the ISP logs :P
Not really. You don't see bittorrent trackers subpoenad for logs, and they would be a much better target then this experiment.
IANAL, but signing this list doesent mean you couldn't be lying to keep the statistics up. To actually get convicted of something you need more proof then that (just because i claim that i shot JFK doesent mean that i can't be sentenced to death row for 1st degree murder based on that statement), and since you've already got the stuff legally you most probably threw the illegal copy away a very long time ago.
*typo* that would be access_log
About No IP addresses or personal information is logged. The complete catalog will be made available when the experiment is over.
Does that include apache/success_log? Wouldn't be that nice if you got subpoenad and *AA got their hands on that baby.
Well, since everyone signing up already has bought the stuff, and probably doesent still have the illegal copy laying around, it would be impossible to verify if he or she actually did have an illegal copy of it, and if he/she has, he/she can say it's a backup for personal usage (you're allowed to make those in most countries)