The Mac Mini looks like it's the thing for me. I've never owned a Mac in my life - I've used a few in my time
Same here. I'm very very tempted to go out and buy one right now. Sounds like a perfect portable desktop or server. It's actually cheaper than a similar mini-ITX box. I never really cared about the iPod or the big displays or the software...this is...*jaw drop*.
They have eight servers, and they're all running SunOS? And anybody takes that seriously? If they're running Sun hardware at all, they'll be using Solaris.
Erm, SunOS is Solaris. On a Solaris 9 box:
$ uname -sr SunOS 5.9 $
Though yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the servers are faking the ID strings.
Haven't played WoW, but I've seen a couple of people say it's "revolutionary". I might be a skeptic, but if it's "revolutionary" like Warcraft was to Command&Conquer and Dune 2, then I'll have to disagree.
Buh? WarCraft came out beforeC&C. C&C was slightly earlier than WC2, though.
There wasn't too much connection between Dune II and WarCraft, either. Dune II had a terrible interface and gameplay that was nearly identical to C&C, not WarCraft.
Re:Progress Quest: a CRPG satire?
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Not CRPGs in general, I think, but rather bad MUDs and MMORPGs (*cough*EverQuest*cough*).
Still, you've got to appreciate a game where you can play as a Demicanadian Voodoo Princess.
Same here. I'm grabbing an SN95G5 and an Athlon64 3500+ as soon as I get another $150 to spare. BTW, I've found that buying the barebones unit and the rest of the hardware from NewEgg saves you a bunch of cash over ordering a pre-built system from Shuttle (down from about $1500 to $1000 in my case). It's supposed to be nice and quiet too, which is a big plus in my book.
FWIW, I've found that Citibank and E*Trade both work normally with Firefox. They use HTML forms and a bit of Javascript, no ActiveX garbage that I've seen. Neither give very good interest rates, though.
Remember that a "word" is dependent on the processor. On a 64-bit processor, a word is 64 bits. When you compile everything for a 64-bit processor, the problem should disappear.
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Ah, if you bother to look at the date on the posting, this was over 20 years ago. Things have changed.
Don't worry. If their protocol is decent, there will be an open-source clone of it very quickly. Few people use eDonkey/Overnet anymore. eMule is simply better.
Unnecessary. 64-bit integers, with a capacity on the order of 10^19, are effectively unlimited for all but a few uses (science, math, etc.). Businesses never have to deal with such large numbers, and probably never will. But in this case, Ye Olde 32-bit Integere would have worked too. 10^8 is a lot more than 65,536.
You're trying to apply formal logic terms as if they were equivalent to the English language. They're not. "or" in English, depending on context, usually maps on to "exclusive or" rather than "inclusive or".
Yeah, I'd say the last four criteria probably describe a lot of/.ers. But, IIRC, mental illness of any kind is a matter of degree (severity). Many may exhibit some of these symptoms, but not nearly to the degree of a true schizophrenic.
That's not an x86 issue though. That's just Dell having a junky laptop built (and maybe Windows using too much power).
Wrong. x86 is an aging, bulky CISC architecture. ppc is a leaner RISC-based architecture. This is one of the reasons that Apple laptops get about twice the battery life of PC laptops - ppc processors simply consume less power.
Why is a "margin of error" tolerated, especially when the difference in votes is so close?
Because bad ballots come out, even when the voter did everything right. There is a margin of error in any voting system just because of this. This is one of the reasons why anyone with a bit of statistics and science background will tell you that Florida in 2000 was a tie, moronic laws notwithstanding.
then isn't support for Mac almost the same as support for Linux?
Eh, no, not really. In an application like this where it's almost all GUI, Linux and MacOS use completely different APIs. The networking end would probably be similar, though.
That's the way AdBlock used to be. Then they changed it to not download blocked objects at all, so browsing is generally faster. I believe you can change it to the old behavior by choosing "Hide ads" instead of the default "Remove ads".
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Same here. I'm very very tempted to go out and buy one right now. Sounds like a perfect portable desktop or server. It's actually cheaper than a similar mini-ITX box. I never really cared about the iPod or the big displays or the software...this is...*jaw drop*.
Erm, SunOS is Solaris. On a Solaris 9 box:
Though yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the servers are faking the ID strings.Build your own with parts from NewEgg. If you don't want to, HP/Compaq sells Athlon PCs.
Buh? WarCraft came out before C&C. C&C was slightly earlier than WC2, though.
There wasn't too much connection between Dune II and WarCraft, either. Dune II had a terrible interface and gameplay that was nearly identical to C&C, not WarCraft.
Still, you've got to appreciate a game where you can play as a Demicanadian Voodoo Princess.
Same here. I'm grabbing an SN95G5 and an Athlon64 3500+ as soon as I get another $150 to spare. BTW, I've found that buying the barebones unit and the rest of the hardware from NewEgg saves you a bunch of cash over ordering a pre-built system from Shuttle (down from about $1500 to $1000 in my case).
It's supposed to be nice and quiet too, which is a big plus in my book.
Heard of the nForce4?
Wrong.
FWIW, I've found that Citibank and E*Trade both work normally with Firefox. They use HTML forms and a bit of Javascript, no ActiveX garbage that I've seen. Neither give very good interest rates, though.
Well, the clear answer would be: "Neither." It has properties of both.
Of course. There are plenty of embedded OSes with low requirements. I'm pretty sure even uClinux can fit into less than 1MB of RAM.
Remember that a "word" is dependent on the processor. On a 64-bit processor, a word is 64 bits. When you compile everything for a 64-bit processor, the problem should disappear.
Ah, if you bother to look at the date on the posting, this was over 20 years ago. Things have changed.
Don't worry. If their protocol is decent, there will be an open-source clone of it very quickly.
Few people use eDonkey/Overnet anymore. eMule is simply better.
Unnecessary. 64-bit integers, with a capacity on the order of 10^19, are effectively unlimited for all but a few uses (science, math, etc.). Businesses never have to deal with such large numbers, and probably never will. But in this case, Ye Olde 32-bit Integere would have worked too. 10^8 is a lot more than 65,536.
You're trying to apply formal logic terms as if they were equivalent to the English language. They're not. "or" in English, depending on context, usually maps on to "exclusive or" rather than "inclusive or".
Yeah, I'd say the last four criteria probably describe a lot of /.ers. But, IIRC, mental illness of any kind is a matter of degree (severity). Many may exhibit some of these symptoms, but not nearly to the degree of a true schizophrenic.
Which election were you watching? Does the phrase "Benedict Arnold CEOs" ring any bells?
Wrong. x86 is an aging, bulky CISC architecture. ppc is a leaner RISC-based architecture. This is one of the reasons that Apple laptops get about twice the battery life of PC laptops - ppc processors simply consume less power.
Because bad ballots come out, even when the voter did everything right. There is a margin of error in any voting system just because of this. This is one of the reasons why anyone with a bit of statistics and science background will tell you that Florida in 2000 was a tie, moronic laws notwithstanding.
Not if they're still using Windows 2000, which quite a few people still are.
Not really. The RIAA has deep pockets to pay for bandwidth and lawyers. BitTorrent groups don't.
I've had no problems repartitioning my Lexar JumpDrive. It acts just like a SCSI hard drive under Linux. I use cfdisk.
Eh, no, not really. In an application like this where it's almost all GUI, Linux and MacOS use completely different APIs. The networking end would probably be similar, though.
That's the way AdBlock used to be. Then they changed it to not download blocked objects at all, so browsing is generally faster. I believe you can change it to the old behavior by choosing "Hide ads" instead of the default "Remove ads".