Perhaps someone should learn from COM ?(The implementation is a mess, way to hard to make controls), but the idea and the flexibility it makes are pretty cool. If OSS software did some more of e.g. Bonobo or similar, one might not need all these specialized python/perl/whatever for . Make the app export its interface to Bonobo(or something..) , make bindings for script languages to Bonobo. Instant fun.
Fedora is compiled mostly with -march=i386 -mcpu=i686, except atleast glibc and the kernel which for one comtains lots of arch specific assembly so it makes sence to divide it up in more arch packages.
If you read the gcc manual, -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 optimizes for i686, but only uses the i386 instruction set.(Hint: there is _alot_ more to optimizing than the instruction set..) Anyway there isn't that many speedy instruction present in i686, atleast not since gcc doesn't generate mmx or sse automatically. And compiling only with -march=i686 throws of alot of e.g. pentium users. The alternative is -march=i586 or -march=-i586 -mcpu=i686, the first usually gives worse performance on i686, the next have just about zero advantage over the current used flags..
If you are still unhappy, recompile the src.rpms yourself with arcane compiler flags.. And please, please benchmark the diffrence.
It's a rather nice feature, but with all these diffrent single signon/central-whatnot technologies, do we really get single-signon and all the other features we're promised.. ?
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Thats right. However the rest of the world use "hacker" the way the Jargon File defines cracker. For the common man hacker = cracker. So having a "hackers and crackers" list might make sense if they think crackers and hackers are the same. Though they messed this list completly up. Stallman and Dennis Ritchie are not "crackers" and does defintly not belong in the same list as crackers. Aleph - Supposedly Dennis Ritchie favourite language
I think you really should take a deep look at the PS2. It's hardware is _great_. Several processors that's very good at doing their own thing. (PC's are somewhat similar these days, a CPU , a GPU, Sound processors, even the network cards are doing processing(TCP checksumming, some with crypto accelerators)) RAM almost at the speed of the processor, mostly eliminating the processor caches. 128bit is very nice for multimedia.
I'd also like to know what hardware features are holding back PS2 games so much, compared to the other consoles. And while the GC looks somewhat cool, I've yet to see a cool Xbox. Seriously, have you actually seen one ? Compared to a PS2 they look like shit.
>So, XML is the "standard to end all standards, the way in which every
>single application can communicate with every other application from
>now till the end of time"
Well, many people thinks so. But XML sucks in many of its current use.
No. When Spirit encountered problems(the flash memory), the software sat a flag. The flag indicated that the rover shouldn't drive anywhere regardless of what commands it gets. Now that the memory issues are hopefully fixed, the engineers forgot to clear the flag. Naturally Sprit wouldn't perform the commands to drive.
More at http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040208rove rs.html
Ok, We've had Europe and lots of other land covered by glaciers only 10.000 years ago. The ice at the poles have melted quiet a few times in earths history. It's likely earth won't be doomed this time either.
I'm very sorry, but I cannot help you pick up chicks. You have to do that your on your own. That said, there are usually _lots_ of good looking girls at The Gathering.
And why on earth can't spyware do any harm if it doesn't have "root" privileges ? What's stopping it from popping up ads ? Or running a mass spamming process ? Deleting all files owned by you ?
Well, if WinFS is default, million of users _will_ use it. They don't care or know what's in the bottom. They just use the system that came with the PC. Only the future will tell what this will do to your system, after all we weekly encounter new and exciting ways spyware/viruse/worms/etc. screws up windows.
No, the response time really isn't _the_ big thing. It ofcouse have to be fast but it's how reliable it is. That is, what response times it guarantees. While e.g. Linux sometimes can have much faster response time than some RTOS's, it's still no guarantee that latency is good _all the time_. Having response times ranging randomly from say 0,1ms-0,5s (which might be the case on general purpose OS'es) is alot worse than having a *guaranteed* response time of e.g. 0.5-1.0ms
Latest theoriy is it had to many files in the flash memory. To many files can pressure the ram rather high depending on the OS and filesystem. I'd also take it an embedded OS such as vxWorks isn't optimized for _lotsoffiles_.
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You missed the point. Yes you an program it. No, Sony really didn't want you to. (But as said they got some credit for their linux kit which opens some doors). The homebrew kits rely on modchips, holes in games, or some other nasty hack. Look at most other consoles. They're closed,locked up, no info to the public.
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Perhaps someone should learn from COM ?(The implementation is a mess, way to hard to make controls), but the idea and the flexibility it makes are pretty cool. If OSS software did some more of e.g. Bonobo or similar, one might not need all these specialized python/perl/whatever for . Make the app export its interface to Bonobo(or something..) , make bindings for script languages to Bonobo. Instant fun.
Nice summaries, many which doesn't reach "Press Release" as well can be found here
Fedora is compiled mostly with -march=i386 -mcpu=i686, except atleast glibc and the kernel which for one comtains lots of arch specific assembly so it makes sence to divide it up in more arch packages.
If you read the gcc manual, -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 optimizes for i686, but only uses the i386 instruction set.(Hint: there is _alot_ more to optimizing than the instruction set..)
Anyway there isn't that many speedy instruction present in i686, atleast not since gcc doesn't generate mmx or sse automatically.
And compiling only with -march=i686 throws of alot of e.g. pentium users.
The alternative is -march=i586 or -march=-i586 -mcpu=i686, the first usually gives worse performance on i686, the next have just about zero advantage over the current used flags..
If you are still unhappy, recompile the src.rpms yourself with arcane compiler flags.. And please, please benchmark the diffrence.
So download a floppy disk image and do a net install.
It's a rather nice feature, but with all these diffrent single
signon/central-whatnot technologies, do we really get single-signon and all the other features we're promised.. ?
Thats right.
However the rest of the world use "hacker" the way the Jargon File defines cracker. For the common man hacker = cracker. So having a "hackers and crackers" list might make sense if they think crackers and hackers are the same.
Though they messed this list completly up. Stallman and Dennis Ritchie are not "crackers" and does defintly not belong in the same list as crackers.
Aleph - Supposedly Dennis Ritchie favourite language
I think you really should take a deep look at the PS2. It's hardware is _great_. Several processors that's very good at doing their own thing. (PC's are somewhat similar these days, a CPU , a GPU, Sound processors, even the network cards are doing processing(TCP checksumming, some with crypto accelerators))
RAM almost at the speed of the processor, mostly eliminating the processor caches. 128bit is very nice for multimedia.
I'd also like to know what hardware features are holding back PS2 games so much, compared to the other consoles.
And while the GC looks somewhat cool, I've yet to see a cool Xbox. Seriously, have you actually seen one ? Compared to a PS2 they look like shit.
That page provides a cleaner full-overview to all the images exactly how ?
Those interrested in images from the rovers should perhaps bookmark
Mars Exploration Rover Imagery.
Nice and updated page with all the latest images.
>So, XML is the "standard to end all standards, the way in which every
>single application can communicate with every other application from
>now till the end of time"
Well, many people thinks so. But XML sucks in many of its current use.
No. When Spirit encountered problems(the flash memory), the software sat a flag.
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The flag indicated that the rover shouldn't drive anywhere regardless of what commands it gets.
Now that the memory issues are hopefully fixed, the engineers forgot to clear the flag.
Naturally Sprit wouldn't perform the commands to drive.
More at http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040208rov
Yes. I'm using it. Its in 2.6 and the latest 2.4..
Oh well, we're already to many.
Ok, We've had Europe and lots of other land covered by glaciers only 10.000 years ago. The ice at the poles have melted quiet a few times in earths history. It's likely earth won't be doomed this time either.
Please explain further. I've done this many times.
I suppose they want to track it down on the almost individual source file level.
The Unix History still makes a good wall poster though.
What ? They actually realizes gameplay/plot is worth more than fancy graphics ? .. I see flying pigs.
I'm very sorry, but I cannot help you pick up chicks. You have to
do that your on your own. That said, there are usually _lots_ of good looking girls at The Gathering.
And why on earth can't spyware do any harm if it doesn't have "root" privileges ? What's stopping it from popping up ads ? Or running a mass spamming process ? Deleting all files owned by you ?
Well, if WinFS is default, million of users _will_ use it. They don't care or know what's in the bottom. They just use the system that came with the PC. Only the future will tell what this will do to your system,
after all we weekly encounter new and exciting ways spyware/viruse/worms/etc. screws up windows.
In the vxWorks version I have here, I see no protocol/packet filtering options.
No, the response time really isn't _the_ big thing. It ofcouse have to be fast but it's how reliable it is. That is, what response times it guarantees. While e.g. Linux sometimes can have much faster response time than some RTOS's, it's still no guarantee that latency is good _all the time_. Having response times ranging randomly from say 0,1ms-0,5s (which might be the case on general purpose OS'es) is alot worse than having a *guaranteed* response time of e.g. 0.5-1.0ms
Latest theoriy is it had to many files in the flash memory. To many files can pressure the ram rather high depending on the OS and filesystem. I'd also take it an embedded OS such as vxWorks isn't optimized for _lotsoffiles_.
Some more here
No. Its a RAD6000 CPU. Not entierly your stock PowerPC chip.
RAD6000
You missed the point. Yes you an program it. No, Sony really didn't want you to. (But as said they got some credit for their linux kit which opens some doors).
The homebrew kits rely on modchips, holes in games, or some other nasty hack. Look at most other consoles. They're closed,locked up, no info to the public.