I did this with my AGP GeForce 6800, and the extra piplines didn't work for me. They were damaged. Also you can unlock an extra vertex processor on it, which did work fine for me. I have read that it's about a 50-50 chance that the pipelines will work, as that is one of the reasons they are not sold as ultras. A reason they do work on some cards is that something else was wrong with the card that is also limited on the 6800 model, such as using less memory at slower speeds.
How many more SPARC processors will Sun release? Or systems designed around them? I have read many times that it is in their best interests to cut in R&D on their own and use other bases, to help them focus on designing the overall system...
A possibility is using older computers that are still in existence out there. I got an old TI/994A when I was 9. My father got it for me as a gift, along with various books on BASIC. While I didn't get do things that were state of the art, it did give me a good idea of some of the basics I needed to learn. I don't know how easy it would be to find an old computer for this type of thing today, but it still seems like an idea of a birthday gift for a son or daughter.
Isn't it entirely possible that SCO wants an NDA signed so that people don't start trying to remove the offending code from Linux? That would kill their lawsuits right there....at least from now on. Maybe they could still sue for the current infringement.
For almost any government project i have seen, Windows is the choice by the government. Getting them to switch over makes no sense to them, because why switch when you have something that works? Cost benefits don't really seem to do anything, but they seem afraid of switching and trying something new because Windows is just the way it has been, and will continue to be for them. Research might be the same way. UNlesss their research IS software like this, they may just want to stick with what has already beenw orking for them.
Another way to look at this problem from the child's perspective is to think about the government and the people under it. The government believes that systems that report on what you do as good and even benefitting you, while many people believe otherwise...much like this case here. A child feels his privacy is invaded, much as you would if the government kept track of you and reported your daily habits to others. Even though this system might help some students, what about the ones who already have no problems? Should they be content to be reported on just because they have no problems? I am sure most would not want the FBI or some other organization watching them everyday, even if they had no problems to worry about. Should students expect less privacy just because they are not considered adults yet?
The first computer I started using was obsolete at the time I started using it. Still have it as well, an old TI 99/4A. Also have TI's first laptop attempt, with the one line character display. Got that as a free gift from one of those travel resort trips...
As it says, most people will work with something that is natural for them. But most computers users are used to current interfaces and ways of working, so will this mean just adapting the new security to existing ways of doing things?
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I did this with my AGP GeForce 6800, and the extra piplines didn't work for me. They were damaged. Also you can unlock an extra vertex processor on it, which did work fine for me. I have read that it's about a 50-50 chance that the pipelines will work, as that is one of the reasons they are not sold as ultras. A reason they do work on some cards is that something else was wrong with the card that is also limited on the 6800 model, such as using less memory at slower speeds.
How many more SPARC processors will Sun release? Or systems designed around them? I have read many times that it is in their best interests to cut in R&D on their own and use other bases, to help them focus on designing the overall system...
A possibility is using older computers that are still in existence out there. I got an old TI/994A when I was 9. My father got it for me as a gift, along with various books on BASIC. While I didn't get do things that were state of the art, it did give me a good idea of some of the basics I needed to learn. I don't know how easy it would be to find an old computer for this type of thing today, but it still seems like an idea of a birthday gift for a son or daughter.
Isn't it entirely possible that SCO wants an NDA signed so that people don't start trying to remove the offending code from Linux? That would kill their lawsuits right there....at least from now on. Maybe they could still sue for the current infringement.
For almost any government project i have seen, Windows is the choice by the government. Getting them to switch over makes no sense to them, because why switch when you have something that works? Cost benefits don't really seem to do anything, but they seem afraid of switching and trying something new because Windows is just the way it has been, and will continue to be for them. Research might be the same way. UNlesss their research IS software like this, they may just want to stick with what has already beenw orking for them.
Another way to look at this problem from the child's perspective is to think about the government and the people under it. The government believes that systems that report on what you do as good and even benefitting you, while many people believe otherwise...much like this case here. A child feels his privacy is invaded, much as you would if the government kept track of you and reported your daily habits to others. Even though this system might help some students, what about the ones who already have no problems? Should they be content to be reported on just because they have no problems? I am sure most would not want the FBI or some other organization watching them everyday, even if they had no problems to worry about. Should students expect less privacy just because they are not considered adults yet?
The first computer I started using was obsolete at the time I started using it. Still have it as well, an old TI 99/4A. Also have TI's first laptop attempt, with the one line character display. Got that as a free gift from one of those travel resort trips...
As it says, most people will work with something that is natural for them. But most computers users are used to current interfaces and ways of working, so will this mean just adapting the new security to existing ways of doing things?