I guess in jolly olde england where they only have two channels, and you have to pay a tithe to watch them, radio is still a valid form of entertainment.
Right then, bloody good show.
Seriously, they should make a movie or something. I dont even own a radio.
Is "stuff won't compile right under AMD64 so I'll let you guys beta test the new CPUs and when it's ready for production use I'll look into it" a good enough reason to stay with Intel for our production servers?
No but it keeps Windows nice and responsive even when somethings crunching away in the background, which is what it's for, IMO. That is, doing a great big compile job in the background doesn't slow down my slashdot reading.
It's not a second CPU, but a way to share a bit of the power. The problem is, Linux treats it like a CPU, Windows has some special rules for it.
I'll just say I noticed the difference as far as "responsiveness under load" between a P4 2.8 (no HT) running at 3.06, and an actual 3.06 with HT, under Windows. Didn't notice any difference with Linux.
IIRC, Windows makes much better use of HT than Linux. Windows understands that there are two "virtual" processors, while linux treats them as two physical processors.
The best argument for the P4 I can think of is the wide assortment of platforms, chipsets and motherboard vendors. The choices in that arena have historically been skewed towards Intel.
That and AMD have been having some QC issues which seem to be getting worse and not better.
I've leaned towards Intel in cases where I absolutely do not want to deal with some obscure hardware headache, particularly in the server arena. AMD's much improved I'm sure, but I've been burned in the past.
Just don't be a dope and buy into the "this company is good, that company is bad" tripe that slashdot is selling. Companies are companies and both these guys want to squeeze the other out so they can gouge you and I more deeply.
No, it's line of sight reception. There's nothing on Lake Ontario to block signals from Rochester or Buffalo.
That plus local channels being broadcast from the CN Tower (the highest thing around) gives Toronto the distinction of the best open air TV reception in the world.
5) Don't run with admin priviledges. I know this is impossible for most Windows users.
That's just slashdot folklore. I log in as administrator about once a month, and only because month after month I keep hoping ATi will release a driver that doesn't suck.
Many slashdotters hate windows because they don't understand how to configure and use it. In which case, yes, if you don't understand the basics of windows security and rights assignment, it's much easier just to run as Administrator.
Of course, it's easier to run linux as root and not have to worry about who can mount shares, access the cd-r or/dev/audio.
So what? How fast it's patched or found is irrelevant.
Most windows boxes are taken via exploits that have been patched for months, even years. Many of these are running Windows 95 rev A, for crying out loud.
What does it matter that Samba 3.0.7 fixed a DOS exploit that can bring down a machine, most people out there will be running 3.0.6 or lower. Hell, most are running 2.x because moving to 3.x requires time and effort, which cost money in the real world.
Who cares if the latest cvs of OpenSSh has no holes? I'm looking for boxes with older versions when I scan the 'net. And I'm bound to find plenty of them.
True 'viruses' havent really been a problem for Windows in years, either. The stuff labelled "virus" in the press is all worms, exploits, or other malware.
There are worms and exploits and other malware for linux. Google for root kits. It's not that hard to write, and there are plenty of documented bugs to exploit out there.
Too dumb even to notice that the MSNBC article is a Reuters piece.
Reuters is a syndicated news agency, btw.
That's completely a seperate company that writes news articles and sells them to other news outlets.
One day when your local gazette has a slow day and needs some spacefiller, they'll reprint the exact same article. And slashdot will report this 'news' again.
Is it me, or does slashdot report the news that "Windows viruses on the rise!" or some derivation thereof every single fucking day?
I mean, this is just a mainstream news spacefiller about stuff we know all about.
Forget your it and politics sections. Just make a "ms-flamebait" section, and just repost this "announcement" that there are lots of Windows' malware every 15 minutes.
There are reel-to-reel tape recorders from the 60s that still sound better than a CD. And the best digital cameras are lightyears from the best optical ones.
Besides that, there's the matter of how the signals behave when being degraded, which is the best thing about analog.
Take analog TV.. You can have a ridiculously weak signal, and still have something watchable. The static manifests itself as white fuzz, but you can still see the image and hear the voices. I know because I watched plenty of New York TV when I lived in Toronto.
A digital signal just cuts out. You either recieve it or you dont. It's either stuttery sound, blocky movement or gone altogether.
I've had rabbit ears and DirecTV. I'll tell you, if there was some sort of catastrophic weather thing going on (tornados or hurricanes or typhoons, whatver), I know I'd have my rabbit ears hooked up to get my updates.
Same goes for radio. How well would XM come in when the skies pitch black from tornados?
Step one, get a legal copy of linux for only $699 while the offer lasts.
Step two..... Ummm.. Type in a lot of stuff like apt-get or emerge and make sure to proudly boast how many minutes it's been without a reboot every few hours.
But the technical issue completely negates the strategy he talks of and makes the article just a bunch of windbaggery and FUD.
USB is an open spec. MSFT can have all the wet dreams about "owning" it they want, the simple fact is that they don't. They can contribute to the spec like everyone else, but it remains just as open.
They don't own SMTP either, as the internet community seemed to unanimously reject Sender ID.
To be fair, noone says they aren't, except an expert who was payed a lot of money (550/hr) by IBM to say so.
But of course, he's a lawyer, and they're well known for their morals and are among the most honorable men and women on the earth. They would never cheapen their personal values, nor lie and twist evidence, for cash.
Ah, no need to run up hourly rates by actually doing work! Note the lawyer speak..
on the order of 10 hours..
Heck, in base 10, 99 is "on the order of" 10 hours. Switch to something like base 1024 and you could say that a few million is "on the order of" 10. The sky's the limit!
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Why they should make a movie is simply Somebody Elses Problem.
I guess in jolly olde england where they only have two channels, and you have to pay a tithe to watch them, radio is still a valid form of entertainment.
Right then, bloody good show.
Seriously, they should make a movie or something. I dont even own a radio.
When I bought my P4, the CPU was more expensive than a comparable AMD.
But, once I factored in a mobo with the feature set I wanted, the total package was actually about 5 bucks cheaper.
Is "stuff won't compile right under AMD64 so I'll let you guys beta test the new CPUs and when it's ready for production use I'll look into it" a good enough reason to stay with Intel for our production servers?
No but it keeps Windows nice and responsive even when somethings crunching away in the background, which is what it's for, IMO. That is, doing a great big compile job in the background doesn't slow down my slashdot reading.
It's not a second CPU, but a way to share a bit of the power. The problem is, Linux treats it like a CPU, Windows has some special rules for it.
I'll just say I noticed the difference as far as "responsiveness under load" between a P4 2.8 (no HT) running at 3.06, and an actual 3.06 with HT, under Windows. Didn't notice any difference with Linux.
IIRC, Windows makes much better use of HT than Linux. Windows understands that there are two "virtual" processors, while linux treats them as two physical processors.
The best argument for the P4 I can think of is the wide assortment of platforms, chipsets and motherboard vendors. The choices in that arena have historically been skewed towards Intel.
That and AMD have been having some QC issues which seem to be getting worse and not better.
I've leaned towards Intel in cases where I absolutely do not want to deal with some obscure hardware headache, particularly in the server arena. AMD's much improved I'm sure, but I've been burned in the past.
Just don't be a dope and buy into the "this company is good, that company is bad" tripe that slashdot is selling. Companies are companies and both these guys want to squeeze the other out so they can gouge you and I more deeply.
No, it's line of sight reception. There's nothing on Lake Ontario to block signals from Rochester or Buffalo.
That plus local channels being broadcast from the CN Tower (the highest thing around) gives Toronto the distinction of the best open air TV reception in the world.
5) Don't run with admin priviledges. I know this is impossible for most Windows users.
That's just slashdot folklore. I log in as administrator about once a month, and only because month after month I keep hoping ATi will release a driver that doesn't suck.
Many slashdotters hate windows because they don't understand how to configure and use it. In which case, yes, if you don't understand the basics of windows security and rights assignment, it's much easier just to run as Administrator.
Of course, it's easier to run linux as root and not have to worry about who can mount shares, access the cd-r or
So what? How fast it's patched or found is irrelevant.
Most windows boxes are taken via exploits that have been patched for months, even years. Many of these are running Windows 95 rev A, for crying out loud.
What does it matter that Samba 3.0.7 fixed a DOS exploit that can bring down a machine, most people out there will be running 3.0.6 or lower. Hell, most are running 2.x because moving to 3.x requires time and effort, which cost money in the real world.
Who cares if the latest cvs of OpenSSh has no holes? I'm looking for boxes with older versions when I scan the 'net. And I'm bound to find plenty of them.
Depends how anally you want to define "virus".
True 'viruses' havent really been a problem for Windows in years, either. The stuff labelled "virus" in the press is all worms, exploits, or other malware.
There are worms and exploits and other malware for linux. Google for root kits. It's not that hard to write, and there are plenty of documented bugs to exploit out there.
You're such a dumb fuck.
Too dumb even to notice that the MSNBC article is a Reuters piece.
Reuters is a syndicated news agency, btw.
That's completely a seperate company that writes news articles and sells them to other news outlets.
One day when your local gazette has a slow day and needs some spacefiller, they'll reprint the exact same article. And slashdot will report this 'news' again.
Is it me, or does slashdot report the news that "Windows viruses on the rise!" or some derivation thereof every single fucking day?
I mean, this is just a mainstream news spacefiller about stuff we know all about.
Forget your it and politics sections. Just make a "ms-flamebait" section, and just repost this "announcement" that there are lots of Windows' malware every 15 minutes.
I thought you said he "answered".
"When the smoke clears" "When I'm elected my job will be to fight for change"
blah blah blah
Same shit, brand new bag from the Gap.
Noone assumed life can't evolve without water.
It's just that life as we know it evolved with water.
The only type of life we could hope to positively detect and identify would be life as we know it.
It's possible there's life made out of magical moonbeams and fairy farts but unless you've engineered a gizmometer to test for it, it's hopeless.
In a lot of cases, analog is better.
There are reel-to-reel tape recorders from the 60s that still sound better than a CD. And the best digital cameras are lightyears from the best optical ones.
Besides that, there's the matter of how the signals behave when being degraded, which is the best thing about analog.
Take analog TV.. You can have a ridiculously weak signal, and still have something watchable. The static manifests itself as white fuzz, but you can still see the image and hear the voices. I know because I watched plenty of New York TV when I lived in Toronto.
A digital signal just cuts out. You either recieve it or you dont. It's either stuttery sound, blocky movement or gone altogether.
I've had rabbit ears and DirecTV. I'll tell you, if there was some sort of catastrophic weather thing going on (tornados or hurricanes or typhoons, whatver), I know I'd have my rabbit ears hooked up to get my updates.
Same goes for radio. How well would XM come in when the skies pitch black from tornados?
It's like something Oscar Wilde would have wrote.
Companies buy other companies.
Does this have anything to do with anything?
Well, I wouldn't worry.
IBM, Novell and Sun have a long history of acting with nothing but respect and good intentions for all of humanity!
Especially IBM. Remember the time they saved all those puppies by bullying the company I worked for into a multimillion dollar migration to AS/400s?
That would be hilarious! You post some karma whore crap about how awesome Gentoo is or how much you love your iPod, then when it's +5:Insightful
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BAM!
"Taco is a big fag" and Goatse links for everyone!
Step one, get a legal copy of linux for only $699 while the offer lasts.
Step two..... Ummm.. Type in a lot of stuff like apt-get or emerge and make sure to proudly boast how many minutes it's been without a reboot every few hours.
But the technical issue completely negates the strategy he talks of and makes the article just a bunch of windbaggery and FUD.
USB is an open spec. MSFT can have all the wet dreams about "owning" it they want, the simple fact is that they don't. They can contribute to the spec like everyone else, but it remains just as open.
They don't own SMTP either, as the internet community seemed to unanimously reject Sender ID.
Which is exacly why Comcast won't unbundle Broadband and Basic Cable. I must have basic cable in order to get broadband, and I'm in MD like you.
So, once again, how is it that you pay only for broadband? Are you sure basic cable charges aren't buried in your bill each month?
to compare all 26,759 lines of the IBM Code identified by SCO against all 67,797,569 lines in the Unix System V Code
All the SCO bullshit over? Far from it. There are still a few hundred million lines of AIX that haven't been compared.
And even if it's over for IBM, doesn't make it necessarily over for Linux in general.
To be fair, noone says they aren't, except an expert who was payed a lot of money (550/hr) by IBM to say so.
But of course, he's a lawyer, and they're well known for their morals and are among the most honorable men and women on the earth. They would never cheapen their personal values, nor lie and twist evidence, for cash.
Ah, no need to run up hourly rates by actually doing work! Note the lawyer speak..
on the order of 10 hours..
Heck, in base 10, 99 is "on the order of" 10 hours. Switch to something like base 1024 and you could say that a few million is "on the order of" 10. The sky's the limit!
My point being, he'll bill well over 10 hours.