Anyway, rather than modify applications to store everything in RAM why not create a new filesystem (forking from an existing one of course) especially for the task or add some tuning parameters to the OS (they probably already exist and need utilising). It seems the best way to do things, then any application can take advantage of the facility.
If you have a database that is stored in RAM and periodically written out to the hard disk (for backup reasons) then you get better performance than if you have a database that is reading and writing most of the time.
UPS would prevent the data loss, the database could be written to disk when the power fails.
Surely a well tuned database server stores uses quite a lot of RAM for buffering?
Nobody in their right mind would have a busy database server which accesses the hard disk like crazy. A few years back I saw Oracle servers running NT with 4GB of RAM, so I guess they're using even more now.
Yes you access a site with popups, but you can't always see what you are going to view before you have. Naturally if you access a site like Geocities or Tripod you know popups will appear.
Perhaps what is needed is a browser option that downloads a page and then display a summary about the page, number of adverts, popups etc.. you would then have the option not to view the page. Of course this would make browsing a bit tedious:)
Probably because although it is epaper it will still be thicker than paper?
I'm sure there will also be a nice thick plastic section at the top or the bottom of the unit which will house any circuitry required as well as batteries. This will jam in a fax machine.
I'm not familiar with the ratio in use in the US but in the UK a widescreen TV uses a 16:9 ratio. This ratio is the best compromise ratio between the different widescreen formats and traditional 4:3.
A good widescreen TV will have various picture modes, a good DVD player will have similar options.
You will still get some black bars if the movie has a very wide ratio, can't be avoided without losing some horizontal image. Look at the screen at the cinema closely next time you are there, there's often a portion of the screen at the top and bottom that remains unused.
The formats you mention are open source free standards.
Compress all your movies as WMV and in 15-20 years try and watch them.
If Microsoft are still doing OSes then try and watch them. You'll have to try and locate a CD Rom drive, try and find an ISO9660/Joliet filesystem. Try and find a 32-bit code emulation, locate the DLLs to actually decode the video etc.....
That's exactly what I was implying. Yes there will be and are MPEG4 devices, but DVD is MPEG2 and will be for a long time.
CD is looking pretty old now and nothing appears to be taking its place anytime soon. Successful formats have a long slow death, but in the case of CD nothing really came out that offered what most people wanted (recordable, reusable non-compressed discs).
Similar laws have been drafted and implemented in other countries.
Plus if the author of such drivers happened to take a holiday to the US some day he would probably be arrested at the airport like some major terrorist.
It's the first stage of many. The days of Compaq reverse engineering the IBM BIOS are long gone, that would be illegal these days. Without that step the PC clone might never have been born.
It's no secret that there are many who hate open standards and the way the PC market stands today. There are those who want it to be more like the car market where the bonnet is something you never look under since you can't actually do anything to your car anymore.
The days of hotrod-ing a PC and building your own will soon be over if these people get their way.
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Anyway, rather than modify applications to store everything in RAM why not create a new filesystem (forking from an existing one of course) especially for the task or add some tuning parameters to the OS (they probably already exist and need utilising). It seems the best way to do things, then any application can take advantage of the facility.
If you have a database that is stored in RAM and periodically written out to the hard disk (for backup reasons) then you get better performance than if you have a database that is reading and writing most of the time.
UPS would prevent the data loss, the database could be written to disk when the power fails.
Surely a well tuned database server stores uses quite a lot of RAM for buffering?
Nobody in their right mind would have a busy database server which accesses the hard disk like crazy. A few years back I saw Oracle servers running NT with 4GB of RAM, so I guess they're using even more now.
I already use Privoxy, but it blocks popups that are sometimes required to download and upload things.
Stereotypes apply also:
Younger workers need less money and will relocate. More malleable?
Slightly older workers with a family need more income and are less likely to want to relocate.
Older workers need slightly more income (saving for retirement?) and won't relocate.
Such stereotypes are used when deciding who to employ.
Yes you access a site with popups, but you can't always see what you are going to view before you have. Naturally if you access a site like Geocities or Tripod you know popups will appear.
:)
Perhaps what is needed is a browser option that downloads a page and then display a summary about the page, number of adverts, popups etc.. you would then have the option not to view the page. Of course this would make browsing a bit tedious
Cathy looks better with her new image, the voice still grates though. But this is all theory, I would take either :)
RedHat is also the number 1 Linux brand with partnerships with some big players.
Yes I'm sure the desktop version does have vulnerabilities, this is probably why they also do high server products which you have to buy.
Well it becomes the responsibility of the venue's security staff to prevent illegal bootlegs of gig. I can't see how the RIAA would care.
If they banned all devices capable of infringing copyright then you would have no samplers, digital or analog recording tools and no computers.
Probably because although it is epaper it will still be thicker than paper?
I'm sure there will also be a nice thick plastic section at the top or the bottom of the unit which will house any circuitry required as well as batteries. This will jam in a fax machine.
Depends on the TV, DVD disc and DVD player.
I'm not familiar with the ratio in use in the US but in the UK a widescreen TV uses a 16:9 ratio. This ratio is the best compromise ratio between the different widescreen formats and traditional 4:3.
A good widescreen TV will have various picture modes, a good DVD player will have similar options.
You will still get some black bars if the movie has a very wide ratio, can't be avoided without losing some horizontal image. Look at the screen at the cinema closely next time you are there, there's often a portion of the screen at the top and bottom that remains unused.
Only because film makers shoot in widescreen, they haven't always. It was a gimmic to stop the decline of the cinema when TVs became popular.
Perhaps they will revert to a squarer image when all TVs are widescreen?
Widescreen is popular in the UK, go into an electrical store and you'll see rows of big widescreen TVs and only a handful of 4:3 tube sets.
Problem is the UK sets aren't HD yet and are unlikely to be for many years.
Especially given how noisy PCs can be, you can't really put them at eye level these days since that also places them at ear level.
:)
I have sound proofed my PC, it's not attractiive from the outside but if I can't hear it then I'll forget it's even there
It is if you can just press a print button and have a high quality print.
Putting the e-paper through a standard fax machine will break the e-paper.
I somehow think to make this technology practical that having e-paper acting as a computer is a waste of resources.
It's better off being a kind of terminal, then minimal storage and CPU power will be needed on the device.
These won't be slimline Tablet PCs.
Some idiot will ask how to put it into the photocopier or fax machine :)
and if the codec is proprietary?
DMCA would stop you reverse engineering an old codec as the copyright would still apply.
The formats you mention are open source free standards.
Compress all your movies as WMV and in 15-20 years try and watch them.
If Microsoft are still doing OSes then try and watch them. You'll have to try and locate a CD Rom drive, try and find an ISO9660/Joliet filesystem. Try and find a 32-bit code emulation, locate the DLLs to actually decode the video etc.....
That's exactly what I was implying. Yes there will be and are MPEG4 devices, but DVD is MPEG2 and will be for a long time.
CD is looking pretty old now and nothing appears to be taking its place anytime soon. Successful formats have a long slow death, but in the case of CD nothing really came out that offered what most people wanted (recordable, reusable non-compressed discs).
Just like AMD, they're a stick to beat Intel with to get them to come up with a better chip or a better price.
XBox was going to be AMD based and there has been talk of XBox 2 using AMD. But we all know that Intel will pull a very tempting deal out of the hat.
Stick with well known formats that have a future.
DIVX, XVID etc.. could easily be forgotten in 20 years time, DVD and MPEG2 probably won't be.
Maybe they'll combine a PC with their printer chip technology to create a PC with a limited lifespan :)
Similar laws have been drafted and implemented in other countries.
Plus if the author of such drivers happened to take a holiday to the US some day he would probably be arrested at the airport like some major terrorist.
It's the first stage of many. The days of Compaq reverse engineering the IBM BIOS are long gone, that would be illegal these days. Without that step the PC clone might never have been born.
It's no secret that there are many who hate open standards and the way the PC market stands today. There are those who want it to be more like the car market where the bonnet is something you never look under since you can't actually do anything to your car anymore.
The days of hotrod-ing a PC and building your own will soon be over if these people get their way.
Barriers being the architecture will be patented, useful info about the chipset and bus design will be secret.
Reverse engineering it all will be illegal under the DMCA.
Microsoft being involved in desktop hardware should result in more anti-trust accusations.