Yes, as long as you don't intend to connect your computer to the rest of the world and live a blissfull hermit existence.
My systems are running with no M$ OS, browser or tcp/ip stack. How do you explain my connectivity or even my server being available 24/7/365.25? Keep in mind that M$ borrowed heavily from the *BSD tcp stack for their worldwide connectivity. M$ Netbeui?? Hah, their non-routable ( unless encapsulated) protocol. Even they are dropping it in winXP.
Although I sometimes think of a hermit like existence as nirvana, my lack of MS OS has nothing to do with achieving peace and quiet.
If we don't need Outlook, then I can run this virus/trojan/worm/stink-bomb under wine with no MS code installed. Everyone complaining about being left out can rejoice and join-in.:)
The name is not K-Illustrator, it is Kill-ustrator. This is a clear reference to the different sides taken during the US revolutionary war.
Thus, it is commonly expanded to Kill-us-a-traitor. Clearly Adobe wouldn't want to be associated with anything this appaling, thus it couldn't be an infringment on any trademark they hold.:)
NAFTA. Remember the increasing entanglement of our laws and business practices in North America.
This could get interesting if she wins; couldn't it be used as precedent for several aspects of customer/business/government communication interaction? Imagine having to provide x number of tech support for each 1000 customers, or metered internet access with automatic deduction for downed connection time. Interesting possibilities.
Is something as useful as ECN presentable as a mandatory update for infrastructure providers ( i.e. Cisco) or mearly a nice addition to be added when other software changes/updates are applied to routers and major servers?
It seems that it could have major benefits in improving response times, but only if compliance was the rule rather than the exception. What other OSes currently support ECN? Anyone know? I haven't found much info yet.
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Keep in mind that X allocates ram *ranges* for framebuffer, etc... that aren't subtracted from system memory. The ranges are added by utilities like top though. Try adding all of the supposed allocated memory blocks, subtract the cached, swap and application memory and then marvel at the unaccounted for ram that is used...:)
LinuxBIOS is much more than just a fast way to get through the boot process. Much work has been put into supporting the 8meg Disk-on-Chip flash technology. You can have a nice Linux router that uncompresses the kernel and minimal filesystem into ramdisk. Bingo, linux router with no moving parts other than fans.
SiS has been very helpful with information without pounding on the NDAs. The 630 and 730 are very well supported chipsets and would make very nice platforms for things like a MP3 player for my car. I was thinking about one that had two or three CD readers as the only fragile storage medium.
Read the whole message that you responded to and he explains the problem *and* the fix that is possible on Unix type systems. I can have five apps of various vintages that each require a different set of libraries that they linked against.
Like so:
exec/usr/$sysname-glibc20-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 \ --library-path/usr/$sysname-glibc20-linux/lib \ $netscape $defs $cl_opt "$@" ( real world example )
With names like:
libORBit.a
libORBit.la*
libORBit.so@
libORBit.so.0@
libORBit.so.0.5.1*
libORBit.so.0.5.6*
We can keep different versions of files for use, not like the different versions of mfc42.dll that all have the same name. If another version of a library is completely backwards compatible, then a simple symbolic link gives the complete name that the run-time linker is looking for.
Nope, I didn't miss a thing. Actually, the test releases have been quite stable for me. As far as I've been concerned, my system has basically been running feature complete with the 2.4.0-test series and reiserfs patches. I guess you also missed the humor of my original post.
In the past 6 months, I've had one kernel panic under Linux ( with test kernels), 100+ crashes with win98/WinME and about 10 with W2K.
If this kernel has no show stoppers, it will be the fork for stable 2.4 and 2.5 devel. Thanks Linus, Alan and crew. I enjoy the fruits of your labor daily. I also endure the stench of the MS crowds labor daily during work.
Wow! What an articulate citizen you are. I am a 'freshly converted' Republican after going through three presidential elections registered as a Democrat. I see from your web site that you are a college student with "...little over 1 year of work experience...". If you are much like the people I went to school with, then you really only have time between work and classes to skim the news about the elections and candidates. If so, then you are mostly parroting the views of the people you grew up around and respect for various reasons. My views certainly matured greatly after taking the helm of a small business.
In ten years you may want to look back at your post above and see how your perspectives have matured or changed.
I don't own any stock at all, supported the M$ anti-trust case and voted for Bush in this election. My votes are not cast by party, but are based upon the information that I have about each candidate. It seems that I came to the same conclusion about Al Gore that the majority of Tennessee ( and Arkansas while I'm mentioning it) voters did.
In closing, I don't hope you burn in hell. I do hope that you learn to be a bit more level headed before you venture into the job markets that don't rely on state funding.
They just can't stop going after 'royalties' for their patents. It is interesting to see them turn on Intel now. Perhaps Intel will grow tired of their yapping and slap them down once and for good.
Because Christian Ludloff has always had an ego problem and singular vision (his own). But, he now works for Transmeta, so much of his previous ego-tude can now be forgiven and forgotten... His site is a great archive of cpu information that is still usefull.
It is no secret that the vast majority of the/. audience is athiest, non-religious or religiously hostile. I, as someone that dosen't fit that profile, realize I am certainly in the minority. That dosen't bother me, but the flippant attitude that your remarks embraced does spark my desire to respond. You have made many assumptions in your response, the largest of which is the view that no desination of a spiritual nature can be arrived at by logical thought and a search for truth. You continue by not just implying, but boldly stating your opinion that prayer is only for those with a limited imagination. In response, I will give no argument of my own, but a quote from someone you may have heard about.
Isaac Newton: Newton often said his interest in theology surpassed his interest in science. Newton did end his Principles with:
"This most beautiful system of sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being...This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God."
This is from Christianity and the Birth of Science. There is much more on that page if you care to take the time to read it. I do hope that you haven't closed your mind and heart to truth, it is not easy to get it opened again.
Thanks for refreshing my memory. It seems like 20 years have gone by since the opus/binkley days. I don't think we have a single bbs within local calling range anymore.
Modem speeds sure haven't increased with computer speeds. If they had, we would all have broadband over simple copper... Maybe someday.
Does anyone have reliable information about upgrades for existing v.90 modems? This could be quite interesting for a software update, but not very handy (or cost effective) if new modems are needed.
Also, it would be nice if the high and low-speed channels were reversible like the old courier 9600-HSTs. The 9600 and 1200baud channels were reversible to accommodate the direction that needed the highest bandwidth. Is this possible with the mixed analog-digital signaling of a 56k modem?
My box only shows 108% allocated to X with the nvidia drivers loaded. The memory isn't all being consumed from your available ram. There is a difference between allocated and committed pages of memory, in that X allocates enough pages to access all of the AGP range.
Allocated memory is basically the reserving of specific memory addresses (real or virtual). Committing is the process of getting memory pages for use that map to the allocated addresses.
I think that X with the (nvidia drivers) allocates the AGP range twice, once for the video card and again to have room for textures in main memory, but waits for the committal.
After suffering through the old MS Dos C & QuickC implementations, business basic, quickbasic and MFC 1.0 quirks and bugs, I shudder to think what they will produce as an entire language that they control and extend. To get C# accepted, all they have to do is incorporate it into windows and write a bit of the UI and network services with the new language and voila! Instant substandard standard. They will do with programming tools what they have been doing with office applications.
And how long will non-MS platforms have to wait for an implementation after it gets popular in the 'VisualBasic is a real tool" community? Probably a long, long time.
Well, I too sell computer equipment and have for about 13 years. I have never seen ram marked up %800 or even close. It would be interesting if you could show proof that you did indeed sell ram for an %800 markup. %50 would be a huge markup that few people would be silly enough to willingly pay.
Aside from your incredible claim, I was talkig about the price that memory manufacturers get for volume, wholesale, unmounted chips. Historically, memory sales have been so competitive that margins have been razor thin at times.
One link from cnet that might be informative for you, says: "This is price erosion, as opposed to a free fall," the likes of which resulted in below cost pricing up until mid-1998, Giudici said. "Pricing is more rational now--most [manufacturers] are eking out some sort of margin," he noted, adding that PC demand looks to remain strong--a situation that bodes well for memory makers.
Note that "below cost pricing" usually means "no profit".
You can find many references to the shallow profits that memory makers have had for the last 15 years if you go look. Memory chips (different from memory sticks) are sold mainly in large volume, by contract at a fixed price for a certain period. This way, memory packagers and consumers get a consistent supply and price. The price that the memory chip maker gets according to contracted agreement is usually constant while the cost of manufacture may change due to raw material shortages or equipment failures, etc...
Rambus dosen't produce any memory, they only license technologies.
Who in their right mind would even consider dishing out $500+ for a stick of 600 mhz pc100 ram.
What the heck is 600MHz pc100 ram? You can find Kensington 64meg 800Mhz RDRAM on pricewatch for $237. I don't like the prices either, but you are babbling gibberish dude.
It seems that many companies in the computer industry are set to take advantage of RAMBUS's success. They are just making RAMBUS the evil villan so they look innocent in the price gouging that is going to happen. This is something the memory producers have worked to bring about to actually make real profits on memory for the first time in more than a decade. Ram manufacturers may start turning out intel type profit statements in a year or two..
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How will they identify the zombies that happen to be WinXP boxes and have their IP addresses spoofed?
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Now I think the cheap Audreys on ebay look pretty appealing. It could be a nice substitute for the i-opener that I never got.
My systems are running with no M$ OS, browser or tcp/ip stack. How do you explain my connectivity or even my server being available 24/7/365.25? Keep in mind that M$ borrowed heavily from the *BSD tcp stack for their worldwide connectivity. M$ Netbeui?? Hah, their non-routable ( unless encapsulated) protocol. Even they are dropping it in winXP.
Although I sometimes think of a hermit like existence as nirvana, my lack of MS OS has nothing to do with achieving peace and quiet.
Cool, then I can participate!
:)
If we don't need Outlook, then I can run this virus/trojan/worm/stink-bomb under wine with no MS code installed. Everyone complaining about being left out can rejoice and join-in.
Also take note that this is certainly the first "killer app" for Linux.
The name is not K-Illustrator, it is Kill-ustrator. This is a clear reference to the different sides taken during the US revolutionary war.
:)
Thus, it is commonly expanded to Kill-us-a-traitor. Clearly Adobe wouldn't want to be associated with anything this appaling, thus it couldn't be an infringment on any trademark they hold.
NAFTA. Remember the increasing entanglement of our laws and business practices in North America.
This could get interesting if she wins; couldn't it be used as precedent for several aspects of customer/business/government communication interaction? Imagine having to provide x number of tech support for each 1000 customers, or metered internet access with automatic deduction for downed connection time. Interesting possibilities.
Is something as useful as ECN presentable as a mandatory update for infrastructure providers ( i.e. Cisco) or mearly a nice addition to be added when other software changes/updates are applied to routers and major servers?
It seems that it could have major benefits in improving response times, but only if compliance was the rule rather than the exception. What other OSes currently support ECN? Anyone know? I haven't found much info yet.
Keep in mind that X allocates ram *ranges* for framebuffer, etc... that aren't subtracted from system memory. The ranges are added by utilities like top though. Try adding all of the supposed allocated memory blocks, subtract the cached, swap and application memory and then marvel at the unaccounted for ram that is used... :)
LinuxBIOS is much more than just a fast way to get through the boot process. Much work has been put into supporting the 8meg Disk-on-Chip flash technology. You can have a nice Linux router that uncompresses the kernel and minimal filesystem into ramdisk. Bingo, linux router with no moving parts other than fans.
SiS has been very helpful with information without pounding on the NDAs. The 630 and 730 are very well supported chipsets and would make very nice platforms for things like a MP3 player for my car. I was thinking about one that had two or three CD readers as the only fragile storage medium.
I really do like most of his paintings, but do we really want to delve too deeply into the mind of a man that cut off his own ear? :)
Read the whole message that you responded to and he explains the problem *and* the fix that is possible on Unix type systems. I can have five apps of various vintages that each require a different set of libraries that they linked against.
/usr/$sysname-glibc20-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 \ --library-path /usr/$sysname-glibc20-linux/lib \ $netscape $defs $cl_opt "$@" ( real world example )
Like so:
exec
With names like:
libORBit.a
libORBit.la*
libORBit.so@
libORBit.so.0@
libORBit.so.0.5.1*
libORBit.so.0.5.6*
We can keep different versions of files for use, not like the different versions of mfc42.dll that all have the same name. If another version of a library is completely backwards compatible, then a simple symbolic link gives the complete name that the run-time linker is looking for.
Nope, I didn't miss a thing. Actually, the test releases have been quite stable for me. As far as I've been concerned, my system has basically been running feature complete with the 2.4.0-test series and reiserfs patches. I guess you also missed the humor of my original post.
In the past 6 months, I've had one kernel panic under Linux ( with test kernels), 100+ crashes with win98/WinME and about 10 with W2K.
If this kernel has no show stoppers, it will be the fork for stable 2.4 and 2.5 devel. Thanks Linus, Alan and crew. I enjoy the fruits of your labor daily. I also endure the stench of the MS crowds labor daily during work.
Vaporware that really exists? What will "industry analysts" complain about now?? :)
Wow! What an articulate citizen you are. I am a 'freshly converted' Republican after going through three presidential elections registered as a Democrat. I see from your web site that you are a college student with "...little over 1 year of work experience...". If you are much like the people I went to school with, then you really only have time between work and classes to skim the news about the elections and candidates. If so, then you are mostly parroting the views of the people you grew up around and respect for various reasons. My views certainly matured greatly after taking the helm of a small business.
In ten years you may want to look back at your post above and see how your perspectives have matured or changed.
I don't own any stock at all, supported the M$ anti-trust case and voted for Bush in this election. My votes are not cast by party, but are based upon the information that I have about each candidate. It seems that I came to the same conclusion about Al Gore that the majority of Tennessee ( and Arkansas while I'm mentioning it) voters did.
In closing, I don't hope you burn in hell. I do hope that you learn to be a bit more level headed before you venture into the job markets that don't rely on state funding.
Take care Mr. Jackson.
They just can't stop going after 'royalties' for their patents. It is interesting to see them turn on Intel now. Perhaps Intel will grow tired of their yapping and slap them down once and for good.
Because Christian Ludloff has always had an ego problem and singular vision (his own). But, he now works for Transmeta, so much of his previous ego-tude can now be forgiven and forgotten... His site is a great archive of cpu information that is still usefull.
It is no secret that the vast majority of the /. audience is athiest, non-religious or religiously hostile. I, as someone that dosen't fit that profile, realize I am certainly in the minority. That dosen't bother me, but the flippant attitude that your remarks embraced does spark my desire to respond. You have made many assumptions in your response, the largest of which is the view that no desination of a spiritual nature can be arrived at by logical thought and a search for truth. You continue by not just implying, but boldly stating your opinion that prayer is only for those with a limited imagination. In response, I will give no argument of my own, but a quote from someone you may have heard about.
Isaac Newton: Newton often said his interest in theology surpassed his interest in science. Newton did end his Principles with:This is from Christianity and the Birth of Science. There is much more on that page if you care to take the time to read it. I do hope that you haven't closed your mind and heart to truth, it is not easy to get it opened again.
Thanks for refreshing my memory. It seems like 20 years have gone by since the opus/binkley days. I don't think we have a single bbs within local calling range anymore.
Modem speeds sure haven't increased with computer speeds. If they had, we would all have broadband over simple copper... Maybe someday.
Does anyone have reliable information about upgrades for existing v.90 modems? This could be quite interesting for a software update, but not very handy (or cost effective) if new modems are needed.
Also, it would be nice if the high and low-speed channels were reversible like the old courier 9600-HSTs. The 9600 and 1200baud channels were reversible to accommodate the direction that needed the highest bandwidth. Is this possible with the mixed analog-digital signaling of a 56k modem?
My box only shows 108% allocated to X with the nvidia drivers loaded. The memory isn't all being consumed from your available ram. There is a difference between allocated and committed pages of memory, in that X allocates enough pages to access all of the AGP range.
Allocated memory is basically the reserving of specific memory addresses (real or virtual). Committing is the process of getting memory pages for use that map to the allocated addresses.
I think that X with the (nvidia drivers) allocates the AGP range twice, once for the video card and again to have room for textures in main memory, but waits for the committal.
No, no, no... The equation is 'pie are square'. Thus, clearly, God != pi. Pi is a subset of God. :)
After suffering through the old MS Dos C & QuickC implementations, business basic, quickbasic and MFC 1.0 quirks and bugs, I shudder to think what they will produce as an entire language that they control and extend. To get C# accepted, all they have to do is incorporate it into windows and write a bit of the UI and network services with the new language and voila! Instant substandard standard. They will do with programming tools what they have been doing with office applications.
And how long will non-MS platforms have to wait for an implementation after it gets popular in the 'VisualBasic is a real tool" community? Probably a long, long time.
Well, I too sell computer equipment and have for about 13 years. I have never seen ram marked up %800 or even close. It would be interesting if you could show proof that you did indeed sell ram for an %800 markup. %50 would be a huge markup that few people would be silly enough to willingly pay.
Aside from your incredible claim, I was talkig about the price that memory manufacturers get for volume, wholesale, unmounted chips. Historically, memory sales have been so competitive that margins have been razor thin at times.
One link from cnet that might be informative for you, says: "This is price erosion, as opposed to a free fall," the likes of which resulted in below cost pricing up until mid-1998, Giudici said. "Pricing is more rational now--most [manufacturers] are eking out some sort of margin," he noted, adding that PC demand looks to remain strong--a situation that bodes well for memory makers.
Note that "below cost pricing" usually means "no profit".
You can find many references to the shallow profits that memory makers have had for the last 15 years if you go look. Memory chips (different from memory sticks) are sold mainly in large volume, by contract at a fixed price for a certain period. This way, memory packagers and consumers get a consistent supply and price. The price that the memory chip maker gets according to contracted agreement is usually constant while the cost of manufacture may change due to raw material shortages or equipment failures, etc...
Rambus dosen't produce any memory, they only license technologies.
Who in their right mind would even consider dishing out $500+ for a stick of 600 mhz pc100 ram.
What the heck is 600MHz pc100 ram? You can find Kensington 64meg 800Mhz RDRAM on pricewatch for $237. I don't like the prices either, but you are babbling gibberish dude.
It seems that many companies in the computer industry are set to take advantage of RAMBUS's success. They are just making RAMBUS the evil villan so they look innocent in the price gouging that is going to happen. This is something the memory producers have worked to bring about to actually make real profits on memory for the first time in more than a decade. Ram manufacturers may start turning out intel type profit statements in a year or two..