Actually, you don't need the physical memory to take advantage of the extra address space.
Memory mapping of enormous files for a massive performance boost is one major advantage of having so much memory... being limited to 32-bit just imposes unnecessary limitations on applications which have to deal with >4GB files.
I would think that if you're buying the optical media, it's no longer digitally distributed. Why not just buy the DVD and a portable DVD player, which incidentally are both cheaper, and have much larger screens than the PSP.:-)
I'm on the programming side of IT at the moment, and I have to admit I have no respect at all for the other side of IT which brought us both firewalls which block instant messaging, and email filtering which blocks harmless attachments. Those guys just fly in, crap all over everything, and fly out again.
I thought dist-upgrade was for upgrading the distro, though...
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Actually, it's far from a nightmare on the desktop. I got sick of a few other distros mostly because of their philosophy of reinstalling every new minor release.
On Gentoo, you don't even upgrade from release to release, you just install stuff when you can be bothered and one day you find yourself on 2005.0 accidentally. Since I did my last world upgrade a day after KDE 3.4 came out, I'm probably pretty up to date by chance.
Well, I guess there is a slight difference between the releases, though. The later profiles will specify more modern default packages than the earlier ones. That doesn't have too much effect once your system is already installed, however.
What's up with Slashdot posting stories with titles that sound like something has already happened, even though it hasn't? FFS guys, wait until April to report April news.
I think the important thing is that the DRM on DVDs isn't even noticeable, and doesn't restrict anyone's rights to use the DVD. It works on all players, it works on XBMC, and on pretty much any Linux player.
And sure, some of these work because prior work was done cracking CSS, but that's pretty much irrelevant as far as user choice is concerned.
It would figure that "Slashdot for Grown-ups" would have at most 12 comments on each story, given the average mental age of Slashdot readers.
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You could say the same of Nintendo's upcoming list though, really. It wouldn't be right to start comparing the games which aren't even out for the PSP, with the games which are already out for the DS.
But Nintendo really do have marketing issues.
Let's take the GBA. The GBA went through about 800-1000 game releases before the really good stuff started coming out. And by the really good stuff, I mean things like Tactics Advance, Megaman Battle Network, and things along those lines... in other words, games which aren't finished in 10 hours.
GameCube was even worse. Here we have a console with solid internet connectivity to the point where it could be used for smooth online gaming, and what happens? Nobody makes games for it. A potentially boon turns into a complete flop, simply because the network adapter wasn't included in the console itself. Because it's not included, game developers start fearing that people won't buy it. So game developers get scared off, and as a result, there are less games. Less games mean less people buy the accessory, and so on. A self-satisfying prophecy, really.
They have started by doing one thing right for the DS: including the networking in the package. Now, it's fair to say that this was expected since the GBA also included networking in the package. But I think there will be a lot more that can be done with the DS, especially as they expect single-cart gameplay to be the norm this time around.
But of course, all of this matters dick to me until one thing happens. I want to see what MegaMan Battle Network DS is like before I even touch the thing. And that game is still a long way off...:-)
The cool thing about these new ones is that they have automatic light level detectionso that they know whether or not to turn on the integrated electricity sucker.
The idea of OTR is great, they just need to devise a protocol that doesn't involve encoding the encrypted stuff in the body of the message, on networks where such behaviour is considered retarded.
That's what I figured too. And since the default setting on most phones is to ask, you'd have to fool them into accepting the connetion. Something you learn fast from bluejacking, is that only a very small portion of phones will accept your connection, and only a fraction of those will actually accept the file.
I'm also guessing that if you never see the message, you can't have agreed to it, so you're safe. I have a connection to AIM, and I know I haven't seen such a thing... yet.
K3B is a lot easier to use than Nero though, for a user who comes to both with no experience. One look at Nero made me hate it forever, back when I first started burning CDs. But when I finally discovered K3B, I found that I was actually able to burn disks without getting infuriated.
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Good, because I heard that Longhorn required one in order to fit the base install...
Actually, you don't need the physical memory to take advantage of the extra address space.
Memory mapping of enormous files for a massive performance boost is one major advantage of having so much memory... being limited to 32-bit just imposes unnecessary limitations on applications which have to deal with >4GB files.
So? It was April 2nd for the last five April Fools jokes too... even in the RSS feed!
April 1 called, and it wants its prank back.
How about puma
I thought I told you to stop making up words!
I'm hardly judging by one individual. I'm judging from every sysadmin I've ever seen working for any company I ever worked for.
Microsoft might have noticed that hardly any 18 year olds are going to have $500,000 to actually pay the fines.
I would think that if you're buying the optical media, it's no longer digitally distributed. Why not just buy the DVD and a portable DVD player, which incidentally are both cheaper, and have much larger screens than the PSP. :-)
I'm on the programming side of IT at the moment, and I have to admit I have no respect at all for the other side of IT which brought us both firewalls which block instant messaging, and email filtering which blocks harmless attachments. Those guys just fly in, crap all over everything, and fly out again.
I thought dist-upgrade was for upgrading the distro, though...
Actually, it's far from a nightmare on the desktop. I got sick of a few other distros mostly because of their philosophy of reinstalling every new minor release.
On Gentoo, you don't even upgrade from release to release, you just install stuff when you can be bothered and one day you find yourself on 2005.0 accidentally. Since I did my last world upgrade a day after KDE 3.4 came out, I'm probably pretty up to date by chance.
Well, I guess there is a slight difference between the releases, though. The later profiles will specify more modern default packages than the earlier ones. That doesn't have too much effect once your system is already installed, however.
I got about 20k/s, but then again I downloaded it before the Slashdot story appeared.
Beware, bringing up Goatse often makes you the butt of the jokes. :-/
What's up with Slashdot posting stories with titles that sound like something has already happened, even though it hasn't? FFS guys, wait until April to report April news.
I think the important thing is that the DRM on DVDs isn't even noticeable, and doesn't restrict anyone's rights to use the DVD. It works on all players, it works on XBMC, and on pretty much any Linux player.
And sure, some of these work because prior work was done cracking CSS, but that's pretty much irrelevant as far as user choice is concerned.
It would figure that "Slashdot for Grown-ups" would have at most 12 comments on each story, given the average mental age of Slashdot readers.
You could say the same of Nintendo's upcoming list though, really. It wouldn't be right to start comparing the games which aren't even out for the PSP, with the games which are already out for the DS.
But Nintendo really do have marketing issues.
Let's take the GBA. The GBA went through about 800-1000 game releases before the really good stuff started coming out. And by the really good stuff, I mean things like Tactics Advance, Megaman Battle Network, and things along those lines... in other words, games which aren't finished in 10 hours.
GameCube was even worse. Here we have a console with solid internet connectivity to the point where it could be used for smooth online gaming, and what happens? Nobody makes games for it. A potentially boon turns into a complete flop, simply because the network adapter wasn't included in the console itself. Because it's not included, game developers start fearing that people won't buy it. So game developers get scared off, and as a result, there are less games. Less games mean less people buy the accessory, and so on. A self-satisfying prophecy, really.
They have started by doing one thing right for the DS: including the networking in the package. Now, it's fair to say that this was expected since the GBA also included networking in the package. But I think there will be a lot more that can be done with the DS, especially as they expect single-cart gameplay to be the norm this time around.
But of course, all of this matters dick to me until one thing happens. I want to see what MegaMan Battle Network DS is like before I even touch the thing. And that game is still a long way off... :-)
How about 23:59:60?
The cool thing about these new ones is that they have automatic light level detectionso that they know whether or not to turn on the integrated electricity sucker.
The idea of OTR is great, they just need to devise a protocol that doesn't involve encoding the encrypted stuff in the body of the message, on networks where such behaviour is considered retarded.
That's what I figured too. And since the default setting on most phones is to ask, you'd have to fool them into accepting the connetion. Something you learn fast from bluejacking, is that only a very small portion of phones will accept your connection, and only a fraction of those will actually accept the file.
I'm also guessing that if you never see the message, you can't have agreed to it, so you're safe. I have a connection to AIM, and I know I haven't seen such a thing... yet.
It can try. I assume it will be asking me for my root password during the process, and I will deny it. ;-)
K3B is a lot easier to use than Nero though, for a user who comes to both with no experience. One look at Nero made me hate it forever, back when I first started burning CDs. But when I finally discovered K3B, I found that I was actually able to burn disks without getting infuriated.
So I think you're right when you said "arguably."
I love how expressing a concern that something lacks a feature you require, is considered a troll these days. Such enlightened times.