Before I get modded to oblivion...
From TFA:
In addition to enabling as above the development of free BIOS firmware, we are also working with Intel to allow us to scrub, release, and maintain the source for the FSP, but havenÃ(TM)t finalized that yet. We are devoted to freeing this binary. You can read here about the current state of our efforts to free the BIOS. (http://puri.sm/posts/bios-freedom-status/)
The point I was trying to make is that UNTIL every layer of the operational stack really is Free & Open Source, the product as a whole isn't REALLY libre.
"the GK110 GPU inside the GTX 780 Ti is fully unlocked"... "yet the card has been artificially limited in GPGPU performance"...... So which is it? To me "fully unlocked" can't be true of a card that is "artificially limited"
The server at info.cern.ch is taking too long to respond.
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The internet is millions of times larger now than it was back then & I'm thinking that hosting it on the original hardware was a mistake... If they really still want to use the old hardware, couldn't they at least put a fast proxy server in front of that old 68030?
Um, well, because that's their job? Remember that the ISP tech is, well, a tech, and they're just following a script given to them by their manager at the ISP. I agree that it shouldn't be necessary, but I've had ISPs in the past tell me that they NEED a windows computer in the household from which can install their "internet software". Uh, sure... was my response, even though I don't have a single windows machine. As previously suggested, I gave him a virtualbox running Windows XP and he went ahead and installed Norton and some other garbage on it. After he left I nuked the VM & I am still up and running, years later.
Wish I had mod points. Seriously I installed the linux client, poked around, and uninstalled it after a day. The problem for me is that more or less than 90% of the games on steam aren't available if you're running linux.
Just wondering here, how do you guess they are emulating ARM instructions? It would be MUCH faster to just set up an x86 Vm and run Android for x86 in it.
Indeed one of python's problems is the GIL, but that only applies to multithreaded apps. In contrast, multiprocess apps are unaffected. The python standard library "multiprocessing" module makes it trivial to spawn child processes and messaging through pipes & queues, so the whole GIL thing really becomes kind of a non-issue.
From http://www.issi-us.net/ "Per our previous communication we continue to work the key procedures to restore Skyterra 1 to service. Based on our current progress we now estimate that we will return customers to service by 1200 EST (1600 UTC) on Sunday."
The prior suggestions to just get a 2nd laptop or netbook for your own personal use may be the most ethical. But from your original post I gather that that is not your concern. So...
Assuming that laptop does in fact have tracking software that can report on the applications that are running and/or be used to send screenshots back to your employer, your ideas to run standalone apps from a USB drive would only land you in "trouble" because the screenshots would still show "rogue activity". The other idea of imaging the whole HDD, re-installing, and imaging back sounds like more hassle than it's worth. But at least from this I know that your BIOS isn't locked down to the extent that you can't boot from external media. So...
What I would suggest is to run a standalone OS from a USB thumb drive or CD / DVD. In doing this, you can run the alternate OS of your choosing, while sidestepping the considerable hassle of creating the backup image, installing the other OS... Here is a rather comprehensive list from which you can choose. Knoppix, Ubuntu, or Mint are the ones I would try first.
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You, sir, are an idiot.
Citation please?
Before I get modded to oblivion... From TFA: In addition to enabling as above the development of free BIOS firmware, we are also working with Intel to allow us to scrub, release, and maintain the source for the FSP, but havenÃ(TM)t finalized that yet. We are devoted to freeing this binary. You can read here about the current state of our efforts to free the BIOS. (http://puri.sm/posts/bios-freedom-status/) The point I was trying to make is that UNTIL every layer of the operational stack really is Free & Open Source, the product as a whole isn't REALLY libre.
... And may I see it's source code & compiler?
"the GK110 GPU inside the GTX 780 Ti is fully unlocked" ... "yet the card has been artificially limited in GPGPU performance"... ... So which is it? To me "fully unlocked" can't be true of a card that is "artificially limited"
That plane REALLY looks like a phallus.
The server at info.cern.ch is taking too long to respond. ----- The internet is millions of times larger now than it was back then & I'm thinking that hosting it on the original hardware was a mistake... If they really still want to use the old hardware, couldn't they at least put a fast proxy server in front of that old 68030?
Um, well, because that's their job? Remember that the ISP tech is, well, a tech, and they're just following a script given to them by their manager at the ISP. I agree that it shouldn't be necessary, but I've had ISPs in the past tell me that they NEED a windows computer in the household from which can install their "internet software". Uh, sure... was my response, even though I don't have a single windows machine. As previously suggested, I gave him a virtualbox running Windows XP and he went ahead and installed Norton and some other garbage on it. After he left I nuked the VM & I am still up and running, years later.
Wish I had mod points. Seriously I installed the linux client, poked around, and uninstalled it after a day. The problem for me is that more or less than 90% of the games on steam aren't available if you're running linux.
Supersmart? ... Probably not.
They do business in EU, as do you. The solution should be obvious. Drag them into court.
1) Noise cancelling headphones.
2) If the above doesn't work, then move.
Just wondering here, how do you guess they are emulating ARM instructions? It would be MUCH faster to just set up an x86 Vm and run Android for x86 in it.
RHEL->SLED
Debian->Knoppix->Ubuntu->Mint
Most games use the NDK and contain binary compiled specifically for ARM. Obviously those apps will not run on the MIPS processor.
Um... Unless they are recompiled to run on MIPS? I don't really see the problem as GCC already supports this.
Not so. I nuke the chip out of any CC I receive - the magnetic strip is still there and they still work at the ATM just fine.
You sir, are an idiot.
Not anonymous enough.
Indeed one of python's problems is the GIL, but that only applies to multithreaded apps. In contrast, multiprocess apps are unaffected. The python standard library "multiprocessing" module makes it trivial to spawn child processes and messaging through pipes & queues, so the whole GIL thing really becomes kind of a non-issue.
Did anyone even read TFA?
Assuming that laptop does in fact have tracking software that can report on the applications that are running and/or be used to send screenshots back to your employer, your ideas to run standalone apps from a USB drive would only land you in "trouble" because the screenshots would still show "rogue activity". The other idea of imaging the whole HDD, re-installing, and imaging back sounds like more hassle than it's worth. But at least from this I know that your BIOS isn't locked down to the extent that you can't boot from external media. So...
What I would suggest is to run a standalone OS from a USB thumb drive or CD / DVD. In doing this, you can run the alternate OS of your choosing, while sidestepping the considerable hassle of creating the backup image, installing the other OS... Here is a rather comprehensive list from which you can choose. Knoppix, Ubuntu, or Mint are the ones I would try first.
Let's not forget about the obnoxious deaf person with all of those hand gestures!
And how exactly is a NASA scientist an expert of Chinese spy satellite technology? Just wondering.
Editor lag was not a problem for me, I'm running with lesser hardware... Hmm.