Well, your 550 is pretty fine, IMHO. But instead of getting a older box, make it silent:o) That's the problem with old boxes : a lot of noise. (I am really happy with my AMD 700, especially when I wonder whether it's running)
BTW, do you know that 6535 is a sequence of figures that is encountered rather early in the decimals of pi ? They could have chosen some earlier ($3141 or $1415, even $4152 would have been better)
Anyway. I agree that it won't even be good for enterprises. (Who spend quite a block of money into machines, AFAIK)
But, when you think of it, it is rather pleasant to work on an overpowered machine 8 hours a day:o) And you can't say it is not "adequate", because with all this VNC, Windows 2000, SAP, automated management, Windows X servers and stuff, machines are not that quick. Have you ever tried to use Eclipse on an AMD 700 ? They say that when you're programming, "labourious tasks have to be automated". Automating tasks in programming (requires syntax analyzing and things like that) costs a lot in terms of CPU. And it's nice when boring things are quickly done in your stead:o)
I still think it won't work, but it would be kinda cool if my employer provided me such a machine.;o)
(Moreover, there also isn't yet any standard mechanism for users to report spamminess or nonspamminess back to normal IMAP or POP mail hosts -- and Bayesian algorithms require sampling both spam and non-spam mail, not just spam reported to an abuse address.)
And I don't see how this kind of "standard mechanism" could prevent a luser from reporting spamminess on a bunch of random e-mail addresses. Attach the incriminated e-mail? It's too easy to make a fake e-mail. Check if the attached e-mail has really been sent? I don't think it's feasible to keep a track of all sent e-mails, considering the e-mail traffic on the Internet.
And if such a mechanism was set up, I could have fun reporting a whole bunch of perfectly innocent addresses to this system to put a little more mess into the e-mail trafic.:o) I wouldn't because I shouldn't. But I think I could:o)
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Here is the site of the guy who designed the case. :o)
Well, your 550 is pretty fine, IMHO. But instead of getting a older box, make it silent :o) That's the problem with old boxes : a lot of noise. (I am really happy with my AMD 700, especially when I wonder whether it's running)
BTW, do you know that 6535 is a sequence of figures that is encountered rather early in the decimals of pi ? They could have chosen some earlier ($3141 or $1415, even $4152 would have been better)
Anyway. I agree that it won't even be good for enterprises. (Who spend quite a block of money into machines, AFAIK)
But, when you think of it, it is rather pleasant to work on an overpowered machine 8 hours a day :o) And you can't say it is not "adequate", because with all this VNC, Windows 2000, SAP, automated management, Windows X servers and stuff, machines are not that quick. Have you ever tried to use Eclipse on an AMD 700 ? They say that when you're programming, "labourious tasks have to be automated". Automating tasks in programming (requires syntax analyzing and things like that) costs a lot in terms of CPU. And it's nice when boring things are quickly done in your stead :o)
I still think it won't work, but it would be kinda cool if my employer provided me such a machine. ;o)
(Moreover, there also isn't yet any standard mechanism for users to report spamminess or nonspamminess back to normal IMAP or POP mail hosts -- and Bayesian algorithms require sampling both spam and non-spam mail, not just spam reported to an abuse address.)
And I don't see how this kind of "standard mechanism" could prevent a luser from reporting spamminess on a bunch of random e-mail addresses. Attach the incriminated e-mail? It's too easy to make a fake e-mail. Check if the attached e-mail has really been sent? I don't think it's feasible to keep a track of all sent e-mails, considering the e-mail traffic on the Internet.
And if such a mechanism was set up, I could have fun reporting a whole bunch of perfectly innocent addresses to this system to put a little more mess into the e-mail trafic. :o) I wouldn't because I shouldn't. But I think I could :o)
Well, most likely Maxis' next step in their famous game series. Will it be "The Sims: Hot date Interactive" ?