povray (www.povray.org) won't be outdated anytime soonish, I guess. Today there is more than raytracing to it, like light scattering effects etc. Still, if those additional effects are done in hardware too, povray and other renderers may face an uphill battle. Like within just a few years.
Maybe I don't quite understand the word obsolete, but I thought that today dial up modems were obsolete regardless of where you live. A necessity perhaps, but outdated nonetheless.;)
Fortran was introduced in the early fifties, but is still alive and kicking. Fortran 2003 even has object orientation.
I think that Fortran is a good example as it shows that "old tech" can survive if it is allowed to improve, i.e. transform into "new tech". So, could it be more of a naming problem and that we don't have any "old tech" around after all?
"If you have a 30-inch monitor that supports 2560x1600 resolution, then your choice is clear: ATI 4-way CrossFireX outperforms the similar solution from Nvidia or runs at comparable speed offering acceptable gaming performance in such titles as Battlefield 2142, BioShock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and ompany of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI platform, however, leads in Call of Duty 4, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and Tomb Raider: Legend. In other games, both quad-GPU configurations either work incorrectly or cannot provide acceptable performance in 2560x1600 resolution.
So, the total score would be 5:3 in favor of AMD/ATI that offer better compatibility, scalability and fewer technical issues for the users."
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So, beaten by Quad Radeon in some games.
However, anyone willing to bet on the Linux 3D performance on Radeon? I'm not...
If it can run Linux with Compiz, possibly.
Here is an ASUS eee (eeePC) with Linux running Compiz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biRzKj3XxCY
with graphics far more impressive than anything Vista can ever achieve, with or without Service Pack 1 (SP1).
That VideoTube link shows an eee (eeepc) link running graphics super and more user friendly than Vista. OK, you can have the ASUS eee with the old-fashioned XP (i.e. yesterday's version), but then you have to Pay MORE THAN $100!!!
Go figure what is the best choice for you...
Thanks! Apparently, I have accepted an additional language at some stage during the last nine months. I just don't remember doing it. Must be getting old.:(
Anyhow, once removed the upgrade went fine! Again, thanks!
Update didn't work for me on a Euro version of "Vista Ultimate English". It said my version was not supported. Is there a different US English version as opposed to some international English version?
I wouldn't be surprised if most Linux servers were defaced because of poor configurations, by home users. How many have the needed skill to do it well and really secure? How many home users wish to pay for IIS? Probably not many.
I guess IIS users on average are better at maintaining a server, as they probably are employed to do so.
It would be interesting to see a "demographic" breakdown on defaced servers, how many corporate Linux servers have been defaced. I believe the numbers will be different.
Debian "unstable" Sid is upgraded every day, or at least several times per week.
Debian "testing" is upgraded several times a month.
Debian "stable" is upgraded every one or two years.
Take your pick.
I chose "unstable" which is stable enough to be on my home machine. I have never had any serious issues, so far, after one year of usage.
For a production server I would use "stable" but for a research machine the "unstable" looks like a good choice. I guess the people who built it would know what to do.
The only one I have avoided is "Debian experimental"...:)
I run Debian Sid, which normally gets the latest and greatest of anything. I have checked more than half a dozen of the most common repositories, but no luck. No "sp1", no "SP1", no nothing. Could someone please give me a pointer to an updated one so I can edit my precious/etc/apt/sources.list.
Whatever some companies might want to imply, the solution will not be anything called Silverlight. It would be like replacing Photoshop, because of some vulnerability, with Excel...
From the article: "So IBM may have suckered Sony into buying a supercomputing coprocessor disguised as a gaming chip, but it looks like Sony could get the last laugh."
Why would they? IBM is selling more than ever.
As you know, IQ doesn't necessarily correlate positively with the hours in front of a computer. It may have been true in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and to some extent the 90s, but surely not for this decade... The undeniable charm of the Internet destroyed that.:)
Hi, I read that "MySQL does not uses several CPUs to execute single query - only multiple connections may benefit from several CPUs.". That was written January 6 2004 by Peter Zaitsev, then a full-time developer at MySQL AB, www.mysql.com. I found the quote at http://lists.mysql.com/benchmarks/45
Does anyone know if PostgreSQL supports a dual or quad CPU when it comes to executing a single query, or if MySQL now supports it?
The reason I ask is that I have a database with tens of millions of records and even 'simple' queries take a long time. Would it be beneficial to buy a 8 core machine, i.e. dual quad, over a single quad cpu?
The question I have not seen posed yet. Who will benefit? Who will benefit of this outage? Who would benefit from sealing off Egypt and other countries in the Middle-East?
The Chinese? Hardly.
The Brazilians? Hardly.
The Vietnamese? Doubtfully.
The Finns? Doubtful too.
Ok, I'm at a loss. Wonder if anyone can come up with brighter guesses?
SAAB has just test launched three specimens of their new Mach 5 missile, the first hypersonic with remote control!
http://www.domain-b.com/defence/def_prod/20071228_saab.html from 28 December 2007
"In an advanced test, Swedish conglomerate Saab, launched three hypersonic missiles to demonstrate controlled flight at extreme speeds. The missile, of which three were built, was test fired at maximum velocity, exceeding Mach 5.5, corresponding to 6500 km/h."
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povray (www.povray.org) won't be outdated anytime soonish, I guess. Today there is more than raytracing to it, like light scattering effects etc. Still, if those additional effects are done in hardware too, povray and other renderers may face an uphill battle. Like within just a few years.
Maybe I don't quite understand the word obsolete, but I thought that today dial up modems were obsolete regardless of where you live. A necessity perhaps, but outdated nonetheless. ;)
Fortran was introduced in the early fifties, but is still alive and kicking. Fortran 2003 even has object orientation. I think that Fortran is a good example as it shows that "old tech" can survive if it is allowed to improve, i.e. transform into "new tech". So, could it be more of a naming problem and that we don't have any "old tech" around after all?
Beaten by ATI Radeon: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce9800-gx2.html
"If you have a 30-inch monitor that supports 2560x1600 resolution, then your choice is clear: ATI 4-way CrossFireX
outperforms the similar solution from Nvidia or runs at comparable speed offering acceptable gaming performance
in such titles as Battlefield 2142, BioShock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and ompany
of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI platform, however, leads in Call of Duty 4, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of
Chernobyl and Tomb Raider: Legend. In other games, both quad-GPU configurations either work incorrectly or
cannot provide acceptable performance in 2560x1600 resolution.
So, the total score would be 5:3 in favor of AMD/ATI that offer better compatibility, scalability and fewer technical
issues for the users."
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So, beaten by Quad Radeon in some games.
However, anyone willing to bet on the Linux 3D performance on Radeon? I'm not...
If it can run Linux with Compiz, possibly. Here is an ASUS eee (eeePC) with Linux running Compiz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biRzKj3XxCY with graphics far more impressive than anything Vista can ever achieve, with or without Service Pack 1 (SP1). That VideoTube link shows an eee (eeepc) link running graphics super and more user friendly than Vista. OK, you can have the ASUS eee with the old-fashioned XP (i.e. yesterday's version), but then you have to Pay MORE THAN $100!!! Go figure what is the best choice for you...
Thanks! Apparently, I have accepted an additional language at some stage during the last nine months. I just don't remember doing it. Must be getting old. :(
Anyhow, once removed the upgrade went fine! Again, thanks!
Bats are birds, NOT.
Update didn't work for me on a Euro version of "Vista Ultimate English". It said my version was not supported. Is there a different US English version as opposed to some international English version?
I wouldn't be surprised if most Linux servers were defaced because of poor configurations, by home users. How many have the needed skill to do it well and really secure? How many home users wish to pay for IIS? Probably not many.
I guess IIS users on average are better at maintaining a server, as they probably are employed to do so.
It would be interesting to see a "demographic" breakdown on defaced servers, how many corporate Linux servers have been defaced. I believe the numbers will be different.
According to OpenOffice Calc:
Pi()-3.14 ~ 0.00159265358979299
and
Pi()-22/7 ~ -0.00126448926734968
So, 22/7 is a slightly better approximation.
Debian "unstable" Sid is upgraded every day, or at least several times per week.
:)
Debian "testing" is upgraded several times a month.
Debian "stable" is upgraded every one or two years.
Take your pick.
I chose "unstable" which is stable enough to be on my home machine. I have never had any serious issues, so far, after one year of usage.
For a production server I would use "stable" but for a research machine the "unstable" looks like a good choice. I guess the people who built it would know what to do.
The only one I have avoided is "Debian experimental"...
http://www.debian.org/ for the world
I run Debian Sid, which normally gets the latest and greatest of anything. I have checked more than half a dozen of the most common repositories, but no luck. No "sp1", no "SP1", no nothing. Could someone please give me a pointer to an updated one so I can edit my precious /etc/apt/sources.list.
Linux rulez!
Whatever some companies might want to imply, the solution will not be anything called Silverlight. It would be like replacing Photoshop, because of some vulnerability, with Excel...
From the article: "So IBM may have suckered Sony into buying a supercomputing coprocessor disguised as a gaming chip, but it looks like Sony could get the last laugh." Why would they? IBM is selling more than ever.
As you know, IQ doesn't necessarily correlate positively with the hours in front of a computer. It may have been true in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and to some extent the 90s, but surely not for this decade... The undeniable charm of the Internet destroyed that. :)
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Thanks! From the post (dated 31 Oct 2007) in the link you provided:
"> Are queries spread across multiple processors?"
"No, not a single query. Max one CPU per query."
Thats is sad, even if not unexpected.
Now, even standard operations take a lot of time, and I have the only connection... Yes, it is a single user setup, without any website traffic.
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Hi, I read that "MySQL does not uses several CPUs to execute single query - only multiple connections may benefit from several CPUs.". That was written January 6 2004 by Peter Zaitsev, then a full-time developer at MySQL AB, www.mysql.com. I found the quote at http://lists.mysql.com/benchmarks/45
Does anyone know if PostgreSQL supports a dual or quad CPU when it comes to executing a single query, or if MySQL now supports it?
The reason I ask is that I have a database with tens of millions of records and even 'simple' queries take a long time. Would it be beneficial to buy a 8 core machine, i.e. dual quad, over a single quad cpu?
Thanks for any tips or links!
Someone may in fact benefit. There is a fourth cut now, as reported here: http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/02/04/0158249.shtml. Who gave a go-ahead to that one? People from Lesotho, Nepal, Sarkozy, Abkhazia, or Honduras?
The question I have not seen posed yet. Who will benefit? Who will benefit of this outage? Who would benefit from sealing off Egypt and other countries in the Middle-East? The Chinese? Hardly. The Brazilians? Hardly. The Vietnamese? Doubtfully. The Finns? Doubtful too. Ok, I'm at a loss. Wonder if anyone can come up with brighter guesses?
Which /. editor approved of this article?
Did that editor realize he was giving some unwanted a hint?
or?
Knäpphuvuden
Ask you local office what that means...
sigh
Who asked
Who farted
SAAB has just test launched three specimens of their new Mach 5 missile, the first hypersonic with remote control! http://www.domain-b.com/defence/def_prod/20071228_saab.html from 28 December 2007 "In an advanced test, Swedish conglomerate Saab, launched three hypersonic missiles to demonstrate controlled flight at extreme speeds. The missile, of which three were built, was test fired at maximum velocity, exceeding Mach 5.5, corresponding to 6500 km/h."
Motorola is American and Nokia is Finnish.
Ballmer is American and Torvalds is Finnish.
I would hate to use that analogy, so I won't.
AMD/ATI still has issues delivering drivers on par with nVidia, depending on the application.
But, yes it does run Linux.