Hmm. At least as far as Linux goes, plenty of people have had lots of trouble with random lockups using nf2 motherboards. The VIA chipsets are generally well supported in Linux.
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My instinct is to say that under such benchmark conditions, Efficeon would edge out Centrino in terms of MIPS/Watt on the same process technology. However, would it be by enough of a margin to warrant going with the smaller TM instead of the larger Intel, both in terms of any added design costs incurred from using the TM parts and in political terms of angering Intel, and of course in terms of questions surrounding TM's long-term viability? Of that I'm not so sure.
The article didn't answer the question, but didn't really avoid the question either. The benchmarks provided simply didn't include the necessary information to make a conclusion.
I don't know what you're talking about. Recent linux distros do most of this stuff quite well.
1: I have better luck w/ PCI devices in Linux than I do in Windows. More often than not, I just drop it in and _don't_ have to install a driver - modprobe finds it just fine on boot.
2: Works just fine in MDK 9.2. I even get an icon on my desktop.
3: Other than wma files (and maybe even those? I don't know, as I don't use wma) this works just fine in MDK 9.2.
4: Other than wmv and mov files, this works just fine in MDK 9.2.
5: K3b also functions well as a ripper. Though I prefer grip. Admittedly, I think MS Media Player (which I use on my laptop at work) does this a little nicer.
6: I haven't tried it recently, but I think region 0 DVDs work just fine in xine. The problem here is that CSS crap. Distros are reluctant to ship with deCSS.
7: K3b, the default burner in MDK 9.2 is easier to use than the windows software that came with my cdrw drive.
8: Don't have a TV tuner so I can't say...
All the examples are MDK 9.2, as I've been a Mandrake follower for a few years now, but I'm sure the other major distributions have all the same stuff.
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Sure you can continue using the machine, but in most security instances, you are still vulnerable until you've rebooted. I generally say No up until the last patch (since I'm usually doing a series anyways), then reboot at the end.
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Yeah, no DRM problems, only crappy transcoding problems. (Unless MP4 is layered from MP3, but I doubt it.) Give me a lossless codec (preferably flac) and I'll think about it. Till then, I'll stick with CDs, which I can rip to flac, and recode from flac to lossy-codec-du-jour.
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AFAIK, IBM does not have any systems based on the G5 (aka the PowerPC 970). Only Apple is actually making systems out of these chips. If somebody says they're using G5s, they're almost certainly using Apples. Or, they're confused and mean they're using some IBM Power5 box. Confusingly, the G5 is not based on IBM's Power5, but the Power4.
Failure to communicate both times. Communication classes should be required in Engineering for accredidation.
And just maybe management too?
Not to make light of the situation, but here's the obligatory Simpsons quote... "The problem is communication. Too much communication."
The glx X extension should allow remote execution of OpenGL apps. It basically works in a similar manner to X - instead of being executed remotely and drawing bitmaps on the local display, the OpenGL commands are passed to the local display, which renders everything.
I tried it once a couple years ago, but it crashed my X server, so I've never actually seen it work.
Sounds like the RSA secure-ID keys that many gov't agencies / labs use. There are a couple of versions, one like you describe that relies on a PIN, and another that just generates a new code every 60 seconds, so you just look at it when you want to log in and use the password displayed on it. (Physically, the things are like little keyfobs with lcd displays on them.) These hw tokens are about the best login methods I've seen.
Caffeine tends to make me feel hungry, so I try not to drink it (stopped drinking coffee, drink decaf green tea every day instead). I'm assuming it's because caffeine is a diuretic (like you said), and when you're dehydrated, you feel hungry, even though all you really need is water.
Yes, running can be bad on the joints, and can be pretty painful for the, uh, larger specimens of our species. I'm big, but not really big, and while I can tolerate running, it's by no means comfortable on my knees or ankles. I find inline skating to be a more comfortable, lower impact form of excercise. And I can keep it up longer too. If you do take up skating, please wear protection. (By which I mean helmet, wrist guards, kneepads, and elbow pads.)
CD -> DRM protected lossy audio codec -> wave -> DAC (loss, especially with the crappy dacs in most sound cards) -> 1/8" cable (loss) -> ADC (loss) -> wave -> non DRM lossy codec. Wasn't digital media supposed to get rid of generational loss?
I don't think make menuconfig is new - that's an ncurses based menu that's been around a while. I think what you're thinking of is that make xconfig now uses QT instead of those ugly tk widgets. (AFAIK, it was in 2.5.x for a while, and I see no reason they would have pulled it out for 2.6.0-pre, but I haven't d/l'ed it to check.)
Technically, this guy's right. "G"s are acceleration, the term that describes "bumpiness" would be "jerk", and is the derivative of acceleration wrt to time.
ds/dt = velocity
dv/dt = acceleration
da/dt = jerk
You can often get classified information from public sources. I saw this show on the History channel a while ago about the US tapping Soviet phone lines outside some installation (embassy? Kremlin? I forget). The US agents knew there must have been an undersea phone line, but couldn't turn anyone who knew exactly where it was. So they looked along the shore and found the sign that said "do not dig, cable here". They tapped it and got useful intel for about 20 years out of it.
The article links to a helpful physics primer if you, like me, need a little help understanding subatomic physics. (I'm just have a lowly Math degree.)
A little googling turned up this awesome page on subatomic particles called The Particle Adventure. This is the most accessible physics lesson I've ever received. Awesome.
This is the most fun I've ever had with subatomic physics: Quark Dance!
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Hmm. At least as far as Linux goes, plenty of people have had lots of trouble with random lockups using nf2 motherboards. The VIA chipsets are generally well supported in Linux.
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The article didn't answer the question, but didn't really avoid the question either. The benchmarks provided simply didn't include the necessary information to make a conclusion.
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1: I have better luck w/ PCI devices in Linux than I do in Windows. More often than not, I just drop it in and _don't_ have to install a driver - modprobe finds it just fine on boot.
2: Works just fine in MDK 9.2. I even get an icon on my desktop.
3: Other than wma files (and maybe even those? I don't know, as I don't use wma) this works just fine in MDK 9.2.
4: Other than wmv and mov files, this works just fine in MDK 9.2.
5: K3b also functions well as a ripper. Though I prefer grip. Admittedly, I think MS Media Player (which I use on my laptop at work) does this a little nicer.
6: I haven't tried it recently, but I think region 0 DVDs work just fine in xine. The problem here is that CSS crap. Distros are reluctant to ship with deCSS.
7: K3b, the default burner in MDK 9.2 is easier to use than the windows software that came with my cdrw drive.
8: Don't have a TV tuner so I can't say...
All the examples are MDK 9.2, as I've been a Mandrake follower for a few years now, but I'm sure the other major distributions have all the same stuff.
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Sure you can continue using the machine, but in most security instances, you are still vulnerable until you've rebooted. I generally say No up until the last patch (since I'm usually doing a series anyways), then reboot at the end.
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Yeah, no DRM problems, only crappy transcoding problems. (Unless MP4 is layered from MP3, but I doubt it.) Give me a lossless codec (preferably flac) and I'll think about it. Till then, I'll stick with CDs, which I can rip to flac, and recode from flac to lossy-codec-du-jour.
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We call that an LPAR.
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And just maybe management too?
Not to make light of the situation, but here's the obligatory Simpsons quote... "The problem is communication. Too much communication."
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How are we supposed to be careful about Zero and O? Will the computers have less problems if I put a / through the zero, like some fonts do?
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* at least with normal PC hardware. chances are better if you're wrapping to a decent cdr deck.
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CD -> DRM protected lossy audio codec -> wave -> DAC (loss, especially with the crappy dacs in most sound cards) -> 1/8" cable (loss) -> ADC (loss) -> wave -> non DRM lossy codec. Wasn't digital media supposed to get rid of generational loss?
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ds/dt = velocity
dv/dt = acceleration
da/dt = jerk
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