I used to use the Rayovac Rechargeable Alkaline batteries a lot, and they seemed good. They lasted a long time, and didn't seem to degrade much with each recharge. Then they exploded. I've had two of them leak acid. One ruined a remote control, another ruined the charger. Since then, I've switched to Energizer NiMH. These last just as long as the alkaline, but do not have issues with leaking acid. I still use non-rechargeable energizer lithium batteries for my digital camera, though. Nothing compares to the life those things have. They last like 10 times as long as NiMH in my camera. Then again, I would expect nothing less since I pay $5 for two AA.
So true. I love my Microsoft mouse, and I love their hardware support even more. I told them it was broken, they send me not one, but two replacements. Not to mention it works better in Linux than in Windows.
The idea is that in places where people can not get a persistant connection, you queue up queries while offline, send them when you get connected, and recieve the results the next day. As usual,/.'s summary is misleading. The article explains the logic, and it does make some sense, but I don't see this as something that will take off.
Does Office work on my WinXP box without a cheap workaround involving Works? No. Does OpenOffice? Yes. (I realize that's specific to me, but still, it's annoying, and my other arguments are a lot better)
Does Office import nearly every other office suite's files? No. Does OpenOffice? Yes.
Does Office crash frequently, causing much frustration and lost work? Yes. Does OpenOffice? No.
Does Office have all the features I need to get my work done as efficiently as possible? Yes. Does OpenOffice? Yes.
It seems we have a winner, and it's not the $200 Microsoft product.
Because the people running the campaign were incompetent. They were focusing on the wrong issues. There was so much dirt in Bush's past they could have brought up, but didn't, and instead talked about stuff nobody cared about.
He could stand a chance if he campaigns well. It'd be hard for him to campaign any worse than Gore did. Worst campaign ever. He could so easily have beaten Bush.
The old article is about a similar technology, but developed by a different company, and being used in Japan. You'll notice the one developed in the UK is inferior to the one developed in New Zealand, as the UK one does not have real world Doom. After all, that's the only thing anyone really cares about.
Evidence: While SCO has not yet hired Johnny Cochrane on their legal team, most pundits (John Dvorak included) are predicting it.
Main Entry: 1wrong Pronunciation: 'ro[ng] Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from (assumed) wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1 a : an injurious, unfair, or unjust act : action or conduct inflicting harm without due provocation or just cause b : a violation or invasion of the legal rights of another; especially : TORT 2 : something wrong, immoral, or unethical; especially : principles, practices, or conduct contrary to justice, goodness, equity, or law 3 : the state, position, or fact of being or doing wrong: as a : the state of being mistaken or incorrect b : the state of being guilty 4 : prediction of John Dvorak
So it seems that this unit is equal to 1 floating point operation per CPU cycle. That makes a little bit more sense as a unit.
Re:Yeah, thats super. We all need more of this.
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If by "reboot" you mean "destroy" (and I think you do), the magnetron from a microwave will do fine. You will need a microwave horn to aim it, though, or you'll boil your blood.
I'll use an LCD when you pry my CRT from my cold, dead hands. First, as it's been said, the increase in price is not slight. Second, there is no increase in clarity. A good CRT will give you just as sharp a picture as a good LCD. stunning resolutions...I don't know what the hell you mean by that. Care to explain? CRTs support much higher resolutions than LCDs, not to mention the picture on LCDs go to shit when you change it to anything other than the optimal resolution. CRTs are just as bright, or brighter, than LCDs, I don't pay for my electricity, I can spare the desk space, and I have an air conditioner. And when my computer does something good, I can hug the CRT. Try doing that on one of your anorexic LCDs.
Irony \I"ron*y\, a. [From Iron.]
1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as,
irony chains; irony particles. [R.]
I have NEVER seen anyone use the word "irony" correctly, that I can recall, according to this definition. (taken from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)) And the definition of "ironic" just confuses me.
I seem to recall much muttering about this being the only reason for buying Compaq.
Well I know I wouldn't buy a Compaq unless it came with a class A network...
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Personally, I use the CVS version. Most recently, I compiled it because there was a bug with Multizilla and bookmarks, and because I wanted to use Java without having to install a different JRE. I compiled it with GCC 2.95, which means I can use Sun or IBM. Plus, compiling it myself, I get Xft support, which Mozilla doesn't offer in its builds. Debian has it, but the debian packages ar never up to date. However, I am still having issues with Multizilla on the version I'm running. With any luck, that'll be fixed soon. I'll probably compile 1.4 final and use that.
Regarding the compile time, it's not anywhere near as long as I had thought. ~1 hour on an Athlon 1600+ (1.4Ghz). It'd probably take considerably longer if I compiled it with optimization, though. I didn't see any reason to do that, though, since I only plan to run this until 1.4 final is released.
I have an nForce board and have been waiting for this for a while. I don't like having to use nVidia's built-in AGP support. However, many people with an nForce board have probably been using this patch for a while. It's been in the -ac patch in the kernel for a few weeks now, and the patch has been floating around a little longer than that. You can most likely expect it to be in kernel 2.4.22.
Second, some people seem to misunderstand the significance of this. nVidia's driver has built-in AGP support already, you don't need GART for AGP to work. This is only true, though, if you own a card that is made by nVidia. Radeon owners prior to now had to use the PCI bus for graphics if they had an nForce or nForce2 chipset.
Whoever wrote that article is obviously not a scientist, because there are no units, and it's not in scientific notation. They're unlikely to care about significant digits. For all we know, the number as it was measured might have been 1.00000000000000000e12. Nobody writing an article would print that, though, so any information about how precise that number is has been lost.
1e12ÂF is 5.56e11ÂC. 1e12ÂC is 1.8e12ÂF. While any of those numbers could be accurately described as "fucking HOT", it still makes a difference. Whether it starts at absolute 0, or 273ÂK above 0 probably doesn't make any difference at this order of magnitude, though.
Perhaps, though I haven't heard of it until Longhorn. As you can see, though, it's actually been implemented. I don't see any reason why they'd take it out now, after all the hype. I'm sure NTFS will still be an option though, and it'll probably still be the default.
It sounds interesting, to say the least. Maybe Microsoft has finally come up with something innovative. I'd be interested to try it out and see how it feels, and if it really can do everything they say it can. As usual, though, security could be an issue. A virus could wreak havoc if it found a way into the database.
Also, I'm wondering if they'll finally give up on that stupid drive lettering. I don't see any reason why that ever had to exist, and now that they're doing an overhaul of the whole filesystem, it seems like a good oportunity to get rid of it. You'd think, since they try to be user friendly, that they would want to give devices and partitions names instead of letters. I do still see it in that screenshot, but things could change by the time it's released.
Journaling doesn't reduce performance much, and at least for me, it's well worth it for the peace of mind, and the lack of fsck. Hard drive space is hardly at a premium, most people can spare the 10%, and without it, I spend 15 minutes scanning my 40GB disk every certain number of boots (or if it's not shut down right). If I used Windows, I'd at least give WinFS a try.
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I used to use the Rayovac Rechargeable Alkaline batteries a lot, and they seemed good. They lasted a long time, and didn't seem to degrade much with each recharge. Then they exploded. I've had two of them leak acid. One ruined a remote control, another ruined the charger. Since then, I've switched to Energizer NiMH. These last just as long as the alkaline, but do not have issues with leaking acid. I still use non-rechargeable energizer lithium batteries for my digital camera, though. Nothing compares to the life those things have. They last like 10 times as long as NiMH in my camera. Then again, I would expect nothing less since I pay $5 for two AA.
So true. I love my Microsoft mouse, and I love their hardware support even more. I told them it was broken, they send me not one, but two replacements. Not to mention it works better in Linux than in Windows.
The idea is that in places where people can not get a persistant connection, you queue up queries while offline, send them when you get connected, and recieve the results the next day. As usual, /.'s summary is misleading. The article explains the logic, and it does make some sense, but I don't see this as something that will take off.
Office 2K. I should hope this is still supported.
when you are the standard, you don't have to support others
If that's the case, I'll be sure to avoid any so-called "standard" software. Sorry, but I need interoperability.
And I use Linux whenever possible too, but when I'm stuck in Windows, I get frustrated quickly.
Is Office better than OpenOffice.
Let's see.
Does Office work on my WinXP box without a cheap workaround involving Works?
No.
Does OpenOffice?
Yes.
(I realize that's specific to me, but still, it's annoying, and my other arguments are a lot better)
Does Office import nearly every other office suite's files?
No.
Does OpenOffice?
Yes.
Does Office crash frequently, causing much frustration and lost work?
Yes.
Does OpenOffice?
No.
Does Office have all the features I need to get my work done as efficiently as possible?
Yes.
Does OpenOffice?
Yes.
It seems we have a winner, and it's not the $200 Microsoft product.
Because the people running the campaign were incompetent. They were focusing on the wrong issues. There was so much dirt in Bush's past they could have brought up, but didn't, and instead talked about stuff nobody cared about.
He could stand a chance if he campaigns well. It'd be hard for him to campaign any worse than Gore did. Worst campaign ever. He could so easily have beaten Bush.
The old article is about a similar technology, but developed by a different company, and being used in Japan. You'll notice the one developed in the UK is inferior to the one developed in New Zealand, as the UK one does not have real world Doom. After all, that's the only thing anyone really cares about.
The unit MFLOPS/MHz is a little weird. Let's simplify.
/ /
/ MFLOP \
| ----- |
\ S
-----------
/ MCYCLE \
| ------ |
\ S
Multiply by the reciprocal...
MFLOP S
----- * ------
S MCYCLE
Millions cancel, seconds cancel...
FLOP
-----
CYCLE
So it seems that this unit is equal to 1 floating point operation per CPU cycle. That makes a little bit more sense as a unit.
If by "reboot" you mean "destroy" (and I think you do), the magnetron from a microwave will do fine. You will need a microwave horn to aim it, though, or you'll boil your blood.
802.11a uses this already, does it not? Was it not allowed internationally already or something?
I'll use an LCD when you pry my CRT from my cold, dead hands. First, as it's been said, the increase in price is not slight. Second, there is no increase in clarity. A good CRT will give you just as sharp a picture as a good LCD. stunning resolutions...I don't know what the hell you mean by that. Care to explain? CRTs support much higher resolutions than LCDs, not to mention the picture on LCDs go to shit when you change it to anything other than the optimal resolution. CRTs are just as bright, or brighter, than LCDs, I don't pay for my electricity, I can spare the desk space, and I have an air conditioner. And when my computer does something good, I can hug the CRT. Try doing that on one of your anorexic LCDs.
I seem to recall much muttering about this being the only reason for buying Compaq.
Well I know I wouldn't buy a Compaq unless it came with a class A network...
Personally, I use the CVS version. Most recently, I compiled it because there was a bug with Multizilla and bookmarks, and because I wanted to use Java without having to install a different JRE. I compiled it with GCC 2.95, which means I can use Sun or IBM. Plus, compiling it myself, I get Xft support, which Mozilla doesn't offer in its builds. Debian has it, but the debian packages ar never up to date. However, I am still having issues with Multizilla on the version I'm running. With any luck, that'll be fixed soon. I'll probably compile 1.4 final and use that.
Regarding the compile time, it's not anywhere near as long as I had thought. ~1 hour on an Athlon 1600+ (1.4Ghz). It'd probably take considerably longer if I compiled it with optimization, though. I didn't see any reason to do that, though, since I only plan to run this until 1.4 final is released.
I have an nForce board and have been waiting for this for a while. I don't like having to use nVidia's built-in AGP support. However, many people with an nForce board have probably been using this patch for a while. It's been in the -ac patch in the kernel for a few weeks now, and the patch has been floating around a little longer than that. You can most likely expect it to be in kernel 2.4.22.
Second, some people seem to misunderstand the significance of this. nVidia's driver has built-in AGP support already, you don't need GART for AGP to work. This is only true, though, if you own a card that is made by nVidia. Radeon owners prior to now had to use the PCI bus for graphics if they had an nForce or nForce2 chipset.
That's a joystick, actually.
Whoever wrote that article is obviously not a scientist, because there are no units, and it's not in scientific notation. They're unlikely to care about significant digits. For all we know, the number as it was measured might have been 1.00000000000000000e12. Nobody writing an article would print that, though, so any information about how precise that number is has been lost.
1e12ÂF is 5.56e11ÂC. 1e12ÂC is 1.8e12ÂF. While any of those numbers could be accurately described as "fucking HOT", it still makes a difference. Whether it starts at absolute 0, or 273ÂK above 0 probably doesn't make any difference at this order of magnitude, though.
Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, or Rankine?
Perhaps, though I haven't heard of it until Longhorn. As you can see, though, it's actually been implemented. I don't see any reason why they'd take it out now, after all the hype. I'm sure NTFS will still be an option though, and it'll probably still be the default.
It sounds interesting, to say the least. Maybe Microsoft has finally come up with something innovative. I'd be interested to try it out and see how it feels, and if it really can do everything they say it can. As usual, though, security could be an issue. A virus could wreak havoc if it found a way into the database.
Also, I'm wondering if they'll finally give up on that stupid drive lettering. I don't see any reason why that ever had to exist, and now that they're doing an overhaul of the whole filesystem, it seems like a good oportunity to get rid of it. You'd think, since they try to be user friendly, that they would want to give devices and partitions names instead of letters. I do still see it in that screenshot, but things could change by the time it's released.
Journaling doesn't reduce performance much, and at least for me, it's well worth it for the peace of mind, and the lack of fsck. Hard drive space is hardly at a premium, most people can spare the 10%, and without it, I spend 15 minutes scanning my 40GB disk every certain number of boots (or if it's not shut down right). If I used Windows, I'd at least give WinFS a try.
And Microsoft thought they would take over that market? *shudder*