8 slots is no longer necessary when your motherboard already has modem, sound (and the new Intel soundchip isn't crap like AC97 is), RAID, and ethernet controllers on board. Modern accesories are also tending towards a USB solution, rather than an extra PCI card. Anyway, I haven't seen any boards with more than 6 PCI slots since they phased ISA out (and many boards only come with 4 or 5).
Believe it or not, two of the friendliest installations IMHO are Slack and Gentoo. Slack is extremely simple, and Gentoo has, hands down, the best dicumentation and forum help of any other distro. As for graphical environments, Slackware uses an lncurses based installer;)
Chalk River in Canada during the 50s, also operator error. The Army's experimental HEU reactor during the 60s, operator error (they were having problems and they failed to fix them). TMI, Chalk River, and the HEU incident were all minor, realatively simple to clean up. TMI exposed local citizens to about as much radiation dosage as digging in your garden would. Note that Nuclear programs where rigid training is applied, i.e. the US and British navy, have far fewer accidents or none at all. Also, notice that many countries other than the US make significant use of nuclear power (i.e. Japan, Germany, France) while the US is decommissioning reactors, has not built any for at least a decade, and is not planning to build any others.
Oh, they'll work. Remember that this is a fork, and moreover that it is a recent one that developed only when the licensing issues came to light. Those drivers were usually written to comply with the X11 standard anyway, not just a single implementation of it.
The slots are tiny because PCI-Express is a serial protocol, unlike PCI or ISA which are parallel. Only the graphic card slots need more data paths.
As for doubling PCI-Express cards next to normal PCI slots, most of the boards you see pictured do that. They seemed to average 2 PCI slots, 2 PCI-Express x1 slots, and a PCI-Express x16 slot for a graphics card. And many of the motherboards also supply an AGP slot for people who want to use one of the AGP-dependant cards that are out now.
For me, the most curious thing was seeing a motherboard with two different CPU sockets, but that isn't a dual-CPU capable board. Kinda creepy.
The article made it sound like they were opposing this from the beginning. If they didn't notice their frequency was being taken until now, then I can perhaps understand it.
I wonder if there are rules on the books that say the FCC has to notify stations when their license is about to change or if their frequency might be affected. It's not like you can find out about these proposals in the local newspaper.
Which station? According to the article, the school changed from the lower end of the dial (where most public/community radio stays) to 104.5 because the FCC told it to (in the early 90s). Supposedly they could change it back, but the FCC would have to approve, and that's provided the lower band isn't already saturated. Of course, the station that is new to the area should be the one to change frequency, because making the school change frequencies can confuse/drive away customers. The station that is moving to Seattle will be new to the locals no matter what the frequency, so it doesn't suffer a disadvantage by accepting a different frequency.
Yeah, it's really just a swap file. You can do the same thing in Linux, which allows you to avoid partitioning your hard drive and also allows you to adjust swap size on the fly.
I still use a page file because you need it for gaming. In fact, I heard somewhere that there are games that freak if you don't have a larg page file, even if you have more than enough RAM to do without. Kinda like a security blanket...
Fire*. Kinda reminds me of a particular web browser....
And if we were to get rid of the Slashdot effect, what fun would there be?
"You see, back in my day son, you had to know your shit, because you could be slashdotted at a moments notice. We didn't have you Fire-whataever, we had to be REAL men and women and comfigure things by hand. Yep, those were the days"
Linux has two properties that make swap a good thing (TM).
The first thing to remember is that, for many Linux users, they have a newer PC running Windows (or a Mac;) and a less recent PC running a Linux distro. The RAM threshold is realistically around the 128-512 MB range. Those who are dual-booting on a brand new machine can use 1 GB, but the rest of us put up with less than that (I for one want to avoid MBR screwups and the hassle of communicating with NTFS, so I don't dual boot. I had a nasty GRUB incident, so I'm probably paranoid).
Finally, every Linux user that has compiled a kernel knows that it can really tax a system. Gentoo users also know how strenuous a XFree86 or KDE/Gnome compile can be. Being able to work on another terminal while compiling is one of the most beautiful things about *nix, and to do that on anything with less than 512 MB or 1 GB or RAM you want to have some swap.
And finally, while RAM is very cheap, so are hard drives, and how hard is it to squeeze a swap partition out of a hard drive? Can it really hurt that much to let the system use it?
As for Windows, swap is absolutely required for a lot of the games that are out there. I've heard that Unreal-engine based games in particular make heavy use of swap filing.
No, Linus came out bad too. Tanenbaum appeared to be dissing Linux because he felt it was inferior. Linus took the bait and replies, something he shouldn't have done. And when Linus was ready to end the thing (the "Flamewar over" post), Tanenbaum couldn't let go and just continued the thing. He came off as an arrogant bastard ("If you were my student you'd get an F"). Overall the whole thing was ugly, but the point is that Tanenbaum is no angel where Linux is concerned.
I love the smell of burning asbestos in the morning.
Just a question, though, are some of the changelogs ESR mentions available for easy download? The kernel changelogs are easy to find, but what about the changelogs for emacs, Gnome, gzip/gunzip, and all of the other GNU software? If they really want to keep crying "source theft!", it would help to have those handy.
So if I got the right-sided (Republican) issue of this supposed political rag, would the advertisements be for left-sided (Democratic) political candidates? After all, I've supposedly already resigned myself to the right-sided candidates. And vice versa. It would be really strange if that were the case (kinda funny to think of Limnbaugh reading a magazine full of Kerry ads:-)
Whatever side of a particular issue I tend to be on, I like to see the other side. Because sometimes I want to refute the other side's arguments, and sometimes their arguments are good enough for me to defect. One of the reasons I like the Internet-it's harder to have information spoon fed to me, because I can switch between a variety of different websites and get different opinions on the same stories. Makes it harder for anyone to push a bias.
Slashdot Mirror
I have the perfect t-shirt to recommend to the guys at the Slashdot Spelling and Grammar Department.
Wonder when it was taken? But yeah, he doesn't look like the scary, dirty hippy everyone says he does in that photo.
Me, I'm a t-shirt guy.
8 slots is no longer necessary when your motherboard already has modem, sound (and the new Intel soundchip isn't crap like AC97 is), RAID, and ethernet controllers on board. Modern accesories are also tending towards a USB solution, rather than an extra PCI card. Anyway, I haven't seen any boards with more than 6 PCI slots since they phased ISA out (and many boards only come with 4 or 5).
Believe it or not, two of the friendliest installations IMHO are Slack and Gentoo. Slack is extremely simple, and Gentoo has, hands down, the best dicumentation and forum help of any other distro. As for graphical environments, Slackware uses an lncurses based installer;)
Chalk River in Canada during the 50s, also operator error. The Army's experimental HEU reactor during the 60s, operator error (they were having problems and they failed to fix them). TMI, Chalk River, and the HEU incident were all minor, realatively simple to clean up. TMI exposed local citizens to about as much radiation dosage as digging in your garden would. Note that Nuclear programs where rigid training is applied, i.e. the US and British navy, have far fewer accidents or none at all. Also, notice that many countries other than the US make significant use of nuclear power (i.e. Japan, Germany, France) while the US is decommissioning reactors, has not built any for at least a decade, and is not planning to build any others.
Oh, they'll work. Remember that this is a fork, and moreover that it is a recent one that developed only when the licensing issues came to light. Those drivers were usually written to comply with the X11 standard anyway, not just a single implementation of it.
The slots are tiny because PCI-Express is a serial protocol, unlike PCI or ISA which are parallel. Only the graphic card slots need more data paths.
As for doubling PCI-Express cards next to normal PCI slots, most of the boards you see pictured do that. They seemed to average 2 PCI slots, 2 PCI-Express x1 slots, and a PCI-Express x16 slot for a graphics card. And many of the motherboards also supply an AGP slot for people who want to use one of the AGP-dependant cards that are out now.
For me, the most curious thing was seeing a motherboard with two different CPU sockets, but that isn't a dual-CPU capable board. Kinda creepy.
Notice I said it's an attempt, I didn't say it would work;)
I know, I live in North County ;)
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Still missing 92.1, which was at least different. Kinda sad that ClearChannel owns everything around here
The article made it sound like they were opposing this from the beginning. If they didn't notice their frequency was being taken until now, then I can perhaps understand it.
I wonder if there are rules on the books that say the FCC has to notify stations when their license is about to change or if their frequency might be affected. It's not like you can find out about these proposals in the local newspaper.
Which station? According to the article, the school changed from the lower end of the dial (where most public/community radio stays) to 104.5 because the FCC told it to (in the early 90s). Supposedly they could change it back, but the FCC would have to approve, and that's provided the lower band isn't already saturated. Of course, the station that is new to the area should be the one to change frequency, because making the school change frequencies can confuse/drive away customers. The station that is moving to Seattle will be new to the locals no matter what the frequency, so it doesn't suffer a disadvantage by accepting a different frequency.
Is this a ClearChannel Station?
Is get a C compiler working. I want to see it running Linux within the year!
physics in the book violate the sci-fi laws that the government approved of
Are you referring to the fact that pi equals three? Certainly is easier to use than all of this 3.14 business.
Hell, half the reason for making this thing would be the nose art. Natalie Portman anyone? Call it the "Hot Grits Express"
Yeah, it's really just a swap file. You can do the same thing in Linux, which allows you to avoid partitioning your hard drive and also allows you to adjust swap size on the fly.
I still use a page file because you need it for gaming. In fact, I heard somewhere that there are games that freak if you don't have a larg page file, even if you have more than enough RAM to do without. Kinda like a security blanket...
Fire*. Kinda reminds me of a particular web browser....
And if we were to get rid of the Slashdot effect, what fun would there be?
"You see, back in my day son, you had to know your shit, because you could be slashdotted at a moments notice. We didn't have you Fire-whataever, we had to be REAL men and women and comfigure things by hand. Yep, those were the days"
Linux has two properties that make swap a good thing (TM).
;) and a less recent PC running a Linux distro. The RAM threshold is realistically around the 128-512 MB range. Those who are dual-booting on a brand new machine can use 1 GB, but the rest of us put up with less than that (I for one want to avoid MBR screwups and the hassle of communicating with NTFS, so I don't dual boot. I had a nasty GRUB incident, so I'm probably paranoid).
The first thing to remember is that, for many Linux users, they have a newer PC running Windows (or a Mac
Finally, every Linux user that has compiled a kernel knows that it can really tax a system. Gentoo users also know how strenuous a XFree86 or KDE/Gnome compile can be. Being able to work on another terminal while compiling is one of the most beautiful things about *nix, and to do that on anything with less than 512 MB or 1 GB or RAM you want to have some swap.
And finally, while RAM is very cheap, so are hard drives, and how hard is it to squeeze a swap partition out of a hard drive? Can it really hurt that much to let the system use it?
As for Windows, swap is absolutely required for a lot of the games that are out there. I've heard that Unreal-engine based games in particular make heavy use of swap filing.
Windows Update
No, Linus came out bad too. Tanenbaum appeared to be dissing Linux because he felt it was inferior. Linus took the bait and replies, something he shouldn't have done. And when Linus was ready to end the thing (the "Flamewar over" post), Tanenbaum couldn't let go and just continued the thing. He came off as an arrogant bastard ("If you were my student you'd get an F"). Overall the whole thing was ugly, but the point is that Tanenbaum is no angel where Linux is concerned.
Never read the flame war did you? The whole "Linux is obsolete" thing? He kicked off a flame war and wouldn't let it stop. Not such a hero for me.
I love the smell of burning asbestos in the morning.
Just a question, though, are some of the changelogs ESR mentions available for easy download? The kernel changelogs are easy to find, but what about the changelogs for emacs, Gnome, gzip/gunzip, and all of the other GNU software? If they really want to keep crying "source theft!", it would help to have those handy.
Just another 2 cents.
So if I got the right-sided (Republican) issue of this supposed political rag, would the advertisements be for left-sided (Democratic) political candidates? After all, I've supposedly already resigned myself to the right-sided candidates. And vice versa. It would be really strange if that were the case (kinda funny to think of Limnbaugh reading a magazine full of Kerry ads :-)
Whatever side of a particular issue I tend to be on, I like to see the other side. Because sometimes I want to refute the other side's arguments, and sometimes their arguments are good enough for me to defect. One of the reasons I like the Internet-it's harder to have information spoon fed to me, because I can switch between a variety of different websites and get different opinions on the same stories. Makes it harder for anyone to push a bias.
I would be more than happy to donate my pool to the world's energy supply. Damn thing's too hard to clean anyway.