I went to the download site for SETI@Home... I was wondering if anyone else agreeded with me on this: Is there a need for a text-only version of SETI@Home for Windows 9X ? That graphical user interface must slow down the process in some way. I would like to see what happens when identical systems using different Operating Systems, go head to head with SETI@Home's various installs...I bet that the text-only version would go faster.
Hmm...too much I think...
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I have been watching sci-fi shows and movies for a number of years about parallel dimensions, during that time you tend to develop your own theories about 4th dimensions. From what I have gathered, for every choice we make there is an infinite amount of possibilities and from those possibilities an inifinite amount of alternate universes are created. Each universe is unique. And the theroy of a paradox, a loop error (example: I go back in time and kill my mother before I was born, I was never born, but then how could I have killed my mother...endless loop), is in fact only half true. If you make a change in the past you begin to exist in an alternate reality and you would continue on. (Reference in Back to the Universe: "...it would destroy the entire universe, however it would probably be limited to our own galaxy"....almost true; you'd never return to that universe (but it would continue on as normal without your existence.)
Now getting back to the gravity theory. If in fact gravity is a constant and you could effect changes in one universe and affect anothers, then it would make the above theory false. There would have to be a universe that would not be affected by the action of creating that change. It'd be as if you created a paradox in every other universe (affected some change that should not have happened because they did not do it).
I would have to disagree with you. I am probably the last person to say hard drive space is spirling out of control, because I love HD space. I am going to be RAIDing a few HDs soon and I might even pick up one of these eventually. Howver, most gamers don't need 8 games on thier computer. After they have beaten the game, it most likely gets deleted afterwards for the next new, hotest game. And if you still play Duke Nukem 3D after 4 years, you need help. And I believe, personally, that Diablo 2 could have been scaled down and programmed more efficiently. Now, I don't know the specifics of the programming methods used, but almost all programs these days could be done more efficently...and thus made smaller.
Floppy drives are pretty much obselete, I agree there. That was the point of the LS-120's, but by then anyone who needed 120MB probably already bought a zip drive (which were out for awhile). The need died a year before it came out. CDs are still very useful, mostly for backing up data. But I believe the DVD-RW drives in the next couple years will become the standard in information storage/transfer.
However, I believe the standard user does not need 80 Gigs of space, and if you happen to fill a hard drive of that size in a matter of months, then you might be a little too attached to your information.
People are starting to realize that along with processors, hard drive space seems to be spiriling out of control. Its getting to the point where people are asking do I really need that much space again. I believe some one once said. "Who is ever going to need more than 640K or memory?" or something to that effect. (We all know who). Luckily, RAM is only becoming more efficiant, and not larger to the point where we have gigabytes of it.
I can understand why some people would need more space. But mainly, only people running servers with mass amounts of downloads per day. A good deal of those people are in fact those who store warez and other related material. More and more popular these days are the downloading of movies. Vast archives are rare and if you want to keep up with current movies and still retain older files, more space is needed. Technology is moving faster than people want it to now, which is different from a number of years ago. I can personally remember a friend of mine who upgraded from a 386 to a 486, a significant upgrade at the time, leaving my old 386 in the dust. And that 486 was used for a number of years with no problems (nothing like: low memory, not enough space, video card too slow, etc). Technology progressed steadily, and of course it became obselete, but only after a few years. Now it seems as soon as you purchase a piece of equipment, it becomes obselete the second you fork over the money. True your computer may operate for a number of years with software with no difficulty, but the average gamer most likely has to make a significant upgrade every 6 months to stay "in the game". But I don't believe that technology is to blame. It seems that maybe the programmers are getting a little too careless. Minimum requirements are sky rocketing along with technology (Or I should say, software is pushing it there). Maybe software developers should concentrate more on making thier programs more efficient. Hell, the min requirements for Windows 9X are a 386, but if I had the need to run it on that system, I should have to wait a year for it to load up.
I noticed that the Asus board link was omitted. Asus' board allows CPU external (FSB) frequency settings to be set in 1 MHz-increments or reduction. Very similar to Abits board, but unfortunately it has less expansion slots (1 AGP and 5 PCI, while the Abit has 1 AGP, 5 PCI, and a PCI/ISA combo).
must be.2 or something then...just took a quick look at the webpage for a version number...they seem to use the date right now as either the build number or the version number
I did not know about the command line interface. But does it run on top of the Mac OS or is it a separate boot state?
I can't touch a Mac without making it crash. First Mac I ever touched, I tried to make it dial the net and it crashed right there and then. Completely froze. Took 2 seconds...
Its not as easy to take out parts and buy replacements from anywhere. I don't know of any place around here that even sells macintosh hardware (if separate pieces exist).
I know alot of people waiting for Wine to work perfectly...from what I have heard, it is on Version 2+ but still doesn't support alot. (I know its hard to support every app out there). So the question is...is Wine ready to be used extensively? Should we be premoting it?
Interesting proposal. Personally, however, I love the Unix console. If the managed to have the option of using a Mac/Unix console, then that would give me a reason to buy a macintosh. But it would basically merge 2 separate operating systems together. The Unix/Linux world and the Mac world would no longer be separate identities. I admit that they both seem completely opposite, but it is possible. [Using the Mac interface instead of X or something]. This might even unite many users on the internet. Those who love macs for their simplicity and ease of use and those of us who value Unix/Linux for its stability and robust nature.
They'd just have to do something about the hardware on the macintosh before I would have no problem buying either one.
I have a few friends in remote areas that broadband access is not possible. This will lift their spirits. I personally only got broadband cable access in my area last year, which really sucked. Service is not bad though. Atleast this isn;t taking the same route as 56K did. X2 and KFlex, before finally settling at V.90. That created alot of unhappy people
Nothing shows that Gateway is mad...but I think it makes AMD look worse, because the headline is that there is something wrong with the thunderbird, and they bury the real cause somewhere in the middle. A few people just read blubs and headlines and post comments without doing research. I bet a few ppl are thinking that the chip itself is flawed because of it.
"It involves the 1-GHz with the Thunderbird. We don't know the cause. We are looking into the problem," the spokesman said. "We think it is a motherboard or power supply issue."
If AMD determined the exact problem, or worked along side Gateway to fix it or find a solution, it would show alot of support for thier product. Right now this makes the Thunderbird look really bad, despite the fact its is clearly not AMDs fault.
My father works at the national archives in Canada. His job is to preserve and restore historical objects (some of which are really bizarre). But this article is correct when stating that alot of the formats for storing data is platform specific. (They purchased our old Beta HI-FI VCR for data transfer because they only had 2 working ones left). One of the major problems is providing this data in a format that can be easily decoded. Some comments posted eariler speak of civilization using the information if we had some catstropic event. Unfortunately, if this occured, I doubt those who are left would be able to understand how to use it. Most likely it would be found on some excavation site, years from now. Would they look at a floppy disk and realize it has magnetic storage capabilities? Would they know that the CDROM actual stores data on its surface? Or would they thing they were some designer costers?
When I first read the headline I thought some hacker had hijacked a few satellites and used them to some useful purpose. But according to the article, they are using technology in a different and new direction to spot these 'gamma rays'. We need a different headline; like 'Fishing for Gamma Rays'
Yeah seriously...Willamette became Pentium 4, and every one thinks that was a stupid name for it. (look at previous articles). But Athlon hasn't been doing that. K7 became Athlon (a much cooler name), Duron was a less beefed up version of the Athlon. They should keep the name Sledgehammer, then maybe come out with a less beefed up version of it...call it maybe the PickAxe..or the Ballpien?:)
Diablo 2 hits the shelves...and the FTPs and Warez Sites! I knew a friend was downloading the game from an FTP before I knew it was available for purchase. (Okay I really didn't care when it came out, but I still plan to play for hours on end).
Very popular, long awaited game. I think its going to be one of the more slower downloads, as everyone is going to want it.
At the Linux World Expo in New York in Feburary, ChilliSoft was giving out Microsoft Frontpage 2000 CDs. I think fair is fair. We couldn't have a Windows-free Linux Expo, so they shouldn't have a Linux-free Windows Expo!
You just have no idea, do you? Its not like that at all. AMD was struggling for awhile and got a big break. The little guy won. And Intel has done so much to prevent the K7 from gaining market share that people hate Intel for it. And FYI, I own an Am386, Am5-133 and an AMD K6-2 400. Some of us have been with them from the beginning.
At least they didn't call it something like Pentium 2000 or Mellenium Pentium... That would have been something to laugh at.
They are going to keep using the Pentium name until they run out of room for the roman numerals. By then all those Pentium guys in those air tight uniforms are gonna be dancing 'til thier dead.
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I went to the download site for SETI@Home...
I was wondering if anyone else agreeded with me on this: Is there a need for a text-only version of SETI@Home for Windows 9X ?
That graphical user interface must slow down the process in some way. I would like to see what happens when identical systems using different Operating Systems, go head to head with SETI@Home's various installs...I bet that the text-only version would go faster.
Just looking at the chart for consuming caffine, it seems I consume roughly the amount in the "Heavy" range at certain times of the day.
Coca Cola is practically running through my blood stream.
Anyone here consume leathal amounts of Jolt?
I have been watching sci-fi shows and movies for a number of years about parallel dimensions, during that time you tend to develop your own theories about 4th dimensions.
From what I have gathered, for every choice we make there is an infinite amount of possibilities and from those possibilities an inifinite amount of alternate universes are created. Each universe is unique. And the theroy of a paradox, a loop error (example: I go back in time and kill my mother before I was born, I was never born, but then how could I have killed my mother...endless loop), is in fact only half true. If you make a change in the past you begin to exist in an alternate reality and you would continue on. (Reference in Back to the Universe: "...it would destroy the entire universe, however it would probably be limited to our own galaxy"....almost true; you'd never return to that universe (but it would continue on as normal without your existence.)
Now getting back to the gravity theory. If in fact gravity is a constant and you could effect changes in one universe and affect anothers, then it would make the above theory false. There would have to be a universe that would not be affected by the action of creating that change. It'd be as if you created a paradox in every other universe (affected some change that should not have happened because they did not do it).
I believe this gravity theory to be false
I would have to disagree with you.
I am probably the last person to say hard drive space is spirling out of control, because I love HD space. I am going to be RAIDing a few HDs soon and I might even pick up one of these eventually.
Howver, most gamers don't need 8 games on thier computer. After they have beaten the game, it most likely gets deleted afterwards for the next new, hotest game. And if you still play Duke Nukem 3D after 4 years, you need help.
And I believe, personally, that Diablo 2 could have been scaled down and programmed more efficiently. Now, I don't know the specifics of the programming methods used, but almost all programs these days could be done more efficently...and thus made smaller.
Floppy drives are pretty much obselete, I agree there. That was the point of the LS-120's, but by then anyone who needed 120MB probably already bought a zip drive (which were out for awhile). The need died a year before it came out.
CDs are still very useful, mostly for backing up data. But I believe the DVD-RW drives in the next couple years will become the standard in information storage/transfer.
However, I believe the standard user does not need 80 Gigs of space, and if you happen to fill a hard drive of that size in a matter of months, then you might be a little too attached to your information.
People are starting to realize that along with processors, hard drive space seems to be spiriling out of control. Its getting to the point where people are asking do I really need that much space again.
I believe some one once said. "Who is ever going to need more than 640K or memory?" or something to that effect. (We all know who). Luckily, RAM is only becoming more efficiant, and not larger to the point where we have gigabytes of it.
I can understand why some people would need more space. But mainly, only people running servers with mass amounts of downloads per day. A good deal of those people are in fact those who store warez and other related material. More and more popular these days are the downloading of movies. Vast archives are rare and if you want to keep up with current movies and still retain older files, more space is needed.
Technology is moving faster than people want it to now, which is different from a number of years ago. I can personally remember a friend of mine who upgraded from a 386 to a 486, a significant upgrade at the time, leaving my old 386 in the dust. And that 486 was used for a number of years with no problems (nothing like: low memory, not enough space, video card too slow, etc). Technology progressed steadily, and of course it became obselete, but only after a few years.
Now it seems as soon as you purchase a piece of equipment, it becomes obselete the second you fork over the money. True your computer may operate for a number of years with software with no difficulty, but the average gamer most likely has to make a significant upgrade every 6 months to stay "in the game".
But I don't believe that technology is to blame. It seems that maybe the programmers are getting a little too careless. Minimum requirements are sky rocketing along with technology (Or I should say, software is pushing it there). Maybe software developers should concentrate more on making thier programs more efficient.
Hell, the min requirements for Windows 9X are a 386, but if I had the need to run it on that system, I should have to wait a year for it to load up.
I noticed that the Asus board link was omitted. Asus' board allows CPU external (FSB) frequency settings to be set in 1 MHz-increments or reduction.
Very similar to Abits board, but unfortunately it has less expansion slots (1 AGP and 5 PCI, while the Abit has 1 AGP, 5 PCI, and a PCI/ISA combo).
must be .2 or something then...just took a quick look at the webpage for a version number...they seem to use the date right now as either the build number or the version number
I did not know about the command line interface. But does it run on top of the Mac OS or is it a separate boot state?
I can't touch a Mac without making it crash. First Mac I ever touched, I tried to make it dial the net and it crashed right there and then. Completely froze. Took 2 seconds...
Its not as easy to take out parts and buy replacements from anywhere. I don't know of any place around here that even sells macintosh hardware (if separate pieces exist).
I know alot of people waiting for Wine to work perfectly...from what I have heard, it is on Version 2+ but still doesn't support alot. (I know its hard to support every app out there).
So the question is...is Wine ready to be used extensively? Should we be premoting it?
Interesting proposal. Personally, however, I love the Unix console. If the managed to have the option of using a Mac/Unix console, then that would give me a reason to buy a macintosh.
But it would basically merge 2 separate operating systems together. The Unix/Linux world and the Mac world would no longer be separate identities. I admit that they both seem completely opposite, but it is possible. [Using the Mac interface instead of X or something].
This might even unite many users on the internet. Those who love macs for their simplicity and ease of use and those of us who value Unix/Linux for its stability and robust nature.
They'd just have to do something about the hardware on the macintosh before I would have no problem buying either one.
I have a few friends in remote areas that broadband access is not possible. This will lift their spirits. I personally only got broadband cable access in my area last year, which really sucked. Service is not bad though.
Atleast this isn;t taking the same route as 56K did. X2 and KFlex, before finally settling at V.90. That created alot of unhappy people
Nothing shows that Gateway is mad...but I think it makes AMD look worse, because the headline is that there is something wrong with the thunderbird, and they bury the real cause somewhere in the middle. A few people just read blubs and headlines and post comments without doing research.
I bet a few ppl are thinking that the chip itself is flawed because of it.
"It involves the 1-GHz with the Thunderbird. We don't know the cause. We are looking into the problem," the spokesman said. "We think it is a motherboard or power supply issue."
If AMD determined the exact problem, or worked along side Gateway to fix it or find a solution, it would show alot of support for thier product. Right now this makes the Thunderbird look really bad, despite the fact its is clearly not AMDs fault.
My father works at the national archives in Canada. His job is to preserve and restore historical objects (some of which are really bizarre). But this article is correct when stating that alot of the formats for storing data is platform specific. (They purchased our old Beta HI-FI VCR for data transfer because they only had 2 working ones left).
One of the major problems is providing this data in a format that can be easily decoded.
Some comments posted eariler speak of civilization using the information if we had some catstropic event. Unfortunately, if this occured, I doubt those who are left would be able to understand how to use it. Most likely it would be found on some excavation site, years from now. Would they look at a floppy disk and realize it has magnetic storage capabilities? Would they know that the CDROM actual stores data on its surface? Or would they thing they were some designer costers?
You see my point?
When I first read the headline I thought some hacker had hijacked a few satellites and used them to some useful purpose.
But according to the article, they are using technology in a different and new direction to spot these 'gamma rays'.
We need a different headline; like 'Fishing for Gamma Rays'
My friend has apperently created a few coasters, but was still able to play
I am quite sure Linux has it beat already
Yeah seriously...Willamette became Pentium 4, and every one thinks that was a stupid name for it. (look at previous articles). :)
But Athlon hasn't been doing that. K7 became Athlon (a much cooler name), Duron was a less beefed up version of the Athlon. They should keep the name Sledgehammer, then maybe come out with a less beefed up version of it...call it maybe the PickAxe..or the Ballpien?
Diablo 2 hits the shelves...and the FTPs and Warez Sites! I knew a friend was downloading the game from an FTP before I knew it was available for purchase. (Okay I really didn't care when it came out, but I still plan to play for hours on end).
Very popular, long awaited game. I think its going to be one of the more slower downloads, as everyone is going to want it.
At the Linux World Expo in New York in Feburary, ChilliSoft was giving out Microsoft Frontpage 2000 CDs. I think fair is fair. We couldn't have a Windows-free Linux Expo, so they shouldn't have a Linux-free Windows Expo!
You just have no idea, do you? Its not like that at all. AMD was struggling for awhile and got a big break. The little guy won. And Intel has done so much to prevent the K7 from gaining market share that people hate Intel for it.
And FYI, I own an Am386, Am5-133 and an AMD K6-2 400. Some of us have been with them from the beginning.
You and I had a similar idea. Before I saw yours I posted the same thing...aswell as Mellenium Pentium...that would be funny...
yeah I wasn't sure on the urban legend. So I didn't mention it...
At least they didn't call it something like Pentium 2000 or Mellenium Pentium...
That would have been something to laugh at.
They are going to keep using the Pentium name until they run out of room for the roman numerals. By then all those Pentium guys in those air tight uniforms are gonna be dancing 'til thier dead.