I don't really like the sound of mp3s vs their full-flavoured counterparts.
If i'm going to buy a song i prefer its fidelity to be as good as it can be. Maybe down the road we'll see next generation iPods and other players advertising this "new technology" of being able to hold non-compressed, non lossy-format songs...
Till then, i'll stick with my $20 Sony Discman, rack' of CDs and accept the tradeoffs..
.... somewhere down the road we discover that Microsoft is borrowing a lot of readily available *BSD (or even Linux) code for some or all of the operating system core? Whether they admit it or not is beside the point. Whether Apple has done it first or not is also beside the point.
And what if, either through using a UNIX core, or taking what's there and advancing it to the next level, Microsoft really gets it right this time? They're spending a lot of time on it.
Who cares? Now that we've made Iraq the 51st state we've got all sorts of cheap oil to burn. Look at those gas pumps! Don't you realize $2.50/gallon is CHEAP!?!?
Burn it all up, and while you're at it install some new lights to showcase your shrine to dubya.
for 8way and bigger, go ahead and TRY to find opensource unix (I am a big freebsd fan, btw) that scales in cpu's as well as a sun or sgi or similar box.
There are times where 8-way and bigger will only do, but for a majority of the installations out there, that's probably overkill. Besides, in *some* instances (depending on what it is you're actually doing) it might still be cheaper and/or more efficient to cluster cheap x86 or AMD64 boxes. Or even just have a few of them to split up the work load.
but for big multiway systems, you still can't beat proper unix designs of hardware and software.
No argument there!:-) Sun handles this scenario quite well, when it's needed.
Yeah people replace 5 year old Sun hardware with 400 boxes. DUH its been five years moores law anyone?
True that. But the point is that Sun failed to sell them on Sun equipment for that upgrade.
There are things that Sun is the best or only option for, but in day-to-day IT departments, these days 8-way servers are overkill and the low-end stuff is eating their lunch.
.... but are they *really* in a position to be critical of anyone else? I kind of view them as an old empire, or a crumbling castle slowly sinking into the ground.
It's still not too late for them to get with the program. Superior hardware and OS? Maybe, but due to marketing, business model, shifted tech sector needs or whatever you want to call it.... It's almost a weekly occurence where I'm hearing about a couple of $400 Debian boxes replacing tens of thousands of dollars of old Sun hardware, not the other way around...
1998 --> All-Powerful, Universally Loved and Admired Icon of Intellectual Prowess and Thinkgeek Humour
1999 --> Profit!!!
2000s--> Returning to Ridiculed Computer Nerd / Socially Defunct Internet Junkie
Sorry man... as much as we all here on/. love to romanticize about our geekiness, only us geeks appreciate it. Nobody else gives a shit about you or me except you or me.
- It succeeds in taking money from people (most malware fails at this)
- It blocks websites, services, and causes the computer to slow WAY down
- It is poorly written and buggy as hell. (how many times have you seen "please reinstall NIS"?
- When you turn it off it says it's off but stays on, when you disable it says it's disabled but it's still enabled, and worst yet it requires registry hacking to remove it without b0rking your networking capabilities.
- Customers calling Symantec with any support issues are directed towards their ISP for help.
I'm just waiting to see how many comments until someone pulls out all the Apple/OSX/Mac knee-jerk partyline stuff, and then everyone else either counters it or gives the already trumped excuse of "if only their hardware didn't cost so much..."
I'm sure that many of us here (myself included) have worked as a contractor, side-by-side with full-time direct staff, doing the same thing with the same expectations, yet at a fraction of the $$ and benefits.
Jobs like that are just a stepping stone. Get the experience and move on.:thu:
I agree, I have noticed this as well. Nowadays, when I read a slashdot story I immediately imagine what the apple plugs would be.
Thanks for understanding. To be fair, i get annoyed at all the Linux plugs too. I know that this is a geek site, but some of them are just retarded:
poster1: I hate how Windows XP groups stuff together into this little list in the Taskbar.
poster2: You should just switch to linux. If you run KDE on mandrake, all you have to do is hand edit the/usr/opt/KDE/desktop_prefs.ini file to stop that.
poster3: That's a lot of work! you should switch to Gentoo, where all you have to do is 'emerge -03 --no_group KDE' and you're done!
I guess now it's the Age Of The Apple Partyline...
Microsoft's validation thing is garbage, and it just makes me angry every time I need to download something.
It's especially disheartening when it is wrong. I was repairing a machine with its Active X controls all hosed up (from spyware). MSKB suggested to reinstall ActiveX on top of itself.
But since ActiveX was messed up, their download site's test for a valid WinXP image failed, thus keeping me from downloading the latest ActiveX.
This was an OEM install on a 3-month old Dell Dimension.
For all their pandering and pushing paranoia-ware, i sometimes suspect that maybe, just possibly, some of these worms that get released might come from Symantec themselves.
Call conspiracy theory if you want, but it seems that with a lot of the "good" worms, Symantec is the first to announce it, and they've got a full analysis of what it does, how it works, what it's written in, etc, even if they claim the worm has only been "out" or "released" for 12-24 hours. This includes details that might be hundreds or thousands of varying filenames the worm will drop, what it does on certain times or dates that haven't occured yet, and various other things that are internal to the program itself.
Yes i know you can take an executable and reverse engineer it to see how it works, but i'm sure some things will get lost in translation. Plus, in their description of their buzzwords and jargon, they define "Zoo Threats" as worms that "only exist in antivirus labs".
I'm not saying that there *aren't* plenty of mofos around the world writing worms out of spite, but I think that sometimes the actions of Symantec might belie a hidden agenda.
....Norton Antivirus/Internet Security is the biggest piece of shit excuse for security software EVAR. It is poorly designed, poorly implemented, always breaks, and the only fix is "please reinstall NIS".
Now they're getting into spyware/adware removal, and Norton will always find stuff, but when trying to deal with it it just gives a 'delete failed' message and that's it. And it will continue to nag you about things it finds.
People who don't know anybetter see these displays in best buy, and believe the hype and go home and install this paranoiaware. If it is NIS it promptly breaks their internet connection and screws up their email client. If they call symantec for help in configuring, symantec will refer them to their ISP.
What a bunch of fucks. Color me mofo, but i'm telling people to uninstall NIS these days (and the funny thing is that complete removal often requires registry hacking). It's more trouble than it is worth. Tech support is bad enough without this crap.
First off towards the religious zealots that have no problem shoving their theology into your face, but will simultaneously raise a stink over your "imagined" alignment.
Second off, towards the Mac dorks with their kneejerk references of "THEY ALREADY HAVE, HAR HAR HAR" and posting links to pics that reference OSX. OSX is NOT FREEBSD. If you really believe that, then you just don't understand the UNIX philosophy. Go back to your art-fetish lickable computer and troll some other forum.
Third off, for squandering the the rebellious merits of the OSS and BSD community to get in bed with big business, which will undoubtedly turn into domination, regulation and corruption.
I have a few more but i think i've stepped on enough toes already. This actually makes me a little bit angry.
...but would increasing the size of the actual chip help any? Like a vented, flow-through design. The actual chip is about the size of a fingernail, i know, but if we increased it to the size of the whole plastic skirt around it (that which has all the pins) wouldn't that help heat dissipation?
I haven't taken any measurements, but i'm willing to bet that the skirting around that wouldn't be much bigger- we've got more length on all sides, so we don't have to go as deep.
However, i don't design microprocessors, and don't know anything about electronics, so i'm betting there's something i'm missing out- i.e. the impedance or capacitance effects of increasing the microscopic traces. I would assume someone has thought of this once before, but with all the rush to make stuff smaller and smaller, can it be overlooked?
It's not like we don't have any spare room in a PC case, y'know...
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I don't really like the sound of mp3s vs their full-flavoured counterparts.
If i'm going to buy a song i prefer its fidelity to be as good as it can be. Maybe down the road we'll see next generation iPods and other players advertising this "new technology" of being able to hold non-compressed, non lossy-format songs...
Till then, i'll stick with my $20 Sony Discman, rack' of CDs and accept the tradeoffs..
I know i'm a minority, but i'm not alone.
Enjoy your wait for Longhorn,
;)
Where does he say he runs Windows?
.... somewhere down the road we discover that Microsoft is borrowing a lot of readily available *BSD (or even Linux) code for some or all of the operating system core? Whether they admit it or not is beside the point. Whether Apple has done it first or not is also beside the point.
And what if, either through using a UNIX core, or taking what's there and advancing it to the next level, Microsoft really gets it right this time? They're spending a lot of time on it.
Would we still hate them?
Who cares? Now that we've made Iraq the 51st state we've got all sorts of cheap oil to burn. Look at those gas pumps! Don't you realize $2.50/gallon is CHEAP!?!?
Burn it all up, and while you're at it install some new lights to showcase your shrine to dubya.
for 8way and bigger, go ahead and TRY to find opensource unix (I am a big freebsd fan, btw) that scales in cpu's as well as a sun or sgi or similar box.
:-) Sun handles this scenario quite well, when it's needed.
There are times where 8-way and bigger will only do, but for a majority of the installations out there, that's probably overkill. Besides, in *some* instances (depending on what it is you're actually doing) it might still be cheaper and/or more efficient to cluster cheap x86 or AMD64 boxes. Or even just have a few of them to split up the work load.
but for big multiway systems, you still can't beat proper unix designs of hardware and software.
No argument there!
Yeah people replace 5 year old Sun hardware with 400 boxes. DUH its been five years moores law anyone?
True that. But the point is that Sun failed to sell them on Sun equipment for that upgrade.
There are things that Sun is the best or only option for, but in day-to-day IT departments, these days 8-way servers are overkill and the low-end stuff is eating their lunch.
.... but are they *really* in a position to be critical of anyone else? I kind of view them as an old empire, or a crumbling castle slowly sinking into the ground.
It's still not too late for them to get with the program. Superior hardware and OS? Maybe, but due to marketing, business model, shifted tech sector needs or whatever you want to call it.... It's almost a weekly occurence where I'm hearing about a couple of $400 Debian boxes replacing tens of thousands of dollars of old Sun hardware, not the other way around...
Oh geez, i forgot what day it was today.. 0_o
She's plasticy, she's not pretty, she's dumb as a rock...
Can we choose someone else? There *are* hawt geeky chicks, you know...
1980s--> Ridiculed Computer Nerd
/. love to romanticize about our geekiness, only us geeks appreciate it. Nobody else gives a shit about you or me except you or me.
1995 --> Socially Defunct Internet Junkie
1998 --> All-Powerful, Universally Loved and Admired Icon of Intellectual Prowess and Thinkgeek Humour
1999 --> Profit!!!
2000s--> Returning to Ridiculed Computer Nerd / Socially Defunct Internet Junkie
Sorry man... as much as we all here on
I'm afraid the joke's probably on you.
;)
I'm not a StarWars geek, so i'll have to consult my gf for a second opinion....
But if i just made an ayse out of myself, i can't say it's the first time
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
;)
:-D
-- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822-3.
OT i know, and not to nitpick, but that was actually Yoda.
Now the real question is, do you ALSO get more responses related to your sig than your comments (like me?)
.... is Norton Internet Security.
That is THE worst malware to date.
- It preys on people's ignorant paranoia
- It succeeds in taking money from people (most malware fails at this)
- It blocks websites, services, and causes the computer to slow WAY down
- It is poorly written and buggy as hell. (how many times have you seen "please reinstall NIS"?
- When you turn it off it says it's off but stays on, when you disable it says it's disabled but it's still enabled, and worst yet it requires registry hacking to remove it without b0rking your networking capabilities.
- Customers calling Symantec with any support issues are directed towards their ISP for help.
fux0r Symantec.
One person posts a suggestion on a discussion list. No one has yet responded positively or negatively. Ten minutes later it is a story on Slashdot?
I agree wholeheartedly. And yet I have an Ask Slashdot about combatting and dealing with burnout that was rejected...
I guess my sense of priorities and relevancy are off the mark.
(yeah, i know you're not supposed to groan about rejected stories...)
I'm just waiting to see how many comments until someone pulls out all the Apple/OSX/Mac knee-jerk partyline stuff, and then everyone else either counters it or gives the already trumped excuse of "if only their hardware didn't cost so much..."
;))
etc
(i'm a schnoock, i know
This is pretty typical...
:thu:
I'm sure that many of us here (myself included) have worked as a contractor, side-by-side with full-time direct staff, doing the same thing with the same expectations, yet at a fraction of the $$ and benefits.
Jobs like that are just a stepping stone. Get the experience and move on.
I agree, I have noticed this as well. Nowadays, when I read a slashdot story I immediately imagine what the apple plugs would be.
/usr/opt/KDE/desktop_prefs.ini file to stop that.
Thanks for understanding. To be fair, i get annoyed at all the Linux plugs too. I know that this is a geek site, but some of them are just retarded:
poster1: I hate how Windows XP groups stuff together into this little list in the Taskbar.
poster2: You should just switch to linux. If you run KDE on mandrake, all you have to do is hand edit the
poster3: That's a lot of work! you should switch to Gentoo, where all you have to do is 'emerge -03 --no_group KDE' and you're done!
I guess now it's the Age Of The Apple Partyline...
thanks.
Microsoft's validation thing is garbage, and it just makes me angry every time I need to download something.
It's especially disheartening when it is wrong. I was repairing a machine with its Active X controls all hosed up (from spyware). MSKB suggested to reinstall ActiveX on top of itself.
But since ActiveX was messed up, their download site's test for a valid WinXP image failed, thus keeping me from downloading the latest ActiveX.
This was an OEM install on a 3-month old Dell Dimension.
Some hypothesize Google working on an OS
Mod this offtopic, but watch how quickly someone twists this into a plug for OSX (this post not included).
You watch! It's an Amazing Slashdot Phenomenon(tm)!
I guess the BSDs still don't count on /.
For all their pandering and pushing paranoia-ware, i sometimes suspect that maybe, just possibly, some of these worms that get released might come from Symantec themselves.
Call conspiracy theory if you want, but it seems that with a lot of the "good" worms, Symantec is the first to announce it, and they've got a full analysis of what it does, how it works, what it's written in, etc, even if they claim the worm has only been "out" or "released" for 12-24 hours. This includes details that might be hundreds or thousands of varying filenames the worm will drop, what it does on certain times or dates that haven't occured yet, and various other things that are internal to the program itself.
Yes i know you can take an executable and reverse engineer it to see how it works, but i'm sure some things will get lost in translation. Plus, in their description of their buzzwords and jargon, they define "Zoo Threats" as worms that "only exist in antivirus labs".
I'm not saying that there *aren't* plenty of mofos around the world writing worms out of spite, but I think that sometimes the actions of Symantec might belie a hidden agenda.
Business is business.
....Norton Antivirus/Internet Security is the biggest piece of shit excuse for security software EVAR. It is poorly designed, poorly implemented, always breaks, and the only fix is "please reinstall NIS".
Now they're getting into spyware/adware removal, and Norton will always find stuff, but when trying to deal with it it just gives a 'delete failed' message and that's it. And it will continue to nag you about things it finds.
People who don't know anybetter see these displays in best buy, and believe the hype and go home and install this paranoiaware. If it is NIS it promptly breaks their internet connection and screws up their email client. If they call symantec for help in configuring, symantec will refer them to their ISP.
What a bunch of fucks. Color me mofo, but i'm telling people to uninstall NIS these days (and the funny thing is that complete removal often requires registry hacking). It's more trouble than it is worth. Tech support is bad enough without this crap.
...on a lot of levels.
First off towards the religious zealots that have no problem shoving their theology into your face, but will simultaneously raise a stink over your "imagined" alignment.
Second off, towards the Mac dorks with their kneejerk references of "THEY ALREADY HAVE, HAR HAR HAR" and posting links to pics that reference OSX. OSX is NOT FREEBSD. If you really believe that, then you just don't understand the UNIX philosophy. Go back to your art-fetish lickable computer and troll some other forum.
Third off, for squandering the the rebellious merits of the OSS and BSD community to get in bed with big business, which will undoubtedly turn into domination, regulation and corruption.
I have a few more but i think i've stepped on enough toes already. This actually makes me a little bit angry.
...but would increasing the size of the actual chip help any? Like a vented, flow-through design. The actual chip is about the size of a fingernail, i know, but if we increased it to the size of the whole plastic skirt around it (that which has all the pins) wouldn't that help heat dissipation?
I haven't taken any measurements, but i'm willing to bet that the skirting around that wouldn't be much bigger- we've got more length on all sides, so we don't have to go as deep.
However, i don't design microprocessors, and don't know anything about electronics, so i'm betting there's something i'm missing out- i.e. the impedance or capacitance effects of increasing the microscopic traces. I would assume someone has thought of this once before, but with all the rush to make stuff smaller and smaller, can it be overlooked?
It's not like we don't have any spare room in a PC case, y'know...
There's DebianBSD for that ;)
Otherwise, for linux it's Debian.
For BSD it's Free and Net!