Come on SCO - as part of my operating systems course in college we loaded ELF binaries (which we also had to create) and RAN them. They have got to be stretching a long way on that one - that is for sure. Not to mention many other OSs (such as the BSDs) can use ELF binaries....
The JFS claims, that seems like an awful stretch as well, It does make more sense in targetting IBM though as I believe they had heavy involvement in JFS. Honestly I am not nearly as familiar with the ins and outs of it, but unless they are claiming something ridiculous like memcopy() or something...
Which brings us to number three, 'copyrighted unix headers and interfaces'.... boy. Here comes this crap again. What on earth are they sticking in headers to copyright? #define ONE 1;??? Sounds like I might have a case myself.
Now the interfaces, which could perhaps be interpreted as API... there is some chance that could have some fuzzy ground I imagine. But how on earth can the judge/court even take them seriously at this point?
Not to troll here, but I doubt we will see many machines giving way to IA64. The more likely route would be x86_64 - AMD's extension to the IA32 architecture allowing for 64 bit operations. IA64 is basically what powers the Itanium line, and well, it has been a collosal underwhelmer....
Personally I just got my hands on an Athlon 64 and have been toying with it. 64 bits aside, the integrated memory controller really makes it fly for a lot of number crunching goodness. I also read an article just today reviewing the 3800+ socket 939 chip - and it beat the highest end Prescott chip (on the newest 925x motherboards) in every benchmark. When Intel decides to get all its ducks in a row we might see more interesting performance from the chips coming down the pipe.
Back on topic. I don't think Debian necessarily needs to include AMD64 support in Sarge. Granted, it would be nice and many people would appreciate it being there. It will most certainly be showing up in the future unstable branches as well as many people will have patches, how to, and other reference material. There are plenty of choices for true AMD64 support out in the Linux world. It isn't a matter of Debian supporting it (or LSB for that matter), but more a matter of when.
It is also interesting to note that Nintendo never once pushed the component video cable as any relevant accessory to the gamecube. I looked far and wide back in the day but they were not available in retail stores. No third party had decided to manufacturer their own version either. The only place was the Nintendo online store, which had it perpetually back ordered.
Not that I am wearing a tinfoil hat, but by severly limiting the distribution of a peripheral, then axing the port it requires all together, seems to smell a little funny to me.
Although it has a short overview of the basic features of OpenGL, it is intended for an audience that is already somewhat familiar with OpenGL and with 3D graphics programming in general
Boy, I hope someone looking to learn OpenGL at least knows enough about 3D graphics to realize this isn't likely the right book to start learning OpenGL with. That said, the Red and Blue books are indispensable. I certainly hope this "Orange" book lives up to the family reputation.
Anyone know if Doom 3 uses these newly ratified extension? I would imagine it does - but I of course have no facts to back this up.
I got in on a sweet AMD64 deal last week, the hardware will be arriving Thursday, so deciding to be proactive I go check the torrents at Duke to get FC2 for x86_64, but no - there is FC3 test 1. When I started I was about the only peer, getting about 150K/s (maxed my line) from I guess the torrent host. Very nice.
For once the slashdot effect might actually work in my favor!
While perhaps not ideal for taking to your parents house, I recently went through the steps necessary to boot puppy linux entirely from PXE. So far it is the only linux distro I have found that can do this (and load X). Very nice, but still needs some more polish.
Check it out. It has bootable CD and Compact Flash versions.
I doubt this is the case - I would venture to say those that are smart enough to change the User Agent string appropriately, are also smart enough to set it back when not needed so web stats are collected properly. Particularly with the explosive growth seen over the last few days/weeks - there are a lot of people using it now that I am sure don't have a clue how to change the user agent string.
Not to mention Sun's Java plugin complains to no end that Firefox initialized it but the User Agent is set to IE... that reminder keeps me honest as well.
So assuming this does actually come out - what on earth on they going to axe to make it fit the GBA? I would be inclined to say it most certainly won't have cooperative multiplayer, and with any luck they will make sure to eliminate a level or two....
Oh wait, that would be an improvement. Can't have any of that as it goes to a non-xbox platform.
You know, as a member of our capitalist society, I certainly appreciate laws that allow me to protect my work (be it the GPL or something else) - but honestly it seems like ridiculous patent after ridiculous patent seem to be pouring through the office.
While I think patents can be a reasonable thing - there is rampant abuse of the system and really no way for public comment. Why on earth should I trust an office full of overworked and eternally swamped clerks to give such broad legal rights out? Seriously, if the end of capitalism is coming it seems fairly clear that litigation will be the vehicle and patents their fuel.
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Not to mention how far I could overclock my calculator on one of those babies...
Yes but in pseudo-code there is no defined behavior of "static int mutex" member variable inside a class like there is in Java. Trying to explain that in the test for pseudo-code would lead to possible ambiguity and introduce un-needed overhead since you need a language to learn and practice these theories anyway.
While I mostly agree with this - back in college I took a networking class which was a breeze because I had been doing it for years prior to the class. Regardless of that, the class was taught from protocols such as HTTP, then TCP, then IP, then Ethernet (link layer)... etc....
Similar to taking Java and going to C++ then assembler. Quite frankly I think the class was a lot better as a result because it took familiar concepts, explained them in better detail which lead to questions (ok, so how does HTTP guarantee delivery and integrity of the request? it uses TCP), which then got answered in what seemed a very natural way.
Both approaches have benefits, but just because your picture doesn't look pretty, doesn't mean all paints/ink are going to be so messy.
The problem with this approach is it rules out an entire class of problems such as class B inherits from class A, has such and such static methods and member variables..... what is the output of this code?
While writing code is somewhat less effective than perhaps discussing principles and theory, you certainly need a language as a base to "measure performance" in a test like this. Not that it isn't without its own set of problems, but it is a necessary evil. You need to have a base-line to measure objectively, something that is hard to nail down using just pseudo-code.
This is really more applicable if you are jumping ship, but can still be useful in your regular searching. I think the questions regarding benefits - insurance, retirement, pension, etc.... are pretty good questions to feel out - especially if you can talk to employees who use them. Benefits are really part of your total compensation package so be sure to include that along with your salary etc...
As I have been hired and laid off far too many times over the last couple of years, I have noticed that most companies really aren't terribly flexible on what they offer in terms of compensation. There is some, but not as much as is hoped. So I have taken a different approach and made known work place expectations - something as trivial as allowing food/drink at your desk or soemthing a bit more technical like making dual monitors a condition of employment (no dualies no work).
A lot of PHB's and such can make small deals like that - it doesn't require them to get HR and Accounting and who knows what other groups involved and they are much more willing to pursue those requests as a result.
Not once did Mr. Pundit claim to have run Linux and Win95 on the same iron - he only mentioned having run it (at most of his windows flavors for that matter) in the emulated environment. Of course Win95 and later are going to have a vanilla SoundBlaster driver... this article is wrong on so many levels.
I almost feel dirty for letting him troll me and many others so effectively. It is purely disgusting. I personally vote we harness the mighty power of/. to take down there server... or at least raise their bandwidth bill. I certainly did my part with a few full refreshes here and there...
I am absolutely with you on this. Two years ago (more or less) when it was first announced and they had some trailer featuring game footage - I was extremely excited about the whole premise. The fact that it is coming out at least a year late, and now carries a nearly $15 per month price tag, well that is just unnacceptable for me. Again, not that I can't afford it, just that it is too much.
I understand fully that it costs "resources" to maintain servers, but $15 is just waaaaaaay too much for me. Particularly when you throw up an initial price tag of $50 for the game. Just for kicks lets say it costs $5000 a month to maintain (internet connection + admin to kick/ban/whatever)... they only need about 350 players a month to turn a profit, and guess what, that is all they are going to have. Not very massive if you ask me. Besides if there isn't much of player interaction (good vs. evil players, not just co-op), is there really a need to have some admin running around anyway? just release some server software so we can have lan parties or clans or just connect to a random server somewhere....
You know, Tribes 1/2 will probably suffer from increased cheating as a result, but it also isn't a terribly popular online game these days. This is really a move to get Tribes 2 being played at LAN parties and such, where the cheating is more easily controlled.
I played Tribes 2 a bit, and thought it was good, but I never was motivated enough to go get a copy. I will most certainly download this and give it another shot - who knows, maybe it will get me addicted to the series and I will buy Tribes Vengence as a result...
You know, the advertisers are quite insidious and have been inserting their products into show for a good long time - they like to call it placement. I can see a big stir from the hornets nest coming about advertising being lost just because the general public doesn't get to see Victoria's Secret panties....
Really, you are probably better off just pulling the tags for now - they are obviously a company with a bit of an ego. There doesn't seem to be any value (you yourself mention that having it in the meta tags has no effect on the site at all). This is just not worth putting up the fight.
While I do see it as a hot-headed company bent on protecting their so-called "IP", and there is certainly merit in standing up for what seems like a silly dispute. I think it best to just lay down your weapons and call for a truce.
Of course you could pull a Dave Barry and post contact information for Tracy Barnes, thus leveraging the might of slashdot against him.
I worked for a graphics design lab (they thought they were a "branding" firm) for some time, and try as I might, they could not be convinced to purchase a firewall - as it was stuck in limbo as part of buying a new system/moving locations....
What I ended up doing was simply keeping the sensitive documents etc. on a zip disk that I kept ejected except when I was modifying a list or looking up something. The rest of the time it was ejected. Granted, you would probably want some encryption on it as well, to further protect yourself but really physically separating your data from your computer should be paramount.
I would like to echo getting decent anti-virus, running windows update, using some sort of firewall, run with less priviledged accounts, etc.... all good practices as well.
I'd like to echo many of the things said before with a couple tweaks of my own:
Pens: I find that I usually write more messy with a pen than a pencil for some silly reason, so maybe you could see how your mileage varies there. Other than that, be sure to find a pen(cil) that fits your style, be it thick or thin. A comfortable utensil will help you write more legibly as well.
I would recommend getting a journal to write in. That way you are able to spend at least a few minutes every night sorting out your thoughts, and there is obviously little pressure to hurry through it. Take time to write carefully and make your letters as consistent as possible and I think you will be surprised at the results.
Really the only way to improve is like most tasks: You are just going to have to practice. Maybe a journal won't work for you and you need to find something else, but consistent practice is what is going to make the difference at the end of the day.
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Come on SCO - as part of my operating systems course in college we loaded ELF binaries (which we also had to create) and RAN them. They have got to be stretching a long way on that one - that is for sure. Not to mention many other OSs (such as the BSDs) can use ELF binaries....
.... boy. Here comes this crap again. What on earth are they sticking in headers to copyright? #define ONE 1;??? Sounds like I might have a case myself.
The JFS claims, that seems like an awful stretch as well, It does make more sense in targetting IBM though as I believe they had heavy involvement in JFS. Honestly I am not nearly as familiar with the ins and outs of it, but unless they are claiming something ridiculous like memcopy() or something...
Which brings us to number three, 'copyrighted unix headers and interfaces'
Now the interfaces, which could perhaps be interpreted as API... there is some chance that could have some fuzzy ground I imagine. But how on earth can the judge/court even take them seriously at this point?
Not to troll here, but I doubt we will see many machines giving way to IA64. The more likely route would be x86_64 - AMD's extension to the IA32 architecture allowing for 64 bit operations. IA64 is basically what powers the Itanium line, and well, it has been a collosal underwhelmer....
Personally I just got my hands on an Athlon 64 and have been toying with it. 64 bits aside, the integrated memory controller really makes it fly for a lot of number crunching goodness. I also read an article just today reviewing the 3800+ socket 939 chip - and it beat the highest end Prescott chip (on the newest 925x motherboards) in every benchmark. When Intel decides to get all its ducks in a row we might see more interesting performance from the chips coming down the pipe.
Back on topic. I don't think Debian necessarily needs to include AMD64 support in Sarge. Granted, it would be nice and many people would appreciate it being there. It will most certainly be showing up in the future unstable branches as well as many people will have patches, how to, and other reference material. There are plenty of choices for true AMD64 support out in the Linux world. It isn't a matter of Debian supporting it (or LSB for that matter), but more a matter of when.
It is also interesting to note that Nintendo never once pushed the component video cable as any relevant accessory to the gamecube. I looked far and wide back in the day but they were not available in retail stores. No third party had decided to manufacturer their own version either. The only place was the Nintendo online store, which had it perpetually back ordered.
Not that I am wearing a tinfoil hat, but by severly limiting the distribution of a peripheral, then axing the port it requires all together, seems to smell a little funny to me.
Although it has a short overview of the basic features of OpenGL, it is intended for an audience that is already somewhat familiar with OpenGL and with 3D graphics programming in general
Boy, I hope someone looking to learn OpenGL at least knows enough about 3D graphics to realize this isn't likely the right book to start learning OpenGL with. That said, the Red and Blue books are indispensable. I certainly hope this "Orange" book lives up to the family reputation.
Anyone know if Doom 3 uses these newly ratified extension? I would imagine it does - but I of course have no facts to back this up.
I got in on a sweet AMD64 deal last week, the hardware will be arriving Thursday, so deciding to be proactive I go check the torrents at Duke to get FC2 for x86_64, but no - there is FC3 test 1. When I started I was about the only peer, getting about 150K/s (maxed my line) from I guess the torrent host. Very nice.
For once the slashdot effect might actually work in my favor!
While perhaps not ideal for taking to your parents house, I recently went through the steps necessary to boot puppy linux entirely from PXE. So far it is the only linux distro I have found that can do this (and load X). Very nice, but still needs some more polish.
Check it out. It has bootable CD and Compact Flash versions.
I doubt this is the case - I would venture to say those that are smart enough to change the User Agent string appropriately, are also smart enough to set it back when not needed so web stats are collected properly. Particularly with the explosive growth seen over the last few days/weeks - there are a lot of people using it now that I am sure don't have a clue how to change the user agent string.
Not to mention Sun's Java plugin complains to no end that Firefox initialized it but the User Agent is set to IE... that reminder keeps me honest as well.
So assuming this does actually come out - what on earth on they going to axe to make it fit the GBA? I would be inclined to say it most certainly won't have cooperative multiplayer, and with any luck they will make sure to eliminate a level or two....
Oh wait, that would be an improvement. Can't have any of that as it goes to a non-xbox platform.
You know, as a member of our capitalist society, I certainly appreciate laws that allow me to protect my work (be it the GPL or something else) - but honestly it seems like ridiculous patent after ridiculous patent seem to be pouring through the office.
While I think patents can be a reasonable thing - there is rampant abuse of the system and really no way for public comment. Why on earth should I trust an office full of overworked and eternally swamped clerks to give such broad legal rights out? Seriously, if the end of capitalism is coming it seems fairly clear that litigation will be the vehicle and patents their fuel.
Not to mention how far I could overclock my calculator on one of those babies...
Yes but in pseudo-code there is no defined behavior of "static int mutex" member variable inside a class like there is in Java. Trying to explain that in the test for pseudo-code would lead to possible ambiguity and introduce un-needed overhead since you need a language to learn and practice these theories anyway.
While I mostly agree with this - back in college I took a networking class which was a breeze because I had been doing it for years prior to the class. Regardless of that, the class was taught from protocols such as HTTP, then TCP, then IP, then Ethernet (link layer)... etc....
Similar to taking Java and going to C++ then assembler. Quite frankly I think the class was a lot better as a result because it took familiar concepts, explained them in better detail which lead to questions (ok, so how does HTTP guarantee delivery and integrity of the request? it uses TCP), which then got answered in what seemed a very natural way.
Both approaches have benefits, but just because your picture doesn't look pretty, doesn't mean all paints/ink are going to be so messy.
The problem with this approach is it rules out an entire class of problems such as class B inherits from class A, has such and such static methods and member variables..... what is the output of this code?
While writing code is somewhat less effective than perhaps discussing principles and theory, you certainly need a language as a base to "measure performance" in a test like this. Not that it isn't without its own set of problems, but it is a necessary evil. You need to have a base-line to measure objectively, something that is hard to nail down using just pseudo-code.
This is really more applicable if you are jumping ship, but can still be useful in your regular searching. I think the questions regarding benefits - insurance, retirement, pension, etc.... are pretty good questions to feel out - especially if you can talk to employees who use them. Benefits are really part of your total compensation package so be sure to include that along with your salary etc...
As I have been hired and laid off far too many times over the last couple of years, I have noticed that most companies really aren't terribly flexible on what they offer in terms of compensation. There is some, but not as much as is hoped. So I have taken a different approach and made known work place expectations - something as trivial as allowing food/drink at your desk or soemthing a bit more technical like making dual monitors a condition of employment (no dualies no work).
A lot of PHB's and such can make small deals like that - it doesn't require them to get HR and Accounting and who knows what other groups involved and they are much more willing to pursue those requests as a result.
It is all part of negotiating...
Not once did Mr. Pundit claim to have run Linux and Win95 on the same iron - he only mentioned having run it (at most of his windows flavors for that matter) in the emulated environment. Of course Win95 and later are going to have a vanilla SoundBlaster driver... this article is wrong on so many levels.
/. to take down there server... or at least raise their bandwidth bill. I certainly did my part with a few full refreshes here and there...
I almost feel dirty for letting him troll me and many others so effectively. It is purely disgusting. I personally vote we harness the mighty power of
The Iomega way: Too little, too late for WAY TOO MUCH!
I am absolutely with you on this. Two years ago (more or less) when it was first announced and they had some trailer featuring game footage - I was extremely excited about the whole premise. The fact that it is coming out at least a year late, and now carries a nearly $15 per month price tag, well that is just unnacceptable for me. Again, not that I can't afford it, just that it is too much.
I understand fully that it costs "resources" to maintain servers, but $15 is just waaaaaaay too much for me. Particularly when you throw up an initial price tag of $50 for the game. Just for kicks lets say it costs $5000 a month to maintain (internet connection + admin to kick/ban/whatever)... they only need about 350 players a month to turn a profit, and guess what, that is all they are going to have. Not very massive if you ask me. Besides if there isn't much of player interaction (good vs. evil players, not just co-op), is there really a need to have some admin running around anyway? just release some server software so we can have lan parties or clans or just connect to a random server somewhere....
unreasonable, greedy, cash grabbing freaks.
You know, Tribes 1/2 will probably suffer from increased cheating as a result, but it also isn't a terribly popular online game these days. This is really a move to get Tribes 2 being played at LAN parties and such, where the cheating is more easily controlled.
I played Tribes 2 a bit, and thought it was good, but I never was motivated enough to go get a copy. I will most certainly download this and give it another shot - who knows, maybe it will get me addicted to the series and I will buy Tribes Vengence as a result...
You know, the advertisers are quite insidious and have been inserting their products into show for a good long time - they like to call it placement. I can see a big stir from the hornets nest coming about advertising being lost just because the general public doesn't get to see Victoria's Secret panties....
Really, you are probably better off just pulling the tags for now - they are obviously a company with a bit of an ego. There doesn't seem to be any value (you yourself mention that having it in the meta tags has no effect on the site at all). This is just not worth putting up the fight.
While I do see it as a hot-headed company bent on protecting their so-called "IP", and there is certainly merit in standing up for what seems like a silly dispute. I think it best to just lay down your weapons and call for a truce.
Of course you could pull a Dave Barry and post contact information for Tracy Barnes, thus leveraging the might of slashdot against him.
mach 5 = 3,806.03525 mph
mach 5 = 6,125.22 km/h
Yes, but - will you actually be able to save your custom track in Excitebike?
I worked for a graphics design lab (they thought they were a "branding" firm) for some time, and try as I might, they could not be convinced to purchase a firewall - as it was stuck in limbo as part of buying a new system/moving locations....
What I ended up doing was simply keeping the sensitive documents etc. on a zip disk that I kept ejected except when I was modifying a list or looking up something. The rest of the time it was ejected. Granted, you would probably want some encryption on it as well, to further protect yourself but really physically separating your data from your computer should be paramount.
I would like to echo getting decent anti-virus, running windows update, using some sort of firewall, run with less priviledged accounts, etc.... all good practices as well.
Have you thought about using SSH and tunnelling ports 110 (POP3) and 143 (IMAP)?
I have seen adverts in the past for hosters giving you shell access, and you can bet they are using SSH to administer the boxes as well...
I'd like to echo many of the things said before with a couple tweaks of my own:
Pens: I find that I usually write more messy with a pen than a pencil for some silly reason, so maybe you could see how your mileage varies there. Other than that, be sure to find a pen(cil) that fits your style, be it thick or thin. A comfortable utensil will help you write more legibly as well.
I would recommend getting a journal to write in. That way you are able to spend at least a few minutes every night sorting out your thoughts, and there is obviously little pressure to hurry through it. Take time to write carefully and make your letters as consistent as possible and I think you will be surprised at the results.
Really the only way to improve is like most tasks: You are just going to have to practice. Maybe a journal won't work for you and you need to find something else, but consistent practice is what is going to make the difference at the end of the day.