Over the years, I've had an IPX, sparc 5, 10, 20, Ultra-10, and now a Blade 2000. I probably missed some, or got the names wrong, but what I'm trying to say is I've got a long history of good performance from Sun with 100% uptime.
Now the punchline, since I installed Linux on my Pentium-M laptop and watched it simulate circuits at almost 2X the speed, I've been a Sun basher too. Tasks like compiling Mozilla were even worse than 2X. I know its not overly scientific, but Lintel costs are the clincher. My Sun days are over.
The Sun box sticks around for the moment because its got 3G of RAM, but theres new Intel box sitting next to already for more testing.
The anti-pirating schemes already in place have all
but killed the gaming experience for me. Why is it
I spent uncountable hours playing my older games online with friends, but anything I've bought in the last year needs to meet up on a server. You spend wasted time in a lobby watching people type in profanity and hate speech, then as your friends all try to start the game, something happens and it doesn't launch.
Time's too short, I'll just won't play games with needless restrictions and I wish others wouldn't either.
Um, I thought it was increasing the CLOCK speed:) Thanks for the links to the overclocking 102 and 103 articles. FYI, in "101", they explain clock multipliers.
(Overmod)
Why does an increase in clock frequency mean an
increase in voltage inside the chip? Is there
a DC-DC converter on these gPs? From a process
standpoint, it seems that if one chip from the
design can tolerate the operating conditions than
a second can too (although it might not pass
electrical specs and hence is branded a different
part number).
I'd
guess the failure mode would come from heat,
made from power -- linear with clock freq.
Note, you can double clock speed to get same
power increase as 40% increase in voltage--
its C-V^2. The manufacturer has to cover the
corner where voltage is up 10% in his testing
where you can use that margin to overclock.
I have no idea where these magnetic fields
you speak of are coming from.
Not only that, but I have a choice of two cable
modem providers, or DSL, or resellers of both.
Plenty of competition, yet $45 is the cheapest.
I say demand. Boston is a high tech town and
nobody dials up anymore.
This seems absurd to me, but then again, I think
the current trend of buying 1000-sq foot per
family member is also breaking down family
communication.
What could they add that the other distos don't
have? Full compatibility with other Microsoft
products? The GPL requires releasing their source
code and that would be telling the whole world
how bizarre MS things like NTFS really work.
I agree, not gonna happen.
Blockbuster and other rental places would obviously object.
Actually, I think Blockbuster and the rental
places should become hosts for the digital
content download. They could set the market
prices better based on the local costs of
bandwidth, demand, etc. You didn't see all
the VHS rental places go out of business when
DVDs came out, right? Evolve your business
strategy or go under...
I'd think SiGe (sig-eee) is beneficial for
the high-speed I/O only. Bipolars don't make
great switches -- you wouldn't build an entire
modern CPU out of them. You can integrate CMOS
on SiGe at the cost of yield for sure. I don't
think the geometries are running with the
finest all-CMOS yet (IBM knows...)
popular packages you find on the net
Isn't that what I just said:)
My experiences with sparc-solaris...
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Solaris 9 x86 Review
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· Score: 2, Informative
As a captive sparc-solaris user for many years,
my experience has been that most of the development
tools have some bug in them and need to be replaced
with Gnu equivalents to compile any of the popular
packages you find on the net.
And my linux boxes are usually configure-make-make
install and you're done. Under solaris, I almost
always have to change something to get it to compile. Not to mention most of the dependencies
won't already be on your system.
Speaking as an avid street rider, a licensed roadracer, and weekend motocrosser, this toy
is a pretty useless distraction.
The gearbox is sequential, so aside from a
neutral indicator for parking, who cares
what gear number you're in? And my bikes
already have a rev indicator that flashes
at your face when you need to shift. As
for speedometers, on many of my bikes I've
already removed them:)
If AOL wanted to be of real service, it would send
their users an email explaining the service, and
give them a link to click to automatically shut it
off if desired.
A barrier for me using SVG is that the graphics
I make are not importable into the (MS) tools
the people I work with use.
If I was pointed to a good SVG2something tool,
I'd be more excited.
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Over the years, I've had an IPX, sparc 5, 10, 20, Ultra-10, and now a Blade 2000. I probably missed some, or got the names wrong, but what I'm trying to say is I've got a long history of good performance from Sun with 100% uptime. Now the punchline, since I installed Linux on my Pentium-M laptop and watched it simulate circuits at almost 2X the speed, I've been a Sun basher too. Tasks like compiling Mozilla were even worse than 2X. I know its not overly scientific, but Lintel costs are the clincher. My Sun days are over. The Sun box sticks around for the moment because its got 3G of RAM, but theres new Intel box sitting next to already for more testing.
The anti-pirating schemes already in place have all but killed the gaming experience for me. Why is it I spent uncountable hours playing my older games online with friends, but anything I've bought in the last year needs to meet up on a server. You spend wasted time in a lobby watching people type in profanity and hate speech, then as your friends all try to start the game, something happens and it doesn't launch. Time's too short, I'll just won't play games with needless restrictions and I wish others wouldn't either.
The examiners should have rejected the application the minute they saw where it was being filed from.
Um, I thought it was increasing the CLOCK speed :) Thanks for the links to the overclocking 102 and 103 articles. FYI, in "101", they explain clock multipliers.
(Overmod) Why does an increase in clock frequency mean an increase in voltage inside the chip? Is there a DC-DC converter on these gPs? From a process standpoint, it seems that if one chip from the design can tolerate the operating conditions than a second can too (although it might not pass electrical specs and hence is branded a different part number). I'd guess the failure mode would come from heat, made from power -- linear with clock freq. Note, you can double clock speed to get same power increase as 40% increase in voltage-- its C-V^2. The manufacturer has to cover the corner where voltage is up 10% in his testing where you can use that margin to overclock. I have no idea where these magnetic fields you speak of are coming from.
Not only that, but I have a choice of two cable modem providers, or DSL, or resellers of both. Plenty of competition, yet $45 is the cheapest. I say demand. Boston is a high tech town and nobody dials up anymore.
With those limited specs, I would suggest Windows 98 ;)
This seems absurd to me, but then again, I think the current trend of buying 1000-sq foot per family member is also breaking down family communication.
What could they add that the other distos don't have? Full compatibility with other Microsoft products? The GPL requires releasing their source code and that would be telling the whole world how bizarre MS things like NTFS really work. I agree, not gonna happen.
Blockbuster and other rental places would obviously object. Actually, I think Blockbuster and the rental places should become hosts for the digital content download. They could set the market prices better based on the local costs of bandwidth, demand, etc. You didn't see all the VHS rental places go out of business when DVDs came out, right? Evolve your business strategy or go under...
I'd think SiGe (sig-eee) is beneficial for the high-speed I/O only. Bipolars don't make great switches -- you wouldn't build an entire modern CPU out of them. You can integrate CMOS on SiGe at the cost of yield for sure. I don't think the geometries are running with the finest all-CMOS yet (IBM knows...)
Unreal Tournament plays under Linux. But I've only played multiplayer under Windows so I can't speak for the net code.
popular packages you find on the net Isn't that what I just said :)
As a captive sparc-solaris user for many years, my experience has been that most of the development tools have some bug in them and need to be replaced with Gnu equivalents to compile any of the popular packages you find on the net. And my linux boxes are usually configure-make-make install and you're done. Under solaris, I almost always have to change something to get it to compile. Not to mention most of the dependencies won't already be on your system.
Speaking as an avid street rider, a licensed roadracer, and weekend motocrosser, this toy is a pretty useless distraction. The gearbox is sequential, so aside from a neutral indicator for parking, who cares what gear number you're in? And my bikes already have a rev indicator that flashes at your face when you need to shift. As for speedometers, on many of my bikes I've already removed them :)
I haven't anything like that since people lined up to RETURN Windows ME!
If AOL wanted to be of real service, it would send their users an email explaining the service, and give them a link to click to automatically shut it off if desired.
I use http://www.mapsonus.com
Can't say its better than the rest though.
A barrier for me using SVG is that the graphics I make are not importable into the (MS) tools the people I work with use. If I was pointed to a good SVG2something tool, I'd be more excited.