Using mmap requires the system to set up quite a few VM data structures - which takes time and space. For example, to copy a 10GB file, it would be more efficient to alternate reads with writes than to mmap() the file, followed by a bunch of writes.
On the other hand, to randomly access bits in a file over a long time, and accross most of the file, mmap may be the way to go.
All of the projects listed on Yahoo Labs research page talk about how the given technology will improve the user's ability to find the relevant advertisement. I guess that this is Yahoo's business.
None of Google Resarch Labs' projects mention advertising, but anyone with half a brain can see how many of the projects could help consumers find relevent information.
I prefer Google's attitiude. They appear to care more about user's ability to get useful information than the user's ability to get relevent ads.
6 months ago I looked for generic lego sets with wheels. No luck. I was ready to buy a lego set that made a fire truck - as it looked like it had the most generic pieces.
In December, Toys R Us started carying a 500 piece set with some wheels at a reasonable price.
I had been rather disappointed when I could only find sets with a few large pieces that could only be used in one way, and few generic pieces.
Apply for financial aid. Even if you don't receive grants, it may open the door to guaranteed student loans, and a better choice of on campus jobs.
When I went to college, I selected one of the 10 most expensive in the country. They had scholarships for people from other areas of the country and other parts of the world, as well as people from the town the university is located in. Perhaps they had grants for lower income students. Most other students received loans and student jobs to pay the bills.
Not all Bios require KVM. At work I use some computers that have no video, keyboard, or mouse connections. The Control Blade have network, SAN, serial, and power connections. The processor Blades have network based connections only.
The Control blades run Linux. The Processor blades run Linux or Windows.
I don't know about a Hebrew localized version of office, but with the standard version of Office for US use, as installed under Windows 2000, I am able to enter hebrew text - and the hebrew characters do go right to left, as expected.
I previously read that old ships logs were being used to gain a picture of how the earths magnetic fields are changing.
The web site indicates that they are now looking at wind speed. Anyone have any idea of the acuracy of these measurements that were taken between 1750 and 1850?
To get a high speed internet connection at an affordable price, I needed a phone line (I got DSL). I can call anyone in North America without incurring any charges. Why would I want to use VOIP?
If I were to use VOIP, would I need to leave my computer on? I turn it off when not in use to save electricity and cooling (it generates an inordinate amount of heat).
Until people can use VOIP to talk to people who are using POTS, I don't think it will catch on.
I was under the impression that Slashdot reviewed recent publications. I just took a look at the list of recent book reviews. Most are for recently published books. One was for a book published in 1938.
I still have my first computer, one of the original Compaq "Portable computers". It must weigh about 30 pounds. I bought it in 1984, and lugged it by car, train, bus, and airplane between my home in New York and school near Boston. When flying I would ask for a center seat because that gave more room to squeeze the computer under the seat.
It has an 8088, 640K, and fairly low resolution green-screen graphics. I can't remember if it used 2 or 4 bits to store each pixel.
I added a huge 10MB hard drive. I never expected to fill a disk that big. For what the hard disk cost, today you could buy several hundred GB of disk space.
Today I carry a PDA in my pocket that costs much less than any of my Compaq-era peripherals, and is more powerful in every way except screen size (but it comes close).
Cox.net clearly states their bandwidth limits and their definition of "unlimited", which means:
always available, no dialing
no hourly usage limits
no tying up the phone line
no content restrictions
looks like only one of these really applies to "unlimited"
I guess that means that they could have daily usage limits.
It may allow hobbyists to develop software for Solaris. It may encourage some businesses to release software for Solaris. It may encourage som hobbyists to start using Solaris, and demand it next time their employer buys systems.
I suspect that most of the people downloading Solaris-X86 wouldn't pay all the bucks for Solaris.
I also suspect that the free version doesn't come with Suport. I suspect that if you buy a system from Sun with Solaris, you get some level of support for Solaris.
For the last decade, when I vote, I fill in circles on a sheet - sort of like filling out the SATs. When I am done, I feed my ballot into some box/machine.
I don't know where or when the ballots are counted, but we have long had machines which could read these ballots. There is a paper trail. Every time an idiot plays the lottery, he also practices filling out a ballot (as the lottery tickets use a similar method).
Obviously, this must spend lots of money getting fancier systems which are no more acurate, and for now leave no paper trail.
Don't fall for this! I now can't do all of my laundry, because I have no place to store my last dozen t-shirts. They are sitting on a chair right now. I started buying more clothes without looking at the volume of my dirty laundry. Now where do I store this stuff?
Who needs to worry about Security? (we have a deadline to meet).
Security through obscurity is the way to go.
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Charging for minimal consultations is nothing new for doctors. Over 20 years ago, my father was in the hospital for a heart attack. The insurance was charged for an initial consultation by a doctor who openned the door, peeked in, and closed the door.
When he was in the hospital for subsequent heart attacks, any time a doctor would peer into the room, he would check if he was being charged, and if so, he would make sure that the doctor answered some questions.
I must be in the wrong profession to make money - if I was a doctor, I could charge $150/30 sec (25 of those seconds would be walking to the next patient's room).
The FAT filesystem is an extremely simple filesystem. In some early versions, it didn't even support directories.
So, the FAT filesystem allows the creation of named files, and keeps track of which blocks a file uses (and which are free). It also keeps track of file names, and the creation date and time.
ROMs could easily be simpler - by assuming that a file uses contiguous memory.
Devices that don't care about file names could simplify the directory structure. Likewise, devices that don't care about creation times could eliminate those fields.
On the other hand, there are other simple filesystem: CP/M had one. It shouldn't be hard to come up with or invent other simple filesystems. On the other hand, I haven't read those patents yet.
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Using mmap requires the system to set up quite a few VM data structures - which takes time and space. For example, to copy a 10GB file, it would be more efficient to alternate reads with writes than to mmap() the file, followed by a bunch of writes.
On the other hand, to randomly access bits in a file over a long time, and accross most of the file, mmap may be the way to go.
All of the projects listed on Yahoo Labs research page talk about how the given technology will improve the user's ability to find the relevant advertisement. I guess that this is Yahoo's business.
None of Google Resarch Labs' projects mention advertising, but anyone with half a brain can see how many of the projects could help consumers find relevent information.
I prefer Google's attitiude. They appear to care more about user's ability to get useful information than the user's ability to get relevent ads.
Maybe it is just seasonal, but...
6 months ago I looked for generic lego sets with wheels. No luck. I was ready to buy a lego set that made a fire truck - as it looked like it had the most generic pieces.
In December, Toys R Us started carying a 500 piece set with some wheels at a reasonable price.
I had been rather disappointed when I could only find sets with a few large pieces that could only be used in one way, and few generic pieces.
Apply for financial aid. Even if you don't receive grants, it may open the door to guaranteed student loans, and a better choice of on campus jobs.
When I went to college, I selected one of the 10 most expensive in the country. They had scholarships for people from other areas of the country and other parts of the world, as well as people from the town the university is located in. Perhaps they had grants for lower income students. Most other students received loans and student jobs to pay the bills.
The Control blades run Linux. The Processor blades run Linux or Windows.
I didn't think NASA spent any money on this mission. It was funded by the UK (or the EU).
I don't know about a Hebrew localized version of office, but with the standard version of Office for US use, as installed under Windows 2000, I am able to enter hebrew text - and the hebrew characters do go right to left, as expected.
I previously read that old ships logs were being used to gain a picture of how the earths magnetic fields are changing.
The web site indicates that they are now looking at wind speed. Anyone have any idea of the acuracy of these measurements that were taken between 1750 and 1850?
To get a high speed internet connection at an affordable price, I needed a phone line (I got DSL). I can call anyone in North America without incurring any charges. Why would I want to use VOIP?
If I were to use VOIP, would I need to leave my computer on? I turn it off when not in use to save electricity and cooling (it generates an inordinate amount of heat).
Until people can use VOIP to talk to people who are using POTS, I don't think it will catch on.
I was under the impression that Slashdot reviewed recent publications. I just took a look at the list of recent book reviews. Most are for recently published books. One was for a book published in 1938.
Mea culpa.
How is this news? The book was published in 1977.
I still have my first computer, one of the original Compaq "Portable computers". It must weigh about 30 pounds. I bought it in 1984, and lugged it by car, train, bus, and airplane between my home in New York and school near Boston. When flying I would ask for a center seat because that gave more room to squeeze the computer under the seat.
It has an 8088, 640K, and fairly low resolution green-screen graphics. I can't remember if it used 2 or 4 bits to store each pixel.
I added a huge 10MB hard drive. I never expected to fill a disk that big. For what the hard disk cost, today you could buy several hundred GB of disk space.
Today I carry a PDA in my pocket that costs much less than any of my Compaq-era peripherals, and is more powerful in every way except screen size (but it comes close).
It may allow hobbyists to develop software for Solaris. It may encourage some businesses to release software for Solaris. It may encourage som hobbyists to start using Solaris, and demand it next time their employer buys systems.
I suspect that most of the people downloading Solaris-X86 wouldn't pay all the bucks for Solaris.
I also suspect that the free version doesn't come with Suport. I suspect that if you buy a system from Sun with Solaris, you get some level of support for Solaris.
What does Sun have to lose?
For the last decade, when I vote, I fill in circles on a sheet - sort of like filling out the SATs. When I am done, I feed my ballot into some box/machine.
I don't know where or when the ballots are counted, but we have long had machines which could read these ballots. There is a paper trail. Every time an idiot plays the lottery, he also practices filling out a ballot (as the lottery tickets use a similar method).
Obviously, this must spend lots of money getting fancier systems which are no more acurate, and for now leave no paper trail.
This is a development release. According to evolution's planned milestones, the stable 1.6 release will be out in March.
Like the kernel, the odd dot releases are development.
That said, I choose to use evolution 1.4 for most of my email needs.
Security through obscurity is the way to go.
When he was in the hospital for subsequent heart attacks, any time a doctor would peer into the room, he would check if he was being charged, and if so, he would make sure that the doctor answered some questions.
I must be in the wrong profession to make money - if I was a doctor, I could charge $150/30 sec (25 of those seconds would be walking to the next patient's room).
So, the FAT filesystem allows the creation of named files, and keeps track of which blocks a file uses (and which are free). It also keeps track of file names, and the creation date and time.
ROMs could easily be simpler - by assuming that a file uses contiguous memory.
Devices that don't care about file names could simplify the directory structure. Likewise, devices that don't care about creation times could eliminate those fields.
On the other hand, there are other simple filesystem: CP/M had one. It shouldn't be hard to come up with or invent other simple filesystems. On the other hand, I haven't read those patents yet.
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email forums has plenty of information about other email providers as well.