Personally, I'd like to see methods like OpenAFS with a RAID/SAN data store. A great benefit of AFS is that it's ideal to work over a large IP network. Every night issue a update for all the nodes, a little like rsync I suppose in this respect, but it's ideal for a large infrastructure. Of course things like MD5 sums should be used on the files, perhaps split the large files with RAR or something, maybe use a.PAR file also. You know.. I think the pirate world has this sort of thing sorted already. Why don't the media giants take a leaf out of their book and see how others in the volatile world cope? Maybe they could use newsgroups for data retention?
I wonder if AMD will loose the competition to Intel all together.
Do we risk going back to having only one big CPU producer?
I seem to recall that Solaris is now also based on Intel chips (or was that AMD chips).
I have always been buying Intel CPU's until now, but still I am rather fond of AMD as they have forced Intel to get their act together. Solaris is the OS, Sparc is the traditional CPU in their boxes. I forget the true name of the box, but Sun Fire can support AMD CPUs.
... what about all the people who have lost money through electricity bills?!
it's probably not really AMD's concern, but some time ago i did post a ask slashdot over what the most electricity efficient computer board is. i'm drawn towards epia-style boards now, as my linux box is pretty much idle these days, so it makes sense to try and use something that does not burn away cash. anyway, that ask/. was never posted:-(
If I build my own computer (which geeks quite often do), doesn't that technically count as an OEM? i dont think that counts as being a manufacturer. i'm not sure how ms stipulate this but i'm sure they would not let someone get away with the 'oh, but i put a disk in there, now i'm an oem' argument. you'd probably have to manufacturer 50/year or something to qualify for this. again, i'm not certain what qualifies as oem.
And you think any non-geek would have a clue to ask for an OEM version? The average consumer sees only the boxed versions and scoffs at the price. Simple as that. It's too expensive and doesn't run so well on any mid to low end PC available today. (And that's what the masses are buying) anyone, geek or non-geek should get the retail version if they are not an OEM. unless you geek or otherwise are an OEM you have no right to install that on your home computer.
The thing that's overlooked is that it costs an average month's salary in China to buy a copy of vista. Is it a surprise that counterfeits are sold? More to the point, is MS bothered about this? I thought they pulled out of China long before the Vista launch, if they continue to make their previous products incompatible with their later versions, what are they expecting the Chinese to do?
The researchers found that 'substantially more genes in chimps evolved in ways that were beneficial than was the case with human genes.'"
Well, that explains the creationists, anyway... I think Darwin stated that domestication causes more variation. Therefore humans should have more variety in the genes than the chimps.. But were different genre. This is true when looking at things like genetic disorders anyway, things that would otherwise be killed in the wild, but under domestication can survive and create offspring.
i think this is very wrong. who counts the number of cookies as bandwidth? the bandwidth is measured at the routers, if it's not, then dont read too much into bandwidth estimates as it's nothing more than a wet finger in the air.
Yeah TFA is would fit nicely on two pages, but they spread it out to 7 pages in a small column covered in ads on all sides. i for one personally welcome our 'unreadable ad infested' new overlords...
but seriously, advert infested pages should be item #1.
Ditto. I occasionally watch something dumb for a couple of mintes. If there is an ad, I won't waste one second. I only watch somethings like music videos on gootube.
It will a decade before adobe release a linux player though...
I don't understand why this is funny -- I mean, it's a play on words, sure. Do that many Slashdotters think Czech was ever part of the USSR? It wasn't. Beyond that, Kasparov was born in Azerbaijan, which is nowhere near Czech. Also, for the mods: his name is Garry. With two arrs. You mean p's of course...:-)
damned lame filter wouldn't let me use the correct characters... shame...
... a valid excuse why kids don't have to eat their vegetables. Because there aren't any! you do realise that if the vegetables/insects go, there will be no mammals?
Bees are not the only insect that pollinates the plants. If one reads The Origin of Species there are mentions of many different ways for plants to propagate. Bees are generally being pushed aside by the wasps, at least here in England. Many other creatures can spread pollen, along with wind itself.
The problem with plant propagation in the wild is there is a rough 500:1 chance if successful growth to maturity for the seedlings.
For pirates, streaming isn't important, bits-per-day is.
If ISPs limit bandwidth that may have some impact, but removing streaming won't.
If necessary, pirates will disguise their traffic as whatever is allowed under the current anti-piracy regime. yeah thats what i was thinking. torrents and stuff will now just contain a single zip file that contains the rest of the payload, in order for the traffic to be less detectable.
i would say that torrent is going to show up like a sore thumb.
That's right and the price you pay for it is an investment, not a complete waste of resources.
What's the matter? Did the Slashdot editors lose their English-to-Microsoft dictionary again? The denial of the denial of service is what really grinds my gears. There are so many companies who listen to their customers about things like this. With a high profile product the company should really bring it to the attention of their developers.
For years I've been saying that bosses are not meant to be liked. They do tend to drift into those positions, personally I think people are promoted into such positions as they do not get along with their teams, they tend to create friction and thus there is no objection to separating them from the rest of the group through promotion.
The irony here being that if you run a mailserver you know just how much spam comes out of comcast, roadrunner and charter.com (i think thats a cable company). The only people who spam more than american cable company subscribers are asain internet subscribers (hinet, koreanet, etc). I dont recall seeing much spam from at&t sites. Certainly not in the volume of comcast spam.
there's no irony that i notice. i'm a uk citizen and to me spam from one american isp is just the same as spam from another. i've also worked in a small DSL ISP and i know there are much bigger things to consider than what customers are spamming, there isnt the man power to watch it all day. having moved into a mail provider, i can probably make better tools now to monitor customer mail usage.
A company so large, they don't give a damn what any individual is doing. i hate that attitude. they *should* care what their customers are doing otherwise the internet sucks when their customers become part of a bot network.
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Personally, I'd like to see methods like OpenAFS with a RAID/SAN data store. A great benefit of AFS is that it's ideal to work over a large IP network. Every night issue a update for all the nodes, a little like rsync I suppose in this respect, but it's ideal for a large infrastructure. Of course things like MD5 sums should be used on the files, perhaps split the large files with RAR or something, maybe use a .PAR file also. You know.. I think the pirate world has this sort of thing sorted already. Why don't the media giants take a leaf out of their book and see how others in the volatile world cope? Maybe they could use newsgroups for data retention?
Do we risk going back to having only one big CPU producer?
I seem to recall that Solaris is now also based on Intel chips (or was that AMD chips).
I have always been buying Intel CPU's until now, but still I am rather fond of AMD as they have forced Intel to get their act together. Solaris is the OS, Sparc is the traditional CPU in their boxes. I forget the true name of the box, but Sun Fire can support AMD CPUs.
... what about all the people who have lost money through electricity bills?!
/. was never posted :-(
it's probably not really AMD's concern, but some time ago i did post a ask slashdot over what the most electricity efficient computer board is. i'm drawn towards epia-style boards now, as my linux box is pretty much idle these days, so it makes sense to try and use something that does not burn away cash. anyway, that ask
- way over priced
- released much later than everyone was told
- no one can afford the hardware to run it
so i'd say that MS are trying to keep it.The thing that's overlooked is that it costs an average month's salary in China to buy a copy of vista. Is it a surprise that counterfeits are sold? More to the point, is MS bothered about this? I thought they pulled out of China long before the Vista launch, if they continue to make their previous products incompatible with their later versions, what are they expecting the Chinese to do?
Well, that explains the creationists, anyway... I think Darwin stated that domestication causes more variation. Therefore humans should have more variety in the genes than the chimps.. But were different genre. This is true when looking at things like genetic disorders anyway, things that would otherwise be killed in the wild, but under domestication can survive and create offspring.
i think this is very wrong. who counts the number of cookies as bandwidth? the bandwidth is measured at the routers, if it's not, then dont read too much into bandwidth estimates as it's nothing more than a wet finger in the air.
but seriously, advert infested pages should be item #1.
It will a decade before adobe release a linux player though...
...to outnumber males online"And I still can't find a date!
Posting as AC because I'm embarrased as hell. why are you trying to get a date online at
... a valid excuse why kids don't have to eat their vegetables. Because there aren't any! you do realise that if the vegetables/insects go, there will be no mammals?Bees are not the only insect that pollinates the plants. If one reads The Origin of Species there are mentions of many different ways for plants to propagate. Bees are generally being pushed aside by the wasps, at least here in England. Many other creatures can spread pollen, along with wind itself.
The problem with plant propagation in the wild is there is a rough 500:1 chance if successful growth to maturity for the seedlings.
If ISPs limit bandwidth that may have some impact, but removing streaming won't.
If necessary, pirates will disguise their traffic as whatever is allowed under the current anti-piracy regime. yeah thats what i was thinking. torrents and stuff will now just contain a single zip file that contains the rest of the payload, in order for the traffic to be less detectable. i would say that torrent is going to show up like a sore thumb.
{
ReallyUnluckyGuy.DenyAccess(Now);
ReallyUnluckyGuy.AskQuestions(Later);
}
foreach( sort keys %testers ) {
if( $_ =~
undef $tesers{$_};
}
}
how many data centre operators does it take to change a bill?
What's the matter? Did the Slashdot editors lose their English-to-Microsoft dictionary again? The denial of the denial of service is what really grinds my gears. There are so many companies who listen to their customers about things like this. With a high profile product the company should really bring it to the attention of their developers.
For years I've been saying that bosses are not meant to be liked. They do tend to drift into those positions, personally I think people are promoted into such positions as they do not get along with their teams, they tend to create friction and thus there is no objection to separating them from the rest of the group through promotion.
there's no irony that i notice. i'm a uk citizen and to me spam from one american isp is just the same as spam from another. i've also worked in a small DSL ISP and i know there are much bigger things to consider than what customers are spamming, there isnt the man power to watch it all day. having moved into a mail provider, i can probably make better tools now to monitor customer mail usage.
So is MS trying to use piracy as a selling point via the 'social', and then going to wait a few years and push a model that features DRM?