Just like people who buy their phone and internet from the biggest company they know. As far as they are concerned, they are getting the best deal and there arent any compeditors.
The problem is with your system, if you want to scam me then there is little I can do. At least Paypal is part of eBay so they know for a fact you've paid.
Like I said, if you need very fast speed or high reliability, go for SSD.
However a spun down archive raid array isnt going to suddenly fail like you state it will. Even with constant use it needs to run for many years before there is a risk of failure and then you'd be prepared for it. Also if anyone has a large amount of critical data, they'd be using RAID 1, 5, 6 or 10.
SSD wont catch up to spinning disks in terms of capacity any time soon. Dont hold your breath for a terrabyte SSD hard drive.
Uhhh...you may want to take a look around. Google is a multi-billion dollar company and guess where every cent of their money comes from? Yep. Adwords.
They arent growing, they have already grown. They give free email, free search, free maps, donate millions to open source projects and more all from those little text ads.
I dont think DoubleClick is a big deal for Google. They would like it but if they dont get it then the world isnt over. DoubleClick deals with a completely different segment of the market to Adwords and they want to get in to that side as well.
SSD doesnt shine at archive. Archive does not need fast speed nor good seek times.
Normal hard drives have plenty of speed for archive however, would be spun down most of the time (no wear and tear) and they provide what SSD cannot: capacity. Having 64gig of data archived is great and all but at home I have 900gig of archive data. Small problem dont you think?
We are talking about lower resolution than Quake with slightly more features. A 200mhz processor is overkill for that. 486's can do that easily. The overhead required to power a separate chip and the interface between the two isnt worth it.
Damn Windows users thinking you need a dual core 3ghz processor to type up a document. A 200mhz processor is freaking fast for most things including low res 3d.
You can never help idiots who will always type in their root password. However far fewer people will be stupid enough to enter their root pass than click 'Yes' to UAC.
Nothing is impossible especially when it comes to computers. When defending against malware you want to make it as improbable as possible though and Linux does this better than Windows.
Its harder to get the root password because its used for very few things from a user's point of view. Yes there will be some idiots who will type it in no matter what but the chances are lower than clicking 'Allow' with UAC.
The fact that they cannot easily execute themselves stops a lot. A executable in a email attachment or web download cannot be executed by a idiot. It needs to be chmodded.
Also the root password box appears significantly less than the Windows equivelants. Your average user will never have to enter it in. Helps reduce false negatives but it can still occur.
I dont worry too much. One bowser and I dont take any special actions before using internet banking.
I'm fairly confident that nothing will get my details and even if they do, the bank will handle it and I wont be out of pocket. Plus I'm using Linux so fat chance a keylogger will get on my system.
Granted but its significantly easier to clean such infections (they cannot hide as easily), it only affects that one user on a multi user system and it cannot infect the core system. If the user doesnt log in, then the malware cannot run.
The 3d stuff is for floating point math which is valid imho.
The only thing which wasnt tested is DOM. Presumably because the benchmark is for raw speed. Everything else is used to varying extents. Go check off how many of them are used in something like GMail.
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Just like people who buy their phone and internet from the biggest company they know.
As far as they are concerned, they are getting the best deal and there arent any compeditors.
They simply dont know any better.
a) You get buyer protection with Paypal on auctions which guarantees at least some of your money back.
:)
b) In Australia, Paypal is a financial institution. They need to obey some tough laws. Sucks to be in the US.
The problem is with your system, if you want to scam me then there is little I can do.
At least Paypal is part of eBay so they know for a fact you've paid.
I've never had a problem buying or selling on eBay.
I think its just the minority moaning loudly.
eBay is very useful for finding cheap or rare items.
Like I said, if you need very fast speed or high reliability, go for SSD.
However a spun down archive raid array isnt going to suddenly fail like you state it will.
Even with constant use it needs to run for many years before there is a risk of failure and then you'd be prepared for it.
Also if anyone has a large amount of critical data, they'd be using RAID 1, 5, 6 or 10.
SSD wont catch up to spinning disks in terms of capacity any time soon.
Dont hold your breath for a terrabyte SSD hard drive.
Uhh Google is already *the* ad industry. Nearly every single cent they make comes from ads.
Plus millions of those ad dollars are going to open source projects and other good causes.
So far Google hasnt shown any reason to make us doubt their good intentions.
Uhhh...you may want to take a look around.
Google is a multi-billion dollar company and guess where every cent of their money comes from?
Yep. Adwords.
They arent growing, they have already grown.
They give free email, free search, free maps, donate millions to open source projects and more all from those little text ads.
I dont think DoubleClick is a big deal for Google. They would like it but if they dont get it then the world isnt over.
DoubleClick deals with a completely different segment of the market to Adwords and they want to get in to that side as well.
SSD doesnt shine at archive.
Archive does not need fast speed nor good seek times.
Normal hard drives have plenty of speed for archive however, would be spun down most of the time (no wear and tear) and they provide what SSD cannot: capacity.
Having 64gig of data archived is great and all but at home I have 900gig of archive data. Small problem dont you think?
Wont save power at all, in a phone anyway.
We are talking about lower resolution than Quake with slightly more features.
A 200mhz processor is overkill for that. 486's can do that easily.
The overhead required to power a separate chip and the interface between the two isnt worth it.
Damn Windows users thinking you need a dual core 3ghz processor to type up a document.
A 200mhz processor is freaking fast for most things including low res 3d.
It bent the tip of the bolt. What more could you ask for?
You can never help idiots who will always type in their root password.
However far fewer people will be stupid enough to enter their root pass than click 'Yes' to UAC.
Nothing is impossible especially when it comes to computers.
When defending against malware you want to make it as improbable as possible though and Linux does this better than Windows.
Not fellow man - I only have contempt for the monkeys who roam the North American continent. :)
The rest of the world is pretty sensible.
Christmas was ripped off a Pagan celebration. Has nothing to do with Jesus. :)
Some times you need to save people from them selves.
Especially the stupid ones who must have a bigger SUV than their neighbor.
Looks like they have their work cut out for them.
If its not running as root then it will only run when that user is logged in.
Once they log out it dies.
Thats why root is highly desirable.
If the trojan spreads as a RPM, it still needs to be executed before it can take control.
It cant automatically run its self.
Its harder to get the root password because its used for very few things from a user's point of view.
Yes there will be some idiots who will type it in no matter what but the chances are lower than clicking 'Allow' with UAC.
The fact that they cannot easily execute themselves stops a lot.
A executable in a email attachment or web download cannot be executed by a idiot. It needs to be chmodded.
Also the root password box appears significantly less than the Windows equivelants.
Your average user will never have to enter it in.
Helps reduce false negatives but it can still occur.
It just needs to be done properly.
If you talked about putting a accelerometer in to a controller before the Wii, you'd be laughed at.
Oh quiet you. Its a funny 'quote' which demonstrates how things change quickly.
Doesnt matter if its real or not.
I dont worry too much.
One bowser and I dont take any special actions before using internet banking.
I'm fairly confident that nothing will get my details and even if they do, the bank will handle it and I wont be out of pocket.
Plus I'm using Linux so fat chance a keylogger will get on my system.
Granted but its significantly easier to clean such infections (they cannot hide as easily), it only affects that one user on a multi user system and it cannot infect the core system.
If the user doesnt log in, then the malware cannot run.
This is just a baby. There will be some fireworks, a big boom and some excited NASA scientists. :)
No extensive dust cloud or anything like that.
The 3d stuff is for floating point math which is valid imho.
The only thing which wasnt tested is DOM. Presumably because the benchmark is for raw speed.
Everything else is used to varying extents. Go check off how many of them are used in something like GMail.