Wouldn't work. A place called MetalValley would attract a bunch of washed up drunk metalheads looking for shows, and it'd be like high school all over again for the poor geeks.
On the other hand. I'd definitely go there to see shows.:-)
Lets just say that a 4x faster machine with 8x RAM was 4x slower than win95. I don't call that benefits of an up to date OS.
You can't simplify it so much. Not to flame, but maybe it would help if you try a little harder to understand the specifics of your performance issues, rather than this handwaving.
I wont tire of saying that a P400 with 64MB and Redhat 9 + Gnome thrashed disk like mad while the P100 32MB Win95 machine it replaced was much much better.
Windows 95 on a P100 is fair. Windows 95 was made to run on P100 level machines. Comparing that to Redhat 9 with GNOME on a P400 isn't fair. Redhat 5.x would be more like it for that machine. I'm not saying you don't have reason to be frustrated at its poor performance on an old machine, just realize that you're asking more from Redhat 9 and GNOME than you are from Windows 95.
Debian - whose users think apt-get is better than the ("I never heard of it") rpm/up2date of redhat and with much less features.
I don't know up2date well, but aren't you comparing apples to oranges again here? Shouldn't you be comparing up2date to the entire apt toolset: apt-get, apt-cache, apt-listchanges, etc, and maybe even something like aptitude?
No rain on my parade... I just wanted to see how the expected efficiency of this G5 cluster compares to the Xeon cluster with almost the same number of nodes. Should be interesting to see how Big Mac matches up against Thunder in that regard, too. Thanks for the link.
Anyone know the theoretical peak of the 2300-node xeon cluster at the Lawrence Livermore lab? I've read elsewhere that it was (to be) a 1920-node cluster with a theoretical peak of 9.2 teraflops.
This article reports that the 2300-noder operates at 7.6 teraflops, but i was wondering what percentage of its theoretical peak that is.
Oops! I was confused by your reply, so I went back and read the parent to which I replied. Seems that, on first read, I didn't parse the "not" in "free implementations of Dotnet will not be tolerated". My mistake.
The story poster would probably be interested in the now-famous (if divisive) Epiphany bookmarks system. It's not limited to bookmarks.
Basically, you assign keywords to files or folders. E.g. If a folder's contents happens to be both pr0n and home video footage, you can assign it two distinct keywords. Then when you go looking for it a week later, you apply filters on your entire collection of files by selecting keywords. You'll find it by selecting either pr0n or home_videos, or an intersection of the two if you need to narrow the filter results.
My uninformed opinion (from reading only the abstract) is that the MIME type model is not at risk, because... "After launching the program object, the user is able to interact with the object as the invention provides for ongoing interprocess communication between the application object (program) and the browser program." Simply launching external programs with a document to load wouldn't seem to fall under this. However, I could see problems if the browser itself embeds those external programs, like bonobo controls in Nautilus...
Check out this great writeup by Con Kolivas on the subject. We've got a lot of really great minds looking to improve interactivity in the kernel. Great stuff, and no doubt more to come.
Yea, but the most difficult steps are the first ones:
o cheap hydrogen-fueled vehicles, and
o hydrogen filling station networks.
Hydrogen production technology itself will progress until it IS cheaper (economically) to do without fossil fuels. It is the initial practical issues that are tough.
> > Why was the safety monitoring system on a nuclear power plant exposed, even indirectly, to the internet?
> Better yet, why is it running Windows?
Isn't it clear?
Homer was busy reading _The Internet for Dummies: Remedial Edition_, so he clearly could not be trusted to adequately protect his safety monitoring system. And if that wasn't bad enough, after "buying out" Compuglobalhypermeganet, Bill Gates sent his men over to the power plant to make sure Homer wasn't hiding anything. While one guy ransacked Homer's office, the other co-opted Lenny and Carl to install Windows across the network. That last part got cut from the final version, but it's true.
I'm not sure if it breaks my heart or boils my blood to read this stuff.
Hmm, that's an interesting predicament. I'd imagine both would result in a hell of a heat sensation throughout the chest cavity. Have you considered seeing a doctor?
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Wouldn't work. A place called MetalValley would attract a bunch of washed up drunk metalheads looking for shows, and it'd be like high school all over again for the poor geeks.
:-)
On the other hand. I'd definitely go there to see shows.
Lets just say that a 4x faster machine with 8x RAM was 4x slower than win95. I don't call that benefits of an up to date OS.
You can't simplify it so much. Not to flame, but maybe it would help if you try a little harder to understand the specifics of your performance issues, rather than this handwaving.
I wont tire of saying that a P400 with 64MB and Redhat 9 + Gnome thrashed disk like mad while the P100 32MB Win95 machine it replaced was much much better.
Windows 95 on a P100 is fair. Windows 95 was made to run on P100 level machines. Comparing that to Redhat 9 with GNOME on a P400 isn't fair. Redhat 5.x would be more like it for that machine. I'm not saying you don't have reason to be frustrated at its poor performance on an old machine, just realize that you're asking more from Redhat 9 and GNOME than you are from Windows 95.
Debian - whose users think apt-get is better than the ("I never heard of it") rpm/up2date of redhat and with much less features.
I don't know up2date well, but aren't you comparing apples to oranges again here? Shouldn't you be comparing up2date to the entire apt toolset: apt-get, apt-cache, apt-listchanges, etc, and maybe even something like aptitude?
Make it a radiobox:
( ) I'm a lawyer
( ) I'm no lawyer, but I play one on TV
The respective icons would be a shark and a Matlock.
No rain on my parade... I just wanted to see how the expected efficiency of this G5 cluster compares to the Xeon cluster with almost the same number of nodes. Should be interesting to see how Big Mac matches up against Thunder in that regard, too. Thanks for the link.
Oh, I see. The 1920-node, ranked #6, is actually a different computer than the 2300-node, ranked #3. Thanks for the link.
Anyone know the theoretical peak of the 2300-node xeon cluster at the Lawrence Livermore lab? I've read elsewhere that it was (to be) a 1920-node cluster with a theoretical peak of 9.2 teraflops.
This article reports that the 2300-noder operates at 7.6 teraflops, but i was wondering what percentage of its theoretical peak that is.
At least they're not asking you to donate to the prison population.
And you could hoist the skull & crossbones up on the antenna. :-)
"it also looks like a good way to help prevent identity theft and getting nasty white powder in the mail."
Are we really so blinded by fear in this country that Joe American is afraid he'll be targeted with an envelope of anthrax? Jeez!
More seriously, they were in a field in Maryland.
Oops! I was confused by your reply, so I went back and read the parent to which I replied. Seems that, on first read, I didn't parse the "not" in "free implementations of Dotnet will not be tolerated". My mistake.
OK, but we should all know that what somebody says in an interview is not set in stone.
/me thumps self over head with brick; passes out :P
:-D
That's one less ignorant suburbanite to poison the city I love.
The story poster would probably be interested in the now-famous (if divisive) Epiphany bookmarks system. It's not limited to bookmarks.
Basically, you assign keywords to files or folders. E.g. If a folder's contents happens to be both pr0n and home video footage, you can assign it two distinct keywords. Then when you go looking for it a week later, you apply filters on your entire collection of files by selecting keywords. You'll find it by selecting either pr0n or home_videos, or an intersection of the two if you need to narrow the filter results.
"What is this, 1850? I hope they land in a sewage treatment plant and sink with the rest of the turds." -- George Carlin
All your tired meme repetition are belong to trashcan. And mine too.
You could always just read the darn thing.
... "After launching the program object, the user is able to interact with the object as the invention provides for ongoing interprocess communication between the application object (program) and the browser program." Simply launching external programs with a document to load wouldn't seem to fall under this. However, I could see problems if the browser itself embeds those external programs, like bonobo controls in Nautilus...
My uninformed opinion (from reading only the abstract) is that the MIME type model is not at risk, because
Who knows, maybe our grandkids (or their grandkids) will get to land on mars!
Aww c'mon now. There are plenty of other organizations entering the mix. If not NASA, by all means let it be someone else.
Check out this great writeup by Con Kolivas on the subject. We've got a lot of really great minds looking to improve interactivity in the kernel. Great stuff, and no doubt more to come.
Yea, but the most difficult steps are the first ones:
o cheap hydrogen-fueled vehicles, and
o hydrogen filling station networks.
Hydrogen production technology itself will progress until it IS cheaper (economically) to do without fossil fuels. It is the initial practical issues that are tough.
From the first article (not that it matters):
..."
"McBride declined to reveal the sources of his allegations,
Anyone have a guess as to who these McBride sources are? My hunch is Miss Cleo.
> > Why was the safety monitoring system on a nuclear power plant exposed, even indirectly, to the internet?
:-p
> Better yet, why is it running Windows?
Isn't it clear?
Homer was busy reading _The Internet for Dummies: Remedial Edition_, so he clearly could not be trusted to adequately protect his safety monitoring system. And if that wasn't bad enough, after "buying out" Compuglobalhypermeganet, Bill Gates sent his men over to the power plant to make sure Homer wasn't hiding anything. While one guy ransacked Homer's office, the other co-opted Lenny and Carl to install Windows across the network. That last part got cut from the final version, but it's true.
Oh, by the way, the Simpsons live in Springfield Ohio.
[SCO is] Asking for licensing fees from code that they themselves publish under the GPL.
:p
Actually, I believe the license SCO is using is the GIDGAFL: the General I-Don't-Give-A-Fuck License.
I'm not sure if it breaks my heart or boils my blood to read this stuff.
Hmm, that's an interesting predicament. I'd imagine both would result in a hell of a heat sensation throughout the chest cavity. Have you considered seeing a doctor?