Truth is, I couldn't be bothered to look further than the datasheet of that last generation drive. I don't have one in my possession, so I couldn't speak from experience. I see now one test here http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13440 showing a 105 MB/s sustained data rate on a Barracuda 7200.11 .
So performance is still not the big winner with SSD, and as you kindly point out, neither is price per GB. I still believe that power consumption is the bigger win here - and I'm looking at it from the business user's point of view. Given, for instance, one intercontinental flight and the choice between lugging a laptop with a SSD and an extra battery or a normal laptop and 5 spares, which one would you choose?:)
1) Power consumption 2) Battery life 3) Power. Consumption.
I'm looking right now at the data sheet of the latest Seagate SATA hard drive models, that tout a 3 Gb/s data rate (325 MB/s, if you are too lazy to divide by 8), and I haven't even started talking about RAID 0 algorithms yet. Yes, the Samsung SSD is fast - the caveat here is that it is fast when compared with other SSD's. The good news is that this is a relatively new technology, with great potential for improvement IMHO. But if you don't have a laptop and a need for 4-6 hrs/battery, don't. And even if you do, you'd be probably better off just buying a spare battery.
Kudos to Samsung for pushing the envelope a little further.
The problem imho is the "concealed" part. Why not make all weapons that can be concealed illegal? Say, anything smaller than 40" would be banned. You would still have the right to bear arms - anything from a 12-gauge up if: a) you're not inconvenienced or embarrassed lugging it around b) you can afford it
Additionally, training and gun safety courses should be followed prior to owning any gun. This would at least partially ensure that you not only have the right, but also the responsibility to bear arms.
I couldn't care less about the security of the OS. It's MY security that's important. OS security is a means to an end, not the end in itself. The comments "this wouldn't happen on Linux" in this case do not apply, because a poorly written application could compromise your data on Linux just as well. And loosing or leaking confidential information is as serious as it gets.
And a bit of perspective for the parent: the vast majority of Windows users are running as Admin-equivalent. That's why compromising Windows is so trivial, and that's why an exploitable hole in an user program is such big news.
This dude sits on some serious cash. If he for example makes cache software which ISP's can use to cut long-distance bills while keeping net neutrality... Oh, I know, don't tell me! No, seriously! Is it.... NEWSGROUPS? It's not that old of a concept, right, I mean it must have been around since, I don't know, day 1 or so...
Seriously now, I don't think that BT can be cached in the way you seem to suggest (ISP level). Encryption aside, your assumption is that a significant part of a given ISP's clients are downloading the same thing at the same time. They don't. College dorms are not an accurate simulation of an ISP, no matter what that Physics undergrad who doubles as sysadmin told you. As far as caching is concerned, ISPs should (and probably do) rather cache YouTube or other such video sites "du jour".
No, the folks at Gartner say that their margins are sponsored by heavy Intel discounts. When those discounts will be gone - as they will most likely be in the near future, Gartner also dixit - then Apple hardware will bring little to no profit.
At least from that cold business point of view (which is what Gartner is all abou). If you look at the Apple brand, however, that's a whole different story. Apple lived a long time on it's underdog image (and still does, in spite of their absolute domination on the iPod... ahem... portable music player market). And their precious computer division is feeding that image. That's why they're keeping it, because even it's not good for the business of that division, is good for Apple as a whole.
Just as a brain teaser: if Apple would suddenly decide to open OS X for all those beige boxes, how many, do you think, would make the switch? Would that hurt their hardware division? Definitely. Apple computers would slowly dissapear, replaced by the HPs, Lenovos and Dells du jour. But that would be more than compensated by the software sales. So why don't they just do it?
How about the Browser Appliance from VMWare? It sounds like everything you need; you can have it started automatically when the machine is started, and everything should be good. You can have anything you want underneath; set it once and never touch it again.
You bet eMusic is looking forward to the Slashdot effect;)
But we should also give credit where credit is due and mention that Magnatune (http://magnatune.com/) has been doing this for years. The buyer chooses what he wants to pay per album - in fact, if you're a cheap bastard, you may download a full album for as little 5$ in the format of your choice: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC or AAC.
And I love their motto: "We are not evil." Now, where else did we hear that phrase?
In an ideal world we would have no spyware, every software vendor would first make sure that his software is totally devoid of errors, and russian spyware makers would make matrioshkas for a living. And I would fly to work in my brand new, error-free, ecological, flying-pig-powered Toyota Pigus.
The world being as it is, I'd rather have a piece of software that runs a thorough, multi-tool search for most known threats and removes them without requiring user interaction. And as a short-term solution it beats the hell out of yelling "Use Linux!" in a condescending woice.
Even if you do run Linux at home and are a l33t g33k and all that, you should still be thankful to people that are working on this kind of tools. Every "liberated" Winbox out there means a little less bandwidth wasted on crap, and a faster and more reliable net.
Hitman Pro is a meta-tool, an aggregate of 10 antispyware tools that automagically downloads and runs these tools with as little fuss as possible. Unfortunately the whole page is in Dutch, but the Download button is quite visible, and the software itself may be run with an English interface (self-explanatory).
Why do I block ads? Because I can. Given the choice, I would block ads on mags and TVs as well, because shiny as they may be, they do not interest me at all. The few that might are buried into an unbelievable pile of junk.
Ad revenue be damned. In spite of technology advance, most advertising companies still do it like in the fifties. The only thing they changed is the film or photo quality and the ammount of female skin they display next to their crappy product.
My time is precious to me, and I am unwilling to waste it on crap. Google seems to get it, but I'm willing to bet it will take a long while before the "traditional" media will get it as well.
From TFA1: "I'd say in all of these cases, we are really dealing with information underload," Gates said in his talk, which kicked off Microsoft's annual CEO Summit. "We still want a lot of information."
From TFA2: Raikes noted studies that show that the average worker gets about 10 times as much e-mail now as in 1997. That's projected to increase another fivefold in the next four years, Raikes said.
Either Raikes and Gates don't know each other, or they use different definitions for "information". From Gates' point of view, information is probably what's left after his army of PAs has filtered the e-mail box and the income paper bin, leaving only neat reports and meaningful mails out of the whole damn mess. A typical grunt, however, will have to do the whole thing himself. Even the simple act of recognizing an e-mail as spam is an information gathering and processing system, and you have to do that for each spam that goes through the filter. And then there's the unavoidable corporate and friendly spam (don't tell me you don't have it), in the form of memos you don't care about, rules for using the printer and the latest joke your buddy across the hall has found on the Net.
These ARE harmful to your concentration, to your productivity and to the level of stress that you aquire at the end of the day. Information oveload? You bet. Every context shift you do sets you back at least 15 minutes in concentration (scientifically proven, ask any serious psychologist). More than half the job of a competent PA is to shield you from that. And there's no software out there that can replace a PA.
A) Everyone believes it. B) The report was so crappy that everyone gave up Microsoft and switched to Linux C) Nothing else exciting is happening in the world right now (yeah, not even a WoW server crash)
In other news, Linus Torvalds says that Linux is good. Richard Stallman reported that OSS is the way to go, and the new pope insists that the only hope for salvation is the acceptance of J.H.C. in your life.
And I just wasted 5 minutes of my life typing this worthless comment to a -1 Flamebait story.
I remember talking with a Windows programmer friend some years ago about precisely the issue of IE, Mozilla (not yet Firefox) and tabs. What he told me back then was that the MDI as a whole contained some conceptual design flaws (mainly due to the way Windows is handling messages). "That's why", he concluded, "you won't see tabs in IE. Ever." Later on the MDI was dropped in favor of the SDI in the new Office design, so his claims were not without merit.
BTW, if someone with a superior knowledge of the Windows messaging system and the API is willing to share some insights on that previous claim, I'd be happy to read (and learn).
You, sir, are a troll. From the horse's (or, more appropriately, goat's) mouth (aka the GPL FAQ):
Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money? Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special situation, there is no limit on what price you can charge. (The one exception is the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany binary-only release.)
Q: Does the GPL allow me to charge a fee for downloading the program from my site? Yes. You can charge any fee you wish for distributing a copy of the program. If you distribute binaries by download, you must provide "equivalent access" to download the source--therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater than the fee to download the binary.
Does the GPL allow me to develop a modified version under a nondisclosure agreement? Yes. For instance, you can accept a contract to develop changes and agree not to release your changes until the client says ok. This is permitted because in this case no GPL-covered code is being distributed under an NDA. You can also release your changes to the client under the GPL, but agree not to release them to anyone else unless the client says ok. In this case, too, no GPL-covered code is being distributed under an NDA, or under any additional restrictions. The GPL would give the client the right to redistribute your version. In this scenario, the client will probably choose not to exercise that right, but does have the right.
The Worm Simulator will be rolled out initially to members of the Symantec Sales organization for demonstrations to enterprise customers. In addition, the Worm Simulator could become a future television star during news coverage of worm outbreaks, enabling viewers to watch a virus as it spreads. Symantec Security Response intends to use the simulator for TV appearances as well.
Translation: We invented a new, computer-assisted sales pitcher. It could also be used as a FUD spreader on TV.
Dude, you're missing the point. I don't want an e-mail account that also does dishes. Oh wait... Damn! Anyway, nothing you have there on your list is actually an improvement of the mailer interface. I don't care about Outlook - although, by the way: You can import address books from Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo!, orkut, and other services to your Gmail account. I don't need a messenger to read e-mails. I don't want alerts and reminders on my cell phone/PDA/whatever - especially when some spammer decided to spoil my dinner. And if I want to be able to read mail on my PDA, all I need is a POP3 enabled mailer. I don't want to store my files online - although I could use GmailFS, or just send myself an e-mail with attachments. And I certainly don't care about discussion groups integrated in my e-mailer - although, again incidentally, reading discussion groups in GMail is a treat, due to the interface. Sorry, no go. Try again?
So Yahoo, you want me as a customer? Here's what you have to do:
* remove those nasty ads * filter spam better * add POP3 access back (you were one of the first free online mailers with POP3, then you removed it so that people would use your crappy ad-full interface) * (and speaking of which) improve your web interface to (at least) Google standards
When you're done, let me know and I just might give up my nice gmail account.
Use a PDA. Just don't forget to recharge it in the evening. I've been doing it for years, and I never missed the printed versions. Especially since my PDA can hold in memory the equivalent of a small bookshelf, easily accessible through a few pen-strokes.
If said advertising revenue is supposed to come from Firefox users, then tough luck, most of them already have Adblock up, running and happily removing ads.
Maybe the gloating IE users are the targeted audience. Although, this being/., I'd be very surprised if their numbers would be significant.
Why not have IEEE turn into a non-profit foundation (like Mozilla) and get the industry to sponsor it? Research is important, and access to research even more so. Google knows - and their sponsorship for Wikipedia shows it.
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Truth is, I couldn't be bothered to look further than the datasheet of that last generation drive. I don't have one in my possession, so I couldn't speak from experience. I see now one test here http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13440 showing a 105 MB/s sustained data rate on a Barracuda 7200.11 .
:)
So performance is still not the big winner with SSD, and as you kindly point out, neither is price per GB. I still believe that power consumption is the bigger win here - and I'm looking at it from the business user's point of view. Given, for instance, one intercontinental flight and the choice between lugging a laptop with a SSD and an extra battery or a normal laptop and 5 spares, which one would you choose?
Why would you buy a SSD?
1) Power consumption
2) Battery life
3) Power. Consumption.
I'm looking right now at the data sheet of the latest Seagate SATA hard drive models, that tout a 3 Gb/s data rate (325 MB/s, if you are too lazy to divide by 8), and I haven't even started talking about RAID 0 algorithms yet. Yes, the Samsung SSD is fast - the caveat here is that it is fast when compared with other SSD's. The good news is that this is a relatively new technology, with great potential for improvement IMHO. But if you don't have a laptop and a need for 4-6 hrs/battery, don't. And even if you do, you'd be probably better off just buying a spare battery.
Kudos to Samsung for pushing the envelope a little further.
The link in question is here.
The problem imho is the "concealed" part. Why not make all weapons that can be concealed illegal? Say, anything smaller than 40" would be banned. You would still have the right to bear arms - anything from a 12-gauge up if:
a) you're not inconvenienced or embarrassed lugging it around
b) you can afford it
Additionally, training and gun safety courses should be followed prior to owning any gun. This would at least partially ensure that you not only have the right, but also the responsibility to bear arms.
I couldn't care less about the security of the OS. It's MY security that's important. OS security is a means to an end, not the end in itself. The comments "this wouldn't happen on Linux" in this case do not apply, because a poorly written application could compromise your data on Linux just as well. And loosing or leaking confidential information is as serious as it gets.
And a bit of perspective for the parent: the vast majority of Windows users are running as Admin-equivalent. That's why compromising Windows is so trivial, and that's why an exploitable hole in an user program is such big news.
Seriously now, I don't think that BT can be cached in the way you seem to suggest (ISP level). Encryption aside, your assumption is that a significant part of a given ISP's clients are downloading the same thing at the same time. They don't. College dorms are not an accurate simulation of an ISP, no matter what that Physics undergrad who doubles as sysadmin told you. As far as caching is concerned, ISPs should (and probably do) rather cache YouTube or other such video sites "du jour".
No, the folks at Gartner say that their margins are sponsored by heavy Intel discounts. When those discounts will be gone - as they will most likely be in the near future, Gartner also dixit - then Apple hardware will bring little to no profit.
At least from that cold business point of view (which is what Gartner is all abou). If you look at the Apple brand, however, that's a whole different story. Apple lived a long time on it's underdog image (and still does, in spite of their absolute domination on the iPod... ahem... portable music player market). And their precious computer division is feeding that image. That's why they're keeping it, because even it's not good for the business of that division, is good for Apple as a whole.
Just as a brain teaser: if Apple would suddenly decide to open OS X for all those beige boxes, how many, do you think, would make the switch? Would that hurt their hardware division? Definitely. Apple computers would slowly dissapear, replaced by the HPs, Lenovos and Dells du jour. But that would be more than compensated by the software sales. So why don't they just do it?
How about the Browser Appliance from VMWare? It sounds like everything you need; you can have it started automatically when the machine is started, and everything should be good. You can have anything you want underneath; set it once and never touch it again.
You bet eMusic is looking forward to the Slashdot effect ;)
But we should also give credit where credit is due and mention that Magnatune (http://magnatune.com/) has been doing this for years. The buyer chooses what he wants to pay per album - in fact, if you're a cheap bastard, you may download a full album for as little 5$ in the format of your choice: MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC or AAC.
And I love their motto: "We are not evil." Now, where else did we hear that phrase?
In an ideal world we would have no spyware, every software vendor would first make sure that his software is totally devoid of errors, and russian spyware makers would make matrioshkas for a living. And I would fly to work in my brand new, error-free, ecological, flying-pig-powered Toyota Pigus.
The world being as it is, I'd rather have a piece of software that runs a thorough, multi-tool search for most known threats and removes them without requiring user interaction. And as a short-term solution it beats the hell out of yelling "Use Linux!" in a condescending woice.
Even if you do run Linux at home and are a l33t g33k and all that, you should still be thankful to people that are working on this kind of tools. Every "liberated" Winbox out there means a little less bandwidth wasted on crap, and a faster and more reliable net.
... which can be found at http://www.hitmanpro.nl/
Hitman Pro is a meta-tool, an aggregate of 10 antispyware tools that automagically downloads and runs these tools with as little fuss as possible. Unfortunately the whole page is in Dutch, but the Download button is quite visible, and the software itself may be run with an English interface (self-explanatory).
A (rather outdated) manual can be found at http://xthost.info/hitmanual/. Enjoy!
Why do I block ads? Because I can. Given the choice, I would block ads on mags and TVs as well, because shiny as they may be, they do not interest me at all. The few that might are buried into an unbelievable pile of junk.
Ad revenue be damned. In spite of technology advance, most advertising companies still do it like in the fifties. The only thing they changed is the film or photo quality and the ammount of female skin they display next to their crappy product.
My time is precious to me, and I am unwilling to waste it on crap. Google seems to get it, but I'm willing to bet it will take a long while before the "traditional" media will get it as well.
From TFA1:
"I'd say in all of these cases, we are really dealing with information underload," Gates said in his talk, which kicked off Microsoft's annual CEO Summit. "We still want a lot of information."
From TFA2:
Raikes noted studies that show that the average worker gets about 10 times as much e-mail now as in 1997. That's projected to increase another fivefold in the next four years, Raikes said.
Either Raikes and Gates don't know each other, or they use different definitions for "information". From Gates' point of view, information is probably what's left after his army of PAs has filtered the e-mail box and the income paper bin, leaving only neat reports and meaningful mails out of the whole damn mess. A typical grunt, however, will have to do the whole thing himself. Even the simple act of recognizing an e-mail as spam is an information gathering and processing system, and you have to do that for each spam that goes through the filter. And then there's the unavoidable corporate and friendly spam (don't tell me you don't have it), in the form of memos you don't care about, rules for using the printer and the latest joke your buddy across the hall has found on the Net.
These ARE harmful to your concentration, to your productivity and to the level of stress that you aquire at the end of the day. Information oveload? You bet. Every context shift you do sets you back at least 15 minutes in concentration (scientifically proven, ask any serious psychologist). More than half the job of a competent PA is to shield you from that. And there's no software out there that can replace a PA.
A) Everyone believes it.
B) The report was so crappy that everyone gave up Microsoft and switched to Linux
C) Nothing else exciting is happening in the world right now (yeah, not even a WoW server crash)
In other news, Linus Torvalds says that Linux is good. Richard Stallman reported that OSS is the way to go, and the new pope insists that the only hope for salvation is the acceptance of J.H.C. in your life.
And I just wasted 5 minutes of my life typing this worthless comment to a -1 Flamebait story.
I remember talking with a Windows programmer friend some years ago about precisely the issue of IE, Mozilla (not yet Firefox) and tabs. What he told me back then was that the MDI as a whole contained some conceptual design flaws (mainly due to the way Windows is handling messages). "That's why", he concluded, "you won't see tabs in IE. Ever." Later on the MDI was dropped in favor of the SDI in the new Office design, so his claims were not without merit.
BTW, if someone with a superior knowledge of the Windows messaging system and the API is willing to share some insights on that previous claim, I'd be happy to read (and learn).
You, sir, are a troll. From the horse's (or, more appropriately, goat's) mouth (aka the GPL FAQ):
Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money?
Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special situation, there is no limit on what price you can charge. (The one exception is the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany binary-only release.)
Q: Does the GPL allow me to charge a fee for downloading the program from my site?
Yes. You can charge any fee you wish for distributing a copy of the program. If you distribute binaries by download, you must provide "equivalent access" to download the source--therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater than the fee to download the binary.
Does the GPL allow me to develop a modified version under a nondisclosure agreement?
Yes. For instance, you can accept a contract to develop changes and agree not to release your changes until the client says ok. This is permitted because in this case no GPL-covered code is being distributed under an NDA.
You can also release your changes to the client under the GPL, but agree not to release them to anyone else unless the client says ok. In this case, too, no GPL-covered code is being distributed under an NDA, or under any additional restrictions.
The GPL would give the client the right to redistribute your version. In this scenario, the client will probably choose not to exercise that right, but does have the right.
The Worm Simulator will be rolled out initially to members of the Symantec Sales organization for demonstrations to enterprise customers. In addition, the Worm Simulator could become a future television star during news coverage of worm outbreaks, enabling viewers to watch a virus as it spreads. Symantec Security Response intends to use the simulator for TV appearances as well.
Translation:
We invented a new, computer-assisted sales pitcher. It could also be used as a FUD spreader on TV.
In other words, with non-obtrusive, text only ads.
I expect them to stay alive just like Google does. As for the interface, see one of my earlier posts.
Dude, you're missing the point. I don't want an e-mail account that also does dishes. Oh wait... Damn! Anyway, nothing you have there on your list is actually an improvement of the mailer interface. I don't care about Outlook - although, by the way: You can import address books from Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo!, orkut, and other services to your Gmail account. I don't need a messenger to read e-mails. I don't want alerts and reminders on my cell phone/PDA/whatever - especially when some spammer decided to spoil my dinner. And if I want to be able to read mail on my PDA, all I need is a POP3 enabled mailer. I don't want to store my files online - although I could use GmailFS, or just send myself an e-mail with attachments. And I certainly don't care about discussion groups integrated in my e-mailer - although, again incidentally, reading discussion groups in GMail is a treat, due to the interface. Sorry, no go. Try again?
So Yahoo, you want me as a customer? Here's what you have to do:
* remove those nasty ads
* filter spam better
* add POP3 access back (you were one of the first free online mailers with POP3, then you removed it so that people would use your crappy ad-full interface)
* (and speaking of which) improve your web interface to (at least) Google standards
When you're done, let me know and I just might give up my nice gmail account.
Use a PDA. Just don't forget to recharge it in the evening. I've been doing it for years, and I never missed the printed versions. Especially since my PDA can hold in memory the equivalent of a small bookshelf, easily accessible through a few pen-strokes.
If said advertising revenue is supposed to come from Firefox users, then tough luck, most of them already have Adblock up, running and happily removing ads.
/., I'd be very surprised if their numbers would be significant.
Maybe the gloating IE users are the targeted audience. Although, this being
"Intel continues to believe its business practices are both fair and lawful ,in spite of all evidence to the contrary."
If they keep on going like that, pretty soon we'll have Intel turn into a religion.
Why not have IEEE turn into a non-profit foundation (like Mozilla) and get the industry to sponsor it? Research is important, and access to research even more so. Google knows - and their sponsorship for Wikipedia shows it.