... I have several old P4 1.6Ghz w/ 256MB RAM & 100Mhz FSB in a store room at a client site. They originally shipped with Win 98 but they've since been upgraded to XP. The Secret Service can have them fro free if they just come and pick them up. I would have put them on Craig's List but I don't trust a web site where they let just anybody post things.
That article doesn't sound like fun at all. How are we supposed to mock it if they haven't made multiple errors, typos and other such blunders? We're smug, semi-knowledgeable 'first posters' with nothing better to do than critique articles that we were too lazy to read or too incompetent to write. I'm going to go wait on the homepage to refresh so I can jump into the next thread without a second thought.
Well, if you read the article very carefully you'll note that it lists the WD AF drive as 5400 RPM. If true then they'll really see some performance gains from a 7200 RPM version. If it's just another typo/mistake/ooopsy then we should tag this article as "needs editor".
2. What is Slashdot's commission on these shameful book plugs?
One free page from the book, randomly selected, until they've referred enough people to the publisher's site to receive the entire book. Unfortunately, it arrives as lose pages in no particular order. Cmdr Taco is never pleased with this.
The article claims that they use 10 bits per byte on a hard drive. The extra 2 bits are used for the ECC data... they are not available for 'storage'. Of course, they claim a 1,000 GB drive = 1 TB which we all know is marketing, um, speak. A real TB = 1,024 GB (and I mean real GB's, not marketing speak GB's).
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Knife without a spoon! iPhone without a charger!
Velcro without laces! TV without a remote!
Paper without a pencil! PC without Windows!
China without IP violations! Avocado without a pit!
CD without R *or* W! Keyboard without a PS/2 adapter!
Jacket without a tie! Slashdot without really great posts!
Get your own, you fucking thieves.
Let's see...
I went to Slashdot on a PC without Windows because my iPhone without a charger didn't have a keyboard or PS/2 adapter and all I had was paper without a pencil. Sitting in jacket without a tie that fasten with velcro without laces I ate my lunch of an avocado without a pit with a knife but without a spoon while watching a story about China without IP violations my TV without a remote or a CD without R *or* W.
That was fun. Let's play again. Now you:
Jerk without a clue!
I don't want to know what time it is bad enough to make my own clock. But if I ever do, I have some old pans around here for making one out of a lemon or a potato.
You know, the EU has a lot of nerve coming down on google for "privacy violations"; the same body who seems to have exactly no problem at all with Britain's blatant and constant violations, and they've actually been a MEMBER of the EU since 1973.
The EU has been around since 1973? How in the world did they form before the internet was invented?
Yes, programmer productivity can vary by an order of magnitude, but I've personally seen a team of 7 engineers get more done with Linux than 40+ could do with Windows.
Unless they are programming Windows applications... then those 7 would be less productive.
Look, according to Brooks' Mythical man month, the average programmer can write 1000 lines of code a year. I, however, work in a company where anyone who *can't* write 10k+ per year is at serious risk of getting fired.
1,000 lines a year? 10,000 lines a year? I'm working on some new projects right now (new as in 'from scratch') and I've written several 1,000 lines of code in the last two weeks. Now, if I were just doing updates or maintenance I may not write 1,000 lines of new code all year. Judging programmers based on line count is ludicrous.
Big Corporation: Open Source is bad for everyone.
Open Source Advocate: No, monopolies are bad for everyone.
BC: Open Source leads to piracy.
OSA: No, monopolies lead to piracy.
BC: It's people like you who are what's wrong with the world today.
OSA: No, it's people like you who are what's wrong with the world today.
Hopefully that will save us about 50 posts in this thread.
... but there's really now way all these countries are going to agree on everything these treaties propose. Some portions may even be contrary to a country's current laws, let alone their culture's mindset or philosophy.
Now you just need the brains. Brains to design the system, brains to drive the investigation, and brains to try to improve the algorithms the system uses.... Er, but what are we going to do with all the people who just don't "have" the brains?
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... I have several old P4 1.6Ghz w/ 256MB RAM & 100Mhz FSB in a store room at a client site. They originally shipped with Win 98 but they've since been upgraded to XP. The Secret Service can have them fro free if they just come and pick them up. I would have put them on Craig's List but I don't trust a web site where they let just anybody post things.
I thought David Hasselhoff references were voted off this site? Or was that the Magnum PI / Matlock Grudge Match site?
... And, who wants video calls in such a tiny screen? ...
Honest, it's the small camera in this video watch. No, really, it's bigger in person.
If you're that worried about damaging it you can always keep it in your front pocket. It does have Bluetooth.
Mom? I thought you didn't get internet privileges in prison. Oh well, there's my tax dollars at work again.
... the obligatory Dick Tracy mention.
So what they invented is a couple of WHERE and ORDER BY clauses in a sql query based on what the algorithm thinks is relevant to the user?
Maybe it's the algorithm part that's different here and not the SQL?
That article doesn't sound like fun at all. How are we supposed to mock it if they haven't made multiple errors, typos and other such blunders? We're smug, semi-knowledgeable 'first posters' with nothing better to do than critique articles that we were too lazy to read or too incompetent to write. I'm going to go wait on the homepage to refresh so I can jump into the next thread without a second thought.
If you're having trouble telling what time it is you can always build the retro-clock from this article.
If you read the article carefully ...
Well, if you read the article very carefully you'll note that it lists the WD AF drive as 5400 RPM. If true then they'll really see some performance gains from a 7200 RPM version. If it's just another typo/mistake/ooopsy then we should tag this article as "needs editor".
1 No one except LOSERS uses Windows XP.
Beck: I'm a loser, baby, 'cuz I'm usin' XP ...
2. What is Slashdot's commission on these shameful book plugs?
One free page from the book, randomly selected, until they've referred enough people to the publisher's site to receive the entire book. Unfortunately, it arrives as lose pages in no particular order. Cmdr Taco is never pleased with this.
Have a weekend, loozars.
Yours In Tashkent, K. Trout
Thanks, you too.
The article claims that they use 10 bits per byte on a hard drive. The extra 2 bits are used for the ECC data ... they are not available for 'storage'. Of course, they claim a 1,000 GB drive = 1 TB which we all know is marketing, um, speak. A real TB = 1,024 GB (and I mean real GB's, not marketing speak GB's).
When this issue came up a few weeks ago there was a problem with XP and with Linux. I see they tackled the XP issue pretty quick but what about Linux?
This place had something about it.
How long before it has enough data to recommend we should be destroyed and acts on it?
According to my calculations, about six days. On the seventh day it will rest.
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Goddamnit.
There went 6 minutes...
Only if you have Flash installed. If not, it was a much shorter visit.
Knife without a spoon! iPhone without a charger!
Velcro without laces! TV without a remote!
Paper without a pencil! PC without Windows!
China without IP violations! Avocado without a pit!
CD without R *or* W! Keyboard without a PS/2 adapter!
Jacket without a tie! Slashdot without really great posts!
Get your own, you fucking thieves.
Let's see ...
I went to Slashdot on a PC without Windows because my iPhone without a charger didn't have a keyboard or PS/2 adapter and all I had was paper without a pencil. Sitting in jacket without a tie that fasten with velcro without laces I ate my lunch of an avocado without a pit with a knife but without a spoon while watching a story about China without IP violations my TV without a remote or a CD without R *or* W.
That was fun. Let's play again. Now you:
Jerk without a clue!
Homer: If I want lead in my toys I'll add it myself, thank you very much.
Count me in. Where I send money?
Please send $1 to 'Happy Dude', 742 Evergreen Terrace ...
I don't want to know what time it is bad enough to make my own clock. But if I ever do, I have some old pans around here for making one out of a lemon or a potato.
You know, the EU has a lot of nerve coming down on google for "privacy violations"; the same body who seems to have exactly no problem at all with Britain's blatant and constant violations, and they've actually been a MEMBER of the EU since 1973.
The EU has been around since 1973? How in the world did they form before the internet was invented?
Yes, programmer productivity can vary by an order of magnitude, but I've personally seen a team of 7 engineers get more done with Linux than 40+ could do with Windows.
Unless they are programming Windows applications ... then those 7 would be less productive.
Look, according to Brooks' Mythical man month, the average programmer can write 1000 lines of code a year. I, however, work in a company where anyone who *can't* write 10k+ per year is at serious risk of getting fired.
1,000 lines a year? 10,000 lines a year? I'm working on some new projects right now (new as in 'from scratch') and I've written several 1,000 lines of code in the last two weeks. Now, if I were just doing updates or maintenance I may not write 1,000 lines of new code all year. Judging programmers based on line count is ludicrous.
OK, here you go:
Big Corporation: Open Source is bad for everyone.
Open Source Advocate: No, monopolies are bad for everyone.
BC: Open Source leads to piracy.
OSA: No, monopolies lead to piracy.
BC: It's people like you who are what's wrong with the world today.
OSA: No, it's people like you who are what's wrong with the world today.
Hopefully that will save us about 50 posts in this thread.
... but there's really now way all these countries are going to agree on everything these treaties propose. Some portions may even be contrary to a country's current laws, let alone their culture's mindset or philosophy.
Now you just need the brains. Brains to design the system, brains to drive the investigation, and brains to try to improve the algorithms the system uses. ... Er, but what are we going to do with all the people who just don't "have" the brains?
Mmmm, brains ...