Vista wasn't available to general people but I would think/hope that OEM had access to some alpha/beta/per-release version to test their tools against. Since MS makes piles of money from OEM vendors I would think they would help them out.
And as we all know, pre-release versions of software behave exactly like the final product and any benchmark results from the pre-release are completely accurate because there won't be any more performance tuning.
Someone forgot to future-proof their language. 10 years from now, when you're running a 128-bit cpu with a quarter-terrabyte of ram, those 32-bit signed ints are going to look mighty quaint. "What do you mean, I can't store the [file size|number of inodes|ipv6 address|whatever] in a 128-bit int? What do you mean, 128-bit java doesn't have 128-bit ints? You're shitting me, right? This is 2018... what's gonna happen in 2038 - we gonna have a 2k38 java problem? No? Why should I believe you? You can't even right-size your ints..."
Refactor your ints to long if you need bigger values?
Apart from that, the link's criticism specifically refers to Arrays still using a 32bit int index without the capability to use a long instead but you might be able to work around that by using another datastructure instead should you really need that much Objects stored in one container.
For that sort of scenario, you'd use the least amount of power if you cached the entire movie (or as much as you could fit) into memory in one fell swoop. Spin up, read the entire file, and spin down.
I seem to recall that one of the ways in which Apple tweaked the battery life of the iPod was to considerably increase the size of the RAM cache, and read as much of the playlist as possible into memory.
RAM needs quite some power to operate as well (at least as long as we're stuck with DRAM, with all that annoying refreshing going on, until we get decent NVRAM as replacement), so I'd say caching the whole Movie (MP3 collection, or whatever you're working at/with) to a relatively large solid state drive while keeping the System's RAM relatively small (I'd say <= 1GB, but YMMV) would be the most sensible solution to save power in that context.
According to the rumor mill, Tomcat configuration is just a bitch in general no matter where you are.
I haven't tried that on Windows yet, but on Linux (Debian sarge) it was indeed a major pain in the ass and I can't imagine why it would be much different on any other OS.
However, I'm now in a position where I want to install subversion and tomcat, and it's really not easy. Windows wins in this situation, because of the ease of automated installers. Which is a great shame, and I know I'll get lambasted because I haven't done enough research or put the effort into to learning the basics of installing on linux properly, but for it to ever be accepted in the mainstream by your average Joe, things like that need to "just work".
Tomcat and SVN probably isn't part of what average Joe will use.
While it's true that "professional" or "power user" software isn't that easy to setup (messing around in the configs with an editor, etc.), I don't think it would bother the ordinary desktop user very much, because he'll probably never need it.
OTOH, installing everyday software like OOo, Gimp, Firefox, small little games etc. is extremely easy on linux in comparison to windows. Browse repository, install and forget. With the added bonus that the software you get is very probably free of malware of any kind (if you use $DISTRO default repository) and same goes for updates to that software.
This doesn't tell us a lot because we don't know how strong the existing AI was, and have no real way to measure that. It could just be that the 'neurotic' program happened to exploit flaws existing in the current computer player. That doesn't tell us much about how well it would fare against humans.
The original AI is IMO extremely crappy. I played AoM with a buddy for extensively (2v2 against hard AI) and it sucks (the AI, not the game itself which is quite nice).
Apart from being extremely predictable it has a habit of bugging out and doing nothing (not even gathering resources) until it gets out of whatever infinite loop it's stuck in or you kill it.
Actually, that seems to me like a rather dodgy translation for "Wir speichern nicht".
Just "We don't log" would suffice, imo. More to the point and a rather more literal translation (the german version never mentions the logged data) as well.
I'm mainly staying with Vista for the better multiple-monitor support, and the 64-bitness (including finally seeing all 4 GB RAM).
Windows XP x64 Edition already did that and probably isn't a PITA as much.
Well, I guess I'll have a look at Vista myself someday. Thanks to MSDNAA and our university I already got Business (and Business N) in both 32 and 64 bit versions edition for free, anyway.:)
Nevertheless, the names of Rejewski, Turing and others have been forgotten or never known by the public. It's a shame.
I wouldn't call Turing actually forgotten. At least not among computer scientists. Depressing death he had, btw.:(
The rest is mostly forgotten, though, except to some history and cryptography enthusiasts.
Semi-OT:
We did a software implementation of an enigma in a programming lab at university once. Extremely fun. Just sucks that I lost my backup of it.:(
I, OTOH have never seen anybody get sick/die from food poisoning because he ate non-pasteurized Cheese.
Microbiological checks at the production facility, proper storage at home and the "Best before" date should be enough and if you eat anything (way) past the BB date it's your own fault if you get an aching tummy.
A friend of mine still runs Win2k on his box and tried to install it, just getting some annoying "ONLY WINXP SUPPORTED, LOLS" error message.
But after five minutes of internet search and a command line switch for the installer it worked just great.
Never underestimate the Japanese. If they set a firm goal that is obtainable then watch out. In the past when they set a goal for themselves they usually achieve it. 20 years is plenty of time to get the technology figured out. The interesting thing will be how they pull it off.
Talking about Spelling... Ever wondered about the spelling of the 'a' in "cache"?
Most people spell it like the 'a' in "flash" (making "Cash" out of it) or like the 'a' in "Cage" (well, at least you can still make out that it's meaning cache that way). At least around here. But actually true is an 'a' like the 'a' in "flush" since it's derived from the french word "cacher". I've looked it up in the real fscking huge multi volume Oxford's[1] in the library at our University after we had a intense discussion about it in a proseminar about Web Technologies.
Greets, Zergl
PS: Just dare to criticise my grammar or spelling. I'm german. I'm allowed to make faults occasionally.;)
[1] it looks quite antique, so I hope it's not outdated, making a fool of myself.
This, ladies and gentlemen is why I own a LG superdrive.
I put it in my AMD64 Gentoo based box, booted up and it "just worked". No drivers, no special CD burning software [outside of cdrecord and growisofs], etc...
There is no value for me in commercial CDR tools since free [and decently working ones] exist already. The sooner...HARDWARE... manufacturers realize that... the better.
You don't need special software to use a Plextor drive as an ordinary burner. That works fine with cdrecord using your favorite Unix-Flavor or Nero etc. using Windows.
The special thing about Plextor drives is that they give you the ability to check the quality of a burned media and therefore you would need either the Plextools (windows only), PxScan/PxView (windows with some bulk drives) or PxLinux (linux and probably other unix-flavors, since there are no Plextools for them).
It has been a long time since High School (OK, about two years, but one can forget so fast) but IIRC you left out one important point in your calculations: Resistance.
You point out that the regulator should dump more heat? If it got a nice low resistance, I think it should not.
I sense millions of lawyers spin in their graves...
So what if my program can read and write files that your program reads and writes. As long as I didn't take your way of writing those files, I should be fine.
That's the way it should be, but some people will disagree on that.
Go for the old ones first. Watch them. Then watch them again. Repeat as often as you want.
And then skip the new ones. They Suck[tm]. I watched Episode 2 for a few minutes by accident (popped in while my brother was watching it with a friend on DVD) and I was really shocked. And besides the story being so shallow that not even a newborn could drowon in it you should at least think that they'd get proper SFX, but the creatures in that arena battle were like shouting "LOOK! I'M CGI AND LOOK WORSE THAN JURASSIC PARK!". So, IMHO, forget about the new ones, except you are really strong enough in the Force to endure it.
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Vista wasn't available to general people but I would think/hope that OEM had access to some alpha/beta/per-release version to test their tools against. Since MS makes piles of money from OEM vendors I would think they would help them out.
And as we all know, pre-release versions of software behave exactly like the final product and any benchmark results from the pre-release are completely accurate because there won't be any more performance tuning.
Well, if it were running on 64-bit java instead of 64-bit perl, it wouldn't - java ints are still only 32 bits in "64 bit java.
Someone forgot to future-proof their language. 10 years from now, when you're running a 128-bit cpu with a quarter-terrabyte of ram, those 32-bit signed ints are going to look mighty quaint. "What do you mean, I can't store the [file size|number of inodes|ipv6 address|whatever] in a 128-bit int? What do you mean, 128-bit java doesn't have 128-bit ints? You're shitting me, right? This is 2018 ... what's gonna happen in 2038 - we gonna have a 2k38 java problem? No? Why should I believe you? You can't even right-size your ints ..."
Refactor your ints to long if you need bigger values?
Apart from that, the link's criticism specifically refers to Arrays still using a 32bit int index without the capability to use a long instead but you might be able to work around that by using another datastructure instead should you really need that much Objects stored in one container.
Somebody indulge me, but why is the *17th* birthday of the kernel worthy of main page? Slow news day?
15, 20, 25, etc. yes. But 17?
I haven't tried that on Windows yet, but on Linux (Debian sarge) it was indeed a major pain in the ass and I can't imagine why it would be much different on any other OS.
Tomcat and SVN probably isn't part of what average Joe will use.
While it's true that "professional" or "power user" software isn't that easy to setup (messing around in the configs with an editor, etc.), I don't think it would bother the ordinary desktop user very much, because he'll probably never need it.
OTOH, installing everyday software like OOo, Gimp, Firefox, small little games etc. is extremely easy on linux in comparison to windows. Browse repository, install and forget. With the added bonus that the software you get is very probably free of malware of any kind (if you use $DISTRO default repository) and same goes for updates to that software.
Apart from being extremely predictable it has a habit of bugging out and doing nothing (not even gathering resources) until it gets out of whatever infinite loop it's stuck in or you kill it.
Actually, that seems to me like a rather dodgy translation for "Wir speichern nicht".
Just "We don't log" would suffice, imo. More to the point and a rather more literal translation (the german version never mentions the logged data) as well.
Well, I guess I'll have a look at Vista myself someday. Thanks to MSDNAA and our university I already got Business (and Business N) in both 32 and 64 bit versions edition for free, anyway.
The rest is mostly forgotten, though, except to some history and cryptography enthusiasts.
Semi-OT: We did a software implementation of an enigma in a programming lab at university once. Extremely fun. Just sucks that I lost my backup of it.
I, OTOH have never seen anybody get sick/die from food poisoning because he ate non-pasteurized Cheese.
Microbiological checks at the production facility, proper storage at home and the "Best before" date should be enough and if you eat anything (way) past the BB date it's your own fault if you get an aching tummy.
Assuming your question was seriously serious:
I can't see how it does, considering there's no Opensolaris for ARM that I know of.
No. :)
I laughed my ass off, when I saw his post after I hit the "Submit" button, though. Great timing.
Reminds me of Age Of Empires 3, by the way.
A friend of mine still runs Win2k on his box and tried to install it, just getting some annoying "ONLY WINXP SUPPORTED, LOLS" error message.
But after five minutes of internet search and a command line switch for the installer it worked just great.
Win2k not supported my ass...
Never underestimate the Japanese. If they set a firm goal that is obtainable then watch out. In the past when they set a goal for themselves they usually achieve it. 20 years is plenty of time to get the technology figured out. The interesting thing will be how they pull it off.
The technology is actually already figured out.
And apart from some accidents caused by human errors it works fine and already is used commercially in Shanghai.
..was difficult to read without having thoughts I shouldn't be having at work :P
/. at work in the first place? :P
I dunno, but should you be reading
ARRRRGH!!!!1111oneeleven
I already made a fool of myself!
Parsing error:
Spelling != Pronunciation.
Shame on me and ignore the first post. ^^
Talking about Spelling...
;)
Ever wondered about the spelling of the 'a' in "cache"?
Most people spell it like the 'a' in "flash" (making "Cash" out of it) or like the 'a' in "Cage" (well, at least you can still make out that it's meaning cache that way). At least around here.
But actually true is an 'a' like the 'a' in "flush" since it's derived from the french word "cacher".
I've looked it up in the real fscking huge multi volume Oxford's[1] in the library at our University after we had a intense discussion about it in a proseminar about Web Technologies.
Greets, Zergl
PS: Just dare to criticise my grammar or spelling. I'm german. I'm allowed to make faults occasionally.
[1] it looks quite antique, so I hope it's not outdated, making a fool of myself.
SFACPAEFWB?
;))
:))
Doesn't roll quite of the tongue...
Free Internet Rendering Explorer For OS X-Compatibility.
(the X standing for Cross
Now how about that?
Greets, Zergl (Just remembering Leonardo's Enigma
This, ladies and gentlemen is why I own a LG superdrive.
...HARDWARE... manufacturers realize that ... the better.
I put it in my AMD64 Gentoo based box, booted up and it "just worked". No drivers, no special CD burning software [outside of cdrecord and growisofs], etc...
There is no value for me in commercial CDR tools since free [and decently working ones] exist already. The sooner
You don't need special software to use a Plextor drive as an ordinary burner. That works fine with cdrecord using your favorite Unix-Flavor or Nero etc. using Windows.
The special thing about Plextor drives is that they give you the ability to check the quality of a burned media and therefore you would need either the Plextools (windows only), PxScan/PxView (windows with some bulk drives) or PxLinux (linux and probably other unix-flavors, since there are no Plextools for them).
Maybe because some people still take that blockhead serious?
Please don't feed the Troll.
It has been a long time since High School (OK, about two years, but one can forget so fast) but IIRC you left out one important point in your calculations: Resistance.
You point out that the regulator should dump more heat?
If it got a nice low resistance, I think it should not.
I sense millions of lawyers spin in their graves...
So what if my program can read and write files that your program reads and writes. As long as I didn't take your way of writing those files, I should be fine.
That's the way it should be, but some people will disagree on that.
Go for the old ones first.
Watch them. Then watch them again. Repeat as often as you want.
And then skip the new ones. They Suck[tm]. I watched Episode 2 for a few minutes by accident (popped in while my brother was watching it with a friend on DVD) and I was really shocked. And besides the story being so shallow that not even a newborn could drowon in it you should at least think that they'd get proper SFX, but the creatures in that arena battle were like shouting "LOOK! I'M CGI AND LOOK WORSE THAN JURASSIC PARK!". So, IMHO, forget about the new ones, except you are really strong enough in the Force to endure it.