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Why do you report impossible operating system/server combinations?
Webservers that operate behind a caching system, load balancer, reverse proxy server or a firewall may sometimes report the operating system of the intermediate machine. Hence reports of 'Microsoft/IIS on Linux' may indicate that either the web server is behind a Linux server that is acting as a reverse proxy, or has configured the Akamai caching system such that the first request to the site goes to one of Akamai's servers [which run Linux], or as in the case of www.walmart.com has been configured to send a misleading signature.
With SCSI I can share the the same bus with 2 different computers, and can present the same disk to two different systems at the same time.
How exactly does that work? What happens if the two systems try to modify the same file at the same time? Does the feature require OS support? I've heard of that capability but have never seen any details about it.
Pulled from the web page in your comment:
In addition, the MiPad continuous speech recognition and spoken language functions are performed on a Windows 2000 server through a wireless LAN connection, but will eventually use a cellular modem.
Microsoft's device was off-loading the speech tasks to a more powerful PC nearby; the palm does it all itself.
What do you mean by that? NTFS is just a file system - Linux supports dozens of different file systems, and you don't have to rewrite applications to support each one. Same with NT/2000 - the only applications that need to be rewritten are those that are filesystem-specific, like a disk defragmenter or disk diagnostic utility.
Regarding 30-second skip, the Replay has a little-known feature: you can press a number before 30-second skip and Replay will skip that many minutes ahead! You can use this to skip the precisely-timed 3 or 4-minute commercial breaks. This only works during recorded shows and not delayed live TV.
I use this feature all the time through American Express. They call it "Private Payments" and it's completely free to all cardholders. All you have to do is log in to their site, click on "Request new number" and plug it in to the vendor's checkout form. The number expires in about a month and can only be used by one vendor (although multiple charges can be made to the account, since places like Buy.com will charge you as each item ships). You don't have to run any software, and the charges show up like normal on your statement. You can view all your past generated numbers and the vendor that used them. I think it's a great idea.
Circuit City's web site says you can purchase products online and pick them up at one of their brick and mortar stores. They call it "in-store express pickup."
I use the Kinesis Essential keyboard at both work and home, and I could never go back. It does cost quite a bit and take some getting used to, but it eliminated all the wrist pain I used to have with wave keyboards like the MS Natural. You can get a programmable version as well. The lack of a numerical keypad is a bit of a drawback (works just like a laptop - you have to toggle it on and use the right-hand keys), but if you can live without one I strongly suggest checking it out. I believe it cost me about $290 shipped. It comes with two adhesive pads that you place under your wrists to avoid resting on the plastic, which make it more comfortable (I don't think any of the photos show that).
Windows 2000 Professioal supports 2 processors. Windows 2000 Server supports 4 processors and 4 GB of RAM. Windows 2000 Advanced Server supports 8 processors and 8 GB of RAM. Windows 2000 Datacenter Server supports up to 32 processors and 64 GB of RAM. All Windows 2000 versions are only available for the x86 architecture.
Intel's Pentium and higher CPUs support an "HLT" instruction which is used when portions of the processor are idle. It is comparable to a low-power "standby" mode for the CPU and uses less energy (and therefore generates less heat) than if the CPU were actually executing "real" x86 code. The "idle loop" of most modern operating systems is just executing HLT instructions (if the processor supports it). Windows 95 and 98 do not do this, but Windows NT and Linux do. I'm not sure about other operating systems.
I highly recommend you read Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett. Darwin's "theories" have staggering implications that provide potential answers to more questions than you can imagine.
There is a lot more to Darwin's ideas than biological evolution.
Quotes from early on in the book:
"Darwin's idea can be used to dismantle and then rebuild a traditional structure of Western thought..." - he isn't talking about just creationism, either.
"Ever since Darwin, skepticism has been aimed at his implicit claim that the various processes of natural selection, in spite of their underlying mindlessness, are powerful enough to have done all the design work that is manifest in the world."
I'm only ~40% finished, but I remember Dennett mentioning that a future chapter will include a discussion about aliens and how Darwin's ideas can be used to deduce which characteristics we should expect to find.
Reading this book provides one with a similar experience as reading "Godel, Escher, Bach" (in fact, the author *mentions* Hofstadter and GEB) - it completely changes your perspective on the origins of not only humankind but the universe itself. READ IT!:)
Movies on a 19" monitor may not sound all that great, but remember that monitors are non-interlaced, which makes a world of difference compared to TVs. Watching The Matrix on my 19" computer monitor is not bad at all; the picture is great even when you get really close. So that's why a DVD drive for your computer is a Good Thing, especially now that 1) Linux will be playing DVDs decently real soon now and 2) Linux distributions are beginning to arrive on the medium.
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Why do you report impossible operating system/server combinations?
Webservers that operate behind a caching system, load balancer, reverse proxy server or a firewall may sometimes report the operating system of the intermediate machine. Hence reports of 'Microsoft/IIS on Linux' may indicate that either the web server is behind a Linux server that is acting as a reverse proxy, or has configured the Akamai caching system such that the first request to the site goes to one of Akamai's servers [which run Linux], or as in the case of www.walmart.com has been configured to send a misleading signature.
Lacking any traditional desktop software packages, you could always use web-based commercial products like QuickBooks for the Web or Oracle Small Business Suite.
With SCSI I can share the the same bus with 2 different computers, and can present the same disk to two different systems at the same time.
How exactly does that work? What happens if the two systems try to modify the same file at the same time? Does the feature require OS support? I've heard of that capability but have never seen any details about it.
Pulled from the web page in your comment:
In addition, the MiPad continuous speech recognition and spoken language functions are performed on a Windows 2000 server through a wireless LAN connection, but will eventually use a cellular modem.
Microsoft's device was off-loading the speech tasks to a more powerful PC nearby; the palm does it all itself.
Yet programs can't access NTFS disks unless the programmer recodes them.
What do you mean by that? NTFS is just a file system - Linux supports dozens of different file systems, and you don't have to rewrite applications to support each one. Same with NT/2000 - the only applications that need to be rewritten are those that are filesystem-specific, like a disk defragmenter or disk diagnostic utility.
Regarding 30-second skip, the Replay has a little-known feature: you can press a number before 30-second skip and Replay will skip that many minutes ahead! You can use this to skip the precisely-timed 3 or 4-minute commercial breaks. This only works during recorded shows and not delayed live TV.
I use this feature all the time through American Express. They call it "Private Payments" and it's completely free to all cardholders. All you have to do is log in to their site, click on "Request new number" and plug it in to the vendor's checkout form. The number expires in about a month and can only be used by one vendor (although multiple charges can be made to the account, since places like Buy.com will charge you as each item ships). You don't have to run any software, and the charges show up like normal on your statement. You can view all your past generated numbers and the vendor that used them. I think it's a great idea.
Dennis Miller needs to learn statistics. "Average" does not represent the boundary between the upper and lower 50 percentiles, median does.
Circuit City's web site says you can purchase products online and pick them up at one of their brick and mortar stores. They call it "in-store express pickup."
I use the Kinesis Essential keyboard at both work and home, and I could never go back. It does cost quite a bit and take some getting used to, but it eliminated all the wrist pain I used to have with wave keyboards like the MS Natural. You can get a programmable version as well. The lack of a numerical keypad is a bit of a drawback (works just like a laptop - you have to toggle it on and use the right-hand keys), but if you can live without one I strongly suggest checking it out. I believe it cost me about $290 shipped. It comes with two adhesive pads that you place under your wrists to avoid resting on the plastic, which make it more comfortable (I don't think any of the photos show that).
Windows 2000 Professioal supports 2 processors. Windows 2000 Server supports 4 processors and 4 GB of RAM. Windows 2000 Advanced Server supports 8 processors and 8 GB of RAM. Windows 2000 Datacenter Server supports up to 32 processors and 64 GB of RAM. All Windows 2000 versions are only available for the x86 architecture.
Intel's Pentium and higher CPUs support an "HLT" instruction which is used when portions of the processor are idle. It is comparable to a low-power "standby" mode for the CPU and uses less energy (and therefore generates less heat) than if the CPU were actually executing "real" x86 code. The "idle loop" of most modern operating systems is just executing HLT instructions (if the processor supports it). Windows 95 and 98 do not do this, but Windows NT and Linux do. I'm not sure about other operating systems.
I highly recommend you read Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett. Darwin's "theories" have staggering implications that provide potential answers to more questions than you can imagine.
:)
There is a lot more to Darwin's ideas than biological evolution.
Quotes from early on in the book:
"Darwin's idea can be used to dismantle and then rebuild a traditional structure of Western thought..." - he isn't talking about just creationism, either.
"Ever since Darwin, skepticism has been aimed at his implicit claim that the various processes of natural selection, in spite of their underlying mindlessness, are powerful enough to have done all the design work that is manifest in the world."
I'm only ~40% finished, but I remember Dennett mentioning that a future chapter will include a discussion about aliens and how Darwin's ideas can be used to deduce which characteristics we should expect to find.
Reading this book provides one with a similar experience as reading "Godel, Escher, Bach" (in fact, the author *mentions* Hofstadter and GEB) - it completely changes your perspective on the origins of not only humankind but the universe itself. READ IT!
Movies on a 19" monitor may not sound all that great, but remember that monitors are non-interlaced, which makes a world of difference compared to TVs. Watching The Matrix on my 19" computer monitor is not bad at all; the picture is great even when you get really close. So that's why a DVD drive for your computer is a Good Thing, especially now that 1) Linux will be playing DVDs decently real soon now and 2) Linux distributions are beginning to arrive on the medium.