First off, you really need to check SourceForge.net or FreshMeat.net first. There there are plenty of POS software projects... Be careful... The author means Point-Of-SalenotPiece-Of-Shit./me hides...
...that Apple moved to Intel to take advantage of Intel's new virtualization support in hardware.
This is exactly correct. The performance per Watt was also important, but a red-hearing compared to the benefits one can gain from seamless virtualization.
> Recompiling the same code provides a 0% performance improvement...
Your argument ignores the fact that the Intel C++ Compiler (icc) provides quicker execution times for many sets of code. It even has been found to speed up execution times Athlon processors.
> A system administrator's job will be on the line if a system crashes due to... overclockers, the tuners and the tweakers.
This is why I test things before they are moved into a production environment and never overclock, and may sometimes underclock. However I do tune and tweak. But my definition of tuneing and tweaking may be different from yours.
NOTE: I think it was three+ years ago that I began to use Gentoo. My main reason was that mplayer "just worked" with any video format I gave it. I set up the use flags, and didn't have to "find" a secondary site to support windows or quicktime codecs. It was already there. Over time... anything else that I decided I needed was "already there".
I havn't shoped for another distribution since. I havn't had the need. Maybe someday. But not since three years ago.
Slashdot Mirror
Caffine-Free Coca-Cola,
Caffine-Free Diet Coke,
Caffine-Free Dr. Pepper,
... etc ...
Just create a .tar.gz ... Then you can use alien to convert it to a .deb .
This is exactly correct. The performance per Watt was also important, but a red-hearing compared to the benefits one can gain from seamless virtualization.
I don't own a computer either.
Your argument ignores the fact that the Intel C++ Compiler (icc) provides quicker execution times for many sets of code. It even has been found to speed up execution times Athlon processors.
> A system administrator's job will be on the line if a system crashes due to... overclockers, the tuners and the tweakers.
This is why I test things before they are moved into a production environment and never overclock, and may sometimes underclock. However I do tune and tweak. But my definition of tuneing and tweaking may be different from yours.
NOTE: I think it was three+ years ago that I began to use Gentoo. My main reason was that mplayer "just worked" with any video format I gave it. I set up the use flags, and didn't have to "find" a secondary site to support windows or quicktime codecs. It was already there. Over time... anything else that I decided I needed was "already there".
I havn't shoped for another distribution since. I havn't had the need. Maybe someday. But not since three years ago.
You want to expose your kids to technology? Gasp...think of the children.
Townspeople: [gasp]
PC McIntosh: Yeah. Someone arsen' around!
http://imdb.com/title/tt0312004/quotes
"We have to be faster... better... cheeper... and REUSABLE..."
All the engineers I was with worked VERY hard to not laugh.