Ok, so the Coraid people are selling their ATA over Ethernet 15 slot version for $3,995.00. That's apparently around EUR 3133. I can get something proven iSCSI based from Promise here in Germany for 4.499,- (a Promise M500i). Ok, that is almost 50 percent more expensive, but the iSCSI solution is supposed to work under all operating systems (Linux, *BSD, Windows, etc.) more or less out of the box, while for AoE you will have to buy drivers for Windows, and has generally worse support for other operating systems.
Now, suppose you will really use this baby and you want to have *lots* of storage.
So you buy 15 SATA drives, like say Seagate ST3750640NS for EUR 444 each. Now the difference between AoE and iSCSI becomes less:
AoE solution: EUR 9793 iSCSI solution: EUR 11159
Now the iSCSI solution is only 14 % more expensive.
Now it would be clear for me to go for the "safe" path of something proven and widely supported like iSCSI instead of AoE. The infrastructe you need will be the same anyway (Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit ethernet switch).
Whoever uses SELECT * should be shot on the spot, anyway. It is just asking for trouble, not only if the order of columns changes, but also if you add a new one, which happens often enough.
Do the maintanance programmers a favour, and *always* name all columns that you request explicitly.
Altough almost 20 years old, Digger! is still one of the best games, IMHO.
You can compile it with SDL (or SVGAlib, IIRC) or on FreeBSD, just install it from the ports collection:-)
Here comes an example from the real world: Apt/dpkg is no better than rpm. I can install cups without ghostscript and apt doesn't complain. I have this dependency with my printer, most probably others who use CUPS with a laser printer don't have the dependency.
I don't see any problem here, either. All the dependency "problems" I can imagine can easily be solved by a flatrate, some time and a big harddisk.
On SuSE, I often used --nodeps for rpm, cos I *knew* that mutt doesn't *require* a spell checker, even if the stupid.SPEC file said so.
Compile a new Kernel (preferably with the new VM) and take out all of the unneccesary items and compile as much as possible into the
kernel instead of modules.
Bullshit. Wether something is built into the kernel or as a module doesn't affect performance at all. Also, unused kernel modules take away RAM but don't affect performance directly.
ACT don't need to play the dual-licensing game because their original license is already well suited for Open Source *and* commercial, proprietary development.
I'm enjoying GNAT while I let others wait for the mythical Free Software revolution;-)
Does it implement the multiboot standard? Does it allow to boot kernels over ethernet? GRUB does both and these are it's main advantages, plus a full-features boot console.
If not, how can you say it's an alternative to GRUB?
As for well-known browsers not rendering "correctly" (whatever that is) do this: Use Internet Explorer 6 to view Sourceforge. Everything's centered! Ugh. Prior versions worked ok.
... is a Linux Scripting Host that an application can embed an register its types and functions with that can then be called by *any* scripting language that bothers to implement the Linux Scripting Host interface. All that exists in Windows. I have found no alternative on Unix, neither KDE nor GNOME. Mozilla does have XPCOM. Does anybody know if such a beast already exists or which one comes closest?
I also think that Python is better suited as a introductory teaching language than Java. OOP is important, but it is not something you can grok as a beginning programmer, IMHO. Python is a multiparadigm language, you can start with imperative programming (modules and functions), later you can introduce the OOP style with classes.
With Java, you no choice but to start the OOP way from day one. And Java's OOP isn't that hot, either (there are still primitive types that aren't objects). If you want imperative programming in Java, you have to fake it with static methods.
There is a difference between what is a good first programming language and what is a good language to learn software engineering principles. For software engineering, Java would be a reasonable good choice.
Gerhard
PS: I study c. s. and I had Java (and Haskell) as introductory languages. Yes, I do follow the cult of the snake;-)
"And for those of you who don't already know, editor feedback has been down for about a week. It is the highest priority of all problems with dmoz,
and I am working on it."
You should perhaps try again at a later time or contact a meta editor directly via email. I think cc'ing staff@dmoz.org would be ok, too.
I am a new editor there, too and I think we need more good editors:-)
Uh, last time I checked, UML only ran on x86. Also this restricts you to Linux, while a virtualized x86 computer (VMware) can run any OS a real machine can run.
I am skeptical though wether it's possible to completely isolate the VM from the surrounding operating system. If somebody has control of the sorrounding OS, (s)he can dump the memory anytime, so it's just a matter of cracking the encryption scheme of the VMs vemory.
Ooh. You got digger running under Linux?? That was one of my favorite game in the 80s, when I was young:-) I even wrote a utility to slow down Digger on my x386. It was just too fast. Hmm, I thought it wouldn't run on VGA any more, back then it needed a CGA or a Hercules under CGA emulation. It'd be very nice if you'd give me a hint on how to get it running under DOSEMU (my email is g e r h a r d @ b i g f o o t . d e ). Yes, I really hate spam;-) Perhaps I can bother you again, then. I don't know if I have still a copy of digger, jumpjoe & co around.
The article basically is nothing but hot air. AMD doesn't seem to have any plans to invest in, let alone buy Transmeta. They have used some of Transmeta's technology, so what? The story is pretty lame, no content at all, just mere speculation. And Hemos, btw. what does this have to do with Linus, let alone Linux? If this is the hottest news you can find, you should perhaps consider a job change...
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Ok, so the Coraid people are selling their ATA over Ethernet 15 slot version for $3,995.00. That's apparently around EUR 3133. I can get something proven iSCSI based from Promise here in Germany for 4.499,- (a Promise M500i). Ok, that is almost 50 percent more expensive, but the iSCSI solution is supposed to work under all operating systems (Linux, *BSD, Windows, etc.) more or less out of the box, while for AoE you will have to buy drivers for Windows, and has generally worse support for other operating systems.
Now, suppose you will really use this baby and you want to have *lots* of storage.
So you buy 15 SATA drives, like say Seagate ST3750640NS for EUR 444 each. Now the difference between AoE and iSCSI becomes less:
AoE solution: EUR 9793
iSCSI solution: EUR 11159
Now the iSCSI solution is only 14 % more expensive.
Now it would be clear for me to go for the "safe" path of something proven and widely supported like iSCSI instead of AoE. The infrastructe you need will be the same anyway (Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit ethernet switch).
Whoever uses SELECT * should be shot on the spot, anyway. It is just asking for trouble, not only if the order of columns changes, but also if you add a new one, which happens often enough.
Do the maintanance programmers a favour, and *always* name all columns that you request explicitly.
Kick the cat's ass out of the door. Eventually, she'll learn. If not, bringt her to the chinese fast food restaurant at the corner >:-)
It is indeed very useful. Many thanks for the link.
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Has anybody written an X-server with aalib, yet. Perhaps this could then be used to play the normal Quake2 :-)
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Altough almost 20 years old, Digger! is still one of the best games, IMHO. You can compile it with SDL (or SVGAlib, IIRC) or on FreeBSD, just install it from the ports collection :-)
Maybe because it's extremely expensive to transport something from space down to earth?
Here comes an example from the real world: Apt/dpkg is no better than rpm. I can install cups without ghostscript and apt doesn't complain. I have this dependency with my printer, most probably others who use CUPS with a laser printer don't have the dependency.
.SPEC file said so.
I don't see any problem here, either. All the dependency "problems" I can imagine can easily be solved by a flatrate, some time and a big harddisk.
On SuSE, I often used --nodeps for rpm, cos I *knew* that mutt doesn't *require* a spell checker, even if the stupid
Compile a new Kernel (preferably with the new VM) and take out all of the unneccesary items and compile as much as possible into the
kernel instead of modules.
Bullshit. Wether something is built into the kernel or as a module doesn't affect performance at all. Also, unused kernel modules take away RAM but don't affect performance directly.
ACT, the maintainers of the GNU Ada compiler are quite profitable. They are a 100 % open-source shop.
TrollTech is also profitable, but they're not a 100 % open-source shop.
And if a closed source vendor completely changes the VM between, say Service Pack 3 and 4, you would have no chance know.
I think Linus does a relatively good job at release management.
ACT don't need to play the dual-licensing game because their original license is already well suited for Open Source *and* commercial, proprietary development.
;-)
I'm enjoying GNAT while I let others wait for the mythical Free Software revolution
-- Gerhard
Does it implement the multiboot standard? Does it allow to boot kernels over ethernet? GRUB does both and these are it's main advantages, plus a full-features boot console.
If not, how can you say it's an alternative to GRUB?
What idiot modded this down?
:-) But the moderation was unfair.
Ok he's proposing to do backups with a floppy drive, that's a reason to flame him
+3 (Insightful) in the Slashdot underground moderation rating.
I wonder how you can still get funding for a business idea as stupid as this one.
All emulation software sucks. Wine sucks, Cygwin sucks as well. Maybe they're trying to combine the worst of the two!?
As for well-known browsers not rendering "correctly" (whatever that is) do this: Use Internet Explorer 6 to view Sourceforge. Everything's centered! Ugh. Prior versions worked ok.
... is a Linux Scripting Host that an application can embed an register its types and functions with that can then be called by *any* scripting language that bothers to implement the Linux Scripting Host interface. All that exists in Windows. I have found no alternative on Unix, neither KDE nor GNOME. Mozilla does have XPCOM. Does anybody know if such a beast already exists or which one comes closest?
I also think that Python is better suited as a introductory teaching language than Java. OOP is important, but it is not something you can grok as a beginning programmer, IMHO. Python is a multiparadigm language, you can start with imperative programming (modules and functions), later you can introduce the OOP style with classes.
;-)
With Java, you no choice but to start the OOP way from day one. And Java's OOP isn't that hot, either (there are still primitive types that aren't objects). If you want imperative programming in Java, you have to fake it with static methods.
There is a difference between what is a good first programming language and what is a good language to learn software engineering principles. For software engineering, Java would be a reasonable good choice.
Gerhard
PS: I study c. s. and I had Java (and Haskell) as introductory languages. Yes, I do follow the cult of the snake
locate only finds files that are already in its database. You'll need to use find instead for this to work.
Did this happen recently? My entry page says:
:-)
"And for those of you who don't already know, editor feedback has been down for about a week. It is the highest priority of all problems with dmoz,
and I am working on it."
You should perhaps try again at a later time or contact a meta editor directly via email. I think cc'ing staff@dmoz.org would be ok, too.
I am a new editor there, too and I think we need more good editors
On embedded systems, use a remote debugger. On a fullscreen application, use a debugger on a seperate console. What's the problem here?
Uh, last time I checked, UML only ran on x86. Also this restricts you to Linux, while a virtualized x86 computer (VMware) can run any OS a real machine can run.
I am skeptical though wether it's possible to completely isolate the VM from the surrounding operating system. If somebody has control of the sorrounding OS, (s)he can dump the memory anytime, so it's just a matter of cracking the encryption scheme of the VMs vemory.
Gerhard
Ooh. You got digger running under Linux?? That was one of my favorite game in the 80s, when I was young :-) I even wrote a utility to slow down Digger on my x386. It was just too fast. Hmm, I thought it wouldn't run on VGA any more, back then it needed a CGA or a Hercules under CGA emulation. It'd be very nice if you'd give me a hint on how to get it running under DOSEMU (my email is g e r h a r d @ b i g f o o t . d e ). Yes, I really hate spam ;-) Perhaps I can bother you again, then. I don't know if I have still a copy of digger, jumpjoe & co around.
Gerhard
The article basically is nothing but hot air. AMD doesn't seem to have any plans to invest in, let alone buy Transmeta. They have used some of Transmeta's technology, so what? The story is pretty lame, no content at all, just mere speculation. And Hemos, btw. what does this have to do with Linus, let alone Linux? If this is the hottest news you can find, you should perhaps consider a job change ...