As you hinted at Common Lisp being an interpreted language, a clarification is in place.
Most Common Lisp implementations are compiled. As it has been for some time now. Some lisp implementation compile the code themselvel (SBCL for instance), others walk around and compile C-code (ecl for instance).
Windows users should be used to this. They allready knew the BSOD, now they can meet the Black SOD. And in the near future, they might even aggree that the RSOD might be the worst of all.;-)
I started useing linux *because* it didn't have games. I believe games are a waste of time, but when they are there, I can't stay away from them. Back in the days there weren't much linux games (and if there was a linux game, is basically s?ck?d), so I could stay away from them.
We have to upgrade to Office2003 because some freelance employee bought it, and he doesn't know how to save in Office2000 format (I don't know how good the quality of the reformat would be). So we are forced to buy Office2003 (even though it has *no* interesting new features for us.
To your comment about OOo being ~= Office 97
a) don't try to troll;-) FYI points b and c.
b) this is not even true, OOo has features that werent available in Office97 (which you don't really exclude, but still, it had to be noted). One example is the platform independency of OOo, which doesnt even allow Office 97 to be a competitor.
c) a lot of users don't want that extra functionality, so denying them the right to use other formats (odt) is a shame.
If your comment was reality, I would *consider* the purchase of office myself.
This is what I like to do (but I don't know how legal it is).
Create seperate partitions for windows/linux/data/media/pr0n (maybe you don't need that last one for relatives;-) )
Install windows
Install *nix (setup grub to go to windows after 2 seconds)
Create an image of the windows disk on the *nix system (with only the standard apps installed), dd windowsPartition | bzip > windows.img
Create a script (+ corresponding menu-item) to put the image back
When the user ruins [his|her] install, [he|she] can repair it [him|her]self, this way you'll be bothered much less. There are only complaints when they want extra apps necessary in the base windows install (you could make a separate disk for these, but they won't think about what's needed and whats extra, so they will -most likely- put everything in there...).
If performance is not really needed, you can install qemu/vmware and let them run an image (with a clean image on the side). If there is a problem, they can use the standard image super-easy. I believe this last way is a good one to 'convert' them to *nix.
I stated this in the amd+ati deal, but somehow it didn't get modded:)
AMD had to go together with ATI to get _low power_ systems up. They won't make it on the processor line alone, they need to have a chipset+cpu solution (which is the most important anyway). ATI has just that, low powerconsumption (I believe their GPUs use less power too). Add to this that in the recent presentation they gave clue of what could be done to use less power. Namely the scaling of systems, this would optimise the computer for the use it will serve.
A. Mind you, that the carnot efficiency can never be reached in real-life applications.
B. The efficiency of 23% just means that from the 'absolute heat' (~energy) you take from the high reservoir, you can only convert 23% to pure power (as in usefull energy), the other heat (Q_l) is lost to the low energy reservoir. This is quite nice actually...:-) Just means you have to get enough energy from the high reservoir...
C. I'm currently learning this, so the parent post (and this one) is quite fun/usable...
Consider website A, that links to website B. The person that made A, found the link to B by using a pagerank powered search engine... If we assume that this happens for most of the time, the results found on google are a bit clueless. The creator of A, probably hasn't searched beyond the first 100 results... Thus new sites (which are further below), will not be found. You end up with a messy system that doesn't really do much to get new websites up, only the first 100 search results will get a better mark through time...
The google guys probably worked on this for ages, so there are rules that try to change this. Pagerank is a nice system, but it stops working when most of the people building websites, search by using pagerank.
In the new era of performance/watt NVidia isn't really a good choice. The power the new NForce chipset (500 series) uses is ridiculously high, compared to the chipset of ATI (CrossFire Xpress 3200 and SB600). This is especially important with the Core2Duo standing around the corner.
It's clear that NV offers much more on their chipset but it's doubtable that AMD is intersted in that. The merger would have to be able to launch cheap chipsets with reasonable performance... not just the high end monsters that NVidia offers.
In the third corner we have VIA... well noting really points in that direction;-)
--- Offtopic: I do prefer the way ATI handles the chipset, the mobo manufacturers have to which networking chip (and others) they want... this gives a greater range of products:-) (and it's fun to choose between them)
Could it be, that this is just a way to keep our attention away from the new intel?
AMD has to do something to keep attention from the enthousiasts. Monday the price cuts will be given. So to me it seems like we are getting a whole bunch of 'events' trying to keep AMD in the spotlight...
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Today I am a bunny. A very very drunk bunny. >>>> this is not really a sig
In western plants, women would be chosen for fine labour too. Like the insertion of the small components on the mainboard. They are quicker with their smaller hands, so they work more efficiently.
There still is no problem to get Vista sold. They will make sure that whatever framework you want to use, and it will not be supported in XP. This way companies will develop for the new OS, and other companies will have to buy it:-D (no joke, we have all seen this happen a bazillion times)...
Same works for intel. The local computer guy ensured my dads company, that you might have problems with AMD, it is still a clone... So they buy intel, nothing about it.
OTOH, the implementation of such a FileSystem would get the unix world to work on a new (database) filesystem level too. There is just no way that MS has a better::something:: than unix, right?
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Above all the frustration, I still feel bad about it
There is some sort of censorship. Here, in Belgium, I do not have the right to spread rascist speach... I really don't know anything else I mustn't do...
BTW, I really support the fact that we respect different ethnic groups (I must say that this law is applied loosly, don't really know if there have been much problems with it).
Laws are aggreements, that counts for every country! If the gouvernment makes laws that don't fit in your way of life, then break the aggreement... It's YOUR country, the EU isn't going mess with 'the american dream'.
I do stress much more for my exams, but the geek way does work too! My planning:
During the year, I try to see how much I have to study for a course.
3 weeks before the exams begin, start to stress like a nutcase.
Study rather much during those weeks to get the rhythm up.
Third day before the exam, I start stressing... Mostly I just stress, trying to get ready for three days of utter madness.
Second day before the exam, start thinking "This is impossible"
Last day know for sure that it is impossible.
During this extreme stress I study during the night and try sleep for 3-5 hours.
Get up one hour before the exam, take a quick look at your course
You will obviously be totally fucked up! There is no way to stress anymore, your body doesn't even really know where it is. See the questions, answer what you can (which is pretty fair, 'cause your body has no reason at all to think about anything else).
For one or the other reason, I think you might not get high grades anymore;-) But the exam really feels like one big trip, so you won't be stressing...
Note 10 != 12. That means you get an M5 or an M6 instead of a 760i or 760Li...
I would be happy with any of them, but it is a rather important rectification, since both series are targetted at completely different people.
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As you hinted at Common Lisp being an interpreted language, a clarification is in place.
Most Common Lisp implementations are compiled. As it has been for some time now. Some lisp implementation compile the code themselvel (SBCL for instance), others walk around and compile C-code (ecl for instance).
An overview of free CL implementations can be found at http://www.cliki.net/Common%20Lisp%20implementation .
who will use it?
my mom
Windows users should be used to this. They allready knew the BSOD, now they can meet the Black SOD. And in the near future, they might even aggree that the RSOD might be the worst of all. ;-)
I started useing linux *because* it didn't have games. I believe games are a waste of time, but when they are there, I can't stay away from them. Back in the days there weren't much linux games (and if there was a linux game, is basically s?ck?d), so I could stay away from them.
Made me learn a whole lot more usefull stuff!
We have to upgrade to Office2003 because some freelance employee bought it, and he doesn't know how to save in Office2000 format (I don't know how good the quality of the reformat would be). So we are forced to buy Office2003 (even though it has *no* interesting new features for us.
;-) FYI points b and c.
To your comment about OOo being ~= Office 97
a) don't try to troll
b) this is not even true, OOo has features that werent available in Office97 (which you don't really exclude, but still, it had to be noted). One example is the platform independency of OOo, which doesnt even allow Office 97 to be a competitor.
c) a lot of users don't want that extra functionality, so denying them the right to use other formats (odt) is a shame.
If your comment was reality, I would *consider* the purchase of office myself.
This is what I like to do (but I don't know how legal it is).
- Create seperate partitions for windows/linux/data/media/pr0n (maybe you don't need that last one for relatives
;-) )
- Install windows
- Install *nix (setup grub to go to windows after 2 seconds)
- Create an image of the windows disk on the *nix system (with only the standard apps installed), dd windowsPartition | bzip > windows.img
- Create a script (+ corresponding menu-item) to put the image back
When the user ruins [his|her] install, [he|she] can repair it [him|her]self, this way you'll be bothered much less. There are only complaints when they want extra apps necessary in the base windows install (you could make a separate disk for these, but they won't think about what's needed and whats extra, so they will -most likely- put everything in there...).If performance is not really needed, you can install qemu/vmware and let them run an image (with a clean image on the side). If there is a problem, they can use the standard image super-easy. I believe this last way is a good one to 'convert' them to *nix.
I stated this in the amd+ati deal, but somehow it didn't get modded :)
AMD had to go together with ATI to get _low power_ systems up. They won't make it on the processor line alone, they need to have a chipset+cpu solution (which is the most important anyway). ATI has just that, low powerconsumption (I believe their GPUs use less power too). Add to this that in the recent presentation they gave clue of what could be done to use less power. Namely the scaling of systems, this would optimise the computer for the use it will serve.
and then, intel can take a shot at it again
A. Mind you, that the carnot efficiency can never be reached in real-life applications.
B. The efficiency of 23% just means that from the 'absolute heat' (~energy) you take from the high reservoir, you can only convert 23% to pure power (as in usefull energy), the other heat (Q_l) is lost to the low energy reservoir. This is quite nice actually... :-) Just means you have to get enough energy from the high reservoir...
C. I'm currently learning this, so the parent post (and this one) is quite fun/usable...
Consider website A, that links to website B. The person that made A, found the link to B by using a pagerank powered search engine... If we assume that this happens for most of the time, the results found on google are a bit clueless. The creator of A, probably hasn't searched beyond the first 100 results... Thus new sites (which are further below), will not be found. You end up with a messy system that doesn't really do much to get new websites up, only the first 100 search results will get a better mark through time...
The google guys probably worked on this for ages, so there are rules that try to change this. Pagerank is a nice system, but it stops working when most of the people building websites, search by using pagerank.
while I was posting my previous comment; this appeared: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/ 24/1148238
it has been http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/ 21/2147220
when it is completely finished, it will be posted again ;-) (btw, you could make an entry of this yourself ;-) )
Doesnt work in Konqueror...
This is a direct link to the online demo: http://www.youos.com/html/index.html?mode=demo
As a clarification of what I meanth :-)
In the new era of performance/watt NVidia isn't really a good choice. The power the new NForce chipset (500 series) uses is ridiculously high, compared to the chipset of ATI (CrossFire Xpress 3200 and SB600). This is especially important with the Core2Duo standing around the corner.
It's clear that NV offers much more on their chipset but it's doubtable that AMD is intersted in that. The merger would have to be able to launch cheap chipsets with reasonable performance... not just the high end monsters that NVidia offers.
In the third corner we have VIA... well noting really points in that direction ;-)
--- Offtopic: I do prefer the way ATI handles the chipset, the mobo manufacturers have to which networking chip (and others) they want... this gives a greater range of products :-) (and it's fun to choose between them)
Could it be, that this is just a way to keep our attention away from the new intel?
AMD has to do something to keep attention from the enthousiasts. Monday the price cuts will be given. So to me it seems like we are getting a whole bunch of 'events' trying to keep AMD in the spotlight...
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Today I am a bunny. A very very drunk bunny. >>>> this is not really a sig
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/me eats donut
uhm, no that is not the report on one page
So instead of insulting a very small amount of people, he insults everybody in the world...
Way to go!
For now at least, it doesn't matter where it is based. It matters where it is used.
In western plants, women would be chosen for fine labour too. Like the insertion of the small components on the mainboard. They are quicker with their smaller hands, so they work more efficiently.
Same works for intel. The local computer guy ensured my dads company, that you might have problems with AMD, it is still a clone... So they buy intel, nothing about it.
OTOH, the implementation of such a FileSystem would get the unix world to work on a new (database) filesystem level too. There is just no way that MS has a better ::something:: than unix, right?
--- Above all the frustration, I still feel bad about it
BTW, I really support the fact that we respect different ethnic groups (I must say that this law is applied loosly, don't really know if there have been much problems with it).
Laws are aggreements, that counts for every country! If the gouvernment makes laws that don't fit in your way of life, then break the aggreement... It's YOUR country, the EU isn't going mess with 'the american dream'.
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It's late, I know it's a messy post
I do stress much more for my exams, but the geek way does work too! My planning:
You will obviously be totally fucked up! There is no way to stress anymore, your body doesn't even really know where it is. See the questions, answer what you can (which is pretty fair, 'cause your body has no reason at all to think about anything else).
For one or the other reason, I think you might not get high grades anymore ;-) But the exam really feels like one big trip, so you won't be stressing...