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Would it be possible that despite being a message-passing architecture main memory is shared? This would eliminate some of the advantage that SMP has over MPI, but I'm not sure that it would be all that easy to implement, and it might still be visi…
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I would suggest that someone is using mind-control on you (probably Microsoft, it's the kind of thing they would do). You should seriously look into the construction of a suitable tin-foil hat. Good thing the A didn't stick when you typed "hav…
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You have a space ship in you back yard??!?!
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Interestingly enough I *think* there was a large jump in the OpenGl performance of a 3D framework that I've been playing around with - a couple driver "oddities" really crippled it, so maybe those were fixed.
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From what I can tell, Vanderpool isn't really all that. For "Mac OS X" to run on Vanderpool, it would *still* have to be compiled for x86. All that the Vanderpool technology seems to do (from what I read here) is keep multiple operating systems …
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When he talks about a disk appearing on his desktop, is he referring to a mounted .dmg? The MSN app should be copied from within the .dmg to the hard drive (shouldn't make a shortcut if he drags the app over) Then he can trash the "disk" and the .…
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I'm guessing that it's pretty difficult to OC a G5, although the cases are pretty cooling-oriented. In order to speed up the chip, you'd *probably* have to speed up the bus or change the multiplier- I'm not sure that either of those things is easy …
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From the pictures of the cooling systems, I would guess these guys are legit. On the other hand, they are very expensive systems - I guess they complement the insanely huge LCDs that they sell. Copying Apple? At least they have some taste... …
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I'm not shocked that someone from @stake published an anti-microsoft paper; when @stake was first started a few years ago it was joined by the l0pht, a group of probably fairly talented white-ish-hat hackers, who had found many, many windows holes.
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I think it's a terrible, terrible idea.
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Generally, when ordering something from out of province, you do not have to pay PST. (E.g. mail order from Ontario, you only have to pay the tax if you live in Ontario... I think.)
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Alrighty, in 1990 or 91 my dad bought a Mac Classic. I used MS Works to make really hideous drawings, played Sim City, and copied icons from files in the System Folder, cause I knew that's where all the cool stuff lived. Opening up the System file…
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I'll jump into the fray and put my money (or extreme lack thereof) against any G5 powerbook this year. They gotta be doing *something* with Motorola chips, or else the powerbook upgrade would have already happened.
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Even if the three countries are only making a modified linux, I think a more heterogenous environment will benefit Apple and Apple users. I believe it would be easier to gain market share in a 20% Linux, 80% Windows environment than a 100% Windows …
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Quote: Originally posted by CubeDude: Yep. Every app has root priveliges. There's an explanation on the security, or lack thereof, in XP Home. http://grc.com/dos/xpsummary.htm That's funny, because I was *just* there - that's what al…
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What I would like to know is how well a primarily MacOS/X network scales- on a co-op term I was a tech support guy in an office of 60 WinNT users. If that were the extent of the entire network I would have no doubts as to OS X Server to handle ever…
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Careful though, it's not like MacOS/Darwin/BSD is immune to any virus or hacking attacks. If Apple rose to a 30% share of the market, you can bet that there would be potent viruses, exploits, and other badness to worry about. UNIX has a good sec…
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Wow, Godwin's Law practically kicked in before the thread started.
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In a modern CPU, more than one instruction can be on its way to completion at any one time. For example, an instruction to add two numbers involves moving the numbers into the addition circuits, doing the addition, and moving them back, in addition…
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If I got a G5, I'd be broke. What then? I'd die homeless and starving, but in sheer G5full bliss.