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From: jmfbahciv on 17 Feb 2007 07:12 In article <d1ict2h4c5s3m3e5unsu4aagl2fpj0s49n(a)4ax.com>, MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Feb 07 12:25:03 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us: > >>> Right now I also have LTSpice running on another >>>desktop. I'm typing this while if figures. >> >>My point is that you should not have to have another computer _system_ >>to do any other task. > > > He said on another desktop. If you had any modern brains, you would >know that that IS the SAME computer, that has multiple "desktops". A >feature of Linux GUIs. IF that is true, the renaming of this term is going to cause a lot of problems. <snip> /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Feb 2007 07:13 In article <aaict21nu9t1faaiodh912qu7en2240379(a)4ax.com>, MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Feb 07 12:25:03 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us: > >> Other >>than instrumentation, there usually isn't any computing task that >>has to have the CPU pay attention to it *right now*. > > > A/V stream decoding does. Hell, even MP3 stream decoding does. > > When I watch Lost episodes on ABC.com, those streams get a LOT of >CPU time slices simply because the stream MUST be processed >continually. Son, it is time you learned about buffered mode I/O. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Feb 2007 07:17 In article <pan.2007.02.16.21.21.49.46613(a)doubleclick.net>, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie" <eatmyshorts(a)doubleclick.net> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:49:30 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote: >> "nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >.... >>>As usual, you redefine the discussion to suit yourself. >> >> I don't think he is redefining it; I think he believes he's talking about >> the same thing. He keeps reminding me of the last tech I had to finally >> resort to beating up in order to get him to understand what was going to >> happen. I don't think that guy knows to this day why his way was the >> exactly wrong way. >> > >Yes, sadly most people would rather be right than happy. I was getting paid to ensure that thousands of cutomers' gear could be maintained and used usefully. The tech's insistence that only 10 year old software that no longer worked be used was unacceptable. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Feb 2007 07:25 In article <eda3a$45d5c93d$4fe763a$12936(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, "nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <er440c$p85$1(a)jasen.is-a-geek.org>, >> jasen <jasen(a)free.net.nz> wrote: >> >>>On 2007-02-13, MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> >> >> wrote: >> >>>>>>>I'll repeat it since you're a slow learner: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>A properly installed Linux uses all the available >>>>>>>partitions. >>>>>> >>>>>> And I repeat: >>>>>> >>>>>> You're a goddamned idiot. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>So when, despite being a slow learner, you do learn something, >>>>>it is invariably wrong. >>>> >>>> You're an idiot. You statement about Linux is absolutely 100% >>>>WRONG! >>>> >>> >>>It's a matter of principle not of pragmatism. >>> >>>Why pollute a linux machine with some other operating system... >> >> >> The people who pay you use an OS that you don't. > >While that's true, the premise remains unchanged. Today >hardware is cheap. Unfortunately, that's true. Cheap and plentiful produces no innovation. It's one of the reasons MS can still make a profit. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Feb 2007 07:26
In article <t3jct2h2m7upjn9dho5vsppe4hb02ukvib(a)4ax.com>, MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Feb 07 14:07:30 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us: > >> >>There is a huge difference between tasking and being able to >>interrupt any task at any time and resuming it seamlessly >>later and not being able to start another task until the >>previous one is completely finished including EOFing the >>files. > > > Batch process mentality bullshit. Quite the contrary. Your style of thinking is single-use concentration of gear. That has been clear since you tried to correct your elders. /BAH |