Comment The PITS (reward) (Score 4, Interesting) 224
Does anyone remember playing the game "The PITS" on CompuServe? Or, even better, know if thesource survived?
http://games.wwco.com/pits/
New Font Uses Holes To Cut Ink Use 540
An anonymous reader writes "A Dutch company has taken an open source Sans Serif font and
added holes to it to try and save on printer ink costs. The Ecofont is claimed to save up to 20 percent of ink costs, but it allegedly took the firm a while to perfect the ratio of the maximum number of holes possible without sacrificing readability."
Comment Re:I, for one, welcome these overlords: (Score 1) 211
Brazil's GDP (PPP) is in the top 10 countries in the world...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
Feed Sling throws in Mac-friendly SlingPlayer (theregister.com)
Apple TV... not on your TV
Sling Media has released the Mac version of its SlingPlayer viewing application. It's only nine months or so behind schedule, but better late than never we say. More to the point, the UK version is available from day one.
Feed Dell Linux is go (theregister.com)
Ubuntu named as distro for desktops and laptops
Dell has finally chosen a Linux distribution to offer on its desktop and laptop machines.
Comment Say No To Leasing (Score 1) 157
I can see it now... you get the free computer, and it's burdened with EULAs that say hackers can't repurpose the device (remember CueCAT barcode readers), followed by software that monitors what you do, floods you with ads, and collects marketing information about you.
No thanks.
When I slap down money for a hardware and software, I want to be beholden to no one. Ever.
No thanks.
When I slap down money for a hardware and software, I want to be beholden to no one. Ever.
Comment average Vs. maximum rate (Score 2, Informative) 100
1. What you are seeing is average rate.
TCP goes into congestion avoidance and fast retransmit and recovery (for example TCP-Reno). The connection might be touching maximum rate but you are not seeing it!
2. If your file transfer is over a large round trip time then TCP rate gets dilated: (File-Size / N*RTT)
where RTT is round trip time and N is the number of round trips required to transport the page.
3. If you are downloading the file, from "somewhere out there" then the bottleneck might be "somewhere out there" and not in your setup. Please recall, the bottleneck will cause TCP to de-accelerate whenever it sees a packet loss.
2/100 dollars.
TCP goes into congestion avoidance and fast retransmit and recovery (for example TCP-Reno). The connection might be touching maximum rate but you are not seeing it!
2. If your file transfer is over a large round trip time then TCP rate gets dilated: (File-Size / N*RTT)
where RTT is round trip time and N is the number of round trips required to transport the page.
3. If you are downloading the file, from "somewhere out there" then the bottleneck might be "somewhere out there" and not in your setup. Please recall, the bottleneck will cause TCP to de-accelerate whenever it sees a packet loss.
2/100 dollars.
Journal Journal: Entry (This will go down on your permanent record)
This entry will go down on my permanent record. Is anything permanent? Is any record a record? And whats with this "going down on"? Anyways, i have to stop playing chess with myself.
This = Die = Der = Das in German which has baffled me so much that i have started using "the" in German! I think the locals dont mind it too!
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