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CAPI 17 33 (7/17/2005 1:45:15 PM) comp.lang.lisp Is anyone actually using CAPI for cross-platform GUI development? Downloadable applications are a little hard to come by. I know of Regexp Coach, which incidentally is not available for OS X, and that's pretty ... alex

virtualization 2 44 (7/14/2005 11:58:23 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Is there virtualization/emulation software for running current Mac OS X on PC hardware. I know that VMware can't do it, and I couldn't find any other such software with goole. Does Apple threaten everyone who t... alex

poll: how many Linux users would rather use Mac OS 17 35 (7/12/2005 9:43:30 AM) comp.os.linux.misc How many of Linux users here would rather use Mac OS if it were freely downloadable, and Mac hardware was priced close to PC hardware with comparable specs? ... alex

been reading WSJ? 5 31 (7/6/2005 4:11:14 AM) comp.lang.lisp In http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html , Paul Graham writes: "Reading the Wall Street Journal for a week should give anyone ideas for two or three new startups. The articles are full of descriptions of probl... alex

AMD vs Intel numeric performance 29 61 (7/6/2005 3:53:37 AM) comp.lang.fortran After a long search, I found this: http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-x2/index.x?pg=12 (see especially the last two graphs, as well as other pages) What's interesting is that AMD64s seem to be 4 t... alex

AMD64-based laptops from HP/Compaq are crippled 46 60 (7/5/2005 3:46:58 AM) comp.os.linux.portable I've been researching my next laptop purchase, and whether it will run Linux, and completely accidentally stumbled upon an alarming issue that people need to be more aware about. Apparently (and if my understa... alex

running linux voids warranty? 29 56 (7/4/2005 2:02:43 AM) comp.os.linux.portable Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they find Linux on the hard drive? ... alex

AMD for numerics - hype or not? 40 62 (7/4/2005 1:08:08 AM) comp.lang.fortran AMD marks its processors with with numbers like 4000+ in addition to the clock rate. I believe the number is supposed to mean how fast it is relative to Intel chips, i.e. a 3200+ AMD chip should be as fast as a... alex

comp.ai - dead? 2 56 (6/26/2005 10:30:40 PM) comp.ai.philosophy There has not been a posting there in 24 days. Looks like the moderators lost interest in all that computer guff. ... alex

prototyping 2 44 (6/24/2005 3:06:17 PM) comp.lang.lisp Regarding prototyping, I'll play the devil's advocate: Have any of you noticed that ICPF contests usually have a blitz category (24 hours) and the regular one (72 hours). It's UNusual for a team to do well in ... alex

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CAPI 17 33 (7/17/2005 1:45:15 PM) comp.lang.lisp Is anyone actually using CAPI for cross-platform GUI development? Downloadable applications are a little hard to come by. I know of Regexp Coach, which incidentally is not available for OS X, and that's pretty ... hello690 (285)

BF2: i'm never playing engineer again! 26 22 (7/13/2005 2:43:42 AM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action This game is getting ridiculous. Immediately after a furious firefight to capture a heavily defended base, my team left it completely empty so a lone soldier recaptured it without firing a shot. This happened... jp2 (18)

17" laptop with a pointing stick? 23 19 (7/11/2005 9:02:24 PM) comp.sys.laptops I'm thinking about replacing my old Dell Inspiron 8100 with something newer and faster. I'd like a nice big screen, so the 17" Dell Inspiron 9300 looks pretty good, but there is one big problem - it looks like ... lubecki (7)

Everyone Knows Linux Sucks... It's Quite Obvious... (Linux===the Elvis of operating systems) 44 59 (7/11/2005 1:59:29 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Linux is FREE...Market Share, less that 1.0 percent as a desktop system. Vendors that could make extra profit by not having to install, and pay for Microsoft Products....... Yet they still install those Micr... sally_squats (5)

Linux? Void my warantee? Make tech support impossible? 73 29 (7/10/2005 10:58:08 PM) comp.os.linux.misc What sane person would install Linux when their newly purchased pre-loaded system comes with a ton of great software? Why void my warrantee, or at best piss off the tech support people should I have a hardware... wallace_corpus (11)

Getting a Laptop from Europe to the US 3 19 (7/7/2005 2:40:35 PM) comp.sys.laptops I want to get after an Acer Aspire 1525WLMi which is only sold in Switzerland. It has an AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ and a 100 Gig hard drive. Anyone have an suggestions on how to do this? ... matt6327 (1)

been reading WSJ? 5 31 (7/6/2005 4:11:14 AM) comp.lang.lisp In http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html , Paul Graham writes: "Reading the Wall Street Journal for a week should give anyone ideas for two or three new startups. The articles are full of descriptions of probl... hello690 (285)

AMD vs Intel numeric performance 29 61 (7/6/2005 3:53:37 AM) comp.lang.fortran After a long search, I found this: http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-x2/index.x?pg=12 (see especially the last two graphs, as well as other pages) What's interesting is that AMD64s seem to be 4 t... hello690 (285)

The Distribution Switcheroo...Exactly what is it? 48 59 (7/5/2005 1:20:02 AM) comp.os.linux.misc In reality the Distribution Switcheroo is quite simple. You, as an end user have a problem with Redhat. The Linux FREAKZOIDS will suggest you try Debian to solve all of your troubles. However, if you had said y... vladimir_yepifano (23)

upgrade 4200hd or add more ram? 5 22 (7/4/2005 3:10:52 PM) comp.sys.laptops I just got my first laptop, acer 5000 series, 4200rpm 80gig hd and 512megs of ram with a 1.6ghz amd64 turion chip mainly to develop programs for winxp64. I'm generally pleased with the performance except in s... sub.this (5)