CAPI1733 (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
virtualization244 (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
been reading WSJ?531 (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 performance2961 (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 crippled4660 (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
AMD for numerics - hype or not?4062 (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?256 (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
prototyping244 (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
CAPI1733 (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!2622 (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?2319 (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)
Getting a Laptop from Europe to the US319 (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?531 (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 performance2961 (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)
upgrade 4200hd or add more ram?522 (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)