Has anyone tried a PS-3/1080p/Yellow Dog Linux combination? I went to a talk by the Sony Entertainment Chief Prog - apparently YDL is now officially endorsed by Sony. The (Power architecture) Cell engine has 7 processors, each with DMA - loosely based on the Transputer - v interesting, incredibly powerful, and cheap. YDL can't access all the proprietary graphics card accelerations but is otherwise capable of using all that 64/128-bit power. PS-3 is v cheap too - 1080p TV will cost more...
Also, has anyone tried MonetDB - an open column-oriented db, seems similar to kdb in intention? Stuart Baker On 3/4/08, Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From my experience, there can only be two things running > on a single workstation of average capacity (2 cores, 2 GB). > > For development, you need IIS web app and the IDE. > So you cannot expect to efficiently host the database > on the same machine. Database interaction has enough > latency to be equally accessed from an external machine; > much better than eating the raw power of the same machine > you working on with your app and IDE. > > Another workable combination is a sales demo machine with > the app and the database, because its inconvenient to carry > two machines to a demo. But it does not run the IDE, so its > equally fine. > > The database can be hosted on a plain desktop server > tucked off out of the way with a mimo-G or N wireless it should > be fine to work comfortably with a laptop on a couch. > If you tuck it under a hi-def TV and use Synergy to share > mouse and keyboard of your laptop, you get a nice dual-head > workplace. In breaks you can use the "media center" to watch > YouTube clips or DVDs using the laptop as a remote. With Synergy > and big enough 1080p screen you don't need VNC to control the > media desktop. > > Since you already have a laptop from work, maybe you should > enter an 46" LCD TV as another $2k alternative? > > > --- Alex Rufon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh. Don't get me started ranting about those bikes. Have you ever tried > > doing field repairs on a faired bike while your 25KM from the nearest > > populated area? :P Even the spark-plugs are a bi**h to remove/replace. > > Still, for the Suzuki brand, I really like the Suzuki Bandit 650 ... > > unfortunately, Suzuki parts are hard to come by in the Philippines and > > ordering it outside is very-very expensive. Honda parts are really > > common here and Honda bikes are fast but Yamaha's have more power > > (generally speaking) which is more important since I'm not a medium > > built person. > > > > Oh, I had to sell my Yamaha XJR last year (my grandfather got cancer) > > and I settled on just using a china knock-off 150cc scooter. Now imagine > > me, 5'9" and around 185lbs driving a 150cc scooter for 75KM per day. > > Hehehe. I had to return the bike to the shop for repairs after 15 > > working days because I got it to 1,000KM and it just plain died on me. > > Hahahaha. > > > > Btw, I'm currently using a Lenovo T61 with Vista Ultimate but this was > > really a replacement for my HP-Compaq NC6400. Oh man, that laptop is not > > for application development. > > > > Why, ... it's like this. Our system runs the following softwares so I > > had to install it on my laptop: > > 1. MS-SQL Server > > 2. IIS > > 3. Visual Studio .NET 2005 > > 4. J 601 > > > > So, when I start debugging, I normally do the following: > > 1. Load visual studio and the project that I need to debug. > > 2. Load the Application > > 3. Attached visual studio to the application that I loaded. > > 4. Put a stop in the source code. > > 5. Run the application to the break point. > > 6. Code will go through all of the following: > > a. IIS > > b. Request data from MS-SQL > > c. Run J > > 7. I start stepping through C# / ASPX / J code then BANG! Everything > > freezes. > > > > For the longest time, our supplier keep returning my machine saying that > > its fine. So I asked all 3 of their support people to meet at their > > office and I showed them how to crash their laptop. You know what's > > funny? They gave me another one and the same thing happened. > > > > After that, although we didn't change supplier, but we're now using DELL > > and I'm stuck with a Lenovo (both brands passed the BANG! Test). > > > > I did try to convince the office to provide me with a 64bit machine then > > just asked if I can get a Mac. No go. So when my wife told me that I can > > spend 2,000USD on a new (pre-owned) bike after she took pity on me on my > > dinky scooter ... I'm thinking of getting a MacOSX. > > > > Wow. I already wrote that much? I guess Im not busy today. It's the chat > > forum anyways. :P > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Paul Gauthier > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:29 PM > > To: 'Chat forum' > > Subject: RE: [Jchat] 64bit Mac Laptops > > > > What about a suzuki GS500F or Katana 600 ? ;O) > > Nice list... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Alex Rufon > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:24 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Jchat] 64bit Mac Laptops > > > > Hello guys, > > > > > > > > As a major purchase this year, I'm choosing between (sorted by level of > > priority): > > > > 1. Mac Book Pro > > > > 2. Yamaha XJR 400cc > > > > 3. Honda CB400 Super 4 version S > > > > > > > > Since I'll definitely be using J on it, I been mucking around the Apple > > website trying to find out how much a 64bit machine would cost. All I > > got is that MacOSX supports 64bit cpu's and all the blah-blah. > > > > > > > > So, is there really no 64bit Mac laptops right now? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > r/Alex > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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