Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-08 Thread Chris Cameron
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:32 PM, VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br wrote: Most people that have those big amounts of memory don't use their PCs full potential. CPU is mostly idle, etc. Also they don't realize how big those amounts of memory are... Also there is the environment

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-08 Thread Bret S. Lambert
On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 10:14:13AM -0600, Chris Cameron wrote: On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:32 PM, VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br wrote: Most people that have those big amounts of memory don't use their PCs full potential. CPU is mostly idle, etc. Also they don't realize how

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-08 Thread Paul D. Ouderkirk
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Chris Cameron ch...@upnix.com wrote: I'm not complaining about what OpenBSD can or can't do. I'm just saying that telling people what their needs are is rather insulting. I imagine they'd just like to use their favourite OS in more places. +1 IMHO OpenBSD

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-08 Thread Helmut Schneider
Jason Beaudoin wrote: On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Dexter Tomisson dexterto...@gmail.com wrote: I'd really, really like to know what's the matter with a larger memory support? Why is 'bigmem' still not default? What faults/bugs does it still has? What do you need to make it

It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Dexter Tomisson
I'd really, really like to know what's the matter with a larger memory support? Why is 'bigmem' still not default? What faults/bugs does it still has? What do you need to make it ok? Do you need a hardware donation to make that better, do you need few bucks, do you need a good coder to improve

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Bret S. Lambert
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:52:50PM +0300, Dexter Tomisson wrote: It's the future, where's my goddamn flying car?

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Brad Tilley
Dexter Tomisson wrote: I'd really, really like to know what's the matter with a larger memory support? Why is 'bigmem' still not default? What faults/bugs does it still has? What do you need to make it ok? Do you need a hardware donation to make that better, do you need few bucks, do you

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Dexter Tomisson
No, 640k ought to be enough for anybody On 7 June 2010 22:12, Bret S. Lambert bret.lamb...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:52:50PM +0300, Dexter Tomisson wrote: It's the future, where's my goddamn flying car?

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Kyle Drake
Touchi. -Kyle On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Dexter Tomisson dexterto...@gmail.com wrote: No, 640k ought to be enough for anybody On 7 June 2010 22:12, Bret S. Lambert bret.lamb...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 09:52:50PM +0300, Dexter Tomisson wrote: It's the future, where's

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Jacob L. Leifman
My first programming primer (Fortran ... them days) had a very concise delineation of the difference between neat programming and the much more common alternative -- given a big enough engine, even brick will fly. I never cared for the american muscle cars but was always fascinated with the

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Johan Beisser
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Jacob L. Leifman jac...@bitwise.net wrote: (yes, I am aware that there are specialized applications that do require the use of a monster-sized dump truck with an engine to match, but in reality how many places have a genuine need of a database that even with

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Jason Beaudoin
maybe I haven't been on this list long enoug.. but it seems like 2010 has been the year of the troll, first update to the chinese calander in ages.. On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Dexter Tomisson dexterto...@gmail.com wrote: I'd really, really like to know what's the matter with a larger

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Dexter Tomisson wrote: I'd really, really like to know what's the matter with a larger memory support? Why is 'bigmem' still not default? What faults/bugs does it still has? It has always being default on real hardware. Your problem is that you are using shitty Wintel hardware.

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Adam M. Dutko
Maybe it's more attributable to increased interest and the increase has brought a proportional increase in what you call trolls. More noise is distracting but has fringe benefits...sometimes... On Jun 7, 2010 9:01 PM, Jason Beaudoin jasonbeaud...@gmail.com wrote: maybe I haven't been on this

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Gonzalo Rodriguez
don't feed the trolls 2010/6/7 Adam M. Dutko dutko.a...@gmail.com: Maybe it's more attributable to increased interest and the increase has brought a proportional increase in what you call trolls. More noise is distracting but has fringe benefits...sometimes... On Jun 7, 2010 9:01 PM, Jason

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO
My first programming primer (Fortran ... them days) had a very concise delineation of the difference between neat programming and the much more common alternative -- given a big enough engine, even brick will fly. I never cared for the american muscle cars but was always fascinated with

Re: It is 2010. Still no 3GB support by default?

2010-06-07 Thread Andres Genovez
2010/6/7 VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br My first programming primer (Fortran ... them days) had a very concise delineation of the difference between neat programming and the much more common alternative -- given a big enough engine, even brick will fly. I never cared for the