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 american "muscle" cars but was always > > fascinated with the slick european sports cars. I guess that is the > > same attraction I have for OpenBSD. I also find that the currently > > popular obsession with CPU cores, GHz and GBs is nothing more than the > > computer version of the muscle car. (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 fully optimized design > > requires that much physical RAM?) > > > > 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 problem, too many good computers > throwned away because of mere fashion... > > +1
> I'm pretty happy with my "new" Thinkpad X22 with 256mb RAM running > OpenBSD 4.6 :) > > New operating systems "***grades" makes good computers incompatible with its need for "fashion" power. Mine, OpenBSD 4.7 @ Pentium 3 350mhz 128mb ram :) It even run games! - Andris Genovez Tobar / Sistemas Elastix ECE - Linux LPI-1 - Novell CLA - Apple ACMT Jabber: bitfr...@asgard.crice.org http://www.crice.org
