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boring<br>how about some actual facts? doh!<br>if you don't use 64 bit and you are capable then you are so stupid<br><br>much quicker<br>do the math dumbo<br>anyone know the track "Slow tow train to Lhasa"<br>anyways when 256 bit is doing the bizness no doubt nlug will be debating how 32 bit apps work well with thier bbc model b's<br><br>get real get now<br>we should be hounding people who program to stop thinking 32bit<br>hell we should be hounding them to multitask across processors not silly stupid 32 bits<br><br>64bits + sata drive and you are cooking<br><br>wakey wakey!<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>> From: nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Nottingham Digest, Vol 300, Issue 8<br>> To: nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:00:01 +0000<br>> <br>> Send Nottingham mailing list submissions to<br>> nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> nottingham-owner@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Nottingham digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: 32 bit / 64 bit (Sergiusz Pawlowicz)<br>> 2. Re: 32 bit / 64 bit (Martin)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:58:31 +0100<br>> From: Sergiusz Pawlowicz <sergiusz@pawlowicz.name><br>> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] 32 bit / 64 bit<br>> To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Message-ID:<br>> <e9345fed0907110658w21608b2fkee9d3b6c13607fad@mail.gmail.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br>> <br>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 20:56, David Aldred<david@familyaldred.org.uk> wrote:<br>> > Hi, all<br>> ><br>> > For the first time for a while, I'm planning to change the installation on my<br>> > main machine; last time I as looking at this there were significant things<br>> > which didn't work well in 64-bit environments (such as Flash, and I can't<br>> > remember what else).<br>> ><br>> > Anyone know the current state of play on this? ?Is the 64-bit environment<br>> > generally well supported now?<br>> <br>> 64bit? why not, if you want your machine to work slightly slower...<br>> <br>> s.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:26:50 +0100<br>> From: Martin <martin@ml1.co.uk><br>> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] 32 bit / 64 bit<br>> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Message-ID: <4A58BD4A.6080404@ml1.co.uk><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br>> <br>> Richard Ward wrote:<br>> > Martin wrote:<br>> >> David Aldred wrote:<br>> >> [---]<br>> [---]<br>> >> (All 64-bit except for the 32-bit netbook and 32-bit-ish Epia C3)<br>> [--- A very good 64-bit/32-bit apps issues summary ---]<br>> > Martin: Out of interest what is 32-bit-ish?<br>> <br>> A CPU that reports itself as being an i686 yet doesn't have the i686 <br>> CMOV instruction!<br>> <br>> Nasty if you don't know about it. Things just don't work.<br>> <br>> <br>> Note:<br>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags/Via#C3_Samuel.2FEzra_.28Via_EPIA.29<br>> <br>> A good question with that is whether -Os works better than -O2 for the <br>> cache-crippled C3?<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Martin<br>> <br>> -- <br>> ----------------<br>> Martin Lomas<br>> martin@ml1.co.uk<br>> ----------------<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Nottingham mailing list<br>> Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham<br>> <br>> End of Nottingham Digest, Vol 300, Issue 8<br>> ******************************************<br><br /><hr />View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/' target='_new'>Learn more!</a></body>
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