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Just like they had to remedy the P3 1.13GHz; they release a chip too soon to for bragging rights but ended up having a recall and losing the speed war in the end.

For the record, this is the second chip release in a row that they will have to recall. That cannot be good for consumer and stockholders.

Intel should just fess up: we are not doing well and Rambus is a bad idea.

When you have to give 64MB of memory just so people will buy your processor, you have much deeper problems.

AMD doesn't even have to do much when your competition is shooting themselves in the foot.
ChozSun [e-mail]

... but do you know what makes third-world countries third-world? (I am not making a generalization about the entire continent.)

It is not that the people are uneduacated, lazy or religious fanatics. It is simply that their leaders draw out huge loans from Europe and US banks for their election, coup, new mansion or whatever selfish reason. Then these leaders turn around and put that burden on the people.

I remember a discussion at a local college about this very same subject. The best way to lift certain countries out of (impossible) debt is to erase the interest and quite possibly, the principle.

I am all for this (ahh, yes I am a liberal) because I expect none of these countries to pay me back anytime soon. This would go a long way to truly making this world a better place.

This is the third time this week I have heard or read something about technology in Africa. A company who does paperless documentation based out of Dallas has a major office in Nigeria.


ChozSun [e-mail]

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I need the protection because I am posting something from Tom's Hardware Guide.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/ind ex.html

All you need is a mechanical #2. I recommend a darker, heavier lead.
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Enjoy


ChozSun [e-mail]

... can we expect a port to Intel-based systems?

As much as I love the box designs from Apple, I am not too crazy of paying that price for one. Maybe not now but MacOSX is making think otherwise.

I have never paid for a complete system and I am not about to start now. It is so much easier for me to build the computer I want then to sacrifice parts here and there in order to purchase it from a Dell/Micron/Gateway/etc. .

ChozSun [e-mail]

I was doing a setup for a doctor using Windows2k with the G400 Max.

Windows2k is not properly setup for dula monitoring unlike Win98. It is a fact. It has nothing to do with Matrox or the drivers... dual monitoring in Win2K is going to suck.

We had to rewrite our software in order to make Win2k "pretend" that it can work with dual monitors.
ChozSun [e-mail]

Should we be surprised that Bush (not-quite-the-antichrist) runs Microsoft/IIS?

ChozSun [e-mail]

My first "computer" professional experience was on a Quadra 800 AV with dual monitors while in the military as a photographer and graphic artist (yes, it was the best job in the military... period.)

This is where I first learned about SCSI, Ethernet, Photoshop and Painter.

Your post brought back a lot of great memories.

Although I am a lover of *nix (particularly Linux), I am still as productive on a Windows (9x/NT) machine as I am on a *nix machine as I am on a Mac machine.

So I would never consider myself a Mac Junkie or a Linux geek.

I just like computers.

P.S. I cannot wait to get my hands on a G4 with MacOSx.


ChozSun [e-mail]

... that Anime is created in mind for the adult audience.

What I have a problem with is that American society still thinks of all cartoons as childern's entertainment.

If Cartoon Network cannot accept the responsibility giving us unedited versions of Anime, then they should not broadcast Anime.

At least give some respect to the people who create these wodnerful works of art. Is it our fault that Disney sucks at animation?


ChozSun [e-mail]

I have spent a good deal of time on this and came to this conclusion.

I look at Napster as a valuable tool to push music to everybody... I mean everybody!!!

Some may argue radio does this. Let us be honest, does radio play good or even great music? No!

I believe that the masses (people who may not appreciate good music or not big music lovers) may be looking for more. Pop music does not fulfill nor is it satisfying.

Today's music is so horrible (maybe its because I am getting older). People's curiosity will have Napster download music greats and then you have to turn around and buy the CD.

I don't think people are downloading Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears (except the teeny boppers who have no part time jobs) and going out to buying their music. I think that people are downloading Dire Straits, Jimi Hendrix, Rush, Sade and others and going out to buy their CD's.

The Music Industry is scared that they will lose money on there new talent that they have pushed on the masses. People are going to download the new CD from [enter young blonde chick with no talent] or [young male quintet with no talent], realize that their new album is crap and buy something else.

Before Napster, I was a huge fan of Hip-Hop, R&B and Jazz with 1000 CD's and 600 LP's (countless singles). Since Napster, I have triple my collection with blues, rock and classical.

Thanks Napster!


ChozSun [e-mail]

but I enjoy it just the same.

I love games but I do not consider myself a hardcore gamer.

But I do want my fix of Unreal Tournament, NHL 9x/2K and Starcraft.

For that one FPS on my list, I would like for it to run as smooth as possible.

For the most part, we need more 2D power. For this, Matrox comes out screaming. 3dfx was going somewhere with 12MB 3D graphic accelerator that was in additional to your plainjane 2D/4MB card.

I wish it would go in that direction: Keep a nice 2D card and then upgrade (not-too-expensive) your 3D accelerators.


ChozSun [e-mail]

I hated to be that general about BSD. I mean no disrespect. I know for a fact that FreeBSD is available at Linuxmall.com (I know I have a copy). Others such as Open and Net I know are not under GPL. Maybe next time I won't be so damn lazy.
ChozSun [e-mail]

... but free distros?

That doesn't make sense when I can purchase a copy of any distro including *BSD for $0.99 at Linuxmall.com.


ChozSun [e-mail]

... who believes that the computer industry is in due for correction.

I do not own stocks and only read the wsj to read about business.

What is surprising is that Medical stocks have done better Computer/Internet.


ChozSun [e-mail]

I choose to work for smaller firms. I choose to do consultant work for adult websites. I choose to work from home majority of the time.

I choose to work with minimum effort and maximum results. I choose my companies. Companies do not choose me. (Fortune 5000? I will not work for you! Ever!)

I choose to be happy!

I do not feel sorry for anyone who has fell into the trap of American society and feel like the have to compete with their fellow comrade. What kind of shit is that? What kind of life is that?

We are only here on earth for a short amount of time. Please tell me you are not going to work your ass off for the majority of that time?

For what? Material possessions? House? Two cars? Trust funds for the kids?

People, look down inside your soul and ask yourself, "If you did not have to worry about money, what would you do with your life?". Then do that!!!

Me? I want to host a small webhosting company (to help out artists by hosting their sites for a discount) out of my apartment with kick-ass SDSL while working on computer security, websites, photography and art.

I am almost there: DSL is not available in my area. Yet.
ChozSun [e-mail]

Cable Modem/DSL with external modems/int NIC rock!

They are compatible with every OS (as long as you have the drivers for you NIC). Setup a network quite well... I just need the written information and everything is cool.


ChozSun [e-mail]

... I ended up being shock at the dismay and naysayers of the up-and-coming MacOSx.

Quotations like "what will the Mac people think" and "how can the Mac people possible learn how to run MacOSx".

Professionally I started on the Mac with a Quadra 800 AV when I was doing professional graphics and photography while in the military 5 years ago.

I have since then move through Windows and then into Linux for most of my computing needs.

I know that I do not speak for the rest of the gang here but an OS with the most user-friendly interface in the world with the stability, security and speed of BSD... that has to be the best OS in the world.

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I can't wait to get my hands on a G3/4 just to tinker with MacOSx.

As a non-Mac user, I am looking forward to the final release. I wish I had a G3 so I can tryout the beta releases.

Please tell me why I shouldn't look forward to MacOSx as a non-Mac user.


ChozSun [e-mail]

I know and I sympathize with people who may not have a choice in receiving broadband services.

The choice of country, state, city, neighborhood block is nearly solely dependent on one thing: is 1.5Mbps DSL available at my place of location.

Don't give me "you will live in the area" b.s.. I want a technician who has been to the apartment/dwelling/home and verify that the line does work.

Anything less is not acceptable. I have not access the internet with speeds slower than a cable modem. I will not go back.

Thumbs down to Southwestern Bell and every other DSL provider who utilizes PPPoE and ends up strangling the life out of the customer's bandwidth


ChozSun [e-mail]

... but there was a article that Tom wrote over something that I believe he fudge the results.

I told my friend that I like Tom's but he told me of this incident and hasn't been back since.


ChozSun [e-mail]

... we haven't ported docs, xls's, wpds and the like to HTML.

Sure your code will be crappy but anyone could open up the sucker and it will look pretty clean (Office2K actually does a damn good job at saving in HTML).

I use up twice as much space but I keep a copy of my docs at my website. Very convenient especially whenm you thought you had a extra copy of your resume and don't.


ChozSun [e-mail]

It is actually Mach 2.5 and BSD 4.4 that it is based on.

Now I really will show the wetness of my ears but is that FreeBSD or OpenBSD... I did not know BSD Unix existed.

ChozSun [e-mail]

Seriously, can you really expect companies to even focus on provide high bandwidth solutions for even small towns? The cost is too staggering and for them not to make that money back. Rural support would almost be out of the question. Just thank God for your ISDN line (if you have that much).

Hell, they (Telco) don't even have the big cities rolled out yet. I cannot get SDSL to my apartment as of yet. Luckily I have Cable Modem but that still prevents me from running web/ftp servers from my home.

ChozSun [e-mail]

... we despise Michael Dell and his whole company. As popular as George Bush III is to a liberal.

Around my way, the names "Compaq" and "Dell" are never spoken unless followed by the phrases: "sucks", "really sucks" and the all time favorite, "really sucks big donkey balls."

Even though we cannot "blame" Dell for the recall (under my breath: "suckass r&d, suckass tech..."), you folks seem so surprise. Dell does not make anything. Micron makes their own memory and a couple years ago came out with their own chipset. IBM can make everything they want.

Dell is no better than your local mom & pop computer shop. They put together parts to make computers and that is it. The only Dell labeled product is on the faceplate of the case.

Now do we see the importance of the Dell/IBM partnership. Dell had to merge not only to succeed but just to survive.

In defense for Dell, they do have the option of shipping their servers with RH Linux install. This is definitely something I cannot get Micron to do



ChozSun [e-mail]

But barely knowing the basic Unix commands (my previous experience with Unix dealt with adding users to an Informix server with AIX) I setup a dualboot with 9x when RH 5.1 came out.

Although really inpressed I could not figure out how to mount my CD. Not having enough time to spend on it, I scraped it but knowing that I wanted to come back to Linux when I needed it.

RH 6.0 came out and at this time I had needed a Firewall Server for my cable modem connection at home (to protect my weakass no-security-havin' Windoze machines).

I thought to myself "Self, I don't have thousands to spend on a machine to run NT, why not try Linux?".

I went at it again, this time install RH 6.0 on a P100 (no Y2K BIOS) 32 MB RAM and 2x 1.5 GB HD. I later found out I would need some hardcore machines to run proxy or firewalls and not break my bandwidth.

I instead used the machine for a Web/FTP server.

What have I done on this machine (coming a long way from not being able to mount the CD-ROM drive):

- Uninstall X Windows. From here on out, I did everything through terminal
- Upgrade WuFTP to 2.6.x. This was totally easy.
- Uninstall and reinstall Apache to the latest version.
- Lock out all ports but FTP, WWW.
- Fearing for security, I locked out the telnet port and installed SSH.

I much work to be done before it goes live. When live, I get to colocate at an ISP with a fresh OC-12 installed. Sweet!

Sure, I had help from friends and the Internet but setting something up like this on NT... I would not be near as successful. Getting support on NT is like pulling teeth.

Linux is mad easy and much more robust than Windoze could ever be.

Future projects for myself:

- Installing Linux on a SparcStation20 (I got the machine for $150 and it really works... I just don't have the root passwd). I will attempt to do the install through FTP! I will make this my Graphics workstation using GIMP as an image editor and Copernic (my official sponsor of my website) as my cataloging tool.

- Still need that Firewall

- Setting up a Linux file/print server using Novell NDS.

- Ultimate achievement: will attempt to run Linux on a Macintosh II Color machine.

After a week of answering questions and taking notes, I stop asking question and figured out things for myself. Armed with Linux In A Nutshell 1st Ed and a .pdf of Linux Administrator's Security Guide (and of course, the Internet) I am on my way to becoming a successful Linux SysAdmin.

I also want to try my hand at FreeBSD, OpenBSD and BeOS (I want to use BeOS as a music editor).



ChozSun [e-mail]

... that they are running a Shoutcast server.

Go fig!


Joe

ChozSun [e-mail]

I edit photographs and learning how to color my comic book art and I cannot even fathom buying a LCD monitor.

Human skintones come out so damn digusting on a LCD but rendered beautifully on a CRT.

If I dealt with simple shapes and colors than I would pick a LCD. Times when I have to work on my laptop on a picture but I cannot wait to see this on my CRT.

Let them make LCD's... keeps my 19" and 21" CRT's low, low, low!


ChozSun [e-mail]

... who are so proud that they use NT and MICROS~1 environment.

Whatever lets them sleep at night.

I rather work in a mixed environment. Yes, even with NT. Have one or two NT servers on hand keeps things interesting by every once in a while getting up and pushing the reset button.

It breaks up the monotony(sp) of surfing for porn, playing Quakeworld and reading /.

ChozSun [e-mail]

... however you are in control of your own destiny.

I have walked in and right back out on companies during a interview. What reasons?

1. They used (put in crappy brand name computers) across the board (Compaq=Windoze everywhere). This one particular company I had to tell off that their equipment stinks. They kept calling me afterwards wanting me to work for them. They were supporting 95 workstations while the tech people where on NT 3.1.

2. You are almost guarentee to walk through the work area on the way to the office. If not, ask for a small tour. Ignore the faces of the manager and supervisors, look around for the techs and sysadmins. If they look like they are in a pissed off mood, do not work for them. Chances are, that is not a place to work.

3. Finally, ask the manager "do we have free roam on our computers?" i.e. "Are we treated like the power users that we are or do we get our machines locked down so much we cannot even change the time".

The third point is happening at my job as we speak. Of course, on NT workstation, they can lock your machine down. Unless you know the admin passwords and edit your account or even better: if logging into a NT server gives you the heebee geebees, log into the domain of the workstation. Simple simple.

We also had a situation where we had a programmer working on Linux (hey Alan). Moving over to a new building, he was informed that he will be moving over to a NT workstation (applied to all programmers moving over). He said that he would quit (naturally). Not letting that happening, I put up the fight that they should not transfer over to NT. Of the couple weeks of battling that included the CEO, we finally won.

I am just a tech, only a tech. I have lost a lot of battles but that was the one that really matter. My managers cannot still understand that the fact that a programmer couldn't use the OS he wanted that he was going to quit.

The point is that you need to take control of your environment. I know everyone needs a job but what holds true for relationships holds true for a job "you are only truly happy if you are really picky."



ChozSun [e-mail]

I use the X-Men for my internal network at home.

If the OS on the server/ws has a GUI, then I will put a wallpaper featuring that X-Men.

If you want something professional, use the the real names of the X-Men

Xavier
Summers
Grey
Drake
McCoy
Pride
Logan
LeBeau

(there was a time that I could name the entire cast of the X, with real names, without breaking a sweat)

Of course, it is always cooler to go with names like iceman, gambit, beast, cannonball, bishop or maverick. What about the villians? Magneto (very bad for computers), sinister or mojo?

sunfire.chozsun.com and sunspot.chozsun.com wouldn't happen to be your firewalls, eh?


ChozSun [e-mail]

I am certainly glad that this writer wasn't too biased or anything.

Where this writer went wrong with the following statement:

"Religion and freedom have never really gotten along, from the persecution of Galileo to the demands by Orthodox Jews that Jerusalem shut down its cinemas on Friday night to Islamic attacks on writers and reporters in some Middle Eastern countries. Technology, a disseminator of so much information, a force for freedom, has always come under fire as Satan's ally."

I cam certainly glad that I have been grouped with other people with different beliefs.

I am Christian. Before you start sparking up your flame throwers, I don't belong to a religion.

What does that mean? I am a Christian by faith not by organization. Religion was built by man and not by God. A similar comparison is partisianship in today politics. Our forefathers never had the idea of bring in two separate parties to rule our land... but they do.

God never intended to have organizations just so people maybe saved. Faith comes within... not from some brick-and-mortar structure with a bunch of hypocrites running the scene.

I truly wish that this person would get off the anti-religious high horse and at least, write about something he knows. Review the game; don't preach to us the wrongdoings of religions today.


ChozSun
ChozSun [e-mail]

... for the near future.

One of the first is the ability to connect via DSL or Cable Modem.

First and foremost, the 10Mb Network Pluggable module is in the works. This make better sense since I don't know of anyone with internal cable modems or DSL routers.




ChozSun [e-mail]

Most of my friends are black. If there is a divide, then I don't see it.

Granted that my friends are not in techie jobs but to say that they are enthusiastic about computers and the Internet is the understatement of the year.

When I first got my current computer about a year ago, I believe my friends clocked more time on it then I ever did. Always on the Internet and not just surfing for porn (like I usually do).

Finally, they got a computer and their phone stays tied up constantly. (I keep pushing them to get Cable Modem or DSL but whatever...).

I have another friend (who is black) who just got out of school for AutoCAD and I am helping him build a system for AutoCAD and a music studio (I will probably recommend two systems and the one for music running BeOS).

My girlfriend's aunt (who is black) needs a computer for her bakery and I am going shopping with her this weekend to Gateway Country (unfortunately, I cannot build a cheap enough system because I keep putting stuff in like a 17" monitor and 16MB Video Card :).

Where the actual divide comes in is personal choice. My girlfriend is a technophobe to the death while I rather have ZDTV on 24hrs/day and working at 3 computers at a time. The thing about it is as much as my girlfriend hates technology, I would rank her just above a common end-user. She figured out how to merge data with databases and I barely have a grasp on how to do that. (Hey I can do other stuff... I am a network engineer :P) She is great in Win9x environments but she despises using a computer and the fact that so many people are dependent on computers to run their lives. I think that computers are tools and nothing more. The best tool ever invented, but a tool just the same.

Every public library has at least ten computers with Internet access that is free. All you have to have is a library card.

Our economy is going through a shortage of qualified people for tech jobs so therefore we cannot afford to be racist, sexist or any type of 'ist'. We would be denying such untapped talent and screwing the e-community as in the process.

Incidentally, I live in Fort Worth (sister city to Dalas, in reference to "Couldn't agree... at all" by Panaflex) so maybe we live in a great area where we actually hire minorities.

One note of interest: Dan Geiger from OpNet has created a community program for underclassed teenagers and young adults and then placing them in high tech jobs. Not only giving them technical know-how but giving them the tools to succeed in the corporate environment. I got this info from ZDTV's Silicon Spin. Watch the segment in RealPlayer.


ChozSun [e-mail]

... recently released not too long ago.

The Athlon is an impressive chip. Let us wait till the end of October to decide which company (Intel, AMD) has the bigger balls and better staying power!

By then, AMD will have their Server and Enterprise Editions (smells like Win2K) and their motherboards with SMP and all that mess.

Keep also in mind that the baddest motherboard makers (Tyan, ABit, AOpen, etc.) will be releasing motherboards for the Athlon.

If Tyan made a board for the Athlon that is similiar to their Thunderbolt for Intel... [official drool]


ChozSun [e-mail]

My man, you are a much braver person than I could ever be.

I thought working for a large companies would insure stability in your career but with the woes of MCI (does our frame relay and one T-1 from UUNet) and SGI (go back to Silicon Graphics) who needs that type of instability?

On the other hand, my current small company is trying to write up policies and procedures so I guess I will be looking for another job soon.


ChozSun [e-mail]