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One toy they built was the Factoid, a Peer-to-Peer information exchanging keychain dongle. It's about the size of a stick of gum, runs for a long time on watch-batteries, uses a short-range radio link, and trades things it knows with other Factoids, typically with data objects up to about 200 bytes long - business cards and that sort of thing.

The Research Paper ;

One toy they built was the Factoid, a Peer-to-Peer information exchanging keychain dongle. It's about the size of a stick of gum, runs for a long time on watch-batteries, uses a short-range radio link, and trades things it knows with other Factoids, typically with data objects up to about 200 bytes long - business cards and that sort of thing.

The Research Paper ;

One toy they built was the Factoid, a Peer-to-Peer information exchanging keychain dongle. It's about the size of a stick of gum, runs for a long time on watch-batteries, uses a short-range radio link, and trades things it knows with other Factoids, typically with data objects up to about 200 bytes long - business cards and that sort of thing.

The Research Paper ;

Compaq's Western Research Lab has a project called Factoid which already implements what you describe. This project has been around the block a few times by now. Sorry to burst the bubble -- someone already thought of that -- but on the bright side, it was a really smart person, and the idea is still really really good. Check out Factoid here.

• Compaq Proliant DL590
• Linux MM homepage Look at the 64Gb entry from 1999

I do use Linux/Intel in a budget conscious organization, and so far the xSeries servers from IBM have behaved like a charm. I've never deployed SUNs.

So why don't you invest some money in a DLT-robot? Where I work we have a Compaq TL891 Minilibrary. It has a magazine which holds 10 DLTs. We have six such magazines which we change once a week. In each magazine we have one DLT for Monday-Thursday,Saturday-Sunday. Then There are three DLTs for Friday (full backup) and one cleaning tape. And it's great when I have to restore files, usually the users report within a week when they've lost a file so the correct tape is probably in the drive. This saves me from the long trip from my office to the server room. If you need more space or speed it's possible to connect several units and add another DLT-tapestreamer inside.

If you can't spell downtime, use VMS.

Checkpointing is built in to VMS. Here's a reference :

VMS High Availability

Compaq OpenVMS provides integrated and distributed batch processing.
Batch processing permits non-time-critical applications to be scheduled
in the background and processed on any of specified sets of available
systems. OpenVMS also provides for batch restart -- permitting batch jobs
to checkpoint application data and automatically restart after a system
shutdown or failure. This gives you a simple way to schedule your
non-priority tasks to gather available resources across a collection of
nodes, or to schedule high-priority tasks transparently and
automatically, without regard for which specific nodes are available
when the job runs.

a replacement to the mainframe. The new system will start with 1,000 Compaq Nonstop processors

Supplement would probably be a better word than replacement. The Compaq release talks about the fare shopping feature. It is actually a small part of the whole Sabre system; and one that they have never liked having on the same hardware that runs flight management, crew scheduling, pricing, yield managment, booking, ticketing, etc.

The Cray T3E weighs in at up-to-3-TFLOPS; depending on number of processors. Of course, this machine costs over $10,000,000.

For something a little more practical and realistic, the extremely-fast yet value priced Compaq AlphaServer rings in at 47 GFLOPS.

Granted, FLOPS aren't a very good judge of speed for this application, but they are easy stats to find. If you really want a standardized test, take a look at the TPC-C stats for the fastest cluster machines in the world. These more accurately reflect the kind of performance stats you're looking for in relation to this article.

If you put premium commodity (PC) components in a diddy little case, you will generate just as much heat, but you will need to use smaller fans, running faster to dissipate the heat.

The issue is CHEAP..

If you buy cheap hardware, you'll get cheap results..

Take a look (and listen) at a Compaq Deskpro SFF sometime.. small (about the size of a home VCR - the one on my desk is 13"x15"x3"), and QUIET.. (current model is a little taller, seen at http://www.compaq.com/products/desktops/ensff/subf amily.html) because Compaq doesn't use cheap components (at least on their business line :o)

In addition to being almost silent (I have to put my ear right next to the case to hear anything), and small, it's a dream to work on - the drive chassis is hinged to give access to the motherboard (for RAM/CPU upgrades) the PCI slots have their own (removable) module for easy access - and the power supply plugs directly into the motherboard with no cables (also hinged, like the drive bays).. and there are no screws.. everything snaps into place..

Oh - and for the guy who mentioned it earlier - the audio in/out jacks are at the front, too..

I'm surprised that the review does not mention this device's key problem: it is too expensive to be an Internet appliance, and too limited to be a personal computer. Home Internet appliances have largely been a failure to date. Recent history is littered with devices like the Audrey and the Compaq iPaq home appliance that have failed to catch on; even WebTV has been a disappointment. Worse, these devices generally cost far less than OEOne's, as little as US$100.

Of course, this is designed to be far more than an Internet appliance: it uses Linux and can run thousands of applications. The problem is that this is focused on the consumer market, where there are hardly any good Linux applications widely available (check the amount of software available at a consumer electronics chain like Circuit City or Best Buy for Linux compared to Windows or MacOS if you don't believe this.) Remember that you can get a new low-end iMac for the same price as this device, and PCs for less. Unless OEOne can overcome this issue, the device will also fail.

PS: When I first viewed the review, I saw a banner ad for the device at the top of the page. Given the laudatory, uncritical tone of the review, I couldn't help but wonder if there was any firewall between the editorial and business sides of Newsforge. I reloaded the page a number of times and only saw the banner ad reappear once, so my concerns are somewhat assuaged. However, Newsforge should at least be concerned about the appearances of conflict of interest.

RISC's are above 1GHz :)
UltraSparc III @ 1.05GHz
Alpha 21264 @ 1.001GHz

IA-64 is still far off,... Why do I think you are missing something here...Compaq would disagree.

They list several that are compatible with the iPAQ on their website.

Of course there is the MicroDrive Which comes in the 340MB or 1GB flavors.
The Kingston DataPak Which holds 260MBor 2GB/5GB storage capacity.
and the Toshiba MK2001MPL a 2GB PCMCIA HDD or the 5GB version

Many of these are cheaper per megabyte than the MicroDrive and will give you much more storage for around the same price. They are supposed to work with any desktop Windows OS (98/ME/2K/XP) and Compaq says they will work with the iPAQ as well.

I bought the Toshiba 5GB and hooked it up to my iPAQ so I could play DivX movies with the Pocket DivX Player from ProjectMayo. I also store a whole bunch of MP3s on it and can transfer the card between my computer and iPAQ for easy file transfers.

These little hard drives are great for anyone who wants portable storage that is large capacity and is pretty easy to use.

I always find it interesting to put a face with the name. This article has a picture that apparently is the Microsoft guy (Brian Valentine, Microsoft senior VP, Windows Division, according to them).

- BJ

Doesn't look as I expected-- does that make it seem more like a hoax?

I always find it interesting to put a face with the name. This article has a picture that apparently is the Microsoft guy (Brian Valentine, Microsoft senior VP, Windows Division, according to them).

- BJ

Doesn't look as I expected-- does that make it seem more like a hoax?

The whole point of broadband is _not_ to download websites faster.

This is true, but the whole economics of broadband relies on it being used to download websites faster. Websites, E-Mail and NNTP.

The $52/month you're forking is chump change compaired to what the ISPs are paying for that bandwidth.

It's time some of you had a little bit of insight on how they can give you that bandwidth and still make money.

NNTP and E-Mail are easy, you're not actually using the ISP's bandwidth to download these. You're only using the link to your ISP. We all know local network speed is cheap. You're using their local network for these protocols (As long as you are using their news/mail servers). The web part of your bandwidth usage is a little bit harder to handle, but not much. One of the biggest helpers, and a company that has made high speed access for what we are paying possible, is Akamai. They've given some nice 1U rack mount content servers to almost every ISP out there already. Even small local ISPs will have some 1U servers in their server room. Symantec, (ping liveupdate.symantec.com , you'll see it's probably one of your ISP's IP addresses) Best Buy, Washington Post, Trend Micro and Barnes and Noble are just a few examples of their customers, and sites that will be using mostly your ISP's local network. (Taken from Akamai's site.

The next step to save even more of your traffic from hitting the ISP's big fat expensive pipe is caching servers. Inktomi and Compaq teamed up to give a nice setup. It's expensive (Somewhere in the neighbourhood of $75,000) but you save that in bandwidth pretty quickly. It's going to cache any semi to frequently viewed pages, and alot of the streamed media you watch. Five hits to ESPN.com just becomes one, and four local requests. The sites you hit and the files you download that are not cached or served from the content servers are a small matter, because a good setup and alot of "normal" internet users will actually be hitting the local servers about 80% of the time.

But you cannot cache P2P traffic, you cannot cache internet gaming traffic, and you cannot cache incoming traffic (Hence why that $52 is not enough for you to be serving up content.) The things you cannot cache are the things that will run an ISP out of business. Everyone here has heard the price of T1s in previous broadband articles or has priced them out themselves. Most realize the economics don't work. This is the only way to make it work. Traffic on alot of protocols just isn't cost effective to be given at high speeds.

I hope this clears up alot of peoples views on broadband access and how it can all work. I can't say if it's right or not, it's just the way things right now have to work. The only thing I can say is if you want a fast connection that you can use for Internet Access and not a fast connection to your ISP, you are going have to pay for it, and it's going to be alot more then $52/month.

I Wish I had written it. Enjoy!

As an enlightened, modern parent, I try to be as involved as possible in the lives of my six children. I encourage them to join team sports. I attend their teen parties with them to ensure no drinking or alcohol is on the premises. I keep a fatherly eye on the CDs they listen to and the shows they watch, the company they keep and the books they read. You could say I'm a model parent. My children have never failed to make me proud, and I can say without the slightest embellishment that I have the finest family in the USA.

Two years ago, my wife Carol and I decided that our children's education would not be complete without some grounding in modern computers. To this end, we bought our children a brand new Compaq to learn with. The kids had a lot of fun using the handful of application programs we'd bought, such as Adobe's Photoshop and Microsoft's Word, and my wife and I were pleased that our gift was received so well. Our son Peter was most entranced by the device, and became quite a pro at surfing the net. When Peter began to spend whole days on the machine, I became concerned, but Carol advised me to calm down, and that it was only a passing phase. I was content to bow to her experience as a mother, until our youngest daughter, Cindy, charged into the living room one night to blurt out: "Peter is a computer hacker!"

As you can imagine, I was amazed. A computer hacker in my own house! I began to monitor my son's habits, to make certain that Cindy wasn't just telling stories, as she is prone to doing at times.

After a few days of investigation, and some research into computer hacking, I confronted Peter with the evidence. I'm afraid to say, this was the only time I have ever been truly disappointed in one of my children. We raised them to be honest and to have integrity, and Peter betrayed the principles we tried to encourage in him, when he refused point blank to admit to his activities. His denials continued for hours, and in the end, I was left with no choice but to ban him from using the computer until he is old enough to be responsible for his actions.

After going through this ordeal with my own family, I was left pondering how I could best help others in similar situations. I'd gained a lot of knowledge over those few days regarding hackers. It's only right that I provide that information to other parents, in the hope that they will be able to tell if their children are being drawn into the world of hacking. Perhaps other parents will be able to steer their sons back onto the straight and narrow before extreme measures need to be employed.

To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs that your son is a hacker. I advise any parents to read this list carefully and if their son matches the profile, they should take action. A smart parent will first try to reason with their son, before resorting to groundings, or even spanking. I pride myself that I have never had to spank a child, and I hope this guide will help other parents to put a halt to their son's misbehaviour before a spanking becomes necessary.

1. Has your son asked you to change ISPs?

Most American families use trusted and responsible Internet Service Providers, such as AOL. These providers have a strict "No Hacking" policy, and take careful measures to ensure that your internet experience is enjoyable, educational and above all legal. If your child is becoming a hacker, one of his first steps will be to request a change to a more hacker friendly provider.

I would advise all parents to refuse this request. One of the reasons your son is interested in switching providers is to get away from AOL's child safety filter. This filter is vital to any parent who wants his son to enjoy the internet without the endangering him through exposure to "adult" content. It is best to stick with the protection AOL provides, rather than using a home-based solution. If your son is becoming a hacker, he will be able to circumvent any home-based measures with surprising ease, using information gleaned from various hacker sites.

2. Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing?

Your son will probably try to install some hacker software. He may attempt to conceal the presence of the software in some way, but you can usually find any new programs by reading through the programs listed under "Install/Remove Programs" in your control panel. Popular hacker software includes "Comet Cursor", "Bonzi Buddy" and "Flash".

The best option is to confront your son with the evidence, and force him to remove the offending programs. He will probably try to install the software again, but you will be able to tell that this is happening, if your machine offers to "download" one of the hacker applications. If this happens, it is time to give your son a stern talking to, and possibly consider punishing him with a grounding.

3. Has your child asked for new hardware?

Computer hackers are often limited by conventional computer hardware. They may request "faster" video cards, and larger hard drives, or even more memory. If your son starts requesting these devices, it is possible that he has a legitimate need. You can best ensure that you are buying legal, trustworthy hardware by only buying replacement parts from your computer's manufacturer.

If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well.

4. Does your child read hacking manuals?

If you pay close attention to your son's reading habits, as I do, you will be able to determine a great deal about his opinions and hobbies. Children are at their most impressionable in the teenage years. Any father who has had a seventeen year old daughter attempt to sneak out on a date wearing make up and perfume is well aware of the effect that improper influences can have on inexperienced minds.

There are, unfortunately, many hacking manuals available in bookshops today. A few titles to be on the lookout for are: "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson; "Neuromancer" by William Gibson; "Programming with Perl" by Timothy O'Reilly; "Geeks" by Jon Katz; "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling; "Microserfs" by Douglas Coupland; "Hackers" by Steven Levy; and "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond.

If you find any of these hacking manuals in your child's possession, confiscate them immediately. You should also petition local booksellers to remove these titles from their shelves. You may meet with some resistance at first, but even booksellers have to bow to community pressure.

5. How much time does your child spend using the computer each day?

If your son spends more than thirty minutes each day on the computer, he may be using it to DOS other peoples sites. DOSing involves gaining access to the "command prompt" on other people's machines, and using it to tie up vital internet services. This can take up to eight hours. If your son is doing this, he is breaking the law, and you should stop him immediately. The safest policy is to limit your children's access to the computer to a maximum of forty-five minutes each day.

6. Does your son use Quake?

Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers. It is a popular meeting place and training ground, where they discuss hacking and train in the use of various firearms. Many hackers develop anti-social tendencies due to the use of this virtual world, and it may cause erratic behaviour at home and at school.

If your son is using Quake, you should make hime understand that this is not acceptable to you. You should ensure all the firearms in your house are carefully locked away, and have trigger locks installed. You should also bring your concerns to the attention of his school.

7. Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour?

As a child enters the electronic world of hacking, he may become disaffected with the real world. He may lose the ability to control his actions, or judge the rightness or wrongness of a course of behaviour. This will manifest itself soonest in the way he treats others. Those whom he disagrees with will be met with scorn, bitterness, and even foul language. He may utter threats of violence of a real or electronic nature.

Even when confronted, your son will probably find it difficult to talk about this problem to you. He will probably claim that there is no problem, and that you are imagining things. He may tell you that it is you who has the problem, and you should "back off" and "stop smothering him." Do not allow yourself to be deceived. You are the only chance your son has, even if he doesn't understand the situation he is in. Keep trying to get through to him, no matter how much he retreats into himself.

8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?

BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone.

Your son may try to install "lunix" on your hard drive. If he is careful, you may not notice its presence, however, lunix is a capricious beast, and if handled incorrectly, your son may damage your computer, and even break it completely by deleting Windows, at which point you will have to have your computer repaired by a professional.

If you see the word "LILO" during your windows startup (just after you turn the machine on), your son has installed lunix. In order to get rid of it, you will have to send your computer back to the manufacturer, and have them fit a new hard drive. Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface.

9. Has your son radically changed his appearance?

If your son has undergone a sudden change in his style of dress, you may have a hacker on your hands. Hackers tend to dress in bright, day-glo colors. They may wear baggy pants, bright colored shirts and spiky hair dyed in bright colors to match their clothes. They may take to carrying "glow-sticks" and some wear pacifiers around their necks. (I have no idea why they do this) There are many such hackers in schools today, and your son may have started to associate with them. If you notice that your son's group of friends includes people dressed like this, it is time to think about a severe curfew, to protect him from dangerous influences.

10. Is your son struggling academically?

If your son is failing courses in school, or performing poorly on sports teams, he may be involved in a hacking group, such as the infamous "Otaku" hacker association. Excessive time spent on the computer, communicating with his fellow hackers may cause temporary damage to the eyes and brain, from the electromagnetic radiation. This will cause his marks to slip dramatically, particularly in difficult subjects such as Math, and Chemistry. In extreme cases, over-exposure to computer radiation can cause schizophrenia, meningitis and other psychological diseases. Also, the reduction in exercise may cause him to lose muscle mass, and even to start gaining weight. For the sake of your child's mental and physical health, you must put a stop to his hacking, and limit his computer time drastically.

I encourage all parents to read through this guide carefully. Your child's future may depend upon it. Hacking is an illegal and dangerous activity, that may land your child in prison, and tear your family apart. It cannot be taken too seriously.

First of all, it runs MSN messanger. (which supposedly can be changed)

Second, there is a 9.95/month surcharge to use an ISP other than MSN Here is some linkage to compaq to prove it, athome.compaq.com Follor the "2" below the asterisk at the bottom

Third of all, there is a 9.95/month surcharge for using the broadband adapter (check the same linkage, but number 3)

There are other reasons as well, but here is an alternative: The 3com Audrey. It runs QNX, there are lots of hacks and stuff for QNX, it doesn't have those freaking monthly fees, it looks cooler, it has the light up stylus etc etc etc...to see more of my reasons, go to JesusGeeks.net. The 3com audrey is OOP, but it is a sweet machine. My friend got it off (ironic?) TigerDirect a few months ago, but unfortunately they don't have it there anymore. THere are lots of ebay offeres for it. The only changes I would want with an Audrey is a full size keyboard.

Um, not that I'm an Apple fan or even close to being one, but I sure am a sucker for picking nits. So: you mean the Apple iPod. Not to be confused with the Compaq iPAQ. Clear? ;-)

Um, not that I'm an Apple fan or even close to being one, but I sure am a sucker for picking nits. So: you mean the Apple iPod. Not to be confused with the Compaq iPAQ. Clear? ;-)

I dunno about Omnisky, but GoAmerica, which another poster mentioned, is partnered with Compaq. Compaq's iPAQnet CDPD service is through GoAmerica... a coworker got an iPAQ with iPAQnet service; it's kinda slow, but nifty. Seeing that Compaq is pushing CDPD as the wireless Internet solution for iPAQs, I suspect there are a decent number of subscribers.

Honnestly it would be a really good thing for Linux.

If it was that way, I think that Dell, Compaq, HP, and others would sell more Linux-powered PCs (cheaper price), so people would buy more, and probably learn to like Linux as a "really good OS which will help working, playing, learning" --- better than the usual "black screen with command prompt designed by geeks for geeks" :).

WTF are they waiting for ? :)

Daily reboot? On Windows 2000? I take it that you don't use Windows 2000. I've only ever seen it STOP once. And that was when I was screwing around with the disk drivers. IMHO, it is actually a good operating system. I've been stuck using NT4 at my last workplace and that was a nightmare. If I ever get into any trouble, fire up Compaq Remote Management and away you go. Reboot from there. Easy. Dell and the others offer similar things - Some remote support and management features do not have to be supplied by the O/S.

In fact, this is how much of the OpenVMS operating system is written (facilitated by the fact that the OS has a Unified Calling Standard such that all system calls and data structures are uniformly available from any programming language). The OS and its libraries were written in a mix of C, C++, Pascal, BLISS, Macro (a sort of processor-neutral meta-assembly language), and FORTRAN, although much of it was rewritten in C to facilitate the VAX to Alpha port (and now the Alpha to IA-64 port).

BLISS is still used for a great deal of the VMS operating system, although the rumour is that much more of it is being written in C these days. Fans of ESR will note that he is helping out Roar Thronæs the maintainer of ignorance (a BLISS to C translator).

you just described most of the current ultra-portable notebooks in existence. Try these:

Dell Inspiron

Compaq EVO

Sony VAIO R505 series

You'll have some trouble finding a notebook that is completely devoid of those features you mentioned. All three of these come with the standard legacy and PS/2 connectors, but none of them have any internal floppy or optical drives, which saves a great deal of weight and battery life. And they're all about $1400...not too bad if you ask me. We use the Dells here at my place of employment, and they work great. It's not mentioned on Dell's website, but you can order any of their laptops without an operating system at a $100 discount.

Incorrect. "Official sources" have said nothing of the kind. DII COE requires support of OpenVMS for another 20 years, and developement and enhancement of the OS is ongoing...

Tuxtops used to do it but are now focusing on software. Their hardware buisness is being handled by QLITech Personally, when I wasnt using x, an old Compaq presario 1210 running Slackware worked well (except of course the modem. Now I am running a Sony Vaio PCG-FX240 with Red Hat 7.2, and it has no problems (except the modem, which I have no need for with broadband everywhere I use it. ). (Slack install didnt go as well as I would have liked...) A great deal of useful info can be found on the Linux on laptops page.

If I were a voting member (which, sadly, I'm not), he'd definitely get my vote. So instead, I'll just lobby for him here. :)

DL360's have two PCI slots.

Somebody mentioned the trouble with VNC for remote administration, if the PC isn't working then VNC may not be up either. KVM's don't suffer from this. But they're distance limited. Compaq makes a product that gives the best of both worlds. It's a PCI card for the "controlled" PC. It hooks into the video, keyboard, mouse, and power. It has it's own power supply and NIC in it. It gives you a KVM-like control over TCP/IP. You control it via java and a web browser. A company I used to work for deployed these in several hundred servers that were located all over the U.S. It got us out of jams where VNC or a KVM would not.

ceesco blurted out:

I can't think of a single OS for any 64-bit architecture either [sun.com]

PONA-Boy chimes in:

How about this OTHER one? I have to say that, for a commercial UNIX, TRU64 is _very_ friendly and it runs (*GASP*) natively on the non-iNTEL chip of choice: ALPHA!!! Linux fans everywhere CHEER!!!

-PONA-
When I mow my lawn, I pray for silence

The biggest issue is the window manager, and Carl Worth has done a great job of hacking the Ion window manager to be at least adequate.

Also, Mandrake of Elightenment fame is reportedly working on a new wm specifically for handhelds.

I believe the comparison you are talking about is here: www.compaq.com/hpc/ref/ref_alpha_ia64.pdf

Better get it quick before it mysterisouly disappears like all other pro-Alpha/anti-IA64 material...

Bill

21264 is based loosely on EV67 and 68, even EV6. IIRC, 21264B is based on EV68. Check out its reference manual.

Better yet: Reference manual for 21264B. For 21264: here.

Better yet: Reference manual for 21264B. For 21264: here.

Looks like a lot of people around here have fond memories of Slackware. Quite by coincidence, we just finished setting up a Test Drive of Slackware today. For those who want to try out the latest version, we've got it up and running in the Compaq Test Drive Program. It's on a dual-CPU Compaq ProLiant 5500 with around a gig of RAM. Feel free to let us know what you think, including any ways you feel we can improve the program to be of better utility to you.

Looks like a lot of people around here have fond memories of Slackware. Quite by coincidence, we just finished setting up a Test Drive of Slackware today. For those who want to try out the latest version, we've got it up and running in the Compaq Test Drive Program. It's on a dual-CPU Compaq ProLiant 5500 with around a gig of RAM. Feel free to let us know what you think, including any ways you feel we can improve the program to be of better utility to you.

it's odd that HP would release a product like this, when its newly-assimilated partner Compaq just released an eerily similar product at the exact same price point. And from what i can tell, the Compaq product is less attractive, as it lacks the CD-burner feature. Spooky.

Who ships with Gigabit ethernet standard on all towers? Apple.

And Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships gigabit ethernet on all highend Laptops? Apple.

And Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships computers that can have 802.11b for on $99? Apple.

Many 802.11b (pronounced "eight oh two dot eleven bee") cards can be purchased for less than $99. However, Apple users frown upon them, because they have protruding antennae that hurt their bums.

What company allows networking over firewire? Apple.

I would like you to know that I use Windows XP (short for "experience") on my lap-top. In the Network Connections folder, there is an option for "1394 Net Connection." To an Apple user, this means "networking over firewire."

What company's keyboards have USB hubs built in? Apple.

And Microsoft, and Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships consistantly ships the most enviromentally friendly machines? Apple.

My Compaq Presario gets consistently gets more than 30 miles per gallon on regular fuel, not like the premium 93-octane that you have to put in your iBook (short for "Internet Book").

Who invented the first computer? Apple. Who invented the mouse? Apple. Who created the idea of "software"? Apple. Who created the very first printer? Apple. And the list goes on. :p

Touche.

Who ships with Gigabit ethernet standard on all towers? Apple.

And Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships gigabit ethernet on all highend Laptops? Apple.

And Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships computers that can have 802.11b for on $99? Apple.

Many 802.11b (pronounced "eight oh two dot eleven bee") cards can be purchased for less than $99. However, Apple users frown upon them, because they have protruding antennae that hurt their bums.

What company allows networking over firewire? Apple.

I would like you to know that I use Windows XP (short for "experience") on my lap-top. In the Network Connections folder, there is an option for "1394 Net Connection." To an Apple user, this means "networking over firewire."

What company's keyboards have USB hubs built in? Apple.

And Microsoft, and Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships consistantly ships the most enviromentally friendly machines? Apple.

My Compaq Presario gets consistently gets more than 30 miles per gallon on regular fuel, not like the premium 93-octane that you have to put in your iBook (short for "Internet Book").

Who invented the first computer? Apple. Who invented the mouse? Apple. Who created the idea of "software"? Apple. Who created the very first printer? Apple. And the list goes on. :p

Touche.

Who ships with Gigabit ethernet standard on all towers? Apple.

And Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships gigabit ethernet on all highend Laptops? Apple.

And Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships computers that can have 802.11b for on $99? Apple.

Many 802.11b (pronounced "eight oh two dot eleven bee") cards can be purchased for less than $99. However, Apple users frown upon them, because they have protruding antennae that hurt their bums.

What company allows networking over firewire? Apple.

I would like you to know that I use Windows XP (short for "experience") on my lap-top. In the Network Connections folder, there is an option for "1394 Net Connection." To an Apple user, this means "networking over firewire."

What company's keyboards have USB hubs built in? Apple.

And Microsoft, and Compaq, and IBM, and Dell...

Who ships consistantly ships the most enviromentally friendly machines? Apple.

My Compaq Presario gets consistently gets more than 30 miles per gallon on regular fuel, not like the premium 93-octane that you have to put in your iBook (short for "Internet Book").

Who invented the first computer? Apple. Who invented the mouse? Apple. Who created the idea of "software"? Apple. Who created the very first printer? Apple. And the list goes on. :p

Touche.

...and this isn't "lame"? And this isn't "lame"? And THESE aren't "lame"?

What's truly lame is slagging off an evolutionary (not "revolutionary") product and instead drooling over clunky set-top landfill fodder.

iPod is Apple testing the waters. There's more to come. I can't afford it, but hey, I can't don't know where my next meal is coming from, either.

We now have RedHat 7.2 up and running in the Compaq Test Drive Program, so you can try it on our systems before you put it on yours. It's running on a couple of dual-processor x86 systems, and using the ext3 file system. Sign up for a free account and give it a try.

We now have RedHat 7.2 up and running in the Compaq Test Drive Program, so you can try it on our systems before you put it on yours. It's running on a couple of dual-processor x86 systems, and using the ext3 file system. Sign up for a free account and give it a try.

Here.

Compaq's line of KVMs are rather nice for server managment, but come at a price. They have one that is a 2x8 KVM, aka 2 consoles and 8 ports. This is ideal for having one console in the server room, and one console in your office. And you can chain a KVM to each port, thus a total of 64 servers from one place.

Their newest idea is to use PCI cards and CAT5 to chain the systems togther. It uses the PCI power, and since the KVM is inside the server, it can save quite a bit of space and cable mess. And yes, they do pass through when the server is powered off.

There is already such a product. Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition. Now all you need to do is a get a stack of these, a stack of Compaq servers and you're set.

Of course, you may need to win the lottery first...