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For me anyway.

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Bittorrent is a P2P system, like Kazaa or Gnutella, not like HTTP or FTP. If other downloaders can't contact you they don't send much to you either. So. If you need to use a proxy just download from one of the distributed mirrors or another web server.

There are two good mirrors on the Distributer Mirror. And Im sure a few more will come soon.

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Add some more mirrors if you like.

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Everyone, add the following URL to your shortcuts, it'll be dang handy if you're a slashdot regular.

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Note that by going to the main distributed-mirror page, you can add to the list of mirrors (if you know of others, or if you are creating one yourself.)

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Everyone, add the following URL to your shortcuts, it'll be dang handy if you're a slashdot regular.

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Here are some more mirrors to releave the pressure.

Try this Mirror

Here is a Mirror List

And I collected these mirrors.

It plays fine with mplayer.
And by the way the mirror is at the DMP
Please add your own, my computer cant take too much.

It plays fine with mplayer.
And by the way the mirror is at the DMP
Please add your own, my computer cant take too much.

There are many legends about Seymour Cray. John Rollwagen, a colleague for many years, tells the story of a French scientist who visited Cray's home in Chippewa Falls. Asked what were the secrets of his success, Cray said "Well, we have elves here, and they help me". Cray subsequently showed his visitor a tunnel he had built under his house, explaining that when he reached an impasse in his computer design, he would retire to the tunnel to dig. "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem", he said.

Distruibuted Mirror Project

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I only started the project so not many people know about it so far.
If you have a mirror with pictures and the other links then please do submit it.

Ah a first oportunity to try out the Distributed Mirror Project
Here is a mirror list

I did post the story but the last sentence which was cut was very important.(Original).
"Although there are no patent issues MIPS have been known to be very aggressive toward people who try to create compatible systems."

Interestingly enough, it was the British who came up with the "Made in..." label. Here's a quick reference I found:

The 1887 British Merchandise Marks Act required the 'Made in Germany' stamp for all German imports: this would prevent consumers from 'accidentally' buying 'cheap and nasty' products. Within a few decades, the connotations were reversed: foreign manufacturers even began to forge the label. German industrial production had shifted to 'quality work', and goods were marketed as embodiments of German cultural superiority.

You cant get much out of them but if you overclock them then Im sure the results will improve.

You cant get much out of them but if you overclock them then Im sure the results will improve.

But its better to have a processor thats reconfigureable. I am working on an "open computer" which allows you to make your machine into anything you want (once you get bored of your x86 then turn it into a playstation) and run an a totally open system (i.e. the hardware is open as well as the software).

Putting together an FPGA and a CPU is very very cheap nowdays and the possibilities are huge.
We made these boards and there very nice to pla around with.
I got them to drive LCDs (play pong or display images) and once even drive a osiloscope and make something like a TV.(black and white 40 lines)
But the point was to allow students to maske anything they want with them.

Putting together an FPGA and a CPU is very very cheap nowdays and the possibilities are huge.
We made these boards and there very nice to pla around with.
I got them to drive LCDs (play pong or display images) and once even drive a osiloscope and make something like a TV.(black and white 40 lines)
But the point was to allow students to maske anything they want with them.

The problem is that companies who pantent things which are obveousley common sence or knowledge cannot be stopped without going through the courts. I know of many companies who have patents across things they should not but I cannot do anything unless do they take me to court. And by then its too late and I can't defend my self.

The only thing you can do is publish every idea you have no matter how stupidly obveous. (Cat overclocking hats for example).

Well if he would teach you how to dance you would get laid more.

A Doom port , A gnuboy port A remote control for Winamp? It runs Java, built in vga camera, infrared, bluetooth, free SDK download from Nokia, oh and it's also a phone ;o)

Not only is Apple's X server a thing of beauty and a joy forever, but there is also a Carbon version of Emacs for Jaguar. It has many packages including LaTeX, and is as simple to install as the Mac gets. "Enhanced Carbon Emacs" does not require an X server or the Terminal app, as it is a fully native Mac program.

You are not the only one who expected a video editing review. However, I do think the reviewer had some valid points. Some Linux application GUIs and themes can be very hard to use, even if they are cool looking. And Linux application installs still need work if Linux is to be on the desktop of ordinary people. Joe User wouldn't know the difference between apt and RPM.

Such issues need to be brought up and discussed if Linux is to move forward. They could be brought up much more professionally, though...

"The path of peace is yours to discover for eternity."
Japanese version of "Mothra" (1961)

Thank you for the clarification. I *was* thinking of VB and not VBA.
I just did a bit of research to try to find the definition of a scripting language.
Apparently so have a lot of other folks, as I came across the following:

The Definition os a Scripting Language

I am about to work on an FPGA single chip computer. Taking an open MIPS(ish) core and connecting it up to some peripherals.
The best thing about its is that it will be completely open.
Opencomputer will start as an FPGA but I am hoping to find a good excuse to manufacture it along with an asynchronous version and make my self a fully open PC.

I am about to work on an FPGA single chip computer. Taking an open MIPS(ish) core and connecting it up to some peripherals.
The best thing about its is that it will be completely open.
Opencomputer will start as an FPGA but I am hoping to find a good excuse to manufacture it along with an asynchronous version and make my self a fully open PC.

These two chips use the MIPS instruction set. Does anybody know what instruction set this Dragon CPU uses? The article wasn't exactly forthcoming with the technical details.

These two chips use the MIPS instruction set. Does anybody know what instruction set this Dragon CPU uses? The article wasn't exactly forthcoming with the technical details.

This formula isn't particularly one you need to test the validity for. It's just like saying that we want stars that are as close to the sun as possible, but putting that in mathematical language so that we can quantitatively compare the stars we're looking at. We obviously pick stars which are as similar to the sun as possible, because as far as we're concerned, they're the most likely to harbour intelligent life.

Now, if you really want an equation that involves handwaving, check out the Drake equation. It's useful, in that it lays out what the factors are which contribute to the number of potentially communicating civilisations are, but as soon as you try to quantify it, you run into all kinds of problems. Different places give very different answers.

Fourth, Einstein introduced some constant in the relativity's equations so that the universe is static, which was his deep belief.

This is the cosmological constant, which he later abandoned (I think because it was realised that the Universe is expanding - previously they didn't think it was). It's now thought that this constant, which is associated with the energy density of vacuum, is associated with the dark matter (the existence of which has recently been verified) which is slowing the expansion of the Universe.

His abandoning of this idea is often called his greatest mistake.

I will bite! W00h00!

Great discussion...maybe:
1. Nuclear Bomb HOWTO
2. Coca-Cola's recipe
3. Electronics manufacturers
4. I agree, everything *is* free

As if courtrooms were closed source...no, they're open, exception to the Federal Government (theives at large locking their own doors to hide their shameful actions).

As if food were closed source...no, we are given the basic ingredients list upon request: in paper or plastic bag, packaged to go. And McDonalds has proved they are not cooking their products in lard as of yesterday: gosh my mouth is sticky.

As if software were closed source...no, the machine code is there and nobody can pattent digital logic 1 and digital logic 0. But wait, here come the DMCA to prove that even you can be told what you can and can't do with the click of a mouse.

As if Electronics manufacturers don't release specifications and parts lists...no, you buy the end-product and you sacrificially break-open your documented(in progress) parts list.

Everything should be free...no, wait, someone dedicated themselves to the labor already; it's payed-for. In essence, it is free :p

How many people benefited from the construction of planet Earth? Is planet Earth open-source and does planet Earth have an Uber Entity? Is Planet Earth's Uber Entity enforcing patents? (Yes) Is planet Earth's Uber Entity named "GOD"? (No) So, what is preventing everything from being free (not as in beer)? Patents, and the entities that enforce them (DMCA), are what continually beat-down the freedom of living in a non-patented world.

A bit of (greatly simplified) background for those who havn't looked into this. The huge decrease in asych power consumption (at least using CMOS) is becasue the MOSFETs discipate (sp?) power during voltage level changes. Many transisters in sychronous chips change state every clock pulse, but changes are much more isolated in asynchrouns chips. I predict (in my infinite wisdom, and using my crystal-ball-of-infinite-wisdom) that RISC based asynch will get much more powerful and fast as companies like Intel, Motorola, etc put more money into reasearching this previously forgotten/niche field.

Probably they'll only be used in portable systems at first to conserve power, but maybe if design techniques progress, we'll see them in desktop PCs or even some heavy metal systems within 10 years or so as other benifits becom apparent... But even my crystal-ball can't say for sure.

-- below is opinion, don't read it if you're an easilly offended Republican or supporter thereof as you may be unintentionally offended - damn -1 flaimbait modders... --
I wouldn't count on much (US) government research money or grants going into it while Bush is president though... I don't exactly think he's interrested in energy conservation...

The Async tools page has the list of most tools we use.
Ones we use most often are:

Balsa: make just about anything with it. Its personally quite VHDL like and very well mentained. Recently used to make a whole synthesized ARM compatable asynchronous chip. Comes with many flavours of back end (dual rail, single rail, safe and more).

Petrify: Make small components by describing each part transition by transition. (VSTGL) makes the process a little more graphical.

MINIMALIST: Simmilar to petrify but a little simpler to specify things.

The best way to learn these tools is to go to async 2003 where they have a tutorial of some of them.

There is also the book. It goes through a balsa tutorial.

The most important part of designing async stuff is to learn the different methods. Read the intoductions to some of these theses. They explain the basics. Before you start designing know what makes the system good or not.

The Async tools page has the list of most tools we use.
Ones we use most often are:

Balsa: make just about anything with it. Its personally quite VHDL like and very well mentained. Recently used to make a whole synthesized ARM compatable asynchronous chip. Comes with many flavours of back end (dual rail, single rail, safe and more).

Petrify: Make small components by describing each part transition by transition. (VSTGL) makes the process a little more graphical.

MINIMALIST: Simmilar to petrify but a little simpler to specify things.

The best way to learn these tools is to go to async 2003 where they have a tutorial of some of them.

There is also the book. It goes through a balsa tutorial.

The most important part of designing async stuff is to learn the different methods. Read the intoductions to some of these theses. They explain the basics. Before you start designing know what makes the system good or not.

Talk to this guy, he's very up-and-coming (and a slash user too :)

The first chapter of this explains a lot.

The AMULET group at the University of Manchester has been doing research and implementation for asynchronous processing (based around an asynchronous ARM design) for many years. They have a bunch of good information available on their projects, and the subject in general.

The AMULET group at the University of Manchester has been doing research and implementation for asynchronous processing (based around an asynchronous ARM design) for many years. They have a bunch of good information available on their projects, and the subject in general.

This is my favorite example of asynchronnous logic.
As the rat speeds up or slows down the chip compensates for it.
Not often that you cant play with toy mice and call it research.

This is done using handshaking. Its a method of communication and ensuring that both partys are happy before moving onto the next piece of data.
As for logic there are several methods to ensure that the result is ready before the latch switches. Using matched delays involves races but is safer as its nore local than a global clock.
A better method is using things like dual rail and Delay insensitivety. This uses two wires to communidate data. Wiggle one for a one and the other for a zero. No races.
Asynchronous isnt that weird you know. Fine an instruction might take a 1ns or 1.2ns depending on the data. It still follows the rules of sequencing.

Read first chapter of this for more details of race free computation.

I even made a method of converting synchronous designs into async ones automaticly.

Here at Manchester in the CS department is into this kind of thing.

They've even built a complete ARM compatible processors using async logic.

We did make one with an external company to use in their products.

I am currently working on making a nice fast MIPS design myself

retrosystem has a few cool PC cases from other computers.
Also here is my attempt at it with an Atari ST.
I'm gonna try the Apple II next.

I had a project that implemented a MIPS R3000 with everything you needed to run an OS. I even got gcc to compile code. I nearly made a fixed point MP3 player (MAD) to run on it but I run out of time. I found MAD a little complex to walk throuhg and convet each function so it can run without an OS.
I might have a go with this OGG player and make a fully open source digital music player.