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  1. Re:Saturation on the coasts maybe, not in the midd by Jim+Ethanol · · Score: 1 · on U.S. Internet Growth Stalling
    Easy there fella. Yes, there are a lot of damn fine, very smart people living in Wyoming. That was never in question. Some of them are relatives of mine in fact. But that's not the point.

    Having a computer doesn't make you smart, nor does the absence of one make you stupid.

    I'm simply saying that people in certain areas have more accessibility to technology than in others. Additionally, I do strongly believe that we "ain't seen nothin'yet" in terms of internet use.

    Cheap powerful accessible hardware, ubiquitous broadband, and the maturation of web technologies will kick off a 2nd stage boost in net usage that will make the last 10 years look like a snail trail.

    SHON

  2. Re:Why should Mini-ITX move over? by iamhassi · · Score: 1 · on Move Over Mini-ITX, Here Comes The gigaQube
    "Simple, reliable, and well featured"

    Sounds like the argument for Macs... let me guess, it looks pretty too? Oh what a shock, the author is a Mac user.

    Don't get me wrong, it's great for people that don't know what they're doing, but if you know anything the Qube is inferior.

  3. Why should Mini-ITX move over? by iamhassi · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Move Over Mini-ITX, Here Comes The gigaQube
    Perhaps I don't understand: this old server costs a few hundred bucks for ~200mhz w/ 16megs & 10gigs, hasn't been made in years so you can't find parts for it (a problem when the power supply goes bad), uses ancient, 60ns (read slow) 72pin memory, and adding a second drive requires "ty-wraps, bubble wrap and double stick tape", but this is going to replace Mini-ITX?

    I enjoy hacking systems as much as the next guy, but when I can get something much better for much less and it's more reliable (no bubble wrap), I don't see the point.

    So please, someone explain why the Qube is so great compared to Mini-ITX systems because I fail to see the advantages.

  4. Why should Mini-ITX move over? by iamhassi · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Move Over Mini-ITX, Here Comes The gigaQube
    Perhaps I don't understand: this old server costs a few hundred bucks for ~200mhz w/ 16megs & 10gigs, hasn't been made in years so you can't find parts for it (a problem when the power supply goes bad), uses ancient, 60ns (read slow) 72pin memory, and adding a second drive requires "ty-wraps, bubble wrap and double stick tape", but this is going to replace Mini-ITX?

    I enjoy hacking systems as much as the next guy, but when I can get something much better for much less and it's more reliable (no bubble wrap), I don't see the point.

    So please, someone explain why the Qube is so great compared to Mini-ITX systems because I fail to see the advantages.

  5. HEY MAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on E-Voting Expert Testifies

    nice bong on the bottom shelf... ;)

    smoke em if ya got em!

  6. Re:Mail server? Web Server? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Move Over Mini-ITX, Here Comes The gigaQube

    If you RTFA you would have noticed he is running a web server on the box here.

  7. Mods on Crack by cscx · · Score: 1 · on Move Over Mini-ITX, Here Comes The gigaQube

    Offtopic? It's clearly in this picture... right next to the "Anarchist's Cookbook"

    Ack! A terrorist! ;)

  8. Recommendation for upcomming silicon artists by Jim+Ethanol · · Score: 2, Funny · on Silicon Artwork

    Someone needs to cut the "Bush Asshole Mosaic" into some new military silicon... Let's put that money to good use!

  9. Re:Routeness by SLot · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Sun Announces New x86 Servers

    Sun has an x86 rackmount business, SGI does not. Though I often wonder how serious Sun is about this business. I've noticed that people who were customers when it was a separate company called Cobalt are not happy with the new management. And you'll notice that Sun has two or three Sparc rackmount models for every one x86 model.

    While I know you are talking about the Raq's, a lot of the earlier models from Cobalt are still around - Raq2, Qube2 & 2700. And you were right, I got so sick of waiting on patches after Sun bought Cobalt, I did the only thing I could. I put debian on my Qube2 and quit caring about what Sun did. :) Of course, this guy went with NetBSD, but hey, either way, whatever Sun does or doesn't do is what Sun does or doesn't do. I don't care anymore. :) And if you are interested in what I did with my qube, poke around in the forums on my website.