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Cappuccino PC, Round 3
Simon (S2) writes "do you remember the cappuccino pc? There is a new release of it called Mocha.
The Mocha P4 PC size advantage makes it ideal for places where space is at a premium or for those who work in several fixed locations at once and want to be able to access the same data everywhere. Mocha P4 is a PC that is so flexible, efficient, compact and portable technically knocks down all existing desk top PCs. Choosing a big and bulky inappropriate PC has become an obsolete way of thinking. The over all technology of other mini-book PCs around is still far from our achievement today. Take advantage of the new breed PC of tomorrow and experience the next generation way of computing."
but can it play quake? oh...it can....sweet...
Disco Stu was talkin' to you.
Well, why not?
The number one champion Slashdot thread will be being unstoppably modern in its execution, while looking to the future to make a revolution here in the present. Frappes for all!
An interesting thread...but nonetheless... coughcoughcoughfreeadvertisingcough
The PC that looks like an Amstrad CPC! Not such a great deal when you look at the specs, but hey-- it's the retro computer-in-the-keyboard look. Add a three inch floppy drive and you're there.
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Mocha P4 is a PC that is so flexible, efficient, compact and portable technically knocks down all existing desk top PCs. Choosing a big and bulky inappropriate PC has become an obsolete way of thinking. The over all technology of other mini-book PCs around is still far from our achievement today. Take advantage of the new breed PC of tomorrow and experience the next generation way of computing."
Why not make him buy a banner ad like everyone else? This isn't a product review or even an annoucement, it's blatant, and unsubstantiated, hype.
I think if they increased the form factor slightly so as to incoporate one agp slot, then they'd really have something. Stick in the latest Nvidia or ATI graphics card and you've got a full fledged PC. Or maybe I'm just talking about those Shuttle mini form factor PC's, though I think the Cappuccino with an AGP slot would still be smaller. Might have to stick in an extra fan though...
Eddy.WriteLinux.Com
"The over all technology of other mini-book PCs around is still far from our achievement today. Take advantage of the new breed PC of tomorrow and experience the next generation way of computing."
Dude. This is totally a press release. Couldn't somebody at least have stuck a snide comment at the end?? I come to Slashdot for... er... well, I forget, but anyway, adverts masquerading as news reports bomb.
Slashdot is just cunt and pasting press releases, and posting them as stories now?
Lame.
"PC of tomorrow", indeed.
I've been looking at these for a while, and I always think "What use is this? If you want a desktop, get a desktop, if you want portability, get a laptop". But on balance I think this could be cool for a certain type of user who doesn't want a laptop, with its fragility, high cost and tiny screen (I can't stand even 15" monitors...), but does need to carry a computer around to other locations where the requisite peripherals (keyboard, mouse, monitor) will be easily available -- a telecommuter, maybe, or a college student who travels home a lot (like me!).
It's undeniably a cool bit of tech, but it's definitely for a niche market.
why do you think this site hasn't been slashdotted yet? The superiority of the Cappuccino line? That extra jolt of caffeine powering their sysadmins?
Or maybe it's just that they knew about the upcoming load, since they submitted the story?
"The Mocha P4 PC size advantage makes it ideal for places where space is at a premium or for those who work in several fixed locations at once and want to be able to access the same data everywhere."
And an external hard drive cannot do that? Saves you about $1000
I was reading the FAQ and it said that this thing didn't need a monitor or keyboard to boot. This would make a great server because you could shove a lot of these things onto one rack if you wanted to.
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1. Don't hype up the benefits we've already had for years with existing equipment.
The Mocha P4 PC size advantage makes it ideal for places where space is at a premium or for those who work in several fixed locations at once and want to be able to access the same data everywhere
Really? Wow, that's a really new concept. I mean, I could just use the Internet to access the same data from multiple locations.. but no, instead I can lug around a whole PC with me instead! Hang on.. wouldn't I just buy a notebook if I wanted to do that?
2. Don't blind us with meaningless adjectives.
Mocha P4 is a PC that is so flexible, efficient, compact and portable technically knocks down all existing desk top PCs.
Gee whiz. Lots of adjectives. It must be good! How does the size of a computer make it more 'efficient' anyway?
3. Don't blatantly admit you're connected to the item you're promoting.
The over all technology of other mini-book PCs around is still far from our achievement today.
Hemos deserves a big slap down for posting this when this one sentence ADMITS it's just an ad! Other computers are still far from our achievement? Hello editors, this is an ad!
4. Don't sound so cheesy that anyone still reading will just ignore your ad anyway.
Take advantage of the new breed PC of tomorrow and experience the next generation way of computing.
This sounds just as corny as the fake ads in Grand Theft Auto 3 for 'The House of Tomorrow'.
Have the technology of tomorrow.. today!
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is the entire text describing this wonderful new device taken directly from the website linked to, this is nothing that the G4 Cube hasn't been able to do faster, quieter (no fan) and with more expansion (want the latest video card? No prob, there's agp. Want a dual processor 1000ghz chip in it? No problem, can be done. This is a lame cube knockoff.
Presumably, the server is a Mocha and the P4 has melted its socket or something.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
A PC/coffee maker? I've been waiting for one of those for years! Can I use my CD-Rom drive as a cup holder?
E.g. It needs a better graphics card.
It will be a hit just because of that nifty "Open Flap Stand" feature/thingy. Until now I have used old books for that kind of problems with my old PC. Is the idea patented???
BTW where is the coffee pot to be placed?
I always thought these machines would be good as servers. You could have twenty of them serving your site. If one of them dies, just open the drawer and grab a warm standby, plug her in and off you go.
And it would look pretty cool having a whole drawer full of little PCs...
..For a minute I thought I'd somehow got transfered to my spam mailbox or something.
/. or something? It looks just a little over-hyped - it's a small PC, dur...
:-)
Seriously, Slashdot stories shouldn't consist purely of the advertising blurb at the top of the manufacturer's webste. Unless they're sponsoring
Chris
Yeah yeah, mod me down, I'm not being suitably impressed
Choosing a big and bulky inappropriate PC has become an obsolete way of thinking.
Back in my day, all we had was inappropriate PCs. They'd show up for dinner in shorts, and make lewd comments about the hostess.
Seriously though, there was a time when choosing an inappropriate PC was, er, appropriate? Don't marketing people take English classes anymore?
How very true. Firstly, text like "the new breed PC of tomorrow" is just pathetic given that there is absolutely nothing revolutionary in it apart from size, but for that we have the "computer of tomorrow" that we call "laptops", and they're even more space efficient. Perhaps they think SPDIF (on low end soundcards, and some motherboard headers) or gigabit LAN is really impressive, however anyone can ad that in their PC if they so desired.
What's especially laughable, though, is looking at their heatsink (a large piece of copper) and seeing the phrase "patent pending". Give me a break: I think the cookware industry has some prior art on the use of metal to spread heat.
This is a blatant advertisement, and nothing less. Was Slashdot kidding when they had the april fools story stating that they'd intermix ads with real articles?
these should be great for lan parties. its a real pain in the ass to lug around a full sized pc, but laptops are just too expensive and not powerful enough to use.
dead as a door nail, the site that is. should have run it on UNIX.
I guess we're going to have to get used to this, or look elsewhere. Cut and paste your press release into Slashdot for a new fresher taste... Marketing spooge bukkake fest for /. ?
Try NetBSD... safe,straightforward,useful.
How much does it cost to have my ad ran as a /. Story?
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I have seen reviews of these things that say that we should all throw away our full towers and buy one of these instead.
Like hell.
My A/V PC has 5 PCI devices and 4 IDE devices, my 3D workstation has 5 PCI back plates used up (various extenders from other cards) and 3 actual PCI slots in use, along with a mere 3 IDE devices (it is going to get a CDRW so make that 4 IDE devices soon now), and;
oh yah;
each one of my steel full muthafucking tower cases?
Doubles.
As
A stepladder.
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God, these "Slashvertisements" are getting pretty bad.
We have a poster directly responding to the adver.. I mean, NEWS, and someone marks him OFFTOPIC??
Oh, I get it. There's no "-1: Wrong" moderation.
Last I heard, on-topic opinions were usually Insightful, Overrated, or Underrared... but never "offtopic".
Abustive moderators should be banned.
It's 404 not found, dude. Too bad, I really wanted to buy one as well. :-)
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those...
Matthew G P Coe
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actually it's a punishment for trying to submit sh** like this.. tsiihii.
mandatory beowulf cluster of these included
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Please! can someone delete this thread and ban the user that would post this POS. Give me a break. Anyone that would waste their money and believe the BS this user posted deserves what they get. Just show's how little anyone interested in this POS really knows about computing. oh yes.. this is crap and scum advertising. what's next a pop-up ?
I can't believe people are bothering to respond to this PR nonscense.. you'd never find me respoding to an advert thinly veiled as a story...probably...ahem, erm, yeah got me there
This reads so much like an advertisement, it isn't even funny. Since when are product plugs - blatant ones! - news for nerds or stuff that matters?
I'm the stranger...posting to
Some folks ask: "Why not get a laptop?"
//c way, and it's very powerful, unlike even the most high-end laptops.
Well, a laptop can be less than ideal in some situations. I know video professionals who would prefer a small-space PC to a laptop because some of the cuts laptop manufacturers make for battery life. Slower hard drives, slower CPUs, etc.
A small-scale, otherwise full-fledged PC is a great idea. It's portable, in an Apple
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
Choosing a big and bulky inappropriate PC has become an obsolete way of thinking. Some of us still like the penile additions a full tower case affords.
- Not as expandable and upgradeable as a desktop
- Much more expensive than a traditional desktop
And if you act now, we'll get it to you gfor just three EASY payments of $19.95! Call while supplies last!
Site slashdotted when I tried to connect. Not so good advertising, after all, if I can't have a look at it, is it?
"I'm never quite so stupid as when I'm being smart" (Linus van Pelt)
This might work better.
The Specs suck the price sucks, and you still have the whole keyboard dies = dead computer thing, but it looks cool.
I'd do something interesting, but my server can't handle a slashdotting.
You think they would have hardened the server a little more in preparation.
They could have put a locker of these Mochas on the other side of the router, the content of their ad would have reached the other half of the slashdot audience that only checks once an hour or less.
See the latest in innovation! Totally changes the way you work, and even think about working! Far superior to unsightly cabinets of dusty electronics, and for a price that is astounding! If you decide to keep it, we'll refund half the purchase price. This is so revolutionary that it makes the PC obsolete. Stop by, and you'll get a free onion!
I dunno about this PC but I guess it just couldn't take the slashdotting
disclaimer: i am a reseller of this type of computer.
now that we've gotten that out of the way. i just got to give my two cents on this type of computer. i mean the shuttle shoebox systems, various other flex-atx based systems like the microstar 6215 series and others by asus and fic, and this mocha. they are great if you really need something small, but the use of proprietary formfactors makes service problematic. as long as you realize that when the powersupply dies you have to mail it to california for replacement you'll be ok.
the shuttle ss51 now has agp - we sell this with ti 4400 for good gaming. this mocha thing is way expensive, it uses a notebook cdrom drive (>$200), you really pay for the "convenience". - see here
Are they running their webserver on one of these? Yeesh, count me out...
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
Is it just me or do NT4/IIS with crummy .asp pages fall aver under very light load???
realkiwi
Anyone know where you can get one of these in the UK?
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Sounds like the guy who submitted the article sells them for a living.
I don't car eif it is a press release or not. Small PC's like this have a TON of uses I can come up with in less than 30 seconds:
MP3 Server in car
GPS navigation in car
Wearable (with proper battery pack)
Internet terminal in car for passengers
Telematic Solution (Voice navigation, MP3, Internet fed by a 3G cel phone providing all sorts of services with TTS for the driver and a LCD for passengers...ends the are we there yet questions of kids).
Stick it in your kitchen, bedroom, bathroom or hall closet.
Listen. Not everyone needs a fire breathing machine to surf the net or word process. Not everone plays quake (I'm a geek and I don't). Not everyone needs a 400 dollar video card. My neighbor has a 2-3 year old machine and is perfectly happy with it. It does everything he needs. Personally, I am ready for an upgrade myself, but not even to a top end machine. I need the processor power, but don't need a Geforce 4. I will be happy with something that just processes a hair faster then my Duron 700. I'd be happy with the 1.2 Ghz machine you threw out yesterday.
Gorkman
This looks like an updated Commodore 128. Perhaps a C-256?
http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:j3fdAw53Hd4C:w ww.cappuccinopc.com/parts.asp+mocha+p4&hl=en&ie=UT F-8
Why don't you have it on ThinkGeek yet? Still selling the old stale cappucino there.... Methinks the marketroids didn't plan this well, and instead are just annoying would-be-news-readers.
I write code.
Be sure to make sure your site is even up AT ALL! The site doesn't take forever, it just doesn't exist!
:-)
However, if it was taken down by the slashdot effect, it proves that more people click on story links rather than banner ads...but everyone already knew that
The interesting thing is that it was a metal case, and the CPU had thermal gel to cool the CPU through the case.
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at least we crushed their server!
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Their site is giving an "500 Internal Error"... Perhaps they should look into the next generation Operating System and Web Server as well.
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HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 17:50:58 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 87
A couple days ago, Robin and I were playing Neverwinter Nights (yes, I broke down and rebooted, but I _still_ want the linux version). A friend called and we invited him over to play. He brought a low-end 1.1 GHz celeron machine he picked up at Fry's a couple months ago, and a fresh copy of NWN (yes, we're all very geeky... even Robin... see our website for more info about us)
Turns out he couldn't play. The on-board video was so slow you couldn't even navigate the menus. I had a machine (in need of some service) with a GeForce3 card in it, so we pulled the card and poped out his box... only to find that it lacked an AGP slot. I guess the $300 price tag for the box (it has linux pre-installed, he installed XP onto it) is a reasonable excuse, maybe.
But if you're slinging bullshit like:
Take advantage of the new breed PC of tomorrow and experience the next generation way of computing
and it can't even be upgraded with a (current) game-capable graphics card, how can anyone consider is an expereince of next generation computing.
and to add a bit of poetic justice, this shameful ad copy only got their site slashdotted, so potential customers for this lame "next generation way of computing" are getting nothing more than HTTP/1.1 Server Too Busy. Maybe they should have used a LARGER and more capable computer!
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Seems the manufacturer wants to advertise on Slashdot. Okay, fine, whatever. Even sneaking it in as a real submission is fine. I don't own slashdot.
But, what the hell do they mean, "next generation way of computing?" First, what does that even mean? And secondly, what have they done to back it up?
The answers: nothing, and nothing. In that order.
Seems they think the next generation of computers are merely smaller than the current generation. They don't do anything truly useful, like digitize you and put you on the game grid; they are the same as the bigger, current generation, only more restricted.
First, it uses 2.5" hard drives, which are slow and expensive, making it a bad choice for software development. Second, you can't simply use the latest video cards, rendering it useless for high-end gaming.
So, if the hard drive is too slow for development, and the video is too slow for high-end gaming, what use is it?
If it's merely small, I will use an ITX mobo and case, or a uATX if I want the latest processor.
I don't know why I just spent so much time responding to blatant advertising; I guess it's just a slow day.
Microsoft is to software what Budweiser is to beer.
Actually, this is an interesting point... are the little guys actually running a blade-based board design inside? They appeared around the same time, and it'd make some sense.. if you could find the space on a Blade board to reserve for the audio/etc connections, just solder those things on for the 'consumer edition' and put it in a cute case...
then either get rid of those half-height PCI slots or find me a TV tuner card that will fit in one!
I want to buy a Book PC for my home entertainment center, but I can't for the life of me find one that I can put a TV tuner card inside. USB tuners suck, so don't waste your time pointing me in that direction.
because they still won't integrate a decent video chipset.. Come on a geforce2 would do some amazing things in it and is a bargan basement video chipset now. This is the year 2002.. they can stop using the absolute cheapest video chipsets in these integrated computers.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Make you wonder what other major clues they are missing.
Maybe its not BSD that is dieing, mabye its slashdot.
I'd rather get this.
sweet sweet transmeta chip with log lasting battery (I'd get the 10 hour battery).
-no broken link
I have been close to buying one of these for a while. I travel alot and do demos that require multiple machines. Today, I either carry up to 4 laptops or use VMWare which slows everything down. Sure its nowhere near as powerful as any of my laptops (P4/1GHzRam, etc), but they mean I could carry two separate servers in the space of one....because often even the brightest customers 'get it' a lot quicker when I can have multiple physical boxes rather than vm's. And carrying less after hours of traveling on a plane sounds really nice.
Then, Taco reposts a story about a 'universal remote control' that timothy posted on Saturday (it's still listed on the front page of slashdot over on the right).
Then, Taco posts this very obvious press release/advertisement about a small form-factor PC and slashdots the poor manufacturer's web site. I guess that's what you get for advertising on slashdot when you run IIS.
Does this have anything to do with OSDN's recent decision to close FreeCode? I guess I would be a little jittery if my parent company closed down one of its subsidiaries. Of course, that wouldn't qualify as "News for nerds. Stuff that matters" as much as the CappucinoPC press release, so that won't be posted today.
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When it was call the G4 Cube.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
From their website:
In order that you can achieve better procurement of key components and cost control, we ship the barebone or SKD system only. The barebone system shipped out is normally without CPU, HDD, and RAM. Therefore, we provide an easily way on proper assembly of additional components.
What did they do, use babel to create the page? This has GOT to make you wonder about their overall QA process....
Someone gets posted to the front page, and yet they fail to get slashdotted.
Perhaps you only meant to imply that WorldNetDaily was an example of a site that was properly coded to be scalable (insomuch as is possible with IIS/VBScript) -- this is what I assume, anyway. But you wouldn't be able to tell any of that just by going to the site..........
Now for the naysayers complaining about journalistic integrity. Once again Slashdot is not a newspaper, it's a blog. CmdrTaco, Hemos, and the gang are not journalists, they're geeks. Yeah, the article is pretty much hyping something - I think the Cappucino line is pretty cool, just like the Shuttle line of mini-PCs. Is this an "ad" in disguise? Opinions are like assholes...that's why /. has a comments section. Sheesh.
Great idea, just cut and paste from the website... if you hadn't done that I never would have realized that "Choosing a big and bulky inappropriate PC has become an obsolete way of thinking". Keep up the good work.
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I haven't seen this page, looks like it's slashdotted for the next few hours, but i wanted a cheap small firewall box. I like the form factor of the old Qubes, but they're not cheap. Whats a good box to go for? I saw the cappuccino and it was pricey even without the second network card. I don't care about video at all, if I can get a serial console and even delete the video if it would save me a few bucks. As a firewall it doesn't have to be a burner CPU, and get a decent hard drive and I'm set. Is there a standard small form factor that i can get? Something like a cheap celeron, a hard drive, and two network cards, and I think that would be what I needed.
How about a new category named Free Advertising?
Thanks for the clarification.
I'm the stranger...posting to
Having said that, if you used the Mocha with some sort of NAS device like a NetApp then you might have something. IMO, the RLX stuff is still a better solution, though. At least with those you can mirror the boot drive.
Of course, I'm just pulling all this outta the air, so take as many grains of salt as needed.
-B
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Why would you pay for your website to be slashdotted?
This sucks.
It is like... the wuss computer.
But so are all the articles about the shuttle mini pc, apple imac/g4/OSX/emac, Linux distro releases, Intel, Amd, etc..
Almost every other news item!
You want "News for Nerds" to be exclusively about the RIAA, MPAA, and case mods?
Hell no.
If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.
Just kidding... but I haven't seen any AC posts at all! I needed to know that they weren't being blocked...
In the end, I had to take the case off the Cappuccino, remove the proprietary heatsink/ducted fun, jury-rig an old Athlon heatsink and fan to the processor and splice the power cable into the motherboard. I also removed the metal casing around the hard drive, which was retaining heat. Now, with this massive heatsink bulging out of the top, my Cappuccino will run for about a week before it locks up. Still not terribly reliable.
If this new Mocha (which is actually the 5th-gen, not the 3rd) has a better cooling system, it'll be well worth the money. Otherwise, it's a total waste. Unfortunately the page is Slashdotted and there's no Google cache, so I can't get any details.
Chew on this - Slashdot doesn't necessarily have to sell its soul to keep running these horrid Slashvertisements. Solution? Make them so cheezy and stupid, no matter that product, that the whole community collectively chokes and pukes. Witness this thread - every modup is a big stream of crap onto the obvious sales pitch. Effect? Negative publicity for a (wannabe) gee-whiz product.
Pretty postmodern Internet.
Caveat: Ads for products people really want, like that wee Zaurus.
connected a big and bulky inappropriate PC wich would have been up to the task...grrrr...
Slashvertisements!
slashdot!=valid HTML
Mocha P4 is a PC that is so flexible, efficient, compact and portable technically knocks down all existing desk top PCs
Efficient? Are you sure it's still running a P4?
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Are you looking for an insightful, funny or informative post? There is a new comment on Slashdot that fits the bill - and you are reading it right now! This post is so well-written, efficient with words, and quotable that it virtually knocks the socks off all "old-school" posts with their outmoded, obsolete logic, construction and grammar. Take advantage of the latest in slashdot posting technology and mod this post up!
ThinkGeek has been selling the "Cappuccino TX-3" mini-PC from this same company for a while now. How much do you want to bet that they're making a commission on all sales that come in today at the Cappuccino PC Web site?
Before you pay for a 'slashvertisement', you might wanna make sure your web server can handle the load...
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch.
hmm.
I don't know if I'd pay to get my webserver slashdotted. I hope a mocha isn;t being used as the webserver.
If a person was to "subscribe" to Slashdot, do they still see this kind of fluffy paid for article? Do they get an option to filter such stories out?
I can guarantee you that assholes who run ASP and CFM never stand a snowball's chance in hell against a good slashdotting. Whatever happened to good old HTML files? Jeezus..... there are only 179 comments in this thread and it's a fucking holiday in the USA.... these guys need to get a real web host!
guess I can be dropping down to visiting once a day now. Not like I'm missing anything but advertisements.
And we'll include a second one Absolutely Free!
This been a concern of mine when considering one, but then again it would fit in a desktop drink coooler. Forget water cooled or Billion CFM fans. Just crank the refrig.
That's not the page. That's the TX3. The new one mentioned in the article is the Mocha. The TX3 is old news. There's no Google cache of the Mocha page.
They could mark a story as an advertisement. Not that this story ISN'T completely blatant, but some of the others aren't (quite as much).
[insert witty comment here]
...only $19.95! Not available in stores!
The "Oooh shiny!" phenomenon (aka ADD) strikes again...
And was CowboyN paid in cash or oral sex?
It uses full-sized PC133 RAM and CPU. There are AMD and Intel versions of each of the two models (this makes it look like four models on the site).
What he said.
HTTP/1.1 Server Too Busy
I am assuming that the server was hosted from the mocha machine, and that the P4's thermal protection kicked in before it melted itself into the socket. (Reminds me of this.) If the "little machine that could" survives a slashdotting it would be a neat proof of concept and even a potential marketing angle.
Hard work usually pays off over time, but procrastination pays off now.
The Mocha is a name used by that distributor of the Latte made by Saintsong, in Taiwan http://www.saintsong.com.tw. Seems its not on their website anymore. Here is the page of the US Distributor (Intraplex Corp) http://www.intraplexcorp.com/Latte.asp
I mean, what exactly is involved in selecting stories for inclusion on the site, because it doesn't seem to involve much editing! No checking to see if articles are repeated. No checking to see if a submission accurtaley refelcts the original story. No checking to see if a submission advocates illegal activities. No checking to see if a submission is just blatant advertising. I'm sure many professional editors would be mortified to see their job title being used in this way. Come on guys, shape up a bit! You have a great site here. A few screwups are ok, but you do need to keep to some standards!
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Does anyone know if the product in this sudden free advertisement can use linuxbios? In that case, I can actually use a couple of them :P
Oooh look! Someone copied the sales blurb from their website and submitted it as a "story".
/. to make some money: disguise advertising as information?
Or is this a subtle way for
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I prefer the blatant ones. I can ignore them instead of getting sucked into clicking on a link.
Since this is a Slasvertisement, this comment shouldn't post.