TFA says that "...a quad-core Xeon running OpenBSD and employing pf to filter and shape traffic" is in place. I think it'd be excellent if they'd release the config for this so that we may all learn from it.
Release it after the con, that is, just in case there's a hole found in it...
As you can see from the other comments already it is real. The reason the image is so bad is because I grabbed it with the camera on my old Nokia 6600 phone. It's not a very good camera, so the images tend to look like that. Additionally, the weird sizing is because the artwork on the rear of the box had enhanced those keys showing them off as the best feature of the keyboard.
Now I wish I had purchased one... It'd be a great prank.
There is also this keyboard (image) which I came across in a CompUSA sale area for $4.99 or so.
It's big feature was that it had an extra three keys for Power, Sleep, and Wake. The problem is that these were right above the inverted-T, with Power being right next to Enter.
Er, while this software encrypts data on the disk, it doesn't encrypt the backups. These will still be cleanly read from the disks and written out to tape.
I know of many, many plant floor locations at some very large manufacturing facilities that still run NT4 on various devices. MS will release patches for these too, but only under quite special contracts.
Here is info on my MAME Cabinet, if anyone is interested. That link also includes the control panel template I came up with, info about the hardware, software, an image of the whole OS setup which can simply be dropped on a Compact Flash card and booted, and a bunch of other things.
The cabinet was built completely from scratch, patterned off of a early 90s Data East cab.
Of course, I did this all back in the summer of 2000, so some of the electronics I used for it might be a bit dated. However, I think most of the info is still applicable.
If you take a look at this screenshot you can see Safari for Windows failing to work for me. That is on a Dell Latitude D620 behind our corporate firewall.
Before I turned the corporate proxy settings off in IE it would launch and chew through RAM while not responding. I had to kill it once it reached 600MB used. After turning the proxy settings off, what you see above is what I get.
I haven't tried it on a public network connection yet, but I'll give that a go tonight. Hopefully it'll fix the problem.
I'll chime in on this too. I use two Airport Expresses, one in the basement and one in the living room. I can (and regularly do) have music playing from my desktop machine (PowerMac G5), living room, and basement all at the same time, all in sync. It works great, and as picking the alternate outputs is done with dropdown in iTunes, it's wonderfully easy to switch around where the music comes from.
Just so you know, SQLite is used in quite a few places. Two apps which come to mind which use it (I use these every day) are Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple's Mail.app.
I should add that I do this so I can have ready access to my mail from home (OS X), work (XP), and whatever random machines with it always in sync, and drafts saved across the board. Coupled with server-side sorting and spam filtering, everything works great.
Most IMAP clients cache local copies of the messages to speed up display and allow for offline use. I know that the already-seen messages in both Mail.app and Thunderbird are visible even when I can't reach my mail server. I'd would just recommend using IMAP and running your own server, with clients that cache. Also set up SquirrelMail on the server so that you can access your mail from kiosk-type computers and you'll be all set.
I've run a setup like this for years and it works out great.
After being burned by the purchase of the Honda Music Link earlier in the year I wrote up that review to try and keep others from throwing away their money on it.
We don't have "random days" to just tech support our computer......and this is why the desktop machine I've been using right now for lots and lots of personal work is a PowerMac G5. Going on three years without need to wipe / reinstall. Having a machine where I don't spend a lot of time tweaking it allows me to spend time on other, often more productive things.
Huh. Imagine that... Something which can be done by having a Microsoft OS set to run only signed binaries while running on top of a 'trusted computing platform'.
As I've said before, this would be a huge boon to IT departments all over the place. I'd love to be able to lock users to running a signed OS only the apps we specifically approve and sign. This would lock out all unapproved software *and* malware. If the OS is secure enough to keep there from being any ways around this, it'll be ideal.
Oh, and of course, as long as such trusted computing stuffs can be turned off for users who purchase the hardware and don't wish to use it, it's a win-win all around.
One of the best cleaning products I've found for removing hand oils (and other gunk) from electronics parts is plain old Simple Green. Just mix one part Simple Green to two parts hot water, dip a cloth in (terry cloth works great), and have a go. This works great for keyboards, mice, wrist wrests, desk edges, etc.
Sometimes for a bit more built up areas (around the edges of large keys and such) it helps to dab the icky spot to dampenen it, then rub back over it a few minutes later.
Just be sure not to get any drops down in between the keys... That has the potential for badness.
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In case any of you are interested, I took photos of my teardown of the Zenith DTT900, one of the first available DTV converters, available here: http://nuxx.net/gallery/v/acquired_stuff/zenith_dtt900/.
TFA says that "...a quad-core Xeon running OpenBSD and employing pf to filter and shape traffic" is in place. I think it'd be excellent if they'd release the config for this so that we may all learn from it.
Release it after the con, that is, just in case there's a hole found in it...
Don't forget the other UNIX-y posting where an Intelligent atheist white man seeks sweetie.
Thanks very much. :) I'll try and get them elsewhere, since I don't go to Walmart. The brand / model will be really helpful for that. Thanks! :D
As you can see from the other comments already it is real. The reason the image is so bad is because I grabbed it with the camera on my old Nokia 6600 phone. It's not a very good camera, so the images tend to look like that. Additionally, the weird sizing is because the artwork on the rear of the box had enhanced those keys showing them off as the best feature of the keyboard.
Now I wish I had purchased one... It'd be a great prank.
There is also this keyboard (image) which I came across in a CompUSA sale area for $4.99 or so.
It's big feature was that it had an extra three keys for Power, Sleep, and Wake. The problem is that these were right above the inverted-T, with Power being right next to Enter.
May I ask where you got that specific cable? I think it's pretty nifty looking...
Er, while this software encrypts data on the disk, it doesn't encrypt the backups. These will still be cleanly read from the disks and written out to tape.
I know of many, many plant floor locations at some very large manufacturing facilities that still run NT4 on various devices. MS will release patches for these too, but only under quite special contracts.
It's kinda scary, really.
Here is info on my MAME Cabinet, if anyone is interested. That link also includes the control panel template I came up with, info about the hardware, software, an image of the whole OS setup which can simply be dropped on a Compact Flash card and booted, and a bunch of other things.
The cabinet was built completely from scratch, patterned off of a early 90s Data East cab.
Of course, I did this all back in the summer of 2000, so some of the electronics I used for it might be a bit dated. However, I think most of the info is still applicable.
If you take a look at this screenshot you can see Safari for Windows failing to work for me. That is on a Dell Latitude D620 behind our corporate firewall.
Before I turned the corporate proxy settings off in IE it would launch and chew through RAM while not responding. I had to kill it once it reached 600MB used. After turning the proxy settings off, what you see above is what I get.
I haven't tried it on a public network connection yet, but I'll give that a go tonight. Hopefully it'll fix the problem.
I'll chime in on this too. I use two Airport Expresses, one in the basement and one in the living room. I can (and regularly do) have music playing from my desktop machine (PowerMac G5), living room, and basement all at the same time, all in sync. It works great, and as picking the alternate outputs is done with dropdown in iTunes, it's wonderfully easy to switch around where the music comes from.
Just so you know, SQLite is used in quite a few places. Two apps which come to mind which use it (I use these every day) are Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple's Mail.app.
At first I thought this article was going to be pointers on "freeing the good stuff" chemistry-wise from the lab stores.
Darn.
I should add that I do this so I can have ready access to my mail from home (OS X), work (XP), and whatever random machines with it always in sync, and drafts saved across the board. Coupled with server-side sorting and spam filtering, everything works great.
Most IMAP clients cache local copies of the messages to speed up display and allow for offline use. I know that the already-seen messages in both Mail.app and Thunderbird are visible even when I can't reach my mail server. I'd would just recommend using IMAP and running your own server, with clients that cache. Also set up SquirrelMail on the server so that you can access your mail from kiosk-type computers and you'll be all set.
I've run a setup like this for years and it works out great.
Actually, if you are going over ~45mph most cars will produce plenty of overspray from their normal windshield washer sprayers.
It's likely because a standard keypad / face is used for ATMs, and that is used on both walk-up and drive-up machines.
The reason for this question is because entering the services of the military hostile to the US may cause a loss of citizenship. See here.
Ah, you didn't read far enough... After ~250 pages you'll suddenly get it.
Thanks very much, and you're welcome. I'm always glad to hear that the review helped keep someone else from throwing $200 (or more) down the hole.
In case anyone is interested in Honda's solution, here is my review of the Honda Music Link iPod Adapter.
After being burned by the purchase of the Honda Music Link earlier in the year I wrote up that review to try and keep others from throwing away their money on it.
We don't have "random days" to just tech support our computer... ...and this is why the desktop machine I've been using right now for lots and lots of personal work is a PowerMac G5. Going on three years without need to wipe / reinstall. Having a machine where I don't spend a lot of time tweaking it allows me to spend time on other, often more productive things.
Huh. Imagine that... Something which can be done by having a Microsoft OS set to run only signed binaries while running on top of a 'trusted computing platform'.
As I've said before, this would be a huge boon to IT departments all over the place. I'd love to be able to lock users to running a signed OS only the apps we specifically approve and sign. This would lock out all unapproved software *and* malware. If the OS is secure enough to keep there from being any ways around this, it'll be ideal.
Oh, and of course, as long as such trusted computing stuffs can be turned off for users who purchase the hardware and don't wish to use it, it's a win-win all around.
One of the best cleaning products I've found for removing hand oils (and other gunk) from electronics parts is plain old Simple Green. Just mix one part Simple Green to two parts hot water, dip a cloth in (terry cloth works great), and have a go. This works great for keyboards, mice, wrist wrests, desk edges, etc.
Sometimes for a bit more built up areas (around the edges of large keys and such) it helps to dab the icky spot to dampenen it, then rub back over it a few minutes later.
Just be sure not to get any drops down in between the keys... That has the potential for badness.