Try buying an SGI or HP 9000-series without going on ebay, see the premiums you would pay.. even if you buy 2 of the same item on ebay and get frauded on one, it is still a better deal than most non-ebay dealers will give you.
I believe the discussion is about a computer that is based on the ground.. even if not, I think you fail to realize that NASA has been using Linux in space for a while.. PC104 boards with flash (solid state) memory running Linux.
Quakeforge has some cool effects too: colored lighting, nicer particle effects, rippled water, etc. I'd suggest checking it out. http://quakeforge.net
There are also multiple OpenGL-based doom*/heretic/hexen engines, want 32-player UDP/IP play? what about looking up and down? they got it:P not to mention the wolfenstein opengl port(s).
> You're always going to have the fellow who likes > to support artists, and buys original CDs. Catch? > He now listens to MP3s to sample new albums. He > doesn't like the sample...he doesn't buy the CD.
This would certainly be me, as are many others.. yes, it decreases sales... but none less then the radio has. The difference is that with the internet, the quality is a little better and you can avoid commercials.
There is also a 4rd group, like my sisters.. they buy the CDs, but download the mp3s because they aren't knowledgable enough to rip & encode their own.
The only sad thing is that there are some who abuse the power and never buy the cds.
With reiserfs, I had a file that would reboot the system if I read, wrote, or deleted the file. I rebuilt the journal and everything was ok. Imagine if it was a production system!
stick with a real filesystem, get a Sun, HP, IBM, or SGI and use their journaling filesystems.. you'll never want to use ext* again.
It is very possible that this was an error or genernalization by the reporter. He says that the car has 5 computer systems and they run windows98.. it is very possible that these systems are not for the control of the car, but rather for end-user use in each of the 5 seats available.
It may also be possible that he meant to say that only one of them uses Windows98, etc.
Looking at other reviews, I couldn't find any information regarding their computer systems.
Of course... According to Verizon's terms of service, servers are (where?) "ok" for DSL (but not for dial-up). When Code-red attacked, guess what? They blocked port 80 and 25. Their TOS did not change, at least not within the next month or two.
I called, I bitched, nobody helped. After the technician consulted with his superior, he came back and told me that it was due to the Code-red worm. I replied that I know about the worm, I was not running IIS; hence not afflicted, and only the infected machines should be blocked.
Its really great to have a TOS where servers are allowed, as long as your provider doesn't break it.
My wife doesn't really like the noise of my computers, as we are in a small apartment. One firewall, one server, multiple x-terminals. I insist that the firewall and server stay on 24-7, and prefer that the primary X-terminal stays on.. although, that is not vital.
One comprimise I had to make was bringing my SGI to work, it isn't a quiet machine:)
I have a lot of spare equipment, I requested a single closet to hold all of my unused parts.. some parts also are stored in the bedroom in a far-off corner.
I'm working on moving to a partically wireless solution; however, even the 50+mbps with 802.11a is a bit slow for an X-terminal, at the very least.. it will help me clear up wires for my PDA and Laptop.
I plan on discussing with her the cost vs appearance of several things.. racks look nice, cost much. Another thought is to build some FlexATX-based machines.. move from a 1m^3 area to a 0.1m^3 area.
Whatever YOU do, discuss it with her. I'm in the process of replacing some of my older fans with quieter ball-bearing ones.. one of my old fans does a piercing 60db; don't even ask what the SGI sounds like, just think of the air-vents in "Total recall"
Checkout the Cygwin network audio project: http://www.sitecity.net/cygwin-audio/
I cannot find any binaries, although.. the site reports of some software called "WinESD" which will setup a virtual audio-device that will output to ESD.
It appears that there should be no problem compling esdplay nor the libraries under Cygwin.. I do not know if Cygwin can do artificial dsp support, if it can.. it wouldn't be too unlikely for the official esound tree to compile cleanly.
I have written software for clients, anything from simple shell scripts to large web applications.
Typically, If I intend for the software to be OpenSource, then I only charge for the installation of the software.. and not the development of it. I will normally charge for the installation of opensource software which I did not create, why should I not charge for the installation of software which I have created?
I have worked for some clients who have requested, at the completion of the software.. for it to become Opensource, for the sole reason that the software meets their minimum requirements.. but would like continued support after the end of my contract.
If you have any doubts, discuss it with your employer/contractee.
x11pref, included with Xfree86 is a great benchmarking utility. If you don't want to test your graphics and only network utilization, use Xvfb rather then rendering to a video device...
If only this wasn't an april fools joke, the world could rejoice. Linus is a terrible kernel maintainer, he should learn something about Quality Assurance.. leave stable kernels alone!!:)
So what size nail do want with your coffin?
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Bring out your dead. Bring out your dead.
OSDN: Here's one -- nine pence.
Slashdot: I'm not dead!
AC: Here -- he says he's not dead!
OSDN: Yes, he is.
Slashdot: I'm not!
AC: He isn't.
OSDN: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
Slashdot: I'm getting better!
OSDN: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Slashdot: I don't want to go in the cart!
OSDN: Oh, don't be such a baby.
AC: I can't take him...
OSDN: Oh, do us a favor...
AC: I can't.
OSDN: Well, when is your next round?
AC: Thursday.
Slashdot: I think I'll go for a walk.
OSDN: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there
something you can do?
Slashdot: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[ AC clubs slashdot to death]
OSDN: Ah, thanks very much.
AC: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
OSDN: Here's one -- nine pence.
Slashdot: I'm not dead!
AC: Here -- he says he's not dead!
OSDN: Yes, he is.
Slashdot: I'm not!
AC: He isn't.
OSDN: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
Slashdot: I'm getting better!
OSDN: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Slashdot: I don't want to go in the cart!
OSDN: Oh, don't be such a baby.
AC: I can't take him...
OSDN: Oh, do us a favor...
AC: I can't.
OSDN: Well, when is your next round?
AC: Thursday.
Slashdot: I think I'll go for a walk.
OSDN: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there
something you can do?
Slashdot: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[ AC clubs slashdot to death]
OSDN: Ah, thanks very much.
AC: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Darwin, the kernel, is free. Quartz, the windowing system, is not free. Many of the applications bundled are not free, although there are a lot of free BSD utilities bundled.. as well as some GNU utilties and applications (gcc, gnuchess, amongst others)
Everyone is saying the same, obvious things about how Microsoft would pull their applications and that apple is a hardware company.
The truth is that OSX sucks. I know, I have it running on my Powerbook. The thing is that MacOS is poorly designed and it has only gotten worse. I really laugh when people say that it is easier, as I find it the most difficult and annoying operating sytem to use.
I will admit that the user interface in OS9 was quite nice, although far from perfect. Unfortunately, OS9 was also unresponsive.
The problem isn't raw speed, which in OSX can sometimes be a factor as well.. but the way that they multitask. OSX will give the active application full tasking priority, lets say it is Internet Explorer or Mozilla.. and it is fetching a page, while it is doing such.. it will put up the wait cursor. While the wait cursor is up, that application is using a lot of CPU and makes it more difficult if not impossible to switch to another application.
This has gotten worse in OSX as it has replaced the popular finder with the Dock. Unfortunately, even without anything running or using lots of CPU.. trying to use the dock to switch between running appliations can be somewhere between difficult and impossible.
Well, this shouldn't be a rant about usablity.. the point is that I don't think that OSX or any other version of MacOS is a very well designed Operating System. The best commercial OS, imho is Irix (although still far from perfect, still better then OSX)
Yes, but a TRS-80 and older computers are much different then a computer of today.. also politics are different.
First of all, the students are given a LOCKED-DOWN machine that they are only able and allowed to point and click at stuff that the teacher says they can. This is usually includes Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and maybe a typing program. If a child does express any kind of interest in learning how to use a computer, does anything past the teacher's knowledge, or even looks at it in a funny way.. that child will be suspended for being a 'cyber terrorist', 'hacker', or other 'bad' words.
'wall' isn't hacking, but I know more then one kid who has been suspended for their ability to 'hack into other's terminals and write stuff to them'. I'll admit that doing 'wall' is pretty immature and isn't what the teacher had in mind, but to be considered a criminal?
Now, when you went to school.. computers were creative, they involved creativity and learning. Personal computers at that point weren't much more then hacked up toys for hackers.
Give the child unix, don't lock it down (further then it already is). Don't give them root.. but give them unix. They CAN grow, learn, be creative. Unfortunately, Microsoft Windows is meant for drones.. it does not encourage any kind of creativity that you describe.
Apple does still have some (limited) power amongst schools, and they do have execellent educational discount programs. In my honest opinion, OSX is the best thing that they have to offer children. A fun learning environment for the smart kids, with all the bells and whistles for the drones.
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Try buying an SGI or HP 9000-series without going on ebay, see the premiums you would pay.. even if you buy 2 of the same item on ebay and get frauded on one, it is still a better deal than most non-ebay dealers will give you.
I believe the discussion is about a computer that is based on the ground.. even if not, I think you fail to realize that NASA has been using Linux in space for a while.. PC104 boards with flash (solid state) memory running Linux.
One word (well, one abbr. for 3 words): CVS
Quakeforge has some cool effects too: colored lighting, nicer particle effects, rippled water, etc. I'd suggest checking it out. http://quakeforge.net
:P not to mention the wolfenstein opengl port(s).
There are also multiple OpenGL-based doom*/heretic/hexen engines, want 32-player UDP/IP play? what about looking up and down? they got it
> You're always going to have the fellow who likes
> to support artists, and buys original CDs. Catch?
> He now listens to MP3s to sample new albums. He
> doesn't like the sample...he doesn't buy the CD.
This would certainly be me, as are many others.. yes, it decreases sales... but none less then the radio has. The difference is that with the internet, the quality is a little better and you can avoid commercials.
There is also a 4rd group, like my sisters.. they buy the CDs, but download the mp3s because they aren't knowledgable enough to rip & encode their own.
The only sad thing is that there are some who abuse the power and never buy the cds.
With reiserfs, I had a file that would reboot the system if I read, wrote, or deleted the file. I rebuilt the journal and everything was ok. Imagine if it was a production system!
stick with a real filesystem, get a Sun, HP, IBM, or SGI and use their journaling filesystems.. you'll never want to use ext* again.
It is very possible that this was an error or genernalization by the reporter. He says that the car has 5 computer systems and they run windows98.. it is very possible that these systems are not for the control of the car, but rather for end-user use in each of the 5 seats available.
It may also be possible that he meant to say that only one of them uses Windows98, etc.
Looking at other reviews, I couldn't find any information regarding their computer systems.
Of course... According to Verizon's terms of service, servers are (where?) "ok" for DSL (but not for dial-up). When Code-red attacked, guess what? They blocked port 80 and 25. Their TOS did not change, at least not within the next month or two.
I called, I bitched, nobody helped. After the technician consulted with his superior, he came back and told me that it was due to the Code-red worm. I replied that I know about the worm, I was not running IIS; hence not afflicted, and only the infected machines should be blocked.
Its really great to have a TOS where servers are allowed, as long as your provider doesn't break it.
My wife doesn't really like the noise of my computers, as we are in a small apartment. One firewall, one server, multiple x-terminals. I insist that the firewall and server stay on 24-7, and prefer that the primary X-terminal stays on.. although, that is not vital.
:)
One comprimise I had to make was bringing my SGI to work, it isn't a quiet machine
I have a lot of spare equipment, I requested a single closet to hold all of my unused parts.. some parts also are stored in the bedroom in a far-off corner.
I'm working on moving to a partically wireless solution; however, even the 50+mbps with 802.11a is a bit slow for an X-terminal, at the very least.. it will help me clear up wires for my PDA and Laptop.
I plan on discussing with her the cost vs appearance of several things.. racks look nice, cost much. Another thought is to build some FlexATX-based machines.. move from a 1m^3 area to a 0.1m^3 area.
Whatever YOU do, discuss it with her. I'm in the process of replacing some of my older fans with quieter ball-bearing ones.. one of my old fans does a piercing 60db; don't even ask what the SGI sounds like, just think of the air-vents in "Total recall"
Checkout the Cygwin network audio project:
http://www.sitecity.net/cygwin-audio/
I cannot find any binaries, although.. the site reports of some software called "WinESD" which will setup a virtual audio-device that will output to ESD.
It appears that there should be no problem compling esdplay nor the libraries under Cygwin.. I do not know if Cygwin can do artificial dsp support, if it can.. it wouldn't be too unlikely for the official esound tree to compile cleanly.
I have written software for clients, anything from simple shell scripts to large web applications.
Typically, If I intend for the software to be OpenSource, then I only charge for the installation of the software.. and not the development of it. I will normally charge for the installation of opensource software which I did not create, why should I not charge for the installation of software which I have created?
I have worked for some clients who have requested, at the completion of the software.. for it to become Opensource, for the sole reason that the software meets their minimum requirements.. but would like continued support after the end of my contract.
If you have any doubts, discuss it with your employer/contractee.
This can't work because you can't assume what the users will tell their OS what their gateway/router is.
What happens if you assign IP 168.1.2.32 to a machine and some moron tries to use 168.1.2.32 for their gateway?
Then there are the troubles of ip conflicts, etc.
Juse use DHCP.
gives a new meaning to 'caught red handed'.
x11pref, included with Xfree86 is a great benchmarking utility. If you don't want to test your graphics and only network utilization, use Xvfb rather then rendering to a video device...
If only this wasn't an april fools joke, the world could rejoice. Linus is a terrible kernel maintainer, he should learn something about Quality Assurance.. leave stable kernels alone!! :)
Bring out your dead. Bring out your dead.
OSDN: Here's one -- nine pence.
Slashdot: I'm not dead!
AC: Here -- he says he's not dead!
OSDN: Yes, he is.
Slashdot: I'm not!
AC: He isn't.
OSDN: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
Slashdot: I'm getting better!
OSDN: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Slashdot: I don't want to go in the cart!
OSDN: Oh, don't be such a baby.
AC: I can't take him...
OSDN: Oh, do us a favor...
AC: I can't.
OSDN: Well, when is your next round?
AC: Thursday.
Slashdot: I think I'll go for a walk.
OSDN: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there
something you can do?
Slashdot: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[ AC clubs slashdot to death]
OSDN: Ah, thanks very much.
AC: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Bring out your dead. Bring out your dead.
OSDN: Here's one -- nine pence.
Slashdot: I'm not dead!
AC: Here -- he says he's not dead!
OSDN: Yes, he is.
Slashdot: I'm not!
AC: He isn't.
OSDN: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
Slashdot: I'm getting better!
OSDN: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Slashdot: I don't want to go in the cart!
OSDN: Oh, don't be such a baby.
AC: I can't take him...
OSDN: Oh, do us a favor...
AC: I can't.
OSDN: Well, when is your next round?
AC: Thursday.
Slashdot: I think I'll go for a walk.
OSDN: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there
something you can do?
Slashdot: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[ AC clubs slashdot to death]
OSDN: Ah, thanks very much.
AC: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Can you have a global stylesheet that all flash will obey?
Good looking pages are only useful if you can see. How well, if at all.. is flash for the blind?
Can I increase the font size in a flash applet? No.
Those with poor or lack of vision are competely screwed by the use of flash, but they are just like Unix users... a minority; who cares about them?
Supposedly WindowsXP is themable.
Darwin, the kernel, is free. Quartz, the windowing system, is not free. Many of the applications bundled are not free, although there are a lot of free BSD utilities bundled.. as well as some GNU utilties and applications (gcc, gnuchess, amongst others)
I just called my dad, told him to sell his $6,500 65" HDTV... that is, if he wants to protect his investment.
Either have a 65" tv for a couple years or have a 65" tv for many years, but you have to wait a little while first..
either way, I don't think he is giving it up quite yet.
Everyone is saying the same, obvious things about how Microsoft would pull their applications and that apple is a hardware company.
The truth is that OSX sucks. I know, I have it running on my Powerbook. The thing is that MacOS is poorly designed and it has only gotten worse. I really laugh when people say that it is easier, as I find it the most difficult and annoying operating sytem to use.
I will admit that the user interface in OS9 was quite nice, although far from perfect. Unfortunately, OS9 was also unresponsive.
The problem isn't raw speed, which in OSX can sometimes be a factor as well.. but the way that they multitask. OSX will give the active application full tasking priority, lets say it is Internet Explorer or Mozilla.. and it is fetching a page, while it is doing such.. it will put up the wait cursor. While the wait cursor is up, that application is using a lot of CPU and makes it more difficult if not impossible to switch to another application.
This has gotten worse in OSX as it has replaced the popular finder with the Dock. Unfortunately, even without anything running or using lots of CPU.. trying to use the dock to switch between running appliations can be somewhere between difficult and impossible.
Well, this shouldn't be a rant about usablity.. the point is that I don't think that OSX or any other version of MacOS is a very well designed Operating System. The best commercial OS, imho is Irix (although still far from perfect, still better then OSX)
Yes, but a TRS-80 and older computers are much different then a computer of today.. also politics are different.
First of all, the students are given a LOCKED-DOWN machine that they are only able and allowed to point and click at stuff that the teacher says they can. This is usually includes Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and maybe a typing program. If a child does express any kind of interest in learning how to use a computer, does anything past the teacher's knowledge, or even looks at it in a funny way.. that child will be suspended for being a 'cyber terrorist', 'hacker', or other 'bad' words.
'wall' isn't hacking, but I know more then one kid who has been suspended for their ability to 'hack into other's terminals and write stuff to them'. I'll admit that doing 'wall' is pretty immature and isn't what the teacher had in mind, but to be considered a criminal?
Now, when you went to school.. computers were creative, they involved creativity and learning. Personal computers at that point weren't much more then hacked up toys for hackers.
Give the child unix, don't lock it down (further then it already is). Don't give them root.. but give them unix. They CAN grow, learn, be creative. Unfortunately, Microsoft Windows is meant for drones.. it does not encourage any kind of creativity that you describe.
Apple does still have some (limited) power amongst schools, and they do have execellent educational discount programs. In my honest opinion, OSX is the best thing that they have to offer children. A fun learning environment for the smart kids, with all the bells and whistles for the drones.
Wouldn't that be:
:)
because Direct3D doesn't support the platform of your choice?