I play bass as well as sitting at a keyboard all day, much like yourself. I've never once had a problem with RSI. I know a couple of guitarists in the same situation and they also do not have problems.
Re: #2. Yes, there is a util that will overwrite the video bios in ram to support a new modeline, but the only one I've found thus far is for intel graphics.
You may be right on that, swillden. However, I know that in windows the only options I have for colour depth are 16 or 32 bit. When I try 24 bit under Linux, the cursor is displayed properly but the desktop itself is just... well, it's crazy.
Nvidia is bad? ATi is worse.
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I recently purchased a new laptop from Acer, an Aspire 5672. It's a Core Duo running @ 1.67Ghz, 2GB RAM and an ATi X1400 w/ 128MB dedicated. I'll admit right from the start, I didn't do my research very well. I knew the wireless would be touchy but the ipw3945 project may support it. I didn't think I would have a problem with the video. Nor did I think I would have a problem with the Broadcom BCM5789 gigabit lan, but that's another story.
Was I ever wrong.
The binary ATi drivers do not support any of the X1000 series cards. Hell, even the latest & greatest windows drivers do not support my X1400 chipset officially.
The beta ATi drivers apparently support my chipset, but ATi supports 24bit graphics and nothing else. Alas, the display panel in the laptop is 16 or 32 bit. Running at 24 bit yields a display that looks like something one would expect to see after dropping a couple hits of acid.
Even worse, when trying to use the vesa xorg drivers, I am not able to use the native 1280x800 resolution as when the vesa drivers poll the graphics chipset for the available modes, 1280x800 isn't listed! No amount of fussing with the xorg.conf file has yielded a working solution. The final straw is that I am unable to tell the laptop not to scale lower resolutions up to 1280x800, so 1024x768 (4:3 ratio) is scaled to fit the panel, which is 16:10, which just makes things ugly.
So, until I can get native resolution, Linux is useless on this laptop. The display is too fuzzy and stretched to be usefull. Thankfully I still have my old laptop, as it has an nvidia chipset in it. Sure, the laptop is slow compared to the Core Duo, but atleast the display works properly.
Shiat, relax. True, he used a word that has a double meaning, but anyone who has a half-decent grasp of the english language would understand it for its real meaning.
So, before you get all righteous on everyone, Mr McPoliticallyCorrect, and start hurling around comments like racist, realise that chink was a valid word in the english language long before it was used in a negative way.
In the words of Maynard, "Get off your f***ing cross, we need the space for the next fool martyr."
Sadly, though the Star-Bulletin has admitted to the plagiarism, they failed to publicly acknowledge that Wikipedia was responsible for bringing this situation to light."
A portion of a review of the television show "Secrets of the Black Box: Aloha Flight 243" was taken verbatim from the Web site reference.com. The material was originally published in the online encyclopedia wikipedia.com. The article, on Page D6 Thursday, failed to attribute the information to either source.
Please see the applicable Corrections Page for more information.
Yeah, I really hate it how it automatically, within notime (on a decent DSL connection) brings me my updates to my game(s) : I much rather go back to the good old days to connecting to a server, only to discover there's a new patch out I which I have to download.
Ya, that's all fine and good for people with some speedy connections, but for those of us who live out in the middle of nowhere, when Steam forces me to do an upgrade when I just want to play a couple quick levels of HL2, it takes me a very long time since I can, at best, download at roughly 30KB/s over my wireless, or roughly 20% of the speed of a standard 1.5meg DSL service. So, it still won't take a LONG time for me, but what takes you on a 1.5meg DSL line 5 minutes to download takes me half an hour. Did I choose to live out here where I can't get DSL? Yup. Did I choose to use Steam? No.
Regarding activation, I install the game, activate it and wait... and wait... and wait for the files to "decrypt" or whatever the hell it wants to do.
Damnit, I paid my 60 bucks and I'll play the game how I want to play it. I've never had issues with HL2 beyond the stuttering problem with initial release. I'm not in a habbit of patching games I don't play online when everything is working fine already. Let me know there is an update that I can download at a later time, but let me play my game as long as I'm not connecting to a multiplayer game.
That second link is the kicker. This little spat has been going on for quite a long time and is, quite frankly, getting tiresome. Between Telus and the ongoing Bell Canada strike, it's amazing that we here in Canada still have a working telephone network. And by working, I mean one that hasn't fallen into a complete state of misrepair, though I am having a hell of a time in getting a repair guy to come out and fix the extensions upstairs in my house. (I pay a couple bucks a month in insurance, so they can bloody well fix it.)
NB: I am a less than please Telus cellular customer.
Telus is pretty heavy handed at times, but I can see them getting slapped pretty quickly by the authorities. *If* there is illegal activity going on on the website, then they should have followed the proper channels to get it removed properly. Given Telus' attitude towards the ongoing contract negotiation process, it is not at all surprising that they would do something like this.
Except early reviews shouldn't be like this. Reviews should be detailed and get into everything. It doesn't look like the ethernet bug was terribly difficult to reproduce or only occured under a rare and exotic set of conditions.
Not that I think you will read this late response, I would like to clear up a couple of things.
Firstly, I never once said I felt I was underpaid. I am compensated quite well.
Secondly, I have no illusions that there are people out there with more knowledge than I have. As with everyone in this business, I am always learning new things. I also have no doubt that I know more than other people.
Do you take pride in your job? That's all I am trying to say. I see so many people at conferences who are there just for a paycheque and don't care if the job is done right. Perhaps you are right and I am a big old loser, but I'd rather give it my best than just do a passable job.
A number of comments have brought to light the varying work ethics of slashdotter's.
And for what? To be treated like a professional? Wouldn't you rather be compensated like a professional?
I count myself as a professional.. it says so on my business card.
I enjoy my job, I really do. It took some persistance but I finally did get them to pay for my broadband and cell phone. I don't get paid for overtime, but I am allowed to take time off instead which I never take. I rarely take my full compliment of vacataion time alotted to me. I put in 50-60 hours a week and I don't complain (though my wife does, until I give her my paycheque).
Why do I do these things without compensation? Because I like my job. I like seeing everything work smoothly. I hate downtime and how it can adversly affect productivity and the bottom line. Downtime, virus outbreaks, breakdowns, these all make me look bad. I take PRIDE in my job.
My job is not just a paycheque, as some people here seem to think. My job is part of what defines me, part of who I am. I know that people with my qualifications can do this job and would do it for less pay, but my employer understands that that person, while cheaper, may not take the same pride in his/her job as I do.
Let's face it folks, a lot of us are replaceable. We need to do things to seperate us from the rest.
To those who expect to be paid for every 10 minute support call after hours, you're in the wrong industry. You've obviously gotten into this because of the mythical big bucks, and you're taking jobs from those of us that love what we do and do these extra things because it's a necessary evil. I don't like after hour support calls, but I love my job more so I can live with it.
Suck it up, do your job and take pride in it.
That being said, yes, my employer does pay for my broadband, thankfully because out in the country I can only get satellite or wireless, and each is expensive. My employer didn't always and that was one of the things mentioned in the interview. However, because they saw the level of service I proudly provided, they made an exception.
However, in the whole of the OS community, I am sure there is one person that is as equally qualified the gentleman who currently maintains the project?
Though it would be possible for others to handle maintenance of the project, the quality won't be held to the same standards and will not progress with the same goals I have set for the project.
While I agree that mirroring a page may reduce advertising revenue, and that it may just be an act of karma horing, there will be no revenue at all if the site is hopelessly broken.
Pig may actually be doing the site owners a favour by taking some of the load off. If ever my site were to get on/. again, I certainly wouldn't say no.
As long as the page is intact and he doesn't put any of his advertising on it.
Perhaps I am the only one that actually thinks that, if given the chance, the consumer would do the right thing. I honestly believe that the consumer would rather abide by the law rather than break copyright.
Perhaps I am a little naive... Or perhaps we are looking at it from a geek perspective and not from a 'normal' perspective.
Sony is doing the right thing. For years we have been screaming because the entertainment industry has been treating us like children, thinking that we can't do the right thing unless we are forced to.
Now Sony has come out with a scheme that shows they are beginning to place *some* trust back with the consumer and they are jumped all over?
I for one am pleased to see this small move towards the better from Sony.
Another perfect example of how the industry fails to understand consumers, be it those paying their bloated salaries or those being sued. -- Education != intimidation. If the RIAA were to hit me with a > $1 million lawsuit you're damn right I will roll over and play dead. I have a family to concern myself with and my family will not benefit from me fighting the case in court. -- Theft is theft. Stealing from RIAA members does not make you Robin Hood. You are not stealing from the rich to give to the poor. You are stealing from the rich to save yourself a couple bucks. One can't blame the RIAA and its members for wanting to stop theft on a large scale, whether they are the root of the problem or not. -- The RIAA and its members are, of course, the root of the problem. RIAA members are starting to see this, though. Proof of this is just how many of them have signed up with iTMS, Napster etc. a number of the record labels are seeing that money can be made online and are embracing this new revenue stream. $0.99 for a song is great. Perhaps the RIAA is seeing its end coming and is trying to go out with a bang.. who knows? -- CowboyNeal... Damn did that little voice inside your head not step up and say "Hey dumby, don't write that, it will make you sound like a dumbass"? -- Problems with current online music sales.
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Boy, it's a good thing it's not meant to be a gaming only system!
Yes, that was sarcasm.
I play bass as well as sitting at a keyboard all day, much like yourself. I've never once had a problem with RSI. I know a couple of guitarists in the same situation and they also do not have problems.
I already have two macs, but thanks for playing.
Re: #2. Yes, there is a util that will overwrite the video bios in ram to support a new modeline, but the only one I've found thus far is for intel graphics.
And yes, I've tried it for the heck of it.
heh, I tried that intel graphics hack just for sh*ts and giggles. No go. Too bad I couldn't code my way out of a paper bag!
You may be right on that, swillden. However, I know that in windows the only options I have for colour depth are 16 or 32 bit. When I try 24 bit under Linux, the cursor is displayed properly but the desktop itself is just... well, it's crazy.
I recently purchased a new laptop from Acer, an Aspire 5672. It's a Core Duo running @ 1.67Ghz, 2GB RAM and an ATi X1400 w/ 128MB dedicated. I'll admit right from the start, I didn't do my research very well. I knew the wireless would be touchy but the ipw3945 project may support it. I didn't think I would have a problem with the video. Nor did I think I would have a problem with the Broadcom BCM5789 gigabit lan, but that's another story.
Was I ever wrong.
The binary ATi drivers do not support any of the X1000 series cards. Hell, even the latest & greatest windows drivers do not support my X1400 chipset officially.
The beta ATi drivers apparently support my chipset, but ATi supports 24bit graphics and nothing else. Alas, the display panel in the laptop is 16 or 32 bit. Running at 24 bit yields a display that looks like something one would expect to see after dropping a couple hits of acid.
Even worse, when trying to use the vesa xorg drivers, I am not able to use the native 1280x800 resolution as when the vesa drivers poll the graphics chipset for the available modes, 1280x800 isn't listed! No amount of fussing with the xorg.conf file has yielded a working solution. The final straw is that I am unable to tell the laptop not to scale lower resolutions up to 1280x800, so 1024x768 (4:3 ratio) is scaled to fit the panel, which is 16:10, which just makes things ugly.
So, until I can get native resolution, Linux is useless on this laptop. The display is too fuzzy and stretched to be usefull. Thankfully I still have my old laptop, as it has an nvidia chipset in it. Sure, the laptop is slow compared to the Core Duo, but atleast the display works properly.
Shiat, relax. True, he used a word that has a double meaning, but anyone who has a half-decent grasp of the english language would understand it for its real meaning.
So, before you get all righteous on everyone, Mr McPoliticallyCorrect, and start hurling around comments like racist, realise that chink was a valid word in the english language long before it was used in a negative way.
In the words of Maynard, "Get off your f***ing cross, we need the space for the next fool martyr."
Sadly, though the Star-Bulletin has admitted to the plagiarism, they failed to publicly acknowledge that Wikipedia was responsible for bringing this situation to light."
From one of the stories linked in TFA (pops):
CORRECTION Saturday, December 24, 2005
A portion of a review of the television show "Secrets of the Black Box: Aloha Flight 243" was taken verbatim from the Web site reference.com. The material was originally published in the online encyclopedia wikipedia.com. The article, on Page D6 Thursday, failed to attribute the information to either source.
Please see the applicable Corrections Page for more information.
Yeah, I really hate it how it automatically, within notime (on a decent DSL connection) brings me my updates to my game(s) : I much rather go back to the good old days to connecting to a server, only to discover there's a new patch out I which I have to download.
Ya, that's all fine and good for people with some speedy connections, but for those of us who live out in the middle of nowhere, when Steam forces me to do an upgrade when I just want to play a couple quick levels of HL2, it takes me a very long time since I can, at best, download at roughly 30KB/s over my wireless, or roughly 20% of the speed of a standard 1.5meg DSL service. So, it still won't take a LONG time for me, but what takes you on a 1.5meg DSL line 5 minutes to download takes me half an hour. Did I choose to live out here where I can't get DSL? Yup. Did I choose to use Steam? No.
Regarding activation, I install the game, activate it and wait... and wait... and wait for the files to "decrypt" or whatever the hell it wants to do.
Damnit, I paid my 60 bucks and I'll play the game how I want to play it. I've never had issues with HL2 beyond the stuttering problem with initial release. I'm not in a habbit of patching games I don't play online when everything is working fine already. Let me know there is an update that I can download at a later time, but let me play my game as long as I'm not connecting to a multiplayer game.
Oops, sorry. Links:
Telus cuts subscriber access to pro-union website
Telus to implement most recent offer to union (NB: this was a unilateral move)
Telus wins injunction against striking workers
That second link is the kicker. This little spat has been going on for quite a long time and is, quite frankly, getting tiresome. Between Telus and the ongoing Bell Canada strike, it's amazing that we here in Canada still have a working telephone network. And by working, I mean one that hasn't fallen into a complete state of misrepair, though I am having a hell of a time in getting a repair guy to come out and fix the extensions upstairs in my house. (I pay a couple bucks a month in insurance, so they can bloody well fix it.)
NB: I am a less than please Telus cellular customer.
Telus is pretty heavy handed at times, but I can see them getting slapped pretty quickly by the authorities. *If* there is illegal activity going on on the website, then they should have followed the proper channels to get it removed properly. Given Telus' attitude towards the ongoing contract negotiation process, it is not at all surprising that they would do something like this.
I do hope it doesn't last. Dirty pool indeed.
Except early reviews shouldn't be like this. Reviews should be detailed and get into everything. It doesn't look like the ethernet bug was terribly difficult to reproduce or only occured under a rare and exotic set of conditions.
Charlie Demerjian is right in his latest rant. Too many reviewers are under the spell of PR dweebs.
No no no, you have it all wrong:
"Get off your fuckin cross.
We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr."
Eulogy -- Tool
Not that I think you will read this late response, I would like to clear up a couple of things.
Firstly, I never once said I felt I was underpaid. I am compensated quite well.
Secondly, I have no illusions that there are people out there with more knowledge than I have. As with everyone in this business, I am always learning new things. I also have no doubt that I know more than other people.
Do you take pride in your job? That's all I am trying to say. I see so many people at conferences who are there just for a paycheque and don't care if the job is done right. Perhaps you are right and I am a big old loser, but I'd rather give it my best than just do a passable job.
A number of comments have brought to light the varying work ethics of slashdotter's.
And for what? To be treated like a professional? Wouldn't you rather be compensated like a professional?
I count myself as a professional.. it says so on my business card.
I enjoy my job, I really do. It took some persistance but I finally did get them to pay for my broadband and cell phone. I don't get paid for overtime, but I am allowed to take time off instead which I never take. I rarely take my full compliment of vacataion time alotted to me. I put in 50-60 hours a week and I don't complain (though my wife does, until I give her my paycheque).
Why do I do these things without compensation? Because I like my job. I like seeing everything work smoothly. I hate downtime and how it can adversly affect productivity and the bottom line. Downtime, virus outbreaks, breakdowns, these all make me look bad. I take PRIDE in my job.
My job is not just a paycheque, as some people here seem to think. My job is part of what defines me, part of who I am. I know that people with my qualifications can do this job and would do it for less pay, but my employer understands that that person, while cheaper, may not take the same pride in his/her job as I do.
Let's face it folks, a lot of us are replaceable. We need to do things to seperate us from the rest.
To those who expect to be paid for every 10 minute support call after hours, you're in the wrong industry. You've obviously gotten into this because of the mythical big bucks, and you're taking jobs from those of us that love what we do and do these extra things because it's a necessary evil. I don't like after hour support calls, but I love my job more so I can live with it.
Suck it up, do your job and take pride in it.
That being said, yes, my employer does pay for my broadband, thankfully because out in the country I can only get satellite or wireless, and each is expensive. My employer didn't always and that was one of the things mentioned in the interview. However, because they saw the level of service I proudly provided, they made an exception.
Mm, point taken.
However, in the whole of the OS community, I am sure there is one person that is as equally qualified the gentleman who currently maintains the project?
Still, a damn shame that he's had to do this.
Though it would be possible for others to handle maintenance of the project, the quality won't be held to the same standards and will not progress with the same goals I have set for the project.
Anyone else think that's kind of a load?
Quoth the Neutron:
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Jeeeeez... all these people using my name without permission.
Alright, you get this one free, but the next one will cost ya $0.001
While I agree that mirroring a page may reduce advertising revenue, and that it may just be an act of karma horing, there will be no revenue at all if the site is hopelessly broken.
/. again, I certainly wouldn't say no.
Pig may actually be doing the site owners a favour by taking some of the load off. If ever my site were to get on
As long as the page is intact and he doesn't put any of his advertising on it.
If verisign is running this, does that mean that at any given point my RFID enabled electric razor will start going really, really, slow?
I believe 33.6 was introduced with the G3 fax standard. Atleast, every G3 fax I have seen is 33.6.
Perhaps I am the only one that actually thinks that, if given the chance, the consumer would do the right thing. I honestly believe that the consumer would rather abide by the law rather than break copyright.
Perhaps I am a little naive... Or perhaps we are looking at it from a geek perspective and not from a 'normal' perspective.
Sony is doing the right thing. For years we have been screaming because the entertainment industry has been treating us like children, thinking that we can't do the right thing unless we are forced to.
Now Sony has come out with a scheme that shows they are beginning to place *some* trust back with the consumer and they are jumped all over?
I for one am pleased to see this small move towards the better from Sony.
Another perfect example of how the industry fails to understand consumers, be it those paying their bloated salaries or those being sued.
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Education != intimidation. If the RIAA were to hit me with a > $1 million lawsuit you're damn right I will roll over and play dead. I have a family to concern myself with and my family will not benefit from me fighting the case in court.
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Theft is theft. Stealing from RIAA members does not make you Robin Hood. You are not stealing from the rich to give to the poor. You are stealing from the rich to save yourself a couple bucks. One can't blame the RIAA and its members for wanting to stop theft on a large scale, whether they are the root of the problem or not.
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The RIAA and its members are, of course, the root of the problem. RIAA members are starting to see this, though. Proof of this is just how many of them have signed up with iTMS, Napster etc. a number of the record labels are seeing that money can be made online and are embracing this new revenue stream. $0.99 for a song is great. Perhaps the RIAA is seeing its end coming and is trying to go out with a bang.. who knows?
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CowboyNeal... Damn did that little voice inside your head not step up and say "Hey dumby, don't write that, it will make you sound like a dumbass"?
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Problems with current online music sales.