* Ogg Vorbis support * USB 2.0 * 20Gb * Optical and analog inputs and outputs * FM radio * Microphone input * Recognised as a standard USB Mass Storage Device on all regular OS'es * Backlit remote control with LCD screen * Upgradable firmware * 15 Hr battery life (LiPolymer battery) * Best audio quality on the market, and enough power to drive "larger" headphones.
If you ask me, the iPod sucks rocks compared to this little gadget.
I was going to reply to this and then forgot. My experience is pretty similar to the following post, but it gives a better outline of the windows install process.
About Red Hat, I don't install through apt. I install a bog-standard RH install and then install some add-on software and updates through apt. Not a hard thing to do, everything sets itself up automatically.
As Alan Cox once remarked after struggling with a Winmodem on Windows: Linux is not automatically harder or easier, it's just a different skillset. I know about apt, just like most Windows power-users know about WinZip (and how Classic mode is better than the Wizard interface). I've worked with computers way too long to have a user's view here, but since you post on slashdot, the same probably holds for you.
About the virus. I interpreted the post as the infection being the annoyance, you the virus that hasn't infected. I don't know what the original poster meant, but I know of many Windows users who are now so used to being infected by the latest virus that they consider it to be "a minor annoyance", not realising the havoc that can ensue.
Life is more complicated than that. Regular binaries can be run as:/lib/ld-linux.so/noexeced_path/myprog
Thanks, I didn't know that. Seems like a stupid security hole. Can you disable/restrict execution of/lib/ld-linux.so in any way without harming the system?
Although I respect your opinion my experience is the exact opposite.
I am not counting download times, and your mileage may vary, but this it what a typical Linux install looks like for me (I have Linux-friendly hardware, so "getting it all working" is an unnecessary step, except for my quake3 and DVD/DivX addiction, which pretty much requires NVidia's drivers)
Install of RH9 including post-config: 35mins Installing apt for RH: 5mins Installing security-updates through apt: 5mins Installing NVidia drivers: 10mins Installing add-on packages through apt: 10mins
Total: 1hr, 5mins
My experience with Windows is that a full setup (inluding Office and all regular software + drivers to take it somewhat close to the functionality of the linux setup) takes around 5-7 hours. The time taken to continually reboot the machine is included in this.
I know you can significantly shorten the windows time by "imaging" the system, but that's only really an option in a corporate environment (and you can script-install (kickstart) RH too).
The big time-saver comes later when keeping the system running requires no more than a regular apt-get update; apt-get upgrade. Doesn't require a reboot, lets me keep working while it does it.
P.S. calling a virus an occasional annoyance is unfathomable to me. Next time you find your computer DDOS'ing some corporation, having become a kiddie-porn ftp server and acting as an open spam relay while the virus is searching for any personal information, cached credit cards and the information about your friends and family, I'm sure you won't call it an annoyance. Be thankful that the last couple of viruses have been so merciful.
Isn't using a supercomputer that has hundreds of very hot processors to simulate climatic change going to directly cause a change in the climet be ejecting large quantities of hot air?
That would be a manifestation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, thereby making this the first commercial supercomputer to exhibit Quantum effects. I can read the headline now: "Linux runs Quantum supercomputers!"
I just got my iRiver iHP-120 last week, and I'm extremely impressed.
I'm very happy with Ogg Vorbis, and I wanted to buy the first good quality player that supported it. Well, iRiver, I must say you have outdone yourself. The iHP-120 is simply amazing:
Great sound quality. This player is one of the best sounding out there; very low distortion, flat frequency response, high signal-to-noise ratio and a good amplifier for enough output volume to drive more demanding (large) headphones.
Ogg Vorbis support
Optical, and line in and outputs. External Mic in. Built in microphone
Comes standard with clip-on microphone and Sennheiser earbuds.
Did I mention Ogg Vorbis support?;-)
Great battery life, about 15hrs
Upgradable firmware
A standard external USB2.0 20Gb drive, no special software required
OpenSource (3rd party) Linux version available of the software to create the indexed DB (not required)
FM radio
Remote control with backlit LCD display
I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture. Sorry, but the iPod doesn't even come close...
No, that doesn't quite cut it. You also need thw win32 codecs and the quicktime 6 codecs. Then install mplayerplug-in, restart mozilla and it's all done.
But I'm afraid you've missed the point of the posting. I was making an attempt, but apparently failing miserably, at being funny;-)
All the geeks like me won't be wasting their bandwidth 'cause we can't be bothered to get Quicktime codecs, recompile mplayer, get flamed by the mplayer groupies for running Red Hat, get an mplayer-mozilla plugin, etc, etc...
I use Netbeans over X all day because my desktop machine doesn't have enough oomph. There is a 100mhz connection between the two machines with nothing else on the link. It seems fast enough for me.
You have inadvertedly SOOOO proven the parent poster's point;-)
Non-US customers can ignore this post and might actually enjoy all the next generation gadgets. How is life in the 24th century?
Sweet, the GPRS coverage in The Netherlands is pretty close to 100%. Rates are available from approx 1.5 EURO per MB, which is still a tad high. Then again, for WAP, one MB goes a looooooong way.
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There is some info here about sound quality:
here
and here
These guys also seem to have a lot of info, but their site seems a little flaky right now.
There are some others players that have the above features, but the Rio Karma and iRiver iHP-1[02]0 are sorely lacking in this regard.
Or an iRiver iHP-120
* Ogg Vorbis support
* USB 2.0
* 20Gb
* Optical and analog inputs and outputs
* FM radio
* Microphone input
* Recognised as a standard USB Mass Storage Device on all regular OS'es
* Backlit remote control with LCD screen
* Upgradable firmware
* 15 Hr battery life (LiPolymer battery)
* Best audio quality on the market, and enough power to drive "larger" headphones.
If you ask me, the iPod sucks rocks compared to this little gadget.
That is sooo..... corny :-/
Hi,
I was going to reply to this and then forgot. My experience is pretty similar to the following post, but it gives a better outline of the windows install process.
here
About Red Hat, I don't install through apt. I install a bog-standard RH install and then install some add-on software and updates through apt. Not a hard thing to do, everything sets itself up automatically.
As Alan Cox once remarked after struggling with a Winmodem on Windows: Linux is not automatically harder or easier, it's just a different skillset. I know about apt, just like most Windows power-users know about WinZip (and how Classic mode is better than the Wizard interface). I've worked with computers way too long to have a user's view here, but since you post on slashdot, the same probably holds for you.
About the virus. I interpreted the post as the infection being the annoyance, you the virus that hasn't infected. I don't know what the original poster meant, but I know of many Windows users who are now so used to being infected by the latest virus that they consider it to be "a minor annoyance", not realising the havoc that can ensue.
Cheers!
It's not the (lack of) proximity of the keys, but the motor programs used that would cause the error here.
Anyway, it hardly qualifies as a spelling error if he/she got it right the line before, does it?
Those that "connot" spell: read slashdot.
Those that cannot tell the difference between a spelling mistake and a typo: become spelling nazi's on Slashdot apparently.
Life is more complicated than that. Regular binaries can be run as: /lib/ld-linux.so /noexeced_path/myprog
/lib/ld-linux.so in any way without harming the system?
Thanks, I didn't know that. Seems like a stupid security hole. Can you disable/restrict execution of
I must be getting dyslectic, after having read about the Swedish Student Party solving the 16th Hilbert Problem, now I was reading
"Dusty Disc Man Means Other Earths".
And I'm thinking, "How can they tell all that from a DiscMan? Way to go Sony!"
That's a silly reason for plugging DRM. Simply mount all user-writable space with option "noexec" and you have the same level of security.
The reason this isn't done more often, is that it's a bit of a hassle for the power users.
I just read that as
"Swedish Student Party Solves 16th Hilbert Problem"
And
Although I respect your opinion my experience is the exact opposite.
I am not counting download times, and your mileage may vary, but this it what a typical Linux install looks like for me (I have Linux-friendly hardware, so "getting it all working" is an unnecessary step, except for my quake3 and DVD/DivX addiction, which pretty much requires NVidia's drivers)
Install of RH9 including post-config: 35mins
Installing apt for RH: 5mins
Installing security-updates through apt: 5mins
Installing NVidia drivers: 10mins
Installing add-on packages through apt: 10mins
Total: 1hr, 5mins
My experience with Windows is that a full setup (inluding Office and all regular software + drivers to take it somewhat close to the functionality of the linux setup) takes around 5-7 hours. The time taken to continually reboot the machine is included in this.
I know you can significantly shorten the windows time by "imaging" the system, but that's only really an option in a corporate environment (and you can script-install (kickstart) RH too).
The big time-saver comes later when keeping the system running requires no more than a regular apt-get update; apt-get upgrade. Doesn't require a reboot, lets me keep working while it does it.
P.S. calling a virus an occasional annoyance is unfathomable to me. Next time you find your computer DDOS'ing some corporation, having become a kiddie-porn ftp server and acting as an open spam relay while the virus is searching for any personal information, cached credit cards and the information about your friends and family, I'm sure you won't call it an annoyance. Be thankful that the last couple of viruses have been so merciful.
That would be a manifestation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, thereby making this the first commercial supercomputer to exhibit Quantum effects. I can read the headline now: "Linux runs Quantum supercomputers!"
You actually *read* the article? Are you nuts??? Now no one on /. will take you seriously ever again. You freak!!!
I just got my iRiver iHP-120 last week, and I'm extremely impressed.
I'm very happy with Ogg Vorbis, and I wanted to buy the first good quality player that supported it. Well, iRiver, I must say you have outdone yourself. The iHP-120 is simply amazing:
I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture. Sorry, but the iPod doesn't even come close...
No, that doesn't quite cut it. You also need thw win32 codecs and the quicktime 6 codecs. Then install mplayerplug-in, restart mozilla and it's all done.
;-)
But I'm afraid you've missed the point of the posting. I was making an attempt, but apparently failing miserably, at being funny
All the geeks like me won't be wasting their bandwidth 'cause we can't be bothered to get Quicktime codecs, recompile mplayer, get flamed by the mplayer groupies for running Red Hat, get an mplayer-mozilla plugin, etc, etc...
As remarked above this is only for a 128 node test. If they keep it up at 80% for the full 2000+ nodes, it will be quite impressive.
Oh and we all know what happens when a Microsoft OS gets to run a navy battleship. I bet the Chinese are shaking in their boots now....
I use Netbeans over X all day because my desktop machine doesn't have enough oomph. There is a 100mhz connection between the two machines with nothing else on the link. It seems fast enough for me.
;-)
You have inadvertedly SOOOO proven the parent poster's point
Slashdotted already...
I'd say
CSS2 is your friend.
Creating <div>s with
position: absolute;
and
overflow: auto;
you can create any frame-style-layout without using frames (and much, much more).
How eloquently expressed...
Non-US customers can ignore this post and might actually enjoy all the next generation gadgets. How is life in the 24th century?
:)
Sweet, the GPRS coverage in The Netherlands is pretty close to 100%. Rates are available from approx 1.5 EURO per MB, which is still a tad high. Then again, for WAP, one MB goes a looooooong way.
See you on the other side
Quote from his diary
I'm just thinking how he'd react to "I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid you will have to stop using VPN". I sure wouldn't want to be the one making that call.