I was just thinking the same thing. How about Breathing - How do you do it? "I've spent all of my life just inflating and deflating my lungs (due to my being an aerobic vertebrate) etc... Have any Slashdotters found a better way trala trala....
...but what we really want is:
Brief (yes, the console one - we can make it - what 160x100 on a big enough desktop - much faster) without none of that nancy GUI crud.
That works on NT/W2k
The last incarnation of Brief seemed to not like Win32 environs newer than 3.51 (IIRC) Who's got the source for it nowadays? Where's Underware when we need them?
I'm currently using a A21p (850 PIII) as my main machine. I've had it since March '01 with no probs. Reason: 1600x1200? You cannot really argue with that. Also, these IBM's have video in too! (Tosh's don't by default (I've just checked))
The previous one was a 770z (March '99? I think I get a new one every 2 years. That had a 300 PII I think), which at the time had the highest resolution (1280x1024) and that's still going strong on someones desk (the battery's dead by now).
Previous to that, it was a Tosh' Tecra something-or-other 166 (Nov '98) which is still running as a router somewhere in the organisation. (how's about that for reuse then:)
Unfortunately, there isn't anything with a higher resolution of 1k6 x 1k2 yet (prove me wrong) but I'd get it as soon as it came out.
Other collegues typically have Vaios (crap video cards (CStrike-wise)) and Dells (the little Inspiron 2650's ok, but too small).
& the one I've got my eye on is the A31p but I'll wait for the 2 or 2.1 Ghz P4 (Q1 '03 roll-out, methinks) + it'll take the Ultraport camera I got for the last one too!
After saying all that bollocks, I think that if this is your first laptop, the main things to ask yourself is:
"How long's the warranty? (Y'know you'll drop it more often/earlier if it's shorter)"
"Trackpoint or scratch&sniff?"
"Will it scale up my display on the LCD if I drop the resolution (IOW: play CS) , or does it only show up the middle 30% of the screen?"
"Can I carry it easily? (e.g. I don't feel like a dickwad with a 3kg 'top in a rucksack, or am I a neo-PHB who looks cools with a teeny briefcase)?"
"Will it run Linux/BSD/OS-of-choice?"
I'll shut up now & get on with.... XOR EAX,EAX PUSH EAX RET . . ;lame I know...
err... NTFS does this (i.e. compressed files) - I can get a 4Gb sybase DB seg' (OK, so it isn't full yet) into 2Gb of physical space. & yes, it's slower.
..no doubt with 50/75Gb?? Is it very heavy? Problem is I cannot stand those scratchpad mice. I thought/hope dhinds pcmcia module does 3com FE575 (I hope so - I've got 2.2.2 on the 770 (I know, too busy to get updated at the mo) + all say IBM Etherjet is a nogo for linux (which I've got) but the Xircom REM56G-100 i've got lying in front of me would work, but NT hangs on it (could only spend under.5 hr, prob a irq clash) + I've got about 10 ex-dell FE575's lying around elsewhere that I neeeed to get linux running).
Sorry. Going off topic. What's important is (like someone said earlier) density/res - width is no big deal.
What do you do then? I must must must have/need lots of desktop real estate - have you tried to debug 2/3 GUI/Graphics apps at the same time on the same pc? I remember early-mid '90s working at 1600x1200 through at 14" via a Diamond Viper - bliss!. Now my main kit is a Thinkpad 700x - 15"@1280x1024 + external 1600x1200 (Int. thou' - what are you playing at IBM?) Now do I want an Inspiron 7500 or what???... (before you ask, yes I wear glasses, but not cos of this - In fact my sight has stablised.)
Slashdot Mirror
Are you serious? Have you seen her recently?
Add:
0. Build a time machine, Go back in time, & get her when she first started hosting the show.
...what they do in SOVIET RUSSIA.
Let's try posting "Strange Matter of Quarkocity gives striking evidence on Earth" (I bet it'll get in again).
ner ner ne ner ner - I've got a gig in mine.
I was just thinking the same thing.
How about Breathing - How do you do it? "I've spent all of my life just inflating and deflating my lungs (due to my being an aerobic vertebrate) etc... Have any Slashdotters found a better way trala trala....
Where? When? Still? ....then I'll port Linux to it & make a Beowolf cluster....
Had to do it, sry
...but what we really want is:
Brief (yes, the console one - we can make it - what 160x100 on a big enough desktop - much faster) without none of that nancy GUI crud.
That works on NT/W2k
The last incarnation of Brief seemed to not like Win32 environs newer than 3.51 (IIRC)
Who's got the source for it nowadays? Where's Underware when we need them?
Durr!
for the H/W! (ffs. I do have other things to do besides making helpful suggestions)
http://www.allthingsspiny.co.uk/pcthermometer.html for one
Actually, The fastest is 1Mb up/256Kb down - via NTL (cable).
But - IIRC - it's actually 1000kb up.
Their 512/128 offering is really 600/128 though.
you get what you pay for.
Honest.
I'm currently using a A21p (850 PIII) as my main machine. I've had it since March '01 with no probs.
:)
Reason: 1600x1200? You cannot really argue with that.
Also, these IBM's have video in too! (Tosh's don't by default (I've just checked))
The previous one was a 770z (March '99? I think I get a new one every 2 years. That had a 300 PII I think), which at the time had the highest resolution (1280x1024) and that's still going strong on someones desk (the battery's dead by now).
Previous to that, it was a Tosh' Tecra something-or-other 166 (Nov '98) which is still running as a router somewhere in the organisation. (how's about that for reuse then
Unfortunately, there isn't anything with a higher resolution of 1k6 x 1k2 yet (prove me wrong) but I'd get it as soon as it came out.
Other collegues typically have Vaios (crap video cards (CStrike-wise)) and Dells (the little Inspiron 2650's ok, but too small).
& the one I've got my eye on is the A31p but I'll wait for the 2 or 2.1 Ghz P4 (Q1 '03 roll-out, methinks) + it'll take the Ultraport camera I got for the last one too!
After saying all that bollocks, I think that if this is your first laptop, the main things to ask yourself is:
"How long's the warranty? (Y'know you'll drop it more often/earlier if it's shorter)"
"Trackpoint or scratch&sniff?"
"Will it scale up my display on the LCD if I drop the resolution (IOW: play CS) , or does it only show up the middle 30% of the screen?"
"Can I carry it easily? (e.g. I don't feel like a dickwad with a 3kg 'top in a rucksack, or am I a neo-PHB who looks cools with a teeny briefcase)?"
"Will it run Linux/BSD/OS-of-choice?"
I'll shut up now & get on with....
XOR EAX,EAX
PUSH EAX
RET
.
.
;lame I know...
Oh. Hardware compression. :) )
You should have said it louder (too much Sven Coop till too late
err... NTFS does this (i.e. compressed files) - I can get a 4Gb sybase DB seg' (OK, so it isn't full yet) into 2Gb of physical space.
& yes, it's slower.
...you drop/kill one of these 120Tb drives?
Surely we want more effort into making them bulletproof. (+ it's only just one spindle).
Skills dont kick in, they are taught
Not taught. Learned.
..no doubt with 50/75Gb?? .5 hr, prob a irq clash) + I've got about 10 ex-dell FE575's lying around elsewhere that I neeeed to get linux running).
Is it very heavy?
Problem is I cannot stand those scratchpad mice.
I thought/hope dhinds pcmcia module does 3com FE575 (I hope so - I've got 2.2.2 on the 770 (I know, too busy to get updated at the mo) + all say IBM Etherjet is a nogo for linux (which I've got) but the Xircom REM56G-100 i've got lying in front of me would work, but NT hangs on it (could only spend under
Sorry. Going off topic.
What's important is (like someone said earlier) density/res - width is no big deal.
What do you do then? I must must must have/need lots of desktop real estate - have you tried to debug 2/3 GUI/Graphics apps at the same time on the same pc? I remember early-mid '90s working at 1600x1200 through at 14" via a Diamond Viper - bliss!. Now my main kit is a Thinkpad 700x - 15"@1280x1024 + external 1600x1200 (Int. thou' - what are you playing at IBM?) Now do I want an Inspiron 7500 or what???... (before you ask, yes I wear glasses, but not cos of this - In fact my sight has stablised.)