Garbage as immensely improved the UI, as has DI (the guys who make the Neuros).
The latest firmware has the 'Play Queue' - you can add songs to this on the fly, without interrupting playback. It is lost when you shut down the player, though.
And yes, this works on the Gen-1 devices (I have one, too)
The problem, I believe, is space in the CPU's memory for the codecs. The thing has 64k (yes, k) of memory for running the firmware and decoding audio. Multiple codecs have to be loaded into the chip on a per-song basis.
Also, I don't know what FLAC would do to the battery life. Since the data rate is so high (compared to a lossy format) you'll be running the disk A LOT more.
Why does the password need to be 'stored' anyway? Isn't that kinda the point?
Is this some sort of 'encrypted session key' thing where one long, secure password decrypts another shorted one that's used to do the dirty work? Is it stored for key recovery by tech support droids?
Why store the password? Is this just the worst implementation in the whole world or am I missing something?
I remember cramming SuSE 5.3 on a 386 with 4MB of RAM (No, I'm not kidding).
I totally agree with the poster about GNOME/KDE, though. I haven't run KDE since the 1.x versions. I currently use blackbox and I've found it to be very lightweight and, most importantly, it doesn't get in my way. It manages my windows - that's it!
I've tried XFCE, fvwm, windowmaker and many many more. I've settled on BB for now.
Sure seems like I should be getting more bang for my CPU buck though. What's been taking up all the space in software these days?
An ancient program to manage the X cutbuffs. Just switch to a different buffer. I think you can have up to 8 with xcb. Adds a click to select the cutbuff, but having 8 clipboards is nice.:)
Oh - there is definetly a partnership going on to the mutual benefit of both the Univ. and the vendor. But I know it costs the school money to have that PC shop on-site; the school isn't making money off of it.
What they are doing is saving money by reducing the cost of support contracts for both students and labs. Maybe some uber-school with awesome contacts may swing a deal to get a piece of every computer students buy, but certainly not VT.
When students have their own computers, schools can reduce the number of labs they have to maintain. Once VT required ALL incoming freshmen to have a computer, they eliminated all the labs in the dorms and many of the labs in the non-engineering and non-CompSci buildings. That's a HUGE cost reduction for the school.
When students' PCs are not working they go to labs. So - keeping students' PCs working saves the school money since they can keep the labs small.
Actually, (hate to burst your conspiracy theory) this is probably a support issue rather than a kickback or other nefarious scheme.
I worked campus tech support at Virginia Tech. VT's engineering school recommended IBM machines (and back then this was reasonable) and there was a very good reason for it: we had an IBM shop on-site. You could get SAME DAY repair on your IBM if anything went wrong. You just carted it down to the EE shop, filled out a form and check back that afternoon - usually it was fixed.
Same for the math department - they used Apples and had an apple shop in the lab. If something broke in the lab, I just unplugged it and carted it upstairs. No shipping, no carriers to damage the equipment further, no waiting. Just leave it by the door with a sticky note.
Oh - and bulk discounts are always nice for the students. Pre-order your machine and save $$$!
For the record, though, I didn't buy an IBM when I enrolled. I build my own.:)
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I should also clarify that samba-3 can join as a Win2K member server and not just a legacy NT-4 server. The difference is in how you join the samba server to the domain.
Use 'net ads join' to join as a Win2K member. If you use the older 'net rpc join' command, you're just doing NT-4 domain membership. Chapter 9 in the book covers Active Directory interoperation. The interoperability code is in Samba, not Kerberos.
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The most recent Samba-3 code now supports 'schannel' and "digital sign'n'seal" for joining an active directory domain. It cannot act as an ADS domain controller - only a member server
Rev: Media - $60 for 35GB (uncompr) = $1.70/GB Drives - $400 (external) Speed - 25MB/s (uncompr)
So, for $.30/GB plus >$600 initial investment saved you pay the price of basically no interchange compatibility (nobody else has one yet).
Seems like it actually might make sense. I know we struggled with increasing backup demands a lot where I used to work (web host/ISP). Tape was killing us, so we switched to hot-swap disk drives. At 10x8x.8 cm this sure save me some shelf space in my backup vault.
I, too, am a proud owner of both FreeBSD and Windows versions of Testmaker and a previous user of Applix.
I find that, while it's a great package - don't get me wrong - I like having a small, fast, lightweight word processor to use when I just wanna edit/view a word doc or type something real quick. On my somewhat older machines, I really have to need some specific feature before I'm ready to devote the full 3 minutes to loading OO.
I used to keep AbiWord around for the same reason, but lately I've found that it's just not working right or reading.doc files as well as it used to. Anybody else noticing the same thing?
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You need to run the latest Open-Source firmware.
Garbage as immensely improved the UI, as has DI (the guys who make the Neuros).
The latest firmware has the 'Play Queue' - you can add songs to this on the fly, without interrupting playback. It is lost when you shut down the player, though.
And yes, this works on the Gen-1 devices (I have one, too)
Ah - then we need to tell them to change that page. It's nice to have the CEO's email address and know he reads the mailing lists. :)
See www.cool4u2view.com - he sells outside the States.
It's also sold in plenty of other places that will sell outside the US.
I've NEVER hooked my Neuros up to a Windows machine.
I use a sync program called NDBM (neurosdbm.sourceforge.net). It's written in Java and runs perfectly on Linux.
There are other Sync managers, too, if you refuse to install Java. Sorune (http://www.sorune.tk/) is written in Perl-Tk.
Somebody has put up a bounty for Tetris on the Neuros. Good luck, though. :)
v ie w/Main/TetrisContest
http://neuros-firmware.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/
It supports WAV already.
Somebody is working on FLAC, too, I think. Not sure who, at the moment, though.
The problem, I believe, is space in the CPU's memory for the codecs. The thing has 64k (yes, k) of memory for running the firmware and decoding audio. Multiple codecs have to be loaded into the chip on a per-song basis.
Also, I don't know what FLAC would do to the battery life. Since the data rate is so high (compared to a lossy format) you'll be running the disk A LOT more.
It can currently play Ogg, mp3, wma (non-DRM), and wav.
People are also working on other alternative codecs, including FLAC, musepac and a few others I've heard talk about in IRC.
Now we really will have to pull out our teeth so they can't find us. *sigh*
Why does the password need to be 'stored' anyway? Isn't that kinda the point?
Is this some sort of 'encrypted session key' thing where one long, secure password decrypts another shorted one that's used to do the dirty work? Is it stored for key recovery by tech support droids?
Why store the password? Is this just the worst implementation in the whole world or am I missing something?
Yes - it should be taught....with
The Typing of the Dead!
As stupid as it sounds - this game is SO cool. And it showed my how badly I really can't type.
We made them affordable to the average household.
Switch to The Far Side - their desk calendars are much bigger and can accommodate many more notes. *grin*
Central Point, actually. MS re-packaged a lot of Central Point's software - from PCTools 8 or 9 I think.
I remember cramming SuSE 5.3 on a 386 with 4MB of RAM (No, I'm not kidding).
I totally agree with the poster about GNOME/KDE, though. I haven't run KDE since the 1.x versions. I currently use blackbox and I've found it to be very lightweight and, most importantly, it doesn't get in my way. It manages my windows - that's it!
I've tried XFCE, fvwm, windowmaker and many many more. I've settled on BB for now.
Sure seems like I should be getting more bang for my CPU buck though. What's been taking up all the space in software these days?
Compact flash cards do internal wear-levelling. That is, it spreads the writes around for you to avoid burning out a single erase block.
An ancient program to manage the X cutbuffs. Just switch to a different buffer. I think you can have up to 8 with xcb. Adds a click to select the cutbuff, but having 8 clipboards is nice. :)
What they are doing is saving money by reducing the cost of support contracts for both students and labs. Maybe some uber-school with awesome contacts may swing a deal to get a piece of every computer students buy, but certainly not VT.
When students have their own computers, schools can reduce the number of labs they have to maintain. Once VT required ALL incoming freshmen to have a computer, they eliminated all the labs in the dorms and many of the labs in the non-engineering and non-CompSci buildings. That's a HUGE cost reduction for the school.
When students' PCs are not working they go to labs. So - keeping students' PCs working saves the school money since they can keep the labs small.
I worked campus tech support at Virginia Tech. VT's engineering school recommended IBM machines (and back then this was reasonable) and there was a very good reason for it: we had an IBM shop on-site. You could get SAME DAY repair on your IBM if anything went wrong. You just carted it down to the EE shop, filled out a form and check back that afternoon - usually it was fixed.
Same for the math department - they used Apples and had an apple shop in the lab. If something broke in the lab, I just unplugged it and carted it upstairs. No shipping, no carriers to damage the equipment further, no waiting. Just leave it by the door with a sticky note.
Oh - and bulk discounts are always nice for the students. Pre-order your machine and save $$$!
For the record, though, I didn't buy an IBM when I enrolled. I build my own. :)
I should also clarify that samba-3 can join as a Win2K member server and not just a legacy NT-4 server. The difference is in how you join the samba server to the domain.
Use 'net ads join' to join as a Win2K member. If you use the older 'net rpc join' command, you're just doing NT-4 domain membership. Chapter 9 in the book covers Active Directory interoperation. The interoperability code is in Samba, not Kerberos.
The most recent Samba-3 code now supports 'schannel' and "digital sign'n'seal" for joining an active directory domain. It cannot act as an ADS domain controller - only a member server
Thanks - I've been out of the tape loop (no pun intended) for a while now.
/me drools
Terabyte per tape.....
AIT:
Tapes - $50 for 25GB (uncompr) = $2.00/GB
Drives - > $1000
Speed - 12MB/s (uncompr)
Rev:
Media - $60 for 35GB (uncompr) = $1.70/GB
Drives - $400 (external)
Speed - 25MB/s (uncompr)
So, for $.30/GB plus >$600 initial investment saved you pay the price of basically no interchange compatibility (nobody else has one yet).
Seems like it actually might make sense. I know we struggled with increasing backup demands a lot where I used to work (web host/ISP). Tape was killing us, so we switched to hot-swap disk drives. At 10x8x.8 cm this sure save me some shelf space in my backup vault.
Here - here!
.doc files as well as it used to. Anybody else noticing the same thing?
I, too, am a proud owner of both FreeBSD and Windows versions of Testmaker and a previous user of Applix.
I find that, while it's a great package - don't get me wrong - I like having a small, fast, lightweight word processor to use when I just wanna edit/view a word doc or type something real quick. On my somewhat older machines, I really have to need some specific feature before I'm ready to devote the full 3 minutes to loading OO.
I used to keep AbiWord around for the same reason, but lately I've found that it's just not working right or reading
Actually, they've already used a monkey for "Managing the Windows NT Registry".
:)
No - I'm not joking either.