I received a package some time ago...They wrapped the components in multiple anti-static bags, put foam spacers underneath the air-tight assembly, inside of a regular cardboard box, and then injected expanding foam (much like the kind you can get at a home-supply shop, but softer, bouncier) info the underside of the box. The effect was that the part was completely enveloped in a foam crypt, and the expansion of the foam lifted the part off of the spacers placed at the bottom of the box. It has the added bonus of security, just incase you are paranoid about the feds (or whomever) peeking into your package, because to get the part out, you litterly have to tear off the foam.
I read the headline, and my heart leaped. Talk about stunned, as my first thought was OH SHIT, not again!?!?! I'm really glad it's not April, lest I be the fool.
Condolances to all invoved in the Challenger incident.
It may not be growing as quickly as x86, but it's happening. I got a VERY long time mac user to almost totally switch over to linux on ppc. (very strange, I might add)... linux + PPC may not be the best for the desktop, but the FP preformance of PPC is hard to beat..
This TINI device is intriguing... Do you have any pointers on where someone is running linux on these? Seems kinda like the uCLinux proect has been reborn into a different and [more] promising package..
It was called XENIX. Pretty nice for a unix ment to run on early pc's (286, 386). We have a plotter program at work that is still in use that runs on xenix. It's kinda fun to play with the old-school stuff.
Frankly, I'm amazed at how fast it rus compared to 2.2.18. Boots in < 2 seconds, uses less memory. Wow. Good Job guys. Now, I need ot get some USB stuff to play with:P Much better than the early test kernels. *drool*...
Actually, the application she was using was an old IrisGL thing that some nut at sgi wrote to visualize a filesystem in 3D. I think that is also ran primarily on the OLD Crimson line, as a demonstration (before the Indigo2 came out). The height of the 3D bars represented how much space a directory tree occupied, and children of the directory were accessible from the top of the directory 'bar'. I'd give the link, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
I'd really like to see good(and easy) open-source support for printers ala Windows - Mac. CUPS may do it some day, but if there is ever to be good market penetration for desktop *ix, such printer support is essential.
Not only that, but with the idea of MHz refresh on the display, it gives NVIDIA a great reason to push for those last few Hz... GeForce Ultra 2 Mega Monster Masher Plus XXXVIII, here we come!!!
This probably isn't much of a concern, aside from the ambient temperature of the thermosphere(~200 deg.F). She will reach terminal velocity of 1.5 mach, sure. But, this is due to the exact same forces that cause terminal velocity in the stratosphere. She will continually loose velocity, due to friction caused by constantly increacing atmospheric densities, and eventually reach 'normal' TV at around ~215 MPH.
BTW the Space Shuttle is going about mach 30 at this altitude during reentry. Quite a difference.
What the hell will happen when people start using cellphones, applying makeup, shaving, playing a flute, gettin' head, etc., whilst flying these nightmares, like people do in cars today?
Heh, gimme a cybernetic avatar, and I'll be content to conduct this "high-tech, game-like warfare" from right behind my computer (ala Qauke). My ping better be DAMN GOOD though.
I remember VR gloves used to be available for a pretty good penny back in the hayday of the SGI Onyx. Each finger had a potentiometer and servo. Any object that could be manipulated in real time on the screen could be manipulated by simply 'picking it up' with the VR gloves.
Anyone have more info on these things?
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I received a package some time ago...They wrapped the components in multiple anti-static bags, put foam spacers underneath the air-tight assembly, inside of a regular cardboard box, and then injected expanding foam (much like the kind you can get at a home-supply shop, but softer, bouncier) info the underside of the box. The effect was that the part was completely enveloped in a foam crypt, and the expansion of the foam lifted the part off of the spacers placed at the bottom of the box. It has the added bonus of security, just incase you are paranoid about the feds (or whomever) peeking into your package, because to get the part out, you litterly have to tear off the foam.
That would be funny to see at the superbowl...Found new monitor: Sony MEGATRON... Setting Hardware Resolution....
*BSOD* There has been an error at segemnt 0x0FFFF...If this error keeps occouring, please contact the vendor....
2 Hours later..
Sony: *Sony Tech Support, How mey we help you?*
NFL: Um... yeah, we have 70,000 rabid fans charging the feild...
if the device shocks you if you do something remarkably stupid...
Parents of Irish warriors-princes, and book store owners, I might guess.
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Ok, so it's a surname..whatever
I read the headline, and my heart leaped. Talk about stunned, as my first thought was OH SHIT, not again!?!?! I'm really glad it's not April, lest I be the fool.
Condolances to all invoved in the Challenger incident.
Especially the urine tract?
It may not be growing as quickly as x86, but it's happening. I got a VERY long time mac user to almost totally switch over to linux on ppc. (very strange, I might add)... linux + PPC may not be the best for the desktop, but the FP preformance of PPC is hard to beat..
hrmmm Alpha....drool
This TINI device is intriguing... Do you have any pointers on where someone is running linux on these? Seems kinda like the uCLinux proect has been reborn into a different and [more] promising package..
Oh, the possibilities..
It was called XENIX. Pretty nice for a unix ment to run on early pc's (286, 386). We have a plotter program at work that is still in use that runs on xenix. It's kinda fun to play with the old-school stuff.
Too bad compilers are soo hard to come by for it.
cmon' mod this guy up! This is funny. What else is a mac good for in the vacuum of space--loaded with MacOS?
USE LINUX PPC DAMNIT!
Frankly, I'm amazed at how fast it rus compared to 2.2.18. Boots in < 2 seconds, uses less memory. Wow. Good Job guys. Now, I need ot get some USB stuff to play with :P Much better than the early test kernels. *drool*...
Actually, the application she was using was an old IrisGL thing that some nut at sgi wrote to visualize a filesystem in 3D. I think that is also ran primarily on the OLD Crimson line, as a demonstration (before the Indigo2 came out). The height of the 3D bars represented how much space a directory tree occupied, and children of the directory were accessible from the top of the directory 'bar'. I'd give the link, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
I'd really like to see good(and easy) open-source support for printers ala Windows - Mac. CUPS may do it some day, but if there is ever to be good market penetration for desktop *ix, such printer support is essential.
"As the article points out, this effectively ends the monopoly the spy agencies had on this high-end imagery. "
Yeah, right... the military has had the ability to read the face of a watch from space for decades.
Not only that, but with the idea of MHz refresh on the display, it gives NVIDIA a great reason to push for those last few Hz... GeForce Ultra 2 Mega Monster Masher Plus XXXVIII, here we come!!!
Where I am, $60 for 2.5 Mbit is super cheap. I'd expect to pay ~$350-400 for the same service.
Three great reasons for a USer to go north:
1a.) Bush won.
1b.) Gore won.
2.) Dirt cheap net access.
Now to go practice saying 'eh!'...
This probably isn't much of a concern, aside from the ambient temperature of the thermosphere(~200 deg.F). She will reach terminal velocity of 1.5 mach, sure. But, this is due to the exact same forces that cause terminal velocity in the stratosphere. She will continually loose velocity, due to friction caused by constantly increacing atmospheric densities, and eventually reach 'normal' TV at around ~215 MPH.
BTW the Space Shuttle is going about mach 30 at this altitude during reentry. Quite a difference.
What the hell will happen when people start using cellphones, applying makeup, shaving, playing a flute, gettin' head, etc., whilst flying these nightmares, like people do in cars today?
Just a thought.
"You'll obey the laws of thermal dynamics in this house young lady!!" -Homer J.
Heh, gimme a cybernetic avatar, and I'll be content to conduct this "high-tech, game-like warfare" from right behind my computer (ala Qauke). My ping better be DAMN GOOD though.
I remember VR gloves used to be available for a pretty good penny back in the hayday of the SGI Onyx. Each finger had a potentiometer and servo. Any object that could be manipulated in real time on the screen could be manipulated by simply 'picking it up' with the VR gloves.
Anyone have more info on these things?