And yesterday i bought a mini-itx board to build my own Freevo box. But in the end i guess i will end up with a better mediahub i guess since my box can play mame games and I can record to HD. I would love to see the player in a small formfactor version since they really don't use much of the case...
"Next, all media on the machine is cataloged, and the full list is sent back to the RIAA headquarters."
Ok, if now i "would" have mp3s on a 10MBit network server then i "would" have recognized any strange cataloging events lately. Ever had giFT read all your files? this causes loads of traffic. I bet one would recongize if this would happen on my LAN.
I gave one to my sister on Xmas. Now she will complain and think i gave her my junk...argh! And the Display of the old GBA is really terrible...sad they didn't release this jit for xmas... I feel with you...
Basically it boils down to: Yes, if you want to play the latest 3D-Games you better get a new machine.
I don't see why this is bad? I personally dislike 3D Games since they all look alike. If you want you can still play great games with older Hardware, the whole simulation, build-up scene for instance. And most likely your system could even handle games such as DarkAge of Camelot or Everquest, wich are games with a focus on gameplay and not grafics. I agree, there are a lot of crappy games out there with really stunning grafic fx, but i don't care about them (anymore). I let my friends play them and when one diamond among them is found i consider wether it's worth the hardware upgrade. The last game i did this for was Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Had to upgrade for 20$ and get a TNT2 to play it at decent fps. Now i wonder what doom3 brings. Is it worth the upgrade to Radeon/GeForceFx? I don't know. Maybe I will keep waiting for WarhammerOnline until I upgrade. But someone will betatest for me and then i can still stick with my XentorTNT2/32MB and keep playing Anno1503 or DarkAges.
Please subscribe this to the Apache Wishlist. We want this on the featurelist. Like something in the config
IE-boost_on = true
just to make them swallow their own weapons. Once we dominate the server market...ugh? we do?? err forget about...honestly, this just plain sucks if it's true, i'm really upset...i don't know what to post.
Sorry, of course you can tell me not to get drunk and cheat on my wife. But maybe i like making mistakes from time to time since I'm a human being. I do NOT want to live under permanent observation. I used to, it was called childhood, and it sucked. I take this as my personal freedom, and yes i am willing to face the consequences but personally i don't like the fact that it is made that easy for self-righteous neighbours or people that want to mob me at work or for whatever reason are trying to spot any weakness i might be showing...comeon, you don't really want that too? Nobody's perfect.
How long until there are more pictures of us than in our whole life before? On my New years eve party there were three digicams this year taking approximately 500 Pictures together. That would make about 50 pics with my nose on it. I assume there have been about 1000 to 2000 pictures shot in my lifetime since 1976 (i mean those i agreed to take only). Let's make a quick guess: Given the fact that camhandies will take off later this year (after CeBIT) i assume that during this year there will be at least a middle of 100 pics being taken of me a month. That would make a rough guess of 1200pics a year. Good chance that next time around this year there will be more pics of me than in my whole life before.
With all the retro movement going on in the car business i wouldn't bet that the cars won't look a bit as in 5th element. Have a look at these: http://www.mini.com/ http://www.vw.com/ne wbeetle/ http://www.chrysler.com/pt_cruiser/?nav= image http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/index.as p?bhfv= 6&bhqs=1
That's very true. Another point i see is that they keep forgetting that people often think traditional. I live in a nice old building (about 100 years old) and I wouldn't install any screen wallpaper in it. The point is: Old things are nice too and people tend to keep it. Therefore sci-fi movies where EVERYTHING is new and stylish feel so unrealistic (StarTrek). Scenarios where new things are added to old, traditional stuff have a much more serious touch (such as bladerunner or maybe fifth element). but, we'll see...
I might fit in your first category even if I'm not developing software for professional use. I am in fact working as a sysadmin in a large organization and I would love to use this kind of stuff on our clients. The users wouldn't have to learn anything new and i could finally use my Unixskills in my working environment wich would make me much more productive. Wouldn't it be a dream to just open a terminal from my desktop, connect to the client and fix stuff while he could just keep working without even noticing that there was support going on? I personally would prefer this to searching the Knowledgebase over and over again? Sigh, but this will never happen because they (read management) just wouldn't believe us that it really works. If only i could get rid of MS-Exchange...that would be a start...but we're not allowed.
Yeah, youre right. They wanted Multimedia, the community gave it to them. They wanted more Officesuite, there are many good ones by now. Then they wanted an integrated Desktop. Hey, we got at least two. And now they complain about. Ok, let me say this: If you dont want to use Linux you dont have to. I personally belive that OS has come a long way in the last few years. And if its not suitable for someone they might as well stick with Windows.
If Microsoft would broadcast the NT source I bet a whole lot of weirdos would listen to it. Maybe it could be a new way of downloading software? Just use a speech recognition program on the other side and compile it. On the other hand, waiting 600 days for a download? Well, glad I got beyond that finally.
No, i don't see a practical use here...i stays stupid....argh!
One of the great things about Linux is that it will always be free. Who needs a RedHat ripoff Distribution anway? Use Slack or Deb and you'll be fine. At least Debian appears to be around forever since there is no company behind it. I must admit that i never really liked the mandrak approach of Linux anyway.
I think one of the bad moves wich cut down lifetime of Computers was to use mechanical components such as fans or Harddisks. I use a lot of old hardware and the parts that die are always the ones that moved. On the other hand i have to admit that using a fan to cool an uberfast CPU has some benefits giving the typical time of a 2-3years lifecycle on hardware.
Come on! How stupid do you think we are? They were planning on releasing a Linux Version. They chose a proprierty Windows Technologie for their Movies and Sound. I fail to see why in the first place. But telling us that there will be a delay because of this is stupid because they always knew they would have to look up something new for Linux...So what's causing the delay?...hmm..
...and faster...soon i might consider switching from Opera...i just upgraded from 1.0 to this build and it's really getting useable. It also starts wayyyy faster on my slackbox now. And since it's the only real, free alternative around (i don't count konqueror since i don't consider it a full featured browser although it's neat) i will give it another testdrive...
being a fanatic Star Trek and a great Star-Wars fan I must admit that the nciest setting i came across lately was the one of "Supertoys last all summer" wich was turned into a movie by Mr. Spielberg a few years ago. I love it because it looks kinda realistic with the melted polecaps and the few wealthy people. Although supertoys might not be just around the corner i really enjoyed the background.
Yea, and it doesnt look cool. It looks like someone put todays tech into an 80s series vision of the future. And can it be called a palm anymway?
Next time i buy a PDA it will play Mp3s and answer calls in my teeth, display right on my retina and take input via a projected keyboard. Until then ill stay with my atari portfolio...
I am using keyboards (as in Computers) for about 20 years now (26 years old, started with a c=64 typing listings blah, blah) and my fingers feel fine. I guess its mostly because i always chose a keyboard that felt comfortable even if it was a bit more expensive. I believe that there wont be a better interface than using a keyboard for the next 20 years so i try to keep my fingers alive til then. But i experienced a mousearm once. When i told my boss about it he got us some of those gyrotwister things and we use it like hell since its fun. And it helped to cure the mouse arm. I guess they wont work with your fingers but you could try one of the fingertrainers some guitarplayers use, but maybe it could make it even worse..not sure...good luck and get well soon...
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And yesterday i bought a mini-itx board to build my own Freevo box. But in the end i guess i will end up with a better mediahub i guess since my box can play mame games and I can record to HD. I would love to see the player in a small formfactor version since they really don't use much of the case...
cu,
Lispy
Divx != DivX;-)
she's cute and if she can type instead of me this works fine for me.
cu,
Lispy
"Next, all media on the machine is cataloged, and the full list is sent back to the RIAA headquarters."
Ok, if now i "would" have mp3s on a 10MBit network server then i "would" have recognized any strange cataloging events lately. Ever had giFT read all your files? this causes loads of traffic. I bet one would recongize if this would happen on my LAN.
I guess it's hoax.
cu,
Lispy
A watch?? That's lame...This Lady has got the real thing.
go back in the lab and build this...it's what consumers desire because it can do all this...
I gave one to my sister on Xmas. Now she will complain and think i gave her my junk...argh!
And the Display of the old GBA is really terrible...sad they didn't release this jit for xmas...
I feel with you...
cu,
Lispy
Basically it boils down to: Yes, if you want to play the latest 3D-Games you better get a new machine.
I don't see why this is bad? I personally dislike 3D Games since they all look alike. If you want you can still play great games with older Hardware, the whole simulation, build-up scene for instance. And most likely your system could even handle games such as DarkAge of Camelot or Everquest, wich are games with a focus on gameplay and not grafics. I agree, there are a lot of crappy games out there with really stunning grafic fx, but i don't care about them (anymore). I let my friends play them and when one diamond among them is found i consider wether it's worth the hardware upgrade. The last game i did this for was Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Had to upgrade for 20$ and get a TNT2 to play it at decent fps. Now i wonder what doom3 brings. Is it worth the upgrade to Radeon/GeForceFx? I don't know. Maybe I will keep waiting for WarhammerOnline until I upgrade. But someone will betatest for me and then i can still stick with my XentorTNT2/32MB and keep playing Anno1503 or DarkAges.
Please subscribe this to the Apache Wishlist. We want this on the featurelist. Like something in the config
IE-boost_on = true
just to make them swallow their own weapons. Once we dominate the server market...ugh? we do?? err forget about...honestly, this just plain sucks if it's true, i'm really upset...i don't know what to post.
Lispy
Sorry, of course you can tell me not to get drunk and cheat on my wife. But maybe i like making mistakes from time to time since I'm a human being. I do NOT want to live under permanent observation. I used to, it was called childhood, and it sucked. I take this as my personal freedom, and yes i am willing to face the consequences but personally i don't like the fact that it is made that easy for self-righteous neighbours or people that want to mob me at work or for whatever reason are trying to spot any weakness i might be showing...comeon, you don't really want that too? Nobody's perfect.
cu,
Lispy
How long until there are more pictures of us than in our whole life before? On my New years eve party there were three digicams this year taking approximately 500 Pictures together. That would make about 50 pics with my nose on it. I assume there have been about 1000 to 2000 pictures shot in my lifetime since 1976 (i mean those i agreed to take only). Let's make a quick guess: Given the fact that camhandies will take off later this year (after CeBIT) i assume that during this year there will be at least a middle of 100 pics being taken of me a month. That would make a rough guess of 1200pics a year. Good chance that next time around this year there will be more pics of me than in my whole life before.
Geez, one more reason to not leaving the house.
cu,
Lispy
With all the retro movement going on in the car business i wouldn't bet that the cars won't look a bit as in 5th element. Have a look at these:e wbeetle/= images p?bhfv= 6&bhqs=1
http://www.mini.com/
http://www.vw.com/n
http://www.chrysler.com/pt_cruiser/?nav
http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/index.a
cu,
Lispy
Well, they just couldn't stand to have lost the console war so they try it again and hope noone realizes they are confusing the words.
That's very true. Another point i see is that they keep forgetting that people often think traditional. I live in a nice old building (about 100 years old) and I wouldn't install any screen wallpaper in it. The point is: Old things are nice too and people tend to keep it. Therefore sci-fi movies where EVERYTHING is new and stylish feel so unrealistic (StarTrek). Scenarios where new things are added to old, traditional stuff have a much more serious touch (such as bladerunner or maybe fifth element).
but, we'll see...
cu,
Lispy
I might fit in your first category even if I'm not developing software for professional use. I am in fact working as a sysadmin in a large organization and I would love to use this kind of stuff on our clients. The users wouldn't have to learn anything new and i could finally use my Unixskills in my working environment wich would make me much more productive. Wouldn't it be a dream to just open a terminal from my desktop, connect to the client and fix stuff while he could just keep working without even noticing that there was support going on? I personally would prefer this to searching the Knowledgebase
over and over again? Sigh, but this will never happen because they (read management) just wouldn't believe us that it really works.
If only i could get rid of MS-Exchange...that would be a start...but we're not allowed.
Yeah, youre right. They wanted Multimedia, the community gave it to them. They wanted more Officesuite, there are many good ones by now. Then they wanted an integrated Desktop. Hey, we got at least two. And now they complain about. Ok, let me say this: If you dont want to use Linux you dont have to. I personally belive that OS has come a long way in the last few years. And if its not suitable for someone they might as well stick with Windows.
Merry xmas,
Lispy
If Microsoft would broadcast the NT source I bet a whole lot of weirdos would listen to it. Maybe it could be a new way of downloading software? Just use a speech recognition program on the other side and compile it. On the other hand, waiting 600 days for a download? Well, glad I got beyond that finally.
No, i don't see a practical use here...i stays stupid....argh!
cu,
Lispy
One of the great things about Linux is that it will always be free. Who needs a RedHat ripoff Distribution anway? Use Slack or Deb and you'll be fine. At least Debian appears to be around forever since there is no company behind it. I must admit that i never really liked the mandrak approach of Linux anyway.
I think one of the bad moves wich cut down lifetime of Computers was to use mechanical components such as fans or Harddisks. I use a lot of old hardware and the parts that die are always the ones that moved. On the other hand i have to admit that using a fan to cool an uberfast CPU has some benefits giving the typical time of a 2-3years lifecycle on hardware.
cu,
Lispy
Come on! How stupid do you think we are? They were planning on releasing a Linux Version. They chose a proprierty Windows Technologie for their Movies and Sound. I fail to see why in the first place. But telling us that there will be a delay because of this is stupid because they always knew they would have to look up something new for Linux...So what's causing the delay?...hmm..
cu,
Lispy
It runs my favorite MMORPG now and thats the end of my Win2k Partition.
...and faster...soon i might consider switching from Opera...i just upgraded from 1.0 to this build and it's really getting useable. It also starts wayyyy faster on my slackbox now. And since it's the only real, free alternative around (i don't count konqueror since i don't consider it a full featured browser although it's neat) i will give it another testdrive...
cu,
Lispy
being a fanatic Star Trek and a great Star-Wars fan I must admit that the nciest setting i came across lately was the one of "Supertoys last all summer" wich was turned into a movie by Mr. Spielberg a few years ago. I love it because it looks kinda realistic with the melted polecaps and the few wealthy people. Although supertoys might not be just around the corner i really enjoyed the background.
cu,
Lispy
We were promised A.I. cars and all we got was his lousy wrist watch...
cu,
Lispy
Yea, and it doesnt look cool. It looks like someone put todays tech into an 80s series vision of the future. And can it be called a palm anymway?
Next time i buy a PDA it will play Mp3s and answer calls in my teeth, display right on my retina and take input via a projected keyboard. Until then ill stay with my atari portfolio...
cu,
Lispy
I am using keyboards (as in Computers) for about 20 years now (26 years old, started with a c=64 typing listings blah, blah) and my fingers feel fine. I guess its mostly because i always chose a keyboard that felt comfortable even if it was a bit more expensive. I believe that there wont be a better interface than using a keyboard for the next 20 years so i try to keep my fingers alive til then. But i experienced a mousearm once. When i told my boss about it he got us some of those gyrotwister things and we use it like hell since its fun. And it helped to cure the mouse arm. I guess they wont work with your fingers but you could try one of the fingertrainers some guitarplayers use, but maybe it could make it even worse..not sure...good luck and get well soon...
take care,
Lispy