I agree. It hard to explain that "too good" good look. Sometimes, I swear I can even see colors inside AA white text. There are some AA fonts in KDE that make me feel like I supposed to be wearing glasses, I'm just not at the time.
This is nothing but good news. Even smallish changes like AA fonts help in the long run.
Previous posters are content on slamming it because KDE has been doing AA for some time, and Win95+Plus even longer. So Gnome should just give up? Would you rather have AA in Gnome or not? If the answer is yes, don't bitch about the timing. You got it, now shut up.
Personaly, I leave AA fonts in KDE turned off at work. For some reason it actually makes certain things harder to read (probably the monitor). And honestly, I've never been able to tell that much difference in Windows when it is on.
Of course I'd prefer if they'd just develop a better business model...
That's probably what they think they've done. And along with that better business model came a new licensing model. I'd have a hard time seeing any reason for 99.99% of the readers here to complain about this. How many of us are using GFS for commercial products? Very few I bet. Meaning our end of the stick is pretty much untouched.
The gripe seems to be that if you make money while employing GFS, why the hell should I give them any? Well what do you think they deserve. A firm handshake and some flowers? I say pay your respects.
Speaking from memory here, but I believe the partition has to be certain size to use ReiserFS because of the journal. I.E. - you couldn't have a 8meg ReiserFS partition.
This usually comes up with/boot partitions because they're usually small.
I still have a feeling you're missing some of the point. There no change in the free service. They haven't put up "bandwidth caps". The free service will keep on existing in it's current form. I imagine they'll just dedicate servers to paying customers, and keep the current structure for the free system.
As an example (since you seem to be a fan of Mandrake Update), say Mandrake added a new fee-based service in a similar fashion. Their current update construct would be untouched, however you have the option of paying for access to dedicated servers. You may be happy with the speeds you're getting off the free servers, but over time, as more users are connecting, it might be something to consider participating in.
Another point to consider is the demographic each is dealing with. Mandrake Update only works works with the Mandrake distro. So your max capacity can easily be drawn off the total number of Mandrake users. Ximian and Red Carpet, on the other hand, run on all (most if not all) distros. They've got Mandrake, Debian, Red Hat, SuSe, Turbo Linux, and all the other distros looking to them for services, so their max capacity has the potential to me much higher. That's probably why you will continue to see higher speeds on Mandrake Update servers, they are servicing a smaller group of people.
You could still make an arguement that: If you're running Mandrake Update, what's the reason to use Red Carpet? Because you will only receive updates when Mandrake makes them available. Again, this may be something plenty of people are comfortable with. But, if you'd like to branch out and have another point of access for updates, Red Carpet is a very nice tool.
Look, I'm not even trying to make a statement that Red Carpet is better then Mandrake Update. You should pick the tool that is right for you. It may even end up being neither of these. In fact, allthough I have before, I don't currently user either one. The issue is that more choices are being made available by Ximian. Show me the flaw in that?
It's so frustrating when people don't bother to read things through. Don't you think?
The new Red Carpet services are being added to the existing free service. Choosing to pay for Red Carpet Express ($9.95/month) basicly means you have access to more bandwidth to download your updates.
Interesting you mention Ghost in the shell. A lot of the same people worked on Blood as well. But I imagine you knew that, since you're being a good flamer and gathering all the relevant facts before complaining. By your choice of grammer though I have a feeling you didn't know that. That's OK, I didn't know either 'till I took the time to look into it. Try it sometime.
I do agree with you a bit though. CGI mixed into anime isn't close to new. And Ghost in the Shell is a great example of how it's done well. And (now that we all know) since these two projects came from some of the same people, you could see a similarity in style, to me especially in the ways characters were drawn. But the CGI was more of a headliner in Blood. It actually reminded me a lot of Blue Sub #6.
Again, I agree that it's nothing drastically new. Perhaps a lateral step, re-exploring familiar territory in a new way. But large changes rarely come about without the help of small steps for them to build on. So it makes it worth it to pay attention when something, even if it's only slightly different, shows up.
It wouldn't be fair if I didn't admit that I'm generally not a fan of vampire anime. But I am a fan of well used CGI. The CGI drew my interest into Blood, and I ended up enjoying it more then I would have thought. It might not be ground breaking material, but it was creative enough to pull my attention. If for no other reason, I give them points for that.
The last I heard of this in main stream media was in an issue of Popular Science. This is anywhere from 2-4 years ago. In the article the company rep said something like "Speed? We don't think of it in terms of speed." Basicly saying speed was a non-issue.
Not that I believe him, I'm just relaying what I vaguely remember. Hrmm... guess that might disqualify me for Informative(c).
You're on the right track, but not quite there. When you're about to make an online purchase (actually, it doesn't only apply to online purchasing), you first have VISA create a temporary number which is only valid for a single purchase. Once you've used it it doesn't matter who gets their hands on it.
If you sign up for a "smart card" you are supposed to be able obtain a desktop reader from your issueing bank (looks similar to the desktop compact flash readers) that plugs into the back of your PC. When you're making an online purchase you slide your card into the reader which authenticates you as the card holder.
I'm in a hurry or I'd throw up links. I just noticed this hadn't been explained yet. Ta Ta!
Check out this site. You could wrap your case in digital paper and do pretty much whatever you wanted. It's only black-n-white now, but color is in the works.
You know, at first glance I thought this was one wiseass reply to what seemed like an honest question. But the more I think about it, even as I write this, he's completely correct.
Computers are not easy. To do things correctly you have to be involved with the system(s). And being involved with the system(s) means knowing as much as possible regarding it's functionality proportionatly to how you plan to use it. This just means that if you're an average, everyday AIMer then you're responsible for knowing how those programs work. And if you are planning on running public servers, you're just as responsible for knowing how those programs work.
And that doesn't mean just knowing how to publish a web page. It means knowing how to secure your server, how to be a good netizen, and how to keep up when things change. To put it bluntly, if you aren't capable of these things you have little business running server applications.
The point is that if you're serious about going "public" on the net, or want to learn more about security there is no single place that can tell you how to do it right. The more resources you have the stronger you are. And I can think of no better way to find those resources then the god of all search engines.
People's response to this, like most other topics, allways seems to come from whatever deep rooted belief they think will come true, or want to come true. Not to mention the hundreds of comments that get posted about misspellings and typoes while they're all missing the point entirely.
The point of the article is to consider the progress being made in digital animation. You should know by now to never say never, especially if you're in the tech field. Why do you think that consumer graphics boards will never be able to produce something that looks as good as Final Fantasy:TSWI? Remember the old famous line "You'll never need more then 640k of RAM"? Yeah, I know, he never said it, but it proves the point. The box in front of me is stocked with 768M and it's been only what... 20 years? Go back and read this article. Then rethink it in terms of graphics technology. We're going to get, it's just a question of how long it will take.
If all you have to do all day is rant about spelling mistake and prove you are the master authority on FPS then that's fine with me. I'll be dreaming about the day I can get a graphics board that will put a real-time rendered Aki on my desktop doing aerobics.
I agree. I've had my i8k for a few months now and I wouldn't trade it for anything. 900MHz, 256 Ram, DVD, 8x CD-RW, *32M DDR Geforce2Go video*, beautiful screen. The internal NIC is an Intel which Linux picks up fine. The modem is an LT Winmodem. I've heard it will work but haven't spent the time with it.
I admit, it's not the cheapest (>$3,000), nor is it the lightest (>7lbs). But the IBM ThinkPad with the same ammount of toys was well over $4,000. I'd buy a ThinkPad if they were cheaper.
The patch is free. Think about it. We already know that Microsoft sucks, but charging for security patches would take them to a new plane of sucking.
Could you imagine if it was run that way? "Yeah, we'll fix our (already) buggy server for you (that we charged you through the nose for). But it's gonna' cost you more."
Then, if you want to swap the hard drive, you can turn off the computer and take the drives you want to swap, then don't forget to switch the master/slave jumpers too.
Last time I checked, CS (cable select) was still a valid option. Put both racks on the same IDE controller and just set your enclosed HDDs to CS. Then label the outer racks as master and slave.
Umm.. I think you meant the other way around. You'll have a lot better luck getting to a Windows partition from Linux then a Linux partition from Windows. Win2000 can recognize the partitions are there but can't read the data off them.
So what program are you using to read your Linux partitions from Windows?
I don't need to be typing this, I just feel like doing it. Before you cop an attitude, why don't you actually pay attention to what the subject is. These's aren't removables.
Ummm... Did you do any follow up to this or do you usually get 'very disappointed' with little effort? I read the review and noticed it didn't mention being able to access both at the same time, so on a whim I tried The Nicklock homepage for more info. At the bottom of one of the pages it says that accessing both drives is possible.
The information is out there. Don't get disappointed because you have to look for it.
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I agree. It hard to explain that "too good" good look. Sometimes, I swear I can even see colors inside AA white text. There are some AA fonts in KDE that make me feel like I supposed to be wearing glasses, I'm just not at the time.
This is nothing but good news. Even smallish changes like AA fonts help in the long run.
Previous posters are content on slamming it because KDE has been doing AA for some time, and Win95+Plus even longer. So Gnome should just give up? Would you rather have AA in Gnome or not? If the answer is yes, don't bitch about the timing. You got it, now shut up.
Personaly, I leave AA fonts in KDE turned off at work. For some reason it actually makes certain things harder to read (probably the monitor). And honestly, I've never been able to tell that much difference in Windows when it is on.
I fail to see what there is to complain about.
Of course I'd prefer if they'd just develop a better business model...
That's probably what they think they've done. And along with that better business model came a new licensing model. I'd have a hard time seeing any reason for 99.99% of the readers here to complain about this. How many of us are using GFS for commercial products? Very few I bet. Meaning our end of the stick is pretty much untouched.
The gripe seems to be that if you make money while employing GFS, why the hell should I give them any? Well what do you think they deserve. A firm handshake and some flowers? I say pay your respects.
Actually, if there was ever such thing as "cold" syncing, this would be a good use for it.
Speaking from memory here, but I believe the partition has to be certain size to use ReiserFS because of the journal. I.E. - you couldn't have a 8meg ReiserFS partition.
/boot partitions because they're usually small.
This usually comes up with
I still have a feeling you're missing some of the point. There no change in the free service. They haven't put up "bandwidth caps". The free service will keep on existing in it's current form. I imagine they'll just dedicate servers to paying customers, and keep the current structure for the free system.
As an example (since you seem to be a fan of Mandrake Update), say Mandrake added a new fee-based service in a similar fashion. Their current update construct would be untouched, however you have the option of paying for access to dedicated servers. You may be happy with the speeds you're getting off the free servers, but over time, as more users are connecting, it might be something to consider participating in.
Another point to consider is the demographic each is dealing with. Mandrake Update only works works with the Mandrake distro. So your max capacity can easily be drawn off the total number of Mandrake users. Ximian and Red Carpet, on the other hand, run on all (most if not all) distros. They've got Mandrake, Debian, Red Hat, SuSe, Turbo Linux, and all the other distros looking to them for services, so their max capacity has the potential to me much higher. That's probably why you will continue to see higher speeds on Mandrake Update servers, they are servicing a smaller group of people.
You could still make an arguement that: If you're running Mandrake Update, what's the reason to use Red Carpet? Because you will only receive updates when Mandrake makes them available. Again, this may be something plenty of people are comfortable with. But, if you'd like to branch out and have another point of access for updates, Red Carpet is a very nice tool.
Look, I'm not even trying to make a statement that Red Carpet is better then Mandrake Update. You should pick the tool that is right for you. It may even end up being neither of these. In fact, allthough I have before, I don't currently user either one. The issue is that more choices are being made available by Ximian. Show me the flaw in that?
It's so frustrating when people don't bother to read things through. Don't you think?
The new Red Carpet services are being added to the existing free service. Choosing to pay for Red Carpet Express ($9.95/month) basicly means you have access to more bandwidth to download your updates.
Interesting you mention Ghost in the shell. A lot of the same people worked on Blood as well. But I imagine you knew that, since you're being a good flamer and gathering all the relevant facts before complaining. By your choice of grammer though I have a feeling you didn't know that. That's OK, I didn't know either 'till I took the time to look into it. Try it sometime.
I do agree with you a bit though. CGI mixed into anime isn't close to new. And Ghost in the Shell is a great example of how it's done well. And (now that we all know) since these two projects came from some of the same people, you could see a similarity in style, to me especially in the ways characters were drawn. But the CGI was more of a headliner in Blood. It actually reminded me a lot of Blue Sub #6.
Again, I agree that it's nothing drastically new. Perhaps a lateral step, re-exploring familiar territory in a new way. But large changes rarely come about without the help of small steps for them to build on. So it makes it worth it to pay attention when something, even if it's only slightly different, shows up.
It wouldn't be fair if I didn't admit that I'm generally not a fan of vampire anime. But I am a fan of well used CGI. The CGI drew my interest into Blood, and I ended up enjoying it more then I would have thought. It might not be ground breaking material, but it was creative enough to pull my attention. If for no other reason, I give them points for that.
How long do we have to put up with this crap?
The last I heard of this in main stream media was in an issue of Popular Science. This is anywhere from 2-4 years ago. In the article the company rep said something like "Speed? We don't think of it in terms of speed." Basicly saying speed was a non-issue.
Not that I believe him, I'm just relaying what I vaguely remember. Hrmm... guess that might disqualify me for Informative(c).
You're on the right track, but not quite there. When you're about to make an online purchase (actually, it doesn't only apply to online purchasing), you first have VISA create a temporary number which is only valid for a single purchase. Once you've used it it doesn't matter who gets their hands on it.
If you sign up for a "smart card" you are supposed to be able obtain a desktop reader from your issueing bank (looks similar to the desktop compact flash readers) that plugs into the back of your PC. When you're making an online purchase you slide your card into the reader which authenticates you as the card holder.
I'm in a hurry or I'd throw up links. I just noticed this hadn't been explained yet. Ta Ta!
I know this is off topic but, looks like if /. is going to keep AC around they need to start IP logging
If you've got the cash I assume it could be done.
Check out this site. You could wrap your case in digital paper and do pretty much whatever you wanted. It's only black-n-white now, but color is in the works.
You know, at first glance I thought this was one wiseass reply to what seemed like an honest question. But the more I think about it, even as I write this, he's completely correct.
Computers are not easy. To do things correctly you have to be involved with the system(s). And being involved with the system(s) means knowing as much as possible regarding it's functionality proportionatly to how you plan to use it. This just means that if you're an average, everyday AIMer then you're responsible for knowing how those programs work. And if you are planning on running public servers, you're just as responsible for knowing how those programs work.
And that doesn't mean just knowing how to publish a web page. It means knowing how to secure your server, how to be a good netizen, and how to keep up when things change. To put it bluntly, if you aren't capable of these things you have little business running server applications.
The point is that if you're serious about going "public" on the net, or want to learn more about security there is no single place that can tell you how to do it right. The more resources you have the stronger you are. And I can think of no better way to find those resources then the god of all search engines.
Mod this guy up. He's right.
People's response to this, like most other topics, allways seems to come from whatever deep rooted belief they think will come true, or want to come true. Not to mention the hundreds of comments that get posted about misspellings and typoes while they're all missing the point entirely.
The point of the article is to consider the progress being made in digital animation. You should know by now to never say never, especially if you're in the tech field. Why do you think that consumer graphics boards will never be able to produce something that looks as good as Final Fantasy:TSWI? Remember the old famous line "You'll never need more then 640k of RAM"? Yeah, I know, he never said it, but it proves the point. The box in front of me is stocked with 768M and it's been only what... 20 years? Go back and read this article. Then rethink it in terms of graphics technology. We're going to get, it's just a question of how long it will take.
If all you have to do all day is rant about spelling mistake and prove you are the master authority on FPS then that's fine with me. I'll be dreaming about the day I can get a graphics board that will put a real-time rendered Aki on my desktop doing aerobics.
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Happy birthday to you..
Happy birthday to you..
Happy birthday dear Linux!
Happy birthday to you.
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Lighten up. He only said "2k". Maybe he's running server.
Having said that, he probably is running Win2k Pro ans is a fucking moron.
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I agree. I've had my i8k for a few months now and I wouldn't trade it for anything. 900MHz, 256 Ram, DVD, 8x CD-RW, *32M DDR Geforce2Go video*, beautiful screen. The internal NIC is an Intel which Linux picks up fine. The modem is an LT Winmodem. I've heard it will work but haven't spent the time with it.
I admit, it's not the cheapest (>$3,000), nor is it the lightest (>7lbs). But the IBM ThinkPad with the same ammount of toys was well over $4,000. I'd buy a ThinkPad if they were cheaper.
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The patch is free. Think about it. We already know that Microsoft sucks, but charging for security patches would take them to a new plane of sucking.
Could you imagine if it was run that way? "Yeah, we'll fix our (already) buggy server for you (that we charged you through the nose for). But it's gonna' cost you more."
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Then, if you want to swap the hard drive, you can turn off the computer and take the drives you want to swap, then don't forget to switch the master/slave jumpers too.
Last time I checked, CS (cable select) was still a valid option. Put both racks on the same IDE controller and just set your enclosed HDDs to CS. Then label the outer racks as master and slave.
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Umm.. I think you meant the other way around. You'll have a lot better luck getting to a Windows partition from Linux then a Linux partition from Windows. Win2000 can recognize the partitions are there but can't read the data off them.
So what program are you using to read your Linux partitions from Windows?
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I don't need to be typing this, I just feel like doing it. Before you cop an attitude, why don't you actually pay attention to what the subject is. These's aren't removables.
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Ummm... Did you do any follow up to this or do you usually get 'very disappointed' with little effort? I read the review and noticed it didn't mention being able to access both at the same time, so on a whim I tried The Nicklock homepage for more info. At the bottom of one of the pages it says that accessing both drives is possible.
The information is out there. Don't get disappointed because you have to look for it.
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