I remember when I was reading slashdot before the elections and the microsoft point was brought, everybody seemed to agree that if bush was elected, he would jump in and stop this... so this isn't a surprise...
The sad part is now you can see how the American Gov is above plain basic justice...
Final writer on my amiga (I know softwood published a windows version but unfortunately their page seems dead), did everything I needed for 98% of the Word processing I need.
Star office should swallow every bit of technology it can, and be more stable, it would surely gain market share.
I can't beleive that people drool over powerpoint, Scala does such a better job for presentation... oh well.
If they would have payed for the new spectrum, My guess is they would have had an argument for auctionning the rest, but since they've got it for free, they've "saved" that extra investment (or tax), plus, knowing that in the end, it won't be a reason to lower the cost of the products they will sell using that spectrum, I'd say, leave the lower almost unused spectrum a bit more open for developpement for projects or org. that couldn't afford to pay a tax/license right for it (i.e. local or + wireless community internet access, school research projects).
It's a bit like computers, it's not because a workstation is old and not useful for rendering in your graphics/video editing company, that it cannot do a nice web server (or anything else requiring less power) in an non-profit organisation.
This is really nuts!, I think he should avoid confrontation since he has no money, give them the domain, and when everything is transfered, we post a new slashdot story and tell them how we feel about it, while giving them a nice slashdot effect.
This is democratic, mature, LEGAL and will surely piss them off, especially if everyone takes the time to write their concerns about their actions.
I can't beleive they went after a.ORG... ORG!!!! with lawyers like that... how low can you go..
In my world, inside my head, I thought 90% cutoff was a good thing because I was sure they talked about filtering useless spam in the newsgroups, I've rolled on the floor with joy like stimpy in an episode which I don't remember...
Then someone outside my world came in and explained to me that the 90% figure was in VOLUME not in # of posts... everything around me turned to grey, as I understood that this would filter the best content (p0rn) and leave only the spamming...everything around me faded, in a dark dark grey...
That's gonna ROCK when 64Bits hits mainstream (i.e. WindowsXP workstation 64bits maybe?) with dual/quad/octal slege/claw-hammer (or whatever that 64bits chip is names);)
that came out weird heh... one that didn't make it completely thru (heck I did preview post, and slasdot added stuff that wasn't in the preview ([name.com]) ) So I saw my little tag error AFTER it was submitted..
Too much ANTI-MS BS, if this article was an editorial, fine, that I couldn't criticize, but if it was targetted for System administrators or people about to deploy a network in a small company, it litteraly missed the target.
1. Who cares how much ressource MS apps sucks and costs, if we are reading that article, chances are we already KNOW all that crap and are looking for an alternative.
2. About no one uses 386/486 anymore, writting a paragraph on how the pentium III are useless horsepower to run all these apps and a 386 would do fine is pointless, unless you plan to deploy a network in a 3rd world country.
3. It gives you pointers, nothing good for someone comming from a windows env. You want a step by step guide, sounding easy a-la-windows install, to make it look simple and straightfoward. That's the big problem with some linux article, the authors knows their systems so well, that they can't put themselves in the shoes of someone that install linux and doesn't know how to access his floppy from the shell because he's used to a:.
This is *NOT* a rant, but a constructive criticism about an article that attracted a lot of people (server was half dead:) ) But unfortunately, probably didn't archieve it's own objective.
Hmm the site is already slashdotted with only 20 comments here ahaha, stream slashdot hits!:)
from Google cache:
If you already have an Ethernet LAN and a machine to use as the server, setting up the SliMP3 will take you just a few minutes, and all you will need is this quick start guide - each step is boldfaced, followed by a brief explanation. If this is your first time setting up Ethernet and IP addresses, then you may wish to visit the additional documentation links, on the left.
Setting up the player
Connect the Ethernet port to your hub using a standard RJ45 patch cord
Connect the player your Ethernet hub or switch using a standard CAT3 or CAT5 patch cord. If you are connecting it directly to the Ethernet card in your server machine, use a crossover cable.
Connect the players RCA outputs to the inputs on your receiver
The player has a pair of standard, line level, RCA audio output jacks - connect these to the inputs on your amplifier, receiver, or powered speakers.
Configure the IR remote: press "S, DVD, 0, 0, 7, ENT"
A Sony RM-V301 universal remote is supplied with the SliMP3. In addition to controlling the SliMP3, this remote may be used to operate the volume controls on your receiver, or any other equipment you may have.
The SliMP3 uses the IR codes for a JVC brand DVD player - we chose to use the JVC codes because we wanted to use an off-the-shelf universal remote, and so we chose a brand of DVD player that was standard enough to be supported by the remote, but not so common that it would be likely to conflict with your existing stereo equipment.
See the instruction manual that comes with the remote for more information on its additional features.
Connect the power supply
The SliMP3 comes with a 5V, 1000ma regulated power supply. Please be careful to use ONLY this power supply - connecting a different power supply may damage the player, and such damage is not covered by warranty.
The player is intended you be left plugged in at all times. When not in use, it enters a "standby" mode, powering down the display and drawing only a few milliamps.
Enter the IP address information
When the player is first powered up, it asks you if you want to configure it. Pressing "OK" will take you through a series of four screens - server's IP address, player's IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address. To enter the IP addresses, use the UP/DOWN buttons to edit each digit, and LEFT/RIGHT to go to the next digit, then press OK to complete each entry. Zero out the beginning of each number to make it three digits - eg "10.5.35.164" would be entered as "010.005.035.164"
Testing your LAN setup
ping the player from your server
On your server, type:
ping your.players.ip.address
If your IP addresses are set up correctly, the player will respond to the pings, and display a message indicating where it received the ping from.
Installing the server
Download and extract the tarball
Download the latest version of the server here. To extract the tarball, type:
tar xvfz slimp3_server.tgz
cd slimp3_server
Run the server
You need to tell the server where your mp3files are stored. You can specify this on the command line as:
./server.pl/path-to-your-mp3-files &
Or, you can leave the path blank, and the server will look for your mp3 files in a directory called "mp3files", in the same directory as the server:
./server.pl &
The '&' tells it to run in the background, so that the server continues running after you log out.
That's it!
Just use the cursor keys to browse around, and enjoy your music collection
I should have mentionned, "IN TERMS OF PERSONNAL COMPUTING"
Unix 30 years ago wasn't available on your personnal desktop, heck, sorry, there wasn't any personnal desktops...
A majority of personnal computers/OS that were there 20 years ago aren't here anymore... mainly because previous architechture's efficiency was due to the fact that the os was tight to it's supporting hardware, but since you mention it, macOS never ran on any other architechture than it's own, unless running thru an emulator of course:), if you want to list that way here goes:
C64 - didn't last 10 years
Coco - "
Adam - "
TRS-80 - "
TI994A:) - "
VIC20 - "
BE - agony nice if it can live as an embedded solution but that means killing it's basic root, like amiga did.
Etc... - this could go on for days.
Granted these are almost more microcontroller firmware than OSes, but that was due to the ressources available at the time, look at the mac or the amiga that came in after, it was a bit less tight, look at BE dying slowly and being converted to embedded, etc etc
10 years is a HUGE milestone in computing, stop giving sucessful examples, of COURSE SOME STUFF MANAGE TO SURVIVE thru time, sheesh.
10 years ago, you wouldn't even RAYTRACE a 10 second flick on your personnal computer because you would have died waiting.
10 years ago, multiprocessor was only a mainframe buzzword.
10 years ago, 3Dchipsets were out-of-reach technologies
10 years ago, GUI on a PC was a joke
10 years ago, some tools you take for granted today didn't EVEN exist, CD-R is a good example
10 years ago, 256 colors was luxury
10 years ago, internet wasn't something 99.99% of the people knew about
10 years ago you would get 40megs for the price you get 100gigs today.
so please, spare me the dot.com junk argument:) 10 years in computing history is a lot. Enuff said.
Nice ot see something good that didn't die after all that time. 10 years in computer history is a big milestone, and the most positive aspect is linux isn't dying. Wish I could have celebrated the same with my amiga, but after its 10th birday, while the community was stile alive and kicking, the rest looked more like a skunk that got hit while crossing a road:(.
Ok ok let's not get nostalgic here heh, happy birthday to all of you guys, coders users and abusers:) !
I know one type of storage that should get taxed.
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RIAA, tax rambus memory... it's so much better for multimedia handling than anything else on the planet, so it's the base of MP3 compression, file sharing, ram on home computers that plays those illegal song, run the software that burns CDs, it's the NextBigThing(tm) and they claim market domination in months from now, so you should look seriously on this threath, and stop it before it gets out of hands!
The next big thing(tm) might not have the same amount of effort or ressources ported to it if there's a precedent of patent smashing...
SOME are public funded, but not all... and I doubt that the majority of the top minds in this world are working in a public funded environment, I am not saying there's none, but surely not a majority.
My "siggraph experience"
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What I find really sad is the fact that now the internet is mainstream, web and video technologies are available to anyone that wants to play with them, and now we're talking about THE graphics show and multimedia experience, and there's still no webcasting of events or a centralized press release/video depository of events.
You have to go to EACH companies's siggraph website (that's when they take or have the time/staff to do so and not everybody running around fixing last minute issues).
I was locked on Newtek's streaming event for a while and was thinking to myself "god, that would have been so cool having a reporter on the floor going from companies to companies, webcasting all day, and a place with different archived video of reports for me to check, by companies" you know, something SIMPLE compared to the whole organisation needed to make such a show a reality.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a siggraph bashing, I'd LOVE to attend the show once in my life, but also, since it's so BIG and all the major announcements for the next 6 months are happening there, and the fact that industries that pushes visual technologies are represented there in an "international show", I don't understand why in 2001 we still don't have that simple technology available to make this event even bigger.
To get the most attendee possible without people thinking "I'll stay home and watch the show"? I don't think it would cut in the attendance, because people that WANT and can afford to go there won't be satisfied with a webcast, but people who WISHED they were there at least will have a glimpse...Probably even potential people that might want to go the year after because they can feel the atmosphere (with good reporting:) ) might need just that little boost.
Cost? That also I wouldn't agree, one word: Advertising... want traffic? tell me that wouldn't bring any traffic to their site? They could get their extra troubles easily refunded with that, plus even generating more money. The siggraph.org web site looks so.... dunno... dull maybe? Pictues/companies PRs/video would give it more life.
Anyways I'm sure they could have pulled this off easily, one webcasting server, 1 camera man, one reporter and one video editing/archiving/web technician and voala... if Newtek pulled it off for their booth (and I am sure they aren't the only company who did that), why can't siggraph itself do something like that? Just an Idea.
That's funny, running MAME on the Xbox... kind of defeats the purpose of it's design:)
Re:Informative - More like criminal action actuall
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> and a smart lawyer could argue that the promotion of this item constitues the marketing and or distribution of this illegal material thus making slashdot and its owners accesories after the fact to a crime (yes hacking is a criminal offence with jail terms)
That's playing with words, a smart lawyer could argue.. since you're arguing you consider youself smart?:)
Okay, go sue everyone that has moderation rights here, even those who have it tagged on and don't even know exactly what it is because they barely started reading slashdot, and while at it, sue the school/isp/company on which the computer used to commit such a moderation was hooked, and since we're in the complete nonsence and you obviously don't get what moderation is for, why not sue the company that made the keyboard and mouse with which the CRIMINAL act was commited.
Oh shit, wait! you're probably about to sue microsoft...
>YES I AM A LAWYER
Yeah, and your caps lock is on too.:)
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Disclaimer
These comments aren't my own, I was playing quake and got owned.
> Do you really need streaming video to your Palm?
Well now that I've touched streaming video, I'll never go back to ASCII Video/Static low quality, low color images again... Bring it on full color full movie...:)
Slashdot Mirror
This gives a new meaning to "FLUSH".
:)
Now I wonder if it's clockwise or counter-clockwise
I remember when I was reading slashdot before the elections and the microsoft point was brought, everybody seemed to agree that if bush was elected, he would jump in and stop this... so this isn't a surprise...
The sad part is now you can see how the American Gov is above plain basic justice...
Final writer on my amiga (I know softwood published a windows version but unfortunately their page seems dead), did everything I needed for 98% of the Word processing I need.
Star office should swallow every bit of technology it can, and be more stable, it would surely gain market share.
I can't beleive that people drool over powerpoint, Scala does such a better job for presentation... oh well.
If they would have payed for the new spectrum, My guess is they would have had an argument for auctionning the rest, but since they've got it for free, they've "saved" that extra investment (or tax), plus, knowing that in the end, it won't be a reason to lower the cost of the products they will sell using that spectrum, I'd say, leave the lower almost unused spectrum a bit more open for developpement for projects or org. that couldn't afford to pay a tax/license right for it (i.e. local or + wireless community internet access, school research projects).
It's a bit like computers, it's not because a workstation is old and not useful for rendering in your graphics/video editing company, that it cannot do a nice web server (or anything else requiring less power) in an non-profit organisation.
It's called "transparent" because even if encrypted, microsoft can "clearly" see thru it with their passport and backdoor key :)
This is really nuts!, I think he should avoid confrontation since he has no money, give them the domain, and when everything is transfered, we post a new slashdot story and tell them how we feel about it, while giving them a nice slashdot effect.
.ORG... ORG!!!! with lawyers like that... how low can you go..
This is democratic, mature, LEGAL and will surely piss them off, especially if everyone takes the time to write their concerns about their actions.
I can't beleive they went after a
Heh :)
In my world, inside my head, I thought 90% cutoff was a good thing because I was sure they talked about filtering useless spam in the newsgroups, I've rolled on the floor with joy like stimpy in an episode which I don't remember...
Then someone outside my world came in and explained to me that the 90% figure was in VOLUME not in # of posts... everything around me turned to grey, as I understood that this would filter the best content (p0rn) and leave only the spamming...everything around me faded, in a dark dark grey...
That's gonna ROCK when 64Bits hits mainstream (i.e. WindowsXP workstation 64bits maybe?) with dual/quad/octal slege/claw-hammer (or whatever that 64bits chip is names) ;)
:)
Future looks cool. As long as it's not too far
Good idea, post it on slashdot, and now ladies and gentlemen, it *WAS* going to be streamed for 24Hrs.... :)
Hardware Unlimited's review
HardOCP
Source Mag
Cpu Review
Acid Hardware
Too much ANTI-MS BS, if this article was an editorial, fine, that I couldn't criticize, but if it was targetted for System administrators or people about to deploy a network in a small company, it litteraly missed the target.
:) ) But unfortunately, probably didn't archieve it's own objective.
1. Who cares how much ressource MS apps sucks and costs, if we are reading that article, chances are we already KNOW all that crap and are looking for an alternative.
2. About no one uses 386/486 anymore, writting a paragraph on how the pentium III are useless horsepower to run all these apps and a 386 would do fine is pointless, unless you plan to deploy a network in a 3rd world country.
3. It gives you pointers, nothing good for someone comming from a windows env. You want a step by step guide, sounding easy a-la-windows install, to make it look simple and straightfoward. That's the big problem with some linux article, the authors knows their systems so well, that they can't put themselves in the shoes of someone that install linux and doesn't know how to access his floppy from the shell because he's used to a:.
This is *NOT* a rant, but a constructive criticism about an article that attracted a lot of people (server was half dead
"But the companies involved say they are just doing what the Web does best -- providing hyperlinks to relevant information."
:)
Yeah, shitload of links to p0rn sites or x10 web cams... is that what the internet is really about?
oh... erm......sorry I asked.
Hmm the site is already slashdotted with only 20 comments here ahaha, stream slashdot hits! :)
/path-to-your-mp3-files &
from Google cache:
If you already have an Ethernet LAN and a machine to use as the server, setting up the SliMP3 will take you just a few minutes, and all you will need is this quick start guide - each step is boldfaced, followed by a brief explanation. If this is your first time setting up Ethernet and IP addresses, then you may wish to visit the additional documentation links, on the left.
Setting up the player
Connect the Ethernet port to your hub using a standard RJ45 patch cord
Connect the player your Ethernet hub or switch using a standard CAT3 or CAT5 patch cord. If you are connecting it directly to the Ethernet card in your server machine, use a crossover cable.
Connect the players RCA outputs to the inputs on your receiver
The player has a pair of standard, line level, RCA audio output jacks - connect these to the inputs on your amplifier, receiver, or powered speakers.
Configure the IR remote: press "S, DVD, 0, 0, 7, ENT"
A Sony RM-V301 universal remote is supplied with the SliMP3. In addition to controlling the SliMP3, this remote may be used to operate the volume controls on your receiver, or any other equipment you may have.
The SliMP3 uses the IR codes for a JVC brand DVD player - we chose to use the JVC codes because we wanted to use an off-the-shelf universal remote, and so we chose a brand of DVD player that was standard enough to be supported by the remote, but not so common that it would be likely to conflict with your existing stereo equipment.
See the instruction manual that comes with the remote for more information on its additional features.
Connect the power supply
The SliMP3 comes with a 5V, 1000ma regulated power supply. Please be careful to use ONLY this power supply - connecting a different power supply may damage the player, and such damage is not covered by warranty.
The player is intended you be left plugged in at all times. When not in use, it enters a "standby" mode, powering down the display and drawing only a few milliamps.
Enter the IP address information
When the player is first powered up, it asks you if you want to configure it. Pressing "OK" will take you through a series of four screens - server's IP address, player's IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address. To enter the IP addresses, use the UP/DOWN buttons to edit each digit, and LEFT/RIGHT to go to the next digit, then press OK to complete each entry. Zero out the beginning of each number to make it three digits - eg "10.5.35.164" would be entered as "010.005.035.164"
Testing your LAN setup
ping the player from your server
On your server, type:
ping your.players.ip.address
If your IP addresses are set up correctly, the player will respond to the pings, and display a message indicating where it received the ping from.
Installing the server
Download and extract the tarball
Download the latest version of the server here. To extract the tarball, type:
tar xvfz slimp3_server.tgz
cd slimp3_server
Run the server
You need to tell the server where your mp3files are stored. You can specify this on the command line as:
./server.pl
Or, you can leave the path blank, and the server will look for your mp3 files in a directory called "mp3files", in the same directory as the server:
./server.pl &
The '&' tells it to run in the background, so that the server continues running after you log out.
That's it!
Just use the cursor keys to browse around, and enjoy your music collection
Man, I want to see someone writing 40 words minutes on that thing, Oh, and writting something intelligible, not sakhkdsfhdkhnssakohdwkldhas's :)
Imagine that little plastic pen, imagine the guy's face while hitting that thing like crazy and sticking his tongue out in the middle of a meeting.
"hey Joe, what are you doing? playing tag against a pixel?"
:)
I should have mentionned, "IN TERMS OF PERSONNAL COMPUTING"
:), if you want to list that way here goes:
:) - "
:) 10 years in computing history is a lot. Enuff said.
Unix 30 years ago wasn't available on your personnal desktop, heck, sorry, there wasn't any personnal desktops...
A majority of personnal computers/OS that were there 20 years ago aren't here anymore... mainly because previous architechture's efficiency was due to the fact that the os was tight to it's supporting hardware, but since you mention it, macOS never ran on any other architechture than it's own, unless running thru an emulator of course
C64 - didn't last 10 years
Coco - "
Adam - "
TRS-80 - "
TI994A
VIC20 - "
BE - agony nice if it can live as an embedded solution but that means killing it's basic root, like amiga did.
Etc... - this could go on for days.
Granted these are almost more microcontroller firmware than OSes, but that was due to the ressources available at the time, look at the mac or the amiga that came in after, it was a bit less tight, look at BE dying slowly and being converted to embedded, etc etc
10 years is a HUGE milestone in computing, stop giving sucessful examples, of COURSE SOME STUFF MANAGE TO SURVIVE thru time, sheesh.
10 years ago, you wouldn't even RAYTRACE a 10 second flick on your personnal computer because you would have died waiting.
10 years ago, multiprocessor was only a mainframe buzzword.
10 years ago, 3Dchipsets were out-of-reach technologies
10 years ago, GUI on a PC was a joke
10 years ago, some tools you take for granted today didn't EVEN exist, CD-R is a good example
10 years ago, 256 colors was luxury
10 years ago, internet wasn't something 99.99% of the people knew about
10 years ago you would get 40megs for the price you get 100gigs today.
so please, spare me the dot.com junk argument
Nice ot see something good that didn't die after all that time. 10 years in computer history is a big milestone, and the most positive aspect is linux isn't dying. Wish I could have celebrated the same with my amiga, but after its 10th birday, while the community was stile alive and kicking, the rest looked more like a skunk that got hit while crossing a road :(.
:) !
Ok ok let's not get nostalgic here heh, happy birthday to all of you guys, coders users and abusers
RIAA, tax rambus memory... it's so much better for multimedia handling than anything else on the planet, so it's the base of MP3 compression, file sharing, ram on home computers that plays those illegal song, run the software that burns CDs, it's the NextBigThing(tm) and they claim market domination in months from now, so you should look seriously on this threath, and stop it before it gets out of hands!
:) I promise! :)
Plus, you'll get our support
Still, Microsoft's necrophiliac Word team managed to screw them.
The next big thing(tm) might not have the same amount of effort or ressources ported to it if there's a precedent of patent smashing...
SOME are public funded, but not all... and I doubt that the majority of the top minds in this world are working in a public funded environment, I am not saying there's none, but surely not a majority.
What I find really sad is the fact that now the internet is mainstream, web and video technologies are available to anyone that wants to play with them, and now we're talking about THE graphics show and multimedia experience, and there's still no webcasting of events or a centralized press release/video depository of events.
:) ) might need just that little boost.
/web technician and voala... if Newtek pulled it off for their booth (and I am sure they aren't the only company who did that), why can't siggraph itself do something like that? Just an Idea.
You have to go to EACH companies's siggraph website (that's when they take or have the time/staff to do so and not everybody running around fixing last minute issues).
I was locked on Newtek's streaming event for a while and was thinking to myself "god, that would have been so cool having a reporter on the floor going from companies to companies, webcasting all day, and a place with different archived video of reports for me to check, by companies" you know, something SIMPLE compared to the whole organisation needed to make such a show a reality.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a siggraph bashing, I'd LOVE to attend the show once in my life, but also, since it's so BIG and all the major announcements for the next 6 months are happening there, and the fact that industries that pushes visual technologies are represented there in an "international show", I don't understand why in 2001 we still don't have that simple technology available to make this event even bigger.
To get the most attendee possible without people thinking "I'll stay home and watch the show"? I don't think it would cut in the attendance, because people that WANT and can afford to go there won't be satisfied with a webcast, but people who WISHED they were there at least will have a glimpse...Probably even potential people that might want to go the year after because they can feel the atmosphere (with good reporting
Cost? That also I wouldn't agree, one word: Advertising... want traffic? tell me that wouldn't bring any traffic to their site? They could get their extra troubles easily refunded with that, plus even generating more money. The siggraph.org web site looks so.... dunno... dull maybe? Pictues/companies PRs/video would give it more life.
Anyways I'm sure they could have pulled this off easily, one webcasting server, 1 camera man, one reporter and one video editing/archiving
That's funny, running MAME on the Xbox... kind of defeats the purpose of it's design :)
> and a smart lawyer could argue that the promotion of this item constitues the marketing and or distribution of this illegal material thus making slashdot and its owners accesories after the fact to a crime (yes hacking is a criminal offence with jail terms)
:)
:)
That's playing with words, a smart lawyer could argue.. since you're arguing you consider youself smart?
Okay, go sue everyone that has moderation rights here, even those who have it tagged on and don't even know exactly what it is because they barely started reading slashdot, and while at it, sue the school/isp/company on which the computer used to commit such a moderation was hooked, and since we're in the complete nonsence and you obviously don't get what moderation is for, why not sue the company that made the keyboard and mouse with which the CRIMINAL act was commited.
Oh shit, wait! you're probably about to sue microsoft...
>YES I AM A LAWYER
Yeah, and your caps lock is on too.
----
Disclaimer
These comments aren't my own, I was playing quake and got owned.
Well now that I've touched streaming video, I'll never go back to ASCII Video/Static low quality, low color images again... Bring it on full color full movie... :)
Seems like banjo lost a few "strings".