Oh laptop! You have served me well!
I regret that you were stolen, sent to black market hell,
For your data was unecrypted, and your secrets they will sell.
There were steps I didn't take,
PGP could have solved this mistake,
And distributed.net would have sealed their fate
Alas my laptop was born,
If only it was equipped with a loud horn
Cuz now the thieves have all my porn!
Don't hurt me. It's my first try at laptop poetry.
If a distro install could test your memory on the install boot and autoconfigure the kernel to ignore bad memory, gee golly! I know I've got a few sticks somewhere that are suspect... never bothered to test them.
Now if we can just get some kernel drivers that can bypass other bad hardware... umm... uh... ok... so I don't have any examples, but dammit! Don't you love that Snicker's commercial with the guy wanting to go to lunch with his poster of the panda bear?! Pretty pretty panda! Pretty pretty panda!
Hmmm... vaporware products... licensing problems... business plans and swindled investor money... struggling toward the Linux IPO... crappy or nonexistant website...
Maybe the guys from LinuxOne started a new company? It looks like LinuxOne went under in a non-blaze of non-glory... somebody has to carry the non-flame. Haven't heard anything about them on/. for a while, did they die?
Exactly. I got a CueCat in the mail from Wired. At first I was thinking, "What the hell is this?", but then I remembered all the hubbaloo on Slashdot. I figure if I never install their software and throw away any paperwork that came with the hardware without reading it I have accepted no license. I'm therefore free to do whatever the hell I want with the hardware until the bring a courier to my door forcing me to read the EULA. I have read no EULA. I intend to read no EULA. I didn't ask for a CueCat, the name isn't even printed on the device. Whoo hooo! Free stuff!
I think I'm going to start by putting barcodes on my cats. That way if I ever go blind I can tell them apart with a bar code reader and some nice text-to-speech software.
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Maybe bio-feedback is the key here, but I don't think video games by themselves help at all. Take my brother for example... he's been diagnosed with ADD since he was a kid. Ritalin helped get through public schools... His second year of college he got so engrossed in Ultima Online he was playing 24 hours a day, stopped leaving the dorm even to eat, let alone attending class. I think showers even were few and far between. He ended up losing a full tuition scholarship and almost getting kicked out of school for good.
Me personally, I'd be willing to take a paid leave of absence to develop ADD and play quake 24 hours a day. If it's all in the name of science... you understand.
What about Larry Ellison's $199 NIC? It's a little big to go anywhere, and you need to provide some sort of monitor, but the price is right and it has a 10/100 jack. Booting of a CDROM means your kids can't trash the OS. (Timmy showed me how to get root today daddy, I think I messed up your 'puter)
Pick up a flat panel LCD at an online auction and you'll get more than an appliance, you'll get half a PC!
I'd rather have an MP3 playing stereo component that can access a central repository of MP3s via NFS or SMB, hell, even HTTP would be fine if there were a standard server component that could manage play lists. Hey, that's a damn good idea. I manage my MP3 collection on a server so all computers/devices on the network have access to them. I'll start an open source project to handle the server side if someone can build the boxes with enough Linux on them to play MP3s, handle TV out, and retrieve playlists and files via HTTP over 10mb networking. If they could do that, it would be entirely possible have playlist servers on the 'net... kind of like shoutcast on demand. (Really it's just any HTTP server with a standard page format for giving playlists)... heck... mix it with a built in Napster client and a 1 gig drive to cache downloaded songs...
By George! Someone call the patent office! I think we're in business!
I think we have something closer to Java applets in mind, what you're talking about is basically JavaScript with a Perl syntax. You're getting no new features and no new functionality... you can manipulate DOM with FortranScript and get the same results.
Unless someone were to develop some sort of security system for Perl (I'm not an expert, there may already be one) similar to the Java sandbox, client side perl would be worse than Active X. Given the choice between using Perl to parse/etc/password and using VB to access Windows security info, I'd say the Perl is easier!
Before you flame me, let me state that I am a certified idiot.
That's just dandy until you start working with a template system. One of the best parts of the servlet model is the ability to use templates editable by web designers with code in a servlet. To use URL rewriting all of the links of the template need to be interpreted by a servlet. This can be done one of two ways, by using a HTML parser to find all of the links and manipulate them, or by using some kind of tag in your template to specify a link. The first seems way to CPU intensive to scale well, and the second is going to be nasty for the web designers.
At lest, that's the problem I've found using URL rewriting as session management. It's not so bad when using embedded HTML in your servlet, but that is just a bad way to do servlets in the first place.
I've been planning on doing this for quite a long time, but I'm still not sure what the best hardware/software solution would be. I'd like to do it cheaply, and I'd also like to do it to get the most flexibility out of my "media box".
I figure a small one or two unit rack mount box would be super... as quiet as possible. For maximum control a TV out and wireless keyboard/mouse would allow maximum playlist creation and navigation, as well as EQ setting. 100mb ethernet is a must, and for maximum sound fidelity I'd probably go with a SB Live. I REALLY REALLY want to use Linux, I think this could be very doable with a 200 Mhz PI-MMX or equivalent. Running XMMS at 640x480 would be a decent display. Choosing between multiple playlists? Adding files to playlists? Maybe there isn't a real easy to use (and pretty) app to do it, but it could easily be done a desktop machine and stored on the server with the mp3s. GMC for picking playlists?
If I really wanted to get fancy I could hook up an IR port and even a backlit LED for videoless operation.
This is doable... I guess I really just need to start with the hardware... all of the software already exists, and if any pieces are missing I'm sure I can glue some stuff together.
So help me out, guys! Where can I find a decent THIN rack case that has room for at 3 expansion slots and can fit an AT motherboard?
Moe
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Arg! The Black Album (Metallica) isn't in the album list! Does that mean that "Enter Sandman" isn't fit to pay for? Or that "Of Wolf And Man" isn't worth a donation?
This is sort of pathetic and really shows that no matter who you are, when it comes to money, "Nothing Else Matters".
And you were worried about your floppy drives...
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What would happen to your super powerful magnetic chip when you got near a magnet? Nothing good, probably... but I forgot all of my physics the second I graduated. I wonder if this technology would be more succeptable to EMP weapons...
And to all you people who say that the term GNU/Linux is a total travesty of fairness on the part of the FSF, the HURD is pretty much the last component of the GNU system that is needed. Whether they choose to call that GNU/HURD or just HURD is up to them, but if you look at the HURD in terms of the framework of GNU's work, it explains a lot about why Stallman wants to call Linux GNU/Linux. (And I agree with him)
Let's say I was a complete whacko and decided to run a system based on GNU tools (compilers, shells, emacs, etc) that had been compiled for NT. Lets say I refused to use/install any part of NT other than the base OS... didn't use Explorer, IE, any "accessories", and no services other than the raw basics needed to get NT to network. Would I then call my computer GNU/NT?
Just to paraphrase... EW! EW! GROSS! GROSS! *spit* *pah-tewwy* EW! DON'T TOUCH ME! GROSS! GROSS! GET IT AWAY! GET IT AWAY! ACK! ACK! ICK! HELP ME! GOD SAVE US ALL!
The United States is primarily English speaking. Sure, there is a large Spanish speaking population, but by and large most everyone speaks English. I don't know much about India except what I learned from an Indian roommate I had in college (he was born in America). Through him I was exposed to a little (VERY VERY little, he could understand it but wouldn't even TRY to speak it) Hindi and Punjabi.
How many different languages are spoken in India? Is it more? How prolific are the differnt languages? And what happens when you get a native language operating system out to a population who than can then understand less than 1% of all web content. Sure, there are a lot of purty graphics, but it's the text, man! I guess the question applies to more than just India, but all non-English speaking countries trying to break in to the Internet.
Maybe someone could develop a "Learn English for Web Browsing" site in multiple languages... but then again after taking years of Spanish in high school and college (which I promptly forgot) I don't think I could learn it from a web site.
Ah, screw it, lets just internationalize the stuff and see what happens. Worst case scenario: using their new found informational power India takes over the world (and the web) and I can't understand any of the content...:)
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It seems that the government could do some nice DOS or various slashdot like port flooding work by creating a nukechina@home client... it could get a list of targets and attack types from a central server and have at it. With all the broadband connections out there and the bottleneck being the overseas connection, I think we would do more damage to our network than theirs. It would be better to run this from China. Lets get LOTS of dialup accounts on chinese ISPs and rack up long distance bills in the name of patriotism.
Anyone know if these hardware MP3 decoders support bitrates other than 128kbit/s? I generally encode all of mine at 192... nothing worse than jamming along to your favorite tune and hearing just a tad of "metallic" compression... even if it's only occasionally and barely noticeable. My goal of moving all my CDs to a server WILL be achieved with the help of Grip/cdparanoia/bladeenc (even if it takes another 6 months and two more harddrives), I just hope I'll be able to do something with them besides listening at the 'puter.
I've been considering getting a Sprint PCS phone. Their plans seems reasonable and they offer a whole buncha phone choices on their site. (Including the Qualcomm pdq). They say that quite a few phones, including the Nokia 6185 I'm considering, are data capable once you get their $199 "Wireless Web Connection Kit".
It seems from the images that they supply a serial cable and a CD... it's difficult to see why they want $199 for it. Unless the software is some kind of external Winmodem driver, it seems like you could put together a cable yourself and save the $199.
No FTP install from the GUI installer? No HTTP install? Than what good is it?!:)
We have a couple NT/98 boxes here and one Linux box. By far the easiest way for me to install is to FTP over DSL (3-4 hours) from my local mirror (co-located at my ISP) to the NT box and do an FTP/HTTP install from there. Installing over 100mbs ethernet is probably faster than loading from a CDROM anyway...
Or maybe their just doing this to try and get me to set up an NFS server on my NT box. Anyone know of any freely available ones?
So the thing runs the PalmOS. Cool. Is it the same hardware architecture? Can we drop Sun's KVM right in and run MicroJava? If so, count me in... the two things I want most from a handheld are a JVM (so I can write software for it... I'm addicted to Java... sue me) and TCP/IP with an ethernet port. A close third is a USABLE wireless connection that I can write Java apps to use... and not that Palm VII pseudo Internet crap either. I don't need to pay $20 a month for a 200k data limit.
You left out a step... it's my understanding that any code needed for the device to communicate (ie printer drivers) can be moved over the network and executed on the local VM. No more printer drivers. No more "wow that's a nice peripheral, when can I get drivers for BSD running on my fridge's StrongARM?"
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Oh laptop! You have served me well!
I regret that you were stolen, sent to black market hell,
For your data was unecrypted, and your secrets they will sell.
There were steps I didn't take,
PGP could have solved this mistake,
And distributed.net would have sealed their fate
Alas my laptop was born,
If only it was equipped with a loud horn
Cuz now the thieves have all my porn!
Don't hurt me. It's my first try at laptop poetry.
Now if we can just get some kernel drivers that can bypass other bad hardware... umm... uh... ok... so I don't have any examples, but dammit! Don't you love that Snicker's commercial with the guy wanting to go to lunch with his poster of the panda bear?! Pretty pretty panda! Pretty pretty panda!
I INVENTED PANTS!
Maybe the guys from LinuxOne started a new company? It looks like LinuxOne went under in a non-blaze of non-glory... somebody has to carry the non-flame. Haven't heard anything about them on /. for a while, did they die?
Moe
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I think I'm going to start by putting barcodes on my cats. That way if I ever go blind I can tell them apart with a bar code reader and some nice text-to-speech software.
Any opinions expressed above come straight from the voices in my head. Don't shoot the messenger.
Me personally, I'd be willing to take a paid leave of absence to develop ADD and play quake 24 hours a day. If it's all in the name of science... you understand.
Pick up a flat panel LCD at an online auction and you'll get more than an appliance, you'll get half a PC!
By George! Someone call the patent office! I think we're in business!
I think we have something closer to Java applets in mind, what you're talking about is basically JavaScript with a Perl syntax. You're getting no new features and no new functionality... you can manipulate DOM with FortranScript and get the same results.
Hey... FortranScript... that's not a bad idea!
Bah, I bought the camel book because of the pretty camel, not because I wanted to read it.
Before you flame me, let me state that I am a certified idiot.
At lest, that's the problem I've found using URL rewriting as session management. It's not so bad when using embedded HTML in your servlet, but that is just a bad way to do servlets in the first place.
I figure a small one or two unit rack mount box would be super... as quiet as possible. For maximum control a TV out and wireless keyboard/mouse would allow maximum playlist creation and navigation, as well as EQ setting. 100mb ethernet is a must, and for maximum sound fidelity I'd probably go with a SB Live. I REALLY REALLY want to use Linux, I think this could be very doable with a 200 Mhz PI-MMX or equivalent. Running XMMS at 640x480 would be a decent display. Choosing between multiple playlists? Adding files to playlists? Maybe there isn't a real easy to use (and pretty) app to do it, but it could easily be done a desktop machine and stored on the server with the mp3s. GMC for picking playlists?
If I really wanted to get fancy I could hook up an IR port and even a backlit LED for videoless operation.
This is doable... I guess I really just need to start with the hardware... all of the software already exists, and if any pieces are missing I'm sure I can glue some stuff together.
So help me out, guys! Where can I find a decent THIN rack case that has room for at 3 expansion slots and can fit an AT motherboard?
Moe
This is sort of pathetic and really shows that no matter who you are, when it comes to money, "Nothing Else Matters".
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moe
Let's say I was a complete whacko and decided to run a system based on GNU tools (compilers, shells, emacs, etc) that had been compiled for NT. Lets say I refused to use/install any part of NT other than the base OS... didn't use Explorer, IE, any "accessories", and no services other than the raw basics needed to get NT to network. Would I then call my computer GNU/NT?
Just to paraphrase... EW! EW! GROSS! GROSS! *spit* *pah-tewwy* EW! DON'T TOUCH ME! GROSS! GROSS! GET IT AWAY! GET IT AWAY! ACK! ACK! ICK! HELP ME! GOD SAVE US ALL!
it's not a dug habit... it's a drug hobby
How many different languages are spoken in India? Is it more? How prolific are the differnt languages? And what happens when you get a native language operating system out to a population who than can then understand less than 1% of all web content. Sure, there are a lot of purty graphics, but it's the text, man! I guess the question applies to more than just India, but all non-English speaking countries trying to break in to the Internet.
Maybe someone could develop a "Learn English for Web Browsing" site in multiple languages... but then again after taking years of Spanish in high school and college (which I promptly forgot) I don't think I could learn it from a web site.
Ah, screw it, lets just internationalize the stuff and see what happens. Worst case scenario: using their new found informational power India takes over the world (and the web) and I can't understand any of the content... :)
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Anyone know if these hardware MP3 decoders support bitrates other than 128kbit/s? I generally encode all of mine at 192... nothing worse than jamming along to your favorite tune and hearing just a tad of "metallic" compression... even if it's only occasionally and barely noticeable. My goal of moving all my CDs to a server WILL be achieved with the help of Grip/cdparanoia/bladeenc (even if it takes another 6 months and two more harddrives), I just hope I'll be able to do something with them besides listening at the 'puter.
It seems from the images that they supply a serial cable and a CD... it's difficult to see why they want $199 for it. Unless the software is some kind of external Winmodem driver, it seems like you could put together a cable yourself and save the $199.
Anyone have one of these?
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We have a couple NT/98 boxes here and one Linux box. By far the easiest way for me to install is to FTP over DSL (3-4 hours) from my local mirror (co-located at my ISP) to the NT box and do an FTP/HTTP install from there. Installing over 100mbs ethernet is probably faster than loading from a CDROM anyway...
Or maybe their just doing this to try and get me to set up an NFS server on my NT box. Anyone know of any freely available ones?
moe
Moe
I own my cats and I'll be damned if anyone tries to take them. MY KITTIES! MINE! KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM MY CATS! I guess that makes me a realist.
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