So Screw wireless - I'm going GigaBit! Another Syskonnect card just arrived this morning. The manufacturer wrote the linux driver and the card is listed in the kernel and on the Mandrake NIC menu when installing... And it Rocks!
Just for the record... Microsoft was found guilty of being an illegal monopoly by Hon. Judge Tom Penn Jackson. Dude, they lost the case. They are guilty as charged. They just are denying the reality of it all.
Given the amount of hassel setting up to burn a single copy of a DVD movie requires - so you can watch it on your computer - verses the cost of a DVD today - and the loss in quality of the resulting picture & sound is this really worth the effort?
I can see the use of the technology for burning Home Movies onto something that can be shared and might not deteriorate as quickly as MagTape.
Yes it is Way Cool that we can do this. But is seems like a lot of work to copy a damn movie. Just my $0.02
Taco deserves the freedom to Editorialize as he wishes on his web page. I am happy he did it. I enjoyed reading it. I think it was well written and complete.
Enough of this Politically Corect, lets not ruffle any feathers crap.
When we have no rights left (they were sold to corporations by our duly elected reps in congress and executive offices) we will be dreaming of opportunities such as this where we can defend our rights.
BTW: The business model of this product (I picked up one from Radio Shack on Thursday) implies that they are recording the data and selling it without the users permission (or was it hidden in the shrink wrap). I think their model is flawed. Just like I think the Grocery chains model of holding us ransome for 'preferred savings cards' panel id card is flawed.
Wrong. They just make computers with a really crappy OS. Try printing, ftping and reloading the NewYorkTimes all at once on a mac while you are holding the mouse button down in free space on the background. Everything stops. The box can't do preemptive multi-tasking. Forget threaded. It can only single task. Its design is 20+ years old. Yes, it has evolved. Mostly just grown in size.
Stories about apple mucking with its VAR chain, OEM chain, Rumor chain etc. turn me off.
I have an imac... for the kids. I considered upgrading it. Now I think I'll just give the guys a BeBox on a cheap AMD system.
All this comes down to is just marketing to Joe User. Getting his focus and maintaining it is of interest to people buying the Ad space. M$ is just trying to figure out how to Steal (more) Cycles from the average person.
Ultimately this is a boost for free software. Microsoft and its brilliant scheme to better market will just annoy people trying to use computers. Thus forcing them over (to free software) from The Dark Side.
I have seen the 240. The mini-size is nice but I need a tablet. More like a Telxon or Fujitsu Stylistic. The environment will eat the keyboard for lunch... and the app is data/display intensive. Thanks for the suggestion though!
I agree with you and I have an industrial application that needs this machine Today. Running Linux. If not Crusoe, then what, when, where and from whom?
The Fujitsu Stylistic LT is what I need Running Linux Except: It is a power HOG. The battery life is absolutely rotten. That said the screen is cool. Anyone know where I can get a digitizer driver for X for this little pig? I would just use it as a stopgap and modeling machine to get my apps tabletized for that target Crusoe pad.
Debian has not had a stable release in well over a year. This makes it Unsuitable for business use. I used to use Debian for my business and I dropped it because of their inablilty to get a stable product out the door.
I now use Mandrake for the business. IT is Fast and Fresh. Their management tools are not as slick as say SUSE's are but they are conforming to the mantra of 'Release Early & Often'.
The Pentium optimizations just rock! Upgrades are not as AutoMagic as Debian's but then the systems don't periodically- AutoMagically break either;-0
Alphas are far from dead. Use the right compiler (Compaq - and it is Free) and a 21264/750/8MB and the Athlon gets pasted to the road under the performance of the Alpha. (can you say 'Score of 74 in SpecFP95'?)
Oh and by the way, you can buy a dual Alpha. You can NOT buy a dual Athlon.
Not enough for you? Wait a few months and the.18 micron chips Alpha chips will be out running @ 1.2, 1.6 GHZ - umm thats GIGAHERTZ.
If you are serious about your need for fast float you will pay for it. And it is paying me back in spades.
Ever have a buggy AMD chip? They are not fun. I am in the process of replacing dozens of 166s and 200s which all have the paged memory bug above 32MB. (Replacing with Intel Pentium MMX 233s and clocking them where I can - MB dependant.)
Need to move some data around? The alpha 21264 will do it heaps faster than the Athlon. 64bit vs 32 bit. Need a SuperComputer? #5 on the orb is an Alpha/Linux Cluster and it fuckin rocks. Cya, Dan
Relax! Just swap out the comms controller with one running an adequate processor. Now grab OpenBSD load it up and you are there! Ultra Security is that simple.
Yeah, I bought my LaserDisc SE set from George Lucas. It shipped direct from Skywalker Sound Ranch in Ca.
I asked him about the DVD release of Episodes 4,5,6 (PM wasn't out yet). He mumbled something about not being ready yet. But at that time he was taking heat in the press about the $1Billion in toy cash he was sitting on. So I suggested to him that he just go for it and release on DVD then I gave him the Phone #, Address, web page and personal reference to an Orfanage in Chicago that could really use the $.
It was at this point he stopped talking to me. True Story.
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Did you install a 'server' or a workstation stat you secured? Do tell...
So Screw wireless - I'm going GigaBit! Another Syskonnect card just arrived this morning. The manufacturer wrote the linux driver and the card is listed in the kernel and on the Mandrake NIC menu when installing... And it Rocks!
My cuecat sticker (on the bottom) is '06A00'.
Thanks for the pin 4 confirmation bit.
Just for the record... Microsoft was found guilty of being an illegal monopoly by Hon. Judge Tom Penn Jackson. Dude, they lost the case. They are guilty as charged. They just are denying the reality of it all.
My s93c46 eeprom says "S93C4 6DV04 3233" Where the first 3 in '3233' has the dot for pin #1. So... you are suggesting to cut pin 4 on the ic. right?
What we have and don't need are too many God Damn Lawyers!
Given the amount of hassel setting up to burn a single copy of a DVD movie requires - so you can watch it on your computer - verses the cost of a DVD today - and the loss in quality of the resulting picture & sound is this really worth the effort?
I can see the use of the technology for burning Home Movies onto something that can be shared and might not deteriorate as quickly as MagTape.
Yes it is Way Cool that we can do this. But is seems like a lot of work to copy a damn movie. Just my $0.02
OK. Buy a used one on eBay. Make sure it has no shrinkware with it.
Hey wait,
Taco deserves the freedom to Editorialize as he wishes on his web page. I am happy he did it. I enjoyed reading it. I think it was well written and complete.
Enough of this Politically Corect, lets not ruffle any feathers crap.
When we have no rights left (they were sold to corporations by our duly elected reps in congress and executive offices) we will be dreaming of opportunities such as this where we can defend our rights.
BTW: The business model of this product (I picked up one from Radio Shack on Thursday) implies that they are recording the data and selling it without the users permission (or was it hidden in the shrink wrap). I think their model is flawed. Just like I think the Grocery chains model of holding us ransome for 'preferred savings cards' panel id card is flawed.
Wrong. They just make computers with a really crappy OS. Try printing, ftping and reloading the NewYorkTimes all at once on a mac while you are holding the mouse button down in free space on the background. Everything stops. The box can't do preemptive multi-tasking. Forget threaded. It can only single task. Its design is 20+ years old. Yes, it has evolved. Mostly just grown in size.
Stories about apple mucking with its VAR chain, OEM chain, Rumor chain etc. turn me off.
I have an imac... for the kids. I considered upgrading it. Now I think I'll just give the guys a BeBox on a cheap AMD system.
All this comes down to is just marketing to Joe User. Getting his focus and maintaining it is of interest to people buying the Ad space. M$ is just trying to figure out how to Steal (more) Cycles from the average person.
Ultimately this is a boost for free software. Microsoft and its brilliant scheme to better market will just annoy people trying to use computers. Thus forcing them over (to free software) from The Dark Side.
So you are really telling him to get a grip?!
I have seen the 240. The mini-size is nice but I need a tablet. More like a Telxon or Fujitsu Stylistic. The environment will eat the keyboard for lunch... and the app is data/display intensive. Thanks for the suggestion though!
I agree with you and I have an industrial application that needs this machine Today. Running Linux. If not Crusoe, then what, when, where and from whom?
The Fujitsu Stylistic LT is what I need Running Linux Except: It is a power HOG. The battery life is absolutely rotten. That said the screen is cool. Anyone know where I can get a digitizer driver for X for this little pig? I would just use it as a stopgap and modeling machine to get my apps tabletized for that target Crusoe pad.
Thanks!
Hey you know they sell resistors at a nearby store ... Radio Schack. I think they have an 800# too. Give them a try 8-)
OK. Here goes:
I nominate Bruce Perens for President.
All in favor, raise your mice.
No. Sell it.
The value in Microsoft IS the Monopoly. Which is History. This ain't no oil company.
Remember: The deal of a lifetime comes Every Day!
Debian has not had a stable release in well over a year. This makes it Unsuitable for business use. I used to use Debian for my business and I dropped it because of their inablilty to get a stable product out the door.
;-0
I now use Mandrake for the business. IT is Fast and Fresh. Their management tools are not as slick as say SUSE's are but they are conforming to the mantra of 'Release Early & Often'.
The Pentium optimizations just rock! Upgrades are not as AutoMagic as Debian's but then the systems don't periodically- AutoMagically break either
No. It is a proof. See "Findings of Fact" by Honorable Thomas Penfield Jackson.
Oxymoron: Microsoft Computer Security.
Don't forget about amplitude quantization and encoding!
Alphas are far from dead. Use the right compiler (Compaq - and it is Free) and a 21264/750/8MB and the Athlon gets pasted to the road under the performance of the Alpha. (can you say 'Score of 74 in SpecFP95'?)
Oh and by the way, you can buy a dual Alpha. You can NOT buy a dual Athlon.
Not enough for you? Wait a few months and the .18 micron chips Alpha chips will be out running @ 1.2, 1.6 GHZ - umm thats GIGAHERTZ.
If you are serious about your need for fast float you will pay for it. And it is paying me back in spades.
Ever have a buggy AMD chip? They are not fun. I am in the process of replacing dozens of 166s and 200s which all have the paged memory bug above 32MB. (Replacing with Intel Pentium MMX 233s and clocking them where I can - MB dependant.)
Need to move some data around? The alpha 21264 will do it heaps faster than the Athlon. 64bit vs 32 bit. Need a SuperComputer? #5 on the orb is an Alpha/Linux Cluster and it fuckin rocks. Cya, Dan
Relax! Just swap out the comms controller with one running an adequate processor. Now grab OpenBSD load it up and you are there! Ultra Security is that simple.
CNNfn is running a poll on whether MicroSoft should be Split.
I'm glad this is not true. Video on BeOS is very cool. I'd rather this stuff worked on Linux (and it will in due time) but for now BeOS is just cool.
Yeah, I bought my LaserDisc SE set from George Lucas. It shipped direct from Skywalker Sound Ranch in Ca.
I asked him about the DVD release of Episodes 4,5,6 (PM wasn't out yet). He mumbled something about not being ready yet. But at that time he was taking heat in the press about the $1Billion in toy cash he was sitting on. So I suggested to him that he just go for it and release on DVD then I gave him the Phone #, Address, web page and personal reference to an Orfanage in Chicago that could really use the $.
It was at this point he stopped talking to me. True Story.