I use linux, my fiancee uses AOL. Now she can get to AOL without rebooting my machine. Also if I get a NiC from www.thinknic.com and put AOL for Linux on it I will have a nice cheap computer for her.
Her parents also use AOL, it crashes alot with Win95, (GPF) hopefully this will be more stable.
I agree, not only that but linux is much easier to remotely operate. (I know, you can use PCAnywhere or something for Win9x, but it is terribly slow over phone line, whereas ssh with compression is pretty quick by comparison.) Granny doesn't have to know how to recompile kernel, I can do it for her from my house (same with printer install, though she still has to do the physical part).
anyone know if NIC can mount nfs partitions... Also can it remeber them and automatically mount them on boot up (/etc/fstab)? Also I'm assuming you can boot any bootable cdrom... which means you can make your own custome OS right?
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Those devices typically have NiCd batteries... which suck. (They have memory, which means to get the longest life out of them you have to completly discharge the battery before charging.) Lithium ion's don't have this problem. All rechargable devices will fail to take a charge over time, but the lithiums last much longer than NiCds.
Every week or so we have another article about X-box. It won't even be around for over a year.(esp with the way MS keeps dates) Yes it will have nice hardware, but then so will the Indrema, In fact they seem almost identical hardware wise. (except Indrema can have a larger harddrive up to 50gigs, think TIVO, it comes with a MPEG encoder).
As far as software goes the Indrema is much more interesting because the SDK is free and the licensing very open.
Why would anyone bother with an X-box? The only reason I can think is to try to load linux or something inorder to screw MS from licensing fees.
With both techs licensed maybe someone will make a card for PC that will let you play DC and PS2 games on your PC. That would be really cool, my monitor has a much better resolution than my TV. Wishfull thinking.
I used to work for an ISP and customers that had line problems didn't usually take that long. While we did have to go through Bell it only took a short time to diagnose it as a line problem. We would then contact Bell and they would issue us a trouble ticket. They would usually send someone within 2-8 hours (depending on time of day). I imagine Bell's own ISP would probably go through the same channels (though they would probably get higher priority over a small ISP). As for Cable Modem I have @home. Their connection is usually pretty fast, but I seem to get intermitent service late a night sometimes (3-4 in the morning). Never had any long term problems though.
There is pleanty of reason to be happy about 3dfx having problems, they dug themselves into this hole by releasing several crap cards in a row. They are not there because of FUD or unfair monopolies or lawyers or anything, they are there because they have been beaten on a technological level consistantly. Isn't that exactly what we want to happen, the company who makes the best technology wins? Instead of the company with the best marketing wins?
I agree 3dfx's cards should not sell as well if they are inferior technologicaly. I just think that people should hope that they produce one that isn't so as to give nvidia a run for its money. (and perhaps bring down the price on those shiny new Geforce2s) If 3dfx keeps putting out shitty cards they will go under, and that will be one less reason for nvidia to keep creating kickass cards.
If have a product that is a few generations ahead that the competition why bother pushing for the next generation?? Why not just wait a awhile and soak up the profits. If it wasn't for Linux hype I bet MS would have taken even longer with Win2000.
If someone doesn't produce a competitor to nvidia it just a matter of time before nvidia becomes the Microsoft the 3d card. Or maybe Intel would be a better example. Think about it... Because no one (until recently with the Athlon) could touch intel in the PC cpu market they thought they could force consumers to buy what they wanted at their price. Which is why they went with RDRAM (they have alot of money invested in RDRAM... so if you have to buy RDRAM to use intel chips they make even more money) It didn't matter the RDRAM wasn't as good as promised and that it cost tons of money you had to buy it because that was all that the newer Pentiums could use... Then came AMD and the Athlon, which forced intel to stop being lazy and lower prices create the MTH and push the coppermine cpu out earlier. So what is the moral of the story?
Competition is good dammit! I hate it when people who own nvidia chips get all happy when a competitor stumbles. Don't you understand that competion keeps prices down and increases inovation... Look at Microsoft, no competion is why they can charge rediculous prices for their shit OS. If 3dfx comes out with a card that is just as fast or faster than the Geforce2 then prices would be even better.
Moral? There is no reason to be happy that 3dfx is having trouble even if you are a stalwart nvidia fan. (unless of course you own stock in nvdia) Less competion just means higher prices and slower less inovating releases of hardware later.
Having been a PC gamer for many years, I'm not surprised by this tired refrain. Quality game makers all over the place are closing up shop or canceling products. The size and number of the PC-specific game magazines is also decreasing.
I've seen recent studies showing how console games are swamping PC game sales, and I'm really starting to believe it. Well, that and the fact that I'm also giving up PC games for consoles...
So many console games are very lame. Very few have any sort of depth to them. Games like Ultima Underworld 1/2 and System Shock are different. These games pull you into an engrossing world and will consume much of your time till you beat it... That is if you can climb the learning curve. I think the problem is these days people want mindless mash the button reaction games. Not enough people have the time or desire to get used to the controls to play these games. (Kinda like progamming or unix... difficult at first but if you hang in there it becomes very rewarding. Althoug playing thes games are not nearly that hard/time consuming as unix/progamming)
What a shame. I guess we should all go back to Windows 98 and sign on to AOL to check our mail, then go play Crash Bandicoot 3 on our PSX. I mean that is the easiest thing to do.
I own the PC version, and let me tell you I'm not impressed. Sure some games look pretty nice with the D3D enhancements, but too many of my playstation games don't work properly. One annoying problem is the non working transparency. This makes playing certain games very difficult. (ie in I.Q. the qubes don't reflect off the floor so it is hard to tell their positions, also the markers don't show up well either).
Hopefully since they are writing it for one specific platform it will work better.
Redhat is the Microsoft of Linux... Let them have the control, and they'll pay you back handsomely...
This is so tireing... Just because RedHat has the largest share of the market doesn't make them Microsoft. If Suse gained popularity then people would say that Suse was the Linux Microsoft.
Making these comparisons is really unfair to RedHat and also stupid. Microsoft is a predatory and prioritory company. Just because people tend to package their products for the most popular dist (esp. among corps) doesn't mean RH is evil... it just means developers are shooting for the setup a person is most likely to have.
Besides even on the Win platform everything has a default install location (Program Files) but any decent program lets you change this.
Anyway last but not least, RH pays Alan Cox to work on the kernel and that benefits everyone.:)
In other words, you can't wait till 2002. Me either.
ZDnet ran an article on how the 2.4 Kernel release was pushed back. Of course if you look at the talkbacks all the windows zealots jumped all over it, because for once it wasn't Microsoft pushing back the date. Some even called it vaporware. (If you think people who post on Slashdot are clueless take a look at the comments here.)
Hard disk cable? It needs to have its own power supply! It comes with a power cable, you know, the type that you plug into the wall. Only the 6000 needs the external the 5500 has the hard disk cable
I agree with Rob (I think it was him) that I don't understand what the big deal about 1Ghz is. Its not like its all that faster than a 900Mgz. Let me know when Willamett or Spitfire is out.
I see people spouting statistics (%5 of users use linux... etc) My question is where are you guys getting these stats? Are they guesses or fact? Anybody got a link?
At the Linux Expo in New York this year a friend and I stopped by the MainSoft both. One of their guys was telling me that they have access to the windows NT source and with it they wrote a program that will let you compile your windows program to *nix. They even said M$ used it themself to write the IE port for Solaris. So if you think IE for Solaris is slow, Office will probably be also. (I never tried it myself). The software looks like it might be good for small programs, but I bet it runs big ones (like M$ Office) like crap. Here is a link to a link to there website; http://www.mainsoft.com
Since when is more choice in apps. a bad thing. If you don't like Real don't install their player. If it is installed by default remove it, it isn't that hard. Yes we would all like an open source player better, but even if there was a good one available it still wouldn't play all the millions of rm stuff out there. Yes their player is sucky and Real doesn't respect privacy, but if you don't like it don't use it. Its a simple as that.
And to those worried about Rhat specific shit, don't. It is still Linux running on the same libs and crap, stuff "for RedHat Linux X.X" will always run as long as you are using the same libs.
Tom's Hardware is a nice sight and that does good reviews on hardware. The only problem is all the hardware is tested and benchmarked in Windows. Does anybody know of a sight that does similar reviews for Linux? Just because something performs well under windows doesn't mean it will fly in Linux (look at the GeForce, because the drivers suck for it, it performs worse than a Voodoo1). For example I'm looking for a site that tells you what runs quake3 faster Matrox's new card or a Voodoo3, how many frames etc... I would be willing to create such a sight if I non exists and if I can get companies to send me some hardware to rate.
I know they are pretty pricing (I'm a student too), but its worth paying the extra money to support the linux games cause. I've bought both Quake3 and HeroesIII and they work great. I play them more than any of my other games because I don't have to reboot and they never crash. (I'll be getting RailRoad Tycoon from my girlfried hopefully) Remember you have to vote with your wallet it is the only thing that a business like Blizzard takes seriously.
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Actually I have noticed minor mouse movements even when I'm not moving the mouse on both my P3 and my NiC ( www.thinknic.com ). strange
I use linux, my fiancee uses AOL. Now she can get to AOL without rebooting my machine. Also if I get a NiC from www.thinknic.com and put AOL for Linux on it I will have a nice cheap computer for her.
Her parents also use AOL, it crashes alot with Win95, (GPF) hopefully this will be more stable.
I agree, not only that but linux is much easier to remotely operate. (I know, you can use PCAnywhere or something for Win9x, but it is terribly slow over phone line, whereas ssh with compression is pretty quick by comparison.) Granny doesn't have to know how to recompile kernel, I can do it for her from my house (same with printer install, though she still has to do the physical part).
anyone know if NIC can mount nfs partitions... Also can it remeber them and automatically mount them on boot up (/etc/fstab)? Also I'm assuming you can boot any bootable cdrom... which means you can make your own custome OS right?
Those devices typically have NiCd batteries... which suck. (They have memory, which means to get the longest life out of them you have to completly discharge the battery before charging.) Lithium ion's don't have this problem. All rechargable devices will fail to take a charge over time, but the lithiums last much longer than NiCds.
Every week or so we have another article about X-box. It won't even be around for over a year.(esp with the way MS keeps dates) Yes it will have nice hardware, but then so will the Indrema, In fact they seem almost identical hardware wise. (except Indrema can have a larger harddrive up to 50gigs, think TIVO, it comes with a MPEG encoder).
As far as software goes the Indrema is much more interesting because the SDK is free and the licensing very open.
Why would anyone bother with an X-box? The only reason I can think is to try to load linux or something inorder to screw MS from licensing fees.
Then again maybe I just hate MS.;)
With both techs licensed maybe someone will make a card for PC that will let you play DC and PS2 games on your PC. That would be really cool, my monitor has a much better resolution than my TV. Wishfull thinking.
I agree, the overuse of 'kewl' and 'peeps' made it hard to take the "article" seriously.
You mean like when I'm frantically hitting the left mouse button in an attempt to 'battle' my enemies?
BTW you can hold down the mouse button in Diablo 2.
I used to work for an ISP and customers that had line problems didn't usually take that long. While we did have to go through Bell it only took a short time to diagnose it as a line problem. We would then contact Bell and they would issue us a trouble ticket. They would usually send someone within 2-8 hours (depending on time of day). I imagine Bell's own ISP would probably go through the same channels (though they would probably get higher priority over a small ISP). As for Cable Modem I have @home. Their connection is usually pretty fast, but I seem to get intermitent service late a night sometimes (3-4 in the morning). Never had any long term problems though.
There is pleanty of reason to be happy about 3dfx having problems, they dug themselves into this hole by releasing several crap cards in a row. They are not there because of FUD or unfair monopolies or lawyers or anything, they are there because they have been beaten on a technological level consistantly. Isn't that exactly what we want to happen, the company who makes the best technology wins? Instead of the company with the best marketing wins?
I agree 3dfx's cards should not sell as well if they are inferior technologicaly. I just think that people should hope that they produce one that isn't so as to give nvidia a run for its money. (and perhaps bring down the price on those shiny new Geforce2s) If 3dfx keeps putting out shitty cards they will go under, and that will be one less reason for nvidia to keep creating kickass cards.
If have a product that is a few generations ahead that the competition why bother pushing for the next generation?? Why not just wait a awhile and soak up the profits. If it wasn't for Linux hype I bet MS would have taken even longer with Win2000.
If someone doesn't produce a competitor to nvidia it just a matter of time before nvidia becomes the Microsoft the 3d card. Or maybe Intel would be a better example.
Think about it... Because no one (until recently with the Athlon) could touch intel in the PC cpu market they thought they could force consumers to buy what they wanted at their price. Which is why they went with RDRAM (they have alot of money invested in RDRAM... so if you have to buy RDRAM to use intel chips they make even more money) It didn't matter the RDRAM wasn't as good as promised and that it cost tons of money you had to buy it because that was all that the newer Pentiums could use... Then came AMD and the Athlon, which forced intel to stop being lazy and lower prices create the MTH and push the coppermine cpu out earlier. So what is the moral of the story?
Competition is good dammit! I hate it when people who own nvidia chips get all happy when a competitor stumbles. Don't you understand that competion keeps prices down and increases inovation... Look at Microsoft, no competion is why they can charge rediculous prices for their shit OS. If 3dfx comes out with a card that is just as fast or faster than the Geforce2 then prices would be even better.
Moral? There is no reason to be happy that 3dfx is having trouble even if you are a stalwart nvidia fan. (unless of course you own stock in nvdia) Less competion just means higher prices and slower less inovating releases of hardware later.
Having been a PC gamer for many years, I'm not surprised by this tired refrain. Quality game makers all over the place are closing up shop or canceling products. The size and number of the PC-specific game magazines is also decreasing.
I've seen recent studies showing how console games are swamping PC game sales, and I'm really starting to believe it. Well, that and the fact that I'm also giving up PC games for consoles...
So many console games are very lame. Very few have any sort of depth to them. Games like Ultima Underworld 1/2 and System Shock are different. These games pull you into an engrossing world and will consume much of your time till you beat it... That is if you can climb the learning curve. I think the problem is these days people want mindless mash the button reaction games. Not enough people have the time or desire to get used to the controls to play these games. (Kinda like progamming or unix... difficult at first but if you hang in there it becomes very rewarding. Althoug playing thes games are not nearly that hard/time consuming as unix/progamming)
What a shame. I guess we should all go back to Windows 98 and sign on to AOL to check our mail, then go play Crash Bandicoot 3 on our PSX. I mean that is the easiest thing to do.
I own the PC version, and let me tell you I'm not impressed. Sure some games look pretty nice with the D3D enhancements, but too many of my playstation games don't work properly. One annoying problem is the non working transparency. This makes playing certain games very difficult. (ie in I.Q. the qubes don't reflect off the floor so it is hard to tell their positions, also the markers don't show up well either).
Hopefully since they are writing it for one specific platform it will work better.
Redhat is the Microsoft of Linux... Let them have the control, and they'll pay you back handsomely...
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This is so tireing... Just because RedHat has the largest share of the market doesn't make them Microsoft. If Suse gained popularity then people would say that Suse was the Linux Microsoft.
Making these comparisons is really unfair to RedHat and also stupid. Microsoft is a predatory and prioritory company. Just because people tend to package their products for the most popular dist (esp. among corps) doesn't mean RH is evil... it just means developers are shooting for the setup a person is most likely to have.
Besides even on the Win platform everything has a default install location (Program Files) but any decent program lets you change this.
Anyway last but not least, RH pays Alan Cox to work on the kernel and that benefits everyone.
Flame Away!
In other words, you can't wait till 2002. Me either.
ZDnet ran an article on how the 2.4 Kernel release was pushed back. Of course if you look at the talkbacks all the windows zealots jumped all over it, because for once it wasn't Microsoft pushing back the date. Some even called it vaporware. (If you think people who post on Slashdot are clueless take a look at the comments here.)
Hard disk cable? It needs to have its own power supply! It comes with a power cable, you know, the type that you plug into the wall.
Only the 6000 needs the external the 5500 has the hard disk cable
I agree with Rob (I think it was him) that I don't understand what the big deal about 1Ghz is. Its not like its all that faster than a 900Mgz. Let me know when Willamett or Spitfire is out.
I see people spouting statistics (%5 of users use linux... etc) My question is where are you guys getting these stats? Are they guesses or fact? Anybody got a link?
At the Linux Expo in New York this year a friend and I stopped by the MainSoft both. One of their guys was telling me that they have access to the windows NT source and with it they wrote a program that will let you compile your windows program to *nix. They even said M$ used it themself to write the IE port for Solaris. So if you think IE for Solaris is slow, Office will probably be also. (I never tried it myself). The software looks like it might be good for small programs, but I bet it runs big ones (like M$ Office) like crap. Here is a link to a link to there website; http://www.mainsoft.com
Since when is more choice in apps. a bad thing. If you don't like Real don't install their player. If it is installed by default remove it, it isn't that hard. Yes we would all like an open source player better, but even if there was a good one available it still wouldn't play all the millions of rm stuff out there. Yes their player is sucky and Real doesn't respect privacy, but if you don't like it don't use it. Its a simple as that.
And to those worried about Rhat specific shit, don't. It is still Linux running on the same libs and crap, stuff "for RedHat Linux X.X" will always run as long as you are using the same libs.
Tom's Hardware is a nice sight and that does good reviews on hardware. The only problem is all the hardware is tested and benchmarked in Windows. Does anybody know of a sight that does similar reviews for Linux? Just because something performs well under windows doesn't mean it will fly in Linux (look at the GeForce, because the drivers suck for it, it performs worse than a Voodoo1). For example I'm looking for a site that tells you what runs quake3 faster Matrox's new card or a Voodoo3, how many frames etc... I would be willing to create such a sight if I non exists and if I can get companies to send me some hardware to rate.
I know they are pretty pricing (I'm a student too), but its worth paying the extra money to support the linux games cause. I've bought both Quake3 and HeroesIII and they work great. I play them more than any of my other games because I don't have to reboot and they never crash. (I'll be getting RailRoad Tycoon from my girlfried hopefully) Remember you have to vote with your wallet it is the only thing that a business like Blizzard takes seriously.