As a user of both Linux/X and IRIX workstations, I see the difference in X performance. My linux workstation should be far superior video wise compared to this 6 year old SGI station.. but it isn't.
I blame both the XFree accelerator drivers for my GeForce and XF86 itself. I shouldnt ever see screen draws.
But I stick by what I said.. XF86 is clunky. While it does the job, it just feels slow and awkward, even with no bloated window manager.
Yes, I did hear the album before it came out by downloading a pre-release copy to hear. I deleted it a few days later because I simply didn't like the album. I don't like it nearly as much as Play (which I bought after downloading and liking).
Write your own set of libraries in C++/Java or simplify what you're doing. I find writing an extensible shell application is just as productive as VB at many times, and can definately be more efficient...
I haven't found anything perfect yet. One or more factors are usually off. Either it isn't the right time of day or I can't find the right music or whatever..
I function best in the mornings (8am to 11am) after a good nights sleep of 7-8 hours. Once 11am hits I require a good walk/ride and perhaps a cool drink and lunch (its only black coffee in the mornings). A two hour break is good, but usually I want to get the work day over with so at noon I'll code again. Mostly, after noon I find myself idling around, ircing, spacing out, or running into a mad amount of problems.
On some days I stop at six, other days I work till 4am or later. I tend to find myself close to being in the zone at around 1:30am. If I am still up at that time, I tend to work quite well. I don't check email at this time, and just buzz along until I notice the time or the sun coming up. When this occurs, I don't get back to work until the afternoon the next day. I either work a short day or the cycle repeats again.
Well, it's almost 1:10 now, so I better go get some sleep because I don't want to be up all nights this week.
I don't have a desktop on my workstation (I use blackbox). I keep my personal files in my home directory, in a set of subdirs. If I lose a file, I search for it. I don't want to be loading some hog of a program to visually browse through catalogues of files. I don't see that as at all efficient.
Just gimme a search box and an alphabetical result list.
My PII450 was purchased in the summer of 1998. It is approaching the three year mark quickly. And I still have no real plans of upgrading.
Sure, I'd like to triple my clock speed, but I can't warrant the cost.
My PII400 is a gaming box.. running M$ Windows. I recently purchased Tribes2, and it runs moderately with my GeForce.... but I want to upgrade now.
My laptop is a PIII750.. I do video editing on that. Plenty fast enough.
The thing is, comparing speeds of my PII450 and a PIII733 I sometimes use.. both running KDE2, and both running it sort of slowly. I have yet to see a machine draw KDE fast enough. Soo.. a faster machine doesn't really help that.
I had a discussion about Neal Stephenson with my roommate last October about his books and possible movies, and how great it could be if it was done right.
I believe that they were trying to do it, but the last i heard it wasn't happening and probably will never happen.:(
Cryptonomicon would be great on the screen too I think.
Is there any way I could attach a parallel network adapter or something and use the 16meg of flash to have the system network boot?
I personally can't see why not... but...
I was thinking, just hook up a regular hard drive to it with linux installed... setup the flash area to boot the system with network support and mount a NFS share from a central machine.
That way, I could have a dozen of these suckers around my house.
Sounds like a great way to get linux into more homes, but the last people I want to order one of these are the people I know.
I spend enough time providing computer help to friends and family, it's hard to put my foot down.
On another note (sorry, its sort of off topic), while I am typing... anyone out there use a wrist brace? My right wrist is killing me, and has been for a long time (on and off). I haven't spoken to a doctor yet, but I intend to... I have noticed that i move the mouse with my wrist a lot, rather than using my arm.
Any recommendations of where to get a wrist brace?
I am amazed at myself. I am probably addicted to/.... but to be a trollish for a moment, I often get upset when i hit reload every 5 minutes and dont see a new article. I miss those Sunday night quickies...
I tried out one of those Aura setups at a friends work once. He works for a state run company, and each employee gets a yearly budget. He didnt replace his workstation for a few years, and bought that thing. Its enormous and he practically lives at work now.
I'd like one for my home office.
On another note, what plugins do you people use for xmms? I haven't been using anything fancy for it.
There is one plugin I would love (and all you Pink Floyd fans should want it too) is a no gap plugin. When one plays The Wall there are not supposed to be any gaps between tracks. It's a common problem for MP3 players to put a gap between tracks... the popular WinAmp for that other OS has a plugin to remove those gaps.
Any plugin coders know how to do this? I dont know the first thing about sound programming... although I dont think it involves sound at all... just some sort of output plugin to prebuffer the next song or something.
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I'm glad you're enjoying those buttons... but since I run linux, Microsoft's software does nothing for me... and those buttons probably won't either.
I think I'm going to replace my original Natural (i've worn off the letters (not that I need them) and some of the keys dont stay in anymore... namely the semicolon and 's' keys...)
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I am not saying hte new one is crap... I am just saying that it has stupid keys.
The Elite is crap. Small keys, diamond shaped arrow keys, etc.
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Years ago, when the Microsoft Natural keyboard was first released I happened to win a little Microsoft contest that basically gave me a lot of free stuff.
One such item was a MS Natural Keyboard. I love it a lot, and when i'm typing on my laptop or a regular keyboard for a while I get wrist pain.
A word of caution however: 1. These split keyboards often put some keys in odd places (backslash, backspace, enter, the number six and seven and a the ever so important forward slash). TRY IT OUT FIRST! Go to CompUSA or your local computer store and try one out... or make a friend buy it first... or hell, but it and return it later if you don't like it. I like the MS one because I like the layout, the large keys, and the way its split.
2. These don't cure your wrist, and it is still up to you to start relaxing a bit. Take a break every hour (pickup a smoking habit if you have to). It is sometimes hard in the middle of hacking to leave your code, but do it anyway.
Find a keyboard that fits your hands. You dont want to be all over the place, and you also want keys that you don't have to punch down with a lot of effort. One of the nicest feeling keyboards (and loudest) was my old Zeos AT keyboard.
The Microsoft Natural Elite (released 98 I think) is crap. They just released a new Natural that looks the same as the original, except with these stupid internet keys up top. (do these work in linux at all.. can i remap them? anyone done this?)
Also, look into getting a quality typing brace.. they feel good.
Your other option is to continue using whatever keyboard you have in hopes that you can retire at 31 as a multi millionaire.
- Hugh
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You DO have the power to contact the issuing bank and get the card flagged.
Call your merchant bank, give them the card number and tell them you want the phone number for the bank that issued the card.
Call the bank, ask for the security/fraud department. Talk to the sometimes unhelpful people and you'll make progress.
As a user of both Linux/X and IRIX workstations, I see the difference in X performance. My linux workstation should be far superior video wise compared to this 6 year old SGI station.. but it isn't.
I blame both the XFree accelerator drivers for my GeForce and XF86 itself. I shouldnt ever see screen draws.
But I stick by what I said.. XF86 is clunky. While it does the job, it just feels slow and awkward, even with no bloated window manager.
My biggest complaint about Linux is the X server and associated window managers/desktops.
MacOSX seems to have avoided these problems with their desktop, but that's it for fast BSD/Linux guis.
I use Fluxbox/Blackbox because I hate all of the processes associated with gnome that bog me down.
On top of this, XFree86 is clunky.. I blame this on the fact that XFree supports a lot of old hardware.
Give me XFree 5, a complete rewrite optimized for the modern GPUs from nvidia and ati.. and a WM/desktop that is more efficient.
Yes, I did hear the album before it came out by downloading a pre-release copy to hear. I deleted it a few days later because I simply didn't like the album. I don't like it nearly as much as Play (which I bought after downloading and liking).
Write your own set of libraries in C++/Java or simplify what you're doing. I find writing an extensible shell application is just as productive as VB at many times, and can definately be more efficient...
I haven't found anything perfect yet. One or more factors are usually off. Either it isn't the right time of day or I can't find the right music or whatever..
I function best in the mornings (8am to 11am) after a good nights sleep of 7-8 hours. Once 11am hits I require a good walk/ride and perhaps a cool drink and lunch (its only black coffee in the mornings). A two hour break is good, but usually I want to get the work day over with so at noon I'll code again. Mostly, after noon I find myself idling around, ircing, spacing out, or running into a mad amount of problems.
On some days I stop at six, other days I work till 4am or later. I tend to find myself close to being in the zone at around 1:30am. If I am still up at that time, I tend to work quite well. I don't check email at this time, and just buzz along until I notice the time or the sun coming up. When this occurs, I don't get back to work until the afternoon the next day. I either work a short day or the cycle repeats again.
Well, it's almost 1:10 now, so I better go get some sleep because I don't want to be up all nights this week.
I don't have a desktop on my workstation (I use blackbox). I keep my personal files in my home directory, in a set of subdirs. If I lose a file, I search for it. I don't want to be loading some hog of a program to visually browse through catalogues of files. I don't see that as at all efficient.
Just gimme a search box and an alphabetical result list.
Sure, I'd like to triple my clock speed, but I can't warrant the cost.
My PII400 is a gaming box.. running M$ Windows. I recently purchased Tribes2, and it runs moderately with my GeForce.... but I want to upgrade now.
My laptop is a PIII750.. I do video editing on that. Plenty fast enough.
The thing is, comparing speeds of my PII450 and a PIII733 I sometimes use.. both running KDE2, and both running it sort of slowly. I have yet to see a machine draw KDE fast enough. Soo.. a faster machine doesn't really help that.
Does anyone remember when Slashdot actually had good responses to posts?
Since when has this become trollcentral.com?
Is this really Windows only? Grrr.. don't make me wish I had a Windows box.
Looks real perty... sigh.
I had a discussion about Neal Stephenson with my roommate last October about his books and possible movies, and how great it could be if it was done right.
:(
I believe that they were trying to do it, but the last i heard it wasn't happening and probably will never happen.
Cryptonomicon would be great on the screen too I think.
Is there any way I could attach a parallel network adapter or something and use the 16meg of flash to have the system network boot?
I personally can't see why not... but...
I was thinking, just hook up a regular hard drive to it with linux installed... setup the flash area to boot the system with network support and mount a NFS share from a central machine.
That way, I could have a dozen of these suckers around my house.
What are the logistics of getting the existing QNX install to work with an ethernet adapter of sorts?
Actually the font server has been one of the things that I have been really wanting to see.
The version I have that came with Mandrake7 just doesnt seem all that fantastic. I hate Netscape's font support....
I would like a shot of the 3d stuff, photos of the dual head display support, etc.
Those of you who've attempted to install the 4.0 release, did you encounter any problems that we should be aware of?
If only I could get KDE and Enlightenment to work together now....
Anyone out there running 4.0 and have screen shots available?
I am about to download and install it myself, but I don't think I'll have time to do it today, but I'm SOOO curious.
Anyone feel like firing up a snapshot app?
Sounds like a great way to get linux into more homes, but the last people I want to order one of these are the people I know.
I spend enough time providing computer help to friends and family, it's hard to put my foot down.
On another note (sorry, its sort of off topic), while I am typing... anyone out there use a wrist brace? My right wrist is killing me, and has been for a long time (on and off). I haven't spoken to a doctor yet, but I intend to... I have noticed that i move the mouse with my wrist a lot, rather than using my arm.
Any recommendations of where to get a wrist brace?
Since the site appears to be slashdotted... I wonder:
What does it take for a server not to get slashdotted?
I hope it doesn't require a 12 CPU server cluster with each machine having half a gig of RAM.
Are there any folks out there that have survived being slashdotted with only slowdowns (and serve dynamic pages)?
Most of my friends love Final FAntasy, are looking forward to movie, etc... although they seem unimpressed by the trailer.
I had the game for the NES, but I hated it. I just couldn't get into it.
Perhaps this means I'll be the only who likes the movie then... I'll be watching simply to see the awesome effects/quality.
Hmm, that's good to know, but I don't have that option checked.
The pause is very minute, and occurs when xmms reads in the new file... I think.
I am amazed at myself. I am probably addicted to /.... but to be a trollish for a moment, I often get upset when i hit reload every 5 minutes and dont see a new article. I miss those Sunday night quickies...
I tried out one of those Aura setups at a friends work once. He works for a state run company, and each employee gets a yearly budget. He didnt replace his workstation for a few years, and bought that thing. Its enormous and he practically lives at work now.
I'd like one for my home office.
On another note, what plugins do you people use for xmms? I haven't been using anything fancy for it.
There is one plugin I would love (and all you Pink Floyd fans should want it too) is a no gap plugin. When one plays The Wall there are not supposed to be any gaps between tracks. It's a common problem for MP3 players to put a gap between tracks... the popular WinAmp for that other OS has a plugin to remove those gaps.
Any plugin coders know how to do this? I dont know the first thing about sound programming... although I dont think it involves sound at all... just some sort of output plugin to prebuffer the next song or something.
I'm glad you're enjoying those buttons... but since I run linux, Microsoft's software does nothing for me... and those buttons probably won't either.
I think I'm going to replace my original Natural (i've worn off the letters (not that I need them) and some of the keys dont stay in anymore... namely the semicolon and 's' keys...)
I am not saying hte new one is crap... I am just saying that it has stupid keys.
The Elite is crap. Small keys, diamond shaped arrow keys, etc.
Years ago, when the Microsoft Natural keyboard was first released I happened to win a little Microsoft contest that basically gave me a lot of free stuff.
One such item was a MS Natural Keyboard. I love it a lot, and when i'm typing on my laptop or a regular keyboard for a while I get wrist pain.
A word of caution however:
1. These split keyboards often put some keys in odd places (backslash, backspace, enter, the number six and seven and a the ever so important forward slash). TRY IT OUT FIRST! Go to CompUSA or your local computer store and try one out... or make a friend buy it first... or hell, but it and return it later if you don't like it. I like the MS one because I like the layout, the large keys, and the way its split.
2. These don't cure your wrist, and it is still up to you to start relaxing a bit. Take a break every hour (pickup a smoking habit if you have to). It is sometimes hard in the middle of hacking to leave your code, but do it anyway.
Find a keyboard that fits your hands. You dont want to be all over the place, and you also want keys that you don't have to punch down with a lot of effort. One of the nicest feeling keyboards (and loudest) was my old Zeos AT keyboard.
The Microsoft Natural Elite (released 98 I think) is crap. They just released a new Natural that looks the same as the original, except with these stupid internet keys up top. (do these work in linux at all.. can i remap them? anyone done this?)
Also, look into getting a quality typing brace.. they feel good.
Your other option is to continue using whatever keyboard you have in hopes that you can retire at 31 as a multi millionaire.
- Hugh
Does anyone know when Andover actually hit the market? Was it some odd time of the day?