I'd be willing to pay a few bucks more if they'd open up "the good ports" such as 80 and let me serve my photo album to my family without having to explain to them how to tack the port number on to the end of the domain name.
Is it just me or does the RIAA seem like they are operating in panic mode desparately trying to squeeze out every last penny like an alcoholic shaking a bottle of Mad Dog trying to get that last stubborn drop?
I've got the IOGEAR GCS124U and I would NOT recommend it. I'm using it to split between a Powerbook Titanium, G4 Desktop, and a Red Hat 7.2 (2.4.9-20) box. The problem is that the Red Hat box does not see the USB stuff, making the KVM useless for that machine.
I contacted IOGEAR about it and was told that there would be a chip upgrade I could send the unit in for. 3 months later I contacted them again to find out what was up and was told that the problem was the kernel used in Red Hat 7.2. I've upgraded the kernel to the latest RPM release from Red Hat (2.4.9-20) and still no luck. I contacted IOGEAR again and was told that the chip upgrade was coming, but they didn't know when.
The good thing about IOGEAR is that they include really nice cables, but I found they were too short (two each 4' & 6'). They sell 10 footers on their web site for $40.
When I bought my parents their B&W G3 I had it shipped to my place where I did all of the software installation and then shipped it UPS to them. I had put everything back in the original boxes it came to me in and UPS would not accept it. They told me that all electronic equipment must be packed in double boxes. I pointed out that it was in the exact same packaging that Apple sent it to me (via UPS) and was told that the shipper (Apple) had assumed liabilty for their packages and that is why they could "get away with" said packaging.
I ended up paying UPS the extra money to put those boxes inside of other padded boxes. I wonder why your UPS location would have a seemingly different policy.
It isn't just the station/network logo that bugs me but the 'America Strikes Back" banners that use up 1/4 to 1/3 of the real estate just to display that slogan. Add in the infinite looping message scroller and you've got about 1/2 of your screen left.
The scrollers would be useful if there were more than 7 pieces of "news" on them and they weren't all such useful nuggets as "Bush address ends with 'God Bless America.'"
It is so annoying it feels like I've got AOL Instant Messenger open on my TV.
The HP model is nice, but needs some features, such as wireless networking, which means it could ditch the storage and use Samba like the AudioTron does. Check out this device coming out soon that is similar but has a "dockable" remote and wireless networking to your computer which also lets you listen to internet radio such as Live365. Add a CD-RW to the SimpleFi for burning/encoding CDs and you've got my dream device, although visualizations on the TV screen would be nice to have as well.
Currently I use the IOGEAR GCS124U - MiniView USB II - 4 Port USB KVM Switch (Hotkeys/OSD). For some reason when I'm in Mac OS 9 or KDE the scroll wheel is not detected. When I contacted IOGEAR support they told me it was a known issue that would be taken care of via a free chipset upgrade I could send the unit in for. The new chipset has been held up because of the terrorist attack and typhoons overseas. I highly recommend this unit but you may wish to check to make sure you're getting the latest revision. Strangely, Mac OS X does detect the scroll wheel just fine.
Is it just me or did anyone else misread "Judd Gregg" as "Judge Dredd?" I wondered what in the hell Sylvester Stallone would know about software backdoors...
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I guess I also can't imagine the Perl scripts of some fairly small town newspaper (we're not talking the NY Times here... ) being that cool that they deserved to be stolen.
Why is it that a small town newspaper's Perl scripts are less valuable than a big newspaper's perl scripts? If I write code for a small company does that my my code or my talent less than that of someone who works for a big company?
The President has indicated that this is NOT a counter strike by the United States. It is believed to be a part of the continuing civil war in Afghanistan, possibly a strike by the same group that hit the United States.
This raises an interesting question:
"How much (extra) are you willing to pay a "mom and pop" ISP in order to get the extra level of customer service?"
Would you be willing to pay $50/month for dial-up access to be with a "mom and pop" ISP or would you stick with $12.99/month from your behemoth company with less customer service?
From the article: "The National Cyber Cop Committee set up by the industry will be advised by a group of 19 hackers, all between 14 and 19 years of age..."
What the article failed to mention was that like the band Menudo the members will be forced to retire when they reach puberty.
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I'd be willing to pay a few bucks more if they'd open up "the good ports" such as 80 and let me serve my photo album to my family without having to explain to them how to tack the port number on to the end of the domain name.
My question is who will be the first geek to emigrate to another country because of that countires position on MS?
And since noting else in the world uses ADC, they must be using Apples.
I think you meant to say MacCentral is the REAL source for up-to-the-minute Mac press releases pretending to be stories.
Is it just me or does the RIAA seem like they are operating in panic mode desparately trying to squeeze out every last penny like an alcoholic shaking a bottle of Mad Dog trying to get that last stubborn drop?
Too bad the video can't be played on OS X machines.
Obviously a fake, everything is spelt korrectly.
"You've got popcorn!"
"You like the pool? Too bad, we're taking it with us."
I got this one in my email at work today: "...by a lower level Program Steering Committee (PSG)..."
I believe this is the first acronym I've seen where the acronym seemed to be random and not actually based upon what it stands for.
I contacted IOGEAR about it and was told that there would be a chip upgrade I could send the unit in for. 3 months later I contacted them again to find out what was up and was told that the problem was the kernel used in Red Hat 7.2. I've upgraded the kernel to the latest RPM release from Red Hat (2.4.9-20) and still no luck. I contacted IOGEAR again and was told that the chip upgrade was coming, but they didn't know when.
The good thing about IOGEAR is that they include really nice cables, but I found they were too short (two each 4' & 6'). They sell 10 footers on their web site for $40.
I ended up paying UPS the extra money to put those boxes inside of other padded boxes. I wonder why your UPS location would have a seemingly different policy.
The scrollers would be useful if there were more than 7 pieces of "news" on them and they weren't all such useful nuggets as "Bush address ends with 'God Bless America.'"
It is so annoying it feels like I've got AOL Instant Messenger open on my TV.
The HP model is nice, but needs some features, such as wireless networking, which means it could ditch the storage and use Samba like the AudioTron does. Check out this device coming out soon that is similar but has a "dockable" remote and wireless networking to your computer which also lets you listen to internet radio such as Live365. Add a CD-RW to the SimpleFi for burning/encoding CDs and you've got my dream device, although visualizations on the TV screen would be nice to have as well.
Currently I use the IOGEAR GCS124U - MiniView USB II - 4 Port USB KVM Switch (Hotkeys/OSD). For some reason when I'm in Mac OS 9 or KDE the scroll wheel is not detected. When I contacted IOGEAR support they told me it was a known issue that would be taken care of via a free chipset upgrade I could send the unit in for. The new chipset has been held up because of the terrorist attack and typhoons overseas. I highly recommend this unit but you may wish to check to make sure you're getting the latest revision. Strangely, Mac OS X does detect the scroll wheel just fine.
Is it just me or did anyone else misread "Judd Gregg" as "Judge Dredd?" I wondered what in the hell Sylvester Stallone would know about software backdoors...
* I'd include an "or BlueTooth" but I don't see BlueTooth ever becoming popular.
Who the fuck are you calling reactionary?!
Why is it that a small town newspaper's Perl scripts are less valuable than a big newspaper's perl scripts? If I write code for a small company does that my my code or my talent less than that of someone who works for a big company?
Nope.
The President has indicated that this is NOT a counter strike by the United States. It is believed to be a part of the continuing civil war in Afghanistan, possibly a strike by the same group that hit the United States.
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"How much (extra) are you willing to pay a "mom and pop" ISP in order to get the extra level of customer service?"
Would you be willing to pay $50/month for dial-up access to be with a "mom and pop" ISP or would you stick with $12.99/month from your behemoth company with less customer service?
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J, Pixel Pimp
No Problem. Rip the file your damn self!
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J, Pixel Pimp
What the article failed to mention was that like the band Menudo the members will be forced to retire when they reach puberty.
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J, Pixel God