That wasn't my point, people are whining about spanning a dreamcast game across multiple CDs, why not just burn it to a DVD? I know that it's not the easiest thing to do at the moment, but I guess that this card isn't immediately available anyway.
Reading through the posts here it sounds like this has been designed for the developers to drop into their dev boxes to test out the games without moving to a dreamcast.
Or maybe it's just an example of how the technology could be moved to a PC system.
Oh and all those people whinging about a GD being higher capacity than a CD, have you all forgoten about DVDs?
and it wants me to use it's software as my http proxy. Does anyone else smell something off? They can monitor what I upload and also see what porn^H^H^H^H political activist sites I visit.
Now, whether or not I'd call OpenBSD user-friendly or easy to use, that's a different story. I guess I feel pretty good about having a Unix-y/BSD box around that makes me learn more CLI stuff every once in a while.
Well to install and configure I found it pretty easy (once I'd squashed the hardware bugs:) Admittedly I'm only using it as a firewall / NAT box, but it easy to configure and disable all external traffic. If in the future I need http or ftp access then this too will be easy to add and I'll know that the source had been scoured with a fine tooth comb.
There are no other open source OS's that have undergone such a rigorous audit. Hell in the article they state that even "the U.S. Department of Justice uses 260 copies of OpenBSD to store and transmit its most sensitive data."
What you mean the memory stick walkman? The one that can only play back ATRAC3? Thereby forcing you to re-encode all your mp3s into a locked-down format?
Me too, and I'm very happy with it. Currently it's setup in my house at uni shared between as many computers as well can find!
[OT] I don't go in for OS wars but I decided to try out OpenBSD for the firewall. It's soo easy I can't only reccomend it enough. The documentation is excellent and there are even articles for the exact the role I wanted it for.
The only thing I would say about it is to make sure you use good NICs. I started out with a couple of no-name NE2000 jobbies but eventually ended up with 3Com's in there. But that's the same for any OS I guess.
Me too. FWIW where I live now has both a BT phone
line and a Telewest line. The Telewest line consistently
connects at 52 K, the BT line manages 28K. Whether
this is due to the Telewest being a newer connection
than the BT one I couldn't say.
I don't know how much truth there is but I have heard on numerous occasions where BT install a second phone line only for the customer to find that modem speeds halve. Apparently it's not another copper line they install but a multiplexor which shares the 56K between the two lines.
Unsupprisngly people get a little irrate when the line was installed for purely net access.
Huh? I did hear that you had to specify a host name when requesting a DHCP IP address but apart from that I've not heard of any problems.
As a side note I use ntl for cable access, after eventually remembering to reset the modem when trying a DHCP request from a different NIC I managed to finally get OpenBSD to NAT and firewall the connection. (Just look how secure it is, it doesn't even respond to pings)
Well if you're asking about high performance systems using RAM as permanent storage check out QikDrive, crap name, good product. You can install up to 8GB of RAM and format it like a standard hard drive.
Alright so it doesn't retain the data when it's switched off but it does use it's own power supply so you can turn the host machine off. It's a PCI card and it supports Mac OS, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux and Free BSD.
Oh and it's got a good number of flashy lights on it too.
What about the current AOL users currently tied to the Microsoft Way? Would you not like to see them using a proper operating system? Think of the publicity and mindshare something like this could generate.
If I read the article correctly the so called pirates are putting the software (not code) up for download. As these packages were commercial products and/. has not been jumping about screaming that they've been GPL'ed or whatever I guess that the source is not available.
So it's really just a warez site that's five years out of date, hoping that the publishers are too busy chasing the new warez while they serve their banner ads under the guise of public service. Or am I just being cynical?
But then being able to wallow in nostagia firing up stuff like XTreeGold or Commander Keen is quite a nice and fluffy idea, although probably not very legal.
Your right that the granite wouldn't get hot. If it was used as a heatsink (daft idea I know) as the parent poster said then it would be the same as packing loft insulation into your case.
Now that's a proper pissing contest. Forget about over-clocking, how hot can you get your box?
"Well Bruce, I've recently added a three bar electric fire to mine, it now runs at a toasty 90 degrees C. Oh and I've had to underclock the processor by 90%."
Or maybe I've been given some moderators crack by mistake...
Slashdot Mirror
Wrighty.
Or maybe it's just an example of how the technology could be moved to a PC system.
Oh and all those people whinging about a GD being higher capacity than a CD, have you all forgoten about DVDs?
Wrighty.
I don't see a privacy policy on the site either.
wrighty.
Didn't think so.
Slashdot - a place for keyboard warriors.
wrighty.
Well it's mentioned in the article.
And it was posted on /. what more could you ask for?
wrighty.
Well to install and configure I found it pretty easy (once I'd squashed the hardware bugs :) Admittedly I'm only using it as a firewall / NAT box, but it easy to configure and disable all external traffic. If in the future I need http or ftp access then this too will be easy to add and I'll know that the source had been scoured with a fine tooth comb.
wrighty.
wrighty.
Yeah, I thought that was pretty ironic too.
wrighty.
[OT] I don't go in for OS wars but I decided to try out OpenBSD for the firewall. It's soo easy I can't only reccomend it enough. The documentation is excellent and there are even articles for the exact the role I wanted it for.
The only thing I would say about it is to make sure you use good NICs. I started out with a couple of no-name NE2000 jobbies but eventually ended up with 3Com's in there. But that's the same for any OS I guess.
wrighty.
I don't know how much truth there is but I have heard on numerous occasions where BT install a second phone line only for the customer to find that modem speeds halve. Apparently it's not another copper line they install but a multiplexor which shares the 56K between the two lines.
Unsupprisngly people get a little irrate when the line was installed for purely net access.
wrighty.
As a side note I use ntl for cable access, after eventually remembering to reset the modem when trying a DHCP request from a different NIC I managed to finally get OpenBSD to NAT and firewall the connection. (Just look how secure it is, it doesn't even respond to pings)
127.0.0.1
wrighty.
"James, stop that, there's no need to use cattle prods."
*yawn*
*Cough*
I quote:
Linux *is* RedHat
Who needs to bother with context? :)
wrighty.
wrighty.
Found out that it had been mention on /. a few months back:
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/ 05/26/127220.shtml
wrighty.
Alright so it doesn't retain the data when it's switched off but it does use it's own power supply so you can turn the host machine off. It's a PCI card and it supports Mac OS, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux and Free BSD.
Oh and it's got a good number of flashy lights on it too.
wrighty.
wrighty.
wrighty.
Now that's humour.
wrighty.
(As this is already offtopic I'd like to add that the articles today have been particularly fine. Good work fellas.)
I going to set it up on my cable connection just a soon I get hold of some NICs that can grab a DHCP address (gotta love those no-name brands ;).
wrighty.
So it's really just a warez site that's five years out of date, hoping that the publishers are too busy chasing the new warez while they serve their banner ads under the guise of public service. Or am I just being cynical?
But then being able to wallow in nostagia firing up stuff like XTreeGold or Commander Keen is quite a nice and fluffy idea, although probably not very legal.
wrighty.
(rip me to shreads, I double dare you)
wrighty.
wrighty. :)
(this *is* getting OT
Now that's a proper pissing contest. Forget about over-clocking, how hot can you get your box?
"Well Bruce, I've recently added a three bar electric fire to mine, it now runs at a toasty 90 degrees C. Oh and I've had to underclock the processor by 90%."
Or maybe I've been given some moderators crack by mistake...
wrighty.