Re:DVD? No. VCD? DivX? Yes.
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I don't normally ask people to do this, but please if anyone actually has this in Divx/MPEG/whatever put it up on Kazaa
I promise to buy the video when it's available, but I want to see it now and can't afford the flight from Toronto to California or Washington to watch it
It won't eliminate the need, it will eliminate re-booting thoght when your computer comes back on still in a BSOD no matter how many times you try to re-boot it.:)
That doesn't help us one bit. I was hoping this was going to be a story about how they found a way to keep windows from crashing, instead its about memory that's non-volitile, so re-booting after a crash would be futile since it would come back up the same when you turn the power back on.:( sure it ends re-booting, but now the windows box is totally useless. (wait, this may be a Good Thing (TM) afterall)
I tell em, in fact I just sent a message to the folks at Lavalife (personals site) telling them to fix their instant messenger because it works fine with MS's virtual machine but with real Sun Java you just get to watch the classes load and then nothing happens.
I can't remember which site I read it on, but apparently you can sync it to the palm desktop. (if not you CAN sync to outlook regarless of what the WSJ article says) which makes it just as easy to migrate from palm to zaurus as from one palm to an other.
I think that there are alrady some ethernet CF cards that drivers are available for, the only part that I'm unsure of is can I use the serial connection as a standard serial port.
Replace My MP3 Player (a sucky JAMP3 with 64Meg MMC card...which fits the Zaurus!)
add on ethernet so I can use it in place of my laptop to diagnose and fix network problems on client's networks and log into routers and such.. (that reminds me can the serial cable be used to connect to a Cisco console? (used as standard serial port 9600n81)if not can it be hacked to work that way?
Add wireless ethernet and surf the web in my backyard. (maybe... if I can find a good reason to spend that kind of $$)
While my job often makes me feel that way...due to the fact the company I work for can only afford 2 computer geeks I have to do techsupport more often than the fun stuff like network design and such... I don't think I fall into the drone category and I do have an (now expired NT 4.0 track) MCSE....but then I don't even use Windows at home and only use Win2k at work because they say I have to. All my servers save the internal one run linux. (I don't really consider the internal server mine though, the other guy takes care of it most of the time.)
...anyway, point is MCSE doesn't necessarily indicate a drone, any one who puts MCP, MCP+I, and MCSE all on their resume (or worse on the ends of their e-mails or business cards) is a drone for sure though. MCSE afterall implies completion of at least MCP and most likely (especially if the MCSE is not the expired NT4.0 track) MCP+I so it is just a feeble attempt to make themselves look important.
No, it doesn't prevent you from dual booting, it specificly says "you may not use the product to..." meaning you can't use winXP to permit remote access, but if you booted to linux you aren't using XP so you can still use linux on that same physical machine in whatever way you like. (except if that includes running virtual machines of XP and allowing remote access via linux)
It's cool that they are MAYBE going to include a more standards complienat browser but when will AOL wake up and offer other standard internet services like SMTP servers?
Actually he might be right, there are a great number of people who don't trust anything that can be had for free.. years and years of MS FUD have lead to a lot of distrust of anything you can get without paying SOMETHING for it. Shrinkwrapped versions of free software have helped a lot to convince some of these people that certain free software products are legitimate, but it's still a hard sell for some.
Or, this gets people playing games on Linux instead of dual booting... these gamers demand better performance and the game companies realize they need to lose the wrapper to improve performance.
It may not make a difference for some, but the average customer is still a casual user, they read e-mail, probably have 2 or 3 hotmail accounts for the kids, they download updates to their software every once in a while (when they remember, or when the old version nags them to) and they read a few sites each day, and then pass the computer on to the kids who download 5-6 mp3s and chat with their school friends....and one of the kids probably plays an hour or two of unreal tournament. and maybe someone downloads a movie on the weekend.
This typical family sharing one PC will use less bandwidth than the same family with 2 pcs, where the unreal player plays a lot longer because his sister isn't nagging him to let her on to chat with the cute guy from school, and each of them is now downloading songs, the "kids" computer now has morpheus/kazaa running 24/7... just because they can....it adds up. It may not seem obvious, but on average multiple computer households DO use more of the available bandwidth.
To quote one of my customers who just got hooked up to cable... "how do I get on the internet? with AOL there was an icon I just clicked and it connected me to AOL"
me-"Do you see a big blue E that says internet explorer?...click on that"
i fail to see how recommending keeping a backup of/home files gives them a way to defend Microsft for it's lousy defense against e-mail viruses.
After all, on most Microsoft systems you'd need to back up the whole thing. Once a virus lets loose on Joe Average's Win98 box it's not limited to just hurting his My Documents folder.
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I don't normally ask people to do this, but please if anyone actually has this in Divx/MPEG/whatever put it up on Kazaa
I promise to buy the video when it's available, but I want to see it now and can't afford the flight from Toronto to California or Washington to watch it
only 19 people showed up for the show on a Saturday night -- mostly Linux users and their tolerant dates, as far as I could tell.
Linux users can have dates?
I'm a Linux user and I've only had one date in the past 11 months.
Keeps your pc case fan budget under control too.
Not if his machine is so old it doesn't have EIDE
(he said no DMA support)
It won't eliminate the need, it will eliminate re-booting thoght when your computer comes back on still in a BSOD no matter how many times you try to re-boot it. :)
That doesn't help us one bit. :( sure it ends re-booting, but now the windows box is totally useless. (wait, this may be a Good Thing (TM) afterall)
I was hoping this was going to be a story about how they found a way to keep windows from crashing, instead its about memory that's non-volitile, so re-booting after a crash would be futile since it would come back up the same when you turn the power back on.
I tell em, in fact I just sent a message to the folks at Lavalife (personals site) telling them to fix their instant messenger because it works fine with MS's virtual machine but with real Sun Java you just get to watch the classes load and then nothing happens.
I can't remember which site I read it on, but apparently you can sync it to the palm desktop. (if not you CAN sync to outlook regarless of what the WSJ article says) which makes it just as easy to migrate from palm to zaurus as from one palm to an other.
I think that there are alrady some ethernet CF cards that drivers are available for, the only part that I'm unsure of is can I use the serial connection as a standard serial port.
Things I would want to use a Zaurus for:
...which fits the Zaurus!)
Replace my Visor DLX.
Replace My MP3 Player (a sucky JAMP3 with 64Meg MMC card
add on ethernet so I can use it in place of my laptop to diagnose and fix network problems on client's networks and log into routers and such.. (that reminds me can the serial cable be used to connect to a Cisco console? (used as standard serial port 9600n81)if not can it be hacked to work that way?
Add wireless ethernet and surf the web in my backyard. (maybe... if I can find a good reason to spend that kind of $$)
101 things I haven't thought of yet.
I don't know about big and clunky, it's just slightly longer than the Handspring Visor and same width and thickness.
Sure compared to the new M100 series palms it's big and clunky, but not compared to most WinCE handhelds I've seen.
I've never met one MCSE that wasn't a drone
...due to the fact the company I work for can only afford 2 computer geeks I have to do techsupport more often than the fun stuff like network design and such... I don't think I fall into the drone category and I do have an (now expired NT 4.0 track) MCSE. ...but then I don't even use Windows at home and only use Win2k at work because they say I have to. All my servers save the internal one run linux. (I don't really consider the internal server mine though, the other guy takes care of it most of the time.)
While my job often makes me feel that way
...anyway, point is MCSE doesn't necessarily indicate a drone, any one who puts MCP, MCP+I, and MCSE all on their resume (or worse on the ends of their e-mails or business cards) is a drone for sure though. MCSE afterall implies completion of at least MCP and most likely (especially if the MCSE is not the expired NT4.0 track) MCP+I so it is just a feeble attempt to make themselves look important.
Hate to break it to you but in real life badguys don't wear black hats and goodguys white ones. You have to figure out who to trust on your own.
A good RPG should be as believeable a second reality as possible.
And it makes GnomeMeeting [gnomemeeting.org] illegal too (unless I could use another XP licence for that)
Does GnomeMeeting have remote control features now? last I checked it was strictly video voice and limited text chatting.
No, it doesn't prevent you from dual booting, it specificly says "you may not use the product to..." meaning you can't use winXP to permit remote access, but if you booted to linux you aren't using XP so you can still use linux on that same physical machine in whatever way you like. (except if that includes running virtual machines of XP and allowing remote access via linux)
It's cool that they are MAYBE going to include a more standards complienat browser but when will AOL wake up and offer other standard internet services like SMTP servers?
You mean Marpeus switches BACK to Gnutella. :)
Actually he might be right, there are a great number of people who don't trust anything that can be had for free.. years and years of MS FUD have lead to a lot of distrust of anything you can get without paying SOMETHING for it. Shrinkwrapped versions of free software have helped a lot to convince some of these people that certain free software products are legitimate, but it's still a hard sell for some.
Can it? that's something that 97 and 2000 couldn't do.
Or, this gets people playing games on Linux instead of dual booting... these gamers demand better performance and the game companies realize they need to lose the wrapper to improve performance.
It may not make a difference for some, but the average customer is still a casual user, they read e-mail, probably have 2 or 3 hotmail accounts for the kids, they download updates to their software every once in a while (when they remember, or when the old version nags them to) and they read a few sites each day, and then pass the computer on to the kids who download 5-6 mp3s and chat with their school friends. ...and one of the kids probably plays an hour or two of unreal tournament. and maybe someone downloads a movie on the weekend.
...it adds up. It may not seem obvious, but on average multiple computer households DO use more of the available bandwidth.
This typical family sharing one PC will use less bandwidth than the same family with 2 pcs, where the unreal player plays a lot longer because his sister isn't nagging him to let her on to chat with the cute guy from school, and each of them is now downloading songs, the "kids" computer now has morpheus/kazaa running 24/7... just because they can.
To quote one of my customers who just got hooked up to cable... "how do I get on the internet? with AOL there was an icon I just clicked and it connected me to AOL" ...click on that"
me-"Do you see a big blue E that says internet explorer?
...some people need a LOT of hand holding.
I agree, but then again I've never seen a Real Video encoded at the same bitrate as the MPEG on your TIVO
I thought that was obvious.
It's so you can download content to your Tivo to view on your TV.
They are probably thinking in terms of PPV movies.
i fail to see how recommending keeping a backup of /home files gives them a way to defend Microsft for it's lousy defense against e-mail viruses.
After all, on most Microsoft systems you'd need to back up the whole thing. Once a virus lets loose on Joe Average's Win98 box it's not limited to just hurting his My Documents folder.