you really should defrag that drive once in a while.
AMEN! I have a friend who ran win3.1 for two years without defragging, then one day his computer told him he didn't have enough hard drive space to save a one page wordperfect document even though there was over 40 megs left... I defragged it for him (took a couple hours) and he was quite amazed that it now not only allowed him to save, but also seemed to be faster. There's a reason they put defrag there.
I'm not sure how I fixed it, but I did
Aren't these the worst... When you fix a problem you should at least be able to figure out what you did to fix it... in case it happens again... and again... and again:)
#3 - Why doesn't sony just make a discman that can play cd's with MP3's on them?
I like this idea, I have been playing with the idea of making MP3 compatable CD players for my stereo and car systems... (stereo would come first of course, it is much easier to build, but then why not just have the stereo linked to the lan?:)
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The micro-drive uses the ide standard, which is simple, open, and free, last I checked.
It would be relly cool if portable MP3 players using the micro drive had the second IDE connector go to pins on the bottom of the device so that you could buy a docking station that you could stick a large drive in for long term storage/home use. The docking station could hook it into the stereo system and provide power to recharge it too. (something along the lines of those boom boxes that had the removeable walkman tape deck, only much cooler)
and we assume that none of these people do the logical thing and go see it after work....
It's not that they can't see it after work, it's that no one will be able to get tickets unless they go at like 10:00am to line up for when the ticket office opens at noon.
Who needs a contact manager -- I'm just after the Universal Remote Control program! The range isn't that great 2m. Not sufficient to change channels from my couch.
That's where those pyramid shaped IR repeaters come in handy.. (The ones that take the IR signal, convert it to RF, transmit to another device that converts back to IR to change the channel) If you could hack one of those devices to be just a straight repeater (IR in, amplified IR out) you could have it sit on the coffee table (or even embed it into the table) and solve the distance problem.
I mean seriously, among people on here who socialize with non-geeks, how many people do you know who have ever even heard of MP3, much less use it? Very few if any.
That's true, the only non-geek i know who uses MP3 is my roommate whom I introduced to MP3. Even she only uses it because her parents bought her a kickass machine with Altec Lansing speakers a couple years ago that sounds better than her mini stereo system. (besides, what else would she do with the 3 gigs that windows isn't using??) I'm pretty sure she has all the MP3 songs on CD too. (you have to see the boxes of cds she has to believe it) the MP3s are just a lot more convenient.
I've been looking at some of the "cool" cases that have been touted recently, and never found anything that was more than the old beige box with some colour and plastic mouding added. These guys finally did something creative that doesn't require a whole new motherboard design to implement (like intel's prototypes)
While I would probably never use it myself, I had to smile when I saw the penguin case.. Wouldn't that be cool for linux servers in an office.. that's one way to promote Linux, and to make the linux servers easily visually distinguishable from the NT boxes.
Of a random sampling of 10 of my VHS tapes, only two had any company logo, and they said SONY not JVC... now mind you those were SONY brand blank tapes.
This was the cover story for the Feb. edition of Popular Science. This was on the magazine stands a month ago... It's still interesting, but I think most of the/. audience already knew about it at _least_ since last month.
Considering that the same trick was used before movie cameras were invented, I think that it would be pretty easy to dispute the patent in court. Adding the moving parts to the film is new, (where something freezes and someone walks around it) but blue screen has been used for several decades too.
I don't blame him for trying to patent it though, this camera trick is VERY popular right now and I'm sure there is a lot of money being made from it.
Now that I'm all depressed, reminiscing of the days of the community BBS. I miss drawing up ansi graphics for the people with the highspeed 14.4 modems, and chatting with friends who lived down the street, or around the block but whom I'd never met face to face...
Of course the fun part was when you did meet them face to face. Try organizing a party for an IRC chat room:(
I miss Global War (Risk) tournaments and flame wars with the regulars on the bbs everyone told you to stay away from.
The net has it's flashy graphics and it's easier to find all that free software, but there is a serious lack of community. I remeber times when I would log in after going on vacation for a week (having forgot to mention that on the public discussion rooms) and having 3 or 4 people ask me what happened and why I hadn't been online. Now even in IRC rooms where I show up regularly no one notices.:(
I think giving a youngster an old machine like a c=64 or some other basic based machine, with very little software and a simple book on basic programming is a good (and cheap) way to go.
When I was young, my friends all had ataris and nintendos or segas, i had a Vic-20, about 20 tapes and a small stack of thin books on basic. I was forced to use the computer to learn math (it was that or a boring night with dad and a text book) And it didn't take long before I got curious enough to start writing a few simple programs.
I think a vic-20 now goes for about $10 with a bunch of tapes and accessories at the average yard sale.
Give a kid an old machine, and limit the time they can spend on Mom & Dad's machine (and NO nintendo! Let them play with the neighbor's) You might be surprised at what they will come up with.
I would think that this would fall in the same category as strong encryption. (Can only be exported to Canada)
Actually I'm quite surprised that they are willing to release their software to the general public at all. If the US military wants to use Linux and release any software they create for it I say go for it. The more developers the better.
I've been visiting Gus's site for nearly 4 years now, never has he sold anything through the site. www.toysrgus.com was "The Star Wars Collector's Archive" and yes it was just what it sounds like, an archive of photos of rare star wars memorabilia. NONE of it was for sale, and in fact most of it didn't even belong to Gus.
Gus is the kind of guy that lends out rare pieces of his collection to be duplicated his site wasn't about making money off a catchy name that sounds like a major toy store chain, it was about sharing the magic of rare Star Wars collectibles with those who might otherwise never have a chance to see them.
I see no reason that Toys R Us should win this one, this is further from copyright infringement than veronica.org was... At least veronica was the name that was copyrighted. Gus' site just sounds similar. Whether or not he would have come up with the name on his own should be irrelevant, it isn't the toysrus trademark, he isn't running a business, nothing more has to be said.
I really do hope Eudora gets the Open Source treatment if Qualcomm cans it.
Eudora 3.0 has been my mail client since it was released. (and I had a lite version of eudora before that)
I've tried Netscape's mail client, and I hate it's filters, they are useless. Microsoft's outlook is ok for windows if you have only one account or like logging out and back in as a different user to check a different account... There are other problems I have with it but that's the big one.
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you really should defrag that drive once in a while.
:)
AMEN! I have a friend who ran win3.1 for two years without defragging, then one day his computer told him he didn't have enough hard drive space to save a one page wordperfect document even though there was over 40 megs left... I defragged it for him (took a couple hours) and he was quite amazed that it now not only allowed him to save, but also seemed to be faster. There's a reason they put defrag there.
I'm not sure how I fixed it, but I did
Aren't these the worst... When you fix a problem you should at least be able to figure out what you did to fix it... in case it happens again... and again... and again
#3 - Why doesn't sony just make a discman that can play cd's with MP3's on them?
:)
I like this idea, I have been playing with the idea of making MP3 compatable CD players for my stereo and car systems... (stereo would come first of course, it is much easier to build, but then why not just have the stereo linked to the lan?
The micro-drive uses the ide standard, which is simple, open, and free, last I checked.
It would be relly cool if portable MP3 players using the micro drive had the second IDE connector go to pins on the bottom of the device so that you could buy a docking station that you could stick a large drive in for long term storage/home use. The docking station could hook it into the stereo system and provide power to recharge it too. (something along the lines of those boom boxes that had the removeable walkman tape deck, only much cooler)
and we assume that none of these people do the logical thing and go see it after work....
It's not that they can't see it after work, it's that no one will be able to get tickets unless they go at like 10:00am to line up for when the ticket office opens at noon.
Who needs a contact manager -- I'm just after the Universal Remote Control program!
The range isn't that great 2m. Not sufficient to change channels from my couch.
That's where those pyramid shaped IR repeaters come in handy.. (The ones that take the IR signal, convert it to RF, transmit to another device that converts back to IR to change the channel) If you could hack one of those devices to be just a straight repeater (IR in, amplified IR out) you could have it sit on the coffee table (or even embed it into the table) and solve the distance problem.
I mean seriously, among people on here who socialize with non-geeks, how many people do you know who have ever even heard of MP3, much less use it? Very few if any.
That's true, the only non-geek i know who uses MP3 is my roommate whom I introduced to MP3. Even she only uses it because her parents bought her a kickass machine with Altec Lansing speakers a couple years ago that sounds better than her mini stereo system. (besides, what else would she do with the 3 gigs that windows isn't using??) I'm pretty sure she has all the MP3 songs on CD too. (you have to see the boxes of cds she has to believe it) the MP3s are just a lot more convenient.
To hell with warp, lets get the transporters working first. I want instant transportation on this planet before high speeds to the next star system.
I've been looking at some of the "cool" cases that have been touted recently, and never found anything that was more than the old beige box with some colour and plastic mouding added. These guys finally did something creative that doesn't require a whole new motherboard design to implement (like intel's prototypes)
While I would probably never use it myself, I had to smile when I saw the penguin case.. Wouldn't that be cool for linux servers in an office.. that's one way to promote Linux, and to make the linux servers easily visually distinguishable from the NT boxes.
Of a random sampling of 10 of my VHS tapes, only two had any company logo, and they said SONY not JVC... now mind you those were SONY brand blank tapes.
Sign me up for one of them big monitors.
Here I had been using the 15" monitor that came with the machine all this time..
Well, I guess when you have an OS that actually does something you begin to realize the advantages of a bigger monitor much sooner.
(I know a lot of people that think running more than one program will crash the machine)
This was the cover story for the Feb. edition of Popular Science. This was on the magazine stands a month ago... /. audience already knew about it at _least_ since last month.
It's still interesting, but I think most of the
Considering that the same trick was used before movie cameras were invented, I think that it would be pretty easy to dispute the patent in court.
Adding the moving parts to the film is new, (where something freezes and someone walks around it) but blue screen has been used for several decades too.
I don't blame him for trying to patent it though, this camera trick is VERY popular right now and I'm sure there is a lot of money being made from it.
Now that I'm all depressed, reminiscing of the days of the community BBS.
:(
:(
I miss drawing up ansi graphics for the people with the highspeed 14.4 modems, and chatting with friends who lived down the street, or around the block but whom I'd never met face to face...
Of course the fun part was when you did meet them face to face. Try organizing a party for an IRC chat room
I miss Global War (Risk) tournaments and flame wars with the regulars on the bbs everyone told you to stay away from.
The net has it's flashy graphics and it's easier to find all that free software, but there is a serious lack of community. I remeber times when I would log in after going on vacation for a week (having forgot to mention that on the public discussion rooms) and having 3 or 4 people ask me what happened and why I hadn't been online. Now even in IRC rooms where I show up regularly no one notices.
I think giving a youngster an old machine like a c=64 or some other basic based machine, with very little software and a simple book on basic programming is a good (and cheap) way to go.
When I was young, my friends all had ataris and nintendos or segas, i had a Vic-20, about 20 tapes and a small stack of thin books on basic. I was forced to use the computer to learn math (it was that or a boring night with dad and a text book)
And it didn't take long before I got curious enough to start writing a few simple programs.
I think a vic-20 now goes for about $10 with a bunch of tapes and accessories at the average yard sale.
Give a kid an old machine, and limit the time they can spend on Mom & Dad's machine (and NO nintendo! Let them play with the neighbor's) You might be surprised at what they will come up with.
I would think that this would fall in the same category as strong encryption. (Can only be exported to Canada)
Actually I'm quite surprised that they are willing to release their software to the general public at all. If the US military wants to use Linux and release any software they create for it I say go for it. The more developers the better.
I've been visiting Gus's site for nearly 4 years now, never has he sold anything through the site.
www.toysrgus.com was "The Star Wars Collector's Archive" and yes it was just what it sounds like, an archive of photos of rare star wars memorabilia. NONE of it was for sale, and in fact most of it didn't even belong to Gus.
Gus is the kind of guy that lends out rare pieces of his collection to be duplicated his site wasn't about making money off a catchy name that sounds like a major toy store chain, it was about sharing the magic of rare Star Wars collectibles with those who might otherwise never have a chance to see them.
I see no reason that Toys R Us should win this one, this is further from copyright infringement than veronica.org was... At least veronica was the name that was copyrighted. Gus' site just sounds similar. Whether or not he would have come up with the name on his own should be irrelevant, it isn't the toysrus trademark, he isn't running a business, nothing more has to be said.
I really do hope Eudora gets the Open Source treatment if Qualcomm cans it.
Eudora 3.0 has been my mail client since it was released. (and I had a lite version of eudora before that)
I've tried Netscape's mail client, and I hate it's filters, they are useless. Microsoft's outlook is ok for windows if you have only one account or like logging out and back in as a different user to check a different account... There are other problems I have with it but that's the big one.