The original link didn't work for me the first time I tried it, then clicked the link with the.html (instead of just.htm) and now both links are working... Spooky...
She (Casey) is an individual, so she probably should have gotten an.id.au domain, which is meant for individuals! I know I've had one from almost as soon as they were available.
My work is switching from linux to windows. (Well in the old stores it's "SCO OpenServer", the newer ones are linux, is that good enough?) Here in Australia our computer systems were supplied by a local company (STM), but head office in the US are pressuring us all to move to the "same as everywhere else", although there are still 14 different systems in use worldwide.
Some of these STM systems are over 8 years old (eg a P166 running an entire store of 8+ terminals). The main problems I've seen are hardware; keyboard breaking, hard drive crashing. About the only "software" problems are due to the slowness of the CPU and bandwidth to terminals (9600bps on the old ones). The last ones to be installed used 100Mbit ethernet instead.:)
Looks like one of the main features desired is touch screens, but I've seen touch screens with the same software in a different company. (And they are running RH linux on the POS systems)
Do you see a windows option lasting this long? Especially since now they are connecting these machines together through the Internet.
I thought that the HTTP protocol was going to die? But no, they are talking about the Internet switches and routers being overloaded. And it will only get worse as more people use broadband - that means ISPs will have to upgrade their equipment! (shock! horror!) The WWW is going to break with all the """ codes in the article, too.
Gelsinger's solution is to build a new network over the current Internet,
The WWW is a network over the current Internet... Oh well
Hey, I had a Dell 166 (not sure of its other name, but it was small) running as my website (ddwireless) and fileserver for years. I only had 3 40GB drives in it, without any BIOS upgrade. The BIOS thought all the drives were 8GB or something, Linux knew the score though.:)
It would never support above 128GiB (137GB) though, since that is a hard limit for EIDE before the new extentions.
The site is now on a XP1600+, cutting render/database times from seconds to less than 100ms...
RTFA. Glenn did reinstall Win98, be he had to go it into a usable shape before backing up the data - even though he did not specificially mention this. Kathleen did touch on the virtues of free software (albeit Zonealarm), but didn't go far enough IMHO.
It's not unlicensed, it's "class licensed" which means it is only available for use for certain types of devices that fall within the specs. eg the 4W EIRP limit, spread spectrum, etc.
There was an article about quiet computers in Silicon Chip magazine July 2004 issue, and they mentioned a case that uses heatpipes to shunt heat to the case. The Zalman TNN500A "Totally NoNoise" case. It weighs 25kg and is 670mm high so there is a bit of surface area and metal to dissipate the heat. It also costs $1300 (AU) by itself... But it can handle high-end CPU, GPU, chipset, etc, as well as the silent power supply.
How much would putting a roof garden increase the costs? A few thousand dollars? Over a huge building cost that would be nothing, and they could pass it on to the end-user anyway. (I'm not sure how companies do this - do they rent or sell straight away?)
I have never lived in a city over 100k people, and have always lived in houses. Next year I'll have finished my degree and will probably have to move to the capital city and into a small apartment. Having a semi-private garden would be handy to a lot of people IMHO.
I saw "The Five Doctors" the other day and was very dissappointed that Tom Baker only got a few minutes of time in the movie, and that just looked like stock footage.
I never really got into the TV series, being never shown on TV much here in Australia (at least where I was living at the time) but I did exhaust all the libraries I had available of the books. I'd read a whole book in a day or two.
Since when was a PDF a purely graphic file? It is possible to copy and paste text from the viewer, so it's not like it's purely graphic. Maybe Jaws just isn't good enough?
And if required, there are websites that convert PDF into HTML or even plain text.
(Me remembers fights like this on the nettamer mailling list and Jaws for DOS not working in Windows...)
If it costs you to receive a message then it should be stoppable? Otherwise there is something wrong. I firmly believe in CPP (Calling Party Pays) and here in Australia it costs 25c to send an SMS or 70c to send a MMS, and nothing to receive. (the sending costs might be less on some networks).
We now have "premium SMS" with 188xxxx and these cost at least 55c to sms to (eg Big Brother voting) and are the SMS version of 1900 numbers. (IMHO It should have been say 199xxxx as 1800 is traditionally freecalls and 190x is premium)
Remember the SMS passes through an "SMS server", so sending the SMS is like a short data call to that number (0411990001 for me) then that "calls" the destination number. And with overheads the size of the message is about 1k.
And as to the "unmetered bandwidth" it shouldn't be metered at all; it is just a different word for "unlimited" but since it is impossible to download an unlimited amount of data (your link speed is finite, eg the max I can download is just over 400GB/month maxing out my link 24/7) they are being more accurate.
Around here most (broadband) ISPs offer some "unmetered" content (eg a mirror FTP or peer to peer traffic), and virtually all ISPs have x GB per month plans before either being shaped (rate-limit to 20 to 72kbps for the rest of the month, from your 256, 512 or 1536 kbps ADSL service) or being charged more (typically between 0.4c to 10c per MB). All numbers quoted here depend on the ISP but are usually constant ISP-wide.
Ah, so you're one of those people who don't like to talk to people? And you know mobile phones have caller-id too, so you don't have to answer it for the same reason the landline gets/doesn't get answered.
(I'm 23 and in Australia) FWIW I probably wouldn't have a landline if it wasn't for the fact it's required for ADSL - Telstra and their monopolistic ways! (No cable here)
I barely use my included plan on my mobile ($35/month with Optus plan) so using it isn't the end of the world, and would save the $20+/month on the line rental.
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The original link didn't work for me the first time I tried it, then clicked the link with the .html (instead of just .htm) and now both links are working... Spooky...
She (Casey) is an individual, so she probably should have gotten an .id.au domain, which is meant for individuals! I know I've had one from almost as soon as they were available.
What pirated software is there with a DVD burner?
Hmm, AU$13.75 an hour for 8 hours will buy you one. http://www.thediscshop.com.au/moreInfo.cgi?cat=DVB -OPT-D0405&page=dvdburner
My work is switching from linux to windows. (Well in the old stores it's "SCO OpenServer", the newer ones are linux, is that good enough?) Here in Australia our computer systems were supplied by a local company (STM), but head office in the US are pressuring us all to move to the "same as everywhere else", although there are still 14 different systems in use worldwide.
:)
Some of these STM systems are over 8 years old (eg a P166 running an entire store of 8+ terminals). The main problems I've seen are hardware; keyboard breaking, hard drive crashing. About the only "software" problems are due to the slowness of the CPU and bandwidth to terminals (9600bps on the old ones). The last ones to be installed used 100Mbit ethernet instead.
Looks like one of the main features desired is touch screens, but I've seen touch screens with the same software in a different company. (And they are running RH linux on the POS systems)
Do you see a windows option lasting this long? Especially since now they are connecting these machines together through the Internet.
What are you talking about? We are on the internet, of course we have seen hundreds of THOSE!
My girlfriend bought me the complete far side but she won't let me look at it until christmas. :(
What is too slow to run X? Are we talking 486 here? I had X on my 486DX2-66 only a few years ago, and it ran mpg123 quite happily.
My friends love using quantifiers on values that can'be given a number:
:)
"I have hundreds of luck. HUNDREDS!"
So, what are the units of urgency, complexity, importance, skill, frequency and aggravation?
A hack a day keeps the apple away
oh wait...
I thought that the HTTP protocol was going to die? But no, they are talking about the Internet switches and routers being overloaded. And it will only get worse as more people use broadband - that means ISPs will have to upgrade their equipment! (shock! horror!) The WWW is going to break with all the """ codes in the article, too.
Gelsinger's solution is to build a new network over the current Internet,
The WWW is a network over the current Internet... Oh well
Hey, I had a Dell 166 (not sure of its other name, but it was small) running as my website (ddwireless) and fileserver for years. I only had 3 40GB drives in it, without any BIOS upgrade. The BIOS thought all the drives were 8GB or something, Linux knew the score though. :)
It would never support above 128GiB (137GB) though, since that is a hard limit for EIDE before the new extentions.
The site is now on a XP1600+, cutting render/database times from seconds to less than 100ms...
Different parts of the world had it at different times. I first tried it at around 1998 or so.
RTFA. Glenn did reinstall Win98, be he had to go it into a usable shape before backing up the data - even though he did not specificially mention this. Kathleen did touch on the virtues of free software (albeit Zonealarm), but didn't go far enough IMHO.
It's not unlicensed, it's "class licensed" which means it is only available for use for certain types of devices that fall within the specs. eg the 4W EIRP limit, spread spectrum, etc.
There was an article about quiet computers in Silicon Chip magazine July 2004 issue, and they mentioned a case that uses heatpipes to shunt heat to the case. The Zalman TNN500A "Totally NoNoise" case. It weighs 25kg and is 670mm high so there is a bit of surface area and metal to dissipate the heat. It also costs $1300 (AU) by itself... But it can handle high-end CPU, GPU, chipset, etc, as well as the silent power supply.
That server was just showcasing Microsoft .NET architecture. It seems alright now though.
I had crazy video drivers and always ended up with red screens of death.
How much would putting a roof garden increase the costs? A few thousand dollars? Over a huge building cost that would be nothing, and they could pass it on to the end-user anyway. (I'm not sure how companies do this - do they rent or sell straight away?)
I have never lived in a city over 100k people, and have always lived in houses. Next year I'll have finished my degree and will probably have to move to the capital city and into a small apartment. Having a semi-private garden would be handy to a lot of people IMHO.
I saw "The Five Doctors" the other day and was very dissappointed that Tom Baker only got a few minutes of time in the movie, and that just looked like stock footage.
I never really got into the TV series, being never shown on TV much here in Australia (at least where I was living at the time) but I did exhaust all the libraries I had available of the books. I'd read a whole book in a day or two.
Microsoft is getting 180 tonnes of dollars from Telstra, if they were to pay exclusively in one dollar coins. :) Thats 4.5 kg per user.
s .cfm. One dollar coins are 9.00 grams each.
Reference: http://www.ramint.gov.au/making_coins/coin_design
Since when was a PDF a purely graphic file? It is possible to copy and paste text from the viewer, so it's not like it's purely graphic. Maybe Jaws just isn't good enough?
And if required, there are websites that convert PDF into HTML or even plain text.
(Me remembers fights like this on the nettamer mailling list and Jaws for DOS not working in Windows...)
... to order a special dialling wand ...
If it costs you to receive a message then it should be stoppable? Otherwise there is something wrong. I firmly believe in CPP (Calling Party Pays) and here in Australia it costs 25c to send an SMS or 70c to send a MMS, and nothing to receive. (the sending costs might be less on some networks).
We now have "premium SMS" with 188xxxx and these cost at least 55c to sms to (eg Big Brother voting) and are the SMS version of 1900 numbers. (IMHO It should have been say 199xxxx as 1800 is traditionally freecalls and 190x is premium)
Remember the SMS passes through an "SMS server", so sending the SMS is like a short data call to that number (0411990001 for me) then that "calls" the destination number. And with overheads the size of the message is about 1k.
And as to the "unmetered bandwidth" it shouldn't be metered at all; it is just a different word for "unlimited" but since it is impossible to download an unlimited amount of data (your link speed is finite, eg the max I can download is just over 400GB/month maxing out my link 24/7) they are being more accurate.
Around here most (broadband) ISPs offer some "unmetered" content (eg a mirror FTP or peer to peer traffic), and virtually all ISPs have x GB per month plans before either being shaped (rate-limit to 20 to 72kbps for the rest of the month, from your 256, 512 or 1536 kbps ADSL service) or being charged more (typically between 0.4c to 10c per MB). All numbers quoted here depend on the ISP but are usually constant ISP-wide.
Ah, so you're one of those people who don't like to talk to people? And you know mobile phones have caller-id too, so you don't have to answer it for the same reason the landline gets/doesn't get answered.
(I'm 23 and in Australia)
FWIW I probably wouldn't have a landline if it wasn't for the fact it's required for ADSL - Telstra and their monopolistic ways! (No cable here)
I barely use my included plan on my mobile ($35/month with Optus plan) so using it isn't the end of the world, and would save the $20+/month on the line rental.