It was meant to be a funny quip, not a statement of fact. Maybe I should have couched my response in terms of "In Soviet Russia, Duke Nukem 3D is made into movie sequel, Army Of Darkness," or something like that...sheesh...
I would do it in a heartbeat. Particularly if it was out-of-the-box compatible with Athlon 64. It will never happen...Steve Jobs is not thrilled with x86 architecture, and prefers the cleaner PPC arch. Still, one can definitely dream, can't they?
If they did this, it might be my best chance to run Tiger. Word on the street is that Blue And White (Yosemite) G3s and Yikes G4s will be shut out this time.
I like the philosophy behind Ubuntu, and I'm waiting for my CD copies. However, my choice for easy Debian installation is to boot Knoppix, then run the knx-hdinstall script from a root shell.
Next, if you so desire, you can dist-upgrade your Knoppix HD install to Sid or Sarge or even Woody if you're the conservative type. The author of this document:
suggests that Sid is the best choice for a desktop machine because of the newness of the packages. The author also gives a how-to about removing Knoppix packages that are in there for completeness' sake but are not always necessary. However, the most important part of the upgrade to canonical Debian is these three steps:
1.) Edit/etc/apt/sources.list to include more standard Debian sources.
2.) Go into a shell, su to root, and type in: # apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Then wait for each one of those commands to finish. Presto! You have a canonical Debian system.
The instructions in the second referenced document also work for getting rid of Linspire/Lindows-isms on a Linspire/Lindows preinstalled machine. Click'n'run? We don't need no stinkin' Click'n'run!
If you want a laptop without an OS, go to http://www.compgeeks.com/ and get a factory refurbished machine. I have zero complaints about my ThinkPad 600e, and I've had it for almost a year.
If I could run it 100% Windows Free I would, but the University I'm due to transfer to next year insists on everyone running Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Office2000 or XP, and SPSS. Aside from SPSS I'd be totally fine being Windows Free but so far I have found no way to either run SPSS in Linux (neither Codeweavers nor the regular WINE project can do it at this point) but there are SPSSworkalikes that are Linux native. Hopefully by the time I have to deal with stats I'll be able to convince my math prof to let me use either RProject or PSPP instead. I am so ready to ditch Windows once and for all.
Bingo! Just as JMS is the one person who can save the Star Trek franchise, he's also the guy who can save the Star Wars franchise.
Lucas: stop the insanity and hire JMS to helm the TV series. Then get him to do episodes 7, 8 and 9. This is the only way to redeem yourself for all the violence you've done to our childhoods.
This was a big problem with passive matrix screens. I've had old-school (black and white) PowerBooks that did this, and my first ThinkPad (365X) did this too.
However, I have *zero* problems with this on any active-matrix screens I've ever worked with. ThinkPad 600E: lovely, crisp screen, no lag, cursor right there where you want it. PowerBook G3: the most awesome LCD I've ever seen this side of a Cinema Display. I even have a cheapy Taiwanese 15" LCD panel, Envision is the brand, and it's splendid. No lag, no lost cursors, nice and crisp.
That sort of thing shouldn't happen with a modern TFT active matrix screen. There is something very wrong with it.
Note that Knoppix will not modify your hard drive if you don't specifically tell it to. All you have to do to enjoy "all the software you used and liked under Windows" is to log out of Knoppix, let it shut down Linux, eject the CD,(the shutdown script does it for you) and either shut down your computer or reboot to your familiar Windows install.
Also there is such an animal as a dual-booting computer. In fact, I have a ThinkPad that dual boots Windows 2000 and Linux. What Linux, you ask? Knoppix, installed to the hard drive! Yep, it also doubles as one of the easiest ways to get Debian Linux on a computer hard drives. I understand the "Sarge" installer is almost ready for Prime Time, but until then, Knoppix does a great job doing dual duty as a live CD and a painless Debian installer.
Note, I do not work for Knoppix, the Debian Foundation or anything else like that. I just like Knoppix.
Agreed. Wakey Wakey...go to your local computer emporium and BUY A FRICKIN' ROUTER BOX. You don't want the kind with wireless...you want to use a wireless bridge behind your firewall to do that. Get a cheap little wired router box (SMC, Linksys, etc...) and BUTTON UP YER FSCKN NETWORK!!!
(Note, this is advice directed at tyros. If you have skillz enough to set up a dedicated Linux or *BSD firewall machine, this will be superior to the Cheap Little Router Box. Pass it on to the computer illiterates in your life.)
It will be good to see the MGM sign on top of the old MGM Studios which is now Sony Pictures Entertainment Culver City. It won't make up for the fact that Sony butchered a lot of the vintage Art Deco buildings on the lot and redid them in an pseudo-Art Deco style, but for tradition's sake being able to call the facilities MGM Studios again is sweet.
It will be infinitely worth it to see this movie in theatres. I've said it before, I'll say it again: this is a movie that will thoroughly blow your mind. It actually improves on the original, in no uncertain terms.
Seeing it on a computer screen or even in a home theatre isn't going to match seeing this on a huge screen.
Go see this and cleanse yourself of the hideous sucking void that was the two Matrix sequels. This is the most impressive animated movie to come out of Japan since Royal Space Force: The Wings Of Honneamise. That includes the most recent Miyazaki movies. GITS2: Innocence is that freaking good.
Centrino Linux support is starting to improve. Between Intel, IBM and HP there are efforts to get all the functionality working properly. And if you just get a Pentium M based laptop without the onboard wireless everything works at this point.
Exactly. He believes in what he's writing enough to make it available in any number of ways. I admire his dedication. I would have admired it even more had he put his writings up under a Creative Commons license, but that's picking nits.
However, as far as his pedagogical views go, I think he needs to take a closer look at what John Dewey was saying and what Progressive Education was all about before spouting off on it. True, he's not as bad as the guy who wrote "Why Johnny Can't Read" but he needs to examine it closer. The trouble is that more people know Dewey from "Why Johnny Can't Read" than any other source.
I've seen Progressive Education in action. There is a great little school in Van Nuys, CA called "Children's Community School" that follows concepts of Progressive Education, and after observing there I can see that they get closer to what really needs to be done in both public and private schools than anything I have observed at LA Unified School District. When "No Child Left Behind" ends up leaving an entire generation of students behind, maybe the untried solution of trusting teachers to teach and trusting students to learn might be finally taken seriously.
1.) As you pointed out, the specs are nearly identical. Also so are the prices if you look at them carefully. What's more, you cannot equip either a Profile 4 or Profile 5 with specs in any way approaching an iMac G5.
2.) The LAIR computer lab at Los Angeles Valley College is equipped with Profile 4 machines exclusively. No Profile 5s yet, although I suspect that if more of these machines go Tango Uniform that we might see a few in there in the not-too-distant future. When I was reading about the new iMac G5 I was sitting in the LAIR, in front of a Profile 4. The irony was immediate and unmistakeable.
3.) If LAVC wanted to be smart, instead of replacing defunct Profile 4s with Profile 5s, they should replace them with iMac G5s running MS VirtualPC instead. Then again, LAVC is not known for their IT acumen. After all, they run on Active Directory domains and have all email on Exchange 2000 servers. Needless to say, sending your Prof email (unless they use a webmail service) is pretty damn risky to say the least. Best to also print it out and hand it in to him/her as a backup measure.
Since 1999, I have had a Blue-and-White G3 minitower. It's been lovely...no hardware problems yet. I upgraded it once, to add RAM and a bigger HD.
Since then, there have been no compelling reasons to get a newer Mac. The Blue-and-White was by-and-large a "future proof" machine, like it was advertised to my bosses at the Dot-Com I used to work at. The machine was loaned to me for telecommuting and when the company went bust I was able to buy it from them at fire-sale prices with part of my last paycheck.
The new iMac is the first Mac that has really screamed "UPGRADE TO ME!" in a while. My Blue-and-White is getting long in the tooth now, and even with 512MB RAM it struggles a little.
Do any of you realize just how hot this machine will be once the first 64-bit version of MacOS comes out???? No, I don't mean cooling problems, I mean hot as in bitchen. Agreed, they should have gone with a better Nvidia video chipset, (but I suspect the 5200 is a choice for power draw and heat as well as low price) and it should have come standard with more RAM, but dig: it's still pretty good.
And let me point out something else. Compare this all-in-one machine to the 32-bit Gateway Profile 4, which is no longer a production machine and is selling through Gateway's site as a refurb. Los Angeles Valley College has a computer lab full of these low-end machines, bought when they were still new.
Even as a refurbished machine, this is selling for $1,200 US. This is with Windows XP Home (not Pro, Home) and Works (not Office) pre-installed, a basic tray-load CD-ROM, Intel "Extreme Graphics" (anyone who's worked with it knows how laughable this term is) and 10/100 Ethernet.
Now look at the iMac G5's specs. The low-end machine is only $100 US more expensive new than the refurbed Gateway Profile 4. For this, you get a CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive, Firewire to go with your USB, (and I don't know whether the Gateway POS has USB2 or USB 1.1 USB ports) and a wide-screen 17" TFT as opposed to a regular 4:3 17" TFT. Spend $200 more and you get a DVD-/+RW "Superdrive."
Yes, you pay a premium for Apple products. However, as you can see, the premium isn't very much at all. This is a 64-bit xNIX workstation we are talking about here. For only $300 more than a steaming cow-flop from Gateway. (I know from whence I speak about the Gateway: I have seen too many of those Profile 4 machines in the computer lab with "out of order" signs taped in front of them.) Apple builds things, by and large, to last. And yes, they design them to look pretty damn cool.
Maybe next June I can convince the remainders of my family to chip in on one of these as a grad present.
Parkinson's is indeed a total bitch. And the thing is that there is such a thing as Parkinson's Related Dementia, and also a form of dementia caused by TIAs or small strokes.
Unfortunately, it will not become clear until the autopsy (if there is one) what Doohan actually had and what is causing the dementia symptoms.
It is good that people are honoring our beloved "Scotty" now, rather than posthumously or after he's too far gone to appreciate it.
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It was meant to be a funny quip, not a statement of fact. Maybe I should have couched my response in terms of "In Soviet Russia, Duke Nukem 3D is made into movie sequel, Army Of Darkness," or something like that...sheesh...
I would do it in a heartbeat. Particularly if it was out-of-the-box compatible with Athlon 64. It will never happen...Steve Jobs is not thrilled with x86 architecture, and prefers the cleaner PPC arch. Still, one can definitely dream, can't they?
If they did this, it might be my best chance to run Tiger. Word on the street is that Blue And White (Yosemite) G3s and Yikes G4s will be shut out this time.
There already was a Duke Nukem movie. It was called "Army of Darkness." Hail to the King, baby...
Here's the How-To:m l
http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.ht
Next, if you so desire, you can dist-upgrade your Knoppix HD install to Sid or Sarge or even Woody if you're the conservative type. The author of this document:
http://members.rogers.com/ctmlinux/knoppix2debian. html
suggests that Sid is the best choice for a desktop machine because of the newness of the packages. The author also gives a how-to about removing Knoppix packages that are in there for completeness' sake but are not always necessary. However, the most important part of the upgrade to canonical Debian is these three steps:
1.) Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to include more standard Debian sources.
2.) Go into a shell, su to root, and type in:
# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Then wait for each one of those commands to finish. Presto! You have a canonical Debian system.
The instructions in the second referenced document also work for getting rid of Linspire/Lindows-isms on a Linspire/Lindows preinstalled machine. Click'n'run? We don't need no stinkin' Click'n'run!
If I could run it 100% Windows Free I would, but the University I'm due to transfer to next year insists on everyone running Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Office2000 or XP, and SPSS. Aside from SPSS I'd be totally fine being Windows Free but so far I have found no way to either run SPSS in Linux (neither Codeweavers nor the regular WINE project can do it at this point) but there are SPSS workalikes that are Linux native. Hopefully by the time I have to deal with stats I'll be able to convince my math prof to let me use either RProject or PSPP instead. I am so ready to ditch Windows once and for all.
Bingo! Just as JMS is the one person who can save the Star Trek franchise, he's also the guy who can save the Star Wars franchise.
Lucas: stop the insanity and hire JMS to helm the TV series. Then get him to do episodes 7, 8 and 9. This is the only way to redeem yourself for all the violence you've done to our childhoods.
OK, so is having only Florida decide the election any better?
Sign me:
Pissed off Californian
This was a big problem with passive matrix screens. I've had old-school (black and white) PowerBooks that did this, and my first ThinkPad (365X) did this too.
However, I have *zero* problems with this on any active-matrix screens I've ever worked with. ThinkPad 600E: lovely, crisp screen, no lag, cursor right there where you want it. PowerBook G3: the most awesome LCD I've ever seen this side of a Cinema Display. I even have a cheapy Taiwanese 15" LCD panel, Envision is the brand, and it's splendid. No lag, no lost cursors, nice and crisp.
That sort of thing shouldn't happen with a modern TFT active matrix screen. There is something very wrong with it.
Fearless prediction:
Landshark lawyers file class action lawsuit against MS in 5 seconds...4...3...2....
(The next sound you hear is the $10 gift certificate towards a copy of XP Pro dropping into your mailbox after MS settles with landshark lawyers.)
Note that Knoppix will not modify your hard drive if you don't specifically tell it to. All you have to do to enjoy "all the software you used and liked under Windows" is to log out of Knoppix, let it shut down Linux, eject the CD,(the shutdown script does it for you) and either shut down your computer or reboot to your familiar Windows install.
Also there is such an animal as a dual-booting computer. In fact, I have a ThinkPad that dual boots Windows 2000 and Linux. What Linux, you ask? Knoppix, installed to the hard drive! Yep, it also doubles as one of the easiest ways to get Debian Linux on a computer hard drives. I understand the "Sarge" installer is almost ready for Prime Time, but until then, Knoppix does a great job doing dual duty as a live CD and a painless Debian installer.
Note, I do not work for Knoppix, the Debian Foundation or anything else like that. I just like Knoppix.
Boot to it instead of Windows. Enjoy the spyware-free experience.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Boot it, love it.
Agreed. Wakey Wakey...go to your local computer emporium and BUY A FRICKIN' ROUTER BOX. You don't want the kind with wireless...you want to use a wireless bridge behind your firewall to do that. Get a cheap little wired router box (SMC, Linksys, etc...) and BUTTON UP YER FSCKN NETWORK!!!
(Note, this is advice directed at tyros. If you have skillz enough to set up a dedicated Linux or *BSD firewall machine, this will be superior to the Cheap Little Router Box. Pass it on to the computer illiterates in your life.)
If this happens, will the Free Software Foundation have to change the name of their software from GNU, for "GNU's Not Unix" to GIU, "GNU IS Unix"?
The fact that this means more consolidation of media in the hands of fewer and fewer companies, however, is very, very distressing. http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mediaconsol.html
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Defendant: WHAT?
Lawyer: Well, you are...
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Seeing it on a computer screen or even in a home theatre isn't going to match seeing this on a huge screen.
Go see this and cleanse yourself of the hideous sucking void that was the two Matrix sequels. This is the most impressive animated movie to come out of Japan since Royal Space Force: The Wings Of Honneamise. That includes the most recent Miyazaki movies. GITS2: Innocence is that freaking good.
Centrino Linux support is starting to improve. Between Intel, IBM and HP there are efforts to get all the functionality working properly. And if you just get a Pentium M based laptop without the onboard wireless everything works at this point.
Exactly. He believes in what he's writing enough to make it available in any number of ways. I admire his dedication. I would have admired it even more had he put his writings up under a Creative Commons license, but that's picking nits.
However, as far as his pedagogical views go, I think he needs to take a closer look at what John Dewey was saying and what Progressive Education was all about before spouting off on it. True, he's not as bad as the guy who wrote "Why Johnny Can't Read" but he needs to examine it closer. The trouble is that more people know Dewey from "Why Johnny Can't Read" than any other source.
I've seen Progressive Education in action. There is a great little school in Van Nuys, CA called "Children's Community School" that follows concepts of Progressive Education, and after observing there I can see that they get closer to what really needs to be done in both public and private schools than anything I have observed at LA Unified School District. When "No Child Left Behind" ends up leaving an entire generation of students behind, maybe the untried solution of trusting teachers to teach and trusting students to learn might be finally taken seriously.
1.) As you pointed out, the specs are nearly identical. Also so are the prices if you look at them carefully. What's more, you cannot equip either a Profile 4 or Profile 5 with specs in any way approaching an iMac G5.
2.) The LAIR computer lab at Los Angeles Valley College is equipped with Profile 4 machines exclusively. No Profile 5s yet, although I suspect that if more of these machines go Tango Uniform that we might see a few in there in the not-too-distant future. When I was reading about the new iMac G5 I was sitting in the LAIR, in front of a Profile 4. The irony was immediate and unmistakeable.
3.) If LAVC wanted to be smart, instead of replacing defunct Profile 4s with Profile 5s, they should replace them with iMac G5s running MS VirtualPC instead. Then again, LAVC is not known for their IT acumen. After all, they run on Active Directory domains and have all email on Exchange 2000 servers. Needless to say, sending your Prof email (unless they use a webmail service) is pretty damn risky to say the least. Best to also print it out and hand it in to him/her as a backup measure.
Since then, there have been no compelling reasons to get a newer Mac. The Blue-and-White was by-and-large a "future proof" machine, like it was advertised to my bosses at the Dot-Com I used to work at. The machine was loaned to me for telecommuting and when the company went bust I was able to buy it from them at fire-sale prices with part of my last paycheck.
The new iMac is the first Mac that has really screamed "UPGRADE TO ME!" in a while. My Blue-and-White is getting long in the tooth now, and even with 512MB RAM it struggles a little.
Do any of you realize just how hot this machine will be once the first 64-bit version of MacOS comes out???? No, I don't mean cooling problems, I mean hot as in bitchen. Agreed, they should have gone with a better Nvidia video chipset, (but I suspect the 5200 is a choice for power draw and heat as well as low price) and it should have come standard with more RAM, but dig: it's still pretty good.
And let me point out something else. Compare this all-in-one machine to the 32-bit Gateway Profile 4, which is no longer a production machine and is selling through Gateway's site as a refurb. Los Angeles Valley College has a computer lab full of these low-end machines, bought when they were still new.
Even as a refurbished machine, this is selling for $1,200 US. This is with Windows XP Home (not Pro, Home) and Works (not Office) pre-installed, a basic tray-load CD-ROM, Intel "Extreme Graphics" (anyone who's worked with it knows how laughable this term is) and 10/100 Ethernet.
Now look at the iMac G5's specs. The low-end machine is only $100 US more expensive new than the refurbed Gateway Profile 4. For this, you get a CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive, Firewire to go with your USB, (and I don't know whether the Gateway POS has USB2 or USB 1.1 USB ports) and a wide-screen 17" TFT as opposed to a regular 4:3 17" TFT. Spend $200 more and you get a DVD-/+RW "Superdrive."
Yes, you pay a premium for Apple products. However, as you can see, the premium isn't very much at all. This is a 64-bit xNIX workstation we are talking about here. For only $300 more than a steaming cow-flop from Gateway. (I know from whence I speak about the Gateway: I have seen too many of those Profile 4 machines in the computer lab with "out of order" signs taped in front of them.) Apple builds things, by and large, to last. And yes, they design them to look pretty damn cool.
Maybe next June I can convince the remainders of my family to chip in on one of these as a grad present.
If you think the lag on GPRS is bad now, just wait until you get on GPRS on a plane! ^_^
Parkinson's is indeed a total bitch. And the thing is that there is such a thing as Parkinson's Related Dementia, and also a form of dementia caused by TIAs or small strokes.
Unfortunately, it will not become clear until the autopsy (if there is one) what Doohan actually had and what is causing the dementia symptoms.
It is good that people are honoring our beloved "Scotty" now, rather than posthumously or after he's too far gone to appreciate it.