I see a link in the story for the "Official HOWTO", and click it, expecting an index for the HOWTO. Instead, I see the 3 meg download whiz by before I realize what's going on (I'm on a pretty fat pipe). I'm sure that the samba folks greatly appreciate the submitter dropping that in there.
The firmware, out of the box, is a little buggy, but the new version is much better. One thing that still gets me is that there is no "tree" (directory) access to the media on the player: it's all organized by artist, album, song, even genre, but no way to "drill down" more than one level. I have mine full (20 gig) of personally owned, well organized music, and it's still a little difficult to navigate.
I'm still getting used to the quirks, and I do like it, but I would have a hard time recommending it to a non-geek. Just MHO.
Really? Would you care to post a link to the OS firmware? I knew that the Windows Sync Manager was OS, but if the firmware is also, it's certainly news to me.
Really though, even my mom and dad have broadband now, and cringe at the thought of dial up. Just too many graphics and complicated web page layouts these days.
Same thing happened to me. I think it was at the "swivel part" (technical term) of the head. I couldn't figure out how it was attached, so I just pried like a beeytoch, and sure enough, magnets. Fun to play with, until you get skin in between. Blood blisters are cool, though...
Why, oh why, THG, do you make me choose the server to download videos? It's annoying to have to click, wait, cancel, ad nauseum, until you find one that's fast. Implement load balancing. Really, it's not that hard.
I am not saying Cray isn't worth it, but there is something to be said on replacing/fixing your supercomputer with over the counter parts.
Yes, there is something to say, and that is: "real clusters, used for real work, do not use over-the-counter parts". I wasn't aware of this either, until I got into the business recently. If a drive or a DIMM goes bad, you're not going to Best Buy to replace it. You will contact your vendor, whom is paid a lot of money to support your hardware, and they will fix it for you.
Cluster costs can be less overall than monolithic systems, but don't think for a second that anyone is using Dells.
Take a look at IBM's Blade Center. While it might be overkill for your application, they have a number of strong suits. You can fit up to 14 system boards in the chassis, each having 2 CPUs. The chassis itself is a 7U unit, which is quite small considering what you can put into it. It has a dedicated system management system. And the best part is the cost -- the chassis will set you back at first, but the system boards are quite reasonable after that. There's a refurbed one on eBay that has the chassis with 7 system boards, each having dual Xeon 2.0Ghz, at $9,800 Buy It Now. A lot of money, yes, but trust me, you can pay more than that for a single low-end 1U unit new from IBM.
The reason everyone hates them is because they strong-arm suppliers into providing them product at prices costs below what any other retailer can purchase the same product at. So they can sell it for less than the smaller guy's cost, and still profit. Small(er) guy can't win, has to go out of business.
Seriously, if you care, do a search and educate yourself. It's not hard to find -- the web is literally covered with anti-WalMart material.
Regarding warranty invalidating stickers: these don't necessarily mean that a company doesn't want you seeing how their product works. It just means that when you fuck up your foozle machine by opening it up and installing a fazzle chip, you should expect them to fix it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me, and I like it because it saves me, a legitimate foozle machine purchaser, money.
This one really hits home with me. I have a PocketPC. They use company-supplied PocketPCs at my employer. The same model I have. I just want to sync it to Outlook to reduce typing/entry. That's it. Will they let me? No. Will they provide me with one and let me install my own apps on it? No.
They're so friggin paranoid that "something will get on the network". I understand why they don't want laptops on their network, but this is riduculous.
I had that feature in a rented car. It was the most annoying "feature" I've ever experienced. Even with the adjustment at its lowest "level", the volume adjustment was not fine enough. It went up in noticable steps rather than gradually.
Has anyone ever has the misfortune of seeing Rocky Horror Picture Show at a theater? It's this cult thing where people act out the movie. It's horrible. Hopefully this is better than that.
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I think I'd be afraid to attend this now...
And all along, I thought that Mac fans were just spouting nonsense about being user-friendly. I can see the conversation now:
Mom: "My computer is running slow!"
Me: "Did you regenerate your prelink binding like I told you to?"
I see a link in the story for the "Official HOWTO", and click it, expecting an index for the HOWTO. Instead, I see the 3 meg download whiz by before I realize what's going on (I'm on a pretty fat pipe). I'm sure that the samba folks greatly appreciate the submitter dropping that in there.
The firmware, out of the box, is a little buggy, but the new version is much better. One thing that still gets me is that there is no "tree" (directory) access to the media on the player: it's all organized by artist, album, song, even genre, but no way to "drill down" more than one level. I have mine full (20 gig) of personally owned, well organized music, and it's still a little difficult to navigate.
I'm still getting used to the quirks, and I do like it, but I would have a hard time recommending it to a non-geek. Just MHO.
Open-source firmware
Really? Would you care to post a link to the OS firmware? I knew that the Windows Sync Manager was OS, but if the firmware is also, it's certainly news to me.
Me laughs as I look at my btdownload session.
Really though, even my mom and dad have broadband now, and cringe at the thought of dial up. Just too many graphics and complicated web page layouts these days.
Same thing happened to me. I think it was at the "swivel part" (technical term) of the head. I couldn't figure out how it was attached, so I just pried like a beeytoch, and sure enough, magnets. Fun to play with, until you get skin in between. Blood blisters are cool, though...
The lesson is clear: stay out of movie theaters and you won't get arrested.
I can't wait for the day that you can moderate the little editorials. Michael would never get to post a story again.
The lesson is more like: don't break the fucking law and you won't get arrested.
Why, oh why, THG, do you make me choose the server to download videos? It's annoying to have to click, wait, cancel, ad nauseum, until you find one that's fast. Implement load balancing. Really, it's not that hard.
I am not saying Cray isn't worth it, but there is something to be said on replacing/fixing your supercomputer with over the counter parts.
Yes, there is something to say, and that is: "real clusters, used for real work, do not use over-the-counter parts". I wasn't aware of this either, until I got into the business recently. If a drive or a DIMM goes bad, you're not going to Best Buy to replace it. You will contact your vendor, whom is paid a lot of money to support your hardware, and they will fix it for you.
Cluster costs can be less overall than monolithic systems, but don't think for a second that anyone is using Dells.
Having to remember the names and locations of dozens of config files in order to perform basic upkeep and maintenance of your server is not.
Hi. My name is Webmin. Have we met?
Take a look at IBM's Blade Center. While it might be overkill for your application, they have a number of strong suits. You can fit up to 14 system boards in the chassis, each having 2 CPUs. The chassis itself is a 7U unit, which is quite small considering what you can put into it. It has a dedicated system management system. And the best part is the cost -- the chassis will set you back at first, but the system boards are quite reasonable after that. There's a refurbed one on eBay that has the chassis with 7 system boards, each having dual Xeon 2.0Ghz, at $9,800 Buy It Now. A lot of money, yes, but trust me, you can pay more than that for a single low-end 1U unit new from IBM.
Because the license is not tranferable.
Bullshit. You are just plain 100% wrong on this.
Yes, I'm really bad at maths.
And apparently Englishes, too.
Most of the systems listed on that page don't have a disk or memory. Hardly an apples to apples comparison.
The reason everyone hates them is because they strong-arm suppliers into providing them product at prices costs below what any other retailer can purchase the same product at. So they can sell it for less than the smaller guy's cost, and still profit. Small(er) guy can't win, has to go out of business.
Seriously, if you care, do a search and educate yourself. It's not hard to find -- the web is literally covered with anti-WalMart material.
"The average person" would have a much easier time affording a $300 Microtel than they would even the cheapest new Mac.
Regarding warranty invalidating stickers: these don't necessarily mean that a company doesn't want you seeing how their product works. It just means that when you fuck up your foozle machine by opening it up and installing a fazzle chip, you should expect them to fix it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me, and I like it because it saves me, a legitimate foozle machine purchaser, money.
At a maxium of 30 feet (a lot less going through the walls in my apartment), Bluetooth would be less convenient than Wi-Fi.
30 feet for class 2. Class 1 is 100 meters, or 300 feet.
This one really hits home with me. I have a PocketPC. They use company-supplied PocketPCs at my employer. The same model I have. I just want to sync it to Outlook to reduce typing/entry. That's it. Will they let me? No. Will they provide me with one and let me install my own apps on it? No.
They're so friggin paranoid that "something will get on the network". I understand why they don't want laptops on their network, but this is riduculous.
When you receive it, could you do me a favor? Rename it to the "Freedom Tower". Thank you very much.
Falling down?
I had that feature in a rented car. It was the most annoying "feature" I've ever experienced. Even with the adjustment at its lowest "level", the volume adjustment was not fine enough. It went up in noticable steps rather than gradually.
Has anyone ever has the misfortune of seeing Rocky Horror Picture Show at a theater? It's this cult thing where people act out the movie. It's horrible. Hopefully this is better than that.