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  1. EPROM Eraser on Ask Slashdot: Linux Diskless Clients? · · Score: 1

    Speaking of booting off of EPROM's, does anyone know if a flourescent style black-light puts out enough UV to erase an EPROM? I built a simple programmer, but I don't want to buy an eraser, but I do own a black-light. Any help would be appreciated.

  2. Re:I've got it! WWLD? on Andover News, the sequel: A Well Braziered Bryar · · Score: 1

    Oh, this is priceless!
    .signature file material for sure.
    Bravo!

  3. Re:UpDATE on the server for those interested. on Ask Slashdot: Linux and IDE CD-ROM Changers · · Score: 1

    Yes...

    I used to have a SoundBlaster16 PNP with a real IDE interface on it (not the crappy proprietary CD-ROM interface). It ran as a tertiary IDE controller under Windows 95, with a standard IDE driver (nothing Creative Labs specific AFAIK).

    The thing is, I never did get it to work under Linux, but I also have to take into account the fact that I was a newbie to the OS at the time.

    I don't know if the kernel supports more than two IDE/EIDE controllers. If you have that many devices, frankly:

    GET YOURSELF A SCSI SETUP! STOP THE EIDE INSANITY!

    I did it when I needed more devices than my onboard controllers could handle. In fact, my onboard IDE has been shutdown to free up the resources.

    IDE I/O is very CPU intensive, you'll find it to be faster to go SCSI.

  4. Re:since we're talking about stereo equipment... on Another Transmeta Patent · · Score: 1


    *SMACK*

    Try, maybe, a DPDT SWITCH?

    Diodes will RECTIFY the signal, only allowing part of the audio waveform through. Last I checked, at least. Transistors are much the same way, if used in "diode mode"

  5. Re:Data runs Linux on "Trekkies" the Movie: The Other Force · · Score: 1

    Oooh. Not the Federation/Borg/Dominion/Cardassians/Klingon/Romul an VS Rebel/Empire fleet thing again!

    Though it is fun to debate.

  6. Re:M$ Ought to buy SCO on Microsoft starts anti-Linux Group · · Score: 1

    Whups. Didn't know about that. Thanks.

  7. Re:M$ Ought to buy SCO on Microsoft starts anti-Linux Group · · Score: 1

    Been there, done that...

    Login to a SCO OpenServer box sometime.
    You'll see that there's a line "(C) 1980-1994 Microsoft Corporation".

    Funny, huh? They had it, and sold it. I can't entirely blame them. SCO ain't that great. Then again, MS might have something to do with how it works now. I don't see them buying the stuff they sold to SCO anytime soon.

    That is *unless* you were being sarcastic.

  8. Re:Hype! I bought Jar Jar boxer shorts already. on More Star Wars Hype · · Score: 1

    Rishathra, I think is the correct spelling. Damn, I haven't heard that term in YEARS.

  9. Re:(Coax != Cat5) Was: Why UTP instead of coax? on First Gigabit Ethernet Chip Demo · · Score: 1

    Try *ONE*. Different transciever styles for different media, and all your are *really* doing is propagating RF on the thing anyway.

  10. Re:I guess you never hard of denial of service att on Microsoft looking at mail client for UNIX · · Score: 1


    Please don't feed the troll. Move along, move along.

    Either that, or this dweeb has never administered both. (I have/do, and fscking hate it).

  11. One thing is missing.... on Jargon File v4.1.0 · · Score: 1

    I just read it. Why am I not surprised that G**bor et al. somehow got involved? Fscking kooks. It's what drove me off of USENET in the first place.

  12. One thing is missing.... on Jargon File v4.1.0 · · Score: 1

    Could you care to elaborate? I seem to have missed that one, having not been USENETting for quite some time.

  13. Frames... on Jargon File v4.1.0 · · Score: 1

    I have to say that I liked the older format better. ESR should be using anchored files instead of a file for every single entry, IMHO. 100K of a text file ain't that big.

  14. Stupid Hardware Tricks on Pedals for your PC (but not for gaming) · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't know about this thing, but there used to be a company out there that produces a product, intended for those are disabled, that allowed input of text via code key/paddles/keyer.

    It's been a while since I saw it, couldn't tell you where to find it.

  15. Radio interference? on Where Art Meets Hardware · · Score: 1

    60-90 KHz? Suuure...

    Try 48.0-49.8 MHz or so.
    I'm not sure about the 900 SSM units, but I think that they are in the 902-928.