I have a 500mhz Alpha at home that used to be a system for running Lightwave at work.
Since both Microsoft and NewTek decided to stop supporting the Alpha architecture, its been sitting in a corner collecting dust.
I attempted to install Linux on this beast about 3 months ago, and realized that it had a BIOS specifically made for WinNT.. a blue menu with no such option as "switch to digital unix" as the article mentions. No way to boot from a floppy or CD either. (though i think it has an option to reinstall NT...)
After spending long hours reading HowTos and articles I finally just gave up.
If you plan on buying a cheap Alpha system for these purposes, do some research first on the model and BIOS type.
i'm sure that we will see something like this in the future, but even right now with our 2ghz machines, point tracking is pretty slow.
download a trial copy of shake and try some tracking for yourself. just trying to follow 4 points takes about 1 second per frame, imagine how long it would take to process every pixel (or even 8x8 blocks) in a 30 minute video!
We certainly can't evolve anymore now that we have a cure for nearly every disease...
Cancer is probably the most dangerous thing to our current evolutionary status, but it doesn't seem like it will be much of a threat for long.
AIDS is disappearing, smallpox is dead, anthrax is nothing to worry about, ebola - isolated, bubonic plague - gone, etc.
The only way we can evolve now is mentally; and unfortunately this will not happen on a large scale..just look at the world around you.
[[upon deeper thought]]
I suppose its also possible that people with slower metabolisms will have a greater chance of survival in the coming years, once food becomes scarce and the world is similar to the movie Soylent Green.
Thought I wouldn't consider this -evolution-, just adaptation to one minor problem.
I haven't been able to read the article yet, but it seems like Ford is just trying to waste 2600's money with pointless lawsuits.
They certainly can't win this case, so for them, this is the next best thing.
If every unique piece of text out there was added together and divided by the number of people on the planet, I wonder what the average number of keypresses per person would be...
"The machine went on to run for around two hours while photographs were taken, with no diminution in the brightness of the light bulbs, which remained lit during a short power cut."
Is it just me or does that imply that this "power generator" was plugged into an electrical supply?
This reminds me of the Try2Hack website.. It consists of 10 or so challenges, each one harder than the previous, involving html/javascript, java, vb, packet sniffing, etc.
It would be great to see something like this as a final exam for anyone studying networks or security.
Zim was the only good show on their entire network! Have they noticed that people are downloading divx versions of the whole series on P2P networks?
It's because the show never seemed to be on TV!
I would gladly sit through all those damn commercials if I was able to actually watch Zim at a nice TV resolution..
I guess now I'll have to get my Vasquez fix via JTHM and Squee.
Have you ever tried to play Go(aka igo)? Its supposedly one of the oldest games in existance, and although it looks rather simple, I think it involves more strategic thinking than chess.
There's several open source versions of Go available, like ViZigo, most of which connect to a large Go Server, since no one has been able to develop a decent AI than can play the game.
Thats not entirely true, because the actual owners of RedHat will always own the largest chunk of shares. This is how companies are able to stay in business while being publicly shared.
So many people here are complaining about AOL possibly causing the end of Linux.
** RedHat != Linux **
Let them buy the company. Whats the worst that could happen? Lots of AOL users switch to Linux and the RedHat distro will be looked down upon slightly more than it already is.
But there is also a lot of potential here. AOL funding open source development. A new focus on making a better GUI for XF86. More hardware support. etc. etc.
You think a FREE market doesn't mean "free"?
Freedom means being able to run your life without interference by the government. I don't see how communism gives you any more freedom...
First, contrary to US citizens' beliefs, the US does not own the internet.
This guy is an idiot! Information can't be regulated by anyone. Especially the US government. Personally I would -rather- have corporations have more power over this sort of thing, because 1) they can't make laws, and 2) there are so many competing companies that these 'regulations' wouldnt really exist.
Anyway, why the hell should the internet be treated differently from a book? Information itself is not dangerous. Ignorence is.
For all you Greens out there, corporations aren't any different from you. They are only people. If you don't want AOL to 'take over the world', the Constitution must be upheld. Laws banning corporations aren't the answer. Vote Libertarian.
The only thing which can keep really big businesses in check is a big government(*), so which of the two evils do we want?
I have yet to find anyone who is against BOTH big business and big government. At times it's hard to decide whether to support the Greens or the Libertarians.
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The Libertarian party isnt exactly for big business, it just wants to keep the government from interfering with everyone. Businesses are no exception. However, with libertarians in power, big businesses won't be able to 'buy laws' like the MPAA with the first amendment, and things like the DMCA would cease to exist.
Just because the government stops funding programs for science and the arts does not mean the end of those things.
BTW, I am an artist, and i don't want -any- of the government's (read: taxpayers') money to fund my work.
The Libertarian party wants that money to come from private investors, who actually -want- to spend money on things like these. The problem with the money coming from the government is that we all have to pay for it, no matter what we would rather do with our own money.
i also live in indianapolis (and actually i just followed the mayor around with a camera today for my tv show) and bart peterson is a real asshole..
just to let everyone else know, our mayor passed a city ordinance saying that any violent video game could not be displayed in a place accessible to anyone under 18.
another bullshit ordinance he is working on is a replacement for the state curfew law that was just removed for being unconstitutional. it makes me sick when politicians fight against the bill of rights to get something done.
well anyway, since i had the chance, i let him hear some of my libertarian views...
as a libertarian, why would you oppose the biggest group fighting to protect our second amendment right to bear arms?
you don't have anything against the ACLU do you?
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I have a 500mhz Alpha at home that used to be a system for running Lightwave at work.
Since both Microsoft and NewTek decided to stop supporting the Alpha architecture, its been sitting in a corner collecting dust.
I attempted to install Linux on this beast about 3 months ago, and realized that it had a BIOS specifically made for WinNT.. a blue menu with no such option as "switch to digital unix" as the article mentions. No way to boot from a floppy or CD either. (though i think it has an option to reinstall NT...)
After spending long hours reading HowTos and articles I finally just gave up.
If you plan on buying a cheap Alpha system for these purposes, do some research first on the model and BIOS type.
i'm sure that we will see something like this in the future, but even right now with our 2ghz machines, point tracking is pretty slow.
download a trial copy of shake and try some tracking for yourself. just trying to follow 4 points takes about 1 second per frame, imagine how long it would take to process every pixel (or even 8x8 blocks) in a 30 minute video!
It's something I haven't actually seen in a while, luckily because companies finally realized that people hate advertisments.
Unfortunately, now that they are unable to show off pepsi products successfully in the movie, they just bombard us with ads before the movie.
I hope I never see that little pepsi whore every time i start up Doom 4...
We certainly can't evolve anymore now that we have a cure for nearly every disease...
Cancer is probably the most dangerous thing to our current evolutionary status, but it doesn't seem like it will be much of a threat for long.
AIDS is disappearing, smallpox is dead, anthrax is nothing to worry about, ebola - isolated, bubonic plague - gone, etc.
The only way we can evolve now is mentally; and unfortunately this will not happen on a large scale..just look at the world around you.
[[upon deeper thought]]
I suppose its also possible that people with slower metabolisms will have a greater chance of survival in the coming years, once food becomes scarce and the world is similar to the movie Soylent Green.
Thought I wouldn't consider this -evolution-, just adaptation to one minor problem.
so then this can act as a free/beer webserver for windows users..just share html files.
:1214 to the address, but it still works.
a little inconvenient to add
i wonder if this is a breach of contract for comcast subscribers...
I haven't been able to read the article yet, but it seems like Ford is just trying to waste 2600's money with pointless lawsuits.
They certainly can't win this case, so for them, this is the next best thing.
If every unique piece of text out there was added together and divided by the number of people on the planet, I wonder what the average number of keypresses per person would be...
"The machine went on to run for around two hours while photographs were taken, with no diminution in the brightness of the light bulbs, which remained lit during a short power cut."
Is it just me or does that imply that this "power generator" was plugged into an electrical supply?
Indiana Jones and Those Fine Leather Jackets
(sorry, running joke from the old lucasarts games)
This reminds me of the Try2Hack website.. It consists of 10 or so challenges, each one harder than the previous, involving html/javascript, java, vb, packet sniffing, etc.
It would be great to see something like this as a final exam for anyone studying networks or security.
Zim was the only good show on their entire network! Have they noticed that people are downloading divx versions of the whole series on P2P networks?
It's because the show never seemed to be on TV!
I would gladly sit through all those damn commercials if I was able to actually watch Zim at a nice TV resolution..
I guess now I'll have to get my Vasquez fix via JTHM and Squee.
Have you ever tried to play Go(aka igo)? Its supposedly one of the oldest games in existance, and although it looks rather simple, I think it involves more strategic thinking than chess.
There's several open source versions of Go available, like ViZigo, most of which connect to a large Go Server, since no one has been able to develop a decent AI than can play the game.
Thats not entirely true, because the actual owners of RedHat will always own the largest chunk of shares. This is how companies are able to stay in business while being publicly shared.
So many people here are complaining about AOL possibly causing the end of Linux.
** RedHat != Linux **
Let them buy the company. Whats the worst that could happen? Lots of AOL users switch to Linux and the RedHat distro will be looked down upon slightly more than it already is.
But there is also a lot of potential here. AOL funding open source development. A new focus on making a better GUI for XF86. More hardware support. etc. etc.
i dont think any terrorists would have a problem making counterfeit cards.. or even getting them legally.
and remember, if a law is trying to -prevent- something from happening, its probably violating your rights.
You think a FREE market doesn't mean "free"? Freedom means being able to run your life without interference by the government. I don't see how communism gives you any more freedom...
What use is a spidergoat if it doesn't have four asses?
First, contrary to US citizens' beliefs, the US does not own the internet.
This guy is an idiot! Information can't be regulated by anyone. Especially the US government. Personally I would -rather- have corporations have more power over this sort of thing, because 1) they can't make laws, and 2) there are so many competing companies that these 'regulations' wouldnt really exist.
Anyway, why the hell should the internet be treated differently from a book? Information itself is not dangerous. Ignorence is.
For all you Greens out there, corporations aren't any different from you. They are only people. If you don't want AOL to 'take over the world', the Constitution must be upheld. Laws banning corporations aren't the answer. Vote Libertarian.
ok here is a complete waste of shake's power to display a graph of those cpu speeds:
cpugraph.jpgThe only thing which can keep really big businesses in check is a big government(*), so which of the two evils do we want?
I have yet to find anyone who is against BOTH big business and big government. At times it's hard to decide whether to support the Greens or the Libertarians.
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The Libertarian party isnt exactly for big business, it just wants to keep the government from interfering with everyone. Businesses are no exception. However, with libertarians in power, big businesses won't be able to 'buy laws' like the MPAA with the first amendment, and things like the DMCA would cease to exist.
if everyone had guns, they could have protected themselves from hitler's (the GOVERNMENT at that time) takeover.
Just because the government stops funding programs for science and the arts does not mean the end of those things.
BTW, I am an artist, and i don't want -any- of the government's (read: taxpayers') money to fund my work.
The Libertarian party wants that money to come from private investors, who actually -want- to spend money on things like these. The problem with the money coming from the government is that we all have to pay for it, no matter what we would rather do with our own money.
I'm voting for Browne.
ok your analogies aren't helping your side of the argument too much...
free speech is not free speech if you get to call it illegal just because something pisses you off.
besides, isonews only posts -information- about things that have been released. there are no links to download.
"i may hate what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it."
- i dont remember who this quote originally came from, but i agree with it..
i also live in indianapolis (and actually i just followed the mayor around with a camera today for my tv show) and bart peterson is a real asshole.. just to let everyone else know, our mayor passed a city ordinance saying that any violent video game could not be displayed in a place accessible to anyone under 18. another bullshit ordinance he is working on is a replacement for the state curfew law that was just removed for being unconstitutional. it makes me sick when politicians fight against the bill of rights to get something done. well anyway, since i had the chance, i let him hear some of my libertarian views...
as a libertarian, why would you oppose the biggest group fighting to protect our second amendment right to bear arms? you don't have anything against the ACLU do you?