Basically... why not?
Personally, at home I have a few 386 boards, and a couple of 486 boards, including some really unusual ones (Ultra ATA or something, never seen it in a desktop. It was from a 486 server.) I also have a stack of hard drives from 300MB to 1GB.
All of these parts were grabbed from work before they purged the storage room of old PCs. It also doesn't hurt to have some spare power supplies if you're building a sprawling monster-system. (4-8 more hard drives than you should have, extra cooling, etc...)
On occasion, a friend who's interested in computing will ask for a board, and I'll give it to them, even set up a copy of DOS on it if they want (1 minute install process. Can't get much easier than that!)
Also, one of the oldest computer stores in town here keeps a box of old motherboards from upgrades (pretty much anything pre-P200,) and if you want one, you can buy it as-is for $5.
I'd say that this form of recycling works pretty well. While they're not the most useful things, they're definately not leaking materials into the water table, etc...
Whatever. I'll just buy a digital TV card (available now) instead of a TV, and if it has a copy-protection chip, I'll just switch it off like I switched off the Macrovision chip in my DXR3 board.
Damned if I'll let them keep me from fair use, especially this fundamental.
(And if they prohibit computer cards to do this, I'll just mod-chip the decoder in my TV. They WILL come out, mark my words.)
The problem is that while Microsoft tries to throw it's weight around, it works because Microsoft is well-rooted in computing, and they're huge, so they can technically get away with a majority of dirty tricks.
Apple tries to throw it's weight around... but wait, what weight? They end up just shooting themselves in the foot because they've got so little leverage.
Sounds to me a bit like a company-sized ego problem.
Cool.
I actually have an old generic keyboard I don't use much. It has a switch on the bottom to toggle the codes from XT to AT. On bootup, it emits a short, loud, high-pitched beep every time you hit a key (unless you hit ctrl+pause.)
Another strange thing I noticed is that it has a Reset key. Instead of ctrl+alt+del, you just use ctrl+reset. (and the esc key is where the num lock key is on modern boards.)
I actually only use it when I'm playing around on my XT, but it's been around forever. That, and the old square 3-button Logitech mouse we got with our 286. It's immortal.
Huh? Screwdriver? Is this the official stylus? I have a Visor deluxe and there's nothing like a screwdriver that came with it.
...however I don't know why the stylus wasn't documented better. If you unscrew the tip, it becomes a tool precicely engineered to hit the reset button. Try it some time, the measurements are precise.
I think maybe the instructions recommend a paperclip because some engineer snuck the feature in at the last minute.
(I didn't see it in any CAD files for the stylus either.)
Um no it isn't. They bought themselves back. Go to their site and you'd see that. Obviously you wrote them off & have never been back if your spreading FUD liek that...
I just searched Winamp.com and Nullsoft.com. Where can we find proof that they bought themselves back? Also, if Nullsoft is their own company again, why no official Gnutella updates? It's pretty obvious AOL doesn't want Gnutella.
Also, there's the address at the bottom of this page:
(http://www.winamp.com/tos.jhtml)
How would you boot off a tape drive? I've never seen this trick. Also wouldn't it take 5-10 min and a lot of noise to get it all set up? (Maybe I'm living in the past here, I don't do anything with tape drives.)
Either way, I'm thinking a car player drive shouldn't be worth much. Maybe just get an old 4GB or something.
Actually, that about says it. In my pocket, I have a Visor (Palm compatible,) clipped to my belt, I have a cell phone, and in my wallet, I have a $5 payphone card.
...if I forgot my Visor, I'd be more worried about finding my pants/lower half of body than contacting it.
I don't know whether Linux can do this, but if you're running a MS OS such as DOS or Win9X, you could set up a virtual drive in RAM, and copy over a number of MP3s before playing them, then set the hard drive spindown time to some low value (5 min?)
If it were up to me, I'd just go for a 128MB DIMM, and do that.
Yeah, no kidding. I have a cell phone, and I've been eagerly reading the studies for a while. Though not to see if my phone is killing me. I'm reading them to see if ANY useful info will ever come of them. Basically that article linked in this post says "Maybe they're killing you, but then again, maybe not. They could be though, but don't worry because they might not be."
Personally, I'm not so sure there will ever be conclusive results. (Or more likely, there WILL be conclusive results from a variety of sources, and they'll balance out against each other so there's no useful data.)
Would you REALLY want 40W of soundwaves inside your PC's case? Even if the hard drives were unharmed, wouldn't extra noise encourage the chips/cards to "creep" out of their sockets/slots?
(Ok, so it's a long shot, but hey, it's something to give thought to...)
If your office has the cash, you could look for "tempest-hardened" systems. AFAIK, TEMPEST specs aren't public knowledge, but basically they're systems that are built to withstand high amounts of EM radiation, and emit little of their own. You can also probably find DIY projects, but the whole thing is a bit esoteric for me. (In that I understand what I have to do, but don't know enough electromagnetic field theory to understand WHY some things need doing.)
I think the "apples-and-oranges dept." says it all. I would imagine (for lack of experience with either,) that Win2k would toast Linuxes at FPS counts in 3d games.
Conversely, I would imagine that Linux makes a much better web server.
Personally, I'd rather have a Linux server, a Win2k workstation (but only for lack of BeOS software!), and a Win95 OSR2 desktop. Which OS is better all comes down to what it's better FOR.
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Though I suppose it would only ruin the person's MIND...
What if someone just burned a CDR with a complete archive of the Stile Project and put it into a GPS stash?
"So future generations could know what was so screwed up about our time."
I suppose you could also confuse 'em pretty bad if you burned a weird mix, like Rotten.com and disney?
---END EVIL HERE---
Or I suppose if you wanted to do something USEFUL, you could burn up a disc in ISO-9660, and fill it with MP3s, and a player for most OSes.
/.: "Welcome back!"
*CRUSHHHH!*
/.: "Huh? Where'd they go?"
K5: "Hellllp meeeeee..."
It's still up now, but careful... =P
Basically... why not?
Personally, at home I have a few 386 boards, and a couple of 486 boards, including some really unusual ones (Ultra ATA or something, never seen it in a desktop. It was from a 486 server.) I also have a stack of hard drives from 300MB to 1GB.
All of these parts were grabbed from work before they purged the storage room of old PCs. It also doesn't hurt to have some spare power supplies if you're building a sprawling monster-system. (4-8 more hard drives than you should have, extra cooling, etc...)
On occasion, a friend who's interested in computing will ask for a board, and I'll give it to them, even set up a copy of DOS on it if they want (1 minute install process. Can't get much easier than that!)
Also, one of the oldest computer stores in town here keeps a box of old motherboards from upgrades (pretty much anything pre-P200,) and if you want one, you can buy it as-is for $5.
I'd say that this form of recycling works pretty well. While they're not the most useful things, they're definately not leaking materials into the water table, etc...
Whatever. I'll just buy a digital TV card (available now) instead of a TV, and if it has a copy-protection chip, I'll just switch it off like I switched off the Macrovision chip in my DXR3 board.
Damned if I'll let them keep me from fair use, especially this fundamental.
(And if they prohibit computer cards to do this, I'll just mod-chip the decoder in my TV. They WILL come out, mark my words.)
The problem is that while Microsoft tries to throw it's weight around, it works because Microsoft is well-rooted in computing, and they're huge, so they can technically get away with a majority of dirty tricks.
Apple tries to throw it's weight around... but wait, what weight? They end up just shooting themselves in the foot because they've got so little leverage.
Sounds to me a bit like a company-sized ego problem.
Actually, if I'm not mistaken, wasn't the trackball invented before the mouse, in Canada, and used for aiming large guns?
Cool.
I actually have an old generic keyboard I don't use much. It has a switch on the bottom to toggle the codes from XT to AT. On bootup, it emits a short, loud, high-pitched beep every time you hit a key (unless you hit ctrl+pause.)
Another strange thing I noticed is that it has a Reset key. Instead of ctrl+alt+del, you just use ctrl+reset. (and the esc key is where the num lock key is on modern boards.)
I actually only use it when I'm playing around on my XT, but it's been around forever. That, and the old square 3-button Logitech mouse we got with our 286. It's immortal.
Huh? Screwdriver? Is this the official stylus? I have a Visor deluxe and there's nothing like a screwdriver that came with it.
...however I don't know why the stylus wasn't documented better. If you unscrew the tip, it becomes a tool precicely engineered to hit the reset button. Try it some time, the measurements are precise.
I think maybe the instructions recommend a paperclip because some engineer snuck the feature in at the last minute.
(I didn't see it in any CAD files for the stylus either.)
Um no it isn't. They bought themselves back. Go to their site and you'd see that. Obviously you wrote them off & have never been back if your spreading FUD liek that...
I just searched Winamp.com and Nullsoft.com. Where can we find proof that they bought themselves back? Also, if Nullsoft is their own company again, why no official Gnutella updates? It's pretty obvious AOL doesn't want Gnutella.
Also, there's the address at the bottom of this page:
(http://www.winamp.com/tos.jhtml)
How would you boot off a tape drive? I've never seen this trick. Also wouldn't it take 5-10 min and a lot of noise to get it all set up? (Maybe I'm living in the past here, I don't do anything with tape drives.)
Either way, I'm thinking a car player drive shouldn't be worth much. Maybe just get an old 4GB or something.
Actually, that about says it. In my pocket, I have a Visor (Palm compatible,) clipped to my belt, I have a cell phone, and in my wallet, I have a $5 payphone card.
...if I forgot my Visor, I'd be more worried about finding my pants/lower half of body than contacting it.
I think it'd be so much more entertaining if they had to take all the training in Russian, and had alarms on the station go off randomly. =P
(Actually, the idea reminds me of a lot of the Japanese game shows I've seen. "Alright, time for a game of no-hands bowling ball catch!" "WHAAAT?!")
I don't know whether Linux can do this, but if you're running a MS OS such as DOS or Win9X, you could set up a virtual drive in RAM, and copy over a number of MP3s before playing them, then set the hard drive spindown time to some low value (5 min?)
If it were up to me, I'd just go for a 128MB DIMM, and do that.
Actually, even more than that, most have 4 scanner pixels per image pixel. There are 2 greens for every red/blue set.
Yeah, no kidding. I have a cell phone, and I've been eagerly reading the studies for a while. Though not to see if my phone is killing me. I'm reading them to see if ANY useful info will ever come of them. Basically that article linked in this post says "Maybe they're killing you, but then again, maybe not. They could be though, but don't worry because they might not be."
Personally, I'm not so sure there will ever be conclusive results. (Or more likely, there WILL be conclusive results from a variety of sources, and they'll balance out against each other so there's no useful data.)
Hm... at that price, I wonder if anyone would sell just 1 or 2 grams... It'd be fun, if nothing else to try making your own diamond thermal paste...
(Although I'd not be surprised if for some reason it turned out to be an insulator.)
Would you REALLY want 40W of soundwaves inside your PC's case? Even if the hard drives were unharmed, wouldn't extra noise encourage the chips/cards to "creep" out of their sockets/slots?
(Ok, so it's a long shot, but hey, it's something to give thought to...)
I may be way off here, but being tightly-packed carbon...
Would nanotubes be electrically conductive or not?
I saw them in a flyer in Alberta, but can't get my hands on one just yet. Might have been a misprint.
I remember just glancing at it and thinking "what a weird shape for a mouse."
Actually, I think a terminal set up like this would be excellent in a music store (if the cats scanned uniformly.)
;)
After all, instead of unwrapping a CD to give it a test-listen, you could just take it up to a kiosk, and scan it, then listen to a bunch of MP3s.
...that is, assuming you still go to music stores.
You know you can download Perl for Windows, right?
I've used it to run whisker (a network vulnerability scanner) many times on my company's website wihout any problems.
If your office has the cash, you could look for "tempest-hardened" systems. AFAIK, TEMPEST specs aren't public knowledge, but basically they're systems that are built to withstand high amounts of EM radiation, and emit little of their own. You can also probably find DIY projects, but the whole thing is a bit esoteric for me. (In that I understand what I have to do, but don't know enough electromagnetic field theory to understand WHY some things need doing.)
C'mon! They should send them $118M in PENNIES! The cost of shipping would be worth it.
I think the "apples-and-oranges dept." says it all. I would imagine (for lack of experience with either,) that Win2k would toast Linuxes at FPS counts in 3d games.
Conversely, I would imagine that Linux makes a much better web server.
Personally, I'd rather have a Linux server, a Win2k workstation (but only for lack of BeOS software!), and a Win95 OSR2 desktop. Which OS is better all comes down to what it's better FOR.
If I own a Ford, do I need a Ford wrench to fiddle with my engine?
Maybe not, but if you have a Thinkpad, you need an IBM screwdriver. (I don't know if this has changed yet, but I certainly hope so.)