I know tons of people, and the majority of them all left for a trip after a couple of years of their first job.
In french they say "Les voyages forment la jeunesse", but I would extend that to a larger sense, that you don't mature until you've been away from home for a while.
I'm the exception to this rule, as I never had the chance to travel before my late-twenties, but made it up after that by working for companies with offices around the globe (free travel rocks;-)
Well, what's cool with the transceivers is that you can setup a drop in the basement, put a cheap switch, and give access to the whole building.
Also, you buy lots of transceivers, and from one home, you extend the switch to other homes in the neighborhood with a transceiver at each end, in a star network.
It translates a 100Base-FX fiber optic cable to a normal 100 mbps ethernet card.
The drop can be up to 2 kilometers, and it's not affected by static, radio waves and you don't have to ground it, it's glass/plastic, so 100% pure insulator.
At every Linux-Expo, I go to the SuSE booth and get one of their CDs for testing. I was pretty much impressed with their Live CDs, but their regular releases are nice too.
However, I always prefered Mandrake. Not just because I work for them, but because of their development process, which got me hooked before I accepted the job. The Cooker distro lets you get new packages as soon as they're out, you can even get the changelogs by e-mail. That's a feature you won't get anywhere else.
Well, Mandrake Linux 8.2 is out, but the Power Packs won't be in stores until a couple of weeks. So technically StarOffice 6 is not available yet.
During the Linux-World expo in NY, the people at Sun said that basically the final release was ready, but they waited until end of March or beginning of April to clean up some final issues with licensing and partners.
You basically boot from the CD, choose your language and keyboard type, tell it to reformat all partitions (you might want to keep your/home), choose packages and grab a cup of coffe.
Mandrake uses RPM, and most of the core stuff is the same as RedHat.
However, it's much easier to configure thanks to the Mandrake Control Center.
Why not? Subscribe to the Club, instead of buying
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Of course, Mandrake needs the cash...
But when you buy a box, specially in stores, there's only a small portion of your cash that goes to the developers. Manufacturing, packaging, shipping, support, distributor's and retailer's margins take the major part of the revenue.
When you subscribe to the Club, you make sure the cash will be spent directly on the Mandrake Linux open-source development, you have access to all the software, including commercial applications, and a lot of Club privileges.
Besides, the boxes won't be available until a few weeks, so join the club and you can download everything today.
However, they only support DirectX 7, while this new project supports DirectX 8. TransGaming supports very few games because most new ones require DirectX 8 support.
I'm sure we'll see a merge somewhere, and it will simply Rock! And I'll be glad to invite them at MandrakeSoft again so we can have a Mandrake Gaming 9.0;-)
The guide shows the DH-4400VP model, which is pretty neat for watching DVDs and stuff, but they also have the DH-4500MPV model, which is ideal for Cyborg-like applications =)
The manufacturer's page is:
http://www.personaldisplay.com/english/f_whatis. ht ml
This would be what you need.
http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/ mo bile_ppc_ppt2800.html
Pocket PC, 206Mhz, 32 megs, Bar Code, Wireless (CDPD, GSM,GPRS or even IEEE 802.11 or 802.11b), greyscale or 64k colors, IRDA, cradles with serial/ethernet/vehicle charger...
Of course, it runs doesn't have a phone, but anyways it's hard to talk to your wife and scan the barcode on the milk;-)
I feel that the current trend towards computer-based money is not about assets anymore, but about credit, and that kinda scares me.
And I'm not talking about credit cards here. I'm referring to what most people think is cash equivalent: checks and debit cards...
Try to cash a check anywhere. They will ask for ID, and either take a commission or hold the check until clearance. If you want the exact amount that's written on the check and want it now, you need a pre-approved line of credit.
Same thing for debit cards. Last month, I had to buy some computer equipment. I had more than enough money in my bank account. Unfortunately, my debit card could only be used for up to $1000 a day, and if I bought by credit card, I would have to pay a 3% surcharge. Of course, the store wouldn't accept checks without credit approval. So I had to go to the bank, and pay $20 extra for a certified check.
Of course, I could have withdrawn the cash and carry it with me, but I don't feel comfortable with several thousand dollars in twenties in my pockets.
In conclusion: either carry a cash and a gun, or watch your credit.
I don't want to sound apocalytic, but with Linux and OS X getting more and more market share, FreeBSD will not survive for a long time...
I believe the derivatives will have more chance. OpenBSD has interesting security features, and NetBSD is ported on a lot of platforms.
Okay, maybe FreeBSD is more stable and more performant in some applications, but for a very small percentage of the market.
But maybe if some well-known distribution would make a RPM-based FreeBSD with KDE and Gnome, and sell it through Wall-Mart and CompUSA, it could make wonders. Oh, well, I guess my co-workers are going to flame me tomorrow;-)
I have been using internet faxing for years. I setup a TPC node, and also used the Panasonic UF770i fax and both worked together.
TIFF works.
Why bother with Color? Only graphic artists and print shops use color faxing. And then, the documents are usually printed on a Postscript printer, then faxed. In that case, if you have a PostScript printer and internet, why not send the plain PS file?
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I installed this stuff back in '95, at the time it was still 2Mbps, but the range was 8km.
I don't see why recent access points couldn't do it.
I know tons of people, and the majority of them all left for a trip after a couple of years of their first job.
;-)
In french they say "Les voyages forment la jeunesse", but I would extend that to a larger sense, that you don't mature until you've been away from home for a while.
I'm the exception to this rule, as I never had the chance to travel before my late-twenties, but made it up after that by working for companies with offices around the globe (free travel rocks
Well, what's cool with the transceivers is that you can setup a drop in the basement, put a cheap switch, and give access to the whole building.
Also, you buy lots of transceivers, and from one home, you extend the switch to other homes in the neighborhood with a transceiver at each end, in a star network.
Have a look at the D-Link DFE855 here.
It translates a 100Base-FX fiber optic cable to a normal 100 mbps ethernet card.
The drop can be up to 2 kilometers, and it's not affected by static, radio waves and you don't have to ground it, it's glass/plastic, so 100% pure insulator.
At every Linux-Expo, I go to the SuSE booth and get one of their CDs for testing. I was pretty much impressed with their Live CDs, but their regular releases are nice too.
However, I always prefered Mandrake. Not just because I work for them, but because of their development process, which got me hooked before I accepted the job. The Cooker distro lets you get new packages as soon as they're out, you can even get the changelogs by e-mail. That's a feature you won't get anywhere else.
Well, Mandrake Linux 8.2 is out, but the Power Packs won't be in stores until a couple of weeks.
So technically StarOffice 6 is not available yet.
During the Linux-World expo in NY, the people at Sun said that basically the final release was ready, but they waited until end of March or beginning of April to clean up some final issues with licensing and partners.
So expect a PR from Sun real soon.
Have a look at the latest Netcraft survey, and look for Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer.
That's Mandrake's optimized version of Apache, in use by more than 75,000 web servers, more than Domino or Stronghold (Redhat's secure server).
So it might be the best one for beginners, but it's used on a lot of servers too.
You basically boot from the CD, choose your language and keyboard type, tell it to reformat all partitions (you might want to keep your /home), choose packages and grab a cup of coffe.
Mandrake uses RPM, and most of the core stuff is the same as RedHat.
However, it's much easier to configure thanks to the Mandrake Control Center.
Of course, Mandrake needs the cash...
But when you buy a box, specially in stores, there's only a small portion of your cash that goes to the developers. Manufacturing, packaging, shipping, support, distributor's and retailer's margins take the major part of the revenue.
When you subscribe to the Club, you make sure the cash will be spent directly on the Mandrake Linux open-source development, you have access to all the software, including commercial applications, and a lot of Club privileges.
Besides, the boxes won't be available until a few weeks, so join the club and you can download everything today.
The link is TransGaming.com.
;-)
However, they only support DirectX 7, while this new project supports DirectX 8. TransGaming supports very few games because most new ones require DirectX 8 support.
I'm sure we'll see a merge somewhere, and it will simply Rock! And I'll be glad to invite them at MandrakeSoft again so we can have a Mandrake Gaming 9.0
The Transgaming folks already have a pretty good DirectX 7 implementation. I would love to see this project merged with theirs!
The manufacturer's page is:
http://www.personaldisplay.com/english/f_whatis
At $1000, it's pretty reasonable!
Santa, I want one
This would be what you need./ mo bile_ppc_ppt2800.html
;-)
http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers
Pocket PC, 206Mhz, 32 megs, Bar Code, Wireless (CDPD, GSM,GPRS or even IEEE 802.11 or 802.11b), greyscale or 64k colors, IRDA, cradles with serial/ethernet/vehicle charger...
Of course, it runs doesn't have a phone, but anyways it's hard to talk to your wife and scan the barcode on the milk
It will be only available in the first quarter of 2002, and it seems they only have prototypes, this explains the photos aren't real.
But they are backed by Deutsche Telecom and Orange. If you don't know Orange, they have 35 million subscribers in 20 countries...
Okay, this doesn't guarantee anything (see what happened to Iridium), but this is not just a bunch of dumb dot-com VCs.
The paperwork you're talking about is only if Mandrake would have built their own CD plant, which is not the case.
1) Get quotes and find the right supplier
2) Fill in the credit application form
3) Hit voicemail
4) Get the iso images burned on a CD-R and tested on a few machines to make sure the media is OK
5) Get the artwork in a format that's readable by the film-maker (sorry, gotta use QuarkXpress)
6) Get the artwork to a print bureau and check the output for any errors
7) Get the address where to send all the materials
8) Send them
9) Make sure all they received is okay
10) Hit the voice mail
11) It's weekend, so it will have to wait until monday
12) The CD plant received all the documents
13) They make the film for printing
14) They fax you a copy
15) You approve the copy and send it back
16) They call to ask it you want a white background or leave it silvery. They hit your voicemail
17) You call them back and tell them to leave it silvery
18) They start manufacturing
19) A couple of days later, your CDs are ready, they ship it to you via UPS/Fedex/Whatever
20) You receive them in your warehouse and have to ship thousands of CDs one-by-one
http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=3%25+surcha
And I'm not talking about credit cards here. I'm referring to what most people think is cash equivalent: checks and debit cards...
Try to cash a check anywhere. They will ask for ID, and either take a commission or hold the check until clearance. If you want the exact amount that's written on the check and want it now, you need a pre-approved line of credit.
Same thing for debit cards. Last month, I had to buy some computer equipment. I had more than enough money in my bank account. Unfortunately, my debit card could only be used for up to $1000 a day, and if I bought by credit card, I would have to pay a 3% surcharge. Of course, the store wouldn't accept checks without credit approval. So I had to go to the bank, and pay $20 extra for a certified check.
Of course, I could have withdrawn the cash and carry it with me, but I don't feel comfortable with several thousand dollars in twenties in my pockets.
In conclusion: either carry a cash and a gun, or watch your credit.
They will know what to do with them.
I believe they stole the scheme from TPC.INT.
Look at RFC 1530 for the actual RFC.
It's dated october 93, so there's nothing new here
Why is it written "Assembled in Malaysia"? Does that mean the silicon is made in Japan and then they put the ceramics on it in Malaysia?
I don't want to sound apocalytic, but with Linux and OS X getting more and more market share, FreeBSD will not survive for a long time...
;-)
I believe the derivatives will have more chance. OpenBSD has interesting security features, and NetBSD is ported on a lot of platforms.
Okay, maybe FreeBSD is more stable and more performant in some applications, but for a very small percentage of the market.
But maybe if some well-known distribution would make a RPM-based FreeBSD with KDE and Gnome, and sell it through Wall-Mart and CompUSA, it could make wonders. Oh, well, I guess my co-workers are going to flame me tomorrow
TIFF works.
Why bother with Color? Only graphic artists and print shops use color faxing. And then, the documents are usually printed on a Postscript printer, then faxed. In that case, if you have a PostScript printer and internet, why not send the plain PS file?
I remember one court (don't know if it's in the US or Europe) even decided the ISP is responsable for the web sites on his server...
Yup.. the message board web site owners.