Jun 8 17:06:19 localhost cardmgr[212]: initializing socket 1
Jun 8 17:06:19 localhost cardmgr[212]: socket 1: ATA/IDE Fixed Disk Jun 8 17:06:19 localhost cardmgr[212]: executing: 'insmod/lib/modules/2.2.5-15/pcmcia/ide_cs.o' Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost kernel: hde: SunDisk SDCFB-48, ATA DISK drive Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost kernel: ide2 at 0x100-0x107,0x10e on irq 7 Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost kernel: hde: SunDisk SDCFB-48, 45MB w/1kB Cache, CHS=7 34/4/32 Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost kernel: hde: hde1 Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost kernel: ide_cs: hde: Vcc = 3.3, Vpp = 0.0 Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost cardmgr[212]: executing: './ide start hde' Jun 8 17:06:21 localhost kernel: hde: hde1 Jun 8 17:11:21 localhost cardmgr[212]: executing: './ide check hde' Jun 8 17:11:21 localhost kernel: hde: hde1
That's my laptop recognizing the 48 MB flash card that I pulled out of the camera. The camera formats it with vfat, so a simple "mount -t vfat/dev/hde1/flash" gives me access to all the photos from the camera,
On the other hand, if you don't have a laptop, you are screwed. The raw TIFFs that it takes are 5.5 MB... the highest quality JPEGs around 800K. The flash cards can be hooked up to a flash card reader, either USB (no dice, under linux) or Parrallel (slooooooooooowwww, if it's supported at all). Or, of course, you can hook a serial line into the camera... but I don't think that is supported under linux... not to mention how slow it is.
So if Nikon wants to give us drivers to use the serial line, I say: no thanks... serial lines suck anyway. Help finish USB support!
The Nikon CoolPix 950 was the highest rated camera by both Consumer Reports and PC Week, in their consumer clsses of camera. There are better cameras... but they are professional and costs thousands of dollars. The CoolPix 950 is around $900. It is a megapixel camera that has a maximum resolution of 1600x1200x24bits.
Rob has two issues that he has to weigh: one is the signal/noise ratio on/. and the other is his clearly stated belief in not censoring anything that anyone has to say.
Let's look at the two extremes:
In one extreme, he could delete every message that he didn't like. (Or now with scaling issues, the larger moderator pool of/.ers).
In the other extreme, he could just let post show up in the order that they were posted and not touch a thing.
The system (both the old and the new) that he has implemented has inherent beauty and balance. Since day one, he has never deleted a post. He scores it. This gives you a choice... it's an optional rating system, not censorship! If you don't like, DON'T USE IT!.
Think about it this way: it's a recursion of what/. is about in the first place!/.ers come here to read what has been culled off the net. They could crawl through the net and skim the cream of the technical stories themselves... or trust Rob to do it. But who really wants to sift articles about SAP's Q2 projections and new spew about Office 2K just find the good stuff? Not I! That's why I come to/.: I trust Rob to choose wisely when it comes to posting interesting articles.
The other dimension of/. are the comments. They have always been scored, the only new change is who gets to score them. It never was and still isn't censorship. It's a review.
You know, some people won't go to a movie that doesn't get a good review? They find a film critic they like in print or on the net, and if he/she says the film sucks, they don't go. This is the same thing! Lower your threshold and the scores are meaningless, raise it, or keep it at zero, and it's just like consulting a movie review.
Everybody gets a choice... I don't have to sift through stupid-ass flamewars to find the content that I love.
You know what... I think I'll raise my threshold to 1.
That is exactly the point. The next trend in portals (and something the internet is very well suited for) is interest-specific portals.
You can't very well publish a Linux-only daily newspaper, there aren't enough readers to pay subscription fees nor enough advertisers to pay ad fees to make it anything other than a sinkhole for money.
Since the internet puts the onus of delivery on the customer, not the supplier, publishing information can be done dirt cheap in comparison to meatspace information distribution.
This paves the way for any Joe with a hobby to start a portal of sorts (Rob had a leg up, as an interest in coding makes it easier to manage a web site like/.).
People are wowed by the figure of 75,000 that Rob tossed out there the other day, and I will agree, it's quite impressive... but do you realize that Yahoo! gets 160 million page views per day?. While it is somewhat of a chicken and egg issue, with numbers like that you can get advertisers that aren't VA Research and Sendmail, Inc., but more like Platinum Visa. Advertising is always done in terms of eyeballs, and Yahoo! boasts more eyeballs than any old media daily.
Geez, Rob... when will it end? When does the free e-mail come online? Can I get regs@slashdot.org?
Seriously, though, it all sounds good and I hope you are jacking your ad rates and courting some other big names (who have the big money). You deserve some compensation for this.
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That's my laptop recognizing the 48 MB flash card that I pulled out of the camera. The camera formats it with vfat, so a simple "mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 /flash" gives me access to all the photos from the camera,
On the other hand, if you don't have a laptop, you are screwed. The raw TIFFs that it takes are 5.5 MB... the highest quality JPEGs around 800K. The flash cards can be hooked up to a flash card reader, either USB (no dice, under linux) or Parrallel (slooooooooooowwww, if it's supported at all). Or, of course, you can hook a serial line into the camera... but I don't think that is supported under linux... not to mention how slow it is.
So if Nikon wants to give us drivers to use the serial line, I say: no thanks... serial lines suck anyway. Help finish USB support!
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The Nikon CoolPix 950 was the highest rated camera by both Consumer Reports and PC Week, in their consumer clsses of camera. There are better cameras... but they are professional and costs thousands of dollars. The CoolPix 950 is around $900. It is a megapixel camera that has a maximum resolution of 1600x1200x24bits.
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Absolutely. May I suggest it as a poll topic... i.e. how much would you be willing to pay for a @slashdot.org email address?
...how much people like to whine.
/. and the other is his clearly stated belief in not censoring anything that anyone has to say.
/.ers).
/. is about in the first place! /.ers come here to read what has been culled off the net. They could crawl through the net and skim the cream of the technical stories themselves... or trust Rob to do it. But who really wants to sift articles about SAP's Q2 projections and new spew about Office 2K just find the good stuff? Not I! That's why I come to /.: I trust Rob to choose wisely when it comes to posting interesting articles.
/. are the comments. They have always been scored, the only new change is who gets to score them. It never was and still isn't censorship. It's a review.
Rob has two issues that he has to weigh: one is the signal/noise ratio on
Let's look at the two extremes:
In one extreme, he could delete every message that he didn't like. (Or now with scaling issues, the larger moderator pool of
In the other extreme, he could just let post show up in the order that they were posted and not touch a thing.
The system (both the old and the new) that he has implemented has inherent beauty and balance. Since day one, he has never deleted a post. He scores it. This gives you a choice... it's an optional rating system, not censorship! If you don't like, DON'T USE IT!.
Think about it this way: it's a recursion of what
The other dimension of
You know, some people won't go to a movie that doesn't get a good review? They find a film critic they like in print or on the net, and if he/she says the film sucks, they don't go. This is the same thing! Lower your threshold and the scores are meaningless, raise it, or keep it at zero, and it's just like consulting a movie review.
Everybody gets a choice... I don't have to sift through stupid-ass flamewars to find the content that I love.
You know what... I think I'll raise my threshold to 1.
That is exactly the point. The next trend in portals (and something the internet is very well suited for) is interest-specific portals.
/.).
You can't very well publish a Linux-only daily newspaper, there aren't enough readers to pay subscription fees nor enough advertisers to pay ad fees to make it anything other than a sinkhole for money.
Since the internet puts the onus of delivery on the customer, not the supplier, publishing information can be done dirt cheap in comparison to meatspace information distribution.
This paves the way for any Joe with a hobby to start a portal of sorts (Rob had a leg up, as an interest in coding makes it easier to manage a web site like
People are wowed by the figure of 75,000 that Rob tossed out there the other day, and I will agree, it's quite impressive... but do you realize that Yahoo! gets 160 million page views per day?. While it is somewhat of a chicken and egg issue, with numbers like that you can get advertisers that aren't VA Research and Sendmail, Inc., but more like Platinum Visa. Advertising is always done in terms of eyeballs, and Yahoo! boasts more eyeballs than any old media daily.
Another one bites the dust. The /. is in full effect. You should warn these people, Rob. :)
Geez, Rob... when will it end? When does the free e-mail come online? Can I get regs@slashdot.org?
Seriously, though, it all sounds good and I hope you are jacking your ad rates and courting some other big names (who have the big money). You deserve some compensation for this.