Yeah, base it on nForce, or even keep the current sound, but toss on a Radeon or GeForce2 graphics chipset (actually, even a G450 would be fast enough for some gaming)...
First off, if your hardware doesn't suck, you shouldn't have this issue. But, I had it anyway with non-sucky hardware (256MB/Ath750) using the Mandrake 7.1 stock kernel. But a recompile fixed this issue. I suspect the problem was IDE related, but I'm not certain. Also, if you use XFree86 3.3.6, try upgrading to 4.0.x, it's faster for most (nVidia, ATi, 3dfx, Matrox, Trident, NeoMagic, Silicon Motion, 3DLabs) chipsets.
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umm, DEC Alpha mobos have had 8MB of L3 for quite a while, and K6-3's had integrated L2, which made the on-mobo cache L3... Of course, no one's put it in the chipset directly before, so that part's cool as hell. But L3 cache itself is old news.
I see how it would happen. The point is, it isn't happening on Mars to any great degree. Solar wind isn't terribly dense.
And no, magnetic fields aren't shields. But the point holds, particularly if the poles don't face upward. And of course the fields would interact, but how much damage would that do? Further, solar wind is fairly weak, we're not talking solar flares here. Earth's magnetosphere is pretty weak (.1 kilogauss, IIRC...) This type of short-range shielding with magnetic fields, possibly inflated with cold plasma, is not outside our technology.
I will not, however, deny that it is power-exigent.
The magnetic field is needed to shield against the solar wind, which will not remove the atmosphere (after all, Mars does have an atmosphere, contrary to what was pointed out by another poster, composed of CO2 and O2 (dinky amounts)). Gravity retains the atmosphere itself. Of course, one could create localized magnetic deflector shields around each individual colony on the surface.
Now, having said that, GeForce2 cards stink for 2D , next to what you pay for them. Budget-conscious folks who game upon occasion would do well with a Matrox G400.
I've got one that I'm working on... I call it KronoSTEP, which is based loosely on the NeXTSTEP desktop with key elements from OS/2, Windows, MacOS and RiscOS.
No code exists at this point, it's just in the planning stages, but I'm waiting for it to be approved by SourceForge. The idea is to have an object-oriented desktop (a la NeXT, OS/2) that corresponds to what's really on the filesystem (a la MacOS/RiscOS). Also, some security features (as in localhost security) will be incorporated, like an encrypted Vault for storing sensitive files and a Shredder (name from OS/2) that securely destroys files.
Of course it's still WIMPy - that is, Windows, Icons and Mouse Pointing, and lots of DnD (a lot of ideas taken from OS/2 and RiscOS on DnD), and it's mostly going to start as a collection of hacks on top of existing software (ROX, WindowMaker, XFCE and a few others). But, with any amount of luck, it will be a breath of fresh air.
Like I said, it pretty much IS win2k... They're taking win2k, and hacking on features and images as necessary. (this data is from a source that, for my protection, will remain unnamed:)
Have you used KDE recently? Folders and files on the desktop, if you want, and a customizable panel. Sure, it lacks a NeXTSTEP-type icon dock, but beyond that, KDE is pretty slick. And so is GNOME, or XFCE for that matter...
ummm, whistler is an alpha. Right now, it mostly IS Win2k. Hell, screenshots of this bletcherous beast have been showing up in magazines for a few months now...
Although, I have to wonder about the giant folders... This seems like a step backward except for the visually impaired, I mean, God help those poor devils who run at 640x480 (and there still are some... our boxen at work have 4MB agp video cards and 17" monitors, but we still have folks running at 640x480x8 and liking it...)
and I thought that MacOS's user-friendliness 'features' were sicky-sweet... Ugh. This is bugly.
Do we really want this? i mean, 'hide the contents of this drive'? geeez! It's hard enough to figure out where a Winbloat program has crapped itself as it is, without this junk... no-cluebies will eat this up, but techies will be too busy vomiting.
In a word: It's time for a cool change, and may it be brought by an Apple-toting horned penguin with a trident, if you grok my meaning:-)
so, there's someone who doesn't think this is an evil conspiracy... Good. So at least some people have some brains.
PS. Microsoft still smells like a conspiracy. But not 3Com.
USB? Got it... At least very nearly so.
DVD? Dunno, ask those goons tryin' to get DeCSS destroyed.
Winmodems? go bug the winmodem makers. Some of them do work.
oh, that bug... That explains why AMD chips seem to run at twice the BogoMIPS value of an equally clocked Intel or Cyrix chip... (PIII-750=771 BogoMIPS. Ath-750=1541.5 BogoMIPS)
Actually, the USN is in the process of converting four SSBN-726 class subs to SSGNs (Specifically, I believe it's USS Ohio, USS Michigan, USS Florida and USS Georgia). They will replace their Trident missile tubes with cluster lauchers that carry 5 Tomahawk Anti-Ship or Land-Attack missiles. This will make them ideal for offensive operations agains enemy surface forces or shore targets.
Although this has typically been the role of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser (CG-47) and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51), subs like these could remain on station for months at a time without logistic support, providing a strong tactical deterrent. In the event of war, they could defend themselves against enemy fast attacks (or other SSBN/SSGN-type subs like the Oscar-II) using Mk48 ADCAP torpedoes, and beach assaults would be augmented by the Zumwalt-class (DD-21) land-attack stealth destroyer.
Yow... You think IT-21 is moronic? Just try being one of the radiomen / ET's that has to implement it. Faugh. MS Exchange? Windows NT? Gawd... At least GCCS still runs over Solaris...
Yeah, a bloody M-16 with a laser strapped on. No bullets. Not even blanks. bah... I doubt I could defend my ship with a firearm if I had to, after that training. I think I'd just charge and go hand-to-hand, I'd have a better chance. (PS. CDR Rawls, if you're reading this, fix this weapons flub...)
You have a very good point. I, of all people, should have thought of that before returning fire. I've never served in time of war, but I could. I'm a sailor, if there were a war, I stand a pretty good chance of being in it. I should have looked before I leapt. My apologies for marginalizing such a serious matter.
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Yeah, base it on nForce, or even keep the current sound, but toss on a Radeon or GeForce2 graphics chipset (actually, even a G450 would be fast enough for some gaming)...
First off, if your hardware doesn't suck, you shouldn't have this issue. But, I had it anyway with non-sucky hardware (256MB/Ath750) using the Mandrake 7.1 stock kernel. But a recompile fixed this issue. I suspect the problem was IDE related, but I'm not certain. Also, if you use XFree86 3.3.6, try upgrading to 4.0.x, it's faster for most (nVidia, ATi, 3dfx, Matrox, Trident, NeoMagic, Silicon Motion, 3DLabs) chipsets.
Censorware may not, but a firewall can...
umm, DEC Alpha mobos have had 8MB of L3 for quite a while, and K6-3's had integrated L2, which made the on-mobo cache L3... Of course, no one's put it in the chipset directly before, so that part's cool as hell. But L3 cache itself is old news.
I see how it would happen. The point is, it isn't happening on Mars to any great degree. Solar wind isn't terribly dense.
And no, magnetic fields aren't shields. But the point holds, particularly if the poles don't face upward. And of course the fields would interact, but how much damage would that do? Further, solar wind is fairly weak, we're not talking solar flares here. Earth's magnetosphere is pretty weak (.1 kilogauss, IIRC...) This type of short-range shielding with magnetic fields, possibly inflated with cold plasma, is not outside our technology.
I will not, however, deny that it is power-exigent.
The magnetic field is needed to shield against the solar wind, which will not remove the atmosphere (after all, Mars does have an atmosphere, contrary to what was pointed out by another poster, composed of CO2 and O2 (dinky amounts)). Gravity retains the atmosphere itself. Of course, one could create localized magnetic deflector shields around each individual colony on the surface.
Screw Gundams, give me an Evangelion any day of the week :-)
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Oh, yeah, it *would* go nuts and shred things, wouldn't it... Eupz
Kino think Ayla need less caffeine. Crono agrees.
Now, having said that, GeForce2 cards stink for 2D , next to what you pay for them. Budget-conscious folks who game upon occasion would do well with a Matrox G400.
I've got one that I'm working on... I call it KronoSTEP, which is based loosely on the NeXTSTEP desktop with key elements from OS/2, Windows, MacOS and RiscOS.
No code exists at this point, it's just in the planning stages, but I'm waiting for it to be approved by SourceForge. The idea is to have an object-oriented desktop (a la NeXT, OS/2) that corresponds to what's really on the filesystem (a la MacOS/RiscOS). Also, some security features (as in localhost security) will be incorporated, like an encrypted Vault for storing sensitive files and a Shredder (name from OS/2) that securely destroys files.
Of course it's still WIMPy - that is, Windows, Icons and Mouse Pointing, and lots of DnD (a lot of ideas taken from OS/2 and RiscOS on DnD), and it's mostly going to start as a collection of hacks on top of existing software (ROX, WindowMaker, XFCE and a few others). But, with any amount of luck, it will be a breath of fresh air.
troll? umm, maybe flamebait...
Like I said, it pretty much IS win2k... They're taking win2k, and hacking on features and images as necessary. (this data is from a source that, for my protection, will remain unnamed :)
Have you used KDE recently? Folders and files on the desktop, if you want, and a customizable panel. Sure, it lacks a NeXTSTEP-type icon dock, but beyond that, KDE is pretty slick. And so is GNOME, or XFCE for that matter...
ummm, whistler is an alpha. Right now, it mostly IS Win2k. Hell, screenshots of this bletcherous beast have been showing up in magazines for a few months now...
Although, I have to wonder about the giant folders... This seems like a step backward except for the visually impaired, I mean, God help those poor devils who run at 640x480 (and there still are some... our boxen at work have 4MB agp video cards and 17" monitors, but we still have folks running at 640x480x8 and liking it...)
and I thought that MacOS's user-friendliness 'features' were sicky-sweet... Ugh. This is bugly.
:-)
Do we really want this? i mean, 'hide the contents of this drive'? geeez! It's hard enough to figure out where a Winbloat program has crapped itself as it is, without this junk... no-cluebies will eat this up, but techies will be too busy vomiting.
In a word: It's time for a cool change, and may it be brought by an Apple-toting horned penguin with a trident, if you grok my meaning
and SuSE beat them to the punch, too, FWIW...
so, there's someone who doesn't think this is an evil conspiracy... Good. So at least some people have some brains. PS. Microsoft still smells like a conspiracy. But not 3Com.
USB? Got it... At least very nearly so. DVD? Dunno, ask those goons tryin' to get DeCSS destroyed. Winmodems? go bug the winmodem makers. Some of them do work.
umm, can you say AMD 760? the new chipset does SMP and DDR... Now I can get dual-PIII performance for a single-PIII price (ok, a little more... zort)
oh, that bug... That explains why AMD chips seem to run at twice the BogoMIPS value of an equally clocked Intel or Cyrix chip... (PIII-750=771 BogoMIPS. Ath-750=1541.5 BogoMIPS)
Actually, the USN is in the process of converting four SSBN-726 class subs to SSGNs (Specifically, I believe it's USS Ohio, USS Michigan, USS Florida and USS Georgia). They will replace their Trident missile tubes with cluster lauchers that carry 5 Tomahawk Anti-Ship or Land-Attack missiles. This will make them ideal for offensive operations agains enemy surface forces or shore targets. Although this has typically been the role of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser (CG-47) and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51), subs like these could remain on station for months at a time without logistic support, providing a strong tactical deterrent. In the event of war, they could defend themselves against enemy fast attacks (or other SSBN/SSGN-type subs like the Oscar-II) using Mk48 ADCAP torpedoes, and beach assaults would be augmented by the Zumwalt-class (DD-21) land-attack stealth destroyer.
Yow... You think IT-21 is moronic? Just try being one of the radiomen / ET's that has to implement it. Faugh. MS Exchange? Windows NT? Gawd... At least GCCS still runs over Solaris...
Yeah, a bloody M-16 with a laser strapped on. No bullets. Not even blanks. bah... I doubt I could defend my ship with a firearm if I had to, after that training. I think I'd just charge and go hand-to-hand, I'd have a better chance. (PS. CDR Rawls, if you're reading this, fix this weapons flub...)
You have a very good point. I, of all people, should have thought of that before returning fire. I've never served in time of war, but I could. I'm a sailor, if there were a war, I stand a pretty good chance of being in it. I should have looked before I leapt. My apologies for marginalizing such a serious matter.
That's why I'm a radioman :-)
Damn GMs...