you can also use licq w/ the gtk plugin... and its actually quite nice. (i prefer it over gnomeicu).
There is still some stability issues though. But otherwise works rather well.
If Indrema decided to sell the specifications for their console at a reasonable price, I'm sure there would be a few companies interested in attempting to release their own system. The idea is to flood the market w/ Linux based consoles.
So let's say Indrema won't make as much money from doing this, but at least they might stay alive. Look at the way GNU/Linux is distributed. Several vendors each giving you slight variations of the same thing. The idea that the distribution of the consoles would be greater, and make it a more attractive platform to develop games for.
Indrema could take the initiative as being the company which offers certification of the games to insure compatibility. If that was the terms of licensing out the specifications to other companies, a standard for the games could be made.
Well, I think the reason this topic was brought up is due to several key issues:
Competing against a product which is free that does improve in increasingly less time.
Think about it, right now Linux is lagging in hardware support, total user friendliness, and market share when compared to Microsoft. To most companies, it appears the only advantage is price. But if enough companies move over to a GPL'd software scheme, and there is an increasing amount of developers for GPL software, it will eventually over take M$ in hardware support, user friendliness and every other reason why gnu/linux is not the leading platform.
As you say, Microsoft is maintaining its own "standards" of ".doc", ".xls", ".ppt", but if a company moves over to gnu/linux and they can convert these files to a compatible system with a low overhead they will. The number of programs being able to open these files is increasing at a steady rate as well. If this does keep up, M$ will be forced eventually. Its just a matter of time, and proper timing.
I expect M$ changing the way their standards operate VERY soon. Specifically so they can keep control of these standards. This is why.NET seems to be a top priority. Imagine if you save your files on a server run by Microsoft, if they can somehow "force" you to keep them on those servers so you can't change to a different software package which can open these files, they'll KEEP these companies in a position which makes it more expensive for them to change to something else.
But to sum up my point, if GPL'd software keeps a steady growth rate, one which is greater than Microsoft's, I can see M$ losing their current core market. I don't know right now how GPLing their software will help them, or keep them from going under, but I can see how GPL'd software will eventually be a very large threat to them.
"When you measure, You are limited by that which can be measured." - The God Emperor of Dune
In Canada, our version of the FCC, has some sort of regulatory power over internet access. (This is what I HEARD - I am not speaking this as fact)
But this is why:
Cable Internet = $40Cdn w/ Cable TV service
or $50 w/o
DSL Internet = $40Cdn w/ long-distance plan from local telco (who runs the DSL service) or $50 w/o
I've seen varying prices on the DSL side of things.
But my cable internet access is with Cogeco@home,
and I get about 2Mb downstream, 360Kb upstream (for those who get confused: 250KB/s downloading,
and 45KB/s uploading) 250KB/s is not necessary from all websites, but I can get combined rates of 250KB/s easily - through multiple downloads on napster.
My friend who's on DSL through Sympatico gets 1Mb downstream(or 125KB/s), and 112Kb upstream(or 14KB/s). This to me seems rather pathetic, especially since he pays the same amount as I do.
I have heard every argument, that DSL is more secure, Cable is faster, DSL gives you lower ping in games,... I'm willing to take the risk and go w/ cable:-) SPEED says it all.
I worked at a LARGE electronics retailer in Canada a year ago and we ALREADY were seeing a large number of Athlon based machines coming in. Athlon based computer are easier to sell also.
Here's why:
Profit margins on PC's are really sad (retailers tend to aim for 7% on the computer itself).
Now if Athlon based machines sell for, $200 less than Intel machines, that leaves me with $200 of the customers money to spend on other things. This permits me to convince them that the $200 they saved by going with an Athlon can be used for extended warranty, and other accessories.
Extended Warranties and Accessories is where ALL the real profit is in computer retail. And when I say, Accessories, I don't mean external CD-writers, I mean CABLES. Cables rule for sheer profit. Also the Belkin UPS makes good coin.
Go to Future Shop if you live in Canada, and look at the price tag for a computer. Look at the bottom of the price tag, there's a letter/number combination, next to the UPC number. Usually they're something like A122Z0032
It translates to the commission that the sales person will receive for that particular item if sold at full price. The Z(or whatever letter is in the middle) represents the decimal point. In this situation that combo would be $122.00, it's been a while since I stopped by at a Future Shop, but thats how it still was last time I was there.
But ya - you'll see how sad the commission made from a machine can be if there is no extended warranty with it.
When you measure, you are limited by that which can be measured.
The best is when someone's computer is already screwed and they show up with it so we can all fix it for them.:-)
And then when you deal with all sorts of other bullshit, its like 2am, and people just eat pizza and drink beer in the end.
heh - i think i'll just end up renting the DVD
and ripping it to CDs.
After seeing some benchmarks for encoding DVD's to mpeg4 on tomshardware, i think my athlon can do it quite well.
i am christian and this is what i want to see.
a seperation of religion and politics. it doesn't work out too well when you have god-knows-how-many religions in canada. plus, do we really need a government to put more pressure on its citizens to know what christianity is? haven't we as christians done enough to keep shoving bibles and other religious crap into peoples faces already?
I don't think there is any other game that I have
ever played that has consumed so much of my time.
X-Com to me is a fave. That and Dune 2.
recently i found it at a store, the original box, in a bargain bin. $2 Canadian!! Thats like 1cent US:-)
sigh. the days.:-)
yes. dead kennedys kick ass.
even though this sort of song was "ha ha" funny its good to see i'm not the only dead kennedys fan that reads this website:-)
found this entry at www.m-w.com which
is Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Main Entry: 1fuck
Pronunciation: 'f&k
Function: verb
Etymology: akin to Dutch fokken to breed (cattle), Swedish dialect fokka to copulate
Date: 1503
intransitive senses
1 usually obscene : COPULATE -- sometimes used in the present participle as a meaningless intensive
2 usually vulgar : MESS 3 -- used with with
transitive senses
1 usually obscene : to engage in coitus with -- sometimes used interjectionally with an object (as a personal or reflexive pronoun) to express anger, contempt, or disgust
2 usually vulgar : to deal with unfairly or harshly : CHEAT, SCREW
Its not like its completely slang here. I still think censorship is such a waste of time and money. And the excuse "its to protect kids". Whats it really protecting them from? Nothing.
They'll learn it at school or from the parents before they learn it from radio, television or the internet.
Hmm.. maybe this explains why the product is still vaporware.
Because in the article they do mention making credit card sized discs and smart media type cards.
Even if the unit will be too large to fit into the palm, you could easily attach a "FMD-ROM drive" to the back of it and for the larger bulk of the drive you still get obscene amounts of storage.
Unless this product seems viable in a general consumer market this company won't take off. Making just a smaller form of storage in my opinion would be more useful.
Using like mini FMD-ROMs for units such as Palm pilots and digital cameras would be amazing.
Yes the article mentions something similiar but it seems to only be hinting towards smaller discs.
This way you could have a full bootable linux system on this tiny disc that you insert into your Palm and boot off of. Then you could do one of those mandrake full installs of 2gigs+:)
Yes. Some people do require a pickup truck or an SUV for how they live or work.
But there are sooo many people that own these things just because they can afford one.
My girlfriend's father owns a pickup truck just cause he likes the idea of it. The number of times they actually need a pickup truck is so irrelevant to purchasing one is pathetic. I personally would purchase the most fuel efficient car possible with my income and that suits my needs.
Like how many people need an SUV? Majority of the time they don't. And you pay for the convienence of having one with your money and the environment.
I'm going to stop this post cause I do take things like this personally and i'm getting pissed.
Interestingly enough, I think there is
either a merger in progress or it has happened already with Toronto Dominion and Canada Trust.
Now, approximately 6 months ago I sent a similiar email regarding the whole Linux compatibility issues. Within the last few weeks I logged into the Canada Trust website under Netscape 4.7 (whichever version comes with RH7) and it worked.
Worked perfectly.
Now if a merger has occured already, I would assume they would have the same website developers work on both sites. Since this would save money and put everything in one department.
Oh - I forgot, this makes logical sense, and of course management doesn't think logically.(well, sometimes it does)
I sense waaay too much FUD in this article.
Notice how "a girl goes into a corner a pulls out a vial of coke". How do we take this article seriously with all these ANONYMOUS tech workers that use stimulants rampantly.
I admit to using several substances, ecstasy, weed, lsd, and a couple others. I personally wouldn't touch herion or cociane with a 20 foot pole, but thats my decision. And its not like I use any of these regularly. Its maybe once every couple months - and not each of those substances every couple months.
To me the writer of this article at LAtimes is trying to use a lot of FUD to make people look. Because thats what the LAtimes wants, your eyes on their website or newspaper.
I personally would do a lot more research into this before making any sort of decision.
Heh, I also bet Intel has some sort of influence on this newspaper too.:)
Western Digital - who i've conducted many RMAs with will most likely send you a refurbed 2.5gig.
They will not send you anything worse than what you've sent them.
I've done about 6 RMAs with them and received a drive back of the exact same specs as the one I sent.
Maxtor tends to upgrade the drive. But again, it depends - it seems to me they don't have a warehouse full of refurb'd drives waiting to be sent to customers with RMAs.
Even though Western Digital has excellent customer service, Maxtor does beat them.
--
I'm still a newb when it comes to Linux.
I've been using it now for about 5 months and I've been feeling really comfortable with it. No Windows, Just Linux.
Now - the first distro I tried was Corel Linux, why? Working at a large retail store, the Corel rep gave me a CD - same as the web version. Tried it out and was like "wow - this is a lot easier to install than Redhat 5.2". Got frustrated with it though since it would not detect my sblive, and i NEED my mp3's while I'm trying to learn an app, OS, you name it. Then I began to get REALLY frustrated when I found out that every version of drivers for my SBlive were tested under Redhat and found out Corel was based on Debian. At that point immediately it left me with a bad taste of what Debian is - and I STILL haven't tried using Debian (since i'm quite satisfied how Mandrake is working). I just began assuming that the packages would not work right because I was using a non-Redhat based distro. Anyways - to end a long story short - Corel did leave me with a bad impression of Debian afterwards. Later i've learned there are other ways around this whole "RedHat" as a standard - thanks to a co-worker (avid linux user, programmer etc - just won't help me:) )...
Hope this was somewhat enlightening.
i've been running mandrake now for several months.
everything was running rather well and i was quite impressed compared to other distro's i've tried...
the red hat compatibility is nice - especially for rpm's when it comes down to dependencies and such... but yes - supermount is VERY nice... until this last week where my old FAT32 harddrive that i just haven't bothered to format yet is no longer recognized by supermount for no reason whatsoever.. and now i can't get it to mount the traditional way. argh. i think it may have just died.:)
if only on the install it would properly install my GLdrivers it would be perfect:)
In a sense, this is at least a logical bill that was passed. Where convincing evidence must be produced before a wiretap of a cable line is done.
I'm sure law enforcement agencies hate this concept because it adds just another roadblock in their way. But at least it helps prevent abuse by law enforcement for using these almost unconstrained laws to their own gains.
I'm normally completely against law enforcement using wiring tapping or any electronic survellience what-so-ever - but this is due to my outrage of how computer 'crackers' or script-kiddies can be fined outragous amounts of money or get serious prison time - while someone found guilty of crimes which involve other peoples lives get a slap on the wrist. Bah. The Law, Politics, and just about anything involving government sucks. Nothing we can do but listen to punk rock:)
http://www.lycaeum.org -unbiased information on drugs.:)
I have to comment on his article as well. Linux is the worst operating system ever based on just what BugTraq says. The article which is rather short holds pathetic arguement of his point. Now I am not an expert at essay writing, or trying to argue points, but I think if any teacher who marks essays read his column they would determine its not convincing. "At least three different references" was the rule of thumb for doing at least some degree of research. So yes, I must agree - its all for the money.
Well - could the card just not do the basic work and just output values that a driver will recognize as useful? Maybe just output in wave form and feed it to the sound card? It would be much better if it had its own audio output... that would be very cool.:) Whoever designed this card should start looking at the million different things he can do with those processors besides SETI!
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you can also use licq w/ the gtk plugin... and its actually quite nice. (i prefer it over gnomeicu). There is still some stability issues though. But otherwise works rather well.
Remember, SGI holds all rights to the use of the term Open* :-)
But if the OpenGL API is used, then I don't expect too much bitching from them.
Consider this.
If Indrema decided to sell the specifications for their console at a reasonable price, I'm sure there would be a few companies interested in attempting to release their own system. The idea is to flood the market w/ Linux based consoles.
So let's say Indrema won't make as much money from doing this, but at least they might stay alive. Look at the way GNU/Linux is distributed. Several vendors each giving you slight variations of the same thing. The idea that the distribution of the consoles would be greater, and make it a more attractive platform to develop games for.
Indrema could take the initiative as being the company which offers certification of the games to insure compatibility. If that was the terms of licensing out the specifications to other companies, a standard for the games could be made.
That actually MIGHT work.
Well, I think the reason this topic was brought up is due to several key issues:
.NET seems to be a top priority. Imagine if you save your files on a server run by Microsoft, if they can somehow "force" you to keep them on those servers so you can't change to a different software package which can open these files, they'll KEEP these companies in a position which makes it more expensive for them to change to something else.
Competing against a product which is free that does improve in increasingly less time.
Think about it, right now Linux is lagging in hardware support, total user friendliness, and market share when compared to Microsoft. To most companies, it appears the only advantage is price. But if enough companies move over to a GPL'd software scheme, and there is an increasing amount of developers for GPL software, it will eventually over take M$ in hardware support, user friendliness and every other reason why gnu/linux is not the leading platform.
As you say, Microsoft is maintaining its own "standards" of ".doc", ".xls", ".ppt", but if a company moves over to gnu/linux and they can convert these files to a compatible system with a low overhead they will. The number of programs being able to open these files is increasing at a steady rate as well. If this does keep up, M$ will be forced eventually. Its just a matter of time, and proper timing.
I expect M$ changing the way their standards operate VERY soon. Specifically so they can keep control of these standards. This is why
But to sum up my point, if GPL'd software keeps a steady growth rate, one which is greater than Microsoft's, I can see M$ losing their current core market. I don't know right now how GPLing their software will help them, or keep them from going under, but I can see how GPL'd software will eventually be a very large threat to them.
"When you measure, You are limited by that which can be measured." - The God Emperor of Dune
lhl.linuxgames.com
many howto's to get Counter-strike running in linux by using Wine. some bugs, but apparently works rather well if you have an nvidia vid card.
i ALMOST have it running with my radeon...
In Canada, our version of the FCC, has some sort of regulatory power over internet access. (This is what I HEARD - I am not speaking this as fact) But this is why: Cable Internet = $40Cdn w/ Cable TV service or $50 w/o DSL Internet = $40Cdn w/ long-distance plan from local telco (who runs the DSL service) or $50 w/o I've seen varying prices on the DSL side of things. But my cable internet access is with Cogeco@home, and I get about 2Mb downstream, 360Kb upstream (for those who get confused: 250KB/s downloading, and 45KB/s uploading) 250KB/s is not necessary from all websites, but I can get combined rates of 250KB/s easily - through multiple downloads on napster. My friend who's on DSL through Sympatico gets 1Mb downstream(or 125KB/s), and 112Kb upstream(or 14KB/s). This to me seems rather pathetic, especially since he pays the same amount as I do. I have heard every argument, that DSL is more secure, Cable is faster, DSL gives you lower ping in games, ... I'm willing to take the risk and go w/ cable :-) SPEED says it all.
I worked at a LARGE electronics retailer in Canada a year ago and we ALREADY were seeing a large number of Athlon based machines coming in. Athlon based computer are easier to sell also.
Here's why:
Profit margins on PC's are really sad (retailers tend to aim for 7% on the computer itself).
Now if Athlon based machines sell for, $200 less than Intel machines, that leaves me with $200 of the customers money to spend on other things. This permits me to convince them that the $200 they saved by going with an Athlon can be used for extended warranty, and other accessories.
Extended Warranties and Accessories is where ALL the real profit is in computer retail. And when I say, Accessories, I don't mean external CD-writers, I mean CABLES. Cables rule for sheer profit. Also the Belkin UPS makes good coin.
Go to Future Shop if you live in Canada, and look at the price tag for a computer. Look at the bottom of the price tag, there's a letter/number combination, next to the UPC number. Usually they're something like A122Z0032
It translates to the commission that the sales person will receive for that particular item if sold at full price. The Z(or whatever letter is in the middle) represents the decimal point. In this situation that combo would be $122.00, it's been a while since I stopped by at a Future Shop, but thats how it still was last time I was there.
But ya - you'll see how sad the commission made from a machine can be if there is no extended warranty with it.
When you measure, you are limited by that which can be measured.
The best is when someone's computer is already screwed and they show up with it so we can all fix it for them. :-)
And then when you deal with all sorts of other bullshit, its like 2am, and people just eat pizza and drink beer in the end.
heh - i think i'll just end up renting the DVD and ripping it to CDs. After seeing some benchmarks for encoding DVD's to mpeg4 on tomshardware, i think my athlon can do it quite well.
i am christian and this is what i want to see. a seperation of religion and politics. it doesn't work out too well when you have god-knows-how-many religions in canada. plus, do we really need a government to put more pressure on its citizens to know what christianity is? haven't we as christians done enough to keep shoving bibles and other religious crap into peoples faces already?
I don't think there is any other game that I have ever played that has consumed so much of my time. X-Com to me is a fave. That and Dune 2. recently i found it at a store, the original box, in a bargain bin. $2 Canadian!! Thats like 1cent US :-)
sigh. the days. :-)
yes. dead kennedys kick ass. even though this sort of song was "ha ha" funny its good to see i'm not the only dead kennedys fan that reads this website :-)
found this entry at www.m-w.com which
is Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Main Entry: 1fuck
Pronunciation: 'f&k
Function: verb
Etymology: akin to Dutch fokken to breed (cattle), Swedish dialect fokka to copulate
Date: 1503
intransitive senses
1 usually obscene : COPULATE -- sometimes used in the present participle as a meaningless intensive
2 usually vulgar : MESS 3 -- used with with
transitive senses
1 usually obscene : to engage in coitus with -- sometimes used interjectionally with an object (as a personal or reflexive pronoun) to express anger, contempt, or disgust
2 usually vulgar : to deal with unfairly or harshly : CHEAT, SCREW
Its not like its completely slang here. I still think censorship is such a waste of time and money. And the excuse "its to protect kids". Whats it really protecting them from? Nothing.
They'll learn it at school or from the parents before they learn it from radio, television or the internet.
Hmm.. maybe this explains why the product is still vaporware.
Because in the article they do mention making credit card sized discs and smart media type cards.
Even if the unit will be too large to fit into the palm, you could easily attach a "FMD-ROM drive" to the back of it and for the larger bulk of the drive you still get obscene amounts of storage.
Unless this product seems viable in a general consumer market this company won't take off. Making just a smaller form of storage in my opinion would be more useful.
:)
Using like mini FMD-ROMs for units such as Palm pilots and digital cameras would be amazing.
Yes the article mentions something similiar but it seems to only be hinting towards smaller discs.
This way you could have a full bootable linux system on this tiny disc that you insert into your Palm and boot off of. Then you could do one of those mandrake full installs of 2gigs+
Yes. Some people do require a pickup truck or an SUV for how they live or work.
But there are sooo many people that own these things just because they can afford one.
My girlfriend's father owns a pickup truck just cause he likes the idea of it. The number of times they actually need a pickup truck is so irrelevant to purchasing one is pathetic. I personally would purchase the most fuel efficient car possible with my income and that suits my needs.
Like how many people need an SUV? Majority of the time they don't. And you pay for the convienence of having one with your money and the environment.
I'm going to stop this post cause I do take things like this personally and i'm getting pissed.
Interestingly enough, I think there is
either a merger in progress or it has happened already with Toronto Dominion and Canada Trust.
Now, approximately 6 months ago I sent a similiar email regarding the whole Linux compatibility issues. Within the last few weeks I logged into the Canada Trust website under Netscape 4.7 (whichever version comes with RH7) and it worked.
Worked perfectly.
Now if a merger has occured already, I would assume they would have the same website developers work on both sites. Since this would save money and put everything in one department.
Oh - I forgot, this makes logical sense, and of course management doesn't think logically.(well, sometimes it does)
I sense waaay too much FUD in this article. Notice how "a girl goes into a corner a pulls out a vial of coke". How do we take this article seriously with all these ANONYMOUS tech workers that use stimulants rampantly. I admit to using several substances, ecstasy, weed, lsd, and a couple others. I personally wouldn't touch herion or cociane with a 20 foot pole, but thats my decision. And its not like I use any of these regularly. Its maybe once every couple months - and not each of those substances every couple months. To me the writer of this article at LAtimes is trying to use a lot of FUD to make people look. Because thats what the LAtimes wants, your eyes on their website or newspaper. I personally would do a lot more research into this before making any sort of decision. Heh, I also bet Intel has some sort of influence on this newspaper too. :)
Western Digital - who i've conducted many RMAs with will most likely send you a refurbed 2.5gig. They will not send you anything worse than what you've sent them. I've done about 6 RMAs with them and received a drive back of the exact same specs as the one I sent. Maxtor tends to upgrade the drive. But again, it depends - it seems to me they don't have a warehouse full of refurb'd drives waiting to be sent to customers with RMAs. Even though Western Digital has excellent customer service, Maxtor does beat them. --
I'm still a newb when it comes to Linux. I've been using it now for about 5 months and I've been feeling really comfortable with it. No Windows, Just Linux. Now - the first distro I tried was Corel Linux, why? Working at a large retail store, the Corel rep gave me a CD - same as the web version. Tried it out and was like "wow - this is a lot easier to install than Redhat 5.2". Got frustrated with it though since it would not detect my sblive, and i NEED my mp3's while I'm trying to learn an app, OS, you name it. Then I began to get REALLY frustrated when I found out that every version of drivers for my SBlive were tested under Redhat and found out Corel was based on Debian. At that point immediately it left me with a bad taste of what Debian is - and I STILL haven't tried using Debian (since i'm quite satisfied how Mandrake is working). I just began assuming that the packages would not work right because I was using a non-Redhat based distro. Anyways - to end a long story short - Corel did leave me with a bad impression of Debian afterwards. Later i've learned there are other ways around this whole "RedHat" as a standard - thanks to a co-worker (avid linux user, programmer etc - just won't help me :) )...
Hope this was somewhat enlightening.
i've been running mandrake now for several months. everything was running rather well and i was quite impressed compared to other distro's i've tried... the red hat compatibility is nice - especially for rpm's when it comes down to dependencies and such... but yes - supermount is VERY nice... until this last week where my old FAT32 harddrive that i just haven't bothered to format yet is no longer recognized by supermount for no reason whatsoever.. and now i can't get it to mount the traditional way. argh. i think it may have just died. :)
if only on the install it would properly install my GLdrivers it would be perfect :)
In a sense, this is at least a logical bill that was passed. Where convincing evidence must be produced before a wiretap of a cable line is done. I'm sure law enforcement agencies hate this concept because it adds just another roadblock in their way. But at least it helps prevent abuse by law enforcement for using these almost unconstrained laws to their own gains. I'm normally completely against law enforcement using wiring tapping or any electronic survellience what-so-ever - but this is due to my outrage of how computer 'crackers' or script-kiddies can be fined outragous amounts of money or get serious prison time - while someone found guilty of crimes which involve other peoples lives get a slap on the wrist. Bah. The Law, Politics, and just about anything involving government sucks. Nothing we can do but listen to punk rock :)
http://www.lycaeum.org -unbiased information on drugs. :)
I have to comment on his article as well. Linux is the worst operating system ever based on just what BugTraq says. The article which is rather short holds pathetic arguement of his point. Now I am not an expert at essay writing, or trying to argue points, but I think if any teacher who marks essays read his column they would determine its not convincing. "At least three different references" was the rule of thumb for doing at least some degree of research. So yes, I must agree - its all for the money.
This is where my ignorance on the topic comes in. :)
Well - could the card just not do the basic work and just output values that a driver will recognize as useful? Maybe just output in wave form and feed it to the sound card? It would be much better if it had its own audio output... that would be very cool. :) Whoever designed this card should start looking at the million different things he can do with those processors besides SETI!