...During the '98 World Cup, the town/city (even they can't decide; it has street crime like a city, but it's also got suburbs) was overrun with Brazilians reveling in pride. I laughed silently when France won the cup. Anyway, this computer would be perfect for them; right now, they're all getting K6-2's with Windoze. Perhaps this machine would be a better choice for them (and complete for $200, it would be a whole lot better than getting shafted at Best Buy for a K-Sucks-2 with almost no software on it).
My only question is this: can it be hacked á la i-Opener? Imagine StarOffice and the Gimp on that thing!
Recently, Massachusetts has implemented a wireless toll-paying, account-based transceiver called "Fast Lane". Unfortunately, some people without this device have been whizzing through the lane to evade the tolls. Recently, cameras were placed there to scan the license plates of the evaders. Then, a citation is sent to the offender: first offense, warning; subsequent offense: fine of over $100 (I don't remember the exact fine value).
Bass-ackwards. Just think of it; the average soccer mom using the same operating system as you, the techno-geek? I'd be scared too; what if she types in "rm -rf" in a terminal window? Eeek.
Instead of serving the users better, the companies just decided to kiss the EPA's butt. As for chaining the legislators to bike/generators, let's do it! It's a win-win situation with that plan (if it works, yay, more power. If they die, yay, less snooty legislators!)
Ever set up Windows for the first time in a computer lab, and then find that computer sleeping on the job? That's because the default power management setup sends the monitor sleeping, spins down the hard drive, and eventually puts the entire computer into suspend mode. It's not very helpful when you go to a computer and move the mouse, only to wait 10 more seconds for the hard drive to spin up (or worse, 2 minutes for the computer to resume from suspend.)
On my Win2K machine, I have created a special power management scheme: "NEVER!" The monitor never sleeps, the hard drive never spins down, and the computer never hibernates. I only have the Beziers screen saver (used to be "Curves and Colors", but change is good) that activates after 6 minutes (and there are times when I deactivate the screen saver altogether; CD-R jobs and defrag sessions are two such scenarios).
In short, would you like a webserver or file server to be sleeping on the job when people are trying to access them? HELL NO! Uptime is of the essence. Unless you're being charged $13.50 per kilowatthour, then keep power management drivers out of your server!
What would be the purpose of this? If someone wanted to actually infringe the copyright -- all they would have to do would be to extract the entire film 7 minutes at a time.
Well, what's the point of that when you could just DeCSS the whole thing? That's why I'm not as worried about the limit; because committing piracy is so much easier through DeCSS and DivX than it is through the player program.
The time restrictions weren't written in stone. Besides, it's "per session", so you could just close the program after the first minute, and then open the program and start the remainder. By overlapping and editing with a sound editing program it could be easily done.
Come to think of it, perhaps the limit should be something like 7 minutes. If you need to record longer, do the same as above.
"...Linux also lacks some key features that you'd want for a data center such as hot swappable CPUs and memory."
So that's why Win2K Datacenter Server costs so much. I can just imagine a Microsoft commercial for this; the first scene being at a server closet:
CIO: "We're expecting an unusually high traffic rate on the servers for today."
Techie: "No problem; we'll just put in some more RAM."
CIO: "But... doesn't that involve shutting down the servers?"
Techie: "Not with this! (points to the server's monitor, which prominently displays the "Windows 2000 Datacenter Server" logo)
(Hardware gets put in. KA-CHUNK!! FOOM!!)
I'm in mid-southeastern Massachusetts (almost exactly between Boston and Worcester), the heart of Verizon's territory. There's a stupid $198 deposit that was on during 2000 with Covad, and the DSL modem is $230 (though I wouldn't value it a cent over $110).
See what the free market has done? It hasn't lowered prices, it has raised them, and now I have to deal with 3 rivalries doing stuff with my connection (CAIS versus Verizon, Covad versus Verizon, and CAIS versus Covad). No doubt about it, when I move to college, I'm getting a cable modem to end all this nonsense.
Only port the GUI, please.
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All the Mac users can have the virusware that makes up the remainder of OS X.
Right now, all commercial DVD playback software outputs the video onto the primary surface, therefore evading the possibility of a PrintScreen screenshot. Sure, a screenshot function could be easily programmed into the software, but the companies (InterVideo, CyberLink, and MGI, to name a few) won't do that; after all, they don't want to waste their billion-dollar DVD-CCA license by catering to popular demand (or potentially breaking copyright laws; depends on how you look at it).
Personally, I believe that the user should be legally entitled to take 720x480 screenshots and extract 22kHz 8-bit stereo sound (if not 48kHz 16-bit stereo). The program would restrict the NUMBER of the screenshots (so as to prevent frame-by-frame piracy, as if DeCSS and DivX haven't already made this obsolete), and one minute of audio per session. The current content-control system (and that's exactly what CSS boils down to: content control) is truly Orwellian (if not also Draconian). Those who control the present control the future, those who control the future control the past, and those who control the movie industry indirectly control the sanity and demeanor of the people.
Sure, routing a 56k modem to multiple connections would be nice, but a total bandwidth of 1.6K/sec per person on that thing? That's pathetic. Keep in mind that Hemos, CmdrTaco, and CowboyNeal hook up to an ISDN line during "Geeks in Space", so that setup isn't much better. Until consumer broadband connections can rival a fractional T1 in speed and reliability, I'd recommend staying out of the "buzzword economy" that currently exists there.
(I should know; I just paid $500 for the installation of a $49 per month 608/128 ADSL line, and it's currently downloading at 17% of its rated speed!)
Apparently the new chip uses half a watt of power and did not require a major re-design.
Alright, the first 100.000% x86-compatible CPU that consumes half a watt! I don't care if Linus isn't on the development team; he's probably half of Transmeta's troubles.
...without the hardware to run it. Conversely, hardware just sits there without the software to give it instructions.
Software engineers and hardware engineers should be living and working in a mutual existence; however, what I've seen lately suggests otherwise. The software guys always bellow out, "Damnit, get that router running! Can't you do anything right?!?! You'd be nothing without people like me!!!" Meanwhile, the hardware engineer in the server closet mumbles, "Those stupid coders, so what if they can make tabbed widgets out of nothing? I still control their work; one flip of the master breaker and FOOM! All their work destroyed!"
I'd like to see a "computer development village" sprout up, where everyone knows their place and helps at doing what they can to reach the common goal. Enough of this bull-headed, kernel-sabotaging, router-kicking underground war.
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My only question is this: can it be hacked á la i-Opener? Imagine StarOffice and the Gimp on that thing!
"Linux Kernel Compile Preview: Dual Athlons Up in Smoke"
Recently, Massachusetts has implemented a wireless toll-paying, account-based transceiver called "Fast Lane". Unfortunately, some people without this device have been whizzing through the lane to evade the tolls. Recently, cameras were placed there to scan the license plates of the evaders. Then, a citation is sent to the offender: first offense, warning; subsequent offense: fine of over $100 (I don't remember the exact fine value).
Bass-ackwards. Just think of it; the average soccer mom using the same operating system as you, the techno-geek? I'd be scared too; what if she types in "rm -rf" in a terminal window? Eeek.
Unless the Linux industry can get their act together, then the headline just might become reality.
Instead of serving the users better, the companies just decided to kiss the EPA's butt. As for chaining the legislators to bike/generators, let's do it! It's a win-win situation with that plan (if it works, yay, more power. If they die, yay, less snooty legislators!)
There, now if TMBG wants a rock to tie a string around, then they'll have to get it past me.
On my Win2K machine, I have created a special power management scheme: "NEVER!" The monitor never sleeps, the hard drive never spins down, and the computer never hibernates. I only have the Beziers screen saver (used to be "Curves and Colors", but change is good) that activates after 6 minutes (and there are times when I deactivate the screen saver altogether; CD-R jobs and defrag sessions are two such scenarios).
In short, would you like a webserver or file server to be sleeping on the job when people are trying to access them? HELL NO! Uptime is of the essence. Unless you're being charged $13.50 per kilowatthour, then keep power management drivers out of your server!
Well, what's the point of that when you could just DeCSS the whole thing? That's why I'm not as worried about the limit; because committing piracy is so much easier through DeCSS and DivX than it is through the player program.
"Emmanuel Goldstein's take on this recent court development, tonight at 9."
Come to think of it, perhaps the limit should be something like 7 minutes. If you need to record longer, do the same as above.
What a long, strange, trip it's been. Thanks for the ride, Sega.
Tu ne peut pas lire le website de DivX? Tant pis!
So that's why Win2K Datacenter Server costs so much. I can just imagine a Microsoft commercial for this; the first scene being at a server closet:
CIO: "We're expecting an unusually high traffic rate on the servers for today."
Techie: "No problem; we'll just put in some more RAM."
CIO: "But... doesn't that involve shutting down the servers?"
Techie: "Not with this! (points to the server's monitor, which prominently displays the "Windows 2000 Datacenter Server" logo)
(Hardware gets put in. KA-CHUNK!! FOOM!!)
See what the free market has done? It hasn't lowered prices, it has raised them, and now I have to deal with 3 rivalries doing stuff with my connection (CAIS versus Verizon, Covad versus Verizon, and CAIS versus Covad). No doubt about it, when I move to college, I'm getting a cable modem to end all this nonsense.
All the Mac users can have the virusware that makes up the remainder of OS X.
Personally, I believe that the user should be legally entitled to take 720x480 screenshots and extract 22kHz 8-bit stereo sound (if not 48kHz 16-bit stereo). The program would restrict the NUMBER of the screenshots (so as to prevent frame-by-frame piracy, as if DeCSS and DivX haven't already made this obsolete), and one minute of audio per session. The current content-control system (and that's exactly what CSS boils down to: content control) is truly Orwellian (if not also Draconian). Those who control the present control the future, those who control the future control the past, and those who control the movie industry indirectly control the sanity and demeanor of the people.
(I should know; I just paid $500 for the installation of a $49 per month 608/128 ADSL line, and it's currently downloading at 17% of its rated speed!)
Take a look at the scientists in Half-Life (the single-player episode). Would you like to put the lives of everyone in the world in their hands?
"Slashbots and Slashdotters, I believe that we've finally located the Lego Desk!"
#include
//I wonder if they'll include this one, which is just like all Linux programs known to man:
main()
{
printf("Segmentation Fault; Core Dumped.\n")
}
There, now are you happy? Thanks for helping me debug it!
...Sony's next VAIO will look like barf.
Alright, the first 100.000% x86-compatible CPU that consumes half a watt! I don't care if Linus isn't on the development team; he's probably half of Transmeta's troubles.
Well, I'll read Jamie's take on it, but not Jon's. He's well known as the mother of all Slashdot trolls.
Software engineers and hardware engineers should be living and working in a mutual existence; however, what I've seen lately suggests otherwise. The software guys always bellow out, "Damnit, get that router running! Can't you do anything right?!?! You'd be nothing without people like me!!!" Meanwhile, the hardware engineer in the server closet mumbles, "Those stupid coders, so what if they can make tabbed widgets out of nothing? I still control their work; one flip of the master breaker and FOOM! All their work destroyed!"
I'd like to see a "computer development village" sprout up, where everyone knows their place and helps at doing what they can to reach the common goal. Enough of this bull-headed, kernel-sabotaging, router-kicking underground war.
Let's get to work!