I hope so. I hope that Rob and Hemos realize that there's more things going on in the world than Linux. If you disagree with me on that one, you probably live in a cave with your 2.4.01 kernel, hacked to stay semi-stable.
I saw it: environment-mapped ice patches on the slopes! And the snow was beautiful, but I can't confirm if it's bump mapped. The game uses GLUT32.DLL (and the same Linux module, most likely). Can anyone find out if that module can do bump-mapping?
Sure, the login system kinda prevents it, but think: Many telecom companies have found some loophole around security measures before. I don't have any specific examples, because, thankfully, I've never experienced such things. But is this freedom of service provider choice opening up a new devilish playground for the big guys to slam every customer they can?
Actually, I can think of one instance where my family got slammed: Cable (TV, not Internet; I use DSL). The MediaOne guy walked in with this huge digital cable box. Great picture and everything, but the $80 cable bill and the intermittent mosaic distortion incidents on the movie channels? UGHHHH!!! Needless to say, we promptly got our trusty analog box back, and are doing fine with 87 channels and nothing on.
Don't release it until it's DONE. That's one of my personal creeds. Let's hope he's personally ripping apart the entire kernel, hunting for bugs, inefficiencies, and quirks, and fixing them. I'm glad that Linus gave that honorable reason for the kernel delay; after all, who wants to buy anything that's as vital as a kernel when it's partially done?
"Speaking of USB scanners, what the hell was that on the SuSE website about XFree86 4.0 supporting scanners on parallel ports???"
I honestly don't know; this seems to defy logic. I would assume that this works out for a DB-25 connector, but aren't the pinouts for the SCSI DB-25 and the Parallel DB-25 totally different? Maybe not, because Iomega's Zip Plus actually autodetected whether the connection was parallel or SCSI. But an LPT controller used as a SCSI device? This is making my head spin!
"I got those points by posting what I truly believed, though I only gained points when it was the majority opinion. You should try the same."
What should I try? Going along with every other misguided soul in the tech world? No, I'm going to stand up for what I believe is right. Haven't you ever read the works of Henry David Thoreau, especially "On the Duty of Civil Disobediance"? Consider this: "...any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already." You've already quietly admitted that you're wrong by trying to focus on something else. Face it, you've failed. I am already a majority of one.
Ever looked at wet ice? That's where the environment-mapped surface fits in. How about snow? Most winter 3D games I've seen have tesselated slopes. This might do at least something to boost the detail (that and light control).
"are there any Aussie pets that exude the qualities of speed, flexibility and stability?"
Sure! I think that the cockatiel fits those criteria:
Speed: Ever tried to run after your 'tiel when he's flying around? Not very easy.
Flexibility: Just look at it when they stretch one wing! That's one of the coolest things that they do.
Stability: My tiel, Spike, keeps his balance pretty well. On shaky ground, he extends his wings in the air, and if it gets too shaky, he takes off for a new perch!
"and while te original Athlon platform was unstable I betcha a PIII in an CC820 motherboard with SDRAM is FAR FAR worse..."
First off, use ispell! Correct spelling is your best friend, incorrect spelling, your worst enemy.
Any good CPU in a bad chipset will perform bad. How about a PIII in a 440BX motherboard with SDRAM? That's decent, and there are still thousands of servers out there using that. How many servers are there using the Athlon? 30? 35?
Environment-mapped ice and bump-mapped snow. Now that would just put the finishing touch on it. Even though I'm not much of a fan of Tux or Linux itself, I'm gonna download this one as soon as I get home.
On an offtopic note, does anyone think that a cockatiel would make a good mascot for an Australian distro of Linux? (for some Cockatiel pictures, check out www.cockatiel.com)
It's the first distro which ships with the 2.2.16 kernel without the weird stuff (see also: RedHat 7.0). USB support sounds promising (only problem is to get the hardware folks to make DRIVERS!), and the SCSI scanning functionality is a nice touch, too. The extended video support sounds great (maybe it's a good idea to run a GeForce on this after all). My only bone to pick with it is the banner ads; I wish they would use more of those 3-d flowers on the box covers, and less of those obviously German "hackers." It's time for a mature Linux, not another box of L337-H4X0R-fodder.
The one who is too timid to even think about getting a real Slashdot account. You know, last night on the IRC meeting, we threw around the idea of ditching Anonymous Coward. Perhaps it's time for you to take responsibility for your flaming.
It's true. Just count up how many "AMD Rü13z0r5!!! 1Nt3L 5UX0R5!!" posts there are. My theory is that the AMD stories on Slashdot always get the highest troll percentage of all the topics that Slashdot covers.
Maybe if I can find it, I could salvage a 64Kbps MP3 from it. Too bad the NPR station in my area isn't allowed to boost power during the Capitol Steps show (or did they? Hmmmm.)
199.2F! That's above Intel's original design limit of 180F. Personally, I think that anything in the 130F range is pushing it. I might start getting water blocks for my next system, but that's the kind of guy I am.
I'm just picking a regionally derisive term for the perpetrators of this crime. They're demanding money for returning a piece of history, and both my grandfathers fought in World War II (one an engineer in the Normandy to Belgium run, the other in the North African campaign), so it's only natural to take this personally.
The truth is, I have a total of 4 hours of computer lab time on Thursday (and today, since my AutoCAD professor is out today). Wednesday, I have about 6 hours free because I get home early. And Sunday? I have 8 hours! Couple that with a connection above 20K/sec on average, and that explains my posting. I also keep track of all the replies to my posts.
However, your claims of me being a karma whore are refuted by the fact that I, sometimes, go out on a limb and express my (nearly) unfettered opinion on something. That keeps my karma gain in check. Right now, I'm at 27, and I was at 33 last week. Time to go back up a few.
I have made a vow, though, to check headlines before I post something which isn't a related story to the scoop. For instance, on the Enigma story, I went right to the BBC webpage as I was writing my post so I could get facts straight. When you say that I don't read the articles, you're saying that out of pure spite and jealousy.
Let's call it cs_enigma. No hostages, but the counter-terrorists have to storm into the blokes' apartment and recover the machine. The enigma itself will probably be an add-on (item_enigma), so when a CT picks it up, he has to evacuate the premises and run for the main street! "Counter-Terrorists Win!"
I didn't say that I'm already a martyr or a hero, I said that I'm taking action which might lead to one of those. Take off those blinders and read the post without alternating glances with your gilded, titanium bound copy of "Kernel Hacking, 5th Edition."
"Hmmm, and when someone steals my Thinkpad, that's IBM's fault, right?"
No! Where did you dig that little tidbit from? It's not even relevant to this thread!
"Once AMD has sold the chip to a reseller or end-user, they don't have a rep at each place keeping watch over every piece of hardware"
Well, they should, because I know for a fact that Intel, HP, Epson, Compaq, Creative, 3Com, and Guillemot have reps that visit the CompUSA where I work. There was an IBM rep; that is, until IBM stopped all retail sales. The reps check everything from product placement to storage and display practices, and we've had no incidents at all. Despite what you believe, CompUSA isn't so full of the money grubbing demons as you would prefer to believe. Only the Retail Managers, Hardware Managers, and General Managers are concerned with the bottom line, and rightly so; you wouldn't just idly watch potential profit walk out the door now, would you? As for the rest of us, we're too enveloped in our jobs of getting the customer the hardware and software to meet their needs in the most cost-efficient way. At least that's my work ethic.
AMD has even more problems with selling the Duron: the retail-versus-OEM issue. In the retail version, the multiplier pins are missing, so that turns off the hardcore AMDOCers. The OEM processors are often tampered with by the OEMs themselves, sometimes in a similar fashion to this Duron-burning fiasco. The Retail version of the CPU is held back in performance, while there's absolutely no quality assurance for the OEM version. This is what's known as a lose-lose situation for the consumer.
I'm appalled that you're not standing up for the techie consumer, while I, a representative of a retailer, am doing so. Gee, what's wrong with this picture?
"And If you get fooled into thinking there is such a thing as a "copper duron" you probally arn't well informed enough to be building a system yourself."
Well isn't that why I put the 'copper' in '"copper" Duron' in quotes? I already knew there was no such thing. I'm not given enough credit for what I know.
Eventually, the governing power will become too corrupt for its own good, and will start passing intolerable laws. Then we will have to rise up against them. But right now, the governing power has not been given the tools to smite us down. We are free, for now.
"I had a few and thought that they would make a pretty good controller board with the Z80 processor. Now let's see if we can load Linux on them!"
Yeah, right. The Zilog Z80 was the first Intel PC processor spoof, and is the same exact processor which is in the TI-82, 83, 84, 85, and 86 graphing calculators. Now those models take an incredibly long time to draw a circle with a resolution of 5 degrees (about 30 to 50 seconds; I own a TI-89 now [10MHz 68000], so I don't exactly remember). Can you imagine how long it would take to have the 8-bit SCSI card do a hard disk scan?
In short, if you want a geezer for Linux, I'd recommend hunting for an old Dell OptiPlex; those usually have some good chipsets in them (I found an old XM 590 with the Intel Neptune chipset, popped in the Pentium OverDrive, squeezed in RedHat, and it worked; probably a hell of a lot better than that Z80 fossil of your affection).
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I hope so. I hope that Rob and Hemos realize that there's more things going on in the world than Linux. If you disagree with me on that one, you probably live in a cave with your 2.4.01 kernel, hacked to stay semi-stable.
I saw it: environment-mapped ice patches on the slopes! And the snow was beautiful, but I can't confirm if it's bump mapped. The game uses GLUT32.DLL (and the same Linux module, most likely). Can anyone find out if that module can do bump-mapping?
Actually, I can think of one instance where my family got slammed: Cable (TV, not Internet; I use DSL). The MediaOne guy walked in with this huge digital cable box. Great picture and everything, but the $80 cable bill and the intermittent mosaic distortion incidents on the movie channels? UGHHHH!!! Needless to say, we promptly got our trusty analog box back, and are doing fine with 87 channels and nothing on.
Don't release it until it's DONE. That's one of my personal creeds. Let's hope he's personally ripping apart the entire kernel, hunting for bugs, inefficiencies, and quirks, and fixing them. I'm glad that Linus gave that honorable reason for the kernel delay; after all, who wants to buy anything that's as vital as a kernel when it's partially done?
I honestly don't know; this seems to defy logic. I would assume that this works out for a DB-25 connector, but aren't the pinouts for the SCSI DB-25 and the Parallel DB-25 totally different? Maybe not, because Iomega's Zip Plus actually autodetected whether the connection was parallel or SCSI. But an LPT controller used as a SCSI device? This is making my head spin!
What should I try? Going along with every other misguided soul in the tech world? No, I'm going to stand up for what I believe is right. Haven't you ever read the works of Henry David Thoreau, especially "On the Duty of Civil Disobediance"? Consider this: "...any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already." You've already quietly admitted that you're wrong by trying to focus on something else. Face it, you've failed. I am already a majority of one.
Ever looked at wet ice? That's where the environment-mapped surface fits in. How about snow? Most winter 3D games I've seen have tesselated slopes. This might do at least something to boost the detail (that and light control).
Sure! I think that the cockatiel fits those criteria:
Speed: Ever tried to run after your 'tiel when he's flying around? Not very easy.
Flexibility: Just look at it when they stretch one wing! That's one of the coolest things that they do.
Stability: My tiel, Spike, keeps his balance pretty well. On shaky ground, he extends his wings in the air, and if it gets too shaky, he takes off for a new perch!
First off, use ispell! Correct spelling is your best friend, incorrect spelling, your worst enemy.
Any good CPU in a bad chipset will perform bad. How about a PIII in a 440BX motherboard with SDRAM? That's decent, and there are still thousands of servers out there using that. How many servers are there using the Athlon? 30? 35?
On an offtopic note, does anyone think that a cockatiel would make a good mascot for an Australian distro of Linux? (for some Cockatiel pictures, check out www.cockatiel.com)
It's the first distro which ships with the 2.2.16 kernel without the weird stuff (see also: RedHat 7.0). USB support sounds promising (only problem is to get the hardware folks to make DRIVERS!), and the SCSI scanning functionality is a nice touch, too. The extended video support sounds great (maybe it's a good idea to run a GeForce on this after all). My only bone to pick with it is the banner ads; I wish they would use more of those 3-d flowers on the box covers, and less of those obviously German "hackers." It's time for a mature Linux, not another box of L337-H4X0R-fodder.
For once!
The one who is too timid to even think about getting a real Slashdot account. You know, last night on the IRC meeting, we threw around the idea of ditching Anonymous Coward. Perhaps it's time for you to take responsibility for your flaming.
It's true. Just count up how many "AMD Rü13z0r5!!! 1Nt3L 5UX0R5!!" posts there are. My theory is that the AMD stories on Slashdot always get the highest troll percentage of all the topics that Slashdot covers.
Maybe if I can find it, I could salvage a 64Kbps MP3 from it. Too bad the NPR station in my area isn't allowed to boost power during the Capitol Steps show (or did they? Hmmmm.)
199.2F! That's above Intel's original design limit of 180F. Personally, I think that anything in the 130F range is pushing it. I might start getting water blocks for my next system, but that's the kind of guy I am.
I'm just picking a regionally derisive term for the perpetrators of this crime. They're demanding money for returning a piece of history, and both my grandfathers fought in World War II (one an engineer in the Normandy to Belgium run, the other in the North African campaign), so it's only natural to take this personally.
However, your claims of me being a karma whore are refuted by the fact that I, sometimes, go out on a limb and express my (nearly) unfettered opinion on something. That keeps my karma gain in check. Right now, I'm at 27, and I was at 33 last week. Time to go back up a few.
I have made a vow, though, to check headlines before I post something which isn't a related story to the scoop. For instance, on the Enigma story, I went right to the BBC webpage as I was writing my post so I could get facts straight. When you say that I don't read the articles, you're saying that out of pure spite and jealousy.
Let's call it cs_enigma. No hostages, but the counter-terrorists have to storm into the blokes' apartment and recover the machine. The enigma itself will probably be an add-on (item_enigma), so when a CT picks it up, he has to evacuate the premises and run for the main street! "Counter-Terrorists Win!"
I didn't say that I'm already a martyr or a hero, I said that I'm taking action which might lead to one of those. Take off those blinders and read the post without alternating glances with your gilded, titanium bound copy of "Kernel Hacking, 5th Edition."
No! Where did you dig that little tidbit from? It's not even relevant to this thread!
Well, they should, because I know for a fact that Intel, HP, Epson, Compaq, Creative, 3Com, and Guillemot have reps that visit the CompUSA where I work. There was an IBM rep; that is, until IBM stopped all retail sales. The reps check everything from product placement to storage and display practices, and we've had no incidents at all. Despite what you believe, CompUSA isn't so full of the money grubbing demons as you would prefer to believe. Only the Retail Managers, Hardware Managers, and General Managers are concerned with the bottom line, and rightly so; you wouldn't just idly watch potential profit walk out the door now, would you? As for the rest of us, we're too enveloped in our jobs of getting the customer the hardware and software to meet their needs in the most cost-efficient way. At least that's my work ethic.
AMD has even more problems with selling the Duron: the retail-versus-OEM issue. In the retail version, the multiplier pins are missing, so that turns off the hardcore AMDOCers. The OEM processors are often tampered with by the OEMs themselves, sometimes in a similar fashion to this Duron-burning fiasco. The Retail version of the CPU is held back in performance, while there's absolutely no quality assurance for the OEM version. This is what's known as a lose-lose situation for the consumer.
I'm appalled that you're not standing up for the techie consumer, while I, a representative of a retailer, am doing so. Gee, what's wrong with this picture?
Well isn't that why I put the 'copper' in '"copper" Duron' in quotes? I already knew there was no such thing. I'm not given enough credit for what I know.
Eventually, the governing power will become too corrupt for its own good, and will start passing intolerable laws. Then we will have to rise up against them. But right now, the governing power has not been given the tools to smite us down. We are free, for now.
Yeah, right. The Zilog Z80 was the first Intel PC processor spoof, and is the same exact processor which is in the TI-82, 83, 84, 85, and 86 graphing calculators. Now those models take an incredibly long time to draw a circle with a resolution of 5 degrees (about 30 to 50 seconds; I own a TI-89 now [10MHz 68000], so I don't exactly remember). Can you imagine how long it would take to have the 8-bit SCSI card do a hard disk scan?
In short, if you want a geezer for Linux, I'd recommend hunting for an old Dell OptiPlex; those usually have some good chipsets in them (I found an old XM 590 with the Intel Neptune chipset, popped in the Pentium OverDrive, squeezed in RedHat, and it worked; probably a hell of a lot better than that Z80 fossil of your affection).
What a pathetic achievement for Linux: being the first operating system to cause PDA's to crash.