Controller 1: Dev Master: TDK Dev Slave: DVD el-cheapo
Now, the software does warn me that it could be extra slow in this configuration, but I've seen that it works fine as long as you have enough oomph in your system. All I have is a tbird 900 with an Abit kt-7 raid. (Raid controller not being used -- don't get me started on that one.....)
From what I've seen, SCSI does "feel" faster -- I ran it exclusively in my k6-2 450. But, with the newer 7200rpm ide drives (maxtor) I don't feel much difference in a single user system. I did like using only one ribbon cable, however...:)
I second this. I've had the typical "you're a college student, go get stuff on credit" attitude for wayyyy longer than college was in session.
And it hurts.
But, at this point, I own a home, I have 2 cars (one of which is my "play" car, of which is one of my hobbies). But I also have bills.
I cannot afford to sell the reliable car I have, even though it's paid off. The 2nd car is for my own tinkering, and I wouldn't get much (if anything) out of it.
I've got my budget set now to where I'll have the credit card paid off within 1-2 years. I honestly see that as more of an attainable goal than saving pennies right now. Especially with the interest.... ouch!
Everybody learns at different rates. As far as credit cards are concerned, it seems that everyone has to go through the "I have to pay this back?" scenario themselves to wake up to the fact that credit cards aren't the way to go.
Oh, come on. Honestly, if they're in a call center type environment (from what it sounds like) do you truly expect them to talk to each other, or call you the second they "notice" that your line is down?
I would think that if they called you, even sitting beside the other tech, and made calling you first a priority, rather than chatting with his buddy beside him, that it would be fine in my book.
Which brings up my point -- you can usually buy a used album anywhere from 6-10$, but when you look for the same album in any of the chain stores, they're usually marking the album UP. I've seen Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here for around 25$. That's just nuts! (not taking away from the decent album, just not wanting to shell out 25$ for one cd.)
I'd actually be interested in seeing documentation from your project (web page?). Sounds like something interesting to tinker with (I love messing with things, and I have this passion for automobiles...)
I haven't really tried out a lot of joysticks for the PC, however, since I have been in to console gaming for about 10 years, I've grown to like certain controller setups.
The Playstation controllers, are, by far the best controllers (warning -- this is my opinion. I'm not trying to start a war.) Unfortunately, the only company I've seen come close to the usability of the PS1/2 controllers is Gravis, and their gamepads.
Now, with that said, Gravis' gamepads suck. They have the same basic feel as a playstation pad, but since they don't have distinct "up,down,left,right" without rotating a huge round pad, I just never had very good accuracy. Consider playing one of the SNES emulators with SF2 turbo. Playing with a gravis controller is like playing russian roulette -- you never quite know which direction you'll take.
I recently purchased (ebay) a controller adapter, and it's made life SO much easier. It adapts the PS2 controller (or PS1) to your USB port. Before then, I had thought about building the Parallel port adapter for the same controllers, but found this one for about 15$, and figured that was worth about 1/2 hour of my labor (in getting the parallel one working)....
So, now I'm truly happy. Does anyone else out there particularly LOVE a controller? I've not found a native PC joypad/joystick that has moved me....
Actually, I can't give any specs (not exactly sure), but Sony does have the MD2 specification out -- not sure if it's just for data only, but I seem to recall they're about 700MB, and their main application is camcorders (roughly 20 minutes per disk...?)
They're not using them for music yet though, from what I can tell. I kinda wish they would, rather than going to the MDLP (read - more compression). I haven't used an MDLP deck yet (primarily because I have 2 components and they don't speak MDLP anyways) but I've heard decent things about the mid-range compression.
http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/sony_mz-n505. ht ml
Up to 32x transfer speed to minidisc.
The only thing (problem) I see with this is you have to "Create" the tracks in their software to be able to transfer them. No dragging your home mp3 collection to it... yet.
I wonder if someone is working on hacking this one? I'd buy one in a heartbeat (Especially for that price!!!!!!)
I don't receive any telephone calls from telemarketers (that block their ID), since I've got this nifty little "privacy manager" service.
Basically, it just asks the caller for their name, and then prompts me whether I wanna accept or deny (similar to collect calls). I notice that nowadays I have 0 messages on my answering machine, whereas before, I'd get 2-3 junk calls a day.
Also, whenever I sign up for "advertising" promotions (kroger plus card, big bear card, etc) I use my modem line. I've actually heard someone call it, probably to the tune of once a month. I can imagine their suprise when they hear the modem on the other end.....:)
But you'd still have to buy the materials to make the shirt, and spend time (labor) in the creation of the copy.
And, I can assure you, someone would know that your creation is a fake.
Whereas, when I cp *.mp3/home/karnal/newmp3/., I'm making an exact duplicate of mp3's. AN EXACT DUPLICATE.
I'm not saying I don't have illegal stuff on my machines. It'd be crazy to think that probably 25% or more of computer users don't have some illegal mp3's (home users -- lemme clarify that....). Heck, I've had VP's of the company approach me about the best way for their kid to burn mp3's to cd. They thought Napster was awesome in its day, and didn't think twice about getting music for free.
I can concur with you; mp3 is just a "pattern" of the original music (in a sense). But, making exact copies of said pattern (especially without having to invest any time or any measurable monies) is illegal.
But, if you're referring to the above article, it's not your computer. More like, it's your employer's computer, but you're using it to get your job done.
Just like everyone where I work (I used to do support), the computer doesn't belong to them (although there are a lot of people out there who don't think that.... technical people aside, even) and when we used to suggest a replacement, they'd get bent outta shape because they'd lose their desktop configurations, etc. (Our shop doesn't do standard installs where the desktop is the same everywhere -- anyone with a logon to the domain can screw with the local machine..... ugh.)
:)
The blurb on slashdot that holds hidden meaning...
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I just read through the article briefly, after thinking to myself (probably like a lot of other readers) "That sucks -- it's her own machine, and they just came and took it?"
hmmm. As I read the article, I learned that the machine was "University issued".
And she got it back the next day. Apparently, they were looking for an e-mail regarding a vandalism incident.
Now, they could have just asked her for the information, and maybe it was a bit harsh to just up and take the computer, but it was university issued (means university owns it, tough cookies). Maybe the document was sensitive enough that they didn't want to give her the chance to delete it?
I'm kinda curious (as I type this from my laptop) how easy the laptop backlights are to change out.
I've got an Ibm 390-X (2626-hnu, for those of you who would care) and that would be one of my concerns. I've got a few 760xd's lying around as well, and I plan on using this laptop until it is too slow to browse the web with (hopefully never)... anyone had to change a bulb out of a newer laptop?
o...k. What kind of monitor are you using that draws 240 Watts?
Not that I've checked lately, but I would imagine (after the turn-on pulse) that it's a tad bit less than that. Otherwise, my monitor on my UPS would probably freak it out.....
From reading the article, however, the cd DOES conform to the redbook standard....
But, as with all new protection, it doesn't say exactly "what" is done to the disc to avoid PC and Mac playability (other than "there's some watermarking here and there, etc")
I've got the same problem in my basement, but I've also realized that 2 things are causing this issue:
1. Bad Ground/Non-existant ground. Take a good APC surge protector (mine has a little red "ground fault" light on it) and test the outlets/curcuit that the monitors are plugged into. If that light lights up, what could be happening is that you're getting a power drain through ground (or no ground at all) and the voltage on the "neutral" side can be varying.
2. Overloaded phase on 2 phase ??? (House Wiring) -- A friend of mine explained to me that since there are 2 phases in house wiring (may not apply to your SB office) if you overload one side, you could cause fluctuations in +V on the other phase. I tend to believe this theory (in conjunction with my other problem) causes flicker on my monitors; when the furnace + washer kick on, the flickering gets worse.
That's my personal experience -- hopefully it helps.
Unfortunately, I haven't dug as deep into this project as you need -- I just happened onto it one day while looking at the various linux router projects on the 'net.
As far as I can tell (on the front page), this project uses the Linux Kernel 2.4.13. I would imagine if you want to get source for it (since it's based on the kernel), you could ask for it on the bottom of the FAQ page, which is: http://bbiagent.net/en/faq.htm
I'm not honestly sure what kind of FS it is either. I'm not associated with the project in any way; I've just found it fills a niche for me while I rebuild my firewall at home.... which has now been about 6 months (oops...) Lemme see....
HTTP://www.linuxrouter.org/ should also be something you'd want to look at -- however, the documentation section claims to be outdated; however, there is an archive of their mailing list.
I think if you want the best of the best (i.e. latest kernel + fixes) then you'll have to build your own box (or own floppy distribution.) My suggestion of BBIAgent.net was just meant as a "good enough" fix for most people (just as the broadband routers are "good enough" for most consumers.)
Are you worrying about security on the Lan at Kent State? I'm just curious -- there would be no real reason to have one (firewall/nat/etc) other than to keep people from messing with your computers. Is it a requirement for a 1/1 address per port in the dorm?
I would say that there are probably some pretty high end stuff you could do this with, but like me, you probably don't have the money (and wouldn't invest the money) on such a solution. Most of the commercial (read: home use) cable routers/firewalls use only 10mbps (not sure if it's even full duplex) because you're never going to hit that wall.... by the time we do, you'll have to buy new equipment anyways.
I would think that a nicely equipped machine (p200 or better?) would be able to pass 100mbps full duplex quite nicely. Granted, you'd have to install linux, but I have found a nifty little diskette that can actually get you running with your own nat box in little to no time --> check out www.bbiagent.net.
Make sure you have 2 network cards that are supported, set up your network settings on the page, and whammo! You get an image of a diskette for your specific machine! I honestly think it's a world above the retail-available boxes, because of the 0-$ invested (other than old equipment...) Also, once you use this as your router, you can drop the Hard Drive/CDROM off of the machine alltogether, since it's all on the floppy! Makes for a very quiet machine (I have mine running on a pentium 200, and I barely notice the machine is on!)
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You think that that's code you're typing? ....
I've got a TDK 161040, and I can burn on the fly.
:)
My configuration:
Controller 0:
Dev Master: Hda
Dev Slave : Nada
Controller 1:
Dev Master: TDK
Dev Slave: DVD el-cheapo
Now, the software does warn me that it could be extra slow in this configuration, but I've seen that it works fine as long as you have enough oomph in your system. All I have is a tbird 900 with an Abit kt-7 raid. (Raid controller not being used -- don't get me started on that one.....)
From what I've seen, SCSI does "feel" faster -- I ran it exclusively in my k6-2 450. But, with the newer 7200rpm ide drives (maxtor) I don't feel much difference in a single user system. I did like using only one ribbon cable, however...
I second this. I've had the typical "you're a college student, go get stuff on credit" attitude for wayyyy longer than college was in session.
And it hurts.
But, at this point, I own a home, I have 2 cars (one of which is my "play" car, of which is one of my hobbies). But I also have bills.
I cannot afford to sell the reliable car I have, even though it's paid off. The 2nd car is for my own tinkering, and I wouldn't get much (if anything) out of it.
I've got my budget set now to where I'll have the credit card paid off within 1-2 years. I honestly see that as more of an attainable goal than saving pennies right now. Especially with the interest.... ouch!
Everybody learns at different rates. As far as credit cards are concerned, it seems that everyone has to go through the "I have to pay this back?" scenario themselves to wake up to the fact that credit cards aren't the way to go.
Oh, come on. Honestly, if they're in a call center type environment (from what it sounds like) do you truly expect them to talk to each other, or call you the second they "notice" that your line is down?
I would think that if they called you, even sitting beside the other tech, and made calling you first a priority, rather than chatting with his buddy beside him, that it would be fine in my book.
And, in turn, you reminded me of the Kevin Spacey skit on SNL -- where he played C3P0 (mocking Richard Dreyfus)... that was his line :)
He also did Walter Matthau (sp?) (obi wan) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo)...
Just thought it was hilarious. Here goes karma.
What I think is funny is that the access point will still probably only insert to an ethernet switch at 10 half.
:) giggle.
Which brings up my point -- you can usually buy a used album anywhere from 6-10$, but when you look for the same album in any of the chain stores, they're usually marking the album UP. I've seen Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here for around 25$. That's just nuts! (not taking away from the decent album, just not wanting to shell out 25$ for one cd.)
I'd actually be interested in seeing documentation from your project (web page?). Sounds like something interesting to tinker with (I love messing with things, and I have this passion for automobiles...)
Thanks!
I haven't really tried out a lot of joysticks for the PC, however, since I have been in to console gaming for about 10 years, I've grown to like certain controller setups.
The Playstation controllers, are, by far the best controllers (warning -- this is my opinion. I'm not trying to start a war.) Unfortunately, the only company I've seen come close to the usability of the PS1/2 controllers is Gravis, and their gamepads.
Now, with that said, Gravis' gamepads suck. They have the same basic feel as a playstation pad, but since they don't have distinct "up,down,left,right" without rotating a huge round pad, I just never had very good accuracy. Consider playing one of the SNES emulators with SF2 turbo. Playing with a gravis controller is like playing russian roulette -- you never quite know which direction you'll take.
I recently purchased (ebay) a controller adapter, and it's made life SO much easier. It adapts the PS2 controller (or PS1) to your USB port. Before then, I had thought about building the Parallel port adapter for the same controllers, but found this one for about 15$, and figured that was worth about 1/2 hour of my labor (in getting the parallel one working)....
So, now I'm truly happy. Does anyone else out there particularly LOVE a controller? I've not found a native PC joypad/joystick that has moved me....
Actually, I can't give any specs (not exactly sure), but Sony does have the MD2 specification out -- not sure if it's just for data only, but I seem to recall they're about 700MB, and their main application is camcorders (roughly 20 minutes per disk...?)
They're not using them for music yet though, from what I can tell. I kinda wish they would, rather than going to the MDLP (read - more compression). I haven't used an MDLP deck yet (primarily because I have 2 components and they don't speak MDLP anyways) but I've heard decent things about the mid-range compression.
Check out this link:
. ht ml
http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/sony_mz-n505
Up to 32x transfer speed to minidisc.
The only thing (problem) I see with this is you have to "Create" the tracks in their software to be able to transfer them. No dragging your home mp3 collection to it... yet.
I wonder if someone is working on hacking this one? I'd buy one in a heartbeat (Especially for that price!!!!!!)
So you're saying I shouldn't get a titanium cockring?
I guess that wouldn't be a good idea... (laugh, you know you want to!)
I don't receive any telephone calls from telemarketers (that block their ID), since I've got this nifty little "privacy manager" service.
:)
Basically, it just asks the caller for their name, and then prompts me whether I wanna accept or deny (similar to collect calls). I notice that nowadays I have 0 messages on my answering machine, whereas before, I'd get 2-3 junk calls a day.
Also, whenever I sign up for "advertising" promotions (kroger plus card, big bear card, etc) I use my modem line. I've actually heard someone call it, probably to the tune of once a month. I can imagine their suprise when they hear the modem on the other end.....
But you'd still have to buy the materials to make the shirt, and spend time (labor) in the creation of the copy.
/home/karnal/newmp3/., I'm making an exact duplicate of mp3's. AN EXACT DUPLICATE.
And, I can assure you, someone would know that your creation is a fake.
Whereas, when I cp *.mp3
I'm not saying I don't have illegal stuff on my machines. It'd be crazy to think that probably 25% or more of computer users don't have some illegal mp3's (home users -- lemme clarify that....). Heck, I've had VP's of the company approach me about the best way for their kid to burn mp3's to cd. They thought Napster was awesome in its day, and didn't think twice about getting music for free.
I can concur with you; mp3 is just a "pattern" of the original music (in a sense). But, making exact copies of said pattern (especially without having to invest any time or any measurable monies) is illegal.
Nothing to see here, moving along....
"If my computer where taken by anyone "
But, if you're referring to the above article, it's not your computer. More like, it's your employer's computer, but you're using it to get your job done.
Just like everyone where I work (I used to do support), the computer doesn't belong to them (although there are a lot of people out there who don't think that.... technical people aside, even) and when we used to suggest a replacement, they'd get bent outta shape because they'd lose their desktop configurations, etc. (Our shop doesn't do standard installs where the desktop is the same everywhere -- anyone with a logon to the domain can screw with the local machine..... ugh.)
:)
I just read through the article briefly, after thinking to myself (probably like a lot of other readers) "That sucks -- it's her own machine, and they just came and took it?"
hmmm. As I read the article, I learned that the machine was "University issued".
And she got it back the next day. Apparently, they were looking for an e-mail regarding a vandalism incident.
Now, they could have just asked her for the information, and maybe it was a bit harsh to just up and take the computer, but it was university issued (means university owns it, tough cookies). Maybe the document was sensitive enough that they didn't want to give her the chance to delete it?
I'm kinda curious (as I type this from my laptop) how easy the laptop backlights are to change out.
I've got an Ibm 390-X (2626-hnu, for those of you who would care) and that would be one of my concerns. I've got a few 760xd's lying around as well, and I plan on using this laptop until it is too slow to browse the web with (hopefully never)... anyone had to change a bulb out of a newer laptop?
o...k. What kind of monitor are you using that draws 240 Watts?
Not that I've checked lately, but I would imagine (after the turn-on pulse) that it's a tad bit less than that. Otherwise, my monitor on my UPS would probably freak it out.....
I have a motorola timeport that uses OLED's, and they haven't dimmed or burnt out at all....
of course, I also don't stare at the phone display for hours on end. The display is off probably 99% of the time.
Yes, way offtopic, but do you really think that a police officer will even ATTEMPT to pull your ass off the road at 190mph?
I think they'd be more willing to place bets on the chances of you pulling yourself off of the asphalt if something goes wrong.
Whoops -- ignore my last comment, I screwed 2 articles up...
r ot ections_key2audio.shtml
There was an article earlier in the comments, stating that the copy-protection used in this case actually does conform to the standard.
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_p
Sorry, my screw-up...
From reading the article, however, the cd DOES conform to the redbook standard....
But, as with all new protection, it doesn't say exactly "what" is done to the disc to avoid PC and Mac playability (other than "there's some watermarking here and there, etc")
.... so, in my opinion, I'll bet it has the logo.
I've got the same problem in my basement, but I've also realized that 2 things are causing this issue:
1. Bad Ground/Non-existant ground. Take a good APC surge protector (mine has a little red "ground fault" light on it) and test the outlets/curcuit that the monitors are plugged into. If that light lights up, what could be happening is that you're getting a power drain through ground (or no ground at all) and the voltage on the "neutral" side can be varying.
2. Overloaded phase on 2 phase ??? (House Wiring) -- A friend of mine explained to me that since there are 2 phases in house wiring (may not apply to your SB office) if you overload one side, you could cause fluctuations in +V on the other phase. I tend to believe this theory (in conjunction with my other problem) causes flicker on my monitors; when the furnace + washer kick on, the flickering gets worse.
That's my personal experience -- hopefully it helps.
Unfortunately, I haven't dug as deep into this project as you need -- I just happened onto it one day while looking at the various linux router projects on the 'net.
As far as I can tell (on the front page), this project uses the Linux Kernel 2.4.13. I would imagine if you want to get source for it (since it's based on the kernel), you could ask for it on the bottom of the FAQ page, which is: http://bbiagent.net/en/faq.htm
I'm not honestly sure what kind of FS it is either. I'm not associated with the project in any way; I've just found it fills a niche for me while I rebuild my firewall at home.... which has now been about 6 months (oops...) Lemme see....
HTTP://www.linuxrouter.org/ should also be something you'd want to look at -- however, the documentation section claims to be outdated; however, there is an archive of their mailing list.
I think if you want the best of the best (i.e. latest kernel + fixes) then you'll have to build your own box (or own floppy distribution.) My suggestion of BBIAgent.net was just meant as a "good enough" fix for most people (just as the broadband routers are "good enough" for most consumers.)
Are you worrying about security on the Lan at Kent State? I'm just curious -- there would be no real reason to have one (firewall/nat/etc) other than to keep people from messing with your computers. Is it a requirement for a 1/1 address per port in the dorm?
I would say that there are probably some pretty high end stuff you could do this with, but like me, you probably don't have the money (and wouldn't invest the money) on such a solution. Most of the commercial (read: home use) cable routers/firewalls use only 10mbps (not sure if it's even full duplex) because you're never going to hit that wall.... by the time we do, you'll have to buy new equipment anyways.
I would think that a nicely equipped machine (p200 or better?) would be able to pass 100mbps full duplex quite nicely. Granted, you'd have to install linux, but I have found a nifty little diskette that can actually get you running with your own nat box in little to no time --> check out www.bbiagent.net.
Make sure you have 2 network cards that are supported, set up your network settings on the page, and whammo! You get an image of a diskette for your specific machine! I honestly think it's a world above the retail-available boxes, because of the 0-$ invested (other than old equipment...) Also, once you use this as your router, you can drop the Hard Drive/CDROM off of the machine alltogether, since it's all on the floppy! Makes for a very quiet machine (I have mine running on a pentium 200, and I barely notice the machine is on!)
Hopefully this helped....