Last time I checked, the standard for the media wasnt passed yet. How are they pulling this off and what will I do with this box once there is a standard?
How does cold increase the probability of failure?
My 40gb Seagate has been going for about 3 or 4 years without a problem (and I turn my machine on and off religiously). I'm not a fan of leaving a machine on if it isn't doing anything and I'm even less of a fan of finding something for an idle machine to do just for the sake of keeping it on. The tree hugger in me doesnt like wasting electricity (and indirectly, destroying our ecosystem) simply to maintain my uptime. Its a PC, I'll treat it like one. Just back up your data religiously and you're safe.
I recommend Tyan. Many of their run of the mill work station boards dont come with anything other than LAN and sound. Sound seems to be something you cant get away from.
You could get dvdshrink to rip the dvd with some arguing, but vobcopy is much faster and decrypts the title as it rips. I use vobcopy to rip the files, then put it back into iso using isofs, then run dvdshrink and open the title as a disc image. Its convoluted but it at least allows some pipelining; while title is ripping, another can spanned using dvdshrink, and yet another could be burning.
Dvd::rip is definitely quality software, but it doesnt (in my experience) preserve DVD menues. I also havent quite figured out how to rip the title to multiple dvds while maintaining the dvd format in dvd::rip. I end up running dvdshrink via wine, but span the title onto many dvds, nix the menues all together, and preserve the dvd video format.
Does someone have a *nix native way of doing this?
Telco equipment that you're referring to is for end to end comm. The current requirements is almost nil. A server requires significantly more power than the ringer on your telephone.
Isnt that a bit of a broad statement? When I mod kernel code, Im usually running the OS Im coding for. So if you're implying running, for instance, linux on the powerbook to write your kernel code, why pay the apple tax? Is the hardware that much better than another high grade laptop (or desktop) that usually cost significantly less?
I like the apple concept and its useability, but I personally write alot of driver code and dont see how I can do this from a different OS easily.
Is the cost of an apple upgrade really worth it when all you're going to do is run Linux? Is the hardware that much better?
I thought Apple based OSX on BSD. Why aren't they flying to BSD's aid? Im actually quite surprised more big businesses aren't riddling the BSD community with money. I realize the whole OSS movement is built on the philosophy of "share and share alike", but blindly ripping the work of others without giving back is gross.
I agree. I dont see what the point of this cd is. When I was downloading it, I was under the impression that it was running some other GNU kernel and this was an implementation of a 100% GNU system. After reading the comments here, I noticed that is just a linux cd with windowmaker.
What if the rom is a reverse engineer? Ive seen copies of Mario World for the ti89 that dont look to be complete rips of the original rom from the GameBoy cart. It looks like some geek sitting in the back of his CS class decided to recode the damn thing in assembly. I could be wrong about the geek, the class, and the language, but its definately a recode and not a straight copy. How would the law interpret this?
My CD-Rs are slowly falling apart due to age. After about 4 or 5 years, they're about as good as dirt. Ive been slowly converting everything to DVD but I fear the same thing will happen to them. I remember reading on slashdot that disks have a limitted shelf life due to corrosion and the breakdown of laminates. Now, these disks are designed to breakdown. What good is this to anyone who wants to keep data beyond half a decade?
What format does the device store the music in? Is there anyway to get music on or off? Since its satellite and all of those new XM equipped cares come with antennea on the roof, what kind of reception should we epect to get sitting in our cubes at work? I thought XM required line of sight. Am I mistaken?
Has anyone gotten this to work and locate area 51? I can only imagine that zooming in on sensative locations is probably blocked by the application. Cant hurt to ask though.
Do me a favor. Walk to any engineering school worth its salt, pay a girl 10 bucks to walk around and smile and say hello and watch the reactions while paying special attention to eyes. He works at MIT. Cut him some slack; eye candy cant be that prevalent.
RMS is in a position to make a difference. Privacy is obviously important to him as it should be to the rest of us. If we were forced to use an RFID, we would gladly do so because, normally, we dont have the power or the opportunity to "just say no". If he doesnt want to, he doesnt have to and neither do you. The difference is if he doesnt use it, people notice. If you or I refuse to use the device, we'd be easily replaced by someone who will. I, personally, would have no problem lugging a key for every door use to get to my office and maintain my privacy than have my boss or some evil entity monitoring what time I come and go or what time I usually get up to relieve myself. Privacy doesnt necessarily have to stop the moment you go to work.
Last time i checked, the apt repository was over 100gb per mirror. "...still stuck with debian."? If thats "stuck" then Im glad Im stuck.
One of the reasons I cant deal with gentoo is the wait requird to try anything new. X alone takes a few days to compile, not to mention a new KDE. Considering Debian packages are updated almost nightly, thats a whole lot of compiling for each new release. No thanks.
Wouldnt that cost be pushed to the end user? Doesnt that mean we're going to have to pay for email?
Sounds like a recipe for email tax. I think the only way to really stop this is to stop the 200 or so people per spam message that actually respond to spam and make it a profitable business.
Anyone know if this implementation uses wireless extensions? Will these drivers use iwconfig and the rest of wireless tool or will you have to use some proprietary intel (probably binary only) tools? If it doesnt use wireless extensions, all of the neat scripts that come with stock distributions (debian, redhat, etc) wont work without some modification.
OIS? Wtf is OIS? Do you mean OSI or even IOS? Please tell me that OIS is an acronym for something network related.
Kid, get yourself a Comp Sci or Comp Eng degree. Its one thing to plug a wire into a box. Its quite another to know how to build said box. Moreover, to truely understand the innards of your network, regardless of how high level you would prefer to interact with, the gurus of the field will always have a grip on the low level bit for bit nitty gritty of the stuff.
It is very possible to learn what you need by reading the right books. I, personally, have learned quite a bit about wireless systems just by reading, but it pales in comparison to the amount of information taught to you by a competant professor.
Id be very embarassed to admit where I attended if the "OIS" thing really does exist (google didnt yield much), but I'm a Rutgers Computer Engineer with research experience at WINLAB (Wireless Information Networks Labratory). If you want wireless networks experience (MAC and especially physical), WINLAB at Rutgers is the place to be. I've also heard very good things about the University of Utah (www.emulab.net), Virginia Tech, RPI, and ofcoarse the big names; Stanford, CMU, *drum roll* and MIT. Just my 2 cents.
*Disklamer - teh speling uzed above may nto be correkt. I do numbers, not letters.
"Some basic clustering support would be nice. That is not going to get into 2.6, as there's no framework for it. I'm talking about the notion of having a cluster name, clusterwide time stamps.."
Can someone please, once and for all, define clustering and how the heck the kernel has anything to do with it? From a distributed computing perspecting, obviously kernel support is requird; MPI, MOSIX, OpenMosix, etc. But a cluster of webservers? How does the kernel have any impact on the ability for apache to load balance between daemons? That sounds more like a userspace proc.
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What are the chances of seeing an x86 port of OSX??
...But I can dream.
Now that I've said that aloud, I realize how impossible it is. Its probably intel based peripherals and nothing more.
Last time I checked, the standard for the media wasnt passed yet. How are they pulling this off and what will I do with this box once there is a standard?
Cold? This is news to me.
How does cold increase the probability of failure?
My 40gb Seagate has been going for about 3 or 4 years without a problem (and I turn my machine on and off religiously). I'm not a fan of leaving a machine on if it isn't doing anything and I'm even less of a fan of finding something for an idle machine to do just for the sake of keeping it on. The tree hugger in me doesnt like wasting electricity (and indirectly, destroying our ecosystem) simply to maintain my uptime. Its a PC, I'll treat it like one. Just back up your data religiously and you're safe.
I recommend Tyan. Many of their run of the mill work station boards dont come with anything other than LAN and sound. Sound seems to be something you cant get away from.
You could get dvdshrink to rip the dvd with some arguing, but vobcopy is much faster and decrypts the title as it rips. I use vobcopy to rip the files, then put it back into iso using isofs, then run dvdshrink and open the title as a disc image. Its convoluted but it at least allows some pipelining; while title is ripping, another can spanned using dvdshrink, and yet another could be burning.
Dvd::rip is definitely quality software, but it doesnt (in my experience) preserve DVD menues. I also havent quite figured out how to rip the title to multiple dvds while maintaining the dvd format in dvd::rip. I end up running dvdshrink via wine, but span the title onto many dvds, nix the menues all together, and preserve the dvd video format.
Does someone have a *nix native way of doing this?
Telco equipment that you're referring to is for end to end comm. The current requirements is almost nil. A server requires significantly more power than the ringer on your telephone.
And then on an unusually humid day, as you're walking past this DC infrastructure, you witness first hand why the power company uses AC.
I can almost smell the burnt flesh.
....when there CVS was dying. They havent given back to the BSD crowd and Theo will never buy an Apple again. Im stearing clear.
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(I posted about this earlier but I thought it was relevant. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=142345&cid=11
Isnt that a bit of a broad statement? When I mod kernel code, Im usually running the OS Im coding for. So if you're implying running, for instance, linux on the powerbook to write your kernel code, why pay the apple tax? Is the hardware that much better than another high grade laptop (or desktop) that usually cost significantly less?
I like the apple concept and its useability, but I personally write alot of driver code and dont see how I can do this from a different OS easily.
Is the cost of an apple upgrade really worth it when all you're going to do is run Linux? Is the hardware that much better?
I thought Apple based OSX on BSD. Why aren't they flying to BSD's aid? Im actually quite surprised more big businesses aren't riddling the BSD community with money. I realize the whole OSS movement is built on the philosophy of "share and share alike", but blindly ripping the work of others without giving back is gross.
I see an FPGA connected via ribbon cable to the DS. How the...
Im confused.
I agree. I dont see what the point of this cd is. When I was downloading it, I was under the impression that it was running some other GNU kernel and this was an implementation of a 100% GNU system. After reading the comments here, I noticed that is just a linux cd with windowmaker.
A little pointless unless im missing something.
What if the rom is a reverse engineer? Ive seen copies of Mario World for the ti89 that dont look to be complete rips of the original rom from the GameBoy cart. It looks like some geek sitting in the back of his CS class decided to recode the damn thing in assembly. I could be wrong about the geek, the class, and the language, but its definately a recode and not a straight copy. How would the law interpret this?
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Interesting. Is there a source or database with these numbers? Im curious to see what the varios machines at home are burning.
My CD-Rs are slowly falling apart due to age. After about 4 or 5 years, they're about as good as dirt. Ive been slowly converting everything to DVD but I fear the same thing will happen to them. I remember reading on slashdot that disks have a limitted shelf life due to corrosion and the breakdown of laminates. Now, these disks are designed to breakdown. What good is this to anyone who wants to keep data beyond half a decade?
What format does the device store the music in? Is there anyway to get music on or off? Since its satellite and all of those new XM equipped cares come with antennea on the roof, what kind of reception should we epect to get sitting in our cubes at work? I thought XM required line of sight. Am I mistaken?
Has anyone gotten this to work and locate area 51? I can only imagine that zooming in on sensative locations is probably blocked by the application. Cant hurt to ask though.
Do me a favor. Walk to any engineering school worth its salt, pay a girl 10 bucks to walk around and smile and say hello and watch the reactions while paying special attention to eyes. He works at MIT. Cut him some slack; eye candy cant be that prevalent.
RMS is in a position to make a difference. Privacy is obviously important to him as it should be to the rest of us. If we were forced to use an RFID, we would gladly do so because, normally, we dont have the power or the opportunity to "just say no". If he doesnt want to, he doesnt have to and neither do you. The difference is if he doesnt use it, people notice. If you or I refuse to use the device, we'd be easily replaced by someone who will. I, personally, would have no problem lugging a key for every door use to get to my office and maintain my privacy than have my boss or some evil entity monitoring what time I come and go or what time I usually get up to relieve myself. Privacy doesnt necessarily have to stop the moment you go to work.
Last time i checked, the apt repository was over 100gb per mirror. "...still stuck with debian."? If thats "stuck" then Im glad Im stuck.
One of the reasons I cant deal with gentoo is the wait requird to try anything new. X alone takes a few days to compile, not to mention a new KDE. Considering Debian packages are updated almost nightly, thats a whole lot of compiling for each new release. No thanks.
Wouldnt that cost be pushed to the end user? Doesnt that mean we're going to have to pay for email?
Sounds like a recipe for email tax. I think the only way to really stop this is to stop the 200 or so people per spam message that actually respond to spam and make it a profitable business.
Anyone know if this implementation uses wireless extensions? Will these drivers use iwconfig and the rest of wireless tool or will you have to use some proprietary intel (probably binary only) tools? If it doesnt use wireless extensions, all of the neat scripts that come with stock distributions (debian, redhat, etc) wont work without some modification.
OIS? Wtf is OIS? Do you mean OSI or even IOS? Please tell me that OIS is an acronym for something network related.
Kid, get yourself a Comp Sci or Comp Eng degree. Its one thing to plug a wire into a box. Its quite another to know how to build said box. Moreover, to truely understand the innards of your network, regardless of how high level you would prefer to interact with, the gurus of the field will always have a grip on the low level bit for bit nitty gritty of the stuff.
It is very possible to learn what you need by reading the right books. I, personally, have learned quite a bit about wireless systems just by reading, but it pales in comparison to the amount of information taught to you by a competant professor.
Id be very embarassed to admit where I attended if the "OIS" thing really does exist (google didnt yield much), but I'm a Rutgers Computer Engineer with research experience at WINLAB (Wireless Information Networks Labratory). If you want wireless networks experience (MAC and especially physical), WINLAB at Rutgers is the place to be. I've also heard very good things about the University of Utah (www.emulab.net), Virginia Tech, RPI, and ofcoarse the big names; Stanford, CMU, *drum roll* and MIT. Just my 2 cents.
*Disklamer - teh speling uzed above may nto be correkt. I do numbers, not letters.
"Some basic clustering support would be nice. That is not going to get into 2.6, as there's no framework for it. I'm talking about the notion of having a cluster name, clusterwide time stamps.."
Can someone please, once and for all, define clustering and how the heck the kernel has anything to do with it? From a distributed computing perspecting, obviously kernel support is requird; MPI, MOSIX, OpenMosix, etc. But a cluster of webservers? How does the kernel have any impact on the ability for apache to load balance between daemons? That sounds more like a userspace proc.
What do they mean "clustering framework"?