They have excellent battery life (I got 4.5 hours on a charge at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, while surfing wirelessly the whole time).
So you were one of the people with the Mac portables at OLS. I was quite surprised to see so many of them around.
They look so nice - almost makes me want to go and buy one myself. When is that OS X 10.1 release date again?;)
Re:Looking for Info on Current iPaq's Running Linu
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I am looking at doing the same install (Familiar + QPE) to my iPaq.
The install docs seemed to indicate that you could do network access using PPP over the serial link to your PC. Did you try this? I don't have the sleeve and an 802.11b card for my iPaq yet.
And, like most Anime, even low-end work like the Pokemon movies, it works a lot better if you were raised Japanese, or have more than a passing familiarity with Shinto.
You know, you may be right - I don't know much about Shinto.
But when I think about the plot, aside from the visuals, it still wasn't anywhere as bad as Katz makes it out to be. The times when you totally forget that the characters are CG are the times when you are totally engrossed in the story.
And do you really need to have every plot element explained to you in detail? I *like* movies that leave you with questions when you leave the theatre.
I think that Roger Ebert's review hits most of the salient points.
And I stand by my original statements. The visiuals were simply amazing and worth the price of admission to me.
Well, apart from the fact that this should come as no surprise (someone else who though they could get something for nothing)... what the hell was Canada Post doing distributing these CDs?
Canada Post sure knows how to waste my money when it comes to the internet. They spent who knows how many millions developing and promoting a service allowing me to pay my bills online. Too bad every major Canadian bank already provides this service!
Here's an idea for Canada Post - stick to delivering the mail and stop wasting my money.
I personally know two people who ran servers on Linux boxes with Rogers@Home. One got one warning, then they pulled the plug. The other person just had the plug pulled on them directly.
As a Canadian who lives where you will never be cable modem or DSL access, I feel the pain.
You can already get 1-way Satellite in Canada via Expressvu (see expressvu.ca) - the same place I get my TV signal from. They will likely have the 2-way system sometime soon, since the American equivalent is in trial in the US.
Hopefully the prices will be a bit more reasonable. I don't mind paying more than the $40/mo. that cablemodem and DSL people pay in the city, but $200+ a month for a residential service is just too expensive.
I hope we get this service soon, since satellite down and modem up is too expensive and slow. Expressvu, you listening?:)
This is the way that Compaq has shipped servers for the last several years, but only more recently has Linux been an option with Smartstart (IIRC, SCO always has been).
However, many large Compaq servers are bought through integrators who buy and install NT for you before you get the system.
Trying to access the site on Mozilla/Linux (same on Netscape/Solaris):
You cannot access the Government Gateway at the moment. This is because you are either using an
old version of a browser, or the browser you are using does not have the correct settings. Read this
page to find out which browsers are supported and which settings to use.
Supported Browsers
We have made the Government Gateway compatible with as many browsers as possible, on both PCs and
Macintoshes. However, because we need to maintain maximum security on this web site, we cannot support
older versions of browsers. To use the Government Gateway, you must have:
a PC, with Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT 4.0 or later
with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 or later
or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later
OR an Apple Macintosh with Mac OS version 7.5 or later
with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later
or Netscape Navigator version 4.xx or later
a working Internet connection
the 128-bit security add-in, for your version of the browser
Please note that you cannot currently use Netscape 6 to access the Government Gateway, due to issues with the support for digital certificates in this new version.
You can find out which version of the browser version you are currently using, by clicking on Help, then
About..., in the menu bar of your browser. The name and version number of your browser is displayed.
Browser Settings
To use the Government Gateway, you must also have the following options enabled in your browser:
Your browser must be set to accept cookies
Java must be enabled
Javascript must be enabled
So, it looks like another case of someone shutting non Win/Mac Netscape/IE platforms out at the front door, even though some of their content would obviously work with other browsers.
I agree though - both articles are not very clear. There are also more accusations about the site other than it won't run with certain browsers.
I'll give you that they have had more security problems then most vendors, and the default install is very insecure. However, 6.5 has been around for a while, so this has improved.
Ease of use - again laughable
Ummm, what is "going on underneath" is the same as any other UNIX. And if you wanted to admin it using the GUI tools, all you need is another box running X (athough that is not very secure). 4Dwm and the SGI tools are a *lot* better then most other commercial UNIX desktops in my opinion.
Ease of installation is hideous too
Again, I don't know where you are getting this from. Fresh installs are very easy, and can be done remotely or via CD. You have to be careful when upgrading the OS to make sure that you can resolve dependancies for installed apps, but what O/S doesn't have that problem?
Compatibility - ugly
I have used external SCSI cdrom, tape and disk drives from several manufacturers. Same with internal disk drives. No problems.
Maintainability - improving slowly
IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 were temproary architecture-dependant releases (for the O2 and Origin2000 respectively) before 6.5 was released. Any box you have in production should have been on 6.5 for a couple of years by now.
Support - patchy
I can't comment on the FORTRAN compiler, and I can say that I use gcc/g++ instead of the IRIX cc/CC compliers. In general, SGI supplys reccomended patch sets, like Sun, so you can patch your system to the correct level.
I have used and admined SGIs for years. IRIX might be more obscure then Solaris, but I wouldn't say it is much better or worse in any of your categories.
The only beef I might have is a couple of hardware failures on an early model O2K, but SGI was very quick to get those fixed (athough we were paying through the teeth for support).
I think it's clear that MIPS/IRIX is a thing of the past
Yeah, on the workstation end of things maybe, becuase the combination of (Linux || NT) + (cheap 3D hardware) == death to MIPS/IRIX worstations, except for several specialized applications.
However, for servers (O2K, O3K, etc.) IRIX will still be around for a while. They are just getting XFS for Linux to a stable situation now. How long do you think it will be before they have a version of Linux that runs (and is stable) that can do their ccNUMA multiprocessing and all the other IRIX 6.5 goodness that is required for those servers to do what they do? It won't be in the next couple of years, unless someone else besides SGI steps up with the funding to get it done.
11 quarters = 2.75 years. IIRC, NT 4.0 was released in 1996 or so, and 6+ service packs later we have Win2K:)
IRIX 6.5 was a major release - a lot changed from 6.2, which was their previous major release.
I'm not sure if SGI is planning any major new releases for IRIX in the immediate future - you can read about their roadmap here (pdf).
My nick is irix becuase it is the first UNIX I used back when. I'd change it now if I could;)
All this moderation is getting bad posts modded up waaay too much...
As it stands right now the majority of their hardware run Linux
Umm, not really. And the hardware that does run Linux runs it with beta-type quality.
the last version of Irix released was to mainly fix bugs.
No shit. They release quarterly maintenance releases - in the 6.5.X series - up to 6.5.11 now.
They will probably drop IRIX someday down the road. But since the workstation marked imploded on them, SGI is trying to make money off of servers. I don't think that Linux is going to be running (release quality) 256-way Origin servers any time in the "near future".
These days I write mostly C/C++ on Solaris, and some Java.
I started with BASIC on an Apple ][ e, but I really got going with Hypercard. It allowed you to create results quickly, and learn to program at the same time. Heck, I got started with C by writing Hypercard XCMDs.
There might be bad programmers who code in Visual Basic, probably even a higher per-capita than other languages becuase of the lower barrier to entry. But don't be a language bigot - things like VB and Hypercard have their place, and I sure owe a lot to Apple and Hypercard for gettme me going 12 years ago.
Re:Why Jon isn't a geek and this movie was good
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So his analysis of of the history was imperfect (to say the least). However, his analysis of the movie in the end was correct - it did not live up to its potential.
The girl in this movie probably got more screentime than any other character save Zaitsev. It got really tedious by the middle of the film.
They could have re-written the script to show much less of her and more of the overall battle and it would have made it a *much* better movie.
They had installed a new wrap-around digital scoreboard in the lower bowl. A few minutes into the game, the scoreboard flashed and you could see the corner of the window "Dr. Watson for Windows NT".:-)
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So you were one of the people with the Mac portables at OLS. I was quite surprised to see so many of them around.
They look so nice - almost makes me want to go and buy one myself. When is that OS X 10.1 release date again? ;)
I am looking at doing the same install (Familiar + QPE) to my iPaq.
The install docs seemed to indicate that you could do network access using PPP over the serial link to your PC. Did you try this? I don't have the sleeve and an 802.11b card for my iPaq yet.
Nice to see you could come up with an original .sig. In case you were wondering, that is pretty bad form.
Yup - that is it. I have one too :)
Why not just run Linux right on the iPaq?
If I wasn't trying to debug some C++ using Workshop right now, that might actually be funny ;)
You know, you may be right - I don't know much about Shinto.
But when I think about the plot, aside from the visuals, it still wasn't anywhere as bad as Katz makes it out to be. The times when you totally forget that the characters are CG are the times when you are totally engrossed in the story.
And do you really need to have every plot element explained to you in detail? I *like* movies that leave you with questions when you leave the theatre.
I think that Roger Ebert's review hits most of the salient points.
And I stand by my original statements. The visiuals were simply amazing and worth the price of admission to me.
Why did I expect Katz would toe the line with this review?
I thought the CG was simply awe-inspiring. Sure, it isn't perfect, but this was simply the most beautiful piece of work ever shown on the big screen.
The story was not amazing, but it isn't as bad as some people (read: Katz) make it out to be.
I hope we get to see more of this genre. Do yourself a favor, go see the movie and then form your own opinion.
Well, apart from the fact that this should come as no surprise (someone else who though they could get something for nothing)... what the hell was Canada Post doing distributing these CDs?
Canada Post sure knows how to waste my money when it comes to the internet. They spent who knows how many millions developing and promoting a service allowing me to pay my bills online. Too bad every major Canadian bank already provides this service!
Here's an idea for Canada Post - stick to delivering the mail and stop wasting my money.
I personally know two people who ran servers on Linux boxes with Rogers@Home. One got one warning, then they pulled the plug. The other person just had the plug pulled on them directly.
don't forget export EDITOR=vi before the crontab -e or else on most *NIX systems you would end up launching ed.
If grandma has problems with vi, you'd hate to see ed! :)
As a Canadian who lives where you will never be cable modem or DSL access, I feel the pain.
You can already get 1-way Satellite in Canada via Expressvu (see expressvu.ca) - the same place I get my TV signal from. They will likely have the 2-way system sometime soon, since the American equivalent is in trial in the US.
Hopefully the prices will be a bit more reasonable. I don't mind paying more than the $40/mo. that cablemodem and DSL people pay in the city, but $200+ a month for a residential service is just too expensive.
I hope we get this service soon, since satellite down and modem up is too expensive and slow. Expressvu, you listening? :)
This is the way that Compaq has shipped servers for the last several years, but only more recently has Linux been an option with Smartstart (IIRC, SCO always has been).
However, many large Compaq servers are bought through integrators who buy and install NT for you before you get the system.
Trying to access the site on Mozilla/Linux (same on Netscape/Solaris):
You cannot access the Government Gateway at the moment. This is because you are either using an old version of a browser, or the browser you are using does not have the correct settings. Read this page to find out which browsers are supported and which settings to use.
Supported Browsers We have made the Government Gateway compatible with as many browsers as possible, on both PCs and Macintoshes. However, because we need to maintain maximum security on this web site, we cannot support older versions of browsers. To use the Government Gateway, you must have:
Please note that you cannot currently use Netscape 6 to access the Government Gateway, due to issues with the support for digital certificates in this new version.
You can find out which version of the browser version you are currently using, by clicking on Help, then About..., in the menu bar of your browser. The name and version number of your browser is displayed.
Browser Settings
To use the Government Gateway, you must also have the following options enabled in your browser:
So, it looks like another case of someone shutting non Win/Mac Netscape/IE platforms out at the front door, even though some of their content would obviously work with other browsers.
I agree though - both articles are not very clear. There are also more accusations about the site other than it won't run with certain browsers.
I'll give you that they have had more security problems then most vendors, and the default install is very insecure. However, 6.5 has been around for a while, so this has improved.
Ease of use - again laughable
Ummm, what is "going on underneath" is the same as any other UNIX. And if you wanted to admin it using the GUI tools, all you need is another box running X (athough that is not very secure). 4Dwm and the SGI tools are a *lot* better then most other commercial UNIX desktops in my opinion.
Ease of installation is hideous too
Again, I don't know where you are getting this from. Fresh installs are very easy, and can be done remotely or via CD. You have to be careful when upgrading the OS to make sure that you can resolve dependancies for installed apps, but what O/S doesn't have that problem?
Compatibility - ugly
I have used external SCSI cdrom, tape and disk drives from several manufacturers. Same with internal disk drives. No problems.
Maintainability - improving slowly
IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 were temproary architecture-dependant releases (for the O2 and Origin2000 respectively) before 6.5 was released. Any box you have in production should have been on 6.5 for a couple of years by now.
Support - patchy
I can't comment on the FORTRAN compiler, and I can say that I use gcc/g++ instead of the IRIX cc/CC compliers. In general, SGI supplys reccomended patch sets, like Sun, so you can patch your system to the correct level.
I have used and admined SGIs for years. IRIX might be more obscure then Solaris, but I wouldn't say it is much better or worse in any of your categories.
The only beef I might have is a couple of hardware failures on an early model O2K, but SGI was very quick to get those fixed (athough we were paying through the teeth for support).
Yeah, on the workstation end of things maybe, becuase the combination of (Linux || NT) + (cheap 3D hardware) == death to MIPS/IRIX worstations, except for several specialized applications.
However, for servers (O2K, O3K, etc.) IRIX will still be around for a while. They are just getting XFS for Linux to a stable situation now. How long do you think it will be before they have a version of Linux that runs (and is stable) that can do their ccNUMA multiprocessing and all the other IRIX 6.5 goodness that is required for those servers to do what they do? It won't be in the next couple of years, unless someone else besides SGI steps up with the funding to get it done.
Although that does beg the question - why the hell would you use CDE when you can use 4Dwm + the SGI tools instead? CDE sucks.
11 quarters = 2.75 years. IIRC, NT 4.0 was released in 1996 or so, and 6+ service packs later we have Win2K :)
IRIX 6.5 was a major release - a lot changed from 6.2, which was their previous major release.
I'm not sure if SGI is planning any major new releases for IRIX in the immediate future - you can read about their roadmap here (pdf). My nick is irix becuase it is the first UNIX I used back when. I'd change it now if I could ;)
All this moderation is getting bad posts modded up waaay too much...
As it stands right now the majority of their hardware run Linux
Umm, not really. And the hardware that does run Linux runs it with beta-type quality.
the last version of Irix released was to mainly fix bugs.
No shit. They release quarterly maintenance releases - in the 6.5.X series - up to 6.5.11 now.
They will probably drop IRIX someday down the road. But since the workstation marked imploded on them, SGI is trying to make money off of servers. I don't think that Linux is going to be running (release quality) 256-way Origin servers any time in the "near future".
Amen. I was a first-year university student flaming away in rec.autos.driving - 8 years ago.
Now that this stuff is back on-line, it is pretty damn embarassing. I hope they don't start going back even further.
Sigh.
From the go-gnome installer:
http://a1220.g.akamai.net/7/1220/1405/2001042323 27 52/red-carpet.ximian.com/installers/installer-redh at-62-i386.gz (1664K)
Yeah, and C supports indentation delimiting too:
if(a==b)
{
/* ignore previous line please */
a = c;
...
These days I write mostly C/C++ on Solaris, and some Java.
I started with BASIC on an Apple ][ e, but I really got going with Hypercard. It allowed you to create results quickly, and learn to program at the same time. Heck, I got started with C by writing Hypercard XCMDs.
There might be bad programmers who code in Visual Basic, probably even a higher per-capita than other languages becuase of the lower barrier to entry. But don't be a language bigot - things like VB and Hypercard have their place, and I sure owe a lot to Apple and Hypercard for gettme me going 12 years ago.
So his analysis of of the history was imperfect (to say the least). However, his analysis of the movie in the end was correct - it did not live up to its potential.
The girl in this movie probably got more screentime than any other character save Zaitsev. It got really tedious by the middle of the film.
They could have re-written the script to show much less of her and more of the overall battle and it would have made it a *much* better movie.
Earlier this year I was at the local stadium watching my team play.
They had installed a new wrap-around digital scoreboard in the lower bowl. A few minutes into the game, the scoreboard flashed and you could see the corner of the window "Dr. Watson for Windows NT". :-)
At least the O/S stayed up, I guess.