I work with 5200/5400/5500 PowerMacs at work, the all-in-one design. We had a technician once slip while carrying a 5260/120 up on his shoulder because it had been raining, and he ended up chucking it forward pretty good. It landed on the concrete sidewalk and slid into a fairly deep puddle of water. We took it back to the office, let it dry, and it actually came up. Even more interesting, it had been broken, the hard drive wouldn't come up, and it did after that. I suspect the bearings had seized up and the impact affected that. We ended up having to replace the back part of the case, which had split open, but the rest of the machine was fine.
"First of all, what is the processor that Apple using now? Isn't it some sort of PowerPC already? I see this one supports Altivec and I know that G3 and G4 Apple computers have the same instruction sets. Is this just another implementation, or is G3 and G4 relatives of this new processor?"
Apple does currently use a PowerPC processor in their computers. They have for the past eight years or so. Currently they're using the "750" edition, a'la G3 and G4, which are supplied by both IBM and Motorola.
"Second: what operating system does the IBM PowerPC run?"
The IBM machines with these series of microprocessors are things like the later generation AS/400s and RS/6000's. There are also some workstation machines (both badged as such and badged differently) with IBM PowerPCs in them. AS/400s use OS/400. RS/6000s can run many different OSes, including Linux and AIX.
"I suspect that the article is just confusing and processor itself is not made by IBM. Right??"
Wrong, at least on who makes the microprocessor. Motorola hasn't been doing so well lately, and even early on they had to deal with IBM to meet quota. IBM's hand in the PowerPC line is visible in Macintosh 5200's, which were common schoolroom computers that are starting to be end-of-lifed. They're dating back to August 1996 or so.
I'd argue that they're probably one of the most respectable internet services companies operating. They don't go for the 'pay for position' revenue scheme, and while they do have sponsored links, they're clearly labelled and generally actually somewhat relevant to what the searcher is looking for. I have found a couple of companies to do business with while looking at their site.
If they're able to demonstrate an original concept in their analysis of data (eg, html), and have made use of this process to specifically achieve a result not duplicated elsewhere, I would argue they deserve the patent, especially in comparison to the dumbass patents that the USPO has been issuing to others.
If you look at the three things that anyone or anything can do if it is threatened, it can Move, Adapt, or Die. Salon is based in San Franscisco, California. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!? That's one of the highest rent places in North America! There's cheaper rent within 100 miles of where they're currently based! Obviously no one considered the "move" possibility.
As for business models changing, advertising methods changing, they don't sound like they've adapted too well either. If you've been past due since December, you should have seen the writing on the wall in at least October or November. Some companies don't even have central offices anymore, they are all working from home or have one small office, and they use their colocation site for their main office servers. That would be a way to not be screwed. They haven't exactly adapted fully, either.
What's this leave us with? Die. Salon will probably die. I'd be inclined to think of them as simply the latest fallen dotcom, that took a little longer to fold than the others. I don't begrudge them for their efforts, but things were not right in order for Salon to get this far in the hole in the first place.
It is definitely one thing to have big computers, after all, my workstation is an ATX-full tower, and I have three 17" displays hooked up triplehead xinerama, but I'm actively looking for the right rackmount case to replace the tower with. I'd rather have big UI than big case. As much as I have mixed feelings about Apple Computer, their plans of having small, inconspicuous computers that look cool are a definite advantage.
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As huge as that case is, I don't see how it would be difficult to put two complete PCs inside. If it were the size of a standard full-tower (aka, not a doublewide, like it appears to be), or were something engineered along the lines of the Mini-ITX form-factor, I would then be impressed. With how they have it, I'm not.
My old DEC Alphaserver 1000a is smaller than that, and if I took out the raid array section and replaced the power supplies with standard size supplies, I could easily fit two motherboards into the case. I can't see why I'd want to.
If someone is really interested in having an enclosure with multiple PCs in it, I'd recommend getting one of those equipment units that musicians have for sound equipment (one of the deeper ones), and going with 19" rackmount stuff. It's more durable, more standardized, and at this point. the cases can be found from anywhere between $60 and $100, depending on how fancy you get. If you want more than that, get a standard 19" telco cabinet, and put all of your systems, network equipment, etc, in there. It's not difficult.
How about, rather than blocking childporn sites, which requires ISPs to know who the offending sites are, you make legislation that if an ISP finds childporn, they are required to report it?
How are ISPs supposed to enforce this law? If I were a small or medium-sized ISP, and I were starting or contemplating doing business in Pennsylvania, I'd cancel the plans. There's way too much at risk, and if authorities themselves can't track down and properly prosecute paedophiles, they shouldn't force ISPs to do such or possibly face prosecution, when all they're doing is running a legitimate business of connecting people to the largest public network in the world...
I run Linux at home (as if you couldn't guess by the handle) and the only reason that I ever have to do anything with Windows is because there are a few applications that I cannot yet run in Linux. I want a stable operating system, and if I were to run an OS under another one, I'd run the _unstable_ one under the stable one, not the other way around. As I see it, more of the people who would make use of a vmware-style feature would have this same opinion, so I don't understand who this feature is for.
Since it's a linux machine out of the box, and appears to have decent connectors on it for peripherals (like in the CF slot), wouldn't this be an idea candidate for 802.11a/b sniffing? I mean, it's small, so small that it fits in a coat pocket, and since it's a PDA, generally people won't think to look if it's attempting to wiggle into their network or not. It also looks more useful than an IPaq, by having a keyboard, and could probably make a helluva good network diagnostic tool if not used for malovelent purposes.
That movie was called "Terminal Velocity", and seemed pretty cool to me when I was 14 and in a preview audience. Of course, I was 14.
They dropped something like sixteen Cadillacs out of the plane they were using to get all of the scenes they needed for that last shot. It was pretty cool, but if I remember correctly, one or two of the cars landed on something that made it a bit of a mess to clean off of the Arizona desert. Nothing that killed anyone, but still a bit weird.
The publisher appears to be Pearson Education, and not Microsoft Press, who really isn't trustable anymore in my opinion. I'm kind of surprised that they're reviewing a book that is a year old now, as far as Microsoft-oriented books go, this is almost an antique.
Farmers are experiencing problems keeping their pigs penned up. Apparently entire pens are simply floating out into the open air, with no discernable cause. One farmer, who requested to remain anonymous, speculated that some of the new recommendations for pig feed could be to blame, but other than a little different diet, he couldn't find any reason that his pigs should be flying.
If they don't switch to a better set of products for use on such a scale and if they manage to interrupt services on the cataclysmic scale like people are predicting, it's okay. I have a ham radio license, and I'll just have fun that way:)
... that IBM can't market anything. Where I work, we have this big black computer sitting in the middle of the computer room, that cost several thousand dollars, and has a support contract that probably costs several thousand more annually. It has IBM stamped on the side.
And have you used any of their modern laptops? The best description that I have for when I got to play with an IBM Thinkpad 240 for a week is 'precision'. The hardware felt like a precision piece of equipment. Everything had tight tolerances, the tactile feel of the unit was superb, and the machine just felt sexy. The sleek black case was both soft and firm at the same time, a cool trick of ABS plastic, yet didn't feel too weak or brittle to take on the road.
If IBM still made a laptop in that small of a form factor (its footprint was smaller than a piece of letter paper), I'd have one. The American market doesn't seem to want small machines right now, though.
Oh, one more thing, there was driver support for this machine (and many of the other brand new thinkpads) for as far back as Windows 95 and OS/2 Warp, and as far forward as Windows XP. Drivers that work properly, not half-assed drivers like Compaq and other large companies provide for products they're no longer making money on.
You can also still downloadd support files for machines as old as the original 8088.
If I need some really expensive piece of equipment, IBM is definitely on the list for a vendor.
Government (at least at the type of environment where I am) doesn't operate that way. They don't lay off the high-wage people, they lay off the bottom end. blanket bottom end, in fact, usually without taking into account things like performance reviews. It actually can be a problem, since we do have some people in the area that I work in that probably should be laid off, but they're doing well enough at the moment that they haven't screwed anyone over royally or created a lot of excess work for their supervisors or coworkers, so they're not going to feel trouble.
I'd say that you don't usually get the best and brightest in government, but with the way the private sector is operating anymore, you actually do get the best and brightest anymore. They went to where the work was.
yeah, you did. In fact, there was an amish reference on the link page.
I wouldn't call it a 'slashdot with boobies' site per se, because there's a helluva lot more than geek-tech news, but it seems to apply to most of the interests of geeks without offending too many of them.
I work for the government, in an IS department. We have people who have been working there for 20+ years. One of them still has the same office. The great thing about government is that since one gets raises based on time automatically, one does do better the longer one works somewhere. Granted the raises aren't as fast or as potentially rewarding as private sector, but one doesn't have to worry about one's employer going out of business either.
... Another group has stepped up in the fight against the MPAA and DCMA copy protection. Members include Gateway, Commodore Business Machines, Data General, Sun Microsystems, the Church of Latter Day Saints General Motors, Verizon Wireless, the Dhali Llama, the Vatican, and unlikliest of all the MPAA, according to their web site. Based on the MPAA's use of Microsoft Internet Information Server, their entry into this group is unconfirmed. Still on the fence is the Church of Scientology, who have yet to decide if it's in their best interests to side with the DCMA, or with the anti-copy protection group.
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I work with 5200/5400/5500 PowerMacs at work, the all-in-one design. We had a technician once slip while carrying a 5260/120 up on his shoulder because it had been raining, and he ended up chucking it forward pretty good. It landed on the concrete sidewalk and slid into a fairly deep puddle of water. We took it back to the office, let it dry, and it actually came up. Even more interesting, it had been broken, the hard drive wouldn't come up, and it did after that. I suspect the bearings had seized up and the impact affected that. We ended up having to replace the back part of the case, which had split open, but the rest of the machine was fine.
"First of all, what is the processor that Apple using now? Isn't it some sort of PowerPC already? I see this one supports Altivec and I know that G3 and G4 Apple computers have the same instruction sets. Is this just another implementation, or is G3 and G4 relatives of this new processor?"
Apple does currently use a PowerPC processor in their computers. They have for the past eight years or so. Currently they're using the "750" edition, a'la G3 and G4, which are supplied by both IBM and Motorola.
"Second: what operating system does the IBM PowerPC run?"
The IBM machines with these series of microprocessors are things like the later generation AS/400s and RS/6000's. There are also some workstation machines (both badged as such and badged differently) with IBM PowerPCs in them. AS/400s use OS/400. RS/6000s can run many different OSes, including Linux and AIX.
"I suspect that the article is just confusing and processor itself is not made by IBM. Right??"
Wrong, at least on who makes the microprocessor. Motorola hasn't been doing so well lately, and even early on they had to deal with IBM to meet quota. IBM's hand in the PowerPC line is visible in Macintosh 5200's, which were common schoolroom computers that are starting to be end-of-lifed. They're dating back to August 1996 or so.
Can you imagine a Beow---
Oh, nevermind.
I'd argue that they're probably one of the most respectable internet services companies operating. They don't go for the 'pay for position' revenue scheme, and while they do have sponsored links, they're clearly labelled and generally actually somewhat relevant to what the searcher is looking for. I have found a couple of companies to do business with while looking at their site.
If they're able to demonstrate an original concept in their analysis of data (eg, html), and have made use of this process to specifically achieve a result not duplicated elsewhere, I would argue they deserve the patent, especially in comparison to the dumbass patents that the USPO has been issuing to others.
If you look at the three things that anyone or anything can do if it is threatened, it can Move, Adapt, or Die. Salon is based in San Franscisco, California. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!? That's one of the highest rent places in North America! There's cheaper rent within 100 miles of where they're currently based! Obviously no one considered the "move" possibility.
As for business models changing, advertising methods changing, they don't sound like they've adapted too well either. If you've been past due since December, you should have seen the writing on the wall in at least October or November. Some companies don't even have central offices anymore, they are all working from home or have one small office, and they use their colocation site for their main office servers. That would be a way to not be screwed. They haven't exactly adapted fully, either.
What's this leave us with? Die. Salon will probably die. I'd be inclined to think of them as simply the latest fallen dotcom, that took a little longer to fold than the others. I don't begrudge them for their efforts, but things were not right in order for Salon to get this far in the hole in the first place.
It is definitely one thing to have big computers, after all, my workstation is an ATX-full tower, and I have three 17" displays hooked up triplehead xinerama, but I'm actively looking for the right rackmount case to replace the tower with. I'd rather have big UI than big case. As much as I have mixed feelings about Apple Computer, their plans of having small, inconspicuous computers that look cool are a definite advantage.
As huge as that case is, I don't see how it would be difficult to put two complete PCs inside. If it were the size of a standard full-tower (aka, not a doublewide, like it appears to be), or were something engineered along the lines of the Mini-ITX form-factor, I would then be impressed. With how they have it, I'm not.
My old DEC Alphaserver 1000a is smaller than that, and if I took out the raid array section and replaced the power supplies with standard size supplies, I could easily fit two motherboards into the case. I can't see why I'd want to.
If someone is really interested in having an enclosure with multiple PCs in it, I'd recommend getting one of those equipment units that musicians have for sound equipment (one of the deeper ones), and going with 19" rackmount stuff. It's more durable, more standardized, and at this point. the cases can be found from anywhere between $60 and $100, depending on how fancy you get. If you want more than that, get a standard 19" telco cabinet, and put all of your systems, network equipment, etc, in there. It's not difficult.
How about, rather than blocking childporn sites, which requires ISPs to know who the offending sites are, you make legislation that if an ISP finds childporn, they are required to report it?
How are ISPs supposed to enforce this law? If I were a small or medium-sized ISP, and I were starting or contemplating doing business in Pennsylvania, I'd cancel the plans. There's way too much at risk, and if authorities themselves can't track down and properly prosecute paedophiles, they shouldn't force ISPs to do such or possibly face prosecution, when all they're doing is running a legitimate business of connecting people to the largest public network in the world...
I run Linux at home (as if you couldn't guess by the handle) and the only reason that I ever have to do anything with Windows is because there are a few applications that I cannot yet run in Linux. I want a stable operating system, and if I were to run an OS under another one, I'd run the _unstable_ one under the stable one, not the other way around. As I see it, more of the people who would make use of a vmware-style feature would have this same opinion, so I don't understand who this feature is for.
William Shatner could win that one; his acting stinks...
I believe that this is the oldest confirmed story Slashdot has linked to. They knew that it was hoax in 1936...
Remember, Blade Runner (and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) had such first...
In fact, isn't it a bit ironic that a sheep is prematurely aging, versus the mechanical fake sheep (and title) in Philip K. Dick's novel?
"MAP ... to study variations in the cosmic microwave background, to much greater accuracy than the COBE satellite"
And their web page is better too. My satellite can beat up your satellite!
Since it's a linux machine out of the box, and appears to have decent connectors on it for peripherals (like in the CF slot), wouldn't this be an idea candidate for 802.11a/b sniffing? I mean, it's small, so small that it fits in a coat pocket, and since it's a PDA, generally people won't think to look if it's attempting to wiggle into their network or not. It also looks more useful than an IPaq, by having a keyboard, and could probably make a helluva good network diagnostic tool if not used for malovelent purposes.
That movie was called "Terminal Velocity", and seemed pretty cool to me when I was 14 and in a preview audience. Of course, I was 14.
They dropped something like sixteen Cadillacs out of the plane they were using to get all of the scenes they needed for that last shot. It was pretty cool, but if I remember correctly, one or two of the cars landed on something that made it a bit of a mess to clean off of the Arizona desert. Nothing that killed anyone, but still a bit weird.
The publisher appears to be Pearson Education, and not Microsoft Press, who really isn't trustable anymore in my opinion. I'm kind of surprised that they're reviewing a book that is a year old now, as far as Microsoft-oriented books go, this is almost an antique.
Farmers are experiencing problems keeping their pigs penned up. Apparently entire pens are simply floating out into the open air, with no discernable cause. One farmer, who requested to remain anonymous, speculated that some of the new recommendations for pig feed could be to blame, but other than a little different diet, he couldn't find any reason that his pigs should be flying.
If they don't switch to a better set of products for use on such a scale and if they manage to interrupt services on the cataclysmic scale like people are predicting, it's okay. I have a ham radio license, and I'll just have fun that way :)
... that IBM can't market anything. Where I work, we have this big black computer sitting in the middle of the computer room, that cost several thousand dollars, and has a support contract that probably costs several thousand more annually. It has IBM stamped on the side.
And have you used any of their modern laptops? The best description that I have for when I got to play with an IBM Thinkpad 240 for a week is 'precision'. The hardware felt like a precision piece of equipment. Everything had tight tolerances, the tactile feel of the unit was superb, and the machine just felt sexy. The sleek black case was both soft and firm at the same time, a cool trick of ABS plastic, yet didn't feel too weak or brittle to take on the road.
If IBM still made a laptop in that small of a form factor (its footprint was smaller than a piece of letter paper), I'd have one. The American market doesn't seem to want small machines right now, though.
Oh, one more thing, there was driver support for this machine (and many of the other brand new thinkpads) for as far back as Windows 95 and OS/2 Warp, and as far forward as Windows XP. Drivers that work properly, not half-assed drivers like Compaq and other large companies provide for products they're no longer making money on.
You can also still downloadd support files for machines as old as the original 8088.
If I need some really expensive piece of equipment, IBM is definitely on the list for a vendor.
Government (at least at the type of environment where I am) doesn't operate that way. They don't lay off the high-wage people, they lay off the bottom end. blanket bottom end, in fact, usually without taking into account things like performance reviews. It actually can be a problem, since we do have some people in the area that I work in that probably should be laid off, but they're doing well enough at the moment that they haven't screwed anyone over royally or created a lot of excess work for their supervisors or coworkers, so they're not going to feel trouble.
I'd say that you don't usually get the best and brightest in government, but with the way the private sector is operating anymore, you actually do get the best and brightest anymore. They went to where the work was.
yeah, you did. In fact, there was an amish reference on the link page.
I wouldn't call it a 'slashdot with boobies' site per se, because there's a helluva lot more than geek-tech news, but it seems to apply to most of the interests of geeks without offending too many of them.
... but it did run on Fark...
I work for the government, in an IS department. We have people who have been working there for 20+ years. One of them still has the same office. The great thing about government is that since one gets raises based on time automatically, one does do better the longer one works somewhere. Granted the raises aren't as fast or as potentially rewarding as private sector, but one doesn't have to worry about one's employer going out of business either.
When you upgrade your server, you compute with Bin Laden!
I'd say "With apologies to Bill Maher", but then I'd have to actually care, wouldn't I?
... Another group has stepped up in the fight against the MPAA and DCMA copy protection. Members include Gateway, Commodore Business Machines, Data General, Sun Microsystems, the Church of Latter Day Saints General Motors, Verizon Wireless, the Dhali Llama, the Vatican, and unlikliest of all the MPAA, according to their web site. Based on the MPAA's use of Microsoft Internet Information Server, their entry into this group is unconfirmed. Still on the fence is the Church of Scientology, who have yet to decide if it's in their best interests to side with the DCMA, or with the anti-copy protection group.