It was revealed earlier this week that the Xbox 360 HD DVD external drive will work via USB on any PC. Since Toshiba really makes these drives, it is only a matter of time before drivers will show up.
I use the Flexcar car sharing system in Seattle, which deploys late model Hondas almost exclusively. Hybrid and non-hybrid Civics (LX model) are the bulk of the fleet and I drive both, so I can compare the two directly. The Hybrid with the electric assist to the gas motor is definitely stronger at the low end (hills and accelerating up freeway ramps). The Hybrid is also nicer interior.
With Flexcar, I don't have to pay for gas, but I do notice that the Hybrid can go a lot farther on a tank than the non-Hybrid.
> most people didn't have TVs that were >high-enough resolution that they could see VHS >artifacts.
Even my poorest LDs (usually very early ones) are clearly better than than any VHS tape I've seen even on marginal TVs.
> VHS tapes are just more durable than discs.
I've *never* heard that one before. VHS tapes start deteriorating with the very first playing. All my LDs look as good as they did when they were new.
> Higher prices than VHS.
VHS tapes were usually priced for the rental market in the $80-$100 range, while I've never paid more than $30 for an LD, and usually much less with sales. Only once VHS tapes started to be "sold-through" in the mid-90s did the prices start to drop, and even then not for new, non-B-picture titles.
Why does everyone think that Solaris is not free as Linux (yes, I understand that it isn't open) - it has been so since the mid-90s for 12 or less CPUs?
Just like Linux distros, if you want assured support, you can pay for it if you want to, but I most often just go the Internet community for my support for either.
I've used both Solaris and Linux since the beginning of each of these strains of UNIX, but cannot understand why people persist in thinking that Solaris is "expensive" compared to Linux. It hasn't been "sold" for a very long time!
My company currently deploying Sun Fire V120s with single 650MHz Ultra IIe procs. They are also available with 550MHz Ultra IIe's. This last version is probably what is used as a webserver in the example. Sun usually uses specific processors across a variety of product types.
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It was revealed earlier this week that the Xbox 360 HD DVD external drive will work via USB on any PC. Since Toshiba really makes these drives, it is only a matter of time before drivers will show up.
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http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/xbox-hd-dvd-dr
In a recent meeting with Cray that I attended, it was revealed that the XD1 does indeed run SUSE Enterprise 8 on each dual Opteron node.
They have popcorn and drinks at the Boeing IMAX in Seattle (the only one I've been to) so I don't think that this is the rule nationwide.
I use the Flexcar car sharing system in Seattle, which deploys late model Hondas almost exclusively. Hybrid and non-hybrid Civics (LX model) are the bulk of the fleet and I drive both, so I can compare the two directly. The Hybrid with the electric assist to the gas motor is definitely stronger at the low end (hills and accelerating up freeway ramps).
The Hybrid is also nicer interior.
With Flexcar, I don't have to pay for gas, but I do notice that the Hybrid can go a lot farther on a tank than the non-Hybrid.
> most people didn't have TVs that were >high-enough resolution that they could see VHS >artifacts.
Even my poorest LDs (usually very early ones) are clearly better than than any VHS tape I've seen even on marginal TVs.
> VHS tapes are just more durable than discs.
I've *never* heard that one before. VHS tapes start deteriorating with the very first playing. All my LDs look as good as they did when they were new.
> Higher prices than VHS.
VHS tapes were usually priced for the rental market in the $80-$100 range, while I've never paid more than $30 for an LD, and usually much less with sales. Only once VHS tapes started to be "sold-through" in the mid-90s did the prices start to drop, and even then not for new, non-B-picture titles.
Why does everyone think that Solaris is not free as Linux (yes, I understand that it isn't open) - it has been so since the mid-90s for 12 or less CPUs?
Just like Linux distros, if you want assured support, you can pay for it if you want to, but I most often just go the Internet community for my support for either.
I've used both Solaris and Linux since the beginning of each of these strains of UNIX, but cannot understand why people persist in thinking that Solaris is "expensive" compared to Linux.
It hasn't been "sold" for a very long time!
My company currently deploying Sun Fire V120s with single 650MHz Ultra IIe procs. They are also available with 550MHz Ultra IIe's. This last version is probably what is used as a webserver in the example. Sun usually uses specific processors across a variety of product types.