Yes timbuk2 bags rock, I was having a hard time finding a bag for my 17' PB, and found that they make a */very*/ high quality insert specifically for this laptop. This along with their iPod accessory case makes for a very complete solution.
So this is something that has been bothering me, not as a OS X user (which I am), but as a software developer. Personally I love the new releases, and am willing to pay for them.... but as a developer its hard to keep your software tested and consistant among these different releases, especially since the mac market is by far our smallest user base.
I have already had a bunch of software that does not work with the DP of panther (elcipse, OSXVnc,ect.. btw, anybody know of a link on elipses site for builing on OSX? the normal docs don't include it, nor the build files) and our own software which is written in java looks completely different in panther (everything has that brushed metal look) than in jaguar (has the cool aqua look) which is confusing for customers and product people.
No, they weren't a "bomb." They actually worked very well.
He said "the Bomb", not that null cables were "a" bomb, understandable mistake if english is not your primary language (or even if it is;-)
I have a dreamcast and surfing on the web is painfully slow and difficult, even at 40+ Kbs/sec. Having it connected to DSL/cable/T1 may speed it up, but I think alot of the problem lies in the software it shipped with (at least for web browsing) just my 2c
umm, you realize this is not the "Mandrake" site as in the distro, but "Mandrake's" site (note the "'s") which is just a personal site and is therfore not setup (yes in horsepower, and probably bandwidth, no server farms:-) to handle the./ effect, or at least a./ effect of this magnatude. Not trying to be mean, just trying to clairify;^) Dan-
BTW- Is this true? I heard that in Empire, when Leah says "I love you." Harrison Ford had a great deal of dialogue which he skipped over with an impromptu, "I know." which ended up being one of the great lines of Star Wars. Can anyone substantiate this?
I have a PCG-C1 (picture book) and it works like a dream. Yes the modem is compatible with linux, as is everything else except the built in camera (which uses firewire, not yet supported under linux, but getting there). I use it for everything, I even have a external DVD drive (the laptop is not much bigger then a VHS tape when closed, no room for internal drive) with software decoder that I use under Windoze (small partition on the 4.3 gigdrive) that works at probably 28 frames per second. Even Linus has one of these babys! Highly reccomend one.
Looks like someone was reading./ they have removed the IP list from the site (3:50 mdt) and made a few new comments about its configuration and stats, still telnet does not seem to be working.
Agreed, I saw this last tuesday here in Denver, and was seriously spooked out. One of its most redeeming qualities is that it was extreemly terifying without resorting to blood and guts type of film making. This film relied soly on its suspense, which it did a great job of creating. Not many movies spook me out as much as this one did, and I for one will not be doing any camping round here for a while:-( Dan-
Mandrake: dual p3/500 with 512 megs of ram and 3 16 mb video cards with 3 21" monitors on it. I use vim:)
Raster: my main machine(s) at home and work are dual xeon 450's with 2MB L2 cache per cpu and 512MB ram, 2x21" using 16Mb matrox G200's, 22Gb SCSI HD each, and the usual SB16 soundcard
One on of the screenshots there is a transparent version of RXVT, which is also mentioned in the shots description. Does anyone have a link to the src of Alfredo's rxvt hack? I thought that was very cool.
actually, its been lowered to 29.99 a month if you look at your statements due to some court rulings lifting certain local phone taxs that were being added to DSL service.
My ISP is very aggressive about no servers. They don't firewall anything but portscan, packet sniff, and traffic monitor the hell out of you. They read your email, look at where you're surfing, what you're uploading, what ports you use. It's very fast but as far as we're concerned, it's a half duplex, non private connection.
I have some serious issues with anyone using an ISP that does what you say they do! Where are you located? And why the hell would you use such an ISP? I mean Reading your Emails!! I can't believe anyone would be so pathetic as to let themselves be subjected to such nonsense. I'm not sure what your saying is even true.
Front range internet or frii.net. They have static IP's, great support and they know I run Linux and related services, and not windows (which is what USWEST only supports). Yes USWEST is lazy, so you kinda have to ride thier as&^ a little other wise a 2 week install could turn into 3 or 4.
No servers. That's right, no hosting your own email, web, ftp, etc. Also note that some companies don't even give you a "real" IP address!
-- One machine only. You are not allowed to put multiple machines on the segment. You are not allowed to run NAT.
If this is true for your area then I'm truly sorry. But Others should know, like mentioned above, that this is only in some agreements, and I'm not sure how common they are.
I run 6 to 8 boxes on my network, FTP, apache, sendmail, ect... all on Linux, which my service provider fully knows about and has supported ( I know that may be difficult for many others ISP's, I just happened to be fortunate in the one I picked, frii.net) So DSL can be a wonderfull thing, and for 50 -60 $ bucks a month, its a nice deal. Its just a matter of your area, not the service as a whole.
I'm sorry to hear of your DSL problems. But for others out there, let me tell you, DSL can be Great. I use a Cisco systems DSL modem that is completely configurable via a serial port (router like). I use a connection from USWEST here in Denver, and no, USWEST is not easy to deal with, in fact they are actually quite ignorant (surprise surprise). But all I need from them is the conection from my house to my CO. Once that was up, I chose to use a seperate ISP (most use uswwest.net) who has been very responsive and knowledgeable about DSL connections. I use a static IP, across a 256K connection (although I have seen greater speeds) which has had 99.9% uptime at least, in fact I don't ever seem to have it gone down except when I got it a year ago, and that was a bug in cisco's OS and the ATM network (they promptly sent me a new router).
I do not doubt others troubles though, my phone company has such a strangle hold on our local telephone market, it allows them to get away with alot more then if we had a competetive market place.
yep, it seems to have a problem centering tables. I have noticed this on a number of sites, so your not alone. btw This is still only a beta, and while a little rough around the edges, I think it shows alot of potential.;-)
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Well, this is certainly a welcome sentiment. Awareness in the mass media that not everything they throw at the public is bought, that people are becoming aware of the inaccuracies of what they hear, read, and see.
hmm, either that, or he's blowing smoke up our ass;-) (probably the later)
Check out Unilinear. They have a neat little pcmcia clip-on for palms (although nothing yet for the V's:-( These will allow highspeed modems, cell modems, flash cards, and yes even Ethernet cards (with driver still under development).
Looks like good stuff;-) (except for the lack of Palm V support, but then again, that would kinda defeat the purpose of the V's size)
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Yes timbuk2 bags rock, I was having a hard time finding a bag for my 17' PB, and found that they make a */very*/ high quality insert specifically for this laptop. This along with their iPod accessory case makes for a very complete solution.
So this is something that has been bothering me, not as a OS X user (which I am), but as a software developer. Personally I love the new releases, and am willing to pay for them.... but as a developer its hard to keep your software tested and consistant among these different releases, especially since the mac market is by far our smallest user base.
I have already had a bunch of software that does not work with the DP of panther (elcipse, OSXVnc,ect.. btw, anybody know of a link on elipses site for builing on OSX? the normal docs don't include it, nor the build files) and our own software which is written in java looks completely different in panther (everything has that brushed metal look) than in jaguar (has the cool aqua look) which is confusing for customers and product people.
This picture (zmachine.jpg) instantly became my new desktop background!
Hmm. Null modem cables were the bomb...
;-)
No, they weren't a "bomb." They actually worked very well.
He said "the Bomb", not that null cables were "a" bomb, understandable mistake if english is not your primary language (or even if it is
I have a dreamcast and surfing on the web is painfully slow and difficult, even at 40+ Kbs/sec. Having it connected to DSL/cable/T1 may speed it up, but I think alot of the problem lies in the software it shipped with (at least for web browsing)
just my 2c
by ./ I meant /. ;-)
Just can't get myself to use that handy little preview button
umm, you realize this is not the "Mandrake" site as in the distro, but "Mandrake's" site (note the "'s") which is just a personal site and is therfore not setup (yes in horsepower, and probably bandwidth, no server farms :-) to handle the ./ effect, or at least a ./ effect of this magnatude. Not trying to be mean, just trying to clairify ;^)
Dan-
BTW- Is this true? I heard that in Empire, when Leah says "I love you." Harrison Ford had a great deal of dialogue which he skipped over with an impromptu, "I know." which ended up being one of the great lines of Star Wars. Can anyone substantiate this?
Yes It's true.
Dan-
I have a PCG-C1 (picture book) and it works like a dream. Yes the modem is compatible with linux, as is everything else except the built in camera (which uses firewire, not yet supported under linux, but getting there). I use it for everything, I even have a external DVD drive (the laptop is not much bigger then a VHS tape when closed, no room for internal drive) with software decoder that I use under Windoze (small partition on the 4.3 gigdrive) that works at probably 28 frames per second. Even Linus has one of these babys! Highly reccomend one.
Dan-
Nevermind, its still there its just been moved off to another page
Dan-
Looks like someone was reading ./ they have removed the IP list from the site (3:50 mdt) and made a few new comments about its configuration and stats, still telnet does not seem to be working.
Dan-
Agreed, I saw this last tuesday here in Denver, and was seriously spooked out. One of its most redeeming qualities is that it was extreemly terifying without resorting to blood and guts type of film making. This film relied soly on its suspense, which it did a great job of creating. Not many movies spook me out as much as this one did, and I for one will not be doing any camping round here for a while :-(
Dan-
Perhaps Linux and freeBSD could combine to form freeLSD. ;-)
:-)
Hmmm, freeLSD...somehow I have a feeling this might be taken the wrong way
Although it does sound like it was developed at Berkley
Mandrake: dual p3/500 with 512 megs of ram and 3 16 mb video cards with 3 21" monitors on it. I use vim :)
Raster: my main machine(s) at home and work are dual xeon 450's with 2MB L2 cache per cpu and 512MB ram, 2x21" using 16Mb matrox G200's, 22Gb
SCSI HD each, and the usual SB16 soundcard
Uhhhh, must clean drool off keyboard.
Glad to hear though that you guys have retained full rights to the site, multiple servers around the country sounds nice :-)
Umm, at first I thought this was a Segfault piece.
Yikes!
Thanks
One on of the screenshots there is a transparent version of RXVT, which is also mentioned in the shots description. Does anyone have a link to the src of Alfredo's rxvt hack? I thought that was very cool.
actually, its been lowered to 29.99 a month if you look at your statements due to some court rulings lifting certain local phone taxs that were being added to DSL service.
My ISP is very aggressive about no servers. They don't firewall anything but portscan, packet sniff, and traffic monitor the hell out of you. They read your email, look at where you're surfing, what you're uploading, what ports you use. It's very fast but as far as we're concerned, it's a half duplex, non private connection.
I have some serious issues with anyone using an ISP that does what you say they do! Where are you located? And why the hell would you use such an ISP? I mean Reading your Emails!! I can't believe anyone would be so pathetic as to let themselves be subjected to such nonsense. I'm not sure what your saying is even true.
Front range internet or frii.net. They have static IP's, great support and they know I run Linux and related services, and not windows (which is what USWEST only supports). Yes USWEST is lazy, so you kinda have to ride thier as&^ a little other wise a 2 week install could turn into 3 or 4.
No servers. That's right, no hosting your own email, web, ftp, etc. Also note that some companies don't even give you a "real" IP address!
-- One machine only. You are not allowed to put multiple machines on the segment. You are not allowed to run NAT.
If this is true for your area then I'm truly sorry. But Others should know, like mentioned above, that this is only in some agreements, and I'm not sure how common they are.
I run 6 to 8 boxes on my network, FTP, apache, sendmail, ect... all on Linux, which my service provider fully knows about and has supported ( I know that may be difficult for many others ISP's, I just happened to be fortunate in the one I picked, frii.net) So DSL can be a wonderfull thing, and for 50 -60 $ bucks a month, its a nice deal. Its just a matter of your area, not the service as a whole.
I'm sorry to hear of your DSL problems. But for others out there, let me tell you, DSL can be Great. I use a Cisco systems DSL modem that is completely configurable via a serial port (router like). I use a connection from USWEST here in Denver, and no, USWEST is not easy to deal with, in fact they are actually quite ignorant (surprise surprise). But all I need from them is the conection from my house to my CO. Once that was up, I chose to use a seperate ISP (most use uswwest.net) who has been very responsive and knowledgeable about DSL connections. I use a static IP, across a 256K connection (although I have seen greater speeds) which has had 99.9% uptime at least, in fact I don't ever seem to have it gone down except when I got it a year ago, and that was a bug in cisco's OS and the ATM network (they promptly sent me a new router).
I do not doubt others troubles though, my phone company has such a strangle hold on our local telephone market, it allows them to get away with alot more then if we had a competetive market place.
yep, it seems to have a problem centering tables. I have noticed this on a number of sites, so your not alone. ;-)
btw
This is still only a beta, and while a little rough around the edges, I think it shows alot of potential.
We tell you what the news is from our perspective; you buy it or you don't. Tomorrow's Web-enhanced journalism will include a conversation. That means new challenges for consumers of information, not just producers. We're all just beginning to figure this out, to learn our roles. Slashdot is one of our instructors.
;-) (probably the later)
Well, this is certainly a welcome sentiment. Awareness in the mass media that not everything they throw at the public is bought, that people are becoming aware of the inaccuracies of what they hear, read, and see.
hmm, either that, or he's blowing smoke up our ass
Check out Unilinear. They have a neat little pcmcia clip-on for palms (although nothing yet for the V's :-( These will allow highspeed modems, cell modems, flash cards, and yes even Ethernet cards (with driver still under development).
;-) (except for the lack of Palm V support, but then again, that would kinda defeat the purpose of the V's size)
Looks like good stuff