Perhaps it's time to look into Professional decks like those used in TV studios. We have a fantastic MidiDV deck, but of course it lacks things like a remote, and doesn't look high tech. Take a look at places that sell Avid, etc. Another option is to stop using VHS and move up to SVHS or DVHS. These have a little higher quality parts.
Like a lot of other Microsoft products. Good idea, good implementation, smart people move on to something else, old product is replaced by new junk, and no one else enters the market. I loved the original Microsoft split keyboards. The new ones aren't worth anything. I sware everytime I have to hit the F lock key to get to a terminal screen in Linux.:-(
Unified drivers are a good things for corporations.
1. It means that they only need a single driver for the entire corporation. Infact you could probably write a simple script to upgrade everyone.
2. One file to download, no mess, no fuss, no long list of cards in corporate machines.
3. Quickly replaced advanced graphics card with yesterday's model in case of a problem. This has saved me significant amounts of time and money. If there wasn't a Unified driver I would need to reinstall the drivers, each time or keep high powered ($$) graphics cards laying around.
WARNING Generial rant: OSS developers are increasingly locked into the one person, one computer mindset. It is really very Microsoft of you (as it is the way that company thinks). Real power users use hetrogenous systems with multiple distribution and propritary UNIX all using the same home directories and dot files. It is great when a system works in this environment.
I hate me too post, but in this case NVidia seems to always get the bad end of the stick. I have been running NVidia drivers for close to 2 years across an array of machines. I have only had three issues in all that time that didn't come down to someone not reading the README file, and one of them is AMD's fault for not disclosing a chip bug!
I'm sorry, but I can't remain quiet. Gnome, and sections of Linux, are headed in the wrong direction. We in the Linux community are adopting overly complex code and structures that only a few years ago we laughed and cursed at Microsoft for, and Gnome is heading this charge. They have produced a less stable and more complex desktop with less features, while calling it technically superior and it is. Flat files or groups of flat files are the best solution for configuration, but a repository is technically superior, and someone at my company (with only a few linux boxes) rebuild their dot files from backups every few weeks because it blow up. Multiple box logins are hard, and heterogous systems not even thinkable. (I know there will be many replies that I don't know what I'm doing, but I didn't have this many issues with 1.x. And I don't have time to f*** with it.) BTW: It works wonderful on my home desktop, but I need a corporate workstation with all the benefits of Unix, not something that looks like a MS machine. If I wanted that, I would run MS windows.
This is not the only example, and I see it across the spectrum (ex. NIS+, LDAP, Active Directories, Tape backups, etc.) were we have things that are technically superior, but are more error prone, overly complex with less features. The real beneficiary of this changing technology are the IT specialist who are required for all but the simplest of jobs. I used to laugh at my MS Administrator when he had these kinds of problems. Now I only shake my head, because I am now having these same problems with Linux.
I have no problem with progress and Linux has many great projects that are building on the ideals of an easy to administer power user OS. My hats off to you. To the rest, KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) that is may go well with your projects.
An update of the init system may be in order, but its replacement must be simple, or we are no longer Unix, we are Microsoft. Complex and worthless.
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Perhaps it's time to look into Professional decks like those used in TV studios. We have a fantastic MidiDV deck, but of course it lacks things like a remote, and doesn't look high tech. Take a look at places that sell Avid, etc. Another option is to stop using VHS and move up to SVHS or DVHS. These have a little higher quality parts.
Like a lot of other Microsoft products. Good idea, good implementation, smart people move on to something else, old product is replaced by new junk, and no one else enters the market. I loved the original Microsoft split keyboards. The new ones aren't worth anything. I sware everytime I have to hit the F lock key to get to a terminal screen in Linux. :-(
Unified drivers are a good things for corporations.
1. It means that they only need a single driver for the entire corporation. Infact you could probably write a simple script to upgrade everyone.
2. One file to download, no mess, no fuss, no long list of cards in corporate machines.
3. Quickly replaced advanced graphics card with yesterday's model in case of a problem. This has saved me significant amounts of time and money. If there wasn't a Unified driver I would need to reinstall the drivers, each time or keep high powered ($$) graphics cards laying around.
WARNING Generial rant:
OSS developers are increasingly locked into the one person, one computer mindset. It is really very Microsoft of you (as it is the way that company thinks). Real power users use hetrogenous systems with multiple distribution and propritary UNIX all using the same home directories and dot files. It is great when a system works in this environment.
I hate me too post, but in this case NVidia seems to always get the bad end of the stick. I have been running NVidia drivers for close to 2 years across an array of machines. I have only had three issues in all that time that didn't come down to someone not reading the README file, and one of them is AMD's fault for not disclosing a chip bug!
GREAT JOB NVIDIA! Keep up the good work!
I'm sorry, but I can't remain quiet. Gnome, and sections of Linux, are headed in the wrong direction. We in the Linux community are adopting overly complex code and structures that only a few years ago we laughed and cursed at Microsoft for, and Gnome is heading this charge. They have produced a less stable and more complex desktop with less features, while calling it technically superior and it is. Flat files or groups of flat files are the best solution for configuration, but a repository is technically superior, and someone at my company (with only a few linux boxes) rebuild their dot files from backups every few weeks because it blow up. Multiple box logins are hard, and heterogous systems not even thinkable. (I know there will be many replies that I don't know what I'm doing, but I didn't have this many issues with 1.x. And I don't have time to f*** with it.) BTW: It works wonderful on my home desktop, but I need a corporate workstation with all the benefits of Unix, not something that looks like a MS machine. If I wanted that, I would run MS windows.
This is not the only example, and I see it across the spectrum (ex. NIS+, LDAP, Active Directories, Tape backups, etc.) were we have things that are technically superior, but are more error prone, overly complex with less features. The real beneficiary of this changing technology are the IT specialist who are required for all but the simplest of jobs. I used to laugh at my MS Administrator when he had these kinds of problems. Now I only shake my head, because I am now having these same problems with Linux.
I have no problem with progress and Linux has many great projects that are building on the ideals of an easy to administer power user OS. My hats off to you. To the rest, KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) that is may go well with your projects.
An update of the init system may be in order, but its replacement must be simple, or we are no longer Unix, we are Microsoft. Complex and worthless.
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You can also specify an alternative to rsh, either by using the -e command line option, or by setting the RSYNC_RSH environment variable.
One common substitute is to use ssh, which offers a high degree of security.