I'm with this guy and I actually like the bursting I get. It allows me to download a file and still browse with reasonable speeds. This is normal behavior.
Seriously? I thought the SNES and N64 controllers were the worst ones Nintendo made. I went through SNES controllers because the shoulder buttons would fail or the casing would break at the screws. They'd also creak.
The Wii's slot loading drive is the most robust feeling and sounding slot loader I've ever used. It also takes the smaller discs (Gamecube). My Mac mini's slot loader is pretty lame and feels like it is on the verge of failing every time I load or eject a disc. I have to insert the disc about 3/4 or more of the way before it can load it.
Thing is though, last I checked, I couldn't build the same machine with all of the same features for that price. When I say the same, I mean, small, quiet, good looking, wifi, bluetooth and gigabit. You could play some games but I personally do my gaming on consoles, I've never played anything other than say, sim city on a PC. Besides, you can't tell me you could build a Windows PC for $600 and be able to play games on it. I realize there are a lot of people out there who play games on PC, I just can't justify the upgrade treadmill.
I thought the same thing until I bought a mini. The latest revisions are quick, quiet and small. They include WiFi bluetooth, firewire and gigabit networking. You can use an external dvd burner, upgrade the ram yourself (plenty of tutorials on how to do so) and if you want, you can run Windows or Linux at the same time or dual boot. It was the best $634 (1.83Ghz mini+shipping) I've ever spent.
Take off your tinfoil hat, their customers do not require converter boxes because they'll still use the same cable coming into their houses. These converter boxes are for those using just OTA signals.
Depends on the scaler being used but as many will say on sites like avsforum.com, garbage in garbage out. Personally I find that with a good scaler the quality really isn't that bad. If you're happy with how your Panasonic set is doing the scaling then I wouldn't bother getting a different DVD player.
Well that's sorta the point...that is, having a theater at home. I have a 90" front projection setup and I wouldn't trade it for a 50-56" TV. I'm only running 480p and it's certainly worth it. Running 1080p at that size is just far better. Why is everyone so negative on/.?
I'm with ya, I call it the diluting the english language. People are always screwing up words and adding new meanings to them in such away as to destroy the original meaning.
You're right that the format never really has taken off but they do exist and I imagine the truly high-end people will prefer those over "just" a CD. You can talk about "proper" double blind blah blah this and that until you're blue in the face but there is no convincing someone who needs to justify the thousands of dollars they spent to get ever smaller increments of "improvements." I find it funny that everyone always assumes that it is their equipment that sounds bad or needs adjustment while never stopping to think that maybe the it was the recording and/or mastering process that screwed it up.
I agree with you on the issue of the mastering process for recordings, they're much too loud and it smashes the upper range while providing no benefit on the other end. I'm sure if they mastered cds correctly people would bitch because they have to turn up their system more for one cd than another.
I think slashdot moderators hate me, why am I modded a 1 and the comment I'm replying to a 2??
Anyway, I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. The TCP stack on the sending machine most certainly sends the packets in order. Whether or no IP delivers them in order is a different matter and that's for TCP to fix. The thing is, TCP fixes the ordering issue BEFORE it sends the data up to the application so as far as the application is concerned, everything IS IN ORDER. The application will block (or timeout) until TCP is satisfied and sends it some data.
All of this ignores the idea that you probably aren't doing iSCSI through multiple routers and bridges. Nobody in their right mind is attempting to do iSCSI over the Internet and expecting fibre channel like performance. You've got some serious issues if you have packets that are out of order on your local network.
I think you could follow up with some info about your setup. I mean, there is no way you're getting those speeds without tuning some network parameters or with some serious CPU and RAID setup. It's not that I don't believe you, I have a buddy that has done the same but with NFS but he's using an opensolaris system with TCP offloading cards and a heck of a RAID array.
1. TCP/IP is all about getting packets in the right order. That is it's purpose. It will give the application the data in the correct order. That's why TCP was created. UDP does not guarantee order, TCP does. The reason you see stuttering in video is because the bitrate of the video is higher than the bitrate you may be getting over the wire. Also, if this is all happening on a local network, how and why would a packet not arrive in the right order and in nearly the same amount of time each time? If you were running an iSCSI setup you would (should) be running it on its own private network.
2. Jumbo frames...
3. Again, you're kidding right? I can find offloading cards for around $100, I can't find any good fibre channel cards for that price.
I agree with you, but I have no mod points. The computer and OS are a tool, use what works for you. After seeing Vista, I bought a Mac and I've never been happier. I use Linux as a server but as a desktop OS it does NOT do what I need it to. Some people have different needs.
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I'm with this guy and I actually like the bursting I get. It allows me to download a file and still browse with reasonable speeds. This is normal behavior.
I own a TV but don't use it for much more than playing Wii these days. In fact, this week I've watched less than 1 hour of TV.
Seriously? I thought the SNES and N64 controllers were the worst ones Nintendo made. I went through SNES controllers because the shoulder buttons would fail or the casing would break at the screws. They'd also creak.
The NES controllers however were bricks.
I agree with you but the more alarming thing is that people FEED THE SPAMMERS. If there wasn't money to be made they wouldn't do it.
this is obviously chopped.
Which might actually be smaller than 567,000 small files.
The Wii's slot loading drive is the most robust feeling and sounding slot loader I've ever used. It also takes the smaller discs (Gamecube). My Mac mini's slot loader is pretty lame and feels like it is on the verge of failing every time I load or eject a disc. I have to insert the disc about 3/4 or more of the way before it can load it.
Hi, I don't have a computer at home to play games.
If you're sending that kind of info you can bet the application is using SSL to do it.
Thing is though, last I checked, I couldn't build the same machine with all of the same features for that price. When I say the same, I mean, small, quiet, good looking, wifi, bluetooth and gigabit. You could play some games but I personally do my gaming on consoles, I've never played anything other than say, sim city on a PC. Besides, you can't tell me you could build a Windows PC for $600 and be able to play games on it. I realize there are a lot of people out there who play games on PC, I just can't justify the upgrade treadmill.
The HD-DVD camp is canceling their appearance at CES, this to me is as good as conceding as anything
I thought the same thing until I bought a mini. The latest revisions are quick, quiet and small. They include WiFi bluetooth, firewire and gigabit networking. You can use an external dvd burner, upgrade the ram yourself (plenty of tutorials on how to do so) and if you want, you can run Windows or Linux at the same time or dual boot. It was the best $634 (1.83Ghz mini+shipping) I've ever spent.
Great, I've always wondered if I have a brain tumor and now /. confirms...damn you!
And yes, it is Cadillacs that bug me when their lights on.
I dislike LED brake lights because they appear to flicker. I also see rainbows on 4x DLP projectors. Do I have superman eyes?
Take off your tinfoil hat, their customers do not require converter boxes because they'll still use the same cable coming into their houses. These converter boxes are for those using just OTA signals.
Depends on the scaler being used but as many will say on sites like avsforum.com, garbage in garbage out. Personally I find that with a good scaler the quality really isn't that bad. If you're happy with how your Panasonic set is doing the scaling then I wouldn't bother getting a different DVD player.
Well that's sorta the point...that is, having a theater at home. I have a 90" front projection setup and I wouldn't trade it for a 50-56" TV. I'm only running 480p and it's certainly worth it. Running 1080p at that size is just far better. Why is everyone so negative on /.?
I'm with ya, I call it the diluting the english language. People are always screwing up words and adding new meanings to them in such away as to destroy the original meaning.
You're right that the format never really has taken off but they do exist and I imagine the truly high-end people will prefer those over "just" a CD. You can talk about "proper" double blind blah blah this and that until you're blue in the face but there is no convincing someone who needs to justify the thousands of dollars they spent to get ever smaller increments of "improvements." I find it funny that everyone always assumes that it is their equipment that sounds bad or needs adjustment while never stopping to think that maybe the it was the recording and/or mastering process that screwed it up.
I agree with you on the issue of the mastering process for recordings, they're much too loud and it smashes the upper range while providing no benefit on the other end. I'm sure if they mastered cds correctly people would bitch because they have to turn up their system more for one cd than another.
They probably aren't buying CDs either, DVD-Audio and SACDs.
I think slashdot moderators hate me, why am I modded a 1 and the comment I'm replying to a 2??
Anyway, I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. The TCP stack on the sending machine most certainly sends the packets in order. Whether or no IP delivers them in order is a different matter and that's for TCP to fix. The thing is, TCP fixes the ordering issue BEFORE it sends the data up to the application so as far as the application is concerned, everything IS IN ORDER. The application will block (or timeout) until TCP is satisfied and sends it some data.
All of this ignores the idea that you probably aren't doing iSCSI through multiple routers and bridges. Nobody in their right mind is attempting to do iSCSI over the Internet and expecting fibre channel like performance. You've got some serious issues if you have packets that are out of order on your local network.
I think you could follow up with some info about your setup. I mean, there is no way you're getting those speeds without tuning some network parameters or with some serious CPU and RAID setup. It's not that I don't believe you, I have a buddy that has done the same but with NFS but he's using an opensolaris system with TCP offloading cards and a heck of a RAID array.
You're kidding right?
1. TCP/IP is all about getting packets in the right order. That is it's purpose. It will give the application the data in the correct order. That's why TCP was created. UDP does not guarantee order, TCP does. The reason you see stuttering in video is because the bitrate of the video is higher than the bitrate you may be getting over the wire. Also, if this is all happening on a local network, how and why would a packet not arrive in the right order and in nearly the same amount of time each time? If you were running an iSCSI setup you would (should) be running it on its own private network.
2. Jumbo frames...
3. Again, you're kidding right? I can find offloading cards for around $100, I can't find any good fibre channel cards for that price.
I agree with you, but I have no mod points. The computer and OS are a tool, use what works for you. After seeing Vista, I bought a Mac and I've never been happier. I use Linux as a server but as a desktop OS it does NOT do what I need it to. Some people have different needs.
9,000? There were around 30,000 this morning and a majority of them are selling.