That's a laptop. Last time I checked a 40GB 2.5" drive goes for $500. But for my new PC, I'm getting a RAID 0 setup with 2 60GB Deskstar drives. Be afraid...
That's largest than the hard drive of my laptop (4GB) but I still manage to run Win98, Win2K (with Office 2000), Debian and I still have 1 GB left. Size doesn't matter, how you use it does.
Yeah... I clearly remember the time when some guys were trying to built a RC balloon to drop a bomb. They couldn't find a plastic good enough for the envelope. Then they found a complete brand new roll of Millar (just perfect), in trunk of an old car... Yeah...
Also, both machines ALWAYS works... At least a bit.
Keep in mind that this is TV entertainment, not a real competition.
For those of you actually wondering about the difference between Junkyard Wars (US, with US guys) and ScrapHeads (UK with UK guys), well, there isn't any. It is just the same show, with two different names for each border of the big pond.
TLC basically broadcasts both (they even had a super finale US vs UK (US won) for the Fourth of July). Sure they change the male anchors between the two.
I'm basically thinking that they shoot each "sequence with an anchor" twice, once saying "ScrapHeads", once saying "JunkYard Wars".
Just a quick reply to anyone thinking that books aren't going away.
Sure, some TYPES of books aren't going away: novels, O'Reilly... But that's pretty much it.
Don't forget the huge importance of technical edition. Anyone who worked in the electronic engineering during the last 20 years can tell horror stories about the amount of books they need to do their jobs.
5 years ago, all theses books where replaced by cdroms.
Today, everything is on the Internet.
Obviously, technical books aren't everything. But think about all theses law books, catalogs, medecine books, textbooks, scientific journals...
Traditionally it's been the libraries' mission to conserve this kind of books, so it is really important to deal with this problem now.
It now appears that the threat of AOL switching at least partially to Linux was just a way to put some pressure on Microsoft, in order to get just that. I know, AOL doesn't sell PCs, but think about the number of OEMs that sell PCs with AOL preinstalled... (and get payed for that).
What really piss me off with this space station is that with the same budget we could have sent somebody to Mars. All this space station crap happens because NASA still believes into Korolev's vision: step by step exploration of space.
First you built a space station, then you built a permanent station on the Moon, and finally you can shoot for Mars.
Guess what. The lunar program just went directly to the Moon, without stopping at an expansive space station.
There are some similar project concerning Mars, but the space station eats of lot of money, so there's any left for such "farfetched" programs.
Even if it can be argued that the scientific fallouts of a Mars program and of the space station station are roughly equivalent, going to Mars is still a lot more exciting (read good PR) than this "just above our heads" station.
That's why independant bandwidth providers like Level3, GlobalCrossing... are trying to push this kind of market. The main problems of theses companies right now is that their pipes are actually quite empty.
Plus their is also the problem that the Bells invested billions and billions of dollars into proprietary switches, and that they can basically scraped them all because they cannot be adapted to IP. Softwitching, on the other hand, run on fairly common hardware, is completly flexible and run IP.
IP Telephony rules, but not over the Internet. Using private networks, it is possible to achieve a very good quality and reliability.
Big bandwidth providers like Level3 are beginning to provide softswitching technologies (you call your local gateway and your call is routed through the private network transparently).
As usual, the problem is the last mile, as the Baby Bells really don't want you to do that.
I was working with a Japanese system programmer, and he was telling me that US-style programming (individualistic) just don't fit the mindset of Japanese people (consensus). Even when Japanese programmers are given the freedom to do it, they can't (Exceptions occurs for sure). And that why he was here, to learn how to program alone (and he was good at it).
CPU or memories, on the other hand, requires consensus, that's one of the reason they are so good at it (Did you ever encounter a bug in a memory chip?)
Yeah that's cool, but if you're running potato, you just downloaded apache 1.3.9, a one year one version (but still secure because the Debian team released updated packages when a security issue comes up.)
But Debian still rules as a base system. Installing a base system with nothing but ls and tar and then downloading and compiling Apache, ProFTP, Samba is a breeze.
It's actually the same protocol. USB keyboards are nothing more than PS2 keyboards with a USB plug (unless you have a fancy keyboard with an USB hub).
That's why most standard keyboard now are USB/PS2 ie the either come with a PS2 plug and an USB converter or an USB plug with a PS2 converter.
Obviously if you want to use all the fancy features, I guess that you will need to plug you USB plug inside a real USB socket. You might want to check on that, I'm no specialist.
Oh yeah, and Apple keyboards are flimsy, but comfortable.
That's cool, but it didn't seem enough. Last week a customer wanted to buy a 1U server from Dell and he showed me the ad: Ouch, $1200 for a Celeron 733 with Redhat. Oh yes, with 'Dell Web Management System', ie Webmin not even in disguise.
I don't know about the servers, but their workstations were really overpriced. Same goes for Penguin Computing. You cannot sell a $1000 PC for $2000 unless you're called IBM or Apple (I know, Apple doesn't make PC, but don't tell me that they don't have very fat margins).
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I can see miriads of use for a real web-enabled wireless thinghy.
Browsing www.amazon.com to see if there is a newer edition of this OReilly book while at the bookstore. Same thing apply for every store/shop...
Being able to actually do something to your servers while being out.
Getting a map from Mapquest when you're lost.
Basically complete information anywhere anytime. This is a real killer app. Wireless email is nice, but this will be the real thing.
Correct, but all that will go on theses drives will come from CDs/DVDs in the first place...
I won't ever use a RAID0 for my main disk. RAID1 (mirroring) is the way to go in this case, fast and secure (and yes twice as expansive).
That's a laptop. Last time I checked a 40GB 2.5" drive goes for $500. But for my new PC, I'm getting a RAID 0 setup with 2 60GB Deskstar drives. Be afraid...
That's largest than the hard drive of my laptop (4GB) but I still manage to run Win98, Win2K (with Office 2000), Debian and I still have 1 GB left. Size doesn't matter, how you use it does.
As I said in a previous post, both machines ALWAYS works, so I'm not surprised.
Yeah... I clearly remember the time when some guys were trying to built a RC balloon to drop a bomb. They couldn't find a plastic good enough for the envelope. Then they found a complete brand new roll of Millar (just perfect), in trunk of an old car... Yeah...
Also, both machines ALWAYS works... At least a bit.
Keep in mind that this is TV entertainment, not a real competition.
Well you must be right.
For those of you actually wondering about the difference between Junkyard Wars (US, with US guys) and ScrapHeads (UK with UK guys), well, there isn't any. It is just the same show, with two different names for each border of the big pond.
TLC basically broadcasts both (they even had a super finale US vs UK (US won) for the Fourth of July). Sure they change the male anchors between the two.
I'm basically thinking that they shoot each "sequence with an anchor" twice, once saying "ScrapHeads", once saying "JunkYard Wars".
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
It seems to me that it's always the simplest machine that wins. Insightful...
I love Open Source because it usually means that if my computer keep crashing, the problem is the hardware. Saves me hours of troubleshooting!
Just a quick reply to anyone thinking that books aren't going away.
Sure, some TYPES of books aren't going away: novels, O'Reilly... But that's pretty much it.
Don't forget the huge importance of technical edition. Anyone who worked in the electronic engineering during the last 20 years can tell horror stories about the amount of books they need to do their jobs.
5 years ago, all theses books where replaced by cdroms.
Today, everything is on the Internet.
Obviously, technical books aren't everything. But think about all theses law books, catalogs, medecine books, textbooks, scientific journals...
Traditionally it's been the libraries' mission to conserve this kind of books, so it is really important to deal with this problem now.
It now appears that the threat of AOL switching at least partially to Linux was just a way to put some pressure on Microsoft, in order to get just that. I know, AOL doesn't sell PCs, but think about the number of OEMs that sell PCs with AOL preinstalled... (and get payed for that).
http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/ 7/10/3436/23896
In short, the story sucks but the anim is cool.
http://www.paradigm.nu/icann/icannstage.html
Check out theses cool satiric cartoons about ICANN. They say it all. http://www.paradigm.nu/icann/
You're so right. Sorry for the confusion, it's been a long time since I red about this.
What really piss me off with this space station is that with the same budget we could have sent somebody to Mars. All this space station crap happens because NASA still believes into Korolev's vision: step by step exploration of space.
First you built a space station, then you built a permanent station on the Moon, and finally you can shoot for Mars.
Guess what. The lunar program just went directly to the Moon, without stopping at an expansive space station.
There are some similar project concerning Mars, but the space station eats of lot of money, so there's any left for such "farfetched" programs.
Even if it can be argued that the scientific fallouts of a Mars program and of the space station station are roughly equivalent, going to Mars is still a lot more exciting (read good PR) than this "just above our heads" station.
That's why independant bandwidth providers like Level3, GlobalCrossing... are trying to push this kind of market. The main problems of theses companies right now is that their pipes are actually quite empty.
Plus their is also the problem that the Bells invested billions and billions of dollars into proprietary switches, and that they can basically scraped them all because they cannot be adapted to IP. Softwitching, on the other hand, run on fairly common hardware, is completly flexible and run IP.
IP Telephony rules, but not over the Internet. Using private networks, it is possible to achieve a very good quality and reliability.
Big bandwidth providers like Level3 are beginning to provide softswitching technologies (you call your local gateway and your call is routed through the private network transparently).
As usual, the problem is the last mile, as the Baby Bells really don't want you to do that.
Here it goes: Slashdot is now testing the waters (i.e. the readers) for a subscription-based or otherwise paying model ;-)
After the demise of VA Linux, this was expected...
I was working with a Japanese system programmer, and he was telling me that US-style programming (individualistic) just don't fit the mindset of Japanese people (consensus). Even when Japanese programmers are given the freedom to do it, they can't (Exceptions occurs for sure). And that why he was here, to learn how to program alone (and he was good at it).
CPU or memories, on the other hand, requires consensus, that's one of the reason they are so good at it (Did you ever encounter a bug in a memory chip?)
Yeah that's cool, but if you're running potato, you just downloaded apache 1.3.9, a one year one version (but still secure because the Debian team released updated packages when a security issue comes up.)
But Debian still rules as a base system. Installing a base system with nothing but ls and tar and then downloading and compiling Apache, ProFTP, Samba is a breeze.
It's actually the same protocol. USB keyboards are nothing more than PS2 keyboards with a USB plug (unless you have a fancy keyboard with an USB hub).
That's why most standard keyboard now are USB/PS2 ie the either come with a PS2 plug and an USB converter or an USB plug with a PS2 converter.
Obviously if you want to use all the fancy features, I guess that you will need to plug you USB plug inside a real USB socket. You might want to check on that, I'm no specialist.
Oh yeah, and Apple keyboards are flimsy, but comfortable.
That's cool, but it didn't seem enough. Last week a customer wanted to buy a 1U server from Dell and he showed me the ad: Ouch, $1200 for a Celeron 733 with Redhat. Oh yes, with 'Dell Web Management System', ie Webmin not even in disguise.
BTW, what are VA gonna do now?
I don't know about the servers, but their workstations were really overpriced. Same goes for Penguin Computing. You cannot sell a $1000 PC for $2000 unless you're called IBM or Apple (I know, Apple doesn't make PC, but don't tell me that they don't have very fat margins).