Agreed. I'm amazed by the sheer number of people who bought the kit without understanding what they were getting. Not so amazed by the number of people who simply refuse to read the FAQ or peruse the forums - that's par for the course, right? Where would we be without dozens of newbies asking exactly the same question about X configuration for their NTSC sets?:)
Still, it's been a kick compiling packages for the mipsel. So far it makes for a great MP3 client for my server, XMAME will be good for yuks once a bug is sorted out, and I still have all that graphics demo code to crack open. It's not for everyone, but I'm having fun.
Traditionally, console hardware has been a loss leader to drive the real money maker, software sales. I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong) until the recent PS2 price cut, Sony had been in the position of actually being able to make a modest profit on their hardware sales. That's probably not the case now. All manufactures rely on subsequent hardware revisions to reduce part count and minimize loss, but it's a fairly rare thing when the consoles themselves are actually profitable.
I finally put my finger on what bothered me so much about the film - the hamfisted way that Lucas seems bent on getting from point A to point B. We all know where he has to end up, but he could have handled it much more artfully.
*** Spoilers ahoy!!! ***
One of the shining moments in the film IMHO involved Anakin and the death of his mother. It was clearly a pivotal moment in the film and Anakin's life, and was one of the best acted sequences in the film IMO. Why then did he insist on portraying Anakin as the near-stalker psycho, and general bad egg from his first scene? He did not need to. Rather, he should have played up Anakin as a youthful, wreckless, and slightly irresponsible Jedi-in-training - with the death of Schmi and his subsequent retribution being a defining moment in his path to Sithdom. Anakin's admission to Padme was powerful enough to clue you in that he was sorely tempted by the dark side and at risk of eventual corruption. Instead, we're read a litany of examples throughout the movie that he's unstable, vain, egomaniacal, and probably enjoys watching puppies drown too.
In the hands of more talented writers this could have really worked for me and made the love story more believable in the bargain. Seriously, Padme must have real co-dependency issues to tag up with someone as obviously flawed as Anakin.
Agree completely. I installed the Linux native Real and Shockwave plugins. For everything else I use Crossover - and I love it!
Yes, I would like to see more native plugin implementations. Perhaps with time. In the interim, I'm delighted to have Codeweaver's alternative. Great job, guys!
Sorry it took me so long to respond. Had the link at home...
Try this:
http://playstation2-linux.com/forum/forum.php?th re ad_id=354&forum_id=4
If the thread link fails, just go to the general discussion forum at http://playstation2-linux.com and look for the "Adventures in HDD Partitioning" thread by Darknight.
I'm inclined to believe Marty's claims. There's enough technical depth in his various posts on that forum to make them plausible. He's documented a rather specific procedure involving the Linux install media and the system browser. I'll give it a try when my kit shows up. If it doesn't work, then I guess I'll have to buy another harddrive down the road, but at the moment I'm hopeful.
Apparently that's not quite true. Marty Chinn started an interesting thread on the PS2 Linux forum discussing how he set up his harddrive for use by Linux and PS2 games.
The lack of a MODEM would be a bummer for folks w/ only PPP access.
According to info on the PS2/Linux forum, access to a sync on green monitor is only needed on initial bootup and installation. The video output can supposedly be reconfigured to output to a television afterwards. I don't get a sense of anything draconian from Sony or their forum reps on this (or other) issues related to the Linux kit.
I'm in exactly the same boat as you. I've really been irritated by near-daily crashes of my (nearly identical) system. I've been frustrated by my inability to diagnose the problem in order to create some sort of useful bug report, and was about ready to start picking up replacement hardware.
...and Red Carpet isn't letting me connect to a mirror this morning either...:p
Re:Ximian GNOME for Red Hat Linux 7.2 is out!
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Thanks for the clarification.
I should be able to keep all my most recent rpms in/var/cache/redcarpet/packages to minimize MODEM time, correct?
Re:Ximian GNOME for Red Hat Linux 7.2 is out!
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I'm so glad I read this before starting on my 7.2 upgrade! My 7.1 upgrade was a mess because of the Ximian stuff I'd added to 7.0, and I've been really wary approaching the 7.2 release.
So I should be able to:
1) install 7.2,
2) immediately install Ximian from the Ximian CD ROM,
3) then patch with redcarpet?
Or do I need to perform a new network installation of Ximian specifically for 7.2? Gotta have Rupert!
That's a terrific story! I've been planning to give my mother-in-law a Linux box for a while, and the availability of ext3 really cements it IMHO. I'm convinced that she could make good use of the machine and it would be stable for her, but the possibility of a power outage or improper shutdown followed by the requisite fsck really made me nervous. I want some time w/ 7.2 under my belt, but I suspect she'll have a new computer come Christmas.
I suspect the increased memory requirement springs from RH's inclusion of GNOME 1.4 w/ Nautilus as a recommended install option. The server install should still have a fairly light requirement. Don't know what KDE wants.
Very true. If that wasn't the case, the new Solaris boxes we're running at work w/ Ximian GNOME would be figments of my imagination!:)
I don't see anything to fuss about. Grabbing the Ximian installation w/ Redcarpet is straightforward, and makes maintenance a snap. While the Ultra on my desk is still running Openwin, it won't be long before my desktop config at work and at home are the same.
Part of the reason RAM prices keep dropping is the supply/demand effect. If there's suddenly a new use/market for RAM then new demands would be placed upon the supply. Who knows where the price would equilibrate at.
Widespread use of solid state drives seems unlikely (near term) to me.
I use Star Office at home on my Linux boxes and at work on my Solaris box. Most of the people I interact with at work are running NT and MS Office. I'm able to get a lot of work done w/ Star Office alone. I can open up their documents w/ very few problems. Going the other way is a bit more work, as the output filters aren't 100%, but I'm able to share output in other ways:.rtf,.ps, and.html.
As much as I'd love to see my company embrace something like Star Office in lieu of MS Office during the downturn, I know that it just won't happen. It's far easier for people to stay in their comfort zones than to invest some energy in something that can truly save corporate IT real dollars.
That said, I think it's important that people not allow reviewers to make up their minds for them. Download it and make up your own mind after trying it out. You might be surprised at how much work you can accomplish with Star Office, and it will only cost you a bit of time.
Re:Mundie is right... about Edison
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This very story had popped into my head as I was reading through the section where Mundie lauded Edison and Ford as exemplars for intellectual property, innovation, and the business model. It also occurred to me that if Ford had his way, we'd all be driving black automobiles.
In my speech, I did not question the right of the open-source software model to compete in the marketplace. The issue at hand is choice; companies and individuals should be able to choose either model, and we support this right.
How does Microsoft's historical "embrace and extend" approach to dealing with promising/emerging standards fit in with this philosophy? It must be a use of the word support that I was previously unaware of...
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Say, won't this affect Dell's standing with Microsoft regarding OEM OS pricing? Oh wait, that could only happen if MS were a monopoly...
Agreed. I'm amazed by the sheer number of people who bought the kit without understanding what they were getting. Not so amazed by the number of people who simply refuse to read the FAQ or peruse the forums - that's par for the course, right? Where would we be without dozens of newbies asking exactly the same question about X configuration for their NTSC sets? :)
Still, it's been a kick compiling packages for the mipsel. So far it makes for a great MP3 client for my server, XMAME will be good for yuks once a bug is sorted out, and I still have all that graphics demo code to crack open. It's not for everyone, but I'm having fun.
Traditionally, console hardware has been a loss leader to drive the real money maker, software sales. I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong) until the recent PS2 price cut, Sony had been in the position of actually being able to make a modest profit on their hardware sales. That's probably not the case now. All manufactures rely on subsequent hardware revisions to reduce part count and minimize loss, but it's a fairly rare thing when the consoles themselves are actually profitable.
I'm glad I'm not the only was who amused by this. How utterly perverse!
I finally put my finger on what bothered me so much about the film - the hamfisted way that Lucas seems bent on getting from point A to point B. We all know where he has to end up, but he could have handled it much more artfully.
*** Spoilers ahoy!!! ***
One of the shining moments in the film IMHO involved Anakin and the death of his mother. It was clearly a pivotal moment in the film and Anakin's life, and was one of the best acted sequences in the film IMO. Why then did he insist on portraying Anakin as the near-stalker psycho, and general bad egg from his first scene? He did not need to. Rather, he should have played up Anakin as a youthful, wreckless, and slightly irresponsible Jedi-in-training - with the death of Schmi and his subsequent retribution being a defining moment in his path to Sithdom. Anakin's admission to Padme was powerful enough to clue you in that he was sorely tempted by the dark side and at risk of eventual corruption. Instead, we're read a litany of examples throughout the movie that he's unstable, vain, egomaniacal, and probably enjoys watching puppies drown too.
In the hands of more talented writers this could have really worked for me and made the love story more believable in the bargain. Seriously, Padme must have real co-dependency issues to tag up with someone as obviously flawed as Anakin.
Oh well, at least the eye candy was fun.
It is! It is! That was the only thing keeping me from enjoying 641d. Now I may be able to retire 5.2!
Thanks to the entire OpenOffice team for this wonderful contribution!!!
Hmmm. I just did a net install, and had no problems w/ permissions when I did the local install in my user account.
Hey, you're right. So M$ gets 2 out of 3. Bully for Bill!
"...stability, consistency and quality of Windows..." Well one out of three ain't bad - it IS consistent!
Agree completely. I installed the Linux native Real and Shockwave plugins. For everything else I use Crossover - and I love it!
Yes, I would like to see more native plugin implementations. Perhaps with time. In the interim, I'm delighted to have Codeweaver's alternative. Great job, guys!
Sorry it took me so long to respond. Had the link at home...
h re ad_id=354&forum_id=4
Try this:
http://playstation2-linux.com/forum/forum.php?t
If the thread link fails, just go to the general discussion forum at http://playstation2-linux.com and look for the "Adventures in HDD Partitioning" thread by Darknight.
Unclear whether it was 1, 2 or both. :)
I'm inclined to believe Marty's claims. There's enough technical depth in his various posts on that forum to make them plausible. He's documented a rather specific procedure involving the Linux install media and the system browser. I'll give it a try when my kit shows up. If it doesn't work, then I guess I'll have to buy another harddrive down the road, but at the moment I'm hopeful.
Apparently that's not quite true. Marty Chinn started an interesting thread on the PS2 Linux forum discussing how he set up his harddrive for use by Linux and PS2 games.
The lack of a MODEM would be a bummer for folks w/ only PPP access.
According to info on the PS2/Linux forum, access to a sync on green monitor is only needed on initial bootup and installation. The video output can supposedly be reconfigured to output to a television afterwards. I don't get a sense of anything draconian from Sony or their forum reps on this (or other) issues related to the Linux kit.
I'm in exactly the same boat as you. I've really been irritated by near-daily crashes of my (nearly identical) system. I've been frustrated by my inability to diagnose the problem in order to create some sort of useful bug report, and was about ready to start picking up replacement hardware.
:)
Anxious for the patch and stability once more.
...and Red Carpet isn't letting me connect to a mirror this morning either... :p
Thanks for the clarification.
/var/cache/redcarpet/packages to minimize MODEM time, correct?
I should be able to keep all my most recent rpms in
I'm so glad I read this before starting on my 7.2 upgrade! My 7.1 upgrade was a mess because of the Ximian stuff I'd added to 7.0, and I've been really wary approaching the 7.2 release.
So I should be able to:
1) install 7.2,
2) immediately install Ximian from the Ximian CD ROM,
3) then patch with redcarpet?
Or do I need to perform a new network installation of Ximian specifically for 7.2? Gotta have Rupert!
That's a terrific story! I've been planning to give my mother-in-law a Linux box for a while, and the availability of ext3 really cements it IMHO. I'm convinced that she could make good use of the machine and it would be stable for her, but the possibility of a power outage or improper shutdown followed by the requisite fsck really made me nervous. I want some time w/ 7.2 under my belt, but I suspect she'll have a new computer come Christmas.
I suspect the increased memory requirement springs from RH's inclusion of GNOME 1.4 w/ Nautilus as a recommended install option. The server install should still have a fairly light requirement. Don't know what KDE wants.
Very true. If that wasn't the case, the new Solaris boxes we're running at work w/ Ximian GNOME would be figments of my imagination! :)
I don't see anything to fuss about. Grabbing the Ximian installation w/ Redcarpet is straightforward, and makes maintenance a snap. While the Ultra on my desk is still running Openwin, it won't be long before my desktop config at work and at home are the same.
Part of the reason RAM prices keep dropping is the supply/demand effect. If there's suddenly a new use/market for RAM then new demands would be placed upon the supply. Who knows where the price would equilibrate at.
Widespread use of solid state drives seems unlikely (near term) to me.
As much as I'd love to see my company embrace something like Star Office in lieu of MS Office during the downturn, I know that it just won't happen. It's far easier for people to stay in their comfort zones than to invest some energy in something that can truly save corporate IT real dollars.
That said, I think it's important that people not allow reviewers to make up their minds for them. Download it and make up your own mind after trying it out. You might be surprised at how much work you can accomplish with Star Office, and it will only cost you a bit of time.
This very story had popped into my head as I was reading through the section where Mundie lauded Edison and Ford as exemplars for intellectual property, innovation, and the business model. It also occurred to me that if Ford had his way, we'd all be driving black automobiles.
Mundie states:
In my speech, I did not question the right of the open-source software model to compete in the marketplace. The issue at hand is choice; companies and individuals should be able to choose either model, and we support this right.
How does Microsoft's historical "embrace and extend" approach to dealing with promising/emerging standards fit in with this philosophy? It must be a use of the word support that I was previously unaware of...