There are several options for what you're looking to do these days. My brother is doing a similar thing, but he's using 802.11b for control (through Girder) and PocketPCs for remotes!
Ah yes, if there's one thing the nice folks on the AV Science Forum don't understand well, it's budget constraints. How many people can afford to go out and buy Pocket PCs to replace their remote controls?
CUT CORNERS? Are you joking me? The Dell Latitude series has been a joke to me for years. While I haven't used any of their more recent machines (about 2 years), I can safely say that there is absolutely no justification for the Latitude's inflated price.
They are not durable, they don't perform well compared to the competition, are poorly built, and (with a few exceptions) weigh a ton. While Dell's Inspiron line isn't exactly great, they're priced accordingly.
The high-end notebooks from other companies, however, such as the IBM thikpad do indeed show improved quality which reflects their high(er) price. If you've ever used or felt one, you can see that they are very sturdily built.
When all else fails, you could always get an iBook. Cheap, and well-built to boot.
In other news, SCO has claimed that 10% of the human brain contains unlicensed code owned by SCO. In a breif press confrence, a PR representative from SCO hinted at plants to sue God, and possibly revoke his license.
But it's also important to realize that some of that gas is simply going to get away. Ever work with containment of hydrogen and helium? The damn stuff is tiny
Yes. Atoms tend to be small. Sighs..... I never even knew that a gas had a size!
Indeed. I fixed the computer of a woman who fixed/installed mainframes (IBM I believe). She mentioned to me that one of her last jobs was to install a mainframe at intel (sometime around '88) which they were using to debug the first prototypes of the Pentium. This was around the time their first prototypes were produced.
That was a LONG time before the pentium was released. Don't hold your breath
Mmmmmm..... panoramic 1024x1024. My WEBCAM has a higher resolution (and in a 4:3 aspect ratio)
Imagine how distorted the images will be (a 1:1 CCD taking a 16:9 image). Even after post-processing, the quality won't be great. This perplexes me, as I see no reason why NASA wouldn't use a panoramic CCD.
How would keyboard usage cause somebody to have bad penmanship? All I could see is that we don't handwrite as much as we used to - that doesn't mean that keyboards RUIN our penmanship - it just means that we don't fully develop our handwriting skills.
Even so, in High School, most of my work is still handwritten. Sure, formal papers are typed, but that just makes the job of the student (and teacher) much easier.
As for cursive, I don't really see the importance of it. I was taught it in elementary and early middle school. After that, I was required to submit work in cursive for a while, then told to revert back to print - easier for teachers to read. If they're going to force it upon us, they may as well have been persistent.
Now, I can write however I want, but being that I have awful dexterity and coordination (on top of being left-handed), I choose to write in print.
Really, why is cursive all that important? Sure, it demonstrates refinement, etc, but it's been on the decline LONG before the internet became popular.
The article is simply drivel coming from narrow-minded teachers and over-concerned parents who fear change. Personally, I fear those who fear change.
Getting a P4 notebook or a mini-itx rig might even be overkill.
Think about it, how fast does a household server need to be? Assuming that you don't have anything more than a 1.5mbps 'net connection (which I highly dobut), you don't need massive processing power, or all the bells and whistles of a P4 notebook or Mini-ITX system. A Pentium3 or Pentium2 notebook may perfectly fit the bill. You can easily find a used P2 or P3 very cheaply.
That being said, I would steer clear of the VIA-powered systems. A 1ghz VIA chip is said to be slower than a 400mhz celron (ouch!). The P4/Athlon-based Mini-ITX rigs are a much better bet in terms of performance, but they will draw more power and make more noise (unless you choose to underclock the chip -- this has been proven to produce good results).
Of course, you may want to revaluate why you're even doing this. Why does a server need to consume low power and be quiet?
Couldn't the Soviets have found a better place to mount their cameras? The pictures are awfuly obstructed, and the camera appears to be aimed at a bad angle.
Apple is saying that 45% of the songs they've sold are being sold as part of an album.
This does NOT mean that 45% of the music purchased from iTunes are albums. In fact, that number is probably closer to 4.5% (a conservative estimate - most albums have more than 10 songs).
Um...... I hope you do realize their standpoint behind this. They're a small company which has obviously spent many hours and dollars in order to create their software. You then have the nerve to ask them to release it to the public for their competitors to use as they please.
For a small business, this just doesn't make sense. Most linux hardware drivers are either reverse engineered, or are simply drivers of common OEM hardware (for example, most network cards are virtually identical, even across different brand names). Companies with such unique hardware don't usually release protocol specifications or open-source drivers.
In fact, the IBM keyboards witht eh tactile 'click' are indeed still produced (IBM sold off their keyboard division years ago, and they are sold under a different name). You can buy one at PcKeyboard.Com. They even offer an updated model with the additional Windows 95 keys (winkey and context menu), and a pointing stick (like the ones found on IBM thinkpads).
A detailed article on the old IBM keyboards can be found here
I now you said that you've read all the hacker-bios, but you may want to consider the biography of Richard Feynmann - "Surly you're joking, Mr. Feynmann". He somewhat predates most hackers (and computers for that matter!), and is most famous for being the person to demonstrate the flaw which caused the Challanger to explode. Definitely an intersting read on many levels.
Couldn't we simply put the nuclear plant in the middle of nowhere for those people who feel they are dangerous. Why not put it in the middle of the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean. Tankers could then be used to transport the hydrogen to the mainland.
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There are several options for what you're looking to do these days. My brother is doing a similar thing, but he's using 802.11b for control (through Girder) and PocketPCs for remotes!
Ah yes, if there's one thing the nice folks on the AV Science Forum don't understand well, it's budget constraints. How many people can afford to go out and buy Pocket PCs to replace their remote controls?
Once you have three, the game crashes, and the world ends.
Please stop exxagurating the truth. From the Sonic Foundry website, Vegas costs $489.97
Sonar Costs $479.
If your job/profession absolutely depends upon these applications (which is the case for about 90% of their users), $500 is a VERY small price to pay.
CUT CORNERS? Are you joking me? The Dell Latitude series has been a joke to me for years. While I haven't used any of their more recent machines (about 2 years), I can safely say that there is absolutely no justification for the Latitude's inflated price.
They are not durable, they don't perform well compared to the competition, are poorly built, and (with a few exceptions) weigh a ton. While Dell's Inspiron line isn't exactly great, they're priced accordingly.
The high-end notebooks from other companies, however, such as the IBM thikpad do indeed show improved quality which reflects their high(er) price. If you've ever used or felt one, you can see that they are very sturdily built.
When all else fails, you could always get an iBook. Cheap,
and well-built to boot.
In other news, SCO has claimed that 10% of the human brain contains unlicensed code owned by SCO. In a breif press confrence, a PR representative from SCO hinted at plants to sue God, and possibly revoke his license.
You bought the vinyl version? Is this some sort of new form of security through obscurity?
But it's also important to realize that some of that gas is simply going to get away. Ever work with containment of hydrogen and helium? The damn stuff is tiny
Yes. Atoms tend to be small. Sighs..... I never even knew that a gas had a size!
Ah. RMS must own one of these.
Indeed. I fixed the computer of a woman who fixed/installed mainframes (IBM I believe). She mentioned to me that one of her last jobs was to install a mainframe at intel (sometime around '88) which they were using to debug the first prototypes of the Pentium. This was around the time their first prototypes were produced.
That was a LONG time before the pentium was released. Don't hold your breath
Heh.... holding the knife like that, the terrorists are sure to lose their thumbs very quickly
Mmmmmm..... panoramic 1024x1024. My WEBCAM has a higher resolution (and in a 4:3 aspect ratio)
Imagine how distorted the images will be (a 1:1 CCD taking a 16:9 image). Even after post-processing, the quality won't be great. This perplexes me, as I see no reason why NASA wouldn't use a panoramic CCD.
1) Sell dreamcast on ebay
2) Buy linksys/netgear router for ~$35
3) ????
4) Profit!
How would keyboard usage cause somebody to have bad penmanship? All I could see is that we don't handwrite as much as we used to - that doesn't mean that keyboards RUIN our penmanship - it just means that we don't fully develop our handwriting skills.
Even so, in High School, most of my work is still handwritten. Sure, formal papers are typed, but that just makes the job of the student (and teacher) much easier.
As for cursive, I don't really see the importance of it. I was taught it in elementary and early middle school. After that, I was required to submit work in cursive for a while, then told to revert back to print - easier for teachers to read. If they're going to force it upon us, they may as well have been persistent.
Now, I can write however I want, but being that I have awful dexterity and coordination (on top of being left-handed), I choose to write in print.
Really, why is cursive all that important? Sure, it demonstrates refinement, etc, but it's been on the decline LONG before the internet became popular.
The article is simply drivel coming from narrow-minded teachers and over-concerned parents who fear change. Personally, I fear those who fear change.
Getting a P4 notebook or a mini-itx rig might even be overkill.
Think about it, how fast does a household server need to be? Assuming that you don't have anything more than a 1.5mbps 'net connection (which I highly dobut), you don't need massive processing power, or all the bells and whistles of a P4 notebook or Mini-ITX system. A Pentium3 or Pentium2 notebook may perfectly fit the bill. You can easily find a used P2 or P3 very cheaply.
That being said, I would steer clear of the VIA-powered systems. A 1ghz VIA chip is said to be slower than a 400mhz celron (ouch!). The P4/Athlon-based Mini-ITX rigs are a much better bet in terms of performance, but they will draw more power and make more noise (unless you choose to underclock the chip -- this has been proven to produce good results).
Of course, you may want to revaluate why you're even doing this. Why does a server need to consume low power and be quiet?
Couldn't the Soviets have found a better place to mount their cameras? The pictures are awfuly obstructed, and the camera appears to be aimed at a bad angle.
Brings new meaning to 'disposible spacecraft'
Apple is saying that 45% of the songs they've sold are being sold as part of an album.
This does NOT mean that 45% of the music purchased from iTunes are albums. In fact, that number is probably closer to 4.5% (a conservative estimate - most albums have more than 10 songs).
Upon looking through that site, all I can say is YUCK! If you really want to look at it, you can view the entire site here.
Their parent company also has some really strange cartoons on their site.
Um...... I hope you do realize their standpoint behind this. They're a small company which has obviously spent many hours and dollars in order to create their software. You then have the nerve to ask them to release it to the public for their competitors to use as they please.
For a small business, this just doesn't make sense. Most linux hardware drivers are either reverse engineered, or are simply drivers of common OEM hardware (for example, most network cards are virtually identical, even across different brand names). Companies with such unique hardware don't usually release protocol specifications or open-source drivers.
In fact, the IBM keyboards witht eh tactile 'click' are indeed still produced (IBM sold off their keyboard division years ago, and they are sold under a different name). You can buy one at PcKeyboard.Com. They even offer an updated model with the additional Windows 95 keys (winkey and context menu), and a pointing stick (like the ones found on IBM thinkpads).
A detailed article on the old IBM keyboards can be found here
Why not try some physical stimulation to improve your vision - play Soccer or Tennis. Both require excellent vision and quick reflexes.
Knowledge is power.
When you have power - you want more power.
When you want knowledge - you want more knoledge.
Therefore, people who are already smart try to get smarter by playing RPGs.
I now you said that you've read all the hacker-bios, but you may want to consider the biography of Richard Feynmann - "Surly you're joking, Mr. Feynmann". He somewhat predates most hackers (and computers for that matter!), and is most famous for being the person to demonstrate the flaw which caused the Challanger to explode. Definitely an intersting read on many levels.
Would color photographs be too much to ask? Why are all of these photos B&W only? Surly the Global Surveyor is capable of something better than this?
Couldn't we simply put the nuclear plant in the middle of nowhere for those people who feel they are dangerous. Why not put it in the middle of the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean. Tankers could then be used to transport the hydrogen to the mainland.
The patch was actually a success. Now nobody will EVER be able to hack into those computers.