Your disconnect problem might actually be due to your modem (or like the previous poster said, line quality issues, but sometimes a better quality modem can help deal with this). I had a similar issue where the modem would disconnect during high bandwidth usage. I replaced it with a different modem known to work properly. Never had the problem again. The modem I was using before was made by Efficient Networks, not much larger than a deck of cards, and was the modem sent to me when I signed up for DSL. The modem I replaced it with is an Actiontec, uncertain of the model number, but it's the non-wireless version of the GT701-WG.
I use DSL at home and never use the land line save for one instance when my cell battery was dead. I plugged a phone into it for the first time, maybe 4 months after getting the service. The instant I plugged it in it started ringing. It was these guys. I spent a few minutes answering their biased survey, all the while giving them the impression that I was some kind of axe murderer. Good times.
The sad thing is, that the 'good parents' you speak of are in a sad state of shortage these days. In a society becoming increasingly focused on instant satisfaction and aquisition of material goods, even the parents are displaying this kind of attitude.
CRTs do not "use" X-rays, but they certainly produce them. In fact, Roentgen discovered X-rays specifically using a CRT. The X-rays are produced when the cathode ray strikes the glass wall or the screen itself.
One of the oddest things I've seen as far as documentation goes would have to be on the back of a package of doorstops I bought at Wal-Mart a couple years back. Take a look at this.
Linux doesnt usually run on fat32... it's usually ext2 or ext3, depending on your kernel version and distribution. There are dozens of other filesystems out there too that each have their own purpose and advantages. I don't know of anyone silly enough to run Linux on fat32.
VMWare works fine in 2.6, given that you install the updates at http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/. Just get vmware-any-any-update45.tar.gz and run the install script. Then re-run vmware-config.pl. Make sure that your 2.6 kernel doesn't have preempting enabled (this crashes for me) and you're all set. I've been running VMWare on 2.6.0-test10 and test11 with no problems at all.
Unfortunately, given even worse experiences that I and others have had with the quality of the equipment and support from Gateway, Compaq, and HP, Dell is still the only massive PC computer manufacturer I can recommend to someone who doesn't want a truely custom-built machine. I've never had experience with their non-corporate support, but in my experience and those that I work with, for most users the Dell machines themselves are fairly good. (Though as you say, recently the quality has been dwindling. I can provide many examples of their new flimsy plastic PCI slot covers breaking or not working properly.) For myself I would never again go with a mass-produced computer.
It WOULD be interesting to know how many calls are from corporate and home users though, wouldn't it? I wonder how much this will really end up costing Dell .
Note that this is only for Latitude and Optiplex machines for corporate customers, this is not for normal home users. From the article: "Calls from some home PC owners will continue to be handled by the technical support center in Bangalore, India, and Weisblatt said Dell has no plans to scale back the operation there."
So, it looks like quality won't be increasing for the average Joe. Dell will probably keep sending support calls from home users to India until it makes enough "cents" to do otherwise.
Just as an update to my earlier anonymous post, I compiled test10 and everything is working fine. Though I did compile without preempt enabled this time, as Linus recommended, so this may have made a difference.
I'd have to put my label of approval on Verbatim as well. I've gone through 3 CD burners and used probably a dozen brands over the past 5 years. Verbatim is the only media brand that was worked on every recorder. Not only that, but I've never had a single coaster with any of the hundreds of Verbatim disks I've burned. My oldest Verbatim's are still readable after being put thourgh every torture I have to offer, and that's not something I can say for any of the others.
There is this capability. Subscribers can see most stories before anyone else, and an e-mail link is provided so that subscribers can alert an on-duty editor to the problem. I e-mailed about this post and one other one in the past, but I guess "on-duty" doesn't always mean that since it's never helped.
Just to make this perfectly clear, here's a link to SBC's Terms of Service. Sharing copyrighted material is obviously prohibited, but there are no fines for excessive bandwidth usage and no allowance for them in the TOS.
Incorrect, pay attention. Screensaver advertising is the only thing taken out for the retail version. The retail version still has both installation and browser advertising.
Yes, that would be a solution, but with the ADSL line example I gave above, it takes about 13 hours to upload a 700 MB file such as The Matrix Reloaded AVI. If they're anything like most users, they'll be trying to download other files by this time, either forcing those downloads to wait in a queue until the upload bandwidth has caught up or again causing an imbalance.
I think I read above that BitTorrent measures your capability to upload, but still allows you do download faster than this speed... I really have no idea though since I haven't ever used it before.
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Your disconnect problem might actually be due to your modem (or like the previous poster said, line quality issues, but sometimes a better quality modem can help deal with this). I had a similar issue where the modem would disconnect during high bandwidth usage. I replaced it with a different modem known to work properly. Never had the problem again. The modem I was using before was made by Efficient Networks, not much larger than a deck of cards, and was the modem sent to me when I signed up for DSL. The modem I replaced it with is an Actiontec, uncertain of the model number, but it's the non-wireless version of the GT701-WG.
I use DSL at home and never use the land line save for one instance when my cell battery was dead. I plugged a phone into it for the first time, maybe 4 months after getting the service. The instant I plugged it in it started ringing. It was these guys. I spent a few minutes answering their biased survey, all the while giving them the impression that I was some kind of axe murderer. Good times.
The sad thing is, that the 'good parents' you speak of are in a sad state of shortage these days. In a society becoming increasingly focused on instant satisfaction and aquisition of material goods, even the parents are displaying this kind of attitude.
I've been using a 60W one (can't remember who made it) with my EPIA 8000 in my car for about 2.5 years. No problems whatsoever.
It is one kilometer per week, not per day.
CRTs do not "use" X-rays, but they certainly produce them. In fact, Roentgen discovered X-rays specifically using a CRT. The X-rays are produced when the cathode ray strikes the glass wall or the screen itself.
One of the oddest things I've seen as far as documentation goes would have to be on the back of a package of doorstops I bought at Wal-Mart a couple years back. Take a look at this.
Great, the last thing we need, more reality TV!
They ARE planning a lander, JIMO can carry a probe, which can determine the water abundance, deep winds, and thermal structure to 100 bars.
And since I'm not Asian, you have nothing to worry about. Idiot.
Linux doesnt usually run on fat32... it's usually ext2 or ext3, depending on your kernel version and distribution. There are dozens of other filesystems out there too that each have their own purpose and advantages. I don't know of anyone silly enough to run Linux on fat32.
VMWare works fine in 2.6, given that you install the updates at http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/. Just get vmware-any-any-update45.tar.gz and run the install script. Then re-run vmware-config.pl. Make sure that your 2.6 kernel doesn't have preempting enabled (this crashes for me) and you're all set. I've been running VMWare on 2.6.0-test10 and test11 with no problems at all.
Unfortunately, given even worse experiences that I and others have had with the quality of the equipment and support from Gateway, Compaq, and HP, Dell is still the only massive PC computer manufacturer I can recommend to someone who doesn't want a truely custom-built machine. I've never had experience with their non-corporate support, but in my experience and those that I work with, for most users the Dell machines themselves are fairly good. (Though as you say, recently the quality has been dwindling. I can provide many examples of their new flimsy plastic PCI slot covers breaking or not working properly.) For myself I would never again go with a mass-produced computer.
It WOULD be interesting to know how many calls are from corporate and home users though, wouldn't it? I wonder how much this will really end up costing Dell .
Note that this is only for Latitude and Optiplex machines for corporate customers, this is not for normal home users. From the article:
"Calls from some home PC owners will continue to be handled by the technical support center in Bangalore, India, and Weisblatt said Dell has no plans to scale back the operation there."
So, it looks like quality won't be increasing for the average Joe. Dell will probably keep sending support calls from home users to India until it makes enough "cents" to do otherwise.
Just as an update to my earlier anonymous post, I compiled test10 and everything is working fine. Though I did compile without preempt enabled this time, as Linus recommended, so this may have made a difference.
I'd have to put my label of approval on Verbatim as well. I've gone through 3 CD burners and used probably a dozen brands over the past 5 years. Verbatim is the only media brand that was worked on every recorder. Not only that, but I've never had a single coaster with any of the hundreds of Verbatim disks I've burned. My oldest Verbatim's are still readable after being put thourgh every torture I have to offer, and that's not something I can say for any of the others.
There is this capability. Subscribers can see most stories before anyone else, and an e-mail link is provided so that subscribers can alert an on-duty editor to the problem. I e-mailed about this post and one other one in the past, but I guess "on-duty" doesn't always mean that since it's never helped.
The 1701-D was... but not this version. The version tested was the one from the original trek movies, and it didn't have a seperable saucer section.
Just to make this perfectly clear, here's a link to SBC's Terms of Service. Sharing copyrighted material is obviously prohibited, but there are no fines for excessive bandwidth usage and no allowance for them in the TOS.
I've had SBC DSL service for 4 years, and at least during that time SBC has not had any kind of bandwidth limitation or fee.
Supposedly the picture is of a ball of plasma, not molecules, but of course the pics are too damn small that one can hardly tell.
Why can't we get any bigger pictures of it? Those are too small to see hardly anything.
Incorrect, pay attention. Screensaver advertising is the only thing taken out for the retail version. The retail version still has both installation and browser advertising.
Yes, that would be a solution, but with the ADSL line example I gave above, it takes about 13 hours to upload a 700 MB file such as The Matrix Reloaded AVI. If they're anything like most users, they'll be trying to download other files by this time, either forcing those downloads to wait in a queue until the upload bandwidth has caught up or again causing an imbalance.
I think I read above that BitTorrent measures your capability to upload, but still allows you do download faster than this speed... I really have no idea though since I haven't ever used it before.