It says 2MB video card, but the one I got was a 4MB video card. It happily supports dual displays with Windows 9x and higher, but it doesn't support video playback, so scrap the idea of getting it to watch TV or play movies on. But for what you're describing, a small monitor for a low-power system, I think this would be ideal.
Sadly, they don't have a Linux driver for the required 65550 video card, but there's always Google and the price is right.
> Secondly, realize that you can do all that a Segway can do WITH A BIKE!!!!
Yes, but will a Segway cause infertility in men? Biking is fine and dandy for those who are done having kids, but I still need live amo.
Now if I could figure out a way to swim to work, THAT would be cool and fun. There is a river on the way, but it's dangerous and I would be swimming against current (and up a couple of dams I think).
> As for the GPL, I really do not think it holds water if somebody misappropriates your code, inserts it somewhere in linux and you unknowingly release it.
Yeah, I didn't know the weed was in the glove compartmant officer. I borrowed this car from a friend.
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> You know, even though Gentoo is supposed to be a "geek" distribution, it does make a lot of things easier.
Perhaps I'm alone, but I wanted to try it. I usually give all the new distros a try. I'm no Linux genuis though (why should I have to be?)...
I downloaded the 1.4rc3 (I think?) ISO and tried to boot from the CD. The damn thing wouldn't get past the inital boot process and froze. I decided to go with 1.2 ISO, and everything went pretty smoothly. I consolidated the installation instructions to 4 pages of notes in Word and followed them step by step. I went through the instructions and eventually rebooted my system, only to find it couldn't find a bootable volume on drive C:. I'm pretty sure I marked it bootable, but I wasn't about to go through the pain-staking process all over again (which took forever to compile, even on my 2.5GHz Intel/RAID 0/512MB), so I just said to hell with it.
> Ignore the kiddie porn? Ignore clear evidence of a felony?
So I should put my job on the line to save the world? What if I had kids to feed? Should they suffer to save the innocense of (already) molested kids?
Why is it different if you recognize one of the kids? Because then you either a) have a stake in it, or b) your feelings are involved. Sounds selfish? It is, but if given the choice between saving the world and living on the street (albeit a better place, thanks to me) or waiting for another, safer battle, I choose the latter.
I also can't help but feel there are alternative ways to benefit society. Give money to charity, volunteer at a rape victim center, be a Big Brother or Big Sister, whatever.
Obviously, this is all theoretical. It seems to me the ideal solution is to report it anonymously.
> About 12 people reproducing into 250,000 people so quickly: yes this is possible.
So how come we don't see any pregnant women in the orgy (or any other scene for that matter)? Besides the obvious reason that the audience doesn't want to, do they keep their pregnant women locked away somewhere? For each woman to bear 10 children in her lifetime, you'd imagine there would be a fair amount of pregnant women running around.
This brings up the question: Do they grow test-tube babies? If so, it is much easier to grasp the notion of the humans multiplying so quickly.
Perhaps because I'm not obsessed with T&A, I never understood this. Does anyone know anyone who actually saw the movie for it's sexual content? If I want porn, I rent a porn or go to one of my bookmarks. I don't shell out $7.50 for a philosophical movie about machines controlling humans controlling machines.
> maker of popular game franchises Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo, is charging Christoper Blizzard with trademark and DMCA violations.
I think a press release where Satan issued a cease-and-decist for defamation of character would have been funnier. I'm sure he would have no problem proving prior ownership. I suppose he could always arrange an IRS audit on Brandon Seipsteg or something. It would be more fun.
People look for lyrics because they enjoy a song and want to sing along or quote the song. To take away such services is to tell those who pay for the overpriced media, "Sorry, even though you bought it, you can enjoy it, but you can't enjoy it too much."
It's just silly. What are they selling - the words or the music? I feel I should be able to reproduce darn near anything I hear as long as I give credit where credit is due. How is hearing a song on the radio and then posting what you hear any different than video cameras in public places? What if the video camera captures something copy protected - do you need a license to reproduce it??
You know, I can't help but think AMD is shooting themselves in the toe by not making the labeling numbers not as close to their P4 counterparts as possible. If they were truely representative, you might hear people purchase them based on their marketing label, ie "Give me a 2800+" for a system that is to be about as fast as a P4 2.8GHz processor.
Since the number don't really seem to match their true performance, people will discount them as innacurate and simple ask, "How many GHz is it?" (ie, "Should I buy the 2.2GHz Athlon or the 2.8GHz Intel?")
I am not a big fan of AMD processors, but I value the competition and it's a shame the MHz myth cannot be shed so easily.
> Too bad he's going down such a low path so soon in his carear.
He's an attourney offering his services to a client who thinks it has been damaged. I think his client is a scumbag, and perhaps he is too, but I would probably do the same thing if I thought it would help my career, since I don't think it's unethical to offer a fair trial. Let the courts decide the laws. Unfortunately for him, I think he is going to fall flat on his face with this one.
There are forms of peaceful protesting you can do to encourage those who would support the spam "industry", like signing affilated individuals up for as much spam as you can find. It might not change anything, but at least you can be assured they have to deal with the garbage they are defending.
> It's not my fault that Best Buy pressures you into selling unnecessary add-ons. So stop complaining...
No, it's not your fault, but I can complain all I want, and I can get pissed at you for causing me hassles. As I said in a previous post, it's just like driving. It might not be anyone's fault an accident is causing a traffic jam, but I can still get pissed that I am late for work.
> I have the right to buy that without having to buy all this extra stuff.
Bzzzt. Wrong. Their store, they get to sell any way they want (within the bounds of the law). You DO have the right to shop somewhere else, however, which is what I do whenever possible.
> If you don't like having to deal with customers, then perhaps you should work at a different job.
I totally agree. I only worked at that job for 3 months until I could find something better. I was out of work for a year and desparate to pay the bills.
> Basically, what you are saying is that customers should spend more of their own money so that you don't have to deal with the inconvienience of your job.
I'm not saying they SHOULD do anything. I'm just telling them not to be surprised if I get pissed at them for causing me hassle. It's just like driving. It might not be anyone's fault an accident is causing a traffic jam, but I can still get pissed that I am late for work.
Ahh, it was customers like you that made me want to tell you to get the hell out of the store, because that computer you just walked out the door without any addons meant me getting hassled by about 3-4 different people. Sometimes, if a customer clearly wasn't interested in service, I would wander away hoping they would leave or that some other employee would get the "bad sale".
That's one reason employees avoid eMachines like the plague - they're tough to sell service plans on. Who wants to pay $99 for a service plan on a $300 computer? Most people buy a $300 computer to be a throw-away anyway.
So next time you're in Best Buy and you say no to the addons and service plan, just remember the employee hates you more than you probably hate him/her.
With EVERY computer, we were REQUIRED and harassed beyond belief if we did not try to sell the following with each computer: Printer, paper, blank CDRs, software from the "discount rack", Norton anti-virus, UPS, $30 USB cable, Service Plans (on the computer, monitor AND printer), extra toner cartridges, MSN, and my personal favorite, "system optimization" for like $30, which included them deleting a few AOL icons off the desktop (Best Buy only offered Earthlink and MSN at the time) and running defragment. woot!
Best Buy lackey: "Did you get service on that?" Me: "No." Lackey: "Why not?" Me: "They weren't interested." Lackey: "What did you tell them?" Me: (the usual spiel) "I told them that if the thing died on them they would have to deal with the manufacturer (lie), but with the service plan we would take care of it. I told them how the integrated CD-ROM is often times the first thing to go, which is $100 for eMachines. I told them about our no-lemon policy and how one service call would probably take care of the cost of the plan." Lackey: "So what did they say." Me: "They said that if it broke they would just buy a new one and that they don't believe in service plans." Lackey: "Well, did you get any software out on it?" Me: "Nope, they said they have all the software they need." Lackey: "How about a surge supressor or some blank CDR's?" Me: "Nope, they said the were just interested in the computer and that's it" Lackey: "Did they at least put it on their Best Buy card?" Me: "They said their Visa works just as fine."
Now for the best part. Pick your insult:
1. Lackey: "Well, if they didn't want that stuff, you must not have sold it right." 2. Lackey: "If I would have done the sale, I gaurentee they would be walking out of here with at least a battery backup or Norton" 3. Lackey: "You're ruining our numbers for the night! Come on! You gotta get those addons!"
I won't even want to get started on the bitching I would get if the computer didn't go out with an MSN subscription. Most of the time we were suppose to tell them that it was required with the purchase, and if they threatened to leave the store, THEN tell them, "Ok, I guess I can make an acception in your case."
> RedHat: You either pay or don't (download). It's Linux.
That's fine for your boxes at home, but I have a feeling most legitimate companies are going to pay for support. In fact, I think the fact that it is "free" is one reason some managers are afraid of it. It doesn't cost as much, so it must not be as good.
Besides, although I admit I only skimmed the article, it appears it was about how Windows Server 2003 offers better performance as a file server than RedHat. It wasn't about which one was all around "better". Anyway, it's just one report - It's been said before.
Oh yeah, and in case you didn't know, Pepsi is still better than Coke.
I was hoping more ISPs would adopt the challenge-response system, like MailBlocks, previously featured on Slashdot. Way to go Earthlink! If I was interested in dialup, this would be a big selling point for me. I'm still waiting for a service that offers the challenge-response feature of MailBlocks but allows me to forward to my existing provider. I mean, a 12MB inbox is pretty lame. There are free providers that can give me that much space...
> There's plenty of DVD players on the market that don't support it
All modern DVD players support it and you can spend as little or as much as you want to buy one. I just replaced my Toshiba DVD player I got in 1998 for $300, which doesn't play ANYTHING but commercial DVDs. I replaced it with a $49.99 special from Sears that offers more features and plays almost anything I can throw at it. I gave away my old DVD player to a friend who doesn't have one yet.
Sears, Walmart, Best Buy... They all have $50 DVD players. I liked Sears because their 2-year replacement plan was only $7 compared to Best Buy, where it was $30 for a $50 player! Plus, the one at Sears (Koss brand) was modern looking - some of the cheap players look like prototypes from World War 2 (Koss and Norcent make some decent looking ones, though).
Sounds like Microsoft is teaming up with hardware vendors to ensure their practice of forced upgrade extends to your computer too. Now when you want to upgrade your OS, you'll have to buy a new system too (not just memory, hard drive) because Microsoft Windows 2006 isn't approved for MS/HP WinCPU 2003. Neat.
> Those shares have risen 80% or so since I left the company late last year... but it is at least one example of a company recovering and nearly reaching profitability.
"Researchers at IBM have used carbon molecules to emit light, a breakthrough that could replace silicon as the foundation of chips and lead to faster computers and telecommunication equipment." (emphasis added)
It was also reported a year ago that they had created transistors using nanotubes, although not with light.
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It's x86 hardware, but it's powered through the video card. Looks pretty good at 800x600 too (it's a TFT display).
Unisys 10.5" LCD Monitor w/ 2MB PCI Video Card
It says 2MB video card, but the one I got was a 4MB video card. It happily supports dual displays with Windows 9x and higher, but it doesn't support video playback, so scrap the idea of getting it to watch TV or play movies on. But for what you're describing, a small monitor for a low-power system, I think this would be ideal.
Sadly, they don't have a Linux driver for the required 65550 video card, but there's always Google and the price is right.
> Secondly, realize that you can do all that a Segway can do WITH A BIKE!!!!
Yes, but will a Segway cause infertility in men? Biking is fine and dandy for those who are done having kids, but I still need live amo.
Now if I could figure out a way to swim to work, THAT would be cool and fun. There is a river on the way, but it's dangerous and I would be swimming against current (and up a couple of dams I think).
> my Psion 3a has never crashed despite being switched on and in use for over five years
Heh, reminds me of this story, which never surprised me in the least after having worked for a university.
> Uh, [Xeon]? What about Opteron?
Ummm, maybe they actually wanted to sell their hardware to the business crowd. They're silly that way.
I bet you could overclock it though and get away with only 2-3 industrial-sized exhaust fans. Check out the FPS on that, beeeyotch!
> As for the GPL, I really do not think it holds water if somebody misappropriates your code, inserts it somewhere in linux and you unknowingly release it.
Yeah, I didn't know the weed was in the glove compartmant officer. I borrowed this car from a friend.
:)
> You know, even though Gentoo is supposed to be a "geek" distribution, it does make a lot of things easier.
Yeah, some things might be easier at the expense of other things being a total, horrible, mind-numbing pain-in-the-ass.
Perhaps I'm alone, but I wanted to try it. I usually give all the new distros a try. I'm no Linux genuis though (why should I have to be?)...
I downloaded the 1.4rc3 (I think?) ISO and tried to boot from the CD. The damn thing wouldn't get past the inital boot process and froze. I decided to go with 1.2 ISO, and everything went pretty smoothly. I consolidated the installation instructions to 4 pages of notes in Word and followed them step by step. I went through the instructions and eventually rebooted my system, only to find it couldn't find a bootable volume on drive C:. I'm pretty sure I marked it bootable, but I wasn't about to go through the pain-staking process all over again (which took forever to compile, even on my 2.5GHz Intel/RAID 0/512MB), so I just said to hell with it.
Why?!
> Ignore the kiddie porn? Ignore clear evidence of a felony?
So I should put my job on the line to save the world? What if I had kids to feed? Should they suffer to save the innocense of (already) molested kids?
Why is it different if you recognize one of the kids? Because then you either a) have a stake in it, or b) your feelings are involved. Sounds selfish? It is, but if given the choice between saving the world and living on the street (albeit a better place, thanks to me) or waiting for another, safer battle, I choose the latter.
I also can't help but feel there are alternative ways to benefit society. Give money to charity, volunteer at a rape victim center, be a Big Brother or Big Sister, whatever.
Obviously, this is all theoretical. It seems to me the ideal solution is to report it anonymously.
> About 12 people reproducing into 250,000 people so quickly: yes this is possible.
So how come we don't see any pregnant women in the orgy (or any other scene for that matter)? Besides the obvious reason that the audience doesn't want to, do they keep their pregnant women locked away somewhere? For each woman to bear 10 children in her lifetime, you'd imagine there would be a fair amount of pregnant women running around.
This brings up the question: Do they grow test-tube babies? If so, it is much easier to grasp the notion of the humans multiplying so quickly.
> more tits = more cash
Perhaps because I'm not obsessed with T&A, I never understood this. Does anyone know anyone who actually saw the movie for it's sexual content? If I want porn, I rent a porn or go to one of my bookmarks. I don't shell out $7.50 for a philosophical movie about machines controlling humans controlling machines.
> maker of popular game franchises Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo, is charging Christoper Blizzard with trademark and DMCA violations.
I think a press release where Satan issued a cease-and-decist for defamation of character would have been funnier. I'm sure he would have no problem proving prior ownership. I suppose he could always arrange an IRS audit on Brandon Seipsteg or something. It would be more fun.
> Just pick another name. It's not that hard. They were there first.
I've always been a fan of "Mozilla Browser" and "Mozilla E-mail".
> Argh! There are so many links in that submission
It's a new load-balancing scheme on Slashdot that attempts to spread out the Slashdot effect to multiple victi^H^H^H^H^Hservers.
People look for lyrics because they enjoy a song and want to sing along or quote the song. To take away such services is to tell those who pay for the overpriced media, "Sorry, even though you bought it, you can enjoy it, but you can't enjoy it too much."
It's just silly. What are they selling - the words or the music? I feel I should be able to reproduce darn near anything I hear as long as I give credit where credit is due. How is hearing a song on the radio and then posting what you hear any different than video cameras in public places? What if the video camera captures something copy protected - do you need a license to reproduce it??
You know, I can't help but think AMD is shooting themselves in the toe by not making the labeling numbers not as close to their P4 counterparts as possible. If they were truely representative, you might hear people purchase them based on their marketing label, ie "Give me a 2800+" for a system that is to be about as fast as a P4 2.8GHz processor.
Since the number don't really seem to match their true performance, people will discount them as innacurate and simple ask, "How many GHz is it?" (ie, "Should I buy the 2.2GHz Athlon or the 2.8GHz Intel?")
I am not a big fan of AMD processors, but I value the competition and it's a shame the MHz myth cannot be shed so easily.
> Too bad he's going down such a low path so soon in his carear.
He's an attourney offering his services to a client who thinks it has been damaged. I think his client is a scumbag, and perhaps he is too, but I would probably do the same thing if I thought it would help my career, since I don't think it's unethical to offer a fair trial. Let the courts decide the laws. Unfortunately for him, I think he is going to fall flat on his face with this one.
There are forms of peaceful protesting you can do to encourage those who would support the spam "industry", like signing affilated individuals up for as much spam as you can find. It might not change anything, but at least you can be assured they have to deal with the garbage they are defending.
You could always write your senators or representatives.
[Quoted from a former Slashdot post:]
Do yourself a favor. When writing your congressperson or representative:
You might not feel it's a waste of time if it could mean that $65 million in damages would be wiped off of your list of bills to pay.
> It's not my fault that Best Buy pressures you into selling unnecessary add-ons. So stop complaining...
No, it's not your fault, but I can complain all I want, and I can get pissed at you for causing me hassles. As I said in a previous post, it's just like driving. It might not be anyone's fault an accident is causing a traffic jam, but I can still get pissed that I am late for work.
Best Buy sucks, Nibb High football rules!
> I have the right to buy that without having to buy all this extra stuff.
Bzzzt. Wrong. Their store, they get to sell any way they want (within the bounds of the law). You DO have the right to shop somewhere else, however, which is what I do whenever possible.
> If you don't like having to deal with customers, then perhaps you should work at a different job.
I totally agree. I only worked at that job for 3 months until I could find something better. I was out of work for a year and desparate to pay the bills.
> Basically, what you are saying is that customers should spend more of their own money so that you don't have to deal with the inconvienience of your job.
I'm not saying they SHOULD do anything. I'm just telling them not to be surprised if I get pissed at them for causing me hassle. It's just like driving. It might not be anyone's fault an accident is causing a traffic jam, but I can still get pissed that I am late for work.
Ahh, it was customers like you that made me want to tell you to get the hell out of the store, because that computer you just walked out the door without any addons meant me getting hassled by about 3-4 different people. Sometimes, if a customer clearly wasn't interested in service, I would wander away hoping they would leave or that some other employee would get the "bad sale".
That's one reason employees avoid eMachines like the plague - they're tough to sell service plans on. Who wants to pay $99 for a service plan on a $300 computer? Most people buy a $300 computer to be a throw-away anyway.
So next time you're in Best Buy and you say no to the addons and service plan, just remember the employee hates you more than you probably hate him/her.
With EVERY computer, we were REQUIRED and harassed beyond belief if we did not try to sell the following with each computer: Printer, paper, blank CDRs, software from the "discount rack", Norton anti-virus, UPS, $30 USB cable, Service Plans (on the computer, monitor AND printer), extra toner cartridges, MSN, and my personal favorite, "system optimization" for like $30, which included them deleting a few AOL icons off the desktop (Best Buy only offered Earthlink and MSN at the time) and running defragment. woot!
Best Buy lackey: "Did you get service on that?"
Me: "No."
Lackey: "Why not?"
Me: "They weren't interested."
Lackey: "What did you tell them?"
Me: (the usual spiel) "I told them that if the thing died on them they would have to deal with the manufacturer (lie), but with the service plan we would take care of it. I told them how the integrated CD-ROM is often times the first thing to go, which is $100 for eMachines. I told them about our no-lemon policy and how one service call would probably take care of the cost of the plan."
Lackey: "So what did they say."
Me: "They said that if it broke they would just buy a new one and that they don't believe in service plans."
Lackey: "Well, did you get any software out on it?"
Me: "Nope, they said they have all the software they need."
Lackey: "How about a surge supressor or some blank CDR's?"
Me: "Nope, they said the were just interested in the computer and that's it"
Lackey: "Did they at least put it on their Best Buy card?"
Me: "They said their Visa works just as fine."
Now for the best part. Pick your insult:
1. Lackey: "Well, if they didn't want that stuff, you must not have sold it right."
2. Lackey: "If I would have done the sale, I gaurentee they would be walking out of here with at least a battery backup or Norton"
3. Lackey: "You're ruining our numbers for the night! Come on! You gotta get those addons!"
I won't even want to get started on the bitching I would get if the computer didn't go out with an MSN subscription. Most of the time we were suppose to tell them that it was required with the purchase, and if they threatened to leave the store, THEN tell them, "Ok, I guess I can make an acception in your case."
> RedHat: You either pay or don't (download). It's Linux.
That's fine for your boxes at home, but I have a feeling most legitimate companies are going to pay for support. In fact, I think the fact that it is "free" is one reason some managers are afraid of it. It doesn't cost as much, so it must not be as good.
> Documentation: Windows: None
Yeah right.
Besides, although I admit I only skimmed the article, it appears it was about how Windows Server 2003 offers better performance as a file server than RedHat. It wasn't about which one was all around "better". Anyway, it's just one report - It's been said before.
Oh yeah, and in case you didn't know, Pepsi is still better than Coke.
I was hoping more ISPs would adopt the challenge-response system, like MailBlocks, previously featured on Slashdot. Way to go Earthlink! If I was interested in dialup, this would be a big selling point for me. I'm still waiting for a service that offers the challenge-response feature of MailBlocks but allows me to forward to my existing provider. I mean, a 12MB inbox is pretty lame. There are free providers that can give me that much space...
> There's plenty of DVD players on the market that don't support it
All modern DVD players support it and you can spend as little or as much as you want to buy one. I just replaced my Toshiba DVD player I got in 1998 for $300, which doesn't play ANYTHING but commercial DVDs. I replaced it with a $49.99 special from Sears that offers more features and plays almost anything I can throw at it. I gave away my old DVD player to a friend who doesn't have one yet.
Sears, Walmart, Best Buy... They all have $50 DVD players. I liked Sears because their 2-year replacement plan was only $7 compared to Best Buy, where it was $30 for a $50 player! Plus, the one at Sears (Koss brand) was modern looking - some of the cheap players look like prototypes from World War 2 (Koss and Norcent make some decent looking ones, though).
Sounds like Microsoft is teaming up with hardware vendors to ensure their practice of forced upgrade extends to your computer too. Now when you want to upgrade your OS, you'll have to buy a new system too (not just memory, hard drive) because Microsoft Windows 2006 isn't approved for MS/HP WinCPU 2003. Neat.
> Those shares have risen 80% or so since I left the company late last year ... but it is at least one example of a company recovering and nearly reaching profitability.
Yep, sounds like history is repeating itself...
Was this a troll?
"Researchers at IBM have used carbon molecules to emit light, a breakthrough that could replace silicon as the foundation of chips and lead to faster computers and telecommunication equipment." (emphasis added)
It was also reported a year ago that they had created transistors using nanotubes, although not with light.