Why on earth does Microsoft allow its affiliates to advertise on Slashdot? Nothing like opening up a Windows-bashing article only to be taken out by a low-flying Microsoft.NET ad. I bet they generate tons of.NET sales on the OSDN.
> HP also just became the first big VAR to base "business" PCs around AMD's processors.
Wow, AMD + Business PCs. What a combination. And I thought businesses valued reliability and stability. Perhaps they can throw Windows Millenium, Norton CrashGuard, and Klez on them while they're at it.
I hope these same businesses don't try to upgrade anything, especially the video card. I suppose it will make for great LAN parties, since Athlon's are SO great for gaming.
The control codes aren't required, they're just nice if your job is word processing. Word Perfect is just as easy to use as Word, if not easier (no clippy or annoying popup panes).
They may or may not be the "Microsoft of Linux," but Red Hat is making open source look more appealing to management. Also, open source has stood up to monopolies in the past. Why should this be different.
> Why is mudslinging bad? Because it's often half-true, or with a massive spin.
It seems to me that the media does a fine job finding the important things that we should know anyway. If your governor smoked crack a few times in High School, you don't have to worry about your opponents finding out about it - just your friend from high school looking for the highest bidder.
> Even under heavy CPU load the various techs like Smart-Burn and ExacLink prevent buffer underruns.
Perhaps I'm just unlucky, but I've made PLENTY of frisbees with IDE CDRW's with this technology, and I generally try not to do much while I'l burning. I probably lose about one-third of my discs that I try to burn in my Plextor 12x (IDE) and my Elements 24x (IDE) burner - both have Buffer Underrun protection. I don't seem to have any better luck with Nero than I do with Easy CD Creator either. And, yes, I only burn at speeds that the CDRs are certified for.
It also appears than Zen, makers of the TrueX technology, are having financial problems and/or reorganization, although their web page is confusing and doesn't have any content.
I heard that many people had reliability issues. Kenwood appears to have discontinued theirs, even though it's the only product listed on their computer peripherals page. I think their webmaster needs to wake up!
> and get a much slower drive (12/10/32 vs 40/12/40 or 40/12/52).
Sanyo has a 24x/10x/40x SCSI CD-RW drive available, but they're not as cheap as their IDE cousins of course. Maybe it will pay for itself in fewer frisbees and frustration?
> he asked me how I upgraded such an old laptop to a P4? I told him I didn't, it was a PIII.
I bet if you ran Adaware on his old machine you would have your answer. It's not that your computer was running just as fast as his, it's that his computer wasn't running as fast as it should. I love going to client call that says his/her computer is running much slower than it used to. Adaware plus a few minutes waiting and you have yourself an easy $75 service call (and they think you are a genious for fixing it so fast). Thank you spyware and thank you Lavasoft.
There is the possibility he had a slow hard drive too. A slow hard drive can affect performance greatly. I know Dell and Compaq seemingly love to throw 500rpm drives in their machines to lower the price. Dude, you're getting a slow piece of shit.
- 3 out of the 5 AMD-based systems I've owned (one K6/100/?, one K6-2/300/VIA, one K6-3/?/VIA, an Athlon/700/VIA and an Athlon/1.2/ALI) were unstable and/or had compatibility issues.
- 0 out of the 4 Intel-based systems I've owned were unstable (a 386/16, a 486/33, a P2/233, and recently a P4/1300, all using Intel chipsets)
If you like playing with video and you're on an Intel system, I suggest you try on the the ATI All-in-Wonder boards. I'm not a huge gamer, but it offers decent 3D performance but has some kickass video editing for a low price (once you get rid of the shite software that's packaged with it and use something like VirtualDub or Premiere).
If you're running an Athlon, don't bother. Stick with nVidia.
I gaurentee you're using an Athlon system. My last (and I mean last) Athlon system didn't work with any of the ATI boards. I thought ATI was shite, so I bought an nVidia board. When my Athlon decided to cook itself (taking my board with onboard RAID with it, a mistake I will not make again), I decided no more - I bought a P4 system. All of the cards the previously wouldn't work in my computer now worked flawlessly, including:
- ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon - ATI TV Tuner - Hauppage TV Tuner
Granted, it might be partly AMD's fault, but I shouldn't have to worry about compatibility, and with Intel I don't have to. I didn't want to use nVidia because they don't have an acceptable alternative to the All-in-Wonder series.
Yes, I have the 64MB GTS Pro card from VisionTek as well, and it is a rock solid card. It's about the virst video card I've purchased since the Voodoo 2 that I didn't feel like upgrading in a few months. nVidia's model might hurt them in the future, but you gotta love the fact that I will still be able to get drivers from nVidia after VisionTek folds. Cookie cutter boards do have their advantages.
Ok, the original poster is suggesting that a college student is a *kid*, and you are suggesting that a college *graduate* is not a kid.
What the difference? 0-4 years in age? At what point does someone become qualified to work in a particular position. The day after graduation? What about 6 months before graduation, or are they miraculously much more intelligent the day after graduation?
I guess I don't see the different between a "college kid" and a recent "college grad", since we all know a college degree doesn't dictate skill, just how much bullshit you are willing to put up with (work ethic).
> The first poster spoke of *kids*, you responded with a rant about *grads.* Focus dude.
Ok, I know you're just fucking with me and trying to get a rise out of me, but I think anyone reading your statement would get the impression you were accusing me of being a "wet-behind-the-ears *kid*". Am I wrong?
Ahh, a much more thoughtful response. I don't disagree some CS courses would do me some good, but it's hard to go back to the root of most of my problems and ask for help.
The biggest problem is I cannot afford more schooling without a job, and it appears I cannot get a job without schooling (yes, I've applied to over 100 jobs in the last 10 months. Some of them IT, many of them whatever was in the newspaper - retail positions, secretary positions, and other random stuff.)
I regret going for my degree, but I am bitter about all the lies I was told when I was a budding young college student about all the jobs and money I would get by pursuing IT. Had I known it was all lies, I would have pursued CS. I feel like I'm paying for their lies.
Regardless, I'm burned out from school too. I can't sit through class anymore. Too boring and I don't get anything out of it. I need hands on stuff.
Oh yeah, and the Midwest sucks! I can't move until my girlfriend graduates from the same worthless degree. *sigh*
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Why on earth does Microsoft allow its affiliates to advertise on Slashdot? Nothing like opening up a Windows-bashing article only to be taken out by a low-flying Microsoft.NET ad. I bet they generate tons of .NET sales on the OSDN.
If there is a drive in existance that can read the media, someone will develop a drive that can write what it has read.
> you're beyond any help I can offer.
So are the decommissioned AMD boxes that I have owned. I gave them a chance - K5, K6, K6-2, two Athlons. No more!
Wow, the only negative bite I got to my troll. I was hoping for a little more excitement.
> buy are overpriced non-OS software product...
Who are you to judge who is brilliant or not?
> HP also just became the first big VAR to base "business" PCs around AMD's processors.
Wow, AMD + Business PCs. What a combination. And I thought businesses valued reliability and stability. Perhaps they can throw Windows Millenium, Norton CrashGuard, and Klez on them while they're at it.
I hope these same businesses don't try to upgrade anything, especially the video card. I suppose it will make for great LAN parties, since Athlon's are SO great for gaming.
> I find Word easy enough to use
The control codes aren't required, they're just nice if your job is word processing. Word Perfect is just as easy to use as Word, if not easier (no clippy or annoying popup panes).
They may or may not be the "Microsoft of Linux," but Red Hat is making open source look more appealing to management. Also, open source has stood up to monopolies in the past. Why should this be different.
> Why is mudslinging bad? Because it's often half-true, or with a massive spin.
It seems to me that the media does a fine job finding the important things that we should know anyway. If your governor smoked crack a few times in High School, you don't have to worry about your opponents finding out about it - just your friend from high school looking for the highest bidder.
Keep the campaigning positive.
> Even under heavy CPU load the various techs like Smart-Burn and ExacLink prevent buffer underruns.
Perhaps I'm just unlucky, but I've made PLENTY of frisbees with IDE CDRW's with this technology, and I generally try not to do much while I'l burning. I probably lose about one-third of my discs that I try to burn in my Plextor 12x (IDE) and my Elements 24x (IDE) burner - both have Buffer Underrun protection. I don't seem to have any better luck with Nero than I do with Easy CD Creator either. And, yes, I only burn at speeds that the CDRs are certified for.
It also appears than Zen, makers of the TrueX technology, are having financial problems and/or reorganization, although their web page is confusing and doesn't have any content.
I heard that many people had reliability issues. Kenwood appears to have discontinued theirs, even though it's the only product listed on their computer peripherals page. I think their webmaster needs to wake up!
> and get a much slower drive (12/10/32 vs 40/12/40 or 40/12/52).
Sanyo has a 24x/10x/40x SCSI CD-RW drive available, but they're not as cheap as their IDE cousins of course. Maybe it will pay for itself in fewer frisbees and frustration?
> At about 52x, i.e. 27,500 rpm, most manufacturer's CDs blew up in a rain of plastic particles
But what about all those 52x and higher CD-ROM drives out there?
> he asked me how I upgraded such an old laptop to a P4? I told him I didn't, it was a PIII.
I bet if you ran Adaware on his old machine you would have your answer. It's not that your computer was running just as fast as his, it's that his computer wasn't running as fast as it should. I love going to client call that says his/her computer is running much slower than it used to. Adaware plus a few minutes waiting and you have yourself an easy $75 service call (and they think you are a genious for fixing it so fast). Thank you spyware and thank you Lavasoft.
There is the possibility he had a slow hard drive too. A slow hard drive can affect performance greatly. I know Dell and Compaq seemingly love to throw 500rpm drives in their machines to lower the price. Dude, you're getting a slow piece of shit.
> P.S: As long as you have a FAN on that Athlon, it'll be fine!
I had a fan on it. It died and the CPU fried itself. P4's underclock themselves to prevent this from happening.
> Either that or the motherboard was the problem.
Perhaps, but in my purchasing experience:
- 3 out of the 5 AMD-based systems I've owned (one K6/100/?, one K6-2/300/VIA, one K6-3/?/VIA, an Athlon/700/VIA and an Athlon/1.2/ALI) were unstable and/or had compatibility issues.
- 0 out of the 4 Intel-based systems I've owned were unstable (a 386/16, a 486/33, a P2/233, and recently a P4/1300, all using Intel chipsets)
I just have bad luck with AMD.
Hmmm, I had problems capturing with the All-in-Wonder on Windows 2000 until I did some registry hacking. Then it worked fine.
On Windows XP, however, it worked right away. Perhaps you could try XP? What capture software are you running? I recommend VirtualDub.
It was an ALi Magik, which get great reviews before it was found to be a pile of shit. I bought it because of the initial reviews.
If ALi and VIA make shitty chipsets, what should I have purchased? I'm not sure there were any decent SIS chipsets out at the time. Alternatives?
If you like playing with video and you're on an Intel system, I suggest you try on the the ATI All-in-Wonder boards. I'm not a huge gamer, but it offers decent 3D performance but has some kickass video editing for a low price (once you get rid of the shite software that's packaged with it and use something like VirtualDub or Premiere).
If you're running an Athlon, don't bother. Stick with nVidia.
I gaurentee you're using an Athlon system. My last (and I mean last) Athlon system didn't work with any of the ATI boards. I thought ATI was shite, so I bought an nVidia board. When my Athlon decided to cook itself (taking my board with onboard RAID with it, a mistake I will not make again), I decided no more - I bought a P4 system. All of the cards the previously wouldn't work in my computer now worked flawlessly, including:
- ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon
- ATI TV Tuner
- Hauppage TV Tuner
Granted, it might be partly AMD's fault, but I shouldn't have to worry about compatibility, and with Intel I don't have to. I didn't want to use nVidia because they don't have an acceptable alternative to the All-in-Wonder series.
Yes, I have the 64MB GTS Pro card from VisionTek as well, and it is a rock solid card. It's about the virst video card I've purchased since the Voodoo 2 that I didn't feel like upgrading in a few months. nVidia's model might hurt them in the future, but you gotta love the fact that I will still be able to get drivers from nVidia after VisionTek folds. Cookie cutter boards do have their advantages.
Ok, the original poster is suggesting that a college student is a *kid*, and you are suggesting that a college *graduate* is not a kid.
What the difference? 0-4 years in age? At what point does someone become qualified to work in a particular position. The day after graduation? What about 6 months before graduation, or are they miraculously much more intelligent the day after graduation?
I guess I don't see the different between a "college kid" and a recent "college grad", since we all know a college degree doesn't dictate skill, just how much bullshit you are willing to put up with (work ethic).
> The first poster spoke of *kids*, you responded with a rant about *grads.* Focus dude.
Ok, I know you're just fucking with me and trying to get a rise out of me, but I think anyone reading your statement would get the impression you were accusing me of being a "wet-behind-the-ears *kid*". Am I wrong?
Ahh, a much more thoughtful response. I don't disagree some CS courses would do me some good, but it's hard to go back to the root of most of my problems and ask for help.
The biggest problem is I cannot afford more schooling without a job, and it appears I cannot get a job without schooling (yes, I've applied to over 100 jobs in the last 10 months. Some of them IT, many of them whatever was in the newspaper - retail positions, secretary positions, and other random stuff.)
I regret going for my degree, but I am bitter about all the lies I was told when I was a budding young college student about all the jobs and money I would get by pursuing IT. Had I known it was all lies, I would have pursued CS. I feel like I'm paying for their lies.
Regardless, I'm burned out from school too. I can't sit through class anymore. Too boring and I don't get anything out of it. I need hands on stuff.
Oh yeah, and the Midwest sucks! I can't move until my girlfriend graduates from the same worthless degree. *sigh*