UDF packet writing with mt. ranier drive (like a lite on 40x) works rather well. It acts just like a large zip drive, but faster... 10/12x RW writing is pretty quick.
Personally, I can't stand Ricoh drives. The last two we had at work burned out in about 18 months.
I've had two Plextors 12x and 16x. Worked fine. My current drives are 24x and 40x Lite-On's. The 40x is upgradable to 48x with a firmware flash. My brother flashed his, works fine.
Never had any problems with Lite-On or Plextor burners... But, you can get 2 or 3 lite-ons for the price of a plextor... so even if the plextor will outlast the lite-on by 2:1, who cares? Lite-on seems to have better signal amplification features.
True, but for those of use that actually live up here... we can separate the vast amount of land into Western, Central, Southern Tier, Northern, and Damn-Near-Canuk.
Our Network God created a great boot disk, dubbed a "Magic Boot Disk". Basically a Win 9x boot with a nice menu system, and drivers for every NIC in the company. I modified it for our home Novell Network, and it's great for setting up PC's that have blank HD's. It uses a directory on the novell server to keep the larger apps on (Ghost, etc...). Sure, it could be done on a CD, I've done it... but good luck using it on an IBM THinkpad 760... can't boot from the CD on one of those...
Well, maybe the small group of people you know... I know several/.'ers that are more social than that... But, I guess I'll see how the Rochester crowd is. I'll know at least 4 people there, maybe more if some old-school BBS'ers show up outa the woodwork.
...where all the chemical sets went to. Right into lawyer's pockets. I'm sure there have been more than a few lawsuits from careless parents buying kids a chemical set and then finding their kid injured from improper use. If it's even remotely possible for a kid to be injured from the improper use of a toy, then they won't bring it out. I think Lego's helped my interest in computers (Commodore computers from 1982 on up). I used to write simple "niche" programs in BASIC way back when. Same idea with Legos... take a bunch of pieces (commands) stick 'em together, and viola!::sigh:: Time to put my C128 system back on the desk, I need some simpile computing time. 8-Bits at a time for me, thank you.
A license is required to keep all the rude kids off of the bands, and to keep it from turning into what the CB radio is, and what FRS radios will become. I got my first dose of FRS "spam"... not advertising, but little annoying brats who can finally afford the $10 frs radios, and just wait till they hear someone to shoot their mouth off. Good thing for short-range communications.
Anyhoo, you do need at least a no-code (morse code) license to use a ham radio, and that basic license gets you privlidges above 50mhz. (6 meter).
Higher class licenses require a code test at 5wpm. You can upgrade a tech license to a tech plus code if you wish.
Definately check out www.arrl.org for a whole buncha information, or go pick up a book at any bookstore or Radio Shack.
...no I don't. The cheap Juster speakers and Dell Latitude sound system produce more hiss than what's actually recorded. I'll stick to things I can hear.
...the Commodore 64/128 will be included in this. Though I'm one of the people who have found many uses for my c128 (and the c64), there were a great number of kids who used it for a game machine. I remember back in the mid-late 80's when the NES was popular. I would boggle some kids' minds when I showed them my collection of 300+ video games, to their 20.
Ahh... The good 'ol days of copy parties. A couple computers, several 1541 or 1571 drives, and Maverick. Anyone else have the extra 8K of RAM or a speed control installed in their drives??
BRAVO!!!!! I'm glad to hear a geek (I usually find geeks farther to the left, and arguing for the environmentalists, etc...) speak some reason about the whole environmental situation. The earth has been around a whole lot longer than any animals, and I'm sure that we can't destroy the planet in a couple centuries.
I've been using AMD CPU's since the K6-2 hit the market. While the earlier AMD CPU's weren't as powerful as the equivalent clock speed P2's, they were much cheaper.
I look at overall value & performance like this: If I have a budget of $1500, what combination of parts is going to give me the best performance?
Most likely, a combination of AMD Athlon, VIA Chipset, and an ATI Radeon are gonna come out on top.
Though I agree about the government staying out of private business (for the most part), I don't think there's any sheep in the flock that will try to bounce MS off their throne. Just about every business wants the "easiest" answer to their IT/IS problems. It's easier to just give into MS than to try to avoid them. It's all about money, that's it. AOL/Time Warner hasn't fallen. They're a monopoly... at least almost.
You underestimate the stupidity of the average computer user. Sheep, I tell you, SHEEP!/.'ers are the few that don't follow the flock.
Sounds like New Jersey... Heh. I've had friends complain of the same thing in central NJ (specifically the Monroe/Spotswood area where f'in houses are going up all over the woods where I used to romp around.).
My cable modem (Roadrunner) in the Rochester area has been pretty good. I can often get >2MBps from fast hosts (netscape, nai, & sun come to mind) and the latency is usually under 100ms.
Yea, those strobe stoplights are appearing all over the country. I live near Rochester, NY, and a lot of the newer lights have them... well, the ones that don't have the LED's, that is.
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Just tried viewing their Privacy statement:
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Got a 404... imagine that.
UDF packet writing with mt. ranier drive (like a lite on 40x) works rather well. It acts just like a large zip drive, but faster... 10/12x RW writing is pretty quick.
Personally, I can't stand Ricoh drives. The last two we had at work burned out in about 18 months.
I've had two Plextors 12x and 16x. Worked fine. My current drives are 24x and 40x Lite-On's. The 40x is upgradable to 48x with a firmware flash. My brother flashed his, works fine.
Never had any problems with Lite-On or Plextor burners... But, you can get 2 or 3 lite-ons for the price of a plextor... so even if the plextor will outlast the lite-on by 2:1, who cares? Lite-on seems to have better signal amplification features.
True, but for those of use that actually live up here... we can separate the vast amount of land into Western, Central, Southern Tier, Northern, and Damn-Near-Canuk.
Our Network God created a great boot disk, dubbed a "Magic Boot Disk". Basically a Win 9x boot with a nice menu system, and drivers for every NIC in the company. I modified it for our home Novell Network, and it's great for setting up PC's that have blank HD's. It uses a directory on the novell server to keep the larger apps on (Ghost, etc...). Sure, it could be done on a CD, I've done it... but good luck using it on an IBM THinkpad 760... can't boot from the CD on one of those...
Well, maybe the small group of people you know... I know several /.'ers that are more social than that... But, I guess I'll see how the Rochester crowd is. I'll know at least 4 people there, maybe more if some old-school BBS'ers show up outa the woodwork.
Rochester's only an hour or so from ya... I drive out to Auburn frequently... One late night with little sleep a month wont kill ya.
...where all the chemical sets went to. Right into lawyer's pockets. I'm sure there have been more than a few lawsuits from careless parents buying kids a chemical set and then finding their kid injured from improper use. If it's even remotely possible for a kid to be injured from the improper use of a toy, then they won't bring it out. I think Lego's helped my interest in computers (Commodore computers from 1982 on up). I used to write simple "niche" programs in BASIC way back when. Same idea with Legos... take a bunch of pieces (commands) stick 'em together, and viola! ::sigh:: Time to put my C128 system back on the desk, I need some simpile computing time. 8-Bits at a time for me, thank you.
I'll keep driving my Bronco. Anything less than 8 cylinders isn't a complete engine, anything more is a bonus. :)
Exactly... (C)linton (N)ews (N)etwork.
Saw that for years.
A license is required to keep all the rude kids off of the bands, and to keep it from turning into what the CB radio is, and what FRS radios will become. I got my first dose of FRS "spam"... not advertising, but little annoying brats who can finally afford the $10 frs radios, and just wait till they hear someone to shoot their mouth off. Good thing for short-range communications.
Anyhoo, you do need at least a no-code (morse code) license to use a ham radio, and that basic license gets you privlidges above 50mhz. (6 meter).
Higher class licenses require a code test at 5wpm. You can upgrade a tech license to a tech plus code if you wish.
Definately check out www.arrl.org for a whole buncha information, or go pick up a book at any bookstore or Radio Shack.
...no I don't. The cheap Juster speakers and Dell Latitude sound system produce more hiss than what's actually recorded. I'll stick to things I can hear.
...the Commodore 64/128 will be included in this. Though I'm one of the people who have found many uses for my c128 (and the c64), there were a great number of kids who used it for a game machine. I remember back in the mid-late 80's when the NES was popular. I would boggle some kids' minds when I showed them my collection of 300+ video games, to their 20.
Ahh... The good 'ol days of copy parties. A couple computers, several 1541 or 1571 drives, and Maverick. Anyone else have the extra 8K of RAM or a speed control installed in their drives??
BRAVO!!!!! I'm glad to hear a geek (I usually find geeks farther to the left, and arguing for the environmentalists, etc...) speak some reason about the whole environmental situation. The earth has been around a whole lot longer than any animals, and I'm sure that we can't destroy the planet in a couple centuries.
The post made sense to me. Your english seems to be better than 90% of the people using instant messaging.
...is utter bullshit. -- Period.
That is all.
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Just beware of some vendors, obviously.
I've been using AMD CPU's since the K6-2 hit the market. While the earlier AMD CPU's weren't as powerful as the equivalent clock speed P2's, they were much cheaper.
I look at overall value & performance like this: If I have a budget of $1500, what combination of parts is going to give me the best performance?
Most likely, a combination of AMD Athlon, VIA Chipset, and an ATI Radeon are gonna come out on top.
Though I agree about the government staying out of private business (for the most part), I don't think there's any sheep in the flock that will try to bounce MS off their throne. Just about every business wants the "easiest" answer to their IT/IS problems. It's easier to just give into MS than to try to avoid them. It's all about money, that's it. AOL/Time Warner hasn't fallen. They're a monopoly... at least almost.
/.'ers are the few that don't follow the flock.
You underestimate the stupidity of the average computer user. Sheep, I tell you, SHEEP!
What about Lotus Notes? The domino server we run here seems very stable (especially running on our AS/400), and supports loads of features.
The client could use a little refinement in some areas, but overall, it's pretty good.
1. Broadband, Agent, Newsgroups. :)
2. CD-Burner
3. Blank CD's.
4. JVC KD SH-99 MP3 Head-Unit.
5. 12-Disc Changer, For my Audio CD's.
6. 1000 Watts of power so everyone can hear it
Simple enough.
Sounds like New Jersey... Heh. I've had friends complain of the same thing in central NJ (specifically the Monroe/Spotswood area where f'in houses are going up all over the woods where I used to romp around.).
My cable modem (Roadrunner) in the Rochester area has been pretty good. I can often get >2MBps from fast hosts (netscape, nai, & sun come to mind) and the latency is usually under 100ms.
Yea, those strobe stoplights are appearing all over the country. I live near Rochester, NY, and a lot of the newer lights have them... well, the ones that don't have the LED's, that is.
You left out Commodore Vic-20, 16, Plus/4, 128, and the C64DX (or C65). (Obvious C= freak here, eh?)
:)
Ohwell, I still use my C128, and I'm planning on upgrading the DOS/Firmware in my SCSI HD for it...
>If only there were some sort of device which could store electrical power for later use.
ha!