For example, when typing onscreen, the replica can perform a backspace, which the original cannot. Briel said it took him weeks to figure out how to disable it.
I guess if you're such a retro computer freak that you're going to buy an Apple I in the first place, not having a backspace key is important... or something.
Kind of like those retro car freaks who disable the brakes.
One of the many part time jobs I have is reviewing graphics hardware and software for magazines. So, one day nVidia sent me a shiny new graphics card.
I shut down the computer, popped the top and pulled out the old AGP card.
I plugged in the nVidia card. Didn't seem to fit. I decided to try and wiggle the card into the slot.
** sparks **
** poof **
I guess I should have UNPLUGGED the power supply. Seems as though there's always current running through the motherboard even though the computer is off...
Killed the motherboard and the nVidia card. Had to explain to nVidia why I killed their newest card. Thank goodness the CPUs and memory survived.
I now buy power supplies with little switches on the back and turn the computer off there before opening the box. Still don't unplug them, I like to live on the edge.
In the History Channel special, they talked a lot about a frenzy called "go fever" which resulted in the Apollo fire. This was that everyone would always yell "go" whenever the question was asked. At that point, Gene Kranz said to his team something to the effect of "it was our fault because nobody had the courage to yell stop."
Personally, my view is to give these guys more money, because I think space is important. But, if the budgets are so crappy and staffing so thin, why doesn't somebody just yell "stop?" If we can't have a reasonably safe program, maybe we should just have no program at all.
Funny how the History Channel special on the early space program came out this week. After watching it, I realized how much different NASA is today. They have no fire in their belly, seems like they're more interested in keeping their jobs than anything. If we want to continue sending men into space, we had better start doing it right once again.
Sure he shut down his operation, but he was probably making a TON of money through spamming. My guess is that he will lie low for a while, change his name/address/whatever, then fire up the spam servers once again... and if not him, someone else will step into the vacuum.
One guarantee... If there's a profit to be made, people will do anything for a buck..
almost all laptop+camcorder batteries, save the newest, are simply AA-sized LiIon cells in various series+parallel configurations
If that's the case, and Panasonic won't sell you batteries, buy someone else's battery pack, take it apart and resolder the cells into your Powerbook battery pack. Problem solved.
I test a lot of graphics cards for various magazines and publications. The Wildcats lost the performance edge right around the time Intergraph sold out to 3DLabs. They seem to lag behind or at best are equal to the top nVidia cards. Right now, they're lagging until the next generation of the VP series comes out. The VP cards were also notoriously unstable, though recent drivers have corrected most of that.
The new nVidia cards seeme to be filling the niche that the original Wildcats used to fill - they even now have genlock, which used to be the high end Wildcat's big advantage.
I come here to forget about how horribly lonely I feel...
I hate to say it, but you're coming to the wrong place. Go somewhere where you're not behind a computer screen. Someplace where there are flesh and blood people. Take classes, go to the gym, join an interest group, volunteer... anything, really.
As interesting as Slashdot can be, it's no sunstitute for human contact.
"Gosh it sure looks like a great play, but I've only got 3 shots left and dont want to miss the shot-of-the-century because I'm switching cards. I better save them."
Hopefully, most professional photographers are smart enough to swap cards when they hit 80-90% capacity between plays rather than 99.9% during a play.
If I was restricted to 512KB cards, my camera would be pretty useless, since the file size of the individual pictures is between 1,000-2,000KB.
Doing the math puts the storage somewhere between 256 and 512 pictures per card. Considering that a roll of 35mm film only holds 36 pictures, I say it's somewhat better than "useless." A lot better, IMHO.
Failure rates and mirrored arrays
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What's the MTBF on these things? I've had CF cards go bad on me before, and it's always a bummer when you lose photos. I personally think it's best to go with several mid-sized cards rather than one gargantuan one. That way, if a single card goes bad, you don't lose everything. Even for pro-tographers who take zillions of pictures, it's a good idea. Changing a CF card takes less time than changing a roll of film, so it won't interrupt the workflow all that much. Plus it might save you a major headache should you lose everything.
On the same lines, I think someone should come out with a redundant flash card. Instead of a single 4GB card, perhaps two 2GB cards in one, with the storage mirrored as in a RAID. I know some people might pay extra for the added security/redundancy.
I live amongst some hills, and the AT&T phone never worked in my house. When I decided to switch, I had various friends come over and checked the signal strength on their phones. TMobile was best - for my house. I also got a good quality phone (Samsung 205) which helps a lot. I think a lot of reception problems are due to crappy hardware.
Generally, I like TMobile. The service is pretty good in LA, and the rates are cheap, plus the phone works internationally. I did go to Aspen not long ago, and there was no coverage there. But I don't live in Aspen, so it's not a biggie.
I'm not an Everquest player, so I may be talking out my rear here, but the logic seems fairly simple.
Somebody with bad intentions hacks into the server and destroys your virtual items. Later, the hack is revealed. The sysadmin either goes to the backup or resets a few counters. Virtual items are returned to you. Problem is solved.
The only tangible loss I can see is the Sysadmin's time and effort.
Sure, Ritz makes money selling cameras, but the core of their business for years was selling film and development for those cameras.
With digital, that part of the business evaporates. Sure, they can sell printer ink and flash cards, but so does everyone, and they can't sell the 'service' of developing the film and printing, which has a huge markup. Last time I got film developed at Ritz, it was something like $25 a roll. When I got my first digital camera three years ago, I stopped using film -- and stopped going to Ritz. My story is typical, I'm sure.
I see this as the last act of a company clinging to a decades-old business model.
It's not stealing. They're selling a $10.99 camera. They're also telling you that the only way to get your prints is to bring that camera back to them.
But if you OWN the camera, why don't they give it back to you once the pictures are extracted?
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If they're from Philadelphia, they would weigh a lot more than normal asteroids.
It's all the cheese steaks, you know...
From the article:
For example, when typing onscreen, the replica can perform a backspace, which the original cannot. Briel said it took him weeks to figure out how to disable it.
I guess if you're such a retro computer freak that you're going to buy an Apple I in the first place, not having a backspace key is important... or something.
Kind of like those retro car freaks who disable the brakes.
One of the many part time jobs I have is reviewing graphics hardware and software for magazines. So, one day nVidia sent me a shiny new graphics card.
I shut down the computer, popped the top and pulled out the old AGP card.
I plugged in the nVidia card. Didn't seem to fit. I decided to try and wiggle the card into the slot.
** sparks **
** poof **
I guess I should have UNPLUGGED the power supply. Seems as though there's always current running through the motherboard even though the computer is off...
Killed the motherboard and the nVidia card. Had to explain to nVidia why I killed their newest card. Thank goodness the CPUs and memory survived.
I now buy power supplies with little switches on the back and turn the computer off there before opening the box. Still don't unplug them, I like to live on the edge.
Isn't that the same Orrin Hatch who linked to a porn site from his home page?
Oooops!
In the History Channel special, they talked a lot about a frenzy called "go fever" which resulted in the Apollo fire. This was that everyone would always yell "go" whenever the question was asked. At that point, Gene Kranz said to his team something to the effect of "it was our fault because nobody had the courage to yell stop."
Personally, my view is to give these guys more money, because I think space is important. But, if the budgets are so crappy and staffing so thin, why doesn't somebody just yell "stop?" If we can't have a reasonably safe program, maybe we should just have no program at all.
Funny how the History Channel special on the early space program came out this week. After watching it, I realized how much different NASA is today. They have no fire in their belly, seems like they're more interested in keeping their jobs than anything. If we want to continue sending men into space, we had better start doing it right once again.
...a geek's best friend.
Sure he shut down his operation, but he was probably making a TON of money through spamming. My guess is that he will lie low for a while, change his name/address/whatever, then fire up the spam servers once again... and if not him, someone else will step into the vacuum.
One guarantee... If there's a profit to be made, people will do anything for a buck..
almost all laptop+camcorder batteries, save the newest, are simply AA-sized LiIon cells in various series+parallel configurations
If that's the case, and Panasonic won't sell you batteries, buy someone else's battery pack, take it apart and resolder the cells into your Powerbook battery pack. Problem solved.
I test a lot of graphics cards for various magazines and publications. The Wildcats lost the performance edge right around the time Intergraph sold out to 3DLabs. They seem to lag behind or at best are equal to the top nVidia cards. Right now, they're lagging until the next generation of the VP series comes out. The VP cards were also notoriously unstable, though recent drivers have corrected most of that.
The new nVidia cards seeme to be filling the niche that the original Wildcats used to fill - they even now have genlock, which used to be the high end Wildcat's big advantage.
What does a Linux kernel coding god need with an MBA?
You have two options:
1) Hire a professional electician at a very high rate of pay to rewire the box and make it safe.
2) Hire a burn specialist at an extremely high rate of pay to patch your smoking body together after attempting to fix it yourself.
Might not be good for the environment, but it will probably be good for all the shipping corporations. It'll cut a thousand miles off the commute.
I'm buying beachfront property in Point Barrow.
I come here to forget about how horribly lonely I feel...
I hate to say it, but you're coming to the wrong place. Go somewhere where you're not behind a computer screen. Someplace where there are flesh and blood people. Take classes, go to the gym, join an interest group, volunteer... anything, really.
As interesting as Slashdot can be, it's no sunstitute for human contact.
Let's see, you put in money, play a game, hope to get more money out than you put in... hmmm... sounds kind of familiar....
It's called GAMBLING.
I don't think it's a very good idea.
Why don't you hunt down the real owners of the software and offer them a deal along these lines:
a) I will ressurect the code, update it, and attempt to commercialize it -- AT NO COST TO YOU.
b) In return, I will give you a percentage of any money we make with the new product. (i.e. FREE MONEY)
I think the lawyers would smell a potential profit and say go ahead. A little profit is better than dead code sitting in a file cabinet somewhere.
They don't even make 512KB cards, so your point is even more obscure. I was assuming there was a typo and meant to say 512MB.
Past that, I got nothing.
"Gosh it sure looks like a great play, but I've only got 3 shots left and dont want to miss the shot-of-the-century because I'm switching cards. I better save them."
Hopefully, most professional photographers are smart enough to swap cards when they hit 80-90% capacity between plays rather than 99.9% during a play.
unrelated note... I wish all PCs would come with CF slots on them standard. i think its the best alternative to the floppy.
I use those USB pen drives. Very handy, and a similar concept. They're about the same price as CF, and most PCs have USB slots.
If I was restricted to 512KB cards, my camera would be pretty useless, since the file size of the individual pictures is between 1,000-2,000KB.
Doing the math puts the storage somewhere between 256 and 512 pictures per card. Considering that a roll of 35mm film only holds 36 pictures, I say it's somewhat better than "useless." A lot better, IMHO.
What's the MTBF on these things? I've had CF cards go bad on me before, and it's always a bummer when you lose photos. I personally think it's best to go with several mid-sized cards rather than one gargantuan one. That way, if a single card goes bad, you don't lose everything. Even for pro-tographers who take zillions of pictures, it's a good idea. Changing a CF card takes less time than changing a roll of film, so it won't interrupt the workflow all that much. Plus it might save you a major headache should you lose everything.
On the same lines, I think someone should come out with a redundant flash card. Instead of a single 4GB card, perhaps two 2GB cards in one, with the storage mirrored as in a RAID. I know some people might pay extra for the added security/redundancy.
I actually just switched to TMobile from AT&T.
I live amongst some hills, and the AT&T phone never worked in my house. When I decided to switch, I had various friends come over and checked the signal strength on their phones. TMobile was best - for my house. I also got a good quality phone (Samsung 205) which helps a lot. I think a lot of reception problems are due to crappy hardware.
Generally, I like TMobile. The service is pretty good in LA, and the rates are cheap, plus the phone works internationally. I did go to Aspen not long ago, and there was no coverage there. But I don't live in Aspen, so it's not a biggie.
I'm not an Everquest player, so I may be talking out my rear here, but the logic seems fairly simple.
Somebody with bad intentions hacks into the server and destroys your virtual items. Later, the hack is revealed. The sysadmin either goes to the backup or resets a few counters. Virtual items are returned to you. Problem is solved.
The only tangible loss I can see is the Sysadmin's time and effort.
Sure, Ritz makes money selling cameras, but the core of their business for years was selling film and development for those cameras.
With digital, that part of the business evaporates. Sure, they can sell printer ink and flash cards, but so does everyone, and they can't sell the 'service' of developing the film and printing, which has a huge markup. Last time I got film developed at Ritz, it was something like $25 a roll. When I got my first digital camera three years ago, I stopped using film -- and stopped going to Ritz. My story is typical, I'm sure.
I see this as the last act of a company clinging to a decades-old business model.
It's not stealing. They're selling a $10.99 camera. They're also telling you that the only way to get your prints is to bring that camera back to them.
But if you OWN the camera, why don't they give it back to you once the pictures are extracted?
Sounds more like a rental to me...