Er, yes, there are several dozen that make 'x10' hardware, x10 is a protocol, not just an irritating company; in fact, the protocol is older than the irritating company.
While I agree with what much of flegged said, his/her post implies that modern Intel/AMD CPUs -are- largely CISC devices. This simply isn't the case. Both (the AMD moreso though) make heavy use of RISC-type design and technique.
RISC does matter, or Intel and AMD wouldn't be using it.
All the comments about the watermark still existing even through analog/digital conversions because it's a part of the audio signal that we can't hear, don't take into account that this could be bypassed by using a filter that filters out any part of the audio signal outside the ranges of human hearing. Yes?
I'm using a Portege 660CDT, works great under Linux and even under Winblows. I bought it refurb'd for $150, and I love it.. it's fast for it's time, it's durable, and it's small!
/Closet trekkie mode: ON
Interesting design. It appears that the impulse drive is mounted between the two nacelles. At least, my guess is that's an impulse drive, since it has a similiar shape and structure to the drive found on the back of a Constitution Class vessel's saucer section../Closet trekkie mode: OFF
Alpha isn't going to die so easily. Keep in mind that Compaq does -not- own all of the Alpha technology.
Alpha Processor Inc (www.api.com) holds quite a bit of the liscensing; and while Compaq is involved in API, so are big names like Samsung. Do you thing Samsung and other such partners are going to lose the Alpha CPU just so Compaq and Intel can play kissy-face?
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Uhh, actually, you're both wrong, it's
All these worlds are yours
except Europa
Attempt no landings there.
Use them together.
Use them in peace.
I'm considering an MBA or equivalent form of buisness education myself. Why? Because, as any truly aspring techie does, I want to work for -myself-, Not some Pointy-Haired-Boss at PointyCorp. Many techies dream of having their own "Really l33t Hardware/Software Inc." type company; and you'll never get there without a buisness education. Now, if you want to keep working for PHBs, and you don't aspire to management, then don't bother.
Yes, and I should clarify the results, which will explain my use of a wrist-wrest. My carpal tunnel is relatively mild, compared to joint pain that's about 85% beginning arthritis, and 15% non-carpal-tunnel RSI. My doctor basically told me that if using a wrist rest reduces the pain in my joints, it's an acceptable evil despite the increased risk of making my CTS worse. Basically, my wrists, hands, and all associated joints are doomed anyway, in the long run. Hence my desire for replacements someday.;)
So to sum up, yes I have been diagnosed, by a general practicioner at least; we both agreed it wasn't necessary to seek a specialist at this point. And yes, I know about the wrist-rest not necessarily being helpful for my CTS, but it helps everything else.
Speaking as a sufferer of carpal tunnel and other repetitive-stress-injuries, aggravated by a genetic predisposition to arthritis, RSIs are -not- a hoax. However, for every one true RSI sufferer, there're probably a dozen fakers who smell a big lawsuit/government check, and claim mysterious pains here and there. These cases up and disappear whenever someone bothers to scruntinize them.. "What? See a doctor? Oh, I, uh, feel much better now. My wrists have healed! It's a miracle!".
Often, real RSI sufferers are reluctant to seek the help that goes along with a government check. We love our machines too much.
I for one, suffer through the aches, stiff joints, numbness, and keep a-typin. I use a wristwrest and try to keep my wrists/arms/hands at happy 90 degree angles like in those oh-so-nifty ergo diagrams, and I may as well own stock in Bayer for all the asprin I consume. And one day, when the arthritis sets in full force, I hope somebody's perfected cybernetics to the point I can buy new hands from Wal Mart.;)
I care. And your statement is tragically misguided. Let me use cars as an example. You buy a shiny new car for $20,000. You drive it happily for 5 years. It gets it's share of parking-lot dings, spilled cappucino on the seats, the paint fades a bit, but it still runs great. You decide that this faded, dinged 'heap' that smells vaguely like rotten coffee has outlived it's usefulness for you. However, it still runs great, and it bluebooks at $2,000 in it's current condition.
Do you give it away for free to the scrapyard?
No. Not unless you're an idiot, anyway. You sell it, or trade it in for whatever the dealer will give you, so you can buy another shiny new car.
Computers should be treated the same way. Yes, when that '286 just doesn't do it for you anymore, by all means, 'get rid of it'. But if it still works great; don't get rid of it by adding to our landfill mass.
Nothing makes me angrier than walking past a dumpster, seeing an old PC in there, hauling it out (yes, if I see hardware in the garbage, I do go in after it), and finding that it still works.
All functional hardware has a use. We even use old 8088s as terminals around here. If you can't use it, give it to someone who can. Don't throw it out. The more old computers we keep in service, the fewer new ones that have to be built to serve the same purpose. Reuse, reduce, and recycle, people.
The Palm is a better PDA. WinCE units are, I hate to admit it, better pocket computers. So the question is, what do you want? A personal organizer, for keeping track of stuff, taking notes, etc. Or a portable MP3 playing, Internet Exploiter running computer that fits (barely) in a pocket?
I myself use a Sharp SE-500 that I bought from E-bay for 30 bucks. It's a Palm-sized touchscreen organizer, with a built in modem for e-mail. The OS is easy to deal with; if admittedly very closed and limited.
If I had to upgrade, I'd go Palm, because to me a PDA is an organizer. I have a laptop when I need a carryable computer.
- Turq.
There are still geeks out there who want to change the world. Here in St. Louis, we hide in the basement of a restaraunt once a month, and plot our evil..errr.. not-evil plans...
www.nbtsc.org/~iguanacog (will be www.moslug.org by mid-july).
The home of MOSLUG, geeks who want to change the world.
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Er, yes, there are several dozen that make 'x10' hardware, x10 is a protocol, not just an irritating company; in fact, the protocol is older than the irritating company.
I thought they quit letting the mental patients use the internet.
Apple Macintosh Computer. . .
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Hmm.. AMC? Well, both the Pacer and the Mac are funny looking.
- Turq.
Interesting design, not overly practical.
By the way, did I manage to actually score.. first post?
While I agree with what much of flegged said, his/her post implies that modern Intel/AMD CPUs -are- largely CISC devices. This simply isn't the case. Both (the AMD moreso though) make heavy use of RISC-type design and technique.
RISC does matter, or Intel and AMD wouldn't be using it.
All the comments about the watermark still existing even through analog/digital conversions because it's a part of the audio signal that we can't hear, don't take into account that this could be bypassed by using a filter that filters out any part of the audio signal outside the ranges of human hearing. Yes?
I'm using a Portege 660CDT, works great under Linux and even under Winblows. I bought it refurb'd for $150, and I love it.. it's fast for it's time, it's durable, and it's small!
/Closet trekkie mode: ON Interesting design. It appears that the impulse drive is mounted between the two nacelles. At least, my guess is that's an impulse drive, since it has a similiar shape and structure to the drive found on the back of a Constitution Class vessel's saucer section.. /Closet trekkie mode: OFF
Alpha Processor Inc. is at http://www.alpha-processor.com/, not www.api.com My bad.
Alpha isn't going to die so easily. Keep in mind that Compaq does -not- own all of the Alpha technology. Alpha Processor Inc (www.api.com) holds quite a bit of the liscensing; and while Compaq is involved in API, so are big names like Samsung. Do you thing Samsung and other such partners are going to lose the Alpha CPU just so Compaq and Intel can play kissy-face?
Uhh, actually, you're both wrong, it's All these worlds are yours except Europa Attempt no landings there. Use them together. Use them in peace.
I'm considering an MBA or equivalent form of buisness education myself. Why? Because, as any truly aspring techie does, I want to work for -myself-, Not some Pointy-Haired-Boss at PointyCorp. Many techies dream of having their own "Really l33t Hardware/Software Inc." type company; and you'll never get there without a buisness education. Now, if you want to keep working for PHBs, and you don't aspire to management, then don't bother.
Yes, and I should clarify the results, which will explain my use of a wrist-wrest. My carpal tunnel is relatively mild, compared to joint pain that's about 85% beginning arthritis, and 15% non-carpal-tunnel RSI. My doctor basically told me that if using a wrist rest reduces the pain in my joints, it's an acceptable evil despite the increased risk of making my CTS worse. Basically, my wrists, hands, and all associated joints are doomed anyway, in the long run. Hence my desire for replacements someday. ;)
So to sum up, yes I have been diagnosed, by a general practicioner at least; we both agreed it wasn't necessary to seek a specialist at this point. And yes, I know about the wrist-rest not necessarily being helpful for my CTS, but it helps everything else.
Speaking as a sufferer of carpal tunnel and other repetitive-stress-injuries, aggravated by a genetic predisposition to arthritis, RSIs are -not- a hoax. However, for every one true RSI sufferer, there're probably a dozen fakers who smell a big lawsuit/government check, and claim mysterious pains here and there. These cases up and disappear whenever someone bothers to scruntinize them.. "What? See a doctor? Oh, I, uh, feel much better now. My wrists have healed! It's a miracle!". Often, real RSI sufferers are reluctant to seek the help that goes along with a government check. We love our machines too much. I for one, suffer through the aches, stiff joints, numbness, and keep a-typin. I use a wristwrest and try to keep my wrists/arms/hands at happy 90 degree angles like in those oh-so-nifty ergo diagrams, and I may as well own stock in Bayer for all the asprin I consume. And one day, when the arthritis sets in full force, I hope somebody's perfected cybernetics to the point I can buy new hands from Wal Mart. ;)
I care. And your statement is tragically misguided. Let me use cars as an example. You buy a shiny new car for $20,000. You drive it happily for 5 years. It gets it's share of parking-lot dings, spilled cappucino on the seats, the paint fades a bit, but it still runs great. You decide that this faded, dinged 'heap' that smells vaguely like rotten coffee has outlived it's usefulness for you. However, it still runs great, and it bluebooks at $2,000 in it's current condition. Do you give it away for free to the scrapyard? No. Not unless you're an idiot, anyway. You sell it, or trade it in for whatever the dealer will give you, so you can buy another shiny new car. Computers should be treated the same way. Yes, when that '286 just doesn't do it for you anymore, by all means, 'get rid of it'. But if it still works great; don't get rid of it by adding to our landfill mass.
Nothing makes me angrier than walking past a dumpster, seeing an old PC in there, hauling it out (yes, if I see hardware in the garbage, I do go in after it), and finding that it still works. All functional hardware has a use. We even use old 8088s as terminals around here. If you can't use it, give it to someone who can. Don't throw it out. The more old computers we keep in service, the fewer new ones that have to be built to serve the same purpose. Reuse, reduce, and recycle, people.
The Palm is a better PDA. WinCE units are, I hate to admit it, better pocket computers. So the question is, what do you want? A personal organizer, for keeping track of stuff, taking notes, etc. Or a portable MP3 playing, Internet Exploiter running computer that fits (barely) in a pocket? I myself use a Sharp SE-500 that I bought from E-bay for 30 bucks. It's a Palm-sized touchscreen organizer, with a built in modem for e-mail. The OS is easy to deal with; if admittedly very closed and limited. If I had to upgrade, I'd go Palm, because to me a PDA is an organizer. I have a laptop when I need a carryable computer. - Turq.
There are still geeks out there who want to change the world. Here in St. Louis, we hide in the basement of a restaraunt once a month, and plot our evil..errr.. not-evil plans... www.nbtsc.org/~iguanacog (will be www.moslug.org by mid-july). The home of MOSLUG, geeks who want to change the world.
Pioneer 6 isn't all that far away, because it's in orbit around the sun, instead of heading out. I'm not sure of the exact details of the orbit.