Martin Hash has a product called Animation Master. It's spline based and cheap. Find it here. It's got a little bit of a learning curve, but it's quite full featured and comes with a nice book. "We make software even an artist can afford." It's $299 for a new copy, and $99 for an upgrade. They release a new version about every year or two. They have versions for both Windows and Mac.
The RAID controllers onboard are hardware RAID controllers, not software. Both the HighPoint and FastTrak RAID controllers pop up a BIOS screen before booting that let you configure the drives. They both support RAID 0 (striping), 1 (mirroring), and 0+1 (both i.e. 4 drives). They are presented to the operating system as a single SCSI drive attached to a SCSI controller. They are bootable.
This is not software RAID. This is not a 66MHz PCI Ultra 160 SCSI RAID controller with 128MB of battery-backed cache, but it is hardware RAID, and two striped 7200RPM ATA66/100 drives outperforms a single drive any day.
I don't know where you people get your information from, but XP still comes with a command prompt. If you click Start, then Run, and type in CMD, you'll still get the trusty command prompt. It works just as good as the Windows 2000 command interperater, and comes with all the new functionality (command line completion, extended batch language, etc.) introduced with Win2K.
I've got a 7500 through work that I've had for over a year. The only thing that's broken on it is the right internal speaker. I've never had any other problems with it.
The case I have for it is quite big and padded. Your case is probably the culprit. Get a Port case with the air-filled chambers.
The average human walks at 1 to 2 MPH. If it's a day down and a day back, figure 10 to 12 hours walking distance, between 10 and 24 miles. If it's a single day down and back, that's about 4-6 hours each way, thus about 4-9 miles.
Either way, directional 802.11b should work given proper line-of-sight.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with 802.11b. Pick up a couple fixed frequency 900MHz radio modems (from MDS - the 9710 should do nicely). You can stick those bad-boys in a box on a hill running off solar and a couple of 1F caps for backup juice. They require very little power to receive, and a meduim amount of power to transmit. Since they're 12V, they run well off solar. You'll get/reliable/ 9600 service, which will do eMail just fine.
Don't try to jump into T1 speeds at first. Stick with what works. At 9600 baud, the ISP charges will be dirt cheap, and seeing as how cost is a factor, its well worth it...
And in case you don't know, install Linux first onto it's own partition, then XP on a second primary partition. Installing XP second will set it's boot manager to default. You'll simply need to add Linux to the BOOT.INI file (on the root of the boot drive, where the NT loader is). Documentation on the BOOT.INI file is available all over the web.
...has a 1.13GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and a GF2Go with 32MB DDR. Tribes 2 simply rocks on the UXGA screen. I get no lag (becides network on occasion), and I run the laptop in "battery conservation" mode pretty much all the time. Even in complex scenes, I rarely notice a frame drop, and when I do, it could be related to the network connection.
I easily get two to three hours of use (gaming or other) with the battery save mode on, and because of the speed, I rarely (if ever) hear the two (!?) CPU fans come on to cool the CPU. I'm sure that saves quite a bit of power right there. I may be able to squeak 4 hours out of the battery if I try really hard and don't game. For gaming, when I first boot the machine up, I copy (actually decompress, but whatever) the Tribes 2 folder out to a RAM drive. Loading missions is REALLY fast, and the hard drive never spins back up, again saving more power.
The C810 costs a lot, but Dell goes through a round of "specials" every week, and you can pick up one of the following: $$$ off (200 usually), Free DVD or CDRW, Free Double Memory (buy 256, get 512), Free Accessories...
On a Windows 2K/XP box, all hardware-level access is prohibited for user-space programs. Drivers are the only thing that are allowed to talk to hardware.
Go pick up a generic driver that you communicate with to do what you want. See the following...
http://www.torry.net/portaccess.htm
There are many components available for Delphi (with source) to talk to hardware. Port to [insert language here] as necessary. Just remember to use standard calling conventions when calling the DLL.
Can't you get a fractional point-to-point T1 from the phone company? They have to bring lines in somehow...
45 miles is nothing when you expect to pay about $1000 per month for a full T1 over 250 miles. I'd guess you can get a fractional T or link to a frame cloud for about $500 per month and about $2000 per point. If your budget is $80,000, that leaves you with $70,000 (in one year) to pay for Internet services from an ISP. You should be able to get internet services for less than $1000 per month. If you're looking at $80,000-$4,000 (for hardware) = $76,000 / $1,500 (per month), you'll be able to have that active for over 50 months (that's over 4 years for those counting).
Skip the huge outlay of money for a technology that will be sketchy at best in bad weather and go for something that works and is proven many, many times over. If you want equipment recommendations, let me know. You can pick up some standard T1 routers (Cisco) with an integrated CSU/DSU off eBay for close to $1000 each. Your ISP may not even require you buy one at their end if they've got space on their T3...
I want a Table Oriented OS where I can issue any fricken query I want to find and manage files, directories, etc. I am tired of being stuck with Linus' or Gates' version of OS collections.
Look at Oracle's Data Dictionary concept. Quite nice. I'd go for an Oracle OS, it'd just cost an arm and a leg. Oh, and another arm. And an ear. And a few feet of lower intestine...
Since you may want faster (realtime) response time for your application, you may consider using a PLC (www.automationdirect.com, www.siemens.com, www.modicon.com, www.ab.com) and just controlling set points with the computer. There are many many options available in this area, and a PLC is WAY reliable than a PC for critical control functions. Contact me through eMail if you'd like more information.
I have yet to hear anyone say whether or not these "damaged" CD's sound any different from the originals. Do they sound the same, or does the interpolation leave something to be desired?
e-everything is simply a buzzword that has been passed over due to many of the failed attempts at a better way. Online commerce is, however, not "done for". Look at some of the most popular procurement sites: CDW, Insight, Buy.com. They are making money. They are simple to use and provide value to the company in many ways. For instance, with CDW, I have an account manager that I place my orders through, but I do all my shopping on their online site. The online site doesn't see any money from me, but it sure does drive business.
Sit back in your ez-chair and look at the big picture. How does a customer benefit from e-whatever? If you can't come up with any obvious answers, then e-something isn't for you. If you know that your customer is happier with online portions of your business, then your company wins. It's not about money, it's about customer satisfaction. Do what works, and scrap what doesn't quickly.
My point's simple, though - this stuff's no more likely to be ripped off or vandalized than the expensive equipment that already decorates some of
our mountaintops, and you deal with it the same way. Insure and replace as necessary.
I'm sure insurance companies would charge a premium because of this, and because of the high premiums, corporate backers would have a much higher bottom line cash outflow, and thus would be less likely to invest. Until the technology can come down into the hundreds of dollars range, I don't see this becoming wide spread.
Since VMWare runs as a process that the host OS runs under, you cannot separate the two. You can assign VMWare to a single processor and the host OS will run only on that processor. Processor affinity is only really worth setting up if you're going to be running two VMWare sessions. Stick one OS on one CPU and the other OS on the second, and the OS'es will run simultaneously at about 85-90% of true full speed. It's rather nice for development since you can have a client and server on a single machine that is independent of your development and debugging setup.:)
Maybe there needs to be two different types of ants. First, there needs to be a scout type that goes out and does scavenging to find routes and ensure solid routes exist. This ant will have no payload capacity. Second, there needs to be a worker ant that carries a payload, and has a lower chance of taking a route not already "marked" as good.
To retrofit our existing network infrastructure, the "scouts" could be installed as a routing protocol, and the "workers" would be IP packets (with a few more bytes of data?) that follow the trails left by the scouts.
[hope]If a big company such as Cisco would jump on this with an extension to IOS, we may very well see this type of routing scheme become very popular.[/hope] It will take a huge undertaking to get something like this off the ground, so I'd bet that we would see a hybrid-ized solution (such as the one I just stated) before we see a new generation of "ant routers" (they would be very small;-).
It's very promising technology. I can't imagine what the future will hold.
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Martin Hash has a product called Animation Master. It's spline based and cheap. Find it here. It's got a little bit of a learning curve, but it's quite full featured and comes with a nice book. "We make software even an artist can afford." It's $299 for a new copy, and $99 for an upgrade. They release a new version about every year or two. They have versions for both Windows and Mac.
Score -1: Goatse.cx link.
Not even that clever IMO.
BS-Modem.
The RAID controllers onboard are hardware RAID controllers, not software. Both the HighPoint and FastTrak RAID controllers pop up a BIOS screen before booting that let you configure the drives. They both support RAID 0 (striping), 1 (mirroring), and 0+1 (both i.e. 4 drives). They are presented to the operating system as a single SCSI drive attached to a SCSI controller. They are bootable.
This is not software RAID. This is not a 66MHz PCI Ultra 160 SCSI RAID controller with 128MB of battery-backed cache, but it is hardware RAID, and two striped 7200RPM ATA66/100 drives outperforms a single drive any day.
Take the CD out, blow on it real hard, hit it lightly a few times, and try again... ;-)
I wonder what Linus is thinking of doing if his employer goes.
Why does he need to work? He's the filthy rich owner of the worlds fastest growing operating system. What's that? Open source? Oh. Never mind.
I don't know where you people get your information from, but XP still comes with a command prompt. If you click Start, then Run, and type in CMD, you'll still get the trusty command prompt. It works just as good as the Windows 2000 command interperater, and comes with all the new functionality (command line completion, extended batch language, etc.) introduced with Win2K.
Stop spreading the FUD. Start cutting the cheese.
I've got a 7500 through work that I've had for over a year. The only thing that's broken on it is the right internal speaker. I've never had any other problems with it.
The case I have for it is quite big and padded. Your case is probably the culprit. Get a Port case with the air-filled chambers.
The average human walks at 1 to 2 MPH. If it's a day down and a day back, figure 10 to 12 hours walking distance, between 10 and 24 miles. If it's a single day down and back, that's about 4-6 hours each way, thus about 4-9 miles.
/reliable/ 9600 service, which will do eMail just fine.
Either way, directional 802.11b should work given proper line-of-sight.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with 802.11b. Pick up a couple fixed frequency 900MHz radio modems (from MDS - the 9710 should do nicely). You can stick those bad-boys in a box on a hill running off solar and a couple of 1F caps for backup juice. They require very little power to receive, and a meduim amount of power to transmit. Since they're 12V, they run well off solar. You'll get
Don't try to jump into T1 speeds at first. Stick with what works. At 9600 baud, the ISP charges will be dirt cheap, and seeing as how cost is a factor, its well worth it...
And in case you don't know, install Linux first onto it's own partition, then XP on a second primary partition. Installing XP second will set it's boot manager to default. You'll simply need to add Linux to the BOOT.INI file (on the root of the boot drive, where the NT loader is). Documentation on the BOOT.INI file is available all over the web.
Search Microsoft and ye shall find the answer.
...has a 1.13GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and a GF2Go with 32MB DDR. Tribes 2 simply rocks on the UXGA screen. I get no lag (becides network on occasion), and I run the laptop in "battery conservation" mode pretty much all the time. Even in complex scenes, I rarely notice a frame drop, and when I do, it could be related to the network connection.
I easily get two to three hours of use (gaming or other) with the battery save mode on, and because of the speed, I rarely (if ever) hear the two (!?) CPU fans come on to cool the CPU. I'm sure that saves quite a bit of power right there. I may be able to squeak 4 hours out of the battery if I try really hard and don't game. For gaming, when I first boot the machine up, I copy (actually decompress, but whatever) the Tribes 2 folder out to a RAM drive. Loading missions is REALLY fast, and the hard drive never spins back up, again saving more power.
The C810 costs a lot, but Dell goes through a round of "specials" every week, and you can pick up one of the following: $$$ off (200 usually), Free DVD or CDRW, Free Double Memory (buy 256, get 512), Free Accessories...
On a Windows 2K/XP box, all hardware-level access is prohibited for user-space programs. Drivers are the only thing that are allowed to talk to hardware.
Go pick up a generic driver that you communicate with to do what you want. See the following...
http://www.torry.net/portaccess.htm
There are many components available for Delphi (with source) to talk to hardware. Port to [insert language here] as necessary. Just remember to use standard calling conventions when calling the DLL.
Can't you get a fractional point-to-point T1 from the phone company? They have to bring lines in somehow...
45 miles is nothing when you expect to pay about $1000 per month for a full T1 over 250 miles. I'd guess you can get a fractional T or link to a frame cloud for about $500 per month and about $2000 per point. If your budget is $80,000, that leaves you with $70,000 (in one year) to pay for Internet services from an ISP. You should be able to get internet services for less than $1000 per month. If you're looking at $80,000-$4,000 (for hardware) = $76,000 / $1,500 (per month), you'll be able to have that active for over 50 months (that's over 4 years for those counting).
Skip the huge outlay of money for a technology that will be sketchy at best in bad weather and go for something that works and is proven many, many times over. If you want equipment recommendations, let me know. You can pick up some standard T1 routers (Cisco) with an integrated CSU/DSU off eBay for close to $1000 each. Your ISP may not even require you buy one at their end if they've got space on their T3...
All money estimated in U.S. currency.
Eric
I want a Table Oriented OS where I can issue any fricken query I want to find and manage files, directories, etc. I am tired of being stuck with Linus' or Gates' version of OS collections.
Look at Oracle's Data Dictionary concept. Quite nice. I'd go for an Oracle OS, it'd just cost an arm and a leg. Oh, and another arm. And an ear. And a few feet of lower intestine...
Shift-Right-Click on the file, choose Open With on the menu that pops up, and pick a program. Wow. That's tough.
Since you may want faster (realtime) response time for your application, you may consider using a PLC (www.automationdirect.com, www.siemens.com, www.modicon.com, www.ab.com) and just controlling set points with the computer. There are many many options available in this area, and a PLC is WAY reliable than a PC for critical control functions. Contact me through eMail if you'd like more information.
I have yet to hear anyone say whether or not these "damaged" CD's sound any different from the originals. Do they sound the same, or does the interpolation leave something to be desired?
First Post?
e-everything is simply a buzzword that has been passed over due to many of the failed attempts at a better way. Online commerce is, however, not "done for". Look at some of the most popular procurement sites: CDW, Insight, Buy.com. They are making money. They are simple to use and provide value to the company in many ways. For instance, with CDW, I have an account manager that I place my orders through, but I do all my shopping on their online site. The online site doesn't see any money from me, but it sure does drive business.
Sit back in your ez-chair and look at the big picture. How does a customer benefit from e-whatever? If you can't come up with any obvious answers, then e-something isn't for you. If you know that your customer is happier with online portions of your business, then your company wins. It's not about money, it's about customer satisfaction. Do what works, and scrap what doesn't quickly.
My point's simple, though - this stuff's no more likely to be ripped off or vandalized than the expensive equipment that already decorates some of
our mountaintops, and you deal with it the same way. Insure and replace as necessary.
I'm sure insurance companies would charge a premium because of this, and because of the high premiums, corporate backers would have a much higher bottom line cash outflow, and thus would be less likely to invest. Until the technology can come down into the hundreds of dollars range, I don't see this becoming wide spread.
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I must be half asleep as well...
I read Pamela Samuelson as Pamela Anderson and was curious how crypto and silicone were related.
Since VMWare runs as a process that the host OS runs under, you cannot separate the two. You can assign VMWare to a single processor and the host OS will run only on that processor. Processor affinity is only really worth setting up if you're going to be running two VMWare sessions. Stick one OS on one CPU and the other OS on the second, and the OS'es will run simultaneously at about 85-90% of true full speed. It's rather nice for development since you can have a client and server on a single machine that is independent of your development and debugging setup. :)
;-)
Maybe there needs to be two different types of ants. First, there needs to be a scout type that goes out and does scavenging to find routes and ensure solid routes exist. This ant will have no payload capacity. Second, there needs to be a worker ant that carries a payload, and has a lower chance of taking a route not already "marked" as good.
;-).
To retrofit our existing network infrastructure, the "scouts" could be installed as a routing protocol, and the "workers" would be IP packets (with a few more bytes of data?) that follow the trails left by the scouts.
[hope]If a big company such as Cisco would jump on this with an extension to IOS, we may very well see this type of routing scheme become very popular.[/hope] It will take a huge undertaking to get something like this off the ground, so I'd bet that we would see a hybrid-ized solution (such as the one I just stated) before we see a new generation of "ant routers" (they would be very small
It's very promising technology. I can't imagine what the future will hold.