Final stages of testing. I've changed jobs and am moving across country (today and tomorrow!), so I've dawdled. Send me an e-mail next week and I'll give you an account to play with. My e-mail can be gotten from my/. account here.
An expose on what people get for buying a sub-$100 shared-hosting account? Here's a clue, not only can't you handle the Slashdot effect, you'll probably have a hard time handling the "Mable-the-town-gossip-told-her-inner-circle" effect. That isn't an expose, that is a "I didn't read the contract which has no true SLA in it" moment.
Right, my mistake. The Philadelphia incident was mixed in with the initial report of the NH incident.
That happening in Philadelphia doesn't surprise me as much as NH, which has a reputation of being a bit more libertarian.
As far as mooching off of Taxachucettes goes, there is nothing new there. Why do you think Florida has no income tax? They tax the tourists to death. The same goes for Alabama/Tennessee fireworks being one exit north of Georgia. And Georgia's border with Florida being littered with cigarette shops and gas stations (gas was like $0.30 cheaper per galling in GA than FL, but that might have changed).
Now, off to correct Wikipedia. Philadelphia is the third Earth colony on *Europa*, not Io. Ignorant savages.
Now they can focus on the guy they dragged out of his yard and arrested for daring to photograph the cops with his cellphone camera. After that, they can re-evaluate just what "Live Free or Die" means.
Every once in a while I see a comment here or there about how great it would be to put your entire/home in CVS (or SVN, or pick your favorite) to be able to keep a revision history on everything you do.
How is this different? It sounds like a fabulous idea to me -- being a sysadming -- and a great timesaver when it comes to "I just deleted these files, do you hvave the backup tapes?"
If you're looking at comparing against the MacBook, not the Pro, the Compaq Presario V2000Z w/the 12-cell battery gets a real-world 5.75 - 6 hours. Fully loaded the machine is $1,000 and 6.0 lbs.
That isn't "half the battery life" of any known Mac, unless you've jumpered it to your car battery. I'm not sure where the MacBook comes out, but the usable life of the Compaq is quite respectable.
I will agree with you wholeheartedly as to never buying a laptop with 5 hours of battery life again. The corporate IBM T23 I just turned back in had an abysmal 2 hours which was murder in airports if I couldn't snag an outlet.
In all honesty, I don't know. I spent some time comparing laptops for myself and my kids. I ended up buying two Presario V5000Z machines and will be getting a third. They were $1,000 each w/2 Gb RAM, a DVD-RW DL w/Lightscribe, 802.11 a/b/g + bluetooth, ATI Radeon X200, 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64-bit CPU, 12-cell battery, 15.4" screen.
The first thing I did was install Kubuntu and never booted into Windows at all. As you said, it is all in the software and that is what gets it done for me.
Now that I look, the base price includes XP Home (+$59 for Pro) and MS Works. I didn't want a remote, but they are $15. Bluetooth EDR never entered my mind, though I was very much interested in the DVD+-RW DL drive.
The Apple website does not mention 802.11a, just b/g, so I was unaware.
I'm NOT knocking Apple, what I'm pointing out is the majority of the "great unwashed public" will look at the big difference in price and go for that. Apple needs to make it very, very clear that their machine comes with all the software (and none of the spyware) right out of the box. You're right as in that IS worth the premium.
You're willing to pay $900-$1,000 premium just because the case is aluminium? Then you are not the person I directed my comments at nor are you a "regular computer buyer".
According to the specs, the MacBook is 123 in^3 and the Compaq Presario V2000Z is 154 in^3, though it does have a 14" screen as opposed to the Mac's 13.1", so they do use it. Weight is 5.2 vs 5.3 lbs, so no real difference there.
Weight is more important to me than super-thin. Once they get past a certain point I no longer care.
I mentioned the Compaq and not Dell because I was comparing laptops in Frye's the other day and all-in-all the Compaq was my favorite thin-n-light model.
The 30% premium was against a MacBook, not the much more expensive Pro. An equivalent Pro is over $1,000 more, almost a 90% premium.
I'm glad you're happy with the Pro, as it looks like one sweet machine. I just can't envision lots of regular people willing to shell out that much of a premium.
They face stiff competition when an almost identical Compaq laptop is $300 cheaper -- and has a bigger screen. Same CPU, same RAM, same graphics chip, same ports -- except the Compaq also support 802.11a -- same HD, etc.
With the Compaq you can opt for an AMD Turion 64 w/ATI graphics chipset instead of the Intel and it's CHEAPER. The Mac has the built-in camera but the Compaq has the option of a built-in Lightscribe DVD+-DL burner for $25 more.
Yes, the Mac is more fashionable but the big point is going to be OS X -- will the general public (i.e. -- not Apple fanboys) be willing the make the switch at a 30% premium?
One simple reason -- to get your name, address, phone number and credit card number. What better way to get a few million high-quality mailing list additions?
Not only will you be assimilated, but you're going to damn well pay for the privilege.
Israel was able to make peace with Egypt and Jordan. They returned captured land, the Sinai, when Egypt recognized Israel's right to exist. I believe Syria is refusing to recognize Israel's right to exist and thus isn't getting the Golan Hights back until they do.
Hamas doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist, either, so they get they ass handed to them on a plate.
Gotta love the Arab argument about willing to live with Israel at the 1967 borders -- AFTER they lost three wars with them. Had they been so willing in 1967, none of this would be an issue.
1. Purchase a 1 Gb flash drive. Stick a label on it so the size isn't advertised. 2. Partition it 512 Mb FAT-32 / 512 Mb Ext-2 3. Put innocuous stuff all on the FAT partition -- anything hidden gets encrypted and put on the Ext-2
Any one that sticks the flash drive into a Windows box will automount the first partitions. Nothing to see there -- move along. The Ext-2 won't show up unless they look at it with a partitioning tool.
I've never had anyone look twice. Of course, I've never been under close scrutiny, but it certainly passed casual inspection.
The 1 Gb PQI Intellistick is so small it easily fits between credit cards in my wallet without being seen. It doesn't trigger metal detectors, so I leave my wallet in my pocket when going thru those in airports. I don't let it get x-rayed and it just never shows up. The card costs like $45.
Dude, this has been the norm in the UK and much of Europe for several years. They really don't like you bringing porn into their countries. Of course, there are ample supplies of domestic porn already there, so I'm not sure why you'd want to import it.
I've actually had a customs agent at Gatwick Airport (London, UK) ask me if I had any porn on my laptop. I told him no, if I wanted any I'd just get some local stuff as it seemed plentiful. Fortunately the British pride themselves on having a sense of humor. He offered suggestions on where to get it...
Well, the last time I looked at the OGP wiki was back in late February and there was almost no indication of progress. I understand this was people were actually DOING things and didn't have time to update the website, but it still gave me the impression of going to take forever.
Looking at it again gives me much more hope for the future. They seem to have made a lot of progress and updated the site. Very nice.
Their are wonderful OSS drivers for 2D features, it is hardware-accelerated 3D where things fall short. HA3D means AGP or PCI-Express, not PCI. Even with support there is no way the OGP is going to release anything usable on that front for YEARS.
On the other hand, Intel has been providing specs and source code for their integrated graphics chipsets. This includes hardware accelerated 3D, though the chips aren't up to the nVidia and ATI top or upper-mid range. Hardware T&L is missing, for one thing. However, their next refresh of those chips should get much closer and should still have excellent OSS drivers.
Intel offers much more hope than OGP ever will, as noble as that effort is.
I've always had good luck with not necessarily tying a MAC to a port, but rather a list of approved MACs. MAC not approved gets automatically shunted to an isolated VLAN. If they bring up a browser all they see is a "welcome guest, call IT" screen. Both Cisco and HP switches can do this.
The GP was unclear. A 2 Gb USB drive implies a memory stick, not a USB-connected hard drive. Cases and firewire and not an option here as he's really talking about somehing the size of your thumb -- not your whole hand. Also, USB/firewire drives usually require separate power -- limiting their portability.
But with a "one-man-band" type of operation, frequently you want to see the screen while recording. With an iMac as an all-in-one, long cables don't matter because you need to stay close enough to see the screen.
That was the point of the one guy that traded the iMac for a PowerMac tower unit -- long cables yet you could still see the monitor.
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What, you have a problem with a chocolate city? I knew it was about race.
It isn't the chocolate part, it is all the nuts.
Charles
Final stages of testing. I've changed jobs and am moving across country (today and tomorrow!), so I've dawdled. Send me an e-mail next week and I'll give you an account to play with. My e-mail can be gotten from my /. account here.
Charles
An expose on what people get for buying a sub-$100 shared-hosting account? Here's a clue, not only can't you handle the Slashdot effect, you'll probably have a hard time handling the "Mable-the-town-gossip-told-her-inner-circle" effect. That isn't an expose, that is a "I didn't read the contract which has no true SLA in it" moment.
Charles
Right, my mistake. The Philadelphia incident was mixed in with the initial report of the NH incident.
That happening in Philadelphia doesn't surprise me as much as NH, which has a reputation of being a bit more libertarian.
As far as mooching off of Taxachucettes goes, there is nothing new there. Why do you think Florida has no income tax? They tax the tourists to death. The same goes for Alabama/Tennessee fireworks being one exit north of Georgia. And Georgia's border with Florida being littered with cigarette shops and gas stations (gas was like $0.30 cheaper per galling in GA than FL, but that might have changed).
Now, off to correct Wikipedia. Philadelphia is the third Earth colony on *Europa*, not Io. Ignorant savages.
Now they can focus on the guy they dragged out of his yard and arrested for daring to photograph the cops with his cellphone camera. After that, they can re-evaluate just what "Live Free or Die" means.
Every once in a while I see a comment here or there about how great it would be to put your entire /home in CVS (or SVN, or pick your favorite) to be able to keep a revision history on everything you do.
How is this different? It sounds like a fabulous idea to me -- being a sysadming -- and a great timesaver when it comes to "I just deleted these files, do you hvave the backup tapes?"
If you're looking at comparing against the MacBook, not the Pro, the Compaq Presario V2000Z w/the 12-cell battery gets a real-world 5.75 - 6 hours. Fully loaded the machine is $1,000 and 6.0 lbs.
That isn't "half the battery life" of any known Mac, unless you've jumpered it to your car battery. I'm not sure where the MacBook comes out, but the usable life of the Compaq is quite respectable.
I will agree with you wholeheartedly as to never buying a laptop with 5 hours of battery life again. The corporate IBM T23 I just turned back in had an abysmal 2 hours which was murder in airports if I couldn't snag an outlet.
In all honesty, I don't know. I spent some time comparing laptops for myself and my kids. I ended up buying two Presario V5000Z machines and will be getting a third. They were $1,000 each w/2 Gb RAM, a DVD-RW DL w/Lightscribe, 802.11 a/b/g + bluetooth, ATI Radeon X200, 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64-bit CPU, 12-cell battery, 15.4" screen.
The first thing I did was install Kubuntu and never booted into Windows at all. As you said, it is all in the software and that is what gets it done for me.
Now that I look, the base price includes XP Home (+$59 for Pro) and MS Works. I didn't want a remote, but they are $15. Bluetooth EDR never entered my mind, though I was very much interested in the DVD+-RW DL drive.
The Apple website does not mention 802.11a, just b/g, so I was unaware.
I'm NOT knocking Apple, what I'm pointing out is the majority of the "great unwashed public" will look at the big difference in price and go for that. Apple needs to make it very, very clear that their machine comes with all the software (and none of the spyware) right out of the box. You're right as in that IS worth the premium.
You're willing to pay $900-$1,000 premium just because the case is aluminium? Then you are not the person I directed my comments at nor are you a "regular computer buyer".
According to the specs, the MacBook is 123 in^3 and the Compaq Presario V2000Z is 154 in^3, though it does have a 14" screen as opposed to the Mac's 13.1", so they do use it. Weight is 5.2 vs 5.3 lbs, so no real difference there.
Weight is more important to me than super-thin. Once they get past a certain point I no longer care.
I mentioned the Compaq and not Dell because I was comparing laptops in Frye's the other day and all-in-all the Compaq was my favorite thin-n-light model.
The 30% premium was against a MacBook, not the much more expensive Pro. An equivalent Pro is over $1,000 more, almost a 90% premium.
I'm glad you're happy with the Pro, as it looks like one sweet machine. I just can't envision lots of regular people willing to shell out that much of a premium.
They face stiff competition when an almost identical Compaq laptop is $300 cheaper -- and has a bigger screen. Same CPU, same RAM, same graphics chip, same ports -- except the Compaq also support 802.11a -- same HD, etc.
With the Compaq you can opt for an AMD Turion 64 w/ATI graphics chipset instead of the Intel and it's CHEAPER. The Mac has the built-in camera but the Compaq has the option of a built-in Lightscribe DVD+-DL burner for $25 more.
Yes, the Mac is more fashionable but the big point is going to be OS X -- will the general public (i.e. -- not Apple fanboys) be willing the make the switch at a 30% premium?
-Charles
One simple reason -- to get your name, address, phone number and credit card number. What better way to get a few million high-quality mailing list additions?
Not only will you be assimilated, but you're going to damn well pay for the privilege.
Charles
Israel was able to make peace with Egypt and Jordan. They returned captured land, the Sinai, when Egypt recognized Israel's right to exist. I believe Syria is refusing to recognize Israel's right to exist and thus isn't getting the Golan Hights back until they do.
Hamas doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist, either, so they get they ass handed to them on a plate.
Gotta love the Arab argument about willing to live with Israel at the 1967 borders -- AFTER they lost three wars with them. Had they been so willing in 1967, none of this would be an issue.
Charles
Windows shows the size of the "drive", which is the size of the partition. You'd have you use the disk manager or a patitioning tool to see it.
What I've done in the past is:
1. Purchase a 1 Gb flash drive. Stick a label on it so the size isn't advertised.
2. Partition it 512 Mb FAT-32 / 512 Mb Ext-2
3. Put innocuous stuff all on the FAT partition -- anything hidden gets encrypted and put on the Ext-2
Any one that sticks the flash drive into a Windows box will automount the first partitions. Nothing to see there -- move along. The Ext-2 won't show up unless they look at it with a partitioning tool.
I've never had anyone look twice. Of course, I've never been under close scrutiny, but it certainly passed casual inspection.
The 1 Gb PQI Intellistick is so small it easily fits between credit cards in my wallet without being seen. It doesn't trigger metal detectors, so I leave my wallet in my pocket when going thru those in airports. I don't let it get x-rayed and it just never shows up. The card costs like $45.
Dude, this has been the norm in the UK and much of Europe for several years. They really don't like you bringing porn into their countries. Of course, there are ample supplies of domestic porn already there, so I'm not sure why you'd want to import it.
I've actually had a customs agent at Gatwick Airport (London, UK) ask me if I had any porn on my laptop. I told him no, if I wanted any I'd just get some local stuff as it seemed plentiful. Fortunately the British pride themselves on having a sense of humor. He offered suggestions on where to get it...
-Charles
I was swept up into the WoW phenomenon for about a year, but once I hit 60 I learned that the end game wasn't really my thing.
I'm impressed you were playing video games at 59. It gives me one more thing to look forward to when I get old.
-Charles
Well, the last time I looked at the OGP wiki was back in late February and there was almost no indication of progress. I understand this was people were actually DOING things and didn't have time to update the website, but it still gave me the impression of going to take forever.
Looking at it again gives me much more hope for the future. They seem to have made a lot of progress and updated the site. Very nice.
-Charles
Their are wonderful OSS drivers for 2D features, it is hardware-accelerated 3D where things fall short. HA3D means AGP or PCI-Express, not PCI. Even with support there is no way the OGP is going to release anything usable on that front for YEARS.
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On the other hand, Intel has been providing specs and source code for their integrated graphics chipsets. This includes hardware accelerated 3D, though the chips aren't up to the nVidia and ATI top or upper-mid range. Hardware T&L is missing, for one thing. However, their next refresh of those chips should get much closer and should still have excellent OSS drivers.
Intel offers much more hope than OGP ever will, as noble as that effort is.
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man4/i810.4.html
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164
-Charles
I've always had good luck with not necessarily tying a MAC to a port, but rather a list of approved MACs. MAC not approved gets automatically shunted to an isolated VLAN. If they bring up a browser all they see is a "welcome guest, call IT" screen. Both Cisco and HP switches can do this.
Well, considering that DAT stands for Digital Audio Tape, I find that a bit unlikely...
How old are you? Gotta be under 25, easy.
4mm helical scan DAT tapes were very, very popular for enterprise data backup. Do a quick google on "dat tape backup" and enlighten yourself.
-Charles
Well, you can get a 1 Gb PQI for $19.99.S EARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4359955?site=sr:
The PNY 2 Gb is $35.99 after $10 mail-in rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
NewEgg has a couple others that hit the $40 mark w/o rebates.
The GP was unclear. A 2 Gb USB drive implies a memory stick, not a USB-connected hard drive. Cases and firewire and not an option here as he's really talking about somehing the size of your thumb -- not your whole hand. Also, USB/firewire drives usually require separate power -- limiting their portability.
But with a "one-man-band" type of operation, frequently you want to see the screen while recording. With an iMac as an all-in-one, long cables don't matter because you need to stay close enough to see the screen.
That was the point of the one guy that traded the iMac for a PowerMac tower unit -- long cables yet you could still see the monitor.