It was at Comdex in Chicago a few years ago. It was funny as hell. Bill plugged in a printer to a USB port on Win98 to demonstrate the USB plug and play capabilities and as soon as he plugged it in it went Blue Screen. The crowd just died laughing, it was awesome. Bill said something to the effect of "Obviously that's why we haven't released it yet..."
One of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Usenet was never about being pretty, it was all about the information. Bastardizing it like putting in HTML, inline images and such would just be travesty. Granted, it'll probably happen (if it hasn't already in some areas), but that doesn't change the fact that it would sad.
Did you read the article?
No of course not!.
"With only 13 episodes in the first season, the first three-disc set will be fleshed out with loads of extra
material, including the original shorts that debuted on ``The Tracey Ullman Show'' and a never-before-seen
lost episode."
My wife (not incredibly technically illeterate) installed this on my AMD K6III-450 and Voodoo3 2000 16MB card with an older 32x cdrom on Windows 98. She's had 0 problems with the game and is actually quite happy with it, and enjoys playing it.
It's too bad Michael couldn't get past his technical problems to write a review of the gameplay itself rather than technical issues surrounding the game.
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On the Galaxies web page it announces that the first expansion pack WILL add a space fighting portion to the game.
The difference between then and now is
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Then we were fighting a revolution against the evil British Empire. It was treason then against the Brits, but it was okay because we were the "good guys"
Now the same actions would be seen as bad and possibly treasonous against our own country because our Government and America is good and perfect of course.
You REALLY need to check out the trailer for Final Fantasy. I just saw the latest one in the theater when I went to see the Mummy Returns. It's absolutely incredible and very very very real looking.
You can only access the RPM db with one program at a time. IT sounds like you've already got it open with something like gnorpm or something.
To get RPMS, you might try FTPing to red-carpet.ximian.com but anything is going to be slow going for the next couple of days probably.
-jay
full install is 152 Megs! I dunno of Cheapbytes will have it or not, I don't remember seing previous versions, but I didn't look to hard. If they had it before, they'll probably have the new version eventually too.
Ximian is working on this I believe. Checkout their site (when it's not slashdotted) and look for their setup tools. I downloaded them a little while back and they seemed to work okay, they hosed my network connection the first time, but I got it back right away. Anyway, they look really nice, though they still have some bugs....
Actually DVD players on Laptops are wonderful. They are great for plane trips and car trips and such. Of course you could buy one of those portable DVD players, but why, if you've already got a laptop....
It's a few packages. But it's really simple. If you have Ximian GNOME, just run the Helix updater and select the RedCarpet Beta Mirror and off you go! Very Very nice. I wish there was some way to say "No, I don't need those updated 2.2.x RedHat kernels because I'm running 2.4.1!". Other than that it's really pretty sweet.
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I did the opposite. I sold the 40 about 1 hour after it opened (somewhere like $265 or so), but still have my 100... *sigh* oh well, that's all just play money at this point anyways, almost triple my money back in one hour is fine with me.:)
Did you even go and look? I clicked on the link and it brought me to CNet's page where in the side bar (just like the Slashdot editor said) was a link to the stream. And looky there, links to both the Real and Windows Media streams.
Maybe you should get a clue before ripping into someone.
Seriously. If one U's policy is that offensive to you, don't support it and go to a different place. If enough people did this and cited why they left, I would bet that policies would get changed pretty quick. Universities and Colleges need students to operate, they don't want to drive them away.
I agree totally, this happens with Windows OSes too. When was the last time you didn't see a big application require SP3 at least on NT4?
This is true for every operating system out there. You can try and force it to install with a bunch of hacks etc on an "unsupported" system, but really why? What does RH7 give you on an Oracle box that RH6.2 can't besides less stability and incompatibility problems.
pretty easy really. Most (if not all) 802.11b wireless products allow you tp specify that only certain MAC addresses can use it, so you can just mkae sure the MAC addresses of your wireless NICs are in the access list. You can also specify a network name rather than just allowing a card looking for "any" network to connect.
I think you're being a tad snobbish on this. Just because a few hundred PCs in an educational environment doesn't meet your standards of an important service, it doesn't mean it's not mission critical. I also work for a small college wiht several hundred PCs, and we have several VERY mission-critical services. They are critical to OUR mission as an educational institution with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line every year and hundreds/students who are paying good money for this education. Students which may well spawn the next Linux Torvalds, or the next visionary in any field you choose. I would think that would constitute a mision of the utmost importance, and would require mission-critical services.
I do agree that saving money is of major importance, and that using AMD is the best bang for the buck. I just don't agree with your assesment of what a mission-critical environment constitutes.
I'm not claiming that Steltor's Corporate Time is the end call be all server for this, but it meets almost all of your listed requirements above. The website is http://www.steltor.com
It looks pretty cool to me (mmmm 2 Terabytes!!)
HREF="http://www.valinux.com/systems/productinfo.h tml?product=9205">http://www.valinux.com/systems/p roductinfo.html?product=9205
Do you remember when they first started posting election stuff? They made it clear that all the posting was going to be done under a certain topic and that you can go into your preferences and turn that topic off so you don't have to see it. Rather than complaining about what everybody else wants to hear vs. you, why don't you try turning it off, so YOU do NOT have to see it.
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It was at Comdex in Chicago a few years ago. It was funny as hell. Bill plugged in a printer to a USB port on Win98 to demonstrate the USB plug and play capabilities and as soon as he plugged it in it went Blue Screen. The crowd just died laughing, it was awesome. Bill said something to the effect of "Obviously that's why we haven't released it yet..."
One of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Usenet was never about being pretty, it was all about the information. Bastardizing it like putting in HTML, inline images and such would just be travesty. Granted, it'll probably happen (if it hasn't already in some areas), but that doesn't change the fact that it would sad.
Did you read the article? No of course not!.
"With only 13 episodes in the first season, the first three-disc set will be fleshed out with loads of extra material, including the original shorts that debuted on ``The Tracey Ullman Show'' and a never-before-seen lost episode."
My wife (not incredibly technically illeterate) installed this on my AMD K6III-450 and Voodoo3 2000 16MB card with an older 32x cdrom on Windows 98. She's had 0 problems with the game and is actually quite happy with it, and enjoys playing it.
It's too bad Michael couldn't get past his technical problems to write a review of the gameplay itself rather than technical issues surrounding the game.
On the Galaxies web page it announces that the first expansion pack WILL add a space fighting portion to the game.
Then we were fighting a revolution against the evil British Empire. It was treason then against the Brits, but it was okay because we were the "good guys"
Now the same actions would be seen as bad and possibly treasonous against our own country because our Government and America is good and perfect of course.
You REALLY need to check out the trailer for Final Fantasy. I just saw the latest one in the theater when I went to see the Mummy Returns. It's absolutely incredible and very very very real looking.
You can only access the RPM db with one program at a time. IT sounds like you've already got it open with something like gnorpm or something.
To get RPMS, you might try FTPing to red-carpet.ximian.com but anything is going to be slow going for the next couple of days probably.
-jay
full install is 152 Megs! I dunno of Cheapbytes will have it or not, I don't remember seing previous versions, but I didn't look to hard. If they had it before, they'll probably have the new version eventually too.
Okay, I finally got in the site. here's the link:
http://www.ximian.com/tech/helix-setup-tools.php3
Ximian is working on this I believe. Checkout their site (when it's not slashdotted) and look for their setup tools. I downloaded them a little while back and they seemed to work okay, they hosed my network connection the first time, but I got it back right away. Anyway, they look really nice, though they still have some bugs....
Actually DVD players on Laptops are wonderful. They are great for plane trips and car trips and such. Of course you could buy one of those portable DVD players, but why, if you've already got a laptop....
Unless you're using IMAP which is really pretty broken still... (even in nightlies).
Goshen College has this too. Why is this news?
It's a few packages. But it's really simple. If you have Ximian GNOME, just run the Helix updater and select the RedCarpet Beta Mirror and off you go! Very Very nice. I wish there was some way to say "No, I don't need those updated 2.2.x RedHat kernels because I'm running 2.4.1!". Other than that it's really pretty sweet.
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I did the opposite. I sold the 40 about 1 hour after it opened (somewhere like $265 or so), but still have my 100... *sigh* oh well, that's all just play money at this point anyways, almost triple my money back in one hour is fine with me. :)
Did you even go and look? I clicked on the link and it brought me to CNet's page where in the side bar (just like the Slashdot editor said) was a link to the stream. And looky there, links to both the Real and Windows Media streams.
Maybe you should get a clue before ripping into someone.
go to a different university?
Seriously. If one U's policy is that offensive to you, don't support it and go to a different place. If enough people did this and cited why they left, I would bet that policies would get changed pretty quick. Universities and Colleges need students to operate, they don't want to drive them away.
I agree totally, this happens with Windows OSes too. When was the last time you didn't see a big application require SP3 at least on NT4?
This is true for every operating system out there. You can try and force it to install with a bunch of hacks etc on an "unsupported" system, but really why? What does RH7 give you on an Oracle box that RH6.2 can't besides less stability and incompatibility problems.
pretty easy really. Most (if not all) 802.11b wireless products allow you tp specify that only certain MAC addresses can use it, so you can just mkae sure the MAC addresses of your wireless NICs are in the access list. You can also specify a network name rather than just allowing a card looking for "any" network to connect.
I think you're being a tad snobbish on this. Just because a few hundred PCs in an educational environment doesn't meet your standards of an important service, it doesn't mean it's not mission critical. I also work for a small college wiht several hundred PCs, and we have several VERY mission-critical services. They are critical to OUR mission as an educational institution with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line every year and hundreds/students who are paying good money for this education. Students which may well spawn the next Linux Torvalds, or the next visionary in any field you choose. I would think that would constitute a mision of the utmost importance, and would require mission-critical services.
I do agree that saving money is of major importance, and that using AMD is the best bang for the buck. I just don't agree with your assesment of what a mission-critical environment constitutes.
I'm not claiming that Steltor's Corporate Time is the end call be all server for this, but it meets almost all of your listed requirements above. The website is http://www.steltor.com
I apologize for that badly formatted link...
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It looks pretty cool to me (mmmm 2 Terabytes!!) HREF="http://www.valinux.com/systems/productinfo.h tml?product=9205">http://www.valinux.com/systems/p roductinfo.html?product=9205
Do you remember when they first started posting election stuff? They made it clear that all the posting was going to be done under a certain topic and that you can go into your preferences and turn that topic off so you don't have to see it. Rather than complaining about what everybody else wants to hear vs. you, why don't you try turning it off, so YOU do NOT have to see it.