are greatly inferior to the disks from the 80's and 90's
I have to agree with you on this.
I started my "computing" life in the early 80's on a C=64 (and an Apple ][). Even when I "double-sided" floppys, they were still quite readable when I fired up on of my C=64's a couple years ago. I've never had that kind of luck with floppys from these days. In the rare ocassion I need to use ONE floppy now-a-days, I usually grab 10 or so since they rarely even format anymore no matter what FS I use (FAT, ext2, etc.).
I regularly read 9-track tapes written in the late 60s.
While you may not be able to "say out loud" what the data is, can you go into the type of machine (hardware / OS / etc.) that it is you use to read data that old? I'm just rather curious of how you do what you do.
I was looking at the link in one of the parent's links (which you were replying to...). It's a link to "furureshop.ca". I don't (honestly) see a link to WalMart anywhere. Yes, it's possible I missed something, but, the original post had a link to which I duped and then commented on.
What part of that says it's a recorder? Yes it's in the "recorder" catagory, but not a single spec on that page makes it seem a recorder.
From the page:
The Nova DV-P511 Progressive Scan 1-Disc DVD Player comes with many features including FWD/FFD, Skip, Slow Motion, Single Step Play, High Clarity Multi-Level Picture Zoom, and an Adjustable Screen Aspect Ratio (4:3 or 16:9). It provides clear images with a horizontal resolution of over 500 lines.
Both yourself and the OP are indeed ignorant since neither one of you actually READ the actual specs of the machine in question.
Long story short, this machine no longer has a direct connection to the "Internet". I'm bouncing a laptop's connection through an Wifi-AP to get to the Internet now on this machine (again, long story short - There's now no phone line in the room this machine is in).
The laptop runs XP-Pro (SP1 - Yes, with firewalling enabled and McAfee, and ad-aware, and MS's spyware crap, etc.) with ICS running the show now. This machine runs Gentoo. It's entirely possible that XP's ICS is bonking on the "local" address (meaning it starts with 192) and the netmask the "DHCP" module of XP's ICS isn't ready to handle that.
Thanx for the tip, I'll look into it.
P.S.
Yes, I would rather like to run *NIX on the laptop, and I do have a drive that I put Gentoo on for it (and it works a lot better than Win on it, BTW...:-) ) *BUT* *NIX can't use the modem that's in it; Toshiba even says so...:-\
Thought you may want to consider changing your sig:
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How many of you are planning to skip at least part of your workday on the first two days?
Well I already have my physical tickets hanging from my 'fridge. I also flat-out told my managers (yes plural...:-\ ) that I will be unavailable that day (May 19th). My Son, my GF, my Mom and, myself have tickets (again, literally hanging on my fridge).
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It was also hugely popular because it was non-violent.
How is Pac-Man "non-violent"?
The game is based apon eating these little, defensless yellow balls. Oh, and you have four ghosts that can kill you at any moment... errr... well unless you have a power-up that allows you to "eat" them and send them back to their "graveyard".
(Yea, I know I'm streaching a bit bit here, but you see my point...)
But theproblem is these are students and they have work to do. by pulling their plug you are not allowing them to get the work done that they are I presume there to do.
Than that's some serious damn incentive to keep your machine clean in my book.
If I some work to do that I need the Network for, but some dope upstairs' box is bringing down the LAN, I'll walk up there my-damn-self and unplug it.
If he offers a beer or two, I may actually fix the damn thing (provided I have the time).
Warp! Was a WONDERFUL OS. I too have fond memories and still a bit of longing in relation to it. Linux has more than satisfied my missing Warp!, but It would still be nice to used it again. I think I last used 4 (it might have been 3, I honestly forget). Once I upgraded my computer at the time to 16M RAM from 8M, Warp! just soared (a P-100! One the first to hit the streets - and man did I pay for it...). It beat the hell out of WIN-3.1x at the time.
Great another Gentoo zealot showing us Gentoo commands.
Survey says?!? BZZZZT
I am, buy far and large, NOT a "Gentoo zealot". It just happens to be the distro of MY choice. I usually reccomend MDK or SuSE to people.
it's really freaking easy to run "apt-get install MPlayer"?
Slashdot Mirror
people who make slashdot their life are not allowed to moderate.
Especially when he claims his karma is 51 when the cap is 50...
I agree that that's one damn cool keyborard, but I find it somewhat amusing that they picture a keybopard with Windows keys hooked to a Mac...
:-)
The geek squad is dumb.
How do they talk with customers then?
Fascinating stuff, man!
Thank you for the reply. I find this all very interesting.
Again; Thank You!
are greatly inferior to the disks from the 80's and 90's
I have to agree with you on this.
I started my "computing" life in the early 80's on a C=64 (and an Apple ][). Even when I "double-sided" floppys, they were still quite readable when I fired up on of my C=64's a couple years ago. I've never had that kind of luck with floppys from these days. In the rare ocassion I need to use ONE floppy now-a-days, I usually grab 10 or so since they rarely even format anymore no matter what FS I use (FAT, ext2, etc.).
I regularly read 9-track tapes written in the late 60s.
While you may not be able to "say out loud" what the data is, can you go into the type of machine (hardware / OS / etc.) that it is you use to read data that old? I'm just rather curious of how you do what you do.
Thanx!
I was looking at the link in one of the parent's links (which you were replying to...). It's a link to "furureshop.ca". I don't (honestly) see a link to WalMart anywhere. Yes, it's possible I missed something, but, the original post had a link to which I duped and then commented on.
Check it again.
Nova DV-P511 Progressive Scan 1-Disc DVD Player
What part of that says it's a recorder? Yes it's in the "recorder" catagory, but not a single spec on that page makes it seem a recorder.
From the page:
The Nova DV-P511 Progressive Scan 1-Disc DVD Player comes with many features including FWD/FFD, Skip, Slow Motion, Single Step Play, High Clarity Multi-Level Picture Zoom, and an Adjustable Screen Aspect Ratio (4:3 or 16:9). It provides clear images with a horizontal resolution of over 500 lines.
Both yourself and the OP are indeed ignorant since neither one of you actually READ the actual specs of the machine in question.
/me slaps Man in Spandex around with a large trout!
:-)
Stop it! There you go making sense again!
At this point if a meeting is important enough for me to go to, someone will remind me.
Did you get the memo about the TPS reports?
I have applications that let you select the number of processors. Since they are very CPU intensive
Out of curiosity, what are these apps? (if you don't mind saying, ofcourse). I'm just wondering.
complain about his girlfriend's stubble when she's giving him a blowjob.
I should hope that it is cause for complaint if the stubble is on her lip...
I was hoping it'd clean my tub! That really needs it.
:-)
If you'd shower more often, the grime wouldn't build up so much...
You may be entirely right.
:-) ) *BUT* *NIX can't use the modem that's in it; Toshiba even says so... :-\
Long story short, this machine no longer has a direct connection to the "Internet". I'm bouncing a laptop's connection through an Wifi-AP to get to the Internet now on this machine (again, long story short - There's now no phone line in the room this machine is in).
The laptop runs XP-Pro (SP1 - Yes, with firewalling enabled and McAfee, and ad-aware, and MS's spyware crap, etc.) with ICS running the show now. This machine runs Gentoo. It's entirely possible that XP's ICS is bonking on the "local" address (meaning it starts with 192) and the netmask the "DHCP" module of XP's ICS isn't ready to handle that.
Thanx for the tip, I'll look into it.
P.S.
Yes, I would rather like to run *NIX on the laptop, and I do have a drive that I put Gentoo on for it (and it works a lot better than Win on it, BTW...
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The crazy part is his mom and his GF are one and the same ;)
:-)
HEH!
That's a pretty damn good come-back, man. Thanx for the giggle! I'm not from Kentucky, though...
you weren't born in this country were you? (American, Canada)
There's a country called American?
How many of you are planning to skip at least part of your workday on the first two days?
:-\ ) that I will be unavailable that day (May 19th). My Son, my GF, my Mom and, myself have tickets (again, literally hanging on my fridge).
Well I already have my physical tickets hanging from my 'fridge. I also flat-out told my managers (yes plural...
It was also hugely popular because it was non-violent.
How is Pac-Man "non-violent"?
The game is based apon eating these little, defensless yellow balls. Oh, and you have four ghosts that can kill you at any moment... errr... well unless you have a power-up that allows you to "eat" them and send them back to their "graveyard".
(Yea, I know I'm streaching a bit bit here, but you see my point...)
But theproblem is these are students and they have work to do. by pulling their plug you are not allowing them to get the work done that they are I presume there to do.
Than that's some serious damn incentive to keep your machine clean in my book.
If I some work to do that I need the Network for, but some dope upstairs' box is bringing down the LAN, I'll walk up there my-damn-self and unplug it.
If he offers a beer or two, I may actually fix the damn thing (provided I have the time).
100% agreed.
Warp! Was a WONDERFUL OS. I too have fond memories and still a bit of longing in relation to it. Linux has more than satisfied my missing Warp!, but It would still be nice to used it again. I think I last used 4 (it might have been 3, I honestly forget). Once I upgraded my computer at the time to 16M RAM from 8M, Warp! just soared (a P-100! One the first to hit the streets - and man did I pay for it...). It beat the hell out of WIN-3.1x at the time.
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And after having to spend several nights sleeping on the floor of my Server Room, you are dead on right!
P.S.
I'm a guy...
Survey says?!? BZZZZT
I am, buy far and large, NOT a "Gentoo zealot". It just happens to be the distro of MY choice. I usually reccomend MDK or SuSE to people.
it's really freaking easy to run "apt-get install MPlayer"?
Can't the same be said for
etc.....