Allowing for a drop in price perhaps?
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They've probably been working overtime to get the production costs down on this thing to be able to drop the price and take a chunk out of X-Box's gains in marketshare. "Always wanted a PS2 but couldn't stomach dropping $300...well, here you go".
Mossberg has written quite a few MS-critical articles and is also the one who wrote an article informing that Networks better get ready for the demise of commercials as a revenue source due to PVRs. He does not have a chip on his shoulder; maybe you do?
Who out there is looking forward to this? I personally find keyboard/mouse to be superior vs the PS2's controller. Can you say, "Max Payne"? I found it easier to control on my PC than on my PS2. Do I really want to have to jump sideways in my living room and throw my back to dodge bullets?
It may be "cool" nut I don't find it practical. Maybe I'm getting too old.
The television show Beauty & The Beast with Linda Hamilton filmed in the huge hole that was in NY's Central Park 10 years ago. This hole was the drop point for large equipment to get lowered into the tunnel being digged. For those inerested it was West-South-West of Delcorte Theater. I think the new drop point is in Queens now...
You may give the impression that Slashdot editors actually reads the content of this site. And what would we have to look forward to if there were no repeats in the articles, eh? It'd be like summer without network TV re-runs.
They're to control timing so that instructions leaving certain areas of the CPU do not hit the bus before others. My friend who use to map PCB boards for a living calls them "speed bumps".
My Tivo w/ DirecTV cost $79 for the unit and $250 for lifetime of unit subscription (note there's no MPEG encoder on this unit because DirecTV signal is already encoded). That's a total of ~$330 and it does everything I want it to. It would take me days to hack together and get working the current linux solutions out there and it would add up to more than the Tivo after hardware & labor to get it going.
Pros:
this setup records two different programs while viewing a third recording
the remote & menu system is intuitive
I have the Tivo recording while I'm working on my computer. If there's no dedicated box can this be done with a home-brewed system?
system is self updating. No spending Saturday afternoon recompiling to get latest features
system is quiet and fits nicely under my DVD player
"RTFM!"..."I'd like to but I'm running Debian..."
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I wholeheartedly agree. I'm quite pleased with my Debian distribution but I'm also tired of the RMS-like stubborness in regards to licensing and such. If this stuff continues I may move off to a different distribution (my friend says Slackware is shipping with 2.4 kernels!....hehehe).
While I'm not overly concerned about the docs not being on the medium, perhaps there are those who are installing at a single-computer home without access to the internet. This "conform to our license or else get booted from the dist" is extreme.
If you're really planning on doing this then test to see if your display can be laid on it's rear for long durations. The displays in a cocktail table are able to display this way but many monitors/TVs will strart to show picture distortion & color bleeding after long periods in this position. Just don't run ahead and throw something in there and think that there's a problem with the display after a while.
Curious since he had such a hissy-fit regarding GNOME alerts on updates to non-free software. I'd be interested how he feels about the going-ons at VALinux.
Has he issued any press-releases yet? He's usually so vocal;)
Already people are criticizing that action wasn't soon enough regarding the post-office outbreaks. How soon before the postal workers who were infected (or not infected, "I suffered trauma.") sue? If there was a major outbreak on this fellow's campus he'd probably be standing in line waiting for the nose swab and discussing how it could've been prevented.
Spoke before I looked; me bad. They are moving to a pay service, though...I tried to view the article on the Taliban/Jihad from front page earlier and only the overview was allowed.
The review specifically stated that the heatsink could not firmly attach to the motherboard due to space restrictions. In addition, I have had heatsinks dislodge from the CPU; I don't recall throwing the box but being a geeky-type guy I frequently go into my box, swap hardware, etc.
I didn't say the CPUs were faulty; I simply stated that *I'm* not buying them if there's a risk of the mobo going up in flames just because my dog may have knocked the case over.
If a result of the seized engine was a fire that took out pedestrians it would not be acceptable. I had a faulty mobo catch on fire once and it made me nervous to leave my box up n' running at home while at the office (was the sound chip from a Dell system).
Also, an oil light in the car notifies you when oil is low (like CPU hot notification) but a car does not usually idle unattended whereas a computer does.
Finally, the feature exists in one brand but not the other (Athlon vs Pentium) so I don't find your analogy convincing.
If you insist on car analogies, though, I'll take the Volvo, sir!
I've used AMD processors and would've bought AMD when I upgraded my machine 5 mos ago if the SMP capabilities were there but I'm not so certain now after the Tom's Hardware review. In the review (posted on/.) it demonstrated heatsinks being removed from the CPU while in operation. Both the PIII & PIV survived but the Athlons fried up with one taking the motherboard with it.
I think we all use Linux for it's across the board stability so why not apply those high expectations to the hardware we put in those boxes? I for one think that I may not be purchasing AMD until they address the fact that the heat monitoring system that works for a fan-failure should also work for aa heatsink begin dislodged. Else you may find yourself out the $$ for a processor as well as the cost of your kick-ass Tyan mobo.
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They've probably been working overtime to get the production costs down on this thing to be able to drop the price and take a chunk out of X-Box's gains in marketshare. "Always wanted a PS2 but couldn't stomach dropping $300...well, here you go".
Yeah...and like, that time in school...when I fell on my ass and everyone laughed at me? Yeah, I did that on purpose.
I heard Gates made Ballmer wear that for one week after the MonkeyBoy video got out.
Why would I want to package software? Who am I distributing it to?
With faster page rendering there is now an improved chance at first post ;)
Maybe not "busted" after all...
It may be "cool" nut I don't find it practical. Maybe I'm getting too old.
The television show Beauty & The Beast with Linda Hamilton filmed in the huge hole that was in NY's Central Park 10 years ago. This hole was the drop point for large equipment to get lowered into the tunnel being digged. For those inerested it was West-South-West of Delcorte Theater. I think the new drop point is in Queens now...
You may give the impression that Slashdot editors actually reads the content of this site. And what would we have to look forward to if there were no repeats in the articles, eh? It'd be like summer without network TV re-runs.
They're to control timing so that instructions leaving certain areas of the CPU do not hit the bus before others. My friend who use to map PCB boards for a living calls them "speed bumps".
Preferences->Setup->Allow WinAmp to report...
They prompt on install but you can change it post install as well...
Not sure where the settings are in WinPlayer for this. Maybe I have to use RegEdit? ;)
Bravo...
I wholeheartedly agree. I'm quite pleased with my Debian distribution but I'm also tired of the RMS-like stubborness in regards to licensing and such. If this stuff continues I may move off to a different distribution (my friend says Slackware is shipping with 2.4 kernels!....hehehe).
While I'm not overly concerned about the docs not being on the medium, perhaps there are those who are installing at a single-computer home without access to the internet. This "conform to our license or else get booted from the dist" is extreme.
If you're really planning on doing this then test to see if your display can be laid on it's rear for long durations. The displays in a cocktail table are able to display this way but many monitors/TVs will strart to show picture distortion & color bleeding after long periods in this position. Just don't run ahead and throw something in there and think that there's a problem with the display after a while.
Has he issued any press-releases yet? He's usually so vocal ;)
Already people are criticizing that action wasn't soon enough regarding the post-office outbreaks. How soon before the postal workers who were infected (or not infected, "I suffered trauma.") sue? If there was a major outbreak on this fellow's campus he'd probably be standing in line waiting for the nose swab and discussing how it could've been prevented.
Spoke before I looked; me bad. They are moving to a pay service, though...I tried to view the article on the Taliban/Jihad from front page earlier and only the overview was allowed.
Can't read full article :(
Anyone want to post content here?
The review specifically stated that the heatsink could not firmly attach to the motherboard due to space restrictions. In addition, I have had heatsinks dislodge from the CPU; I don't recall throwing the box but being a geeky-type guy I frequently go into my box, swap hardware, etc.
I didn't say the CPUs were faulty; I simply stated that *I'm* not buying them if there's a risk of the mobo going up in flames just because my dog may have knocked the case over.
If a result of the seized engine was a fire that took out pedestrians it would not be acceptable. I had a faulty mobo catch on fire once and it made me nervous to leave my box up n' running at home while at the office (was the sound chip from a Dell system).
Also, an oil light in the car notifies you when oil is low (like CPU hot notification) but a car does not usually idle unattended whereas a computer does.
Finally, the feature exists in one brand but not the other (Athlon vs Pentium) so I don't find your analogy convincing.
If you insist on car analogies, though, I'll take the Volvo, sir!
I've used AMD processors and would've bought AMD when I upgraded my machine 5 mos ago if the SMP capabilities were there but I'm not so certain now after the Tom's Hardware review. In the review (posted on /.) it demonstrated heatsinks being removed from the CPU while in operation. Both the PIII & PIV survived but the Athlons fried up with one taking the motherboard with it.
I think we all use Linux for it's across the board stability so why not apply those high expectations to the hardware we put in those boxes? I for one think that I may not be purchasing AMD until they address the fact that the heat monitoring system that works for a fan-failure should also work for aa heatsink begin dislodged. Else you may find yourself out the $$ for a processor as well as the cost of your kick-ass Tyan mobo.