On a similar note (tangent?), I have an Advansys SCSI host adapter. Under 2.2.19 (Mandrake 7.2), all devices are detected -- the DDS3 tape, the hard drive, and of course the initiator itself.
Under any 2.4.x (2.4.8 from the Mandrake 8.1 install and 2.4.13, to be more exact), no sd devices are detected! The tape drive and the initiator are found. Kinda makes mounting a SCSI hard drive impossible. Yes, sd_mod is inserted, too.
For a data point, aic7xxx finds it all fine under the same conditions.
Anyone else have a problem like this? Do I need to RTFM (or some list)? Google'ing for some insight turned up random noise, too.
let the free market system deal with it. That's how things are done in the US. ..
Yes... how realistic. I don't think that MICROS~1 software is secure, so I'm just going to dump all that junk today and build something that IS secure... by tomorrow.
Also, "free market" seems to me to mean "largest and most powerful corporate"... free my backside. Of course, I'm currently free to use any OS at all on my systems, and do so, tho with limited success in some application areas.
On security: Any OS can be properly secured, but it takes work to make it go. Don't do the work, you get cracked. It's as simple as that. So yes, NT systems can be secured. Contrary to what MS wants you to believe, it takes work, tho.
I got that lesson handed to me when I went to Germany in 1992. On the economy, fuel was DM1,50 per litre. Step onto a US base, and the price drops to $0.32/l. Seeing as how the exchange rate back then was about DM1,30 for $1, it was about 1/3 the cost to get yer petrol on-base than it was on the economy.
German nationals working on-base were also able to use the gas station.
Understandably, petrol was rationed over there. On the whole, we drove european cars daily. Not very many gas-guzzlers out there.
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I don't understand this whole "aesthetic" thing.
That being said, I couldn't care less what the damned thing looks like anyway, as long as I can take it apart without destroying it.
I wouldn't know "good looking" from a hole in the ground, anyway. Thank you, beige-box clones.
The difference between the GameCube's 3" platter and the 3" blanks you'll find at CompUSA is that the former is a DVD-type format (1.5GB), while the other is a standard 3" CD (185MB).
So, the 3" platters that the GameCube expects may indeed be "hard to come by."
I'd be interested in seeing if anyone's made a TCP/IP stack for the 8bit Apple ][ line. It'd have to be bare-bones, and there would be precious little RAM for your httpd (unless you had 128k and ran some of the code out of the aux RAM)... I assume ProDOS taking up the language card area, tho there's no reason (other than lack of interrupt handling) that DOS3.3 can't be used instead
A IIgs, otoh, could most likely run as a web server without much trouble. It'd be painful going pushing the data out the serial, unless you get a LANceGS card for it.
Their products are theirs, they can license them however they want.
And my dollars are mine, I can spend them however I want.
It's very simple, in my eyes: If they're not selling their content in the format that I want it, I have no obligation to buy it and then buy some more stuff to play it.
Also, and possibly related: If I can't do what I want with the content within the confines of my own house, I'm also under no obligation to put up with it. "Copy-protected CDs?" They're defects, as far as I'm concerned.
(REMEMBER: _Within the confines of my own house_. This does not mean I can just make all the stuff I bought available on my web site.)
If you made music, you'd want to get paid for your effort, too...
This would be agreeable if that's the way it really worked. If you flip the percentages of the proceeds around (such that the Artist now gets what the RIAA is getting, and vice-versa), then you'd probably have a few more shameful heads around here.
While I have no facts to back my opinion up, it is my opinion that the artists are being stiffed anyway.
As an alternative to leaving the country, try *not voiting for the incumbent unless he/she does what you want*
I feel that this is useless. Politicos are bought, not voted for.
Try not buying any of the products that are affected by this law... Perhaps less than realistic, but arguably more effective.
Re:Only people like us appreciate that.
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Name a feature MOzilla has which IE does not have, and i mean a feature average people can use and care about, name one,
How about this one:
Mozilla runs on any Unix that can build it.
This feature is one that average people can use, and they sure as hell care about having a decent browser when the micros~1 product doesn't even work under their current platform. A pleasant side-effect of this feature is that Mozilla also runs under win32, so the average multi-platform user can feel at home.
(I never use iexplore in win32 unless I absolutely must. It's a personal preference, EXPLORER.EXE notwithstanding.)
Gas was $1.54 in Waldo area (75&Wornall) at 04:15pm today. I filled up at 103&Wornall for the same price at 01:00pm in anticipation of the LONG LINES that were present at 04:15pm. (no line; topped the tank off anyway, should last a few weeks)
I expect the gas prices to be hiked because it's always been the gouging norm here when shit happens.
While I agree that the number game has to be played because of the general cluelessness of the public, I disagree with your statement that AMD should put out a gilded turd for a CPU just because Intel did.
One of the recurring themes in the above URL is, "Clock speed is not everything."
Yeah? Well, I feel rather "stupid" for buying a PSX in July 2000, which by then had been rotting in a dumpster since 1995.:o)
I certainly don't care if PS2 is 2 or 3, or 8 years old. I do care that it has a huge library of games that I can play right now. I also care that (like my DC, 2yr old "trash" that I bought in May) it can do other interesting things than just run games and DVDs... or at least has the potential to. In case it's not bloody obvious, I don't trust MICROS~1
I don't think I will buy xbox. If I want to play games on a PC, I'll either use my laptop or buy a PC, and I hazard the guess that I'll have a better selection of games. I also don't care that I'm interchanging "xbox" and "PC." A rose by any other colour smells the same.
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If Microsoft had ever released IE for Linux, this would be even more of a dead issue.
If MICROS~1 had released IE for Linux, I'd give it a shot. However, they're being obstinate, so I can also be obstinate and ignore IE even when using wintendo. I install Mozilla, NS4, and Opera whenever I (re)install windows... just wrapped that spiel up under XP. Mozilla 0.9.3 works great.
Also, in this subthread, folks correctly mention that IE exists for SunOS 5.x and HP-UX. I believe that both ports are straight (and half-assed) ports from win32 using MainWin. Not the way to make your product shine. Had they put some effort into it and written a native version for Unix (like the Mac team apparently did for IE MacOS), I may have used IE under Solaris instead of netscape. I certainly would've found it much easier to stick with it for more than 20 minutes.
Ranter has MHz-itis. . .
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That a single number can wield so much power is truly beyond me. I certainly am not pining for the latest 1.7GHz Pentium 4, as even my little machines feel fast enough. Perhaps pretty plastic and "slow" CPUs are what some folks want. It's all subjective. It's all about what the purchaser thinks is "fast."
The Big Number Game is a dandy favourite of any marketroid, however. How else are they going to get the uninformed to buy the whiz-bang systems?
(Yes, yes... it's prolly been said many times. No, I didn't read all the comments... No, I haven't been home yet and am running out the door now, hoping my DSL is still switched on. Yes, I'm getting off-topic!)
anything new for less than $1600 will be a piece of shit that skimps on quality all over the place.
This is false. I should know, having picked up a brand new Sony VAIO FX215 for $1500 a couple weeks ago. Built like a tank (and feels like one if you want to carry it on long hikes:o) , 15" screen, 128MB RAM, mobile Duron, integrated 100baseT ethernet, DVD reader, firewire, etc... etc... have a look. The FX215, afaik, is simply an FX210 with a 15" screen. And the prices online are about $150 higher than you'd find at Best Buy.
Some of the pros are that I got a recent Linux (Mandrake 8.0) to work with virtually no hassle. If you're into win*, it'll take win2k and win98 with ease if you don't like loseme. It's pretty standard hardware (save for the modem) from any OS's point of view.
Cons are that there's no docking station or port replicator for it. No PS/2 ports (solved that with a $60 USB hub with PS/2 ports)... it has an HSF modem instead of a real one (I got away with that by using my Xircom RealPort card, which IS a real modem)... Sony as an OEM needs to learn to do what real laptop OEMs do, and make drivers available for download... and, of course, it may be too big for some folks.
Short and sweet on it: I love this thing. I've also loved every Toshiba Tecra I've had from the corporate (a 730, 550, 8000, and 8100) save for their hideous keyboard layout and shallow feel.
BTW, anyone thinking about skimping on the extended warranty should weigh that against the exorbitant cost of a new LCD or other fragile parts contained in laptops. Go ahead and play it safe.
Re:Does business always have to be this way ?
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If there is an OS out there that is actually better than XP, let it fight it out in the marketplace. This is the USA after all.
Perhaps your view is a bit simplistic. When you can force OEMs to install only your OS on their hardware, "marketplace" becomes somewhat nonexistent. If OEMs could install whatever OS they want and not get whacked by the EmBallmer, then you'd have a more valid point.
I hate microsoft products, but I use them all the time... they are the best tools for the job.
Same here. There are some things I enjoy doing (games), or absolutely -need- to do, which can only be done in wintendo. It works fine for me.
If there is a better alternative, I am sure American consumers will vote with their wallets as they always have done.
This is only my opinion, but I think this is laughable. The -average- American "consumer" will have been influenced heavily by the best marketroids MS and others have to offer. Those of us who aren't lemmings will vote with our wallets, as we've always done.
It's arguable that in any other country, the average customer is more independent, and can truly vote with their wallet.
And, using the same logic, taking everyone's guns away reduces crime... but that's an entirely different flamew... uh, I mean, discussion!:o)
Replying to different posts in this discussion, here're my thoughts:
Given the choice amongst IP rights, free speech rights, and privacy rights, guess which one our Congress critters will pick? The one that pays them the most
You can't keep your information private and expect to have accountability. Technically, you should be able to, but those who we're to trust with our info are irresponsible
The option to withhold whois contact info from the public should be there. It should certainly not have the option of being falsified. The logistics of this will probably be sticky, if at all possible
For your folks who like to have whois info on-tap in order to report abuses, I'd say that it's proper netiquette to have certain email addresses (like postmaster@, abuse@, etc) for those purposes. In reality, it doesn't work that way
Some argue that this information is "public record." While that may be true, I certainly don't think this information should be usable by anyone for whatever reason they wish
Ending with a rather personal opinion, DMCA is nothing more than a gilded, unflushable turd.:o)
Without specific details, you can't verify a claim or not.
Instead of trying to wring blood from a stone, why don't you give all of us some proof that MS is disclosing their whole API?
I've remained unconvinced that MSDN is complete. I've stumbled on various texts that at least show evidence that MS isn't happy with my using others' products.
search for other articles, some containing links to facts, many others which are speculation++
Of course, MS can't do anything when I want to use alternatives, even on their own OS. I'll use what I want, or move on to some platform where it's possible.
OK, I haven't played with XP... but what components are optional? It'd be very nice to be able to uncheck baggage that I know I won't use, like IE. In previous versions, I wasn't allowed to do that without some hacking, and even then, I'd get a dodgy system a good percentage of the time.
For RHS-based systems, you should edit/etc/inittab to make the default runlevel be 3. Runlevel 5 will start prefdm (which pans out to either kdm, gdm, or xdm).
I'll have to see about upgrading to this this weekend. I went to GNOME full-force at the beginning of the month because Afterstep's pager decided to stop working right. I've been disappointed in one small but very crucial aspect: cohabitation between KDE and GNOME apps.
Every time I try running a KDE app (kwintv, konqueror, etc), I'm presented with a dialog. It's no ordinary dialog. It always stays on top. It can't be told to shut up. It can't be moved from the centre of the screen. Yes, I'm talking about the "No response to the SaveYourself command" dialog from gsm. This dialog is the "useless Windows error dialog" of GNOME. I hate it, mostly because I can't fix the problem, but somewhat because I don't understand it.
Other than that frustration, and apps like gnometv not working right, GNOME is pretty usable. I don't use KDE proper because it just feels weird to me. I never really cared much for it.
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Under any 2.4.x (2.4.8 from the Mandrake 8.1 install and 2.4.13, to be more exact), no sd devices are detected! The tape drive and the initiator are found. Kinda makes mounting a SCSI hard drive impossible. Yes, sd_mod is inserted, too.
For a data point, aic7xxx finds it all fine under the same conditions.
Anyone else have a problem like this? Do I need to RTFM (or some list)? Google'ing for some insight turned up random noise, too.
Yes... how realistic. I don't think that MICROS~1 software is secure, so I'm just going to dump all that junk today and build something that IS secure... by tomorrow.
Also, "free market" seems to me to mean "largest and most powerful corporate" ... free my backside. Of course, I'm currently free to use any OS at all on my systems, and do so, tho with limited success in some application areas.
On security: Any OS can be properly secured, but it takes work to make it go. Don't do the work, you get cracked. It's as simple as that. So yes, NT systems can be secured. Contrary to what MS wants you to believe, it takes work, tho.
German nationals working on-base were also able to use the gas station.
Understandably, petrol was rationed over there. On the whole, we drove european cars daily. Not very many gas-guzzlers out there.
That being said, I couldn't care less what the damned thing looks like anyway, as long as I can take it apart without destroying it.
I wouldn't know "good looking" from a hole in the ground, anyway. Thank you, beige-box clones.
So, the 3" platters that the GameCube expects may indeed be "hard to come by."
A IIgs, otoh, could most likely run as a web server without much trouble. It'd be painful going pushing the data out the serial, unless you get a LANceGS card for it.
And my dollars are mine, I can spend them however I want.
It's very simple, in my eyes: If they're not selling their content in the format that I want it, I have no obligation to buy it and then buy some more stuff to play it.
Also, and possibly related: If I can't do what I want with the content within the confines of my own house, I'm also under no obligation to put up with it. "Copy-protected CDs?" They're defects, as far as I'm concerned.
(REMEMBER: _Within the confines of my own house_. This does not mean I can just make all the stuff I bought available on my web site.)
This would be agreeable if that's the way it really worked. If you flip the percentages of the proceeds around (such that the Artist now gets what the RIAA is getting, and vice-versa), then you'd probably have a few more shameful heads around here.
While I have no facts to back my opinion up, it is my opinion that the artists are being stiffed anyway.
Run Ad-Aware after installing it!
Home of Ad-Aware which is being held hostage in failing nameservers. . .
Why bother? MS's numbers and speculative numbers hold about the same amount of truth compared to each other.
I feel that this is useless. Politicos are bought, not voted for.
Try not buying any of the products that are affected by this law... Perhaps less than realistic, but arguably more effective.
How about this one:
Mozilla runs on any Unix that can build it.
This feature is one that average people can use, and they sure as hell care about having a decent browser when the micros~1 product doesn't even work under their current platform. A pleasant side-effect of this feature is that Mozilla also runs under win32, so the average multi-platform user can feel at home.
(I never use iexplore in win32 unless I absolutely must. It's a personal preference, EXPLORER.EXE notwithstanding.)
I expect the gas prices to be hiked because it's always been the gouging norm here when shit happens.
One of the recurring themes in the above URL is, "Clock speed is not everything."
Yeah? Well, I feel rather "stupid" for buying a PSX in July 2000, which by then had been rotting in a dumpster since 1995. :o)
I certainly don't care if PS2 is 2 or 3, or 8 years old. I do care that it has a huge library of games that I can play right now. I also care that (like my DC, 2yr old "trash" that I bought in May) it can do other interesting things than just run games and DVDs... or at least has the potential to. In case it's not bloody obvious, I don't trust MICROS~1
I don't think I will buy xbox. If I want to play games on a PC, I'll either use my laptop or buy a PC, and I hazard the guess that I'll have a better selection of games. I also don't care that I'm interchanging "xbox" and "PC." A rose by any other colour smells the same.
If MICROS~1 had released IE for Linux, I'd give it a shot. However, they're being obstinate, so I can also be obstinate and ignore IE even when using wintendo. I install Mozilla, NS4, and Opera whenever I (re)install windows... just wrapped that spiel up under XP. Mozilla 0.9.3 works great.
Also, in this subthread, folks correctly mention that IE exists for SunOS 5.x and HP-UX. I believe that both ports are straight (and half-assed) ports from win32 using MainWin. Not the way to make your product shine. Had they put some effort into it and written a native version for Unix (like the Mac team apparently did for IE MacOS), I may have used IE under Solaris instead of netscape. I certainly would've found it much easier to stick with it for more than 20 minutes.
The Big Number Game is a dandy favourite of any marketroid, however. How else are they going to get the uninformed to buy the whiz-bang systems?
(Yes, yes... it's prolly been said many times. No, I didn't read all the comments... No, I haven't been home yet and am running out the door now, hoping my DSL is still switched on. Yes, I'm getting off-topic!)
This is false. I should know, having picked up a brand new Sony VAIO FX215 for $1500 a couple weeks ago. Built like a tank (and feels like one if you want to carry it on long hikes :o) , 15" screen, 128MB RAM, mobile Duron, integrated 100baseT ethernet, DVD reader, firewire, etc... etc... have a look. The FX215, afaik, is simply an FX210 with a 15" screen. And the prices online are about $150 higher than you'd find at Best Buy.
Some of the pros are that I got a recent Linux (Mandrake 8.0) to work with virtually no hassle. If you're into win*, it'll take win2k and win98 with ease if you don't like loseme. It's pretty standard hardware (save for the modem) from any OS's point of view.
Cons are that there's no docking station or port replicator for it. No PS/2 ports (solved that with a $60 USB hub with PS/2 ports)... it has an HSF modem instead of a real one (I got away with that by using my Xircom RealPort card, which IS a real modem)... Sony as an OEM needs to learn to do what real laptop OEMs do, and make drivers available for download... and, of course, it may be too big for some folks.
Short and sweet on it: I love this thing. I've also loved every Toshiba Tecra I've had from the corporate (a 730, 550, 8000, and 8100) save for their hideous keyboard layout and shallow feel.
BTW, anyone thinking about skimping on the extended warranty should weigh that against the exorbitant cost of a new LCD or other fragile parts contained in laptops. Go ahead and play it safe.
Perhaps your view is a bit simplistic. When you can force OEMs to install only your OS on their hardware, "marketplace" becomes somewhat nonexistent. If OEMs could install whatever OS they want and not get whacked by the EmBallmer, then you'd have a more valid point.
I hate microsoft products, but I use them all the time ... they are the best tools for the job.
Same here. There are some things I enjoy doing (games), or absolutely -need- to do, which can only be done in wintendo. It works fine for me.
If there is a better alternative, I am sure American consumers will vote with their wallets as they always have done.
This is only my opinion, but I think this is laughable. The -average- American "consumer" will have been influenced heavily by the best marketroids MS and others have to offer. Those of us who aren't lemmings will vote with our wallets, as we've always done.
It's arguable that in any other country, the average customer is more independent, and can truly vote with their wallet.
And, using the same logic, taking everyone's guns away reduces crime... but that's an entirely different flamew... uh, I mean, discussion! :o)
Replying to different posts in this discussion, here're my thoughts:
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Then instead of "\w" use "\W" which will only display the last component of your PWD. This works for bash, of course.
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Instead of trying to wring blood from a stone, why don't you give all of us some proof that MS is disclosing their whole API?
I've remained unconvinced that MSDN is complete. I've stumbled on various texts that at least show evidence that MS isn't happy with my using others' products.
- Andrew Schulman dissects AARD code
- search for other articles, some containing links to facts, many others which are speculation++
Of course, MS can't do anything when I want to use alternatives, even on their own OS. I'll use what I want, or move on to some platform where it's possible.--
OK, I haven't played with XP... but what components are optional? It'd be very nice to be able to uncheck baggage that I know I won't use, like IE. In previous versions, I wasn't allowed to do that without some hacking, and even then, I'd get a dodgy system a good percentage of the time.
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For RHS-based systems, you should edit /etc/inittab to make the default runlevel be 3. Runlevel 5 will start prefdm (which pans out to either kdm, gdm, or xdm).
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Every time I try running a KDE app (kwintv, konqueror, etc), I'm presented with a dialog. It's no ordinary dialog. It always stays on top. It can't be told to shut up. It can't be moved from the centre of the screen. Yes, I'm talking about the "No response to the SaveYourself command" dialog from gsm. This dialog is the "useless Windows error dialog" of GNOME. I hate it, mostly because I can't fix the problem, but somewhat because I don't understand it.
Other than that frustration, and apps like gnometv not working right, GNOME is pretty usable. I don't use KDE proper because it just feels weird to me. I never really cared much for it.
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