There are a few fine NY stores:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/http://www.adorama.com/http://www.jandr.com/
In particular, B&H tends to carry everything photo related. Adorama carries almost as much as B&H. I've seen people happy with J&R, and I think 17th Street Photo (but I'm not sure of the last one), but they don't tend to have the depth B&H and Adorama has. So if you need say an Olympus 35-100mm f/2 lens, they will carry it, but you will get the glazed eye look if you ask for it at Best Buy.
My one beef with B&H is they don't want to ship to maildrop places like The UPS store (I've had problems with delivery to the house, and prefer to get things delivered to the UPS store where somebody will sign for it, and I can pick it up at my leisure). So I tend to order from Adorama more often.
Note that the price on these stores tends to be a fair price, but it isn't a 'deal' that the scam sites pretend to have.
I dunno, I do it the other way. I run Linux normally, and use VMWare to run Microsoft Windows in order to run Outlook, Word, etc. which unfortunately the corporate environment requires. The only thing I really can't do that I need Windows for is sync my PDA to Outlook, so I usually boot the laptop into Windows once a day. I would prefer to use the Linux tools for mail, but there are too many corporate apps that need real windows, and I don't have time to track down all of the solutions.
Any yes, I have separate Windows/Office licenses for both running native and under VMware. I did try to run with one disk partition sharing the two, but the problem is the code in Windows XP that checks if the system has changed hardware, and does a call home to Redmond to see if its legit.
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Lo how the mighty have fallen if gatekeeper.dec.com is not too well known. However, I was surprised to see it still survives after the takeovers by Compaq and later HP. I remember hearing how Amando (I'm probably mispelling his name) had to fight to keep DEC to support the site, particularly when it was one of the backbones of USENET, and had $100,000/month phone bills (in 1980's money) for the UUCP connections.
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I dunno, I never read alt.nerd.obsessive, whatever that is. However, I suspect it isn't that old, since the alt.* groups came after USENET's great renaming. There was a time when it was possible to read (and later scan) all USENET groups when they were net.* and mod.* before the renaming. In fact, I remember reading the list of new web sites being added daily and that I could do it in 5-10 minutes, including going to the initial URL to get a quick look around. The one site I remember in particular was 800flowers.com which was one of the first commerical web sites actually selling stuff off of the web.
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Without thinking too much about it, the mailing list sf-lovers (aka, morphed into USENET's rec.arts.sf.written) stems from about 1972 or so. When I checked a few days ago, there were still quite a few posters there:
http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/scale/nethistory.html
There is no branded AMD compiler, but AMD does work with most of the compiler vendors that target the x86 and x86_64 architectures, including GCC and Microsoft to optimize the compilers for the platform. As other people have mentioned, both Intel and AMD use the same instruction set, though the rules for tuning for each architecture is different.
AMD is currently working with the Free Software communinity (including working with both SUSE and Red Hat) to improve GCC support on its platforms. At present, there are no direct contributions from AMD to the Free Software Tools, but that will change in the future.
I took a quick glance at the site, and I'm not sure they are following the GPL correctly. They have a link to the Fedora sources, but I don't think that satisifies section 3 of the GPL.
Section 3 of the GPL states that if you deliver GPL binaries to somebody you either must 3a) deliver the source code along with the binaries; 3b) provide a written notice valid for at least 3 years to provide the sources for the cost of media duplication to any third party; or 3c) provide a link to the sources if you ship the binaries unchanged, providing you are a non-commercial distribution, and you are passing the binaries on untouched that you received.
Section 3c would not apply since they are a commercial distribution, and it appears they are not selling the sources (since they have a source html link, and don't mention sources anywhere else).
I have no problems with them distributing GPL stuff, just that they should follow the rules. There are other distributors (such as cheapbytes.com) that do distribute sources.
Note microdrives are miniture disk drives that fit in a compact flash-II assembly. A few years ago, microdrives were the only way to get gigabytes of storage on a single card, but solid state memory is catching up. You can get a 4 gigabyte microdrive for $450, while the solid state 4 gig cards go for $530, $600, or $700 (more expensive card is faster).
On the other hand, a PSD such as an Image Tank, CompactDrive, or the Archos has a small disk drive in it and media slots, and at the press of a button, it copies the contents of the media card to a new subdirectory on the disk. At a later point, you can connect the harddrive to your computer via USB as a removable disk. Thus, it provides a backup for the media, and if you run out of media, once you store the files, you can erase the media card and keep going. I try to make sure I have enough cards to see me through the day, but sometimes I don't, and that is what the PSD provides. Most PSDs out there use standard 2.5" laptop drives, but some like the Archos use the 1.8" drives so they can have a smaller form factor.
In terms of size, I can shoot around 500-600 shots when I'm really in photo mode, and thats about 800 megabytes. If I were a wedding photographer, you might be looking at more pictures, and each picture taking 13 megabytes (this is for an 11 megapixel Canon 1Ds shooting in both raw+jpeg mode). I believe the next generation Fuji S3 will have 24 megabyte files.
Over in the dpreview.com Storage forum, there have been a number of frustrated users of the Archos 220, which for some users has a high degree of file corruption, ruining quite a few pictures. Given photographers uses these devices to backup their media so they can erase it and continue on, it is fairly serious if these devices routinely corrupt files.
Now Arhos may have fixed the problem in the new version, and they may not have. I suspect I would wait on the sidelines until other people try it out, given the previous history.
I'm on my 3rd personal storage unit for photos, and I really like the CompactDrive PD6A that I got (previously I used the Image Bank and x-drive II). All it does is save photos on a disk (no MP3, no video), but it does so quite fast.
Ummm, IIRC, the original i386 AIX was actually a different distribution from a company IBM bought, rather than being common sources with the RISC version of AIX. I think it may have even been based on a different branch of System V (probably SVR1 compared to SVR2).
Ummm, the PowerPC certainly has a hardware multiply instruction (plus a multiply high instruction for doing the upper part of a 32x32->64 bit multiply). It also has a division instruction.
When I set up my home office, I put all of the computers on a wire rack that you can get from Home Depot and use a KVM to connect them all together. What makes the rack really work is that I had wheels put on it, so that if I need to get to the back of the computer, I can just move the rack. You do need to pay attention to cable lengths, and have enough slack enough that you can move the rack easily.
At one point, I did try using a Cybex Longview (which you use a cat5 cable to connect the monitor, keyboard, mouse to the computer at a distance), and found the video quality to be unacceptacle.
You might want to consider having an electrician put the computers on a separate circuit breaker, with enough wattage to handle all of the computers with room to grow.
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There are a few fine NY stores: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ http://www.adorama.com/ http://www.jandr.com/ In particular, B&H tends to carry everything photo related. Adorama carries almost as much as B&H. I've seen people happy with J&R, and I think 17th Street Photo (but I'm not sure of the last one), but they don't tend to have the depth B&H and Adorama has. So if you need say an Olympus 35-100mm f/2 lens, they will carry it, but you will get the glazed eye look if you ask for it at Best Buy. My one beef with B&H is they don't want to ship to maildrop places like The UPS store (I've had problems with delivery to the house, and prefer to get things delivered to the UPS store where somebody will sign for it, and I can pick it up at my leisure). So I tend to order from Adorama more often. Note that the price on these stores tends to be a fair price, but it isn't a 'deal' that the scam sites pretend to have.
I dunno, I do it the other way. I run Linux normally, and use VMWare to run Microsoft Windows in order to run Outlook, Word, etc. which unfortunately the corporate environment requires. The only thing I really can't do that I need Windows for is sync my PDA to Outlook, so I usually boot the laptop into Windows once a day. I would prefer to use the Linux tools for mail, but there are too many corporate apps that need real windows, and I don't have time to track down all of the solutions.
Any yes, I have separate Windows/Office licenses for both running native and under VMware. I did try to run with one disk partition sharing the two, but the problem is the code in Windows XP that checks if the system has changed hardware, and does a call home to Redmond to see if its legit.
Lo how the mighty have fallen if gatekeeper.dec.com is not too well known. However, I was surprised to see it still survives after the takeovers by Compaq and later HP. I remember hearing how Amando (I'm probably mispelling his name) had to fight to keep DEC to support the site, particularly when it was one of the backbones of USENET, and had $100,000/month phone bills (in 1980's money) for the UUCP connections.
I dunno, I never read alt.nerd.obsessive, whatever that is. However, I suspect it isn't that old, since the alt.* groups came after USENET's great renaming. There was a time when it was possible to read (and later scan) all USENET groups when they were net.* and mod.* before the renaming. In fact, I remember reading the list of new web sites being added daily and that I could do it in 5-10 minutes, including going to the initial URL to get a quick look around. The one site I remember in particular was 800flowers.com which was one of the first commerical web sites actually selling stuff off of the web.
Without thinking too much about it, the mailing list sf-lovers (aka, morphed into USENET's rec.arts.sf.written) stems from about 1972 or so. When I checked a few days ago, there were still quite a few posters there: http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/scale/nethistory.html
The RISKS list dates from 1985 or so: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/
The comp.compilers group goes back to 1986 or so: http://compilers.iecc.com/
There is no branded AMD compiler, but AMD does work with most of the compiler vendors that target the x86 and x86_64 architectures, including GCC and Microsoft to optimize the compilers for the platform. As other people have mentioned, both Intel and AMD use the same instruction set, though the rules for tuning for each architecture is different.
AMD is currently working with the Free Software communinity (including working with both SUSE and Red Hat) to improve GCC support on its platforms. At present, there are no direct contributions from AMD to the Free Software Tools, but that will change in the future.
I took a quick glance at the site, and I'm not sure they are following the GPL correctly. They have a link to the Fedora sources, but I don't think that satisifies section 3 of the GPL. Section 3 of the GPL states that if you deliver GPL binaries to somebody you either must 3a) deliver the source code along with the binaries; 3b) provide a written notice valid for at least 3 years to provide the sources for the cost of media duplication to any third party; or 3c) provide a link to the sources if you ship the binaries unchanged, providing you are a non-commercial distribution, and you are passing the binaries on untouched that you received. Section 3c would not apply since they are a commercial distribution, and it appears they are not selling the sources (since they have a source html link, and don't mention sources anywhere else). I have no problems with them distributing GPL stuff, just that they should follow the rules. There are other distributors (such as cheapbytes.com) that do distribute sources.
Note microdrives are miniture disk drives that fit in a compact flash-II assembly. A few years ago, microdrives were the only way to get gigabytes of storage on a single card, but solid state memory is catching up. You can get a 4 gigabyte microdrive for $450, while the solid state 4 gig cards go for $530, $600, or $700 (more expensive card is faster). On the other hand, a PSD such as an Image Tank, CompactDrive, or the Archos has a small disk drive in it and media slots, and at the press of a button, it copies the contents of the media card to a new subdirectory on the disk. At a later point, you can connect the harddrive to your computer via USB as a removable disk. Thus, it provides a backup for the media, and if you run out of media, once you store the files, you can erase the media card and keep going. I try to make sure I have enough cards to see me through the day, but sometimes I don't, and that is what the PSD provides. Most PSDs out there use standard 2.5" laptop drives, but some like the Archos use the 1.8" drives so they can have a smaller form factor. In terms of size, I can shoot around 500-600 shots when I'm really in photo mode, and thats about 800 megabytes. If I were a wedding photographer, you might be looking at more pictures, and each picture taking 13 megabytes (this is for an 11 megapixel Canon 1Ds shooting in both raw+jpeg mode). I believe the next generation Fuji S3 will have 24 megabyte files.
Over in the dpreview.com Storage forum, there have been a number of frustrated users of the Archos 220, which for some users has a high degree of file corruption, ruining quite a few pictures. Given photographers uses these devices to backup their media so they can erase it and continue on, it is fairly serious if these devices routinely corrupt files.
Now Arhos may have fixed the problem in the new version, and they may not have. I suspect I would wait on the sidelines until other people try it out, given the previous history.
I'm on my 3rd personal storage unit for photos, and I really like the CompactDrive PD6A that I got (previously I used the Image Bank and x-drive II). All it does is save photos on a disk (no MP3, no video), but it does so quite fast.
Ummm, IIRC, the original i386 AIX was actually a different distribution from a company IBM bought, rather than being common sources with the RISC version of AIX. I think it may have even been based on a different branch of System V (probably SVR1 compared to SVR2).
Ummm, the PowerPC certainly has a hardware multiply instruction (plus a multiply high instruction for doing the upper part of a 32x32->64 bit multiply). It also has a division instruction.
When I set up my home office, I put all of the computers on a wire rack that you can get from Home Depot and use a KVM to connect them all together. What makes the rack really work is that I had wheels put on it, so that if I need to get to the back of the computer, I can just move the rack. You do need to pay attention to cable lengths, and have enough slack enough that you can move the rack easily.
At one point, I did try using a Cybex Longview (which you use a cat5 cable to connect the monitor, keyboard, mouse to the computer at a distance), and found the video quality to be unacceptacle.
You might want to consider having an electrician put the computers on a separate circuit breaker, with enough wattage to handle all of the computers with room to grow.