That's pretty much the setup I have; Solaris 9 on an Ultra 5 and Debian Woody on an SS5. The only problem with Debian on Sparc is that it is so far behind the x86 version. My SS5 is still running a 2.2 kernel! I've built a 2.4 one but am unwilling to break a working machine to test it - especially as I can only access the boot prompt via serial console.
I did try Gentoo when I first got the machine. However I gave up after it had either hung, or was taking such a long time building something it needed to boot that it might as well had hung.
I run Solaris on the desktop at home (Solaris 9 with Blackbox and the KDE apps) and it was a breeze to get running. Mainly thanks to these guys, who have created an apt-get style system for Solaris.
So to install SSH I just typed "sudo pkg-get install openssh" and off it went. It handles dependencies so installing KDE would automatically download and install Qt. Much nicer than the default Sun packages.
You were right - I tried some different (albiet higher ping) servers and it runs fine. That said it's a shame the BF engine doesn't fail more gracefully on version mismatch errors. Dumping to desktop is not exactly helpful.
I second that. I've got the USB2 version of the WinTV PVR - works like a dream. The picture quality is good (especially from the S-Video output of a digibox) and the built-in MPEG2 compression means the PC just has to stream stuff to disk.
Don't get too comfy - Indian companies are already losing business to ones in China and the Phillipines. You can't build a long term economy on simply being the cheapest - there are always people willing to work for less.
Wierd - I just got the OEM version of XP Pro for 90GBP (170USD, 135EUR). Admittedly I bought a new harddrive at the same time, thus qualifying for the OEM package, but normally the UK is far more expensive than just about anywhere.
Funny thing is I know loads of Minidisc owners (they are very popular amongst commuters in London) and have never heard a single complaint about the sound quality. Probably because both ATRAC and decently encoded MP3s provide sound at a quality that is acceptable for the vast majority users (i.e. not anally retentive audiophiles). Not to mention that these are designed for use on the move and that in-ear (or open clip-on) headphones are not providing anything like perfect sound.
There's nothing wrong with ATRAC 3. Bit-rate for bit-rate it sounds as good as MP3 or OGG. Admittedly the older versions were a bit shaky, but that's mainly due to the restriction of real-time encoding in a cheap consumer product. As the cost of processing power has dropped, ATRAC has improved.
For me the killer is size and battery power. I would have bought an iPod had it been equipped with something that approximated a modern battery - instead of the feeble piece of crap they decided to use (thus ruining an otherwise excellent product). Sony's new machine is small and has a twenty-hour battery life. If past experience is anything to go by it will also age well; my little Minidisc player is barely bigger than the media and after two years of daily use can still run for eighty hours between charges.
Sony are no more, or less 'evil' than any other large company. Both Apple and Nintendo have acted with utter contempt towards their customers (and employees) in the past yet seem to be forgiven. The only difference between Sony and Apple in terms of behaviour, is that Sony is a thousand times bigger and has fingers in many pies. Only a liar or an idiot would suggest that if Apple had a music publishing division they'd shun all attempts at DRM.
This isn't a problem for people who own the majority of their music on CD. I get my music on CD, rip it to Minidisc (for commuting), MP3 (for streaming to work) and FLAC (for everything else) then stash the CD somewhere safe as a backup. If I bought one of these I'd just import the FLAC encoded tracks and rip directly to it for any new music.
Sociopaths are very rarely good coders, they just think that they are. Predominately because they don't mix with enough other people to realise that they're barely mediocre. A good coding team has people that can work together and actually get on with each other; as well as being excellent programmers. Office toys like table football can help foster this kind of environment.
Then you just use SPAM gourment with the message number set to 1. Fill in the rest of the registration information with the usual garbage (102 year old tailor from Afghanistan) and the website is still left with user information it can't sell.
There's noting hazy about it. You use an apostrophe to denote a missing letter or letters; and to show possession. In the case of omission the apostrophe goes where the missing letter(s) were. In the case of possession the apostrophe either goes before the 's' when there is one owner, and after the 's' when there's more than one.
The golden rule is that you never use an apostrophe to indicate plurals. Ever.
I kind of a agree - the main difference is that you'll have to prise my 8910 (the best designed mobile on the market) out of my cold, dead hands. I don't want a phone with a camera, a built-in Playstation, GPS, and a personal organiser. I want a nice looking, very small phone with as long a battery life as possible. The only necessary functions are to make/receive phone calls and SMS messages.
Sadly the PC Engine/TurboGrafx never made it to Europe. There were plans for a release, but the failure of the TG-16 in the US made them rethink. It didn't help that, in Europe, many former 8bit gamers had abandoned consoles for the Amiga and Atari ST.
Ocado deliver within a one hour window. I started using them after Tesco's buggered up one too many orders and I haven't been let down yet. Plus the food is of a higher quality than Tesco's - not that that's difficult.
There's also the fact that you've probably saved at least two hours of your time. So it costs no more than 2.50GBP per hour. I don't know about anyone else - but I value my leisure time at a damn sight more than two and a half hour quid an hour. That alone sold the concept to me.
One of the nice things about CVS is that it'll run on just about anything - and C is much more portable than Java. There are C compilers for pretty much anything with a processor, Java is limited to a small subset of these (due to its higher overheads).
Also C and C++ are no more archaic than Java or.NET. They simply require a higher level of skill to work with safely. There is absolutely no excuse for suffering buffer overflows in C/C++. They occur because people seem to think they can program C like it's BASIC. Note that these same programmers will produce code that is bug ridden, unsafe and slow regardless of what language they use.
I'd settle for a decent version of Speedball 2. The 3D Playstation (Speedball 90210 or something) was terrible and the much hoped for GBA version has too small a view of the action.
At least I've still got the Amiga version to keep me going...
Choice is always a good thing - someone who can't decide between one or more options is either ill informed or an idiot. Linux is a combination of open source code and open standards - a combination that inherently engenders choice. Linux attracts a wide range of programmers with different views on what makes a good GUI. Again, this is a good thing. The freedom that Linux provides means that it will always be more complex than straight-jacket systems like Windows. If you can't cope with this freedom than Linux isn't the operating system for you (or it seems, your Mother) - pick another one, there are lots out there.
Your average Linux distribution is the result of the work of thousands of individuals. It cannot be compared to an OS build by a single company with all the programmers/designers singing from the same hymn sheet. As such trying to judge its worth in terms of 'market share' is laughable to say the least.
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I did try Gentoo when I first got the machine. However I gave up after it had either hung, or was taking such a long time building something it needed to boot that it might as well had hung.
So to install SSH I just typed "sudo pkg-get install openssh" and off it went. It handles dependencies so installing KDE would automatically download and install Qt. Much nicer than the default Sun packages.
You were right - I tried some different (albiet higher ping) servers and it runs fine. That said it's a shame the BF engine doesn't fail more gracefully on version mismatch errors. Dumping to desktop is not exactly helpful.
Is anyone else having problems running this? Whenever I try to connect to a server the map loads but then I get dumped to the desktop. Any ideas?
I second that. I've got the USB2 version of the WinTV PVR - works like a dream. The picture quality is good (especially from the S-Video output of a digibox) and the built-in MPEG2 compression means the PC just has to stream stuff to disk.
Don't get too comfy - Indian companies are already losing business to ones in China and the Phillipines. You can't build a long term economy on simply being the cheapest - there are always people willing to work for less.
If you're finding your workdays consistently boring then you're in the wrong job. Find one that's more suited to your interests.
Wierd - I just got the OEM version of XP Pro for 90GBP (170USD, 135EUR). Admittedly I bought a new harddrive at the same time, thus qualifying for the OEM package, but normally the UK is far more expensive than just about anywhere.
Funny thing is I know loads of Minidisc owners (they are very popular amongst commuters in London) and have never heard a single complaint about the sound quality. Probably because both ATRAC and decently encoded MP3s provide sound at a quality that is acceptable for the vast majority users (i.e. not anally retentive audiophiles). Not to mention that these are designed for use on the move and that in-ear (or open clip-on) headphones are not providing anything like perfect sound.
For me the killer is size and battery power. I would have bought an iPod had it been equipped with something that approximated a modern battery - instead of the feeble piece of crap they decided to use (thus ruining an otherwise excellent product). Sony's new machine is small and has a twenty-hour battery life. If past experience is anything to go by it will also age well; my little Minidisc player is barely bigger than the media and after two years of daily use can still run for eighty hours between charges.
Sony are no more, or less 'evil' than any other large company. Both Apple and Nintendo have acted with utter contempt towards their customers (and employees) in the past yet seem to be forgiven. The only difference between Sony and Apple in terms of behaviour, is that Sony is a thousand times bigger and has fingers in many pies. Only a liar or an idiot would suggest that if Apple had a music publishing division they'd shun all attempts at DRM.
This isn't a problem for people who own the majority of their music on CD. I get my music on CD, rip it to Minidisc (for commuting), MP3 (for streaming to work) and FLAC (for everything else) then stash the CD somewhere safe as a backup. If I bought one of these I'd just import the FLAC encoded tracks and rip directly to it for any new music.
The unemployment rate in the UK is 4.8%, in the US it's 5.6% ( US, UK). Curse our third world-esque level of unemployment!
Sociopaths are very rarely good coders, they just think that they are. Predominately because they don't mix with enough other people to realise that they're barely mediocre. A good coding team has people that can work together and actually get on with each other; as well as being excellent programmers. Office toys like table football can help foster this kind of environment.
Then you just use SPAM gourment with the message number set to 1. Fill in the rest of the registration information with the usual garbage (102 year old tailor from Afghanistan) and the website is still left with user information it can't sell.
In the future try this and this.
The golden rule is that you never use an apostrophe to indicate plurals. Ever.
Anyway phone doesn't have a Matrix style action - the cover stays still and the rest of the phone slides up out of it.
The sooner Nokia go back to basics the better.
Sadly the PC Engine/TurboGrafx never made it to Europe. There were plans for a release, but the failure of the TG-16 in the US made them rethink. It didn't help that, in Europe, many former 8bit gamers had abandoned consoles for the Amiga and Atari ST.
Ocado deliver within a one hour window. I started using them after Tesco's buggered up one too many orders and I haven't been let down yet. Plus the food is of a higher quality than Tesco's - not that that's difficult.
There's also the fact that you've probably saved at least two hours of your time. So it costs no more than 2.50GBP per hour. I don't know about anyone else - but I value my leisure time at a damn sight more than two and a half hour quid an hour. That alone sold the concept to me.
Also C and C++ are no more archaic than Java or .NET. They simply require a higher level of skill to work with safely. There is absolutely no excuse for suffering buffer overflows in C/C++. They occur because people seem to think they can program C like it's BASIC. Note that these same programmers will produce code that is bug ridden, unsafe and slow regardless of what language they use.
At least I've still got the Amiga version to keep me going ...
Your average Linux distribution is the result of the work of thousands of individuals. It cannot be compared to an OS build by a single company with all the programmers/designers singing from the same hymn sheet. As such trying to judge its worth in terms of 'market share' is laughable to say the least.
Choice is a good thing. If you don't want a choice of desktops for your operating system I suggest installing Windows or buying a Mac.