having a job, and having one dealing with software.. I dont quite fit the bill of the linux devs. However I have contributed to F/OSS projects.
And of course when I tell people that are not in any way involved with software ive been percieved as a hacker. 'oh your a hacker arent you?' mind you, thats from the layman.
but its happened to me. its that 'you must be an evil person' stereotype that bothers me, personally.
the more its brought up, the more they do to get in the news. its only GOOD BUISNESS PRACTICE...
they dont care about the GPL, open source, ect. they just want free exposure, and they are getting it.
there are not many 720p displays to begin with.
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I work on this stuff, every day.. all day. only cheap projectors or displays have a maximum res of 720p. I dont see many of those anyhow. but yes, on those displays the signal is downconverted by chopping out 1/2 of it.
however, these displays are not popular anyhow. some of the most popular displays still cant display native, but they are still can display either XGA or SXGA with no proble (were getting pretty close to hd at this point)
dont buy a cheap projector, and you wont get a cheap display. you get what you pay for.
microsoft is a company, a monopolistic one at that.
why does anyone care what they think about politics? why are they involved in politics? this is scary stuff..... I can see 10 years from now... 'the united states of microsoft'
microsoft: stay the f--k out of my life and the life of others.
see, they have already recovered development costs, probably 10x over. if they sold the professional edition for $10 they STILL MAKE MONEY.
So, now they insult users by stripping it down, which is NO DOUBT going to cause 1/2 the software out there to BREAK, then sell it for something like $50-$75 anyhow!
This is a SLAP IN THE FACE.
Why do you think the icon for them here on/. is the borg?
All the money that bill and his wife supposedly give away, but they cant donate a goddamn copy of windows to some poor family just KILLS ME.
thats right. BAN those f--king things. people that drive them, drive recklessly, and they burn far more gas than my 4 cylinder car does.
Remember 'what would jesus drive' ?:)
get rid of SUV's and gas usage will plummet. force more economical cars. wont hurt me, but it will hurt the in-debt poor average greedy american.
tried suse enterprise, didnt cut it.. heres why..
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I had a lot of problems just getting it installed.
perhaps its just because im not the type to use the 'gui' approach to things, not that its a bad thing.
it either didnt have drivers for hardware that we needed to function, or had quirks with those drivers, or needed special treatment.
HOWEVER, that being said i installed it on a plain machine... and the installation was flawless.
I dont like yast, it was good for getting things to work, but I ended up in a console with a text editor editing configs anyhow. the cups and samba portions in yast are just completely barebones. the built-in kde conguration tool is far more powerful with regards to samba configuration than yast is.
I dont hate suse, it just didnt fit our needs, and upgrades failed way too easily. these machines we need, they are critical. I could not have a machine fail after an upgrade. after several of these failed upgrades i said enough is enough and switched the suse machines out with gentoo machines.
so, that why I switched it out. it needs some more polishing, but granted some of my own personal preferences were trampled by it and thats part of it, for sure.
I will try it again in the future, I keep my eyes on most ditros, except for micro$oft linux. (redhat) but between debian and gentoo and upgrading, I think its a tie. both do it very well, and with very little pain. suse left me hanging more than once with a trashed system. either it didnt boot or it was really b0rked.
I say, give it a shot. it works fine as long as you dont have like bleeding edge hardware. (like some sata controllers, ect)
First off, I am not a religious person. But, this is my gripe with them...
If I had a conversation with one of these people, they want you to embrace their way of thinking... OK fine.
Yet, when I try to peddle MY truth, its immediately too much to handle, so not right and so horrible they wont hear it.
I am in the south. This is how these people are. but, then they are quick to call themselves open minded. YEAH RIGHT.
If I cant tell you my truth, and have you at least LISTEN, your not open minded. your a closed minded fool that doesnt deserve to breathe air. its that simple.
All I ask of these people, is to meet us all half way here. they dont have to like it, and they dont have to agree with it. but saying they are 'good, understanding people' is a REAL stretch.
They DO NOT have to go see these movies.... yet, they boycott their presence. thats not open minded... that is just religion attempting world domination. their way or the highway.
Go watch the documentaries. I do. Rebel against religious zealots.....as I watch my Karma plummet....
I work in the elctronics industry, and in the last year I have seen a tow fold increase in the number of sets with cablecard capability. I think its a good thing.
I have seen samsung, sony, and thompson (RCA,GE, ect) with cablecard slots for the pcmcia card.
so, will this derail production of set with this integrated capability? ive seen a lot of sets, and a lot of sets that arrive that customers actually lease cablecards from the cable co. here (time warner)
so, I wonder if the number of sets with cablecard that I see for repair will come to a halt in the near future or what? seems like its heading down the path to being nuked altogether.
but, I cant understand why the FCC has delayed this? the cable cos is still going to charge you to lease that pcmcia card, and its still going to be the same amount. now if there were rules that placed a cap on that, I am even more for it.
this is true of almost all modern cameras..
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altho, most that ive seen ahve the IR filter directly attached to the CCD. you would remove the CCD, then remove the 'piece of glass' from it.
some cameras achieve this effect differently, I have not quite worked out how they work. For example, Sony camcorders that have 'nightshot' also have an IR filter, but I suspect its something different. the switch not only engages some IR illuminators, but does something in the lens block itself. (switches something in/out mechanically) I know that the IR filter at the CCD remains there, its in a fixed position.
I am now curious and have to dissasemble a sony lens block to see:)
I used to work on cameras, and I have removed the IR filters on cameras before for a bit of fun.
if you can get enough IR leds going you can get it pretty well lit. Altho, the resolution is probably not going to be that great at a distance.
but, I have contributed to several projects, and continue to do so. (PearPC is not one of them)
however, as a contributor, if I saw the project that I contributed to, I would be completely outraged.
Just reading about this happening to PearPC makes me very angry. It could happen to me!
I would feel as if it was stolen from me. Granted, code isnt something 'tangible' but the fact remains, they cook the code from the project, repackaged it and are now selling it
this may not be 'theft' but it sure looks like it to the layman.
im not a person that knows about the 'law', but to me, I feel as if it has been stolen.
how do we measure 'around the world' I call 'around the world' around the WHOLE planet, not around a small portion of it.
if this is the case, I can do to the north pole, drop a pole in the ice at the exact north, and walk around the pole... and yeah! I walked around the world in 2 seconds!
look at all the graphics of where this guy flew north, then around then down again. I DARE them to try taking off at the equador, and REALLY go around the world... not this farce of going north to go around the short portion of the planet.
FAKE! do it right! do it like the shuttle does it, around the REAL world...
I work in that industry.. this just tells me that the diminishing sony work will most likely be NO work in the time to come.
I work on their products, and they have already started telling customers to ship defective products to mexico... (a.k.a laredo, tx)
so, I have to really think even harder what im going to do in the years to come.
sony will most likely compete with us, too (they do now)
but, they will compete on our level, and force us out of buisness.
Projection tv's use them!
since I repair them for a living, ive actually done this.
its quite fun, but do be careful!
I like using the fresnel from a 60" projection tv the most:)
I have burned up phone books in no time with it, and I have tried cans, I got one to melt.
next time you see a projection tv in the trash, get the lens.
the lens will be the innermost of the 2 (or 3, if there is a protective screen)
have fun!
this author has written several papers about various portions of linux, configuring and setup. I actually read his stuff, because it tends to make a lot of sense, and he has really good ideas. I look forward to more articls from this author.
when you can pirate the 'full' version for less? isnt that what they do there? Micro$oft could GIVE the 'lite' version away and STILL be in the same position.
your an idiot. do you even own the game? this game uses... NO BANDWIDTH. the fact that it needs to be on a broadband connection is due to content download, not because it chews bandwidth, you idiot. this game uses almost nothing! stop talking out of the side of your neck! if anyone is to blame, its ubisoft. they are imcompetant assholes to say the least. if there was any server issues, or inadequate bandwidth, it was their fault. keep in mind cyan didnt run the servers, ubi did. blame them for the problems, dont flame the developers. they did their best against the bunch of idiots that ran the servers.
that is more, or less stable and WORKS. im quite happy with that. I understand the IP issues involved probably prohibit a source release. I would just.. let this one go and thank them for at least supporting the linux driver.
Slashdot Mirror
my aunt produce 2 boys, and she is a nurse of 20 or more years?
doesnt add up to me.
why whine about it? 'wah wah theres a bug and he wont fix it booo hoo'
people that are whining about it know how to fix it, send the man a patch, and be done with it!
all talk and no action. perhaps he doesnt know how to fix it, and you do.
DO IT! STOP WHINING!
having a job, and having one dealing with software.. I dont quite fit the bill of the linux devs.
However I have contributed to F/OSS projects.
And of course when I tell people that are not in any way involved with software ive been percieved as a hacker.
'oh your a hacker arent you?'
mind you, thats from the layman.
but its happened to me. its that 'you must be an evil person' stereotype that bothers me, personally.
We need to mirror them as well, they just got slashdotted. (oops..)
:)
I thought that was the point of having mirrordot
and they will GO AWAY!
the more its brought up, the more they do to get in the news. its only GOOD BUISNESS PRACTICE...
they dont care about the GPL, open source, ect.
they just want free exposure, and they are getting it.
I work on this stuff, every day.. all day.
only cheap projectors or displays have a maximum res of 720p.
I dont see many of those anyhow.
but yes, on those displays the signal is downconverted by chopping out 1/2 of it.
however, these displays are not popular anyhow.
some of the most popular displays still cant display native, but they are still can display either XGA or SXGA with no proble (were getting pretty close to hd at this point)
dont buy a cheap projector, and you wont get a cheap display. you get what you pay for.
microsoft is a company, a monopolistic one at that.
why does anyone care what they think about politics?
why are they involved in politics?
this is scary stuff.....
I can see 10 years from now...
'the united states of microsoft'
microsoft: stay the f--k out of my life and the life of others.
see, they have already recovered development costs,
/. is the borg?
probably 10x over.
if they sold the professional edition for $10 they STILL MAKE MONEY.
So, now they insult users by stripping it down, which is NO DOUBT going to cause 1/2 the software out there to BREAK, then sell it for something like $50-$75 anyhow!
This is a SLAP IN THE FACE.
Why do you think the icon for them here on
All the money that bill and his wife supposedly give away, but they cant donate a goddamn copy of windows to some poor family just KILLS ME.
M$ can ROT IN HELL.
ban SUV's
:)
thats right. BAN those f--king things.
people that drive them, drive recklessly, and they burn far more gas than my 4 cylinder car does.
Remember 'what would jesus drive' ?
get rid of SUV's and gas usage will plummet.
force more economical cars. wont hurt me, but it will hurt the in-debt poor average greedy american.
I had a lot of problems just getting it installed.
perhaps its just because im not the type to use the 'gui' approach to things, not that its a bad thing.
it either didnt have drivers for hardware that we needed to function, or had quirks with those drivers, or needed special treatment.
HOWEVER, that being said i installed it on a plain machine... and the installation was flawless.
I dont like yast, it was good for getting things to work, but I ended up in a console with a text editor editing configs anyhow.
the cups and samba portions in yast are just completely barebones.
the built-in kde conguration tool is far more powerful with regards to samba configuration than yast is.
I dont hate suse, it just didnt fit our needs, and upgrades failed way too easily. these machines we need, they are critical. I could not have a machine fail after an upgrade. after several of these failed upgrades i said enough is enough and switched the suse machines out with gentoo machines.
so, that why I switched it out.
it needs some more polishing, but granted some of my own personal preferences were trampled by it and thats part of it, for sure.
I will try it again in the future, I keep my eyes on most ditros, except for micro$oft linux. (redhat)
but between debian and gentoo and upgrading, I think its a tie. both do it very well, and with very little pain.
suse left me hanging more than once with a trashed system. either it didnt boot or it was really b0rked.
I say, give it a shot. it works fine as long as you dont have like bleeding edge hardware.
(like some sata controllers, ect)
First off, I am not a religious person.
....as I watch my Karma plummet....
But, this is my gripe with them...
If I had a conversation with one of these people, they want you to embrace their way of thinking... OK fine.
Yet, when I try to peddle MY truth, its immediately too much to handle, so not right and so horrible they wont hear it.
I am in the south. This is how these people are.
but, then they are quick to call themselves open minded. YEAH RIGHT.
If I cant tell you my truth, and have you at least LISTEN, your not open minded. your a closed minded fool that doesnt deserve to breathe air. its that simple.
All I ask of these people, is to meet us all half way here. they dont have to like it, and they dont have to agree with it.
but saying they are 'good, understanding people' is a REAL stretch.
They DO NOT have to go see these movies....
yet, they boycott their presence. thats not open minded... that is just religion attempting world domination. their way or the highway.
Go watch the documentaries. I do.
Rebel against religious zealots.
some craft /.er set up a website, and lets all link to it.
if we see it at the top, then we know its true.
it all really does sound plausible.
I think we should try it out.
I work in the elctronics industry, and in the last year I have seen a tow fold increase in the number of sets with cablecard capability. I think its a good thing.
I have seen samsung, sony, and thompson (RCA,GE, ect) with cablecard slots for the pcmcia card.
so, will this derail production of set with this integrated capability? ive seen a lot of sets, and a lot of sets that arrive that customers actually lease cablecards from the cable co. here (time warner)
so, I wonder if the number of sets with cablecard that I see for repair will come to a halt in the near future or what?
seems like its heading down the path to being nuked altogether.
but, I cant understand why the FCC has delayed this?
the cable cos is still going to charge you to lease that pcmcia card, and its still going to be the same amount. now if there were rules that placed a cap on that, I am even more for it.
altho, most that ive seen ahve the IR filter directly attached to the CCD.
:)
you would remove the CCD, then remove the 'piece of glass' from it.
some cameras achieve this effect differently, I have not quite worked out how they work.
For example, Sony camcorders that have 'nightshot'
also have an IR filter, but I suspect its something different. the switch not only engages some IR illuminators, but does something in the lens block itself. (switches something in/out mechanically)
I know that the IR filter at the CCD remains there, its in a fixed position.
I am now curious and have to dissasemble a sony lens block to see
I used to work on cameras, and I have removed the IR filters on cameras before for a bit of fun.
if you can get enough IR leds going you can get it pretty well lit.
Altho, the resolution is probably not going to be that great at a distance.
ok, your both right about the choices of words.
but, I have contributed to several projects, and continue to do so. (PearPC is not one of them)
however, as a contributor, if I saw the project that I contributed to, I would be completely outraged.
Just reading about this happening to PearPC makes me very angry.
It could happen to me!
I would feel as if it was stolen from me.
Granted, code isnt something 'tangible' but the fact remains, they cook the code from the project, repackaged it and are now selling it
this may not be 'theft' but it sure looks like it to the layman.
im not a person that knows about the 'law', but to me, I feel as if it has been stolen.
Im sure these two organizations would be glad to take this matter up.
if I was a PearPC developer, I would.
this is blatant theft.
how do we measure 'around the world'
I call 'around the world' around the WHOLE planet, not around a small portion of it.
if this is the case, I can do to the north pole, drop a pole in the ice at the exact north, and walk around the pole... and yeah! I walked around the world in 2 seconds!
look at all the graphics of where this guy flew north, then around then down again. I DARE them to try taking off at the equador, and REALLY go around the world... not this farce of going north to go around the short portion of the planet.
FAKE! do it right! do it like the shuttle does it, around the REAL world...
here is a link to the groklaw story
I work in that industry.. this just tells me that the diminishing sony work will most likely be NO work in the time to come. I work on their products, and they have already started telling customers to ship defective products to mexico... (a.k.a laredo, tx) so, I have to really think even harder what im going to do in the years to come. sony will most likely compete with us, too (they do now) but, they will compete on our level, and force us out of buisness.
Projection tv's use them! :)
since I repair them for a living, ive actually done this.
its quite fun, but do be careful!
I like using the fresnel from a 60" projection tv the most
I have burned up phone books in no time with it, and I have tried cans, I got one to melt.
next time you see a projection tv in the trash, get the lens.
the lens will be the innermost of the 2 (or 3, if there is a protective screen)
have fun!
Ooops, there goes my data. :)
oh well, I will wait. I learned the HARD WAY with the zip disk...
to me, this is just a rehash
this author has written several papers about various portions of linux, configuring and setup.
I actually read his stuff, because it tends to make a lot of sense, and he has really good ideas.
I look forward to more articls from this author.
when you can pirate the 'full' version for less?
isnt that what they do there?
Micro$oft could GIVE the 'lite' version away and STILL be in the same position.
your an idiot.
do you even own the game?
this game uses... NO BANDWIDTH.
the fact that it needs to be on a broadband connection is due to content download, not because it chews bandwidth, you idiot.
this game uses almost nothing! stop talking out of the side of your neck!
if anyone is to blame, its ubisoft. they are imcompetant assholes to say the least.
if there was any server issues, or inadequate bandwidth, it was their fault. keep in mind cyan didnt run the servers, ubi did.
blame them for the problems, dont flame the developers. they did their best against the bunch of idiots that ran the servers.
that is more, or less stable and WORKS.
im quite happy with that.
I understand the IP issues involved probably prohibit a source release.
I would just.. let this one go and thank them for at least supporting the linux driver.