Thanks, I wish I hadn't posted earily in this article so I could use my mod points. Now, my only question is how fast is decent speed? I'm about to build my own server (actually I'm going to have some help, but I want to at least sound like I know what I'm doing) nothing fancy. I don't expect a huge hit count or anything, so would using older (500-750 mhz)second hand computers, properly upgraded memory and storage, work? Also would you recomend replacing the powersuply. One the guys whoes helping me swears that will save me money in the long run on energy costs, but I don't know if its worth the cost.
I was really excited to see this article, because oddly enough I am seriously considering setting up my own webserver. In fact am thinking of running slashcode. So far everyone has been saying that the article generally sucks. So the question remains where should I start? I was thinking of buying a few of my company's used PCs and building a cluster... that scares me a bit, as I'm not a computer genius, but I can get a great deal on these computers (between 5 and 10 500mhz wintel computers)
OK, I know that was rambling so to recap simply, is it better to go with a expenive single MP solution like the article, or with a cheaper cluster of slow/cheap computers
Well I'm an American, who loves to have the coolest toys. When I buy Japanese gadgets I usually assume that I won't be able to use the warenty or find someone who can speak english at the tech support line. I have been very lucky in that when I needed warrenty work the companies I delt with were very reseptive and only required that I pay the difference in shipping from Jappan. Also I have only bought very popular gadgets that had at least a small english language following so I was able to find my own tech support when I needed it. So while I have never had a problem that wasn't worth the gadget I still wouldn't spend any more then I was willing to lose.
"The article states they are mostly looking for what kind of exceptions they should make to the law." Um... May I suggest instead, we pressure legislators not to make a blanket law and then pock holes in it. If that is their approach they will undoubtedly leave perfectly acceptable actions illegal. It is my belief that the lawmakers should always error on the side of freedom and smaller government. List which situations to which the law applies, and not a list of when the law it doesn't apply.
Just so you know I wrote this three times. I was so angered the first time that the draft made no since and the second time I wrote too emotionally. This time I wrote it too fast, but now I'm tired of writing it.
I think that if the new Zaurus is close in price to the old one it will be a much better choice the this sony. I have a vaio and love it. I really wanted the picture book when it came out, but its just a little to expensive. The new zaurus on the other hand is about the same size and I bet even with the optional zaurus cam will be less the half the cost.
Not to take away from the point, but technically both the log and the tree bits are technology... old technology, but technology just the same. So really it would be a swimming race.
This is going to be great. I can't tell how many times I've wanted to sit and edit the TV shows I watch. Seriously, I would actually like to edit the raw footage of a Drama or anything with a story for that matter... But why would I want to edit a informative broadcast. I could be wrong, but if this is like a news format show, then a front and center camera shot is all I really want anyway.
We have a visible light sepectum network here in the office. Its not a computer network. You know how its hard to talk in the morning befor coffie? Well I have devised a solution. I simply flash this lights on and off untill the secretary brings me a cupa Joe.
I wonder what the interesting announcement will be
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Aaronson says the company will have some "interesting announcements" about combined Ricochet/WLAN products down the road
Maybe it will be "Hey this time we won't screw you by selling you a $400 dollar modem the day befor we stop service and pull out of the market"
Do you mean we are few months from gettin MAME for XBox, or that the port of Linux means that we are a few months away from a MAME port? I ask because you may not be aware that MAME has already been poted to Xbox
They do offer a dist. I think it is Red Hat. Dell had three options to fill different needs. The first is Windows, which is the most expensive option for people who want all the hard stuff done for them. Second is RedHat which is less costly, but required some work to learn. To make it easier they had linux tech support though RedHat. Finally Dell offered a No OS computer do customers who wants to the least expensive option at the expense of being required to do all the work in both installing and supporting the Free OS of their choice.
It was this final option that MS's new policy removed. Dell now simply uses FreeDOS as a loophole to replace the third option.
I hate to say this seeing as I just got the automatic +1 score, but hey... what's a little karma among friends.
I'm kinda glad to see something like this. While I don't think some of these Open Source regulations are as bad as maybe a commercial only regulation, I still think that these are bad policies. I never want my local government to have their hands tied in choosing the most appropriate platform. Many of these laws, even if the legislators don't want to admit it are simply anti M$ laws, but they could hurt other companies as well. Anyway back to the point. I can think of several examples were using commercial solutions would save money over the long run. Basically I think anytime you regulate away choice you are hurting your self. I policy, encouraging Free Software is much more appropriate.
Think of the Zaurus as a mixture of a PDA and a Palmtop(think toshiba Liberetto). You get the basic functionality you need out of a PDA... instant on, PIM functions, ect... You also get most of the full feature applications you want. Supposedly because it uses Linux many applications whould only require a simple recompile. I havn't found it that easy, but everything I need has already been ported. I used to carry a palm for phone numbers and a datebook, along with a laptop for divx and connecting to my companies network. Now I use Zaurus' built in PIM and installed The Kompany's video player as well as a terminal emulator for work. Its great.
A friend of mine bought a base model iBook online and had it mail ordered home. By the time it reached his home he had already downloaded and burned a linux dist ISO at my house. We had that baby running (by we I mean he) linux in less then a hour. That resaler wants a almost a $200 premium for installing free software. I think spending a hour is worth saving $200.
Once again my post is going to sound like a troll when its not ment to,but isn't this old news. Now don't get me wrong I love UGA (Go Dawgs!), but I remember reading about this in high school. Maybe the story is that there is so much evidence, and not that its a new idea.
End Ramble
I was reading this http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948493.html?tag=fd_t op article at news.com and it hit me, this could be a great new processor line for Apple. Now befor you mod me as an idiot (this post was made several days after the story aired so I don't think anyone will read this anyway) I don't think that this is apples future chip. I am just pointing out that there are new processors coming out all the time and IBM or Motorola could easily poduce a solution for apple.
I know that it sounds like a troll, but seriously this is the kind of thing that made me a Libertarian. My towns congressmen , both Dem. and Rep, have all pledged to fight government invasion of privacy, but they keep voteing us closer to this kind of thing.
I get about 2 hours with my brand new battery. Thats general web browsing, I haven't had it long enough to tell how much a constant download will hurt battery life. I know 2 hours doesn't sound like much compaired to palms that claim weeks, but my samsung I300 only gets maybe 2 hours as well while on the internet (14.4 wireless modem). All in all its an amazing little machine. I like it so much I bought a book on C so I can learn to develope for it. I'm starting to go off on a tangent so... ............,Cal
I reread the article, and I this time I knowticed that the authors seem to think that memory was ment to be used by the the end user, in which case my previous guess would be invalid
I've never used a treo, but I have had several Palms over the years. While all models had Flash Memory, the only way to use it directly with the stanard palm distribution tools was though a hot sync with a ROM Upgrade direct from palm. I have a samsung I300(other palm phone). This phone does not allow regular upgrades from palm because it has custom mods to the OS which are basicly extenions to allow the phone and Palm to talk to each other. In other words sence Samsung, will not update the OS there are no upgrades and no way to use the Flash ROM without aftermarket solutions. The Treo is likly the same. Handspring probly doesn't want to provude tools to use the flash memory, so it tries not to let people know its there.
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pentium sounded stupid to me the first 1000 times I heard it.
Thanks, I wish I hadn't posted earily in this article so I could use my mod points. Now, my only question is how fast is decent speed? I'm about to build my own server (actually I'm going to have some help, but I want to at least sound like I know what I'm doing) nothing fancy. I don't expect a huge hit count or anything, so would using older (500-750 mhz)second hand computers, properly upgraded memory and storage, work? Also would you recomend replacing the powersuply. One the guys whoes helping me swears that will save me money in the long run on energy costs, but I don't know if its worth the cost.
I was really excited to see this article, because oddly enough I am seriously considering setting up my own webserver. In fact am thinking of running slashcode. So far everyone has been saying that the article generally sucks. So the question remains where should I start? I was thinking of buying a few of my company's used PCs and building a cluster... that scares me a bit, as I'm not a computer genius, but I can get a great deal on these computers (between 5 and 10 500mhz wintel computers)
OK, I know that was rambling so to recap simply, is it better to go with a expenive single MP solution like the article, or with a cheaper cluster of slow/cheap computers
Don't be surprized if Apple calls this a G5. Its all about marketing. Its a bit like intel sticking with pentium even after major changes in the chip.
Well I'm an American, who loves to have the coolest toys. When I buy Japanese gadgets I usually assume that I won't be able to use the warenty or find someone who can speak english at the tech support line. I have been very lucky in that when I needed warrenty work the companies I delt with were very reseptive and only required that I pay the difference in shipping from Jappan. Also I have only bought very popular gadgets that had at least a small english language following so I was able to find my own tech support when I needed it. So while I have never had a problem that wasn't worth the gadget I still wouldn't spend any more then I was willing to lose.
"The article states they are mostly looking for what kind of exceptions they should make to the law." Um... May I suggest instead, we pressure legislators not to make a blanket law and then pock holes in it. If that is their approach they will undoubtedly leave perfectly acceptable actions illegal. It is my belief that the lawmakers should always error on the side of freedom and smaller government. List which situations to which the law applies, and not a list of when the law it doesn't apply.
Just so you know I wrote this three times. I was so angered the first time that the draft made no since and the second time I wrote too emotionally. This time I wrote it too fast, but now I'm tired of writing it.
I think that if the new Zaurus is close in price to the old one it will be a much better choice the this sony. I have a vaio and love it. I really wanted the picture book when it came out, but its just a little to expensive. The new zaurus on the other hand is about the same size and I bet even with the optional zaurus cam will be less the half the cost.
Not to take away from the point, but technically both the log and the tree bits are technology... old technology, but technology just the same. So really it would be a swimming race.
This is going to be great. I can't tell how many times I've wanted to sit and edit the TV shows I watch. Seriously, I would actually like to edit the raw footage of a Drama or anything with a story for that matter... But why would I want to edit a informative broadcast. I could be wrong, but if this is like a news format show, then a front and center camera shot is all I really want anyway.
We have a visible light sepectum network here in the office. Its not a computer network. You know how its hard to talk in the morning befor coffie? Well I have devised a solution. I simply flash this lights on and off untill the secretary brings me a cupa Joe.
Aaronson says the company will have some "interesting announcements" about combined Ricochet/WLAN products down the road Maybe it will be "Hey this time we won't screw you by selling you a $400 dollar modem the day befor we stop service and pull out of the market"
Do you mean we are few months from gettin MAME for XBox, or that the port of Linux means that we are a few months away from a MAME port? I ask because you may not be aware that MAME has already been poted to Xbox
The MP3 player is my favorite use for mine.
They do offer a dist. I think it is Red Hat. Dell had three options to fill different needs. The first is Windows, which is the most expensive option for people who want all the hard stuff done for them. Second is RedHat which is less costly, but required some work to learn. To make it easier they had linux tech support though RedHat. Finally Dell offered a No OS computer do customers who wants to the least expensive option at the expense of being required to do all the work in both installing and supporting the Free OS of their choice.
It was this final option that MS's new policy removed. Dell now simply uses FreeDOS as a loophole to replace the third option.
I hate to say this seeing as I just got the automatic +1 score, but hey... what's a little karma among friends.
I'm kinda glad to see something like this. While I don't think some of these Open Source regulations are as bad as maybe a commercial only regulation, I still think that these are bad policies. I never want my local government to have their hands tied in choosing the most appropriate platform. Many of these laws, even if the legislators don't want to admit it are simply anti M$ laws, but they could hurt other companies as well. Anyway back to the point. I can think of several examples were using commercial solutions would save money over the long run. Basically I think anytime you regulate away choice you are hurting your self. I policy, encouraging Free Software is much more appropriate.
Think of the Zaurus as a mixture of a PDA and a Palmtop(think toshiba Liberetto). You get the basic functionality you need out of a PDA... instant on, PIM functions, ect... You also get most of the full feature applications you want. Supposedly because it uses Linux many applications whould only require a simple recompile. I havn't found it that easy, but everything I need has already been ported. I used to carry a palm for phone numbers and a datebook, along with a laptop for divx and connecting to my companies network. Now I use Zaurus' built in PIM and installed The Kompany's video player as well as a terminal emulator for work. Its great.
A friend of mine bought a base model iBook online and had it mail ordered home. By the time it reached his home he had already downloaded and burned a linux dist ISO at my house. We had that baby running (by we I mean he) linux in less then a hour. That resaler wants a almost a $200 premium for installing free software. I think spending a hour is worth saving $200.
Once again my post is going to sound like a troll when its not ment to,but isn't this old news. Now don't get me wrong I love UGA (Go Dawgs!), but I remember reading about this in high school. Maybe the story is that there is so much evidence, and not that its a new idea. End Ramble
I was reading this http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948493.html?tag=fd_t op article at news.com and it hit me, this could be a great new processor line for Apple. Now befor you mod me as an idiot (this post was made several days after the story aired so I don't think anyone will read this anyway) I don't think that this is apples future chip. I am just pointing out that there are new processors coming out all the time and IBM or Motorola could easily poduce a solution for apple.
I know that it sounds like a troll, but seriously this is the kind of thing that made me a Libertarian. My towns congressmen , both Dem. and Rep, have all pledged to fight government invasion of privacy, but they keep voteing us closer to this kind of thing.
I think he was saying that he was afraid that there wasn't enough cell coverage along I70.
Wow, thats great. I've been messing with that for a while and finally got it to work useing that link. thanks.
I get about 2 hours with my brand new battery. Thats general web browsing, I haven't had it long enough to tell how much a constant download will hurt battery life. I know 2 hours doesn't sound like much compaired to palms that claim weeks, but my samsung I300 only gets maybe 2 hours as well while on the internet (14.4 wireless modem). All in all its an amazing little machine. I like it so much I bought a book on C so I can learn to develope for it. I'm starting to go off on a tangent so...
............,Cal
I reread the article, and I this time I knowticed that the authors seem to think that memory was ment to be used by the the end user, in which case my previous guess would be invalid
I've never used a treo, but I have had several Palms over the years. While all models had Flash Memory, the only way to use it directly with the stanard palm distribution tools was though a hot sync with a ROM Upgrade direct from palm. I have a samsung I300(other palm phone). This phone does not allow regular upgrades from palm because it has custom mods to the OS which are basicly extenions to allow the phone and Palm to talk to each other. In other words sence Samsung, will not update the OS there are no upgrades and no way to use the Flash ROM without aftermarket solutions. The Treo is likly the same. Handspring probly doesn't want to provude tools to use the flash memory, so it tries not to let people know its there.