We all should KNOW by now that trying to reason with the loony tunes gang is pointless.
Bashing them further is also pointless.
Let _IMAX_ know thy wrath.
I would expect a much larger percentage of their core audience actually has more than two neurons to rub together, and can actually at least handle the concept that that a 3000>500 (including heavy editing over the millenia) year old book might have some factual errors, and perhaps even some typos.
Because I can run down to Frys and for ~the price of a cute little mini-me-too, I can build a 2.5 Ghz 64 bit box/120G HD/512M ram/Wide choice of video cards that could actually push HD video to my TV, and run MythTV.
When I can do that with PPC hardware, let us know.
The Mini-me never will push HDTV, in its current incarnation. The primary MythTV author IS buying one to finish the port though... And they ARE cool.
OK, it won't have OSX, or the nice apps that come with it. I'd probably get pissed at something and install the PPC port of Mandrake on it in less that 48 hours anyway.
Funny thing is, while I agree there is a little... hostility on/. v MS in general:-), and virtually NO chance you will ever see such an article on/.,...based on MSs track record......I will be shocked if I DON'T see a HAHAHAHAHAHA-I-told-you-so article within 6 months. My moneys on 6 WEEKS. (6 minutes if someones already hacked WFs network, and has just left backdoors in place)
He held patents related to the CD as well. He actually got a few dollars and a early prototype Laser Disk from Phillips, not sure how much he REALLY got, not too much, as a government employee, esp when the government gave it away.
He originally developed it as a replacement for paper tapes used for test data... Paper wasn't fast enough, was hard to manage, and buffering to memory was a no-op in those days.
"What about a seriously generic Linux distro where a newbie like myself could put it in his CD drive, it would boot into some sort of DOS like equivelant where it would ask some simple questions about partioning and formatting the drive..."
You obviously haven't installed Linux in the last few years...(5?) Most of the distros install from a nice GUI, even in X.
MEPIS is my choice BTW, HW detect works almost as well as Knoppix, but is actually REALLY installable, and upgradable as a Debian system. 3D works as well.
Knoppix installs work great at first, but things always go badly if you try to do a apt-get update//upgrade cycle.
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OK, I couldn't resist...
We all should KNOW by now that trying to reason with the loony tunes gang is pointless.
Bashing them further is also pointless.
Let _IMAX_ know thy wrath.
I would expect a much larger percentage of their core audience actually has more than two neurons to rub together, and can actually at least handle the concept that that a 3000>500 (including heavy editing over the millenia) year old book might have some factual errors, and perhaps even some typos.
You have a KILLER system, but IIRC SGI is flogging 512 way single image Opteron systems...
All good points.
You just fairly well described Mandrake 10.1...
I just hope they stop adding acpi=ht in the default lilo setup, as that rather kills off USB on several Athlon based boards.
Unfortunately (for political reasons) you must add contrib and PLF packager sources, easiest by googling for "easy urpmi"
Give it up dude, about 4 people seem to have actually read the headline properly, much less the article.
One of them said "MythTV" and is right on target.
only "average" 100mb with multiple frontends, (not even talking HD) is pushing it.
I Know... Feeding the troll anyway.
Why do we "worship" X86?
Because I can run down to Frys and for ~the price of a cute little mini-me-too, I can build a 2.5 Ghz 64 bit box/120G HD/512M ram/Wide choice of video cards that could actually push HD video to my TV, and run MythTV.
When I can do that with PPC hardware, let us know.
The Mini-me never will push HDTV, in its current incarnation. The primary MythTV author IS buying one to finish the port though... And they ARE cool.
OK, it won't have OSX, or the nice apps that come with it. I'd probably get pissed at something and install the PPC port of Mandrake on it in less that 48 hours anyway.
I SHOP at Wal-Mart you insensitive clod!
Funny thing is, while I agree there is a little... hostility on /. v MS in general :-), and virtually NO chance you will ever see such an article on /., ...based on MSs track record... ...I will be shocked if I DON'T see a HAHAHAHAHAHA-I-told-you-so article within 6 months.
My moneys on 6 WEEKS.
(6 minutes if someones already hacked WFs network, and has just left backdoors in place)
Added note: modprobe kqemu
/etc/modprobe.preload)
(I added it to
I'm running Mandrake Cooker.
Saw this and (strangely) the site wasn't /.ed...
/dev/cdrom
/dev/cdrom -hda (some image file)
It built and works EXCELLENT.
To run a Knoppix CD:
qemu -cdrom
To boot off CD, and have a HD image (to install on, for example)
qemu -boot d -cdrom
Look in the fine docs for qemu-img docs.
VMware is do dead...
I assume they pull money out of Bills couch, and can make the nubmers say anything they want.
Better idea: an EXCHANGE drop in replacement.
OSS have funtional CLIENTS, or withing sight for all functions.
Gotta get Bill where it actually hurts...
This joke has much truth. It is funny AND insightful.
Yes, buy can Linus say Oregon properly yet?
(He's very adaptive, so I would vote yes)
Hint-- It is NOT pronounced OR-E-GONE
It's not the trees that are green, it's the MOLD.
I have been using KNOPPIX CDs for creating backups for a couple of years now.
(Linux/win)
I generally just use partimage, but mc browsed tar archives just fine.
IN the "early" days there was some brain damage with versions of partimage, but those are long gone.
Nonononononoooooooooo... Don't even suggest that.
Scumbag local politicians all over the country will be grinning all the way to the bank...
MOD up PARENT. PLEASE.
SIMPLE==GOOD.
Too bad they don't do Barrettas.
Depending on the wavelengths this material is sensitive to, there is no reason to think it WON'T charge up a Blackberry-type device in your pocket.
MW/LWIR goes thru many fabrics fairly efficiently.
(Think Sony camcorder)
Been running MythTv for over a year now, and am curious if this thing throws std MPEG streams or something funky?
The price is a little steep, but with accellerated playback on NVidia cards under X, it would rock on most recent Athlon systems. (2600+>)
http://www.uticaod.com/community/halloffame/histor y/dove_john.htm
He held patents related to the CD as well. He actually got a few dollars and a early prototype Laser Disk from Phillips, not sure how much he REALLY got, not too much, as a government employee, esp when the government gave it away.
He originally developed it as a replacement for paper tapes used for test data... Paper wasn't fast enough, was hard to manage, and buffering to memory was a no-op in those days.
I once worked for the gentleman: Great fellow.
Odd, it does on Mandrake 10.0 if you follow the instructions...(using THACS source build of KDE 3.3 etc)
Pretty sure Konq is the same... Reread the instructions ant play again.
IIRC, RTF came from a fellow in the NAVY, and is quite public domain.
The spec on MS site is for MSs IMPLEMENTATION.
Sorta like PDF, only completely different.
I lamely googled for a link, but RTF is sort of a common search result...
"What about a seriously generic Linux distro where a newbie like myself could put it in his CD drive, it would boot into some sort of DOS like equivelant where it would ask some simple questions about partioning and formatting the drive..."
You obviously haven't installed Linux in the last few years...(5?) Most of the distros install from a nice GUI, even in X.
MEPIS is my choice BTW, HW detect works almost as well as Knoppix, but is actually REALLY installable, and upgradable as a Debian system.
3D works as well.
Knoppix installs work great at first, but things always go badly if you try to do a apt-get update//upgrade cycle.
This (parent)notice should be added to the headline as a public service.