Minidisk is OK, but the real advantage here is a BIG disk (40GB) to store sound data to. $2000+ is pretty steep though for this as a laptop setup with a professional audio capture card will do the exact same thing for at least $500 less and have more functionality.
Also, if it's ultra-portable you are looking for, a nomad also offers firewire interface and an internal HDD and goes for around $250. Obviously it doesn't have all the pro features like built in mic pre-amps. But for most normal people that won't matter as they will want to pull the signal off some line out signals anyway, not direct mic signals. The mic pres are pretty pointless except for some very specific broadcast applications....Or all those people out there trying to covertly record live performances I guess. I don't understand that though... the poor sound quality you would get out of holding even the best mic out in the audience of any performace is going to suck to the point of making the use of any high quality recording gear completely and utterly pointless.
Nomad 3 -> http://www.nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox3/specs. asp
While it is scary how much power the "patriot act" gives the government for search and sieseure, I think this library thing is a total joke.
These are PUBLIC libraries we are talking about. There should be no expectation of the privacy of records from a PUBLIC institution. As far as I'm concerned, the government is well within their rights to keep any and all records from public institutions.
Now for the flip side of that... Banks. Banks are privately owned institutions that are being REQUIRED to provide all sorts of personal information about us their patrons to the government. I consider this a horrible violation of privacy and a huge abuse of government power. Granted, one of the best ways to prevent a terrorist from doing his thing is to take away his finances. But this is supposed to be a free country and we shouldn't be violating the constitutional rights of the law abiding citizens to combat the evil ones.
Banks and Libaries are just single examples of how the government is right and wrong on this (in my opinion).
Trading freedom for security only yeilds a false sense of security.
I have used Mandrake for some time and like it. But shouldn't us patriotic Americans be boycotting Mandrake...and maybe SUSE too for that matter?
Maybe I'll go try Redhat again....
A guy showed up at my work the day after christmas and ripped the pay phone out of the lunch room. Said we weren't generating enough revenue for it anymore. So I gotta wonder: how is it that revenue was a problem? The company paid for the line and it's inside the building so only our relatively responsible employees used it (IE it didn't get broken.) So I figure whatever little usage was on it was profit for the carrier. Granted everyone uses their cell phones pretty much now but a few people would still use the pay phone. It may not have been much but it was in theory pure profit. I am starting to suspect that the carriers are viewing the whole thing as a lost cause and are systematically taking them all out reguardless of if they are still generating a little revenue or not...
You have a good point in context. Historically important items are worth preserving. But I doubt the majority of the wrecks in question have much real historical value.
I guess they have the right since they did all the mapping... but I still think it's funny that they are keeping stuff a secret so the "Indiana Jones" types can plunder the wreaks first. "...That belongs in a museum!!!" -Indiana Jones
I am not well enough versed on the technical details to glean this info from the technical docs. Can anybody speak to the possibility of me buying an x86 style board someday that can boot from firewire?
I have been a couple places (including my current place of employ) where the marketing dept would spend massive amounts of money on a single CD containing marketing data (customer survey results and tracking data and such). I never sat down to do the math but the cost per byte had to be up there... Actual quote from a previous place of employ: "Don't stumble and break that CD, it cost us $2.5 Million." (needless to say, I walked carefully and held onto it firmly)
Well, I gotta say... It worked for us in virus protection. When the Nimda bug hit our company hard because failed miserably to protect our systems, the only server that didn't get infected and loose data was the old windows NT 3.51 box we had been pining to upgrade for years. After that we were happy to leave it go for a little while longer:)
I volunteer as an IS consultant at a local private "faith based" school. (the one I graduated from to be more specific;) ) Something like this has never really been seriously suggested before, but now that I think about it, it's a good idea. The capabilities of the hardware is an issue though. While the LAN has been upgraded to a switched 100mbs backbone that would handle the traffic finely (we started out on thin coax and win3.11 a few years back:P ), the computers were upgraded at the same time and still aren't fast enough to play much of anything worthwhile. (PII 233 - 300 w/ graphics down and mimimal memory) The part that's really interesting is that this school is applying to get accredidation and the people that came out to inspect the school's capabilities complimented us on how "advanced" we were in technology for a school. That doesn't say alot for the majority of schools out there.
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...athiests don't go to heaven so then must go to ____. That's not what I call resting in peace.
Too bad he led such a hopeless life spreading mis-information to the masses. It sounds like he had alot of talent and at least some good ideas. A mind is a terrible thing to waste as they say. --Flame me all you want, I will be off doing something useful so I won't see your posts:)
To anyone who might have allowed the thought of investing in this company cross their mind...
First of all, the company is incorporated in Gibraltar? WTF??? What kind of company incorporates in a disputed British territory off the coast of Spain???
Secondly, it's traded in PINK SHEETS!!! The lowest under-link of the investment food chian. You might as well go ask one of those guys on the street corner holding a sign that says "The end is near" if you can invest in his concept.
Lastly, they couldn't make any firm claims on how well the technology actually performs...just a bunch of "projections". Hmmm, I wonder if I could incorporate in some offshore territory and then put up a spiffy website with a bunch of "projections" to get people to invest in my pink sheet company?:P
Just my $0.02...
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That would all be well and good if Sprint had coverage that included my house!!! I guess Verizon's 2.5G will have to do. Besides, I could go out and get the Verizon setup tonight if I wanted:)//RANT
I had an opportunity to try out a Laptop that was connected via verizon's new network. The little PC card they supply as an interface option is stinking sexy but that's a separate issue...
I would compare the speed to single ISDN. The verizon rep I talked to said the average sustained throughput was 45-65K with the occasional burst to 144K. The brief surfing session I had confirmed that the connection wasn't spectacular. I would say 45-65k is accurate based on my thumb in the air gadge. It does have tangible benifits though. Almost zero wait time to connect, totally wireless and slightly faster then 56k dialup. If travelling was part of my business I would be all over it. Beware of roaming to non-built out areas though: It will work but only at 14.4k.
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Minidisk is OK, but the real advantage here is a BIG disk (40GB) to store sound data to. $2000+ is pretty steep though for this as a laptop setup with a professional audio capture card will do the exact same thing for at least $500 less and have more functionality. Also, if it's ultra-portable you are looking for, a nomad also offers firewire interface and an internal HDD and goes for around $250. Obviously it doesn't have all the pro features like built in mic pre-amps. But for most normal people that won't matter as they will want to pull the signal off some line out signals anyway, not direct mic signals. The mic pres are pretty pointless except for some very specific broadcast applications. ...Or all those people out there trying to covertly record live performances I guess. I don't understand that though... the poor sound quality you would get out of holding even the best mic out in the audience of any performace is going to suck to the point of making the use of any high quality recording gear completely and utterly pointless.
Nomad 3 -> http://www.nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox3/specs. asp
While it is scary how much power the "patriot act" gives the government for search and sieseure, I think this library thing is a total joke. These are PUBLIC libraries we are talking about. There should be no expectation of the privacy of records from a PUBLIC institution. As far as I'm concerned, the government is well within their rights to keep any and all records from public institutions. Now for the flip side of that... Banks. Banks are privately owned institutions that are being REQUIRED to provide all sorts of personal information about us their patrons to the government. I consider this a horrible violation of privacy and a huge abuse of government power. Granted, one of the best ways to prevent a terrorist from doing his thing is to take away his finances. But this is supposed to be a free country and we shouldn't be violating the constitutional rights of the law abiding citizens to combat the evil ones. Banks and Libaries are just single examples of how the government is right and wrong on this (in my opinion). Trading freedom for security only yeilds a false sense of security.
I have used Mandrake for some time and like it. But shouldn't us patriotic Americans be boycotting Mandrake...and maybe SUSE too for that matter? Maybe I'll go try Redhat again....
A guy showed up at my work the day after christmas and ripped the pay phone out of the lunch room. Said we weren't generating enough revenue for it anymore. So I gotta wonder: how is it that revenue was a problem? The company paid for the line and it's inside the building so only our relatively responsible employees used it (IE it didn't get broken.) So I figure whatever little usage was on it was profit for the carrier. Granted everyone uses their cell phones pretty much now but a few people would still use the pay phone. It may not have been much but it was in theory pure profit. I am starting to suspect that the carriers are viewing the whole thing as a lost cause and are systematically taking them all out reguardless of if they are still generating a little revenue or not...
You have a good point in context. Historically important items are worth preserving. But I doubt the majority of the wrecks in question have much real historical value.
I guess they have the right since they did all the mapping... but I still think it's funny that they are keeping stuff a secret so the "Indiana Jones" types can plunder the wreaks first. "...That belongs in a museum!!!" -Indiana Jones
I am not well enough versed on the technical details to glean this info from the technical docs. Can anybody speak to the possibility of me buying an x86 style board someday that can boot from firewire?
I have been a couple places (including my current place of employ) where the marketing dept would spend massive amounts of money on a single CD containing marketing data (customer survey results and tracking data and such). I never sat down to do the math but the cost per byte had to be up there... Actual quote from a previous place of employ: "Don't stumble and break that CD, it cost us $2.5 Million." (needless to say, I walked carefully and held onto it firmly)
Well, I gotta say... It worked for us in virus protection. When the Nimda bug hit our company hard because failed miserably to protect our systems, the only server that didn't get infected and loose data was the old windows NT 3.51 box we had been pining to upgrade for years. After that we were happy to leave it go for a little while longer:)
I volunteer as an IS consultant at a local private "faith based" school. (the one I graduated from to be more specific ;) ) Something like this has never really been seriously suggested before, but now that I think about it, it's a good idea. The capabilities of the hardware is an issue though. While the LAN has been upgraded to a switched 100mbs backbone that would handle the traffic finely (we started out on thin coax and win3.11 a few years back :P ), the computers were upgraded at the same time and still aren't fast enough to play much of anything worthwhile. (PII 233 - 300 w/ graphics down and mimimal memory) The part that's really interesting is that this school is applying to get accredidation and the people that came out to inspect the school's capabilities complimented us on how "advanced" we were in technology for a school. That doesn't say alot for the majority of schools out there.
...athiests don't go to heaven so then must go to ____. That's not what I call resting in peace. Too bad he led such a hopeless life spreading mis-information to the masses. It sounds like he had alot of talent and at least some good ideas. A mind is a terrible thing to waste as they say. --Flame me all you want, I will be off doing something useful so I won't see your posts:)
To anyone who might have allowed the thought of investing in this company cross their mind... First of all, the company is incorporated in Gibraltar? WTF??? What kind of company incorporates in a disputed British territory off the coast of Spain??? Secondly, it's traded in PINK SHEETS!!! The lowest under-link of the investment food chian. You might as well go ask one of those guys on the street corner holding a sign that says "The end is near" if you can invest in his concept. Lastly, they couldn't make any firm claims on how well the technology actually performs...just a bunch of "projections". Hmmm, I wonder if I could incorporate in some offshore territory and then put up a spiffy website with a bunch of "projections" to get people to invest in my pink sheet company? :P
Just my $0.02...
***ching***ching***
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***ching***ching***
$0.08
***ching***ching***
$0.16
***ching***ching*** ...
That would all be well and good if Sprint had coverage that included my house!!! I guess Verizon's 2.5G will have to do. Besides, I could go out and get the Verizon setup tonight if I wanted:) //RANT
I had an opportunity to try out a Laptop that was connected via verizon's new network. The little PC card they supply as an interface option is stinking sexy but that's a separate issue... I would compare the speed to single ISDN. The verizon rep I talked to said the average sustained throughput was 45-65K with the occasional burst to 144K. The brief surfing session I had confirmed that the connection wasn't spectacular. I would say 45-65k is accurate based on my thumb in the air gadge. It does have tangible benifits though. Almost zero wait time to connect, totally wireless and slightly faster then 56k dialup. If travelling was part of my business I would be all over it. Beware of roaming to non-built out areas though: It will work but only at 14.4k.