Windows 2000 and below support Remote Desktop (well, the same protocol, but it's Terminal Services), but don't support the drive sharing or sound forwarding.
I am assuming you are talking about the server here, but you are incorrect; Windows 2000 Terminal Services definitely does support remote drive access and sound to clients.
Just get a modern Mac running Panther - you get the best of both worlds - things work with one click AND you are running a *NIX.
BTW it is also the best platform for video editing. If that is what you want, buy one. If you are unsure, at least get a demo from somewhere before you start spending money on PC hardware.
I don't get it - when is she ever going to see it? I mean - why not write it in the mens locker room or on the side of the ISS? A girl is about as likely to see it in those places as she is by playing games, let alone on a 2600...
I use this very technique to avoid RSI. Left hand mouse use at work, right hand at home for gaming.
I found that playing UT was giving me bad pain in my right elbow. By distributing the load it solved the problem. (Plus I can now operate two systems at once!)
You say for two years - was this using Jaguar / Panther or OS9?
OS9 is completely unstable and useless. It freezes a lot, especially when connected a network (TIP make OS9 stable for editing - completely disable all networking components). The modern iMac should be fine for video editing (please tell me you didnt use the little CRT model?), however I think the FSB is a little slower - really if you are serious you want a Power class Mac.
As for my experience of PC editing (I used to teach and build DV editing systems for 4 years, and been a user for 8 years here so I know what I'm talking about):
Obtain video editing card for your PC (firewire made this bit obsolete unless you need to go to analogue with any quality (i.e. component video).
Try to install it. Have driver issues, and if you have older cards, often they are just not supported.
Be frustrated at glitches in video stream.
Contact their tech support and be told that they only "support" their hardware if you use specific motherboards(!)
Bite bullet and buy new motherboard.
It's nasty, and you need to be using known hardware configs to get stability which the Mac has by default (one of the times this is useful).
Firewire thankfully is making the importing part useable, especially with modern cameras with tape transport control - with something like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker literally anyone can get footage into the box. For editing however, I think iMovie is amazingly easy to use. I have guys in work that only ever used PC's for email and VCR's for recording editing using iMovie by just letting them play with it for half an hour using a G5 I bought for the purpose. I got a copy of FCE for the more advanced things we need to do, but iMovie for simple stuff like editing out adverts and simple titles is very very easy to use even for a complete novice. Even better is the integration with iDVD / iTunes / iPhoto out of the box (free with Mac) - the PC doesnt have anything that comes close.
One thing I am not impressed with however is the Quicktime MPEG-2 component. Firstly because I had to buy it, but secondly because the export doesnt work properly. I want to stream movies around the network, however it looks like I'm going to be using the superb Windows Media Encoder with media services (our CAL's are "free" in house). I've done a lot of live broadcasts with it and really can't complain. The Darwin streaming server has a bit of catching up to do in the reliability stakes, however there are no client licenses needed. Would be nice if it worked as well as the Microsoft solution.
...dude, buy a Mac. Now. Don't ask, just do it. If you like stuff like this you won't regret it.
Step 1. Connect firewire cam into Mac.
Thats it - iMovie will open up and you can watch the video live or record it and start editing.
If you want to watch TV, at work for media aquisition I've just got an Elgato eyeTV box which will receive TV and work as a PVR. The bit I like most is you get a years subscription to a website that has all the TV schedules, and you can decide what you want the PVR to record. i.e. I can sit here at home, browse a website for a TV program, click one button, and it will be recorded by the PVR at work. The eyeTV software checks into the site every hour and updates it's list of what you want to record. The video is stored as standard MPEG-2, however even though I have the Pro version of Quicktime 6.5 and the MPEG2 component, I can watch the exported movies but I can't export them with sound so be wary of that.
Yes I know PC's can do similar things, but having worked with digital video for around 8 years now, I have to say that the Mac kicks the arse of everything when it comes to video editing. The reason? Standard hardware and good software. One person's Powerbook 1Ghz is exactly the same as anothers meaning that the software authors have less disparate hardware to worry about.
The most disturbing message from the conference? 'It may take a celestial body hit to Earth' before governments take any meaningful steps to address this danger.
Unfortunately this is a side effect of voting in leaders that are "religious". You see, from their point of view "[deity(s)]" is watching over us and would not allow anything to happen to us. I mean - we could all be wiped out in a single impact? How silly. [deity(s)] would NEVER allow that to happen. Ha. And remember we are good we all go to heaven, and if you are of a certain faith and die as a martyr, then you get lots of beautiful women in your harem too.
Absofucking lutely barking mad ridiculous, but for some bizarre reason people believe this stuff, but worse VOTE IN leaders who also (or at least pretend to) believe too.
Perhaps it's like an interplanetary Darwin theory thing.
Hear Hear. I've dealt with two FW-1 installations at our main site - one on Solaris and one on NT4 which were both installed by consultants before security became my job.
I have several issues with FW-1, however the main one must surely be the crappy "support" and the "buy now, pay forever" attitude to it that many companies now adhere to, namely that no support = no software updates. Quite frankly for a firewall company to deny you patches for their product if someone discovered a vulnerability ("TEST=" in packets traversing all versions of FW-1 unblocked up until around 2 years ago anyone?) in their product is unacceptable. I mothballed the systems and moved on.
The problem could be that he bought the wallet and it's (non-RFID) tag was not deactivated properly by whoever sold it to him (last time that happened to me was last week with a box of wine (incidentally when I was setting the alarm off I was asked if I had any razor blades...).
Either that or he stole the wallet...
The notes will "explode" because of the foil strip in them, and if you want to see something else explode, try putting a small amount of chopped onions in the microwave, which coincidentally I discovered accidentally last week and made a short video as someone wouldn't believe me.
What type of mic are you using? I'm presently using a PC while I'm waiting for G5 updates and it's pretty loud, however I can get away with vocal work using the method below; The G5 is very loud when all the fans kick in, but I'm surprised that recording a VO is causing your CPU utilisation to go high enough to set them off.
If you were using a phantom powered condenser mic with the low cut off switched on, and speaking directly with your mouth touching the pop shield at the end of a 20' cable with the correct gain I think you'd get away with it to be honest, especially if you used some compression (either in software or hardware).
A G5 fan is nothing compared to the constant drone of your home's ventilation.
That's FANS (x9) and have you actually heard a G5 blowing it's fans at full speed? If you have home ventilation that the G5 in comparison sounds like "nothing" to, then I'd call the aircon engineer as you have problems.
If you want an idea of what it sounds like, take the plastic cover off.
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Substitute "home computer" for "Windows" and I agree.
Windows 2000 and below support Remote Desktop (well, the same protocol, but it's Terminal Services), but don't support the drive sharing or sound forwarding.
I am assuming you are talking about the server here, but you are incorrect; Windows 2000 Terminal Services definitely does support remote drive access and sound to clients.
How many 1999 windows PC's can claim that every OS update just makes everything better?
... all of them?
Er.. (assuming you mean windows PC *owners*)
Just get a modern Mac running Panther - you get the best of both worlds - things work with one click AND you are running a *NIX.
BTW it is also the best platform for video editing. If that is what you want, buy one. If you are unsure, at least get a demo from somewhere before you start spending money on PC hardware.
You are assuming that they sprung for on-site maintenance.
I don't get it - when is she ever going to see it? I mean - why not write it in the mens locker room or on the side of the ISS? A girl is about as likely to see it in those places as she is by playing games, let alone on a 2600...
I use this very technique to avoid RSI. Left hand mouse use at work, right hand at home for gaming.
I found that playing UT was giving me bad pain in my right elbow. By distributing the load it solved the problem. (Plus I can now operate two systems at once!)
You say for two years - was this using Jaguar / Panther or OS9?
OS9 is completely unstable and useless. It freezes a lot, especially when connected a network (TIP make OS9 stable for editing - completely disable all networking components). The modern iMac should be fine for video editing (please tell me you didnt use the little CRT model?), however I think the FSB is a little slower - really if you are serious you want a Power class Mac.
As for my experience of PC editing (I used to teach and build DV editing systems for 4 years, and been a user for 8 years here so I know what I'm talking about):
Obtain video editing card for your PC (firewire made this bit obsolete unless you need to go to analogue with any quality (i.e. component video).
Try to install it. Have driver issues, and if you have older cards, often they are just not supported.
Be frustrated at glitches in video stream.
Contact their tech support and be told that they only "support" their hardware if you use specific motherboards(!)
Bite bullet and buy new motherboard.
It's nasty, and you need to be using known hardware configs to get stability which the Mac has by default (one of the times this is useful).
Firewire thankfully is making the importing part useable, especially with modern cameras with tape transport control - with something like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker literally anyone can get footage into the box. For editing however, I think iMovie is amazingly easy to use. I have guys in work that only ever used PC's for email and VCR's for recording editing using iMovie by just letting them play with it for half an hour using a G5 I bought for the purpose. I got a copy of FCE for the more advanced things we need to do, but iMovie for simple stuff like editing out adverts and simple titles is very very easy to use even for a complete novice. Even better is the integration with iDVD / iTunes / iPhoto out of the box (free with Mac) - the PC doesnt have anything that comes close.
One thing I am not impressed with however is the Quicktime MPEG-2 component. Firstly because I had to buy it, but secondly because the export doesnt work properly. I want to stream movies around the network, however it looks like I'm going to be using the superb Windows Media Encoder with media services (our CAL's are "free" in house). I've done a lot of live broadcasts with it and really can't complain. The Darwin streaming server has a bit of catching up to do in the reliability stakes, however there are no client licenses needed. Would be nice if it worked as well as the Microsoft solution.
Does it make sense to install the 2GB drive on its own controller and use it for a dedicated, fixed swap file?
Yes.
...dude, buy a Mac. Now. Don't ask, just do it. If you like stuff like this you won't regret it.
Step 1. Connect firewire cam into Mac.
Thats it - iMovie will open up and you can watch the video live or record it and start editing.
If you want to watch TV, at work for media aquisition I've just got an Elgato eyeTV box which will receive TV and work as a PVR. The bit I like most is you get a years subscription to a website that has all the TV schedules, and you can decide what you want the PVR to record. i.e. I can sit here at home, browse a website for a TV program, click one button, and it will be recorded by the PVR at work. The eyeTV software checks into the site every hour and updates it's list of what you want to record. The video is stored as standard MPEG-2, however even though I have the Pro version of Quicktime 6.5 and the MPEG2 component, I can watch the exported movies but I can't export them with sound so be wary of that.
Yes I know PC's can do similar things, but having worked with digital video for around 8 years now, I have to say that the Mac kicks the arse of everything when it comes to video editing. The reason? Standard hardware and good software. One person's Powerbook 1Ghz is exactly the same as anothers meaning that the software authors have less disparate hardware to worry about.
Who the hell installs FTP by default?
Lots of RedHat users obviously.
There has not been ONE single Linux virus that has propagted in the wild
You mean apart from the Ramen Worm?
In fact wasn't that the first effective worm on the net? One that affected only Red Hat Linux systems?
"How many times do you Linux lusers have to be told that we don't want to use linux."
That's ok, we enjoy being GODS among men...
Just a pity you don't get to enjoy women.
It looks just like msdn.microsoft.com but for OSX.
Great!
The most disturbing message from the conference? 'It may take a celestial body hit to Earth' before governments take any meaningful steps to address this danger.
Unfortunately this is a side effect of voting in leaders that are "religious". You see, from their point of view "[deity(s)]" is watching over us and would not allow anything to happen to us. I mean - we could all be wiped out in a single impact? How silly. [deity(s)] would NEVER allow that to happen. Ha. And remember we are good we all go to heaven, and if you are of a certain faith and die as a martyr, then you get lots of beautiful women in your harem too.
Absofucking lutely barking mad ridiculous, but for some bizarre reason people believe this stuff, but worse VOTE IN leaders who also (or at least pretend to) believe too.
Perhaps it's like an interplanetary Darwin theory thing.
Hear Hear. I've dealt with two FW-1 installations at our main site - one on Solaris and one on NT4 which were both installed by consultants before security became my job.
I have several issues with FW-1, however the main one must surely be the crappy "support" and the "buy now, pay forever" attitude to it that many companies now adhere to, namely that no support = no software updates. Quite frankly for a firewall company to deny you patches for their product if someone discovered a vulnerability ("TEST=" in packets traversing all versions of FW-1 unblocked up until around 2 years ago anyone?) in their product is unacceptable. I mothballed the systems and moved on.
Upgrading to 2.6 was not a forced security upgrade, but simply an option.
Installing XP SP2 will not be a "forced security upgrade" either but also "simply an option".
Looks kind of like he's smoking something...which would explain this spam idea.
The ..er.. graphic on the front page looks a little... rude don't you think?
The problem could be that he bought the wallet and it's (non-RFID) tag was not deactivated properly by whoever sold it to him (last time that happened to me was last week with a box of wine (incidentally when I was setting the alarm off I was asked if I had any razor blades...).
Either that or he stole the wallet...
The notes will "explode" because of the foil strip in them, and if you want to see something else explode, try putting a small amount of chopped onions in the microwave, which coincidentally I discovered accidentally last week and made a short video as someone wouldn't believe me.
What type of mic are you using? I'm presently using a PC while I'm waiting for G5 updates and it's pretty loud, however I can get away with vocal work using the method below; The G5 is very loud when all the fans kick in, but I'm surprised that recording a VO is causing your CPU utilisation to go high enough to set them off.
If you were using a phantom powered condenser mic with the low cut off switched on, and speaking directly with your mouth touching the pop shield at the end of a 20' cable with the correct gain I think you'd get away with it to be honest, especially if you used some compression (either in software or hardware).
A G5 fan is nothing compared to the constant drone of your home's ventilation.
That's FANS (x9) and have you actually heard a G5 blowing it's fans at full speed? If you have home ventilation that the G5 in comparison sounds like "nothing" to, then I'd call the aircon engineer as you have problems.
If you want an idea of what it sounds like, take the plastic cover off.
Neocron is very dexterity and skill based - especially the Player vs Player aspect.
Unlike M$, Oracle is about the best database out there. It has some seriously cool tech.
Just a pity it's a bastard to install really.
This is very very good news - lets hope that DRM is used to only allow TV License owners to experience the content thus causing we few people who do not need a TV License constantly receiving threatening letters.