Here's a link to a Forbidden Planet site, where they have a series of photos, one or two showing the vast power source beneath the surface of Altair IV, the "Forbidden Planet".
A setup like that is where the "100,000 times the energy" might come from. The actor who explained the power setup was Walter Pidgeon.
At that link they have movie posters and storyline on Forbidden Planet. I saw the movie when it was current in 1956, and we really believed in that vast power source after Dr. Moribus explained it to the movie audience! If you have not seen this movie, go rent it, it's great.
So, with a little luck, the new extremely fast processor will be a reality before long...BTW, here's a link to a new Hitachi 1000 GB hard drive that is now being tested, using a new twist on storage technology. Can't wait. (Isn't science fiction/fact wonderful?)
Ok, I'm gonna try it on my ADI Microscan 4V, and I'll get back in here... (Oh, wait, here comes the maid, with her bottle of Windex and a cloth...I'll move to one side to let her, oh, don't look, clean the monitor.) There, that looks better, doesn't it?
Those who run Linux and OS X have no real need for Windows.
It always seems to be an uphill battle getting away from Windows, since the OS is preinstalled on PC's , and has drivers for the hardware provided. The driver problem affects those of us who use LiveCD linux, especially.
I don't like the idea of connecting Windows to the internet, however.
Wall Street Journal ran a story today about do-it-yourself virus kits, websites with virus source code and CD's of virus code being sold. WSJ said the FBI has it's hands tied in trying to stop this activity. It seems, then, that there is no end to the viruses that can infect Windows.
I like GIMP as it is, and I think I make good use of what it can do. Always learning, however.
Don't know about Photoshop, costs too much for me.
The ANTS I have in the kitchen consider the jar of honey their energy source. I have yet to figure out where the ROACHES in the house obtain their energy. It's not light, they appear in the dark, I flick on the light switch, and there they are.
I installed debian 2.2 once, and learned a lot in the process. Had dial-up, so upgrading was difficult. Then I copied the installation to several other hard drives of various sizes (for the debian partition) and made improvements that I then had to backtrack to the others. Now, I have gotten on the Knoppix bandwagon, and probably won't be going back to a hard drive Debian installation again, although I still have one running very well, and use it occasionally. Thanks, debian, for apt-get, and for the many many packages that can be downloaded. There's a little debian in all of us.
My thoughts exactly, minus the near-expletives.
I wouldn't put sensitive information on a hard drive
Also, it costs to keep the virus scanning software and firewall paid up to date.
What is it, $100.00 a year per box?
I say if you have Windows XP, don't let it out on the internet. It's wonderful, has good drivers made just for your box, the OS came with the computer, enjoy.
I used an 80 GB hard drive partitioned with several OS's on it, one was a hand-assembled Slackware, downloaded using dial-up, one chunk at a time, until one day, I had KDE!
Then the hard drive ground to a halt, drive motor shorted out. Tried and tried to do something with it. Wasted a lot of time. I have not replaced the hard drive yet. I go LiveCD linux all the way now.
It's just me, my cd in the case, and the pen drive, now. Looking for an available computer. This box I am at now has a 120 GB hard drive, but that drive has not made one sound all afternoon, as I am running off the 1 GB ram, once loaded, the cd goes back into the case.
Lost data? what data? I start out fresh every time, (except for what's on the memory stick)
That was me with the list of files to look through for setting up Firefox.
Also, I am going to have to get that book, sounds like the information in there would keep me busy for quite a while. I know the Knoppix Hacks book did!
Given the choice to get my old PS-1 out, with the 486sx-33 processor, or to use a P-4 HT instead, I somehow don't want to plug the PS-1 in anymore. That thing was slow when I got it.
From Toshiba's web site: The new battery can quickly store energy produced by locomotives and automobiles.
So, they intend to use these in large scale applications. I wonder how that would work out on a train that has to climb a long grade, then decend for miles. On the decent, the batteries charge up quickly, then the power is available for the next upgrade.
I can see where they would want to show these batteries off in cars and trains before bringing them to our favorite Toshiba Laptop.
Concerning laptop power, don't we have fuel cells being tested in laptops that would do better than these batteries? Those are supposed to last all day.
The idea that we could go to the moon was considered by some as being too much of a technical challenge, that just too many things could go wrong. I then watched on tv as the first moon landing was made. After that, I assumed that the government would always have enough money to explore space, put up a space station. In the 40's and 50's, the space shuttle in it's present form was not expected, or put forth in the ideas of what the future of space travel would be like. Buck Rogers had a spaceship that looked like a real space ship. I had expected the first powered space ship would go beyond Earth, to at least the Moon. The Apollo craft were shot into space, and guided themselves into place around the moon, using small rockets, with no comparison to the power of the Space Shuttle rocket motors. One would think that the Space Shuttle could go out far beyond the Moon, just for the fun of it, but with nothing there to see or do, then no mission.
Even so, the Space Shuttle is an amazing vehicle, and has had a long and dangerous history, now to continue for a while longer. Fixing the Hubble telescope was one of the good moments, how cool that was. Concerning the Shuttle accidents, I suppose we did always expect space ships to be destroyed, but by enemy alien spacecraft, death rays, or something. The idea of a space ship that would have design flaws, or push the limits of their design, was not commonly entertained. Most of what we kids knew came from comic books, so the idea of orbiting satellites was not even there, or the lumbering space truck that the Space Shuttle seems to resemble, wasn't in comic books either.
Too bad that there is so little of the national budget spend on space exploration, we all wanted "men on mars" by now.
No one needs to take the Shuttle Program for granted, it is one of a kind, and one wonders if funding will be available for something to take it's place.
Does the "N" stand for Netscape? Always did for me.
Nowadays, since Netscape=AOL, and since Dell sells windows computers preloaded with AOL, I can see a kind of strange logic in all this.
First thing I thought of though was the Lindows/Linspire thing that the EU brought about.
I did see a picture of a combination Apple phone and music player on the cover of a magazine at work, with a snapshot of Steve Jobs on the screen, but I did not have much time to look it over. They did say that the phone was a mockup of some sort (looked real), as a possible project for Apple. Is this what everybody is discussing here? The phone pictured showed a phone call coming in from Jobs himself, and a song that is paused.
Most of the article had to do with the level of security at Apple, very high, and that if projects like the phone were being worked on, Steve Jobs is not going to tell you. Some of the details on the level of security were interesting, in that if one talks, they get fired, sued, etc.
I decided to use IceWM as my default wm over KDE, since it loads faster. Also, second choice is Fluxbox, then KDE. See Screenshots below for examples in my Knoppix Remaster. Sure is neat how one can "take apart" the fluxbox menu. Also, I let the IceWM menu follow the mouse cursor, that saves on clicks, and gets you to where you want to be in the menu quickly.
This part got my attention: Surprise surprise, my phone has hardly stopped ringing.
Lots of jobs, there.
It has been my observation that it takes a lot of time, and a certain knack, to work with computers, and the hardware. (I certainly don't know nearly enough, but I keep at it).
I started out with an ADAM computer, and although I did upgrade it some, I mostly wrote software to run on it. I added the disk drive, and that was a great time-saver.
According to the ADAM website linked above, it did not have an 8086 processor, but note the speed, of nearly 4 MHZ.
I remember writing a program that would figure out how long it would take a bank to compound an account to a million dollars, it they started out with one hours pay at the then minimum wage, and deposited the money in a simple saving account.
ADAM figured out it would take around 1000 years, and I used the "step" smartbasic item, to have the progress of the calculation displayed on the screen.
How long did ADAM take to do the calculation? Less than 10 minutes. Remember, we are blazing along at nearly 4 MHZ cpu clock speed.
So, with no internet to look at yet, that's what we did with computers. There was a modem available to connect to bulletin boards, but I didn't get into that then.
On your post, garcia, I agree with the part, especially, about spending the time necessary to learn. (or not spending the time to learn). Today we have Windows machines with hidden source code, not giving the owners of the PC's a chance to figure it out. And so many PC's shipping with Windows, too.
Same here, and don't forget the mouse cursor. I run my Knoppix remaster, and the fonts carry over into Icewm and Fluxbox.
The fonts are a minor problem compared to the other problems Windows XP has, such as running a small business program such as Avimark, along with AOL that the owner wants, and getting the firewall(s) to permit network connections to Avimark, AOL.
Sometimes, it does not work for me. Perhaps it is because I am in a chrooted environment, or something.
I can, however, easily remove packages with apt-get --purge remove thatuslesspackage
I'm looking forward to seeing what autopackage has to offer, and hope that it does make adding new programs to a hard drive installation as easy as Linspire click and run supposedly does it. That is a front end to apt-get, but the packages offered are tested and work with the distro.
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Here's a link to a Forbidden Planet site, where they have a series of photos, one or two showing the vast power source beneath the surface of Altair IV, the "Forbidden Planet".
A setup like that is where the "100,000 times the energy" might come from. The actor who explained the power setup was Walter Pidgeon.
At that link they have movie posters and storyline on Forbidden Planet. I saw the movie when it was current in 1956, and we really believed in that vast power source after Dr. Moribus explained it to the movie audience! If you have not seen this movie, go rent it, it's great.
So, with a little luck, the new extremely fast processor will be a reality before long...BTW, here's a link to a new Hitachi 1000 GB hard drive that is now being tested, using a new twist on storage technology. Can't wait. (Isn't science fiction/fact wonderful?)
I used to be K5HLW. So, I would suggest that during the hamfest, free labor is available for setting up the network.
Looks like they are assembling this thing out in the open!
No building to put it in!
When it rains, they are going to have one Wizard-of-Oz Tin Man to oil up.
Imagine the look on the faces of some revenuers when they come up on this thing in the middle of the woods!
I understand that Hotmail has to deal with a lot of this kind of spam.
The suits act as a deterent and sends a message that Microsoft is trying to hunt these people down and stop their operations.
Here's a link to the MSNBC story.
Ok, I'm gonna try it on my ADI Microscan 4V, and I'll get back in here... (Oh, wait, here comes the maid, with her bottle of Windex and a cloth...I'll move to one side to let her, oh, don't look, clean the monitor.) There, that looks better, doesn't it?
It always seems to be an uphill battle getting away from Windows, since the OS is preinstalled on PC's , and has drivers for the hardware provided. The driver problem affects those of us who use LiveCD linux, especially.
I don't like the idea of connecting Windows to the internet, however.
Wall Street Journal ran a story today about do-it-yourself virus kits, websites with virus source code and CD's of virus code being sold. WSJ said the FBI has it's hands tied in trying to stop this activity. It seems, then, that there is no end to the viruses that can infect Windows.
I like GIMP as it is, and I think I make good use of what it can do. Always learning, however.
Don't know about Photoshop, costs too much for me.
The ANTS I have in the kitchen consider the jar of honey their energy source. I have yet to figure out where the ROACHES in the house obtain their energy. It's not light, they appear in the dark, I flick on the light switch, and there they are.
I installed debian 2.2 once, and learned a lot in the process. Had dial-up, so upgrading was difficult. Then I copied the installation to several other hard drives of various sizes (for the debian partition) and made improvements that I then had to backtrack to the others.
Now, I have gotten on the Knoppix bandwagon, and probably won't be going back to a hard drive Debian installation again, although I still have one running very well, and use it occasionally.
Thanks, debian, for apt-get, and for the many many packages that can be downloaded. There's a little debian in all of us.
Also, it costs to keep the virus scanning software and firewall paid up to date.
What is it, $100.00 a year per box?
I say if you have Windows XP, don't let it out on the internet. It's wonderful, has good drivers made just for your box, the OS came with the computer, enjoy.
Then the hard drive ground to a halt, drive motor shorted out. Tried and tried to do something with it. Wasted a lot of time. I have not replaced the hard drive yet.
I go LiveCD linux all the way now. It's just me, my cd in the case, and the pen drive, now. Looking for an available computer.
This box I am at now has a 120 GB hard drive, but that drive has not made one sound all afternoon, as I am running off the 1 GB ram, once loaded, the cd goes back into the case.
Lost data? what data?
I start out fresh every time, (except for what's on the memory stick)
That was me with the list of files to look through for setting up Firefox.
Also, I am going to have to get that book, sounds like the information in there would keep me busy for quite a while. I know the Knoppix Hacks book did!
Given the choice to get my old PS-1 out, with the 486sx-33 processor, or to use a P-4 HT instead, I somehow don't want to plug the PS-1 in anymore. That thing was slow when I got it.
The new battery can quickly store energy produced by locomotives and automobiles.
So, they intend to use these in large scale applications. I wonder how that would work out on a train that has to climb a long grade, then decend for miles. On the decent, the batteries charge up quickly, then the power is available for the next upgrade.
I can see where they would want to show these batteries off in cars and trains before bringing them to our favorite Toshiba Laptop.
Concerning laptop power, don't we have fuel cells being tested in laptops that would do better than these batteries?
Those are supposed to last all day.
The idea that we could go to the moon was considered by some as being too much of a technical challenge, that just too many things could go wrong. I then watched on tv as the first moon landing was made. After that, I assumed that the government would always have enough money to explore space, put up a space station. In the 40's and 50's, the space shuttle in it's present form was not expected, or put forth in the ideas of what the future of space travel would be like. Buck Rogers had a spaceship that looked like a real space ship. I had expected the first powered space ship would go beyond Earth, to at least the Moon. The Apollo craft were shot into space, and guided themselves into place around the moon, using small rockets, with no comparison to the power of the Space Shuttle rocket motors. One would think that the Space Shuttle could go out far beyond the Moon, just for the fun of it, but with nothing there to see or do, then no mission.
Even so, the Space Shuttle is an amazing vehicle, and has had a long and dangerous history, now to continue for a while longer. Fixing the Hubble telescope was one of the good moments, how cool that was. Concerning the Shuttle accidents, I suppose we did always expect space ships to be destroyed, but by enemy alien spacecraft, death rays, or something. The idea of a space ship that would have design flaws, or push the limits of their design, was not commonly entertained. Most of what we kids knew came from comic books, so the idea of orbiting satellites was not even there, or the lumbering space truck that the Space Shuttle seems to resemble, wasn't in comic books either.
Too bad that there is so little of the national budget spend on space exploration, we all wanted "men on mars" by now.
No one needs to take the Shuttle Program for granted, it is one of a kind, and one wonders if funding will be available for something to take it's place.
Blockbuster will be refunding customers as part of the deal.
needs to be examined by a panel of distinguished lawyers and judges.
Does this mean that single guys get to choose which customer they get as part of the refund deal?
Blonde with long legs...
Redhead with nice bazookas...
Brunette with pretty eyes...
Where do we sign up?
I did not know that Microsoft makes popcorn poppers.
I heard that all they have to eat there is a handful of corn each day.
With no computers, what use would they have for any Microsoft products other than Microsoft Cookware.
First thing I thought of though was the Lindows/Linspire thing that the EU brought about.
Most of the article had to do with the level of security at Apple, very high, and that if projects like the phone were being worked on, Steve Jobs is not going to tell you. Some of the details on the level of security were interesting, in that if one talks, they get fired, sued, etc.
I decided to use IceWM as my default wm over KDE, since it loads faster. Also, second choice is Fluxbox, then KDE. See Screenshots below for examples in my Knoppix Remaster. Sure is neat how one can "take apart" the fluxbox menu. Also, I let the IceWM menu follow the mouse cursor, that saves on clicks, and gets you to where you want to be in the menu quickly.
Surprise surprise, my phone has hardly stopped ringing.
Lots of jobs, there.
It has been my observation that it takes a lot of time, and a certain knack, to work with computers, and the hardware. (I certainly don't know nearly enough, but I keep at it).
I started out with an ADAM computer, and although I did upgrade it some, I mostly wrote software to run on it. I added the disk drive, and that was a great time-saver.
According to the ADAM website linked above, it did not have an 8086 processor, but note the speed, of nearly 4 MHZ.
I remember writing a program that would figure out how long it would take a bank to compound an account to a million dollars, it they started out with one hours pay at the then minimum wage, and deposited the money in a simple saving account.
ADAM figured out it would take around 1000 years, and I used the "step" smartbasic item, to have the progress of the calculation displayed on the screen.
How long did ADAM take to do the calculation? Less than 10 minutes. Remember, we are blazing along at nearly 4 MHZ cpu clock speed.
So, with no internet to look at yet, that's what we did with computers. There was a modem available to connect to bulletin boards, but I didn't get into that then.
On your post, garcia, I agree with the part, especially, about spending the time necessary to learn. (or not spending the time to learn). Today we have Windows machines with hidden source code, not giving the owners of the PC's a chance to figure it out. And so many PC's shipping with Windows, too.
If the owners wanted to, where would they start?
The fonts are a minor problem compared to the other problems Windows XP has, such as running a small business program such as Avimark, along with AOL that the owner wants, and getting the firewall(s) to permit network connections to Avimark, AOL.
At one of the web sites awarded a Hugo, there are some images of the actual award, sort of like an Oscar, but shaped like a V2 Rocket.
No one earth other than those with proper instrumentation will "feel" the effects of the impact.
Here's a story I ran across that would be of interest to those keeping up with "Independence Day" effects on Earth.
One day it's a giant asteroid that will snuff out all life on earth, another day it's a "super volcano", now this.
Sometimes, it does not work for me. Perhaps it is because I am in a chrooted environment, or something.
I can, however, easily remove packages with apt-get --purge remove thatuslesspackage
I'm looking forward to seeing what autopackage has to offer, and hope that it does make adding new programs to a hard drive installation as easy as Linspire click and run supposedly does it. That is a front end to apt-get, but the packages offered are tested and work with the distro.
For some unexplained reason, my Windows 98 dialup is faster than my Redhat 7.1 KPPP dialup connection. I need that robot to check my phone lines