Maybe a lot of people believe the internet actually is faster with Juno SpeedBand, NetZero HiSpeed, AOL TopSpeed and such other software caching steroids.
I'm suprised the ISP are even allowed to get away with using the sentence "5 times faster" in their ads. 5x 44k (about typical "56K" connection) is 220kbps, but the FCC limits to 53k transmission.
1.) Ensoniq PCI sound card - detected by redhat/debian/slackware/SuSE and setup in the Install. Had to use the driver CD in windows 2000.
2.) Intel OnBoard/Laptop i810 audio (labeled Yahama XC-something under windows) -detected and setup by redhat/debian/slackwaare/SuSE install. Also works with ALSA. Windows: had to download drivers from notebook manufacturer website.
As part of *usability*, configurability has to be improved across all the distros. All should have 3 ways to config some thing:
-vi/emacs/pico: manually edit the files -CLI, text based app: application that runs in console to automate config -GUI: pretty, click-and-hit-OK.
I'm a RedHat/Fedora guy, but have tried my hands on Slackware, Debian, and SuSE, but always came back to RH/Fedora. Before I talk about configuring things post-install, the distros HAVE to get some things in the install, such as installing/enabling USB-HID by default and setting up X to use both PS/2 and USB mouse, which is especially useful for laptop users. Another includes USB-Mass Storage..and sound (for most modern cards anyway) RH8.0+ has gotten it right on the USB-HID, slack/suse(8.2) didn't. The Debian installer doesn't tell you that you have to add users to the audio group to get sound working.
Now, onto post-install config. RH/Fedora/SuSE have it right on providing GUI config tools for printers and network setup. For everyday settings, one should not have to google for config file HOWTOs to set up a printer at a remote location, or punch in a dial-up number.
Text-based config tools..you need in case the GUI goes wrong..as in setting up the X server. I'm pretty sure most distros have such tools, but there needs to be standardization in naming them. Whatever happened to linuxconf? It's still around but not included in any of the distros I've tried recently.
Manually editing files is great in case there's a certain option that you need is is rarely used and not included in the automated tools. Plus, you can always copy the config files to a floppy for quick recovery if you reinstall the system.
For the manual file editing, there NEEDS to be a standardization on file locations, or a list generated that tells where the files are exactly. E.G.:I was trying to look for the iptables file under Slack (RH keeps it at/etc/sysconfig/iptables), but Slack didn't have a sysconfig dir within/etc..and unless I overlooked it, it wasn't in the/etc directory.
1. Disassemble device 2. Locate offending LED 3. Apply heat (solder iron) and remove LED 4. If so desired, replace it with an LED of different color using the solder iron and resin. 5. Reassemble device
It sure has been a long while...but IIRC when George Jetson arrived at work after dropping off Jane, Elroy and Astro his vehicle collapsed into a standard size briefcase which he took into the office.
Basically, if you're in a public area you can't stop someone from photographing you (though you could ask not to be) nor can anyone stop you from taking pictures in public areas. This includes buildings and "people/street watching"...although having a camera snapping away constantly isn't exactly "Photography" IMO.
Sure 8.4" diag isn't large, but at least 800x600 would have been nicer. What they have is fine for your command prompt, but I'm sure it's gonna get pretty cramped once you start running Gnome/KDE and GUI apps..even with virtual desktops. Hopefully the included GUI software will have slimed-down/iconified buttons and such.
AAH! You just reminded me of the stupid copy-protection what-word-is-on-page-xxx schemes used in games from the late 80's/early 90's. This comes from memory of playing Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego:
Congratulations! You have succesfully captured the criminal and the stolen goods will be returned to its rightful owner. You have been promoted to gumshoe. To continue, you must enter in the word on top of page 219 of the Fodor's USA Travel Guide.
(flips through book, see's first word on page)
>Georgia
(oh crap! wrong word!)
That is incorrect. You have failed the copy protection!!! Game Over!
In case the MS marketing droids are reading, the way to keep MS Office's marketshare is not by going after other office suites but other operating systems. Look at the brochure. They list OpenOffice.org's system requirements as Windows, Linux, Solaris, MacOSX (beta), or FreeBSD. For a company running a multi-platform network, OOo looks like a great way to exchange documents 'in-house' between secretaries, developers, administrators, and graphic artists.
I downloaded the sample *wma file by right cliking on the Download button and selected save target as...
Plays fine in gxine (IMO song ain't that great). Of course, I do have a number of w32codecs installed. Nevertheless its not like I'm going to start buying Walmart music.
People tend to read instructions and do them as read without reading ahead or all the instructions before taking any action. So...if the harddrive is removed and banged around in step 2, how can the user forward the email in step 4?:)
1st time "install" Windows: -Plug in Camera -Message: New Camera Detected. Search for Drivers -Insert Camera CD -Run Installer
Linux: -Plug In Camera -Open Up gtkam -AutoDetect Camera.
Now let's get pictures from the camera to HD Windows: -Plug In Camera -Prompt to ask which software to use -Use Camera supplied Software to transfer pictures -Figure out where the software dumped the pictures to
Linux: -Plug In Camera -Open gktam -Select pictures and save to specified directory.
There's this tale (many adapations exist I'm sure):
* There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired.
Several years later the company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multi-million dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine fixed, but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the past. The engineer reluctantly took the challenge.
He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small "x" in chalk on a particular component of the machine and proudly stated, "This is where your problem is".
The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again. The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges.
The engineer responded briefly:
One chalk mark: $1
Knowing where to put it: $49,999
It was paid in full and the engineer retired again in peace.
Who's to say the source doesn't contains election-rigging code, and locking it up so no one can review it. Even if it was "open source", someone at each poll location would have to review the source and compile it there in front of a few officials just to make sure no one loads a malicious binary. That may not even prevent a code snippet: while(1) {
voteRepublican(); } from being sneaked in to the source undetected.
..right. If it's a feature you're gonna need TODAY, you're going to buy another device that features it when you buy it. Because how can you be sure the manufacturer will follow through the upgrade?
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe a lot of people believe the internet actually is faster with Juno SpeedBand, NetZero HiSpeed, AOL TopSpeed and such other software caching steroids.
I'm suprised the ISP are even allowed to get away with using the sentence "5 times faster" in their ads. 5x 44k (about typical "56K" connection) is 220kbps, but the FCC limits to 53k transmission.
$alsactl store
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
will save the current mixer settings for the next b oot. You can add the following lines in your modules.conf file:
post-install snd-card-0
pre-remove snd-card-0
Two computers..
1.) Ensoniq PCI sound card - detected by redhat/debian/slackware/SuSE and setup in the Install. Had to use the driver CD in windows 2000.
2.) Intel OnBoard/Laptop i810 audio (labeled Yahama XC-something under windows) -detected and setup by redhat/debian/slackwaare/SuSE install. Also works with ALSA. Windows: had to download drivers from notebook manufacturer website.
As part of *usability*, configurability has to be improved across all the distros. All should have 3 ways to config some thing:
/etc/sysconfig/iptables), but Slack didn't have a sysconfig dir within /etc..and unless I overlooked it, it wasn't in the /etc directory.
-vi/emacs/pico: manually edit the files
-CLI, text based app: application that runs in console to automate config
-GUI: pretty, click-and-hit-OK.
I'm a RedHat/Fedora guy, but have tried my hands on Slackware, Debian, and SuSE, but always came back to RH/Fedora. Before I talk about configuring things post-install, the distros HAVE to get some things in the install, such as installing/enabling USB-HID by default and setting up X to use both PS/2 and USB mouse, which is especially useful for laptop users. Another includes USB-Mass Storage..and sound (for most modern cards anyway) RH8.0+ has gotten it right on the USB-HID, slack/suse(8.2) didn't. The Debian installer doesn't tell you that you have to add users to the audio group to get sound working.
Now, onto post-install config. RH/Fedora/SuSE have it right on providing GUI config tools for printers and network setup. For everyday settings, one should not have to google for config file HOWTOs to set up a printer at a remote location, or punch in a dial-up number.
Text-based config tools..you need in case the GUI goes wrong..as in setting up the X server. I'm pretty sure most distros have such tools, but there needs to be standardization in naming them. Whatever happened to linuxconf? It's still around but not included in any of the distros I've tried recently.
Manually editing files is great in case there's a certain option that you need is is rarely used and not included in the automated tools. Plus, you can always copy the config files to a floppy for quick recovery if you reinstall the system.
For the manual file editing, there NEEDS to be a standardization on file locations, or a list generated that tells where the files are exactly. E.G.:I was trying to look for the iptables file under Slack (RH keeps it at
Look at the title in the browser window for the UNWIRED list:
Intel(r) Products: MMost Unwired College Campuses Survey
Even better:
1. Disassemble device
2. Locate offending LED
3. Apply heat (solder iron) and remove LED
4. If so desired, replace it with an LED of different color using the solder iron and resin.
5. Reassemble device
It sure has been a long while...but IIRC when George Jetson arrived at work after dropping off Jane, Elroy and Astro his vehicle collapsed into a standard size briefcase which he took into the office.
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
...although having a camera snapping away constantly isn't exactly "Photography" IMO.
Basically, if you're in a public area you can't stop someone from photographing you (though you could ask not to be) nor can anyone stop you from taking pictures in public areas. This includes buildings and "people/street watching"
Sure 8.4" diag isn't large, but at least 800x600 would have been nicer. What they have is fine for your command prompt, but I'm sure it's gonna get pretty cramped once you start running Gnome/KDE and GUI apps..even with virtual desktops. Hopefully the included GUI software will have slimed-down/iconified buttons and such.
maybe the guy didn't fire-test the box quite as much as he should have... "There are too many connected users. Please try again later."
I'll wager the Kerry Campaign will turn around with a "Punch-the-GWB" flash/banner ad.
AAH! You just reminded me of the stupid copy-protection what-word-is-on-page-xxx schemes used in games from the late 80's/early 90's. This comes from memory of playing Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego:
Congratulations! You have succesfully captured the criminal and the stolen goods will be returned to its rightful owner. You have been promoted to gumshoe. To continue, you must enter in the word on top of page 219 of the Fodor's USA Travel Guide.
(flips through book, see's first word on page)
>Georgia
(oh crap! wrong word!)
That is incorrect. You have failed the copy protection!!! Game Over!
In case the MS marketing droids are reading, the way to keep MS Office's marketshare is not by going after other office suites but other operating systems. Look at the brochure. They list OpenOffice.org's system requirements as Windows, Linux, Solaris, MacOSX (beta), or FreeBSD. For a company running a multi-platform network, OOo looks like a great way to exchange documents 'in-house' between secretaries, developers, administrators, and graphic artists.
"third party studies show that competitive office suites retain only 75% accuracy (data and formatting) when receiving documents from Office users..."
Well, who's fault is it for using proprietary file formats in attempt to lock everyone else out of the market?
I wonder if MS Office 2003 will correctly open a document created in OpenOffice.org.
sounds like a wager to me!
I downloaded the sample *wma file by right cliking on the Download button and selected save target as...
Plays fine in gxine (IMO song ain't that great). Of course, I do have a number of w32codecs installed. Nevertheless its not like I'm going to start buying Walmart music.
During the install it should give you the options:
...and so on instead of forcing IE/OE and others in the default install
Web Browser
[ ] IE
[ ] Mozilla
Media Player
[ ] WMP
[ ] Real
[ ] WinAmp
Text Editing
[ ] Wordpad
[ ] Notepad
[ ] OpenOffice
Imaging
[ ] ACDSee
[ ] MS Imaging
[ ] Gimp
[ ] MS Paint
People tend to read instructions and do them as read without reading ahead or all the instructions before taking any action. So...if the harddrive is removed and banged around in step 2, how can the user forward the email in step 4? :)
Nerd: I've developed a program that downloads porn from the interet a million times faster than normal
Marge: Who would need that much porn
Homer: [drools]...oohhh..1 million times faster..
I have a digital camera. Let's see:
1st time "install"
Windows:
-Plug in Camera
-Message: New Camera Detected. Search for Drivers
-Insert Camera CD
-Run Installer
Linux:
-Plug In Camera
-Open Up gtkam
-AutoDetect Camera.
Now let's get pictures from the camera to HD
Windows:
-Plug In Camera
-Prompt to ask which software to use
-Use Camera supplied Software to transfer pictures
-Figure out where the software dumped the pictures to
Linux:
-Plug In Camera
-Open gktam
-Select pictures and save to specified directory.
There's this tale (many adapations exist I'm sure):
* There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired.
Several years later the company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multi-million dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine fixed, but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the past. The engineer reluctantly took the challenge.
He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small "x" in chalk on a particular component of the machine and proudly stated, "This is where your problem is".
The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again. The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges.
The engineer responded briefly:
One chalk mark: $1
Knowing where to put it: $49,999
It was paid in full and the engineer retired again in peace.
...and how do you plan to make sure the definition lists are kept up to date automatically?
you forgot:
bush@whitehouse.gov#su
Enter Password:
bush@whitehouse.gov# sshnuke --passwd=noWMDinIraq diebold.machines.gov
A "hack" will surface soon afterwards. When you're at the store just tilt the bottle and if you see a Penguin, it's a winning cap.
Who's to say the source doesn't contains election-rigging code, and locking it up so no one can review it. Even if it was "open source", someone at each poll location would have to review the source and compile it there in front of a few officials just to make sure no one loads a malicious binary. That may not even prevent a code snippet:
while(1)
{
voteRepublican();
}
from being sneaked in to the source undetected.
this feature will be available in future upgrades
..right. If it's a feature you're gonna need TODAY, you're going to buy another device that features it when you buy it. Because how can you be sure the manufacturer will follow through the upgrade?