I used to work for an ISP that was over-amplifying their 802.11b signal as a matter of course. We regularly got a usable range of 10 miles.
Breaking the rules is the ONLY way to get wireless stuff to work over any kind of real distance. There's so much interference on those frequencies, that being the most powerful signal is the only way to make it work. Of course, that means you screw everybody else up, until they amplify the shit out of their signal, too. Which means you have to amplify your signal even more....rinse, repeat.
The FCC screwed up on the 2.4GHz licensing. Free-to-all means "doesn't work right for anybody".
Re:Possible for transparent x86 emulation on Linux
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Uh, while emulation would be *handy*, it has no place in the kernel. And it definitely wouldn't "boost acceptance" of Linux on other platforms. Why would you want to run something in emulation, when for the vast majority of Open Source software, all you need is to do a few tweaks to the source and a recompile? And likely someone else has even done THAT for you?
Well, first the public has to know that there *is* an RIAA.
The Slashdot crowd may be familiar with them, but I guarantee that 99% of the music-buying public has never even heard of them. And I'm sure the RIAA likes it that way.
It's a good thing that the 3 Wise Men didn't phone ahead to maker sure Jesus was gonna be home, because I'm sure Bezos wouldn't have accepted his royalty payments in frankincence and myrrh.
You idiots aren't understanding.
We've HAD networks for a long time. We know what they do, we use them for a lot of things.
Simply going wireless isn't going to change things very much. A little. Not enough to write a whole book about the changes.
Give me a break
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This book sounds like the same kind of neo-hippie bullshit that retarded magazines like Wired (and Mondo 2000 before it) spew all the time.
It's just a fucking wireless network! It's not gonna change society, there are no new "paradigms".
But whatever.
10 bucks says somehow Jon Katz was the ghost-writer for this thing;)
Yeah, NA music sucks, but Japanese music sucks more.
Fucking geeks think everything from Japan is cool, when in fact Japanese consumer/popular culture is just an amped-up version of the worst aspects of *American* consumer/popular culture.
I mean, whoop-de-fucking-doo.
He put a camera on his toy choo choo train. Which goes around his room.
Who cares?
Now if if he had naked girls in his room (which I guarantee he doesn't) it might be fun. I can see the URL now...
http://www.tittytrain.com
By the way, that domain name is available.;)
Well, it is a piece of shit.
But blaming Spielberg for it is maybe a little of base. He's the PRODUCER. Which means that while he is ultimately responsible for the show, mostly he just pays for it.
If he was DIRECTING it, it would all be his fault.
Is anyone else even just a LITTLE disturbed that most of these predictions require 24/7 surveillance (one way or another) of any person that wants to take advantage of them?
I'm sorry, but barring some new totalitarian regime taking over the U.S. (which could slowly happen, like a frog boiling in a pot), NO ONE in their right mind is going to want all this stuff.
Yes, lots of people want broadband but can't get it in their area. Yes, the entire infrastructure of the Internet is overloaded, and would need to be overhauled to support fast downloads of movies.
That doesn't change the fact that *TODAY* downloading movies over a broadband connection is impractical and slow.
Seems like there is a lot of emphasis on running Windows apps, especially Office, under Linux. This is because there STILL isn't anything to truly replace Office under Linux.
Isn't that...well...shameful? Wasn't the "free software movement" supposed to make BETTER software than the corporations could? Why can't we have an Office-killer?
Actually, I know why. It's hard to make an Office killer, and costs money to do right. And money is the one thing that the Linux developers don't/won't/can't have.
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No, the pictures aren't mis-labeled.
See, the anti-aliasing fucks everything up, because it isn't done correctly. Anti-aliasing is supposed to smooth out jagged edges, no simply make everything fuzzier.
I'll get "used to it"?
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So many people with LCDs that they use for games are saying "Yeah, it ghosts sometimes, but you'll get used to it".
Screw that. LCDs cost more than *bigger*, better CRTs. So I'm paying more to have a crappier picture in essentially every way (color, speed, viewing angle, brightness are all superiour on a CRT)?
Give me a break. Oh, and the "saves valuable desktop space" argument is bullshit, too. What, exactly, are you going to be putting behind your LCD display, now that the space isn't taken up by the CRTs tube?
LCDs are cool because they are thin, don't use much power, and have a sharper (though not necessarily better)picture. That's it. Otherwise, they suck.
I would become autistic as soon as possible, too.
Anything to avoid the nightmare reality of stupid consumerism gone horribly wrong that is exemplified by the California lifestyle.
OH, yes, please give me a format that I can't play on anything, that is more expensive, and doesn't sound better unless you are one of those freaky "audiophiles" that buy equipment based on what breed of dog can hear the extra frequencies it handles.
CD is, truly, "good enough". 99.9% of the people in the world don't have a "listening environment", and probably couldn't tell the difference between a tape, FM radio, and a CD anyway.
I loved the Amiga too, but the UI of the Amiga wasn't all that cool. POTENTIALLY cool, but in practice it sucked. The Macintosh had it beat as far as usability goes.
Though I think it was shitty of MS to come down on Lik-Sang (and modchips in general), the idea that you NEED a modchip to learn X-Box game development is wrong.
An X-Box is, fundamentally, the same as a Windows machine. If you can make games for a PC, you can make games for an X-Box. The tools are essentially the same.
So the modchip as a "learning tool" idea is out the window. I mean, c'mon, modchips are for playing pirated games. Especially on the X-Box, where there aren't even any imported games that need a chip to play.
That's why the library has copying machines, for those times when you would like to photocopy things. Which should be rare. This guy sounds like he wants to scan in whole chapters.
How much is a scanner? How much is a decent digital camera? He could pay for hundreds and hundreds of copies with that money.
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Is it...bankruptcy?
Stupid idea for a notebook. This thing will NEVER sell.
I used to work for an ISP that was over-amplifying their 802.11b signal as a matter of course. We regularly got a usable range of 10 miles. Breaking the rules is the ONLY way to get wireless stuff to work over any kind of real distance. There's so much interference on those frequencies, that being the most powerful signal is the only way to make it work. Of course, that means you screw everybody else up, until they amplify the shit out of their signal, too. Which means you have to amplify your signal even more....rinse, repeat. The FCC screwed up on the 2.4GHz licensing. Free-to-all means "doesn't work right for anybody".
Uh, while emulation would be *handy*, it has no place in the kernel. And it definitely wouldn't "boost acceptance" of Linux on other platforms. Why would you want to run something in emulation, when for the vast majority of Open Source software, all you need is to do a few tweaks to the source and a recompile? And likely someone else has even done THAT for you?
Well, first the public has to know that there *is* an RIAA.
The Slashdot crowd may be familiar with them, but I guarantee that 99% of the music-buying public has never even heard of them. And I'm sure the RIAA likes it that way.
OH, yes, because competition for competition's sake solves all problems.
Give me a break. If product a isn't as good as product b, who cares about it? Why bother? Should I use the inferior product to promote "competition"?
Microsoft is dominant because they make the best product for their intended markets.
Or, maybe, no one really gives a shit about Lord of the Rings, because it sucks.
It's a good thing that the 3 Wise Men didn't phone ahead to maker sure Jesus was gonna be home, because I'm sure Bezos wouldn't have accepted his royalty payments in frankincence and myrrh.
I guess that's why they were Wise Men.
You idiots aren't understanding. We've HAD networks for a long time. We know what they do, we use them for a lot of things. Simply going wireless isn't going to change things very much. A little. Not enough to write a whole book about the changes.
This book sounds like the same kind of neo-hippie bullshit that retarded magazines like Wired (and Mondo 2000 before it) spew all the time. It's just a fucking wireless network! It's not gonna change society, there are no new "paradigms". But whatever. 10 bucks says somehow Jon Katz was the ghost-writer for this thing ;)
Yeah, NA music sucks, but Japanese music sucks more.
Fucking geeks think everything from Japan is cool, when in fact Japanese consumer/popular culture is just an amped-up version of the worst aspects of *American* consumer/popular culture.
But whatevery trips your trigger.
I mean, whoop-de-fucking-doo. He put a camera on his toy choo choo train. Which goes around his room. Who cares? Now if if he had naked girls in his room (which I guarantee he doesn't) it might be fun. I can see the URL now... http://www.tittytrain.com By the way, that domain name is available. ;)
Well, it is a piece of shit. But blaming Spielberg for it is maybe a little of base. He's the PRODUCER. Which means that while he is ultimately responsible for the show, mostly he just pays for it. If he was DIRECTING it, it would all be his fault.
Umm...
Do you understand that he was JOKING?
You are a fucking idiot.
Is anyone else even just a LITTLE disturbed that most of these predictions require 24/7 surveillance (one way or another) of any person that wants to take advantage of them? I'm sorry, but barring some new totalitarian regime taking over the U.S. (which could slowly happen, like a frog boiling in a pot), NO ONE in their right mind is going to want all this stuff.
Seriously, why are you even bothering to "Ask Slashdot?".
This is a legal issue, you'll need legal contracts and agreements, all of that.
Talk to a fucking lawyer.
I'm not sure I understand what your point is.
Yes, lots of people want broadband but can't get it in their area. Yes, the entire infrastructure of the Internet is overloaded, and would need to be overhauled to support fast downloads of movies.
That doesn't change the fact that *TODAY* downloading movies over a broadband connection is impractical and slow.
Seems like there is a lot of emphasis on running Windows apps, especially Office, under Linux. This is because there STILL isn't anything to truly replace Office under Linux. Isn't that...well...shameful? Wasn't the "free software movement" supposed to make BETTER software than the corporations could? Why can't we have an Office-killer? Actually, I know why. It's hard to make an Office killer, and costs money to do right. And money is the one thing that the Linux developers don't/won't/can't have.
No, the pictures aren't mis-labeled.
See, the anti-aliasing fucks everything up, because it isn't done correctly. Anti-aliasing is supposed to smooth out jagged edges, no simply make everything fuzzier.
Ummm...
None of that matters if you are BLIND.
So many people with LCDs that they use for games are saying "Yeah, it ghosts sometimes, but you'll get used to it". Screw that. LCDs cost more than *bigger*, better CRTs. So I'm paying more to have a crappier picture in essentially every way (color, speed, viewing angle, brightness are all superiour on a CRT)? Give me a break. Oh, and the "saves valuable desktop space" argument is bullshit, too. What, exactly, are you going to be putting behind your LCD display, now that the space isn't taken up by the CRTs tube? LCDs are cool because they are thin, don't use much power, and have a sharper (though not necessarily better)picture. That's it. Otherwise, they suck.
I would become autistic as soon as possible, too. Anything to avoid the nightmare reality of stupid consumerism gone horribly wrong that is exemplified by the California lifestyle.
OH, yes, please give me a format that I can't play on anything, that is more expensive, and doesn't sound better unless you are one of those freaky "audiophiles" that buy equipment based on what breed of dog can hear the extra frequencies it handles. CD is, truly, "good enough". 99.9% of the people in the world don't have a "listening environment", and probably couldn't tell the difference between a tape, FM radio, and a CD anyway.
Huh?
I loved the Amiga too, but the UI of the Amiga wasn't all that cool. POTENTIALLY cool, but in practice it sucked. The Macintosh had it beat as far as usability goes.
Though I think it was shitty of MS to come down on Lik-Sang (and modchips in general), the idea that you NEED a modchip to learn X-Box game development is wrong.
An X-Box is, fundamentally, the same as a Windows machine. If you can make games for a PC, you can make games for an X-Box. The tools are essentially the same.
So the modchip as a "learning tool" idea is out the window. I mean, c'mon, modchips are for playing pirated games. Especially on the X-Box, where there aren't even any imported games that need a chip to play.
That's why the library has copying machines, for those times when you would like to photocopy things. Which should be rare. This guy sounds like he wants to scan in whole chapters.
How much is a scanner? How much is a decent digital camera? He could pay for hundreds and hundreds of copies with that money.