If it's any indication, I met a BSD user at a 1998 LUG meeting, he had a full-on desktop with all the effects and audio going on a Dell laptop. So I imagine that if your hardware is supported (most likely) it should work fine. BSD has extensive documentation and lists of supported stuff. I'm a linux guy, so I really don't know more than that. Best bet is to just try it, IMHO.
Maybe you never heard of the Apple Newton? Not that I've ever had an Apple. BTW, the design of my OS predates your business model by a good 20 years. HAND.
Of course, you have the freedom to say and do whatever you want. You do NOT have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions. In any society as we know it. If you wish to test this, I dare you to run into a crowded theatre and yell "Fire!".
Hi ULR, I've been hanging out on the same board as you, under different nicks... (otherpower.com) as for your copper question, I think you'd be better off with conventional TIG welding due to the inert gas atmosphere - it's very difficult to work copper otherwise. Certainly TIG is much cheaper. Unless you plan mass-production enough to justify the cost of induction machines.
I've seen induction heating used to temper truck axles, among other things. Though I imagine that with minor tweaks you could make one hell of a HERF weapon out of one. Screw up all the cell towers within a few miles, etc. Check ebay for used resturaunt equipment.
For what its worth, my *entire machine* has 512 megs, and FF 3.6 runs just fine. I leave it up for days with a few tabs, video is just fine, etc. Using Fedora 12 with a few tweaks to sysctl.
I'm not the kinda guy you're looking for, with litle or zero mainframe experience. But with that said, I honestly think that you'd be better off to ask that on the kernel mail-list. Chances are that questions like that would actually do everyone some good.
What is more, Microsoft got sued by MIT (and lost) due to the way they did Kerberos. Much the same way they tried to "embrace and extend" Java - and got sued for that too. How many people know that? FWIW, in my experience Novell/SuSE has the *best* linux setup in LDAP/Kerberos and integrating the features to talk with MS networks.
How many hundreds of thousands of linux servers do you thing Google and Yahoo have, between the two of them? How many security attempts per day do you think they deal with? Now, what makes you think my desktop box isn't even tighter than theirs?
We all know that he'll prolly never be able to repay it all... but most likely he'll have his wages garnished for the rest of his life. End up working 2 jobs where one job goes to pay off the fine.
Actually, I *am* in the grey-haired crowd. So, I have no problems with that. When I get a phone, I want just that - nothing more. And, no fine print with hidden "fees". My current (landline) phone is a 1975 Bell model 500 desktop - remember when they had an actual dial on them? I keep it around because it works *great* and -it's one of the only ones that is truly hearing-aid compatible. 99.9% of the modern phones out there are not, regardless of the claims. In order to be hearing-aid compatible, a phone must have a high-impedance driver, which automatically eliminates the idea of using pizeo speakers. It doesn't matter how loud it actually is (the hearing aids take care of that) - what matters is if it creates a magnetic/RF signature for the hearing aids to pick up. And 99.9% of modern phones do not have this, since they use pizeo drivers nowdays.
I sense a huge market opportunity here, since the "baby boomers" are retiring.
Reason why I'm strongly considering switching *from* Verizon: I only make about 1/2 dozen long-distance calls per year, landline only -- I don't have a cell phone. I'm paying about $75 per month even if I make *zero* calls incoming or outgoing. That's like a grand per year. There is no way in hell that it costs them that much to maintain the line, nor to operate their biz. I'm looking at a "dumb" cell phone which has no features other than being just a phone. No contract nor termination fees - the phone is owned outright. Flat rate per month with no roaming nor long-distance charges. X$ per month buys you X minutes, and that's it.
Did you know that some MAJOR fiber runs through this area? One of the original ARPAnet backbones runs directly under Transit Rd. in Lockport en route to UB where they are doing a lot of human genome crunching. UB was one of the original 5 ARPAnet sites. In Buffalo itself, the financial services and medical sectors are boming, along with insurance. There's *plenty* of IT and internet here. Most of my packets go through there and then get zinged out to NYC via Rochester. They go from Rochester down to Washington, and make a round trip from there.
NASCAR (in the USA) has been doing this for decades. The factory engineers usually take an interest and sponsor the big-name teams. They then gain direct access to all of the little discoveries for improved longevity and easy manufacturing. The NASCAR teams get sponsorship in engineering advice. If you've driven any car with a GM engine in the last 10 years, you have already used some of this.
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If it's any indication, I met a BSD user at a 1998 LUG meeting, he had a full-on desktop with all the effects and audio going on a Dell laptop. So I imagine that if your hardware is supported (most likely) it should work fine. BSD has extensive documentation and lists of supported stuff. I'm a linux guy, so I really don't know more than that. Best bet is to just try it, IMHO.
Maybe you never heard of the Apple Newton? Not that I've ever had an Apple. BTW, the design of my OS predates your business model by a good 20 years. HAND.
Of course, you have the freedom to say and do whatever you want. You do NOT have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions. In any society as we know it. If you wish to test this, I dare you to run into a crowded theatre and yell "Fire!".
Hi ULR, I've been hanging out on the same board as you, under different nicks... (otherpower.com) as for your copper question, I think you'd be better off with conventional TIG welding due to the inert gas atmosphere - it's very difficult to work copper otherwise. Certainly TIG is much cheaper. Unless you plan mass-production enough to justify the cost of induction machines.
I've seen induction heating used to temper truck axles, among other things. Though I imagine that with minor tweaks you could make one hell of a HERF weapon out of one. Screw up all the cell towers within a few miles, etc. Check ebay for used resturaunt equipment.
For what its worth, my *entire machine* has 512 megs, and FF 3.6 runs just fine. I leave it up for days with a few tabs, video is just fine, etc. Using Fedora 12 with a few tweaks to sysctl.
I'm not the kinda guy you're looking for, with litle or zero mainframe experience. But with that said, I honestly think that you'd be better off to ask that on the kernel mail-list. Chances are that questions like that would actually do everyone some good.
Con Kolivas released a patch set against the 2.6.36 kernel just a few days ago. Check lkml.org.
Oh, *that* Gene Simmons. I thought you meant the aerobics guy.
Already exists, its called "tapeworm eggs".
I wonder how much Ballmer was sweating when he answered that one? The guy can prolly lube himself up just by walking. It *is* a good question, tho.
What is more, Microsoft got sued by MIT (and lost) due to the way they did Kerberos. Much the same way they tried to "embrace and extend" Java - and got sued for that too. How many people know that? FWIW, in my experience Novell/SuSE has the *best* linux setup in LDAP/Kerberos and integrating the features to talk with MS networks.
Just like the 70's when Ma Bell fought against "owner-supplied equipment"...
Orgasmic Octopus.
How many hundreds of thousands of linux servers do you thing Google and Yahoo have, between the two of them? How many security attempts per day do you think they deal with? Now, what makes you think my desktop box isn't even tighter than theirs?
It isn't libel if what he said is true. If the other guy did indeed say that.
We all know that he'll prolly never be able to repay it all... but most likely he'll have his wages garnished for the rest of his life. End up working 2 jobs where one job goes to pay off the fine.
o.O that's a big 'un.... it makes a good point about having backups, though.
Actually, I *am* in the grey-haired crowd. So, I have no problems with that. When I get a phone, I want just that - nothing more. And, no fine print with hidden "fees". My current (landline) phone is a 1975 Bell model 500 desktop - remember when they had an actual dial on them? I keep it around because it works *great* and -it's one of the only ones that is truly hearing-aid compatible. 99.9% of the modern phones out there are not, regardless of the claims. In order to be hearing-aid compatible, a phone must have a high-impedance driver, which automatically eliminates the idea of using pizeo speakers. It doesn't matter how loud it actually is (the hearing aids take care of that) - what matters is if it creates a magnetic/RF signature for the hearing aids to pick up. And 99.9% of modern phones do not have this, since they use pizeo drivers nowdays. I sense a huge market opportunity here, since the "baby boomers" are retiring.
Reason why I'm strongly considering switching *from* Verizon: I only make about 1/2 dozen long-distance calls per year, landline only -- I don't have a cell phone. I'm paying about $75 per month even if I make *zero* calls incoming or outgoing. That's like a grand per year. There is no way in hell that it costs them that much to maintain the line, nor to operate their biz. I'm looking at a "dumb" cell phone which has no features other than being just a phone. No contract nor termination fees - the phone is owned outright. Flat rate per month with no roaming nor long-distance charges. X$ per month buys you X minutes, and that's it.
Did you know that some MAJOR fiber runs through this area? One of the original ARPAnet backbones runs directly under Transit Rd. in Lockport en route to UB where they are doing a lot of human genome crunching. UB was one of the original 5 ARPAnet sites. In Buffalo itself, the financial services and medical sectors are boming, along with insurance. There's *plenty* of IT and internet here. Most of my packets go through there and then get zinged out to NYC via Rochester. They go from Rochester down to Washington, and make a round trip from there.
Maybe next year they'll demonstrate bat-kkake. But I don't plan to watch that vid.
NASCAR (in the USA) has been doing this for decades. The factory engineers usually take an interest and sponsor the big-name teams. They then gain direct access to all of the little discoveries for improved longevity and easy manufacturing. The NASCAR teams get sponsorship in engineering advice. If you've driven any car with a GM engine in the last 10 years, you have already used some of this.
Well, it was nice to see something with some hard proof behind it. OK, I'll be getting me coat now...
My favorite one was the youtube video of the fruit bat giving head... maybe I need to get out more....