Your posts are about as "troll" as they can get. Completely idiotic. The "Slashdot crowd" are technology enthusiasts and I for one welcome our new linux booting motherboard overlord. As for your statement on buying some prebuilt name brand... get real. My clients have moved past that stage and realize by spending a little more they get a vastly more reliable PC because I know exactly what goes into them. They typically aren't $360 boards but they aren't your Fry's specials either. Maybe you should look at things like video cards, RAM, and every other component in the marketplace. There is always a high end. Would I buy a $700 graphics card? No, because the $300 one does what I need. On the other end that silly little $80 card that you think is so awesome would suck balls trying to handle my needs.
Lastly, quit yer bitchin' about "onboard features". I'm sure more than 9 out of 10 geeks use at least the integrated NIC and probably more than half use integrated audio. As for the integrated OS, if you could at least have a RAM drive and write access to a Windows partition you could scan for viruses without booting into your infested machine because you know those Windows users spending gobs of money on high end hardware are actually more likely to be pirating Photoshop or the latest video game. Sad but true. I just stick with open source and getting it to work on the latest hardware can be a PITA but I like a good challenge.
It may depend on your window manager. On Fluxbox I just used Ctrl+Alt+A to get into it. One thing for sure though, my crappy joystick works better with X-Plane which happens to run beautifully on linux as well.
If I'm not mistaken the term is "popping a socket". Pull the "lead" out of the pencil, put two pieces into the socket (one in each side) the wrap tissue around another piece with the graphite sticking out both ends. Touch that piece to the two in the outlet and you now have a piece of tissue on fire to light something else with.
Surely this can be done from outside the body. A couple pods taped to the right places and wired to a charger of some sort should be adequate. I used to have issues with my bicycle computer (cyclometer) when I kept in in my pocket. Typically the material in the pocket isn't that thick and the contact points on the bottom of the unit would be close to my leg. Occasionally I'd pull it out and it'd be giving me erratic reading like I was going 70mph though I wasn't on my bike. Since then I no longer keep the cyclometer in my pocket so as not to skew my averages when I'm tracking my rides.
Repetition is the killer. You see, the batteries only hold a charge for so long and can only be recharged a limited number of times in a day. Of course Slashdotters probably have enough pent up energy that you could feed back into the grid.
quote "if you're on your cellphone more than 8 hours a day, you might need to re-evaluate your life"
If you're on a business trip for a couple of days without access to a charger then it sure would be nice to have that exteneded talk time. Though it can be considered irrelelvant if it uses a standard mini-USB connection as you can always find a shop that'll sell the cable for less than $10.
Just discussing the same thing earlier with someone. Mechanical keyboards typically fair better than membrane keyboards for the dishwasher. The Keytronics I through in and let dry for a few days ending up half working. All the letters worked but special keys like Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Etc didn't. Would have been adequate for most Slashdot posters.
If it's a cheap membrane keyboard just send to the recycling center.
Now the only trouble is "can anybody get the audio on linux?" I have the same issues with the Transformers HD clips. Mplayer, Xine, and VLC only give me video.
And parent FTW!! Thanks for the direct links.
RadioShack has some nifty "big buttons" you can buy. I found a lovely large green one there that I modded a case to use it as the power button. They also have quite the selection of smaller momentary switches in case you want something a little more child resistant. Personally, I prefer the lighted bulgin vandal switches from frozencpu.com.
You heard wrong. There is supposed to be a "Red Screen of Death" too which is for more 'critical' errors. As if a BSOD wasn't bad enough?! I've seen quite a few Vista BSODs already. Spysweeper is good at crashing Vista for one.
Is the original poster's problem isolated or repeatable across machines? I'd hate to think a corrupt MOV is causing the issue but some n00b is crying to the Slashdot crowd because he doesn't know how to format the damn drive and install linux.
n00bs, the whole lot of you. Yes, the 965 doesn't play nice without a brand new kernel BUT>>>
Use a SATA Optical Drive and all is well. Don't even bitch about the cost, they are less than $10 more than IDE these days. Also, I have NEVER had an issue installing XP SP2 (Home or Pro) on any Intel D965 series boards (DP and DQ). NEVER! I have literally gone through a couple hundred DQ965GF motherboards. The SATA RAID is Intel so no complaining about that unless you're whining about it "not being hardware RAID". What do you expect for a board under $140? Get a life. Even a 2 port 3Ware controller is $100.
/rant
P.S. Stop letting n00bs post "AskSlashdot" until a thorough beating with a clue bat has been done.
FLAC should be your first choice but if you go mp3 I prefer LAME using VBR @ 'q 0'. Average bitrate on my library is between 240 and 280Kbps. Playing through my Squeezeboxes on any system from low to high I can NOT tell a difference. I have even tested a variety of interconnects including making my own. Of course you still need to downsample for most portable. Decoding high bitrate VBR files will suck your battery dry.
It's obviously more than just Yahoo and GoDaddy. My site is up and perfectly responsive but Yahoo has been between sluggish and non-responsive. It's like the whole internet just got./'d. Funny thing is my FF Yahoo Mail check shows when new mail arrives. I just have a hard time getting to it.
Well, you can get RealPlayer for linux. The only downside is the linux version doesn't nag you.
I remember in the early days of WINE I tried to install Bonzi Buddy just for kicks. Locked up the machine hard.
Enough with all this 'open-source'. Give me my MSN Messenger with malware banner ads!!
Because I want full configurability.
Because I don't want the bloat involved with Gnome and KDE backgroud utilities running Because I don't want my machine to act or behave like M$ Windows or OS X Because I want pure freakin' speed!!! Because eye-candy isn't that damned important. I get by fine with 3Ddesktop and translucent aterms. If I really want eye-candy I'll run Enlightenment As I've been telling people thinking about Vista, do you want a fast computer so your OS can look pretty or so you can get more done? Application performance comes first and foremost so I want the lightest, fastest desktop available short of running Rat or screen.
You mean like when I was 21 buying cases of beer that I would never in my right mind drink? You see by then I had acquired a taste for good beer. Just how that came to be I won't expound.
A far more informative AC post than the parent. Linux already runs on a huge variety of 'consumer' hardware. My Linksys WRT54G(v4) runs DD-WRT and I routinely sell the WRT54GL flashed to DD-WRT for clients. Sure it is extensible and open but I'm not expecting to route the data from a render farm or be the backbone of a bank.
in the US it is 888-571-2048. I think. Haven't had to dial it today yet so no phone in front of me. When the stupid recording is done talking press '0'. Tell the beehotch to "transfer you anyway" so you can get a live person from India. Be very up front about the process and take no slack. Give them th 42 digits a nice firm 6 at a time so they can understand you. Before they ask you anything tell them it is the only PC it is on and you have to activate because you replaced the motherboard. They will sometimes ask again what you just told them. Whatever info you give them up front will typically reduce the other stupid questions like them asking what kind of computer it is, where did you buy it, what is the 25 character product key, etc.. Keep in mind they have no idea what your system is and what stores there are to buy from so if you get those questions you can answer any way you like. Name of computer? PEBKAC. Store? JoMommas. Simple as that. I have to do it nearly everyday with the number of computers I repair.
Surely you've also forgotten to throw in at least an hour of gaming? My TV time is split nearly evenly between watching movies and playing the Wii. I don't actually watch any TV at all.
http://www.ocremix.org/ Having downloaded torrents of NerdCore and OCRemix torrents I can honestly say I prefer OCremix stuff better. Sure there is little 'singing' with it but the majority is a lot less offensive. I prefer my music suitable for all ages.
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Your posts are about as "troll" as they can get. Completely idiotic. The "Slashdot crowd" are technology enthusiasts and I for one welcome our new linux booting motherboard overlord. As for your statement on buying some prebuilt name brand... get real. My clients have moved past that stage and realize by spending a little more they get a vastly more reliable PC because I know exactly what goes into them. They typically aren't $360 boards but they aren't your Fry's specials either. Maybe you should look at things like video cards, RAM, and every other component in the marketplace. There is always a high end. Would I buy a $700 graphics card? No, because the $300 one does what I need. On the other end that silly little $80 card that you think is so awesome would suck balls trying to handle my needs.
Lastly, quit yer bitchin' about "onboard features". I'm sure more than 9 out of 10 geeks use at least the integrated NIC and probably more than half use integrated audio. As for the integrated OS, if you could at least have a RAM drive and write access to a Windows partition you could scan for viruses without booting into your infested machine because you know those Windows users spending gobs of money on high end hardware are actually more likely to be pirating Photoshop or the latest video game. Sad but true. I just stick with open source and getting it to work on the latest hardware can be a PITA but I like a good challenge.
It may depend on your window manager. On Fluxbox I just used Ctrl+Alt+A to get into it. One thing for sure though, my crappy joystick works better with X-Plane which happens to run beautifully on linux as well.
If I'm not mistaken the term is "popping a socket". Pull the "lead" out of the pencil, put two pieces into the socket (one in each side) the wrap tissue around another piece with the graphite sticking out both ends. Touch that piece to the two in the outlet and you now have a piece of tissue on fire to light something else with.
Surely this can be done from outside the body. A couple pods taped to the right places and wired to a charger of some sort should be adequate. I used to have issues with my bicycle computer (cyclometer) when I kept in in my pocket. Typically the material in the pocket isn't that thick and the contact points on the bottom of the unit would be close to my leg. Occasionally I'd pull it out and it'd be giving me erratic reading like I was going 70mph though I wasn't on my bike. Since then I no longer keep the cyclometer in my pocket so as not to skew my averages when I'm tracking my rides.
Repetition is the killer. You see, the batteries only hold a charge for so long and can only be recharged a limited number of times in a day. Of course Slashdotters probably have enough pent up energy that you could feed back into the grid.
quote "if you're on your cellphone more than 8 hours a day, you might need to re-evaluate your life"
If you're on a business trip for a couple of days without access to a charger then it sure would be nice to have that exteneded talk time. Though it can be considered irrelelvant if it uses a standard mini-USB connection as you can always find a shop that'll sell the cable for less than $10.
Just discussing the same thing earlier with someone. Mechanical keyboards typically fair better than membrane keyboards for the dishwasher. The Keytronics I through in and let dry for a few days ending up half working. All the letters worked but special keys like Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Etc didn't. Would have been adequate for most Slashdot posters.
If it's a cheap membrane keyboard just send to the recycling center.
Now the only trouble is "can anybody get the audio on linux?" I have the same issues with the Transformers HD clips. Mplayer, Xine, and VLC only give me video. And parent FTW!! Thanks for the direct links.
RadioShack has some nifty "big buttons" you can buy. I found a lovely large green one there that I modded a case to use it as the power button. They also have quite the selection of smaller momentary switches in case you want something a little more child resistant. Personally, I prefer the lighted bulgin vandal switches from frozencpu.com.
The only problem is that looks like something you'd see flying in San Francisco
/ducks
You heard wrong. There is supposed to be a "Red Screen of Death" too which is for more 'critical' errors. As if a BSOD wasn't bad enough?! I've seen quite a few Vista BSODs already. Spysweeper is good at crashing Vista for one.
Is the original poster's problem isolated or repeatable across machines? I'd hate to think a corrupt MOV is causing the issue but some n00b is crying to the Slashdot crowd because he doesn't know how to format the damn drive and install linux.
n00bs, the whole lot of you. Yes, the 965 doesn't play nice without a brand new kernel BUT>>>
/rant
Use a SATA Optical Drive and all is well. Don't even bitch about the cost, they are less than $10 more than IDE these days. Also, I have NEVER had an issue installing XP SP2 (Home or Pro) on any Intel D965 series boards (DP and DQ). NEVER! I have literally gone through a couple hundred DQ965GF motherboards. The SATA RAID is Intel so no complaining about that unless you're whining about it "not being hardware RAID". What do you expect for a board under $140? Get a life. Even a 2 port 3Ware controller is $100.
P.S. Stop letting n00bs post "AskSlashdot" until a thorough beating with a clue bat has been done.
Try going to Start, Run, and typing in 'sol' in Vista. You will find that you are S.O.L.
/renew' with the UAC enabled. Again, you are S.O.L.!!
Even better, try Start, Run, 'cmd', 'ipconfig
Have you forgotten; right click and "add to library"? Of course grammar is a whole different subject than spelling. I yam sure ewe wood agree.
FLAC should be your first choice but if you go mp3 I prefer LAME using VBR @ 'q 0'. Average bitrate on my library is between 240 and 280Kbps. Playing through my Squeezeboxes on any system from low to high I can NOT tell a difference. I have even tested a variety of interconnects including making my own. Of course you still need to downsample for most portable. Decoding high bitrate VBR files will suck your battery dry.
It's obviously more than just Yahoo and GoDaddy. My site is up and perfectly responsive but Yahoo has been between sluggish and non-responsive. It's like the whole internet just got ./'d. Funny thing is my FF Yahoo Mail check shows when new mail arrives. I just have a hard time getting to it.
Well, you can get RealPlayer for linux. The only downside is the linux version doesn't nag you.
I remember in the early days of WINE I tried to install Bonzi Buddy just for kicks. Locked up the machine hard.
Enough with all this 'open-source'. Give me my MSN Messenger with malware banner ads!!
Because I want full configurability.
Because I don't want the bloat involved with Gnome and KDE backgroud utilities running
Because I don't want my machine to act or behave like M$ Windows or OS X
Because I want pure freakin' speed!!!
Because eye-candy isn't that damned important. I get by fine with 3Ddesktop and translucent aterms.
If I really want eye-candy I'll run Enlightenment
As I've been telling people thinking about Vista, do you want a fast computer so your OS can look pretty or so you can get more done? Application performance comes first and foremost so I want the lightest, fastest desktop available short of running Rat or screen.
You mean like when I was 21 buying cases of beer that I would never in my right mind drink? You see by then I had acquired a taste for good beer. Just how that came to be I won't expound.
A far more informative AC post than the parent. Linux already runs on a huge variety of 'consumer' hardware. My Linksys WRT54G(v4) runs DD-WRT and I routinely sell the WRT54GL flashed to DD-WRT for clients. Sure it is extensible and open but I'm not expecting to route the data from a render farm or be the backbone of a bank.
in the US it is 888-571-2048. I think. Haven't had to dial it today yet so no phone in front of me. When the stupid recording is done talking press '0'. Tell the beehotch to "transfer you anyway" so you can get a live person from India. Be very up front about the process and take no slack. Give them th 42 digits a nice firm 6 at a time so they can understand you. Before they ask you anything tell them it is the only PC it is on and you have to activate because you replaced the motherboard. They will sometimes ask again what you just told them. Whatever info you give them up front will typically reduce the other stupid questions like them asking what kind of computer it is, where did you buy it, what is the 25 character product key, etc.. Keep in mind they have no idea what your system is and what stores there are to buy from so if you get those questions you can answer any way you like. Name of computer? PEBKAC. Store? JoMommas. Simple as that. I have to do it nearly everyday with the number of computers I repair.
Surely you've also forgotten to throw in at least an hour of gaming? My TV time is split nearly evenly between watching movies and playing the Wii. I don't actually watch any TV at all.
You're getting it all wrong! It's "teen lesbian OMG Ponies!!! porn". Just what every /.'er wants.
If you owned a Wii you'd know. Yes, it is a worldwide launch.
http://www.ocremix.org/ Having downloaded torrents of NerdCore and OCRemix torrents I can honestly say I prefer OCremix stuff better. Sure there is little 'singing' with it but the majority is a lot less offensive. I prefer my music suitable for all ages.