I'm sure WPI will also yield a fair share of geeks there. I wish this had happened sooner, as I'd love to go. Never any good tech conferences around here and New York is always just a little too far most of the time. I'm looking forward to it. -N
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This is a good thing for people who want to install a working desktop OS.
We only detect the industry leading hardware
I'd imagine it'll only be better than the last version they released, which was already quite good.
No options when burning CDs
Adding convenience doesn't always take away advanced features. xcdroast is only an apt-get away as well as cdrecord, or whatever your tool of choice is. But guess what, both are horribly over-complicated and I'll use CD Bake Oven any day over them.
Runs some windows apps, but slow It's WINE/Crossover - who said it'd be slow?
Arp your windows network like a rabbid dog And Windows doesn't?
Chose from a huge inventory of free text editors. It's freaking Debian under the hood. That means thousands of everything available at just a few clicks.
Admittedly, you did indicate you were "entering troll mode," but you really think you're being some kind of valuable devil's advocate. Instead, you're just being misinformed and using/. as a soapbox to spread that misinformation as far as possible. Just accept that this isn't the distro for you and acknowledge it for what it is - a good desktop that really is useful to everyone else.
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Well, he was using a more sensitive handheld antenna, but also consider there was almost no interference between him and those access points, no walls, trees, etc - just a roof and clear sunny skies in most cases. -N
Anyone recognize the niche as that of Cobalt, before Sun took them over? Did those do well enough that this can be popular?
Unfortunately, as an operator of a Cobalt RaQ for many years, I found it to be very limiting once we did figure out how to really use it and how little the custom interfaces allowed, but it was great for people who just wouldn't learn that stuff.
I hope no one thinks these are patch-proof though,. Our Cobalt needed patches and even with them had trouble avoiding a few compromises since patches were so delayed. Now it runs Debian and I couldn't be happier with the little box. -N
The Program has the microprocessor controlled auto fstop and also shutter speed. I think the AE-1 only does one of the other. There are also a few other subtle differences and I imagine they cost so similarly that anyone buying one now may as well get the Program. That's what I've got and I'm very fond of it. -N
I'll second this recommendation and hopefully use my karma to draw some more attention to it. I have a Canon AE-1 Program and it really is a great learner. Everything is fully manual to learn and play with things, but it's also the first ever camera to have a microprocessor for automatic fstop and shutter speed adjustment, using technology still used in Canon's today to identify the ideals for a normal shot.
Aside from being a great learner, I find it's also just a great camera - there's nothing I can't do with mine and it takes great shots even after so many decades (came out ~1980). Ask some professionals as well as photo gurus on other sites and I'll bet many if not most have had some experience and good recollection of the AE-1 Program.
Just a note though, this is different from the AE-1, which I think had automatic fstop, but not shutter, or maybe vice-versa. While still good, I find that automatic capabilities for both is incredibly useful to kind of gauge your guesses until you get used to things. -N
Debian Woody asks you which you'd rather have. I actually think it defaults to using crypt, not MD5, but it's really just a matter of which one is pre-selected for you when the window pops up and the box makes it clear that MD5 is for security and crypt is only if you need backward compatibility with something. -N
No, you're not wrong... but the article is also about finding ways to adjust traffic routing to reduce noise pollution outside. The research this article talks about is likely useful for both applications, but to decide that the research is useless because it will justify the government buying people new walls is rather an odd argument. -N
Thanks for the lesson AC. And it is estimating higher because linear regressions (I doubt it's linear, but I'll use your wording) are estimates and in this case, it's higher because they have to add in extra variables to cover the miscellaneous sounds besides traffic. -N
As other replies have already stated, their measures have been shown accurate... but consider this...
The rest of the noise at any part is likely related to the amount of traffic at that spot. So, Times Square is louder than some random road in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. Since this is a mathematical equation, it's plausible the equation is designed to estimate a little higher than just the sound of traffic, so that any other sounds are included as a dependant variable on the amount of traffic. -N
I know this is Slashdot, but don't you ever go outside? Not much you can do to sound proof your yard, is there. I assume you never open your windows either? Personally, I do both and if I were in England, I would hope the government would be spending a little effort to make living areas a little more liveable.
Now, I'm from the US, so I can't say if this is useful or not to the areas being investigated because I've never been there and don't know how loud it is. Realistically, there's the potential that this is more of a made up problem and people shouldn't be so concerned as the noise levels don't warrant it. However, just from this article, I'd say that's not an assumption I can jump to.
You seem to have no trouble jumping to it though. -N
Now, when will they finally let you transfer the phone you like to a different service provider?
So go with GSM. Your connection may not be as reliable in the middle of nowhere, but I find it rarely a problem. And I've taken my phone internationally to carriers around the world without problems. While the service coverage may not quite be what those CDMA and TDMA providers have, I find it worthwhile to support the better, more flexible standard in the hopes that it will proliferate later on.
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I don't think the machines need to be rigged in any way to affect the odds at all. The numbers on the balls decide the fate of the combinations and every combination is just as likely as the next when the balls are flying in the box. The machines that print the tickets could give everyone the same number and people would have just the same chances of winning as if they pick their special favorite numbers every time.
Not that I'm a fan of state lotteries, I've tinkered once or twice, but never put much thought into it. I like the saying that lotteries are a tax on people who are bad at math. Given that, I sure wouldn't mind winning one, so I'm also a fan of Connecticut's old saying "You can't win if you don't play." So confused... -N
I got out of the Windows world roughly the same time you did. I've been involved in IT just the same as you since high school. All my jobs, school, work has revolved around that, except that I've always been working for myself rather than in any corporate environment.
It sounds like you just need some confidence. You won't learn Linux without needing to use it and putting it to use. If you think Linux (or Solaris or BSD or whatever you consider a worthy OS) is what you need to know to get a job, then use it. If you've already got a little experience with it and you've got lots of experience with advanced computing in general, which it sounds like you do, then you'll figure out Linux as you go and just may never look back...
That said, I would love to be in your position playing with MacOSX, because I'm really anxious to try it out, but I can't afford the price of entry... -N
Technically, yes. But when I used to have DSL (cable wasn't available yet when I moved here), I was required to have a voice line by Verizon in order to get DSL service. And no other company could connect me with DSL due to problems communicating with Verizon - even Verizon took 4 months.
Anyway, saving $40/month by switching to cable and dropping my landline was the best and most cost effective upgrade I ever did and I don't have to pay a dime to Verizon ever again. -N
I should hope its doing more than just communicating its existence to us. While it may not need to accelerate (it may, I don't know), it does have various instruments on it for measurements and observations, so that it has something to communicate to us beyond a simple "Hello." -N
I don't know what particular metals are used in Bass Shakers, but I don't really care. They aren't Sound Bugs like everyone else has posted a link to and they work exceptionally well to create a speaker out of whatever you screw them into: car chassis, couch, wall, whatever.
Specifically, they are intended for bass reproduction, but that's the only frequency domain where the material of the cone isn't having a dramatic effect on the sound quality, so I wouldn't necessarily want full range production from whatever random materials I can find.
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Here in Australia, for instance, we have a wretched little (introduced) animal called the cane toad. If a virus like this could be engineered such that it would kill them all out, I'd say it's not such a bad thing.
You also have rabbits there that were introduced. Remember the plan to release a virus to kill all them off? It worked, like 98% of the time or something. But the other 2% just multiplied like rabbits and you now have genetically superior and more resistant rabbits that are even more a problem than before.
If you're from Australia, you've got to know this and I can't believe you'd think it's feasible to work this time... -N
It seems this processor can be useful in lots of applications if for no other reason because of its speed. Why does half the announcement on Lenslet have to talk about how this will revolutionize the defense industry and homeland security? -N
Well, I can understand an occasional problem, but this seems like too much. For example, I've never had a problem on citicards with Mozilla. MSNBC doesn't look right? And you're surprised? Oh yeah, and I'd guess your employer is essentially irrelevant if their website doesn't work right, or at least they don't mind being irrelevant.
The only times I've had problems with Mozilla is when a site has explicitly rejected Mozilla because it didn't match one of their accepted browsers (which always include Netscape anyway). The two examples that come to mind are chilis-survey.com, which is the URL on your Chili's restaurant receipt and the site for my bank, which is itself a horrible system. Neither would let me in, so I emailed the sites and told them it should, especially if they advertise support for the equivalent Netscape. And guess what, both sites now support Mozilla. Sometimes people just need to be informed. -N
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I'm sure WPI will also yield a fair share of geeks there. I wish this had happened sooner, as I'd love to go. Never any good tech conferences around here and New York is always just a little too far most of the time. I'm looking forward to it.
-N
This is a good thing for people who want to install a working desktop OS.
We only detect the industry leading hardware
I'd imagine it'll only be better than the last version they released, which was already quite good.
No options when burning CDs
Adding convenience doesn't always take away advanced features. xcdroast is only an apt-get away as well as cdrecord, or whatever your tool of choice is. But guess what, both are horribly over-complicated and I'll use CD Bake Oven any day over them.
Runs some windows apps, but slow
It's WINE/Crossover - who said it'd be slow?
Arp your windows network like a rabbid dog
And Windows doesn't?
Chose from a huge inventory of free text editors.
It's freaking Debian under the hood. That means thousands of everything available at just a few clicks.
Admittedly, you did indicate you were "entering troll mode," but you really think you're being some kind of valuable devil's advocate. Instead, you're just being misinformed and using /. as a soapbox to spread that misinformation as far as possible. Just accept that this isn't the distro for you and acknowledge it for what it is - a good desktop that really is useful to everyone else.
-N
Well, he was using a more sensitive handheld antenna, but also consider there was almost no interference between him and those access points, no walls, trees, etc - just a roof and clear sunny skies in most cases.
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and remembering never to do stupid things, like post the URL on slashdot. :)
Looks to me like your URL is posted to slashdot every time you post a message. http://www.danamania.com appears under your username.
But don't worry - your secret's safe with me ;-)
Anyone recognize the niche as that of Cobalt, before Sun took them over? Did those do well enough that this can be popular?
Unfortunately, as an operator of a Cobalt RaQ for many years, I found it to be very limiting once we did figure out how to really use it and how little the custom interfaces allowed, but it was great for people who just wouldn't learn that stuff.
I hope no one thinks these are patch-proof though,. Our Cobalt needed patches and even with them had trouble avoiding a few compromises since patches were so delayed. Now it runs Debian and I couldn't be happier with the little box.
-N
The Program has the microprocessor controlled auto fstop and also shutter speed. I think the AE-1 only does one of the other. There are also a few other subtle differences and I imagine they cost so similarly that anyone buying one now may as well get the Program. That's what I've got and I'm very fond of it.
-N
I'll second this recommendation and hopefully use my karma to draw some more attention to it. I have a Canon AE-1 Program and it really is a great learner. Everything is fully manual to learn and play with things, but it's also the first ever camera to have a microprocessor for automatic fstop and shutter speed adjustment, using technology still used in Canon's today to identify the ideals for a normal shot.
Aside from being a great learner, I find it's also just a great camera - there's nothing I can't do with mine and it takes great shots even after so many decades (came out ~1980). Ask some professionals as well as photo gurus on other sites and I'll bet many if not most have had some experience and good recollection of the AE-1 Program.
Just a note though, this is different from the AE-1, which I think had automatic fstop, but not shutter, or maybe vice-versa. While still good, I find that automatic capabilities for both is incredibly useful to kind of gauge your guesses until you get used to things.
-N
Debian Woody asks you which you'd rather have. I actually think it defaults to using crypt, not MD5, but it's really just a matter of which one is pre-selected for you when the window pops up and the box makes it clear that MD5 is for security and crypt is only if you need backward compatibility with something.
-N
No, you're not wrong... but the article is also about finding ways to adjust traffic routing to reduce noise pollution outside. The research this article talks about is likely useful for both applications, but to decide that the research is useless because it will justify the government buying people new walls is rather an odd argument.
-N
Thanks for the lesson AC. And it is estimating higher because linear regressions (I doubt it's linear, but I'll use your wording) are estimates and in this case, it's higher because they have to add in extra variables to cover the miscellaneous sounds besides traffic.
-N
As other replies have already stated, their measures have been shown accurate... but consider this...
The rest of the noise at any part is likely related to the amount of traffic at that spot. So, Times Square is louder than some random road in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. Since this is a mathematical equation, it's plausible the equation is designed to estimate a little higher than just the sound of traffic, so that any other sounds are included as a dependant variable on the amount of traffic.
-N
I know this is Slashdot, but don't you ever go outside? Not much you can do to sound proof your yard, is there. I assume you never open your windows either? Personally, I do both and if I were in England, I would hope the government would be spending a little effort to make living areas a little more liveable.
Now, I'm from the US, so I can't say if this is useful or not to the areas being investigated because I've never been there and don't know how loud it is. Realistically, there's the potential that this is more of a made up problem and people shouldn't be so concerned as the noise levels don't warrant it. However, just from this article, I'd say that's not an assumption I can jump to.
You seem to have no trouble jumping to it though.
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So go with GSM. Your connection may not be as reliable in the middle of nowhere, but I find it rarely a problem. And I've taken my phone internationally to carriers around the world without problems. While the service coverage may not quite be what those CDMA and TDMA providers have, I find it worthwhile to support the better, more flexible standard in the hopes that it will proliferate later on.
-N
I don't think the machines need to be rigged in any way to affect the odds at all. The numbers on the balls decide the fate of the combinations and every combination is just as likely as the next when the balls are flying in the box. The machines that print the tickets could give everyone the same number and people would have just the same chances of winning as if they pick their special favorite numbers every time.
Not that I'm a fan of state lotteries, I've tinkered once or twice, but never put much thought into it. I like the saying that lotteries are a tax on people who are bad at math. Given that, I sure wouldn't mind winning one, so I'm also a fan of Connecticut's old saying "You can't win if you don't play." So confused...
-N
I got out of the Windows world roughly the same time you did. I've been involved in IT just the same as you since high school. All my jobs, school, work has revolved around that, except that I've always been working for myself rather than in any corporate environment.
It sounds like you just need some confidence. You won't learn Linux without needing to use it and putting it to use. If you think Linux (or Solaris or BSD or whatever you consider a worthy OS) is what you need to know to get a job, then use it. If you've already got a little experience with it and you've got lots of experience with advanced computing in general, which it sounds like you do, then you'll figure out Linux as you go and just may never look back...
That said, I would love to be in your position playing with MacOSX, because I'm really anxious to try it out, but I can't afford the price of entry...
-N
Technically, yes. But when I used to have DSL (cable wasn't available yet when I moved here), I was required to have a voice line by Verizon in order to get DSL service. And no other company could connect me with DSL due to problems communicating with Verizon - even Verizon took 4 months.
Anyway, saving $40/month by switching to cable and dropping my landline was the best and most cost effective upgrade I ever did and I don't have to pay a dime to Verizon ever again.
-N
Tough to port Linux to a single transistor, but I'll give $5 to anyone who can.
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I should hope its doing more than just communicating its existence to us. While it may not need to accelerate (it may, I don't know), it does have various instruments on it for measurements and observations, so that it has something to communicate to us beyond a simple "Hello."
-N
Specifically, they are intended for bass reproduction, but that's the only frequency domain where the material of the cone isn't having a dramatic effect on the sound quality, so I wouldn't necessarily want full range production from whatever random materials I can find.
-N
Here in Australia, for instance, we have a wretched little (introduced) animal called the cane toad. If a virus like this could be engineered such that it would kill them all out, I'd say it's not such a bad thing.
You also have rabbits there that were introduced. Remember the plan to release a virus to kill all them off? It worked, like 98% of the time or something. But the other 2% just multiplied like rabbits and you now have genetically superior and more resistant rabbits that are even more a problem than before.
If you're from Australia, you've got to know this and I can't believe you'd think it's feasible to work this time...
-N
It seems this processor can be useful in lots of applications if for no other reason because of its speed. Why does half the announcement on Lenslet have to talk about how this will revolutionize the defense industry and homeland security?
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I'd say it's a prediction.
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I wish I had mod points - I haven't laughed so hard in a long time...
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Well, I can understand an occasional problem, but this seems like too much. For example, I've never had a problem on citicards with Mozilla. MSNBC doesn't look right? And you're surprised? Oh yeah, and I'd guess your employer is essentially irrelevant if their website doesn't work right, or at least they don't mind being irrelevant.
The only times I've had problems with Mozilla is when a site has explicitly rejected Mozilla because it didn't match one of their accepted browsers (which always include Netscape anyway). The two examples that come to mind are chilis-survey.com, which is the URL on your Chili's restaurant receipt and the site for my bank, which is itself a horrible system. Neither would let me in, so I emailed the sites and told them it should, especially if they advertise support for the equivalent Netscape. And guess what, both sites now support Mozilla. Sometimes people just need to be informed.
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Jealous?
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