Perhaps you'd like to buy my Beyond Thunderdome video on VHS? I watched it once, and thought it sucked horribly.
I tried selling it on ebay for a penny. The bidder backed out when he was I was asking three bucks for shipping. I also tried giving it to friends as a holiday gift. They all gave it back to me the next holiday.
Don't get me wrong, I like Mel Gibson as an actor and I like the original Mad Max - just not BT.
A business does not need a web page. not even in this day and age.
Businesses are still build with brick-n-mortar buildings and with customers. The web is not a prerequisite of either.
The "if you build it, they will come" web page mentality was proven to be flawed with the.com bust.
Besides, only retail stores and computer industry corporations will see the most customer benefit from the web. Manufacturers, suppliers, B2B outfits, warehouses, etc. have been and will continue to do just fine with out it.
The best way to illustrate the power of Linux on TV, is to demonstrate a Linux box doing something that is considered unusual and desireable. Something that will make people say "Wow... I can't do that with this other OS I'm using. I should try Linux." It shouldn't be too hard to come up with a bunch of gee-whiz cool tasks that Linux can do, and that other OS cannot.
Either that, or have Linux performing some intensive server oriented task, alongside a computer running one of those other, more common OS's. Show how Linux does more and does it faster.
Yes, but does anyone use real format anymore? I thought most indie music streamers used MP3.
Glad to see this software supports Ogg Vorbis though. I have half my music in Mp3 and the other half in Ogg.
They didn't mention BSD or GPL license though... hopefully it isn't some BS source license like the microsoft "shared source", that is useless to the OSS community..
So long as it doesn't have any spyware or adware in it, the source license is reasonable, and the quality is OK, this is probably a Good Thing(tm).
Bush just gave Military another pay raise. The man putting more money in my pocket certainly doesn't constitute an "evil fuck".
I can see that you're clearly a miserable little man who has nothing better to do than blame your problems on those above you.
I know this is asking a lot here, but next time you post on/. please use a pinch of intelligence and a dash of common sense. That is the recipe for success, which you obviously haven't discovered yet.
Glad to see a college catering to the students in the internet accessibility department. I've read too many stories lately about colleges that are in bed with the MPAA and RIAA and are trying to limit students 'net usage. Glad to see a school giving students MORE 'net options. Hopefully this school isn't one of the ones blocking P2P ports and confiscating PC's though...
I'm a geek. I also despise gun violence, and I do not support the NRA (for several reasons).
As a geek though, I recognise the importance of the Bill of Rights (here in the US at least). It would be hypocritical of me to strongly oppose regulation and laws which limit free speech (the 1st amendment) while lobbying for limiting laws and regulation of guns (the 2nd amendment). I think the Bill of Rights should stand pure, and I support all the amendments as strongly as we support free speech.
That being said, I don't want to sound like some crazed gun-loving redneck. I am against the NRA, and I think they lobby for some horrible things.
For one, they are against any quality regulations for gun manufacturer. If I want to manufacturer Teddy Bears as childrens toys, those toys have to pass more government quality and safety tests than a new gun. It's wrong, and backwards - but true.
Also, the NRA is against banning so-called junk guns. Guns which are made of home-made parts and are designed only for close range killing of another human. They are very unreliable and inaccurate, giving them zero value in hunting, competition, or self defence. They are used only in crime - yet the NRA is strongly opposed to banning them. It's sick, but true.
While I am against the NRA, I do believe that the 2nd amendment shouldn't be any more limited or regulated than the 1st. Once the government sees that they can bend the amendments, it's only a matter of time before Free Speech goes down the toilet (even further than it already is).
While this is certainly interesting news, what practical applications could come of this? Why would it be beneficial to humans? What use, if any, can be found in the discovery of these critters??
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George W. Bush: 1000x better than Clinton the Ass Clown.
Whoever said the nvidia linux drivers are "about the best you can get" is smoking crack.
I'm using the latest drivers from their web site, and X server crashes are a daily occurance for me.
I've tried their redhat RPM's, I've tried building the source RPM's, I've tried using older versions of the driver.... Nada.
My system is rock solid stable and will run for months w/o a reboot with a load average of 6. However, graphic apps like movie players and 3d games will crash my Xserver. My case ambient temps are just a few degrees above room temp with all the fans I have installed. I've even tried returning my Ti4200 and trying a different card just in case something was wrong with it.
Never used to happen EVER with my MAtrox G400. Don't get me wrong - I love the performance of my Ti4200 - I just hate the crap drivers.
Nvidia, if your listening: Thanks for supporting Linux, my favorite OS, but please improve the stability of your drivers!!!
I'm still wondering why people are calling this a recession economy. (I'm assuming you're refering to the US here - if not, then disregard this post)
Despite all the tech sector layoffs, unemployment is still very low. A record number of people have cell phones and high-speed internet access to their homes (neither of which is "required" to live.)
The higher priced (and higher quality) euro car brands are selling like hotcakes and posting record sales quarters. Check MB, Land Rover, Audi, or BMW's sales in the past 11 months.
And real-estate prices are SKY high. A small 2 bedroom home in my neighborhood sells for over half a million US dollars! Expect to spend 1 or 2 million+ if you want a medium or large home and you want a yard. The condo building across the street sells their cheapest model for $400,000 - their most expensive 3 bedroom condo is over $2,000,000. I just bought my first home - a $675,000 "fixer-upper" as they called it. Sheesh.
The NASDAQ and the NYSE are in the toilet, but that's due to those bastard large company CEO's taking insider loans and falsifying financial records.
It's true that prior to WWII, the stock market WAS the econonmy. Not so any more. The stock market is just a fraction of what makes up the economy.
If we go to war with Iraq and oust the bastard Saddam, everyone knows that war = more government spending = more money in peoples pockets.
To hell with the so-called financial experts on TV who claim the economy is shit. These fools are usually recent college grads who don't know a thing, or they are people who were fired from large financial institutions for their incompetence. They wouldn't know a screw driver from a bus driver.
I'm not sure I like the noise level the fan on this card makes. I like a Quiet PC. Or at least one that doesnt sound like a vacuum cleaner.
And I definitely don't like the fact that it occupies two PCI slots. I knew this was coming sooner or later as most SGI video adapters are about as thick as two PCI slots. I'm talking about the video adapters in the MIPS workstations (Octane and such).
I simply don't have room in my case for this card if it takes two PCI slots.
Hopefully someone will come up with an aftermarket watercooling solution for this card that would get rid of the noise and hopefully fit in one PCI slot.
These sewer bots must be very resiliant animals indeed if they are to contend with the poo and filth of the sewers. I wonder if this same rugged sewer bot technology could be used by NASA or the military?
The sewer seems like such an foul environment, with numerous bacterias and small animals. Seems like a fiber laid in the sewer has a greater chance of being severed than one that's laid in dedicated pipes. What's preventing Joe Sanitation worker from cutting or tripping over these fibers?
by the whole phenomenon. What is the appeal of shopping on this particular day? I understand there are sales, but they will continue until well past Christmas.
This day is about nothing more than spending money. Blatent consumerism at its worst. It's a shame there isn't a universally recognised day of the year in which people strive to help someone in need, or do their part to reduce pollution (walk or ride with someone else). If there was, we would certainly be better off.
I see many posts here complaining about this guy's home made PVR. They are all complaining about the lack of features or this and that. It's a work in progress folks and it's just been started! Grow up!
I wonder if these same complainers were complaining in 1993 about Linux kernel 0.9x "Microsoft has more features!" "Microsoft has a better GUI!" "Why should we spend all the time configuring this Linux thing when we could just spend $300 and buy Windows".
The arguments are identical. Cut this fellow some slack for daring to build something that you won't even attempt.
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A major advantage, especially to the Open Source community of 64 bits on the desktop is software development.
Remember, many (most?) open source developers are private individuals and not huge corporations. Allowing individual open source developers to own an affordable 64 bit desktop machine will allow them to more effectively develop and debug the code that runs on the 64 bit servers.
It only seems natural that a developer, given a 64 bit system to develop and debug code on, is going to produce better 64 bit code. And we all want Linux (and the BSD's!) to be the best 64 bit platform it can be, right??
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Perhaps you'd like to buy my Beyond Thunderdome video on VHS? I watched it once, and thought it sucked horribly.
I tried selling it on ebay for a penny. The bidder backed out when he was I was asking three bucks for shipping. I also tried giving it to friends as a holiday gift. They all gave it back to me the next holiday.
Don't get me wrong, I like Mel Gibson as an actor and I like the original Mad Max - just not BT.
If only the owners of the unused fibers would sell them. What a great business idea that would be.
I could buy some unused fiber, and my business would run drops to peoples homes. Can you say "OC12 in the living room"?
I wish...
A business does not need a web page. not even in this day and age.
.com bust.
Businesses are still build with brick-n-mortar buildings and with customers. The web is not a prerequisite of either.
The "if you build it, they will come" web page mentality was proven to be flawed with the
Besides, only retail stores and computer industry corporations will see the most customer benefit from the web. Manufacturers, suppliers, B2B outfits, warehouses, etc. have been and will continue to do just fine with out it.
If only I had more hours in the day to listen to Rush.
1. People who have a brain in their head
2. People who don't appreciate politics which are polluted with silly liberal FUD.
That's who listens.
The best way to illustrate the power of Linux on TV, is to demonstrate a Linux box doing something that is considered unusual and desireable. Something that will make people say "Wow... I can't do that with this other OS I'm using. I should try Linux." It shouldn't be too hard to come up with a bunch of gee-whiz cool tasks that Linux can do, and that other OS cannot.
Either that, or have Linux performing some intensive server oriented task, alongside a computer running one of those other, more common OS's. Show how Linux does more and does it faster.
Yes, but does anyone use real format anymore? I thought most indie music streamers used MP3.
Glad to see this software supports Ogg Vorbis though. I have half my music in Mp3 and the other half in Ogg.
They didn't mention BSD or GPL license though... hopefully it isn't some BS source license like the microsoft "shared source", that is useless to the OSS community..
So long as it doesn't have any spyware or adware in it, the source license is reasonable, and the quality is OK, this is probably a Good Thing(tm).
I suppose you also think GWB killed off the dinosaurs and is responsible for global warming and floods and famines.
Thank you for posting! You've just demonstrated what a moron you are! Congrats!
BTW, you may wish to learn to spell simple english words before you post. Oops... sorry... I forgot that you are a moron.
Does your head echo inside when you talk? It should.
Anon Coward can do basic math! The world must be coming to an end!
Bush just gave Military another pay raise. The man putting more money in my pocket certainly doesn't constitute an "evil fuck".
/. please use a pinch of intelligence and a dash of common sense. That is the recipe for success, which you obviously haven't discovered yet.
I can see that you're clearly a miserable little man who has nothing better to do than blame your problems on those above you.
I know this is asking a lot here, but next time you post on
Glad to see a college catering to the students in the internet accessibility department. I've read too many stories lately about colleges that are in bed with the MPAA and RIAA and are trying to limit students 'net usage. Glad to see a school giving students MORE 'net options. Hopefully this school isn't one of the ones blocking P2P ports and confiscating PC's though...
I'm a geek. I also despise gun violence, and I do not support the NRA (for several reasons).
As a geek though, I recognise the importance of the Bill of Rights (here in the US at least). It would be hypocritical of me to strongly oppose regulation and laws which limit free speech (the 1st amendment) while lobbying for limiting laws and regulation of guns (the 2nd amendment). I think the Bill of Rights should stand pure, and I support all the amendments as strongly as we support free speech.
That being said, I don't want to sound like some crazed gun-loving redneck. I am against the NRA, and I think they lobby for some horrible things.
For one, they are against any quality regulations for gun manufacturer. If I want to manufacturer Teddy Bears as childrens toys, those toys have to pass more government quality and safety tests than a new gun. It's wrong, and backwards - but true.
Also, the NRA is against banning so-called junk guns. Guns which are made of home-made parts and are designed only for close range killing of another human. They are very unreliable and inaccurate, giving them zero value in hunting, competition, or self defence. They are used only in crime - yet the NRA is strongly opposed to banning them. It's sick, but true.
While I am against the NRA, I do believe that the 2nd amendment shouldn't be any more limited or regulated than the 1st. Once the government sees that they can bend the amendments, it's only a matter of time before Free Speech goes down the toilet (even further than it already is).
While this is certainly interesting news, what practical applications could come of this? Why would it be beneficial to humans? What use, if any, can be found in the discovery of these critters??
-- George W. Bush: 1000x better than Clinton the Ass Clown.
Whoever said the nvidia linux drivers are "about the best you can get" is smoking crack.
I'm using the latest drivers from their web site, and X server crashes are a daily occurance for me.
I've tried their redhat RPM's, I've tried building the source RPM's, I've tried using older versions of the driver.... Nada.
My system is rock solid stable and will run for months w/o a reboot with a load average of 6. However, graphic apps like movie players and 3d games will crash my Xserver. My case ambient temps are just a few degrees above room temp with all the fans I have installed. I've even tried returning my Ti4200 and trying a different card just in case something was wrong with it.
Never used to happen EVER with my MAtrox G400. Don't get me wrong - I love the performance of my Ti4200 - I just hate the crap drivers.
Nvidia, if your listening: Thanks for supporting Linux, my favorite OS, but please improve the stability of your drivers!!!
I'm still wondering why people are calling this a recession economy. (I'm assuming you're refering to the US here - if not, then disregard this post)
Despite all the tech sector layoffs, unemployment is still very low. A record number of people have cell phones and high-speed internet access to their homes (neither of which is "required" to live.)
The higher priced (and higher quality) euro car brands are selling like hotcakes and posting record sales quarters. Check MB, Land Rover, Audi, or BMW's sales in the past 11 months.
And real-estate prices are SKY high. A small 2 bedroom home in my neighborhood sells for over half a million US dollars! Expect to spend 1 or 2 million+ if you want a medium or large home and you want a yard. The condo building across the street sells their cheapest model for $400,000 - their most expensive 3 bedroom condo is over $2,000,000. I just bought my first home - a $675,000 "fixer-upper" as they called it. Sheesh.
The NASDAQ and the NYSE are in the toilet, but that's due to those bastard large company CEO's taking insider loans and falsifying financial records.
It's true that prior to WWII, the stock market WAS the econonmy. Not so any more. The stock market is just a fraction of what makes up the economy.
If we go to war with Iraq and oust the bastard Saddam, everyone knows that war = more government spending = more money in peoples pockets.
To hell with the so-called financial experts on TV who claim the economy is shit. These fools are usually recent college grads who don't know a thing, or they are people who were fired from large financial institutions for their incompetence. They wouldn't know a screw driver from a bus driver.
Just telling it like it is....
I'm not sure I like the noise level the fan on this card makes. I like a Quiet PC. Or at least one that doesnt sound like a vacuum cleaner.
And I definitely don't like the fact that it occupies two PCI slots. I knew this was coming sooner or later as most SGI video adapters are about as thick as two PCI slots. I'm talking about the video adapters in the MIPS workstations (Octane and such). I simply don't have room in my case for this card if it takes two PCI slots.
Hopefully someone will come up with an aftermarket watercooling solution for this card that would get rid of the noise and hopefully fit in one PCI slot.
Just my two cents.
Did you read the article?? Or even my post for that matter? I never claimed that the robots "string it or anything".
These sewer bots must be very resiliant animals indeed if they are to contend with the poo and filth of the sewers. I wonder if this same rugged sewer bot technology could be used by NASA or the military?
The sewer seems like such an foul environment, with numerous bacterias and small animals. Seems like a fiber laid in the sewer has a greater chance of being severed than one that's laid in dedicated pipes. What's preventing Joe Sanitation worker from cutting or tripping over these fibers?
Perhaps they should start a fund, similar to what Blender did?
When Blender when under, they started a fund to which anyone could contribute (and I did.) Now their 3D modeling product is open source.
I wouldn't mind paying a few bucks to open the source.
by the whole phenomenon. What is the appeal of shopping on this particular day? I understand there are sales, but they will continue until well past Christmas.
This day is about nothing more than spending money. Blatent consumerism at its worst. It's a shame there isn't a universally recognised day of the year in which people strive to help someone in need, or do their part to reduce pollution (walk or ride with someone else). If there was, we would certainly be better off.
FWIW, I didn't spend a dime on black friday.
I see many posts here complaining about this guy's home made PVR. They are all complaining about the lack of features or this and that. It's a work in progress folks and it's just been started! Grow up!
I wonder if these same complainers were complaining in 1993 about Linux kernel 0.9x "Microsoft has more features!" "Microsoft has a better GUI!" "Why should we spend all the time configuring this Linux thing when we could just spend $300 and buy Windows".
The arguments are identical. Cut this fellow some slack for daring to build something that you won't even attempt.
A major advantage, especially to the Open Source community of 64 bits on the desktop is software development.
Remember, many (most?) open source developers are private individuals and not huge corporations. Allowing individual open source developers to own an affordable 64 bit desktop machine will allow them to more effectively develop and debug the code that runs on the 64 bit servers.
It only seems natural that a developer, given a 64 bit system to develop and debug code on, is going to produce better 64 bit code. And we all want Linux (and the BSD's!) to be the best 64 bit platform it can be, right??
I see many posts here wondering about porting Linux to 64 bit...
Remember the Alpha? 64 bit goodness all the way. Has been running Linux for years.
And for those old enough to remember... Microsoft did support Win NT on the Alpha just a few years ago.
As far as the software goes, both Linux and Microsoft are ready for 64 bit computing.
The kernel is already 64 bit compatible. Remember Alpha? I have a PersonalWorkstation 500Mhz Alpha. It's running RedHat 7.2 and it's great.
Thats one of the great things about our linux kernel and many GNU applications - They've been running in 64 bit land on the Alpha for years.
While others will have to do ports and worry about the little-endian and big-endian details, We're already there as far as the software is concerned.
Do you use Micro$oft Passport?
- Yes
- No
- I'm Afraid to
- Cowboyneal is my Passport