Why not contact the manufacturers themselves, and asking for some of their 'grade-b' stuff? I'm sure they'll be happy to either tell you to buzz off, or send you oodles of broken monitors for little more than shipping.
You also might want to look for places that repair them, and other monitors of that nature. Computer shops, in other words.
Another place might be your local neighborhood TV repair shop. But this might be stretching it a bit, because I've found that most of the shops these days are filled with idiots that wouldn't know the right end of a monitor to look at, let alone fix the innards of it.
And if that all fails, then goto the junkyard and look in the newer SUV's and Van's for the LCD screens that come in some of them... and hope that the grizzled old guy behind the counter doesn't realize that is worth 500 bucks... And doesn't want you to pay with ass-dollars...
This is what I've been looking for--the net install disks. Thank you.
However, the lack of a CD-burner problem still remains; I have a 60 GB RAID-0 formatted as NTFS that I wish to turn into a disk that I can use in Linux. And AFAIK, there isn't anything to convert NTFS to EXT2/3, and I need some of those files (drivers, mp3/OGG, pictures (vacation, not porn), etc.) off of it.
I know I can read the NTFS disk, but that doesn't help me at all as I want to actually use the disk as a read/writeable disk--not a read-only disc.
So you see, the CD-Burner wasn't just for the ISO's (I didn't know about the net install at the time) to be burned. It was to preserve my files on the migration over to the new system.
But thank you for the honest and informative reply to my questions, even when they were OT.
No, I asked a valid question, and then I simply short-cut what everyone would say about me when anyone asks why Linux does anything it does. Which is "Because it can."
This was not for a flame--I honestly want to know if it is a huge increase, or a small increase. I'm planning on switching as soon as I get a new CDRW to burn the ISO's.
Whatever. I'll get the "+1 Flamebait" and I'll live with it.
What does this translate into real-world usage? Or am I just another stupid Micro-Serf who doesn't get that _every_ percentage increase is an increase to write to Slashdot about.
I can't wait until they make hips that will make grandma bigger, better, faster, stronger.
Imagine it now: full contact bingo/shuffleboard/canasta is once again possible!
Now grandpa can PROVE to us that he used to walk uphill to school--in the snow, with no shoes--for 20 miles!
Uncle Leroy can _finally_ show us the move that won him the '93 Limbo tournament--which coincidentally broke the hip in the first place!
Oh the joy of old age and technology combined.
And, if we apply Moore's Law to this, I should be able to have a full endoskeleton that will increase my strength 1000 times by the time I'm 45. Combined with the fact that computers/technology will be getting smaller at the same rate, I will be able to have a Beowulf cluster of computers inside myself--which in turn will be connected over a wireless network (called "The Grid" by the kids of the day.) that will connect every person on the planet.
We will be walking, living, breathing, and thinking Beowulf clusters. And that will be the true end of these stupid "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!" posts in Slashdot!
Rule #2 is if they DO bite you, is to NOT fling it across the room. Its a little bite, and it hurts just as bad as getting some blood drawn at the doctors.
And a tetanus shot? Are their teeth made of rusty-iron or something?
Last I heard, you needed a RABIES shot after an animal bite. But if the mouse had rabies, it would be freaking out--and why'd you ever pick up a mouse who's banging itself against the glass and generally acting absolutely nuts is beyond me.
Again, sorry about that. I was just trying to get the coveted (?) FP on slashdot.
Methinks that this will be modded to 'Offtopic' soon. But then again, it's off the front-page and I don't think that many people read the posts from days past.
I guess I was a little overzealous with my first post, in an attempt to get the 'FP'. Sorry 'bout that.
What I meant to say was--who cares if you don't get that many re-writes with CD-RW media. Sony has that new DVD-R/RW drive that does both 'plus' and 'minus' media.
Why make it into SVCD's at all, when you can make it DVD's?
Quote: Power outlets exist in almost every man made structure in the industrial world. And in most cars too. I can charge my laptop/cellphone/PDA anywhere. The same can't said about the fuels used in fuel cells.
Not yet anyway...
Imagine picking up a fuelcell the size of a bic-lighter (might look similar too.) and tossing your old one in a bin (for recycling/refilling) and slipping the new one in.
AMD (as it stands right now) Is currently not the most powerful computer, the Intel 2.8 GHz with a 533 MHz bus is, even on 'identical' systems.
For me, my last x86 processor will be the Athlon XP 2200+, and then its onto the Hammer. I never buy Intel, because I don't like paying extra for the name. I'll pay extra for performance, which is what I get (usually) with AMD. not to mention I'm almost guaranteed of being able to use all my old hardware with my new system, unlike Intel, which changes things about every week.
But anyway--its AMD for me, and I think that AMD really means 'All My Dough' because that's who's getting it from me.;)
Umm... Hello? How about Unreal, Quake, Quake2, Half-Life, No One Lives Forever, Soldier of Fortune 1&2, Aliens Vs Predator 1&2, Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt?
I know I've seen on this thread the hatred for modem users and their effect on the multiplayer games... they make them so PAINFULLY slow, that its unbearable to even try and play. I've got DSL, and unless I'm the server, I HATE playing online because of the LAG.
And to everyone who says "Well, its not _that_ bad." is just fooling themselves.
I never bought Quake3. why? because I hate lan games. and besides ID never wanted that one to fly that well anyway--they were making that game purely for the licensing of the engine. Which is making lots of cash I hear...
The rule of the world is that for every one person who likes something, there is another person who dislikes it with just as much. I personally don't give a hoot about online play. I've got a super-fast computer, that can do billions of operations a second. I want my games to look, feel, react, move, and think as realistically as absolutely possible.
I wanted to know exactly how far could we get with realism, and I came upon some algorithm that can accurately simulate the flow of water, mud, syrup, etc. etc...
the game I want is the game that is simply so real, and so detailed, that it would be up to the MOD community to make games for it.
Can you imagine a engine that was just SO good, that anything was possible? How about realistic flight, that uses the density of air and the physics of it over the wings to truly give a unique and different feel to each plane in the game? Same thing goes for cars, bikes, carts, 4-wheelers, ect. ect. If you coded in the BASIC rules of our world, then the game world would simply fall into place.
But, I'm just a lowly coder who knows noting more than a few shell scripts and a teensy amount of C. so I don't get to voice my opinion... oh wait. ^_-
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Why not contact the manufacturers themselves, and asking for some of their 'grade-b' stuff? I'm sure they'll be happy to either tell you to buzz off, or send you oodles of broken monitors for little more than shipping.
You also might want to look for places that repair them, and other monitors of that nature. Computer shops, in other words.
Another place might be your local neighborhood TV repair shop. But this might be stretching it a bit, because I've found that most of the shops these days are filled with idiots that wouldn't know the right end of a monitor to look at, let alone fix the innards of it.
And if that all fails, then goto the junkyard and look in the newer SUV's and Van's for the LCD screens that come in some of them... and hope that the grizzled old guy behind the counter doesn't realize that is worth 500 bucks... And doesn't want you to pay with ass-dollars...
BackPassage. ;)
This is what I've been looking for--the net install disks. Thank you.
However, the lack of a CD-burner problem still remains; I have a 60 GB RAID-0 formatted as NTFS that I wish to turn into a disk that I can use in Linux. And AFAIK, there isn't anything to convert NTFS to EXT2/3, and I need some of those files (drivers, mp3/OGG, pictures (vacation, not porn), etc.) off of it.
I know I can read the NTFS disk, but that doesn't help me at all as I want to actually use the disk as a read/writeable disk--not a read-only disc.
So you see, the CD-Burner wasn't just for the ISO's (I didn't know about the net install at the time) to be burned. It was to preserve my files on the migration over to the new system.
But thank you for the honest and informative reply to my questions, even when they were OT.
Well, as a Micro-serf... I don't recompile the Kernel too often. Nor do I compile much sourcecode on my system.
And why don't I try the new kernel?
*Puts on flame-proof armor*
Because I'm still running WindowsXP.
I'd like to switch--I really would. I can't burn the ISO's of the CD's because my burner won't work, and I can't buy the boxed set 'cause I'm broke.
I'm gonna buy the 52x24x52 burner next pay. But until then, I'm stuck in Windows.
Riiiight.
No, I asked a valid question, and then I simply short-cut what everyone would say about me when anyone asks why Linux does anything it does. Which is "Because it can."
This was not for a flame--I honestly want to know if it is a huge increase, or a small increase. I'm planning on switching as soon as I get a new CDRW to burn the ISO's.
Whatever. I'll get the "+1 Flamebait" and I'll live with it.
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We special high-karma folks have privledges...
Said the AC from Oblivion...
*LAUGHING* How did that get a +2 score? Aww, who cares--its Slashdot. News for Neanderthals. Stuff that is inconsequential. right?
What does this translate into real-world usage? Or am I just another stupid Micro-Serf who doesn't get that _every_ percentage increase is an increase to write to Slashdot about.
I can't wait until they make hips that will make grandma bigger, better, faster, stronger.
Imagine it now: full contact bingo/shuffleboard/canasta is once again possible!
Now grandpa can PROVE to us that he used to walk uphill to school--in the snow, with no shoes--for 20 miles!
Uncle Leroy can _finally_ show us the move that won him the '93 Limbo tournament--which coincidentally broke the hip in the first place!
Oh the joy of old age and technology combined.
And, if we apply Moore's Law to this, I should be able to have a full endoskeleton that will increase my strength 1000 times by the time I'm 45. Combined with the fact that computers/technology will be getting smaller at the same rate, I will be able to have a Beowulf cluster of computers inside myself--which in turn will be connected over a wireless network (called "The Grid" by the kids of the day.) that will connect every person on the planet.
We will be walking, living, breathing, and thinking Beowulf clusters. And that will be the true end of these stupid "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!" posts in Slashdot!
Well, rule #1 is don't scare the little bugger.
Rule #2 is if they DO bite you, is to NOT fling it across the room. Its a little bite, and it hurts just as bad as getting some blood drawn at the doctors.
And a tetanus shot? Are their teeth made of rusty-iron or something?
Last I heard, you needed a RABIES shot after an animal bite. But if the mouse had rabies, it would be freaking out--and why'd you ever pick up a mouse who's banging itself against the glass and generally acting absolutely nuts is beyond me.
1. Remove floppy drive from computer.
2. ???
3. SUCCESS/PROFIT!
What a hilarious story...
Completely OT, but still funny.
Again, sorry about that. I was just trying to get the coveted (?) FP on slashdot.
Methinks that this will be modded to 'Offtopic' soon. But then again, it's off the front-page and I don't think that many people read the posts from days past.
I guess I was a little overzealous with my first post, in an attempt to get the 'FP'. Sorry 'bout that.
What I meant to say was--who cares if you don't get that many re-writes with CD-RW media. Sony has that new DVD-R/RW drive that does both 'plus' and 'minus' media.
Why make it into SVCD's at all, when you can make it DVD's?
That's what I meant.
Yay! a FP for me!
I think this could work, but i'd be worried about how long CD-RW will last when compared with the new DVD drive from sony that does all the formats.
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Power outlets exist in almost every man made structure in the industrial world. And in most cars too. I can charge my laptop/cellphone/PDA anywhere. The same can't said about the fuels used in fuel cells.
Not yet anyway...
Imagine picking up a fuelcell the size of a bic-lighter (might look similar too.) and tossing your old one in a bin (for recycling/refilling) and slipping the new one in.
"Better living through chemicals." I always say.
They keep on doing this until they find a way to lock it down to the point were nobody can hack it.
Err... Has Slashdot taught you anything?
No matter how complex the 'security' is of a device... no matter how custom the hardware is... no matter how proprietary the format is...
It still has to run code.
And anything is possible with the proper code. Anything.
I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this, but I've been saying for years:
"As long as it can do somthing, then there is a way to make it do something else."
If something can run code, then there is a way to make it run other code. Plain and simple.
Nothing will be 100% secure. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
To think anything else is just plain stupid.
Even their 'online' network won't be 100% secure. Never. someone will figure out a way to get around it. I guarantee it.
It was actually at the back of the Delorian.
Which is why you use water-cooling, silly.
;)
AMD (as it stands right now) Is currently not the most powerful computer, the Intel 2.8 GHz with a 533 MHz bus is, even on 'identical' systems.
For me, my last x86 processor will be the Athlon XP 2200+, and then its onto the Hammer. I never buy Intel, because I don't like paying extra for the name. I'll pay extra for performance, which is what I get (usually) with AMD. not to mention I'm almost guaranteed of being able to use all my old hardware with my new system, unlike Intel, which changes things about every week.
But anyway--its AMD for me, and I think that AMD really means 'All My Dough' because that's who's getting it from me.
Umm... Hello? How about Unreal, Quake, Quake2, Half-Life, No One Lives Forever, Soldier of Fortune 1&2, Aliens Vs Predator 1&2, Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt?
I know I've seen on this thread the hatred for modem users and their effect on the multiplayer games... they make them so PAINFULLY slow, that its unbearable to even try and play. I've got DSL, and unless I'm the server, I HATE playing online because of the LAG.
And to everyone who says "Well, its not _that_ bad." is just fooling themselves.
I never bought Quake3. why? because I hate lan games. and besides ID never wanted that one to fly that well anyway--they were making that game purely for the licensing of the engine. Which is making lots of cash I hear...
The rule of the world is that for every one person who likes something, there is another person who dislikes it with just as much. I personally don't give a hoot about online play. I've got a super-fast computer, that can do billions of operations a second. I want my games to look, feel, react, move, and think as realistically as absolutely possible.
I wanted to know exactly how far could we get with realism, and I came upon some algorithm that can accurately simulate the flow of water, mud, syrup, etc. etc...
the game I want is the game that is simply so real, and so detailed, that it would be up to the MOD community to make games for it.
Can you imagine a engine that was just SO good, that anything was possible? How about realistic flight, that uses the density of air and the physics of it over the wings to truly give a unique and different feel to each plane in the game? Same thing goes for cars, bikes, carts, 4-wheelers, ect. ect. If you coded in the BASIC rules of our world, then the game world would simply fall into place.
But, I'm just a lowly coder who knows noting more than a few shell scripts and a teensy amount of C. so I don't get to voice my opinion... oh wait. ^_-