I haven't used them, so I can't say what viewing problems they actually have, but searching for Hyundai 3D Monitor Polarization shows that at least some of the Hyundai 3D monitors use Circular Polarization (just like the RealD system at the movies), so tilting your head wouldn't have that problem.
I'm guessing the tarball gets around the "permissions are whiped-out" issue, and as the GP mentions, this is only for moving files from one *nix machine to another (not playing files off of the external drive).
Seem pretty straight-forward to me. It just doesn't address the permissions problem when playing files directly off of the drive.
If you want to see the rest of the stats on this and all the other optical mouse sensor chips, check out my Optical Mouse Sensor Review site.
Also, I've seen these mouses pictured in the SetPoint device files for the past few months. I'll add them to my UberOptions mod (to enable all the extra features Logitech dumbed-down) when I get the chance.
BTW, the V500 does have audio-feedback directly from the mouse. I didn't notice it at home, but when I brought my V500 to the office it was quiet enough to hear the little 'tick's that it makes when you scroll.
My major problem with the V500 is the lack of a middle click button. Hopefully in later models you can tap on the scroll panel to do a middle-click, but currently you can only do slide left, right, up, or down.
BTW, You can change the slide-left and slide-right as programmable buttons if you install my UberOptions mod for SetPoint. It works for any Logitech SetPoint-controlled device (all the newer keyboards and mice), and enables editing of all the buttons and adds all sorts of options.
Optical Mouse Sensor info
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Check out my sight here: Optical Mouse Sensor review for lots of info on the actual sensors used in various optical mice.
I wanted to know the actual stats of the sensors used but couldn't find a site with technical info. So I made one.
If you have a mouse not listed, I'd appreciate info and/or pictures.
Also, if you use a Logitech mouse and/or keyboard that uses the SetPoint driver, unlock loads of features with my UberOptions mod for SetPoint.
-Richard
Flash Firewire is still as slow as the flash chip
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Firewire is faster than USB 2.0 for hard drives, but flash-based devices have significantly slower access speeds than hard drives, so the speed of Firewire wouldn't be a factor.
As new chipsets will be based on PCI-Express (PCIe), support for ExpressCards will be built-in (since ExpressCards are just an interface to PCIe + USB 2.0).
If the manufacturer doesn't need to add support for the ISA+PCI busses (as that is what PCMCIA 16-bit and CardBus 32-bit cards use), they can save that much production cost, energy use, etc.
ExpressCard will be supported for the same reasons as the underlying PCIe bus.
Now, whether the laptop you next buy supports ExpressCards, PC Cards, or both is somewhat up to you (and what all other buyers want). Just as there are PC motherboards that have both PCI and PCIe slots, I expect there will be laptops with both PC Card and ExpressCard slots, at least for a while.
Note that the same simplification is happening with USB vs. RS232 and Parallel ports.
Here you go: No! Flash: freeware Flash enable/disable for IE. Sits in your systray, click it to toggle Flash on/off. Also can do other ad blocking (popups, kill animated GIFs, etc.) I leave Flash disabled most of the time, and enable it before I visit homestarrunner.com
I just ordered one today. Check FatWallet.com's Hot Deals forum for deals such as this all the time. If I was more on-the-ball, I could have gotten a WAP for free after rebate in weeks past.
So then a mouse should be USB 1, not 2. If it doesn't go at USB2 speeds, it shouldn't be called USB 2. Manufacturers are labeling USB 1 things as USB 2 to increase sales while deliberately misleading people. That is clearly wrong, and should be stopped.
But is does "go at USB2 speeds": they run at the USB 2.0 "Low Speed" (1.5Mbps).
802.11b runs at 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, or 11Mbps. USB 2.0 runs at 1.5Mbps ("Low Speed"), 12Mbps ("Full Speed", what a stupid name), or 480Mbps ("High Speed"). People just need to understand that the name of the standard doesn't relate to a specific transfer speed.
The real problem is if manufacturers don't list on the packaging what actual data rate they do use. Don't support manufacturers that don't provide you the information you want to know.
I skimmed the rest of the PDF, and it's definitely backwards from AT/ATX.
Page 12 clearly shows the slots to the left of the rear panel area, unless they were viewing thru the bottom of the board, which they aren't. The volumetric zones shown on page 13 lined up with the "Primary Side Volumetric Zone" picture on page 15 makes this absolutely clear.
Doesn't look like the case needs to change either...
If I understand what I'm seeing, the BTX is reversed from the ATX: the Rear Panel I/O is to the left of the Card Slots instead of to the right like AT/ATX have been.
This puts the motherboard on other the side of the case for tower designs and means that your tower case will open on the right-hand side to access the guts.
So, BTX cases will be very different from ATX and it won't be a simple case mod to make a BTX motherboard fit in a (formerly) ATX case.
I guess this means my originally Full-AT tower case that I modded to fit ATX with the plugs in the front will take some serious re-designing.
I like the Intellimouse Optical's button arrangement and size better than the Intellimouse Explorer, and I've been completely spoiled by having 5 buttons.
A few weeks ago my left-button started getting flakey (after maybe 4 years of use) so I checked-out what was available and was really amazed with the lack of comparable replacements. I needed: optical tracking, wheel, at least 5 buttons, but didn't want any wireless stuff (I already have a consumer-IR remote for that).
The Logitech MX500 fit the bill pretty good, but has both the extra buttons 4-5 on the thumb side and I prefer the Intellimouse Optical's arrangement. The Logitech MX310 looks nice, but I never saw it at any of the stores I went to. In the end, the Intellimouse Optical was still the only one I found that I liked.
Anyway, I managed to just replace the switch in my originally Intellimouse Optical with one from an old ball-mouse. I've found that most mice use the exact same part for the switches, so it's a simple de-soldering job to replace them. As the buttons are the only part that really wears-out on optical mice and I have lots of old ball mice to scavenge, I hope to keep re-building my current mouse for years to come.
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Instead of an acid bath, have they tried bombarding the cells with slightly-greasy solar radiation?
Then the site is probably all ads anyway and can just be completely avoided. In an entire internet of sites I'm sure we won't miss that one.
TFA already does that. Heat Source->Spreader->tiny air gap with good heat transfer due to being tiny and churned->spinning heatsink/propeller.
Reminds me of Dethwater
I haven't used them, so I can't say what viewing problems they actually have, but searching for Hyundai 3D Monitor Polarization shows that at least some of the Hyundai 3D monitors use Circular Polarization (just like the RealD system at the movies), so tilting your head wouldn't have that problem.
I'm guessing the tarball gets around the "permissions are whiped-out" issue, and as the GP mentions, this is only for moving files from one *nix machine to another (not playing files off of the external drive). Seem pretty straight-forward to me. It just doesn't address the permissions problem when playing files directly off of the drive.
Also, I've seen these mouses pictured in the SetPoint device files for the past few months. I'll add them to my UberOptions mod (to enable all the extra features Logitech dumbed-down) when I get the chance.
My major problem with the V500 is the lack of a middle click button. Hopefully in later models you can tap on the scroll panel to do a middle-click, but currently you can only do slide left, right, up, or down.
BTW, You can change the slide-left and slide-right as programmable buttons if you install my UberOptions mod for SetPoint. It works for any Logitech SetPoint-controlled device (all the newer keyboards and mice), and enables editing of all the buttons and adds all sorts of options.
Since you already have Firefox running, just install the SpellBound extension and spell check your blog entries as you submit them.
For MSIE users, get ieSpell.
I wanted to know the actual stats of the sensors used but couldn't find a site with technical info. So I made one.
If you have a mouse not listed, I'd appreciate info and/or pictures.
Also, if you use a Logitech mouse and/or keyboard that uses the SetPoint driver, unlock loads of features with my UberOptions mod for SetPoint.
-Richard
Firewire is faster than USB 2.0 for hard drives, but flash-based devices have significantly slower access speeds than hard drives, so the speed of Firewire wouldn't be a factor.
As new chipsets will be based on PCI-Express (PCIe), support for ExpressCards will be built-in (since ExpressCards are just an interface to PCIe + USB 2.0).
If the manufacturer doesn't need to add support for the ISA+PCI busses (as that is what PCMCIA 16-bit and CardBus 32-bit cards use), they can save that much production cost, energy use, etc.
ExpressCard will be supported for the same reasons as the underlying PCIe bus.
Now, whether the laptop you next buy supports ExpressCards, PC Cards, or both is somewhat up to you (and what all other buyers want). Just as there are PC motherboards that have both PCI and PCIe slots, I expect there will be laptops with both PC Card and ExpressCard slots, at least for a while.
Note that the same simplification is happening with USB vs. RS232 and Parallel ports.
Here you go: No! Flash: freeware Flash enable/disable for IE. Sits in your systray, click it to toggle Flash on/off. Also can do other ad blocking (popups, kill animated GIFs, etc.)
I leave Flash disabled most of the time, and enable it before I visit homestarrunner.com
I just ordered one today. Check FatWallet.com's Hot Deals forum for deals such as this all the time. If I was more on-the-ball, I could have gotten a WAP for free after rebate in weeks past.
Because the C++ version is non-recursive.
I'm glad he did it this way. I had heard of a previous student that programmed it non-recursively. Now I have an example to look at.
But is does "go at USB2 speeds": they run at the USB 2.0 "Low Speed" (1.5Mbps).
802.11b runs at 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, or 11Mbps. USB 2.0 runs at 1.5Mbps ("Low Speed"), 12Mbps ("Full Speed", what a stupid name), or 480Mbps ("High Speed"). People just need to understand that the name of the standard doesn't relate to a specific transfer speed.
The real problem is if manufacturers don't list on the packaging what actual data rate they do use. Don't support manufacturers that don't provide you the information you want to know.
-Richard L. OwensI was just reading-up on PCI Express (since it is mentioned in the BTX PDF and I didn't know much about it), and look at the image of this "BigWater reference form factor shown at IDF 2002".
That looks just like the microBTX layout as shown labeled "Desktop (Top View)" in Figure 1 (page 9).
And you will note that the expansion slots are on the other side of the rear panel i/o from our beloved ATX.
I rest my (soon-to-be outdated) case.
-Richard L. Owens
I skimmed the rest of the PDF, and it's definitely backwards from AT/ATX.
Page 12 clearly shows the slots to the left of the rear panel area, unless they were viewing thru the bottom of the board, which they aren't. The volumetric zones shown on page 13 lined up with the "Primary Side Volumetric Zone" picture on page 15 makes this absolutely clear.
Very strange indeed.
-Richard L. Owens
If I understand what I'm seeing, the BTX is reversed from the ATX: the Rear Panel I/O is to the left of the Card Slots instead of to the right like AT/ATX have been.
This puts the motherboard on other the side of the case for tower designs and means that your tower case will open on the right-hand side to access the guts.
So, BTX cases will be very different from ATX and it won't be a simple case mod to make a BTX motherboard fit in a (formerly) ATX case.
I guess this means my originally Full-AT tower case that I modded to fit ATX with the plugs in the front will take some serious re-designing.
-Richard L. Owens
I love the Microsoft Intellimouse Optical - the slightly slimmer and uni-handed sister of the huge Intellimouse Explorer.
I like the Intellimouse Optical's button arrangement and size better than the Intellimouse Explorer, and I've been completely spoiled by having 5 buttons.
A few weeks ago my left-button started getting flakey (after maybe 4 years of use) so I checked-out what was available and was really amazed with the lack of comparable replacements. I needed: optical tracking, wheel, at least 5 buttons, but didn't want any wireless stuff (I already have a consumer-IR remote for that).
The Logitech MX500 fit the bill pretty good, but has both the extra buttons 4-5 on the thumb side and I prefer the Intellimouse Optical's arrangement. The Logitech MX310 looks nice, but I never saw it at any of the stores I went to. In the end, the Intellimouse Optical was still the only one I found that I liked.
Anyway, I managed to just replace the switch in my originally Intellimouse Optical with one from an old ball-mouse. I've found that most mice use the exact same part for the switches, so it's a simple de-soldering job to replace them. As the buttons are the only part that really wears-out on optical mice and I have lots of old ball mice to scavenge, I hope to keep re-building my current mouse for years to come.
-Richard L. OwensBut then the terrorists will have won.
1. Wait for God to ask me to. 2. Say, "Move thou hence." 3. Prophet! -Russ
And "Built on NT Technology" ("NT" might have meant "New Technology")
LOL