Same story here, except mine was the '80s version of the same model. 1980 was when they introduced the 'aerodynamic' version of that model, which basically meant nothing, except that they all seemed to leave the factory with bad paint jobs.
That damned engine had to be rebuilt after about 60,000 miles. My father (yeah, he 'let me use' the car) rebuilt that damnable engine twice.
Funny you should mention speed--that machine started this crazy, deadly oscillation after it passed the 80mph mark. It was like at that speed the car just hit the perfect harmonic frequency with the road and started vibrating itself to death. I never passed 85, for fear of my life.
Man, I miss that car, though. It was perfect for pimpin'!
I've seen units that resemble the NEMAlite (or maybe it was an earlier version of it?) being used by, I think, RPS truck drivers. They tote these little doodads around for confirming their shipments, and (I assume) for dispatching.
The unit I saw had one PCMCIA slot (holding a card attached to an LED barcode pen), 16Meg of RAM, dualscan touch screen, and some strange windows-based typing software. Yes, the whole unit was Windows-based, but this unit only weighed about five pounds or less (didn't have 'expansion slots' like the NEMAlite does.)
Unless you are pretty good with installing linux from a serial port, I don't know if a unit like this would be an option (there was no keyboard port on the unit.)
X10.com has the Learning Remote, and it should pretty much do what you're looking for. Here's a direct link:
http://www.x10.com/products/x10_ur24a.htm
It's cheap, and you can probably pick it up 'for free' if you get some other crap from their site.
It has your typical preprogrammed set of IR codes for many devices. But it can also learn--you just hit the record button, stick your source remote in front of the thing, and transmit/capture. That makes it possible to have it memorize the codes for whatever bizarre remotes that you have.
[I have it, and it works...for the most part. I've found some quirks with it, but those quirks only seemed to be because I was programming several different devices into one set of 'presets.' I was setting the 'VCR' presets to do the volume up/down on my stereo, the channel up/down the channels on the VCR, and the 'mute' to be power on the TV. It didn't seem to like memorizing this broad range of frequencies for one function (VCR, in this case) I could program to the individual buttons ('TV' just for TV stuff, 'VCR' just for VCR stuff) just fine.]
I'll need someone to correct me here, but I think what you want is to run Vmware with the discs(disc images, rather) set in 'non-persistent' mode. That means that after you get the OS installed inside an image, set it 'non-persistent' and any changes to the filesystem will be discarded when you exit the vitual OS.
Vmware might not be a solution for you, if you're dealing with some funky hardware/software that will not work within the confines of Vmware. The nice thing, though, is that you can have all three OSes booted at the same time, all while within the comfort of linux (well, I guess you _could_ run all three OSes from Vmware under NT, but who would want to do that?) I've been told that this is a godsend for coders, who can make a quick change, and very rapidly test the results across all three platforms.
And restoring partitions is a snap--keep a backup of each original.img file, and copy it back whenever you need a fresh install.
Along those lines, another movie was recently modified (though not as intensely as EWS) thanks to our friends at the MPAA. Go to their website, and see if you can figure out the differences between the two movie clips. This ONE section was what the MPAA had a problem with. The two clips are almost identical, yet one of them would have garnered an NC-17 rating, while the other an 'R' rating.
JMS directed one episode, namely, the final episode (Sleeping In Light.) He knew that he was a pretty poor director, so he left that to other people. He only directed the last episode, he says, because:
With great trepidation, and at the urging of Warner Bros., I've decided to direct one episode this season...not because I have any particular ambition to be a director, but because I think it will help me become a better writer by more fully understanding that side of the camera. Given how massively busy I am already, this decision will almost certainly be called as evidence in any sanity trial that might take place in future.
Couldn't have ANYTHING to do with those good samaritans at Iomega, could it?:)
I would place Zip discs at the bottom of my recommended media list. They're slightly more reliable than a floppy, but floppies have the added advantage of not being able to destroy your drive when they go bad (yes, I'm referring to the ClickO'Death.)
And if the DVD audio standard is approved (was it?), then recordable DVDs are _never_ going to get a chance to survive in Canada. You figure that right now the media costs about $50 (anyone confirm that?), if/when it ever comes down in price there is still going to be a $30 surcharge that Canada would be plopping on top of that (assuming 5.2G per DVD)
I can find blank CDRs for less than the Canadian tax on 15minutes of audio...sheesh.
My neighbor's microwave (in an apartment complex) didn't seem to be a problem, but the crappy one in my apartment is (the picture is pretty much obliterated if I try to operate the microwave.)
[Uhh...so why the hell are there all of these 2.4Ghz devices coming out? Networking, phones, etc? Was someone really stupid at the FCC?]
The Big Picture was the old unit--I'm not even sure if they're selling it anymore.
The DVD Anywhere is what you're looking for. It does 2.4Ghz, and has four channels you can use (if you have problems with other 2.4Ghz stuff.) The RCA connector on the back of the receiver is for your TV/VCR, if you don't have an RCA input connector on it. The unit works pretty well--it'll go through closed doors, people, etc. The only thing I've found that fritzes it out is running the microwave (but, YMMV.)
[as someone else said, the DVD anywhere gets you the free Learning Remote (which is friggin' cool--it has a receiver that will memorize IR signals from other remotes, so it lets you combine many of your remotes into one.)]
I'm not trying to be a salesman or anything--I just think it's a good price, if you need something like this. I looked around on the Web and this was, by far, the cheapest way to go. Other companies selling the same unit wanted $300+ for it.
The G200 series (or if you've got money to burn, the G400 series), coupled with the TV/OUT (Mystique comes with, Millenium has to have the TV/OUT added) will hook you up. It DOES have the ability to boot DOS, and indeed, output to the TV as a monitor the entire time. A nice feature of the G200, which many other cards lack, is that it has great TV/OUT--1024X768. You'd really need to jack your font size up to make it readable on a TV at that resolution, though.
If you are going with Windows (I assume you are, because you mentioned DVD playback), using the software Cinemaster engine 1.028 will disable Macrovision protection. A PII-350 should be plenty to do software decompression of DVD with that software engine--the MPEG hardware on the G200 helps...if you had a slower chip (like PII-266 or lower) you'd almost definitely need the specialized hardware on the ATI cards to get decent playback.
To do video input, you're looking to spend a little more money. You can get the addon for the G200 (the Rainbow Runner-G), or just pick up a Marvel from the gitgo. Either way is about the same. Note that you're not going to be getting great video capture/output cards for under $1000, so if you're doing heavy duty stuff you're looking higher end--Miro cards are popular.
If you are doing linux, you might have a few gotchas. You'll probably have to boot DOS, initially, and flash the 'always TV/OUT' function into the BIOS of the card. After that, I don't think it matters what OS you run, because the 60Hz TV/OUT will always be active.
G200 cards can be found for pretty cheap anymore...but, the Marvel sounds like it is more what you're looking for. I would not recommend some cards, like original TNTs, because their MPEG scaling is pretty crummy (and I don't think you can get a TNT+video capture combo card.) And don't even bother with one of those stinky RealMagic cards...ick.
Urm, Open Source will solve everything? I don't recall the 'community' claiming this.
There will always be a need for proprietary, commercial software, because there are too many niche markets (many scientific apps, government stuff--anywhere software is needed that coders have no interest in) where proprietary is the way to go. Those companies don't have in interest in making software to do X task--they have an interest in making software that makes them money.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall ESR ever claiming that Open Source software would abolish the need for proprietary software, end world hunger, or take your dog for a walk.
``Phantom Menace'' is not the only film to be peddled on the Internet. Several publications have reported that ``The Matrix'' and ``Shakespeare in Love'' were among the films that could be found in recent weeks.
These guys are really out of the scene if they think that these were the only movies being moved around two weeks ago. Shakespeare? Um, didn't that come out almost a year ago???
``This was cutting-edge stuff,'' McMahon said, noting that the law firm staff worked around the clock, seven days a week for much of May and June scouting for pirates.
Achieving that required some serious cybersleuthing, McMahon said, though he declined to provide any technical details. Those are trade secrets, the lawyer said.
Gosh, wish we were all privy to those 'trade secrets.' He sure is smart. There were certain spots that they would regularly patrol. ``You have to know the dark street corners of the Internet -- the bad neighborhoods,'' said Neel Chatterjee, another Orrick, Herrington lawyer who worked on the case.
Oooh...the 'dark street corners' of The Internet. Thank god those lawyers are patrolling the bad places for us, and making The Internet safe for everyone...
Man, as great as this news sounds, it's gonna take me a while to work my way up to 100 cups a day. *whew*
Gimme, say, a week.
[Notice how they didn't mention what _type_ of coffee contains 80-100 milligrams of caffeine. I'd say my normal morning cup is right around quadruple of that...so, 25 cups a day doesn't sound _too_ unrealistic, right??]
Read the info on the AfricaOne page. A lot of the continent is currently connected via the 'PANAFTEL' network, which is a series of Microwave towers. They claim that the weather in Africa is so crappy that this network has proved unreliable.
RASCOM is another, rural based connectivity network.
Um, wasn't this 'Ultimate Refinement in PC Design' actually spearheaded by a little company called Monorail, say, 3-4 years ago? They had units that looked exactly like this, and the hardware was not that far removed (Pentium class, 2-3Gig drives, etc.) All the hardware was in the LCD unit, and it actually had a base that looked a little more sturdy than the Z1's base.
I have some of them here at work. They perform well (for what they are), they're quiet, and they can take one expansion card and 2 more SIMMS. The only thing the Monorail's didn't have was an Active Matrix LCD, as far as I know. They were a little pricey when they came out (like $1500-$2500), but this Z1 doesn't seem that much more advanced--except for the LCD.
This year (I believe) Monorail decided that their LCD units were not selling, so they decided to become another clone manufacturer. Though not well recognized or heavily purchased, these machines were ideal for situations where deskspace, noise, and power consumption is at a premium.
I think it would be ironic to see these 'new' machines take off, where the Monorails tried and failed. Releasing a product before the world was ready for it, I guess...
Perhaps the use of the power button instead? Some ATX motherboards do not allow the power button to powerdown the machine immediately. I suppose that it would be possible to have the machine do powerdown if the powerbutton is depressed, but that's probably not the desired effect.
Can the 'Magic SysRQ' key somehow be programmed to do this? I've never actually tried to use it (hard to test crash-level stuff if linux never crashes:), but does it have the capability to be mapped to a 'restart'?
Using two of the same ethercards (3c905 and 3c905b) works for me. Make sure you have enough interrupts available, as well--some cards do not share interrupts as nicely as others do.
Well, how about we add another movie where he did a wonderful job? What's Eating Gilbert Grape, IMHO, was one of his best acting jobs yet. I think it was a very demaning role, because it was hard to really get into such a bizarre character. [side note: I liken that to Tim Curry's wonderful portayal of FrankNFurter in the movie version of Rocky Horror Picture Show--both of them were weird, irregular characters, so almost everything about them had to be created by the actor.]
So, two good movies for him? Two bad ones? Two good ones early in his career, two bad ones later on? How much you wanna bet he made more money on each of the bad ones than he did on the two good ones combined?
I must admit that I don't know the guy's work that well--how many other movies does he have under his belt?
I spent _way_ too much of my life on Tradewars. I played MUDs for quite some time, too, but there was just something _different_ about Tradewars that really made it seem like more of a fantastic universe. It just seemed more cohesive to me, for some reason.
The only pitfall of Rob's basing this on the Tradewars alignment ideal, is that in Tradewars 2002, evil guys _always_ had the advantage. Once you were able to steal well, you were pretty much set up. Sure, the good guys could get the Flagship, but they had to be so gosh-darn good all the time.
Hmmm...I can't find the buttons on the webpage to steal from the ports, though. Damn...Guess I'll just have to post at my normal level, then.
Slashdot Mirror
Hah!
Same story here, except mine was the '80s version of the same model. 1980 was when they introduced the 'aerodynamic' version of that model, which basically meant nothing, except that they all seemed to leave the factory with bad paint jobs.
That damned engine had to be rebuilt after about 60,000 miles. My father (yeah, he 'let me use' the car) rebuilt that damnable engine twice.
Funny you should mention speed--that machine started this crazy, deadly oscillation after it passed the 80mph mark. It was like at that speed the car just hit the perfect harmonic frequency with the road and started vibrating itself to death. I never passed 85, for fear of my life.
Man, I miss that car, though. It was perfect for pimpin'!
I've seen units that resemble the NEMAlite (or maybe it was an earlier version of it?) being used by, I think, RPS truck drivers. They tote these little doodads around for confirming their shipments, and (I assume) for dispatching.
The unit I saw had one PCMCIA slot (holding a card attached to an LED barcode pen), 16Meg of RAM, dualscan touch screen, and some strange windows-based typing software. Yes, the whole unit was Windows-based, but this unit only weighed about five pounds or less (didn't have 'expansion slots' like the NEMAlite does.)
Unless you are pretty good with installing linux from a serial port, I don't know if a unit like this would be an option (there was no keyboard port on the unit.)
No, this is not another shameless X10.com plug :)
X10.com has the Learning Remote, and it should pretty much do what you're looking for. Here's a direct link:
http://www.x10.com/products/x10_ur24a.htm
It's cheap, and you can probably pick it up 'for free' if you get some other crap from their site.
It has your typical preprogrammed set of IR codes for many devices. But it can also learn--you just hit the record button, stick your source remote in front of the thing, and transmit/capture. That makes it possible to have it memorize the codes for whatever bizarre remotes that you have.
[I have it, and it works...for the most part. I've found some quirks with it, but those quirks only seemed to be because I was programming several different devices into one set of 'presets.' I was setting the 'VCR' presets to do the volume up/down on my stereo, the channel up/down the channels on the VCR, and the 'mute' to be power on the TV. It didn't seem to like memorizing this broad range of frequencies for one function (VCR, in this case) I could program to the individual buttons ('TV' just for TV stuff, 'VCR' just for VCR stuff) just fine.]
I'll need someone to correct me here, but I think what you want is to run Vmware with the discs(disc images, rather) set in 'non-persistent' mode. That means that after you get the OS installed inside an image, set it 'non-persistent' and any changes to the filesystem will be discarded when you exit the vitual OS.
.img file, and copy it back whenever you need a fresh install.
Vmware might not be a solution for you, if you're dealing with some funky hardware/software that will not work within the confines of Vmware. The nice thing, though, is that you can have all three OSes booted at the same time, all while within the comfort of linux (well, I guess you _could_ run all three OSes from Vmware under NT, but who would want to do that?) I've been told that this is a godsend for coders, who can make a quick change, and very rapidly test the results across all three platforms.
And restoring partitions is a snap--keep a backup of each original
And if he cracks it four times in a row he can buy the lowest-end G4 system from Apple :)
if they could just "open a Linux Window" and play with the shell and XFree a little
:) [Sorry..had to be said]
Start->Run->telnet [hostname]
[Argh...where'd the friggin link go?]
= 4273
http://www.sputnik7.com/blackandwhite/
[AICN also had a little discussion of it some time ago]
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id
Along those lines, another movie was recently modified (though not as intensely as EWS) thanks to our friends at the MPAA. Go to their website, and see if you can figure out the differences between the two movie clips. This ONE section was what the MPAA had a problem with. The two clips are almost identical, yet one of them would have garnered an NC-17 rating, while the other an 'R' rating.
FYI:
JMS directed one episode, namely, the final episode (Sleeping In Light.) He knew that he was a pretty poor director, so he left that to other people. He only directed the last episode, he says, because:
With great trepidation, and at the urging of Warner Bros., I've decided to direct one episode this season...not because I have any particular ambition to be a director, but because I think it will help me become a better writer by more fully understanding that side of the camera. Given how massively busy I am already, this decision will almost certainly be called as evidence in any sanity trial that might take place in future.
Couldn't have ANYTHING to do with those good samaritans at Iomega, could it? :)
I would place Zip discs at the bottom of my recommended media list. They're slightly more reliable than a floppy, but floppies have the added advantage of not being able to destroy your drive when they go bad (yes, I'm referring to the ClickO'Death.)
No kidding...
And if the DVD audio standard is approved (was it?), then recordable DVDs are _never_ going to get a chance to survive in Canada. You figure that right now the media costs about $50 (anyone confirm that?), if/when it ever comes down in price there is still going to be a $30 surcharge that Canada would be plopping on top of that (assuming 5.2G per DVD)
I can find blank CDRs for less than the Canadian tax on 15minutes of audio...sheesh.
My neighbor's microwave (in an apartment complex) didn't seem to be a problem, but the crappy one in my apartment is (the picture is pretty much obliterated if I try to operate the microwave.)
[Uhh...so why the hell are there all of these 2.4Ghz devices coming out? Networking, phones, etc? Was someone really stupid at the FCC?]
The Big Picture was the old unit--I'm not even sure if they're selling it anymore.
The DVD Anywhere is what you're looking for. It does 2.4Ghz, and has four channels you can use (if you have problems with other 2.4Ghz stuff.) The RCA connector on the back of the receiver is for your TV/VCR, if you don't have an RCA input connector on it. The unit works pretty well--it'll go through closed doors, people, etc. The only thing I've found that fritzes it out is running the microwave (but, YMMV.)
[as someone else said, the DVD anywhere gets you the free Learning Remote (which is friggin' cool--it has a receiver that will memorize IR signals from other remotes, so it lets you combine many of your remotes into one.)]
I'm not trying to be a salesman or anything--I just think it's a good price, if you need something like this. I looked around on the Web and this was, by far, the cheapest way to go. Other companies selling the same unit wanted $300+ for it.
Um, because FM audio quality blows?
:)
Hmm...methinks even though he be Finnish, he may be a disciple of those two most excellent brethren, Bill & Ted. They all have famous quotes:
Jesus O' Nazereth: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto your" [Um, but what if I'm really into S&M??]
Bill S. Preston, Esq: "Be Excellent To Each Other."
The G200 series (or if you've got money to burn, the G400 series), coupled with the TV/OUT (Mystique comes with, Millenium has to have the TV/OUT added) will hook you up. It DOES have the ability to boot DOS, and indeed, output to the TV as a monitor the entire time. A nice feature of the G200, which many other cards lack, is that it has great TV/OUT--1024X768. You'd really need to jack your font size up to make it readable on a TV at that resolution, though.
If you are going with Windows (I assume you are, because you mentioned DVD playback), using the software Cinemaster engine 1.028 will disable Macrovision protection. A PII-350 should be plenty to do software decompression of DVD with that software engine--the MPEG hardware on the G200 helps...if you had a slower chip (like PII-266 or lower) you'd almost definitely need the specialized hardware on the ATI cards to get decent playback.
To do video input, you're looking to spend a little more money. You can get the addon for the G200 (the Rainbow Runner-G), or just pick up a Marvel from the gitgo. Either way is about the same. Note that you're not going to be getting great video capture/output cards for under $1000, so if you're doing heavy duty stuff you're looking higher end--Miro cards are popular.
If you are doing linux, you might have a few gotchas. You'll probably have to boot DOS, initially, and flash the 'always TV/OUT' function into the BIOS of the card. After that, I don't think it matters what OS you run, because the 60Hz TV/OUT will always be active.
G200 cards can be found for pretty cheap anymore...but, the Marvel sounds like it is more what you're looking for. I would not recommend some cards, like original TNTs, because their MPEG scaling is pretty crummy (and I don't think you can get a TNT+video capture combo card.) And don't even bother with one of those stinky RealMagic cards...ick.
Urm, Open Source will solve everything? I don't recall the 'community' claiming this.
There will always be a need for proprietary, commercial software, because there are too many niche markets (many scientific apps, government stuff--anywhere software is needed that coders have no interest in) where proprietary is the way to go. Those companies don't have in interest in making software to do X task--they have an interest in making software that makes them money.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall ESR ever claiming that Open Source software would abolish the need for proprietary software, end world hunger, or take your dog for a walk.
``Phantom Menace'' is not the only film to be peddled on the Internet. Several publications have reported that ``The Matrix'' and ``Shakespeare in Love'' were among the films that could be found in recent weeks.
These guys are really out of the scene if they think that these were the only movies being moved around two weeks ago. Shakespeare? Um, didn't that come out almost a year ago???
``This was cutting-edge stuff,'' McMahon said, noting that the law firm staff worked around the clock, seven days a week for much of May and June scouting for pirates.
Achieving that required some serious cybersleuthing, McMahon said, though he declined to provide any technical details. Those are trade secrets, the lawyer said.
Gosh, wish we were all privy to those 'trade secrets.' He sure is smart.
There were certain spots that they would regularly patrol. ``You have to know the dark street corners of the Internet -- the bad neighborhoods,'' said Neel Chatterjee, another Orrick, Herrington lawyer who worked on the case.
Oooh...the 'dark street corners' of The Internet. Thank god those lawyers are patrolling the bad places for us, and making The Internet safe for everyone...
Man, as great as this news sounds, it's gonna take me a while to work my way up to 100 cups a day. *whew*
Gimme, say, a week.
[Notice how they didn't mention what _type_ of coffee contains 80-100 milligrams of caffeine. I'd say my normal morning cup is right around quadruple of that...so, 25 cups a day doesn't sound _too_ unrealistic, right??]
Read the info on the AfricaOne page. A lot of the continent is currently connected via the 'PANAFTEL' network, which is a series of Microwave towers. They claim that the weather in Africa is so crappy that this network has proved unreliable.
RASCOM is another, rural based connectivity network.
AfricaOne will supercede both of these.
Um, wasn't this 'Ultimate Refinement in PC Design' actually spearheaded by a little company called Monorail, say, 3-4 years ago? They had units that looked exactly like this, and the hardware was not that far removed (Pentium class, 2-3Gig drives, etc.) All the hardware was in the LCD unit, and it actually had a base that looked a little more sturdy than the Z1's base.
I have some of them here at work. They perform well (for what they are), they're quiet, and they can take one expansion card and 2 more SIMMS. The only thing the Monorail's didn't have was an Active Matrix LCD, as far as I know. They were a little pricey when they came out (like $1500-$2500), but this Z1 doesn't seem that much more advanced--except for the LCD.
This year (I believe) Monorail decided that their LCD units were not selling, so they decided to become another clone manufacturer. Though not well recognized or heavily purchased, these machines were ideal for situations where deskspace, noise, and power consumption is at a premium.
I think it would be ironic to see these 'new' machines take off, where the Monorails tried and failed. Releasing a product before the world was ready for it, I guess...
Perhaps the use of the power button instead? Some ATX motherboards do not allow the power button to powerdown the machine immediately. I suppose that it would be possible to have the machine do powerdown if the powerbutton is depressed, but that's probably not the desired effect.
:), but does it have the capability to be mapped to a 'restart'?
Can the 'Magic SysRQ' key somehow be programmed to do this? I've never actually tried to use it (hard to test crash-level stuff if linux never crashes
Using two of the same ethercards (3c905 and 3c905b) works for me. Make sure you have enough interrupts available, as well--some cards do not share interrupts as nicely as others do.
Well, how about we add another movie where he did a wonderful job? What's Eating Gilbert Grape, IMHO, was one of his best acting jobs yet. I think it was a very demaning role, because it was hard to really get into such a bizarre character. [side note: I liken that to Tim Curry's wonderful portayal of FrankNFurter in the movie version of Rocky Horror Picture Show--both of them were weird, irregular characters, so almost everything about them had to be created by the actor.]
So, two good movies for him? Two bad ones? Two good ones early in his career, two bad ones later on? How much you wanna bet he made more money on each of the bad ones than he did on the two good ones combined?
I must admit that I don't know the guy's work that well--how many other movies does he have under his belt?
I spent _way_ too much of my life on Tradewars. I played MUDs for quite some time, too, but there was just something _different_ about Tradewars that really made it seem like more of a fantastic universe. It just seemed more cohesive to me, for some reason.
The only pitfall of Rob's basing this on the Tradewars alignment ideal, is that in Tradewars 2002, evil guys _always_ had the advantage. Once you were able to steal well, you were pretty much set up. Sure, the good guys could get the Flagship, but they had to be so gosh-darn good all the time.
Hmmm...I can't find the buttons on the webpage to steal from the ports, though. Damn...Guess I'll just have to post at my normal level, then.