"A surprising number of people have asked about the doctoral thesis my partner wrote on this machine. Just to clarify, it was written using it, not about it (i.e. it was about feminist philosophy, and not what nerds do in their spare time)."
Yes, you are correct. Technically, the sound will not be as good since it is now doubly compressed AAC-MP3 but it is doable. DRM, like locks, really just keeps honest people honest. If you are dead set in committing a crime, be it stealing music or breaking into a house, DRM/lock will not stop you.
"If you include DRM -- you will sink like a lead balloon."
Oh yeah, this explains why Apple sold 2 million songs in 2 weeks? I think company and individuals have a right to protect their intellectual property. Therefore, I support fair DRM like the one iTunes Music Store is doing (unlimited iPod, unlimited streaming, unlimited buring (up to 10 times for the same PLaylist), and allowable on up to 3 Macs).
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Warner Brothers would also like to thank Armani, Rayban, and Samsung for their generous support in outfitting the cast.
For those of you who have seen the movie you know I am not making this up. I am surprised I did not see a Taco Bell inside Zion.
There have always been moviews with gratuitous nude scenes (yes, some of you may argue that there is no such thing but that's another discussion).
This movie has so many gratuitous CG scenes i.e. the 10 minute ship docking scene that does nothing to advance the story it made me think I am watching Star Wars II (the addition of a monotonous council did not help).
"how did Neo stop the Sentinels that came at him in the real world?"
Obviously, this is to be explained in the next Matrix movie. Another explanation, what if this 'real world' is not real?
how is it that the Architect said they had destroyed Zion many times?
This probably ties into the Buddhist philosophy of reincarnation. Each reincarnate i.e. Zion has no memory (physical or metaphysical) of its past. Who is to say the destruction of Zion was not complete, that is no trace of physical evidence?
This compared to the second half of the movie which was also rubbish.
I don't think I am the only one who is tired of Neo and Trinity exhibiting PDA (no, not Palm or PocketPC! - Public Display of Affection) at every opportunity - in the elevator, in their rooms, within the construct, etc.
The only good thing seems to be that women of the future/Zion no longer wears bra and the weather is great so that they always wear thin, see-through clothing.
"interbase has been around for, what... fifteen years?"
So? DOS has been around even longer but you don't see Microsoft objecting people to use it as an acronym for 'Denial of Service' attacks?
Furthermore, just because you use to use Firebird you seemed to believe it has a chance. I too am in the datawarehousing team here and I don't think anyone here knows of FireBird SQL. (FYI, we use Oracle, MS SQL Server, and MySQL.)
* Requires no power. * Portable. * Scalable. Just add more beads. * Ultra-stable. * Low cost of entry. * Lasts indefinitely. * Reboots by shaking! * Completely royalty free. Open Source. * Recyclable. Pass it down to your kids! * Secure. No one can hack your abacus. * No need to localize to other languages. * No install package needed. * One interface to learn (forget Aqua, Luna, KDE, Gnome, etc). * Friendly to modders (wood, bamboo, aluminum?).
My first Mac was a Beige G3 junked from work. I upgraded it to the max, but found it lacking the speed needed to run OS X. I started looking into buying a Power Mac but I was turned off by the inflated prices. $1500 for a box w/ no monitor? Insane. I like Apple's constant innovation but their prices are way too high. I finally came across this story about John Fraser, and his idea to sell a Mac kit aimed at do-it-yourselfers. I've built quite a few PC's but never a Mac. I decided this was the route for me.
My core crib arrived on Sat. May 3, 2003.
As you can see, it arrives in a non-descript brown box from USPS.
The packaging was done well. The CoreCrib was secure in the box and was not damaged. Contents include, power cable, tower case, Apple Gigabit Ethernet motherboard, Apple Power Supply and blue/pink LED case fan. This is a very barebones kit. Provide your own IDE cables, drives, processesor, memory, video card etc....
I had an old Beige G3 I decided I'd rob parts out of. Most of what was in that box was old PC hardware I had laying around. At first, I could not get the Crib to boot, I checked the support forums and noticed that the only other person who had received a CoreCrib kit said you "HAD" to update the firmware on the motherboard. I assumed this was my problem. So I put the Crib aside and tried to track down an older G4 processor.
On Tues. May 6 another post arrived in the forums that the firmware was not needed to run newer CPUs. I then decided to investigate on my own. After an hour of testing, my problem was solved. The PC100 memory I tried to use from the Beige G3 did not like the faster G4 800 Giga Designs processor. I put a stick of PC133 memory in and the Crib instantly booted.
Here are some pictures of the box itself.
Here are some photos after my parts were installed:
Back plane is missing. Personally I don't care, I push it under a desk.
The Crib has changed colors and price. It is now available as Pro model and comes in a nice gmono white case. http://www.2khappyware.com/corecrib.html
My current expense list:
CoreCrib kit: $379, Gigadesigns G4 800 cpu, $275, 256mb pc133 $20, ATI Radeon PCI 7000, $100 The other parts I installed were extras from upgrading PC's. I've spent $775 on this machine and it runs OS X smoothly and without problems. I did purchase OS 10.2. I forgot to include that in the price. 2khappyware also sells complete and custom systems, you can add whatever parts you want if you don't want to buy them on your own. This case is expandable, you can add up to 5 hard-drives and multiple optical drives. Which is much different than the new Mirrored Power Macs. My next stop is to add the Radeon 8500 AGP card, the PCI card doesn't do Quartz Graphics.
Overall I'm extremely happy with the Crib. The noise level is very low. No windtunnel noise going on here. It is upgradable to dual CPU's if you want to spend the cash. A new Support Forum has started flourishing, so help is available. I highly recommend buying this kit.
Parts purchasing:
http://www.macsales.com
Information:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ - Permalink Posted by Mark Dobie on 5/7/03; 11:36:45 AM
Hey, at least the case is recyclable and cost less energy/resource to produce!
Nevertheless, the most harmful products (lead, mercury, etc) are on the circuit boards and not the case.
Of course, but the non-symmetric Escher drawings would make for terrible problem sets whose purpose was to illustrate symmetry.
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I remeber many homework assignments/problem sets in my inorganic chemistry class (Cornell '96) that ask ones to find and name all the symmetry in Escher drawings. (It's harder than you think.)
With crossed-eyes, I soon learned to both admire and curse Escher's briiliance.
While Transmeta Crusoe is lower powered (both in terms of electrical and processing), isn't it an overkill to use it to run Windows CE when a myriad of lowerer-powered chip (MIPS, StrongARM, etc) will do?
By the way, the C3 chip produced by VIA Technology will do the same job just as well.
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As if Microsoft ever came out with a well-received licensing plan?
A video would be much better but there is the iPix version.
beside small puffs of compressed air? :)
"A surprising number of people have asked about the doctoral thesis my partner wrote on this machine. Just to clarify, it was written using it, not about it (i.e. it was about feminist philosophy, and not what nerds do in their spare time)."
Her site is VERY interesting.
Yes, you are correct. Technically, the sound will not be as good since it is now doubly compressed AAC-MP3 but it is doable. DRM, like locks, really just keeps honest people honest. If you are dead set in committing a crime, be it stealing music or breaking into a house, DRM/lock will not stop you.
Oh yeah, this explains why Apple sold 2 million songs in 2 weeks? I think company and individuals have a right to protect their intellectual property. Therefore, I support fair DRM like the one iTunes Music Store is doing (unlimited iPod, unlimited streaming, unlimited buring (up to 10 times for the same PLaylist), and allowable on up to 3 Macs).
Warner Brothers would also like to thank Armani, Rayban, and Samsung for their generous support in outfitting the cast.
For those of you who have seen the movie you know I am not making this up. I am surprised I did not see a Taco Bell inside Zion.
This movie has so many gratuitous CG scenes i.e. the 10 minute ship docking scene that does nothing to advance the story it made me think I am watching Star Wars II (the addition of a monotonous council did not help).
Obviously, this is to be explained in the next Matrix movie. Another explanation, what if this 'real world' is not real?
how is it that the Architect said they had destroyed Zion many times?
This probably ties into the Buddhist philosophy of reincarnation. Each reincarnate i.e. Zion has no memory (physical or metaphysical) of its past. Who is to say the destruction of Zion was not complete, that is no trace of physical evidence?
How did they lose or "forget" the real history?
See above.
I don't think I am the only one who is tired of Neo and Trinity exhibiting PDA (no, not Palm or PocketPC! - Public Display of Affection) at every opportunity - in the elevator, in their rooms, within the construct, etc.
The only good thing seems to be that women of the future/Zion no longer wears bra and the weather is great so that they always wear thin, see-through clothing.
Now I can pinpoint the date... 2003.
"interbase has been around for, what ... fifteen years?"
So? DOS has been around even longer but you don't see Microsoft objecting people to use it as an acronym for 'Denial of Service' attacks?
Furthermore, just because you use to use Firebird you seemed to believe it has a chance. I too am in the datawarehousing team here and I don't think anyone here knows of FireBird SQL. (FYI, we use Oracle, MS SQL Server, and MySQL.)
from reading timothy's "article" that had more hyperlinked texts than actual text! My graphic card can't render all that.
Not at all alike. You can use abacus to perform mathematical functions.
And does one even know recyle that those silver things inside an Etch-a-Sktech?
Abacus:
* Requires no power.
* Portable.
* Scalable. Just add more beads.
* Ultra-stable.
* Low cost of entry.
* Lasts indefinitely.
* Reboots by shaking!
* Completely royalty free. Open Source.
* Recyclable. Pass it down to your kids!
* Secure. No one can hack your abacus.
* No need to localize to other languages.
* No install package needed.
* One interface to learn (forget Aqua, Luna, KDE, Gnome, etc).
* Friendly to modders (wood, bamboo, aluminum?).
No internet access or Office-like apps though.
'Fess up? Who's the idiot that created the name HiperLAN 2? Next thing you know someone will start to write ciberkinetics and giroscopes !
from the /. page:
My first Mac was a Beige G3 junked from work. I upgraded it to the max, but found it lacking the speed needed to run OS X. I started looking into buying a Power Mac but I was turned off by the inflated prices. $1500 for a box w/ no monitor? Insane. I like Apple's constant innovation but their prices are way too high. I finally came across this story about John Fraser, and his idea to sell a Mac kit aimed at do-it-yourselfers. I've built quite a few PC's but never a Mac. I decided this was the route for me.
My core crib arrived on Sat. May 3, 2003.
As you can see, it arrives in a non-descript brown box from USPS.
The packaging was done well. The CoreCrib was secure in the box and was not damaged. Contents include, power cable, tower case, Apple Gigabit Ethernet motherboard, Apple Power Supply and blue/pink LED case fan. This is a very barebones kit. Provide your own IDE cables, drives, processesor, memory, video card etc....
I had an old Beige G3 I decided I'd rob parts out of. Most of what was in that box was old PC hardware I had laying around. At first, I could not get the Crib to boot, I checked the support forums and noticed that the only other person who had received a CoreCrib kit said you "HAD" to update the firmware on the motherboard. I assumed this was my problem. So I put the Crib aside and tried to track down an older G4 processor.
On Tues. May 6 another post arrived in the forums that the firmware was not needed to run newer CPUs. I then decided to investigate on my own. After an hour of testing, my problem was solved. The PC100 memory I tried to use from the Beige G3 did not like the faster G4 800 Giga Designs processor. I put a stick of PC133 memory in and the Crib instantly booted.
Here are some pictures of the box itself.
Here are some photos after my parts were installed:
Back plane is missing. Personally I don't care, I push it under a desk.
The Crib has changed colors and price. It is now available as Pro model and comes in a nice gmono white case. http://www.2khappyware.com/corecrib.html
My current expense list:
CoreCrib kit: $379, Gigadesigns G4 800 cpu, $275, 256mb pc133 $20, ATI Radeon PCI 7000, $100 The other parts I installed were extras from upgrading PC's. I've spent $775 on this machine and it runs OS X smoothly and without problems. I did purchase OS 10.2. I forgot to include that in the price. 2khappyware also sells complete and custom systems, you can add whatever parts you want if you don't want to buy them on your own. This case is expandable, you can add up to 5 hard-drives and multiple optical drives. Which is much different than the new Mirrored Power Macs. My next stop is to add the Radeon 8500 AGP card, the PCI card doesn't do Quartz Graphics.
Overall I'm extremely happy with the Crib. The noise level is very low. No windtunnel noise going on here. It is upgradable to dual CPU's if you want to spend the cash. A new Support Forum has started flourishing, so help is available. I highly recommend buying this kit.
Parts purchasing:
http://www.macsales.com
Information:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
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Posted by Mark Dobie on 5/7/03; 11:36:45 AM
Hey, at least the case is recyclable and cost less energy/resource to produce! Nevertheless, the most harmful products (lead, mercury, etc) are on the circuit boards and not the case.
Of course, but the non-symmetric Escher drawings would make for terrible problem sets whose purpose was to illustrate symmetry.
With crossed-eyes, I soon learned to both admire and curse Escher's briiliance.
By the way, the C3 chip produced by VIA Technology will do the same job just as well.
Point: don't archive just because you can.
FAQ located here.
Of course not - please read the comment before replying. The point was that there is a large, if not much larger, iPod community.
Apple - Gen 3 iPod stas from Apple Japan
Nomad - Nomad 20GB version