Just yesterday I installed Slackware 10 on a P3 466Mhz with 128MB ram, for my dad, after windows 98SE and XP both refused to install after hours of trying.
I updated to KDE 3.3.1 with the packages on the KDE FTP. And -WOW-. It's SO speedy, I couldn't beleive it. I run KDE 3.3 on Gentoo on a Duron 1Ghz with 512MB ram, and it sorta feels 'sticky'.. I was really impressed.
So, if you have old hardware, you can still get a great desktop system for email, documents, etc (my dad uses his box for trading on FOREX,, java applets) by using something lightweight like Slack or Vector.
On my main machine though, I'll stick with Gentoo.. just because the package manager is so much more flexible than slacks.
Indeed, 3.5" Floppies are still widely called "Stiffies" in South Africa. As for white-out, it's usually called "Tip-ex" (since thats the most famous/widely used brand)
For the past month or so I haven't been able to access any of the blogs that I usually read, or even access/edit my own blog.
At first I thought it's just a tiny routing problem that would solve itself, but after a few weeks of timeouts I asked my ISP.
They responded saying that the Korean government has actually ordered all the ISPs to block most blogging sites like Blogger. Effectively making inaccessible (for South Korea anyway) tens of thousands of blogs.
The reason is that the Ministry of Information and Communication has found that some blogs hosted (or contained links to) video clips of the Korean guy (Kim Sun-il) being executed in Iraq.
They seem to be doing everything in their power to prevent the video from entering Korea. (but anyone deterimined enough to see it could still quite easily get it by Googling for Free Proxy,, or by tunneling through SSH to a friend outside the country.)
"(well, not to mention it's fairly difficult to copy and paste to a system that doesn't work yet...)"
He said paste into an SSH session, which is really quite easy. Just select the command, paste it right in the xterm, and press enter.
He obviously meant installing on a box from an another already functioning machine.
Of course, if you install Gentoo from Knoppix (which is a really nice way way to do it, btw), you already have internet access, and X, and a browser, and all the goodies of an fully installed system, and I'm pretty sure pasting works in that too.
I never go anywhere without them. They are faster, more reliable, and have higher storage capacity.
They aren't expensive either..
Their life expectancies are also waay higher than floppies. Oh, and lets not forget that they don't get corrupted every time your two year old puts a fridge magnet close to it.
And it's also dead easy to boot from them on today's machines..
Can someone please explain to me just -why- all of these stores are US only? I'd love to buy music online, but I can't because the music stores are never in my country.
For example, I really like the iTunes music store, but all I can do is listen to the 30sec previews.. So I don't see the point in getting an iPod (I really like the hardware), since all I'm gonna do is fill it with illegal music.
Slightly OT, but does anyone know when the BBC is supposed to put their radio/tv archive online? I can't find it now, but/. had a story about it a while back..
They have been on the market for a *long* time.(Ok, well, in South Korea at least) They have gone through at least 3 or 4 versions by now already.
Hardly 'fabled'..
Stop/Reload use the same button, depending on whether or not the page is loaded. Why didn't anyone else think of this?
Konqueror has been doing this since way before Safari..
When you first launch peercast, it only accepts connections from localhost, allowing you to set up a password, and your preferences. Only after a password has been set it will accept connection from outside.
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No. DGPS uses land-based antennas.
WAAS is like DGPS, except it uses two geostationary satellites. (One above the east coast, one above the west.)
Just yesterday I installed Slackware 10 on a P3 466Mhz with 128MB ram, for my dad, after windows 98SE and XP both refused to install after hours of trying. I updated to KDE 3.3.1 with the packages on the KDE FTP. And -WOW-. It's SO speedy, I couldn't beleive it. I run KDE 3.3 on Gentoo on a Duron 1Ghz with 512MB ram, and it sorta feels 'sticky'.. I was really impressed. So, if you have old hardware, you can still get a great desktop system for email, documents, etc (my dad uses his box for trading on FOREX,, java applets) by using something lightweight like Slack or Vector. On my main machine though, I'll stick with Gentoo.. just because the package manager is so much more flexible than slacks.
Indeed, 3.5" Floppies are still widely called "Stiffies" in South Africa. As for white-out, it's usually called "Tip-ex" (since thats the most famous/widely used brand)
The one in the post seems to be a bit more of a 'portal' though.
For the past month or so I haven't been able to access any of the blogs that I usually read, or even access/edit my own blog.
At first I thought it's just a tiny routing problem that would solve itself, but after a few weeks of timeouts I asked my ISP.
They responded saying that the Korean government has actually ordered all the ISPs to block most blogging sites like Blogger. Effectively making inaccessible (for South Korea anyway) tens of thousands of blogs.
The reason is that the Ministry of Information and Communication has found that some blogs hosted (or contained links to) video clips of the Korean guy (Kim Sun-il) being executed in Iraq.
They seem to be doing everything in their power to prevent the video from entering Korea. (but anyone deterimined enough to see it could still quite easily get it by Googling for Free Proxy,, or by tunneling through SSH to a friend outside the country.)
A thread discussing the issue can be found here.
This is seriously annoying to us foreigners living here, since many of us use American blogging sites such a blogger quite frequently.
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It's the Powermac/Powerbook computers that are brushed metal,, the iMac/iBook ones are usualy plastic.
Em, actualy, no.. combining two Hydrogen atoms would create a Helium atom. You're confusing Nuclear Fusion with Hydrogen Fuel Cells..
He said paste into an SSH session, which is really quite easy. Just select the command, paste it right in the xterm, and press enter.
He obviously meant installing on a box from an another already functioning machine.
Of course, if you install Gentoo from Knoppix (which is a really nice way way to do it, btw), you already have internet access, and X, and a browser, and all the goodies of an fully installed system, and I'm pretty sure pasting works in that too.
I have a bomebuilt HostAP AP, and a 12" PB 867 with an Airport Extreme card (running in 802.11b mode, since thats why my HostAP AP box supports).
My appartment is very small, and I usualy sit withing 6 feet of the AP. I have always had full signal strength everywhere in my apt..
Now it consistently drops to 1 bar.. and I lose signal when I go into another room...
This royally sucks..
I never go anywhere without them. They are faster, more reliable, and have higher storage capacity.
They aren't expensive either..
Their life expectancies are also waay higher than floppies. Oh, and lets not forget that they don't get corrupted every time your two year old puts a fridge magnet close to it.
And it's also dead easy to boot from them on today's machines..
Really, floppies should've died a long time ago.
Thanks apple!
Like Freenet?
Can someone please explain to me just -why- all of these stores are US only? I'd love to buy music online, but I can't because the music stores are never in my country.
For example, I really like the iTunes music store, but all I can do is listen to the 30sec previews.. So I don't see the point in getting an iPod (I really like the hardware), since all I'm gonna do is fill it with illegal music.
Slightly OT, but does anyone know when the BBC is supposed to put their radio/tv archive online? I can't find it now, but /. had a story about it a while back..
I pay about 45,000WON per month for my cable connection (no cap).. according to XE, thats around 38USD.
Btw, this connection is very reliable. I only had about 20 minutes downtime last year.
...but when can I get my Linux powered APU?
This looks a bit like those planes/choppers in the 6th Day!
It wasnt mandela who dismantled the nukes. It was the last white president (DeKlerk).
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/rsa/mis
Oh, thats too bad.. I wanted to submit an suggestion for 'Mons Cowboyneal'
They have been on the market for a *long* time.(Ok, well, in South Korea at least) They have gone through at least 3 or 4 versions by now already. Hardly 'fabled'..
Stop/Reload use the same button, depending on whether or not the page is loaded. Why didn't anyone else think of this? Konqueror has been doing this since way before Safari..
When you first launch peercast, it only accepts connections from localhost, allowing you to set up a password, and your preferences. Only after a password has been set it will accept connection from outside.
And the lastest version supports easy relaying of shoutcast streams :) Peercast.Org