I think the more important question about this motherboard (rather than the RNG) is the Video Controller. You can live without a properly configured RNG, but given that the kernel support for the CLE266 that came with the earlier EPIA boards is still little more than token, I would suspect not much will be different here.
The DRM support is non-existant, and the X drivers are always so old that they prevent you from using Gentoo. At least NVidia's graphics drivers work (because of the OSS adapter module), but the CLE266 ones are dreadful.
This has latest supported distros... you'll see what I'm talking about: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=325#cle266
After owning the EPIA boards for 2 years, I've given up trying to get X to work with the VIA drivers, and gone back to console only or VESA X11 driver - which means movies are not really an option. Kinda pointless really isn't it ?
I might be wrong here, but I think he means "Plough" rather than "Plow"... nitpicking I know, but I hate it when people publish spelling mistakes (use a spell checker !!)
Very difficult, but only when you're trolling for mod points, by writing a bot that looks up a keyword and posts a Wikipedia link, followed by a comment that says thanks for posting the link.
OK. Sorry - let me rephrase that. I probably overstated it, due to reaction to the previous poster.
The point I was trying to make was just that the Pearl Harbour attack was such a close call for the US (ie they were stretched so thinly at that point in time) that if the Japanese had known how much damage they really did and kept going, the result might have turned out quite differently. It was more of a what if, than anything else.
And I know that you probably have facts that say otherwise, but it's fair to note that in every war the "facts" favour the winner after the event, because the winner gets control over the story of what happened. You should hear the Japanese version of what happened during the war. It's quite different to the version I was taught in school - especially what happened afterward.
And please lose the American bravado (especially the "we" bit - were you there ?). If you haven't worked out that winning a war is cause for relief rather than pride, then you probably know a lot, but understand little.
Anyone who seeks excessive karma will be classified as a religious extremist / enemy combatant and consigned to SlashGuantanamo (also managed by OSDN, under contract with the government).
The Japanese were a far more brave and zealous enemy than the fascist militant Islamics are, and we won.
This is an example of the kind of thinking that inspired the invasion of Iraq in the first place - that this would be a war comparable to other wars. It's the mistake Bush Snr made, and now it's happened again with the idiot son.
And the interesting part - that America almost didn't "win" against the Japanese. The reason America "won" was not because they fought better - it's because the Japanese decided not to keep going after Pearl Harbour.
I have a friend here who uses lawyers in Japan on a weekly basis for reviewing contracts etc, and his comment was that this will take years to even get to court, since Japan is one of the few countries in the world that actually has a lawyer shortage. If you needed any more reasons to move here....
Bloody brilliant... now that we've established that the grandparent poster is the one for whom english is possibly not a language at all (as in he/she has trouble reading), can we remod him/her appropriately please ?
Just for the record I'm australian (small A), and if you actually read my comment, you might have noticed that I didn't say it was written by someone who had English as a second language.... I said it *read like* it was written by someone who had English as a second language... as in I don't have any facts, it was based on an impression from reading the website. And I was urging everyone not to take the claims so literally, that's all. There was no racial slur intended, although I do happen to agree with you about american ignorance.
Reportedly English is spoken by a large percentage of Japanese as well, and well... why bother. You're just pissed because you want to be, and on Slashdot it's fashionable.
As a native english speaking engineer who lives and works in Japan, I'd have to say that reading the website for SpecOps reads very much like it was written by an engineer for whom English is a second language.
And one thing I've learnt the hard way again and again here is that usually it's not worth analyzing such text in such detail when this is the case. The reason is simple... it's so often the case that when you do an analysis like Linux Electrons did on the wording of their claims, you rely on the english used to be exactly what the speaker meant. And engineers / technology people are spectacularly good at misusing technical words in second languages.
Not making any comment on the technology itself, just that it's kinda misleading to treat such a piece of text so literally.
Yeah ? And ? I live in Japan, and I've never come across anyone who is offended by Engrish.com yet.
There's nothing nasty about Engrish.com, just as there's nothing nasty about this documentation weirdness site. It's just nice to enjoy weirdness for weirdness sake sometimes.
Some hotels in Japan have been offering free broadband for 1 or 2 years now - especially the really small ones favoured by business travellers. It's just another way to attract people to prefer that hotel... or maybe even that airport.
It certainly works when it comes to hotels, but not knowing much about the geography and availability of airports in Pittsburgh, I can only guess they might have some competition ? Airports are commercial ventures too... perhaps they are doing it to attract airlines to the airport ?
Um... well I think the following suggests not everyone is convinced about the pharma situation being ok
From Sydney Morning Herald.
Quarantine standards would be downgraded, Americans would be able to circumvent investment rules and American drug companies would get the opportunity to override the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that provides cheap drugs to Australians, the Greens said.
And when was the last time the senate actually protected us from Howard's ass kissing ? We're not better off than the American public are with Bush.
Americans keep talking about "Checks and balances" being the alternative to Dictatorial style government. The proof is in the pudding....
Um... you might want to note the following from SMH today.
Quarantine standards would be downgraded, Americans would be able to circumvent investment rules and American drug companies would get the opportunity to override the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that provides cheap drugs to Australians, the Greens said.
Has this guy even talked to the average Windows user ? The most common question I get is "Which Windows version should I use ? NT ? XP ? ME ?".
The average windows user doesn't even know which *windows* desktop they should use, so it's a bit of a stretch to ask Linux distro vendors to solve a problem that Microsoft hasn't been able to solve - if it's even really a problem at all.
Not really sure, but I have noticed that ffdshow releases vary heavily in quality from one to the next. You might find that the problem disappears with an upgrade or downgrade.
Top page... Mockapetris or Mockapertis. But there are some countries where the name can be spelled different ways.... o well, do what you like - he'll just get mad anyway.
I just realised what's going on here... someone made a bet that they could make everyone in an entire slashdot topic agree on something. Usually it would be safe bet against (ie that it was impossible).
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I think the more important question about this motherboard (rather than the RNG) is the Video Controller. You can live without a properly configured RNG, but given that the kernel support for the CLE266 that came with the earlier EPIA boards is still little more than token, I would suspect not much will be different here.
... you'll see what I'm talking about:6
The DRM support is non-existant, and the X drivers are always so old that they prevent you from using Gentoo. At least NVidia's graphics drivers work (because of the OSS adapter module), but the CLE266 ones are dreadful.
This has latest supported distros
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=325#cle26
After owning the EPIA boards for 2 years, I've given up trying to get X to work with the VIA drivers, and gone back to console only or VESA X11 driver - which means movies are not really an option. Kinda pointless really isn't it ?
I might be wrong here, but I think he means "Plough" rather than "Plow" ... nitpicking I know, but I hate it when people publish spelling mistakes (use a spell checker !!)
Very difficult, but only when you're trolling for mod points, by writing a bot that looks up a keyword and posts a Wikipedia link, followed by a comment that says thanks for posting the link.
Ignore the bot.
No - it's just you. Japanese comic art is *way* better than this.
OK. Sorry - let me rephrase that. I probably overstated it, due to reaction to the previous poster.
The point I was trying to make was just that the Pearl Harbour attack was such a close call for the US (ie they were stretched so thinly at that point in time) that if the Japanese had known how much damage they really did and kept going, the result might have turned out quite differently. It was more of a what if, than anything else.
And I know that you probably have facts that say otherwise, but it's fair to note that in every war the "facts" favour the winner after the event, because the winner gets control over the story of what happened. You should hear the Japanese version of what happened during the war. It's quite different to the version I was taught in school - especially what happened afterward.
And please lose the American bravado (especially the "we" bit - were you there ?). If you haven't worked out that winning a war is cause for relief rather than pride, then you probably know a lot, but understand little.
Anyone who seeks excessive karma will be classified as a religious extremist / enemy combatant and consigned to SlashGuantanamo (also managed by OSDN, under contract with the government).
The Japanese were a far more brave and zealous enemy than the fascist militant Islamics are, and we won.
This is an example of the kind of thinking that inspired the invasion of Iraq in the first place - that this would be a war comparable to other wars. It's the mistake Bush Snr made, and now it's happened again with the idiot son.
And the interesting part - that America almost didn't "win" against the Japanese. The reason America "won" was not because they fought better - it's because the Japanese decided not to keep going after Pearl Harbour.
Funny, actually, since I think War and Peace by itself might even fit on a floppy.
I have a friend here who uses lawyers in Japan on a weekly basis for reviewing contracts etc, and his comment was that this will take years to even get to court, since Japan is one of the few countries in the world that actually has a lawyer shortage. If you needed any more reasons to move here ....
"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater"
... but I think in this case the baby should've been aborted.
Normally I'm anti-abortion
Hehehe ... nice try .... you won't get me to do your work for you that easily.
(joking).
Bloody brilliant ... now that we've established that the grandparent poster is the one for whom english is possibly not a language at all (as in he/she has trouble reading), can we remod him/her appropriately please ?
Just for the record I'm australian (small A), and if you actually read my comment, you might have noticed that I didn't say it was written by someone who had English as a second language .... I said it *read like* it was written by someone who had English as a second language ... as in I don't have any facts, it was based on an impression from reading the website. And I was urging everyone not to take the claims so literally, that's all. There was no racial slur intended, although I do happen to agree with you about american ignorance.
... why bother. You're just pissed because you want to be, and on Slashdot it's fashionable.
Reportedly English is spoken by a large percentage of Japanese as well, and well
As a native english speaking engineer who lives and works in Japan, I'd have to say that reading the website for SpecOps reads very much like it was written by an engineer for whom English is a second language.
... it's so often the case that when you do an analysis like Linux Electrons did on the wording of their claims, you rely on the english used to be exactly what the speaker meant. And engineers / technology people are spectacularly good at misusing technical words in second languages.
And one thing I've learnt the hard way again and again here is that usually it's not worth analyzing such text in such detail when this is the case. The reason is simple
Not making any comment on the technology itself, just that it's kinda misleading to treat such a piece of text so literally.
Yeah ? And ? I live in Japan, and I've never come across anyone who is offended by Engrish.com yet.
There's nothing nasty about Engrish.com, just as there's nothing nasty about this documentation weirdness site. It's just nice to enjoy weirdness for weirdness sake sometimes.
Some hotels in Japan have been offering free broadband for 1 or 2 years now - especially the really small ones favoured by business travellers. It's just another way to attract people to prefer that hotel ... or maybe even that airport.
... perhaps they are doing it to attract airlines to the airport ?
It certainly works when it comes to hotels, but not knowing much about the geography and availability of airports in Pittsburgh, I can only guess they might have some competition ? Airports are commercial ventures too
Um ... well I think the following suggests not everyone is convinced about the pharma situation being ok
From Sydney Morning Herald. Quarantine standards would be downgraded, Americans would be able to circumvent investment rules and American drug companies would get the opportunity to override the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that provides cheap drugs to Australians, the Greens said.And when was the last time the senate actually protected us from Howard's ass kissing ? We're not better off than the American public are with Bush.
Americans keep talking about "Checks and balances" being the alternative to Dictatorial style government. The proof is in the pudding ....
Um ... you might want to note the following from SMH today.
Quarantine standards would be downgraded, Americans would be able to circumvent investment rules and American drug companies would get the opportunity to override the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that provides cheap drugs to Australians, the Greens said.
Has this guy even talked to the average Windows user ? The most common question I get is "Which Windows version should I use ? NT ? XP ? ME ?".
The average windows user doesn't even know which *windows* desktop they should use, so it's a bit of a stretch to ask Linux distro vendors to solve a problem that Microsoft hasn't been able to solve - if it's even really a problem at all.
Not really sure, but I have noticed that ffdshow releases vary heavily in quality from one to the next. You might find that the problem disappears with an upgrade or downgrade.
Or just use ffdshow listed at ffmpeg. It's a win32 version of ffmpeg that runs as a direct show codec.
Top page ... Mockapetris or Mockapertis. But there are some countries where the name can be spelled different ways .... o well, do what you like - he'll just get mad anyway.
I just realised what's going on here ... someone made a bet that they could make everyone in an entire slashdot topic agree on something. Usually it would be safe bet against (ie that it was impossible).
I love that they're testing the important tasks for computer users ... "copying a CD" .... I'm sure the RIAA will love this article.
OK .... so who gave Tommy Mottola a slashdot account ?