there is no such thing as a 4 cylinder hot rodders.
I disagree. Getting over 300 HP out of a 2L engine is impressive. That's like having a 440/454/460 (choose your poison) that puts out over 1100 HP when you think about it in HP/liters.
I respect anyone with a "ricer" that actually can go fast. It's the "all show, no go" cars that piss me off. The people who think that a set of subwoofers, some neon, and a fart can exhaust makes their car cool.
The "ricers" even have their own factory hot rods. Where the car guys have vehicles like the 'Stang Cobra, and the truck guys have the Lightning and SRT-10 Ram, the ricers have the Lancer Evo and the Subaru WRX STi. Both of these are fast as hell straight from the factory, and both are all wheel drive, so unlike the V8 RWD Detroit hot rods, these can turn under throttle and are easy to drive in the winter
To me, hot rod status is decided on the drag strip, not by engine size/type.
P.S. To clarify, I would prefer a nice V8 (or V10 a.k.a. Viper/Ram SRT10) RWD over a 4cyl any day.
It is designed to be used with their micro-systems (which are much better suited for the frequently suggested task of being a firewall, due to the available dual NICs), but miniPCI is miniPCI, and there are experimental linux drivers (as well as full driver support for Open/NetBSD)
The difference is that Joe User will likely NEVER setup AD or Oracle. Those are only installed by those who can be expected to know a thing or two about their systems.
Joe User may, OTOH, try to (re)install his OS. This would likely be due to system failure or just wanting to start fresh (easiest way to rid yourself of spyware and/or virii: format), but more adventurous Joe Users may be curious about Linux or have just completed their first homebuilt PC.
You can't smoke the tires on the WRX because it doesn't have enough horsepower.
I guess you're kinda right, but the reason it can't roast 'em is because the WRX, like all Subarus, is all wheel drive. It takes some serious engine mojo to cook all four tires, especially with the computer traction control systems that car has which are designed to put power to the road rather than spin tires.
Disable the traction control and disconnect the rear driveshaft. Then that WRX will cook the tires on command. Especially if it's the 297HP STI model. Rev up, watch the boost gauge, and drop the clutch. If the drivetrain holdsup, those tires will disappear in a nice thick cloud of burnt rubber.
"buyers and sellers agree on a price through the action of supply and demand. You've artificially turned the "supply" dial to infinity, and it's wreaking havoc."
This is an interesting point that brings up a new set of questions.
How does supply/demand work in the digital world, where supply is truly infinite due to near-zero replication costs?
The supply of digital product X is effectively limitless. Pricing is entirely based upon demand.
This also has an effect on the old warehouse logic of selling for less than cost just to get it out of there and free up storage/shelf space. With digital storage space being as cheap as it is, a digital retailer can easily hang on to a slow selling product and keep the price high enough to make a profit indefinately.
I don't work in this industry, so I'm probably wrong on some points, but I feel this might start an intelligent discussion in which those erroe can be ironed out.
Satellite does not work like regular antenna/cable TV. You can't just put a cheap splitter in and expect it to work. The closest thing is a multiswitch which takes two (or 3 for DirecTV-HD) lines from the dish and spreads them out to the recievers. The details are too complicated to get in to right now, but google for info on multiswitches and you'll have more than you ever needed to know.
GPL is a distribution license. You only have to agree to it if you plan to do something with the software that copyright law wouldn't already allow.
EULAs OTOH are legal bullshit that try to force restrictions on a customer after the customer has already paid for the software. EULAs are already unenforcable because they attempt to be a contract, but only show up after the transaction has taken place.
Some kind of raw image ripping program (CloneCD, BlindRead, etc.) combined with DAEMON Tools and DaemonUI Mount the images and run the DVD player using DaemonUI's.DUI scripting language
Obviously this is a Windows solution. This can also be done easily with linux, although I don't know the specifics of mounting disc images.
Now as to the storage, an average DVD has 7 to 9 GB of data. 1000 DVDs will take up nearly 10 TB. The MPEG2 data cannot be compressed any further losslessly.
If you don't mind a quality loss (and spending a HUGE amount of time re-encoding the video and converting the menus) you can convert to your favorite MPEG4 derivative (Divx, Xvid, Quicktime MPEG4, etc.)
This will be a hugely expensive project, with the cheapest hard disk based solution costing over $30,000 (3x Xserve RAID 3.5 TB) plus the client machine to attach to the fibre channel switch (and that's not cheap either) to read from all the Xserves.
My suggestion: Just like with legal adivce, this is not the time to ask slashdot. With the kind of money involved, hiring a professional is the best option.
The firewall in XP is positively useless. Many ISPs still include the free or pro versions of ZoneAlarm. Do you really expect an antivirus product to be any better? If we're lucky, it'll be on par with other free antivirus solutions like AVG.
Pop-up stoppers are already free for IE, and built-in to Mozilla, and AFAIK also in Opera Having one built in to IE won't kill any businesses, it will just make it easier on the Google Toolbar coders who won't need to have this feature anymore.
I'll leave it to you to decide if this example is good for x86 or not.
(IMO, Xbox is a great example of the x86 chip succeeding in the CE world.)
As already mentioned, the older Airport Base Station has a 486 in it.
Even with these successes, it really depends on the device. x86 is a general purpose architecture, designed to do everything good enough. There are other chips that are much better designed for specific applications (example being PPC, which while still being a general purpose chip, smokes x86 clock for clock in multimedia applications).
Smaller devices seem to be leaning towards ARM based processsors recently. (Newer versions of PocketPC, PalmOS 5+, Zaurus) I'm assuming these chips have much lower power consumption or something.
Seriously, what makes you think that MS would corrupt Java when it hasn't done a single thing to Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, or any of the other hundreds of open source languages/platforms?
Java is a big thing. Nearly everyone with a computer has used Java in one way or another by now.
In the Windows world, the other languages you list are insignificant little specks. How many apps used by a significant percentage of (non-slashdot-reading) Windows users use any of those languages?
AFAIK, the most popular app written in Python on Windows is BitTorrent. Can't think of any others. PHP is basically only used on Apache instells. 99% of Windows webservers are IIS/ASP. Perl has popularity on some servers due to the vast amount of CGI scripts written for it. Still not a real threat to MS. Ruby is not a language I am familiar with, but a quick check of RubyForge reveals less than 170 apps, and out of the top 10, at least 4 are support apps for Ruby written in C or some other language.
What I'm saying is while these languages have their place on *NIX systems, most cross-platform (read: Windows and Other) developers only care about Java, and thus that is where MS will likely focus their efforts. Notice how Java doesn't (didn't?) come on WinXP? It has already begun...
I have a C102Ti and I agree with you on everything. Trying to install linux is challenging due to the external CD-ROM (mine's USB), but there is a good article explaining the process.
The battery life is decent, but I have many times where I am wishing I could remember where I left my second battery.
I agree the screen sucks for outdoors. I use mine as a portable MP3 player in my truck, and when I go to change playlists I have to find a shadow to park in to be abe to see the screen.
The only thing about all tablets is it is a very limited use device. The slate tablets are entirely useless IMHO, and the rotating screen on mine has been used more frequently to show a friend my screen rather than to turn it in to a tablet.
Long story short, tablets are nice, but 99% of the population is better off spending the extra cost of a tablet on a better standard laptop. I never considered a tablet useful before recieving mine (I won it. testoutchallenge.com), and I still would not buy one.
large pockets, regular size pants. cargo pants are your friend.
i've carried 4 xbox controllers (the good big ones, not those tiny "controller s" things), 2 power cords, 4 ethernet cords, a netgear router, a netgear switch, and the rf modulator in my pockets. i had the game wallet clipped to a belt loop and more games in my coat pockets. this left my hands free to carry my xbox and laptop.
the protocol translator is what I meant. Those things are expensive as hell to buy, so now I'm trying to find info on the WTEC3 system used by my Allison transmission. I have no idea what the Cat engine uses at this time.
I've also started researching OBD-II for tapping info out of my pickup trucks.
What is really fun is an analog dial driven by a digital connection. My new RV (2003 Fleetwood Discovery diesel) has a digital connection from the engine/transmission and ECU (as the rear of the rig) to the dash. The speedometer dial is analog, but when accelerating or decelerating the dial noticably jumps approximately once every 1/4 second rather than smoothly rotating. The same goes for the tach.
This same system is used on nearly all new vehicles using a Freightliner chassis, from semis to buses and RVs.
P.S. I am building an adapter to use it with my laptop. The amount of data that can be grabbed from this interface causes my geek spider sense to go crazy;P
widespread IPv6 adoption isn't going to come from customers forcing it on ISPs
Exactly. Every time I hear that the reason IPv6 will succeed is that "the consumers will want all their devices internet connected" I think of how the original justification for home computing was having recipes it it.
The consumers generally don't even know or care what IPv6 can do. They just want things to work. The network operators will then implement IPv6 out of having no choice to deliver the services their customers want.
I guess you could say this is the customer forcing it in a kinda roundabout way. Ah well, I forgot what point i wanted to make.
Honda makes nearly everything with a motor. Losing some CR-V sales to the VUE could be a worry to the US automotive division of Honda, but the company as a whole doesn't have much to lose. They're still selling cars, motorcycles, quads, generators, heavy equipment, and bare motors to the manufacturers of other items. (My pressure washer has a Honda motor, but it's made by an American company.)
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there is no such thing as a 4 cylinder hot rodders.
I disagree. Getting over 300 HP out of a 2L engine is impressive. That's like having a 440/454/460 (choose your poison) that puts out over 1100 HP when you think about it in HP/liters.
I respect anyone with a "ricer" that actually can go fast. It's the "all show, no go" cars that piss me off. The people who think that a set of subwoofers, some neon, and a fart can exhaust makes their car cool.
The "ricers" even have their own factory hot rods. Where the car guys have vehicles like the 'Stang Cobra, and the truck guys have the Lightning and SRT-10 Ram, the ricers have the Lancer Evo and the Subaru WRX STi. Both of these are fast as hell straight from the factory, and both are all wheel drive, so unlike the V8 RWD Detroit hot rods, these can turn under throttle and are easy to drive in the winter
To me, hot rod status is decided on the drag strip, not by engine size/type.
P.S. To clarify, I would prefer a nice V8 (or V10 a.k.a. Viper/Ram SRT10) RWD over a 4cyl any day.
the better firewalls (*nix or cisco nd the like) probally wouldn't be considered by most users.
most users also won't be playing with DMZs or port forwarding either.
i'd imagine that most who use these features have a remote grasp of computer security.
http://www.soekris.com/ has a Mini-PCI based hardware encryption device, the vpn1211.
It is designed to be used with their micro-systems (which are much better suited for the frequently suggested task of being a firewall, due to the available dual NICs), but miniPCI is miniPCI, and there are experimental linux drivers (as well as full driver support for Open/NetBSD)
The difference is that Joe User will likely NEVER setup AD or Oracle. Those are only installed by those who can be expected to know a thing or two about their systems.
Joe User may, OTOH, try to (re)install his OS. This would likely be due to system failure or just wanting to start fresh (easiest way to rid yourself of spyware and/or virii: format), but more adventurous Joe Users may be curious about Linux or have just completed their first homebuilt PC.
You can't smoke the tires on the WRX because it doesn't have enough horsepower.
I guess you're kinda right, but the reason it can't roast 'em is because the WRX, like all Subarus, is all wheel drive. It takes some serious engine mojo to cook all four tires, especially with the computer traction control systems that car has which are designed to put power to the road rather than spin tires.
Disable the traction control and disconnect the rear driveshaft. Then that WRX will cook the tires on command. Especially if it's the 297HP STI model. Rev up, watch the boost gauge, and drop the clutch. If the drivetrain holdsup, those tires will disappear in a nice thick cloud of burnt rubber.
"buyers and sellers agree on a price through the action of supply and demand. You've artificially turned the "supply" dial to infinity, and it's wreaking havoc."
This is an interesting point that brings up a new set of questions.
How does supply/demand work in the digital world, where supply is truly infinite due to near-zero replication costs?
The supply of digital product X is effectively limitless. Pricing is entirely based upon demand.
This also has an effect on the old warehouse logic of selling for less than cost just to get it out of there and free up storage/shelf space. With digital storage space being as cheap as it is, a digital retailer can easily hang on to a slow selling product and keep the price high enough to make a profit indefinately.
I don't work in this industry, so I'm probably wrong on some points, but I feel this might start an intelligent discussion in which those erroe can be ironed out.
He said DirecTivo. That means for DirecTV.
Satellite does not work like regular antenna/cable TV. You can't just put a cheap splitter in and expect it to work. The closest thing is a multiswitch which takes two (or 3 for DirecTV-HD) lines from the dish and spreads them out to the recievers. The details are too complicated to get in to right now, but google for info on multiswitches and you'll have more than you ever needed to know.
You can start here.
and here you are posting on slashdot. what devotion. :)
Not really.
GPL is a distribution license. You only have to agree to it if you plan to do something with the software that copyright law wouldn't already allow.
EULAs OTOH are legal bullshit that try to force restrictions on a customer after the customer has already paid for the software. EULAs are already unenforcable because they attempt to be a contract, but only show up after the transaction has taken place.
Some kind of raw image ripping program (CloneCD, BlindRead, etc.) combined with DAEMON Tools and DaemonUI .DUI scripting language
Mount the images and run the DVD player using DaemonUI's
Obviously this is a Windows solution. This can also be done easily with linux, although I don't know the specifics of mounting disc images.
Now as to the storage, an average DVD has 7 to 9 GB of data. 1000 DVDs will take up nearly 10 TB. The MPEG2 data cannot be compressed any further losslessly.
If you don't mind a quality loss (and spending a HUGE amount of time re-encoding the video and converting the menus) you can convert to your favorite MPEG4 derivative (Divx, Xvid, Quicktime MPEG4, etc.)
This will be a hugely expensive project, with the cheapest hard disk based solution costing over $30,000 (3x Xserve RAID 3.5 TB) plus the client machine to attach to the fibre channel switch (and that's not cheap either) to read from all the Xserves.
My suggestion: Just like with legal adivce, this is not the time to ask slashdot. With the kind of money involved, hiring a professional is the best option.
What's the big deal?
The firewall in XP is positively useless. Many ISPs still include the free or pro versions of ZoneAlarm.
Do you really expect an antivirus product to be any better?
If we're lucky, it'll be on par with other free antivirus solutions like AVG.
Pop-up stoppers are already free for IE, and built-in to Mozilla, and AFAIK also in Opera
Having one built in to IE won't kill any businesses, it will just make it easier on the Google Toolbar coders who won't need to have this feature anymore.
Xbox.
I'll leave it to you to decide if this example is good for x86 or not.
(IMO, Xbox is a great example of the x86 chip succeeding in the CE world.)
As already mentioned, the older Airport Base Station has a 486 in it.
Even with these successes, it really depends on the device. x86 is a general purpose architecture, designed to do everything good enough. There are other chips that are much better designed for specific applications (example being PPC, which while still being a general purpose chip, smokes x86 clock for clock in multimedia applications).
Smaller devices seem to be leaning towards ARM based processsors recently. (Newer versions of PocketPC, PalmOS 5+, Zaurus) I'm assuming these chips have much lower power consumption or something.
hmm.....geocities.com/internetgoat......wonder what this could be ;P
good thing i turned off images before clicking
Seriously, what makes you think that MS would corrupt Java when it hasn't done a single thing to Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, or any of the other hundreds of open source languages/platforms?
Java is a big thing. Nearly everyone with a computer has used Java in one way or another by now.
In the Windows world, the other languages you list are insignificant little specks. How many apps used by a significant percentage of (non-slashdot-reading) Windows users use any of those languages?
AFAIK, the most popular app written in Python on Windows is BitTorrent. Can't think of any others.
PHP is basically only used on Apache instells. 99% of Windows webservers are IIS/ASP.
Perl has popularity on some servers due to the vast amount of CGI scripts written for it. Still not a real threat to MS.
Ruby is not a language I am familiar with, but a quick check of RubyForge reveals less than 170 apps, and out of the top 10, at least 4 are support apps for Ruby written in C or some other language.
What I'm saying is while these languages have their place on *NIX systems, most cross-platform (read: Windows and Other) developers only care about Java, and thus that is where MS will likely focus their efforts. Notice how Java doesn't (didn't?) come on WinXP? It has already begun...
I have a C102Ti and I agree with you on everything. Trying to install linux is challenging due to the external CD-ROM (mine's USB), but there is a good article explaining the process.
The battery life is decent, but I have many times where I am wishing I could remember where I left my second battery.
I agree the screen sucks for outdoors. I use mine as a portable MP3 player in my truck, and when I go to change playlists I have to find a shadow to park in to be abe to see the screen.
The only thing about all tablets is it is a very limited use device. The slate tablets are entirely useless IMHO, and the rotating screen on mine has been used more frequently to show a friend my screen rather than to turn it in to a tablet.
Long story short, tablets are nice, but 99% of the population is better off spending the extra cost of a tablet on a better standard laptop.
I never considered a tablet useful before recieving mine (I won it. testoutchallenge.com), and I still would not buy one.
the goal of pms is to have power
;P
Oh, so that's why women do it
It all makes sense now...
large pockets, regular size pants. cargo pants are your friend.
i've carried 4 xbox controllers (the good big ones, not those tiny "controller s" things), 2 power cords, 4 ethernet cords, a netgear router, a netgear switch, and the rf modulator in my pockets. i had the game wallet clipped to a belt loop and more games in my coat pockets. this left my hands free to carry my xbox and laptop.
pics? links? /me is a K'Nex addict ;P
the protocol translator is what I meant.
Those things are expensive as hell to buy, so now I'm trying to find info on the WTEC3 system used by my Allison transmission. I have no idea what the Cat engine uses at this time.
I've also started researching OBD-II for tapping info out of my pickup trucks.
What is really fun is an analog dial driven by a digital connection. My new RV (2003 Fleetwood Discovery diesel) has a digital connection from the engine/transmission and ECU (as the rear of the rig) to the dash. The speedometer dial is analog, but when accelerating or decelerating the dial noticably jumps approximately once every 1/4 second rather than smoothly rotating. The same goes for the tach.
;P
This same system is used on nearly all new vehicles using a Freightliner chassis, from semis to buses and RVs.
P.S. I am building an adapter to use it with my laptop. The amount of data that can be grabbed from this interface causes my geek spider sense to go crazy
widespread IPv6 adoption isn't going to come from customers forcing it on ISPs
Exactly. Every time I hear that the reason IPv6 will succeed is that "the consumers will want all their devices internet connected" I think of how the original justification for home computing was having recipes it it.
The consumers generally don't even know or care what IPv6 can do. They just want things to work. The network operators will then implement IPv6 out of having no choice to deliver the services their customers want.
I guess you could say this is the customer forcing it in a kinda roundabout way. Ah well, I forgot what point i wanted to make.
you really only want a few memory sockets, say 4 tops.
Tell that to Apple.
The dual G5s have 8 slots for DDR400 IIRC.
Others have said this somewhat jokingly, but it's my opinion that you should look at this as another way Linux saves you money.
Anyways, gambling is more fun in meatspace. There isn't the fun of watching someone try to maintain a "poker face" when online.
If I everfind the URL for the streaming server....heh heh.
Ethereal is your friend. Makes it really easy to find "hidden" URLs and servers.
Doesn't work (AFAIK) with dialup, but i'm assuming if you are streaming radio, you're on broadband.
P.S. If anyone knows how to capture packets on a dialup, email me.
There's a difference here.
Honda makes nearly everything with a motor. Losing some CR-V sales to the VUE could be a worry to the US automotive division of Honda, but the company as a whole doesn't have much to lose. They're still selling cars, motorcycles, quads, generators, heavy equipment, and bare motors to the manufacturers of other items. (My pressure washer has a Honda motor, but it's made by an American company.)