Solor [sic] power The PERMENANT arsnic and other compounds from creating cells is much worse for the envioronment than any radioactive waste.
The most effective large scale solar power is to use an array of mirrors (anything cheap and shiny will do) to focus sun light in order to boil water. This form of solar power is very clean to run, environmentally friendly, and very safe. However, it's unreliable and produces no electricity for about half the day.
I recently did something simular. I had 512MB of 333Mhz DDR in my system (1 stick, I have 3 total slots, so 2nd ard 3rd were still open) and I decided to go up to 1024MB. So I bought a 512MB Crucial stick from newegg.com. Popped it in the 2nd slot, and all kinds of errors in the 2nd 512MB of ram in Memtest86 (of course the useless POST memory test said it was OK). Damn, I thought.
But not willing to give up so soon, I put the new stick in the 3rd slot (hey maybe the 2nd slot is bad?). Well, all kinds of errors again. So I decide to switch the memory sticks to confirm that the stick of memory is bad. I get the exact same errors. Now this is strange, because now the errors are being reported in my old, known good stick. Two bad memory slots on my motherboard? To confirm, next thing I try is just the new stick in the 1st memory slot. Everything checks out OK. Now I'm like DAMN, now I've got a bad motherboard, and two sticks of good ram - of which I can only use one.
Well, I'm not going to give up yet, so I try just 1 stick in both slots 2 and 3. Both times, the system checks out okay. So it's not the motherboard either, it looks like some strange incompatibility between the two sticks and the motherboard.
Still, I want to make this work. There are only 6 different ways to cram 2 sticks of ram into 3 slots, and I've already tried 3 of them. So, I start trying the other ones just to see if any of them will work. Finally, I strike upon a winning combination - having the 1st slot empty, 2nd slot with the old stick, and the 3rd slot with the new stick is rock solid.
In the end, I'm guessing it's a timing issue of some kind, probably the fault of the motherboard if anything. Being that it works, I'm happy - though I really doubt I could upgrade this system again by popping a memory stick into the last open slot.
Bad ram like that is used in things non-crucial applications like digital answering machines, where the memory error will just cause a harmless blip during playback. But who knows what "big brand name memory company" had in mind.
Recently, I've found the number one problem to be lousy power supplies. The thing with lousy power is that it mimics a lot of the symptoms of bad ram. The power supply is the weakest component many systems, and is very commonly overlooked by many DIY types who tend to get the cheapest case+supply they can find. (do you really expect the "400W" power supply in that $40 case to be any good at all?)
The worst experiences I have had with RAM was the cheap 72 pin EDO stuff that came from places like Best Buy in sizes from 8MB-32MB or so. I had a bunch of that stuff, and just about every stick went bad. After a while I gave up on the stuff, and the last Pentium that I have around has a whole bunch of 4MB HP Branded SIMMS with gold contacts. Never had a problem with that stuff.
Nowadays, I steer well clear of cheap memory, and never have had a problem with any Corsair, Crucial/Micron, or OEM memory that I've run into.
The democrats need to start presenting canidates that people like (Dean), instead of canidates that they think will "win" (Kerry). And don't ask me why the democrats don't think popular canidates with a large grass-roots movement behind them won't win, because I really don't know.
But definitely realize that nationally if you vote 3rd party you're taking a vote away from Kerry.
This reasoning is flawed. The reasoning here is the order of preference of how someone is going to vote is:
1. 3rd Party 2. Kerry 3. Bush
Now, the reasoning is by choosing your first choice, you deny the second choice a vote. So I just helped Bush. Fair enough, but what about this list?
1. 3rd Party 2. Bush 3. Kerry
Now, by voting third party, I've just denied a vote for Bush! Yes, I've helped Kerry too! Many people who vote Libertarian and Constitution would pick Bush over Kerry, so it's not just the Democratic vote that gets "split" by third parties. Heck, I would bet that this is valid for many people:
1. 3rd party 2. Don't vote
In which case I would of helped no one, because if there was no 3rd party, I just wouldn't vote at all. (as a side note, if you don't want to vote in the election, don't stay home. Go, and turn in a blank ballot! That's a proper protest)
So in conclusion, a vote for a 3rd party is a vote for Bush, a vote for Kerry, and a vote for no one! Or maybe it's just a vote for a 3rd party?
This is what happened in the last election, and look at how both parties are treating Nader right now. Are they paying attention to what the Greens believe, and the issues that drove people to vote Nader in the last election? Or are the two big partiers just using lawyers and other sleazy tactics for/against Nader as a means help their respective platforms?
My guess is that he has something like one of these. The only disadvantage to a fanless power supply (besides cost) is that the computer usually still needs an exhaust fan to get rid of the heat in the case. But with his setup, I guess he doesn't need it.
Given the reliability of harddrives nowadays, my guess is the harddrive player will die much sooner than the flash memory player. Flash memory is rated for something like 10,000 - 100,000 writes.
I've found it the opposite in regards to Linux. Get some cutting edge hardware, and you may or may not be able to get it working well. Get a typical 2-3+ year old desktop machine, and chances are pretty good that everything will just work with no fuss. But YMMV.
've had really bad experiences with early Silicon Image based controllers. Those Koutech controllers use Silicon Image chipsets. Is Silicon Image better now?
All other things being equal, if you need to have a computer running 24/7, you'll use a lot less power with a typical old PII system than a typical modern P4 system. Not only does the processor consume more less power in an older system, but so do the HDDs and the video (unless you're old PII has a late Voodoo card in it!)
The Console is one of the things that's holding Linux back. Right now Linux is good for either geeks who are comfortable with the command line, or people like my Mom who just uses the system and is content with the preinstalled packages and default settings (provided they "just work").
The kind of user who doesn't really know as much as we do about computers, but still wants to install some software or tweak some options is the type that really gets turned off of Linux. They don't want to use the command line, or poke around in/etc. They just want to do be able to easily do stuff. And this is the majority of computer users out there.
Linux really needs to be like OS X, you have a powerful command line, but if you don't want to - you never have to touch it. Windows is simular, you almost never have to touch DOS either, unless you want to (ipconfig.exe is the one, big, glaring exception to that).
The good news is, we're almost to that point with some of the newest Linux distro's.
For example, in his keynote speech at the Open Source Business Conference 2004 in San Francisco, he asked the packed room of business managers how many present used Linux. All but 20% raised their hands. He then asked for a show of hands as to who uses Google. Everyone raised their hands, at which point Tim noted that the 20% who didn't raise their hands the first time are still operating under the old paradigm.
By that logic, everyone "uses" Windows too. Visited apple.com lately? You've just used MacOS! If you use ATMs, chances are you may of "used" OS/2 or even MS-Dos. I guess I can safely say the Amiga is dead though.
This is getting offtopic, but I gotta agree with you. The Konq shortcut ability fucking *rocks*. I secretly scoff at my friends who actually have to go to Google's or Wikipedia's main page in order to carry out a search now.
This is getting really offtopic, but where did that idea come from? The closed-source Opera browser!
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Solor [sic] power The PERMENANT arsnic and other compounds from creating cells is much worse for the envioronment than any radioactive waste.
The most effective large scale solar power is to use an array of mirrors (anything cheap and shiny will do) to focus sun light in order to boil water. This form of solar power is very clean to run, environmentally friendly, and very safe. However, it's unreliable and produces no electricity for about half the day.
I just tried i2hub, and it won't let you connect unless you're on internet2.
Part of the problem might be the schools LAN too.
I recently did something simular. I had 512MB of 333Mhz DDR in my system (1 stick, I have 3 total slots, so 2nd ard 3rd were still open) and I decided to go up to 1024MB. So I bought a 512MB Crucial stick from newegg.com. Popped it in the 2nd slot, and all kinds of errors in the 2nd 512MB of ram in Memtest86 (of course the useless POST memory test said it was OK). Damn, I thought.
But not willing to give up so soon, I put the new stick in the 3rd slot (hey maybe the 2nd slot is bad?). Well, all kinds of errors again. So I decide to switch the memory sticks to confirm that the stick of memory is bad. I get the exact same errors. Now this is strange, because now the errors are being reported in my old, known good stick. Two bad memory slots on my motherboard? To confirm, next thing I try is just the new stick in the 1st memory slot. Everything checks out OK. Now I'm like DAMN, now I've got a bad motherboard, and two sticks of good ram - of which I can only use one.
Well, I'm not going to give up yet, so I try just 1 stick in both slots 2 and 3. Both times, the system checks out okay. So it's not the motherboard either, it looks like some strange incompatibility between the two sticks and the motherboard.
Still, I want to make this work. There are only 6 different ways to cram 2 sticks of ram into 3 slots, and I've already tried 3 of them. So, I start trying the other ones just to see if any of them will work. Finally, I strike upon a winning combination - having the 1st slot empty, 2nd slot with the old stick, and the 3rd slot with the new stick is rock solid.
In the end, I'm guessing it's a timing issue of some kind, probably the fault of the motherboard if anything. Being that it works, I'm happy - though I really doubt I could upgrade this system again by popping a memory stick into the last open slot.
Bad ram like that is used in things non-crucial applications like digital answering machines, where the memory error will just cause a harmless blip during playback. But who knows what "big brand name memory company" had in mind.
Recently, I've found the number one problem to be lousy power supplies. The thing with lousy power is that it mimics a lot of the symptoms of bad ram. The power supply is the weakest component many systems, and is very commonly overlooked by many DIY types who tend to get the cheapest case+supply they can find. (do you really expect the "400W" power supply in that $40 case to be any good at all?)
The worst experiences I have had with RAM was the cheap 72 pin EDO stuff that came from places like Best Buy in sizes from 8MB-32MB or so. I had a bunch of that stuff, and just about every stick went bad. After a while I gave up on the stuff, and the last Pentium that I have around has a whole bunch of 4MB HP Branded SIMMS with gold contacts. Never had a problem with that stuff.
Nowadays, I steer well clear of cheap memory, and never have had a problem with any Corsair, Crucial/Micron, or OEM memory that I've run into.
At least there's a silver lining in this, Hillary in '08!
I hope that after this election the Democrats learn something about nominating canidates no one likes, but we'll see.
On the other hand, people are really polarized on Hilary, and a divider seems to work well for the Republicans.
Maybe we'll all luck out and get McCain in 2008?
The democrats need to start presenting canidates that people like (Dean), instead of canidates that they think will "win" (Kerry). And don't ask me why the democrats don't think popular canidates with a large grass-roots movement behind them won't win, because I really don't know.
But definitely realize that nationally if you vote 3rd party you're taking a vote away from Kerry.
This reasoning is flawed. The reasoning here is the order of preference of how someone is going to vote is:
1. 3rd Party
2. Kerry
3. Bush
Now, the reasoning is by choosing your first choice, you deny the second choice a vote. So I just helped Bush. Fair enough, but what about this list?
1. 3rd Party
2. Bush
3. Kerry
Now, by voting third party, I've just denied a vote for Bush! Yes, I've helped Kerry too! Many people who vote Libertarian and Constitution would pick Bush over Kerry, so it's not just the Democratic vote that gets "split" by third parties. Heck, I would bet that this is valid for many people:
1. 3rd party
2. Don't vote
In which case I would of helped no one, because if there was no 3rd party, I just wouldn't vote at all. (as a side note, if you don't want to vote in the election, don't stay home. Go, and turn in a blank ballot! That's a proper protest)
So in conclusion, a vote for a 3rd party is a vote for Bush, a vote for Kerry, and a vote for no one! Or maybe it's just a vote for a 3rd party?
This is what happened in the last election, and look at how both parties are treating Nader right now. Are they paying attention to what the Greens believe, and the issues that drove people to vote Nader in the last election? Or are the two big partiers just using lawyers and other sleazy tactics for/against Nader as a means help their respective platforms?
My guess is that he has something like one of these. The only disadvantage to a fanless power supply (besides cost) is that the computer usually still needs an exhaust fan to get rid of the heat in the case. But with his setup, I guess he doesn't need it.
I guess this might be an issue for those people who like to boot their computers with their mp3 players a lot. Now for the rest of us...
Given the reliability of harddrives nowadays, my guess is the harddrive player will die much sooner than the flash memory player. Flash memory is rated for something like 10,000 - 100,000 writes.
You run OS X 10.3 on your PII-400? I guess CherryOS is a lot faster than I thought!
If it's not a bug, it's certain very poor design. There should be no default choices. What if I didn't want to vote in the presidential race?
Besides, I don't get why after voting Democrat for every race, I would have to go to another screen, and reselect Kerry. It doesn't make any sense.
It sure sounds like whoever designed these machines intentionally made it so that people would "accidently" vote for Bush.
I've found it the opposite in regards to Linux. Get some cutting edge hardware, and you may or may not be able to get it working well. Get a typical 2-3+ year old desktop machine, and chances are pretty good that everything will just work with no fuss. But YMMV.
've had really bad experiences with early Silicon Image based controllers. Those Koutech controllers use Silicon Image chipsets. Is Silicon Image better now?
At $17, I wouldn't expect a whole lot.
All other things being equal, if you need to have a computer running 24/7, you'll use a lot less power with a typical old PII system than a typical modern P4 system. Not only does the processor consume more less power in an older system, but so do the HDDs and the video (unless you're old PII has a late Voodoo card in it!)
Does this mean Gentoo users really _really_ despise OSX?
Yes.
Except that Windows ME *is* still supported by Redmond. Heck, I think 98 is still supported, atleast until the end of this year.
But really, Google can do whatever they want. Apparently they don't consider it worthwhile to make a version for ME.
The Console is one of the things that's holding Linux back. Right now Linux is good for either geeks who are comfortable with the command line, or people like my Mom who just uses the system and is content with the preinstalled packages and default settings (provided they "just work").
/etc. They just want to do be able to easily do stuff. And this is the majority of computer users out there.
The kind of user who doesn't really know as much as we do about computers, but still wants to install some software or tweak some options is the type that really gets turned off of Linux. They don't want to use the command line, or poke around in
Linux really needs to be like OS X, you have a powerful command line, but if you don't want to - you never have to touch it. Windows is simular, you almost never have to touch DOS either, unless you want to (ipconfig.exe is the one, big, glaring exception to that).
The good news is, we're almost to that point with some of the newest Linux distro's.
For example, in his keynote speech at the Open Source Business Conference 2004 in San Francisco, he asked the packed room of business managers how many present used Linux. All but 20% raised their hands. He then asked for a show of hands as to who uses Google. Everyone raised their hands, at which point Tim noted that the 20% who didn't raise their hands the first time are still operating under the old paradigm.
By that logic, everyone "uses" Windows too. Visited apple.com lately? You've just used MacOS! If you use ATMs, chances are you may of "used" OS/2 or even MS-Dos. I guess I can safely say the Amiga is dead though.
The problem is, you can buy a Dell Precision Workstation for $800. (not that I would, but I could)
So, wait... what does Craiglist prove again? That old Macs are cheap or that they have a great resale value? Your post seems to suggest both. :)
I think he means to say that Macs are expensive, and if you can get a machine that can run OSX 10.3 for only $450 your doing pretty good.
For comparison, I can go to Retrobox and buy a used IBM P4 2.0Ghz with a 40GB drive and 512MB of ram for $329. Now that's cheap computing.
This is getting offtopic, but I gotta agree with you. The Konq shortcut ability fucking *rocks*. I secretly scoff at my friends who actually have to go to Google's or Wikipedia's main page in order to carry out a search now.
This is getting really offtopic, but where did that idea come from? The closed-source Opera browser!
Now that everyone uses AIM and MSN, spam on ICQ is virtually gone. I probably haven't gotten a single spam in atleast a year and half.