No multimedia keys, and a crappier feel (Unicomp makes crappier keyboards than Lexmark did with their version of the Model M, which feels like a cheap knockoff of an older IBM Model M).
http://www.pckeyboard.com/customizer.html (available in 101 (same as Model M) and 104-key layouts).
Unfortunately, that's your best bet unless you want a pointing device, in which case you want one of these: On the Ball (101-key trackball-equipped keyboard) On the Stick (101-key TrackPoint-equipped keyboard) EnduraPro/104 (104-key TrackPoint-equipped keyboard) On the Ball Plus (101-key trackball AND TrackPoint-equipped keyboard)
And that, my friends, is what PS/2-to-USB adaptors are for. I'm typing this on a PS/2 Model M through an AT adaptor (hey, this box was free, and I like the keyboard), and if I had the time to get an adaptor (you do have to pick carefully, because the Model M doesn't work with many USB adaptors and some newer mobos), I'd have a USB adaptor on there.
Wrong board. It's not (insert random character here)bCode, it's HTML. <a href="http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070 010833.html">cheapbytes.com</a>. Observe:
1. Let's make it 10 years. 1990 or earlier would have made sense in 2000, but not in '04. 2. Call it using modern stuff (10BaseT counts, as it is compatible with modern stuff) on stuff that meets the criteria of #1. 3. Umm... the Univac is a system that qualifies for #1 (being from the '60s) - therefore, it's redundant.
Umm... I'm not saying partitioning is hard, I'm saying it looks hard. It's certainly easier to hit "Partition Automatically" than Enter, Enter, N, L (not sure of it offhand), Enter, especially for a n00b who doesn't know WHAT partitioning is.
BTW, I don't own an x86-64 yet, but I'm looking hard at that eMachines laptop that/. mentioned earlier. One question: if you had two stores to pick from, and both sucked, which would you pick? They're Best Buy and Circuit City. BB sued FatWallet (very bad - especially when the fscking DMCA is brought in), CC made DiVX (not the video codec, the "rental" DVD - even worse, but it was a while ago).
I know someone replied to you already, but here's another description of it:
Think of Fedora as RedHat, except with a Debian-esque development model. Actually, it's built on the RedHat 9.1 beta code that was out before RedHat ditched their free/basic distro. Fedora is now RedHat's low end distro, except it now doesn't have support. The great news is that Fedora seems to be innovating, and not stagnating like RedHat seemed to do. I might try Fedora, especially as it's now becoming one of the major x86-64 distros, and SuSE left a bad taste in my mouth when I tried 8.2 (it was a bit incompatible with every source package and most RPMs). I'm not saying RedHat was perfect (I tried SuSE BECAUSE RedHat had major problems at version 8, when I tried it), but seeing as it's RedHat, it's got it's advantages (RedHat Package Manager tends to work best with RedHat, by the way).
What he wants to know is this: what happens if you take an AMD64 system, put (say) Fedora Core 1 x86 on the HDD, benchmark it, and then put an identically configured Fedore Core 1 test1 x86_64 system on, and benchmark that, will the x86_64 be significantly faster, due to the 64-bitness?
Thing is, the installer on (insert mainstream desktop distro here) is better than the installer on (insert NT4, 2000, or XP here). However, "installation" for those who choose a new XP box is this:
Click I agree twice, click Yes, register now, type in your name, rank, and serial number (OK, so your name, address, etc., etc.), click Next, click OK, and say hello to your new computer.
Linux on Joe Blow's desktop will never be viable as long as hardware manufacturers don't work with Linux (Intel, USR, and Conexant come to mind), and software developers work against Linux (MS is the biggest problem for Linux). Also, wide usage of stuff that doesn't support Linux by computer manufacturers (lowest bidder) doesn't help either.
Even if you can convince her to get off of AOhelL, she'll still get billed for it for several months afterward. If she REALLY wants AOL, follow this tutorial.
Of course, my dad's cell costs 15 cents PER SMS RECIEVED, and an SMS-happy cow-orker sent TWO. He called the company to get SMS disabled, and disabling that disables voicemail alerts (VERY important). Moral of the story? If you plan on disabling SMS, don't go Nextel.
In addition, some of those adds are actually more interesting than the magazine content itself.
LOL... especially when they've got blatant errors in them. Let's look at Page 24 of the January 2004 PC World:
"My adrenaline fix isn't what it used to be. Double the dose." What exactly does that mean? OK, so it has double the address space, but what else?
"Double the data path from 32- to 64-bit and you more than double the thrill factor." Thrill factor isn't something you can measure...
"Uninterrupted, ear-splitting, streaming audio and rich, razor sharp video make your pad a launching pad." Slap a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in any recent (last couple of years) rig, and you've got the audio. Slap a Radeon 9800 XT in any recent rig with AGP, and you've got that. In fact, I'd have to put both in an Athlon 64 FX system to get that.
"What's more, you get all the power you need to edit, mix, and model your own digital creations with memory to spare." Sure, it applies if your board can take 8GB of RAM and you're running a 64-bit OS. However, if you're running release versions of Windows XP, you're only running a 32-bit OS. 4GB RAM max.
This one takes the cake, however. Microsoft Windows XP Professional [5.1.2???] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>sdf "sdf" is not recognized as an internal or external command, executable program or batch file.
C:\> C:\> C:\> C:\> C:\>adf "adf" is not recognized as an internal or external command, executable program or batch file.
C:\> C:\> C:\>?f "?f" is not recognized as an internal or external command, executable program or batch file.
C:\> (rest of screenshot partially covered by "AMD Man" - same error, clearly different commands) Hmm, at least they could USE THE FUCKING COMMAND PROMPT RIGHT! Or RUN A FUCKING 3D MODELING APP! (note - if this doesn't look right, view the post by itself)
Well, I was being a bit Windows-centric, seeing as the developer wanted to release it as a closed-source app. The chances are good that he was developing with an MS IDE/compiler, so it would make it damn easy to embed IE into it. BTW, at least on Linux, Opera embeds itself for the ad.
I personally think that they should offer POP3/SMTP service. That is the ONE reason I signed up for my softhome account. If it weren't for that, my address would be bhtooefr@yahoo.com (go ahead, spam it. It's not like I've checked it in a year)
Google was in beta for a really fucking long time. Look at Debian. It's damn stable (not counting the major breach, as that affected ALL distros) because it's been worked on for a VERY long time to move through unstable, then testing, then stable. Not a Debian zealot (god, a Debian workstation seems impossible to get working), but just saying that sometimes stuff turns out better when it ages. Also, Froogle is searching every site with a $ sign. PriceWatch, DealTime, etc., they're just getting price lists from their partners, ready to feed into the engines.
Are we talking Windows here? If so, just embed a 468x60 IE (shudder) HTML control, and push AdWords into it. Opera, for example, is able to do it just fine.
Ah, why not just trash their whole server, replace their main image with hello.jpg with the text: "We're a bunch of assholes. Delete this message, as it is spam"
Also, try to root the server, and stop the sending of the spam and the images, put up notices that this server was used for spamming purposes, but was shut down by white-hat hackers (and explain what white/black-hat or hack/crackers are). Also, discretely slip a header into their spambot so that if they do start again, SpamAssasin already calls it spam. It's a shame that Hercules didn't become a common graphical standard, as there was one old DOS virus that did what we all told everyone was impossible - it set your monitor on fire, if it was an old B&W Hercules monitor. I think it set the V-Scan extremely high, and unlike modern monitors, there was no protection against that, so it would whine like a banshee and then overheat and burst into flame.
The Lisa may have been expandable, but take this into consideration: Although it worked as a Mac with MacWorks, the Mac emulation SUCKED ASS.
Also, they NEVER let IBM make an Apple clone, and the only thing IBM has ever done in Apple's space is work with the PowerPC line of processors, and manufacture some for Macs (the G3 and G5). However, this site lists the illegal and legal Mac clones.
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No multimedia keys, and a crappier feel (Unicomp makes crappier keyboards than Lexmark did with their version of the Model M, which feels like a cheap knockoff of an older IBM Model M).
http://www.pckeyboard.com/customizer.html (available in 101 (same as Model M) and 104-key layouts).
Unfortunately, that's your best bet unless you want a pointing device, in which case you want one of these:
On the Ball (101-key trackball-equipped keyboard)
On the Stick (101-key TrackPoint-equipped keyboard)
EnduraPro/104 (104-key TrackPoint-equipped keyboard)
On the Ball Plus (101-key trackball AND TrackPoint-equipped keyboard)
And that, my friends, is what PS/2-to-USB adaptors are for. I'm typing this on a PS/2 Model M through an AT adaptor (hey, this box was free, and I like the keyboard), and if I had the time to get an adaptor (you do have to pick carefully, because the Model M doesn't work with many USB adaptors and some newer mobos), I'd have a USB adaptor on there.
Do sigs show up in the static pages? If not, I need to do something about that...
Wrong board. It's not (insert random character here)bCode, it's HTML. <a href="http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070 010833.html">cheapbytes.com</a>. Observe:
cheapbytes.com
Also, it's 1/100 of the cost of a SCO license, but no free shipping! ($5 for USPS)
1. Let's make it 10 years. 1990 or earlier would have made sense in 2000, but not in '04.
2. Call it using modern stuff (10BaseT counts, as it is compatible with modern stuff) on stuff that meets the criteria of #1.
3. Umm... the Univac is a system that qualifies for #1 (being from the '60s) - therefore, it's redundant.
On an old machine with worn (or brand spanking new consumer grade) ATA-33 IDE drives (unless you have a PCI SCSI controller). RTFA.
Umm... I'm not saying partitioning is hard, I'm saying it looks hard. It's certainly easier to hit "Partition Automatically" than Enter, Enter, N, L (not sure of it offhand), Enter, especially for a n00b who doesn't know WHAT partitioning is.
BTW, I don't own an x86-64 yet, but I'm looking hard at that eMachines laptop that /. mentioned earlier. One question: if you had two stores to pick from, and both sucked, which would you pick? They're Best Buy and Circuit City. BB sued FatWallet (very bad - especially when the fscking DMCA is brought in), CC made DiVX (not the video codec, the "rental" DVD - even worse, but it was a while ago).
I know someone replied to you already, but here's another description of it:
Think of Fedora as RedHat, except with a Debian-esque development model. Actually, it's built on the RedHat 9.1 beta code that was out before RedHat ditched their free/basic distro. Fedora is now RedHat's low end distro, except it now doesn't have support. The great news is that Fedora seems to be innovating, and not stagnating like RedHat seemed to do. I might try Fedora, especially as it's now becoming one of the major x86-64 distros, and SuSE left a bad taste in my mouth when I tried 8.2 (it was a bit incompatible with every source package and most RPMs). I'm not saying RedHat was perfect (I tried SuSE BECAUSE RedHat had major problems at version 8, when I tried it), but seeing as it's RedHat, it's got it's advantages (RedHat Package Manager tends to work best with RedHat, by the way).
What he wants to know is this: what happens if you take an AMD64 system, put (say) Fedora Core 1 x86 on the HDD, benchmark it, and then put an identically configured Fedore Core 1 test1 x86_64 system on, and benchmark that, will the x86_64 be significantly faster, due to the 64-bitness?
How about this:
$40 for Standard
$80 or 90 (forget which) for Deluxe (what was reviewed here)
I think the difference is that Deluxe has CrossOver Office and Plugin.
Thing is, the installer on (insert mainstream desktop distro here) is better than the installer on (insert NT4, 2000, or XP here). However, "installation" for those who choose a new XP box is this:
Click I agree twice, click Yes, register now, type in your name, rank, and serial number (OK, so your name, address, etc., etc.), click Next, click OK, and say hello to your new computer.
Linux on Joe Blow's desktop will never be viable as long as hardware manufacturers don't work with Linux (Intel, USR, and Conexant come to mind), and software developers work against Linux (MS is the biggest problem for Linux). Also, wide usage of stuff that doesn't support Linux by computer manufacturers (lowest bidder) doesn't help either.
Even if you can convince her to get off of AOhelL, she'll still get billed for it for several months afterward. If she REALLY wants AOL, follow this tutorial.
Heh... last I checked, Sprint had phones that could work off of their own network. Nextel? Nope...
Of course, my dad's cell costs 15 cents PER SMS RECIEVED, and an SMS-happy cow-orker sent TWO. He called the company to get SMS disabled, and disabling that disables voicemail alerts (VERY important). Moral of the story? If you plan on disabling SMS, don't go Nextel.
In addition, some of those adds are actually more interesting than the magazine content itself.
LOL... especially when they've got blatant errors in them. Let's look at Page 24 of the January 2004 PC World:
"My adrenaline fix isn't what it used to be. Double the dose."
What exactly does that mean? OK, so it has double the address space, but what else?
"Double the data path from 32- to 64-bit and you more than double the thrill factor."
Thrill factor isn't something you can measure...
"Uninterrupted, ear-splitting, streaming audio and rich, razor sharp video make your pad a launching pad."
Slap a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in any recent (last couple of years) rig, and you've got the audio. Slap a Radeon 9800 XT in any recent rig with AGP, and you've got that. In fact, I'd have to put both in an Athlon 64 FX system to get that.
"What's more, you get all the power you need to edit, mix, and model your own digital creations with memory to spare."
Sure, it applies if your board can take 8GB of RAM and you're running a 64-bit OS. However, if you're running release versions of Windows XP, you're only running a 32-bit OS. 4GB RAM max.
This one takes the cake, however.
Microsoft Windows XP Professional [5.1.2???]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>sdf
"sdf" is not recognized as an internal or external command,
executable program or batch file.
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>adf
"adf" is not recognized as an internal or external command,
executable program or batch file.
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>?f
"?f" is not recognized as an internal or external command,
executable program or batch file.
C:\>
(rest of screenshot partially covered by "AMD Man" - same error, clearly different commands)
Hmm, at least they could USE THE FUCKING COMMAND PROMPT RIGHT! Or RUN A FUCKING 3D MODELING APP! (note - if this doesn't look right, view the post by itself)
Well, I was being a bit Windows-centric, seeing as the developer wanted to release it as a closed-source app. The chances are good that he was developing with an MS IDE/compiler, so it would make it damn easy to embed IE into it. BTW, at least on Linux, Opera embeds itself for the ad.
I personally think that they should offer POP3/SMTP service. That is the ONE reason I signed up for my softhome account. If it weren't for that, my address would be bhtooefr@yahoo.com (go ahead, spam it. It's not like I've checked it in a year)
Google was in beta for a really fucking long time. Look at Debian. It's damn stable (not counting the major breach, as that affected ALL distros) because it's been worked on for a VERY long time to move through unstable, then testing, then stable. Not a Debian zealot (god, a Debian workstation seems impossible to get working), but just saying that sometimes stuff turns out better when it ages. Also, Froogle is searching every site with a $ sign. PriceWatch, DealTime, etc., they're just getting price lists from their partners, ready to feed into the engines.
Are we talking Windows here? If so, just embed a 468x60 IE (shudder) HTML control, and push AdWords into it. Opera, for example, is able to do it just fine.
Actually, I'd be pissed if Alan Ralsky were run over with a garbage truck.
I'd rather have him get a bamboo plant up his ass. (earlier thread suggested it)
Of course, it's not cruel and unusual when we're subjected to millions of v1@gr4 spams a day...
Ah, why not just trash their whole server, replace their main image with hello.jpg with the text: "We're a bunch of assholes. Delete this message, as it is spam"
Also, try to root the server, and stop the sending of the spam and the images, put up notices that this server was used for spamming purposes, but was shut down by white-hat hackers (and explain what white/black-hat or hack/crackers are). Also, discretely slip a header into their spambot so that if they do start again, SpamAssasin already calls it spam. It's a shame that Hercules didn't become a common graphical standard, as there was one old DOS virus that did what we all told everyone was impossible - it set your monitor on fire, if it was an old B&W Hercules monitor. I think it set the V-Scan extremely high, and unlike modern monitors, there was no protection against that, so it would whine like a banshee and then overheat and burst into flame.
Hab-e-as-S-W-E - six syllables.
Like-Hab-e-as-S-W-E - seven syllables
Hab-e-as-SWE - four syllables
Like-Hab-e-as-SWE - five syllables.
I guess it's swe, and not s w e.
Win-ter-in-to-spring 5
Bright-ly-an-tic-ip-at-ed 7
Like-Hab-e-as-SWE 5
The Lisa may have been expandable, but take this into consideration: Although it worked as a Mac with MacWorks, the Mac emulation SUCKED ASS.
Also, they NEVER let IBM make an Apple clone, and the only thing IBM has ever done in Apple's space is work with the PowerPC line of processors, and manufacture some for Macs (the G3 and G5). However, this site lists the illegal and legal Mac clones.