On clarity issues, I mean that if I take Opera up to, say, 150 or 175% zoom on the page on such a system, the images would look rather fuzzy in comparison to the text (which is as sharp as I'd expect it to be). Also, how hard is it to scale the GUI to these fonts, and get the images to scale with them? I'd like to know how to do this under the following desktop environments and operating systems:
It's not clarity that I'm worried about. It's that the print would be too damn small, and tweaking it often doesn't work (and if it does, it kills clarity).
Actually, any 6th generation CPU (NexGen 5x86, AMD K6/K7(Athlon/XP/Duron)/K8(A64/FX/Opteron), Pentium Pro/II/III/4/M/Celeron, Transmeta, etc., etc. is internally RISC. It translates the x86 code into RISC code (in the case of the AMD and NexGen CPUs, it's RISC86), and executes that.
They said on their site that it's also mobile. If not, it is at least the DTR (DeskTop Replacement) version of the A64. Lower power, a SpeedStep-like system, but still Socket 754.
It's the 3000+, which is a stripped down 3200+ ((Dur|Celer)on-ized to half the cache). It performs almost as well, and the board would probably take a mobile 3400+, so you're talking about one sweet rig here. For $1550 with the 3000+.
What, Micro ATX? Tiger Direct has a 200W (I think) uATX PSU for eMachines, HP, Compaq, and Micro ATX cases for $20 or $25. I'm going to buy one to get more PSU in my HP box when I upgrade it to the point that the only stock or genuine replacement components are the case, an identical to stock FDD (the one in it now is shot), and the front panel (with power switch).
Athlon XPs, 64s, FX-51/Opterons, mobile XPs, and mobile 64s are cooler than a desktop P4, and I have a desktop P4 laptop. Toasty warm is an accurate description for THAT laptop. Able to feel that it is putting out heat is an accurate description for a mobile 64 laptop. Then again, flame-broiled is an accurate description for my P75 laptop, but that's the battery.
15.4", 1280x800? You don't seem to understand that that is the industry standard for widescreen laptops.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600? The only thing higher than it in the Mobility line is one with twice the RAM, which gets the name Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro. (Voodoo didn't actually know WHAT a 9600 Pro was at the time that they called theirs a Pro - nobody did - but it is really the exact same thing as what's in this eMachines)
512MB RAM? My school runs XP on 128, and it's still snappier than Damn Small Linux on 96. 512 is plenty for the average user.
AC-97 Audio? Sure, it's only capable of 2.1 sound, but when a laptop only has 2.0, and those speakers suck (I've read that the m:855's speakers suck ass), do you really need a high end sound card?
Paying more than $1550? Why? Voodoo's box has a pretty paint job, a DVD burner, and a 15" 1400x1050 (IMHO, that's painfully small) (on top of what the eMachines offers), for OVER $1000 more.
Well, you could get the dual part if you cram a certain Mini-ITX board (VIA made one of a board for their next model of C3 that took TWO of them) in a laptop case, and someone makes a 12-pound P4 DTR that has a RAID array. However, if you've got a laptop that can take an extra HDD, CD-ROM, or extra battery in a bay, play with software RAID.
But, this one seems to be specced out similarly to the Voodoo Envy M:855:
CPU: Voodoo: Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ (2.0 GHz, 512KiB L2) (other configs available, but I am attempting to get it as close as possible) eMachines: Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ (2.0GHz, 512KiB L2)
GPU: Voodoo: Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro w/64MB RAM (technically, since it doesn't have 128MB or more RAM, it's not Pro) eMachines: Mobility Radeon 9600 w/64MB RAM
Hmm, looks like the eM is a MUCH better deal, especially considering that they had a widescreen laptop with an AXP for $1500 before this... I know that the M:855 is the first. However, the eMachines 64-bit laptop is a LOT cheaper - must be the special case or something on the Voodoo.
I've switched to Thunderbird because Eudora sucks, M2 has no spam filtering and is just odd, and I won't touch lookOut (or Express Infection) with a 10-ft pole.
Umm, the patent was for using it in a system like this:
New user "joeblow" gets an account at "ezinter.net", and gets the homepage "http://joeblow.ezinter.net" and the e-mail address "joeblow@ezinter.net". This is infringing. Interestingly, if it were like this:
joeblow.anytown.ezinter.net joeblow@anytown.ezi nter.net...it wouldn't be infringing. Dumbasses.
I used to prefer SuSE, until packages FROM A SUSE MIRROR segfaulted, didn't run, etc., etc., and adding apps not in the default catalog is a BITCH, compiling is almost impossible, etc., etc.
Debian? Good for servers. That, and REALLY light boxes. That's it.
RedHat/Fedora? Seems slow, feels like XP on the bloat side of things
Mandrake? Haven't tried it, but the problems with 9.2 have me worried.
Damn Small Linux? Gets pretty sluggish (although that could be because I'm running Firebird, XMMS (playing some streaming MP3s), Sylpheed, AND nICQ on a 233 with 96MB RAM), but is nice and small - however, a dsl-hdinstall (it's Knoppix-based) doesn't look like it's very clean.
I'd assume it's metal, as my 1994 Lexmark Model M (IBM branded) feels like a cheap knock-off. My good one is missing keys, but I pulled them off of the Lexmark, and it's as good as new for typing. It makes one satisfying click, and I'd have to say my only pet peeve is one that few users share (modelm.org is actually aligned against the missing keys) - no Windows keys. I know I can get a Customizer 104 from Unicomp, but I've heard they're even cheaper quality than a Lexmark Model M. However, since I'm migrating completely over to Linux, I may not need Windows keys.
I've never opened this KB up (although I need to check out the NumLock LED - it doesn't work), but it seems like it's a metal plate one. Here are the stats:
I think the ID would be the serial number, so my Model M would be fairly late (I think the first Model Ms for the PC/AT were released in 1984 - mine has a PS/2 plug (which was a pain when I came across this old AT-ported box)).
Personally, my way of upgrading is this: upgrade it as far as it will go, then push it as long as it'll run, and then when it dies, replace it (and sell off working, but unusable parts, and use the other working parts). My Celery box will come back to life as one of the first Pentium M desktops once PowerLeap releases their adaptor for the Pentium M to run on any Socket 478 motherboard. The box I'm typing this on, an old PMMX-233 with 96MB of RAM, has two HDDs - one of which is pulled from my Celery. I don't buy a box, and when it breaks or gets too old, buy a new one. I rebuild boxes (I said I didn't build my own computer on the poll, but I have done all of the steps to do so, just only when they were needed), upgrade them, etc., etc.
However, my point was that the chances that one guy's corpus is going to be identical to the next guy's corpus are VERY slim. Also, they have to make their sales pitch somewhere. Any random e-mail from a friend most likely won't have a sales pitch in it. If it's a fully pseudo-legit message, that's a crapflood, not UCE.
He's not talking about the Model M (this post was typed on a genuine IBM, not a Lexmark, Model M), he's talking about the old AS/400 terminal keyboards. That's some big iron (and I'm just talking about the METAL, not the processing power (which is nil)).
I agree with you that Bayesian is going to fail sometime. However, I think it might be able to hold up for a while with every spam having a hash buster in it. You see, even though there is the hash buster, the more good and bad mail there is, the more accurate it gets. My advice? Build your corpus now, and prepare to switch to a verification system PLUS Bayesian PLUS conservative blacklist.
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On clarity issues, I mean that if I take Opera up to, say, 150 or 175% zoom on the page on such a system, the images would look rather fuzzy in comparison to the text (which is as sharp as I'd expect it to be). Also, how hard is it to scale the GUI to these fonts, and get the images to scale with them? I'd like to know how to do this under the following desktop environments and operating systems:
KDE
GNOME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
It's not clarity that I'm worried about. It's that the print would be too damn small, and tweaking it often doesn't work (and if it does, it kills clarity).
I'd say throw some Bawls in too...
I'd think the big screen would be best used ONLY for spectators, obviously following either the action, or the highest scoring player.
I meant most common of the industry standard 15.4" widescreens... I wouldn't be able to stand 1900x1600 on a 15.4" screen, BTW.
However, Athlon XPs, 64s, FXs, and Opterons run much cooler than Pentium 4s, and my desktop P4 laptop isn't that much of a lapburner.
Actually, any 6th generation CPU (NexGen 5x86, AMD K6/K7(Athlon/XP/Duron)/K8(A64/FX/Opteron), Pentium Pro/II/III/4/M/Celeron, Transmeta, etc., etc. is internally RISC. It translates the x86 code into RISC code (in the case of the AMD and NexGen CPUs, it's RISC86), and executes that.
They said on their site that it's also mobile. If not, it is at least the DTR (DeskTop Replacement) version of the A64. Lower power, a SpeedStep-like system, but still Socket 754.
It's the 3000+, which is a stripped down 3200+ ((Dur|Celer)on-ized to half the cache). It performs almost as well, and the board would probably take a mobile 3400+, so you're talking about one sweet rig here. For $1550 with the 3000+.
What, Micro ATX? Tiger Direct has a 200W (I think) uATX PSU for eMachines, HP, Compaq, and Micro ATX cases for $20 or $25. I'm going to buy one to get more PSU in my HP box when I upgrade it to the point that the only stock or genuine replacement components are the case, an identical to stock FDD (the one in it now is shot), and the front panel (with power switch).
Athlon XPs, 64s, FX-51/Opterons, mobile XPs, and mobile 64s are cooler than a desktop P4, and I have a desktop P4 laptop. Toasty warm is an accurate description for THAT laptop. Able to feel that it is putting out heat is an accurate description for a mobile 64 laptop. Then again, flame-broiled is an accurate description for my P75 laptop, but that's the battery.
15.4", 1280x800? You don't seem to understand that that is the industry standard for widescreen laptops.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600? The only thing higher than it in the Mobility line is one with twice the RAM, which gets the name Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro. (Voodoo didn't actually know WHAT a 9600 Pro was at the time that they called theirs a Pro - nobody did - but it is really the exact same thing as what's in this eMachines)
512MB RAM? My school runs XP on 128, and it's still snappier than Damn Small Linux on 96. 512 is plenty for the average user.
AC-97 Audio? Sure, it's only capable of 2.1 sound, but when a laptop only has 2.0, and those speakers suck (I've read that the m:855's speakers suck ass), do you really need a high end sound card?
Paying more than $1550? Why? Voodoo's box has a pretty paint job, a DVD burner, and a 15" 1400x1050 (IMHO, that's painfully small) (on top of what the eMachines offers), for OVER $1000 more.
Well, you could get the dual part if you cram a certain Mini-ITX board (VIA made one of a board for their next model of C3 that took TWO of them) in a laptop case, and someone makes a 12-pound P4 DTR that has a RAID array. However, if you've got a laptop that can take an extra HDD, CD-ROM, or extra battery in a bay, play with software RAID.
But, this one seems to be specced out similarly to the Voodoo Envy M:855:
CPU:
Voodoo: Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ (2.0 GHz, 512KiB L2) (other configs available, but I am attempting to get it as close as possible)
eMachines: Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ (2.0GHz, 512KiB L2)
GPU:
Voodoo: Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro w/64MB RAM (technically, since it doesn't have 128MB or more RAM, it's not Pro)
eMachines: Mobility Radeon 9600 w/64MB RAM
HDD:
Voodoo: 60GB Travelstar (optional - adds $93.27)
eMachines: 60GB
CD:
Voodoo: 2x DVD(+/-?)R + 16X CD-RW
eMachines: 8x DVD-ROM + 24x24x24x CD-RW
Networking:
Voodoo: 802.11g, 10/100, 56K
eMachines: 802.11g, 10/100, 56K
Display:
Voodoo: 15" 1400x1050
eMachines: 15.4" 1280x800
RAM:
Voodoo: 512MB "Low Latency"
eMachines: 512MB PC2700
Price:
Voodoo: $2749.06
eMachines: $1549.99
Hmm, looks like the eM is a MUCH better deal, especially considering that they had a widescreen laptop with an AXP for $1500 before this... I know that the M:855 is the first. However, the eMachines 64-bit laptop is a LOT cheaper - must be the special case or something on the Voodoo.
No, it uses vxWorks, a competitor to Windows CE .NET, QNX, and embedded Linux.
I've switched to Thunderbird because Eudora sucks, M2 has no spam filtering and is just odd, and I won't touch lookOut (or Express Infection) with a 10-ft pole.
Umm, the patent was for using it in a system like this:
i nter.net ...it wouldn't be infringing. Dumbasses.
New user "joeblow" gets an account at "ezinter.net", and gets the homepage "http://joeblow.ezinter.net" and the e-mail address "joeblow@ezinter.net". This is infringing. Interestingly, if it were like this:
joeblow.anytown.ezinter.net
joeblow@anytown.ez
*distro flame*
I used to prefer SuSE, until packages FROM A SUSE MIRROR segfaulted, didn't run, etc., etc., and adding apps not in the default catalog is a BITCH, compiling is almost impossible, etc., etc.
Debian? Good for servers. That, and REALLY light boxes. That's it.
RedHat/Fedora? Seems slow, feels like XP on the bloat side of things
Mandrake? Haven't tried it, but the problems with 9.2 have me worried.
Damn Small Linux? Gets pretty sluggish (although that could be because I'm running Firebird, XMMS (playing some streaming MP3s), Sylpheed, AND nICQ on a 233 with 96MB RAM), but is nice and small - however, a dsl-hdinstall (it's Knoppix-based) doesn't look like it's very clean.
I'd assume it's metal, as my 1994 Lexmark Model M (IBM branded) feels like a cheap knock-off. My good one is missing keys, but I pulled them off of the Lexmark, and it's as good as new for typing. It makes one satisfying click, and I'd have to say my only pet peeve is one that few users share (modelm.org is actually aligned against the missing keys) - no Windows keys. I know I can get a Customizer 104 from Unicomp, but I've heard they're even cheaper quality than a Lexmark Model M. However, since I'm migrating completely over to Linux, I may not need Windows keys.
I've never opened this KB up (although I need to check out the NumLock LED - it doesn't work), but it seems like it's a metal plate one. Here are the stats:
DOB: 08-19-1991
P/N: 1391401
FRU: 1392090
ID#: 8015230
I think the ID would be the serial number, so my Model M would be fairly late (I think the first Model Ms for the PC/AT were released in 1984 - mine has a PS/2 plug (which was a pain when I came across this old AT-ported box)).
Personally, my way of upgrading is this: upgrade it as far as it will go, then push it as long as it'll run, and then when it dies, replace it (and sell off working, but unusable parts, and use the other working parts). My Celery box will come back to life as one of the first Pentium M desktops once PowerLeap releases their adaptor for the Pentium M to run on any Socket 478 motherboard. The box I'm typing this on, an old PMMX-233 with 96MB of RAM, has two HDDs - one of which is pulled from my Celery. I don't buy a box, and when it breaks or gets too old, buy a new one. I rebuild boxes (I said I didn't build my own computer on the poll, but I have done all of the steps to do so, just only when they were needed), upgrade them, etc., etc.
However, my point was that the chances that one guy's corpus is going to be identical to the next guy's corpus are VERY slim. Also, they have to make their sales pitch somewhere. Any random e-mail from a friend most likely won't have a sales pitch in it. If it's a fully pseudo-legit message, that's a crapflood, not UCE.
He's not talking about the Model M (this post was typed on a genuine IBM, not a Lexmark, Model M), he's talking about the old AS/400 terminal keyboards. That's some big iron (and I'm just talking about the METAL, not the processing power (which is nil)).
OK, that's why there are places that will buy your old hardware.
I run an old Laser (VTech) 13" VGA monitor when I need to run a kiosk and need the 17" to stay on a tower.
I agree with you that Bayesian is going to fail sometime. However, I think it might be able to hold up for a while with every spam having a hash buster in it. You see, even though there is the hash buster, the more good and bad mail there is, the more accurate it gets. My advice? Build your corpus now, and prepare to switch to a verification system PLUS Bayesian PLUS conservative blacklist.