The general consensus is that SCSI is faster, but in reality, SCSI is only faster when there's more than one hard drive per bus. If you have only one drive per bus, IDE is faster than SCSI. So basically if chipsets supported four IDE buses so that you could separate each drive onto its own bus, SCSI would really not have any chance of being faster. This is what apple does on its XServe, give it a distinct price/performance advantage. If you really want speed, you go to FC-AL.
You can create an Applescript applet which will set movies to full screen mode. Then all you need to do is drop the quicktime movie onto the applescript. I believe apple has written this applescript themselves, it should be available somewhere on their quicktime or applescript areas.
I wish Sun would just bring back OpenStep, the king of all programming environments. This way code for OS X could be cross compiled for Solaris, and it would make my life a lot easier.
It'll take you a good five minutes to get a CD-R drive working on an Sun Ultra machine. Get the Schilly SCG driver and cdrecord, and any MMC compliant CD-R drive will work. I've got a 16x plextor drive in my ultra 10, works like a charm.
It's possible to port 3DOSX to UNIX via GNUStep. The entire application is written in Objective-C using the Cocoa API, which GNUStep attempts to duplicate (Cocoa is based on NextStep which GNUStep's original goal was to emulate).
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Same thing with my powerbook G4, although the caps lock light still toggles on and off when technically it's acting as a control key. Go figure.
Here at the University of Illinois, they're implementing wireless encryption through a Cisco VPN, the client software of which is available for most major operating systems.
One CAT-7 patch cable supplier, conforms to the CAT-7 proposal. Perhaps the proposal is finalized, but you can buy cable conforming to the proposal. This way you're guaranteed expandability. Price is always a factor when trying to stay on the cutting edge =)
I don't see anyone that's mentioned it yet, but you should probably run CAT-7 for gigabit ethernet speeds. I agree that most gigabit ethernet equipment is expensive at the moment, but prices will no doubt fall soon (New G4 macs come with gigabit ethernet, including the G4 Powerbook (!) ). Gigabit ethernet is the future as far as home use. Fiber is a pain, CAT-7 is a copper wire so you should be able to make your own connectors. I'm not sure what the price point currently is on CAT-7.
Although some people say that people shouldn't use MSN because it's from "The Evil Empire," MSN is actually a very reliable and fast service. I don't hesitate to recommend people to MSN because it seems like they have a very large infrastructure with very little users. On top of that, although you can use the special MSN dialer, you can also log into MSN using a normal dial-up connection (your login because MSN/username or something like that). In addition, MSN is probably one of the only large ISPs that allows you to use a special modem to dial up with two lines in order to double your throughput. They also support ISDN and whatnot. Don't knock it until you try it!
I guess one should read their own quoted articles better. The article states that with the new FCC ruling, the HomeRF/OpenAir protocol will be able to run at the same data rates as 802.11b -- 11Mbits. (not 8 as I previously stated).
As far as wireless LANs go, you have two choices - either Proxim (HomeRF/OpenAir) or 802.11b. 802.11b offers a higher data rate (Max 11Mbit), however the HomeRF protocol supports both voice and data over the same protocol (the latency on 802.11b makes it so that voice cannot be supported). The HomeRF protocol also has better multipath which means that in most homes you should get better range. The downside is that the HomeRF protocol currently only supports ~2Mbit speed. However the FCC recently ruled that the HomeRF protocol can now operate at four times the speed, which means that companies will probably soon come out with 8Mbit units sometime in the future. Another thing you may want to think about is that using a GSM cellphone has been known to interfere with 802.11b wireless networks.
Seems like a hoax to me - click on the "Pengachu Inside" link. Quantum Computer Module with Pengachu Interface? I don't think so. QC isn't even feasible for normal use right now.
I actually e-mailed the guys and found out that there was a real time clock available in the software. Here's what he said:
FYI, the Handyboard has a real-time clock in it which is accessible from
the software. You can read it, reset it (it resets when the board is
reset) etc. As the batteries where down, the clock timing doesn't change,
but the motor speed does changes as the batteries where down.
The U-shaped slot sensors make good wheel encoders when combined with the
LEGO disk that contains six holes. This disk fits in the sensor's slot and
can be used to count wheel rotations. Several teams did this to calculate
where their vehicle moved.
In addition, it seems that the handyboard this year will have a new addition: A Polariod 6500 Sonar Ranging Connector, which would sit on the expansion board. Hopefully we'll get the use of this this year.
The kit which was supplied last year (for the 2000 contest) contained both the mindstorms RCX brick controller, as well as the Handy Board (with Interactive C). Thus many teams built two robots, each independantly controlled - it would have been nice if a radio transciever had been included so that the two robots could talk to each other...
The Handy Board is annoying though, it doesn't have a real time clock and the software timer isn't accurate at all - the speed of the software timer is proportional to the current provided by the battery.
Does it? I was under the impression that convection worked by the fact that hot air rises, pulling in cold air from the bottom of the cube. Hot air rises because it is less dense than cold air - less dense and thus not as heavy per square unit. In zero g, the weight of an object would nothing, since Weight=mass*gravity and gravity=0, thus Weight=0.
As far as I know, convection cooling doesn't work in zero G. Why choose the G4 cube as opposed to the mini-tower? There aren't really any advantages, heck you can't even upgrade the G4 cube due to space (sic) considerations.
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It should be fairly easy to run X applets on OS X if you have the proper libraries installed. Since XFree86 now runs on OS X, all you need to do is to write a simple app to watch the X11 port and display the application, just like what you're able to do with X Servers for windows.
GIMP 1.2.0 works ok on my machine (Solaris 8, SPARC). I don't know if Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 packages are compatible or whatever (I've never built a package before), but I can try to build a binary package if you need one.
I had the click of death problem with my parallel port zip drive. The transfer would basically slow to a halt and you'd hear the zip disk's metal protection cover thing move back and forth (open and close). Your computer would basically grind to a dead halt because of this. I managed to get a SCSI zip drive from a friend who had an unused mac, and have been using that ever since with no problems (I've used it under Windows, Linux and Solaris).
Perhaps having a Republican for president might encourage more people to move more left in their views, especially if drastic changes are made while Bush is in government. This might end up helping Nader in the next election, especially if Bush manages to somehow upset current legislation on the abortion pill, birth control, welfare, et al. People might decide that they need a more radical change and vote Nader in 2004.
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The general consensus is that SCSI is faster, but in reality, SCSI is only faster when there's more than one hard drive per bus. If you have only one drive per bus, IDE is faster than SCSI. So basically if chipsets supported four IDE buses so that you could separate each drive onto its own bus, SCSI would really not have any chance of being faster. This is what apple does on its XServe, give it a distinct price/performance advantage. If you really want speed, you go to FC-AL.
VBR yes, but it does not support VBR MP3s when they exist inside of AVIs. It's been a long time bug that apple never fixed.
You can create an Applescript applet which will set movies to full screen mode. Then all you need to do is drop the quicktime movie onto the applescript. I believe apple has written this applescript themselves, it should be available somewhere on their quicktime or applescript areas.
I wish Sun would just bring back OpenStep, the king of all programming environments. This way code for OS X could be cross compiled for Solaris, and it would make my life a lot easier.
It'll take you a good five minutes to get a CD-R drive working on an Sun Ultra machine. Get the Schilly SCG driver and cdrecord, and any MMC compliant CD-R drive will work. I've got a 16x plextor drive in my ultra 10, works like a charm.
It's possible to port 3DOSX to UNIX via GNUStep. The entire application is written in Objective-C using the Cocoa API, which GNUStep attempts to duplicate (Cocoa is based on NextStep which GNUStep's original goal was to emulate).
Same thing with my powerbook G4, although the caps lock light still toggles on and off when technically it's acting as a control key. Go figure.
Here at the University of Illinois, they're implementing wireless encryption through a Cisco VPN, the client software of which is available for most major operating systems.
One CAT-7 patch cable supplier, conforms to the CAT-7 proposal. Perhaps the proposal is finalized, but you can buy cable conforming to the proposal. This way you're guaranteed expandability. Price is always a factor when trying to stay on the cutting edge =)
I don't see anyone that's mentioned it yet, but you should probably run CAT-7 for gigabit ethernet speeds. I agree that most gigabit ethernet equipment is expensive at the moment, but prices will no doubt fall soon (New G4 macs come with gigabit ethernet, including the G4 Powerbook (!) ). Gigabit ethernet is the future as far as home use. Fiber is a pain, CAT-7 is a copper wire so you should be able to make your own connectors. I'm not sure what the price point currently is on CAT-7.
You mean Practically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
Although some people say that people shouldn't use MSN because it's from "The Evil Empire," MSN is actually a very reliable and fast service. I don't hesitate to recommend people to MSN because it seems like they have a very large infrastructure with very little users. On top of that, although you can use the special MSN dialer, you can also log into MSN using a normal dial-up connection (your login because MSN/username or something like that). In addition, MSN is probably one of the only large ISPs that allows you to use a special modem to dial up with two lines in order to double your throughput. They also support ISDN and whatnot. Don't knock it until you try it!
I guess one should read their own quoted articles better. The article states that with the new FCC ruling, the HomeRF/OpenAir protocol will be able to run at the same data rates as 802.11b -- 11Mbits. (not 8 as I previously stated).
As far as wireless LANs go, you have two choices - either Proxim (HomeRF/OpenAir) or 802.11b. 802.11b offers a higher data rate (Max 11Mbit), however the HomeRF protocol supports both voice and data over the same protocol (the latency on 802.11b makes it so that voice cannot be supported). The HomeRF protocol also has better multipath which means that in most homes you should get better range. The downside is that the HomeRF protocol currently only supports ~2Mbit speed. However the FCC recently ruled that the HomeRF protocol can now operate at four times the speed, which means that companies will probably soon come out with 8Mbit units sometime in the future. Another thing you may want to think about is that using a GSM cellphone has been known to interfere with 802.11b wireless networks.
Seems like a hoax to me - click on the "Pengachu Inside" link. Quantum Computer Module with Pengachu Interface? I don't think so. QC isn't even feasible for normal use right now.
The kit which was supplied last year (for the 2000 contest) contained both the mindstorms RCX brick controller, as well as the Handy Board (with Interactive C). Thus many teams built two robots, each independantly controlled - it would have been nice if a radio transciever had been included so that the two robots could talk to each other...
The Handy Board is annoying though, it doesn't have a real time clock and the software timer isn't accurate at all - the speed of the software timer is proportional to the current provided by the battery.
I'm in involved in this, and all of the programming is in BASIC. It's very annoying, and there doesn't seem to be a real time clock on the device. If someone would care to hack the Innovation First (which is based on the BASIC Stamp II SX microcontroller, with a Scenix SX28AC/55 chip - a chip which should support ASM) controller board so we can use C or ASM, it would be much appreciated. It's a shame that the FIRST doesn't try to encourage more the programming side of things, since software is an integral part of robotics.
Does it? I was under the impression that convection worked by the fact that hot air rises, pulling in cold air from the bottom of the cube. Hot air rises because it is less dense than cold air - less dense and thus not as heavy per square unit. In zero g, the weight of an object would nothing, since Weight=mass*gravity and gravity=0, thus Weight=0.
As far as I know, convection cooling doesn't work in zero G. Why choose the G4 cube as opposed to the mini-tower? There aren't really any advantages, heck you can't even upgrade the G4 cube due to space (sic) considerations.
It should be fairly easy to run X applets on OS X if you have the proper libraries installed. Since XFree86 now runs on OS X, all you need to do is to write a simple app to watch the X11 port and display the application, just like what you're able to do with X Servers for windows.
GIMP 1.2.0 works ok on my machine (Solaris 8, SPARC). I don't know if Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 packages are compatible or whatever (I've never built a package before), but I can try to build a binary package if you need one.
Any chance we could move to C# in another 2 years?
I'm sure Microsoft would fund schools immensely for it. And any argument against it would apply to Java just the same...
I had the click of death problem with my parallel port zip drive. The transfer would basically slow to a halt and you'd hear the zip disk's metal protection cover thing move back and forth (open and close). Your computer would basically grind to a dead halt because of this. I managed to get a SCSI zip drive from a friend who had an unused mac, and have been using that ever since with no problems (I've used it under Windows, Linux and Solaris).
Perhaps having a Republican for president might encourage more people to move more left in their views, especially if drastic changes are made while Bush is in government. This might end up helping Nader in the next election, especially if Bush manages to somehow upset current legislation on the abortion pill, birth control, welfare, et al. People might decide that they need a more radical change and vote Nader in 2004.