User: fishermonger

Re:The low end

On: "Budget" Chips go Head-to-Head

From Fry's ad this Friday:

Duron 1.6+MB $50 (fan not included)
Case $35 (- $15 MIR)
MEM $90 (- $30 MIR)

Cant go wrong, it'll run GNOME for 2 years or so and these prices are not comming down much (well, the memory will for sure).

If you don't live near fry's, move.
- from Anandtech hot deals forum]

Re:Skip this book.

On: Java Database Best Practices

From (the late) Richard Stevens' site: A friend commented to me that normal evolution would have gone Word to Frame to troff, but instead, the computer industry has gone the other way!

Re:SCO: The new 'Military Intelligence'

On: Darl McBride Interview

GEM

Makes me think that there is a need for http://gems.slashdot.org

Re:Celeron is worthless, stick to AMD

On: Intel Celeron 2.2GHz Reviewed

A link(s) would be nice. I would like more info on this. Probably still reluctant for a server, since its obviously an unsupported hack, but would make a killer workstation.

1) Google: athlon XP modding MP L5 bridge
2) One article at hardwarezone

Like i've said i just heard about it and was wondering if any /.-ers did it recentley. Seems the best price/performace by far.

Re:Celeron is worthless, stick to AMD

On: Intel Celeron 2.2GHz Reviewed

I have a reluctance for AMD mp, party because of price/performance.

I've just recently found out about modding XP's so they'll look like MP's, and fit in a dual-cpu boards. Overall seems a good price performance:

MB (amd760 chipset) ~$200
2xXP 2400+ ~$200 for both

Anyone has done this? Performace? Relaibility?

Re:Sorry for being dumb

On: Bitstream/Gnome Release Vera Font Family

including TeX's native Computer Modern

Is it me, or CM really suck? It look cheasy, and also Springer Varlag. Why can't they just use times (like Cambridge eg)?