Yes, and the Zaurus SL-6000 is one HELL of a machine! Integrated 802.11b, VGA display, and it runs linux. With pocketworkstation, you can have a full debian install on it. Hell, just to show off to my boss I installed the full asterisk PBX on the thing. His jaw hit the floor. There's SIP software to use the thing as a VoIP phone, it's just fantastic. I just wish sharp would support it a bit better. (read: at all)
it's not linux, but the FreeBSD ports system is the easiest compile form source system I've ever used.
(Not saying anything bad about debian- I actually prefer it. Just saying that other people have the compile-from-source thing down pretty well too)
Yes, but how much of every sale through AOL would go to AOL, and how much would go to the other label(s)? IIRC, on iTunes, the labels get the VAST majority of the cash from every sale. I'd gladly give my worst enemy $1000 to get $100000 myself..
"As in no second source ISP like Covad or Earthlink would be able to lease bandwidth or connectivity on the fibre lines at (low) state-set rates, like they are able to today on the copper lines"
I don't think that is the case. I work for a small ISP near Philadelphia, and Verizon has already started sending us our partner program info on reselling this service..
My bank runs their server on NT4.0. Which, if I'm not mistaken, they don't even release patches for anymore. So, all my financial stuff is on a server, that can't get patched if/when new vulnerabilities are found. I'm seriously considering changing banks (for many reasons in addition to the above) but I doubt anywhere else is really much better.
home pc users on slashdot with multiple machines are likely to have at least 1 linux box, but I wouldn't say that's true for most home users. I work in phone tech support for an ISP, so I talk to lots of residential customers, many of which have multiple computers, and they usually have their old windows machine for the kids, and a newer windows machine for themselves.
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I had the very same problem, but with Pizza Hut instead of Dominos. The Pizza Hut wouldn't deliver to me without a landline, but the Dominos had no problem at all. Coincidentally, this particular Pizza Hut is now out of business, and has been turned in to a gas station.
I have done that many times, but with stuff even older (unfortunatley). Bought a stack of 11 SparcStation IPCs on ebay for $10 (+$90 shipping) figuring it would be fun to do *somethig* to them. I was sorely mistaken. Also got an old Apple LCII, again, bad bad move. Just recently I had someone give me an old TRS80 too, with everything (original packaging, magazines, receipts, everything.) got it home before I realized I had absolutley nothing to use it for. Wound up giving it to an artsy girl because she thought it would look cool and "retro" in her apartment.
Whatever. Got it out of my living room.
a cross platform package system would be great, but wouldn't something like apt with dependency resolution be much better then RPM?
(yes I know there is apt for redhat/fedora)
Espionage was only one of the listed reasons for prohibiting these devices. Here at my office, people bring in devices from home, and wind up with all sorts of nasty software installed on their work machines. We also frown upon putting personal laptops etc. on the internal corporate network, because it gets on the inside of our firewall, and lets say it's one of the sales drones doing it. They probally haven't patched thier machines in quite a while, and could (and in our case, *have*) bring a virus/worm or other kinds of malware on to the network.
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So, get someone with mod points to mod me down. I don't lose sleep at night over my slashdot karma.
You might want to check out Cinelerra. It has pretty good support for renderfarms. I built one out of scrap 300mhz machines, and it only took a weekend.
it's not.. there's one episode where moes is about 2 doors down from the Simpsons house. They adjust the layout to fit whatever they happen to be doing.
Damn. Just 2 days ago, I got rid of my old TRS-80, and 5 boxes of Radio Shack catalogs, Manuals, TRS-80 Magazines, I still even had the damn recipt. circa 1979, I think. If I had though anybody cared about old catalogs, I would have scanned them all before giving them to that insane art student.
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I just did something along those lines. I had an old thinkpad, and a couple old k6-2 machines, tossed debian and cinelerra on them, and had myself a 6 machine renderfarm out of things I was about to throw in the dumpster. That doesn't get you using the LCD at all, but could get you using a machine you'd trash otherwise.
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I wouldn't say that 50% are "windows based". I'd say a good portion of the number just believe in using the best tool for the job. I personally have about 5 debian machines, but my desktop and laptop are Windows (w/ vmwared linux machines for when I really need it). So, the computer I post to slashdot on is "windows based", but I have more linux machines. It's simply because I use the best tool for the job, and linux kicks ass for what I use it for, but isn't quite up to snuff on the desktop yet. I'd bet a good portion of the people that post to slashdot and use windows on thier desktop feel the same way.
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Yes, and the Zaurus SL-6000 is one HELL of a machine! Integrated 802.11b, VGA display, and it runs linux. With pocketworkstation, you can have a full debian install on it. Hell, just to show off to my boss I installed the full asterisk PBX on the thing. His jaw hit the floor. There's SIP software to use the thing as a VoIP phone, it's just fantastic. I just wish sharp would support it a bit better. (read: at all)
it's not linux, but the FreeBSD ports system is the easiest compile form source system I've ever used. (Not saying anything bad about debian- I actually prefer it. Just saying that other people have the compile-from-source thing down pretty well too)
it sure is. it even runs linux. check out a used Zaurus SL-5500 on ebay..
Yes, but how much of every sale through AOL would go to AOL, and how much would go to the other label(s)? IIRC, on iTunes, the labels get the VAST majority of the cash from every sale. I'd gladly give my worst enemy $1000 to get $100000 myself..
As of 9:43AM EST, looks like they fixed it.
that's a big caucus!
"As in no second source ISP like Covad or Earthlink would be able to lease bandwidth or connectivity on the fibre lines at (low) state-set rates, like they are able to today on the copper lines" I don't think that is the case. I work for a small ISP near Philadelphia, and Verizon has already started sending us our partner program info on reselling this service..
My bank runs their server on NT4.0. Which, if I'm not mistaken, they don't even release patches for anymore. So, all my financial stuff is on a server, that can't get patched if/when new vulnerabilities are found. I'm seriously considering changing banks (for many reasons in addition to the above) but I doubt anywhere else is really much better.
This is bash.
if that fails, look for a bum selling it. You'll have to buy it off him. and a google search for the reference to make it on topic ;)
home pc users on slashdot with multiple machines are likely to have at least 1 linux box, but I wouldn't say that's true for most home users. I work in phone tech support for an ISP, so I talk to lots of residential customers, many of which have multiple computers, and they usually have their old windows machine for the kids, and a newer windows machine for themselves.
I had the very same problem, but with Pizza Hut instead of Dominos. The Pizza Hut wouldn't deliver to me without a landline, but the Dominos had no problem at all. Coincidentally, this particular Pizza Hut is now out of business, and has been turned in to a gas station.
I have done that many times, but with stuff even older (unfortunatley). Bought a stack of 11 SparcStation IPCs on ebay for $10 (+$90 shipping) figuring it would be fun to do *somethig* to them. I was sorely mistaken. Also got an old Apple LCII, again, bad bad move. Just recently I had someone give me an old TRS80 too, with everything (original packaging, magazines, receipts, everything.) got it home before I realized I had absolutley nothing to use it for. Wound up giving it to an artsy girl because she thought it would look cool and "retro" in her apartment. Whatever. Got it out of my living room.
a cross platform package system would be great, but wouldn't something like apt with dependency resolution be much better then RPM? (yes I know there is apt for redhat/fedora)
From the front page of gnu.org
"(GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX"; it is pronounced "guh-noo.")"
Though you're proablly just trolling, and I bit.
Espionage was only one of the listed reasons for prohibiting these devices. Here at my office, people bring in devices from home, and wind up with all sorts of nasty software installed on their work machines. We also frown upon putting personal laptops etc. on the internal corporate network, because it gets on the inside of our firewall, and lets say it's one of the sales drones doing it. They probally haven't patched thier machines in quite a while, and could (and in our case, *have*) bring a virus/worm or other kinds of malware on to the network.
So, get someone with mod points to mod me down. I don't lose sleep at night over my slashdot karma.
And here is the link I forgot.
You might want to check out Cinelerra. It has pretty good support for renderfarms. I built one out of scrap 300mhz machines, and it only took a weekend.
it's not.. there's one episode where moes is about 2 doors down from the Simpsons house. They adjust the layout to fit whatever they happen to be doing.
Whaaaat??? Whaaaaaat??! Ooohkay!
Damn. Just 2 days ago, I got rid of my old TRS-80, and 5 boxes of Radio Shack catalogs, Manuals, TRS-80 Magazines, I still even had the damn recipt. circa 1979, I think. If I had though anybody cared about old catalogs, I would have scanned them all before giving them to that insane art student.
4) Via Carrier Pigeon to CowboyNeal
I just did something along those lines. I had an old thinkpad, and a couple old k6-2 machines, tossed debian and cinelerra on them, and had myself a 6 machine renderfarm out of things I was about to throw in the dumpster. That doesn't get you using the LCD at all, but could get you using a machine you'd trash otherwise.
I wouldn't say that 50% are "windows based". I'd say a good portion of the number just believe in using the best tool for the job. I personally have about 5 debian machines, but my desktop and laptop are Windows (w/ vmwared linux machines for when I really need it). So, the computer I post to slashdot on is "windows based", but I have more linux machines. It's simply because I use the best tool for the job, and linux kicks ass for what I use it for, but isn't quite up to snuff on the desktop yet. I'd bet a good portion of the people that post to slashdot and use windows on thier desktop feel the same way.