I sort of want one. A screen like that should get me through a year or two of college...
But I will wait till they ship with the Athlon64. There's really no sense buying 32-bit hardware right now, unless you just get some cheap desktop solution like a 2500 Barton to keep you going untill 64bit is affordable.
Check out the Logitech Elite there at the top. Best keyboard made.
Alternatively, if you just need something simple for office use, or to purchase in volume, the Mitsumi KFK-EA4XT is a solid no-frills keyboard. I use it on all my secondary systems.
Well I tried installing Mandrake three times total, once on a spare hard drive. All I could make out when it booted was "Loading linux-enterp...." and the system would lock up and blank out the monitor. Couldn't even ctrl+alt+del.
Perhaps Mandrake just doesn't like my heavily overclocked 2500 Barton, (I am running FSB 180 *12.5, which is faster than a 3000 Barton) but Windows and Gentoo installed just fine and are perfectly stable, so I somehow doubt that is the case.
Several weeks ago I downloaded 3 cds of Mandrake 9.1 and tried installing to my Asus A7N8X system. Them pre-compiled kernels simply would not load. Mandrake may have an easy installation process, but it sure doesn't seem to work on cutting edge hardware.
I was about to give up and settle for my XP Corp bootleg that M$ published years ago but happens to install to my A7N8X just fine. But then I discovered Slashdot and heard about Gentoo. I downloaded that small stage1 tarball and set to work bootstrapping / emerge system / compileing kernel, and so on, and was up and running by the end of that day. Great stuff, I tell ya. And much more fun than all that Mandrake GUI-ness.
Yes, I see I completely missed the point of your post....
The default fonts in Opera 7.11 for Linux look remarkably like the output of "cat/boot/vmlinuz". I am going to have to change them all to something more legible.
They are going to "Extend Linux." That means Open. WTF would they doing to do otherwise? Distribute pre-compiled modules for every architecture? Give me a break. Companies don't develop proprietary stuff in groups of eight. The whole point is openess.. they want interoperability with each others' products.
The CELF is a place to come and discuss various issues that are of particular importance to the CE industry. Through an open process, the CELF members will clarify and codify certain requirements to be addressed by the open source community. Thereafter, the CELF will evaluate any open source submissions as to their effectiveness and responsiveness to the requirements. Open source submissions accepted by the CELF Architecture Group and Steering Committee will be incorporated into the CELF source tree, which itself is open to the public.
Through this open process, the CELF intends to leverage the benefits of the open source community and process to maximize the re-use of common solutions to common problems and thereby create a foundation on which the CELF members and others can build compelling networked products. We welcome you to join the CELF and work with us to realize an open platform for compelling new consumer electronics products.
Win2k was a disaster when it first came out. If you were lucky enough to have compatible hadware, it was decent enough for server tasks, M$ Office and sol.exe but forget playing real games or using other 9x programs.
XP is compatible with almost all 9x software, had much better hardware support out of the box, and has _MAJOR_ GUI improvements (from the average user's perspective). And as you said XP boots faster.
Think back several years. Redmond had two offerings: ME and w2k. The first as you know was a total flop. And for a good time after it was released, w2k featured slighly less driver support than your average steering wheel.
At this point in time, I hated M$'s gutts and was desperate for an alternative OS. 98 SE crashed every 10 minutes, 2000 barely ran anything, and ME was nothing but a BSD assembly line (of the blue variety). But I needed to wait for the 2.4 kernel because I wanted USB support, etc if I was going to make a permanent switch from Windows.
I heard about XP's upcomming release and just groaned.. what could M$ possibly get wrong next?
Then, a few weeks after the XP release date a warez/cracker type friend of mine burns me a bootlegged copy of Professional/Corporate ed. with a complementary keygen. I was totally blown away. I almost felt like paying for it. Almost. But M$ has wronged people far to often in the past, so much so that I figured they owe all 9x, ME, and w2k users a free upgrade. So I make a point of installing XP Corporate on the home PCs of about half my high school's families as part of routine troubleshooting.
But there are downsides to XP, of course. Apart from the obligatory distaste for closed source there are funky things like EULA's, Product Activation, DRM, etc, which I make a point of circumventing or just ignoring.
This all makes me curious about Longhorn, even though its still a ways off. With XP, M$ has finally produced a good platform and it puzzles me whether this is the start of a new trend or just some huge cosmic accident.
You must not have used windows much, mui. I was amazed when I first used XP. It is *SO* much better than 9x and 2000. Hell froze over that day... M$ finally released a product I could respect. Of course, their "Product Activation" and EULA's are still shit, but the actual product is very good.
Don't get me wrong - I do prefer OSS software. I finally finished compiling Gentoo last night and am loving every minute of it.
But XP is still a good product. The only thing keeping it from greatness is the activation and licensing nonsense.
Generally US retailers bizarrely don't include the tax (even though you're gunna pay it anyway), so deduct 17.5% from my figure, that's £119.15.. which is just over $190.
Sales tax is not as fixed here in the US. We have 50 different States, each charging their own tax. In Wisconsin, where I happen to live, this is 5%. Add to that the fact that some counties (which there can be 100's of in a state) also charge sales tax.. and its virtually impossible to list prices with sales tax.
Yet it gets even more complicated. If I, living in Wisconsin, order something from a company in some other state, I do not have to pay ANY sales tax. But the people who live in the state that company is based in DO have to pay sales tax.
Just keep in mind that the 'United' States are also somewhat "Independent States."
I am sure you Brits have a more sensible, NATIONWIDE system;)
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Oh my...
I sort of want one. A screen like that should get me through a year or two of college...
But I will wait till they ship with the Athlon64. There's really no sense buying 32-bit hardware right now, unless you just get some cheap desktop solution like a 2500 Barton to keep you going untill 64bit is affordable.
btw, if you haven't seen them yet, THG had posted the first pics of the Athlon64
Just serves to make me more curious what Intel has up their sleave.. I wish they'd be more open about it.
Check out the Logitech Elite there at the top. Best keyboard made.
Alternatively, if you just need something simple for office use, or to purchase in volume, the Mitsumi KFK-EA4XT is a solid no-frills keyboard. I use it on all my secondary systems.
Well I tried installing Mandrake three times total, once on a spare hard drive. All I could make out when it booted was "Loading linux-enterp...." and the system would lock up and blank out the monitor. Couldn't even ctrl+alt+del.
Perhaps Mandrake just doesn't like my heavily overclocked 2500 Barton, (I am running FSB 180 *12.5, which is faster than a 3000 Barton) but Windows and Gentoo installed just fine and are perfectly stable, so I somehow doubt that is the case.
"Forget Linux!" says the FSF, "by the time all the lawsuits finish we'll have HURD!!!"
1. Abandon Linux in its moment of need
2. Devlope a fully GNU alternative
4. ???
5. Philosophize!
The Gentoo Linux Install Script is looking pretty slick.. perhaps it will be distributed with Gentoo 1.4 as an alternative.
But I am glad I installed manually first. It was very educational.
Several weeks ago I downloaded 3 cds of Mandrake 9.1 and tried installing to my Asus A7N8X system. Them pre-compiled kernels simply would not load. Mandrake may have an easy installation process, but it sure doesn't seem to work on cutting edge hardware.
I was about to give up and settle for my XP Corp bootleg that M$ published years ago but happens to install to my A7N8X just fine. But then I discovered Slashdot and heard about Gentoo. I downloaded that small stage1 tarball and set to work bootstrapping / emerge system / compileing kernel, and so on, and was up and running by the end of that day. Great stuff, I tell ya. And much more fun than all that Mandrake GUI-ness.
Sir, they were already at that point before coin was invented.
What can BROWN do for you?
Skydiving at Mach 5, anyone?
You must first login, and for that you need a membership card.
They are fairly affordable... you should be able to get one for, say, $2 billion/yr or so.
Yes, I see I completely missed the point of your post.... The default fonts in Opera 7.11 for Linux look remarkably like the output of "cat /boot/vmlinuz". I am going to have to change them all to something more legible.
"WTF would they doing to do otherwise?" *splat* I suppose you can figure out what I really meant to say there.
Maybe he just RTFA.
They are going to "Extend Linux." That means Open. WTF would they doing to do otherwise? Distribute pre-compiled modules for every architecture? Give me a break. Companies don't develop proprietary stuff in groups of eight. The whole point is openess.. they want interoperability with each others' products.
From the frontpage:
The CELF is a place to come and discuss various issues that are of particular importance to the CE industry. Through an open process, the CELF members will clarify and codify certain requirements to be addressed by the open source community. Thereafter, the CELF will evaluate any open source submissions as to their effectiveness and responsiveness to the requirements. Open source submissions accepted by the CELF Architecture Group and Steering Committee will be incorporated into the CELF source tree, which itself is open to the public.
Through this open process, the CELF intends to leverage the benefits of the open source community and process to maximize the re-use of common solutions to common problems and thereby create a foundation on which the CELF members and others can build compelling networked products. We welcome you to join the CELF and work with us to realize an open platform for compelling new consumer electronics products.
Win2k was a disaster when it first came out. If you were lucky enough to have compatible hadware, it was decent enough for server tasks, M$ Office and sol.exe but forget playing real games or using other 9x programs.
XP is compatible with almost all 9x software, had much better hardware support out of the box, and has _MAJOR_ GUI improvements (from the average user's perspective). And as you said XP boots faster.
Think back several years. Redmond had two offerings: ME and w2k. The first as you know was a total flop. And for a good time after it was released, w2k featured slighly less driver support than your average steering wheel.
At this point in time, I hated M$'s gutts and was desperate for an alternative OS. 98 SE crashed every 10 minutes, 2000 barely ran anything, and ME was nothing but a BSD assembly line (of the blue variety). But I needed to wait for the 2.4 kernel because I wanted USB support, etc if I was going to make a permanent switch from Windows.
I heard about XP's upcomming release and just groaned.. what could M$ possibly get wrong next?
Then, a few weeks after the XP release date a warez/cracker type friend of mine burns me a bootlegged copy of Professional/Corporate ed. with a complementary keygen. I was totally blown away. I almost felt like paying for it. Almost. But M$ has wronged people far to often in the past, so much so that I figured they owe all 9x, ME, and w2k users a free upgrade. So I make a point of installing XP Corporate on the home PCs of about half my high school's families as part of routine troubleshooting.
But there are downsides to XP, of course. Apart from the obligatory distaste for closed source there are funky things like EULA's, Product Activation, DRM, etc, which I make a point of circumventing or just ignoring.
This all makes me curious about Longhorn, even though its still a ways off. With XP, M$ has finally produced a good platform and it puzzles me whether this is the start of a new trend or just some huge cosmic accident.
You must not have used windows much, mui. I was amazed when I first used XP. It is *SO* much better than 9x and 2000. Hell froze over that day... M$ finally released a product I could respect. Of course, their "Product Activation" and EULA's are still shit, but the actual product is very good. Don't get me wrong - I do prefer OSS software. I finally finished compiling Gentoo last night and am loving every minute of it. But XP is still a good product. The only thing keeping it from greatness is the activation and licensing nonsense.
As far as I know, Blizzard "North" only developed Diablo I and II, so this will not affect *craft at all.
Sign here.
I mod you +6...
Is that like one of those D&D superweapons?
That may be stereotypical, but it makes me wonder... do they enforce the GPL in China?
Well, at least someone gets it!
Any story can be turned into an SCO joke. Just say "SCO did it" or something to that effect and you get modded +5 Funny.
If you are that versed in how computers work, why not head over to NewEgg and build your own router box?
I would do that any day rather than trust a retailer to assemble a system for me.
Then you could make use of that inventory of spare computer components of varying degrees of use and obsoleteness any sensible geek keeps handy.
Generally US retailers bizarrely don't include the tax (even though you're gunna pay it anyway), so deduct 17.5% from my figure, that's £119.15.. which is just over $190.
;)
Sales tax is not as fixed here in the US. We have 50 different States, each charging their own tax. In Wisconsin, where I happen to live, this is 5%. Add to that the fact that some counties (which there can be 100's of in a state) also charge sales tax.. and its virtually impossible to list prices with sales tax.
Yet it gets even more complicated. If I, living in Wisconsin, order something from a company in some other state, I do not have to pay ANY sales tax. But the people who live in the state that company is based in DO have to pay sales tax.
Just keep in mind that the 'United' States are also somewhat "Independent States."
I am sure you Brits have a more sensible, NATIONWIDE system
I do not think that can be attributed to any one person as a quote. Many, many people have said it.