When you make the CD it builds it for your system. They are not going to sell them as Linux bootable, despite the fact that'd it be a good idea, you have to build em yourself.
Even then support for basic hardware (generic monitors, keyboards, mice, sound cards) might not take up much space.
One step closer to migrating PCs into the Console Gaming market. Something more like the X-Box. Wouldn't surprise me. By the time the X-box comes out, we'll probably have cool Linux games, thus creating competition for it (as if the already existing console gaming systems weren't competition enough).
Also, right now, porting to Linux isn't worth it because the profit they turn for doing it barely covers the cost of producing it. This may tip the scales in that aspect aswell.
Dammit I have been saving 5-6 of these up for something to use them for and now I have a use for em! I bet all you suckers that got rid of yours are now looking for em...I am heading to eBay to rake in the dough!
Mini Programmers save space and hardware. They feed off the dust inside VCRs and TVs. Unfortunately the heat eventually makes them pass out. Which is why electronics stop working for no reason and then start back up again after you shake them, you just woke him back up.
I always wanted to see the flash point of any explosion, this will finally give me the ability to see it.
The fact that it requires so much RAM is insane, but it makes sense 1000fps X 8 seconds = 8000images (depending on quality). I think it should come with a 40GB drive. That way for each 1GB shot, you can download the image to disk and shoot some more.
Um no! The scrapped the project and destroyed all the prototypes and blueprints (most of them)
It is very rare to find actual intact blueprints and parts from the planes. The one in the movie (206) that flys off at the end, is complete fake. And the commercials about the farmer having a "secret" in his barn is complete BS too.
Interesting idea, but have you ever accidently dropped your walk/diskman? They might be able to recover, I doubt a PC could. I'd be afraid to drop the damned thing. And there are too many wires! Damn head mount display should be wireless! The thing is already gonna cost a billion trillion dollars...what is another 5 thousand?
My friends and I are already doing this. Bascially you get a calender and people try and guess which week the Pentium 4 might come out on. $1 per week you guess. Whoever guesses the right week gets the money from the pool. In case of Intel never releasing the damned thing, you go and buy pizza or something for everyone. And if a couple people get the same week, you can split it, etc...
This thing has already been delayed, I personally have the weeks of January as my main choices.
They have already recalled this chip. Tom's hardware Guide has had numerous articles on just how crapped up this chip actually is. He even has another hardware site to back him up; HardOCP. Maybe the Pentium III 1.13 Ghz can go that fast. Its possible...but the damned thing fails to work 20% of the time, do you want to spend the money to take that chance? Assuming you can actually get a hold of one?
You'd have better luck getting someone to give you a porshe or something
If there is only one distrobution of Linux, it would completely defeat the purpose of having it. The only way i could see this happening is if they have different config packs or something. Where different configuratons depend on what you need it for, and your ability to use them.
But then, isn;t that what these different distrobutions are all about? Someone who is new would install Corel or Redhat, and experts use others like Debian, Slackware, Mandrake, etc...
I also don't really see a point to creating only one distro, it gives people more choice. And it allows people to choose what they want. Instead of you telling them what they want.
Oh I don't know...
I was in my local "Computer Recyclers" and I saw a Pentium III 450Mhz, with 15 PCI slots CDROM and Floppy. Not sure about the hard drive space. I am getting once in a couple weeks if they are still there. Why? Because it is cool. I have always said there are not enough expansion slots in a computer. I think this one has just enough.
This concept is actually very useful. Gives laptop users the ability for mass storage, and perpherial use, using just one PC.
I am just wondering if the size could be cut down, the thing seems as big as a regular desktop case (mini-tower model).
And according to the datasheet the thing only has a 150W power supply. Sort of limiting. Motherboards don't really need more than that (never have), only reason really to get 300W is the amount of perpherials, and from the looks of things, this one supports up to that many. I wonder if there are going to be any power consumption problems?
One good thing is the expansion PCI slots, my new Toshiba 4043's sound card is crap compared to my Sound Blaster Live.
And I guess the BIOS of this thing would have to auto-detect hard drives on boot, unless the software to configure it programs the FLASH ROM/RAM or something.
I am sure there is a huge market for Linux laptop users, anyone at my campus is running Linux on thier laptop (unless they have an IBook). And I work in technical support. I get people calling up about Windows 2000 and thier laptops all the time.
You're half right. The chip was in develop when the first PII's were brought out and AMD finally solved the floating point issue. Soon later they released the K6-2's that had this fix. At that time frame they were in dev for the K7. At which point they knew Intel was going to release a new chip, no one knew what it was called, or how it worked/what it could do. But AMD had to be prepared for it. Which is why thier were reports of the K8/9 when the K7 500 was first released.
I don't believe they are / or the current models have ever been referred to as the K8/9; however.
I think the history of computers is just as important as the current information and technology. Its was only 10 years ago that people were still using separate controller cards for Hard drives and Floppy drives, bus mice and other such devices.
How many people in the computer field really know about the history of computers? It may not be a requirement to use one, but I think in order to be considered an expert (A+, MCSE, etc), maybe they should include a little history aswell.
Maybe thier should be a hardware database, with pictures and specs on the internet. Or maybe even a separate database from the Internet, create another ARPNET (consult history books for that one too).
[Side note: A+ does include history to a certain extent, but there were computers before Intel; and contrary to what my current A+ manual states, NEXT GEN did not develop the K7 to compete with the Pentium II, AMD developed it and it was to compete with the Pentium III]
Wonder if there is any law against creating a clone of the Cue Cat, the case seems small enough that the hardware wouldn't be too hard to duplicate, possibly using larger components.
The power consumption of this chip is too high. I don't want to have to by a separate power bar just for my frikken case (especially when video cards are using external power now too).
And when you consider that you can get 2 chips and create a dual processor system that can run as fast or faster, you have to wonder why people would want to buy it anyways.
When they broke the 1Ghz barrier I knew a few people who were already enjoying that speed with a couple of dual 500s running GNOME (Granted you don't get the full 1000Mhz experience, but its pretty close).
I am still waiting to see a Dual Athlon motherboard, strap on a couple of T-birds, and let those pengiuns fly!
"Thank god they don't let people like me fly non-virtual planes;)"
What they need to do is create a simulator that actually affects your urroundings...if you fly too low then the ground should react accordingly, especially if you crash.
Make it more realistic.
That should be the same for any game, the surroundings should crumble if struck by rockets and what not.
Hell, it might finally start using some of the processing power out of the 1 Ghz CPUs and the 256MB of RAM we keep shoving into gaming systems.
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Just for the record and my personal opinion
The answer is yes...ask anyone who really knows how a computer works.
When you make the CD it builds it for your system. They are not going to sell them as Linux bootable, despite the fact that'd it be a good idea, you have to build em yourself.
Even then support for basic hardware (generic monitors, keyboards, mice, sound cards) might not take up much space.
One step closer to migrating PCs into the Console Gaming market. Something more like the X-Box. Wouldn't surprise me. By the time the X-box comes out, we'll probably have cool Linux games, thus creating competition for it (as if the already existing console gaming systems weren't competition enough).
Also, right now, porting to Linux isn't worth it because the profit they turn for doing it barely covers the cost of producing it. This may tip the scales in that aspect aswell.
Just remember to feed the jolt to the VCR in moderation...too much may cause your programmer to blow your VCR to smitheriens...
Dammit I have been saving 5-6 of these up for something to use them for and now I have a use for em! I bet all you suckers that got rid of yours are now looking for em...I am heading to eBay to rake in the dough!
Mini Programmers save space and hardware. They feed off the dust inside VCRs and TVs. Unfortunately the heat eventually makes them pass out. Which is why electronics stop working for no reason and then start back up again after you shake them, you just woke him back up.
32000fps is not fast enough?
I always wanted to see the flash point of any explosion, this will finally give me the ability to see it. The fact that it requires so much RAM is insane, but it makes sense 1000fps X 8 seconds = 8000images (depending on quality). I think it should come with a 40GB drive. That way for each 1GB shot, you can download the image to disk and shoot some more.
Um no! The scrapped the project and destroyed all the prototypes and blueprints (most of them)
It is very rare to find actual intact blueprints and parts from the planes. The one in the movie (206) that flys off at the end, is complete fake. And the commercials about the farmer having a "secret" in his barn is complete BS too.
Interesting idea, but have you ever accidently dropped your walk/diskman? They might be able to recover, I doubt a PC could. I'd be afraid to drop the damned thing. And there are too many wires! Damn head mount display should be wireless! The thing is already gonna cost a billion trillion dollars...what is another 5 thousand?
My friends and I are already doing this. Bascially you get a calender and people try and guess which week the Pentium 4 might come out on. $1 per week you guess. Whoever guesses the right week gets the money from the pool. In case of Intel never releasing the damned thing, you go and buy pizza or something for everyone. And if a couple people get the same week, you can split it, etc...
This thing has already been delayed, I personally have the weeks of January as my main choices.
They have already recalled this chip. Tom's hardware Guide has had numerous articles on just how crapped up this chip actually is. He even has another hardware site to back him up; HardOCP. Maybe the Pentium III 1.13 Ghz can go that fast. Its possible...but the damned thing fails to work 20% of the time, do you want to spend the money to take that chance? Assuming you can actually get a hold of one? You'd have better luck getting someone to give you a porshe or something
If there is only one distrobution of Linux, it would completely defeat the purpose of having it. The only way i could see this happening is if they have different config packs or something. Where different configuratons depend on what you need it for, and your ability to use them.
But then, isn;t that what these different distrobutions are all about? Someone who is new would install Corel or Redhat, and experts use others like Debian, Slackware, Mandrake, etc...
I also don't really see a point to creating only one distro, it gives people more choice. And it allows people to choose what they want. Instead of you telling them what they want.
Oh I don't know...
I was in my local "Computer Recyclers" and I saw a Pentium III 450Mhz, with 15 PCI slots CDROM and Floppy. Not sure about the hard drive space. I am getting once in a couple weeks if they are still there. Why? Because it is cool. I have always said there are not enough expansion slots in a computer. I think this one has just enough.
For some odd reason, no one here owning a mac wants to migrate to Linux
This concept is actually very useful. Gives laptop users the ability for mass storage, and perpherial use, using just one PC.
I am just wondering if the size could be cut down, the thing seems as big as a regular desktop case (mini-tower model).
And according to the datasheet the thing only has a 150W power supply. Sort of limiting. Motherboards don't really need more than that (never have), only reason really to get 300W is the amount of perpherials, and from the looks of things, this one supports up to that many. I wonder if there are going to be any power consumption problems?
One good thing is the expansion PCI slots, my new Toshiba 4043's sound card is crap compared to my Sound Blaster Live.
And I guess the BIOS of this thing would have to auto-detect hard drives on boot, unless the software to configure it programs the FLASH ROM/RAM or something.
I am sure there is a huge market for Linux laptop users, anyone at my campus is running Linux on thier laptop (unless they have an IBook). And I work in technical support. I get people calling up about Windows 2000 and thier laptops all the time.
You're half right. The chip was in develop when the first PII's were brought out and AMD finally solved the floating point issue. Soon later they released the K6-2's that had this fix. At that time frame they were in dev for the K7. At which point they knew Intel was going to release a new chip, no one knew what it was called, or how it worked/what it could do. But AMD had to be prepared for it. Which is why thier were reports of the K8/9 when the K7 500 was first released.
I don't believe they are / or the current models have ever been referred to as the K8/9; however.
Sounds like fun!
Can we try porting my Ford F 150 engine to my Volkswagon Beetle next?
I think the history of computers is just as important as the current information and technology. Its was only 10 years ago that people were still using separate controller cards for Hard drives and Floppy drives, bus mice and other such devices.
How many people in the computer field really know about the history of computers? It may not be a requirement to use one, but I think in order to be considered an expert (A+, MCSE, etc), maybe they should include a little history aswell.
Maybe thier should be a hardware database, with pictures and specs on the internet. Or maybe even a separate database from the Internet, create another ARPNET (consult history books for that one too).
[Side note: A+ does include history to a certain extent, but there were computers before Intel; and contrary to what my current A+ manual states, NEXT GEN did not develop the K7 to compete with the Pentium II, AMD developed it and it was to compete with the Pentium III]
Wonder if there is any law against creating a clone of the Cue Cat, the case seems small enough that the hardware wouldn't be too hard to duplicate, possibly using larger components.
The power consumption of this chip is too high. I don't want to have to by a separate power bar just for my frikken case (especially when video cards are using external power now too).
And when you consider that you can get 2 chips and create a dual processor system that can run as fast or faster, you have to wonder why people would want to buy it anyways.
When they broke the 1Ghz barrier I knew a few people who were already enjoying that speed with a couple of dual 500s running GNOME (Granted you don't get the full 1000Mhz experience, but its pretty close).
I am still waiting to see a Dual Athlon motherboard, strap on a couple of T-birds, and let those pengiuns fly!
"Thank god they don't let people like me fly non-virtual planes ;)"
What they need to do is create a simulator that actually affects your urroundings...if you fly too low then the ground should react accordingly, especially if you crash.
Make it more realistic.
That should be the same for any game, the surroundings should crumble if struck by rockets and what not.
Hell, it might finally start using some of the processing power out of the 1 Ghz CPUs and the 256MB of RAM we keep shoving into gaming systems.