Does anyone know of a resonably priced mobo with PCI express (more than one slot), dual channel, and SATA? onboard lan vido and sound not reguired. prefer socket 939.
However, seeing as many/.ers surely would give a small portion of their income to the Mozilla Foundation, I think we make an exception for this and call it legit news too.
I think you're thinking of "those other libertarians." My personal definition of libertarianism excludes actions that harm others, except by mutual consent.
BTW: what Ayn Rand proposed is called Objectivism.
This is a coincidence. That is not disputed. However, the point is that it is an exceedingly recurrent coincidence, regardless of whether or not it is a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
Having a deficit does not make government run ineffectively.
Correct. However, having a gi-normous, constantly-growing deficit is not.
Legally the Government is still obligated to pay back those bonds they float. However, if they don't start running surpluses, they keep floating bonds to pay for the old bonds, on top of increased gov't spending. This leads to too much inflation, which is bad.
Presario 2105US (It's out of production, so don't worry about being surprised at retail. Other than the PCMCIA problem and needing a custom DSDT ACPI table, it makes a good Linux laptop.)
This is the most they say about the problem: fixes cardbus issue. I put two and two together when the first card died, and I called D-Link about it, and they didn't have a clue until I told them the make of the laptop, and the tech talked to his boss, and I was granted an RMA.
After flashing the BIOS and getting a new card, it worked fine for a while. Then I had this power connector problem with the motherboard, and the computer has been continuously disassembled since then, except for the week that the component was resoldered, at the beginning of which I fried the card again.
I think that sometimes, if the card is in at boot time, the card can be flashed accidentally, because it will power up, but drivers will not load and I can't get any activity.
If (and it is a big "if") IBM will back FireFox in the same way that IBM has backed Linux, then FireFox could easily grab 60% of the browser market.
IBM is not the silver bullet. We cannot go crying to them with everything. They have no interest in Firefox or Mozilla, nor should they.
It's not like we're asking people to format their hard drives and install a new OS. It's just: visit a website, run an installer, migrate your current settings; and you're ready to go, as far as Firefox is concerned. This is why we do not need the corporate backing for Firefox that we do with Linux.
Though, OEM support for Firefox would not be a bad thing...
Well, I had a buddy resolder the part back into place. That lasted maybe a week, during which time I could hear crackling and smell burning from the site.
This problem is rather common with Compaq laptops; and having read what people say about it, which is that sometimes soldering works, and sometimes it doesn't, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a new mobo and a replacement AC adapter from a third-party (yes, 100% compatable) that has a straight plug instead of an angled one.
And then, once I know it works, I'm going to upgrade the proc. to a 2400+ 35W Barton core Athlon XP and install a mini-PCI wireless card, because even after they said they fixed it, the model of my laptop has a tendency to fry PCMCIA cards.
When it's all done, I'll have ended up spending about 3/4 of what I paid for the thing in the first place. It seems like a lot, but I expect to keep this machine for a while, and I don't expect it to break further.
b) Laptop manufacturers don't like users messing with the hardware. Your laptop most likely has a cover underneath that you can remove by unscrewing a standard screw, and the hard disk is most likely inside it (that's the case with my Compaq Presario).
How true. I'm currently replacing my Compaq's motherboard, because the AC adapter's power plug (being at a right angle) loosened the power connector from the board. And laptop motherboards are disgustingly expensive. I spent $300 on one, and it was on sale (MSRP = $400).
One other tip: Putting the right screw in the right place is a good idea. I have bumps in the plastic frame of mine from screws too large.
Anyway, this isn't anti-US, I just hope that the near future of people who are hungry contains food, not bombs.
This is where the problem lies. We are giving them food. However, the North Korean government is re-appropriating this food for its own purposes. Besides that, the only reason they can't grow all the food they need is because the best farming land is reserved for opium, by mandate of the North Korean government. (The War on Terror intersects the War on Drugs. And there was much rejoicing.)
So let's see what options exist: 1) Bomb the fuck out of the North Korean military and invade. Problem: a modern government/military is comprised of "the people." Maybe an invasion would turn out like a bloodier Iraq on the front end, but it would surely be more worthy an action. 2) Disable the WMDs covertly, then negotiate now that they have no leverage. This is very risky and not likely to work. 3) Continue the economic sanctions on North Korea, but continue to give humanitarian aid. Same as usual, with no progress. 4) Completely cut off North Korea from the rest of the world, except China (probably). Does no good.
Kim Jhong-Il (sp) is entirely different from Saddam. Kim is a rising star as far as dictators are concerned, and Saddam was old and busted. Besides, North Korea has the WMDs.
In short: Yeah, I'd rather not see bombs. But the food is never going to get into the hands of the North Korean people as long as Dr. Evil over there is still in charge.
The normal people are so food-deprived, there are claims of cannibalism in the North. Screw satellite pictures: technology is the least of North Korea's people's problems.
How then will the Linux community and game publishers overcome this (IMHO) enormous obstacle?
Maybe if a site analogous to the Linux Counter were established, to count the number of Linux gamers, recording hardware, games played under Linux, games we wish we were playing under Linux, etc...
The root of the problem is a lack (though obviously it's not as bad as it was) of communication. So maybe if we could tell more companies that Linux gamers are numerous enough to be worth pleasing, we could get some results.
Wow - How could Microsoft be so insensitive as to create jobs.
However, what kind of jobs are they creating: jobs from true expansion of the economy, or just jobs from bloat? Most any job (R&D being a major exception) that creates more than -1.0 jobs is inefficiency.
There has to be a better way to employ everyone than to create jobs arbitrarily.
I understand that a lot of the stuff under the hood is NDA'ed for reasons of competitiveness. However, do they have any other reason for not showing us the code? Do they think that we're just going to fuck everything up? Do they have dirty little secrets under the hood (benchmark optimizing notwithstanding)?
Another thing that Intel is leading the market in which is very important are low voltage CPUs with the PentiumM and the low voltage Itaniums. To my knowledge, this is an area that AMD has not even touched yet.
The X40 EE and X46 HE Opterons run at 30 and 55 watts, respectively. As for on the mobile end, I know that the Barton core has a 35W, 1.35V XP-M 2400+ (I'm going to buy one for my laptop). I think the previous core has some rated at 25W or lower.
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Does anyone know of a resonably priced mobo with PCI express (more than one slot), dual channel, and SATA? onboard lan vido and sound not reguired. prefer socket 939.
You're gonna have to wait a bit longer...
Yes, it's advertising.
/.ers surely would give a small portion of their income to the Mozilla Foundation, I think we make an exception for this and call it legit news too.
However, seeing as many
Sempron = new name for the 32 bit AthlonXP.
The Athlon XPs with the Barton core have 512k L2, while the Semprons have 256k.
I discovered this about three weeks ago.
Oddly enough, I discovered how cool Stargate is just three months ago.
I think you're thinking of "those other libertarians." My personal definition of libertarianism excludes actions that harm others, except by mutual consent.
BTW: what Ayn Rand proposed is called Objectivism.
This is a coincidence. That is not disputed. However, the point is that it is an exceedingly recurrent coincidence, regardless of whether or not it is a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
Once again: a monopoly by itself is not illegal; abusing one's position as a monopoly is.
Having a deficit does not make government run ineffectively.
Correct. However, having a gi-normous, constantly-growing deficit is not.
Legally the Government is still obligated to pay back those bonds they float. However, if they don't start running surpluses, they keep floating bonds to pay for the old bonds, on top of increased gov't spending. This leads to too much inflation, which is bad.
Presario 2105US (It's out of production, so don't worry about being surprised at retail. Other than the PCMCIA problem and needing a custom DSDT ACPI table, it makes a good Linux laptop.)
This is the most they say about the problem: fixes cardbus issue. I put two and two together when the first card died, and I called D-Link about it, and they didn't have a clue until I told them the make of the laptop, and the tech talked to his boss, and I was granted an RMA.
After flashing the BIOS and getting a new card, it worked fine for a while. Then I had this power connector problem with the motherboard, and the computer has been continuously disassembled since then, except for the week that the component was resoldered, at the beginning of which I fried the card again.
I think that sometimes, if the card is in at boot time, the card can be flashed accidentally, because it will power up, but drivers will not load and I can't get any activity.
If (and it is a big "if") IBM will back FireFox in the same way that IBM has backed Linux, then FireFox could easily grab 60% of the browser market.
IBM is not the silver bullet. We cannot go crying to them with everything. They have no interest in Firefox or Mozilla, nor should they.
It's not like we're asking people to format their hard drives and install a new OS. It's just: visit a website, run an installer, migrate your current settings; and you're ready to go, as far as Firefox is concerned. This is why we do not need the corporate backing for Firefox that we do with Linux.
Though, OEM support for Firefox would not be a bad thing...
Well, I had a buddy resolder the part back into place. That lasted maybe a week, during which time I could hear crackling and smell burning from the site.
This problem is rather common with Compaq laptops; and having read what people say about it, which is that sometimes soldering works, and sometimes it doesn't, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a new mobo and a replacement AC adapter from a third-party (yes, 100% compatable) that has a straight plug instead of an angled one.
And then, once I know it works, I'm going to upgrade the proc. to a 2400+ 35W Barton core Athlon XP and install a mini-PCI wireless card, because even after they said they fixed it, the model of my laptop has a tendency to fry PCMCIA cards.
When it's all done, I'll have ended up spending about 3/4 of what I paid for the thing in the first place. It seems like a lot, but I expect to keep this machine for a while, and I don't expect it to break further.
b) Laptop manufacturers don't like users messing with the hardware. Your laptop most likely has a cover underneath that you can remove by unscrewing a standard screw, and the hard disk is most likely inside it (that's the case with my Compaq Presario).
How true. I'm currently replacing my Compaq's motherboard, because the AC adapter's power plug (being at a right angle) loosened the power connector from the board. And laptop motherboards are disgustingly expensive. I spent $300 on one, and it was on sale (MSRP = $400).
One other tip: Putting the right screw in the right place is a good idea. I have bumps in the plastic frame of mine from screws too large.
Damn, I wish I still had my mod points...
I do not like console FPS, with the only exceptions being Goldeneye and Metroid Prime.
Now, platformers and sports games are "different" with a keyboard; I enjoy the controller experience much better on those.
Anyway, this isn't anti-US, I just hope that the near future of people who are hungry contains food, not bombs.
This is where the problem lies. We are giving them food. However, the North Korean government is re-appropriating this food for its own purposes. Besides that, the only reason they can't grow all the food they need is because the best farming land is reserved for opium, by mandate of the North Korean government. (The War on Terror intersects the War on Drugs. And there was much rejoicing.)
So let's see what options exist:
1) Bomb the fuck out of the North Korean military and invade. Problem: a modern government/military is comprised of "the people." Maybe an invasion would turn out like a bloodier Iraq on the front end, but it would surely be more worthy an action.
2) Disable the WMDs covertly, then negotiate now that they have no leverage. This is very risky and not likely to work.
3) Continue the economic sanctions on North Korea, but continue to give humanitarian aid. Same as usual, with no progress.
4) Completely cut off North Korea from the rest of the world, except China (probably). Does no good.
Kim Jhong-Il (sp) is entirely different from Saddam. Kim is a rising star as far as dictators are concerned, and Saddam was old and busted. Besides, North Korea has the WMDs.
In short: Yeah, I'd rather not see bombs. But the food is never going to get into the hands of the North Korean people as long as Dr. Evil over there is still in charge.
If I was called a "cracker" I would be kind of worried about what you just said!
Ha. Ha. Ha.
My turn. It's "If I were called a 'cracker,' I would be kind of worried..." Stop butchering the subjunctive!
The normal people are so food-deprived, there are claims of cannibalism in the North. Screw satellite pictures: technology is the least of North Korea's people's problems.
How then will the Linux community and game publishers overcome this (IMHO) enormous obstacle?
Maybe if a site analogous to the Linux Counter were established, to count the number of Linux gamers, recording hardware, games played under Linux, games we wish we were playing under Linux, etc...
The root of the problem is a lack (though obviously it's not as bad as it was) of communication. So maybe if we could tell more companies that Linux gamers are numerous enough to be worth pleasing, we could get some results.
What else could it be?
Also, there's an Athlon XP-M 2400+ (1.8GHz) @ 35W. AXMD2400FJQ4C for $87. The 2200+ version is $10 less. It looks like it overclocks well too.
Wow - How could Microsoft be so insensitive as to create jobs.
However, what kind of jobs are they creating: jobs from true expansion of the economy, or just jobs from bloat? Most any job (R&D being a major exception) that creates more than -1.0 jobs is inefficiency.
There has to be a better way to employ everyone than to create jobs arbitrarily.
I understand that a lot of the stuff under the hood is NDA'ed for reasons of competitiveness. However, do they have any other reason for not showing us the code? Do they think that we're just going to fuck everything up? Do they have dirty little secrets under the hood (benchmark optimizing notwithstanding)?
Another thing that Intel is leading the market in which is very important are low voltage CPUs with the PentiumM and the low voltage Itaniums. To my knowledge, this is an area that AMD has not even touched yet.
The X40 EE and X46 HE Opterons run at 30 and 55 watts, respectively. As for on the mobile end, I know that the Barton core has a 35W, 1.35V XP-M 2400+ (I'm going to buy one for my laptop). I think the previous core has some rated at 25W or lower.
The card isn't the real expense; it's a one-time sunk cost. The service charges are the killers.
if it weren't so damn expensive. 1GBP =~ 1.8USD. yikes.
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