What does this have to do with Microsoft or the MPAA or RIAA? These are processors to aid in encryption of YOUR data. And why the hell do you have to type "[MP|RI]AA"? That took me like 3 seconds to type. Do you feel smarter because you figured a way to save a few bytes of slashdot's hard drives? Just say MPAA and RIAA.
I feel the biggest reason stopping at least technically inclined people from switching from Windows to Linux is "it looks nice, but I need program XX to work." The gap between mainstream programs in windows and in linux is closing, but that has taken many years and lots of work and commitment by developers. I don't mean to negate their efforts, I just think that Windows, OSX, and Linux are giving developers enough to worry about and they don't have time to worry about another operating system.
Of course they can do whatever they want, but I wonder if they have considered that their efforts could be directed to Linux development instead. But don't get me wrong, I think they're doing a good job and their efforts should be applauded.
Well when I bought the laptop, I preferred to use windows xp. Now, over two years later, I'm using linux. That's why I was referring to my next purchase.
Well back in 2002, the laptops weren't as popular as they are now. I felt I was stuck with either a piece of crap HP, Compaq, or Gateway if I didn't chose Dell. They made the fastest laptop with a Pentium 4M chip I could find. It's a great machine and I hope it will last me a few more years. Desktops have become much much more of a comodity than laptops. You still have a handful of good companies for laptops while you have hundreds of comparable choices for desktops.
Exactly. I have a dell laptop. I had no choice to get windows installed on it. I had no choice not to pay the fee. I had a choice to install Linux and that's what I did. I'd like to get a refund since I'm not using this software that I'm leasing from microsoft, but that's not going to happen. If I simply had a checkbox available on my next purchase to not install an operating system I'd be a happy camper. However, I believe the agreements the OEMs have with microsoft to get windows at a discounted rate is to require an OS shipped with the PC. I'm sure there is some free DOS sitting out there they could throw on.
Just for archiving important documents (I'm a student, no porn jokes!). But gigs, I don't know. I have a gmail account, but I still use my school's account they gave me. Never trust your hard drive for the important stuff, I always feel. So large email accounts are useful, but this is over the top.
It's dumb on both counts because Linux has been around for over a decade and isn't even a company, a term "upstart" is usually applied to.
However, how many people have tried to describe Linux and found some difficulty relating the concept. It's not an easy thing to describe. Especially since it's just a kernel which few people ever interact with directly.
But what if a vulnerability pops up and you can't wait for your distro to update the kernel. I think knowing how to download the sources, patch them, and recompile your kernel is important for running a solid system.
I think the problem with Chernobyl is that the waste is everywhere and it's spreading. In order to apply a technique like this, you would first have to contain it.
That's a good point. I'm not sure why I got modded as a troll, but whatever I don't care. I always felt that the need for the electoral college was to prevent the candidates from only campaigning in large cities where they would get the most bang for their buck. I think that a few hundred years ago that was very important otherwise the people from New York and Philadelphia would be the most represented and people living on farms would never be heard or cared about.
The reason I said we should get rid of that system is because television and the Internet allow candidates' voice to be spread effectively. I live in New Jersey, the most densely populated state, but I've never seen GWB or Kerry come here and campaign. But I don't feel unrepresented, but I do feel it's unfair that my vote counts less than someone's in Nevada or Montana.
Another thing I see fault with the electoral college is that it tells voters to not bother voting if their candidate isn't popular in their state. If I am a republican and I cast my vote in a heavily democratic state, then it doesn't mean anything because the state will go democratic. So people don't bother voting because their vote essentially won't count. I think that is something that hurts voter turnout.
I feel the candidate who gets the most votes should win. In this time, everyone is connected or at least targeted through the Internet and television so I don't feel that their needs are underrepresented.
I'd recommend popping in Knoppix and see how it works. It will probably pick an open driver made for your graphics card family. You say this happens with the mouse, what about typing?
I see this as an insult to America. They're basically saying our process of electing a president is a sham and that we're incapable of being democratic.
People can talk about Florida all they want. It was a result of outdated technology and a ballot that was confusing to read. Combine that with an elder population that has a difficult time adjusting to electronic voting and you'll get problems that are difficult to solve in the next election.
However, these problems are a result of people making poor decisions in one state. The other states had no problems and the voting was done fairly and properly. Trying to show the similarities of problems in America and Iraq when it was run by Saddam is irresponsible. That was a country where people's voted did not count. In our country, people after the fact sat down and counted each vote by hand. If it was clear who the person voted for, that candidate got the vote. If it was unclear who they voted for, then the ballot had to be discounted. This is fair! If you can't determine who someone voted for, then they don't get the vote.
I see our problems on the other side of the spectrum of countries where voting is a joke. Americans tried their best to ensure a fair outcome. The fact that Gore had more votes but lost is a problem of the electoral college because it favors votes of people in rural areas instead of one man one vote. That is a problem that we must fix.
America may have problems when millions of people vote for a president on one day, but problems are bound to happen. When people deliberately skew results, that's a problem. But when people hand count each vote in an entire state, that shows how dedicated this country is to ensure a fair election.
Again, this is a slap in the face of America to make it look like we have a dictator in office like Iraq had and many other countries still have. That is not the case at all. If you think it is and you hate Bush, then Clinton would have had the same "dictatorship" because he got in office under the same rules. I don't think anyone would consider Clinton a dictator. And I don't think Bush is capable of rising to such a high power. I don't think he's smart enough to do it.
You can run linux and then run vmware and run windows. I've read about this being done sucessfully, however there there is only 64 mb of ram and so it would be painfully slow. And even if you could run windows without going through that, you're still stuck with 64mb of ram.
Not entirely true. The hard drives that ship with xbox are locked when they are turned off. When you turn on an xbox and you see the green blob on the screen, that is when the hard drive is unlocked.
That is why you can't just pop these hard drives into a computer and modify the contents of them. There is a trick where you turn on the xbox, it unlocks the hard drive, and then you unplug it while the xbox is still on and then plug it into a computer and you can gain access to it. It's very risky though and not something I'd recommend.
However, you're right that you can replace the xbox hard drive with a larger one and the mod chip won't have any problems seeing it.
I disagree. I purchased a Xenium mod chip a few months ago. I bought the solderless adapter for an extra $15. It was a little tricky to install because you have to screw it on the board so the contacts press against the pins. Then you have to bend this little wire so it rests on another pin. It's tricky because unless you put a piece of paper on one side, there isn't enough leverage for all the contacts to press firmly on the board. However, the risk to damaging the system is a lot less than if you soldered it.
I probably could have been very careful and soldered it properly, but for $15 compared to $150 for a new xbox, I didn't want to take the risk. Soldering would require taking the motherboard out and then you're setting yourself up for more problems.
I haven't had any trouble with the solderless adapter moving off the contacts. I have moved it a few times, but I'm always careful. Since it has a hard drive in it, I'm careful anyway.
We use this primarily to play movies and music that I stream over a small lan and it works fine. A modded xbox really makes for a great centerpiece for an entertainment system on the cheap.
If you use nuclear fission to generate the electricity, then the pollution can be controlled to an extent. I'd rather see the nuclear waste stored in a huge container under a mountain than dispersed into the atmosphere.
People love to poke fun at fission and spread FUD around here. Face it, the world needs energy. Lots of it is required to sustain our civilizations. It took millions of years to generate the oil we'll use up in a few hundred years. I am all for expanding nuclear power because modern standards are worlds better than the practices at Chernobyl and three mile island.
Solar, wind, and water power are great, but I doubt they could provide the energy needs for this world at a reasonable cost.
This topic comes up all the time here. The idea sounds good, but it creates too many problems of supporting all the complicated hardware configurations people have. Knoppix is really good, but it doesn't work on all systems. Plus people don't like the idea of rebooting just to play a game. I'd rather see an open version of directx that would make it easier for people to write drivers and games for. It could make it easier for game companies to create windows and linux versions of games, or perhaps the same version.
OpenGL is great for graphics, but DirectX does sound, networking, and a bunch of other stuff to make it easier for game makers.
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What does this have to do with Microsoft or the MPAA or RIAA? These are processors to aid in encryption of YOUR data. And why the hell do you have to type "[MP|RI]AA"? That took me like 3 seconds to type. Do you feel smarter because you figured a way to save a few bytes of slashdot's hard drives? Just say MPAA and RIAA.
I feel the biggest reason stopping at least technically inclined people from switching from Windows to Linux is "it looks nice, but I need program XX to work." The gap between mainstream programs in windows and in linux is closing, but that has taken many years and lots of work and commitment by developers. I don't mean to negate their efforts, I just think that Windows, OSX, and Linux are giving developers enough to worry about and they don't have time to worry about another operating system.
Of course they can do whatever they want, but I wonder if they have considered that their efforts could be directed to Linux development instead. But don't get me wrong, I think they're doing a good job and their efforts should be applauded.
Well when I bought the laptop, I preferred to use windows xp. Now, over two years later, I'm using linux. That's why I was referring to my next purchase.
Well back in 2002, the laptops weren't as popular as they are now. I felt I was stuck with either a piece of crap HP, Compaq, or Gateway if I didn't chose Dell. They made the fastest laptop with a Pentium 4M chip I could find. It's a great machine and I hope it will last me a few more years. Desktops have become much much more of a comodity than laptops. You still have a handful of good companies for laptops while you have hundreds of comparable choices for desktops.
Exactly. I have a dell laptop. I had no choice to get windows installed on it. I had no choice not to pay the fee. I had a choice to install Linux and that's what I did. I'd like to get a refund since I'm not using this software that I'm leasing from microsoft, but that's not going to happen. If I simply had a checkbox available on my next purchase to not install an operating system I'd be a happy camper. However, I believe the agreements the OEMs have with microsoft to get windows at a discounted rate is to require an OS shipped with the PC. I'm sure there is some free DOS sitting out there they could throw on.
Just for archiving important documents (I'm a student, no porn jokes!). But gigs, I don't know. I have a gmail account, but I still use my school's account they gave me. Never trust your hard drive for the important stuff, I always feel. So large email accounts are useful, but this is over the top.
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It's dumb on both counts because Linux has been around for over a decade and isn't even a company, a term "upstart" is usually applied to.
However, how many people have tried to describe Linux and found some difficulty relating the concept. It's not an easy thing to describe. Especially since it's just a kernel which few people ever interact with directly.
But what if a vulnerability pops up and you can't wait for your distro to update the kernel. I think knowing how to download the sources, patch them, and recompile your kernel is important for running a solid system.
I clearly remember Superman disposing of nuclear weapons by throwing them at the sun. You are clearly wrong, sir.
I think the problem with Chernobyl is that the waste is everywhere and it's spreading. In order to apply a technique like this, you would first have to contain it.
That's a good point. I'm not sure why I got modded as a troll, but whatever I don't care. I always felt that the need for the electoral college was to prevent the candidates from only campaigning in large cities where they would get the most bang for their buck. I think that a few hundred years ago that was very important otherwise the people from New York and Philadelphia would be the most represented and people living on farms would never be heard or cared about.
The reason I said we should get rid of that system is because television and the Internet allow candidates' voice to be spread effectively. I live in New Jersey, the most densely populated state, but I've never seen GWB or Kerry come here and campaign. But I don't feel unrepresented, but I do feel it's unfair that my vote counts less than someone's in Nevada or Montana.
Another thing I see fault with the electoral college is that it tells voters to not bother voting if their candidate isn't popular in their state. If I am a republican and I cast my vote in a heavily democratic state, then it doesn't mean anything because the state will go democratic. So people don't bother voting because their vote essentially won't count. I think that is something that hurts voter turnout.
I feel the candidate who gets the most votes should win. In this time, everyone is connected or at least targeted through the Internet and television so I don't feel that their needs are underrepresented.
He's talking about a delay it seems, not typical ghosting from an LCD.
I'd recommend popping in Knoppix and see how it works. It will probably pick an open driver made for your graphics card family. You say this happens with the mouse, what about typing?
However, in Soviet Russia they use rubles.
Yes!!!! Finally a relevant Russian post!
I see this as an insult to America. They're basically saying our process of electing a president is a sham and that we're incapable of being democratic.
People can talk about Florida all they want. It was a result of outdated technology and a ballot that was confusing to read. Combine that with an elder population that has a difficult time adjusting to electronic voting and you'll get problems that are difficult to solve in the next election.
However, these problems are a result of people making poor decisions in one state. The other states had no problems and the voting was done fairly and properly. Trying to show the similarities of problems in America and Iraq when it was run by Saddam is irresponsible. That was a country where people's voted did not count. In our country, people after the fact sat down and counted each vote by hand. If it was clear who the person voted for, that candidate got the vote. If it was unclear who they voted for, then the ballot had to be discounted. This is fair! If you can't determine who someone voted for, then they don't get the vote.
I see our problems on the other side of the spectrum of countries where voting is a joke. Americans tried their best to ensure a fair outcome. The fact that Gore had more votes but lost is a problem of the electoral college because it favors votes of people in rural areas instead of one man one vote. That is a problem that we must fix.
America may have problems when millions of people vote for a president on one day, but problems are bound to happen. When people deliberately skew results, that's a problem. But when people hand count each vote in an entire state, that shows how dedicated this country is to ensure a fair election.
Again, this is a slap in the face of America to make it look like we have a dictator in office like Iraq had and many other countries still have. That is not the case at all. If you think it is and you hate Bush, then Clinton would have had the same "dictatorship" because he got in office under the same rules. I don't think anyone would consider Clinton a dictator. And I don't think Bush is capable of rising to such a high power. I don't think he's smart enough to do it.
You can run linux and then run vmware and run windows. I've read about this being done sucessfully, however there there is only 64 mb of ram and so it would be painfully slow. And even if you could run windows without going through that, you're still stuck with 64mb of ram.
Not entirely true. The hard drives that ship with xbox are locked when they are turned off. When you turn on an xbox and you see the green blob on the screen, that is when the hard drive is unlocked.
That is why you can't just pop these hard drives into a computer and modify the contents of them. There is a trick where you turn on the xbox, it unlocks the hard drive, and then you unplug it while the xbox is still on and then plug it into a computer and you can gain access to it. It's very risky though and not something I'd recommend.
However, you're right that you can replace the xbox hard drive with a larger one and the mod chip won't have any problems seeing it.
I disagree. I purchased a Xenium mod chip a few months ago. I bought the solderless adapter for an extra $15. It was a little tricky to install because you have to screw it on the board so the contacts press against the pins. Then you have to bend this little wire so it rests on another pin. It's tricky because unless you put a piece of paper on one side, there isn't enough leverage for all the contacts to press firmly on the board. However, the risk to damaging the system is a lot less than if you soldered it.
I probably could have been very careful and soldered it properly, but for $15 compared to $150 for a new xbox, I didn't want to take the risk. Soldering would require taking the motherboard out and then you're setting yourself up for more problems.
I haven't had any trouble with the solderless adapter moving off the contacts. I have moved it a few times, but I'm always careful. Since it has a hard drive in it, I'm careful anyway.
We use this primarily to play movies and music that I stream over a small lan and it works fine. A modded xbox really makes for a great centerpiece for an entertainment system on the cheap.
If you use nuclear fission to generate the electricity, then the pollution can be controlled to an extent. I'd rather see the nuclear waste stored in a huge container under a mountain than dispersed into the atmosphere.
People love to poke fun at fission and spread FUD around here. Face it, the world needs energy. Lots of it is required to sustain our civilizations. It took millions of years to generate the oil we'll use up in a few hundred years. I am all for expanding nuclear power because modern standards are worlds better than the practices at Chernobyl and three mile island.
Solar, wind, and water power are great, but I doubt they could provide the energy needs for this world at a reasonable cost.
Hydrogen Timing Electronic Control?
Eh hell, those rice boys will put a sticker that says anything on their cars.
That's some funny shit, thanks for the laugh!
The only catch is that the "real" death star actually had a weapon of mass destruction. It destroyed an entire planet.
There is NO FRIGGIN WAY this is going to stand. The RIAA and MPAA will see to that. $$$ ;)
This topic comes up all the time here. The idea sounds good, but it creates too many problems of supporting all the complicated hardware configurations people have. Knoppix is really good, but it doesn't work on all systems. Plus people don't like the idea of rebooting just to play a game. I'd rather see an open version of directx that would make it easier for people to write drivers and games for. It could make it easier for game companies to create windows and linux versions of games, or perhaps the same version.
OpenGL is great for graphics, but DirectX does sound, networking, and a bunch of other stuff to make it easier for game makers.
Or anyone who can open ports 6881-6889 on their firewall.