More on-topic, it'd be cool to have huge memories from this tech, but it'd make more difference to me if we could access main memory faster. Currently the system bus speed seems to be the bottleneck, so we just throw more memory at it and leave chunks of programs in there. We also use branch-prediction, etc.
I always wanted my video, RAM, and CPU to all be integrated into one big chip.
Another cool idea: I remember well how the birds sounded in the morning; maybe the memory is sweeter than the drabness of the reality?
For me, it's a few hundred crows yelling and a couple of big dogs barking. Perhaps in a few more years the ringing will finally get loud enough to drown them out.:)
The AWP was banned on the same servers that would not allow Terrorists to "camp" (read Guard) with hostages.
I always considered those servers/admins/clans as not actually embracing the whole game, but had merely grasped the gist of it but never played properly. Basically, turning a strategic team combat into a team deathmatch game.
Who else loved fy_iceworld? That was my favorite map for a kill-fest.
Yeah, I made the same switch. After the developer of smoothwall started acting like a 10 towards anyone that had a question or concern about Smoothwall.
The community, especially/., should consider not supporting the more goulish of developers.
herehere and here are some quick links concerning the man's social skills. Do a google search if you like and you'll find thousands of links concerning his poor attitude towards end users.
Aside from that, IPCop is nice because the supporters of it have made a point to be nice to folks when they have questions about the product.
I've been running it for about 1.5 years and have had no troubles. I did hose up the box with a bad IDE cable, but replacing it and running the install CD took about 30 minutes to get things back to normal. If I were in charge of a small IT infrastructure, I'd definitely pick this over the other pre-fab Linux firewalls.
PSA, I have been using *nix for 9 years professionally. I'm well versed in security and can deploy firewalls built from scratch on virtually any platform, I just like the simplicity of a small firewall distro so I can focus my time and efforts elsewhere.:)
Yup. I agree with you there. If they want to sell me one artistic work, then they had best sell it to me in one song (mp3).
For that matter, they had best play the entire CD on the radio, instead of giving us this one song. No really, it came straight from the artist that it's only to be listened to as a complete work.
Anyway, I don't see where new artists have anything useful to say on this matter. They are all 'hit wonders' as they compete for radio time. Not since bands like Pink Floyd have I seen much music that really blends the gaps between tracks. Even then, you can mix the music between albums and still have a satisfying listening experience.
Regardless of these gripes, it's not really up to the artist how we listen to their creation. It's up to me, since I am listening to it on my time, on my nickel, and in my home/car.
When it comes to the RIAA, they simply charge too much money for the product. The consumer feels a bit pissed on from price fixing and falsely high prices on music.
Music swapping will probably never die, but it also was around before the industry was making a big stink. I remember having about 200 cassette tapes, none originals back when I was a kid. About half were radio rips and the rest were copies from friends. Back then, a radio copy was about the same quality as a store bought cassette. Not that we could tell, since the hardware most kids had for playback was crap in those days.
It's not the simple fact of piracy being illegal, it's the "call for citizen's arrest" crap that goes with it. How about the government supporting more productive things? How about calling citizen's arrest on that jackass that runs you into the emergency lane on the interstate? What about calling citizen's arrest on obviously flu-ridden resturaunt employees you see handling food?
My point is, the priorities here are screwed up. Protecting capitalism is one thing, but a relatively small group of profiteers causing sweeping changes to the way americans conduct themselves is a bunch of bullshit, for lack of a better term.
Okay, it would be different if the plow drivers were driving their private snowplows, but while driving a $100k plow that belongs to a company, then there's no issue.
Many trucking companies have been using GPS to keep up with their vehicles for over 10 years. This helps catch when drivers go too fast, too slow, down the wrong roads, have an accident, get stuck on the side of the road, etc.
I just don't see a privacy issue here. Especially not when on the clock for tax payers.
I hate that you can't delete a voicemail until it has been played back in it's entirety. It's like they want you to burn that extra 30 seconds of airtime listening to crap that you already heard because you called the person back before playing the VM.
Does this irk anyone else? What providers don't pull this shit? Whoever doesn't restrict my VM options is going to get my business.
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The Unreal guys probably got proactive about getting this story out there.
Yeah, I used to get interviewed by the AJC on technology issues. Seriously, I could have told them Linux is more popular than Windows and they probably would have published it.
Most reporters have a few pals in several industries. For instance, a doctor they call on medical issues, an IT guy for tech stuff, etc.
'Projection' HDTV systems are not going away in the next year, CRT based projection systems are. This is because they are bulky, need annual maintenance, and have a relatively poor picture compared to the newer technologies.
If you are concerned with not losing brightness and avoiding burn-in, check into DLP HDTV monitors. They are, IMO, the best bang for the buck on a non-aging display. Basically, you have a DLP chip with 1280x720 microscopic mirrors, a color wheel, and a 100 watt bulb. The tiny mirrors will not scortch, but the bulb will occasionally blow ($150).
I purchased the HLN507W from SamSung and was very impressed with it's performance. It went back to the store for two reasons:
1) it has a 480i/480p component port and two 480p/720p/1080i ports. This will not play well with an Xbox, as some games (MOH series, for example) require 480i. So you have to move around cables for everything to work. This is not recommended with a $4k HDTV and $100 component cable as the ports and plugs will wear out.
2) I discovered after reading on some finance forums, the color wheel can be replaced with a set of mirrors, requiring no motor. I think Phillips discovered this method, I don't understand it but I do understand that no moving parts is better than a HDD spinning a color wheel.
I would avoid LCD projection systems, as they will suffer from burn-in and dead pixels over time. I would also avoid plasma, as it seems more like a temporary step towards smaller displays. Those beasts will eat up 1000w of electricity and die in 3-4 years.
Anyway, about the DLP systems, they are small enough, light enough (70lbs for a 50"), support true HDTV resolutions (unlike 90% of the plasmas that run 856x480p), can be serviced by the user when it comes to replacing the lamp, and fit easily in a room lacking ample floor space.
Also, don't make the mistake a friend of mine made. Do not judge the brightness of a DLP display versus a LCD rear projector in a store. On a showroom floor, the LCD's brightness is jacked up to a damaging level. The DLP can be put on it's maximum brightness 24/7 and not face any ill effects. The one drawback to both DLP and LCD rptv is the fact that there is no true black.
My suggestion: Wait until next summer. New LCoS monitors should be out, in a single-chip design, and there may be new DLPs out with a better black and without color wheels.
Oh, one last thought on color wheels.. They work by filtering the light. You lose a lot of the display's efficiency (~75%) with this method. Expect next generation sets to only require ~50-75 watt bulbs. That should result in a much longer run-time between bulbs, saving the consumer some extra cash.
I'm no expert, I've just done my share of research before getting locked into something. I'm back to using my old 27" non-hdtv. As far as watching DirecTV and 4:3 movie playback, it doesn't feel like much of sacrifice to go back to watching for now. We seem to be very near the turning point of display technology, at least for rear-projectors, that won't break or fade even after years of use.
You obviously don't have an HDTV with a large screen. Divx playback is watchable, but in the same sense as watching compressed DirecTV channels on a 50+" monitor.
Mind you, anything has got to be better than watching movies at 480p. It sucks when you spend all that cash on a hi-def set, then your only outlet for movies in full resolution is PPV. You can, of course, go the route of OTA broadcasts and watch JAG, OC, and the other dribble that comes on during prime time in hi-def.
Stretching the subject a bit, but, I have to say that boobies in 1080i look much more 3D and life-like.
Back when I worked in the abuse department for a leading ISP, this was a daily thing. Why's it news? Beats me..
The dial-up equipment at ISPs keep a log on hand of the numbers you've connected from. The investigators get a warrant for this information, you email it to them, case closed.
I think the artist should be able to try to control their work, but the laws guarding that work should be more reasonable.
If I run into Walmart and steal a DVD or CD, it's a misdamenor. That includes the physical act of taking it, endangering the store's staff when they chase me, and wasting a police officer's time doing the paperwork and booking me.
If I download a movie on my computer it could be a $500,000 fine, a prison term, and since it's a felony -- a permanent mark on my record as a "convicted felon".
It's all bullshit. Then our government and the MPA/RIAA have trouble understanding why most people just ignore the laws. It's civil disobedience at it's finest. Too bad a corporate owned government and media are too greedy and self-serving to ever report it in that light.
They're doing the same things their American counterparts are doing: engineering (software development isn't engineering), government, infrastructure development, and empire building.
Government? What planet are you from? Every time I've dealt with any government employee (aside from police, most of which I hold in high regard), they've been borderline illiterate and have a very derogatory attitude towards non-government employees.
Get your car impounded by the city of Atlanta sometime. Chances are, you will rack up $1000 worth of storage fees by the time you figure out which lot your car is being held ransom in.
Government jobs are for workers who can not compete in the capitalist's workplace, plain and simple. Sure, judges and politicians might have some sense about them but most of these people come from well-off backgrounds, groomed for their position by their parents, and have an agenda that benefits their family's wallets.
At least this time I kept my feelings about republicans quiet. That might save me from -1 Troll. Gotta love the mods here some days.
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More on-topic, it'd be cool to have huge memories from this tech, but it'd make more difference to me if we could access main memory faster. Currently the system bus speed seems to be the bottleneck, so we just throw more memory at it and leave chunks of programs in there. We also use branch-prediction, etc.
:)
I always wanted my video, RAM, and CPU to all be integrated into one big chip.
Another cool idea: I remember well how the birds sounded in the morning; maybe the memory is sweeter than the drabness of the reality?
For me, it's a few hundred crows yelling and a couple of big dogs barking. Perhaps in a few more years the ringing will finally get loud enough to drown them out.
Yeah, I must get water cooling with the next system. 6 80mm fans running wide-open next to my head gets stressfull to listen to at times.
Like now...
It is, I hate to admit it. I've found that I don't get very excited over low power, lower everything CPUs for mobile use.
Give me that socket sucking power of my P4 any day.
Does anyone else feel that we are pass due for another speed revolution?
To open up the source for Win95/98/Me so the community can step in where M$ left off.
The AWP was banned on the same servers that would not allow Terrorists to "camp" (read Guard) with hostages.
I always considered those servers/admins/clans as not actually embracing the whole game, but had merely grasped the gist of it but never played properly. Basically, turning a strategic team combat into a team deathmatch game.
Who else loved fy_iceworld? That was my favorite map for a kill-fest.
You make it sound as if he beat them with sticks.
Holy smokes, that is a lot of bacon!
People who mod flamebait over such a trivial post really need to get their heads checked.
Amen to that. It's nice to see someone else who has experience but still uses 'n00b t00lz' that do their job well so that we have more time to frag.
Save your leet admin attitude for the stuff that brings in the bacon. Leave the trivial stuff to those who do it best.
Yeah, I just noticed that. Anyway, it still doesn't say much for those that worked with him and defended his actions and they are still around.
Why post AC? Scared of something?
Yeah, I made the same switch. After the developer of smoothwall started acting like a 10 towards anyone that had a question or concern about Smoothwall.
/., should consider not supporting the more goulish of developers.
:)
The community, especially
here here and here are some quick links concerning the man's social skills. Do a google search if you like and you'll find thousands of links concerning his poor attitude towards end users.
Aside from that, IPCop is nice because the supporters of it have made a point to be nice to folks when they have questions about the product.
I've been running it for about 1.5 years and have had no troubles. I did hose up the box with a bad IDE cable, but replacing it and running the install CD took about 30 minutes to get things back to normal. If I were in charge of a small IT infrastructure, I'd definitely pick this over the other pre-fab Linux firewalls.
PSA, I have been using *nix for 9 years professionally. I'm well versed in security and can deploy firewalls built from scratch on virtually any platform, I just like the simplicity of a small firewall distro so I can focus my time and efforts elsewhere.
That's like $4500 USD, right?
probably a bunch.
Yup. I agree with you there. If they want to sell me one artistic work, then they had best sell it to me in one song (mp3).
For that matter, they had best play the entire CD on the radio, instead of giving us this one song. No really, it came straight from the artist that it's only to be listened to as a complete work.
Anyway, I don't see where new artists have anything useful to say on this matter. They are all 'hit wonders' as they compete for radio time. Not since bands like Pink Floyd have I seen much music that really blends the gaps between tracks. Even then, you can mix the music between albums and still have a satisfying listening experience.
Regardless of these gripes, it's not really up to the artist how we listen to their creation. It's up to me, since I am listening to it on my time, on my nickel, and in my home/car.
When it comes to the RIAA, they simply charge too much money for the product. The consumer feels a bit pissed on from price fixing and falsely high prices on music.
Music swapping will probably never die, but it also was around before the industry was making a big stink. I remember having about 200 cassette tapes, none originals back when I was a kid. About half were radio rips and the rest were copies from friends. Back then, a radio copy was about the same quality as a store bought cassette. Not that we could tell, since the hardware most kids had for playback was crap in those days.
It's not the simple fact of piracy being illegal, it's the "call for citizen's arrest" crap that goes with it. How about the government supporting more productive things? How about calling citizen's arrest on that jackass that runs you into the emergency lane on the interstate? What about calling citizen's arrest on obviously flu-ridden resturaunt employees you see handling food?
My point is, the priorities here are screwed up. Protecting capitalism is one thing, but a relatively small group of profiteers causing sweeping changes to the way americans conduct themselves is a bunch of bullshit, for lack of a better term.
Okay, it would be different if the plow drivers were driving their private snowplows, but while driving a $100k plow that belongs to a company, then there's no issue.
Many trucking companies have been using GPS to keep up with their vehicles for over 10 years. This helps catch when drivers go too fast, too slow, down the wrong roads, have an accident, get stuck on the side of the road, etc.
I just don't see a privacy issue here. Especially not when on the clock for tax payers.
Yes, but do Canadians really need to be on the Internet?
I hate that you can't delete a voicemail until it has been played back in it's entirety. It's like they want you to burn that extra 30 seconds of airtime listening to crap that you already heard because you called the person back before playing the VM.
Does this irk anyone else? What providers don't pull this shit? Whoever doesn't restrict my VM options is going to get my business.
The Unreal guys probably got proactive about getting this story out there.
:-)
Yeah, I used to get interviewed by the AJC on technology issues. Seriously, I could have told them Linux is more popular than Windows and they probably would have published it.
Most reporters have a few pals in several industries. For instance, a doctor they call on medical issues, an IT guy for tech stuff, etc.
Reporters do one thing: Report
I have failed to be +5, Funny!
'Projection' HDTV systems are not going away in the next year, CRT based projection systems are. This is because they are bulky, need annual maintenance, and have a relatively poor picture compared to the newer technologies.
If you are concerned with not losing brightness and avoiding burn-in, check into DLP HDTV monitors. They are, IMO, the best bang for the buck on a non-aging display. Basically, you have a DLP chip with 1280x720 microscopic mirrors, a color wheel, and a 100 watt bulb. The tiny mirrors will not scortch, but the bulb will occasionally blow ($150).
I purchased the HLN507W from SamSung and was very impressed with it's performance. It went back to the store for two reasons:
1) it has a 480i/480p component port and two 480p/720p/1080i ports. This will not play well with an Xbox, as some games (MOH series, for example) require 480i. So you have to move around cables for everything to work. This is not recommended with a $4k HDTV and $100 component cable as the ports and plugs will wear out.
2) I discovered after reading on some finance forums, the color wheel can be replaced with a set of mirrors, requiring no motor. I think Phillips discovered this method, I don't understand it but I do understand that no moving parts is better than a HDD spinning a color wheel.
I would avoid LCD projection systems, as they will suffer from burn-in and dead pixels over time. I would also avoid plasma, as it seems more like a temporary step towards smaller displays. Those beasts will eat up 1000w of electricity and die in 3-4 years.
Anyway, about the DLP systems, they are small enough, light enough (70lbs for a 50"), support true HDTV resolutions (unlike 90% of the plasmas that run 856x480p), can be serviced by the user when it comes to replacing the lamp, and fit easily in a room lacking ample floor space.
Also, don't make the mistake a friend of mine made. Do not judge the brightness of a DLP display versus a LCD rear projector in a store. On a showroom floor, the LCD's brightness is jacked up to a damaging level. The DLP can be put on it's maximum brightness 24/7 and not face any ill effects. The one drawback to both DLP and LCD rptv is the fact that there is no true black.
My suggestion: Wait until next summer. New LCoS monitors should be out, in a single-chip design, and there may be new DLPs out with a better black and without color wheels.
Oh, one last thought on color wheels.. They work by filtering the light. You lose a lot of the display's efficiency (~75%) with this method. Expect next generation sets to only require ~50-75 watt bulbs. That should result in a much longer run-time between bulbs, saving the consumer some extra cash.
I'm no expert, I've just done my share of research before getting locked into something. I'm back to using my old 27" non-hdtv. As far as watching DirecTV and 4:3 movie playback, it doesn't feel like much of sacrifice to go back to watching for now. We seem to be very near the turning point of display technology, at least for rear-projectors, that won't break or fade even after years of use.
timothy smokes too much of the reefer.
^1/4 size but little reduction in video quality
You obviously don't have an HDTV with a large screen. Divx playback is watchable, but in the same sense as watching compressed DirecTV channels on a 50+" monitor.
Mind you, anything has got to be better than watching movies at 480p. It sucks when you spend all that cash on a hi-def set, then your only outlet for movies in full resolution is PPV. You can, of course, go the route of OTA broadcasts and watch JAG, OC, and the other dribble that comes on during prime time in hi-def.
Stretching the subject a bit, but, I have to say that boobies in 1080i look much more 3D and life-like.
Back when I worked in the abuse department for a leading ISP, this was a daily thing. Why's it news? Beats me..
The dial-up equipment at ISPs keep a log on hand of the numbers you've connected from. The investigators get a warrant for this information, you email it to them, case closed.
I think the artist should be able to try to control their work, but the laws guarding that work should be more reasonable.
If I run into Walmart and steal a DVD or CD, it's a misdamenor. That includes the physical act of taking it, endangering the store's staff when they chase me, and wasting a police officer's time doing the paperwork and booking me.
If I download a movie on my computer it could be a $500,000 fine, a prison term, and since it's a felony -- a permanent mark on my record as a "convicted felon".
It's all bullshit. Then our government and the MPA/RIAA have trouble understanding why most people just ignore the laws. It's civil disobedience at it's finest. Too bad a corporate owned government and media are too greedy and self-serving to ever report it in that light.
Freedom, as long as you do what we tell you.
They're doing the same things their American counterparts are doing: engineering (software development isn't engineering), government, infrastructure development, and empire building.
Government? What planet are you from? Every time I've dealt with any government employee (aside from police, most of which I hold in high regard), they've been borderline illiterate and have a very derogatory attitude towards non-government employees.
Get your car impounded by the city of Atlanta sometime. Chances are, you will rack up $1000 worth of storage fees by the time you figure out which lot your car is being held ransom in.
Government jobs are for workers who can not compete in the capitalist's workplace, plain and simple. Sure, judges and politicians might have some sense about them but most of these people come from well-off backgrounds, groomed for their position by their parents, and have an agenda that benefits their family's wallets.
At least this time I kept my feelings about republicans quiet. That might save me from -1 Troll. Gotta love the mods here some days.