My wife's Compaq computer died (fried motherboard) so I ordered a new motherboard for it. (the dead one had a socket A semptron cpu, the new one is a socket 754 Athlon64). I couldn't find a cheap OEM Compaq MB to replace the original, so I just got a Biostar that had the same mounting hole layout and fit in the box. I was able to reuse the memory and HD. I also had to get an OEM copy of WIndows XP because that was the only way to restore the OS on a new MB.
While we were waiting for the USPS to deliver the new HW and SW I took my daughter's old Duron-800mhz system and installed Ubuntu on it so my wife could still read her email. It took a while for her to get used to it, and she eventually found the games. Other than being a little slower than her windows box (800-vs-1800mhz....duh!) it wasn't bad. Now that the windows box is back on line I'm going to have to find a cheap KVM so she can have the Ubuntu box back as well. It will be interresting to see if I fixed her only compaint, web sites not 'working' due to no flash or java. (I installed easyubuntu). I'm really surprised at how useable Ubuntu was for someone who only used Windows. (I did have to swap the top and bottom panel bars to make it more like 'doze). I was also surprised at how useable Ubuntu has configured Gnome, almost enough to make me give up KDE if I put Ubuntu on my machine.
Well it's been a while but I did lift a pin on an IC and change a surface mount resistor to adjust the cpu voltage on an old socket 7 motherboard so that an AMD K6-266 would work. The board didn't have a voltage setting for anything above the K6-233. (In case you wondered, the instructions WERE on the board makers web site.) I needed a strong magnifier, a good lamp, and a very small soldering iron tip! (I also managed to melt part of the cpu zif socket but it was only the corner and the cpu still fit afterwards)
BTW the motherboard survived the surgery and I got my faster cpu to work.
I've submitted a few stories over the last few years, none of which were ever accepted. (Ok maybe your standards are higher than mine?) But THIS? For crying out loud this story is such a DUPE it appears TWICE on the same web page!!!!! This proves the/. editors are smoking bananas!
When I first saw the headline I thought you meant those 45 rpm disks with the big hole in the middle. But the line about 2-4 songs means you meant 7" 33.3 rpm. That's a new format? For a minute there I had visions of those old jukeboxes coming out of the trash heaps and becoming the next big thing. Too bad the companies making those old jukes are long gone or we might see new format jukes coming back in style. Anyway I bet the likes of Pikering and AudioTechnica are happy.
With all the outcrys against the RIAA and "downloading music", the answer to question #3 is to the point. The only activity that will get you in trouble with the RIAA is to make copyrighted items available for download over the internet. If you downloaded gigabytes of music and did not make any of your file system visible over the internet they wouldn't catch you now would they?
File sharing networks are usefull for various legal purposes, but setting one up on your home network involves some prudence. You need to make sure that you don't expose files to the world that 1: you wouldn't want others to see (such as your bank records or your p0rn collection) 2: you have no rights to share (music or video files ripped from DVD's or CD's for your own use under fair use).
I would suspect that if the creators of file sharing software don't provide the proper setup defaults and protection to prevent unintended sharing of parts of filesystems they might be liable for the users damages in a law suit by third parties (such as the RIAA).
Before this month's primary elections in FL my cell phone has rang several times with JUNK political calls. Yet my Cell is on a do not call list. Political junk calls should be have to pay my air time for me to listen to their shit.
1: about the nerd that wrote a program to test those large hard disk drives with various seek patterns. He was able to induce a vibration that caused the disk drive to waltz around the room in a small clockwise circle. Someone asked if he could make it waltz in a counter-clockwise dance....a few hours later he had the program recoded and the disk was going counter-clockwise!
2: The geek that took a crashed disk pack and removed the platters and replaced them with large transcription phonograph records as a joke. The goof pack was left on a shelf for display until a drunk night operator actually tried to mount the pack in a drive. It spun up and then exploded as the phonograph platters couldn't stand spinning at 2400 rpm!
The very first home video release of Star Wars DID have "episode IV a new hope" in the title. (both LD and VHS and Beta?) So if these were a copy of LD masters they should too. So it would seem more likely these are rescans of the original 70mm film footage?
There was some question when 'empire' came out as to whether Lucus intended from the begining for Darth Vader to be Lukes father or not. Well considering that the word 'Vader' in Dutch means 'father', the logical answer is Yes, he had that in mind from the begining.
Since AMD cpu's have the memory controller on board when a change is made to use new memory technology the cpu (and socket) must change. In the case of AM2 it appears that DDR2 and the proposed DDR3 will be compatible enough that these two cpu/socket designs will allow some backward compatibility. However you can't use DDR memory on AM2 cpu's, nor can socket 939 processors use DDR2.
However ths situation is the same for other memory technologies. PC133 memory can't be used on a DDR motherboard, nor visa-versa even though both motherboards may have the same cpu on them. Either way you're stuck with your old memory unless you change motherboards.
There is still some life left in DDR memory and current DDR2 dram isn't much faster than DDR400/DDR3200 memory (nor is it much different in price) to matter. Socket 939 processors and motherboards should still be around for a while yet (the number of 939 mb offerings is still at least twice that of AM2) so either choice is a good one today. AMD probably won't release any new 939 cpu's, but current speed ranges are available in both packages today.
I own an Asus A8V-deluxe (the deluxe version is now discontinued, but they still sell the A8V base model). I plan to upgrade to the latest bios and get a dual core 939 (probably a 4200+ or a 4600+) and be happy for some time. (currently I have a single core 3400+ and YES that IS a 939 cpu. The 3400+ 939 version is really a Semptron version with a 1600mhz FSB. Tiger Direct special.)
My guess would be that Ebay itself was not hijacked but that the person who submitted the auction embedded a script into his html auction page. (Ebay lets you upload your own html pages to describe your auction). Seems they need to scan all submitted auctions and bounce anything that has possible trojan code in it. (and then CANCEL the submitters ebay membership!).
I predict that nothing will happen until the first dual format players come out. This will settle the format wars the same way that the DVD+/-R(W) drives finally settled the DVD recordable format war, both sides won!
To those that say it is impossible to make such a player, I will answer BULLSHIT! There is already a technology out there involving a difraction grating lens that solves the problem with the different depth of focus between the two formats. Both formats use the same wavelength laser.
When a combo player that does BOTH HDDVD, Blue-ray, and DVD-CD is available at a price point of maybe 2X the current DVD players, I'll think about it. I predict I won't have more than a year and a half to wait.
Well since CompUSA seems to only sell Maxtor (and it's their story brand with their name on it) I've bought a lot of them. I've had two die of old age and one got zapped by static when I was installing it I guess. (replaced by Maxtor for free).
I just lost another drive and I thought, not another dead Maxtor. Well I pulled the dead drive out of the computer and SURPRISE. The only WD drive I had ever bought was in there! (got bit by a barracuda).
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My wife's Compaq computer died (fried motherboard) so I ordered a new motherboard for it.
(the dead one had a socket A semptron cpu, the new one is a socket 754 Athlon64). I couldn't
find a cheap OEM Compaq MB to replace the original, so I just got a Biostar that had the same
mounting hole layout and fit in the box. I was able to reuse the memory and HD. I also had
to get an OEM copy of WIndows XP because that was the only way to restore the OS on a new MB.
While we were waiting for the USPS to deliver the new HW and SW I took my daughter's old Duron-800mhz
system and installed Ubuntu on it so my wife could still read her email. It took a while for her to
get used to it, and she eventually found the games. Other than being a little slower than her windows
box (800-vs-1800mhz....duh!) it wasn't bad. Now that the windows box is back on line I'm going to have to find a cheap KVM so she can have the Ubuntu box back as well. It will be interresting to see
if I fixed her only compaint, web sites not 'working' due to no flash or java. (I installed easyubuntu).
I'm really surprised at how useable Ubuntu was for someone who only used Windows. (I did have to swap the top and bottom panel bars to make it more like 'doze). I was also surprised at how useable Ubuntu has configured Gnome, almost enough to make me give up KDE if I put Ubuntu on my machine.
Just imagine if SCO had access to this a few years ago!
"How is the USS Enterprise like a roll of toilet paper?"
"They both go round Uranus looking for Klingons"
I predict the use of the chewbaka defense on this one.
DDR memory has gone as far as it can go.
DDR2 memory still has room for improvement.
When faster DDR2 ram comes out, AM2 will look that much better.
Well it's been a while but I did lift a pin on an IC and
change a surface mount resistor to adjust the cpu voltage on an old
socket 7 motherboard so that an AMD K6-266 would work.
The board didn't have a voltage setting for anything above
the K6-233. (In case you wondered, the instructions WERE
on the board makers web site.) I needed a strong
magnifier, a good lamp, and a very small soldering iron
tip! (I also managed to melt part of the cpu zif socket
but it was only the corner and the cpu still fit afterwards)
BTW the motherboard survived the surgery and I got my faster
cpu to work.
I've submitted a few stories over the last few years, none of which /. editors are
were ever accepted. (Ok maybe your standards are higher than mine?)
But THIS? For crying out loud this story is such a DUPE it appears
TWICE on the same web page!!!!! This proves the
smoking bananas!
In the very beginning, is that the Gentoo logo behind Al
on the floor of the stage (outlined in red lights)?
Only if you don't mind when it explodes.
When I first saw the headline I thought you meant those 45 rpm disks with the
big hole in the middle. But the line about 2-4 songs means you meant 7" 33.3 rpm.
That's a new format? For a minute there I had visions of those old jukeboxes
coming out of the trash heaps and becoming the next big thing. Too bad the companies
making those old jukes are long gone or we might see new format jukes coming back in
style. Anyway I bet the likes of Pikering and AudioTechnica are happy.
More like the G'oul vs the Wrath
http://blassic.org/
Must be K9's bigger brother (Robot dog from Dr. Who)
"And Lucas is fluent in Dutch is he? "
Well I think the same word is similar
in both German and Yidish.
With all the outcrys against the RIAA and "downloading music", the answer
to question #3 is to the point. The only activity that will get you
in trouble with the RIAA is to make copyrighted items available for download
over the internet. If you downloaded gigabytes of music and did not make
any of your file system visible over the internet they wouldn't catch you
now would they?
File sharing networks are usefull for various legal purposes, but setting
one up on your home network involves some prudence. You need to make sure
that you don't expose files to the world that 1: you wouldn't want others
to see (such as your bank records or your p0rn collection) 2: you have
no rights to share (music or video files ripped from DVD's or CD's for your
own use under fair use).
I would suspect that if the creators of file sharing software don't provide
the proper setup defaults and protection to prevent unintended sharing of
parts of filesystems they might be liable for the users damages in a law
suit by third parties (such as the RIAA).
Monty Python would be proud!
Before this month's primary elections in FL my cell phone has
rang several times with JUNK political calls. Yet my Cell is on
a do not call list. Political junk calls should be have to pay
my air time for me to listen to their shit.
Two "urban legands" from MIT:
1: about the nerd that wrote a program to test those large hard disk drives with various
seek patterns. He was able to induce a vibration that caused the disk drive to waltz
around the room in a small clockwise circle. Someone asked if he could make it waltz in
a counter-clockwise dance....a few hours later he had the program recoded and the disk was
going counter-clockwise!
2: The geek that took a crashed disk pack and removed the platters and replaced them with
large transcription phonograph records as a joke. The goof pack was left on a shelf for display
until a drunk night operator actually tried to mount the pack in a drive. It spun up and
then exploded as the phonograph platters couldn't stand spinning at 2400 rpm!
The very first home video release of Star Wars DID have
"episode IV a new hope" in the title. (both LD and VHS and Beta?)
So if these were a copy of LD masters they should too. So it would seem
more likely these are rescans of the original 70mm film
footage?
There was some question when 'empire' came out as to whether
Lucus intended from the begining for Darth Vader to be
Lukes father or not. Well considering that the word 'Vader'
in Dutch means 'father', the logical answer is Yes, he
had that in mind from the begining.
Since AMD cpu's have the memory controller on board when a change is
made to use new memory technology the cpu (and socket) must change.
In the case of AM2 it appears that DDR2 and the proposed DDR3 will
be compatible enough that these two cpu/socket designs will allow
some backward compatibility. However you can't use DDR memory on
AM2 cpu's, nor can socket 939 processors use DDR2.
However ths situation is the same for other memory technologies.
PC133 memory can't be used on a DDR motherboard, nor visa-versa
even though both motherboards may have the same cpu on them. Either
way you're stuck with your old memory unless you change motherboards.
There is still some life left in DDR memory and current DDR2 dram
isn't much faster than DDR400/DDR3200 memory (nor is it much different
in price) to matter. Socket 939 processors and motherboards should
still be around for a while yet (the number of 939 mb offerings is still
at least twice that of AM2) so either choice is a good one today. AMD
probably won't release any new 939 cpu's, but current speed ranges
are available in both packages today.
I own an Asus A8V-deluxe (the deluxe version is now discontinued, but
they still sell the A8V base model). I plan to upgrade to the latest
bios and get a dual core 939 (probably a 4200+ or a 4600+) and be happy
for some time. (currently I have a single core 3400+ and YES that IS
a 939 cpu. The 3400+ 939 version is really a Semptron version with
a 1600mhz FSB. Tiger Direct special.)
My guess would be that Ebay itself was not hijacked but that
the person who submitted the auction embedded a script into
his html auction page. (Ebay lets you upload your own html
pages to describe your auction). Seems they need to scan
all submitted auctions and bounce anything that has possible
trojan code in it. (and then CANCEL the submitters ebay
membership!).
"Honey we can't be overdrawn. There are still three checks left in
the checkbook!"
I predict that nothing will happen until the first dual format players come
out. This will settle the format wars the same way that the DVD+/-R(W)
drives finally settled the DVD recordable format war, both sides won!
To those that say it is impossible to make such a player, I will answer
BULLSHIT! There is already a technology out there involving a difraction
grating lens that solves the problem with the different depth of focus between
the two formats. Both formats use the same wavelength laser.
When a combo player that does BOTH HDDVD, Blue-ray, and DVD-CD is available
at a price point of maybe 2X the current DVD players, I'll think about it.
I predict I won't have more than a year and a half to wait.
Well since CompUSA seems to only sell Maxtor (and it's their story brand with their name on it)
I've bought a lot of them. I've had two die of old age and one got zapped by static
when I was installing it I guess. (replaced by Maxtor for free).
I just lost another drive and I thought, not another dead Maxtor. Well I pulled the
dead drive out of the computer and SURPRISE. The only WD drive I had ever bought
was in there! (got bit by a barracuda).