girlfriend? I don't understand. Isn't that some mythological creature?:-)
Only kidding. Sorry to hear about that. I'd say it's definitely worth buying another one. Even if just to buy the system itself and download homebrew applications like they have at DC Emulation.
Disclaimer: I have a wife. What's mine is hers. When she's happy, I'm happy.:-)
I've never priced the broadband adapter for the Dreamcast. However, the Dreamcast does come with a modem, so users can dial-up to a local ISP, which may be fine for basic email and web browsing.
The Dreamcast certainly is a cool platform. I have one myself with about 17 actual (not burned) games. I've been wanting to try other homebrew software on it, or maybe Linux, just to see it work, but I haven't had a chance yet. Overall, good platform. Died before its time.
And some of the game consoles also show it can be done, if you get the volume high enough.
The Sega Dreamcast can be bought for about $15 now and can run Linux as well as several other applications. These can even be burned to CD without using a mod chip. The DC also has a keyboard, mouse, and ethernet adapter available and memory cards for storage. Even with the extra peripherals, it would probably be under 100.
I'm running Gentoo on a PII 333 MHz desktop with 192 MB RAM with XFree and KDE 3.2 with no performance problems, even when starting other applications.
If you play music on your CD player for only you to hear (headphones), that would be a private performance. As the parent said, if you play the music for a friend, it most likely wouldn't be a public performance. I'm not familiar with the definitions of public versus private performances, but wouldn't a private performance essentially be if an entity puts on a performance for itself or one other entity? But if that entity does the performance for any and all, it would be public?
So if MIT plays music for MIT (which consists of its students, faculty, staff, etc.) wouldn't that be private? Just like if your company develops software, use inside the company would be private use, but use by other companies/consumers would be public (licensed) use. Of course, I could be way off base here, but we are talking about different interpretations of the law.
I've noticed SELinux options in the kernel configuration under Gentoo (kernel 2.6.5), as well as other security features. I've never used it though. Are these features only available in certain distros, or are they in the main kernel?
I've made copies of a couple CD's onto my hard drive (for backup of course) and the files got created with an MP4 extension. I've never heard of MP4 before. Is that just a mistake in the application (I believe it was Nero)? Or is MP4 a different format from MP3?
I can just imagine having Windows software in a car. Sure, this Windows Automotive doesn't integrate with low-end systems (brakes) right now, but you know how Microsoft works... embrace and extend. Next thing you know, Clippy will show up on the entertainment console. "You seem to be trying to park your vehicle. Would you like help?"
maybe because they're not using this new protocol yet. They can't use the protocol if no one else is, so how would it help protect them anyway?
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Their website of the so called "experts" is down, it's slashdotted! (ironic?)
I've seen this "irony" thing mentioned before for this topic. The article discusses a protocol replacement for TCP that is supposed to be "better," but their site went down. If this new protocol was being actually used, then maybe it would be ironic. But for that to happen, their web server would have to use it, and the rest of us (who want to view the site) would have to use the protocol too. Where's the irony here? That would be like saying that ssh is bad because our FTP clients can't connect to it.
I haven't had an opportunity to look into it yet, but does InnoDB support foreign keys? I'm currently using MyISAM tables in MySQL, and although there is syntax in the SQL language for foreign keys, I read that the key is not actually stored, so it's not supported in MyISAM. That would make it a bit difficult to use something like referential integrity.
As far as backups go, I have a cron job set up on my server to do a mysqldump --opt --all-databases >/path/to/file.sql. Of course, as others have pointed out, this would be better to perform on a slave mysql server, but I don't have a spare box for that.:-P
I keep reading the term "DOS" as in the Microsoft Operating System DOS, rather than Denial of Service. Maybe DOS fits that OS anyway, or at least Microsoft.
I'm wondering if there might be a dual-display KVM switch out there? That would be great to be able to swap your dual-monitor setup between two (or more) systems.
If I remember correctly, the XP Powertoy for virtual monitors didn't support moving the mouse to the edge of the screen to switch, as say KDE does in Linux. I think you had to use a keyboard shortcut, or click on a button on the taskbar, to switch. That doesn't seem much better than alt+tab.
Dual monitor setups also work good for comparing 2 documents, or when writing a document and reading another for reference material. I do this all the time at work on my setup. I can have my report open on one monitor, and another document on the other where I pull information from. It saves the headache of ALT+TAB. True, I could tile the windows horizontally or vertically, but then each window would be much smaller. It's good to be able to see a full size window for each document.
I've never used MS Office on a Mac (not a Mac user) so I can't comment on that. I agree that Microsoft would be forced to improve their crappy version of Office for Linux, but that's if they choose to continue supporting it due to it's failure "due to incompatibilities with Linux." I can see average users saying "see, even Microsoft tried this Linux thing and it doesn't work." Disclaimer: I'm a Linux user myself, and don't have any plans to go back to Windows.
Looks like the mods didn't get that the parent was trying to make a joke. Of course, the humor of it is in the eye of the reader. Isn't the article talking about Microsoft purchasing RIM? The parent is not off topic here.
If Office were on Linux I could port all my end users to Linux without issue.
If MS Office was ported to Linux, do you think it would operate in the same way? With the same features? I've seen other applications ported from Windows to Linux and the Linux version did not have nearly the same capabilities. For example, IM clients like AIM and Yahoo Messenger. The Linux ports of those apps are a bit different from the Windows versions. They may have less bugs (perhaps), but the application itself has a different interface. If MS Office were ported, I can see the same thing happening. MS ports a watered-down, ugly version of MS Office to Linux so they can say "See, Linux isn't so great." If the Linux port of Office isn't exactly the same as the Windows port, Windows users won't so easily switch.
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girlfriend? I don't understand. Isn't that some mythological creature? :-)
Only kidding. Sorry to hear about that. I'd say it's definitely worth buying another one. Even if just to buy the system itself and download homebrew applications like they have at DC Emulation.
Disclaimer: I have a wife. What's mine is hers. When she's happy, I'm happy. :-)
I've never priced the broadband adapter for the Dreamcast. However, the Dreamcast does come with a modem, so users can dial-up to a local ISP, which may be fine for basic email and web browsing.
The Dreamcast certainly is a cool platform. I have one myself with about 17 actual (not burned) games. I've been wanting to try other homebrew software on it, or maybe Linux, just to see it work, but I haven't had a chance yet. Overall, good platform. Died before its time.
The Sega Dreamcast can be bought for about $15 now and can run Linux as well as several other applications. These can even be burned to CD without using a mod chip. The DC also has a keyboard, mouse, and ethernet adapter available and memory cards for storage. Even with the extra peripherals, it would probably be under 100.
I'm running Gentoo on a PII 333 MHz desktop with 192 MB RAM with XFree and KDE 3.2 with no performance problems, even when starting other applications.
If you play music on your CD player for only you to hear (headphones), that would be a private performance. As the parent said, if you play the music for a friend, it most likely wouldn't be a public performance. I'm not familiar with the definitions of public versus private performances, but wouldn't a private performance essentially be if an entity puts on a performance for itself or one other entity? But if that entity does the performance for any and all, it would be public?
So if MIT plays music for MIT (which consists of its students, faculty, staff, etc.) wouldn't that be private? Just like if your company develops software, use inside the company would be private use, but use by other companies/consumers would be public (licensed) use. Of course, I could be way off base here, but we are talking about different interpretations of the law.
Ok, call me oblivious. :-) I've never noticed that drop-down box for formatting of slashdot posts.
Thanks for the info.
I've noticed SELinux options in the kernel configuration under Gentoo (kernel 2.6.5), as well as other security features. I've never used it though. Are these features only available in certain distros, or are they in the main kernel?
Of course, you can also recompile the kernel to make it smaller, support less features. Can't do that in Windows.
Only on /. (news for nerds) do users have to use HTML tags to insert line breaks into their posts. Other forums, you just press enter.
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Not that I mind though, the tags are becoming natural to me and I wear my geek badge proud.
I've made copies of a couple CD's onto my hard drive (for backup of course) and the files got created with an MP4 extension. I've never heard of MP4 before. Is that just a mistake in the application (I believe it was Nero)? Or is MP4 a different format from MP3?
I can just imagine having Windows software in a car. Sure, this Windows Automotive doesn't integrate with low-end systems (brakes) right now, but you know how Microsoft works... embrace and extend. Next thing you know, Clippy will show up on the entertainment console. "You seem to be trying to park your vehicle. Would you like help?"
maybe because they're not using this new protocol yet. They can't use the protocol if no one else is, so how would it help protect them anyway?
I've seen this "irony" thing mentioned before for this topic. The article discusses a protocol replacement for TCP that is supposed to be "better," but their site went down. If this new protocol was being actually used, then maybe it would be ironic. But for that to happen, their web server would have to use it, and the rest of us (who want to view the site) would have to use the protocol too. Where's the irony here? That would be like saying that ssh is bad because our FTP clients can't connect to it.
As far as backups go, I have a cron job set up on my server to do a mysqldump --opt --all-databases > /path/to/file.sql. Of course, as others have pointed out, this would be better to perform on a slave mysql server, but I don't have a spare box for that. :-P
Some would say that a Windows crash is more like a train wreck than a car wreck.
I thought Windows had a C2 rating? Or was that just a specific version?
I keep reading the term "DOS" as in the Microsoft Operating System DOS, rather than Denial of Service. Maybe DOS fits that OS anyway, or at least Microsoft.
Thanks. That would be a nice addition to my cubicle, that is if my second system doesn't get taken away.
I'm wondering if there might be a dual-display KVM switch out there? That would be great to be able to swap your dual-monitor setup between two (or more) systems.
If I remember correctly, the XP Powertoy for virtual monitors didn't support moving the mouse to the edge of the screen to switch, as say KDE does in Linux. I think you had to use a keyboard shortcut, or click on a button on the taskbar, to switch. That doesn't seem much better than alt+tab.
I'm sure you're just watching TV and movies too, right... :-)
Dual monitor setups also work good for comparing 2 documents, or when writing a document and reading another for reference material. I do this all the time at work on my setup. I can have my report open on one monitor, and another document on the other where I pull information from. It saves the headache of ALT+TAB. True, I could tile the windows horizontally or vertically, but then each window would be much smaller. It's good to be able to see a full size window for each document.
I've never used MS Office on a Mac (not a Mac user) so I can't comment on that. I agree that Microsoft would be forced to improve their crappy version of Office for Linux, but that's if they choose to continue supporting it due to it's failure "due to incompatibilities with Linux." I can see average users saying "see, even Microsoft tried this Linux thing and it doesn't work." Disclaimer: I'm a Linux user myself, and don't have any plans to go back to Windows.
Looks like the mods didn't get that the parent was trying to make a joke. Of course, the humor of it is in the eye of the reader. Isn't the article talking about Microsoft purchasing RIM? The parent is not off topic here.
If MS Office was ported to Linux, do you think it would operate in the same way? With the same features? I've seen other applications ported from Windows to Linux and the Linux version did not have nearly the same capabilities. For example, IM clients like AIM and Yahoo Messenger. The Linux ports of those apps are a bit different from the Windows versions. They may have less bugs (perhaps), but the application itself has a different interface. If MS Office were ported, I can see the same thing happening. MS ports a watered-down, ugly version of MS Office to Linux so they can say "See, Linux isn't so great." If the Linux port of Office isn't exactly the same as the Windows port, Windows users won't so easily switch.