Airlines don't overcharge- far from it. They undercharge and then stick the feds with a multi billion dollar "bailout" bill. Makes Amtrack look like a bargain.
This and the price they pay for fuel is a steal.
Basically, we subsidize the crap out of this industry.
Been there- done that.... It is a great OS for price/performance on a PC- but it does not need to run on everything. Sure it beats windowsCE- but can it stand up to the QNX's of the world.
Well- having a HDTV with a DVI input- I would be looking to hook up to that. These cards do have that.
Not only would I want to be able to do HDTV TIVO like stuff- I would like to play games as well.
I bought one of these for my XP2000. I watched the temp once and was shocked at the difference this thing made. I believe I was in the 70s with the stock heatsink fan which was much louder. This thing is all copper and I got some good thermal greese and the temp stay at under 60 with seti@home blasting the CPU to 100% for a few hours. That and it is nearly silent.
Now to quiet down my videocard.
For home. I have a couple of PCs, a mac, some Audreys and a Sun Ultra 10. I don't have a Linux box up right now.
Basically, you can run a driver on macosx/windows or linux (double- again no experience) and this drive can be mounted on those machines. It plugs right into the ethernet switch in my basement. Great for backups and as a MP3/video server.
The windows boxes can mount this thing directly. My basement pc is always on and I share that drive- and so the sun can see it thru sharity. Not ideal (ethernet bandwidth waste), but I just do that so I can access it remotely via sftp on the sun. The audreys play mp3s- so no bandwidth hog there either.
The price is right for home- but for work- I would just shell out the cash for a NA box. But for home, works well.
For backup- it is perfect. Run a ethernet cable to it and viola. It is quiet as well. Do you have a PC running?
So I was looking to build a HTPC and the low power of the new ATI line is intriguing. However, this review doesn't comment on the HTPC aspect at all. It says the cards have MPEG 1,2,4 acceleration for encoding/decoding. What about HDTV support? Anybody have any links on this info?
I did not know that the mexicans out in san diego showered......... I thought that stood under the pinata and left the falling candy clean them off....
God that is what I love about slashdot- you learn something new everyday....
About these airships that hover over cities- how do they keep them from blowing away? Are they solar powered or fueled powered?
I always wondered why they never have made floating radio towers that are tied to the ground. Sort of like a reverse suspension bridge- rather than hold the bridge up- the cable would hold the lighter than air building down.
Build it and come to find out the neighborhood sucks- move the building. No biggie.
I remember reading a year or so ago about a company that would build luxury airships for CEOS. This would be a great way to travel.
Anyone who ever has to work in a cross platform enviroment should at least be able to use vi. This is everywhere.
Personally, I like it but it took some dragging me across the hot coals by one stubborn instructor in a week long class to get me to adopt it. Once I did, I liked it. Now I use GVIM on the PC and vi on the unix platforms. GVIM on the PC is real nice, it has language support and pull down windows. What I'd like to do is learn how to set up XEMACS to run in VI mode so I can get the best of both words- but I am to busy doing work or reading slashdot to learn.
Like everyone is saying- the hardware here is nothing new. Look at an Altera Nios or a Xilinx Microblaze. You can create custom instructions that act on internal registers within the softcore.
What is interesting is that the code compiler would do the hardware synthesis at compile time straight from the high level language. This way an mucky muck with a CS degree could program up of of these things.
It is about time to market. Network processors allow small teams of generic software designers to do the work of large skilled ASIC teams. FPGAs allow board level designers to do the work of large ASIC teams. (power and size penalties for both of these) This is just one step further.
Nothing breathtaking- but technology is driven by incremental steps.
Well- I guess I know which one I should install.
My security for wifi- shut the WAP off when not home. X10 actually works well for this.
Simply have the alarm system turn off the wap if no one is home.
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This and the price they pay for fuel is a steal.
Basically, we subsidize the crap out of this industry.
Been there- done that.... It is a great OS for price/performance on a PC- but it does not need to run on everything. Sure it beats windowsCE- but can it stand up to the QNX's of the world.
It hung in the air exactly the way that bricks don't.
Well- having a HDTV with a DVI input- I would be looking to hook up to that. These cards do have that. Not only would I want to be able to do HDTV TIVO like stuff- I would like to play games as well.
I bought one of these for my XP2000. I watched the temp once and was shocked at the difference this thing made. I believe I was in the 70s with the stock heatsink fan which was much louder. This thing is all copper and I got some good thermal greese and the temp stay at under 60 with seti@home blasting the CPU to 100% for a few hours. That and it is nearly silent. Now to quiet down my videocard.
For home. I have a couple of PCs, a mac, some Audreys and a Sun Ultra 10. I don't have a Linux box up right now. Basically, you can run a driver on macosx/windows or linux (double- again no experience) and this drive can be mounted on those machines. It plugs right into the ethernet switch in my basement. Great for backups and as a MP3/video server. The windows boxes can mount this thing directly. My basement pc is always on and I share that drive- and so the sun can see it thru sharity. Not ideal (ethernet bandwidth waste), but I just do that so I can access it remotely via sftp on the sun. The audreys play mp3s- so no bandwidth hog there either. The price is right for home- but for work- I would just shell out the cash for a NA box. But for home, works well. For backup- it is perfect. Run a ethernet cable to it and viola. It is quiet as well. Do you have a PC running?
So I was looking to build a HTPC and the low power of the new ATI line is intriguing. However, this review doesn't comment on the HTPC aspect at all. It says the cards have MPEG 1,2,4 acceleration for encoding/decoding. What about HDTV support? Anybody have any links on this info?
I have a Ximeta 250GB Netdisk and it works great for me. Sure it is not NFS and requires its own drivers- but it works for me.
God that is what I love about slashdot- you learn something new everyday....
Maybe we should start lots of false leads so that they start chasing down wild geese.
I wonder if the writer bought some put options.
I always wondered why they never have made floating radio towers that are tied to the ground. Sort of like a reverse suspension bridge- rather than hold the bridge up- the cable would hold the lighter than air building down.
Build it and come to find out the neighborhood sucks- move the building. No biggie.
I remember reading a year or so ago about a company that would build luxury airships for CEOS. This would be a great way to travel.
Five years ago this would be the first place they would advertise. Oh my how times change.
"Freedom" court. Please use the language that our lofty senators appointed for us.
Anyone who ever has to work in a cross platform enviroment should at least be able to use vi. This is everywhere.
Personally, I like it but it took some dragging me across the hot coals by one stubborn instructor in a week long class to get me to adopt it. Once I did, I liked it. Now I use GVIM on the PC and vi on the unix platforms. GVIM on the PC is real nice, it has language support and pull down windows. What I'd like to do is learn how to set up XEMACS to run in VI mode so I can get the best of both words- but I am to busy doing work or reading slashdot to learn.
Take into consideration advances as such? Or is is just a die shrinking rule of thumb?
What is interesting is that the code compiler would do the hardware synthesis at compile time straight from the high level language. This way an mucky muck with a CS degree could program up of of these things.
It is about time to market. Network processors allow small teams of generic software designers to do the work of large skilled ASIC teams. FPGAs allow board level designers to do the work of large ASIC teams. (power and size penalties for both of these) This is just one step further.
Nothing breathtaking- but technology is driven by incremental steps.
When I sat way back from the screen. I moved my barker louge to within two feet of the TV- now it is gone.
I better buy those landscaping woodchips before the price skyrockets.
the enzymes are made from petroleum. Oh well- at least it is a step in the right direction...
Well- I guess I know which one I should install. My security for wifi- shut the WAP off when not home. X10 actually works well for this. Simply have the alarm system turn off the wap if no one is home.
God- didn't these guys realize "get the lead out" was just an expression. They didn't get the memo?
They are trying real hard though....
Nothing like ignoring history and repeating the mistakes of the past.
Slow newsday at slashdot..... This adds insult to injury when my submissions get denied.
Now the batteries in my wife's vibrator will last 5 times longer. I won't have to change them as often and I can get some real work done.