One application of this I'd be interested in is perhaps the opportunity to buy music videos in addition to songs. I almost never buy songs; I believe $1 is overpriced when I can get the whole CD used for $7 if I drive a couple miles to my local independent record shop in Pacific Beach. Since there really isn't a place to buy music videos unless the band released a DVD (in which case there's likely multiple videos -- the majority of which I likely don't want), this would be a product which I couldn't buy anywhere else and I can somewhat justify a dollar or two.
What I really wish Thunderbird would do is sync with my PocketPC. At the very least I wish it was easier to sync my address book. I also hope they have better support for vCard exporting. On a side note, does anyone know the timetable for the next major mozilla.orf milestone, Mozilla Suite 2.0, to be released?
Under Gnome, clicking a mailto: link in firefox launches the default mail program you select under Preferred Applications in gnome-control-center. If Thunderbird is your default mail client, it will launch that.
Don't bother upgrading if you plan use your ATI video card for 3D purposes. Whereas there was a workaround to get fglrx support in FC2, it no longer works in FC3. I believe the problem is actually caused by Xorg 6.8, but in either case I have half a mind to go back to FC2. I have read that you can simply revert to Xorg 6.7 and get 3D support, but half the reason I upgraded was to play with XDamage, Transet, etc. Besides the ATI problem, I haven't had any problems.
One thing to note is that there is no longer a kernel-sourcecode RPM, rather you need to download the SRPM for the kernel (in FC1 & 2 they included both). Details are in the release notes.
Also, it's interesting to note that since the clock goes at 1 game-minute per real second, several traffic lights take 15-20 minutes. Man, that's awful.
Yep, it's definitely LA.
I have to call into question the accuracy of this survey. Under my campus, UC San Diego, they have 4 answers that should be yes marked as no: Is there a wireless network? Does the school provide Web pages? Does the school support handheld computers? Does the school stream audio or video of any courses? I know for a fact all these should be marked yes as I use the wireless network (which has been up for at least 4 years) daily with a PDA, have had classes which post audio & video copies of all lectures, and use the web space provided on one of the campus' Solaris servers for my personal web page.
I suffered a major Windows crash a couple months ago on my 3 year old IBM T21 laptop (which has been my only computer in college) and was able to recover all my Windows data through Linux. I was dual booting the system with Fedora Core 2, and after the crash Windows would not go further than the loading screen (froze on the notorious agp440.sys). I tried recovering with both the XP install CD as well as NTFS diskettes, but neither could see the XP partition (which was the first on the disk). I saved everything by booting to Linux, mounting the NTFS using the read only module, and scp-ing all my data to a FAT32 partition on another Linux machine. From there I said screw Windows and wiped the disk and only use Linux on that laptop (which I'm typing on now).
This brings up an interesting question: Is it morally wrong to download a leaked version of the game if you already have paid for your preorder? I'm not talking putting $5 down, but rather if you paid the whole thing in full, at what point do you own the game? If you already paid for the game, it's hard to feel bad about downloading an early version of it.
With regard to option:
1. WM2003(SE) both support WPA & VPN natively. Furthermore there are commerical clients for VPN, etc.
2. Multitasking on my X5 works well enough. I regularly leave AIM open with multiple ftxpbrowser windows open while listening to music with GSPlayer. I keep most of my data on an SD card/ROM so I have enough RAM free to not feel lag.
3. PocketPutty works great (and is free) for all my SSH needs. It can be connected in the background while you do other tasks. It is lacking port forwarding however.
4. Control is available, but the Escape key is missing.
5. Do you really plan on having a PocketPC running all day? You'll get a headache long before the battery runs out. I don't need to charge my X5 daily and I use it regularly.
6. I already mentioned PocketPutty, but an X-server (& perhaps a FreeNX Client) is lacking and would be nice. VNC works fine though, but again no port forwarding so be sure you're on a secure connection.
I highly recommend Jansport brand backpacks, they are comfortable and more importantly have a lifetime guarantee. In fact, I was in this situation a month ago; I wanted a laptop backpack but was happy with my current pack. Rather than buy a second backback designed for laptops, I dropped less mone (~$30) for a protective laptop sleeve that slips into my current (Jansport) backpack.
Sun does use AMD processors on their V20z/V40z line, and as others have mentioned they sell Red Hat themselves. Although I agree that they should stick to the HW game, there is a lot of money to be made in support (Red Hat business model style). With the open sourcing of Solaris a combo of HW/support strategies seems where they are heading.
With the release of Solaris 10, things will really get interesting. Assuming Solaris 10 can live up to the promise of running Linux apps natively without any porting then they have a big OS contender. Couple that with DTrace & a beautiful GUI like Project Looking Glass and Sun has a really nice package on its hands. Right now they're selling Red Hat to compliment their new AMD merger (and might I add the V20z is a sweet machine), but Solaris 10 is also being developed for the x86 (and it's suppose to have decent performance unlike previous x86 Solaris).
With regard to their Sun Java Desktop, I don't believe that will have a major affect on Red Hat as it seems to be targeted at coporate desktops as opposed to servers. The permission levels and security changes over the next couple of releases sound interesting, and the lead engineer (nice fellow, met him at LinuxWorld) mentioned he hopes to have it running Looking Glass by version 4.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sun cuts ties with Red Hat after the release of Solaris 10, but I don't know how much this will affect RH. They still have strong ties, especially with companies pushing blade technology like HP (who has their own plan to bring people away from Solaris).
At least with the T720 you can use a $12 cable from from eforcity and programs like GAGIN (Getting Around Get It Now) and PST (also works with the T730) to load both pictures & ringtones. I have no doubt a GAGIN type program will be released for the V710, it's just a matter of time.
I do (tough to jog with a PDA or visit web sites with an iPod), and now that I think about it, my current job puts me in the Unix geek category as well...I am going to go back to my cave now...
I've had the T720c since launch, and although it definitely has its quirks, it's not too bad of a phone. I've never had a problem getting the firmware upped by VZW (just walk in and ask, it's free); in fact, the first time I did it (going from 19D to 22E) the dude behind the counter swapped it for refurb because it was scratched and had some missing pixels on the external display. The latest firmware (45p) is the same as on the T730 and is pretty stable. Although if I ever want to lock out my phone, all I have to do is plug it in and set an appointment. Just let it go off and sit for a few minutes without opening it; after about 5 mins it's locked up. The T720c is a pretty tough though, my took a 2 story drop onto concrete, knocking the battery out (alcohol may have been a factor) and it works fine without missing any pixels, etc.
On a side note, VZW has stopped selling the T730, so I have half a mind to lock up my phone and see what refurb they'll give me for it.
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I completely agree, TechTV seems like it would have a much broader audience then G4 ever would. I am certainly in their demographic and definitely qualify as a gamer, but I could never get into 90% of the shows on G4. Furthermore, although TechTV definitely had the tendency to recycle reviews of the same products between shows, the hosts were almost always charismatic to make it worth watching.
The same question came to mind when I read the article; their numbers seemed a bit high. Aout a year or so ago, I wrote a short paper on caffeine for a lower division Bio class I needed to take. If I recall, the 6mg number quoted only applies to soft drinks (Coke, etc.). Furthemore, the same article in your post lists the average caffeine for a,"Cup of coffee 90-150mg". If we take cup to mean 8oz, that still exceeds 6mg/oz so I imagine the regulations on coffee is not set at 6mg. I do still believe the numbers in the original article are a bit high.
A show with all new hosts is basically an entirely different show. The loss of a number of behind the scenes people is a shame, but I don't believe it would have as much of an effect (at least not on the types of shows being kept). I really hope they will post who will be staying on soon. I am betting Cat will stay (she mentioned she was in LA over the weekend on today's show); but unfortunately I doubt that will be the case with Leo. I wouldn't be suprised if the younger people on staff (Kevin, Sarah, Morgan, etc.) make the jump, but I don't know if that will be enough to hold me over as a viewer. I almost stopped watching a month or so ago when Leo temporarily left TechTV, and the future looks bleak to me...
The only thing I wanted to add is that Pearl Jam asks that it's fans don't trade shows which are currently for sale. The shows from the 2003 tour are no longer on sale (with the exception on 1 from each leg), so you can freely trade them now. I highly recommend www.etree.org if you're interested in Pearl Jam (or any other free trade band).
For those curious, MiniStumbler still does not work with the popular line of Socket CF Wifi cards. Symbol basically uses the same card (in fact I use Symbol drivers on my Socket card), so I doubt it will work with that either. On a side note, the Symbol WM2003 driver includes a utility with similar features to MiniStumbler.
I found this interesting article on google when looking up some X1 specs. Brings up some other majpor factors (space, electricity, heat, etc.) for comparing the two.
I heard over the weekend that 70% of American men age 18-34 visit a porn site at least once a month (and I'm guessing the other 30% just don't admit it), so this might be an uphill battle.
For those who are unaware, the Bell is one of the most popular (and gorgeous) stadiums in baseball, selling out every game. It is in the heart of downtown, just south of Market, and likewise has a significant number of fans that work in computer/technology fields. It draws a number of fans from the Silicon Valley as well, so of all the major stadiums this one of the better choices for testing the hot spot market. I for one will be using my PDA there all the time, and perhaps my laptop too if I'm allowed to bring my bag. When they move to a pay per use scale, I'll onlu continue if they offer a discount for season pass holders. My biggest hope is that it reaches the bars across the street.
Although I definitely agree that packet sniffing will be an issue, I doubt they'll have an issue enforcing the payments. Public wifi from providers like Boingo or T-Mobile don't use WEP, but rather they require you to register an account with them and log in. I presume this is done over a secure connection. I plan to be using my PDA when I'm at Giants games all summer, but I'll definitely be using a VPN connection whenever possible.
"Microsoft is a monopoly, Apple is not."
Although I won't disagree with the fact that MS is a monopoly, in many respects Apple has monopoly power as well (albeit at a much smaller scale). Since killing off the clones, Apple has monopolistic control over its hardware market; and although I don't know the actual figures, I am sure the percent of G4/G5/iMac users that run OSX versus an alternative OS which runs on their architecture is heavily favoring the OSX side.
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One application of this I'd be interested in is perhaps the opportunity to buy music videos in addition to songs. I almost never buy songs; I believe $1 is overpriced when I can get the whole CD used for $7 if I drive a couple miles to my local independent record shop in Pacific Beach. Since there really isn't a place to buy music videos unless the band released a DVD (in which case there's likely multiple videos -- the majority of which I likely don't want), this would be a product which I couldn't buy anywhere else and I can somewhat justify a dollar or two.
What I really wish Thunderbird would do is sync with my PocketPC. At the very least I wish it was easier to sync my address book. I also hope they have better support for vCard exporting. On a side note, does anyone know the timetable for the next major mozilla.orf milestone, Mozilla Suite 2.0, to be released?
Under Gnome, clicking a mailto: link in firefox launches the default mail program you select under Preferred Applications in gnome-control-center. If Thunderbird is your default mail client, it will launch that.
Don't bother upgrading if you plan use your ATI video card for 3D purposes. Whereas there was a workaround to get fglrx support in FC2, it no longer works in FC3. I believe the problem is actually caused by Xorg 6.8, but in either case I have half a mind to go back to FC2. I have read that you can simply revert to Xorg 6.7 and get 3D support, but half the reason I upgraded was to play with XDamage, Transet, etc. Besides the ATI problem, I haven't had any problems.
One thing to note is that there is no longer a kernel-sourcecode RPM, rather you need to download the SRPM for the kernel (in FC1 & 2 they included both). Details are in the release notes.
Also, it's interesting to note that since the clock goes at 1 game-minute per real second, several traffic lights take 15-20 minutes. Man, that's awful. Yep, it's definitely LA.
I have to call into question the accuracy of this survey. Under my campus, UC San Diego, they have 4 answers that should be yes marked as no: Is there a wireless network? Does the school provide Web pages? Does the school support handheld computers? Does the school stream audio or video of any courses? I know for a fact all these should be marked yes as I use the wireless network (which has been up for at least 4 years) daily with a PDA, have had classes which post audio & video copies of all lectures, and use the web space provided on one of the campus' Solaris servers for my personal web page.
I suffered a major Windows crash a couple months ago on my 3 year old IBM T21 laptop (which has been my only computer in college) and was able to recover all my Windows data through Linux. I was dual booting the system with Fedora Core 2, and after the crash Windows would not go further than the loading screen (froze on the notorious agp440.sys). I tried recovering with both the XP install CD as well as NTFS diskettes, but neither could see the XP partition (which was the first on the disk). I saved everything by booting to Linux, mounting the NTFS using the read only module, and scp-ing all my data to a FAT32 partition on another Linux machine. From there I said screw Windows and wiped the disk and only use Linux on that laptop (which I'm typing on now).
This brings up an interesting question: Is it morally wrong to download a leaked version of the game if you already have paid for your preorder? I'm not talking putting $5 down, but rather if you paid the whole thing in full, at what point do you own the game? If you already paid for the game, it's hard to feel bad about downloading an early version of it.
With regard to option: 1. WM2003(SE) both support WPA & VPN natively. Furthermore there are commerical clients for VPN, etc. 2. Multitasking on my X5 works well enough. I regularly leave AIM open with multiple ftxpbrowser windows open while listening to music with GSPlayer. I keep most of my data on an SD card/ROM so I have enough RAM free to not feel lag. 3. PocketPutty works great (and is free) for all my SSH needs. It can be connected in the background while you do other tasks. It is lacking port forwarding however. 4. Control is available, but the Escape key is missing. 5. Do you really plan on having a PocketPC running all day? You'll get a headache long before the battery runs out. I don't need to charge my X5 daily and I use it regularly. 6. I already mentioned PocketPutty, but an X-server (& perhaps a FreeNX Client) is lacking and would be nice. VNC works fine though, but again no port forwarding so be sure you're on a secure connection.
I highly recommend Jansport brand backpacks, they are comfortable and more importantly have a lifetime guarantee. In fact, I was in this situation a month ago; I wanted a laptop backpack but was happy with my current pack. Rather than buy a second backback designed for laptops, I dropped less mone (~$30) for a protective laptop sleeve that slips into my current (Jansport) backpack.
Sun does use AMD processors on their V20z/V40z line, and as others have mentioned they sell Red Hat themselves. Although I agree that they should stick to the HW game, there is a lot of money to be made in support (Red Hat business model style). With the open sourcing of Solaris a combo of HW/support strategies seems where they are heading.
With the release of Solaris 10, things will really get interesting. Assuming Solaris 10 can live up to the promise of running Linux apps natively without any porting then they have a big OS contender. Couple that with DTrace & a beautiful GUI like Project Looking Glass and Sun has a really nice package on its hands. Right now they're selling Red Hat to compliment their new AMD merger (and might I add the V20z is a sweet machine), but Solaris 10 is also being developed for the x86 (and it's suppose to have decent performance unlike previous x86 Solaris). With regard to their Sun Java Desktop, I don't believe that will have a major affect on Red Hat as it seems to be targeted at coporate desktops as opposed to servers. The permission levels and security changes over the next couple of releases sound interesting, and the lead engineer (nice fellow, met him at LinuxWorld) mentioned he hopes to have it running Looking Glass by version 4. I wouldn't be surprised if Sun cuts ties with Red Hat after the release of Solaris 10, but I don't know how much this will affect RH. They still have strong ties, especially with companies pushing blade technology like HP (who has their own plan to bring people away from Solaris).
At least with the T720 you can use a $12 cable from from eforcity and programs like GAGIN (Getting Around Get It Now) and PST (also works with the T730) to load both pictures & ringtones. I have no doubt a GAGIN type program will be released for the V710, it's just a matter of time.
I do (tough to jog with a PDA or visit web sites with an iPod), and now that I think about it, my current job puts me in the Unix geek category as well...I am going to go back to my cave now...
I've had the T720c since launch, and although it definitely has its quirks, it's not too bad of a phone. I've never had a problem getting the firmware upped by VZW (just walk in and ask, it's free); in fact, the first time I did it (going from 19D to 22E) the dude behind the counter swapped it for refurb because it was scratched and had some missing pixels on the external display. The latest firmware (45p) is the same as on the T730 and is pretty stable. Although if I ever want to lock out my phone, all I have to do is plug it in and set an appointment. Just let it go off and sit for a few minutes without opening it; after about 5 mins it's locked up. The T720c is a pretty tough though, my took a 2 story drop onto concrete, knocking the battery out (alcohol may have been a factor) and it works fine without missing any pixels, etc. On a side note, VZW has stopped selling the T730, so I have half a mind to lock up my phone and see what refurb they'll give me for it.
I completely agree, TechTV seems like it would have a much broader audience then G4 ever would. I am certainly in their demographic and definitely qualify as a gamer, but I could never get into 90% of the shows on G4. Furthermore, although TechTV definitely had the tendency to recycle reviews of the same products between shows, the hosts were almost always charismatic to make it worth watching.
The same question came to mind when I read the article; their numbers seemed a bit high. Aout a year or so ago, I wrote a short paper on caffeine for a lower division Bio class I needed to take. If I recall, the 6mg number quoted only applies to soft drinks (Coke, etc.). Furthemore, the same article in your post lists the average caffeine for a,"Cup of coffee 90-150mg". If we take cup to mean 8oz, that still exceeds 6mg/oz so I imagine the regulations on coffee is not set at 6mg. I do still believe the numbers in the original article are a bit high.
A show with all new hosts is basically an entirely different show. The loss of a number of behind the scenes people is a shame, but I don't believe it would have as much of an effect (at least not on the types of shows being kept). I really hope they will post who will be staying on soon. I am betting Cat will stay (she mentioned she was in LA over the weekend on today's show); but unfortunately I doubt that will be the case with Leo. I wouldn't be suprised if the younger people on staff (Kevin, Sarah, Morgan, etc.) make the jump, but I don't know if that will be enough to hold me over as a viewer. I almost stopped watching a month or so ago when Leo temporarily left TechTV, and the future looks bleak to me...
The only thing I wanted to add is that Pearl Jam asks that it's fans don't trade shows which are currently for sale. The shows from the 2003 tour are no longer on sale (with the exception on 1 from each leg), so you can freely trade them now. I highly recommend www.etree.org if you're interested in Pearl Jam (or any other free trade band).
For those curious, MiniStumbler still does not work with the popular line of Socket CF Wifi cards. Symbol basically uses the same card (in fact I use Symbol drivers on my Socket card), so I doubt it will work with that either. On a side note, the Symbol WM2003 driver includes a utility with similar features to MiniStumbler.
I found this interesting article on google when looking up some X1 specs. Brings up some other majpor factors (space, electricity, heat, etc.) for comparing the two.
I heard over the weekend that 70% of American men age 18-34 visit a porn site at least once a month (and I'm guessing the other 30% just don't admit it), so this might be an uphill battle.
For those who are unaware, the Bell is one of the most popular (and gorgeous) stadiums in baseball, selling out every game. It is in the heart of downtown, just south of Market, and likewise has a significant number of fans that work in computer/technology fields. It draws a number of fans from the Silicon Valley as well, so of all the major stadiums this one of the better choices for testing the hot spot market. I for one will be using my PDA there all the time, and perhaps my laptop too if I'm allowed to bring my bag. When they move to a pay per use scale, I'll onlu continue if they offer a discount for season pass holders. My biggest hope is that it reaches the bars across the street.
Although I definitely agree that packet sniffing will be an issue, I doubt they'll have an issue enforcing the payments. Public wifi from providers like Boingo or T-Mobile don't use WEP, but rather they require you to register an account with them and log in. I presume this is done over a secure connection. I plan to be using my PDA when I'm at Giants games all summer, but I'll definitely be using a VPN connection whenever possible.
"Microsoft is a monopoly, Apple is not." Although I won't disagree with the fact that MS is a monopoly, in many respects Apple has monopoly power as well (albeit at a much smaller scale). Since killing off the clones, Apple has monopolistic control over its hardware market; and although I don't know the actual figures, I am sure the percent of G4/G5/iMac users that run OSX versus an alternative OS which runs on their architecture is heavily favoring the OSX side.