Loveland, Ohio a suburb of Cincinnati with a zip code of 45140 soans three counties. The zip+4 is what is used to verify tax rates. Ohio Sales tax sucks, as a business in Cincinnati, we also collect taxes for Kentucky and Indiana.
I've been using Suse because it's the only distro I've had any luck with. I'm a windows guy trying to learn Linux but have some sort of ADD that keeps me from succussecfully making my way through a linux manual. (self diagnosis) I went to distrowatch on a whim last night (never been there) and saw the link to ubuntu. I said lets give it a shot and downloaded it. Fired up the test box and threw the disk in. What do you know, it just installed with little fanfare and only one disk, kind of like a standard xp/2000 install. Simple options to configure. It just worked on a shuttle box that both Suse and Fedora had problems installing on. The default installation is perfect for your casual user. I've heard the Debian guys talking about apt, but have never had luck getting a Debian install going. (my fault not Debian) But the apt interface works so much better than rpm. (which I had no luck with also) I downloaded and installed Thunderbird via Apt and it loaded right up. I had to restart the computer get it to show on the menu though. I think I've found my distro to learn on.
The main developer is ex-oracle IIRC. He is hesitant about moving database vendors as he makes additional invisible liscense money from oracle on his support.
I didn't say cheap you twit. We have no problems spending money on a decent solution. Our old system ran for 10 years with nary a hiccup, but y2k forced our switch into a windows based system. Just tired of the constant upgrades and headaches that Microsoft has caused me and am lookihng for a better solution. And going back to pencil and paper would kill our business.
I think its funny how SCo told Autozone that they were no longer going to support their OpenServer installation and told Autozone they would have to upgrade(I use that term loosely) to System V. It seems as if Autozone was happy with their previous installation but was forced to look at another alternative as a result of SCo's actions. Sounds like a baby crying over spilled milk to me.
I would love to IBM put it's neck on the line by open sourcing one of there own "prized" products like DB2. Actually that would kick ass. That would show a great deal of committment and not just be playing lip service about open source.
Yeah and paying $250 for a 16mb Toshiba laptop dimm from CompUsa because it was the only place I could find it.
Memory should still be going down in price, but it isn't. I bought 50 sticks of 128meg PC-133 for about $16.00 a stick in '02. Can't buy it for that now.
But IBM doesn't tell consumers in their advertising that Linux is for everyone IIRC. The average consumer probably thinks its just for businesses, the core customer of International Business Machines. Some may be intrigued to check it out. But my guess is that the only people who might have been convinced by their commercial is the Company higher ups that the IT guys have been pushing moving to Linux on machines in their infastructure, but have been reluctant to leave the Microsoft stuff.
I didn't mean just straight Graphs and Charts like Ross Perot. I was thinking more along the lines of the Bounty Commercial where the stack billiard balls on 2 sheets of paper towels and dump a gallon of water on it. "See the bounty didn't break" "Our stuff is better".
I would like to see a commercial that shows a car revving it's motor to 7000 RPM and a car going faster at 3500 RPM to explain to the general public that clock cycle doesn't mean anything. Or how bout like the netzero highspeed add that shows the pages loading faster type of example. They just need to get the general consumer preferring to buy their products. A little bit at a time.
AMD needs to wait until Intel is completely involved in x86 32-64 and then launch a complete advertising compaign to the General Public about this. Show benchmarks. Help manufacturers freindly to their product push their wares. And really nail them hard. No Blue Man Group silliness. No stupid ads. Just plain facts and examples. But they must do so in mainstream media. Telling a bunch of geeks about their products doesn't work, they already get all the information themselves. And they buy based on reasearch anyways, not on advertising.
It seems as it would help you more rather than hurt you. I run a small business and we often bring all the employees in to talk about the business and how it is going and which direction we need to head. It's your departments opportunity to right some wrongs and to help get the compay steered in the right direction. By doing so it will only make the company stronger which in turn make your jobs more secure. Whne you have a problem, it's always 100% better to confront it head on than to try and cover it up. It sounds like someone is reaching out for your help and information. Take the opportunity to grab it by the balls.
The device they are using doesn't scan the palm, it takes some geometric measurements and stores it in a local memory bank.
The company that makes it is Locknetics or Recognition Systems which is owned by Ingersoll Rand.
Here's a PDF on the device. Handkey Reader
The user actually has to enter a pin number first so it locate the proper memory bank to find the geometric template. Or this can be done with a card reader also.
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Best episode EVER
Or I can get one of these
Copying The DaVinci Code frame by frame
Even better if you use the existing cameras and these Less money to waste. And BTW get mjpeg capable.
I believe there were over 160 DVR Manufacturers and card providers at last year's show. I especially liked the section called "Korea"
Loveland, Ohio a suburb of Cincinnati with a zip code of 45140 soans three counties. The zip+4 is what is used to verify tax rates. Ohio Sales tax sucks, as a business in Cincinnati, we also collect taxes for Kentucky and Indiana.
I've been using Suse because it's the only distro I've had any luck with. I'm a windows guy trying to learn Linux but have some sort of ADD that keeps me from succussecfully making my way through a linux manual. (self diagnosis) I went to distrowatch on a whim last night (never been there) and saw the link to ubuntu. I said lets give it a shot and downloaded it. Fired up the test box and threw the disk in. What do you know, it just installed with little fanfare and only one disk, kind of like a standard xp/2000 install. Simple options to configure. It just worked on a shuttle box that both Suse and Fedora had problems installing on. The default installation is perfect for your casual user.
I've heard the Debian guys talking about apt, but have never had luck getting a Debian install going. (my fault not Debian) But the apt interface works so much better than rpm. (which I had no luck with also) I downloaded and installed Thunderbird via Apt and it loaded right up. I had to restart the computer get it to show on the menu though. I think I've found my distro to learn on.
Mine lasts for days on a charge. My service provider charges $30 a month for unlimited data. How is that raped?
The main developer is ex-oracle IIRC. He is hesitant about moving database vendors as he makes additional invisible liscense money from oracle on his support.
I didn't say cheap you twit. We have no problems spending money on a decent solution. Our old system ran for 10 years with nary a hiccup, but y2k forced our switch into a windows based system. Just tired of the constant upgrades and headaches that Microsoft has caused me and am lookihng for a better solution. And going back to pencil and paper would kill our business.
I think its funny how SCo told Autozone that they were no longer going to support their OpenServer installation and told Autozone they would have to upgrade(I use that term loosely) to System V. It seems as if Autozone was happy with their previous installation but was forced to look at another alternative as a result of SCo's actions. Sounds like a baby crying over spilled milk to me.
I was just re-thinking this... They ought to open source Lotus Notes and Domino?? Server. That actually might fix that piece of shit.
I would love to IBM put it's neck on the line by open sourcing one of there own "prized" products like DB2. Actually that would kick ass. That would show a great deal of committment and not just be playing lip service about open source.
What the hell kind of html is that?!? Firefox hates it.
I also remember dreaming of $1.00 a meg prices for memory
Yeah and paying $250 for a 16mb Toshiba laptop dimm from CompUsa because it was the only place I could find it. Memory should still be going down in price, but it isn't. I bought 50 sticks of 128meg PC-133 for about $16.00 a stick in '02. Can't buy it for that now.
But IBM doesn't tell consumers in their advertising that Linux is for everyone IIRC. The average consumer probably thinks its just for businesses, the core customer of International Business Machines. Some may be intrigued to check it out. But my guess is that the only people who might have been convinced by their commercial is the Company higher ups that the IT guys have been pushing moving to Linux on machines in their infastructure, but have been reluctant to leave the Microsoft stuff. I didn't mean just straight Graphs and Charts like Ross Perot. I was thinking more along the lines of the Bounty Commercial where the stack billiard balls on 2 sheets of paper towels and dump a gallon of water on it. "See the bounty didn't break" "Our stuff is better". I would like to see a commercial that shows a car revving it's motor to 7000 RPM and a car going faster at 3500 RPM to explain to the general public that clock cycle doesn't mean anything. Or how bout like the netzero highspeed add that shows the pages loading faster type of example. They just need to get the general consumer preferring to buy their products. A little bit at a time.
AMD needs to wait until Intel is completely involved in x86 32-64 and then launch a complete advertising compaign to the General Public about this. Show benchmarks. Help manufacturers freindly to their product push their wares. And really nail them hard. No Blue Man Group silliness. No stupid ads. Just plain facts and examples. But they must do so in mainstream media. Telling a bunch of geeks about their products doesn't work, they already get all the information themselves. And they buy based on reasearch anyways, not on advertising.
It seems as it would help you more rather than hurt you. I run a small business and we often bring all the employees in to talk about the business and how it is going and which direction we need to head. It's your departments opportunity to right some wrongs and to help get the compay steered in the right direction. By doing so it will only make the company stronger which in turn make your jobs more secure. Whne you have a problem, it's always 100% better to confront it head on than to try and cover it up. It sounds like someone is reaching out for your help and information. Take the opportunity to grab it by the balls.
The device they are using doesn't scan the palm, it takes some geometric measurements and stores it in a local memory bank. The company that makes it is Locknetics or Recognition Systems which is owned by Ingersoll Rand. Here's a PDF on the device. Handkey Reader The user actually has to enter a pin number first so it locate the proper memory bank to find the geometric template. Or this can be done with a card reader also.