about MandrakeMove is the fact that it can automatically store your personal data on a USB keychain. Not that SuSE Live, Knoppix, etc. cannot, but MdkMove makes it so damned easy to make a *truly* portable personal desktop system.
I have never liked Tech TV or G4. Their reviews were severely lacking any real substance, their reporting sucks, etc. This is not a geek network at all. Unless, of course, you are a yuppie wanna-be geek who blows all their money on the latest r0x0r windows and microsoft office suites...
It's not the player, the authors intentionally disable that functionality. Hence, getting rid of the ability to do so would be alienating their developer customer base.
Engaging in such practices usually mandates a buyout by Microsoft beforehand.
The parent poster has an excellent point. If these developers write quality code, and I have no reason to suspect that they do not, why not drop a few hundred bucks on a single PPC box that you can start a GCC make on, and let it run for a week if need be?
At the very least, you would have an excellent testbed. AND, IIRC, the US Navy is moving to PPC/Linux. Imagine the wargames... Flash/Shockwave Battleship!!!
Macromedia Sales: Would that not make it WAY easier to land a HUGE contract with the Defense Dept?
Now that is a great first step. Now once we get Dreamweaver, I can deploy Linux to all of our developers. Let's face it guys, Dreamweaver pays for itself (depending on usage, and in my case) after about 3 weeks. Mozilla composer and Quanta pretty much suck. Composer can't support frames, and Quanta, well, do I really need to go there??
I was also far happier without a car. I lost my license for about 4 years (long story, but suffice it to say that if you kill a child because you ran thru a crosswalk [and no, I didn't kill a kid], they let you get away with it, but drive without insurance, and forget it, and yes I can cite examples!).
Shortly thereafter, I severely injured my left knee. I still can't ride a bike... Which BLOWS, I used to ride a stuntbike and it was my fav. hobby! Anyway, now that I have my license back, it is truly the only viable solution for my transportation. Before that, I took the bus , caught a ride with co-workers, or taxied everywhere.
Of course, hence the part about "OPEC (or similar group) to not kill it off"
I really wish they wouldn't though. Hell, if I was an exec at an oil company, I would *make* technology to reduce oil consumption, and MILK THE HELL out of it. Imagine the ads:
"We care about the environment... yadayadayada... cleaner air... blablabla... might be a couple of pennies more but is the health of our kids worth 2 dollars a month... drone, drone, drone"
Seriously, I don't understand why that isn't happening. They would get MAD support from at least the Democrats in the govt, the public, and those two combined would be enough to force the other oil companies to try to compete by "showing that they, too, care about our environment."
Just my $0.02. Hey as a side note, anyone know if there is any truth to the story about OPEC buying the ~100MPG carb and shelving it? I saw some pretty convincing evidence that the "gas pill" thing was false, but have never found anything about the carb... Not that I have even looked that hard:-P
<rant>
No, but I need my '79 Chevy Caprice which has worn rings, spews blue smoke into the atmosphere at an alarming rate and gets a whopping 8.7 MPG. I need it cuz I work ~22 miles from home and the transit system here SUCKS (I mean for real, ask anyone from Colorado Springs, they'll tell ya) and I work in the still failing tech sector and cannot afford a better ride...
</rant>
I wonder if it will turn out to be Thermal Conversion Process/Internationally Patented...
Seriously though, in theory, this seems like a fantastic idea. All that has to happen now is for the capacity to increase, cost of production to come down, and for OPEC (or similar group) to not kill it off.
There may, however, be a market in the "alternative energy" sector. To cite an example, another ethanol station just popped up to compete with the one existing already in my metro area (population ~550K). They seem to be doing pretty damn well, and maybe this waste-to-oil will start to make a dent in our gas prices, cuz we all know how bad we need it (I just paid 2.01 for 85 octane)!!
I can't even remember how many times I came across a Win95 box with a hosed up TCP/IP stack... fixed [by] uninstalling the TCP/IP adapter and Ethernet nic driver
What you are describing is a driver issue, not a TCP/IP stack issue. Actually uninstaling the TCP/IP stack involves going into the add/remove programs applet, clicking on add/remove Windows components, and uninstalling TCP/IP there.
Being a non-windows guy myself (see below) I can easily see why this is an issue for WIndows users. The damned OS does not let you pick what kernel modules you want to have compiled in, etc. You are forced to use wtf they think you need.
Granted, (at least time I used one) Macs restricted you in the same way, but shit, at least their OS works! <G>
Oh, and here's an example of why I don't use Windows:
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about MandrakeMove is the fact that it can automatically store your personal data on a USB keychain. Not that SuSE Live, Knoppix, etc. cannot, but MdkMove makes it so damned easy to make a *truly* portable personal desktop system.
Kudos, Mandrake, for another great product.
Hell Yeah! People at OSDN -- If you had any brains at all, you would at the very least explore this idea!
I have never liked Tech TV or G4. Their reviews were severely lacking any real substance, their reporting sucks, etc. This is not a geek network at all. Unless, of course, you are a yuppie wanna-be geek who blows all their money on the latest r0x0r windows and microsoft office suites...
Just my $0.02
This mission promises to be one that brings a very psychedelic
Guess the mission engineers took the brown acid. Bummer.
Someone set up us the bomb!
Well, *most* apps won't just arbitrarily consume memory
I assume you are excluding Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Windows 98, Windows ME, Word, Excel, etc.
It's not the player, the authors intentionally disable that functionality. Hence, getting rid of the ability to do so would be alienating their developer customer base.
Engaging in such practices usually mandates a buyout by Microsoft beforehand.
The parent poster has an excellent point. If these developers write quality code, and I have no reason to suspect that they do not, why not drop a few hundred bucks on a single PPC box that you can start a GCC make on, and let it run for a week if need be?
At the very least, you would have an excellent testbed. AND, IIRC, the US Navy is moving to PPC/Linux. Imagine the wargames... Flash/Shockwave Battleship!!!
Macromedia Sales: Would that not make it WAY easier to land a HUGE contract with the Defense Dept?
Now that is a great first step. Now once we get Dreamweaver, I can deploy Linux to all of our developers. Let's face it guys, Dreamweaver pays for itself (depending on usage, and in my case) after about 3 weeks. Mozilla composer and Quanta pretty much suck. Composer can't support frames, and Quanta, well, do I really need to go there??
I guess, in summary, HURRY UP with Dreamweaver!!!
When you are talking about 1/3 the price, yes it is comparable, at least IMHO.
how many hours it will take for someone to figure out how to hack it to run Linux. It should be mostly the same as Xbox-Linux
But, I still would never pay 600 bucks for it when I can still get the Linare PC for 200 bucks and is comporable, if not better.
to not be so quick to bust up the partnership between them and Pixar.
Just one of a long string of poor moves by Eisner. No wonder the shareholders are so pissed at him.
A friend and I were discussing what to do with all of our AOL CD's. We both came up with the idea that you could make a similar device out of them.
Welcome! You've got fire!
Saying "This is why I run X" and flashing up some stats doesn't prove anything.
Of course not. But it made me feel better, you insensitive clod!
Yeah, agreed. But you should see my previous reply:
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=108354&thresh
to fully understand the context in which I posted my original comment.
LOL! Can't blame a guy for trying tho :-D
Agreed... I know I have it relatively good. But, in context, 3 (maybe 4?) weeks ago I was paying 1.83 for regular.
Twelve, then?
I was also far happier without a car. I lost my license for about 4 years (long story, but suffice it to say that if you kill a child because you ran thru a crosswalk [and no, I didn't kill a kid], they let you get away with it, but drive without insurance, and forget it, and yes I can cite examples!).
Shortly thereafter, I severely injured my left knee. I still can't ride a bike... Which BLOWS, I used to ride a stuntbike and it was my fav. hobby! Anyway, now that I have my license back, it is truly the only viable solution for my transportation. Before that, I took the bus , caught a ride with co-workers, or taxied everywhere.
Yea, I meant 85 octane. Sorry for the confusion.
Of course, hence the part about "OPEC (or similar group) to not kill it off"
... yadayadayada ... cleaner air ... blablabla ... might be a couple of pennies more but is the health of our kids worth 2 dollars a month ... drone, drone, drone"
:-P
I really wish they wouldn't though. Hell, if I was an exec at an oil company, I would *make* technology to reduce oil consumption, and MILK THE HELL out of it. Imagine the ads:
"We care about the environment
Seriously, I don't understand why that isn't happening. They would get MAD support from at least the Democrats in the govt, the public, and those two combined would be enough to force the other oil companies to try to compete by "showing that they, too, care about our environment."
Just my $0.02. Hey as a side note, anyone know if there is any truth to the story about OPEC buying the ~100MPG carb and shelving it? I saw some pretty convincing evidence that the "gas pill" thing was false, but have never found anything about the carb... Not that I have even looked that hard
Where!?
Colorado Springs, CO
Some places around here it is as cheap as 1.99, but I never buy that crap cuz it makes my car run like total shit (read: 7-11 gas sucks!!!)...
I'd sell my first born child for that cheap of gas
I'll give you 10 gallons of 91 octance and 5 bucks for shipping
Do we each really NEED an SUV?
<rant>
No, but I need my '79 Chevy Caprice which has worn rings, spews blue smoke into the atmosphere at an alarming rate and gets a whopping 8.7 MPG. I need it cuz I work ~22 miles from home and the transit system here SUCKS (I mean for real, ask anyone from Colorado Springs, they'll tell ya) and I work in the still failing tech sector and cannot afford a better ride...
</rant>
I wonder if it will turn out to be Thermal Conversion Process/Internationally Patented...
Seriously though, in theory, this seems like a fantastic idea. All that has to happen now is for the capacity to increase, cost of production to come down, and for OPEC (or similar group) to not kill it off.
There may, however, be a market in the "alternative energy" sector. To cite an example, another ethanol station just popped up to compete with the one existing already in my metro area (population ~550K). They seem to be doing pretty damn well, and maybe this waste-to-oil will start to make a dent in our gas prices, cuz we all know how bad we need it (I just paid 2.01 for 85 octane)!!
What you are describing is a driver issue, not a TCP/IP stack issue. Actually uninstaling the TCP/IP stack involves going into the add/remove programs applet, clicking on add/remove Windows components, and uninstalling TCP/IP there.
Being a non-windows guy myself (see below) I can easily see why this is an issue for WIndows users. The damned OS does not let you pick what kernel modules you want to have compiled in, etc. You are forced to use wtf they think you need.
Granted, (at least time I used one) Macs restricted you in the same way, but shit, at least their OS works! <G>
Oh, and here's an example of why I don't use Windows: