I was reading the comments, getting angrier and angrier with the price difference between IDE & SCSI, when I thought this: 'I wonder if it would be possible to rip of the IDE controller board from a hard disk and replace it with a SCSI one'
I agree. Having read the article before the comments I'd have to say this is redundant. Perhaps if clicking on the comment button opened the comments in the same window, and popped up the article in a new one on top of this.
Reposting the whole thing is only useful when the object of interest is on some slashdotted site. IMO C|net's unlikely to be slashdotted.
Its significantly improved since the last milestone. I was running 1999082316 (M12 debian package) and I thought you were exaggerating. The latest build (2000011811) is a lot quicker. Redraws about 5x speed, subjectively (dragging another window over it test). I'm not so keen on the large text, but that's just a matter of finding a CSS.
Its probably not going to make it as the default installer for Potato, but its pretty good. IMO it just needs a "tell me what packages depend on this" function, and to be a bit more robust with poor connections (it freezes if downloading stops)
I've been running one computer on unstable and one on stable. You *do* notice the difference, but almost anything that breaks is fixed the next day. Its usually little things like innd an inewsinn both having a conf file that clashes.
I have to say, I like console-apt, only a couple of gripes which I can ignore.
I have to say that I have very few positive feelings from school. I'm sure that it depends very strongly on the teacher, I enjoyed physics maths and chemistry from school, but detested computer studies, despite excelling at it.
I have my paycheque, and I think a good proportion of it will be going on loki games.
A few things I'm slightly concerned with: GL. These wont be very playable on my TNT2u until a DRI module is availible for it, if Q3a demo is anything to go by. I can see AC and SC3k being fine though.
I'm tempted to not order them until I can play them well. I made that mistake with Q2, only had a riva 128, which just couldnt handle it, and partly wrecked the game for me. I suppose I could reinstall my old Voodoo2, but that takes up precious PCI slots.
I'd rather have something I can still build a reciever for without excessive numbers of chips. I *really* hope that the up-and-coming digital radio doesnt push the old analogue FM & AM stations.
You can make an AM reciever from some wire, some sheets of tin foil, a plastic bag and a lump of coal. Of course, you need headphones and a verra big antenna.
They have a patched version of XV on their page, and I've been playing with it for a bit. Its almost lossless at 25:1 compression on a Q3 screenshot I have.
Lb = pounds weight. Its Lb to differentiate from L which was the old symbol for pounds stirling (Look at a £ sign, its a cursive L, crossed).
As for the difference engines, the Difference engine 1 was to calculate those tables accurately. That was its only purpose. He stopped making it because he was a bit of a perfectionist and wanted to make a more general purpose device. According to "The Code Book" the Difference Engine 2 would have had memory, and a processor which could handle IF..THEN and LOOP type structures.
However, not managing to get *anything* working after 10 years and £17,470 the government were understandably reluctant to fund a maverick.
However, they his method for cracking Vinegere ciphers in 1854 whilst the rest of the world considered them uncrackable until 1863. This gave the british an edge during the Crimean war.
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PPC chips arent really aimed at the mobile market. I want to see Crusoe vs StrongARM.
ok. doublechecked. IDE takes no IRQs on my computer.
I have nothing connected to it so it's not activated.
Maybe I was a little unclear then.
I was reading the comments, getting angrier and angrier with the price difference between IDE & SCSI, when I thought this: 'I wonder if it would be possible to rip of the IDE controller board from a hard disk and replace it with a SCSI one'
Any thoughts?
You dont have to give ide any IRQ's tho.
SCSI is *SO* much better with IRQs. Look at it this way.
.5 of an IRQ per device.
/proc/interrupts
IDE: 2 IRQ's, 4 devices. Thats
SCSI: 1 IRQ, 30 devices. 0.03 IRQ/Device.
From
15: 263999 XT-PIC aic7xxx, sym53c8xx
PLEASE DONT LET THEM KILL SCSI!
I agree. Having read the article before the comments I'd have to say this is redundant. Perhaps if clicking on the comment button opened the comments in the same window, and popped up the article in a new one on top of this.
Reposting the whole thing is only useful when the object of interest is on some slashdotted site. IMO C|net's unlikely to be slashdotted.
Its significantly improved since the last milestone. I was running 1999082316 (M12 debian package) and I thought you were exaggerating. The latest build (2000011811) is a lot quicker. Redraws about 5x speed, subjectively (dragging another window over it test). I'm not so keen on the large text, but that's just a matter of finding a CSS.
assuming it wasnt something like road salt.
I'm sure it'd be possible to send the talking head a script:
Pathetic 'slow news day item
fake laugh
Of course, these freaks will probably render the thing server-side and realvideo broadcast it.
Yes, but it lists the packages this package depends on, not what packages depend on it. I want to see what I can remove without causing a cataclysm :)
"Debian is rock solid while Mandrake isnt. Mandrake people make linux look bad"
Use what you like, and stop moaning. Just becase Debian only increase the minor version for each minor release is no reason to bash them.
Its probably not going to make it as the default installer for Potato, but its pretty good. IMO it just needs a "tell me what packages depend on this" function, and to be a bit more robust with poor connections (it freezes if downloading stops)
I hate that.
At least you didnt ask her if she wanted to see woody.
(apologies in advance)
I got that too. I assumed my mirror wasnt updated.
Just use 'potato' as the name.
I've been running one computer on unstable and one on stable. You *do* notice the difference, but almost anything that breaks is fixed the next day. Its usually little things like innd an inewsinn both having a conf file that clashes.
I have to say, I like console-apt, only a couple of gripes which I can ignore.
I have to say that I have very few positive feelings from school. I'm sure that it depends very strongly on the teacher, I enjoyed physics maths and chemistry from school, but detested computer studies, despite excelling at it.
I have my paycheque, and I think a good proportion of it will be going on loki games.
A few things I'm slightly concerned with:
GL. These wont be very playable on my TNT2u until a DRI module is availible for it, if Q3a demo is anything to go by. I can see AC and SC3k being fine though.
I'm tempted to not order them until I can play them well. I made that mistake with Q2, only had a riva 128, which just couldnt handle it, and partly wrecked the game for me. I suppose I could reinstall my old Voodoo2, but that takes up precious PCI slots.
ASF's are semi-open, at least MS publishes specs
The CODEC's are protected like crazy tho.
Surely that's quick enough for you :)
Besides, OpenSource doesnt necessarily mean Linux/X11.
During ww2 people in german prison camps built these and listened to the BBC's very powerful shortwave broadcasts.
I'd rather have something I can still build a reciever for without excessive numbers of chips. I *really* hope that the up-and-coming digital radio doesnt push the old analogue FM & AM stations.
You can make an AM reciever from some wire, some sheets of tin foil, a plastic bag and a lump of coal. Of course, you need headphones and a verra big antenna.
At this rate the amiga OS will be out of *copyright* by the time the make another amiga.
Thats what you get when you combine X's middle button pasting, a slightly dodgy middle mouse button and not previewing your comments
:|
They have a patched version of XV on their page, and I've been playing with it for a bit. Its almost lossless at 25:1 compression on a Q3 screenshot I have.
Two points:
Lb = pounds weight. Its Lb to differentiate from L which was the old symbol for pounds stirling (Look at a £ sign, its a cursive L, crossed).
As for the difference engines, the Difference engine 1 was to calculate those tables accurately. That was its only purpose. He stopped making it because he was a bit of a perfectionist and wanted to make a more general purpose device. According to "The Code Book" the Difference Engine 2 would have had memory, and a processor which could handle IF..THEN and LOOP type structures.
However, not managing to get *anything* working after 10 years and £17,470 the government were understandably reluctant to fund a maverick.
However, they his method for cracking Vinegere ciphers in 1854 whilst the rest of the world considered them uncrackable until 1863. This gave the british an edge during the Crimean war.