Also, for those countries too poor to afford these, the price makes them attractive for mass donations. for a grand I can give some school in the middle of nowhere 10 computers. That's just cool. -nB
In developing nations you want new hardware. Primarily for the ease of deployment, which can end up being a hidden cost greater than the cost of the hardware. For loose tidbits of PC hardware freecycle is great.
"Once I get to it" is my biggest failing. I have several PCs worth of hardware (pendium 120+) that I have done nothing with for the last 4 years. I'd love nothing more to get them to the people who need them, but I have not gotten the time to configure them. Initally they were to be a part of a beowulf cluster, but building that many different system images was not something I wanted to focus on, so I bought 12 identical PCs for the cluster.
Is the cell processor a vector based CPU like previous PS cpu's? If so a cluster could prove quite formidable indeed! (Seriously, vector processors are great for weather and nuklear simulations) -nB
The dongle is an add-on, like the CF card reader and video recorder. It plugs into the bottom of the unit. pretty cool, but the mechanical attachment is not stabile. -nB
The thing is a tank, but the USB chip sucks ass. My died, so I'm relagated to using the USB2 dongle for everything, which is fine for file transfers, but sucks when I'm streaming content from the drive in mass-storage mode.
On a related note, anyone know where I can get a replacement USB interface chip for the thing? -nB
Well I installed it and have been running it for a few mins (about a half hour), I'm hooked. No noticable loss of speed for the apps. This on an IBM T40 with a gig of ram and the pagefile disabled.
I love the interface. I can't wait to call TAC (helldesk) and complain I can't read my windows b/c they're backwards and crooked:)
See, I guess I don't get it. I think their and there as two different things, so when I type them out they come out correct. It must be the difference in how people are taught to speak and/or write that makes the difference. I had a large ammount of supplimental education in language outside of the public education I was given. -nB
you can change the port in which you connect with; say port 80 and AOL cant block as they cant figure out if your using HTTP or NTP; they could block the IP address but then again you could use an anonymous proxy and the battle continues.
Any AOL user that bright is not in danger when on usenet, nor are they a nusience to usenet. -nB
Of course my mis-spelling is covered by my admission of my sucky english. I was pointing out that I'm not perfect there if you didn't catch that; my main attempt to convey that there/their/they're & then/than are well within reach by the 6th grade. -nB
This along with there/their (no-one even seems to know of the existance of they're) really gets me; enough that I wrote an entire page of rants about it, and I have sucky English! (for a native speaker)
I understand thoe(w) and teh and similar transpositions because of keyboard layout, but word selection shouldn't be so darn hard! [/soapbox] -nB
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I would assume its a DLP style projector with fewer lines of resolution (making it cheaper to produce).
-nB
think of a big screen TV shrunk to 14 inches.
Yup the quality is not as good, but it's 1/5 to 1/10 the price.
-nB
Also, for those countries too poor to afford these, the price makes them attractive for mass donations. for a grand I can give some school in the middle of nowhere 10 computers. That's just cool.
-nB
third for freecycle.
In developing nations you want new hardware. Primarily for the ease of deployment, which can end up being a hidden cost greater than the cost of the hardware. For loose tidbits of PC hardware freecycle is great.
"Once I get to it" is my biggest failing. I have several PCs worth of hardware (pendium 120+) that I have done nothing with for the last 4 years. I'd love nothing more to get them to the people who need them, but I have not gotten the time to configure them. Initally they were to be a part of a beowulf cluster, but building that many different system images was not something I wanted to focus on, so I bought 12 identical PCs for the cluster.
-nB
Is the cell processor a vector based CPU like previous PS cpu's? If so a cluster could prove quite formidable indeed!
(Seriously, vector processors are great for weather and nuklear simulations)
-nB
too bad. Sounded like a good read :(
-nB
I'd love a link to that article if you've got one.
-nB
It works _until_ you restart fool.
-nB
" posting AC 'cause I'm stupid but:
how do I set this in FireFox?
I can't figure out where to go based only on about:config
thx."
just type "about:config" no quotes in the address bar
-nB
-1 really bad joke.
(was funny though)
The dongle is an add-on, like the CF card reader and video recorder. It plugs into the bottom of the unit. pretty cool, but the mechanical attachment is not stabile.
-nB
The thing is a tank, but the USB chip sucks ass.
My died, so I'm relagated to using the USB2 dongle for everything, which is fine for file transfers, but sucks when I'm streaming content from the drive in mass-storage mode.
On a related note, anyone know where I can get a replacement USB interface chip for the thing?
-nB
Yes they can be (that stupid).
Never underestimate the collective stupidity of a large bureaucracy.
-nB
Toyota Camrey w/ 6D changer has it.
I love it. Who's on? like 'em? cool, hate 'em? switch. Makes channel surfing far more efficent.
-nB
Well I installed it and have been running it for a few mins (about a half hour), I'm hooked. No noticable loss of speed for the apps. This on an IBM T40 with a gig of ram and the pagefile disabled.
:)
I love the interface. I can't wait to call TAC (helldesk) and complain I can't read my windows b/c they're backwards and crooked
-nB
just line up 30 million old microwave ovens (that still work) with the doors ripped off and the safetys disabled. :-)
-nB
There are other search engines?
:-)
wow.
I need to explore more
-nB
1) generate one time pad
2) To distribute OTB, encrypt it (with a one time pad)
3) Wash, rinse, repeat . . . forever.
4) ???
5) Secure Data!
-nB
See, I guess I don't get it. I think their and there as two different things, so when I type them out they come out correct. It must be the difference in how people are taught to speak and/or write that makes the difference. I had a large ammount of supplimental education in language outside of the public education I was given.
-nB
you can change the port in which you connect with; say port 80 and AOL cant block as they cant figure out if your using HTTP or NTP; they could block the IP address but then again you could use an anonymous proxy and the battle continues.
Any AOL user that bright is not in danger when on usenet, nor are they a nusience to usenet.
-nB
Of course my mis-spelling is covered by my admission of my sucky english. I was pointing out that I'm not perfect there if you didn't catch that; my main attempt to convey that there/their/they're & then/than are well within reach by the 6th grade.
-nB
This along with there/their (no-one even seems to know of the existance of they're) really gets me; enough that I wrote an entire page of rants about it, and I have sucky English! (for a native speaker)
I understand thoe(w) and teh and similar transpositions because of keyboard layout, but word selection shouldn't be so darn hard!
[/soapbox]
-nB
mute button
-nB
10 ? ,"i am networkboy",,
20 goto 10
-nB
I hit him on his sig earlier.
you want Rankine where the BP of water is 671.67.
And to keep this from being redundant to my previous post:
Ther Rankine scale starts at absolute 0 (like Kelvin), but uses Farenheight graduations rather than Centegrade graduations.
-nB