usually dropping floppies isn't something that's desired. I remember the days before CDs, carrying all 27 floppies needed to install WIndows 95, you drop the stack, and, well, you'll never install off that set again.
SuSE with Crossover Office: $129 Xandros: $99 Windows XP Home Edition: $99
I forgot... what's the point again? Why can't I install Windows XP and have 100% Windows compatibility, then install Cygwin-KDE for 100% linux compatibility?
I think it's great that Windows apps are running better and better on linux, but they run even better on Windows. I like linux and I like its software, but if you have to pay the same amount either way, I'd hardly call a $99 linux distro a reason to switch to linux.
Under Timothy's logic, my version of BASH can't read it either. I'd better upgrade to Windows Explorer or something more "standard".
Timothy: It's a server config issue. Whoever admins freedesktop.org (Redhat apparently) doesn't understand Apache config well enough to allow requests for http://freedesktop.org. Is it you by chance?
The most common side effect is electrical burns to the abdomen. These things supposedly work by stimulating your muscles with a small electrical pulse, your muscle flexes and relaxes with each pulse. I don't know if they work as described, maybe if you can get past the searing pain in your chest they really do work.
Browsing for porn requires two hands, one on your mouse and the other on the computer's pointing device.
You forgot one item, maybe it's just me, but here's why I support the Xbox hackers:
Someday these consoles will be yesterday's toy. Xbox2 comes out, technology moves forward, all the teenagers who need the latest craze sell their Xboxes to pawn shops to buy the Xbox2. That's where I come in. "Oohh!! A pile of Xboxes at $30/each! I remember when these things were popular consoles, there were lots of articles on/. about hacking them!". So I buy one, bring it home, dig through articles and projects listed on Google. An afternoon of reading, downloading, and compiling later, I have a small entertainment center thingy that runs linux. Cost? $30 and an afternoon. That seems like a worthwhile hack.
So, in advance, thank you Xbox hackers, some day because of your work I'll have a cheap linux powered toy.
This isn't all that uncommon. There are two major packages used for radio automation: Scotts and Audio Vault. By far, these two systems own the market share. You guessed it.. they run on Windows 2000.
The backends are pretty much the same for all automation packages. They use MPEG2 compression, usually at 320Kbit bitrate. Most of the time there's a proprietary header that makes MPEG2 players choke and die, with the exception of mpg123. This is certainly a market that linux could get into. These systems are EXPENSIVE, licensing for a product like this runs something on the order of $11K/yr (more or less buy the support, get the software next to free). The only reason that linux isn't there yet is because no one has written a GUI that makes it easy for a DJ to use.
For live broadcasts I can just take the audio files from the Audio Vault, put them on my linux laptop, and run it all with XMMS. In the studio it's harder, because there's scheduling and so forth to worry about. Still, there is definitely a market for a linux automation package for radio, and I'd be more than happy to help test it on the air.
If I'm not mistaken, USB 2.0 is faster than firewire, and doesn't have all the patents tied to it. My new Gateway system came standard with USB 2.0, Firewire is a custom addon that's nearly unavailable on a desktop unless you build it yourself or buy a Mac.
I like what you're saying, but please learn to use HTML properly.
And to all you who piss and moan about the Xbox hackers: it's not because we're ripping off MS, it's not because it makes a cheap PC, it's because we CAN, and we feel really good about an Xbox that runs stuff it's not supposed to when it's all said and done.
Oh, and when Xboxes are $50 at the pawn shop, you'll thank the geeks that are writing the docs and writing the code that you'll be looking for then.
This is semi-offtopic, it has nothing to do with Lexmark. Lexmark is flat out crap, I wouldn't give a Lexmark printer to my worst enemy.
It sucks to see that printer manufacturers are stooping to this level. I have to maintain something on the order of 50 HP laserjet printers (I won't count the deskjets, maybe 100?). People don't like paying $80 for an HP toner cartridge when they can get a recycled HP for $40 or an off brand for $30. HP has nothing to worry about.. EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS.
Most people opt for the $40 recycled cartridge. It's an HP cartridge that's been cleaned and refilled. Most of the time these things leak toner, occasionally requiring printer cleaning. When the users get the bill for printer cleaning, they see why I tell them to only buy the real thing.
Generic cartridges are even worse. At least with the recycled there's a warranty on them, if you get them in a shoddy condition you can usually send them back. I've used 4 different flavors of generic cartridge. Most of them either leak toner (accompanied by a cleaning bill sometimes) or in some cases just break apart. I had a user who went through 3 cartridges in one day, she'd print about 200 sheets and then the printer would start making a crunching sound and little plastic pieces would start flying out. Yup, toner cartridge broke apart. No warranty. You're out $30x3 because you went with a non-HP toner. Do the math, it's a bad deal all the way around.
I say go ahead and use your el-cheapo cartridges, you'll get what you paid for:-).
I like doing it manually as well, but there's a major delay doing it by hand. You have to mail it in, then someone needs to physically open and work the forms and stuff. E-file is quick.. like receiving your return in a couple days quick.
Last year I needed to file a 1040 for the first time. Usually I just go for the 1040EZ, but I had a few items I needed to use the 1040 for. Ok, whatever.
I was looking for a good e-file solution, so I found Turbotax online. For $10 you can file your 1040, no software to install, it's a secure java applet. Cool. I spent a good 45 minutes filling everything out, triple checking my numbers, submitted it, life was good.
Three weeks later, I get an envelope from the IRS.
It seems that Turbotax f#@%ed up my taxable income, and stiffed me $320 on my federal return. The IRS fixed it and sent me a check for the difference, but I was still ticked. I printed off all the info and studied it carefully. All the data I put in was right. I ran the numbers manually, and what do you know, my taxable income was lower, and when I comp[uted the tax table I found the missing $320.
No, I don't work for IBM. I work for a boss who, in the 80s, used the "nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM" addage to wire the building with type 1 cabling.
Anything that was built in the day of token ring's dominance was probably wired with this cursed Type 1 cable, if there was a short-sighted manager behind it. Because of the reasons I've mentioned, most are still token ring because upgrading is a painful, expensive process.
Your post was funny. I know that. I'm bored and I want to write a speech on why Token Ring is a bitch to upgrade.
Most token ring hubs are 4/16 selectable, but every card needs to be 16 or 4. If even one card is a different speed, your ring comes to a crash. 16Mb token ring hardware is expensive, as is 100Mbit token ring (yes, they make 100Mbit token ring, I have a small test ring set up with it).
Why not ethernet? Well, in a lot of cases, Token Ring installations were wired with a 4 conductor 14 gauge cable with really odd looking hermaphroditic connectors on them. To move to ethernet requires either an investment in recabling or the purchase of an impedence matching convertor, which I really don't recommend. They will bring your ethernet segment to a crash if you're not careful.
If you're running 4 MB token ring, you're probably fux0red unless you have a lot of money to burn.
I don't know if Pricewatch killed it or what, but I remember when the CS used to be thicker than most bibles and consumed hours of my time looking for parts.
Now it's a cruddy pamphlet that sucks as bad as all other Windows-mostly computer magazines.
If the Back button takes me to where I've been, why doesn't the Forward button take me where I haven't been yet? I want a button that takes me to where I'm going to go before I ask it. Is that too much to ask?
I consider it a sign of status that I can haul ass on ET.
Back in the day, my dad was unemployed so buying me a used 2600 and an ET cart was an extremely cool thing to do. I played that thing for hours on end. After awhile, you start to learn all the bugs of the game and learn to deal with them. For instance, there's a hole that's almost impossible to fall into if you come from a certain side. I learned a few other tricks, like something happens if the dude in the trench coat takes your phone piece while your mouth is open. It's stupid amusement, and to a 6 year old kid it was pretty cool.
So, after days on end of playing that rediculously stupid game, it has paid off... the newbies sit and bitch about falling into holes and that trench coat dude who keeps taking your stuff, meanwhile I whiz through the game in 3 minutes. I don't remember most of the undocumented features, but I know enough to fly through the game and impress my friends that I was REALLY that bored as a kid.
> the open source model is about sharing code and information.
Funny, I'm aware that code is shared, but I wasn't aware that the GPL stipulates that information ABOUT the code needs to be shared.
> There agreement prohibits you from sharing information (emphasis mine)
So? Who says they have to give out their information? Point to the phrase in the GPL that says I'm entitled to the manual.
> what is worse then that is someone is going to do there own documentation, give it away, then when this company fails they will say the OSS is no good.
If the company fails, and the conclusion is that OSS is no good, it's because people are cheap bastards. Maybe OSS is a bad model, if people are too cheap to pay for what legitimately costs a company to produce.
I thought the open source model was "give your software away, charge for support". Am I wrong? Why is this really a problem?
Here's what I really don't get. If it's OSS, why not start digging into the code and start finding answers for yourself? Start a forum, find some other hackers who want to help out, and tear apart the source to find answers/solutions. If it's truly OSS, there's nothing saying you can't start writing your own docs.
What? That's too much trouble? pay the $50 or use something else then.
Ok, that is a sweet mod. Why the heck did he use a blue cathode and not red? I mean, you put a PC in the toaster, the least you could do is make it LOOK like it's toasting.
Oh yeah, I'm an anal retentive. Move along.
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usually dropping floppies isn't something that's desired. I remember the days before CDs, carrying all 27 floppies needed to install WIndows 95, you drop the stack, and, well, you'll never install off that set again.
Oh, you mean... I see.
Please, somebody explain my error:
SuSE with Crossover Office: $129
Xandros: $99
Windows XP Home Edition: $99
I forgot... what's the point again? Why can't I install Windows XP and have 100% Windows compatibility, then install Cygwin-KDE for 100% linux compatibility?
I think it's great that Windows apps are running better and better on linux, but they run even better on Windows. I like linux and I like its software, but if you have to pay the same amount either way, I'd hardly call a $99 linux distro a reason to switch to linux.
*hides* :-)
you are correct. How who's the idiot :-)
Too bad Timothy has no idea WTF he's talking about.
Apparently not everyone's browser can read http://freedesktop.com
Not only is freedesktop.com -NOT- the site in the article, but the browser has nothing to do with it.
$ ping freedesktop.org
ping: unknown host freedesktop.org
$ ping www.freedesktop.org
PING freedesktop.redhat.com (66.187.233.246) from 192.168.0.3
Under Timothy's logic, my version of BASH can't read it either. I'd better upgrade to Windows Explorer or something more "standard".
Timothy:
It's a server config issue. Whoever admins freedesktop.org (Redhat apparently) doesn't understand Apache config well enough to allow requests for http://freedesktop.org. Is it you by chance?
The most common side effect is electrical burns to the abdomen. These things supposedly work by stimulating your muscles with a small electrical pulse, your muscle flexes and relaxes with each pulse. I don't know if they work as described, maybe if you can get past the searing pain in your chest they really do work.
Browsing for porn requires two hands, one on your mouse and the other on the computer's pointing device.
You forgot one item, maybe it's just me, but here's why I support the Xbox hackers:
/. about hacking them!". So I buy one, bring it home, dig through articles and projects listed on Google. An afternoon of reading, downloading, and compiling later, I have a small entertainment center thingy that runs linux. Cost? $30 and an afternoon. That seems like a worthwhile hack.
Someday these consoles will be yesterday's toy. Xbox2 comes out, technology moves forward, all the teenagers who need the latest craze sell their Xboxes to pawn shops to buy the Xbox2. That's where I come in. "Oohh!! A pile of Xboxes at $30/each! I remember when these things were popular consoles, there were lots of articles on
So, in advance, thank you Xbox hackers, some day because of your work I'll have a cheap linux powered toy.
This isn't all that uncommon. There are two major packages used for radio automation: Scotts and Audio Vault. By far, these two systems own the market share. You guessed it.. they run on Windows 2000.
The backends are pretty much the same for all automation packages. They use MPEG2 compression, usually at 320Kbit bitrate. Most of the time there's a proprietary header that makes MPEG2 players choke and die, with the exception of mpg123. This is certainly a market that linux could get into. These systems are EXPENSIVE, licensing for a product like this runs something on the order of $11K/yr (more or less buy the support, get the software next to free). The only reason that linux isn't there yet is because no one has written a GUI that makes it easy for a DJ to use.
For live broadcasts I can just take the audio files from the Audio Vault, put them on my linux laptop, and run it all with XMMS. In the studio it's harder, because there's scheduling and so forth to worry about. Still, there is definitely a market for a linux automation package for radio, and I'd be more than happy to help test it on the air.
If I'm not mistaken, USB 2.0 is faster than firewire, and doesn't have all the patents tied to it. My new Gateway system came standard with USB 2.0, Firewire is a custom addon that's nearly unavailable on a desktop unless you build it yourself or buy a Mac.
I like what you're saying, but please learn to use HTML properly.
And to all you who piss and moan about the Xbox hackers: it's not because we're ripping off MS, it's not because it makes a cheap PC, it's because we CAN, and we feel really good about an Xbox that runs stuff it's not supposed to when it's all said and done.
Oh, and when Xboxes are $50 at the pawn shop, you'll thank the geeks that are writing the docs and writing the code that you'll be looking for then.
This is semi-offtopic, it has nothing to do with Lexmark. Lexmark is flat out crap, I wouldn't give a Lexmark printer to my worst enemy.
:-).
It sucks to see that printer manufacturers are stooping to this level. I have to maintain something on the order of 50 HP laserjet printers (I won't count the deskjets, maybe 100?). People don't like paying $80 for an HP toner cartridge when they can get a recycled HP for $40 or an off brand for $30. HP has nothing to worry about.. EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS.
Most people opt for the $40 recycled cartridge. It's an HP cartridge that's been cleaned and refilled. Most of the time these things leak toner, occasionally requiring printer cleaning. When the users get the bill for printer cleaning, they see why I tell them to only buy the real thing.
Generic cartridges are even worse. At least with the recycled there's a warranty on them, if you get them in a shoddy condition you can usually send them back. I've used 4 different flavors of generic cartridge. Most of them either leak toner (accompanied by a cleaning bill sometimes) or in some cases just break apart. I had a user who went through 3 cartridges in one day, she'd print about 200 sheets and then the printer would start making a crunching sound and little plastic pieces would start flying out. Yup, toner cartridge broke apart. No warranty. You're out $30x3 because you went with a non-HP toner. Do the math, it's a bad deal all the way around.
I say go ahead and use your el-cheapo cartridges, you'll get what you paid for
Doing taxes manually. On paper
I like doing it manually as well, but there's a major delay doing it by hand. You have to mail it in, then someone needs to physically open and work the forms and stuff. E-file is quick.. like receiving your return in a couple days quick.
To each his own.
Last year I needed to file a 1040 for the first time. Usually I just go for the 1040EZ, but I had a few items I needed to use the 1040 for. Ok, whatever.
I was looking for a good e-file solution, so I found Turbotax online. For $10 you can file your 1040, no software to install, it's a secure java applet. Cool. I spent a good 45 minutes filling everything out, triple checking my numbers, submitted it, life was good.
Three weeks later, I get an envelope from the IRS.
It seems that Turbotax f#@%ed up my taxable income, and stiffed me $320 on my federal return. The IRS fixed it and sent me a check for the difference, but I was still ticked. I printed off all the info and studied it carefully. All the data I put in was right. I ran the numbers manually, and what do you know, my taxable income was lower, and when I comp[uted the tax table I found the missing $320.
F@#% YOU, TURBOTAX.
I live in a large US city, 20,000 ft from the CO. My only option is dialup.
If I move to a grass hut in Laos, I get high speed wireless.
Yeah.....
No, I don't work for IBM. I work for a boss who, in the 80s, used the "nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM" addage to wire the building with type 1 cabling.
Anything that was built in the day of token ring's dominance was probably wired with this cursed Type 1 cable, if there was a short-sighted manager behind it. Because of the reasons I've mentioned, most are still token ring because upgrading is a painful, expensive process.
Does this mean my 4Mb token ring is obsolete?
Your post was funny. I know that. I'm bored and I want to write a speech on why Token Ring is a bitch to upgrade.
Most token ring hubs are 4/16 selectable, but every card needs to be 16 or 4. If even one card is a different speed, your ring comes to a crash. 16Mb token ring hardware is expensive, as is 100Mbit token ring (yes, they make 100Mbit token ring, I have a small test ring set up with it).
Why not ethernet? Well, in a lot of cases, Token Ring installations were wired with a 4 conductor 14 gauge cable with really odd looking hermaphroditic connectors on them. To move to ethernet requires either an investment in recabling or the purchase of an impedence matching convertor, which I really don't recommend. They will bring your ethernet segment to a crash if you're not careful.
If you're running 4 MB token ring, you're probably fux0red unless you have a lot of money to burn.
Ewww... I hate the Computer Shopper.
I don't know if Pricewatch killed it or what, but I remember when the CS used to be thicker than most bibles and consumed hours of my time looking for parts.
Now it's a cruddy pamphlet that sucks as bad as all other Windows-mostly computer magazines.
This places Slashdot's credibility at risk.
Slashdot has credibility? Which alternate universe are you posting from?
The back button is fine the way it is.
If the Back button takes me to where I've been, why doesn't the Forward button take me where I haven't been yet? I want a button that takes me to where I'm going to go before I ask it. Is that too much to ask?
I consider it a sign of status that I can haul ass on ET.
Back in the day, my dad was unemployed so buying me a used 2600 and an ET cart was an extremely cool thing to do. I played that thing for hours on end. After awhile, you start to learn all the bugs of the game and learn to deal with them. For instance, there's a hole that's almost impossible to fall into if you come from a certain side. I learned a few other tricks, like something happens if the dude in the trench coat takes your phone piece while your mouth is open. It's stupid amusement, and to a 6 year old kid it was pretty cool.
So, after days on end of playing that rediculously stupid game, it has paid off... the newbies sit and bitch about falling into holes and that trench coat dude who keeps taking your stuff, meanwhile I whiz through the game in 3 minutes. I don't remember most of the undocumented features, but I know enough to fly through the game and impress my friends that I was REALLY that bored as a kid.
> the open source model is about sharing code and information.
Funny, I'm aware that code is shared, but I wasn't aware that the GPL stipulates that information ABOUT the code needs to be shared.
> There agreement prohibits you from sharing information (emphasis mine)
So? Who says they have to give out their information? Point to the phrase in the GPL that says I'm entitled to the manual.
> what is worse then that is someone is going to do there own documentation, give it away, then when this company fails they will say the OSS is no good.
If the company fails, and the conclusion is that OSS is no good, it's because people are cheap bastards. Maybe OSS is a bad model, if people are too cheap to pay for what legitimately costs a company to produce.
I thought the open source model was "give your software away, charge for support". Am I wrong? Why is this really a problem?
Here's what I really don't get. If it's OSS, why not start digging into the code and start finding answers for yourself? Start a forum, find some other hackers who want to help out, and tear apart the source to find answers/solutions. If it's truly OSS, there's nothing saying you can't start writing your own docs.
What? That's too much trouble? pay the $50 or use something else then.
Ok, that is a sweet mod. Why the heck did he use a blue cathode and not red? I mean, you put a PC in the toaster, the least you could do is make it LOOK like it's toasting.
Oh yeah, I'm an anal retentive. Move along.
WFT? MTV and FBI are acronyms!
There are FOUR DISCS.
BTTF I
BTTF II
BTTF III
BTTF - Stuff we couldn't fit anywhere else