* kitten is on the prowl <cicada> Bzzz! <kitten> *jumps* wtf? <cicada> Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! * kitten walks toward cicada <cicada> BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! <kitten> CHOMP! -chomp- -chomp- *gulp* * cicada has left channel #meatspace (Ouch!) <SIGBUS> Hey, that was a Quality Kill! Good kitty! * kitten purrs * kitten is on the prowl
I remember a now-defunct white box computer shop some years back (think K6 era), where I overheard a tech talk about "warezing" (he pronounced it like the English rendition of "Juarez") software.
Meanwhile I was thinking, "why go to Mexico for software:) when there's Linux?"
Un-toned-down blue LEDs are a pet peeve of mine, too... as an example, my old Shuttle SK41G, a small-form-factor PC that would have otherwise made a decent MythTV box, has this incredibly frickin' bright blue power indicator.
Shuttle must have learned the lesson, because my new SN21G5 cube has much more pleasant indicators on the front panel - although the power light is still blue, it isn't obnoxious.
Indeed, the first thing I noticed was the lack of NEC's burners. I recently put an ND-3550A into a new system I built, and it's first-rate. It'll burn single-layer DVD+R or -R at 16x if you have suitable media, and DL +R discs at 8x.
I have two of these little boxen - an SK41G (Athlon XP 2100+), and a new SN21G5 (Athlon 64 X2 3800+) - they rock! They pack a lot of power into a breadbox... and the G5 case, especially, has lots of style.
If you prefer Intel chips, Shuttle makes Intel-based XPCs as well.
About the only downside of the SN21G5 is that it has 10/100 Ethernet, not Gigabit. Since my home network is 10/100+802.11g, the lack of Gigabit isn't really a problem, though.
Back in 1997, an archaeologist made an illegal field trip into the Nevada Test Site, making his way past armed guards, skirting underground blast areas, getting surprisingly close to Area 51, and nearly dying of thirst. I'm amazed that he made it out alive and didn't get arrested!
Indeed. I recently bought a refurbished T30, and decided that I wanted to get the product recovery CDs to make it easier for me to install a larger hard drive - not to mention being able to recover the XP Pro installation easily if my Linux install went awry. I've never been a fan of recovery partitions in any case.
I brought up Lenovo's site, looked up the correct support number, called it... and reached IBM in Atlanta. After giving them the necessary information (the discs are not free when you have a used machine), it was shipped via next day air from another IBM facility.
I must say, I love the T30, and the refurbished T22 that I bought a couple of years ago is still going strong as well, in spite of it spending many hours sitting on my car's front seat running gpsdrive and kismet.
If you are running your own mail server outside your ISP's network, you shouldn't be using port 25 in the first place. Configure your mail server to use TLS or SSL with proper authentication, and use port 587 or 465 to send your mail through it.
I have no sympathy for anyone who whines about port 25 being blocked. Judging from the number of zombied PCs trying to send spam to me, I would say that port 25 should be blocked by default at consumer ISPs.
Are they going to do something about the rips from Wikipedia that I often encounter when I run a Google search? There nothing like searching for something (usually fairly obscure), and coming up with (a) a Wikipedia article, and (b) the same Wikipedia article on a dozen other sites with domain names that don't have any fscking thing to do with Wikipedia.
Aren't file permissions in *ix and Windows systems a form of DRM?
Does the GPLv3 distinguish between DRM that you control (file permissions and such), vs. DRM controlled by others (Hollywood's wet dream)?
Flash memory has a limited number of write cycles available to it. Even if that number is in the millions, you could use up a flash drive in a hurry in the wrong circumstances.
On Linux, for instance, you would probably want to mount a flash filesystem with the noatime option - otherwise, every file access will update the access timestamp, adding to wear on the flash.
I stuck one in my ThinkPad T22 in place of the 4200 RPM TravelStar that came with it, and the difference is quite noticeable! I'm sure that the much larger cache is what makes the bulk of the difference. It's also much quieter.
That old drive was a major bottleneck, even though I have 256 MB RAM on this system. I ended up putting the old drive into a cheap USB enclosure.
For a long time, the Etree community has recommended Taiyo Yuden media. Fujifilm CD-Rs used to be OEMed by TY, but not anymore.
FWIW, I've (ab)used a variety of CD-Rs in my car CD player, subjected to extremes of heat and cold, and found that both the Imations and the TY Fujis have held up well. Scratches have caused me more trouble than environmental conditions.
Make it consumer-unfriendly, then, when it flops, they can wave some cash under the nose of selected members of the Politburo, er, Congress, and whine more about "piracy." If they wave enough cash, they can buy all sorts of nice laws that basically insure that you don't really own the things that you buy.
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* kitten is on the prowl
<cicada> Bzzz!
<kitten> *jumps* wtf?
<cicada> Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
* kitten walks toward cicada
<cicada> BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
<kitten> CHOMP! -chomp- -chomp- *gulp*
* cicada has left channel #meatspace (Ouch!)
<SIGBUS> Hey, that was a Quality Kill! Good kitty!
* kitten purrs
* kitten is on the prowl
I remember a now-defunct white box computer shop some years back (think K6 era), where I overheard a tech talk about "warezing" (he pronounced it like the English rendition of "Juarez") software.
:) when there's Linux?"
Meanwhile I was thinking, "why go to Mexico for software
Un-toned-down blue LEDs are a pet peeve of mine, too... as an example, my old Shuttle SK41G, a small-form-factor PC that would have otherwise made a decent MythTV box, has this incredibly frickin' bright blue power indicator.
Shuttle must have learned the lesson, because my new SN21G5 cube has much more pleasant indicators on the front panel - although the power light is still blue, it isn't obnoxious.
Indeed, the first thing I noticed was the lack of NEC's burners. I recently put an ND-3550A into a new system I built, and it's first-rate. It'll burn single-layer DVD+R or -R at 16x if you have suitable media, and DL +R discs at 8x.
Even better - you can get one for about $40.
Yup. Consider the way the media handled the Colbert performance, for instance.
I have two of these little boxen - an SK41G (Athlon XP 2100+), and a new SN21G5 (Athlon 64 X2 3800+) - they rock! They pack a lot of power into a breadbox... and the G5 case, especially, has lots of style.
If you prefer Intel chips, Shuttle makes Intel-based XPCs as well.
About the only downside of the SN21G5 is that it has 10/100 Ethernet, not Gigabit. Since my home network is 10/100+802.11g, the lack of Gigabit isn't really a problem, though.
Seems to me that a broadcast morgul
I think that was supposed to be "mogul."
However, "morgul" would be very appropriate here.
Try finding a native AMD64 Flash plugin.
Maybe we'll finally see an AMD64 Java plugin for Firefox.
Although it later turned out to be just a simple case of robbery gone bad rather than an irate netizen, Kushnir sure got what was coming!
Yet now, in Ohio, you can be arrested if you don't show identification to a cop whenever he wants it.
Back in 1997, an archaeologist made an illegal field trip into the Nevada Test Site, making his way past armed guards, skirting underground blast areas, getting surprisingly close to Area 51, and nearly dying of thirst. I'm amazed that he made it out alive and didn't get arrested!
Indeed. I recently bought a refurbished T30, and decided that I wanted to get the product recovery CDs to make it easier for me to install a larger hard drive - not to mention being able to recover the XP Pro installation easily if my Linux install went awry. I've never been a fan of recovery partitions in any case.
I brought up Lenovo's site, looked up the correct support number, called it... and reached IBM in Atlanta. After giving them the necessary information (the discs are not free when you have a used machine), it was shipped via next day air from another IBM facility.
I must say, I love the T30, and the refurbished T22 that I bought a couple of years ago is still going strong as well, in spite of it spending many hours sitting on my car's front seat running gpsdrive and kismet.
I have no sympathy for anyone who whines about port 25 being blocked. Judging from the number of zombied PCs trying to send spam to me, I would say that port 25 should be blocked by default at consumer ISPs.
See here.
Are they going to do something about the rips from Wikipedia that I often encounter when I run a Google search? There nothing like searching for something (usually fairly obscure), and coming up with (a) a Wikipedia article, and (b) the same Wikipedia article on a dozen other sites with domain names that don't have any fscking thing to do with Wikipedia.
Aren't file permissions in *ix and Windows systems a form of DRM? Does the GPLv3 distinguish between DRM that you control (file permissions and such), vs. DRM controlled by others (Hollywood's wet dream)?
Flash memory has a limited number of write cycles available to it. Even if that number is in the millions, you could use up a flash drive in a hurry in the wrong circumstances. On Linux, for instance, you would probably want to mount a flash filesystem with the noatime option - otherwise, every file access will update the access timestamp, adding to wear on the flash.
I stuck one in my ThinkPad T22 in place of the 4200 RPM TravelStar that came with it, and the difference is quite noticeable! I'm sure that the much larger cache is what makes the bulk of the difference. It's also much quieter.
That old drive was a major bottleneck, even though I have 256 MB RAM on this system. I ended up putting the old drive into a cheap USB enclosure.
FWIW, I've (ab)used a variety of CD-Rs in my car CD player, subjected to extremes of heat and cold, and found that both the Imations and the TY Fujis have held up well. Scratches have caused me more trouble than environmental conditions.
Please read the FAQ.
Neuticles - they're the dog's bollocks!
Make it consumer-unfriendly, then, when it flops, they can wave some cash under the nose of selected members of the Politburo, er, Congress, and whine more about "piracy." If they wave enough cash, they can buy all sorts of nice laws that basically insure that you don't really own the things that you buy.
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
Got any examples of your claims?