I see statements all the time about high-quality x86 components vs low-quality ones, but never, and I mean never, is either described specifically, so in the end, building your own is a crapshoot.
I never could figure out WTF anyone would use SCO...
and, for the record, I'm very very tired of Linux peopl claiming that Linuxes aren't Unix.
It's kinda like Sprint calling their phones PCS instead of cellular.
Only even more pretentious.
Yet another service for places that already have multiple (or even one) affordable connectivity options. I wish they'd work on extending the range of DSL instead so that the rest of us aren't stuck with expensive ISDN.
[i]Fiber: crap for POTS, great for data, ubiquitous right up until the end of the street.[/i]
"Ubiquitous" must mean something different on your planet than on mine. My connectivity options are analog or ISDN dialup, and paying $500/mo for a frac DS1.
[i] managed to fanagle a chat on the phone with Ritchie[/i]
I had Kernighan sign a DECTape. "Wow - I haven't seen one of these in years".
[i]I don't think research in commercial context is really research at all and may even be counterproductive in creating new and better technology [/i]
That's very Xerox of you;)
[i]In fact, it is hard to imagine what student use would have required anything more powerful than a 500 MHz iBook[/i]
Agreed. The students would have been better served by keeping the iBooks in service and using the money wasted on spiffier replacements to pay the teachers a decent wage instead, or to buy textbooks that don't include things like "Some day we will go to the moon".
Read the stuff your trash hauler gave you. You're probably not allowed to put batteries in the trash because of their lead and cadmium content. Remember lead paint and leaded gasoline? Chances are that your landfill isn't local either.
There are actually people and especially companies who -- believe it or not -- have more than one computer, with one or more acting as something called a "file server".
There are also people who might on occasion have the nerve to go more than 30 feet from an AP. In the wireless arena, greater peak speed has often correlated with greater workable distance. At my new place, where cable and DSL aren't available, this tech might just allow me to be able to afford a DS1 by sharing it with neighbors wirelessly -- which would be a hell of a lot less hassle than digging trenches through the forest to lay cable.
Right -- and how many people send you bits at 5mbit?
*And what is your upstream rate?*
Oh. That's what I thought.
And, you know, there are people who don't live in your [sub]urban area and AREN'T SERVED BY A CABLECO and can't get DSL because we're too far from a modern CO. 600/mo for a wireless service is entirely in line with the cost of a DS1.
I love how they claim that in the beginning there was one button when in fact there were three
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/devices/alto-m ouse/TN_Image36.JPG
I don't get the obsession with bluetooth. Batteries are a PITA to deal with and a cable coming out of my mouse really doesn't ruin my quality of life.
I'd be delighted to see a practical solution, ie., one that doesn't require advanced machining skills, for a 200-5000' link across forested land so I could share a leased line with neighbors.
[i]Laptop screens are not friendly to gaming.[/i]
The average 12 year old probably isn't shopping for a laptop anyway.
[i]Laptop RAM capabilities are usually limited at 1GB or 2GB.[/i]
[b]Limited to[/b]??? I assert that the fraction of even [b]desktops[/b] that will ever see 1GB is tiny.
[i]Laptop CPUs cannot generally be upgraded.[/i]
So? How many x86 desktop buyers ever upgrade their CPU? They pass the machine alone to someone else after 5-10 years and buy a new one.
My ex had no concept of a DVR, and had to be walked through its operation multiple times before she got it. Then, she kept the disk full at all times with shows about nazis and lesbians (sometimes both). I mostly gave up watching TV because it was futile - she was either recording or watching something constantly.
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I see statements all the time about high-quality x86 components vs low-quality ones, but never, and I mean never, is either described specifically, so in the end, building your own is a crapshoot.
PI??
In other words, It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.
[i]Wireless access is great "if" the weather is fine,[/i] ... *and* you happen to have the fabled "line of sight", ie., live in a desert with no trees.
This explains why Linuxes can't provide a usable dump utility.
[i]#2 i wonder how they can afford it[/i] Massive oversubscription, no doubt.
I never could figure out WTF anyone would use SCO ...
and, for the record, I'm very very tired of Linux peopl claiming that Linuxes aren't Unix.
It's kinda like Sprint calling their phones PCS instead of cellular.
Only even more pretentious.
Actually, modulo a few 12 year old OCD gamers, anything sold today is orders of magnitude more capable than anyone will ever need.
Yet another service for places that already have multiple (or even one) affordable connectivity options. I wish they'd work on extending the range of DSL instead so that the rest of us aren't stuck with expensive ISDN.
[i]Fiber: crap for POTS, great for data, ubiquitous right up until the end of the street.[/i] "Ubiquitous" must mean something different on your planet than on mine. My connectivity options are analog or ISDN dialup, and paying $500/mo for a frac DS1.
[i] managed to fanagle a chat on the phone with Ritchie[/i] I had Kernighan sign a DECTape. "Wow - I haven't seen one of these in years". [i]I don't think research in commercial context is really research at all and may even be counterproductive in creating new and better technology [/i] That's very Xerox of you ;)
[i]In fact, it is hard to imagine what student use would have required anything more powerful than a 500 MHz iBook[/i] Agreed. The students would have been better served by keeping the iBooks in service and using the money wasted on spiffier replacements to pay the teachers a decent wage instead, or to buy textbooks that don't include things like "Some day we will go to the moon".
The Barringer and Chixilub craters, for example.
[quote]and Some sensible advice on how really to secure it[/quote] Microsoft is the only God and Bill Gates is its prophet.
Legit torrents don't survinve long either. This is one reason why edonkey is a superior system.
Read the stuff your trash hauler gave you. You're probably not allowed to put batteries in the trash because of their lead and cadmium content. Remember lead paint and leaded gasoline? Chances are that your landfill isn't local either.
I guess expense and toxic waste aren't a pain for you. They are for me.
There are actually people and especially companies who -- believe it or not -- have more than one computer, with one or more acting as something called a "file server". There are also people who might on occasion have the nerve to go more than 30 feet from an AP. In the wireless arena, greater peak speed has often correlated with greater workable distance. At my new place, where cable and DSL aren't available, this tech might just allow me to be able to afford a DS1 by sharing it with neighbors wirelessly -- which would be a hell of a lot less hassle than digging trenches through the forest to lay cable.
Right -- and how many people send you bits at 5mbit? *And what is your upstream rate?* Oh. That's what I thought. And, you know, there are people who don't live in your [sub]urban area and AREN'T SERVED BY A CABLECO and can't get DSL because we're too far from a modern CO. 600/mo for a wireless service is entirely in line with the cost of a DS1.
I love how they claim that in the beginning there was one button when in fact there were three http://www.digibarn.com/collections/devices/alto-m ouse/TN_Image36.JPG
I don't get the obsession with bluetooth. Batteries are a PITA to deal with and a cable coming out of my mouse really doesn't ruin my quality of life.
I'd be delighted to see a practical solution, ie., one that doesn't require advanced machining skills, for a 200-5000' link across forested land so I could share a leased line with neighbors.
[i]Laptop screens are not friendly to gaming.[/i] The average 12 year old probably isn't shopping for a laptop anyway. [i]Laptop RAM capabilities are usually limited at 1GB or 2GB.[/i] [b]Limited to[/b]??? I assert that the fraction of even [b]desktops[/b] that will ever see 1GB is tiny. [i]Laptop CPUs cannot generally be upgraded.[/i] So? How many x86 desktop buyers ever upgrade their CPU? They pass the machine alone to someone else after 5-10 years and buy a new one.
The Q105S. S for Stiction.
Any thoughts on why they were crazy enough to discontinue the 15C?
My ex had no concept of a DVR, and had to be walked through its operation multiple times before she got it. Then, she kept the disk full at all times with shows about nazis and lesbians (sometimes both). I mostly gave up watching TV because it was futile - she was either recording or watching something constantly.