> when I tell them to go to http://webmail.domain.com/ to get their webmail they put www. on the front!
--This is mostly the fault of advertising, as well as most people not knowing enough about how the Web works. Most commercial websites have www at the front, therefore people assume it's required. It was only a couple of years ago that Taco and co. were posting articles that major news magazines, etc were mentioning Slashdot, and complaining that they were providing TCWWW link (the cursed WWW) instead of just slashdot.org.
--I agree with you 101%. The only drawback would be the extra storage space required, but the drive footprint could essentially stay the same. It would have been best if the media manufacturing companies had made every disk like a floppy, with an *integrated* caddy. Then they could put all the info that's currently on the clamshell cases onto the caddy.
--The best real-world solution that I've been able to work out so far, is to just buy another HD of the same size or larger, and store it in a safe place after backup.
o I've dealt with tapes, they're not a good solution for the average desktop consumer.
o DVD is falling in price and will store 4GB+, but standards have yet to be sorted out (however you can get drives that do both + and -) and the media life is still questionable.
o I wouldn't recommend CDR for long term because the media is easily scratched and a pain to back up to.
--BTW, Iomega is making 750MB Zip disks now, and COD hasn't been a problem for years. I have four Zip drives, (2) parallel, (1) internal IDE, (1) USB, and all work perfectly.
--I admit ORB looked slightly promising, but I had a horrible experience with the Syquest 1-gig SparQ drives (that's what I installed my first-ever Linux onto. Every single disk went bad within 2 months.) Then I found out that the same guys that sold the abortion known as SparQ had founded ORB, and stayed wisely away. Sparq disks were about the worst design I had ever seen.
--You should also launch a set to the Moon, for *permanent* archival storage. JIC. Then go invest in whoever wins the X-prize so you can potentially retrieve your data some day.
--Excuse me, I've been using Zip 100 drives ever since they were PARALLEL PORT based, and never had a problem. In fact I invested in 1 IDE drive and 1 USB drive, and use them for critical backups on both of my Linux systems.
Oh. My. God. I bet Theo is going to go *apeshit* over this article... (Either that, or he just won't care.)
Seriously, I installed Openbsd for a while on my 900MHz Duron, and it ran dog-slow even at the command prompt. He's right about the installation procedure needing rework, and it looks like the developers need to sit down and re-think a lot of things.
When this happened with Linux a few years ago (benchmarks revealing flaws) people got mad for a while, then settled down and started writing code to fix it. Result: 2.6 too a long time to get here, but did well in pretty much every area.
I only hope the OpenBSD folks catch the same wave. Yeah, it's great that the OS is so *secure* by default, but they should also spare some focus on fixing the deficiencies and improving usability and speed.
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--If you haven't played it already, I also recommend Deus Ex for immersion and playability. You can get it for ~$13 online.
http://store.yahoo.com/cybercitysoftware/deusex. ht ml ) No affiliation, this is just the place where I bought mine. (
--Thanks, that link was helpful. I haven't received the game in the mail yet, but that will assist in performance tuning (AMD Duron 900, Nvidia TNT2/32MB)
--The key is to print the names on their shirts backwards, so that when they take their (frequent) bathroom breaks, they see their name in the mirror and get a fresh reminder.
Slashdot Mirror
--And probably beat you up a little in the process. :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
Portable Electric Toaster
(sniff) Now you've got me nostalgic for Gnome 1.4 on Suse 7.3... That was the best Gnome EVAR.
(/me weeps)
LOL... However:
1. Solve this equation in 10 seconds or less.
(bot) sleep 11
3. PROFIT!
> when I tell them to go to http://webmail.domain.com/ to get their webmail they put www. on the front!
--This is mostly the fault of advertising, as well as most people not knowing enough about how the Web works. Most commercial websites have www at the front, therefore people assume it's required. It was only a couple of years ago that Taco and co. were posting articles that major news magazines, etc were mentioning Slashdot, and complaining that they were providing TCWWW link (the cursed WWW) instead of just slashdot.org.
clicky
--You call that simple?! I suck at math, you insensitive clod!!
I dunno, seems like you're really talking about a Sixth Day violation...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216216/
--Good link. If you go down to your local library, they might have a copy of "When Harlie Was One", by David Gerrold.
h tm
http://members.tripod.com/templetongate/harlie.
--And much like the warthog, McBride seems to have infinite "ammo."
--That was great man, you just made my friends list :)
--The only reason Bush won the Weasel award is because Klinton has dropped out of the limelight for now. :P
--I agree with you 101%. The only drawback would be the extra storage space required, but the drive footprint could essentially stay the same. It would have been best if the media manufacturing companies had made every disk like a floppy, with an *integrated* caddy. Then they could put all the info that's currently on the clamshell cases onto the caddy.
--Ah, we live in wasted times.
--The best real-world solution that I've been able to work out so far, is to just buy another HD of the same size or larger, and store it in a safe place after backup.
o I've dealt with tapes, they're not a good solution for the average desktop consumer.
o DVD is falling in price and will store 4GB+, but standards have yet to be sorted out (however you can get drives that do both + and -) and the media life is still questionable.
o I wouldn't recommend CDR for long term because the media is easily scratched and a pain to back up to.
--BTW, Iomega is making 750MB Zip disks now, and COD hasn't been a problem for years. I have four Zip drives, (2) parallel, (1) internal IDE, (1) USB, and all work perfectly.
clicky
--I admit ORB looked slightly promising, but I had a horrible experience with the Syquest 1-gig SparQ drives (that's what I installed my first-ever Linux onto. Every single disk went bad within 2 months.) Then I found out that the same guys that sold the abortion known as SparQ had founded ORB, and stayed wisely away. Sparq disks were about the worst design I had ever seen.
--You should also launch a set to the Moon, for *permanent* archival storage. JIC. Then go invest in whoever wins the X-prize so you can potentially retrieve your data some day.
;)
--Excuse me, I've been using Zip 100 drives ever since they were PARALLEL PORT based, and never had a problem. In fact I invested in 1 IDE drive and 1 USB drive, and use them for critical backups on both of my Linux systems.
Oh. My. God. I bet Theo is going to go *apeshit* over this article... (Either that, or he just won't care.)
Seriously, I installed Openbsd for a while on my 900MHz Duron, and it ran dog-slow even at the command prompt. He's right about the installation procedure needing rework, and it looks like the developers need to sit down and re-think a lot of things.
When this happened with Linux a few years ago (benchmarks revealing flaws) people got mad for a while, then settled down and started writing code to fix it. Result: 2.6 too a long time to get here, but did well in pretty much every area.
I only hope the OpenBSD folks catch the same wave. Yeah, it's great that the OS is so *secure* by default, but they should also spare some focus on fixing the deficiencies and improving usability and speed.
--If you haven't played it already, I also recommend Deus Ex for immersion and playability. You can get it for ~$13 online.
. ht ml
http://store.yahoo.com/cybercitysoftware/deusex
) No affiliation, this is just the place where I bought mine. (
--Thanks, that link was helpful. I haven't received the game in the mail yet, but that will assist in performance tuning (AMD Duron 900, Nvidia TNT2/32MB)
--Hmm. I'm not sure whether to meta-meta mod you Funny or Informative.
Let's go with +1 Insightful.
--The key is to print the names on their shirts backwards, so that when they take their (frequent) bathroom breaks, they see their name in the mirror and get a fresh reminder.
Bingo bango bongo. FORE!!!
Let me guess - Crusader, No Regret?
Yep, I've gotten it playing Deus Ex. (I think that's the first time that's happened too, that game is the 1st one I've played that's so immersive.)
(shrug) I'm not thinking of myself, (can't afford it) but it should prove helpful to anyone else that's reading this article and looking to buy one. :b
YOU FAIL IT!!!
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