Yet another example of how immature the slashdot audience is. Microsoft has come up with a winnning technology here, it's going to be the future of computing as we know it. Just because its not GNU licensed and powered by Linux doesn't mean that we can't appreciate their work. Microsoft has plenty of programmers who have the same ideas as we do, and they're implementing them, better. If the Linux side of things wants to bash MS, they should at least find some real problem of theirs, such as Bill Gate's alleged affair with an intern, rather than bash a wonderful and proven product such as.NET which has been out for years and is succeeding beyond Microsoft's wildest dreams. MS's Windows Terminal Server performs over 30x as quick as XFree does, while providing even more functionality, such as a way to save files on Microsoft's core server with the touch of a button. Linux lovers watch out, the future of computing is already here, and its name is.NET
Real fans of the series already knew this. This is old news and everyone has known about it for a long time. But that isn't really the problem, the real problem is all the lame jokes people will make about Life, The Universe and Everything in the comments section. I'd like some insight or something, not a bunch of lame "42" jokes. Slashdot's quality has gone from decent to piss poor in the past several months. I find kuro5hin to be much more interesting, and people actually try to make sense there. The site promotes discussion, not lame jokes and stupid trolls. Slashdot, you have failed us yet again.
Who really cares about these computers anyways? This is nothing but a "hey guys, look at the big computer, lets jerk off to it" article. And of course half the comments will be shit about beowulf clusters and how fast it could play quake3 or download pr0n. Who really gives a shit? These computers are used for scientific research, not games and wank fodder. It seems that/. has the urge to post a story like this once every other day, which is why they suck.
Andrew J. Tosh, dropping his karma since 10.03.2000
Heh, I've always wondered about the original region controls on the older models, there's basically a jumper which reads "do not remove or the drive will lock to region of the first disc it reads." Did the MPAA demand that OEMs set the drive region using this, or is it just for crazy masochists who *enjoy* being locked in to such things. Anyways, I got a Pioneer DVD-302 from hitechcafe for $45 a little while ago. It's only 2.6x DVD, but its Ultra-SCSI and slot load, and it rips damn well and quick. The combination of the unlocked drive (some can be unlocked with new firmare) and cinemaster+dvd genie (here) allow you complete freedom, at least in windows.
Heh, so long as you don't get a real operator you're safe...
Operator: What Number?
Me: *plays dumb and keys in the number*
Operator: You have to say it hun...
Me: six one oh...
Operator: Your Name?
Me: Come Pick Me Up
Operator: No, I want your real name..
Me(asian voice): Cum PackMup!
Operator: no no no, I want your *real* name!
Me: Cum PackMup, me no understandy
*click*
a giant "?" lights up in the center of the dashboard.
What do you think the "Service Engine Soon" light really means? All it does it tell the driver that the electronics detected a problem and that you should take it to the dealer so they can charge you $$ to read the code out of the computer for you.
I've stopped using GNOME a long time ago to replace it with just plain enlightenment. I've recently started using EFM, the enlightenment file manager. While EFM is still pretty slow and buggy (version 0.0.0), it has many features which make it unlike KDE and GNOME's filemanagers. For example, if you begin typing in a window, a transparent box will come up so you can see what you're typing, with this you can do all sorts of things, from selecitng files to running commands to opening web pages. If you were to type 'www.slashdot.org' it will open a new NS window of it, typing 'make' will launch an Eterm running make in the current directory. EFM fits my needs better than any of the other linux FMs that I've seen, annd I can't wait for it to get more stable. Though nautilus has many interesting features which EFM doesn't, they're probably aimed at different audiences anyway, EFM is more 'graphical shell' than filemanager. Nautilus may be good for people who want an embedded web browser/mp3 player/etc. in their filemanager, but I think that we can all benefit from their work, regardless of weather we are interested in the filemanager itself.
"KMart, where we won't sell you violent games, but the real thing is just around the corner in the Weaponry department"
Personally, I don't see who really buys games at K-Mart, they're likely to be more expensive, I know their CDs are and have no selection. Though this does set a dangerous precedent that I'd hate to see other larger stores follow. I wonder if this will contribute to downloading the games off warez rooms on IRC since the kid can't buy it for real in the store.
With the demise of Number Nine, Matrox seems to be one of the only companies today who cares about 2D quality. My friend was using an S3 based card for a while, which broke, and was replaced with a G400, the improvement in picture quality was astonishing. Though he still hasn't been able to get the linux 3d support working right. But if the G450 is as good as expected, I'd be happy to own one. As far as the Durons go, I've been looking into getting a new CPU, but was going to get a Celeron2 until I found that my motherboard can't use the new.18 micron chips. Looks like a new case/mobo/cpu for me...
Does anyone have more information on the DECT standard that they mention in the article? I would assume that 802.11 would be a better idea, though cost of the circuitry and power usage are two reasons I could think of which would prevent it's use. 512kbit/sec really isn't that bad, even if you're getting more than that on DSL or cable, odds are that you aren't going to need that kind of bandwith to get on the web, and its probably being shared anyway. Also they mention that it won't be sold directly, but only as part of a subscription service like i-opener. Won't anyone make something cheap that will hook up with the LAN/Internet connection that I already have and pay for...
OMG, you're gonna/. the Internet Retard Collector!
In all seriousness, this is pretty cool that he's going to be there to chat. How quick is GameBoy EMU on the 16mhz DragonBall chip though? I had run one on an old Philps Velo 1 (36Mhz MIPS) and it was almost as fast as a real GB in 1/2size mode, then again it could have just been WinCE.
First, MD only holds ~120M. The transfer rate of the audio MDs is 256kbps which is the rate at which the audio is encoded. Sony had developed a Data MD standard and even a SCSI MD drive, but transfer rate was about the same as a 1x CD-ROM, the discs are still used in some multitrack recording systems. Sony has recently came out with a high density MD which they call MD^2 or MD View depending on the day of the week, this disc stores 640MB and was originally (IIRC) to be used as the PS2's software format. However both the MD Data and MD^2 discs run about $15 a piece, still less than Memory Stick, but still not the $2 that an audio disc costs.
Well, I opened my reciever (Pioneer VSX-305) and silk screened onto one of the circuit boards is a woman's face and the word "YUKI" printed under it. Makes you wonder if the designer had a thing for this Yuki woman and never told anyone, just putting her face on the board...
I doubt that the MPAA has the ability to take every joe schmoe to court, just link/mirror DeCSS and ignore any shit they give you, the only people they will go after are people/organizations that are well known (2600, etc.) Oh, and sing/play the DeCSS Song in public, you'll get weird looks, but its worth it:)
Yeah, yeah, disable anime in your user preferences... personally I don't mind a little anime news on/. Anime news seems to be less 'filler' than the latest linux IPO... However, it seems that Anime is a troll magnet, causing hundreds of "dirty old japanese men" posts, so maybe CmdrTaco should drop it. I don't see why anyone makes such a big deal of it. Hell, if you really want to know what these dirty japanese guys are up to, read up on this
Big difference. I sell you a digital copy of a piece of software or a song, I still have the software/music AND you have a copy. I sell you a domain name or a +15 sword, and I no longer have the domain or weapon. As such, the domain or game item *is* property, regardless of it being digital.
Reminds me of Network Flight Recorder which used to be open source minus the signature files contributed by l0pht which were under copyright. I believe NetworkComputing magazine did a test on IDS systems a while back and found that many were not mature enough to depend on for security. Though allowing people to help with the project will go a long way in keeping it up to date.
[rant] It seems like the US is falling behind in the wireless business. Europe and Asia both are ahead of us in deployment of towers for communication as well as having more advanced handsets. Where I live, ~6mi outside one of the largest cities on the east coast, we have nonexistant analog coverage and spotty digital connections. Building communication towers here is difficult because some yuppie mom has to complain about not wanting the thing in her backyard so they have to put it in the middle of a forest away from civilization and just expect it to work. Anyways, why can't we standardize over here too, I can count about half a dozen 'standards' for wireless com, whereas europe has decided almost universally to use GSM. [/rant] Well, when I can get my 153kbit CDMA connection for my laptop out in the suburbs, I'll be happy with our infrastructure, of course it won't happen until 2005+ for real and end up costing $100/mo but whatever....
This type of technology is being used for many obvious purposes and not just subtle uses for product placement. Watch a baseball match today on television and the mat behind the batter will be overlaid with video advertisements which change every few minutes and sometimes animate, or show the speed of the ball thrown. In the real stadium all you see is a blank mat. One thing I've also noticed is the not so obvious removal of Sony logos on TVs and logos on shirts, giving the attitude from the producers that "If you don't pay for your logo to be on TV, we'll take it off" even for simple things like a television or a shirt.
The question about my fair lady actually made the wall of fame here. I kept a copy at http://trisomy21.dhs.org/f2k.html in case the one on their server disappears. Anyways, have fun all,/me is going on vacation for a week, bleh.
Slashdot Mirror
Yet another example of how immature the slashdot audience is. Microsoft has come up with a winnning technology here, it's going to be the future of computing as we know it. Just because its not GNU licensed and powered by Linux doesn't mean that we can't appreciate their work. Microsoft has plenty of programmers who have the same ideas as we do, and they're implementing them, better. If the Linux side of things wants to bash MS, they should at least find some real problem of theirs, such as Bill Gate's alleged affair with an intern, rather than bash a wonderful and proven product such as .NET which has been out for years and is succeeding beyond Microsoft's wildest dreams. MS's Windows Terminal Server performs over 30x as quick as XFree does, while providing even more functionality, such as a way to save files on Microsoft's core server with the touch of a button. Linux lovers watch out, the future of computing is already here, and its name is .NET
Real fans of the series already knew this. This is old news and everyone has known about it for a long time. But that isn't really the problem, the real problem is all the lame jokes people will make about Life, The Universe and Everything in the comments section. I'd like some insight or something, not a bunch of lame "42" jokes. Slashdot's quality has gone from decent to piss poor in the past several months. I find kuro5hin to be much more interesting, and people actually try to make sense there. The site promotes discussion, not lame jokes and stupid trolls. Slashdot, you have failed us yet again.
Andrew J. Tosh, dropping his karma since 10.03.2000
Heh, I've always wondered about the original region controls on the older models, there's basically a jumper which reads "do not remove or the drive will lock to region of the first disc it reads." Did the MPAA demand that OEMs set the drive region using this, or is it just for crazy masochists who *enjoy* being locked in to such things. Anyways, I got a Pioneer DVD-302 from hitechcafe for $45 a little while ago. It's only 2.6x DVD, but its Ultra-SCSI and slot load, and it rips damn well and quick. The combination of the unlocked drive (some can be unlocked with new firmare) and cinemaster+dvd genie (here) allow you complete freedom, at least in windows.
Operator: What Number? ...
Me: *plays dumb and keys in the number*
Operator: You have to say it hun...
Me: six one oh
Operator: Your Name?
Me: Come Pick Me Up
Operator: No, I want your real name..
Me(asian voice): Cum PackMup!
Operator: no no no, I want your *real* name!
Me: Cum PackMup, me no understandy
*click*
What do you think the "Service Engine Soon" light really means? All it does it tell the driver that the electronics detected a problem and that you should take it to the dealer so they can charge you $$ to read the code out of the computer for you.
I've stopped using GNOME a long time ago to replace it with just plain enlightenment. I've recently started using EFM, the enlightenment file manager. While EFM is still pretty slow and buggy (version 0.0.0), it has many features which make it unlike KDE and GNOME's filemanagers. For example, if you begin typing in a window, a transparent box will come up so you can see what you're typing, with this you can do all sorts of things, from selecitng files to running commands to opening web pages. If you were to type 'www.slashdot.org' it will open a new NS window of it, typing 'make' will launch an Eterm running make in the current directory. EFM fits my needs better than any of the other linux FMs that I've seen, annd I can't wait for it to get more stable. Though nautilus has many interesting features which EFM doesn't, they're probably aimed at different audiences anyway, EFM is more 'graphical shell' than filemanager. Nautilus may be good for people who want an embedded web browser/mp3 player/etc. in their filemanager, but I think that we can all benefit from their work, regardless of weather we are interested in the filemanager itself.
Personally, I don't see who really buys games at K-Mart, they're likely to be more expensive, I know their CDs are and have no selection. Though this does set a dangerous precedent that I'd hate to see other larger stores follow. I wonder if this will contribute to downloading the games off warez rooms on IRC since the kid can't buy it for real in the store.
Something Broke - Project Akira
With the demise of Number Nine, Matrox seems to be one of the only companies today who cares about 2D quality. My friend was using an S3 based card for a while, which broke, and was replaced with a G400, the improvement in picture quality was astonishing. Though he still hasn't been able to get the linux 3d support working right. But if the G450 is as good as expected, I'd be happy to own one. As far as the Durons go, I've been looking into getting a new CPU, but was going to get a Celeron2 until I found that my motherboard can't use the new .18 micron chips. Looks like a new case/mobo/cpu for me...
Does anyone have more information on the DECT standard that they mention in the article? I would assume that 802.11 would be a better idea, though cost of the circuitry and power usage are two reasons I could think of which would prevent it's use. 512kbit/sec really isn't that bad, even if you're getting more than that on DSL or cable, odds are that you aren't going to need that kind of bandwith to get on the web, and its probably being shared anyway. Also they mention that it won't be sold directly, but only as part of a subscription service like i-opener. Won't anyone make something cheap that will hook up with the LAN/Internet connection that I already have and pay for...
In all seriousness, this is pretty cool that he's going to be there to chat. How quick is GameBoy EMU on the 16mhz DragonBall chip though? I had run one on an old Philps Velo 1 (36Mhz MIPS) and it was almost as fast as a real GB in 1/2size mode, then again it could have just been WinCE.
Yeah, I'll have a digicam pic of it by late this afternoon on the graphics part of my site...
First, MD only holds ~120M. The transfer rate of the audio MDs is 256kbps which is the rate at which the audio is encoded. Sony had developed a Data MD standard and even a SCSI MD drive, but transfer rate was about the same as a 1x CD-ROM, the discs are still used in some multitrack recording systems. Sony has recently came out with a high density MD which they call MD^2 or MD View depending on the day of the week, this disc stores 640MB and was originally (IIRC) to be used as the PS2's software format. However both the MD Data and MD^2 discs run about $15 a piece, still less than Memory Stick, but still not the $2 that an audio disc costs.
Well, I opened my reciever (Pioneer VSX-305) and silk screened onto one of the circuit boards is a woman's face and the word "YUKI" printed under it. Makes you wonder if the designer had a thing for this Yuki woman and never told anyone, just putting her face on the board...
Seems like the song has been taken down...I've got it mirrored at http://trisomy21.dhs.org/descramble.mp3
I doubt that the MPAA has the ability to take every joe schmoe to court, just link/mirror DeCSS and ignore any shit they give you, the only people they will go after are people/organizations that are well known (2600, etc.) Oh, and sing/play the DeCSS Song in public, you'll get weird looks, but its worth it :)
It's supposed to be the borg.
Yeah, yeah, disable anime in your user preferences... personally I don't mind a little anime news on /. Anime news seems to be less 'filler' than the latest linux IPO... However, it seems that Anime is a troll magnet, causing hundreds of "dirty old japanese men" posts, so maybe CmdrTaco should drop it. I don't see why anyone makes such a big deal of it. Hell, if you really want to know what these dirty japanese guys are up to, read up on this
Big difference. I sell you a digital copy of a piece of software or a song, I still have the software/music AND you have a copy. I sell you a domain name or a +15 sword, and I no longer have the domain or weapon. As such, the domain or game item *is* property, regardless of it being digital.
oops, seems like only nfr.com works now
Reminds me of Network Flight Recorder which used to be open source minus the signature files contributed by l0pht which were under copyright. I believe NetworkComputing magazine did a test on IDS systems a while back and found that many were not mature enough to depend on for security. Though allowing people to help with the project will go a long way in keeping it up to date.
[rant] It seems like the US is falling behind in the wireless business. Europe and Asia both are ahead of us in deployment of towers for communication as well as having more advanced handsets. Where I live, ~6mi outside one of the largest cities on the east coast, we have nonexistant analog coverage and spotty digital connections. Building communication towers here is difficult because some yuppie mom has to complain about not wanting the thing in her backyard so they have to put it in the middle of a forest away from civilization and just expect it to work. Anyways, why can't we standardize over here too, I can count about half a dozen 'standards' for wireless com, whereas europe has decided almost universally to use GSM. [/rant] Well, when I can get my 153kbit CDMA connection for my laptop out in the suburbs, I'll be happy with our infrastructure, of course it won't happen until 2005+ for real and end up costing $100/mo but whatever....
This type of technology is being used for many obvious purposes and not just subtle uses for product placement. Watch a baseball match today on television and the mat behind the batter will be overlaid with video advertisements which change every few minutes and sometimes animate, or show the speed of the ball thrown. In the real stadium all you see is a blank mat. One thing I've also noticed is the not so obvious removal of Sony logos on TVs and logos on shirts, giving the attitude from the producers that "If you don't pay for your logo to be on TV, we'll take it off" even for simple things like a television or a shirt.
The question about my fair lady actually made the wall of fame here. I kept a copy at http://trisomy21.dhs.org/f2k.html in case the one on their server disappears. Anyways, have fun all, /me is going on vacation for a week, bleh.