My HS in north Florida had their program together -- it was the instructors who occasionally slacked due to most of us not caring (I wasn't one of them). We had MOUS (Office, which I never took), web design, programming (VS6, incl. VB, C++), CompTIA (A+, Net+), Microsoft (MCP, MCSA, MCSE) and Cisco (CCNA) with in-house certification programs for most. Hands-on training and at no cost -- can't beat that!
I was pleased to find kernel modesetting for my Intel 910GM graphics, but in load situations (3D/Flash) X would guaranteeably crash -- wasn't a problem from 2.6.32 on.
But then, from 2.6.31 on, b43 is broken (at least with a 4306 rev.3) in that wlan0 never stays associated for more than 20 seconds at a time. Forums lead me to believe that--given the error ("disassociating from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx by local choice (reason=3)")--whatever changes in the kernel (or module) code may be triggering RFKILL at will..??
This may be OT, but if broken Ralink concerns belong, so should someone have a bit of insight regarding the Broadcom module when none of the forums (as many as I've questioned, I know) have a clue. I was running Ubuntu Lucid-RC (consider it stable) and then Arch 2010.04, and have tested many others, all with the same outcome. Boot to a kernel older than 2.6.31 and no issue, just no hope for KMS.
Is there any hope for a revert of the code if not a rewrite of the module or a simple workaround?? I'm afraid of being disappointed yet again with this kernel, damn shame when Arch is much more frugal with RAM than even my lite Windows install, which I've always considered a backup to Linux until now.
I had no such problem with Ralink (rt61) but then I haven't had that card since 2.6.23.
Why not just 6-core? It's different than the metric system; there's only so many names here. I don't think there's a prefix for 64.
And what say they when 16-core debuts? (HEX! 0123456789ABCDEF)
First off, don't call the Extreme procs a "higher bin". They're rated a higher TDP in part to overclockers; the expectation is maximum juice. That's not a higher bin. That's simply more power.
And since when did "no FSB"=="no overclock"? How does AMD do it, then? Intel will most likely do them one better. (And I am an AMD fanboy FWIW.)
It would make no sense for the sake of Intel's pockets for them to turn against the overclocking community. The options will still be there for anyone with a non-Intel board (BX2-types excepted) and they'll still make a 1.6 GHz dual or quad-core Celeron name-justified by its low cache (because we know that means everything to performance) knowing well that many of us will opt for the $40 chip and push it to $400 chip speeds.
There's an audience for every Core they make (I wasn't about to say every Itanium^W^WCPU).
Vista is a new OS, which means that certain kinks and driver support are still being worked out. It's that mentality that encourages M$ to RTM ever-more-premature OS with each release.
By this point, it's as if they've outsourced their beta testing to the end users.
Yeah, you say this after evaluating each on a Core.
Let Task Manager be the judge. Dual-boot them on a P2 or K6 and see which "feels" quicker, even with everything imaginable in XP disabled (services included).
It won't touch 2K unless you enlist the aid of a tool like nLite.
Linux-centric or no, this site doesn't lend well to ignorance. WGA (Advantage, not Activation) is not some obscure issue; it plagues an assload of Windows machines... which are still EASILY in the majority. Why not learn the terms as they popularize and cry about Stuff that Matters(TM)?
Peer-to-peer is more or less a workgroup, any old gathering of systems acting independent of one another; peers communicate directly, without intervention. My roommate and I are peer-to-peer (though hopefully this wouldn't be illegal out east.) Client/server is the function of a domain (intra/Internet) in that you, the client, are requesting access to someone else's server.
I'm dumbfounded at the paranoia that drives people to question all too much. Here's a pat on the shoulder and the lukewarm promise that angry Spaniards won't raid your pad (in Spain!) for downloading your Windows updates. Then again..
(but this was mainly just to tell you you're wrong)
...that the pay is so shitty that if an individual actually knows something about computers they won't be working there.
That is a hasty assumption. Perhaps the majority of the know wouldn't be seen working at one of those counters, but I do. As an in-store tech at the 'City, I'll attest that the starting pay for someone just out of high school is great, and in time, it only betters. I know well that I'm not exercising my full potential (for starters, being there, but also abilities vs. job limitations-- they stopped letting me replace motherboards on dead HPs.. = customers' loss, but more the stores') but I at least enjoy the benefits, the accommodations, the [assisted] stock, and most importantly, that employer X won't have any trouble seeing that I've gotten my feet wet (ideally, that I did so around the third grade).
So... I'll continue to see the helpless customers that don't know of any "better" place to take their PC, while the stereotypical folk stray from even the few of us in retail who do have some sense (and the know-how to go with it). But for most on here, help from outside is the last resort anyway, so why bother bashing?
Oh, right... the old 'brains vs. ego'... Because we'll act as if we know everything, no?
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I just knew the title would prompt this response... smh
No username.
Password "admin".
My HS in north Florida had their program together -- it was the instructors who occasionally slacked due to most of us not caring (I wasn't one of them).
We had MOUS (Office, which I never took), web design, programming (VS6, incl. VB, C++), CompTIA (A+, Net+), Microsoft (MCP, MCSA, MCSE) and Cisco (CCNA) with in-house certification programs for most. Hands-on training and at no cost -- can't beat that!
*grumble*
I was pleased to find kernel modesetting for my Intel 910GM graphics, but in load situations (3D/Flash) X would guaranteeably crash -- wasn't a problem from 2.6.32 on.
But then, from 2.6.31 on, b43 is broken (at least with a 4306 rev.3) in that wlan0 never stays associated for more than 20 seconds at a time. Forums lead me to believe that--given the error ("disassociating from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx by local choice (reason=3)")--whatever changes in the kernel (or module) code may be triggering RFKILL at will..??
This may be OT, but if broken Ralink concerns belong, so should someone have a bit of insight regarding the Broadcom module when none of the forums (as many as I've questioned, I know) have a clue. I was running Ubuntu Lucid-RC (consider it stable) and then Arch 2010.04, and have tested many others, all with the same outcome. Boot to a kernel older than 2.6.31 and no issue, just no hope for KMS.
Is there any hope for a revert of the code if not a rewrite of the module or a simple workaround?? I'm afraid of being disappointed yet again with this kernel, damn shame when Arch is much more frugal with RAM than even my lite Windows install, which I've always considered a backup to Linux until now.
I had no such problem with Ralink (rt61) but then I haven't had that card since 2.6.23.
Why not just 6-core? It's different than the metric system; there's only so many names here. I don't think there's a prefix for 64. And what say they when 16-core debuts? (HEX! 0123456789ABCDEF)
First off, don't call the Extreme procs a "higher bin". They're rated a higher TDP in part to overclockers; the expectation is maximum juice. That's not a higher bin. That's simply more power.
And since when did "no FSB"=="no overclock"? How does AMD do it, then? Intel will most likely do them one better. (And I am an AMD fanboy FWIW.)
It would make no sense for the sake of Intel's pockets for them to turn against the overclocking community. The options will still be there for anyone with a non-Intel board (BX2-types excepted) and they'll still make a 1.6 GHz dual or quad-core Celeron name-justified by its low cache (because we know that means everything to performance) knowing well that many of us will opt for the $40 chip and push it to $400 chip speeds.
There's an audience for every Core they make (I wasn't about to say every Itanium^W^WCPU).
By this point, it's as if they've outsourced their beta testing to the end users.
In related news: Vista SP0 arrives this fall!
Will businesses upgrade then, or is that *also* asking 2GB+ and DX10?
It's not offtopic if it's a Vista derivative, no? (Or has m$ gone the other way with LS)
...So would Linux.
Yeah, you say this after evaluating each on a Core.
Let Task Manager be the judge. Dual-boot them on a P2 or K6 and see which "feels" quicker, even with everything imaginable in XP disabled (services included).
It won't touch 2K unless you enlist the aid of a tool like nLite.
as aliens..
Windows without IE?? You've obviously been hacked!! Look, you don't even have Norton!
Please.
Linux-centric or no, this site doesn't lend well to ignorance. WGA (Advantage, not Activation) is not some obscure issue; it plagues an assload of Windows machines... which are still EASILY in the majority.
Why not learn the terms as they popularize and cry about Stuff that Matters(TM)?
Well, they have announced on WU/MU that SP1's joining SP0 in EOL come October, IIRC.
And if all else fails.. nLite is your friend.
Ever try 2000?
A pirated copy is still genuine, according to the makers themselves!
The hell it is.
Peer-to-peer is more or less a workgroup, any old gathering of systems acting independent of one another; peers communicate directly, without intervention. My roommate and I are peer-to-peer (though hopefully this wouldn't be illegal out east.)
Client/server is the function of a domain (intra/Internet) in that you, the client, are requesting access to someone else's server.
I'm dumbfounded at the paranoia that drives people to question all too much.
Here's a pat on the shoulder and the lukewarm promise that angry Spaniards won't raid your pad (in Spain!) for downloading your Windows updates. Then again..
(but this was mainly just to tell you you're wrong)