Come on... I fired up my old `286 after Y2K, I'd owned it since 1990. It worked fine, although it was underpowered. It knew what the date was. 99.9999999% of the Y2K scare was a SCAM. After all, the 3rd world countries that were USING old `286 and `386 hardware didn't have problems.
We're talking about a 286 or 386 as a "server", and in most cases the workstations sucked more. Also saying that 99.9999999% of the Y2K scare is a scam is BS. There were real issues regarding software that definately were Y2K related, period. Try using LANtastic, Novell 2.x or 3.x without patching, etc.
The Y2K scam was one of the biggest coup de grace's in the history of CONsultation (note the emphasis).
Total BS! We had clients that refused to upgrade Novell 2.x and 3.x to patch these Y2K issues until the hype started. They also ran 286 and 386 systems that the BIOS choked on. Accounting software, etc, etc. We made money doing these upgrades, and also pushing software companies to "do the right thing" so that Y2K wasn't a issue for our clients. It's amazing when you get into ninch software the likes of specialized accounting software and pharmacy type (state related) stuff. And yes, we replaced computer systems, terminals, etc. Was it worth it to them? Hell yes!! We had one client that didn't do nada, and their whole network crashed, resetting records in their database requiring upwards of 10K of fix. Go figure...
I suppose they are attempting to get some capital from this lawsuit to keep running. Their stock is at like 0.73, plus now if you go over 40 hours of "free" access, they are going to charge ya. (it might have been 45 hours) Glad I didn't invest in this company!;) Plus, this whole lawsuit is just a big bunch of *rap.
Maybe I live in a cave, but I personally have ever seen an AMD advertisment on TV or in the trade mags
This is a true statement. Remember MS vs IBM in the OS/2 wars? IF IBM would have had a marketing department like MS has, we'd all be using OS/2 now vs Windows. (and yes, I run Linux also) IBM's marketing deptartment sucks, period. AMD better learn that lesson quickly!
After *just* getting done watching the movie "Perfect Storm", this quote made me LMAO!:) But, I can see this happen, being an ex-navy type.
"Some drunk, old and likely insane freighter captain decides to drop anchor 100 miles out to sea and accidentally kicks half the world in the nuts. I guess even the little people still have some power...:D"
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Although this has been repeated before, it seems to me that the patent office does not read any of these new and upcoming "tech" based patents, and if so... toss in the "no-clue" factor. Some, (actually I'll rate this up to *alot* of companies) depend on the actual attitude of the patent office to either:
1. I work 40 hours a week and meet my quota.
2. I don't get paid enough to envolve myself.
3. No clue, but it sounds fesable.
4. Crap shoot.
5. See #4.
6. As long as I perform, I'll get the benefits and pay.
7. Call Cleo on the tarot card hotline.
Ok, first off I can understand covering "hardware" related issues, like if the video card dies, ram, etc. But, what if they install AOL 5.0 and it screws up their computer, thus possibly requiring a reinstall of the operating system? Or, how about RealAudio beta 7, it actually will screw up the bios on computers with Cyrix cpus. You'd be amazed at how people can *uck up a computer. I don't see how any of the above examples can be held above the original stores head. Another example would be if they install Linux, and get the refresh rate screwed up and fry their monitor.
You get the point. (hopefully! Basically, how the hell would the suggested law even interpt these examples. Personally, it'll never work.
First of all, I'd like to state that the Mandrake distrib is *ok*. Thats about it.;) Macmillam Software also distributes this release..., as an example, I bought 6.5 (via Best Buy) and it's actually 6.1 of Mandrake. I had a configuration issue regarding a CDRW drive, ok? So, via Mandrakes official site they do not support the Macmillan version, so I said to myself..., ok, fine, I'll send email to Macmillan. I *never* got a reply. (these people suck!) I figured out the problem myself. Just a question, but Mandrake..., sell this version yourself. Macmillan sucks!
Getting the "lastest" version prior to a new release within a few days via a d/l sucks, but how about my timing on purchasing OpenBSD 2.6 and *2* days later they release 2.7! Ugh...., and then to top it off, they still send me 2.6. Life sucks. But I still like it.;)
Seems like everything is rocking..., but I'm getting a slowdown via traceroute on this: bbr01-p5-0.wlhm01.exodus.net (216.32.132.210) Otherwise, things are cool.;)
Just a observation here, but first off..., the judge in question would have to be armor proofed to the max, preferably in a M1 tank. Automatic weapons fire tends to ruin ones day. I'd be more concerned with that vs what the damn program was written with!;) Oh, and the laptop better be bullet proof also.
First off, you'd be better off setting it to "not" go to the GUI after boot. First off, if you ever (as you learned) would switch a monitor or even video card around, you're SOL. (for a newbie anyway) Windows is the same way if you say, have a new PnP monitor and then go to a 15" non-plug'in pray one. (anyone that's had to go from a 17" at 1024x768x32 and then it pops up with a 640x480x16 knows what I mean;) It's just a RPITA, since that elusive "OK" or "Apply" button is way beyond your reach, unless you know the shortcut key, which you better..., "before" the change. (granted, you can find this out also but...) In a nutshell, you could fire up your system, go on the Internet and download something large, while you compile an entire program and play a game, and not have a corrupt download.;)
Ok, so reading this article gives me a few things, basically that I would require a Compaq computer, (which I do *not* want) and then would disqualify me from a cert.
The whole cert process (from various companies) seems to be getting out of hand. I mean, I could qualify, but..., $1k to 5k seems a bit out of range. (ala, RedHat as an example) I cannot afford this, and my employer is a tight as!.
Also, breaking down the cert to various levels in Linux would be good. By that I mean, ok..., can you setup a firewall with IP Masq, or perhaps just simply setting up a workstation, or perhaps a Linux server with Samba and Novell in a Wan, etc? (get the idea?)
First off, I can relate to the article since I just purchased a CDRW, tossed in a 2940 and replaced my IDE cdrom with a scsi. I was so pissed off at Mandrake, (another issue) that I installed another 10GB EIDE hd and installed MS 98. (this is for my personal system at home btw) Before I hear all the crap, this is the "first" time Win9x has been installed on this system. I've ran RH 5.x-6.0, SuSE 5.1-6.0, and then Mandrake 6.1. I did need Win95 and a few applications, so Vmware worked. Obviously, I *will* get things running under Linux, but I don't have the time right now. (and yes, I compiled cdrecord, etc.) My job at work deals with Linux on a day to day basis, and now the management wants me to install NT as a application server, and it took 5 days to get the damn thing running correctly, (ala, even installing NT 4.0) and yet it works fine with RH 6.0. (an example of the switch in hardware support out of the box on NT 4.0 vs RH 6.0)
Regarding a universal installer for Linux, this would be a good thing. Disk Druid sucks, Yast is "ok", and fdisk is your friend.;)
Working for a smaller ISP and doing tech support along with my other duties..., I can tell you that this 5.0 release from AOL hell is a huge PITA! Explaining to our clients that the reason they cannot connect is due to their new install / upgrade of the AOL software is at best, a pain..., since the steps sometimes require just zapping the whole frick'in OS and reinstalling it. (Windows 9x) What worries me even more is that (with new client computers) now the SR2 release of Win98 comes with the AOL software. Personally, I'd rather setup Linux boxes all day.;)
In a nutshell, AOL is costing us support time that could be put to better use, since I'm *sure* they knew about the problems before the release of 5.0.
Definately a hot virtual babe.;) Although I tend to shy away from bandwidth consumption, I might actually enjoy a broadcast now and again if I ever get off a modem connection to the net. (another story..., all together)
Anyone need a sysadmin in the midwest? Requirements are a fast pipe, and wages.;)
You know, I used to be amazed at this kind of thing from our "beloved" goverment officials that were elected to our goverment by the people. Now, it seems like when the feds have a hair up their *ss, they just act..., and violate anyones rights on the basis of we're the government, so *uck off!
Maybe we should just embrase the "We the people for the people" as our founders thought. But then again, god forbid if we actually forced our born rights, or even acted upon them. (yep, this type of thing bugs me to NO end!)
I've been waiting for this moment for along time, so I obviously grabbed it asap! After using it for a about 15 - 20 minutes I was pretty disappointed. Why? Here's a few examples:
Seg faults. Try bringing up a.JPG and then either right clicking on the image, (causes previous page to load) OR it's a totally invisable.JPG until you go to different workspace in X and then shoot back. (wow! the image suddenly appears!)
Personnaly I think Mozilla M12 is further ahead.
But it is nice to see! Hopefully things will progress at a rapid pace.
Actually, when I installed VMWare for the first time I did the traditional install WINx on a real partion, etc. (most of you know the drill) But, to my surprise, you don't actually even *need* a real FAT partition. (really cool!) Just have your favorite distrib of Linux running, (I've used SuSE, RH 6 and Mandrake 6.1) install VMWare, toss in your Win98 CD, follow the instructions and you are done. Granted it is a tad slower, but it allows me to use Photoshop and Homesite, which are my two remaining Win apps. I run a 333Mhz Pentium II, with 196MB of ram, and give VMWare 64 or 96..., but ram is the key. It works with 128MB of ram, but as they say, "the more the merrier".
One *very* negitive experience with VMWare was that it locked up, and took my computer with it, requiring a total reinstall. (under RH 6.0)
All in all, a good product, that has been worth my money.
I don't really know what peaple complain about with slow SuSE updates/patches, but that's maybe an US problem.
That's about it in a nutshell.;) For an example, the update for Netscape 4.7 isn't availabe for 6.1 of SuSE, but RH has it online. Actually, SuSE should have more frequent updates for the US site to match the German site, along with common links for the "bad and evil" crypto stuff.
Slashdot Mirror
I was modified down to Offtopic for my post? Considering it was "on-topic". Some moderators at /. should get a brain transplant!
Poof!
Come on... I fired up my old `286 after Y2K, I'd owned it since 1990. It worked fine, although it was underpowered. It knew what the date was. 99.9999999% of the Y2K scare was a SCAM. After all, the 3rd world countries that were USING old `286 and `386 hardware didn't have problems.
We're talking about a 286 or 386 as a "server", and in most cases the workstations sucked more. Also saying that 99.9999999% of the Y2K scare is a scam is BS. There were real issues regarding software that definately were Y2K related, period. Try using LANtastic, Novell 2.x or 3.x without patching, etc.
The Y2K scam was one of the biggest coup de grace's in the history of CONsultation (note the emphasis).
Total BS! We had clients that refused to upgrade Novell 2.x and 3.x to patch these Y2K issues until the hype started. They also ran 286 and 386 systems that the BIOS choked on. Accounting software, etc, etc. We made money doing these upgrades, and also pushing software companies to "do the right thing" so that Y2K wasn't a issue for our clients. It's amazing when you get into ninch software the likes of specialized accounting software and pharmacy type (state related) stuff. And yes, we replaced computer systems, terminals, etc. Was it worth it to them? Hell yes!! We had one client that didn't do nada, and their whole network crashed, resetting records in their database requiring upwards of 10K of fix. Go figure...
I suppose they are attempting to get some capital from this lawsuit to keep running. Their stock is at like 0.73, plus now if you go over 40 hours of "free" access, they are going to charge ya. (it might have been 45 hours) Glad I didn't invest in this company! ;) Plus, this whole lawsuit is just a big bunch of *rap.
Maybe I live in a cave, but I personally have ever seen an AMD advertisment on TV or in the trade mags
This is a true statement. Remember MS vs IBM in the OS/2 wars? IF IBM would have had a marketing department like MS has, we'd all be using OS/2 now vs Windows. (and yes, I run Linux also) IBM's marketing deptartment sucks, period. AMD better learn that lesson quickly!
After *just* getting done watching the movie "Perfect Storm", this quote made me LMAO! :) But, I can see this happen, being an ex-navy type.
:D"
"Some drunk, old and likely insane freighter captain decides to drop anchor 100 miles out to sea and accidentally kicks half the world in the nuts. I guess even the little people still have some power...
Although this has been repeated before, it seems to me that the patent office does not read any of these new and upcoming "tech" based patents, and if so... toss in the "no-clue" factor. Some, (actually I'll rate this up to *alot* of companies) depend on the actual attitude of the patent office to either:
1. I work 40 hours a week and meet my quota.
2. I don't get paid enough to envolve myself.
3. No clue, but it sounds fesable.
4. Crap shoot.
5. See #4.
6. As long as I perform, I'll get the benefits and pay.
7. Call Cleo on the tarot card hotline.
Sorry, but my spelling sucks.
Ok, first off I can understand covering "hardware" related issues, like if the video card dies, ram, etc. But, what if they install AOL 5.0 and it screws up their computer, thus possibly requiring a reinstall of the operating system? Or, how about RealAudio beta 7, it actually will screw up the bios on computers with Cyrix cpus. You'd be amazed at how people can *uck up a computer. I don't see how any of the above examples can be held above the original stores head. Another example would be if they install Linux, and get the refresh rate screwed up and fry their monitor.
You get the point. (hopefully! Basically, how the hell would the suggested law even interpt these examples. Personally, it'll never work.
First of all, I'd like to state that the Mandrake distrib is *ok*. Thats about it. ;) Macmillam Software also distributes this release..., as an example, I bought 6.5 (via Best Buy) and it's actually 6.1 of Mandrake. I had a configuration issue regarding a CDRW drive, ok? So, via Mandrakes official site they do not support the Macmillan version, so I said to myself..., ok, fine, I'll send email to Macmillan. I *never* got a reply. (these people suck!) I figured out the problem myself. Just a question, but Mandrake...,
sell this version yourself. Macmillan sucks!
Poof!
Getting the "lastest" version prior to a new release within a few days via a d/l sucks, but how about my timing on purchasing OpenBSD 2.6 and *2* days later they release 2.7! Ugh...., and then to top it off, they still send me 2.6. Life sucks. ;)
But I still like it.
Seems like everything is rocking..., but I'm getting a slowdown via traceroute on this: bbr01-p5-0.wlhm01.exodus.net (216.32.132.210) Otherwise, things are cool. ;)
Just a observation here, but first off..., the judge in question would have to be armor proofed to the max, preferably in a M1 tank. Automatic weapons fire tends to ruin ones day. I'd be more concerned with that vs what the damn program was written with! ;) Oh, and the laptop better be bullet proof also.
First off, you'd be better off setting it to "not" go to the GUI after boot. First off, if you ever (as you learned) would switch a monitor or even video card around, you're SOL. (for a newbie anyway) Windows is the same way if you say, have a new PnP monitor and then go to a 15" non-plug'in pray one. (anyone that's had to go from a 17" at 1024x768x32 and then it pops up with a 640x480x16 knows what I mean;) It's just a RPITA, since that elusive "OK" or "Apply" button is way beyond your reach, unless you know the shortcut key, which you better..., "before" the change. (granted, you can find this out also but...) In a nutshell, you could fire up your system, go on the Internet and download something large, while you compile an entire program and play a game, and not have a corrupt download. ;)
Yep, it still has the ANSI art..., but you can
change that. Also, the distrib comes with WM
which is what I always run.
Thanks for the mirror! I was finally able to get this at home. ;)
Ok, so reading this article gives me a few things, basically that I would require a Compaq computer, (which I do *not* want) and then would disqualify me from a cert.
The whole cert process (from various companies) seems to be getting out of hand. I mean, I could qualify, but..., $1k to 5k seems a bit out of range. (ala, RedHat as an example) I cannot afford this, and my employer is a tight as!.
Also, breaking down the cert to various levels in Linux would be good. By that I mean, ok..., can you setup a firewall with IP Masq, or perhaps just simply setting up a workstation, or perhaps a Linux server with Samba and Novell in a Wan, etc?
(get the idea?)
Regards...
First off, I can relate to the article since I just purchased a CDRW, tossed in a 2940 and replaced my IDE cdrom with a scsi. I was so pissed off at Mandrake, (another issue) that I installed another 10GB EIDE hd and installed MS 98. (this is for my personal system at home btw) Before I hear all the crap, this is the "first" time Win9x has been installed on this system. I've ran RH 5.x-6.0, SuSE 5.1-6.0, and then Mandrake 6.1. I did need Win95 and a few applications, so Vmware worked. Obviously, I *will* get things running under Linux, but I don't have the time right now. (and yes, I compiled cdrecord, etc.) My job at work deals with Linux on a day to day basis, and now the management wants me to install NT as a application server, and it took 5 days to get the damn thing running correctly, (ala, even installing NT 4.0) and yet it works fine with RH 6.0. (an example of the switch in hardware support out of the box on NT 4.0 vs RH 6.0)
;)
Regarding a universal installer for Linux, this would be a good thing. Disk Druid sucks, Yast is "ok", and fdisk is your friend.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Working for a smaller ISP and doing tech support along with my other duties..., I can tell you that this 5.0 release from AOL hell is a huge PITA! Explaining to our clients that the reason they cannot connect is due to their new install / upgrade of the AOL software is at best, a pain..., since the steps sometimes require just zapping the whole frick'in OS and reinstalling it. (Windows 9x) What worries me even more is that (with new client computers) now the SR2 release of Win98 comes with the AOL software. Personally, I'd rather setup Linux boxes all day. ;)
In a nutshell, AOL is costing us support time that could be put to better use, since I'm *sure* they knew about the problems before the release of 5.0.
Anyone need a sysadmin in the midwest? Requirements are a fast pipe, and wages. ;)
You know, I used to be amazed at this kind of thing from our "beloved" goverment officials that were elected to our goverment by the people. Now, it seems like when the feds have a hair up their *ss, they just act..., and violate anyones rights on the basis of we're the government, so *uck off!
.., opps! "We didn't do that" .. the FEDS.
Maybe we should just embrase the "We the people for the people" as our founders thought. But then again, god forbid if we actually forced our born rights, or even acted upon them. (yep, this type of thing bugs me to NO end!)
Waco
Here's a interesting link for those of you that want to read up on Wireless.
http://www.midcoast.net/wirelessfaq.html
I've been waiting for this moment for along time, so I obviously grabbed it asap! After using it for a about 15 - 20 minutes I was pretty disappointed. Why? Here's a few examples:
.JPG and then either right clicking on the image, (causes previous page to load) OR it's a totally invisable .JPG until you go to different workspace in X and then shoot back. (wow! the image suddenly appears!)
Seg faults. Try bringing up a
Personnaly I think Mozilla M12 is further ahead.
But it is nice to see! Hopefully things will progress at a rapid pace.
Actually, when I installed VMWare for the first time I did the traditional install WINx on a real partion, etc. (most of you know the drill) But, to my surprise, you don't actually even *need* a real FAT partition. (really cool!) Just have your favorite distrib of Linux running, (I've used SuSE, RH 6 and Mandrake 6.1) install VMWare, toss in your Win98 CD, follow the instructions and you are done. Granted it is a tad slower, but it allows me to use Photoshop and Homesite, which are my two remaining Win apps. I run a 333Mhz Pentium II, with 196MB of ram, and give VMWare 64 or 96..., but ram is the key. It works with 128MB of ram, but as they say, "the more the merrier".
One *very* negitive experience with VMWare was that it locked up, and took my computer with it, requiring a total reinstall. (under RH 6.0)
All in all, a good product, that has been worth my money.
I don't really know what peaple complain about with slow SuSE updates/patches, but that's maybe an US problem.
;) For an example, the update for Netscape 4.7 isn't availabe for 6.1 of SuSE, but RH has it online. Actually, SuSE should have more frequent updates for the US site to match the German site, along with common links for the "bad and evil" crypto stuff.
That's about it in a nutshell.
In addition, KDE, Gnome, Windowmaker, etc, ala.
Actually, I'm specfically refering to the DPT Raid controller source. http://www.dpt.com/
I asked that this source be included in the next release, no response at all. It's available, but not included. (?) I'd just love to ditch RH.