The only really new thing about this is the fact google is now linking to it from the front page. I know that for over a year this interface has been in beta and has been getting better.
It's important to remember that they don't actully report any news, they just link to it. (Kinda like slashdot.) You will still read the stories on the provider's website. This makes it not the greatest place to get breaking news and personally don't allways trust AP. (Though they do link to several other news site for each story.)
The is a whole bunch of google "beta" sites. I know they have a catalog section and I think they have a few other more interesting sections.
I completly agree with you up to your last paragraph, which doesn't make much sence from an economic point of view. With very few exceptions, tariffs and substites lead to both higher costs for buyers and greater inefficently. This is basic economics.
Your absolutly right that the goverment can and should spend money to help the nation's economy (and envirerment). In the case of energy, having the goverment give money for research into better methods of generating and using wind power is a good idea. It is also a good idea if the goverment provides incentives for producing products which use less energy. It is not a good idea, however, to put a tarrif on danish windmills in order to foster the "clean" energy industry in the US. Nor is a good idea for the goverment to just provide money to big Oil/energy companies when they feel that the dannish are undercutting them in price becuase wind is "free" and gas is not.
Agian, your right that it is all about economics. But smart economics and smart energy can go hand-in-hand without the need for tarrifs and other inefficent economic tools that help 1-2 big companies and hurt everyone else.
I'm a video engineer who works out of a network Broadcast center in NYC on a syndicated news program. The company justed invested a huge sum of money into a newish Avid system call "Unity for News". No, this isn't for home or anyone who is not professional broadcast. But it is a fiber system with 7tb storage and a number of other cool features.
One of the more interesting (and stable) peices of this system is a box called an Avid Airspace. It's a box with some very fast RAID drives, a few fiber/GigE cards, and three NTSC/PAL video I/O cards. Each one of these cards can take in a 601 digital feed (this is better then D1 digital found on minidv/firewire cameras.) Each one can output a 601 feed too. In fact, the show I work on broadcast live from this box. (Lifetime network also baught a simalar system, I've been told. Aslo a few local news stations are switching over to this system.)
Now the interesting part - these boxes run FreeBSD and a custom WM on X. All the other peices of the new Unity system (all win2k) are flakly, but these BSD boxes not only run great, but they output live broadcast quality video to millions of people daily.
So, will Cinelerra support these cards? I don't think so. (I don't think you can buy one of these cards without the system and I don't think the drivers are Free/Open.) But know that FreeBSD is used in more then just the CGI for big budget films.
Many modern CD stereos come with the ability to control a seperate multi-CD-changer unit or another type of audio device. (My 1989 toyata even has a connection for a seperate tape unit.) The connection between that unit and your stereo is often a 13-pin DIN. A quick search on google for your car stereo's DIN pin-out will show you how to build a quick little interface to connect other devices up to your stereo. Of course, the car stereo people aren't going to tell you this, but it is a pretty easy trick. There is even some company that makes a small device that basicly lets you do the same thing without having to solder up a connector. The commersial connector was around $50 and it costs about $5 in parts to build your own. Anyway, that is one way of getting around the tape-on-a-wire solution.
We know that today the Librarian's rejected the clearly extreame CARP proposals. But now the LOC has 30 days (untill June 20th) to issue a new ruling. It might not be as bad, but I don't think it is going to do anything good for non-profit broadcasters. Wait untill June 20th to do your hugging....
I had this problem a long, long time ago. If I recall correctly (which I might not) the problem is with junkbuster and not mozilla. I stoped using junkbuster a while ago, so I wouldn't know if your problem is the same as what was discussed. But read Bug report for bug 38488 for more information. As I recall, there was a way around it.
There still pretty easy to come by, or at least here in NJ and Boston. I don't have the time to go and get a link, but I know there are a number of website which sell kids. Radioshack.com is one of them. (The radioshack website has a lot of cool things the stores lack.) Also check out the small independant electronic stores. I know back home there is Green Brook electronics which has an entire shelf full of kits. Here in Boston there is You-Do-It electronics which also has a number of kits. My problem with these kits is that although they are fun, they are *really* exspensive. You're better off just buying the raw components and asking a freind to draw you a schematic or something, as you'll pay $10 for a kit with a small board and some LEDs.
Toto, one of the leading manufacturers, sells its super-toilets for $2,000 to $4,000.
I don't know about you, but I think $2k-4k is just a tad bit over priced. Perhaps isn't not Kohler thats keeping them out but the fact I can have a *very* nice computer for that price. And I happy to say I spend more time at the computer then I do on the toliet.
I don't know why this is true, but IBM charged *MORE* for laptops with Linux pre-installed, not less. I would be happy to pay an extra $50 for redhat if the computer costs a total of $100 less since there won't be MS tax. But the fact was, the thinkpads cost most more. No Linux user would pay more to get something they could install for free, so IBM didn't sell linux machines, and they stoped supporting Linux on the consumer-end side.
Why they charged so much is beyond me, but that is the reason why IBM didn't make money off Linux. Not becuase of MS.
Perhaps you haven't seen this.
Symbol is making 802.11b phone and PBX equipment. I saw a few of these phones go for a lot on ebay a while ago, but they do exsist and prices are only going to start comming down.
This group in Australia helped develop their own homemade helical antennas for there networks. Pretty cool stuff, as the antennas are pretty easy to make and cheap. (Here is a link to the page with instructions: http://205.159.169.11/reference/antennas/2ghz_heli cal/index.html)
There antennas are basicly a peice of PCV piping raped with the correct amount of copper wire with a reflector. (Pie pan works well.) These things are mounted horizontaly in the direction of the other connection.
Now here is the funny part. They started finding that the network would sometimes go out without warning. They went outside and looked at the antenna only to find a bird (Magpie I think) sitting on the antenna! This is one of the few cases I know where pirched birds have been responable for network issues.
There used to be a great page with pictures of all this, but it appears the page has since been removed and all that remains is an ISP error page.
Why in the world would you say this? They might have a directory feature, but there has been no indication that they are moving away from general searches. After that, that is what they are known and loved for. They are slightly changing the way they charge and sort ads, nothing more.
If there is one thing I belive good has, it's integerity. They haven't change a bit (for the worst) since they started and the more I read about them the less it seems like they will change for the worst. They are a company and know how to make money -- change for technology and clearly labled paid search results that no one could confuse with normal search results. They make money, we get a great search engine. Now, why would they change to being a primarly a searchable directory?
If you to ma.attbroadband.com/manunsupported.html you come to page which tell you how to "Update your settings" to the new AT&T network. About halfway down the page it tell you what to change your home page to: www.xxx.com. Obviously its a porn site. I can't figure out if this is hack or if someone at AT&T is just really stupid. This page is for people running unsupported OSs, but the other howto pages have the same link.
The article discuss what many have talked about on slashdot before -- that the current 802.11b standard is too slow. I for one would love to see a faster wireless device (becides 802.11a) but people need to remember that the possiblity of something being faster dosen't make it better. In my university, all connections are maxed at 10Mbit. Of course all the buildings have cat5 and could support 100Mbit, but it was decided a long time ago that the school is not interested in upgrading. I am sure many places running wireless are the same way. Although the 802.11g standard will allow for faster connections in-house, most people won't have anywere near that big of a pipe to the internet to take advantage of the faster equipment. So, everyone stop saying such bad things about 11Mbit. It's pretty fast for most things and the prices are finaly comming down. (That I will thank 802.11a/g for...)
No encyrption = No annnoying formats for DVD/Audio. The people who are going to fight stuff like this the hardest are not scientists but recond and movie componies.
I don't think the auther wanted NC to be under complete control of SUN or anyone else. What the artical is suggesting is that total control of authentication from any one entity is bad, unless that entity is Open.
For some time now IBM has said they are willing to Open Source anything that the linux community wants. Thats all fine and good if you have an AIX server sitting in your living room, but I for one don't. I have a IBM Thinkpad i1720 which is lacking Linux support in many key places.
I thank IBM for there support of Linux on there high ticket hardware, but please start doing something about the consumer goods! IBM is starting to look very bad in my eyes when they return emails about *NOT* support linux on many of the products I own or can buy. It's time they start thinking of Linux for all of there products.
I have been reading about these problums in CA for a few days and one thing strikes me - This is a new problum? I live in central New Jersey and every single summer we go through a series of brownout and blackouts becuase the Power utilites can't keep up with demand for cool air. (AC) It gets annoying, the local news runs a few stories, but overall it is just something everyone has come to live with. I understand this might come as a surprise to people used to having full power all the time, but they shouldn't forget that it is a common occurence on the other coast. And even in the state that invented Unix and the light bulb, it is not thaught of as a huge problum. I am surprised no one else in this forum is talking about simalar issues on the other side of the map.
I got a 164SX sitting right next to this computer, under my bed, in my dorm room. Nice, 533MHz computer. Runs FreeBSD
Fairly cheap too. Although I didn't buy it myself, my step father traded some old funature for two of these boards. Inside, it is all normal Intel PC parts: Mach64 ATI card, samsung IDE disk, 2.88Mb floppy, Zip (ide), 2 CD-roms, 2 sound card.
My real problum is software. I love Linux, and overall I like RedHat. Since they have allways had an Alpha distro, I thaught things would work fine. I was very wrong. RH6.2 is *very* buggy for the alpha. Not as much bugs, but simple things where overlooked. For instance, I could not use RedHats GUI menu's without playing around with Libs for a while. It didn't feel like RedHat on an Intel. I tried Debian, but had complaints in other areas for it. FreeBSD seems to be the best, and provide the most support. A lot of packages, decent Documentation.
Most Disto with an Alpha flavor make it very hard to find info on the Alpha port. Take SuSE for instance. Plenty of Docs of how to install it for an Intel, allmost nothing for an Alpha. A lot of Disto's have the minor version number for alpha behind there the version for Intel, and in the case of RH, they have yet to make 7.0 for Alpha.
My best suggestion is to use the SRM bootloader. Milo works fine, but getting things working with AlphaBISO is less then fun. It seems like they really designed it for WinNT, and not others.
Overall, I like running the Alpha. Allmost everything for Intel can be found for Alpha too, (Though it takes some looking). There is an Intel emulator, which I have not tried yet. Hardware wise, allmost everything for an Intel will fit and work in an Alpha. Hopefully Compaq will start pushing Alpha more, as it really is a good chip that dosen't get as much attention as it deserves. [Sorry for the spelling mistakes, but I don't feel like copying this from window to window right now]
This makes very little sense. The reasons why companies merge and become monopolies is to reduce costs. Then can then exploit the input market and have large control of both the supply and demand of the market for their product. Although this hurts consumers in higher taxes and unfair trading, it greatly helps the company. In the case of NASA, this is exactly what you want. By being a monopoly in the space/science industry, they can reduce costs and play with the market to there advantage. Since there is no direct paying customers, no one is hurt.
Think of it this way - in a monopoly the shareholders are the ones who really can benefit. We are all shareholders in NASA (Americans) so we can all benefit. All a second Gov't agency would do is reduce exploration and increase bourocrocy.
I have an Alpha that I have been waiting all weekend to install Redhat. (Note: Install, not upgrade). Now I can find plently of mirrors, but they all have i386 iso only. Anyone know what the lag is for non-i386 distros?!?
Yes, you make some good points. I had not thaught about these points untill now. Don't get me wrong, I have allway thaught, and allways will think, that privicy is a good thing and needs to be perserved, if for anything else but the reasons listed above. Thanks for answering my question.
Here is a question that I asked myself. I am unable to answer it, so I am asking my close personal friends here at slashdot.
OK, lets move to the hypothetical world 18 months from now. Everything single thing we click, read, or type is in someway tracked. Thanks to Intel/MS turning [back] on some type of Unique Number, they can tract everything back down to my PC. Every website knows there is some student in NJ who goes to school in MA and views slashdot often. They all know what type of music I listen to, what type of research I am involved with, and some even know what and to who I type my emails. What is the result of this?
I am a fairly law abiding citizen, so we can rule evidence for use in court out. The police also know all the things I do, but they are not interested. The people who want the info the most are the Advertisers. So will I only see ads for products that match my type? What would the result of that be? I don't have much money, so I can't just increase my spending. Who else is going to use all this info, and what for? How will this change my life? Will I not be able to get a job? Will I get a better job?
I *really* don't like losing my privacy, and I am uncertain of the effects. Besides more precise Ads, and maybe some easy market research for companies, what will be the result? Could our complete lose of privacy even help lower prices because companies are now spending less and getting better research?
That is really tasteless. You may not like the Jon Katz who writes/posts for slashdot, but to get excited over his possible death is horrible. Regardless of what you think of this writing, he is still another human. I don't understand why this comment was moderated up. Death is not funny, it's sad. To enjoy the death of another is simply wrong.
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The only really new thing about this is the fact google is now linking to it from the front page. I know that for over a year this interface has been in beta and has been getting better.
It's important to remember that they don't actully report any news, they just link to it. (Kinda like slashdot.) You will still read the stories on the provider's website. This makes it not the greatest place to get breaking news and personally don't allways trust AP. (Though they do link to several other news site for each story.)
The is a whole bunch of google "beta" sites. I know they have a catalog section and I think they have a few other more interesting sections.
I completly agree with you up to your last paragraph, which doesn't make much sence from an economic point of view. With very few exceptions, tariffs and substites lead to both higher costs for buyers and greater inefficently. This is basic economics.
Your absolutly right that the goverment can and should spend money to help the nation's economy (and envirerment). In the case of energy, having the goverment give money for research into better methods of generating and using wind power is a good idea. It is also a good idea if the goverment provides incentives for producing products which use less energy. It is not a good idea, however, to put a tarrif on danish windmills in order to foster the "clean" energy industry in the US. Nor is a good idea for the goverment to just provide money to big Oil/energy companies when they feel that the dannish are undercutting them in price becuase wind is "free" and gas is not.
Agian, your right that it is all about economics. But smart economics and smart energy can go hand-in-hand without the need for tarrifs and other inefficent economic tools that help 1-2 big companies and hurt everyone else.
I'm a video engineer who works out of a network Broadcast center in NYC on a syndicated news program. The company justed invested a huge sum of money into a newish Avid system call "Unity for News". No, this isn't for home or anyone who is not professional broadcast. But it is a fiber system with 7tb storage and a number of other cool features.
One of the more interesting (and stable) peices of this system is a box called an Avid Airspace. It's a box with some very fast RAID drives, a few fiber/GigE cards, and three NTSC/PAL video I/O cards. Each one of these cards can take in a 601 digital feed (this is better then D1 digital found on minidv/firewire cameras.) Each one can output a 601 feed too. In fact, the show I work on broadcast live from this box. (Lifetime network also baught a simalar system, I've been told. Aslo a few local news stations are switching over to this system.)
Now the interesting part - these boxes run FreeBSD and a custom WM on X. All the other peices of the new Unity system (all win2k) are flakly, but these BSD boxes not only run great, but they output live broadcast quality video to millions of people daily.
So, will Cinelerra support these cards? I don't think so. (I don't think you can buy one of these cards without the system and I don't think the drivers are Free/Open.) But know that FreeBSD is used in more then just the CGI for big budget films.
Many modern CD stereos come with the ability to control a seperate multi-CD-changer unit or another type of audio device. (My 1989 toyata even has a connection for a seperate tape unit.) The connection between that unit and your stereo is often a 13-pin DIN. A quick search on google for your car stereo's DIN pin-out will show you how to build a quick little interface to connect other devices up to your stereo. Of course, the car stereo people aren't going to tell you this, but it is a pretty easy trick. There is even some company that makes a small device that basicly lets you do the same thing without having to solder up a connector. The commersial connector was around $50 and it costs about $5 in parts to build your own. Anyway, that is one way of getting around the tape-on-a-wire solution.
We know that today the Librarian's rejected the clearly extreame CARP proposals. But now the LOC has 30 days (untill June 20th) to issue a new ruling. It might not be as bad, but I don't think it is going to do anything good for non-profit broadcasters. Wait untill June 20th to do your hugging....
I had this problem a long, long time ago. If I recall correctly (which I might not) the problem is with junkbuster and not mozilla. I stoped using junkbuster a while ago, so I wouldn't know if your problem is the same as what was discussed. But read Bug report for bug 38488 for more information. As I recall, there was a way around it.
I think mozilla rules. Go mozilla.
There still pretty easy to come by, or at least here in NJ and Boston. I don't have the time to go and get a link, but I know there are a number of website which sell kids. Radioshack.com is one of them. (The radioshack website has a lot of cool things the stores lack.) Also check out the small independant electronic stores. I know back home there is Green Brook electronics which has an entire shelf full of kits. Here in Boston there is You-Do-It electronics which also has a number of kits. My problem with these kits is that although they are fun, they are *really* exspensive. You're better off just buying the raw components and asking a freind to draw you a schematic or something, as you'll pay $10 for a kit with a small board and some LEDs.
Toto, one of the leading manufacturers, sells its super-toilets for $2,000 to $4,000.
I don't know about you, but I think $2k-4k is just a tad bit over priced. Perhaps isn't not Kohler thats keeping them out but the fact I can have a *very* nice computer for that price. And I happy to say I spend more time at the computer then I do on the toliet.
I don't know why this is true, but IBM charged *MORE* for laptops with Linux pre-installed, not less. I would be happy to pay an extra $50 for redhat if the computer costs a total of $100 less since there won't be MS tax. But the fact was, the thinkpads cost most more. No Linux user would pay more to get something they could install for free, so IBM didn't sell linux machines, and they stoped supporting Linux on the consumer-end side.
Why they charged so much is beyond me, but that is the reason why IBM didn't make money off Linux. Not becuase of MS.
Perhaps you haven't seen this. Symbol is making 802.11b phone and PBX equipment. I saw a few of these phones go for a lot on ebay a while ago, but they do exsist and prices are only going to start comming down.
This group in Australia helped develop their own homemade helical antennas for there networks. Pretty cool stuff, as the antennas are pretty easy to make and cheap. (Here is a link to the page with instructions: http://205.159.169.11/reference/antennas/2ghz_heli cal/index.html)
There antennas are basicly a peice of PCV piping raped with the correct amount of copper wire with a reflector. (Pie pan works well.) These things are mounted horizontaly in the direction of the other connection.
Now here is the funny part. They started finding that the network would sometimes go out without warning. They went outside and looked at the antenna only to find a bird (Magpie I think) sitting on the antenna! This is one of the few cases I know where pirched birds have been responable for network issues.
There used to be a great page with pictures of all this, but it appears the page has since been removed and all that remains is an ISP error page.
Is it just me, or does the photograph make McNealy look like he's holding a gun to the penguin's head....
Why in the world would you say this? They might have a directory feature, but there has been no indication that they are moving away from general searches. After that, that is what they are known and loved for. They are slightly changing the way they charge and sort ads, nothing more.
If there is one thing I belive good has, it's integerity. They haven't change a bit (for the worst) since they started and the more I read about them the less it seems like they will change for the worst. They are a company and know how to make money -- change for technology and clearly labled paid search results that no one could confuse with normal search results. They make money, we get a great search engine. Now, why would they change to being a primarly a searchable directory?
If you to ma.attbroadband.com/manunsupported.html you come to page which tell you how to "Update your settings" to the new AT&T network. About halfway down the page it tell you what to change your home page to: www.xxx.com. Obviously its a porn site. I can't figure out if this is hack or if someone at AT&T is just really stupid. This page is for people running unsupported OSs, but the other howto pages have the same link.
The article discuss what many have talked about on slashdot before -- that the current 802.11b standard is too slow. I for one would love to see a faster wireless device (becides 802.11a) but people need to remember that the possiblity of something being faster dosen't make it better. In my university, all connections are maxed at 10Mbit. Of course all the buildings have cat5 and could support 100Mbit, but it was decided a long time ago that the school is not interested in upgrading. I am sure many places running wireless are the same way. Although the 802.11g standard will allow for faster connections in-house, most people won't have anywere near that big of a pipe to the internet to take advantage of the faster equipment. So, everyone stop saying such bad things about 11Mbit. It's pretty fast for most things and the prices are finaly comming down. (That I will thank 802.11a/g for...)
But there is a good side to all of this:
No encyrption = No annnoying formats for DVD/Audio. The people who are going to fight stuff like this the hardest are not scientists but recond and movie componies.
I don't think the auther wanted NC to be under complete control of SUN or anyone else. What the artical is suggesting is that total control of authentication from any one entity is bad, unless that entity is Open.
I thank IBM for there support of Linux on there high ticket hardware, but please start doing something about the consumer goods! IBM is starting to look very bad in my eyes when they return emails about *NOT* support linux on many of the products I own or can buy. It's time they start thinking of Linux for all of there products.
I have been reading about these problums in CA for a few days and one thing strikes me - This is a new problum? I live in central New Jersey and every single summer we go through a series of brownout and blackouts becuase the Power utilites can't keep up with demand for cool air. (AC) It gets annoying, the local news runs a few stories, but overall it is just something everyone has come to live with. I understand this might come as a surprise to people used to having full power all the time, but they shouldn't forget that it is a common occurence on the other coast. And even in the state that invented Unix and the light bulb, it is not thaught of as a huge problum. I am surprised no one else in this forum is talking about simalar issues on the other side of the map.
I got a 164SX sitting right next to this computer, under my bed, in my dorm room. Nice, 533MHz computer. Runs FreeBSD
Fairly cheap too. Although I didn't buy it myself, my step father traded some old funature for two of these boards. Inside, it is all normal Intel PC parts: Mach64 ATI card, samsung IDE disk, 2.88Mb floppy, Zip (ide), 2 CD-roms, 2 sound card.
My real problum is software. I love Linux, and overall I like RedHat. Since they have allways had an Alpha distro, I thaught things would work fine. I was very wrong. RH6.2 is *very* buggy for the alpha. Not as much bugs, but simple things where overlooked. For instance, I could not use RedHats GUI menu's without playing around with Libs for a while. It didn't feel like RedHat on an Intel. I tried Debian, but had complaints in other areas for it. FreeBSD seems to be the best, and provide the most support. A lot of packages, decent Documentation.
Most Disto with an Alpha flavor make it very hard to find info on the Alpha port. Take SuSE for instance. Plenty of Docs of how to install it for an Intel, allmost nothing for an Alpha. A lot of Disto's have the minor version number for alpha behind there the version for Intel, and in the case of RH, they have yet to make 7.0 for Alpha.
My best suggestion is to use the SRM bootloader. Milo works fine, but getting things working with AlphaBISO is less then fun. It seems like they really designed it for WinNT, and not others.
Overall, I like running the Alpha. Allmost everything for Intel can be found for Alpha too, (Though it takes some looking). There is an Intel emulator, which I have not tried yet. Hardware wise, allmost everything for an Intel will fit and work in an Alpha. Hopefully Compaq will start pushing Alpha more, as it really is a good chip that dosen't get as much attention as it deserves. [Sorry for the spelling mistakes, but I don't feel like copying this from window to window right now]
Think of it this way - in a monopoly the shareholders are the ones who really can benefit. We are all shareholders in NASA (Americans) so we can all benefit. All a second Gov't agency would do is reduce exploration and increase bourocrocy.
I have an Alpha that I have been waiting all weekend to install Redhat. (Note: Install, not upgrade). Now I can find plently of mirrors, but they all have i386 iso only. Anyone know what the lag is for non-i386 distros?!?
Yes, you make some good points. I had not thaught about these points untill now. Don't get me wrong, I have allway thaught, and allways will think, that privicy is a good thing and needs to be perserved, if for anything else but the reasons listed above. Thanks for answering my question.
OK, lets move to the hypothetical world 18 months from now. Everything single thing we click, read, or type is in someway tracked. Thanks to Intel/MS turning [back] on some type of Unique Number, they can tract everything back down to my PC. Every website knows there is some student in NJ who goes to school in MA and views slashdot often. They all know what type of music I listen to, what type of research I am involved with, and some even know what and to who I type my emails. What is the result of this?
I am a fairly law abiding citizen, so we can rule evidence for use in court out. The police also know all the things I do, but they are not interested. The people who want the info the most are the Advertisers. So will I only see ads for products that match my type? What would the result of that be? I don't have much money, so I can't just increase my spending. Who else is going to use all this info, and what for? How will this change my life? Will I not be able to get a job? Will I get a better job?
I *really* don't like losing my privacy, and I am uncertain of the effects. Besides more precise Ads, and maybe some easy market research for companies, what will be the result? Could our complete lose of privacy even help lower prices because companies are now spending less and getting better research?
That is really tasteless. You may not like the Jon Katz who writes/posts for slashdot, but to get excited over his possible death is horrible. Regardless of what you think of this writing, he is still another human. I don't understand why this comment was moderated up. Death is not funny, it's sad. To enjoy the death of another is simply wrong.