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Hi Everyone, Hope you holiday season preparations are coming along. My wife surprised me yeasterday by mentioning that she wants me to get a new laptop/netbook for Uni, and give my current Asus 1001HA netbook to our daughter... (Short story, my son is about to start school, and has a netbook...

Thank you, just PM me when you've completed it, and I'll get it included.

Thank you.

Just like to wish a Happy Birthday to "Glorious Leader"... Handruin...

;) I was hoping for Klingon (which actually has a code: xx-klingon), but alas it's support is very limited in Gnome...

Under what ISO 639-1 language code would you like to file that under?

Legacy reasons, and and for the moment CVS does everything I need as far as version control is concerned.

Hi Coug, I've sent you an email/PM. Yes cvs should work from any Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris installation, and I would also note that gMTP is also available in the Ubuntu repositories so you should be able to install it easily enough in Lubuntu.

It's just the nature of the beast...

Just had ABP update to v2 on my netbook, took all of 2secs to disable the 'allow ads' function... I just question how their reputation will survive this, as most users will install it, and think that all ads are blocked, only to have a few get through. IMHO, their immediate thought will be...

Hi everybody, I would like to ask for some assistance from those SF members that speak another language, particularly to provide translation for one of the applications I'm writing. In my part time, I've been developing gMTP ( http://gmtp.sourceforge.net ), which is a general purpose...

Yes there is a better way, use the w32time service that is builtin into windows. (This is the service that keeps time in sync when computers are part of a domain). IIRC, you simply just need to run: w32tm /setsntp:<ntp server> and start the w32time service. You client will then sync as...

I've been thinking about setting up a home DLNA server with all my media on it, and after quickly tallying the storage requirements of needing everything to be kept in MPEG2, basically put it aside for now. (I did think about using one of the DLNA servers that can transcode on the fly, but that...

It is somewhat safe, however anytime you may want to add/remove a windows component, you'll need those files.

I know of exactly 1 person that has had a netbook for over 2.5yrs, and still uses it. (It operates as a secondary mobile pc, supplementing their deskop). The rest have migrated to using tablets instead of netbooks. Myself, I'm still using my netbook (currently 19mths old), but as a supplement...

Good to see MS can get software installation and removal correct...

Ouch, if you don't mind me asking, what's the current setup? Are you considering moving to the Hitachi 4TB drives?

It's safe to remove the $NTUninstall folders, providing you don't need to rollback a hotfix. ServicePackFiles are a copy of the last ServicePack installed. It's used if you want to add/remove internal windows components, so not recommended to remove it. $hf_mfg$ are used to ensure hotfix file...

I haven't, but that's mainly I restrict internet access to when I have some form of WiFi connection. (So I don't have to care about data usage in relation to my phone plan). I've put a few other people on to Opera Mini at Uni, and they all believe how good it is compared to the stock browsers...

I hope not, since I've found Opera Mini (on Android) to be a better browser than the one Google ships with Android. (Opera has zero issues with the internal student websites at Uni, whilst the one that comes with Android has some significant issues, like not being able to download file...

At least Carmack apologised for this... http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23760

Such a sad day if this gets through. I wonder how the EU will acknowledge such patents? And since here in Oz we tend to acknowledge US patents, I also wonder if this will lead to Oz starting to ignore the US patent system all together, since it's obvious that the US lawmakers now only support...

Yep, the Oracle support forums are very lack-lustre, especially compared to those of the OpenSolaris support forums of yester-year, where it was common to converse directly with the people actually writing the code. Regarding the performance, I'm getting 80-90MB/s reads/writes via NFS to a...

The one thing I've really begun to understand about a lot of the very large corporations, is that they no longer care about customer service, but rather grabbing/siphoning as much income from the consumer as possible in the shortest amount of time. The number of retailers whose customer...

Had this sent to me today, and thought I would share: Cello Wars... http://youtu.be/BgAlQuqzl8o I thought it amusing and very well put together. Just ignore the slightly overweight Darth Vader...

dd, congratulations. About to have our 4yr anniversary in a few days... may have a day out at the local theme park with the kids to celebrate.

I would have to agree with Sechs, and give Nexenta a second look, if you don't want to run Solaris 11. I certainly agree that Oracle has neutered further development of the several OpenSolaris based OSes with it's new policy on source code releases (which are still coming out, but later than...

Happy Birthday JTR!

FYI, for seeing how well OEMs actually implement Android on shipping devices, check this out. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/researchers-find-big-leaks-in-pre-installed-android-apps.ars Mind you, with CarrierIQ and now this, I might just go back to a dumb phone, that gets...

IIRC, some of the really cheap ZTE Android phones still use resistive touch screens... eg the ZTE Racer. However most of these cheaper phones are stuck with Android 2.1/2.2 with no updates in sight... and I don't know if CM7 supports them.

Be warned that it does start off very slow, but by season 2 has picked up speed considerably.

About the only TV that I get to watch on a semi-regular basis is Big Bang Theory, other than that, it's only kids shows. Mind you one kids show that is really good is Shaun The Sheep.

It does seem a little suspect. While I'm sure they're quality cases, there's no mention of any government endorsed or military specification which they meet (or any other specification for that matter). For protecting stuff in the past I've always used Pelican Cases, like the Pelican 1500.

Essentially. Sorry, but I have ask, have you buit your own PC before? Also what software are you using, and what is the size of the working set you are attempting to work with?

I certainly hope there is some form of humour in there? Seriously, if you need that level of RAM and reliablity and if you wanted to build it yourself, I would look at Supermicro or Tyan, both of which have been in the server/workstation market for a long time. (They specialise in...

In response to my last post, Oracle recently released the X4800M2 server. Kitted with: 8x Xeon E7-8870 CPUs (10 core @ 2.4GHz) 1TB RAM 4.8TB HDD (16 x 300GB 10K SAS) 8x GBe LAN ports. Price: a cool $153K :bglaugh:

I raise you. Supermicro X8OBN-F. 8x CPUs (or 80 cores if using 10core Xeon E7-8800's), up to 1TB of RAM, and a price that only the real rich can afford. I know, I know, it's not in the same class as the Gigabyte board you listed, but still it's scary at what can be placed into a single...

Well... 1. You purchase that motherboard. 2. You purchase 2x Intel Xeons to fit. 3. You purchase 18x DIMMs for the correct type. (That are listed in Gigabytes certified memory list). 4. Buy a EATX compatible case, and a high wattage PSU (something desgined for servers, and not some gaming PSU)...

You forget Buzkashi... a sport that takes considerable skill.

More likely due to the Other-OS option, and the better backwards compatiblity...

Not to mention things like TCP Header checksuming in hardware, Wake on LAN, most have PXE boot enabled by default, etc...

Instead of using a PCIe lane for the LAN controller, there is a dedicated link in the P67 chipset exclusively for use with an Intel NIC. Which is theory reduces any latency between a NIC and the rest of the system. (It also has the side effect of reducing the cost of the whole setup).

OT. Gigabyte Motherboard It might, but I don't think that board is ideal for a number of reasons: 1. Only 4 DIMMs in EATX. Heck even Intel squeeze 8 DIMM slots in ATX on the Intel DX79TO. 2. I get a terrible rash when I have to deal with Creative based audio solutions. 3. Why not install an...

I'm fully aware ABS runs surveys all the time, however, I did say ... (Slight change is context, wouldn't you say). I've only been approached once by ABS for a survey (in my entire adult life) outside the regular national surveys, so it does strike me odd that Max is getting them weekly...

Totally agree with that. Here in Oz, the national census is only run every few years, and there is a huge advertising campaign associated. Otherwise the only departments that want that information on a very regular basis is either the Tax Office or Centerlink... PS. Centerlink is the gov...

I think they just went with scale of economy in choosing parts (eg going with more common parts to reduce cost), rather than going for the best engineering solution.

But I didn't think Q3 was made for single player? IIRC, it was pinned around being one of the first games designed primarily for multi-player gaming, vs single-player which was common at the time.

I've never had a problem getting Q3 working on a modern PC... However I tend to push people to using the ioQ3 engine instead... http://ioquake3.org/

Will this make up for it: http://www.gamethemesongs.com/MechWarrior_2_-_Intro.html ;-) Heaps more at: http://gamethemesongs.com/ PS. I've always liked these: http://www.gamethemesongs.com/Quake_II__-_Full.html http://www.gamethemesongs.com/Total_Annihilation_-_Full.html

Anandtech has a review of the refresh of the Netgear ReadyNAS line of products... http://www.anandtech.com/show/5071/netgears-marvell-based-readynas-nv-v2-review/1 Not bad performance, up to 89MB/s in certain scenarios, but I find the price a little steep for what you get. ($399 for the NV+ v2...