| 2006/3/30-31 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Transportation/PublicTransit] UID:42543 Activity:low | 3/30 Does anyone have technical details of why BART's computer system is
fucked up? They installed a 'software upgrade' what software?
They 'switched to a backup system' but that failed. Who is their
primary IT consultant?
\_ I bet BART is running a crazy ass minicomputer or mainframe
from the early 80s.
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| 2006/2/10-13 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:41795 Activity:moderate | 2/10 What was your computer configuration during your UCB years?
\_ None.
\_ 286, 5.25" disk drives
\_ 486-66, upgraded to 100MHz. Worked far better than the HPUX
machines compiling over NFS at the time (graduated in '97).
\_ hah, me too, except I also did the DX3 (33 MHz FSB) to
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| 2005/6/9-12 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:38052 Activity:nil | 6/8 I recently bought Via Samuel 2 based motherboard to use for my
firewall. There is a little fan mounted on the cpu and I was
wondering if I could disconnect it and stick a bigger 80 mm or
120 mm fan on top of the cpu and run the system safely. The
current fan is a bit loud and I want to make the system as
quiet as possible. I'm open to other suggestions as well. tia.
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| 2005/6/2-3 [Computer/Networking] UID:37941 Activity:moderate | 6/2 I've been to many places and almost every place I go to have
802.11b/g. However, almost all of them have protected access,
which I presume they use because they don't want people stealing
their bandwidth. So here is one idea I think will really
revolutionize 802.11X... an option in the router that allows you to
specify the percentage of unprotected bandwidth you are willing to
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| 2005/5/27-31 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:37858 Activity:nil | 5/27 How is Intel's Dual-Core technology different from using two CPUs?
\_ Difference is negligible. The point is costs. Obviously one dual
core will cost less in the long run to make vs. 2 seperate CPUs.
Savings may not be immediate, though.
\_ Not always. If you have two chips with 50% yield each and decide
to combine them into one larger die, your yield goes down to 25%.
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| 2005/4/30-5/3 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:37433 Activity:moderate | 4/30 I'm thinking about getting my mom a mac mini. Right now I've got
her hooked up on a Celeron in a small form factor, but I think
Windows is too complicated for her. She's used to Macs from her
Adult School, so I figure she'd be much more comfortable using
it. The only thing is that I usually hack the firmware on these
machines because she likes to watch foreign DVDs. Is it possible
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| 2005/3/15-16 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:36695 Activity:high | 3/15 It's been a while since I bought a notebook. Is there any reason to
pay extra $100 to upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional? How about
Intel Pentium M Processor 7x5, do they run at decent speed relative
to say, P4? And what's the difference between 1) Crystal View XGA TFT
and 2) SXGA+ non-crystal view TFT? ok thx
\_ You definitely want a Pentium M for the power savings.
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| 2005/1/11-12 [Computer/HW/Display, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:35666 Activity:moderate | 1/11 So the iMac Mini is basically an evolution of the old Cube thing. Or
those little Shuttle PC boxes. Or a Gamecube. But it doesn't seem
to make much sense compared to an iBook. Why no digital audio output?
\_ you can still do digital audio over usb. Probably the reason
there is no spdif connector is b/c of space/price. I think
it makes a lot of sense (I bought one for my living room),
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| 2004/11/29-30 [Computer/HW/Printer, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:35108 Activity:high | 11/29 I haven't bought a PC in years. How does the quality of Dell, Compaq
and Gateway PCs compare? That is, how long does a brandnew machine
last until something breaks. Any other major brands I missed? I'm
buying a low-end desktop. Thanks for any info.
\_ Other brands: Sony, HP, Micron (now "MPC"), eMachines. Try CNET.
\_ HP == Compaq, eMachines == Gateway.
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| 2004/11/16 [Computer/HW/Memory] UID:34924 Activity:nil | 11/16 I did some simple performance test of NS7.1 vs. FF1.0 on my 400MHz
Celeron NT machine:
NS7.1 FF1.0
Start-up time with blank page: 5.0s 4.0s
Memory used after start-up: 9.8MB 8.8MB
Memory used for http://www.yahoo.com 1.7MB 1.1MB
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| 2004/10/6-7 [Computer/HW/Display] UID:33952 Activity:high | 10/6 What's a good video card with DVI output to drive a LCD at
1600x1200? Something not too expensive, under $100? I get
confused looking at all the brands at newegg. Maybe something
with Nvidia chipset? Thanks.
\_ Can't all of the ones with DVI-out do this? -!LCD user
\_ what's the highest resolution on LCDs nowadays?
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| 2004/8/27-28 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:33192 Activity:insanely high | 8/27 I'm currently running a 1.2 Ghz Celeron with 386 megs or so of RAM.
I'm thinking of buying a new machine, but I want to go cheap, maybe
less than $500. I want to end up with a nice machine and a crap
machine at the end of this. (Crap machine so my wife can do email and
stuff) so don't need a CD drive or monitor, and the video card
doesn't have to be great because I already have a nice one in my
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