Recent content by OldSchoolCoder

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Dumbest idea ever, until they can get rid of the bezels. Just another way to get more $$ out of you for video cards and monitors. Don't be a sucker and fall for this garbage.

Ok, but my point was that html5 was a step in the right direction. The sites that have chosen move or silverlight over flash seem to have better interactivity with the video (perhaps more tivo-like), and or for reasons of better video quality especially with live sports where fast action and...

For what it's worth, the next version of HTML (HTML5) includes a specification for audio and video support, making the need for proprietary plug-ins obsolete. This will be a good thing, leveling the playing field for developers and users, especially on open source operating systems. Besides...

Eh, not too thrilled about the memory controller being local to the GPU, it's somewhat understandable though, as the GPU has no dedicated memory of it's own. On the other hand, AMD 780G, for example, accesses memory at the CPU over a HT link, and that works just fine. Hard to believe that...

Ok, thanks, I had suspected that was the case.

True, but it was far easier to set it up and make it work. Fewer hoops.

For those of you looking to image your new ext4 filesystems, I have tried fsarchiver, and it appears to work. I have taken great pains to customize my Ubuntu 9.10, and while I would reinstall in an instant if needed and do it all over again, why should I when I could just restore a backup...

I didn't take linux seriously until Ubuntu 9.10. I've got it installed on a machine now, and I love it. It is a much more efficient platform than windows could ever hope to be. I just recently started programming for linux, CLI and GTK, and I am finding it much easier to program for linux than...

Well, this is it. I like it a lot. I have everything working except Move Media player. I literally could dump Windows now on a couple of machines. GJ guys! I have been a Windows guy like forever. But I like this. It's finally grown up to the point where a Windows guy could understand it...

XP searches and finds php fine for me. There is no reason why there should be anything special about php files on XP.

I think that calling it an OS is a bit of a stretch. By definition, operating systems include things like support for storage and file systems. And it's just another Linux based OS, move along, nothing to see here. Might as well just run regular Linux. Seriously, this wasn't meant for the...

I think you all failed to see the point. The SATA interface comes from IDE which came from ST506/412 which is 40 years old. I don't see any problem crossplatform or otherwise with moving away from it. You practically need a driver for whatever OS and hardware you choose anyway. As for wasting...

There is also the possibility that someone else had the drive and issued SETMAXLBA to reconfigure the drive as 128GB, for legacy purposes. This is a software way to limit a drive, without jumpers, yet the change is permanent until undone.

For as much promise there was for these new devices, there has also been some disappointment along the way. Such as it is for any new technology, but here's my opinion of what went wrong, and what could be done to correct it. As usual, the primary problem is one of legacy requirements. The...