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myrrh wrote: Normally I can't stand ESR (he's one to talk about "blatant ego"), but this article was particularly good. I'm glad I took the time to read it.



Most of these "hacker gods" are a real pain in the arse but brilliant at the same time. If they don't take the time to "toot their own horn" so to speak, you probably will never hear of them.
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mapesdhs wrote: sybrfreq writes:
>Craigslist is also great. Zero fees, and locals too. I've sold a bunch of stuff on craigslist, and every time I was able to meet with the
> buyer, leave with cash, and the buyer got what he wanted too. I'm not sure if you are familiar with it or if there is something similar
> in the uk, but there should be.

I had a look, but I couldn't quite work out how to do a global search. Search interface seemed a bit klunky too.

Btw, do you think eBay is watching?... see my other post .

It's enough to make one just a tad paranoid... 8|

Ian.


sorry I didn't respond earlier. must have missed the post.

Craigslist is a sort of local classified site, so for example http://cincinnati.craigslist.org or for you http://edinburgh.craigslist.co.uk/ (wow that doesn't look too popular yet - help get the word out :D )

probably not so good for your kind of volume but it is worthwhile to keep an eye out. maybe also look at neighboring cities' listings.

the whole global search thing would be interesting for craigslist... it is more like a big garage sale than something per se ebay or ebid.
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SAQ wrote: a NCR 4x80486/33


damn, that sounds evil. :twisted:
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does it show up with hinv?
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QuicksilverG4 wrote: No meat? And give up the benefit of being at the top of the food chain? :)


*DING!*

Humans evolved to eat both meat and veggies. Not eating a balanced diet will most likely lead to questionable health, maybe not in 5 years but perhaps 20.

What about the vegetarians that eat fish, are fish not animals?

We eat beef, chicken, fish, because they taste good, if we were not supposed to eat it it would taste bad.
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toxygen wrote: that's very true. but people used to be pure herbivores for 50 million years. just after then they adapted to meat. they started eating it, their digestive system adapted (bacteria in stomach to process meat). however, their outer preferences did not alter - you do not have teeth, body, or general digestive system adapted to eating meat.
at some point, hunting, processing meat on fire and eating, meant a lot to human kind - they could populate areas, which they couldn't before because of insufficiency of food. these were times, when meat was essential for their lives.

but now, we are living in different times, meat is not an necessity anymore.

I would say, that if you must go out of your way to avoid meat and ask online for recipes, then I would say that perhaps it is not a necessity, but it is a convenience.

toxygen wrote: but what do you know about balanced diet? does it imply eating meat? i don't think so. many experts, better than me or you, think it does not.
as i'm not educated in this area very much, i would rather not oppose you or make any statements.

I am no health professional, but government agencies that spend millions of dollars on research like the american fda and usda recommend eating meat.
toxygen wrote: they are. i do not eat them. only because we do not hear them screaming while they are tortured, it does not mean they do not suffer.

well then what type of vegetarian eats fish but not eggs and things like that? I know a girl who will not eat eggs or dairy products but eats seafood. Maybe it's a religious thing.
toxygen wrote: carnivores like the smell and the taste of decayed meat. do you? do you like eating carrions?
or better said, do you like eating raw flesh?

While I do not enjoy eating raw meat, I do enjoy a nice grilled steak or maybe stuffed salmon on occasion. Properly prepared it does not require special teeth or enzymes in the stomach to dissolve harmful bacteria.


The reason why we crave sugary foods is because of the energy associated with the sweetness. Back in the day, high-sugar things like berries and fruits tasted good because they provided a large amount of energy. now you can just go down and get a chocolate bar because sweets are not scarce but you still crave them because they still taste good. So in this day and age you have to actively monitor what you eat and not just eat whatever your subconscious tells you.

I am not going to debate the health benefits of eating an all-veggie diet further because I am no nutrition professional. It seems like a sound idea in theory and several people swear by it, but to just say you are not going to eat animals because of the politics seems a little bit silly to me.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
We've had gentoo going on them a while back at the computer club at school. X works, but with no acceleration.

I was able to dupe one of the boot disks to get it working on my octane, of course I had no root password so I didn't get too far...
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pentium wrote: I gotta agree on VP in this one.
You can get Linux to work but it is rather useless and crippled.
If you can get hold of a copy of Irix (not here though) you will be better off.


I should add, anything you would want to do in linux you can do better in irix.
But you CAN run linux on an octane, complete with xorg. I can't remember if the sound works or not, I don't think we ever had speakers on them.
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pip wrote: I just can't get the bootloader working though--it says booting system, but nothing happens.



double check your prom settings. That's what I kept having issues with. I tried it at least a year ago, though, and with a gentoo boot disk probably from 2005. So I don't remember much, or how much it has changed.
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I prefer the heavier mice. when I replaced my wireless mx700, I got an mx518 which is the same shape and has the same buttons. finding it to be much too light (because there are no batteries) I had to put some leaded weights in it. I don't like the feeling of an empty plastic box that creaks when you squeeze it. I actually had a lot of trouble going to the optical mice when they came out, after using a logitech trackman vista my entire life. if logitech makes a mouse the same shape as the mx only machined out of aluminum, I'd pick it up in a heartbeat.

I don't see how you are getting a classic '90s feeling by stuffing modern parts inside, though. or keeping it 'authentic', if that is the goal. I suppose I just see cleaning out the ball as part of the system maintainence, like getting the dust out of the heat sinks. when the ball is clean the mouse works pretty good.

excellent hack, it looks original from the outside and probably works much better. pretty funky mousepad you got there too.
Q's laptop is an IBM

lol that's awesome. was that the one with the fold-up keyboard?
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twm_bucket wrote:
Here is a screenshot of DR2. This is what you see after you first log in. I haven't done any customizations yet.

what OS is that running?

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tg3 makes something like that only a bit more modern
http://www.tg3electronics.com/products/pckeyboard.php

If the build quality is anything like their keyboards I would recommend it completely.
Dubhthach wrote: Especially when their location is in a language other then English -- like mine!


If you pay close attention to grammar errors you can sometimes figure out one's native language.
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nekonoko wrote: The System Controller is a microprocessor-controlled, battery-backed subsystem that is mounted directly to the system backplane.


edited for clarification:
The system controller is the most-left board plugged in to the back of the backplane, closest to the AC inlet. But to fix the symptoms described above (bad MAC address, etc) you need to check the dallas on the IO4. The IO4 and system controller both have a Dallas chip.
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*HARD*

oh wait, just a mock up? never mind...
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mapesdhs wrote: Does the output imply that ideally the movie should play at 10fps?


yes. Given the material, 10fps is reasonable. Capturing more would probably slow down the creator's system and you're not missing much.

Just fyi a 1.5ghz pentium 4 plays the clip fine in VLC. maybe 35% cpu.
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well, if you want something to compare it to:

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D:\mark\My Videos\MPlayer-1.0rc2>mplayer -vo g12 -vf format=RGB24 -osdlevel 0 -b
enchmark -nosound -vo null ..\speeder_teaser.mp4
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz (Family: 15, Model: 0, Stepping: 7)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Playing ..\speeder_teaser.mp4.
ISO: File Type Major Brand: ISO/IEC 14496-1 (MPEG-4 system) v2
Quicktime/MOV file format detected.
Warning! pts=1894000  length=1894023
[mov] Video stream found, -vid 0
Warning! pts=4165680  length=4168243
[mov] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO:  [avc1]  1280x1040  24bpp  10.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Opening video filter: [format fmt=RGB24]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 1040 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.23:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
[swscaler @ 00D4AEB0]No accelerated colorspace conversion found
[swscaler @ 00D4AEB0]SwScaler: using unscaled yuv420p -> rgb24 special converter

VO: [null] 1280x1040 => 1280x1040 RGB 24-bit
[h264 @ 00D4FB70]AVC: Consumed only 454 bytes instead of 459


BENCHMARKs: VC:  60.333s VO:  21.783s A:   0.000s Sys:   3.902s =   86.018s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 70.1400% VO: 25.3238% A:  0.0000% Sys:  4.5363% = 100.0000%

Exiting... (End of file)


Fullscreen playback:

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D:\mark\My Videos\MPlayer-1.0rc2>mplayer -fs -benchmark ..\speeder_teaser.mp4
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz (Family: 15, Model: 0, Stepping: 7)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Playing ..\speeder_teaser.mp4

...blahblahblah...


BENCHMARKs: VC:  57.930s VO:   6.909s A:   3.547s Sys: 120.436s =  188.822s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 30.6797% VO:  3.6590% A:  1.8785% Sys: 63.7828% = 100.0000%

Exiting... (End of file)



Just a wild guess, but here is my theory: in seconds and percentage, the VC is the time spent decoding the video, VO is the time spent (added:) outputting the video, A is the audio, and sys is other processes (I've got folding going in the background here as well as a bunch of other stuff)

With the -vo null option it will just decode as fast as possible and not worry about displaying (compare the SYS usage between the first and second tries)

you might try some tea leaf reading through google searches if nothing else.
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nekonoko wrote:
sybrfreq wrote:
I used to do this, but then I ran into the 500-character limit after aquiring one too many machines. As I forgot this, I tried to set this up and ran into the limit again.


Just let me know how many characters should be allowed in the signature and I'll make the adjustment.


I got it down to 287 characters... and maybe the sgi collection will be...umm...downsized... soon.
Just had to clean up the URLs a bit. Though one's own website would be the way to go if you were to be so inclined...

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mapesdhs wrote: Is there somewhere it says how many frames are in the movie? Just wondering how people are calculating their fps numbers from the output.


I'd bust out the hourglass and slide rule :) There's probably a switch to show it but bugger all if I can find it.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
The CPU usage for display with vo_null is because by adding -vf format=rgb24 you enforced colorspace conversion even without displaying anything.
If you really want to benchmark the codec only, skip that one.


ah ha! That's what I was suspecting at first but I couldn't figure why it would be using so much CPU doing nothing .
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
baby steps--- this is still a work in progress as the monitor isn't working quite right but I'll post what I have now and update later as things progress.

Code:
IRIS 3# hinv -vm
CPU Board at Slot 2: (Enabled)
Processor 0 at Slot 2/Slice 0: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
Processor 1 at Slot 2/Slice 1: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
Processor 2 at Slot 2/Slice 2: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
Processor 3 at Slot 2/Slice 3: 194 Mhz R10000 with 2 MB secondary cache (Enabled)
CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.5
FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 192 Mbytes, 1-way interleaved
MC3 Memory Board at Slot 1: 256 MB of memory (Enabled)
Bank A contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank B contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank C contains 16 MB SIMMS (Enabled)
Bank D contains 16 MB SIMMS (Disabled)
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C95A, single ended, revision 0
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Tape drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0: 8mm(8500) cartridge
CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
Tape drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 0: DAT
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C95A, differential, revision 0
Integral EPC serial ports: 4
Integral EPC parallel port: Ebus slot 3
Graphics board: InfiniteReality
Integral Ethernet controller: et0, Ebus slot 3
I/O board, Ebus slot 3: IO4 revision 1
VME bus: adapter 13
VME bus: adapter 0 mapped to adapter 13
EPC external interrupts


Code:
IRIS 7# /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
Graphics board 0 is "KONAS" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
Display has 2 channels
4 GEs (of 4), occmask = 0x0f
4MB external BEF ram, 32bit path
1 RM6 board (of 1) 1/0/0/0
Texture Memory: 16MB/-/-/-
Medium pixel depth
32K cmap
Sirius video option detected
(Could not contact X server; thus, no XSGIvc information available)

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500mhz with a v10... whats so + about it? Besides, it would be x86 nowadays.
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do you get to keep it or does it have to go back?
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jan-jaap wrote:
sybrfreq wrote:
Code:
Bank D contains 16 MB SIMMS (Disabled)

Bummer. Tried 'enableall' and/or 'update' from the PROM console?


fixed with reseating.

Also the sirius board (030-0766-004) has been pulled off the DG for the time being as I don't have all the parts for that setup--nor do I know what's involved--nor have I any use for the thing atm.

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toxygen wrote:
Image113.jpg


mmm... that black one is HOT :D
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Why not go with a small and cheap linksys or netgear (or similar) router?
hmmm, I think I like the tezro light fx even more than the octane :twisted:
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Somebody was a very good boy this year :)
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I've got a compaq 251872-001 15k 18g drive in my octane and a second as a spare. Not the quietest drives out there but barely audible over the fan, which I suppose is about the same noise level as a pc. So not too bad.
I thought it was the way vista was supposed to be. IE, without the bugs and crap. Vista will probably go down like ME. I still fail to see a compelling reason to upgrade from XP.
Just grab your dick then point and click.
deBug wrote: The now eight year old XP is still good enough for most people, myself included.
At work were I ran a lot of Virtual machines on the desktop and therefore needed more than 4GB RAM with means I needed a 64 bit OS to handle more RAM.
I installed XP 64Bits and found it to be a great OS!
XP64 is really the forgotten OS but as far as I am concerned, perhaps the best OS MS has made.


sybrfreq wrote: I still fail to see a compelling reason to upgrade from XP.
*I still fail to see a compelling reason to upgrade from XP64.**

I misspoke. My luggable turion laptop has x64 windows on it, and I would agree with you. I know lots of others who share your opinion, even though most don't have > 2gb of ram. If I had an x64 desktop that would run xp64 as well. So I will upgrade from XP, to XP64 when I find a machine I like and have enough savings to buy it. It's probably the best OS for PC (IMO, of course) out there, mainly because it is based on 2003 yet can run most xp apps.
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quake doesn't run properly on vpro systems. quake2 runs on all systems, and quake3 runs best on vpro systems.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
The quantum atlas 10KII in my onyx is by far the loudest part of the system.

It makes a quite pleasurable vvvveeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE when it spins up. Take a dremel tool and put a slightly off-balance bit on and crank that up to full speed. That's what the quantum atlas sounds like.
1. irix version
2. maybe a picture?

;)

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I had the exact same thing happen when I tried my octane with a dell P780. It does work fine on that display's bigger brother, the P990. I think the consensus is that you need a real designed-for-SGI 13w3 to vga adapter and not one made for a sun.
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bplaa.yai wrote: I'm tempted to designate the same suspect; I had very important/weird flickering on my philips 190V TFT, using an unknown origin 13W3/HD15 adapter on the Onyx2. I replaced it by a "pin stripped" sun adapter (the 190V is SOG), and now everything works perfectly. I even use the previous adapter on the second channel of the DG5 with a non SOG TFT without any problem.


I stripped the pins and the same flickering remains. I wouldn't call it a flicker though, more of a flash on / off each second or two. However both the 780 and 990 are CRTs so YMMV.

jsloan wrote:
sybrfreq wrote: I had the exact same thing happen when I tried my octane with a dell P780. It does work fine on that display's bigger brother, the P990. I think the consensus is that you need a real designed-for-SGI 13w3 to vga adapter and not one made for a sun.


Why is this ? Just curious...


Because the sun adapters do not route the separate sync signals (through the smaller pins) properly with a sgi machine. Some SOG monitors are confused when sync is on both the h/v pins (or whatever they pin out to with the wrong adapter) and the green pin, and if you strip out the h/v pins then it can recognize the SOG properly. Other monitors need the separate sync pins properly wired.
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ok, I want one now ;)
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
honestly I want to get the onyx I already have going.

But it looks very impressive.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.