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The current view at my office......
The hardware pictured is indeed very nice, but how about a photo of the entire shop? :D

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Something to move your soles to ;)

http://homepages.uc.edu/~wintermj/Chicken-Payback.mp3

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hamei wrote:

Sorry friend the link is bad (authentication needed maybe?)

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For the record, I went back to the dealer in the middle of December with the agreed-upon cash in hand, and the car was sold a few days previously.

For the best, really.

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I don't really back anything up anymore. I stopped caring a couple years ago (when I started saving photos to facebook, have now switched to flickr...) Sure I have time machine running, to prevent "oops" moments but I don't see the need to keep photos etc copied in triplicate on different continents and in space. If I loose my music collection, I can always download it again. Shakira and Frank Zappa aren't going to magically disappear from itunes (or piratebay or the library or the bookstore etc) the instant my hard disk is zapped by lightning.

My Aperture library is about 70gb, maybe 1/5 of it is stored privately on flickr as a backup. The rest of it is stuff that I don't feel need to backup because it's crap, but I don't have the balls to delete straightaway :oops:

I also have a disk full of operating system images and software that is either expensive to replace (i.e. I acquired it cheaply as a student or use it daily as a tool) or is simply not available anymore (i.e. some Irix software etc).

Bottom line, if it's something I've created and worth sharing, I've shared it already. If I haven't shared it online or elsewhere, does it really need to be backed up? It's useless to backup if somebody else created it as I can always download it again. Either I have a proof of purchase for the data and can download it again, or I pirated it in the first place.


Ignore this advice obviously if the backup is for business purposes 8-) How long do tax records need to be stored? 7-10 years?

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Still not working for me :( (the earlier link, I mean)

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They don't do no good
They never be workin’ when they oughta should
They waste your time
They're wastin’ mine
California’s got the most of them
Boy, they got a host of them
Swear to god they got the most at every business on the coast
Swear to god they got the most at every business on the coast
They got the flakes

Flakes, flakes
They can't fix your brakes
You ask ‘em, “Where’s my motor?”
”Well, it was eaten by snakes”
You can stab ‘n’ shoot ‘n’ spit but they won’t be fixin’ it
They're lyin’ an lazy
They can be drivin’ you crazy
Swear to god they got the most at every business on the coast
Swear to god they got the most at every business on the coast
Take it away, bob

I asked as nice as I could if my job would somehow be finished by Friday
Well, the whole damn weekend came n went, Frankie
(Wanna buy some mandies, bob?)
You know what?
They didn't do nothin’ but they charged me double for Sunday
Now, you know, no matter what you do, they gonna cheat and rob you
And then they'll give you a bill that’ll get your senses reelin’
And if you do not pay, they got computer collectors that’ll get you so crazy ‘til your head’ll go through the ceilin’
Yes, it will

I’m a moron and this is my wife
She’s frosting a cake with a paper knife
All what we got here’s American made
It’s a little bit cheesy but it's nicely displayed
Well, we don't get excited when it crumbles and breaks
We just get on the phone and call up some flakes
They rush on over and wreck it some more
And we are so dumb, they're linin’ up at our door
Well, our toilet went crazy yesterday afternoon
The plumber he says, “Never flush a tampon”
This great information cost me half a weeks pay and the toilet blew up later on the next day

We are millions and millions, were coming to get ya
Were protected by unions so don't let it upset you
Can’t escape the conclusion, it’s probably gods will that civilization will grind to a standstill
And we are the people who will make it all happen
While your children is sleepin’, your puppy is crappin’
You might call us flakes or something else you might coin us
We know you're so greedy that you'll probably join us
Were coming to get ya, were coming to get ya
Were coming to get ya, were coming to get ya
Were coming to get ya, were coming to get ya
Were coming to get ya, were coming to get ya

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hamei wrote:
He threw my best sharkskin suit out, right in a pile of dog waste :(
It's good to know that this story doesn't change every time you tell it. I'm starting to believe...


hamei wrote:
Frank was a bit of a fascist, you know. Not as bad as most Ohio Republicans but still ... are you going to live in hey ho way to go, Ohio ?
For now I already am :) The people here are Infinitesimally more friendly then they are in my hometown of Ottawa CA (where everybody is rude and in a hurry with their over-inflated sense of self-worth etc. Can't get a bag of milk from the shops without being run over by some yuppie and her shopping cart. Toronto is just as bad if not worse. The real canucks say life is better out west, but I'm not much of a farmhand or oil tycoon so there wouldn't be much for me to do) Living in Baarn was nice (Netherlands) and I have most family still in those parts mainly Amsterdam. But I'm here now, and not there, so unless I can arrange for employment before moving to the old world I'm staying put ;)

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Oh wait ... stoopid me :oops: It's the old - _ thing. I should learn to not use dashes in filenames. :oops:

Should be fixed (once again)

If I was smart I would have just looked in the parent directory :D

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The only real complaint I have with the USA is the food. Ugh. Half of it is processed crap and the "fresh produce" is so genetically-modified, chemically-laden, and whatever else, that it doesn't really taste like anything at all. For $30 a plate you can get something from GFS microwaved by somebody else with a funny hat and smothered with sauces and served in a noisy restaurant..

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It's alright, it's alright, 'cause the system never fails
The good guys are in power and the bad guys are in jail
It's alright, it's alright, just as long as we can vote
We live in democracy and that's what we promote

It's alright, it's alright, if the news says half the truth
Hearing what we want's the secret of eternal youth
It's alright, it's alright, if the planet splits in three
'Cause I'll keep on selling records and you've got your MTV

If we forget about 'em, don't worry
If they forget about us, then hurry
How about the people who don't matter anymore?
In East Timor

It's alright, it's alright, they don't show it all on TV
So we won't really know it just by watching *BC

It's alright, it's alright, for our flag we die or kill
As long as we don't know it- we do it just to pay the bills

Let's keep tanning while it's sunny
They'll risk our hides to make their money
Now don't you find that funny?

If we forget about 'em, don't worry
If they forget about us, then hurry
How about those people who don't matter anymore?
In East Timor, Timor, Timor

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Some of the stuff I get to play with. Nothing you would want to eat off of but I wouldn't call it a total mess. Just the Real World (tm)

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I had an indigo2 that could crash like that. We suspected faulty memory and even exchanged the motherboard but it was actually the processor cache and replacing the PIMM fixed it. But it was one very specific maya command that would make it crash, not "a couple of big applications".

Do fuels still have IDE tests ? Older machines use that to test the memory, cpu, etc, more extensively than POST.. Not super reliable but better than nothing.

Test the system (actually boot into irix and run photoshop etc or whatever is making it crash) with one dimm set at a time. You might just have to run with reduced memory until you can order new.

Note that I'm not a fuel expert and have never seen one in real life...

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To answer (1), InfiniteReality. InfiniteReality is InfiniteReality. InfinitePerformance is Octane2 graphics in an onyx box called a V-brick.

IP: "this product provides an economical advanced visualization solution for polygon-intensive applications."

IR: "The ultimate solution for the most challenging demands"

http://www.sgi.com/pdfs/3468.pdf 8-)

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2) For IP, how many pipes/nodes could be linked together to create a single system? Is it as expandable as the IR graphics?

Depends on the size of the system :P 2-way O300 vs. 128 way O3000 etc..
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3) For IP, does having multiple pipes/nodes linked together allow for a faster graphics system, or does it only allow more monitors, but the same as a single pipe (like a stand alone V12).
You can combine IIRC up to 4 IP pipes (2 vbricks, 2 pipes per brick) with a special compositor box. Recondas has/had one.

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4) Is it possible to use any of the Origin 3xxx based systems and add in graphics? (either IR, or IP)
for the most part, yes.
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5) Is it possible for a system - like an Octane, Fuel, Tezro - to connect to an IR or IP pipe and use that instead of the built in graphics?
No.
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6) I know that the IR is capable of 8x antialiasing, but is that feature only enabled if the software is calling for it? I.E. in Maya, there is no way to force the graphics system to antialias the viewport, but would an IR system draw the graphics with antialiasing by default?
IME most applications that support it will do it automatically but I would have to fire up Maya and check it out for myself.

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Thank you muchly porter, for all your work. It warms the heart to see new developments for Irix :)



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We need a dinosaur smiley...
:!:

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http://shop.cyberdog.net/invader-wall-light/p1830

a small horde of these would do nicely ;)

and I'd trust cyberdog a million times over apple/philly when it comes to novelty lighting.

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Is it the 1st of April already? :shock:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefoxos/

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astouffer wrote:
My V6 does 1280x1024x60Hz just fine.

Mine runs at 59Hz... or at least it used to run at 59Hz as it now runs headless .
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mjw@DavidVilla ~$ /usr/gfx/gfxinfo
Graphics board 0 is "ODYSSEY" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
BUZZ version A.1
PB&J version 1
32MB memory
Banks: 2, CAS latency: 3
Monitor 0 type: Unknown
Channel 0:
Origin = (0,0)
Video Output: 1280 pixels, 1024 lines, 59.00Hz (1280x1024_59)

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3dchris wrote:
I guess the real question is this: If I want the most powerful graphics performance in a single rack system (think of it like the ultimate SGI workstation) to run off the shelf software - Maya, Alias, etc...

A wintel box such as mac pro or hp z800 :oops:

Time to decide whether you want super speed or a cool vintage silicongraphics workstation... And if you will be running it for significant amounts of time (40hours a week etc) I would lean strongly to the former. I've had to pay ontario hydro bills with sgi's before, it was not a pleasant surprise :shock:


Oh hell just get an onyx (1/2/3/4) IR and be happy :twisted: :mrgreen:

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hammie hit the nail on the head...

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Oh, don't get me wrong, they're fine people and good americans; but they don't know what the queers are doing to the soil.

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It's terrible: you can't build on it, you can't grow anything in it! The government says it's due to poor farming; but I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens, building landing strips for gay martians!

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Wooow that is an amazing shot, I would love to go on a trip like that some day. The closest I've been is either the zoo, where they race them right in front of you, or watching Duma .

The cheetah is my favourite... cat... animal... everything :) I have already set this as my wallpaper; have you considered selling prints ?

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I dunno, I like my iphone (zee 4s model, herr docktor), but I only use it as a phone, email, sms, music player, and some games... As an attempt to save face, I keep it in a rubberized case so nobody can actually tell what kind of phone it is. My father-in-law has a samsung and even the on-screen software looks very similar. So I don't see what makes it "fashionably" much different from other touchy-feely phones.

That being said, the iphone has this huuuuuuuge installed base of ipod "accessories" (car, hi-fi, clothes, wireless headphones, shoes , ant or zigbee transceivers, armbands and docks and boomboxes and etc) that people like me don't really want to get rid of.

But apple dumped all that anyways when they switched to the new plug so "meh". I would say I'd be happy to dump the iphone but after seeing my wife's HTC droid, a co-worker's Huawei droid, etc... I'm not so sure. The bundled PC software is crap.

So the one thing I can conclude for sure is that all this frothing-at-the-mouth rabidness to dump on a telephone handset is wasted energy. The average joe schmo like me who just wants to call his wife boss and family, and get sms messages, doesn't care about all that crap you go on about (fashion and stock market (de)valuations). Pretty much ALL cell phones here are subject to carrier lock-in so that is a non-issue. The same way it was over 10 years ago when I got my first cell phone.

Thankfully people are starting to realize this fact http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/26 ... le_status/

Samsung brought in a marketing bigwig from nike last year and rumors are speculating about making their hardware play nicely with only their other hardware, in addition to their own software and buttoned-up app store. Sounds familiar?

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hamei wrote:
is there a market for such things in the US ?

I hear many roflcopters flying overhead :lol:

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I can think of two ways to remove a Dallas from an IO4: you put the entire board in a reflow oven *or* simply cut all the legs of the component and then use a precision drill and/or desoldering equipment to remove the remains.
If you zip all of the legs off of the chip, why can't you just desolder the pins one at a time and clean up the holes with a wick? That's what I would do... Or is that what you were implying with "precision drill and/or desoldering equipment" :D

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So kshuff gets to throw out his HP digital oscilloscope because a $2 chip died.
in fairness, not too many people keep a 54000 series o-scope around. People are much more impressed when you are able to replace the battery in their ipod in exchange for beer and pizza money :roll:

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Make sure to only look at ebay listings that actually sold when checking prices... If a listing ends with no buyer, then it doesn't count!

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I could give it a good home and could potentially host it for others, but I have no use for it myself.

Really cool box.
Google: Don't Be Evil. Apple: Don't Be Greedy. Microsoft: Don't Be Stupid.
I will bake a cake. Carrot Cake !


And you can bake one too!

3 CUPS FLOUR
2 CUPS WHITE SUGAR
2 TSP BAKING SODA
2 TSP BAKING POWDER
1 TSP SALT
1 TSP CINNAMON

4 LARGE EGGS, BEATEN LIGHTLY
1 CUP APPLE SAUCE
1/2 CUP VEGETABLE OIL
1 TSP VANILLA
3 CUPS GRATED CARROT
1 CUP CHOPPED WALNUTS
1 CUP DRAINED CRUSHED PINEAPPLE
25 MARASCHINO CHERRIES, CUT UP

Bake for 1 1/4 hours in 350*F oven using a greased and floured pan
Let cool 15 min before removing from the pan
Cool completely before icing

Frosting
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 lb icing sugar (4 cups)
1/2/ cup butter
4 tsp vanilla
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
I saw this and thought of you hamei

http://www.anorak.co.uk/347702/money/is ... orld.html/

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some Challenge shorts :D

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Something that can be done with arduino in two or three evenings. The amount of hoops that you would need to jump through to make it work on an iphone (to do anything casually/hobby-related on an iphone) make it not worth it. i.e. apple developer membership etc. If you want to use the dock connector you have to get a t-cable for debugging. etc. No idea how it all works with lightning.

And who's gunna turn off the lights when you're yaking away on the phone? On the other side of the world with no wifi ?

However I muchly prefer visiting the microsoft store vs. the apple store on the other side of the mall. They have x-boxes :D

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Welll.... an unloaded motor is almost purely inductive... but the electricity company sells power in watts and not VAs. So it's up to them to take care of the PFC and a cheesy $3 plug-in capacitor isn't going to save you anything.

They don't show a power meter anywhere because that thing isn't going to save any power. Only voltage and current...

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vishnu wrote:
I don't get why they're targeting this device to home users, who aren't charged for that load. Or, at least they're not here in the US....

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=snake+oil


At least buy into something that claims to improve something interesting: http://www.quantummansite.com/catalog/tigertail.php

Who knows, the placebo effect might be enough :)

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My sister has a wii machine which says I'm 19... I don't think it's very accurate :?

recondas wrote:
Seems like we've been there, done this once already (the last time you were bored?) :D

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16718144
I'm in a different bracket since then :oops: Maybe I should state I come from the far-away fantasy land of 1988 and be done with it.

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Titox wrote:
Ok, thanks.I was looking only the Octane wiki page.

Then there is no way of knowing if it's a dual cpu system or not outside hinv.

You can open the machine to see the processor(s) and their heat sink.

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The only way to tell would be if the CPU has been upgraded and the CPU part number sticker has been affixed in the proper spot on the name plate. Still, there is no way to say if the CPU has been upgraded or downgraded since then.

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"Press ESC to stop for maintenance" :?

Enter command monitor and type in commands to change settings. Start with ? or help.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
You will want to use fx... If you need to change the boot device it needs to be run from the irix CD.

It is detailed here http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/6.5inst.html
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
When I joined I was under 20 and very quickly had :Octane: :Octane: :Octane: :O2: :O2: :Indigo2IMP:

Back in the good old days, I was stupid back then. Still is :D

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If you can't bring up the system in single-user mode or with an irix CD, mount the disk in another machine to root it.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
The forum rules apply to pirating commercial software. It has nothing to do with the user of the equipment being commercial/non-profit/one person/martians/whatever- We don't discriminate :mrgreen:

You should try to reset the root password like this http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=285642
As you boot your system, press ESC when you first see the
dialogue box that says something like 'Hit ESC for maintenance menu'.

Choose to install system software and insert your CD into
in the CDROM drive. Once the installer loads, go to the
admin menu (by typing admin) and open up a root shell (by typing shroot). Now vi the file /root/etc/passwd and delete the password field for root (the password field is the second one, with all the random-looking characters in it).

Now exit without installing or removing anything and upon
reboot you should have an unprotected root account.

This will be held up if you have a PROM password that you
do not know. If this is the case, I'm not sure how to get
around it (it used to be jumper settings on older machines
but I think SGI changed that).


I've never had to do it myself, but I understand that is the general procedure. Once you can access the root account, you can do whatever you want to the system. But first, you should make a backup of the disk ;)


added: from that same website-
nevermind, I fixed it... turns out the root password was blank.
If you can boot in single user mode (by typing "single" from the command monitor) you will also have access to the system that way.
You eat Cadillacs; Lincolns too... Mercurys and Subarus.
They hold on the side panel. To remove a hard disk, just pull it out. The hard disks lock in place when the panel release is locked (down). If you work the panel release lever with the panel off, you'll figure it out pretty quickly ;)

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