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Derek Andersen

Unless I'm incredibly mistaken (which is possible--I don't actually *own* a new Clié), there should be an option in the launcher's menu that lets you switch to 'standard view'.

Derek Andersen

(I know I've probably mentioned this before in another thread, but...) Rendition Verite V2100 with 4MB of SGRAM. 32-bit color...in 1998. Heh. Not the fastest card around, but decent enough for $100. ( Theoretically , the chipset also supported antialiasing, but I've never seen it implemented...) Der...

Derek Andersen

Ya, I can remember that was around the time I was buying my first "3d accelerator." I was choosing between the g200 and the voodoo banshee. Good thing I waited for the reviews. Banshee all the way after that. Anyone remember those? Pretty good boards besides their short life. Bah. My Rendition Veri...

Derek Andersen

4) having two soundcards in one box will not work. i tried :D You obviously didn't try hard enough. :) I've had two sound cards in one system without problems before, but they were different cards (Aureal Vortex 2 and Ensoniq AudioPCI, I think); I imagine that trying to get two cards of the same ty...

Derek Andersen

KDE isn't terrible -- it's just kind of heavy and buggy and slow. ... Funny, I thought that's what people generally meant when talking about how 'horrible' KDE is. If you're hardcore, use TVTWM. secure, light, fast. Blackbox is a little more featured and FVWM2 is lightweight while being full-featur...

Derek Andersen

Steel wrote:
So does this meat we'll be able to run X apps without installing XFree first?

It looks like they mean OS X server rather than the sort of X server you're talking about, Steel, but I could be wrong. (yay for confusing naming schemes!)

Derek Andersen

Derek Andersen

So this will allow only this IP address to connect to the X Server and no one else? It should, yes. As for your second question: is the 'server' (i.e., the system actually running the X clients and hosting the users' files) on the same network as the rest of the school's computers? If so, it seems ...

Derek Andersen

Simpler than you might think:

xhost +192.168.15.230

Derek Andersen

Derek Andersen

Videolan is very close to what I want but with no easy way to broadcast TV from a tuner. Since Videolan only seems to broadcast MPEG streams, it seems that you would need to have the system with the tuner do MPEG encoding in realtime and feed that to the Videolan server. I'm not sure how difficult ...

Derek Andersen

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I can't believe I actually followed that link.

Was UserFriendly ever funny?

Derek Andersen

Derek Andersen

Um, these are aimed at schools, and schools can buy the $999 version also. Since *you* were talking about schools buying them, it makes sense to include the $999 version also. Why do you think schools can't buy the low end version?? I don't think that. I didn't even say that I thought that. I did, ...

Derek Andersen

I'm curious if anyone here has actually flipped open a laptop and actually taken notes in a lecture style or classroom style environment. I'm sure it's been done countless times. But, I'm wondering if anyone here has actually cracked open the laptop and let their fingers fly, almost silently (loud ...

Derek Andersen

Well, I'm not sure where you're located, but Radio Shack carries (or at least carried) a USB joystick adapter. There are probably a few places online that carry them, too, but I haven't looked.

Derek Andersen

Derek Andersen

Keep in mind that: A) Laptop keyboards suck . Latptop touchpads suck . Eh. I have fairly large hands, but I managed to survive using a laptop as my primary computer for three years. My typing speed is only slightly slower on my current laptop's keyboard than on my desktop's buckling-spring IBM keyb...

Derek Andersen

The entry level eMac is $999 and the entry level iMac is $1399. That is a little more than a $100 difference Sorry, I was looking at the eMacs that you could actually, you know, buy . At any rate, a similarly configured eMac is still only $100 less than an iMac (both models are about $50 cheaper th...

Derek Andersen

Hmm. Well, I think it actually looks better than the current flat-panel iMac or the previous CRT iMacs, but I'm not really sure what the point is; the bottom-end eMac and flat-panel iMac have essentially the same features (except for the obvious difference in displays), but the eMac's only about $10...

Derek Andersen

If you have to have only one computer, I'd say to go with the laptop. It's nice to be able to clear off your desk merely by moving your laptop (in my experience, desks in dorm rooms are usually painfully small, and sticking a 17-19" CRT on them tends to make them nearly useless for anything else...)...

Derek Andersen

That's kind of what I thought. Anybody know of any ways around this or drives that are better suited to this? I'll check the net & see if there is any review or info on multiregioning or freeing the limit. All current DVD drives use RPC-2 (Region Playback Control-2), which is what'd prevent you...

Derek Andersen

I voted yes, but, truthfully, I can't see myself buying any of the three. Most of the things that I've run on a 'handheld' in the past (in this case an NEC MobilePro 700, which should explain the quotes around handheld) have been text-oriented; specifically, telnet/SSH clients, JWPce, and so on. The...

Derek Andersen

Vrock-

The multiplayer patch lets you change the frequency with which weapons break.

Other than that...specialize in psi powers.

Derek Andersen

Derek Andersen

Update- Multiplayer is actually quite fun, except for two things: (two things specific to Freedom Force; lag and such are of course still problems) first, it's rather annoying when the other players leave the game paused for more than a few seconds (is it that hard to mouse over a menu and click?), ...

Derek Andersen

I agree, more or less, though I have to add that multiplayer could be fun. I will point out that it's fun to play around with various powers (area-effect disrupt object with spawn-on-impact 3 is fun); the default characters don't really explore all of the available power types. The one possible grip...

Derek Andersen

Er...Karateka? Bejeweled? Serious Sam?

I'm the only person in my family without a Palm of some sort, so I'm not exactly current with respect to gaming on Palms. Sorry.

Derek Andersen

(...still upset that his MobilePro 700 died...)

Derek Andersen

On 2002-04-01 19:49, IntelMole wrote: Just a quickie this, Ince: Ein. Given the context, though, you probably wanted to do zuerst, zweites and drittes (first, second and third). I think. It's been a long time since I've had to use German. What does it actually mean (full title, I've gathered from t...

Derek Andersen

On 2002-03-28 16:07, 0oALio0 wrote: I've yet to play it. The whole premise seems kinda crappy to me. I mean, who wants to make a virtual family? Keeping my real family happy is challenge enough! I don't know...trapping visitors in fencing and letting them starve to death is fun. Derek Andersen (Wha...

Derek Andersen

On 2002-03-28 12:59, Speed wrote: Where am I insulting people? I have been talking about a particular behavior. Am I less entitled to my opinions than others? If someone decides that the behavior that I describe fits them, and decide to become angry about that, is that my fault? Of course not! One ...

Derek Andersen

I should really just leave this thread alone...I can't believe it's still active. On 2002-03-27 17:07, Speed wrote: I keep seeing this "you can't tell me what to do" bluster. I can only speak for myself, and I can say that I am certainly not telling people what to do! I've stated it several times --...

Derek Andersen

I thought it was a driver issue--or at least that's what I remember it being in Windows 2000. I've never had to physically set a switch for multiple monitor support. Ah hah! A quick check of Microsoft's search engine reveals a list of supported video cards for Windows XP's multiple monitor function:...

Derek Andersen

On 2002-03-17 01:48, Speed wrote: Yeah, a game where everybody loses! /me dons the Nomex skivvies... Not true! If you're playing the game, Apple has already won (your money, anyway)--even if nobody else wins. :smile: Derek Andersen (No, seriously, I'm actually platform-agnostic. Really.)

Derek Andersen

Okay, I lied. I can't stay away. :smile: On 2002-03-17 03:01, TwoFer wrote: Princess Die and Derek Anderson: Oh, I get it now! Damage has influence over your behavior without complaint because he actually has power over you -- while a woman who raises an eyebrow at your behavior is powerless, and th...

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