h3%5kr3w
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Well I would have to admit that how long apple has been the other computer you could buy, they have always stood up to what they believe in, and hell who knows, maybe their stand on their stuff is finally paying off. I wouldnt mind having a mac mini. It's cute.
I just never understood why apple bases everying on glam and glitz first and price second. They could put mac hardware in a standard pc case. It would be way cheaper, and just think about it. How much do you thing the G-series all aluminum tower costs to produce/buy? Hell I would think at least $200 just for them baseline. So I mean they should try to shave off the price for what they can.
Here is an issue though.
The reason why Windows and Linux are so fumbled in one way or another is their broad support and flexibility on systems across the board. As Mac get's more popular, people are going to demand the same type of flexibility sooner or later (even if it is out of mac hardware). So how will Apple handle the issue? It has always had 100% control over everything that goes into Mac's from hardware to software. My issue with apple is that it has always been a monarchy on what THEY want you to have, and being more grown up, I understand their side a lot more, but do not understand how they keep it at bay. They have just recently been giving greenlights for open source, and etc (or more people have been doing open source on it)
But my issue has also always been this:
Mac is a hardware company. OS X is an Apple made custom gui built on top of bsd, which is really unix (no I did NOT say linux, I specified Unix for all you about to start flaming) which is a-kin to linux, and also bsd is freeware, so my question has always been why do people pay for hardware that comes with free software with a pretty gui? I mean dont get me wrong it looks great, and technicly the company basis must work (same goes for the eeepc's success but in the opposite direction.) I mean I am not trying to act like an ass when I say that, I really don't and I think Apple IS a successful company after all these years, but I never understood, after the IBM compatible breakout of the 80's and a platform everyone can agree on building on/for that this company never came around at that time. If they did, hell we could all be using OS X on our amd and intel pc's and probably have left Microsoft in the dust 5 to 10 years ago.
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not a prob. happy to help
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dont own a mac personally, but i have tried the hackintosh route... maybe someday they will hack an iso that works with my system......
I know that since OSX has became more popular, more stuff is coming out for it. Yes it is mucho simpler than windows and linux, but if you think about it, thats the beauty and the beast about osx. you can only (supposed to) run it on mac hardware. How many different specs are there for the average later model mac? so everything that you use on it is spec. built for those types of systems, so yes you are going to get a hell of a lot more stability and speed running stuff on a mac, but on the down side, is either A. you spend a boatload of money on a mac, or B. you go southbound with a hacked ver. of osx.
Linux will get there someday. It's gaining popularity by the day, and even though most people it's a touch and go relationship with it (myself included) it is gaining alot of ground, but until they drop the whole command line before gui factor, your never going to see it get as popular or well rounded as mac osx and windows. Real reason for this is because A. it's a pain in the ass to install something that is not from the repositories, and B. because your always going without either this convenience factor or another. but also because everyone wants to jam pack everything you can stand into a distro these days.
You come out with a distro that has mucho support for wifi cards, with a downloadable repository of drivers upon install, and just have the basics and good standard programs (ala. open office, etc) and that's it, then your going to see alot of people jump on the bandwagon.
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yah, everytime i forget the camera. i did take a pic or 2 on my phone, lemme see if I can get them off it
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yah true, but I just wanted it to be what people primarily use. besides, 99% would be dual booting linux
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nope. all networking or NOT listening to others about this chick is hot, some dude in class that has his dick peirced in 5 places, another dude talking about jacking off, and another talking about shaving his asscrack (and you think I am joking, I can record audio next class and post!)
Mighty F*(ked up people these days....
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G.G. on what you are doing, even though everyone else thinks it's b.s. I downloaded your distro (the first beta). Not so bad I guess. Why not make something positive of this topic people?! I mean cmon, I dont know shit about making my own distro. Dont really want to.
Hey here's an Idea:
If you can put in some real working drivers for ath5007x wifi card, I'll download that sucker supa fast! (not to mention you would be doing what Ubuntu/Canonical has YET to do.)
btw, anybody tried one of the daily builds for jaunty yet? It wont boot past the first console screen on either of 3 computers (mixed amd and intel respectively) and I even re-downloaded the iso to make sure it wasnt a bad download (also even tried it in Virtual Box)
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Sauerbraten... Yep. That's it.. Sure it's cube2, but hey it's my fav.
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Id pay for one!!!! PM me if you have any left!
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If it aint broke, don't fix it. ;)
Cannot argue with that.
Sometimes upgrading your drivers (especially if it's for something relatively old) may slow down or degrade stability.
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umm.. what about winamp remote? comes standard w/ winamp these days, is a snap to setup and it works pretty good.
there are a bunch more out there though. There is one (cant remember right now tomorrow ill post the link) but you can stream in any format so you can even say.. watch it on your cell phone!
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Me likez teh garbage
U got anything trash, throw it my way! ;P
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Bumped 4 top topic (read top topic for newest info on the sweden pirate bay deal)
Yah, I know I just posted to bump it back up, but no-one needs forget this.
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Steve Ballmer, Linus Torvalds, or Steve Jobs? (i.e. what os you usin?)
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Welcome to hell :P lol
The 2^16th Level might I add :)
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YIKEZ!!!!
Kids, just remember, watch your A$$ around neodynium (err.. is that how you spell it?) magnets
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so far it has been just me learning as well. The people I have class with are *not all of them and it's only 1/2 the time* aggrivating and random with their thoughts, and they always talk about b.s. and the teacher get's caught up in the chatter and basicly we end up with a full class period talking about some girl or something someone did. So, when this happens, I just put on my headphones, listen to some random rock/industrial off last.fm and start tinkering and learning by myself.. pretty sad really. If I knew this was going to happen I would have just got a personal tutor and taught myself, but the degree sure is good to have at the same time.
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Networking isn't hard their is just a lot to remember and it's confusing in parts. Oh and sub netting sucks balls! lol you can do my 2^n math homework. XD
HAHAHA! Took me 3 weeks to get subnetting down.
It's easier (WAY EASIER!) when someone can explain it in terms you can understand.
Everyone has their method, and this is mine:
Network address x.x.x.x (an example 192.168.0.0)
let's say you need a subnet for 40 computers
2^n - 2 = x will give you as close to 40 usable addresses as needed.
<btw 4 anybody who does not know ^ = the power of so 2^4 for ex. would be 2 to the power of 4>
remember it's in 2's!
so it can only be (starting with ^1) 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096.
If you need over 4096, then get a calc, or just keep multiplying by 2.
2^1=2-2=0 XXX
2^2=4-2=2 (best for router to router)
2^3=8-2=6
2^4=16-2=14
2^5=32-2=30
2^6=64-2=62 This is the formula that gives us at least 40 usable ip addresses.
Take the 6 (since it is 2^6) and subtract from 32
32-6 = 26 <-this number tells us how many bits we have for the subnet.
think if it from here as a table.
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|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1| . |1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1| . |1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1| . |1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0 < starting from the left you put how ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------many bits (1's) we get from the
equation.
Ea. group of 8 bits forms the # (or octet) 255 starting from left to right,
so from this we know we have:
255.255.255.x <- with x being what we have left to calculate for the subnet address.
now we need to convert those two bits into the end of the subnet. So let's but it up against what ea. # means.
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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|128 | 64 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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x x
now lets add what we have
128+64=192
Our full subnet mask = 255.255.255.192
To find the Broadcast address, since we got 64 total addresses (with 62 usable),simply use this formula
192.168.0.x
x = x + 64 - 1 (because we count from 0, NOT 1!!!)
x = 0 + 64 - 1 = 63
so our broadcast address is 192.168.0.63
Since the broadcast address is the LAST address that is in the network (ALWAYS THE LAST ADDRESS) we can conclude that the last usable address in the network is:
192.168.0.62 (the first address is ALWAYS the Network Address and is not usable. Just forget about it)
To finalize our subnet here is what we have:
Network address - 192.168.0.0
First Usable address - 192.168.0.1
Last Usable address - 192.168.0.62
Broadcast address - 192.168.0.63
And remember kids! the number of ea. octet only goes to 255, so if say you need over 255 ip addresses you simply increment ea. 255 addresses as +1 to the next octet (2nd from right in this ex.)
i.e. 192.168.0.200 + 64 total addresses = 192.168.1.9 = broadcast address.
Damn when will I get paid for these lessons? j/k
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ALSO! try these little known commands in recovery console, as this has got my a$$ out of binds a few times w/ corrupted partitions and boot files:
c: cd..
c: ATTRIB -H C:\\boot.ini
c: ATTRIB -S C:\\boot.ini
c: ATTRIB -R C:\\boot.ini
c: del boot.ini
c: BOOTCFG /Rebuild
c: CHKDSK /R /F
C: FIXBOOT
you can read the whole thing at: http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp
Might I also add that this is the ONLY fix that I have valued so much, I actually have 2 print outs of it. 1 in my car, and 1 by my pc.
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have you tried ubcd? it has a whole suite of stuff on it for things like this: ultimatebootcd.com
weighs in @ 115mb for the iso, and surely it turns out smaller once you put it through unetbootin.
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I appreciate your knowledge (and anymore I can get is better!) I'm doing pretty well with my studies so far. I'm only in CCNA2 at this point, so of course I wont get into switching and v-lans, etc till I think part 3? I heard about the gui, and checked out some screen shots of it. Looks pretty sweet, but I know they have not encorporated it into the curriculum yet.
I have read in a lot of places where you can use po-dunk routers for alot of it, just to buy 1 up to date router and 1 up to date switch for the advanced stuff, but would this be too good to be true?
As far as IOS, all I can tell you is if it's out there at the moment, then I have it. That's all I'm gonna say about that (as forest gump would say)
On ciscokits.com, they give a listing as to what you need for doing all the labs as per a chart, (seen here) with specs per router for IPv6, SDM, and max IOS ver. and summaries of switch features (which is awesome to me).
I'm just itching to buy a router so I can tinker :D
Also one other thing, if I did go buy a 2501 Maxed out for IPv6 (16mb flash, 16mb ram), is it possible to buy the db60 to smart serial cable without the db60 end being a dte? reason being is because I cant seem to find one that uses the db60 end for the dce, and I know I could just buy a db60 wic card for cheap but it would just seem ass backwards to me (this is if I bought a 2501 and a 2510 or higher with smart serial)
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thnxu evry1 for your help, I knew I could get help from here :D
Now I just have to figure out how much change I want to shave off my wallet.
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Awesome Igniter! Thank you very much. I have been looking for something like this. I found one thing, but it was some old hacked up abandonware app that was pretty much useless.
However I definitely do want to still have a physical router, because as I work more toward my ccie, I want to be able to start scaling and routing with advanced features with multiple networks (sooner or later leading to a rack system).
here is what I would like to buy: 2610
I would really love to buy an 1841, but I know that would'nt be feasable for me until I actually get a job in the IT field making @ least $14 an hour (got bills to pay man..)
I also found smart switches for UBER cheap but not sure if I really need one yet or not.
The 2621's I looked @ and it's pretty much what I want, but it's hard to find one for under $90. I know that is silly to think about when it comes to these but I am basicly balling with no budget hardly at all.
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damn dude.. they need you on their pr team!
Windows, Linux, Or Mac? (NO FLAMEZ PLZ!)
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I agree a whole lot with VaKo, and to some extent with nullArray, but I will say this. Windows is great for people who know how to use it. It's that simple. nullArray, you talked about all the people who frustrate you with their windows problems, let me break these issues down to you: They are all stupid!
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(this is from too much myspace/porn/b.s. apps/1000 programs running in the task bar)
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(this is just from shitty hardware and that is that. My laptop is nowhere need 1337 speed, and my fan hardly ever spins up to loud speeds.. also I knocked all the shovelware off of it when I first got it and now it runs 7 fulltime with no issues)
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(more of the same. Ignorance and cheap ass hardware they paid too much for. it takes forever to connect because it's a crappy ass wifi card, and probably as much software based as possible, and from too much software running in the background)
(same thing. Charge your battery...)
And it's all because they 'think' they know about windows. These people have NO idea what kind of potential a computer of ANY type has. They just think it as you said 'runs myspace good' and they probably think that the faster the computer, the faster the internet connection is.
With that said, I will say this: Windows 7 is a force to be reckoned with. It runs smooth as smooth can be. *I do not personally prefer people to do this but* I have been running Windows 7 on my laptop as the only O.S. No dual boot or anything. I have Virtual Box on it, and I have all my Windows Server homework, and labs on it. It has not given me any issue.
The thing about apple, and as you said nullArray is this: Apple is a system that anyone can use, and it's usable to the point that you don't have to think to use it. This is why so many people want an apple. Because they can get on myspace and of course the are not going to get malware/spyware/and viruses. They can try to screw it up all they want but it's a rare chance that they will because the interface is designed that way.
If people would have half a brain to think about that download, or that website, or that email attatchment, then they would not have these problems. Hell I used *get this* Windows ME for a gaming server before, and had NO ISSUES whatsoever with it, because I'm not dumb. I know where to go, what to get, what to and not to look at and what safeguards to use. With that being said, you all wonder what makes it so easy to bruteforce a wifi connection, or usb ophcrack a windows pc, but it's the idiotic people who want to buy shit they dont know how to use! Think about it.
A teenager wants a car, but they don't have their license yet. They have drove a few times, and that's sufficient for just driving the car, but they would freak out and loose their heads if they were in a problem with a flat tire. I balance and rotate my tires @ the proper intervals, and I dont go down roads that are all messed up, so my tires are properly worn and in great shape. I have seen people screw up tires in months from misuse, misalignment, etc. And there's a difference between wanting to know what to do and not giving a shit what to do on anything. You see it all around you everyday, the people who could care less about how they do things, they just dont want to think about it. And they always get screwed in a situation for one reason or another, and it's always poor me cause they cant think for themselves. We can all think for ourselves. We can learn about things on our own. We dont need to see the situation to find the proper solution, and/or think of a way we can avoid having the issue in the first place. And as Apple get's popular, it will get worse. Thank GOD linux isnt the main O.S. or else the world would cower at other's stupidity. "what was that? you thought if you deleted the xorg.conf file, then the icons would get smaller?"
blah. I have rested my case.