Comment Missing option - ICMP blocked (Score 1) 558
My ICMP packets are blocked by a corporate firewall, you insensitive clod!
Comment Server toppled by light via Slashdot medium (Score 1) 265
Slashdotted! Mirror here: http://www.spotlynx.com/node/2371
Comment Slashdotted. Mirror here. (Score 3, Informative) 355
Slashdotted due to runaway nuclear reaction. Mirror here: Birth of the Moon: a Runaway Nuclear Reaction?
(Or should that be a runaway Slashdot reaction?)
(Or should that be a runaway Slashdot reaction?)
Comment Used Computers, or OLPC (Score 1) 556
My kids have had computers at their disposal since they were 2. My computers of choice? OLD ONES!!!
Their first computer was a 800MHz cast-off which my office sold off at a cheap price. Perfect kids computer, plays most kids-oriented games, and best of all, I didn't have to worry when they used crayon on the screen or yanked hard on the CD tray or spilled chocolate milk all over it. It's since been "upgraded" to my wife's previous computer.
If this is the first time you've had a very young kid around a computer, then you can't imagine how tough he will be on technology. He may be gentle when you're around, but as a 2-to-4-year-old, he will test his environment and his surroundings (including the percussive durability of his surroundings), often when you're not around to stop him.
If you really really really want to buy new, then you may want to consider the OLPC, currently on a get-one-give-one deal at Amazon: One Laptop per Child XO Laptop (Give a Laptop, Get a Laptop). This is the legendary "durable-for-kids-in-third-world-countries" laptop, and when you buy one for your tyke, you're also buying one to get shipped overseas to a disadvantaged tyke somewhere else in the world. It may serve your needs, and helps out a good cause.
Their first computer was a 800MHz cast-off which my office sold off at a cheap price. Perfect kids computer, plays most kids-oriented games, and best of all, I didn't have to worry when they used crayon on the screen or yanked hard on the CD tray or spilled chocolate milk all over it. It's since been "upgraded" to my wife's previous computer.
If this is the first time you've had a very young kid around a computer, then you can't imagine how tough he will be on technology. He may be gentle when you're around, but as a 2-to-4-year-old, he will test his environment and his surroundings (including the percussive durability of his surroundings), often when you're not around to stop him.
If you really really really want to buy new, then you may want to consider the OLPC, currently on a get-one-give-one deal at Amazon: One Laptop per Child XO Laptop (Give a Laptop, Get a Laptop). This is the legendary "durable-for-kids-in-third-world-countries" laptop, and when you buy one for your tyke, you're also buying one to get shipped overseas to a disadvantaged tyke somewhere else in the world. It may serve your needs, and helps out a good cause.
Comment Site vaporized by plasma (mirror here) (Score 2, Informative) 618
Slashdotted... mirror here: Plasma Plants Will Vaporize Trash While Generating Energy
Submission + - Seagate to drop IDE drives by year's end (arstechnica.com)
ianare writes: Seagate plans to cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year and will focus exclusively on SATA-based products. Seagate is the first major hard drive manufacturer to announce such plans, though others will likely follow suit. That's not to say support for the 21-year-old PATA standard is going to vanish overnight; similar to how ISA slots were available long after most of us had ditched our old ISA peripherals.
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