On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 09:53, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:14:00 +0930 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Instead of saying, 'You can't pass this
> > software on. You must buy it from the source,' it says, 'You can't
> > buy this software from the source. If you pass i
On 0, "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:14:00 +0930 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Instead of saying, 'You can't pass this
> > software on. You must buy it from the source,' it says, 'You can't
> > buy this software from the source. If you pass
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:14:00 +0930 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Instead of saying, 'You can't pass this
> software on. You must buy it from the source,' it says, 'You can't
> buy this software from the source. If you pass it on, you must make
> sure that the next person has the same rig
On 0, Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >The issue is not the modification of the hardware, per se, but rather
> >the data that can then be pirated after the modification is made.
> >Therefore, the one alternative is to limit piracy. In order to do that,
> >strict policing of
>
>
>The issue is not the modification of the hardware, per se, but rather
>the data that can then be pirated after the modification is made.
>Therefore, the one alternative is to limit piracy. In order to do that,
>strict policing of data streams is necessary.
>
>
This is a logic conclusion onl
On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:22:46 -0700
"Josh Rehman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Klaus wrote:
> > That should be interesting!
> > If that thing ever gets put together and M$ thinks it is illegal I
> would
> > love to see a court battle over that in an european court. Who in
> > the hell are those pe
Klaus wrote:
> That should be interesting!
> If that thing ever gets put together and M$ thinks it is illegal I
would
> love to see a court battle over that in an european court. Who in the
> hell are those people that think they can tell me I can't construct a
> marslander out of a ford taurus? O
On 0, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also sprach Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.2330 +0200]:
> > Yes, it is, but that doesn't make it any less of a reality. As for who
> > these people are, I believe the term is "politician".
>
> Why the fuck are we accepting thi
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 06:23:01AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> Pure crap. Let me give you an example: You haven't paid property tax for
> a while. Then your property can be taken away from you. Which means it
> was never yours. You just had a licence to say it was yours. As soon as
> you
>You had a choice. You could have simply not bought that house. I
>wouldn't have.
Not that easy down here in Orange County area. Our development is the one
of the oldest developments in Rancho Santa Margarita and it has an
association. There is only one development here that doesn't and it is v
deFreese, Barry wrote:
> I didn't "agree" to shit, try finding a house out here in California that
> doesn't have an association.
You had a choice. You could have simply not bought that house. I
wouldn't have.
As for finding houses without housing associations, it's not at all
difficult. You ju
Edward Guldemond wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 06:23:01AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>
>
>>By the way, I like the idea of the duel. That would really be great,
>>if they want to fight, let them do it themselves and stop messing the
>>lives of others (who will not make any money from the
>The "Housing Associations" he is talking about are private associations of
>homeowners. He agreed to abide by their rules when he bought his house.
>--
>John Hasler
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
>Dancing Horse Hill
>Elmwood, WI
I didn't "agree" to shit, try finding a house out here in Calif
On 4 Oct 2002, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Gov't bureaucrats can't just walk over to the County Records Office and
> rip up your deed. The gov't must have a very good reason to do so, and
> it takes a long time, and there are many hearings, appeals, etc.
Up here in Ontario, Canada at least, it's not r
also sprach Keith Willoughby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.04.1432 +0200]:
> > No such luck. The Swiss signed on to the EU recently.
>
> You're not thinking of their joining the United Nations, are you?
Yes. See my other message.
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also sprach ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.04.1311 +0200]:
> have you checked out xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/articles.php? there's also
> www.xboxhacker.net
Yes, thanks, they are on our resources list.
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Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:18:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > It's in Switzerland where the DMCA (luckily) doesn't apply.
> >
> > You might even be lucky enough to evade the EUCD, then, which is not
> > that far off ...
>
> No such luck. The Swi
On Friday 04 October 2002 02:49 am, martin f krafft wrote:
> With this thread, I am trying to achieve two things:
>
> - create a strategy to create one such cluster, or find technical
> arguments against a cluster built on XBoxes.
>
> - show Hanspeter what an excellent mailing list debian-
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 06:39:19AM -0400, Edward Guldemond wrote:
> (Disclaimer: I am an American. Maybe Mr. Rodriguez is as well, and if
> so, then that's fine. I'm just venting after listening to Gerhard
> Schroeder of Germany and after reading some of his campaign material.)
Please take thi
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 06:23:01AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> By the way, I like the idea of the duel. That would really be great,
> if they want to fight, let them do it themselves and stop messing the
> lives of others (who will not make any money from the oil anyway!)
>
(Disclaimer:
Pure crap. Let me give you an example: You haven't paid property tax for
a while. Then your property can be taken away from you. Which means it
was never yours. You just had a licence to say it was yours. As soon as
you stopped paying the yearly fee for the license, the truth came out.
So, let
With this thread, I am trying to achieve two things:
- create a strategy to create one such cluster, or find technical
arguments against a cluster built on XBoxes.
- show Hanspeter what an excellent mailing list debian-user is.
As it stands, two days after the original post, we have abo
also sprach Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.04.0006 +0200]:
> Unfortunately, I think that MS could make a justifiable claim that
> they are losing money. X-Boxen are sold below cost for maximum
> market pentration.
That *should* be illegal.
Anyway, I ain't fighting M$ with the law a
also sprach Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.2330 +0200]:
> Yes, it is, but that doesn't make it any less of a reality. As for who
> these people are, I believe the term is "politician".
Why the fuck are we accepting this? The next person to say "democracy"
will get my foot up th
also sprach Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1952 +0200]:
> I'm curious, do you know of any standard benchmark reports of Linux
> on XBox such as LAPACK [1], kernel compilation, etc. Have you done
> any yourself?
Not yet.
> What system bus and what type of RAM does an XBox use?
I think it's
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 21:56, Vector wrote:
> > Tom writes:
>[snip]
> property ownership in the US has become, at best, a joke. Even if you do
> have it paid off, they city in which you live can come and take it from you
> because you aren't "conforming" to their beautification ordinances or other
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On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:06 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:02, ben wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:31 am, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> > > On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
>
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Subject: Re: OT: mass installation on XBox
On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 07:
>"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry
>into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It
>both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of
>war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and
> Tom writes:
> > Man, and you guys call this the land of freedom?
>
> The "Housing Associations" he is talking about are private associations of
> homeowners. He agreed to abide by their rules when he bought his house.
> --
yeah, well...it used to be the land of freedom. It's still closer to
f
Tom writes:
> Man, and you guys call this the land of freedom?
The "Housing Associations" he is talking about are private associations of
homeowners. He agreed to abide by their rules when he bought his house.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
--
T
On 0, "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >That should be interesting!
> >If that thing ever gets put together and M$ thinks it is illegal I would
> >love to see a court battle over that in an european court. Who in the
> >hell are those people that think they can tell me I can't cons
On 0, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> It isn't illegal to play records backwards.
> Then, am I going against the law if I rewire my record player to turn
> the record the other way?
No, but you're probably breaking your needle ;-)
Tom
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Information Technology Serv
On 0, Klaus Imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 17:06:04 -0500
> Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> > Unfortunately, I think that MS could make a justifiable claim that
> > they are losing money. X-Boxen are sold below cost for maximum market
> > pentration.
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:39:53PM -0700, ben wrote:
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:46 pm, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> > I'm not sure they do. From Chapter III Article 6 (brief snippets, see
> >
> > article for complete version):
> > | 1. Member States shall provide adequate legal protection again
On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:46 pm, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:02:25 -0700 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > surely, m(acro)$ would have to show that martin's manipulation of the
> > xbox caused them real financial loss in order to prove a violation of
> > patents or copyrig
On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:06 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:02, ben wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:31 am, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> > > On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Not quite. As I understand it, the X
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:02:25 -0700 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> surely, m(acro)$ would have to show that martin's manipulation of the
> xbox caused them real financial loss in order to prove a violation of
> patents or copyrights.
That's the catch though. From what I've seen of the DMCA and
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 17:06:04 -0500
Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:02, ben wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:31 am, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> > > On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Not quite. As I un
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:02, ben wrote:
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:31 am, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> > On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Not quite. As I understand it, the XBox has hardware to restrict the
> > execution of code to that signed and aut
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:01:48PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 11:28, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:46:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:49, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > Ugh. I have to tell yo
On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:31 am, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 07:13, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > Ever heard of the term "circumvention", as applied to copy-prevention
> > > techniques? See the URL you quo
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:41:52 -0300 Klaus Imgrund
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That should be interesting!
> If that thing ever gets put together and M$ thinks it is illegal I would
> love to see a court battle over that in an european court. Who in the
> hell are those people that think they can t
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 11:28, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:46:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:49, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > Ugh. I have to tell you, why is everyone so damned worried about "why
> > > would you want to d
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 12:48:40 -0700
"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >That should be interesting!
> >If that thing ever gets put together and M$ thinks it is illegal I
> >would love to see a court battle over that in an european court. Who
> >in the hell are those people that think t
>That should be interesting!
>If that thing ever gets put together and M$ thinks it is illegal I would
>love to see a court battle over that in an european court. Who in the
>hell are those people that think they can tell me I can't construct a
>marslander out of a ford taurus? Or use a piece of h
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:31:54 -0500
Jamin W.Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 07:13, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > Ever heard of the term "circumvention", as applied to
> > > copy-prevention techniqu
On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 07:13, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Ever heard of the term "circumvention", as applied to copy-prevention
> > techniques? See the URL you quoted, chapter III, article 6.
>
> So as long as he's not playing pir
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:16:10 +0200 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I am not planing on harming Micro$oft. I am buying their product, just
> not for the usage that they would like to see. I am not going to
> reverse-engineer and I am not going to pirate anything or otherwise
> damage t
On Thursday 03 October 2002 05:41 am, martin f krafft wrote:
> Sure, the two 2GHz
> processors will be done blazingly fast, but if you're talking about
> something not quite as computationally intensive as graphics or some
> other major matrix calculation, then the 700 MHz may well compare.
It's
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:46:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:49, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > Ugh. I have to tell you, why is everyone so damned worried about "why
> > would you want to do it."
> >
> > Why? Because it's possible.
>
> That's not a very g
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 07:13, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 01:42:08PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1118 +0200]:
> > > You might even be lucky enough to evade the EUCD, then, which is not
> > > that far off ...
> >
> > S
On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:49, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
[snip]
>
> Ugh. I have to tell you, why is everyone so damned worried about "why
> would you want to do it."
>
> Why? Because it's possible.
That's not a very good reason for a University to spend it's limited
amount of public money...
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>It isn't illegal to play records backwards.
>Then, am I going against the law if I rewire my record player to turn
>the record the other way?
>
What's a "record player", Daddy? ;-)
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also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1030 +0200]:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 10:02:22PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> > The controller ports are electrically compatible with USB, you just need
> > to adapt the physical plug. A guy at my local LUG solved this by
> > soldering a norma
also sprach Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1346 +0200]:
> > I can't imagine a single law that would forbid me to do something with
> > a product I acquired, as long as that something isn't in disagreement
> > with the law.
>
> Isn't that in general the nature of a _law_?
It is
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 01:42:08PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1118 +0200]:
> > You might even be lucky enough to evade the EUCD, then, which is not
> > that far off ...
>
> So being German, I am interested. How the hell can anyone make
also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1024 +0200]:
> At what point in history did everybody forget that a tower is
> essentially just an AT case with the rubber feet on the wrong side and
> a different power supply?
What's your point?
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also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1028 +0200]:
> I would think Microsoft would have to be giving away XBoxen to you for
> you to properly make that claim. Or is that what happened and they
> just don't know that Linux will be used yet?
It's not a claim that I'll make offic
also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.1118 +0200]:
> You might even be lucky enough to evade the EUCD, then, which is not
> that far off ...
So being German, I am interested. How the hell can anyone make it
illegal for me to modify the product I legally bought to do the legal
t
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:49:23 +0200 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> These are valid points that speak for regular machines rather than
> XBoxes. However, in terms of size and stackability, the XBox beats any
> small tower or similar.
Not by much:
http://www.shuttleonline.com/spec.php
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:18:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > It's in Switzerland where the DMCA (luckily) doesn't apply.
>
> You might even be lucky enough to evade the EUCD, then, which is not
> that far off ...
No such luck. The Swiss signed on to the EU recently.
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also sprach Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0851 +0200]:
> Consider a node that is a _dual_ Athlon 4 at 2000+ MHz. To match it
> with pure CPU speed using XBoxes, one will need 6 of them. That's
> $1000 right there. Add the mod chips, labor, network costs,
> maintenance extras, inability to u
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:55:12AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0456 +0200]:
> > Depending on where you live (and in some cases where you travel)
> > there's this nasty thing called the DMCA. Some might interpret the
> > modification
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:49:23AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> These are valid points that speak for regular machines rather than
> XBoxes. However, in terms of size and stackability, the XBox beats any
> small tower or similar.
At what point in history did everybody forget that a tower is
es
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:57:41AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> Sorry. We'll invite anyone to come and visit the first
> Microsoft-sponsored cluster of Linux nodes.
I would think Microsoft would have to be giving away XBoxen to you for
you to properly make that claim. Or is that what happened
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 09:56:09PM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> Depending on where you live (and in some cases where you travel) there's
> this nasty thing called the DMCA. Some might interpret the modification
> of the box a violation of the DMCA. However, IANAL.
So be sure to be living in
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 10:02:22PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> The controller ports are electrically compatible with USB, you just need
> to adapt the physical plug. A guy at my local LUG solved this by
> soldering a normal USB port on a cable to the back of one of the
> controller ports. I'd hate
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> "vanilli" == vanilli writes:
>
> vanilli> How is it illegal to use hardware that he legally owns?
>
> Since I live in the USA, the legality of my using my DVD ROM drive to
> watch legally obtained DVDs under Linux is at best questionable, and
> probably outright
On Thursday 03 October 2002 01:49 am, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0048 +0200]:
> > Firstly, you need a mod chip for each Xbox. Secondly, you need to
> > install them into each Xbox. Thirdly, how many Xboxes, mod chips,
> > expensive Myrinet networks,
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> also sprach Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0717 +0200]:
> > > Because it's a cheap P3-700 that we can put into a cluster for
> > > evolutionary computation.
> >
> > Are yo
Cool!! I'd come check it out..
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also sprach Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002
also sprach Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0717 +0200]:
> > Because it's a cheap P3-700 that we can put into a cluster for
> > evolutionary computation.
>
> Are you sure it isn't for devolutionary gaming ;-)
Well, with the 100 DVD players and camserv, we are then planning to
have
also sprach Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0456 +0200]:
> Depending on where you live (and in some cases where you travel)
> there's this nasty thing called the DMCA. Some might interpret the
> modification of the box a violation of the DMCA. However, IANAL.
It's in Switzerlan
also sprach Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0048 +0200]:
> Firstly, you need a mod chip for each Xbox. Secondly, you need to
> install them into each Xbox. Thirdly, how many Xboxes, mod chips,
> expensive Myrinet networks, and how much labor would it take to
> replace *one* dual Athlon 4?
T
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/10/2002 (07:10) :
> Because it's a cheap P3-700 that we can put into a cluster for
> evolutionary computation.
Are you sure it isn't for devolutionary gaming ;-)
I find this hard to believe.
Preben
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"vanilli" == vanilli writes:
vanilli> How is it illegal to use hardware that he legally owns?
Since I live in the USA, the legality of my using my DVD ROM drive to
watch legally obtained DVDs under Linux is at best questionable, and
probably outright illegal. It's due to this grandiose
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:16:58 -0400 vanillicat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How is it illegal to use hardware that he legally owns?
Depending on where you live (and in some cases where you travel) there's
this nasty thing called the DMCA. Some might interpret the modification
of the box a violati
> Firstly, you need a mod chip for each Xbox. Secondly, you need to install
> them into each Xbox. Thirdly, how many Xboxes, mod chips, expensive Myrinet
> networks, and how much labor would it take to replace *one* dual Athlon 4?
>
> Striclty speaking, for some hard problems, where "connectiv
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 04:47 pm, martin f krafft wrote:
> Where else do you get a 700 MHz P3 with 64Mb and 8Gb hdd with network
> support for $200? Aside, Debian runs on it, so why worry?
Firstly, you need a mod chip for each Xbox. Secondly, you need to install
them into each Xbox. Thirdly
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:22:51 -0400
Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I refuse to believe this nonsense. What university is this, and what
> public grant will pay for the illegal use of hardware? Even from a
> purely practical point of view, XBox will not pay for itself as a
> cluster component.
>
also sprach Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.02. +0200]:
> I refuse to believe this nonsense. What university is this, and what
> public grant will pay for the illegal use of hardware?
"illegal use of hardware" ???
show me the law that i am breaking, please!
> Even from a purely practical
Oleg writes:
> I refuse to believe this nonsense. What university is this, and what
> public grant will pay for the illegal use of hardware?
Illegal how?
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On Wednesday 02 October 2002 01:48 pm, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.02.1429 +0200]:
> > > If the university pays, I'll happily oblige. If people have other
> > > suggestions (PS2) that they can back up with solid arguments, we're
> > > happy to l
also sprach Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.02.1429 +0200]:
> > If the university pays, I'll happily oblige. If people have other
> > suggestions (PS2) that they can back up with solid arguments, we're
> > happy to listen.
>
> Why does a university buy xbox?
Because it's a cheap P3
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 05:53:56AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> I think you have to buy special (read: expensive) USB keyboards
> and mice for the Xbox.
The controller ports are electrically compatible with USB, you just need
to adapt the physical plug. A guy at my local LUG solved this by
solder
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/10/2002 (13:03) :
> > Do you already have the 100 Xboxen? Those $199 Wal-Mart specials
> > look pretty interesting, but that's still $20,000 for 100 of them...
>
> If the university pays, I'll happily oblige. If people have other
> suggestions (PS
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.02.1253 +0200]:
> I think you have to buy special (read: expensive) USB keyboards
> and mice for the Xbox.
One more reason to boot off the network or a CDR.
> Do you already have the 100 Xboxen? Those $199 Wal-Mart specials
> look pretty inte
On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 05:40, martin f krafft wrote:
> hi there,
>
> we would like to set up about 100 Microsoft X-Boxes in a cluster
> configuration running Debian. I have heard that they work with Debian
> GNU/Linux and thus we are quite happily willing to take on the
> challenge of making them
hi there,
we would like to set up about 100 Microsoft X-Boxes in a cluster
configuration running Debian. I have heard that they work with Debian
GNU/Linux and thus we are quite happily willing to take on the
challenge of making them all behave as one big computer.
We are currently investigating
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