Logging the Switch

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  • Sep 14, 2004

    Debian install a no go?

    I was trying to install Debian with a newer version, but that was no success at all.

    ...ok
opening display /pci@0,f0000000/ATY.WhelkParent@10/ATY,Whelk_B@1 ... ok
copying OF device tree ... done
starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,G5 ... failed: 00000000
Initializing fake screen: ATY,Whelk_A
Calling quiesce...
returning 0x01400000 from prom_init

    …and then silence. Well, not completely, because the fans start blowing after some time… And they can get really loud indeed!

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  • Sep 7, 2004

    Sixflags

    This weekend I was at my parents’, so no playing around with my Mac. Sunday me and my cousins went to Six Flags Holland. I really liked the Goliath which was so… different from what I had experienced before (and that is not much to be honest). It was my first non-Vekoma coaster and what a difference indeed!

    Update: Actually, it wasn’t my first non-Vekoma, Big Thunder Mountain (Disneyland Paris) and Bobbaan (Efteling) are no Vekoma rides.

    While Vekomas tend to rattle and shake, this one, of Intamin AG was smooth like a snake. Some nice > 90° banks and air time on the bunny hops.

    Aw, well, I think Superman the Ride is also funny with its linear motor, but that is more because it is a technical challenge to get something heavy at a high speed in short time and on such a short track.

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  • Sep 1, 2004

    Problems

    So, I’m having some problems with my machine, of which I’m not sure it is because of the machine or from external factors.

    Firstly, the network is sometimes very unstable, I cannot even watch the AppleExpo keynote at 300kbps (I have a 10MBit connection) and (incoming) ssh connections also suffer from instability.

    Secondly, the machine tends to overheat itself and then just go into suspend, of course only if I’m away.

    Thirdly, it is a bit loud at night, so I can’t sleep with it on.

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  • Aug 29, 2004

    Impressed

    After playing around with OS X I must say, I’m impressed. It is something you need to get used to, because it just works a little bit different. For instance, I keep forgetting there is a menubar of the running program all at the top of the screen. Over to the design of the machine itself. The materials used are of very high quality. It is put together very well, everything fits exactly. I only have one single point of critic, the screws of the PCI slots are a bit hard to (un)screw; the frame is in the way.

    I looked into the DVD/CD drive bay to look if it is just an ordinary drive, and it is, so you can just put any ATA drive in there.

    Oh, and one other thing about the material, it is very prone to dirt ;-)

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  • Aug 27, 2004

    First OS X post

    Well, here I am. Sitting at OS X on a very small screen (14”) and an even tinier resolution (832 x 624). I really need a bigger screen, this is not workable. But I have to for the time.

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