Epinions Recent Reviews for markhaml

Apple Power Macintosh G4 Base: Ready for OS X with style...

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:09:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Dual Heads! Mac OS X will offer support (finally) for SMP (Symmetric Multi-processing...) These are the rigs that can take advantage of it.... I am a BIG fan of OS X, and personally saw a 350 MHZ Powerbook with 64 MB and OS X Beta WAX a PIII 700...

Cold Fusion Active Firewall

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 21:55:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Cold Fusion Active Firewall - Hot new use for some Outstanding software!

This document will explain how to create an active firewall security solution using simple CFML commands and a single table. The goal will be to create a net mask...

Never has so much power, been so easy to handle! - Lesson 1

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 21:38:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - You've heard that before huh...

In its rawest form, straight CFML (Cold Fusion Markup Language), Cold Fusion allows you do do some pretty amazing things. I know how you guys think, so I will make this one part review, and one part...

Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev: Unbeatable Tag-Team! (Ultradev and CFStudio)

Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:34:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - The two camps

In web development, since the dawn of time (about 8 years ago) there have been two camps. On the one side is the "web designer", a graphical bloke, and on the other, a "web programmer", a perfectionist who...

ATI Radeon 64MB DDR: Hear a whizzing noise? It's Nvidia soiling their underwear..

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:16:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Updated Dec 27 - 2000 I guessed right!! Nvidia does have a major re-thinking going on... They just bought 3DFX's "Intellectual Property", my guess is to conjure up something that can compete with Radeon in (What Else) Open GL...
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AV and 3D Tool Box!

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:44:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Something "snapped" at ATI last year...

My guess, is that ATI, tired of having their $85 4X AGP (40 FPS Quake III) boards get trounced by 3DFX and Nvidia, decided to get busy and deal out a nice little "reality check" to Nvidia. They haven't...

FAST, AND CHEAP!!! (New Incentives)

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:33:17 GMT

Bass Fishing 101

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:34:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - My Dad loves to fish...

I am building him a computer right now, and of course I wanted to get something he would enjoy, so here it is. My Dad is also a great fisherman and loves Bass fishing. (Popular passtime here in Georgia) Anyway, I am...

The Empty Shell of a Legend

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:36:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - I was a fan of Boot

If you never experienced Boot Magazine, you would be in for a surprise. (Boot was later re-labeled Maximum PC) The initial concept of the magazine was to make a publication that was appealing to the "Hard-Core"...

Best Linux Mag on the Market! Bar None!

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:47:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - First there was Boot

Anyone remember Boot Magazine? In-your-face reviews that got to the heart of the matters you wanted to know... A magazine that actually was not afraid to call a developer a moron if they earned it... If someone relased a...

SGI 2800: Beowulf, Eat Your Heart Out!

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 08:53:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - What's a Super Cluster?

SGI has long since perfected using NUMA for partnering processors, memory, and bandwith long before IBM decided to start creating their NUMA-Q line of mainframe type super clusters. A cluster is several seperate and...

Quake III - The way God Intended...

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 19:04:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - UPDATED REVIEW! New Amazing Mod!!! Sport Based!!!

Rag me all you like on this review. I can take it.....

The low reviews on Quake III scare me. If you have never played this game, download the demo... I try, but I can't see how any...

Weapons Factory: Futuristic Team Fortress for Quake III

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:51:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Team Fortress goes TECHNO

That was my first impression of this game. If you are not familiar with Team Fortress, this is a multi-class modification for a first person shooter. Multi-class means that you start off with full ammo and all...

Corel Draw: How I "Settled" for the BEST

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:58:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Stumbling into the BEST SUITE ON EARTH!

I began my web publishing business 7 years ago with little more to go on than pure will... My dream was to be able to get the best professional level graphics suite available. (Of course I was talking...

Palm m100 Personal Organizer: The Palm for "The Rest of Us"

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:55:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Palm Functionality without the Price

The M100 is two things. Compared to its more expensive corporate targeted brethren, it offers the bare essentials at best. But compared to other offerings in the same price range, it also packs loads of...

Alienware 2001DV: The Falcon AND the Video Buff are Pleased!

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 17:57:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Hello!!!! Don't forget me!!!

The Gaming industry is a market that many computer makers have ignored untill the efforts of one visionary company proved our existence. Now, years later, the re-affirmation of their vision is seen in superb...

Alienware Grey: The Falcon would be Proud!

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 17:34:26 GMT

Macromedia Authorware: Only known upgrade to FLASH!

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:48:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - What to expect from this review

If you mastered Flash, and that still didn’t quite meet your needs…. Dive into Authorware! The only step up from this product is building a fine tuned application development infrastructure….. That’s the only...

Websphere - Performance in a Round-About Way

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:46:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Have Java, Will Travel!

Websphere is a Java based application server originally designed to run servlets (server-side applets) and provide dynamic content. The concept was to make a platform independent arena do host complex web applications...

DB2 can Compete!

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 12:26:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - DB2 is a Solid Product

I work with DB2 on a daily basis in the role of backend to a Web Application Server. This is an emerging market, and DB2 only has one weakness that I am aware of. That is that when it comes to the Web Application Server...

Three Monkeys and a Digital Football

Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:59:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - **** Update - 12/07/2000

They lost the second star and along with it, all hope of ever not sucking! They have screwed my billings up to the point that they can not bill me (Haven't been able to bill me yet.... in 7 months.) I will not pay a...

Supporting Info - DB2 Can Compete

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:37:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - NOTE: This opinion disapeared the day after I wrote it. There is an attempt (As close as I could remember) at a rewrite in this section also. (from the day it disapeared) It was not intentional "spam". Epinions lost all the Enterprise...

Mac OS X Public Beta: X Marks the Spot - Mac OS X

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:57:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - The King of Usability Pulls Off Another Miracle!

I of course am referring to Steve Jobs and the attitude (Which inspires even me) of seeing any comment ending in "..... can't be done." as an excuse to make it happen. He usually...

Cobalt RaQ 3: Raq'em and Staq'em!

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:30:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - Thanks Cobalt!

If building an infrastructure were any easier, you wouldn't need an IT department... Scratch that... With the Raq3 and 4, you already don't need an IT department... You improve on this, and an IT EMPLOYEE can run...

Is NetObjects Fusion for Me?

Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:08:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author markhaml - NOTE : The correct answer is "It depends.." so this is actually two different reviews. In my case, it is a "Resounding NO!". Net Objects Fusion is a powerful and unique SITE builder. It is not a typical HTML editor.
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