What's going to be bad is when students store a research paper or essay on a remote server or online e-mail service and need to access that paper to finish it at 11PM - Midnight etc and can't access it due to their internet restrictions.
I use to do a lot online research late at night but I was never in a dorm either. I guess you can always go the the library to access something like that if they don't shut off that internet either.
NASA used to be a organisation which looked to the future and developed new and astonishing technologies and dared to dream large. There is little left of all this nowadays...
No, NASA is not dropping the ball. They are planning to go back to the moon, live there and then on to Mars. NASA *is* doing big things. For one the ISS is a big thing although, it seems small to you it will be very helpful in the long run to know how to build and assemble a space station that is livable for many months at a time. FFS we're *living* in space. How is that not a big deal?
NASA does what they can with the funding they receive. George W. Bush is doing cut backs on the NASA program so they have to cut expenses on things that they decide are "unnecessary". They have to cut back expenses some where. Maybe if Bush didn't use the money to fund his war (notice I said *his* war) then NASA wouldn't have to cut back on programs that innovate and design new space craft and ideas. If NASA felt that this program was of upmost importance I'm sure they would not have stopped the funding.
Falcon flew far beyond the "edge" of space, typically thought of as around 60 miles. Our altitude was approximately 200 miles, which is just 50 miles below the International Space Station. The second stage didn't achieve full orbital velocity, due to a roll excitation late in the burn, but that should be a comparatively easy fix once we examine the flight data.
Have you been living under a rock or are you just completely retarded?
AFAIK We've been to the moon...several times...Whoever modded you "Interesting" is a moron. I would much rather see us spend money on things like this than billions of dollars invading other countries for oil. *cough* Iraq War *cough*
The only people I know that don't really like it are the uber-hardcore gamers
I consider myself a pretty hardcore gamer. I spend most of my free time playing games. I'm not a fan of consoles, I'm a PC gamer. However, I own a Wii and love it. When I'm bored of my PC games (mostly FPS, I play a little EVE too) etc it's nice to relax playing some Twilight Princess or Rayman (As much as you can relax while playing Rayman =p).
The Wii remote makes the console what it is. Most console controllers are clunky and hard to move your character or AIM but the Wii-mote makes it simple and easy.
Do We all really want Dell compiling our kernels for our *nix system? I'd rather do the install myself or just give me a computer with a formatted HD that I can install whatever distro I want on it and compile it the way I want.
The only people who will truely benefit from a pre-installed *nix system will be your average user (I.E. Grandma or Joe Guy) who (as someone already pointed out) doesn't care how it was compiled as long as they can send e-mails and photos of their 50th Wedding Anniversary to all of their friends.
Linux on the desktop can do everything most users want (e-mail, photos, web browsing, instant message, etc.) if not more. Everyone knows this already.
IMO the only ones being picky about which distro and version would rather install and compile it themselves anyway.
Dell just needs to pick a distro that's user friendly (Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora) and support that on their major models of Hardware. If it comes with Ubuntu Edgy Eft and you want Feisty Fawn then I'm sure you already now how to upgrade that or recompile the kernel as needed.
DVD playblack works great in Ubuntu you just have to have the correct packages isntalled. DVD backup is also easy to do as well. Webcam isn't too hard to setup either.
The only thing I can't do in Ubuntu is play most games. I've tried running games with Cegega, CrossOver Office and Wine but nothing seems to work well. Only native *nix games work OK (i.e. Unreal Tournament).
The game in question is, reportedly, multi-player. Which almost certainly means that it will be linked to servers under the publisher's control. Done correctly, no amount of crackz, warez, numberz, etc can defeat an online, real-time verification system.
Actually you are wrong. You can play WoW on private servers (done so myself even though I legally pruchased/played the game. Heck I even setup my OWN server so I could admin myself and hack/cheat all I wanted...No fall damage...instant level 255, any ingame weapon/armor). I'm not sure on other MMOs I haven't tried but I'm sure the same is possible. Also, Unreal Tournament 2004, Half Life 2, Call of Duty 2, all playable online if setup correctly or played on "cracked" servers. Of course you miss out on playing on the real servers full of whiney trash talking 12 y/o's.
Online games, if you require authentication then there is a reason to purchase the game.
Maybe, but this presents a problem in its self. What of the people that don't have an internet connection or have such a slow connection that this one be a hassle (example: dial-up)? Not everyone is on broadband and always connected and online. What if I wanted to play my Wii in my car on an LCD? Or at Grandma's house who doesn't know what the internet is? Or at a friends house who lives so far out in town can't get a decent internet connection? (don't laugh I live in Alabama =p)
Making someone connect to the internet to authenticate for EVERY game, EVERYTIME you wanted to play would be annoying and they would lose out on a big marketshare if all games required this. Don't get my wrong I like surfing the net on my Wii but if before I bought it I knew I had to authenticate my copy before I could play it I wouldn't buy the system at all (*cough* Apple's Fairplay *cough*).
Why not in the air lock have air nossles that spray down the astronauts suits as they come in? Similar to the ones in hosiptals and such. It would spray all the dust off and stay in that one room (or most of it).
Ubuntu just simply works for me. Whatever machine I install it on it just works with little setup...not much hassle. I've used Gentoo, Slackware, Redhat/Fedora and Ubuntu. Ubuntu just works better for me. If I were you I would try it...if you don't like..go on to the next *nix OS till you find something that just works for you an feels right.
This brings a whole new meaning to BSOD...I can see it now...
British Captain: Fire the torpedos!
British Crewman: Umm...Captain...we have a problem...I just got BSOD!
British Captain: What? REBOOT AND FIRE!
British Crewman: I CAN'T...I KEEP BLUE SCREENING!
British Captain: NO TIME TO REINSTALL! ABANDON SHIP!!
Meanwhile on the Russian Submarine...
Russian Captain: We show those punny British who's boss...We run Linux on our Machines and in Soviet Russia Linux runs you! HA HA HA PEW PEW PEW!
...The expansion made me quit. I upgraded two of my accounts the day BC came out, leveled my 60 Warr to 64 and my 60 Mage to 64-65 both within a week or so after release and came to the realization that this is the same content with a new coat of paint. The article says there were many bug fixes etc with the new expansion...yeah like what...character balance? Right...that big issue is still not fixed. The expansion is NOT new content its the same content we did 1-60. The dungeons, the raids, the quests they are all the same things with new models and maps. Nothing more than an expensive patch to the game which I was suckered into.
...that Zoeller has the time for this, what with all the baby-eating. And all the times he spends selling dope to school children disguised as a nun./me eyes "Post Anonymously" button thoughtfully.
I heard he also kills baby kittens but don't quote me on that now...
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What's going to be bad is when students store a research paper or essay on a remote server or online e-mail service and need to access that paper to finish it at 11PM - Midnight etc and can't access it due to their internet restrictions.
I use to do a lot online research late at night but I was never in a dorm either. I guess you can always go the the library to access something like that if they don't shut off that internet either.
No, NASA is not dropping the ball. They are planning to go back to the moon, live there and then on to Mars. NASA *is* doing big things. For one the ISS is a big thing although, it seems small to you it will be very helpful in the long run to know how to build and assemble a space station that is livable for many months at a time. FFS we're *living* in space. How is that not a big deal?
NASA does what they can with the funding they receive. George W. Bush is doing cut backs on the NASA program so they have to cut expenses on things that they decide are "unnecessary". They have to cut back expenses some where. Maybe if Bush didn't use the money to fund his war (notice I said *his* war) then NASA wouldn't have to cut back on programs that innovate and design new space craft and ideas. If NASA felt that this program was of upmost importance I'm sure they would not have stopped the funding.
I read somewhere where they were carrying "cargo" into space...does anyone know what they were carrying? Was this going to the ISS?
Just wondering. =p
Have you been living under a rock or are you just completely retarded?
AFAIK We've been to the moon...several times...Whoever modded you "Interesting" is a moron. I would much rather see us spend money on things like this than billions of dollars invading other countries for oil. *cough* Iraq War *cough*
The article doesn't really present anything new. We all know the major reasons for it are because of money and pressure from M$.
Since Viacom can sue Google for 1,000,000,000. Then each of those 60 people should be able to sue Viacom for 1,000,000,000. That'll show them.
I consider myself a pretty hardcore gamer. I spend most of my free time playing games. I'm not a fan of consoles, I'm a PC gamer. However, I own a Wii and love it. When I'm bored of my PC games (mostly FPS, I play a little EVE too) etc it's nice to relax playing some Twilight Princess or Rayman (As much as you can relax while playing Rayman =p).
The Wii remote makes the console what it is. Most console controllers are clunky and hard to move your character or AIM but the Wii-mote makes it simple and easy.
If this thing blows in my lifetime I, for one, blame Canada.
The only people who will truely benefit from a pre-installed *nix system will be your average user (I.E. Grandma or Joe Guy) who (as someone already pointed out) doesn't care how it was compiled as long as they can send e-mails and photos of their 50th Wedding Anniversary to all of their friends.
Linux on the desktop can do everything most users want (e-mail, photos, web browsing, instant message, etc.) if not more. Everyone knows this already.
IMO the only ones being picky about which distro and version would rather install and compile it themselves anyway.
Dell just needs to pick a distro that's user friendly (Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora) and support that on their major models of Hardware. If it comes with Ubuntu Edgy Eft and you want Feisty Fawn then I'm sure you already now how to upgrade that or recompile the kernel as needed.
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I could care less what junk gets sent there. It's not used anyway.
Haha looks like a PS3 fan with some extra mod points is modding anything negative about the PS3 to "Troll". That's kind of sad.
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As someone who lives in Alabama...I resent that statement.
The only thing I can't do in Ubuntu is play most games. I've tried running games with Cegega, CrossOver Office and Wine but nothing seems to work well. Only native *nix games work OK (i.e. Unreal Tournament).
Actually you are wrong. You can play WoW on private servers (done so myself even though I legally pruchased/played the game. Heck I even setup my OWN server so I could admin myself and hack/cheat all I wanted...No fall damage...instant level 255, any ingame weapon/armor). I'm not sure on other MMOs I haven't tried but I'm sure the same is possible. Also, Unreal Tournament 2004, Half Life 2, Call of Duty 2, all playable online if setup correctly or played on "cracked" servers. Of course you miss out on playing on the real servers full of whiney trash talking 12 y/o's.
Maybe, but this presents a problem in its self. What of the people that don't have an internet connection or have such a slow connection that this one be a hassle (example: dial-up)? Not everyone is on broadband and always connected and online. What if I wanted to play my Wii in my car on an LCD? Or at Grandma's house who doesn't know what the internet is? Or at a friends house who lives so far out in town can't get a decent internet connection? (don't laugh I live in Alabama =p)
Making someone connect to the internet to authenticate for EVERY game, EVERYTIME you wanted to play would be annoying and they would lose out on a big marketshare if all games required this. Don't get my wrong I like surfing the net on my Wii but if before I bought it I knew I had to authenticate my copy before I could play it I wouldn't buy the system at all (*cough* Apple's Fairplay *cough*).
Just my opinion though.
Why not in the air lock have air nossles that spray down the astronauts suits as they come in? Similar to the ones in hosiptals and such. It would spray all the dust off and stay in that one room (or most of it).
Ubuntu just simply works for me. Whatever machine I install it on it just works with little setup...not much hassle. I've used Gentoo, Slackware, Redhat/Fedora and Ubuntu. Ubuntu just works better for me. If I were you I would try it...if you don't like..go on to the next *nix OS till you find something that just works for you an feels right.
No....make that make that 2,000,003... I loaded it on my computer...didn't like it and put Ubuntu back on there.
This brings a whole new meaning to BSOD...I can see it now...
British Captain: Fire the torpedos!
British Crewman: Umm...Captain...we have a problem...I just got BSOD!
British Captain: What? REBOOT AND FIRE!
British Crewman: I CAN'T...I KEEP BLUE SCREENING!
British Captain: NO TIME TO REINSTALL! ABANDON SHIP!!
Meanwhile on the Russian Submarine...
Russian Captain: We show those punny British who's boss...We run Linux on our Machines and in Soviet Russia Linux runs you! HA HA HA PEW PEW PEW!
Why thank you kind sir. Now how pathetic is it that pre-expansion I sold two other accounts I owned for over $500 each. Nice chunk of change no?
WTB 2 years of my life back PST!
I heard he also kills baby kittens but don't quote me on that now...
*Runs and hides behind Wikipedia*
This has to be Zoidberg's Great Great Great Great Uncle!