How anyone can decide that a "pico" version of a new motherboard spec should be larger than the MiniITX standard of 17cm I don't know. Talk about a step backwards.
To the person that modded me off-topic: The Meta-Moderators are going to see a message about Bluetooth and mice under the heading of "New Powerbooks, Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse". Kiss your Karma goodbye.
(Debating whether or not there should be a "-1 buggered up HTML tags" or not is left as an exercise for the reader.)
Indeed. My mother still uses the Fortran v2 DOS compiler because it has no bugs and it does the job she needs (usually brute-force finanical model testing IIRC).
However, am I the only person who thinks that a 1 button Bluetooth mouse is like a sports car with no gas pedal?
If I hadn't buggered up my Fujitsu laptop's BT stack trying to get the mouse from MS's (crappy) Bluetooth Desktop working with the internal adapter I might be interested in an Apple BT mouse, but I currently use a Logitech four button wheel mouse.
Why wasn't this story in the "Games (Xbox)" category? I posted two replies before I realised that I've specifically checked off that I don't care about this on my homepage preferences page.
Hang on, let me check... Nope, still don't own an Xbox. (Not that anyone other than Microsoft really owns an Xbox.)
Between their crap Bluetooth Desktop and the inhuman way they fired staff at one of their Japanese offices, I'll never personally buy another bit of Microsoft hardware and where possible I'll avoid all other MS "purchases" at home and at work.
No one should be shocked at this, it was predicted as soon as the bug was found and exploited. Anyone that cares, but who doesn't mod their box and flash its BIOS (or whatever) by the time they next let it connect to the Interweb is an idiot.
I'll happily get our Linux guru to install any (free) "DNS2", or whatever, services that purport to be "better" than DNS, if anyone can suggest a way to resolve names without having to trust these jokers.
When you're right you're right. I installed the Linux kit in my PS2 about a month ago. I used it for about a week before switching it off. Since then I think I've demoed Auto Modelista for about 5 minutes and watched three episodes of Coupling on the PS2, but I certainly haven't booted Linux.
What's this facination with PVRs? Who's still finding enough on TV to justify the purchase of such a device? DVDs, CDs, books, magazines, video games -- who has time?
You have to admit, they have some compelling evidence that justifies their claim.
I have to admit nothing of the sort. I believe that exposure to music that you might not have previously heard may well result in increased sales, not decreased ones. For example, a friend has a more complete collection of Mike Oldfield CDs than I do, listening to some of them, particularly "Far above the clouds", has made me want to buy them. Of course, since many of his albums were released by RIAA members, I'll be looking for them in secondhand stores.
Personally, I believe the reason that sales haven't met expectations (ignoring unrealistic expectations) is that it sucks.
While my organisation didn't get "hit" as such (one laptop away from the desk was infected, but it was cleaned before being reconnected to the network), I have friends at a major state university. Their firewall gave them enough time to patch the main servers, but eventually it got through onto the student network ("Student Village"). They simply pulled the plug and let it burn while they patched staff machines. Then someone went out to the village to "fix" all the infected PCs. Once the worm traffic ceased, the connection was restored.
To turn off MSN Messenger, open it, go to tools-options (or similar) and uncheck "Run in background" and "Run at Startup". Then close it. If you've got XP SP1 you can uninstall it from the control panel.
Anyone know a safe way to make the fan in the PS2 quieter? I've got Linux for it, but if I leave it running overnight I have nightmares about vacuum cleaners.
There's nothing wrong with Product Activation, as long as it only makes using the product a pain in the ass for PIRATES and not the users that paid for it.
There's nothing wrong with chewing on a mouthfull of bees as long as they don't sting you.
Lets say you don't have an Internet connection. Do you really think that you should spend 45 minutes on hold every time you (re)install Windows XP? Or lets say you have a laptop with a docking station. Do you really want to find out that Windows thinks your PC has changed enough to require re-activation when you're trying to prepare an important presentation on the flight over?
Windows has enough real problems, why add unnecessary ones? If I spent months or years working on a piece of software for sale, I think I'd have a problem using a tool that treats my customers like criminals.
...because I'm sure as hell not going to be purchasing softcopy-only music. I played with mjuice when I first got my Rio and damned if I'm going to touch any restrictive, dodgy, DRM, pap music with real money.
Not only am I absolutely positive that music CDs will continue to be sold for as long as I'm interested in buying them, but I'm seriously considered purchasing only secondhand CDs from now on anyway. There's heaps of cool stuff I never got the first time around. I can finally finish my Mike Oldfield collection, or Jarre, or Vangelis. And the dance stuff I quite enjoy is dirt cheap a couple of seasons later.
Much as I've ignored Sony's MP3-era portable music attempts because they don't actually directly support MP3 and I've been a little upset with their use of the (unnecessary) DMCA-protected "Magic Gate" technology in their PS2 memory cards (Datel 16 Meg PS2 memeory card owner here), I think it's a little soon to be raggin' on the PSP for being proprietory.
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How anyone can decide that a "pico" version of a new motherboard spec should be larger than the MiniITX standard of 17cm I don't know. Talk about a step backwards.
(Debating whether or not there should be a "-1 buggered up HTML tags" or not is left as an exercise for the reader.)
Indeed. My mother still uses the Fortran v2 DOS compiler because it has no bugs and it does the job she needs (usually brute-force finanical model testing IIRC).
However, am I the only person who thinks that a 1 button Bluetooth mouse is like a sports car with no gas pedal?
If I hadn't buggered up my Fujitsu laptop's BT stack trying to get the mouse from MS's (crappy) Bluetooth Desktop working with the internal adapter I might be interested in an Apple BT mouse, but I currently use a Logitech four button wheel mouse.
Here's you (.), then all the way over here is the point (.).
Why wasn't this story in the "Games (Xbox)" category? I posted two replies before I realised that I've specifically checked off that I don't care about this on my homepage preferences page.
Between their crap Bluetooth Desktop and the inhuman way they fired staff at one of their Japanese offices, I'll never personally buy another bit of Microsoft hardware and where possible I'll avoid all other MS "purchases" at home and at work.
No one should be shocked at this, it was predicted as soon as the bug was found and exploited. Anyone that cares, but who doesn't mod their box and flash its BIOS (or whatever) by the time they next let it connect to the Interweb is an idiot.
I'll happily get our Linux guru to install any (free) "DNS2", or whatever, services that purport to be "better" than DNS, if anyone can suggest a way to resolve names without having to trust these jokers.
I've got two 9-pin digital joystick ports on my PCI Catweasel Mk 3, I just wish some Windows drivers would be written for them.
There needs to be a "+1 Not as stupid as the poster thinks" option...
When you're right you're right. I installed the Linux kit in my PS2 about a month ago. I used it for about a week before switching it off. Since then I think I've demoed Auto Modelista for about 5 minutes and watched three episodes of Coupling on the PS2, but I certainly haven't booted Linux.
That's it. Nothing gets bought retail unless it's RIAA safe.
What's this facination with PVRs? Who's still finding enough on TV to justify the purchase of such a device? DVDs, CDs, books, magazines, video games -- who has time?
But yes, questions should be raised about the guns, not the video game.
Now, if something bad happened to, say, Blizzard I might worry.
Personally, I believe the reason that sales haven't met expectations (ignoring unrealistic expectations) is that it sucks.
While my organisation didn't get "hit" as such (one laptop away from the desk was infected, but it was cleaned before being reconnected to the network), I have friends at a major state university. Their firewall gave them enough time to patch the main servers, but eventually it got through onto the student network ("Student Village"). They simply pulled the plug and let it burn while they patched staff machines. Then someone went out to the village to "fix" all the infected PCs. Once the worm traffic ceased, the connection was restored.
To turn off MSN Messenger, open it, go to tools-options (or similar) and uncheck "Run in background" and "Run at Startup". Then close it. If you've got XP SP1 you can uninstall it from the control panel.
Anyone know a safe way to make the fan in the PS2 quieter? I've got Linux for it, but if I leave it running overnight I have nightmares about vacuum cleaners.
Lets say you don't have an Internet connection. Do you really think that you should spend 45 minutes on hold every time you (re)install Windows XP? Or lets say you have a laptop with a docking station. Do you really want to find out that Windows thinks your PC has changed enough to require re-activation when you're trying to prepare an important presentation on the flight over?
Windows has enough real problems, why add unnecessary ones? If I spent months or years working on a piece of software for sale, I think I'd have a problem using a tool that treats my customers like criminals.
Dick.
Not only am I absolutely positive that music CDs will continue to be sold for as long as I'm interested in buying them, but I'm seriously considered purchasing only secondhand CDs from now on anyway. There's heaps of cool stuff I never got the first time around. I can finally finish my Mike Oldfield collection, or Jarre, or Vangelis. And the dance stuff I quite enjoy is dirt cheap a couple of seasons later.
Much as I've ignored Sony's MP3-era portable music attempts because they don't actually directly support MP3 and I've been a little upset with their use of the (unnecessary) DMCA-protected "Magic Gate" technology in their PS2 memory cards (Datel 16 Meg PS2 memeory card owner here), I think it's a little soon to be raggin' on the PSP for being proprietory.