Sounds to me like Microsoft is worried about the uptake of Vista and is reverting to a more piracy friendly stance. Because let's not kid our selves, it was the piracy of 9x-2000, XP that really helped increase it's user base and then maintain that base. Now it's been gambling with shutting down that (back)avenue of adoption which probably would of worked if Vista would have been seen as a more worthwhile upgrade.
It reminds me of the more shareware friendly days of yore.
Thank god, I often lay awake at night in a cold sweat wondering if the person that lies next to me is a machine in disguise... Now I will finally find the answers!
But we'll still probably fly in a liquid-fuel jet to get to London. I agree, the fact of the matter is there is no catch-all energy source. It will take a diversified (and advanced) portfolio of energy resources for us to sustain our current energy rich lifestyles.
Yeah, from what I've read/heard algae is defiantly something worth pursuing at a high(er) priority. Since they do seem to be having trouble making a go of it on a large enough scale to compete with existing energy production infrastructure.
but if biofuels are grown on marginal land You mean places where wildlife is currently allowed to congregate? Yeah, let's make sure the wildlife are fucked so we can grow our energy intensive food supply and plant materials to fuel our transportation networks?
I don't mean to sound harsh, but biofuels are causing us to lose site of the bigger picture. Namely efficient use of solar, wind, geothermal and tidal energies in which to power our homes as well as power hydrogen production for our transportation systems.
Let me quote the october 2007 National Geographic:
Brazil rivals the U.S. in ethanol production because sugarcane yields 600 to 800 gallons an acre, twice as much as corn. But there are also issues in the use of cheap labor, destroyed farmland/forests, and the use of petroleum based fertilizers. So even with the increase of of usable energy per acre in Brazil, that probably wouldn't translate to the U.S., as we have little things like a minimum wage and people who bitch loudly when vast amounts of land are razed for crop production. So either way you cut it, Biofuels are at best only a means of transition from a pure oil based energy network unto something more long term feasible.
This has been mentioned in issues of Scientific American and National Geographic before. Personally I believe we need better power transmission technologies so that we can tap into various solar and wind sources and transport the energy where needed.
But even realizing local benefits of such power generation seems far fetched in todays current political climate. Here in Idaho we have much unrealized potential for wind energy. However the person in charge of our "Office of Energy Resources", Paul Kjellander. Has publicly stated he only believes in, "The Three N's"... Natural Gas, Nuclear or Nothing.
Even the state that has some of the highest potential of wind based energy in the U.S. is in the dark, so to speak. Thing are not looking good when it comes to energy policy here in the states.
I don't quite grasp what happened to you specifically, but in order to get Firefox back to the top of your start menu...
Right click on your task bar, select properties > Click on the Start Menu tab > Click Customize > On the General Tab, select Mozilla Firefox from the drop down menu in the 'Show On Start Menu' section.
On a similar note, I would not mind integration of Adblock Plus. Shhhhh! Once sites learn more and more people are blocking ads, they are going to move on to an even more insidious manner to deliver screaming, moving obnoxious hobbknobbery to our computers...
It uses a lot of memory at times for me personally, but well within reason. 200mb max (4-6+ hour session) with 2gigs RAM. Not wholly unreasonable. I seem to recall, tho certainly can't say definitively, never seeing it top 80mb on another box I have with 512mb.
I've been using Noscript for a while now, and personally it hasn't really effected my peak memory usage for better or worse. I also have constant access to CPU/Memory usage percentages through my G-15 keyboard's display, so I tend keep an eye on that more than most people.
And consoles are being released with built in HDs rivaling those in gaming PCs now In what way have the console HDs rivaled PC HDs? It certainly isn't in speed or capacity or size? Last I checked the price for the 360 HD was absolutely ridiculous on a price to storage ratio. And since as far as I can tell they simply use commodity hardware there are really no increased performance benefits to speak of.
Why isn't NoScript just a mandatory extension at this point? I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a part of the browser (or something like it), just as pop-up blockers of yore have been incorporated.
So my I understanding is that this vulnerability can be used to read the host computer, and...
Other issues can emerge also, this is only a short-hand proof of concept. I'm just curious if this could be eventually exploited to actually alter data on the affected host?
Yeah I couldn't quite grasp why all the people were knocking ya, sounds like a great idea. It wasn't until I started thinking about it that I realized how useful it could really be.
Or what if you take the pill out intending to take it, but due to arthritis (or the shakes) you drop it, and then due to dementia you forgot what you were doing to begin with... Box wouldn't know what became of the pill.
Adobe Reader takes forever to open up (even on my fast computer), but Foxit comes up in seconds. Ain't that the truth... I remember Maximum PC (or was it CPU?), either way they were able to download, install and run Foxit before Adobe had even finished loading up.
We do still have 1 or 2 big ones left, but the majority of the arcade machines are in places like the greyhound station or any remaining bowling allies. That's true, and although it has been a while since I've passed through Portland (or Seattle). I would assume places like Wunderland are still open? Pay a cover and get unlimited play. I never enjoyed them as some game play would be broken due to the infinite lives. But those count for something. As well as kid joints like Chuck E. Cheese, they still have a selection of games. And family fun centers, those places with the go-karts, batting cages etc? And let's not forget movie theaters, they make a good chunk of income on those games... That's where I go to play Metal Slug, the local dollar theater, as all the fucking neon lights at the megaplex across the street threaten to give me seizures.
And considering the high density population their urban centers are known for, one would think a nearby arcade wouldn't be to far away. I'm thinking the Wii might be playing a part in this, but if it is it's merely a blip in the grand scheme of things. As nothing really compares to a well designed arcade machine, no matter how much fun flailing your arms about is in the privacy in your own home.
I just wonder if it's become cost prohibitive to truly innovate (or differentiate yourself) in an arcade machine. Graphics are pretty good these days, I can't see any company willing to invest the money to make an arcade machine truly stand out compared to a GeForce 8xxx or PS3/Xbox. And if you can't win on the graphics front, you have to start doing novelty things like incorporating movement or force feedback, again increasing costs.
It's hard to say, as Japan is such a different beast than the U.S.
But I can say personally I quit going to the arcade when games were no longer 25 or even, 50 cents. I really don't care about paying for the newest hardware, as the newest hardware/graphics doesn't equal the greatest game play. I still play A.P.B. (that top down 2d cop game, where you pull people over and go through the donut shops), and that 2d sidescrollin' X-Men beat-em-up, when I can find them.... Simply because they are the most fun... IMHO
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Sounds to me like Microsoft is worried about the uptake of Vista and is reverting to a more piracy friendly stance. Because let's not kid our selves, it was the piracy of 9x-2000, XP that really helped increase it's user base and then maintain that base. Now it's been gambling with shutting down that (back)avenue of adoption which probably would of worked if Vista would have been seen as a more worthwhile upgrade.
It reminds me of the more shareware friendly days of yore.
Thank god, I often lay awake at night in a cold sweat wondering if the person that lies next to me is a machine in disguise... Now I will finally find the answers!
Yeah, from what I've read/heard algae is defiantly something worth pursuing at a high(er) priority. Since they do seem to be having trouble making a go of it on a large enough scale to compete with existing energy production infrastructure.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but biofuels are causing us to lose site of the bigger picture. Namely efficient use of solar, wind, geothermal and tidal energies in which to power our homes as well as power hydrogen production for our transportation systems.
your statement is flawed, otherwise i'd reply to it
still in development; no current production
Sources of Cellulosic Ethanol:
Energy Balance
Fossil-fuel energy used to make the fuel (input) compared with the energy in the fuel (output)
1 to 2-36
Greenhouse gas emissions (production and use)
Gasoline=20.4, Cellulosic ethanol 1.9 (lbs/gallon)
Sources: U.S. DOE; U.S. EPA; Worldwatch Institute
This has been mentioned in issues of Scientific American and National Geographic before. Personally I believe we need better power transmission technologies so that we can tap into various solar and wind sources and transport the energy where needed.
But even realizing local benefits of such power generation seems far fetched in todays current political climate. Here in Idaho we have much unrealized potential for wind energy. However the person in charge of our "Office of Energy Resources", Paul Kjellander. Has publicly stated he only believes in, "The Three N's"... Natural Gas, Nuclear or Nothing.
Even the state that has some of the highest potential of wind based energy in the U.S. is in the dark, so to speak. Thing are not looking good when it comes to energy policy here in the states.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha /wipes tear
I don't quite grasp what happened to you specifically, but in order to get Firefox back to the top of your start menu...
Right click on your task bar, select properties > Click on the Start Menu tab > Click Customize > On the General Tab, select Mozilla Firefox from the drop down menu in the 'Show On Start Menu' section.
It uses a lot of memory at times for me personally, but well within reason. 200mb max (4-6+ hour session) with 2gigs RAM. Not wholly unreasonable. I seem to recall, tho certainly can't say definitively, never seeing it top 80mb on another box I have with 512mb.
I've been using Noscript for a while now, and personally it hasn't really effected my peak memory usage for better or worse. I also have constant access to CPU/Memory usage percentages through my G-15 keyboard's display, so I tend keep an eye on that more than most people.
Yeah I couldn't quite grasp why all the people were knocking ya, sounds like a great idea. It wasn't until I started thinking about it that I realized how useful it could really be.
Has anyone answered your question yet kern? I couldn't seem to find a straight forward answer... I would like to do the same thing on my home LAN...
Or what if you take the pill out intending to take it, but due to arthritis (or the shakes) you drop it, and then due to dementia you forgot what you were doing to begin with... Box wouldn't know what became of the pill.
And considering the high density population their urban centers are known for, one would think a nearby arcade wouldn't be to far away. I'm thinking the Wii might be playing a part in this, but if it is it's merely a blip in the grand scheme of things. As nothing really compares to a well designed arcade machine, no matter how much fun flailing your arms about is in the privacy in your own home.
I just wonder if it's become cost prohibitive to truly innovate (or differentiate yourself) in an arcade machine. Graphics are pretty good these days, I can't see any company willing to invest the money to make an arcade machine truly stand out compared to a GeForce 8xxx or PS3/Xbox. And if you can't win on the graphics front, you have to start doing novelty things like incorporating movement or force feedback, again increasing costs.
It's hard to say, as Japan is such a different beast than the U.S.
But I can say personally I quit going to the arcade when games were no longer 25 or even, 50 cents. I really don't care about paying for the newest hardware, as the newest hardware/graphics doesn't equal the greatest game play. I still play A.P.B. (that top down 2d cop game, where you pull people over and go through the donut shops), and that 2d sidescrollin' X-Men beat-em-up, when I can find them.... Simply because they are the most fun... IMHO