GDI+ is included in the.NET framework, so that ain't it...
Perhaps it would even run fine, but I can't even run the installer. It complains that it can't find a DLL, of course without specifying which DLL. I have installed the latest version of Windows Installer for NT, but to no avail...
Can someone explain to me why this won't run on Windows NT 4.0, despite the fact that I have the.NET framework 1.1 installed? This.NET business was supposed to be write once, run anywhere (as long as it's Microsoft), right? How can there be Windows XP dependencies in a.NET program, as long as you have the appropriate version of the runtime?
Can someone explain to us non-Americans what a "loon" is? The only association I have with that word is "lunatic," which I'm guessing is not what's actually on the drivers' license.
Not once. Ever. I hate advertising. If I find that I need something, I go out and research my options at that time, and I don't like to get all this spurious, unwanted crap shoved down my throat untill such time...
Whoever thought up this business model should be hanged, drawn and quartered, IMHO. I hope it will go away soon (I think there's a chance that it will, since it is getting easier and easier for people to avoid having to see ads). I wouldn't mind paying a modest fee for services that are useful or fun as an alternative to having to suffer through advertisements, for example as with American cable TV channels.
I've been using a Sony Ericsson P800 for almost two years now. It has handwriting recognition and can do pretty much everything else the submitter raves about. It's been succeeded by the P900 which is a lot better still, although I'm still very pleased with my P800. I would recommend the line to anyone.
I was driving my dad's red 1971 Datsun pickup on my way to work. (My brother had rolled it a couple times, but it was a Datsun so of course it still ran as good as ever.)
I fully admit not having RTFA, but this sounds very fishy. He couldn't put it in neutral? Or just depress the clutch pedal? Also, the brakes of a car are _much_ more powerful than the engine, especially at high speeds, there's no way that you wouldn't be able to stop the car with the brakes even whith the throttle open all the way. I don't buy this at all...
I once saw a part of John Cleese's eulogy at Graham Chapman's funeral, and it was hilarious. The whole church was roaring with laughter, which was of course entirely fitting.
40% of desktop machines sold with Linux on them are being used to run pirate copies of Windows!
I'd be willing to bet that 40% of ALL desktop machines are being used to run pirate copies of Windows. So while this little fact may or may not be true, it certainly isn't news but it is pretty misleading. Way to go, Gartner!
Hey - does anyone know whatever happened to the rumor about Philips twisting arms over the use of the "CD-ROM" logo.
I noticed recently that the latest Norah Jones album, which has copy prevention on it, does not have any Audio CD logo on it, not on the CD itself and not on the case. Personally I think it's pretty sick and borderline criminal of the record companies and record stores to sell these as if they were Audio CD's, with no warning whatsoever that they are not. I don't get the impression that many other people care or even are aware of it, though...
Though, by no means take this as a suggestion that the "europeans are infiltrating our sacred government". They did that decades ago, and probably have even sneakier methods of undermining things.
I'm not even going to try to respond to that piece of tinfoil hat conspiracy nut paranoia. Never mind, sorry I responded to your post...
Sorry, but I'm supposed to trust some toothless european agency with ulterior motives any more?
Who the hell are you to be so sure that the OCSE has ulterior motives? And since you seem to know so much about it, what are those motives?
..., it was when they only allowed us the choice between Kerry and Bush.
The only one limiting the choice to Kerry and Bush is... you, the voters! You don't have to vote for the Republicrats, you know. There are other candidates, and yes, voting for them does make a difference!
Do you have 16:9 analog broadcasts in the States? Here in Europe we have what's called PAL Plus, which is a PAL-compatible, 16:9 aspect ratio analog signal. It's higher quality than a regular PAL broadcast with black borders above and below the picture. The BBC broadcasts a lot of its programs in PAL Plus, including movies, which is very nice since you get to see the movie like it's supposed to be seen, almost like watching a DVD. Other countries are following suit.
The corresponding widescreen PAL Plus TV's are becoming very popular, most new TV's sold in Europe (well, in the Netherlands at least) are widescreen TV's now, I believe.
That's the problem. It isn't in their best interests, but they're too stupid to realize that. If they ever introduce effective DRM and start using it exclusively, they will sell less records.
The safest and best thing is to use a real VM, like the JVM. Another alternative is to use something like Cyclone which also doesn't allow unsafe memory operations.
To all the ditto-heads who keep on saying "if it's not in C, it's too slow", wasn't there just an article on Slashdot a few days ago about full-motion video players written in pure Java? Surely a jpeg here and there shouldn't be too much of a problem?
Check out http://www.icesoft.com/, they a have 100% pure Java browser (click on Demos) which is very good, and about as fast as any other browser.
I've never heard of a single study showing that two drinks a day is bad for anyone without specific contradictions (mostly liver related).
I think it's usually said that you shouldn't drink at all on one or two days a week. The reason being that that makes it less likely that you become dependent on it.
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Perhaps it would even run fine, but I can't even run the installer. It complains that it can't find a DLL, of course without specifying which DLL. I have installed the latest version of Windows Installer for NT, but to no avail...
Can someone explain to me why this won't run on Windows NT 4.0, despite the fact that I have the .NET framework 1.1 installed? This .NET business was supposed to be write once, run anywhere (as long as it's Microsoft), right? How can there be Windows XP dependencies in a .NET program, as long as you have the appropriate version of the runtime?
"Interesting..." Way to go, mods!
Can someone explain to us non-Americans what a "loon" is? The only association I have with that word is "lunatic," which I'm guessing is not what's actually on the drivers' license.
Not once. Ever. I hate advertising. If I find that I need something, I go out and research my options at that time, and I don't like to get all this spurious, unwanted crap shoved down my throat untill such time... Whoever thought up this business model should be hanged, drawn and quartered, IMHO. I hope it will go away soon (I think there's a chance that it will, since it is getting easier and easier for people to avoid having to see ads). I wouldn't mind paying a modest fee for services that are useful or fun as an alternative to having to suffer through advertisements, for example as with American cable TV channels.
Isn't 12000 Km/h the same as 12288 km/h? ;-)
You never name a ship after a spectacular failure
I agree, but the Beagle 3 isn't named after the Beagle II, it's named after the Beagle, which was a spectacular success...
I've been using a Sony Ericsson P800 for almost two years now. It has handwriting recognition and can do pretty much everything else the submitter raves about. It's been succeeded by the P900 which is a lot better still, although I'm still very pleased with my P800. I would recommend the line to anyone.
In other words: "MySQL did something I didn't expect because I didn't read the documentation"?
Volkerding, for crying out loud!
I was driving my dad's red 1971 Datsun pickup on my way to work. (My brother had rolled it a couple times, but it was a Datsun so of course it still ran as good as ever.)
On a related note, check this out.
I fully admit not having RTFA, but this sounds very fishy. He couldn't put it in neutral? Or just depress the clutch pedal? Also, the brakes of a car are _much_ more powerful than the engine, especially at high speeds, there's no way that you wouldn't be able to stop the car with the brakes even whith the throttle open all the way. I don't buy this at all...
Yes. Yes indeed.
I once saw a part of John Cleese's eulogy at Graham Chapman's funeral, and it was hilarious. The whole church was roaring with laughter, which was of course entirely fitting.
40% of desktop machines sold with Linux on them are being used to run pirate copies of Windows!
I'd be willing to bet that 40% of ALL desktop machines are being used to run pirate copies of Windows. So while this little fact may or may not be true, it certainly isn't news but it is pretty misleading. Way to go, Gartner!
Hey - does anyone know whatever happened to the rumor about Philips twisting arms over the use of the "CD-ROM" logo.
I noticed recently that the latest Norah Jones album, which has copy prevention on it, does not have any Audio CD logo on it, not on the CD itself and not on the case. Personally I think it's pretty sick and borderline criminal of the record companies and record stores to sell these as if they were Audio CD's, with no warning whatsoever that they are not. I don't get the impression that many other people care or even are aware of it, though...
Do you even know what "ulterior motives" means?
Though, by no means take this as a suggestion that the "europeans are infiltrating our sacred government". They did that decades ago, and probably have even sneakier methods of undermining things.
I'm not even going to try to respond to that piece of tinfoil hat conspiracy nut paranoia. Never mind, sorry I responded to your post...
Wow... Where to begin...
Sorry, but I'm supposed to trust some toothless european agency with ulterior motives any more?
Who the hell are you to be so sure that the OCSE has ulterior motives? And since you seem to know so much about it, what are those motives?
The only one limiting the choice to Kerry and Bush is... you, the voters! You don't have to vote for the Republicrats, you know. There are other candidates, and yes, voting for them does make a difference!
Do you have 16:9 analog broadcasts in the States? Here in Europe we have what's called PAL Plus, which is a PAL-compatible, 16:9 aspect ratio analog signal. It's higher quality than a regular PAL broadcast with black borders above and below the picture. The BBC broadcasts a lot of its programs in PAL Plus, including movies, which is very nice since you get to see the movie like it's supposed to be seen, almost like watching a DVD. Other countries are following suit.
The corresponding widescreen PAL Plus TV's are becoming very popular, most new TV's sold in Europe (well, in the Netherlands at least) are widescreen TV's now, I believe.
Actually, most people do *NOT* have a problem ripping off someone who is honest and decent, ...
Wow, you have a pretty bleak view of humanity. I don't know where you live, but most people I know do have a problem with that.
Most them don't think that the MPAA falls under the category "honest and decent" though, and neither do I...
Its in their best interests.
That's the problem. It isn't in their best interests, but they're too stupid to realize that. If they ever introduce effective DRM and start using it exclusively, they will sell less records.
this cool job ad...
The flash player isn't exactly the most legible thing to read, ...
Is it legible to listen to, though?
The safest and best thing is to use a real VM, like the JVM. Another alternative is to use something like Cyclone which also doesn't allow unsafe memory operations.
To all the ditto-heads who keep on saying "if it's not in C, it's too slow", wasn't there just an article on Slashdot a few days ago about full-motion video players written in pure Java? Surely a jpeg here and there shouldn't be too much of a problem?
Check out http://www.icesoft.com/, they a have 100% pure Java browser (click on Demos) which is very good, and about as fast as any other browser.
I've never heard of a single study showing that two drinks a day is bad for anyone without specific contradictions (mostly liver related).
I think it's usually said that you shouldn't drink at all on one or two days a week. The reason being that that makes it less likely that you become dependent on it.
Like Pokémon, you mean?