The "lock it down" part is actually optional. The NES will run just fine with the cartridge still in the up position. I believe the only reason for locking it in was so that you wouldn't accidentally pull it out during operation. If you've got a new enough socket (I had mine replaced and it was tighter than a 12-yea...never mind) there is plenty of friction.
I definitely used (still do) the technique of wiggling the cart back and forth to get the contacts to line up properly.
How much of a difference does a global menu bar really make on vertical real estate? We're talking about 20 - 25 pixels. I happen to like having the menu bars in each app's window, otherwise I would feel like things were being hidden from me until the window is activated. This especially comes into play when I have a dual monitor setup. I would hate to have two Word documents open side-by-side, wanting to use the menu bar of one of the documents, only to find out that I actually had the other document as the 'active' window.
This is in no way a flame, but more out of curiosity. I've only used OS X a few times and never for very long, so I don't have a lot of experience with it.
The issues may be related, but it's not a good excuse. As far as I know (I'm not a mac user), the OS X interface is always accelerated and plasmacutter has no problems running mplayer and vlc using opengl.
On the other hand, I've never had any issues running opengl apps on top of compiz.
I can understand the basis of the case, but why do they need usernames and IP addresses. How does that in any way help prove what content is more popular?
YouTube should just give them a two-column spreadsheet: first column is the video, second column is the play count. Isn't that all the information they really need? They could even make pretty graphs for them while they are at it.
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I'm just waiting for O'Reilly to publish "Google in a Nutshell"
Let's call it 'Google Tips and Tricks'
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The reviewer goes to the trouble of saying that most of the 'hacks' in the book are not actually hacks, but then goes on to call most of which were tips and tricks 'hacks'. For instance, inserting a period or plus sign in a gmail address is not a hack; it is a feature that is even documented in the help pages. In fact, I wouldn't consider any of the items to be a hack.
That being said, it sounds like a really useful book to have around.
Not only do they not provide Linux drivers, they also don't provide x64 drivers for some of their printers. My father gave me his Lexmark printer after buying a nice photo printer, and I have not been able to get it to work with Windows XP x64. I guess it's probably my fault for buying x64 in the first place.
Sure, dropping in a smaller engine will probably yield better gas mileage, but you're not taking into account how efficient those engines happen to be. My Accord has more horsepower than my old Chevy Corsica, but it certainly gets better gas mileage.
I also fail to see how the AC can make much of a difference. I don't turn mine on very often, but even when I do I don't see a substantial difference. ACs have become much more efficient these days as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong (I don't do much with graphics), but with that gradient you are excluding all of the shades of red with green and blue in them. You're only allowing 256 colors, so if you, for example, draw a gradient that is 1024 pixels wide, you should see bands that are 4 pixels wide.
I'll have to disagree with you on that one. I'm running linux on an old Toshiba laptop with 933 MHz Pentium 3 with 512 MB of RAM and, although it takes several seconds to start up, it runs more than fast enough for everyday use.
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The "lock it down" part is actually optional. The NES will run just fine with the cartridge still in the up position. I believe the only reason for locking it in was so that you wouldn't accidentally pull it out during operation. If you've got a new enough socket (I had mine replaced and it was tighter than a 12-yea...never mind) there is plenty of friction.
I definitely used (still do) the technique of wiggling the cart back and forth to get the contacts to line up properly.
How much of a difference does a global menu bar really make on vertical real estate? We're talking about 20 - 25 pixels. I happen to like having the menu bars in each app's window, otherwise I would feel like things were being hidden from me until the window is activated. This especially comes into play when I have a dual monitor setup. I would hate to have two Word documents open side-by-side, wanting to use the menu bar of one of the documents, only to find out that I actually had the other document as the 'active' window.
This is in no way a flame, but more out of curiosity. I've only used OS X a few times and never for very long, so I don't have a lot of experience with it.
The issues may be related, but it's not a good excuse. As far as I know (I'm not a mac user), the OS X interface is always accelerated and plasmacutter has no problems running mplayer and vlc using opengl.
On the other hand, I've never had any issues running opengl apps on top of compiz.
I can understand the basis of the case, but why do they need usernames and IP addresses. How does that in any way help prove what content is more popular?
YouTube should just give them a two-column spreadsheet: first column is the video, second column is the play count. Isn't that all the information they really need? They could even make pretty graphs for them while they are at it.
I'm just waiting for O'Reilly to publish "Google in a Nutshell"
The reviewer goes to the trouble of saying that most of the 'hacks' in the book are not actually hacks, but then goes on to call most of which were tips and tricks 'hacks'. For instance, inserting a period or plus sign in a gmail address is not a hack; it is a feature that is even documented in the help pages. In fact, I wouldn't consider any of the items to be a hack.
That being said, it sounds like a really useful book to have around.
Not only do they not provide Linux drivers, they also don't provide x64 drivers for some of their printers. My father gave me his Lexmark printer after buying a nice photo printer, and I have not been able to get it to work with Windows XP x64. I guess it's probably my fault for buying x64 in the first place.
Sure, dropping in a smaller engine will probably yield better gas mileage, but you're not taking into account how efficient those engines happen to be. My Accord has more horsepower than my old Chevy Corsica, but it certainly gets better gas mileage.
I also fail to see how the AC can make much of a difference. I don't turn mine on very often, but even when I do I don't see a substantial difference. ACs have become much more efficient these days as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong (I don't do much with graphics), but with that gradient you are excluding all of the shades of red with green and blue in them. You're only allowing 256 colors, so if you, for example, draw a gradient that is 1024 pixels wide, you should see bands that are 4 pixels wide.
I'll have to disagree with you on that one. I'm running linux on an old Toshiba laptop with 933 MHz Pentium 3 with 512 MB of RAM and, although it takes several seconds to start up, it runs more than fast enough for everyday use.