The system promises fewer computer crashes and will allow users to delete data from their hard drive.
User Poll: (a) Awesome feature! Now I can reuse the 4 hard drives sitting in the closet!
(b) Par for the course. It's just like Microsoft to remove essential functionality.
(c) Don't stare into the headlights of any on-coming operating system, you may be blinded and crash head-on.
(d) Friends don't let friends drive microsofted.
(e) Cowboyneal
The bit about rewriting applications was also said when Apple transitioned to the Powermac from 680x0. It took many many months (I estimate up to 2 years? -help!) for various softwares - including MacOS - to catch up to being native code. This full backwards compatibility of Hammer and G5 from the start deserves kudos, in part because emulators will not be needed.
The gist according to firingsquad.gamers.com is that there was a initial batch of XP's that were
SMP-enabled and mistakenly shipped. AMD supposedly will be disabling SMP in the XPs very soon.
Well, since congress has seen fit to batten down the hatches, the friggin' least they could do is ban junk snail mail, since it could conceiveably be a means for transmitting biological agents. Oh yeah, throw in electronic spam while you're at it.
I know this is going to sound like a troll but it is not meant as such, so please forgive. On the one hand, there is a cynical view that these anti-terrorism bills are a way for the fed to cover its collective behind, since it is plausible it was sleeping at the switch. On the other hand, there is the view that it took a wake-up call before preventative measures were put in place.
The bills in the hopper now are open ended in nature. They cannot guarantee that future acts of terrorism won't. Just look at the so-called War on Drugs. Has that curtailed drug trafficking and/or drug use? Perhaps. This is not an original idea, but where should the line be drawn for dumping money and resources into antiterrorism? Probably a cost-benefit analysis would be needed.
I have heard on the radio that "some people" have expressed respect for the President for not having a knee-jerk reaction by retaliating on the day subsequent to the WTC attacks. Be that as it may, but I am horrified by my impression of Congress on this "anti-privacy" legislation becuase it sure seems like they are having a knee-jerk reaction to something that they act as if they can completely control with Law but don't realize (or perhaps ignore) they cannot in practice. (Similar arguments have been made regarding the music industry.) Well, dammit, I have had enough and will be writing my Representatives and vote accordingly.
There is a web site [ultimatesoundarchive.com] that will let you
download DTMF tones royalty-free for commercial use. The list
is here. This seems to include the extra three dial tones available
to phone operators and not to users.
But their ads suck up the bandwidth I am purchasing from my ISP. It is only reasonable to have control over how I spend that bandwidth, which could include visiting a competitor's web site. If "most" people do this -- and I am fairly certain this is the not case -- then those competing web sites might become self-sustainable without advertisements. In practice however, when I see a web site I enjoy or think has general value, I will go a little out of my way to click on their ads to help support their revenue stream.
Microsoft says the changes will make upgrading more simple and that they were made at the request of customers. It claims only 20% of customers will see price increases, 50% will pay the same and 30% will save money. Companies who upgrade a lot will save the most, it says.
The local phone company says the changes will make calling plans more simple and that they were made at the request of customers. It claims only 20% of customers will see price increases, 50% will pay the same and 30% will save money. Companies who call a lot will save the most, it says. (Historical context: when phone companies originally had started talking about switching customers to a per-call rate from the long-standing block rate.)
It does pay to be effectively the only game around -- it pays the companies.
It may be that AMD has both Intel and Apple worried. Intels new agreement with Rambus to sell its DRAM made me think that AMD is serious competition. Why would Intel sleep again with Rambus after getting losing on the RDRAM speculation?
I was wondering whether somebody was going to bring up encryption here. Given the large Windows user base, all the govt has to do is to come to an "understanding" with Microsoft to have it install encryption back doors in the OS in exchange for a slapping on the wrist for monopolistic practices. (Set aside for the moment the jokes that Windows by default is one big back door.) Or back doors in applications, especially if pay-per-use downloadable software becomes real. Then closed source code wins. In a knee-jerk sense, it woudl seem to be one large step down the anti-terrorism path in view of the tragic events of late.
Mod me down if you must, but show me who else here is synthesizing ideas into a bigger picture.
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The engineer said the steel was rated up to 800F and melts at 1500F. He said the temperature was more like 2000F.
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< center > YOUR SYSTEM IS INFECTED WITH CODE RED.
GO AWAY NOW AND PATCH YOUR SYSTEM PLEASE.
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I don't see how they can justify charging us $29 per head for JUST the local loop and then selling the entire service for $35 themselves, but thats what they
did.
This is really a shame. I suppose the MaBells et al. could simply claim DSL is not the only way to connect to the 'net -- thus, they are not being monopolistic.
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No, he is saying that the platform should be Windows.
There are people who disagree with that on general principles or who need something Microsoft isn't/can't/doesn't want to provide.
Well, it can't be such a bad thing really . e.g. Kevin Smith as Ares has fairly decent acting.
A sign of losing his virginity?
Ternary could make the relationship with your significant other all the better/worse:
What part of yes AND no don't you understand?
Well, there is now an answer.
From the CNN article:
The system promises fewer computer crashes and will allow users to delete data from their hard drive.
User Poll:
(a) Awesome feature! Now I can reuse the 4 hard drives sitting in the closet!
(b) Par for the course. It's just like Microsoft to remove essential functionality.
(c) Don't stare into the headlights of any on-coming operating system, you may be blinded and crash head-on.
(d) Friends don't let friends drive microsofted.
(e) Cowboyneal
The bit about rewriting applications was also said when Apple transitioned to the Powermac from 680x0. It took many many months (I estimate up to 2 years? -help!) for various softwares - including MacOS - to catch up to being native code. This full backwards compatibility of Hammer and G5 from the start deserves kudos, in part because emulators will not be needed.
What does UBL's message sound like played backwards? Are voices hidden within?
The gist according to firingsquad.gamers.com is that there was a initial batch of XP's that were
SMP-enabled and mistakenly shipped. AMD supposedly will be disabling SMP in the XPs very soon.
What's all this about erotic programming languages? Oh...nevermind.
Well, since congress has seen fit to batten down the hatches, the friggin' least they could do is ban junk snail mail, since it could conceiveably be a means for transmitting biological agents. Oh yeah, throw in electronic spam while you're at it.
I know this is going to sound like a troll but it is not meant as such, so please forgive. On the one hand, there is a cynical view that these anti-terrorism bills are a way for the fed to cover its collective behind, since it is plausible it was sleeping at the switch. On the other hand, there is the view that it took a wake-up call before preventative measures were put in place.
The bills in the hopper now are open ended in nature. They cannot guarantee that future acts of terrorism won't. Just look at the so-called War on Drugs. Has that curtailed drug trafficking and/or drug use? Perhaps. This is not an original idea, but where should the line be drawn for dumping money and resources into antiterrorism? Probably a cost-benefit analysis would be needed.
I have heard on the radio that "some people" have expressed respect for the President for not having a knee-jerk reaction by retaliating on the day subsequent to the WTC attacks. Be that as it may, but I am horrified by my impression of Congress on this "anti-privacy" legislation becuase it sure seems like they are having a knee-jerk reaction to something that they act as if they can completely control with Law but don't realize (or perhaps ignore) they cannot in practice. (Similar arguments have been made regarding the music industry.) Well, dammit, I have had enough and will be writing my Representatives and vote accordingly.
Cool idea, but a small amount of storage (up to 256 MB) compared to mainstream hard drives:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/piccolo.html
Oops, make that 4 special tones.
There is a web site [ultimatesoundarchive.com] that will let you
download DTMF tones royalty-free for commercial use. The list
is here. This seems to include the extra three dial tones available
to phone operators and not to users.
Email means enamel auf deutsch.
But their ads suck up the bandwidth I am purchasing from my ISP. It is only reasonable to have control over how I spend that bandwidth, which could include visiting a competitor's web site. If "most" people do this -- and I am fairly certain this is the not case -- then those competing web sites might become self-sustainable without advertisements. In practice however, when I see a web site I enjoy or think has general value, I will go a little out of my way to click on their ads to help support their revenue stream.
Microsoft says the changes will make upgrading more simple and that they were made at the request of customers. It claims only 20% of customers will see price increases, 50% will pay the same and 30% will save money. Companies who upgrade a lot will save the most, it says.
The local phone company says the changes will make calling plans more simple and that they were made at the request of customers. It claims only 20% of customers will see price increases, 50% will pay the same and 30% will save money. Companies who call a lot will save the most, it says.
(Historical context: when phone companies originally had started talking about switching customers to a per-call rate from the long-standing block rate.)
It does pay to be effectively the only game around -- it pays the companies.
Go cell phones! Go linux!
This site appears to have the records while you are asking for a subset. I am sure somebody would be willing to assemble the data.
See http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp
Select Members option.
It also has info on bills sponsored, campaign contributions, and more. Disclaimer: I am not affliated with this site.
It may be that AMD has both Intel and Apple worried. Intels new agreement with Rambus to sell its DRAM made me think that AMD is serious competition. Why would Intel sleep again with Rambus after getting losing on the RDRAM speculation?
I was wondering whether somebody was going to bring up encryption here. Given the large Windows user base, all the govt has to do is to come to an "understanding" with Microsoft to have it install encryption back doors in the OS in exchange for a slapping on the wrist for monopolistic practices. (Set aside for the moment the jokes that Windows by default is one big back door.) Or back doors in applications, especially if pay-per-use downloadable software becomes real. Then closed source code wins. In a knee-jerk sense, it woudl seem to be one large step down the anti-terrorism path in view of the tragic events of late.
Mod me down if you must, but show me who else here is synthesizing ideas into a bigger picture.
The engineer said the steel was rated up to 800F and melts at 1500F. He said the temperature was more like 2000F.
Since my suggestions are not welcome, I am leaving slashdot. I would have figured Troll -1, but off topic??? Adios.
How about getting these things to drive those high-resolution walls?
> cat default.ida
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</head>< body bgcolor="ffffff" text="ff0000">
< font size="+4">
< center >
< HTML>< HEAD > < META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT = "5; URL=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/def
YOUR SYSTEM IS INFECTED WITH CODE RED. GO AWAY NOW AND PATCH YOUR SYSTEM PLEASE.
</center > </font > </body > </html >
I don't see how they can justify charging us $29 per head for JUST the local loop and then selling the entire service for $35 themselves, but thats what they did.
This is really a shame. I suppose the MaBells et al. could simply claim DSL is not the only way to connect to the 'net -- thus, they are not being monopolistic.