I agree, I don't see any major differences, just better lay out... it seems that when something moves more in line with other web 2.0 sites, everyone bitches and moans.
As I stated in an post further up - the Trio and Virge cards are what S3 made a killing on.
I actually remember a server board that basically required a Trio - other cards would cause the system to hang mid use. They were great little cards and even were able to have expanded memory added.
ATi, Trident, Matrox, S3, the good old days... I remember when I worked in a computer shop, we used to burn through S3 Virge and S3 Trio cards like they were going out of fashion.
Unfortunately they were left for dead when people no longer needed a 2D card to go with their 3DFX card - the combo cards from Diamond were killer cards and removed the need for the usual S3 Virge/Trio or Trident.
Thank god someone else understands the difference...
Adaptors do not work... not the way firewire does.
For video IEEE1394 eats USB, no doubt it works in other applications the same. USB does some things great, but a Mac without Firewire is like a shark without fins - menacing, but no real danger.
As long as intent can be "proven" the prosecution will take your balls. The looseness of the laws that seem to come out of this whole PRO-IP idea is the alarming thing. If you thought getting off on a technicality was bad, imagine going to gaol for a technicality.
Indeed, they are a counted as a weed here in Australia... they ruin creeks and rivers by upsetting the balance of the ecosystem (dominate over natural grasses and trees).
Actually, no it wouldn't. China's economy is a lot stronger than you think. Unlike the US, they have a massive manufacturing base that can ship to anywhere in the world. The US is just a "customer" - a bad one at that.
They have the rest of the world (Europe, Asia, Africa, Russia, the list goes on). To me it would be business as usual, with one less "customer".
This just seems like old news to me... I remember reading a post about 3 or 4 months ago about us finding "earth like" planets but outside the bounds of what we understand can substantiate life. Maybe it was on new scientist, but I swear I've seen almost the same tag line on a slashdot article.
This just reads like Discovery documentary - a lot of "meaningful"* questions, no real substance.
*by meaningful I mean trying to come across as meaningful, but either rhetorical or just plain obvious.
10kv is nothing near what a lightning strike will do. You might get a spike via fibre on a strike, but it will end up as a melted mess before the strike fully discharges - by which time it will have "found" a more efficient route to ground.
To say equate fibre conducting a gigavolt or two is the same as conducting 10kv is just silly. Do we ban wood in homes? You know, trees get hit by lightning all the time, and, well, we've got 240v (or 110v if you're in the US) going all through the walls.
Actually, I'm scared now... I might have to go build a massive rubber home now.
You always have this option. The moment you put the tender requests up there'll be companies jumping up and down to get your business.
This is just FUD spread by paranoids.
If you're stupid enough to sign a contract that says "you can never leave even if we fuck you over" you deserve all you get - developing another system to beat them with won't help, you'll probably end up in hotter water. Think about it, if you're locked in and can't get out of the contract, don't you think they'd have put provisions in there to say that you can't develop another system? Even so, it goes back to my previous point - stupid people, signing contracts, blah blah blah. You get the picture.
I've had the same experience with Google docs/mail as an internal document/mail system. I used it for an online Eve corp, worked wonders. We could actively develop process, market trend spreadsheets, production lists, combat operations, the lot via one central system. Everyone even had the choice of using a new email or their existing email for logging into the system and receiving updates, etc.
I am only using the free version, however the amount of users spots and tools at your fingertips makes it a winner hands down.
Oh god... not Sharepoint. Seriously the worst fucking system on the planet for it's intended purpose. I've seen a whole Sharepoint system rendered useless purely from some tool techie connecting with an updated version of Office. The entries become useless after that unless you upgrade the whole network to the latest version of MS Office.
As for Zimbra, never used it, but it sounds like a nice system. I'd be going between that and Google (I already run a domain bar the web presence via Google docs).
If you've ever played Dungeon Siege you'd see this kind of idea has already been implemented.
If you want to be a warrior you hack & slash, if you want to be a ranger, you pull your bow out, naturalist use nature spells, wizard use fire spells. Every time you cast one of the trees and get a kill you level that class. This allows you to create a few interesting hybrid classes. DS2 really nailed it giving you more flexibility.
Diablo for me has always been very linear as far as development of your class goes, so It'd be nice to see some variation added to spice it up - but I won't hold my breath. I'm thinking WoW formulae will be heavily sprinkled through this iteration of Diablo.
Well... they almost are. I think one big misconception of the US is that it is one country. There seems to be massive differences from state to state with regards to laws and process. As the name suggests, the US is a Union of States, not a country divided into geopolitical states/provinces.
It's troubling that there seems to be entities that move outside the bounds of the law to create a sort of extra state. In the long run the only people who really have any sort of sway are the ones with money and are part of the whole "old boys club".
I'm not the biggest US historian, but to me, this seems like it goes against what the war of independence was fought over. Pretty much this style of overtly covert governance destroys the constitution that seems to be waved around to tug at "average Joe's" heart strings.
I know I do sometimes come across as anti-US in a lot of my posts, it's more of a venting of frustration at the government over there and the people that support blatant human rights abuses.
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The Symbian OS crashes like there's no tomorrow. I traded up from a Nokia N95 (Symbian) to an iPhone. Crashes are gone.
I don't doubt your A1200 is the same.
If they're using tunnels don't you think they're smart enough to avoid these checkpoints?
This is exactly what was warned against in 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. It seems the US Constitution isn't worth the paper it was written on.
I prefer to use killer robot armies, but pitchforks, flaming brands, works for me.
I agree, I don't see any major differences, just better lay out... it seems that when something moves more in line with other web 2.0 sites, everyone bitches and moans.
(as for the Firewire, it makes a huge difference)
Pretty much... oh noes, Nvidia wasn't mentioned.
Either someone is a bit too much of a pedant or we're seeing some fanboyism.
As I stated in an post further up - the Trio and Virge cards are what S3 made a killing on.
I actually remember a server board that basically required a Trio - other cards would cause the system to hang mid use. They were great little cards and even were able to have expanded memory added.
ATi, Trident, Matrox, S3, the good old days... I remember when I worked in a computer shop, we used to burn through S3 Virge and S3 Trio cards like they were going out of fashion.
Unfortunately they were left for dead when people no longer needed a 2D card to go with their 3DFX card - the combo cards from Diamond were killer cards and removed the need for the usual S3 Virge/Trio or Trident.
Well, there has been some studies that show the body releases DMT when having vivid dreams. So your body may be getting you high without knowing.
Thank god someone else understands the difference...
Adaptors do not work... not the way firewire does.
For video IEEE1394 eats USB, no doubt it works in other applications the same. USB does some things great, but a Mac without Firewire is like a shark without fins - menacing, but no real danger.
As long as intent can be "proven" the prosecution will take your balls. The looseness of the laws that seem to come out of this whole PRO-IP idea is the alarming thing. If you thought getting off on a technicality was bad, imagine going to gaol for a technicality.
Indeed, they are a counted as a weed here in Australia... they ruin creeks and rivers by upsetting the balance of the ecosystem (dominate over natural grasses and trees).
So yes, GP needs to check their facts first.
Actually, no it wouldn't. China's economy is a lot stronger than you think. Unlike the US, they have a massive manufacturing base that can ship to anywhere in the world. The US is just a "customer" - a bad one at that.
They have the rest of the world (Europe, Asia, Africa, Russia, the list goes on). To me it would be business as usual, with one less "customer".
closer to 200 000 000...
This just seems like old news to me... I remember reading a post about 3 or 4 months ago about us finding "earth like" planets but outside the bounds of what we understand can substantiate life. Maybe it was on new scientist, but I swear I've seen almost the same tag line on a slashdot article.
This just reads like Discovery documentary - a lot of "meaningful"* questions, no real substance.
*by meaningful I mean trying to come across as meaningful, but either rhetorical or just plain obvious.
10kv is nothing near what a lightning strike will do. You might get a spike via fibre on a strike, but it will end up as a melted mess before the strike fully discharges - by which time it will have "found" a more efficient route to ground.
To say equate fibre conducting a gigavolt or two is the same as conducting 10kv is just silly. Do we ban wood in homes? You know, trees get hit by lightning all the time, and, well, we've got 240v (or 110v if you're in the US) going all through the walls.
Actually, I'm scared now... I might have to go build a massive rubber home now.
And technology doesn't cause stress, we do.
Fixed that for you.
I am so sorry, you were funny right up until the massive "LOL"...
As with all comedy, don't start laughing until others do... unless that's your bit.
Those who can't "do" teach.
You always have this option. The moment you put the tender requests up there'll be companies jumping up and down to get your business.
This is just FUD spread by paranoids.
If you're stupid enough to sign a contract that says "you can never leave even if we fuck you over" you deserve all you get - developing another system to beat them with won't help, you'll probably end up in hotter water. Think about it, if you're locked in and can't get out of the contract, don't you think they'd have put provisions in there to say that you can't develop another system? Even so, it goes back to my previous point - stupid people, signing contracts, blah blah blah. You get the picture.
I've had the same experience with Google docs/mail as an internal document/mail system. I used it for an online Eve corp, worked wonders. We could actively develop process, market trend spreadsheets, production lists, combat operations, the lot via one central system. Everyone even had the choice of using a new email or their existing email for logging into the system and receiving updates, etc.
I am only using the free version, however the amount of users spots and tools at your fingertips makes it a winner hands down.
Oh god... not Sharepoint. Seriously the worst fucking system on the planet for it's intended purpose. I've seen a whole Sharepoint system rendered useless purely from some tool techie connecting with an updated version of Office. The entries become useless after that unless you upgrade the whole network to the latest version of MS Office.
As for Zimbra, never used it, but it sounds like a nice system. I'd be going between that and Google (I already run a domain bar the web presence via Google docs).
First Fail!
If you've ever played Dungeon Siege you'd see this kind of idea has already been implemented.
If you want to be a warrior you hack & slash, if you want to be a ranger, you pull your bow out, naturalist use nature spells, wizard use fire spells. Every time you cast one of the trees and get a kill you level that class. This allows you to create a few interesting hybrid classes. DS2 really nailed it giving you more flexibility.
Diablo for me has always been very linear as far as development of your class goes, so It'd be nice to see some variation added to spice it up - but I won't hold my breath. I'm thinking WoW formulae will be heavily sprinkled through this iteration of Diablo.
I don't know how you got modded off-topic.
I have an iPhone 3G and always "umm and arr" about whether or not to jail break it.
I'll see how the android develops and make my mind up then though. It seems it lacks in a few key areas at the moment.
Well... they almost are. I think one big misconception of the US is that it is one country. There seems to be massive differences from state to state with regards to laws and process. As the name suggests, the US is a Union of States, not a country divided into geopolitical states/provinces.
It's troubling that there seems to be entities that move outside the bounds of the law to create a sort of extra state. In the long run the only people who really have any sort of sway are the ones with money and are part of the whole "old boys club".
I'm not the biggest US historian, but to me, this seems like it goes against what the war of independence was fought over. Pretty much this style of overtly covert governance destroys the constitution that seems to be waved around to tug at "average Joe's" heart strings.
I know I do sometimes come across as anti-US in a lot of my posts, it's more of a venting of frustration at the government over there and the people that support blatant human rights abuses.