and the Cintiq 13 still needs a god damn computer to connect to with all the fucking cords getting in the way. You also need a god damn UPS for the computer in case the fucking power goes out while using it.
Since I have to spend lots of time in Medical Offices waiting for appointments - if Google would update the god damn calendar app to allow me to add appointments while off-line on my Nexus7, I'd have absolutely no justification for the Surface Pro but with a decent digitazer and Pen Input along with running almost all of my Windows software, I'd be damn happy to have one - especially as there's a decent Calendar app for Windows that doesn't require a stinking Network Connection to add/update/change appointments as happens every fucking time I'm at the doctors office.
Good? If you consider the cheapest grade of Columbian bean that's then over roasted to be good. I've paid the same and gotten a better grade of bean, grind and roast from a custom shop then I've ever had from Starbucks. Simply put, Starbucks coffee is not fit to drink plus it's over priced. Not bad from a business standpoint but sure as hell useless from the consumer standpoint and yes, it doesn't take that much effort to locate a place with much better grades for the same price per pound that Starbucks charges. Even Gevallia is better and it's no more expensive.
1) The tool chain is violating the rules by rounding before the calculations are completed 2) The programers have broken the rule of not rounding until your calculations 3) The hardware does not have enough precision to actualy deal with the number of places desired by the programmers
Someone else made the comment about going with a 128 int and for this, I see absolutely no reason that's going to be sufficient. Instead, what they need to use is a 1024 (or larger) bit Int to handle the issue
18-20 isn't a warm spring day. Hell I consider anything less then 25-35 to be a cold day during the spring as we routinely hit 40-45 during this time of year.
Of course, if we even hit 8 during the period Dec-March we're suffering a heat wave as it's usually closer to -8 here during that period and the funny thing is, I'm only 300Km from Los Angeles.
Nope. My latest game is Win95 compatible. I don't bother buying anything newer because of the god damn DRM (digital restrictions manager) that's included. I also don't see why my game needs an always on Net connection for single player mode. Sure Guildwars does but then it's an online game without any subscription fee (WoW, C2D and others need not apply).
Says you. My two main games are Guildwars and Total Annihilation and both of them are from Win95 era though GW has finally moved upstream enough that they've dropped support for Win9x from the client. For me, this sounds like a decent performance improvement that actually benefits me as both run well on Wine 1.4
Nice rant about not being able to print through the VPN but I bet there are several reasons for this.
1) Some MBA decided to cut costs by cutting printing down 2) It's a management decision for what ever reason - handed down to IT 3) It's due to an idiot that doesn't know how to configure a VPN to allow printing - happens all the time 4) Company may have a requirement that all docs are PDF for review/storage reasons instead of hardcopy
Instead of Ranting on/. about it, ask the IT dept why. You may be suprised at the answer.
My solution is to use a custom host file that blocks most of the advertisers to begin with. Much easier and it saves on bandwidth to boot. Of course, with the changes to Win8, it no longer supports such a solution but as I'm either installing Win7 or Linux, it's a great option for many of the people out there. Hell you don't even need to change them to Firefox to protect them due to this method. Saves headaches on my part as they've already figured out how to solve most of the problems with IE that they encounter.
It's by no means a perfect solution but with a little effort, I'm able to pretty much protect their systems w/o getting crazy and locking things down so tightly they can't do anything they want. Sure you'll have idiots that absolutely insist they need Bonzai Buddy and what not but after I've cleaned their system the 3rd time, it starts getting expensive for them and I let them know why. I'll support them but it'll start costing them serious money due to the number of times I have to invest fixing the problem. Pretty soon, they no longer ask me for support and I've lost a friend over it but like I tell em, if they want my help, that's one thing but if they don't want to learn what it takes to avoid the problem, I'm going to treat them like any other business will and start charging appropriately.
I tell em that MS is dropping support after tax day next year for their beloved XP and the following tax-day, they'll be killing Windows Activation for all XP systems. In other words, you're now in the enviable position that your computer will not run after tax-day 2015.
What options do you have?
1) I can build you a new system for $(x) with Win7 on it 2) I can convert your current system to Linux
a) Keep in mind that your system is obsolete by most standards (You've got a 3 on the tree stick) and few people even know how to fix it anymore. b) any new hardware you buy from Walmart & etc. will not work with XP (no drivers as support was dropped when Win7 was released) so you are going to have to upgrade at some point.
By explaining it to them, I'm finding that by sticking with a $300 budget, most of them can find the money for the new build (it may take a while). The first thing is to lock in the Motherboard and CPU to avoid issues and with the cost of ram being down yet, I generally get a 4GB stick of memory for it. The only area that gives me fits is moving their data from the old drive to the new one. Thankfully, I finally bought an IDE to USB bay for that reason.
One thing that tends to make folks happy is that I throw in a cheap flash drive (I buy in quantity anyhow) that's used by Windows for backup. Saves my ass when I need to wipe and reinstall due to virus/malware as all of their settings and such are stored on it. Boot from my install flash drive and reinstall takes me less then 20 minutes and then use the flash drive and restore from backup for all their settings and such - usually takes longer to reinstall all their software and Win Updates though I tend to keep the flash drive up to date with latest image from MS.
The main issue is that the Prosecution withheld material information from the defense, denying the accused a "Fair Trial" which means they now have legitimate grounds to apeal and overturn any conviction made. In fact, if the evidence that the prosecution failed to provide to the defense shows a clear case of innocence, the prosecution can be sanctioned by the court for failing to abide. Keep in mind that judges do not like their time wasted by some witch hunt and if that is the case, the prosecution is going to get their asses reamed by the judge.
Guildwars - I've screwed up and typo'd the damn pw (n)x times in a row w/o hitting their limit. Of course, it's also a registered IP with them so maybe the system would lock things if to many failures from various unrecognized locations.
First off, toss Ubunta and use Debian. Same features and much easier to find stuff that works. If you're feeling adventurous, I'd suggest going with Gentoo instead due to optimization and use flags. Simply put, you can save lots of space along with wear by configuring the installation your way. I know someone's going to chime in about Gentoo Ricers but that's not the advantage Gentoo offers in this case. Simply put, You Chose the optimizations used on your system. "Os" is best for laptops as it includes most of the O2 performance features while sticking with a smaller footprint and use flags allow you to decide what features get compiled into the apps. Simply put, why install Gnome/KDE if you don't need them? This doesn't mean various apps can't be installed. For example, I've got a mix of GTK/QT apps - Firefox, Libre Office, QTWriter (notetab plus clone) along with Filezilla (GTK based) and all of them use Fluxbox as the WM (there are many choices).
One thing I'd suggest is to use FDE (full disk encryption) and debian makes that pretty damn easy and get some of the new 32GB flash drives for backup use (critical files) because it's very likely it'll be stolen and the chances of recovery are miniscul to none - reason for the FDE use. Simply put, consider a stolen laptop to be a complete loss and plan around that as you really wont get it back and the cops have more important things to deal with.
Got you beat and Firefox hasn't needed a restart for 7 days. Plus I'm running Guild Wars on Wine 1.4 for that load average.
On the informative mod, I have to agree. If this is the quality of education (always knew it stank in the States) then I feel very sorry that the formerly great country is going down the tubes and becoming a 3rd world country as quick as can be.
You've been lucky then as I've had Realtek drivers shit all over themselves in XP/Vista and Win7 and don't forget the Nvidia debacle. It took them almost a full year after Vista was released before they got stable drivers for the fucking video card. Can't use a computer when the fucking video crashes on you and gaming? Forget it. Fastest way to crash the whole fucking system and have to reinstall. Even Intel has screwed up their drivers (security flaws - remote exploits) causing BSOD's the forced a reinstall of the OS and full drive wipe. No driver is perfect and don't even get me started on Lexmark or HP drivers.
and the reason Satan was kicked out was him screwing with the timer. Because of this, the dinosaurs and everyone had plenty of time to grow old and die, create fossils and such just to screw with our minds. There is no missing link, never was, never will be. It's just Satan screwing with our minds - For Trekies it's like "Q" playing with Picard.
use IPv6 for local network (and place em into the hosts file) - Enforce IPv6 Privacy Extensions and what not on the local net and use encryption (tls/https) to prevent spoofing
dr/tl: Only if the government decides to even accept the case. If he's held by the state, then he may be able to sue. Otherwise he's screwed/blued and tattooed.
What I'd prefer seeing instead of a Sales Tax (consumption based) is a flat tax of ten percent with no deductions/allowances (everyone pays the same amount) but that aint ever going to happen because it would impact congress and the rich.
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Until you run out of Ammo. I'll stick with my sword, knife and crossbow.
and the Cintiq 13 still needs a god damn computer to connect to with all the fucking cords getting in the way. You also need a god damn UPS for the computer in case the fucking power goes out while using it.
Since I have to spend lots of time in Medical Offices waiting for appointments - if Google would update the god damn calendar app to allow me to add appointments while off-line on my Nexus7, I'd have absolutely no justification for the Surface Pro but with a decent digitazer and Pen Input along with running almost all of my Windows software, I'd be damn happy to have one - especially as there's a decent Calendar app for Windows that doesn't require a stinking Network Connection to add/update/change appointments as happens every fucking time I'm at the doctors office.
Now that's the kind of info I like to see. Sure it may not be as good as the latest Wacom Cintiq but certainly good enough for my needs.
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Good? If you consider the cheapest grade of Columbian bean that's then over roasted to be good. I've paid the same and gotten a better grade of bean, grind and roast from a custom shop then I've ever had from Starbucks. Simply put, Starbucks coffee is not fit to drink plus it's over priced. Not bad from a business standpoint but sure as hell useless from the consumer standpoint and yes, it doesn't take that much effort to locate a place with much better grades for the same price per pound that Starbucks charges. Even Gevallia is better and it's no more expensive.
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From what I'm seeing it's a two fold issue
1) The tool chain is violating the rules by rounding before the calculations are completed
2) The programers have broken the rule of not rounding until your calculations
3) The hardware does not have enough precision to actualy deal with the number of places desired by the programmers
Someone else made the comment about going with a 128 int and for this, I see absolutely no reason that's going to be sufficient. Instead, what they need to use is a 1024 (or larger) bit Int to handle the issue
Better to have one of our congress critters involved. It'll get fixed damn quick then. Otherwise, it'll be just Another Diana.
18-20 isn't a warm spring day. Hell I consider anything less then 25-35 to be a cold day during the spring as we routinely hit 40-45 during this time of year.
Of course, if we even hit 8 during the period Dec-March we're suffering a heat wave as it's usually closer to -8 here during that period and the funny thing is, I'm only 300Km from Los Angeles.
Cnet is actually correct. Any data taken was encrypted.
In this case, you have to assume that data was taken. No "If ands or Buts about it". Data was taken. They just don't know what data.
don't need another damn hafling anyway. Much rather have a giantling anyway - they can carry more stuff
Nope. My latest game is Win95 compatible. I don't bother buying anything newer because of the god damn DRM (digital restrictions manager) that's included. I also don't see why my game needs an always on Net connection for single player mode. Sure Guildwars does but then it's an online game without any subscription fee (WoW, C2D and others need not apply).
Says you. My two main games are Guildwars and Total Annihilation and both of them are from Win95 era though GW has finally moved upstream enough that they've dropped support for Win9x from the client. For me, this sounds like a decent performance improvement that actually benefits me as both run well on Wine 1.4
Nice rant about not being able to print through the VPN but I bet there are several reasons for this.
1) Some MBA decided to cut costs by cutting printing down
2) It's a management decision for what ever reason - handed down to IT
3) It's due to an idiot that doesn't know how to configure a VPN to allow printing - happens all the time
4) Company may have a requirement that all docs are PDF for review/storage reasons instead of hardcopy
Instead of Ranting on /. about it, ask the IT dept why. You may be suprised at the answer.
My solution is to use a custom host file that blocks most of the advertisers to begin with. Much easier and it saves on bandwidth to boot. Of course, with the changes to Win8, it no longer supports such a solution but as I'm either installing Win7 or Linux, it's a great option for many of the people out there. Hell you don't even need to change them to Firefox to protect them due to this method. Saves headaches on my part as they've already figured out how to solve most of the problems with IE that they encounter.
It's by no means a perfect solution but with a little effort, I'm able to pretty much protect their systems w/o getting crazy and locking things down so tightly they can't do anything they want. Sure you'll have idiots that absolutely insist they need Bonzai Buddy and what not but after I've cleaned their system the 3rd time, it starts getting expensive for them and I let them know why. I'll support them but it'll start costing them serious money due to the number of times I have to invest fixing the problem. Pretty soon, they no longer ask me for support and I've lost a friend over it but like I tell em, if they want my help, that's one thing but if they don't want to learn what it takes to avoid the problem, I'm going to treat them like any other business will and start charging appropriately.
I tell em that MS is dropping support after tax day next year for their beloved XP and the following tax-day, they'll be killing Windows Activation for all XP systems. In other words, you're now in the enviable position that your computer will not run after tax-day 2015.
What options do you have?
1) I can build you a new system for $(x) with Win7 on it
2) I can convert your current system to Linux
a) Keep in mind that your system is obsolete by most standards (You've got a 3 on the tree stick) and few people even know how to fix it anymore.
b) any new hardware you buy from Walmart & etc. will not work with XP (no drivers as support was dropped when Win7 was released) so you are going to have to upgrade at some point.
By explaining it to them, I'm finding that by sticking with a $300 budget, most of them can find the money for the new build (it may take a while). The first thing is to lock in the Motherboard and CPU to avoid issues and with the cost of ram being down yet, I generally get a 4GB stick of memory for it. The only area that gives me fits is moving their data from the old drive to the new one. Thankfully, I finally bought an IDE to USB bay for that reason.
One thing that tends to make folks happy is that I throw in a cheap flash drive (I buy in quantity anyhow) that's used by Windows for backup. Saves my ass when I need to wipe and reinstall due to virus/malware as all of their settings and such are stored on it. Boot from my install flash drive and reinstall takes me less then 20 minutes and then use the flash drive and restore from backup for all their settings and such - usually takes longer to reinstall all their software and Win Updates though I tend to keep the flash drive up to date with latest image from MS.
The main issue is that the Prosecution withheld material information from the defense, denying the accused a "Fair Trial" which means they now have legitimate grounds to apeal and overturn any conviction made. In fact, if the evidence that the prosecution failed to provide to the defense shows a clear case of innocence, the prosecution can be sanctioned by the court for failing to abide. Keep in mind that judges do not like their time wasted by some witch hunt and if that is the case, the prosecution is going to get their asses reamed by the judge.
Guildwars - I've screwed up and typo'd the damn pw (n)x times in a row w/o hitting their limit. Of course, it's also a registered IP with them so maybe the system would lock things if to many failures from various unrecognized locations.
First off, toss Ubunta and use Debian. Same features and much easier to find stuff that works. If you're feeling adventurous, I'd suggest going with Gentoo instead due to optimization and use flags. Simply put, you can save lots of space along with wear by configuring the installation your way. I know someone's going to chime in about Gentoo Ricers but that's not the advantage Gentoo offers in this case. Simply put, You Chose the optimizations used on your system. "Os" is best for laptops as it includes most of the O2 performance features while sticking with a smaller footprint and use flags allow you to decide what features get compiled into the apps. Simply put, why install Gnome/KDE if you don't need them? This doesn't mean various apps can't be installed. For example, I've got a mix of GTK/QT apps - Firefox, Libre Office, QTWriter (notetab plus clone) along with Filezilla (GTK based) and all of them use Fluxbox as the WM (there are many choices).
One thing I'd suggest is to use FDE (full disk encryption) and debian makes that pretty damn easy and get some of the new 32GB flash drives for backup use (critical files) because it's very likely it'll be stolen and the chances of recovery are miniscul to none - reason for the FDE use. Simply put, consider a stolen laptop to be a complete loss and plan around that as you really wont get it back and the cops have more important things to deal with.
uptime=15:13:32 up 27 days, 18:44, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.16, 0.
Got you beat and Firefox hasn't needed a restart for 7 days. Plus I'm running Guild Wars on Wine 1.4 for that load average.
On the informative mod, I have to agree. If this is the quality of education (always knew it stank in the States) then I feel very sorry that the formerly great country is going down the tubes and becoming a 3rd world country as quick as can be.
You've been lucky then as I've had Realtek drivers shit all over themselves in XP/Vista and Win7 and don't forget the Nvidia debacle. It took them almost a full year after Vista was released before they got stable drivers for the fucking video card. Can't use a computer when the fucking video crashes on you and gaming? Forget it. Fastest way to crash the whole fucking system and have to reinstall. Even Intel has screwed up their drivers (security flaws - remote exploits) causing BSOD's the forced a reinstall of the OS and full drive wipe. No driver is perfect and don't even get me started on Lexmark or HP drivers.
and the reason Satan was kicked out was him screwing with the timer. Because of this, the dinosaurs and everyone had plenty of time to grow old and die, create fossils and such just to screw with our minds. There is no missing link, never was, never will be. It's just Satan screwing with our minds - For Trekies it's like "Q" playing with Picard.
and I've ceased using windows even for gaming - Wine handles GW just fine for me.
use IPv6 for local network (and place em into the hosts file) - Enforce IPv6 Privacy Extensions and what not on the local net and use encryption (tls/https) to prevent spoofing
dr/tl: Only if the government decides to even accept the case. If he's held by the state, then he may be able to sue. Otherwise he's screwed/blued and tattooed.
What I'd prefer seeing instead of a Sales Tax (consumption based) is a flat tax of ten percent with no deductions/allowances (everyone pays the same amount) but that aint ever going to happen because it would impact congress and the rich.