This is a bit off-topic, but does anyone know what happened exactly with OpenGL 3.0? I thought it was supposed to have released in September, but I've been unable to dig up any information as for the delay.
I'm sorry, but after an incident quite some time ago, I can no longer take anything the Gartner group says seriously. Back in freshman year of college, an assignment required reading an essay published by a Gartner analyst. The title was "When Ants Beat Spiders"(a shame I can't find my old copy of it). Basically, the work was over the limitations of spider based search engines. The analyst then suggested using an ant like model, to search "well traveled data paths and examine dynamic content". That's all well and good, but the writer made absolutely no attempt at even suggesting a basic approach to implementing this system. He made no attempt to define what a "well traveled data path" is, nor did he even explain how it would be possible to accurately gain data on dynamic content. In the end, the entire essay sounded like a dehydrated nomad in the desert saying, "Gee, wouldn't it be nice if we had an ocean nearby". After that debacle, I can never take any consultant seriously.
...now some alien civilization will find it and a) sell it on Ebay for a ludicrous amount or b) brag to various and sundry that they own the original prop. Or they'll just do with it what they'll probably do to the Voyager probes: Toss it in the trash.
Ensure greater collaboration between RPM repositories/distros so we don't have errors such as mess as we do right now. As is: "You installed Program 1. It needs program 2." **installs program 2** "You installed program 1. It still needs program 2. It looks like you installed program 2A. "
I'm just curious, but what revision of the exam were you taking? They recently made an updated 2006 version of the exam. I'm studying for the exam myself and am using a book that covers the 2006 version(A+ cert guide 6th edition by Michael Meyers) and it seems to cover mostly relevant technologies, as it mentions the Intel C2D as well as the different 802.11 standards, and mentions forthcoming -N. The only obsolete complaints I have are that it covers way too much of the PATA hard drive standards and the new test still assumes that the incredibly older versions of Token Ring are used.
Of course, I still haven't taken the actual exam yet, so consider my assessment of the 2006 revision with a grain of salt. I have used a few practice tests of the older version, and yes, that's ridiculous. It covers such ancient technologies as the earliest forms of tape drives, and focuses with way too much detail on the cleaning of peripherals(mechanical mice and the like) which could be replaced for cheaper than the cost of cleaning materials involved.
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This is a bit off-topic, but does anyone know what happened exactly with OpenGL 3.0? I thought it was supposed to have released in September, but I've been unable to dig up any information as for the delay.
Will the ads themselves be ad supported? Maybe the images are embedded in a microdot or something?
You also get such wonderful combinations as "Core 2 Solo", and bizarre words as "Tigerton". I heard there was an attempt by Intel to simplify their nomenclatures, but that got canceled. I found an article on Arstechnica concerning it: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070808-intel-announces-plan-to-unify-product-naming-scheme.html Of course, that proposed naming system made even less sense...
I'm sorry, but after an incident quite some time ago, I can no longer take anything the Gartner group says seriously. Back in freshman year of college, an assignment required reading an essay published by a Gartner analyst. The title was "When Ants Beat Spiders"(a shame I can't find my old copy of it). Basically, the work was over the limitations of spider based search engines. The analyst then suggested using an ant like model, to search "well traveled data paths and examine dynamic content". That's all well and good, but the writer made absolutely no attempt at even suggesting a basic approach to implementing this system. He made no attempt to define what a "well traveled data path" is, nor did he even explain how it would be possible to accurately gain data on dynamic content. In the end, the entire essay sounded like a dehydrated nomad in the desert saying, "Gee, wouldn't it be nice if we had an ocean nearby". After that debacle, I can never take any consultant seriously.
Since this is a new GNOME release, what configuration option did they cut out now?
Wait...you let other people install stuff on your computer? I think you have bigger security problems than just a bloated app...
...now some alien civilization will find it and a) sell it on Ebay for a ludicrous amount or b) brag to various and sundry that they own the original prop. Or they'll just do with it what they'll probably do to the Voyager probes: Toss it in the trash.
I, for one, don't welcome our Islamic overlords.
Ensure greater collaboration between RPM repositories/distros so we don't have errors such as mess as we do right now. As is: "You installed Program 1. It needs program 2." **installs program 2** "You installed program 1. It still needs program 2. It looks like you installed program 2A. "
Your theory of a donut shaped universe intrigues me, Homer. I may have to steal it. That's the first thing I thought of when I read this.
I'm just curious, but what revision of the exam were you taking? They recently made an updated 2006 version of the exam. I'm studying for the exam myself and am using a book that covers the 2006 version(A+ cert guide 6th edition by Michael Meyers) and it seems to cover mostly relevant technologies, as it mentions the Intel C2D as well as the different 802.11 standards, and mentions forthcoming -N. The only obsolete complaints I have are that it covers way too much of the PATA hard drive standards and the new test still assumes that the incredibly older versions of Token Ring are used. Of course, I still haven't taken the actual exam yet, so consider my assessment of the 2006 revision with a grain of salt. I have used a few practice tests of the older version, and yes, that's ridiculous. It covers such ancient technologies as the earliest forms of tape drives, and focuses with way too much detail on the cleaning of peripherals(mechanical mice and the like) which could be replaced for cheaper than the cost of cleaning materials involved.