I have made thousands of key duplicates (family retail business), so I have a little knowledge in key duplication. Here's two bits of knowledge:
1) When you make a copy from the original key, the copy is, maybe, a hair off on either or both the pin offset and depth. Depending on the age and quality of the lock, this minor deviation can cause the key not to work. Copies from originals work (best guestimate) 99/100 times.
2) Most people do not have their original keys anymore. They have 2nd, 3rd, or 4th generation keys. Every time you duplicate, the error multiplies just like using a photo-copier on a copy. With so much error, 3rd or later generations work (guestimate) 1 in 3 times.
So, even if this technology can duplicate your key by photo, unless they bring the key back to a locksmith (who has a special jig for cutting new originals using pins instead of the key -- gets rid of the "signal noise") or the software already adjusts for the "signal noise", there's a good chance the key won't work. It all depends on the source key and the lock.
I don't think it's possible to actually stop evolution. Even if you were somehow able to freeze-frame biological processes, there is still the entire realm of social and mental evolution.
There will always be new ways of thinking and interacting with our fellow humans.
If the human race were to stop evolving, we would become stagnant and die off. Without evolution, we cannot combat entropy.
I do hope these people realize that their computer is slow due to hard drive access speeds and operating system limitations. Memory and CPU are the least of our problems today.
For 32-bit Windows systems, you can also install a driver called Gevotte's RRamDisk. The setup is a little technical. Basically, it's a ram-disk that uses your CPU's PAE to access memory above the 4GB mark, regardless of Windows' limitation. You can then place your swap on the ram disk.
It's not as elegant as using all available memory, and it does cause some overhead, but I know it works well. I've been running it on my XP PC for a few months now.
Then I guess all those benchmarks out there must be wrong. It's all a conspiracy to bury Microsoft's newest product. Yeah... that must be it.
And my first hand experience with Vista... also part of this conspiracy. My mother has a computer that was "built for Vista" (which, by the way, MS has admitted was a "marketing overstatement", ie. LIE). It's slow. It crashes ALOT. We've upgraded drivers. We've done a clean install. We took the necessary updates. It still crashes. It's still slow. It's still a load of crap.
My high-end system costs $4k. It has everything that anyone could want in a system. It can do ray tracing lightning fast but apparently can't load Vista in under 15 minutes, even after spending hours removing all the "sparkle" that is the new UI.
Your experience appears to be derived from a single desktop. I have used multiple desktops, laptops, and notebooks. I have also done research and generally kept up on the happenings in Vista in case there was some mystical transformation from trash-heap to XP-upgrade. I have yet to see it.
I'm glad it works for you, but, you are a minority of a minority and are in no way a benchmark for all Vista installs.
I was going to write a well-written retort full of reason and fact, but I decided that it was a waste of time. Instead: *expletive* *expletive* *expletive*.
Moving on.
The people I've heard not complain about Vista use their computers as document editors and web-browsers. However, I have to remind you: my pocket watch can do this, and it costs less than a single install of Vista. To butcher an old phrase: Vista is about as useful as a tit on a bull, and about twice as ugly.
That's not exactly true. When stating your opinions, especially those that could be construed as liable or defamation, you need to make sure it is understood that it is an opinion.
For instance, calling a cop a "f***ing a**hole" can land you in quite a bit of trouble. However, saying "I think you're an f***ing a**hole" is completely in the free and clear (although, I don't suggest testing this).
Using your example, I'd have to say that you would not be in the legal clear as most people (ie., those who don't actually do all those things... ) could suffer irreparable social damage.
Is there even a bus to enable the actual use of this speed? Most of the slow-down in a PC or server is in getting the information from memory to devices (especially storage devices). This might have limited use in embedded systems, though...
I'm sticking with DDR2; at least it was an improvement over it's predecessor.
Can anyone think of a reason not to build these things underground?
The typical ambient temperature 6ft down is 60f or 16c. With proper ventilation (think solar-powered fans) and using the walls as heat-pipes, I'm sure you could keep the temperature down with little to no energy cost.
There's absolutely no disaster recovery on FAT32. It has no protections from bit errors, and has no native method of defining permissions.
It's used on thumb drives because A) it has very little meta data that needs to be written to the drive in addition to the data (meaning: you can unplug faster), and B) it works on every OS.
Ooooh... It must have a Gold-leaf manual, created by our very own Martha S. (she loves the gold-leaf). And, a limited edition soundtrack and collectible modal, right?
OR! The game material is printed on indestructible holographic media, right? Good for thousands of years, even if the game isn't.
I've read many people have an aversion to FF3 because of the "Uber Bar" auto-completing URls. I find this to be a useful feature, as I don't need to open the browser history. If you don't like the feature, turn off the history you fools.
As for the nag screen, users need to be able to disable it. However, there really is no reason not to upgrade. FF3 is more secure, uses less resources, and is generally more standards compliant than it's predecessor. If you do not like it because of cosmetic reasons, that's fine. But don't start complaining when someone exploits an un-patched security flaw and gives you a nasty virus.
It's not illegal because it can cause a house fire. It's illegal because of the potential damage to neighbors.
The police and fire officials legally entered his home by the owner's invitation (because of the fire). If they were to ignore the potential hazard of the described chemicals (being all over the furniture, floor, and shelving), then the fire and police departments would have to be held accountable in the event that his house blew up.
Why would you hope for such a thing? Apparently, only heterosexual men can play? What about women and gay/bi men? I really do hope you were being sarcastic.
I fell in love with AMD many years ago. They had the price and performance edge, and were also more stable than Intel.
I think they need to take a step back an evaluate what the hell they're doing. They need to find a way to pull out of the competition while they clean up their act so they can start giving their customers what they want: cutting edge technology.
I've read many articles about proposed AMD technologies, but I haven't seen many come to light (glueless HT, is one that comes to mind).
Clean up your act!
I don't see why everyone is in an uproar over this. I also don't understand how one man can decide to change the way things are because "26 is a big number".
Personally, I like the numbering system. The current numbering system is very easy to understand. Changes in the Major version number (and I think this is obvious because it's called the Major version) are major changes that may cause certain functionality to become obsolete or unsupported. Minor version changes will most likely not cause many issues. And the last number (I call it Bugfix, Patch, or whatever) probably has no adverse affects unless you have an application that relies on a bug to function.
Why not use both a date and a version number so that users can A) tell how much change has occurred between releases, and B) how much time has passed or how old their kernel is.
It's sold out, and has been for weeks. I was going to purchase one, but I didn't have the cash. Now that I have the cash, there isn't one to buy.
I'll have to wait another month, but at least I'll get to read all the reviews in the meantime.
Ahh... If only it were as easy as switching to 64 bit. *nix: no problems there. It's the main "gaming" OS, Windows, that doesn't support that much memory, even on their 64-bit platform. If I remember correctly, Vista Home is capped at 4gb, and Vista Ultimate 8gb.
I'd say this is a useless card.
So, if we all know how to block the AVG client from our sites, what's the purpose in the falsified AVG header?
Also, I've been a long time customer of AVG. They've never done anything "slimy". This news does not indicate they are slimy. They are trying to protect their customers, but I do agree they should have found a different way to do this.
Personally, I'll be turning off this feature when I get home. I was beginning to wonder why searches were taking so long.
Unfortunately, I think that if it were ~2.7m they would have said "almost 3 million". After all, they're going for sensationalism. Doesn't mean it's wrong though.
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I have made thousands of key duplicates (family retail business), so I have a little knowledge in key duplication. Here's two bits of knowledge: 1) When you make a copy from the original key, the copy is, maybe, a hair off on either or both the pin offset and depth. Depending on the age and quality of the lock, this minor deviation can cause the key not to work. Copies from originals work (best guestimate) 99/100 times.
2) Most people do not have their original keys anymore. They have 2nd, 3rd, or 4th generation keys. Every time you duplicate, the error multiplies just like using a photo-copier on a copy. With so much error, 3rd or later generations work (guestimate) 1 in 3 times.
So, even if this technology can duplicate your key by photo, unless they bring the key back to a locksmith (who has a special jig for cutting new originals using pins instead of the key -- gets rid of the "signal noise") or the software already adjusts for the "signal noise", there's a good chance the key won't work. It all depends on the source key and the lock.
I wouldn't be too worried about this.
I don't think it's possible to actually stop evolution. Even if you were somehow able to freeze-frame biological processes, there is still the entire realm of social and mental evolution.
There will always be new ways of thinking and interacting with our fellow humans.
If the human race were to stop evolving, we would become stagnant and die off. Without evolution, we cannot combat entropy.
I'll take 2. One for playing games with and the other to enlarge my e-penis.
I do hope these people realize that their computer is slow due to hard drive access speeds and operating system limitations. Memory and CPU are the least of our problems today.
For 32-bit Windows systems, you can also install a driver called Gevotte's RRamDisk. The setup is a little technical. Basically, it's a ram-disk that uses your CPU's PAE to access memory above the 4GB mark, regardless of Windows' limitation. You can then place your swap on the ram disk.
It's not as elegant as using all available memory, and it does cause some overhead, but I know it works well. I've been running it on my XP PC for a few months now.
Then I guess all those benchmarks out there must be wrong. It's all a conspiracy to bury Microsoft's newest product. Yeah... that must be it.
And my first hand experience with Vista... also part of this conspiracy. My mother has a computer that was "built for Vista" (which, by the way, MS has admitted was a "marketing overstatement", ie. LIE). It's slow. It crashes ALOT. We've upgraded drivers. We've done a clean install. We took the necessary updates. It still crashes. It's still slow. It's still a load of crap.
My high-end system costs $4k. It has everything that anyone could want in a system. It can do ray tracing lightning fast but apparently can't load Vista in under 15 minutes, even after spending hours removing all the "sparkle" that is the new UI.
Your experience appears to be derived from a single desktop. I have used multiple desktops, laptops, and notebooks. I have also done research and generally kept up on the happenings in Vista in case there was some mystical transformation from trash-heap to XP-upgrade. I have yet to see it.
I'm glad it works for you, but, you are a minority of a minority and are in no way a benchmark for all Vista installs.
I was going to write a well-written retort full of reason and fact, but I decided that it was a waste of time. Instead: *expletive* *expletive* *expletive*.
Moving on.
The people I've heard not complain about Vista use their computers as document editors and web-browsers. However, I have to remind you: my pocket watch can do this, and it costs less than a single install of Vista. To butcher an old phrase: Vista is about as useful as a tit on a bull, and about twice as ugly.
That's not exactly true. When stating your opinions, especially those that could be construed as liable or defamation, you need to make sure it is understood that it is an opinion. For instance, calling a cop a "f***ing a**hole" can land you in quite a bit of trouble. However, saying "I think you're an f***ing a**hole" is completely in the free and clear (although, I don't suggest testing this). Using your example, I'd have to say that you would not be in the legal clear as most people (ie., those who don't actually do all those things... ) could suffer irreparable social damage.
Is there even a bus to enable the actual use of this speed? Most of the slow-down in a PC or server is in getting the information from memory to devices (especially storage devices). This might have limited use in embedded systems, though...
I'm sticking with DDR2; at least it was an improvement over it's predecessor.
Can anyone think of a reason not to build these things underground?
The typical ambient temperature 6ft down is 60f or 16c. With proper ventilation (think solar-powered fans) and using the walls as heat-pipes, I'm sure you could keep the temperature down with little to no energy cost.
Oh wait... AT&T has a monopoly...
it's hot!
There's absolutely no disaster recovery on FAT32. It has no protections from bit errors, and has no native method of defining permissions.
It's used on thumb drives because A) it has very little meta data that needs to be written to the drive in addition to the data (meaning: you can unplug faster), and B) it works on every OS.
Ooooh... It must have a Gold-leaf manual, created by our very own Martha S. (she loves the gold-leaf). And, a limited edition soundtrack and collectible modal, right? OR! The game material is printed on indestructible holographic media, right? Good for thousands of years, even if the game isn't.
I've read many people have an aversion to FF3 because of the "Uber Bar" auto-completing URls. I find this to be a useful feature, as I don't need to open the browser history. If you don't like the feature, turn off the history you fools.
As for the nag screen, users need to be able to disable it. However, there really is no reason not to upgrade. FF3 is more secure, uses less resources, and is generally more standards compliant than it's predecessor. If you do not like it because of cosmetic reasons, that's fine. But don't start complaining when someone exploits an un-patched security flaw and gives you a nasty virus.
It's not illegal because it can cause a house fire. It's illegal because of the potential damage to neighbors. The police and fire officials legally entered his home by the owner's invitation (because of the fire). If they were to ignore the potential hazard of the described chemicals (being all over the furniture, floor, and shelving), then the fire and police departments would have to be held accountable in the event that his house blew up.
Why would you hope for such a thing? Apparently, only heterosexual men can play? What about women and gay/bi men? I really do hope you were being sarcastic.
Now if only they could locate my car keys. I left them near that tree over there, but it's gone too.
I fell in love with AMD many years ago. They had the price and performance edge, and were also more stable than Intel. I think they need to take a step back an evaluate what the hell they're doing. They need to find a way to pull out of the competition while they clean up their act so they can start giving their customers what they want: cutting edge technology. I've read many articles about proposed AMD technologies, but I haven't seen many come to light (glueless HT, is one that comes to mind). Clean up your act!
I don't see why everyone is in an uproar over this. I also don't understand how one man can decide to change the way things are because "26 is a big number".
Personally, I like the numbering system. The current numbering system is very easy to understand. Changes in the Major version number (and I think this is obvious because it's called the Major version) are major changes that may cause certain functionality to become obsolete or unsupported. Minor version changes will most likely not cause many issues. And the last number (I call it Bugfix, Patch, or whatever) probably has no adverse affects unless you have an application that relies on a bug to function.
Why not use both a date and a version number so that users can A) tell how much change has occurred between releases, and B) how much time has passed or how old their kernel is.
It's sold out, and has been for weeks. I was going to purchase one, but I didn't have the cash. Now that I have the cash, there isn't one to buy. I'll have to wait another month, but at least I'll get to read all the reviews in the meantime.
I stand corrected. Vista Home Basic is capped at 8gb, and Ultimate at 128mb.
Ahh... If only it were as easy as switching to 64 bit. *nix: no problems there. It's the main "gaming" OS, Windows, that doesn't support that much memory, even on their 64-bit platform. If I remember correctly, Vista Home is capped at 4gb, and Vista Ultimate 8gb. I'd say this is a useless card.
So, if we all know how to block the AVG client from our sites, what's the purpose in the falsified AVG header? Also, I've been a long time customer of AVG. They've never done anything "slimy". This news does not indicate they are slimy. They are trying to protect their customers, but I do agree they should have found a different way to do this. Personally, I'll be turning off this feature when I get home. I was beginning to wonder why searches were taking so long.
Unfortunately, I think that if it were ~2.7m they would have said "almost 3 million". After all, they're going for sensationalism. Doesn't mean it's wrong though.