If you are not doing anything, it runs fine, Loaded Neverwinter Nights 1, and it stalled and sputtered like a rusted out Ford. IE runs slow, Firefox runs slow, hell, the Calculator lagged when computing functions.
And don't even get me started on on data transfer rates.
Heh, I can stand Bush less than I can stand Clinton, I just acknowledge that they are both corporate pawns instead of playing the this flase choice is better than your false choice game.
I think this has everything to do with Apple actually.
You notice how as soon as AMD picks up ATI, they start pushing Macs out the door with nVidia cards again? That switch is not totally implimented yet, but I would put money on that decision being based on Intel being a partner now.
Now, AMD is implimenting on chip DRM, and Apple has been wanting to sell more movies. If this was not a carrot for them, I would be surprised.
You apparently do not know the difference between a nuclear detonation and a nuclear meltdown.
What you describe is a nuclear detonation, whis is physically impossible to be produced by a nuclear power plant.
A meltdown is a different beast, where it is not the meltdown itsself that causes the damage, but the resulting mechanical failures from the sudden release of heat. Incidentally, at least in US designed reactors, this has been taken into account and is why we have containment domes over the reactors. This is why Three Mile Island was a non-event and Chernobyl was a big one, had Chernobyl had a dome, it would have released considerably less radiation.
This is flamebait because 1) it does not adequately describe Type II Diabetes, 2) The OP's 'causes' ignore gentic factors, and 3) the OP neglects to mention diet and exercise as treatments of Tyoe II Diabetes.
It was a comment designed to provoke an outraged response, which is pretty much the definition of flamebait to me.
The government has an army, and the army has serious fucking hardware. Exactly what legally-owned firearm do you think is going to stop an Abrams Tank?
Name ANY firearm that will stop an Abrams tank. However a well placed Molotov Cocktail can work wonders...
You'll notice that the Iraqi insurgents are not using.45s and hunting rifles.
You seem to forget the Iraqi Farmer that shot down an Apache with an 1890's vintage hunting rifle.
Ah, but take away all the guns, and what stops the govenrment from taking away everything? Crime be damned, it is the government and it's crreping crawl towards fascism that scare me.
I remember all of this going around during DotCom boom 1.0 right before Win ME and 2000 came out.
Then the dotcom crash happened and people quit asking the question, as Microsoft was one of the few stable pillars of the IT industry for a year or so.
I predict pretty much the same thing this time around.
1996 was the year I finally got to have my own (blazing fast! 33.600) modem, and finally added a sound card to my 75 Mhz pentium system. I pirated my first copy of Windows 95 (to replace my pirated windows 3.11/DOS 6.22) and was amazed it had a built in DUN! And the start menu!
Well, if you have been around as long as you claim you would know:
The trolls used to be much worse General conversation is much better People have ALWAYS bitched about how much/. has sucked, and You are just a troll now because things evolve and you do not.
The problem there is when you start charging people for what used to be free (and most people will tell you Windows is, in fact free. After all, it comes with the computer!) and people will drop it like a hot potato.
Or maybe you just take things way too seriously, need to learn to lighten up, and realize if you want better content you need to provide it rather than bitching about everybody else's.
If I have said it once in the past twelve years of being online, I have said it a thousand times: It is the internet. Don't take it so seriously.
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My anecdote.
2.1 Ghz Sempron, 1.5 gb RAM, gEforce 7900 GS OC, Seagate SATA drive.
If you are not doing anything, it runs fine, Loaded Neverwinter Nights 1, and it stalled and sputtered like a rusted out Ford. IE runs slow, Firefox runs slow, hell, the Calculator lagged when computing functions.
And don't even get me started on on data transfer rates.
That works as well.
When will these stuffed suits learn that the more they try to limit people, the more people will fight those limitations?
Heh, I can stand Bush less than I can stand Clinton, I just acknowledge that they are both corporate pawns instead of playing the this flase choice is better than your false choice game.
I think this has everything to do with Apple actually.
You notice how as soon as AMD picks up ATI, they start pushing Macs out the door with nVidia cards again? That switch is not totally implimented yet, but I would put money on that decision being based on Intel being a partner now.
Now, AMD is implimenting on chip DRM, and Apple has been wanting to sell more movies. If this was not a carrot for them, I would be surprised.
Try 11, or did you forget the 1996 Ant-Terrorism act?
That would assume that you are pushing humor for us to sense.
You apparently do not know the difference between a nuclear detonation and a nuclear meltdown.
What you describe is a nuclear detonation, whis is physically impossible to be produced by a nuclear power plant.
A meltdown is a different beast, where it is not the meltdown itsself that causes the damage, but the resulting mechanical failures from the sudden release of heat. Incidentally, at least in US designed reactors, this has been taken into account and is why we have containment domes over the reactors. This is why Three Mile Island was a non-event and Chernobyl was a big one, had Chernobyl had a dome, it would have released considerably less radiation.
A friend of mine was working on the research group on that at Lilly, from what she was telling me, you probably only have to wait about another 10.
Now look at the statistics and you'll realize what the major cause (by far) of type 2 diabetes is
Genetic predisposition.
Thank you! Come Again!
- A Type II Diabetic.
This is flamebait because 1) it does not adequately describe Type II Diabetes, 2) The OP's 'causes' ignore gentic factors, and 3) the OP neglects to mention diet and exercise as treatments of Tyoe II Diabetes.
It was a comment designed to provoke an outraged response, which is pretty much the definition of flamebait to me.
You beat me to it.
Looks like corporate espionage is about to get a lot more interesting.
Not to mention the smuggling capability to get new tech to rogue states.
The government has an army, and the army has serious fucking hardware.
.45s and hunting rifles.
Exactly what legally-owned firearm do you think is going to stop an Abrams Tank?
Name ANY firearm that will stop an Abrams tank. However a well placed Molotov Cocktail can work wonders...
You'll notice that the Iraqi insurgents are not using
You seem to forget the Iraqi Farmer that shot down an Apache with an 1890's vintage hunting rifle.
Ah, but take away all the guns, and what stops the govenrment from taking away everything? Crime be damned, it is the government and it's crreping crawl towards fascism that scare me.
Isn't that his job?
Free Hans!
I remember all of this going around during DotCom boom 1.0 right before Win ME and 2000 came out.
Then the dotcom crash happened and people quit asking the question, as Microsoft was one of the few stable pillars of the IT industry for a year or so.
I predict pretty much the same thing this time around.
Man, you are taking me back...
1996 was the year I finally got to have my own (blazing fast! 33.600) modem, and finally added a sound card to my 75 Mhz pentium system. I pirated my first copy of Windows 95 (to replace my pirated windows 3.11/DOS 6.22) and was amazed it had a built in DUN! And the start menu!
Hell, I still miss PC GEOS, who am I kidding?
Well, if you have been around as long as you claim you would know:
/. has sucked, and
The trolls used to be much worse
General conversation is much better
People have ALWAYS bitched about how much
You are just a troll now because things evolve and you do not.
The problem there is when you start charging people for what used to be free (and most people will tell you Windows is, in fact free. After all, it comes with the computer!) and people will drop it like a hot potato.
Hmm, lets do some quick math: .12 x 9 hours in a corporate workday (Allowing for lunch)= 1.08
* 45,000 workers in a large services company = $48,600.
Tell me who would buy it with that kind of tax per day.
Or maybe you just take things way too seriously, need to learn to lighten up, and realize if you want better content you need to provide it rather than bitching about everybody else's.
If I have said it once in the past twelve years of being online, I have said it a thousand times: It is the internet. Don't take it so seriously.
The days of the desktop have been numbered since 1996.
I am just wondering what that nyumber is personally, it seems to be pretty big.
I win :-P