A friend of mine was slightly bored one day adding some error messages to a VB printer server. He made some of the messages amusing. "Orange Marmalade? No, Paper Jam!" is arguably the most famous.
The support desk don't mind, though they would have preferred knowing about it before the first puzzled user called. I've also met someone who encountered it in the field and reportedly was literally ROFL:-). My friend has since moved onto another area, but the maintainers of it see no reason to remove the message.
Windows 95 is awkward and ungainly to install. It gets easier with practice because you get used to where it limps and where it trips.
I've installed various Windows 95 releases several times on the same PCs. Not once has it always detected all the hardware right without my help, though fortunately it tends to leave things alone if it doesn't know what it is. In addition, a full install always takes a nice day - figure about 7 hours, including twiddle-thumbs time. This includes rejigging drivers it didn't know about, getting the settings right (Network stuff is a pain), loading updates and stuff like TweakUI etc etc. A Linux install from a recent distribution on similar hardware averages a quarter of that time. Most of the discrepancy is because Windows has to reboot so many times. And this is even more startling when the Windows install is from a HD and the Linux install is from the CD.
Of course, that depends on your definition of "outside"...:-)
Something that explores the life of the Galaxy in more depth and gritty non-Starfleet life would be intriuging. I think they'd have to do a lot of work, but, to set it up. Maybe they could hire J Michael Stryczinski (sp?) to help.
I've begun wondering about the way the bridge crew. Clearly there's a second and third shift when the regular lot need to sleep, eat and just not be on the bridge. So why is there only one main bridge crew with all the character and abilities? They should all have experience at working with second studies!
Apart from that, Voyager is pretty good. (But I'm several seasons behind...:-)
Having paid for an Opera license on Windows, I was one who pledged support for the original Project Magic and am willing to pay 50% more for a Linux license.
Yes, it is about parental responsibility and rites of passage from child into adult. Social commentators are starting to argue with force that the lack of meaningful rites of passage for so many of today's adults is a Big Problem. A result? Obsession with ultra-violence and sex sex sex.
When (if?) we get this right again, there will be less demand for X, R and NC-17 films. But it will take at least a generation.
I believe this is how it is supposed to work. The ratings system reflect what whoever influences the censorship board believe most movie-viewers want. I would review a questionable movie, like you did, before I let my kids see it, taking into account the rating it's been given (and why). OTOH, I'm not the sort of person to violate the rules of the rating, either. [South Park the Movie is rated MA down under, which I think requires Parental Accompaniment. Eyes Wide Shut is rated R, which means no-one under 18.]
I've had discussions with friends of various ages about who should and who shouldn't watch the TV serious of South Park. It is clearly not aimed at kids. The creators have clearly said so. One friend is a teacher of 8 year olds and is shocked so many of them are familiar with it. She won't let her 11 year old watch it!
I don't think you can divorce a country's entertainment ratings system from its society and its history. Social commentators, particularly religious ones, will view the current obsession with sex and violence as symptoms of a deeper social problem based on how western society has developed. The ratings system that seems to be getting in the way is from a slightly earlier time when there was less of an obsession with either.
At the same time, it is not straightforward to compare "norms" from one society to another. For instance, Japanese culture and society is not the same as American culture and society. That is one reason why anime has so much gratuitous sexuality. Simply put, what is depicted is part of their culture. A number of things western society would find sexual in an anime, the Japanese would not.
Not unaffordable. They come with a fan in front behind a mesh filter, and have mounting holes for a standard 80mm fan (I think) up above the ATX connectors. Also a strong power supply and high-quality metal work with no sharp edges.
Since LEGO Group always always always refer to the term "Lego" as a collective noun, it was natural when I was growing up on Lego to use the phrases "a piece of Lego", "Lego bricks", "play with Lego" and most unnatural to say "a Lego" (instead of "a Lego piece") or "two Legos" (instead of "two Lego bits").
Realistically, it's their term - it's even a registered trademark! - so they can legally say how they'd like people to use it. In fact, they have to. Otherwise they risk losing the registered trademark:-).
I'm sure you're familiar with integers. Whole numbers only, no fractions. Maximum number determined solely by the number of bits available and is a power of two.
Floating point is different. We're familiar with decimal fractions because we're taught arithmetic in decimal. Binary floating point - which can be made very fast in silicon - is a strange beast. Binary floating point is good when the numeric results stay meaningful only for the PC. Such as 3D rendering. This is because binary floating point has different error characteristics than decimal floating point. You can't represent 0.1 accurately in binary.
But integer calculations are simpler and faster to do in silicon and many applications don't need binary floating point because they can either synthesized decimal floating point (with it's familiar error characteristics) or they simply don't need fractions.
I seem to remember one Michael Cooper making a nuisance of himself some years ago. I can't remember what about, unfortunately, but I was on FidoNet at the time. Maybe that will jog someone's memory...
On a more practical note, this is a perfect example of why the BSD licence is dangerous. One Brett Glass should pay attention to this situation.
In fact, they asked Opera users more than a year ago who would be willing to pay for a port of Opera to (insert-platform-of-choice) and how much they'd pay. The response level was high enough for them to go ahead.
I will pay for Opera/Linux. In fact, I am even willing to pay for v4 on Windows, even though I have already paid for v3 and don't need to pay again. Opera Software need our encouragement.
For instance, my Macase ATX case (at home) has a reset button but the Compaq ATX case in front of me now (at work) doesn't. Manufacturers like to cut corners. Skipping a reset button is a cost-saver.
Oh yeah: sometimes the power-off-after-five-seconds happens when you release the button. With my home PC (ASUS P2B-L), the 4-second power off happens as documented. But with my Compaq, it powers down only after I release the button.
I've got an ASUS P2B-L. It uses the soft-power current to control all the wake-on-signal functions. This includes the space-bar trick you mentioned (which is real neat-o), wake-on-lan, wake-on-serial and the switch on the front. There is a jumper for the wake-on-spacebar because some power supplies can't supply enough standby power to work it. The manual explains this.
I'm reminded of a new emerging mantra: "Real men cry". The painful emotions of the events and those who have deluged Katz with stories from the trenches deserve at the very least our tears.
But I have to confess that I went to a small private high school run by a church. I was sent there because the bullying in primary school fore-shadowed only worse in the local public high school (which didn't have a good reputation). I am lucky to have such caring parents.
I am a computer geek. I enjoy a good game of Quake II deathmatch. I also enjoy fantasy novels, movies and TV. And I enjoy the very human aspects of shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion (that's a major reason I watch them).
Katz and Slashdot have enabled me to see a side of the situation that the popular media has a great deal of trouble portraying. More to the point, I have been able to share it with others. Never have I valued Katz articles so much.
Be careful with ATRAC numbers. ATRAC 2, 3, 4 etc usually refers to generation of the original algorithm as used in MD. ATRAC2 - note no space - is different (but uses the same underlying techniques) and defaults to about 10:1 compression for the same audio quality. (Can't find a link right now. Sorry.)
Word 6 was fine. Office 4.2 with long filenames is all we need. Word 97 is too fscking smart and it really really gets on my goat 'cause I can't switch this off.
Of course, it's not just the MS rubbish which has been forced on the corporate world. But point taken: the "techs" need to be at least willing to meet the "suits" halfway.
Of course, that doesn't help the problem of the "suits" who don't know there's even a cadre of "techs" out there trying to do this.
They haven't put anything their web site about that one way or the other. There may have been discussion about that on their news server, but knowing the Opera guys I doubt they would have committed one way or the other.
Sorry. You'll have to take your chance. (I'm happy to pay for an alternate platform, but I recognize not everyone will be.)
And the new one, TLS, 'cept that doesn't go through most proxies. It also does 128-bit encryption, since it has been developed outside the good-ol-paranoid US.
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The support desk don't mind, though they would have preferred knowing about it before the first puzzled user called. I've also met someone who encountered it in the field and reportedly was literally ROFL :-). My friend has since moved onto another area, but the maintainers of it see no reason to remove the message.
I've installed various Windows 95 releases several times on the same PCs. Not once has it always detected all the hardware right without my help, though fortunately it tends to leave things alone if it doesn't know what it is. In addition, a full install always takes a nice day - figure about 7 hours, including twiddle-thumbs time. This includes rejigging drivers it didn't know about, getting the settings right (Network stuff is a pain), loading updates and stuff like TweakUI etc etc. A Linux install from a recent distribution on similar hardware averages a quarter of that time. Most of the discrepancy is because Windows has to reboot so many times. And this is even more startling when the Windows install is from a HD and the Linux install is from the CD.
Wade.
Something that explores the life of the Galaxy in more depth and gritty non-Starfleet life would be intriuging. I think they'd have to do a lot of work, but, to set it up. Maybe they could hire J Michael Stryczinski (sp?) to help.
Static.
Apart from that, Voyager is pretty good. (But I'm several seasons behind... :-)
Well at least titles like that would work for Slayers.
When (if?) we get this right again, there will be less demand for X, R and NC-17 films. But it will take at least a generation.
Static.
I've had discussions with friends of various ages about who should and who shouldn't watch the TV serious of South Park. It is clearly not aimed at kids. The creators have clearly said so. One friend is a teacher of 8 year olds and is shocked so many of them are familiar with it. She won't let her 11 year old watch it!
Static.
At the same time, it is not straightforward to compare "norms" from one society to another. For instance, Japanese culture and society is not the same as American culture and society. That is one reason why anime has so much gratuitous sexuality. Simply put, what is depicted is part of their culture. A number of things western society would find sexual in an anime, the Japanese would not.
Static.
Wade.
Have you looked at their web site? It's very interesting.
Wade.
Realistically, it's their term - it's even a registered trademark! - so they can legally say how they'd like people to use it. In fact, they have to. Otherwise they risk losing the registered trademark :-).
Wade...
Floating point is different. We're familiar with decimal fractions because we're taught arithmetic in decimal. Binary floating point - which can be made very fast in silicon - is a strange beast. Binary floating point is good when the numeric results stay meaningful only for the PC. Such as 3D rendering. This is because binary floating point has different error characteristics than decimal floating point. You can't represent 0.1 accurately in binary.
But integer calculations are simpler and faster to do in silicon and many applications don't need binary floating point because they can either synthesized decimal floating point (with it's familiar error characteristics) or they simply don't need fractions.
Wade.
On a more practical note, this is a perfect example of why the BSD licence is dangerous. One Brett Glass should pay attention to this situation.
I will pay for Opera/Linux. In fact, I am even willing to pay for v4 on Windows, even though I have already paid for v3 and don't need to pay again. Opera Software need our encouragement.
Static.
Oh yeah: sometimes the power-off-after-five-seconds happens when you release the button. With my home PC (ASUS P2B-L), the 4-second power off happens as documented. But with my Compaq, it powers down only after I release the button.
Wade.
Wade
But I have to confess that I went to a small private high school run by a church. I was sent there because the bullying in primary school fore-shadowed only worse in the local public high school (which didn't have a good reputation). I am lucky to have such caring parents.
I am a computer geek. I enjoy a good game of Quake II deathmatch. I also enjoy fantasy novels, movies and TV. And I enjoy the very human aspects of shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion (that's a major reason I watch them).
Katz and Slashdot have enabled me to see a side of the situation that the popular media has a great deal of trouble portraying. More to the point, I have been able to share it with others. Never have I valued Katz articles so much.
Wade.
Be careful with ATRAC numbers. ATRAC 2, 3, 4 etc usually refers to generation of the original algorithm as used in MD. ATRAC2 - note no space - is different (but uses the same underlying techniques) and defaults to about 10:1 compression for the same audio quality. (Can't find a link right now. Sorry.)
1280 by whatever ain't high enough. It needs to quadruple each axis. That's all.
It runs Celerons too, BTW, but you may need a BIOS upgrade as Asus doesn't sell all that many P2B-L's. I haven't run Linux onnit, though.
Of course, that doesn't help the problem of the "suits" who don't know there's even a cadre of "techs" out there trying to do this.
Sorry. You'll have to take your chance. (I'm happy to pay for an alternate platform, but I recognize not everyone will be.)