Jeez, I didn't even think about that. A good VoIP solution here could catch on, big-time. Maybe this is part of M$'s secret plans for the X-box. If it weren't for the fact that they control every aspect of it, I'd be excited about this. But as-is, I'm afraid of it. Fear is why it won't catch on.
This is the word of a troll. Lindows is not obviously in the wrong. Lindows may be in the wrong. You think Lindows is in the wrong. And if you want to wave your college degree around, do it at one of your hoity-toity extended-pinky tea parties. Don't think that it makes you intelligent, or original.
I hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate you. There, I feel better now. I'm going to run home, get real drunk, and hopefully forget about that by friday.
Exactly. Did you see the new Budweiser commercial with the two guys lying to each other, then the bartender hands them a beer and it fades to "True." If you haven't, you should. It's funny.
if you got a.pro, you could map gfname@gives.head.like.a.pro to her real e-mail address. Or something like that. I always wanted has.a.phd.in.pimpology.from.colorado.edu back when I was in college. It would've been great on IRC. any other ideas?
We are like a tidal wave, asiagadgets.com is like a small house, on stilts. It's built to take a little water, but we've not only covered it, head to toe, it's at risk of being swept away.
I'm guessing that HP found a lot in Compaq that it lacked (servers, support facilities, handhelds, whatever), and basically decided that they could buy Compaq at a good price. I imagine that they're going to let a lot of Compaq's revenue sources dwindle in the wind in favor of the HP versions, and just keep the things compaq does better than HP. Which in a way is good, it'll result in a more robust single company, but they're going to have to lay off a lot more people. I hope I don't get the ax.
Honestly, Compaq was hurting. They were not making money. HP was making money, had money, saw something in Compaq that it wanted, and said, "well, why not?" And the rest is history. I don't really know why Hewlett was so against the merger, probably because he saw a lot of overlap, niches in both companies that would not benefit from the merger. but the pro-merger folks saw beyond that and said, "look, this that and the other thing will be better as a result of this!"
As with any story, there are two sides. As a Compaq employee (until tomorrow! today is Compaq apparel day--break out your compaq and Digital garb and don it for basically the last time),Am I worried as a result of this merger? Yes, not for my job(I'm in a pretty safe area) so much as my personal well-being. I'm certainly uncertain about the future, but everybody here seems to be against this merger, and have a personal vendetta against ms. Fiorina. Why? I think yer all just jealous that she makes more money than you. But in all seriousness, while I have serious doubts about this merger, that's just the skeptic. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong. Most of my cow-orkers are pro-merger, even though it could mean bad things for us on the other side. We'll see.
They're reliable and they're easy to repair and troubleshoot, primarily because they tend not to use shoddy and/or non-standard parts. actually, they use non-standard power supplies. Don't try and throw another motherboard in there unless you bought it from them. Or unless you plan on upgrading your PSU as well.
Like when Disney makes you watch a preview for their new movie every time you watch the DVD you bought, and you can't fast-forward through it or skip it or whatever...
So if you buy the software, disagree with the EULA, and are unable to return it, does that mean that the EULA is invalid? If they (the royal they, in this case) are unable to hold up their side of the bargain, the contract is invalid, right? They broke it, so what you do from there on out that may be covered by it is immaterial. The EULA has been broken and no longer carries force of law. If I give a property management agency a security deposit for a house, then they have me sign the lease, but I don't accept the terms of the lease, 1) I should be able to get my money back, and if not, 2) If I can't get my money back, I'm not bound by the terms of the EULA/lease/contract.
Since I don't agree with the EULA, and can't return the software as the EULA states, where does that leave me? I own a legal copy of the software, so I should be able to use this program, accept the "EULA" that's not the original one, and use the software, no?
Ditto. Much calmer hands. If I were a doctor, I'd have a couple of shots before going in for surgery. But I'm a commercial pilot, so instead I try to down a couple before taking off.;)
It's interesting, if they're so in-tune with what the customer (you and I) wants, why do they put out boring PCs? Why don't they do something about their reputation. They obviously aren't afraid to change, take risks, and what not, so why don't they stop using proprietary components and give me what I really want: A water-cooled, windowed, lighted, PC with a handle on the top? Or, barring that, something else that I'd like. I liked their PC TV idea years back, what happened to that? It was a great idea, and the TIVO revolution just makes it more appealing.
I own my own domain, and control all the e-mail addresses on it. I gave an address to Abit so that they could contact me RE: a hardware problem(abit@mydomain.cc), I started getting SPAM to abit@, so I redirected it to the first public e-mail address I found on their website. They now get their own spam. I hope they're happy.
Okay, this is interesting, tell me more. Does ogg not encode at a lower bitrate with acceptable quality versus AC3? And if not, why do you say that the bitrate would be similar? What if we were to merge the two surround channels, or use a lower bitrate in the rear speakers, or do joint stereo, or something? All these would lower quality, but if you're watching a DivX movie, you accept a slightly lower-quality version, compared to DVD. Still a big step up from 2 channels. The big thing for me is getting that center channel going, the rest is just a bonus. Also, how would you go about getting the 5 channels out of an SPDIF connector using ogg? Shouldn't part of the spec be to be able to do this? Would it have to decode and re-encode in DD format in able to do this? If this were the case, I could possibly see the advantage of AC3, as the original source would be encoded in AC3, you decode and re-encode in ogg, then decode and re-encode in AC3 again... Quite an ordeal to save a few megs. But getting 5-channel audio working for movies would be a great feat for the Vorbis team, and I think it's a goal worth shooting for. Who knows, maybe three years into the future the MPAA will be streaming movies to your TV in 5.1 with OGG and DivX. It could be done.
I disagree that a clean, easy-to-use DivX implementation would not be a Good Thing. It would instantly be adopted by those who traffic in DivX, and as such would gain quite a foothold in the PC industry. If it works well, it will gain a reputation as a Killer App, and you'll see it adopted the world over. Technology will continue to evolve, not because of something the RIAA did, but because new technology is often better than old tech, and when it is better, it is adopted. Nobody is going to start renting videotapes or installing programs on floppies when they can rent DVDs or install from CDs. Why? Speed, quality. The same goes for music. If Sony comes out with headphones that can stream music via PCS or GSM or whatever, from your PC, that sounds really good, and is cheap, you're going to want it, and nothing the RIAA can do is going to stop that. Theirs is to adopt and move forward, because as you can plainly see, they're unable to hold us back.
It is not the job of the moderators to independently verify the accuracy of the statements. The reason why they moderate +1 informative is because the poster posts information that informs the moderator of something to which they did not previously know. They assume that this is true until it is shown to be otherwise. If it turns out to be false, it ceases to be informative, and is therefore modded down. But until it is shown to be false, it is assumed to be true, and is therefore informative.
It will not get worse. It will only get as bad as you let it. This is America, the land of the free. Vote.
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IP->POTS service could be new business line for many of the little mom n pop Internet Service Providers
I don't think this would work. You'd have to find the mom and pop service, subscribe, deposit money (or give CC), then connect. The only efficient way to do it would be for big ISPs to provide the service, or all the mom-and-pop shops to organize, which could work but would still be a pain in the... Imagine if you had to arrange something like this before you could e-mail somebody. Big hassle.
If this is a spoof, these people really put a lot of effort into it. A lot. Have you looked around? that webpage has dozens of pro-christian articles, most as... interesting... as that one. Check it out, tell me if you think someone would go to that much trouble to prank the internet. Although if it is a spoof, it's sure gotten a lot of people.
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Jeez, I didn't even think about that. A good VoIP solution here could catch on, big-time. Maybe this is part of M$'s secret plans for the X-box. If it weren't for the fact that they control every aspect of it, I'd be excited about this. But as-is, I'm afraid of it. Fear is why it won't catch on.
Shut up, loser.
-AC, PhD, MSc
Although I wouldn't mind having a PhD, if it means losing my humility and becoming an egoistic troll, then I'm quite satisfied with my place in life.
obviously
This is the word of a troll. Lindows is not obviously in the wrong. Lindows may be in the wrong. You think Lindows is in the wrong.
And if you want to wave your college degree around, do it at one of your hoity-toity extended-pinky tea parties. Don't think that it makes you intelligent, or original.
I hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate youI hate you.
There, I feel better now. I'm going to run home, get real drunk, and hopefully forget about that by friday.
Exactly. Did you see the new Budweiser commercial with the two guys lying to each other, then the bartender hands them a beer and it fades to "True."
If you haven't, you should. It's funny.
Sure there are more germs, but they're my germs. That's like smelling your own fart -- no harm no foul
You can do it even easier in DOS:
echo off
if you got a.pro, you could map gfname@gives.head.like.a.pro to her real e-mail address. Or something like that.
I always wanted has.a.phd.in.pimpology.from.colorado.edu back when I was in college. It would've been great on IRC.
any other ideas?
We are like a tidal wave, asiagadgets.com is like a small house, on stilts. It's built to take a little water, but we've not only covered it, head to toe, it's at risk of being swept away.
I'm guessing that HP found a lot in Compaq that it lacked (servers, support facilities, handhelds, whatever), and basically decided that they could buy Compaq at a good price. I imagine that they're going to let a lot of Compaq's revenue sources dwindle in the wind in favor of the HP versions, and just keep the things compaq does better than HP. Which in a way is good, it'll result in a more robust single company, but they're going to have to lay off a lot more people. I hope I don't get the ax.
Honestly, Compaq was hurting. They were not making money. HP was making money, had money, saw something in Compaq that it wanted, and said, "well, why not?" And the rest is history. I don't really know why Hewlett was so against the merger, probably because he saw a lot of overlap, niches in both companies that would not benefit from the merger. but the pro-merger folks saw beyond that and said, "look, this that and the other thing will be better as a result of this!"
As with any story, there are two sides. As a Compaq employee (until tomorrow! today is Compaq apparel day--break out your compaq and Digital garb and don it for basically the last time),Am I worried as a result of this merger? Yes, not for my job(I'm in a pretty safe area) so much as my personal well-being. I'm certainly uncertain about the future, but everybody here seems to be against this merger, and have a personal vendetta against ms. Fiorina. Why? I think yer all just jealous that she makes more money than you. But in all seriousness, while I have serious doubts about this merger, that's just the skeptic. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong. Most of my cow-orkers are pro-merger, even though it could mean bad things for us on the other side. We'll see.
They're reliable and they're easy to repair and troubleshoot, primarily because they tend not to use shoddy and/or non-standard parts.
actually, they use non-standard power supplies. Don't try and throw another motherboard in there unless you bought it from them. Or unless you plan on upgrading your PSU as well.
Like when Disney makes you watch a preview for their new movie every time you watch the DVD you bought, and you can't fast-forward through it or skip it or whatever...
So if you buy the software, disagree with the EULA, and are unable to return it, does that mean that the EULA is invalid?
If they (the royal they, in this case) are unable to hold up their side of the bargain, the contract is invalid, right? They broke it, so what you do from there on out that may be covered by it is immaterial. The EULA has been broken and no longer carries force of law.
If I give a property management agency a security deposit for a house, then they have me sign the lease, but I don't accept the terms of the lease,
1) I should be able to get my money back, and if not,
2) If I can't get my money back, I'm not bound by the terms of the EULA/lease/contract.
Since I don't agree with the EULA, and can't return the software as the EULA states, where does that leave me? I own a legal copy of the software, so I should be able to use this program, accept the "EULA" that's not the original one, and use the software, no?
Make sure you don't get any of those crappy brown Reeses-Pieces. Put that in the EULA too.
i upgade better drunk
;)
Ditto. Much calmer hands. If I were a doctor, I'd have a couple of shots before going in for surgery. But I'm a commercial pilot, so instead I try to down a couple before taking off.
It's interesting, if they're so in-tune with what the customer (you and I) wants, why do they put out boring PCs? Why don't they do something about their reputation. They obviously aren't afraid to change, take risks, and what not, so why don't they stop using proprietary components and give me what I really want: A water-cooled, windowed, lighted, PC with a handle on the top? Or, barring that, something else that I'd like. I liked their PC TV idea years back, what happened to that? It was a great idea, and the TIVO revolution just makes it more appealing.
I own my own domain, and control all the e-mail addresses on it. I gave an address to Abit so that they could contact me RE: a hardware problem(abit@mydomain.cc), I started getting SPAM to abit@, so I redirected it to the first public e-mail address I found on their website. They now get their own spam. I hope they're happy.
Okay, this is interesting, tell me more. Does ogg not encode at a lower bitrate with acceptable quality versus AC3? And if not, why do you say that the bitrate would be similar? What if we were to merge the two surround channels, or use a lower bitrate in the rear speakers, or do joint stereo, or something? All these would lower quality, but if you're watching a DivX movie, you accept a slightly lower-quality version, compared to DVD. Still a big step up from 2 channels. The big thing for me is getting that center channel going, the rest is just a bonus.
Also, how would you go about getting the 5 channels out of an SPDIF connector using ogg? Shouldn't part of the spec be to be able to do this? Would it have to decode and re-encode in DD format in able to do this? If this were the case, I could possibly see the advantage of AC3, as the original source would be encoded in AC3, you decode and re-encode in ogg, then decode and re-encode in AC3 again... Quite an ordeal to save a few megs. But getting 5-channel audio working for movies would be a great feat for the Vorbis team, and I think it's a goal worth shooting for. Who knows, maybe three years into the future the MPAA will be streaming movies to your TV in 5.1 with OGG and DivX. It could be done.
I disagree that a clean, easy-to-use DivX implementation would not be a Good Thing. It would instantly be adopted by those who traffic in DivX, and as such would gain quite a foothold in the PC industry. If it works well, it will gain a reputation as a Killer App, and you'll see it adopted the world over. Technology will continue to evolve, not because of something the RIAA did, but because new technology is often better than old tech, and when it is better, it is adopted. Nobody is going to start renting videotapes or installing programs on floppies when they can rent DVDs or install from CDs. Why? Speed, quality. The same goes for music. If Sony comes out with headphones that can stream music via PCS or GSM or whatever, from your PC, that sounds really good, and is cheap, you're going to want it, and nothing the RIAA can do is going to stop that. Theirs is to adopt and move forward, because as you can plainly see, they're unable to hold us back.
It is not the job of the moderators to independently verify the accuracy of the statements. The reason why they moderate +1 informative is because the poster posts information that informs the moderator of something to which they did not previously know. They assume that this is true until it is shown to be otherwise. If it turns out to be false, it ceases to be informative, and is therefore modded down. But until it is shown to be false, it is assumed to be true, and is therefore informative.
NO.
Don't remind me.
(Netscape did this too after awhile, btw)
It will not get worse. It will only get as bad as you let it. This is America, the land of the free. Vote.
IP->POTS service could be new business line for many of the little mom n pop Internet Service Providers
I don't think this would work. You'd have to find the mom and pop service, subscribe, deposit money (or give CC), then connect. The only efficient way to do it would be for big ISPs to provide the service, or all the mom-and-pop shops to organize, which could work but would still be a pain in the...
Imagine if you had to arrange something like this before you could e-mail somebody. Big hassle.
duplicate yourself some solar cells.
If this is a spoof, these people really put a lot of effort into it. A lot. Have you looked around? that webpage has dozens of pro-christian articles, most as... interesting... as that one. Check it out, tell me if you think someone would go to that much trouble to prank the internet.
Although if it is a spoof, it's sure gotten a lot of people.