Could you please pass the word to the rest of your auto-sculpture friends that you need to use a better water-resistant glue in attaching all that crap? Our first good rain happened a couple weeks ago and I ended up following one of those trash-heaps on wheels. The freaking doll heads were tumbling off of the top of that POS car that they were once attached to and hitting my windshield.
One of the cool features that I've seen is that XP has the Go Back features of Millennium, where if you install something that hoses your OS you can boot into Safe Mode (hopefully) and select from a calendar what configuration was the last known good one for you.
I went tire shopping this past weekend and saw a tire that is optimized for driving in the rain! And another for snow! They outwardly bragged that they had done special modifications that made them the best choice for those challenging weather conditions.
When I asked how these tires would work on my uber-blown V8 Pinto wagon for those straightlines down the quarter-mile, he told me that they wouldn't do much good unless I was trying for the best ET down at the duck marshes.
Can you believe it? The tire manufacturers make tires that perform exceptionally well in specific situations. There ought to be a law against it, that's for sure.
They worked with Id to have their card perform a bit better with Quake 3 (and maybe other games based upon the same engine), which just so happens to be a game that a lot of people play. Betcha there are similar calls for Valve software's Half-Life games, considering the card comes retail with three Valve games. And so what if they did? Those folks who are swayed by such thing play those games and will reap the benefits, and those of us who aren't will buy the card based upon other real-world merits.
This story really seems to be nothing more than turd-stirring, especially since they haven't looked for any other improvements. Poor journalism brought to us by a bunch of hacks.
If his estimate of 8% is correct, that means that during those two years of ownership his laptop has been out of commission for repairs due to faulty manufacture for two months. That, to me, is unacceptable for a product of this price point and he should take it up with the Better Business Bureau.
It is usually the pr0n business that implements new technology, both on the Internet and home multimedia fronts. While it could be really cool to have those nekkid pictures talking to me, the idea of all of those pop-ups literally screaming out at me a dozen at a time would really freak me out.
"The goal of X windows is to retain backward compatibility all the way back from it's initial implementation."
I'll probably get modded Troll for this but I'm serious about this question:
How is the above statement (if it is indeed fact) different than Windows and all the flack that it received for years about being overly backward-compatible through DOS?
Might a forking of XFree86 to drop much of this backward compatibility be warranted here?
Last time I checked even if someone walks through your unlocked back door to steal your prized possessions it is STILL illegal, no matter how much you were "asking for it". Just as the "slut" doesn't deserve to get raped for dressing the way she does. Just like it's illegal to hack into even the most wide-open of servers.
Yes it's stupid to run a server without proper hardening. Yes, Microsoft has a record of sucking hind end when it comes to securing their operating systems. And if, after due warning a server admin doesn't patch the holes, his server is hacked, and then used to hack or DDOS others, then maybe the owner of the server can be held liable for damages. However, trespassing is still illegal no matter how stupid the sysadmin is.
The laws that we live by protect both the intelligent and the blithering idiots. Be thankful for that.
Sorry, but the phrase "Land of the Free" appeared in some country artists' song awhile back and therefore the RIAA must insist that the U.S. of A. no longer uses the phrase in reference to itself. Given the current state of legal affairs I doubt that you'll have the stomach to ever want to use the phrase without a healthy dose of sarcasm again.
Or maybe considering his past comments on not wanting to come to America anymore due to DMCA fears, he's just doing it to spark more debate. You know, get all the/. folks up in arms about the DMCA again and how it's keeping free information from being free. That'd be my guess, but YMMV.
The post says nothing about Internet access. It is simply referring to the creation of a network to connect homes to each other for gaming, communications, file sharing, etc.
Internet access is a whole different conversation entirely.
"are you pissed yet? you should be living on the moon by now."
Hold on there cowboy, I just got broadband in my neighborhood. Listening to those static-filled conversations that astronauts have with Houston Control even a 3Com modem couldn't hold THAT signal.
Looks like those jpg's of Senator Gregg and his mistress that I intercepted and then attached to my recommendations that secure email encryption is a Good Thing seemed to have done the job.
Sometimes you've gotta relate to them on the lowest common denomenator.
The guy who posted this story is probably someone who was selling the plans either on eBay or on the `net for $10 a pop and figured "If you can't beat them,/. them".
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Yeah? My code might not handle errors well but your server doesn't handle a load well and at least my code will never get /.'ed.
Could you please pass the word to the rest of your auto-sculpture friends that you need to use a better water-resistant glue in attaching all that crap? Our first good rain happened a couple weeks ago and I ended up following one of those trash-heaps on wheels. The freaking doll heads were tumbling off of the top of that POS car that they were once attached to and hitting my windshield.
Talk about disturbing.
One of the cool features that I've seen is that XP has the Go Back features of Millennium, where if you install something that hoses your OS you can boot into Safe Mode (hopefully) and select from a calendar what configuration was the last known good one for you.
I went tire shopping this past weekend and saw a tire that is optimized for driving in the rain! And another for snow! They outwardly bragged that they had done special modifications that made them the best choice for those challenging weather conditions.
When I asked how these tires would work on my uber-blown V8 Pinto wagon for those straightlines down the quarter-mile, he told me that they wouldn't do much good unless I was trying for the best ET down at the duck marshes.
Can you believe it? The tire manufacturers make tires that perform exceptionally well in specific situations. There ought to be a law against it, that's for sure.
They worked with Id to have their card perform a bit better with Quake 3 (and maybe other games based upon the same engine), which just so happens to be a game that a lot of people play. Betcha there are similar calls for Valve software's Half-Life games, considering the card comes retail with three Valve games. And so what if they did? Those folks who are swayed by such thing play those games and will reap the benefits, and those of us who aren't will buy the card based upon other real-world merits.
This story really seems to be nothing more than turd-stirring, especially since they haven't looked for any other improvements. Poor journalism brought to us by a bunch of hacks.
If his estimate of 8% is correct, that means that during those two years of ownership his laptop has been out of commission for repairs due to faulty manufacture for two months. That, to me, is unacceptable for a product of this price point and he should take it up with the Better Business Bureau.
It is usually the pr0n business that implements new technology, both on the Internet and home multimedia fronts. While it could be really cool to have those nekkid pictures talking to me, the idea of all of those pop-ups literally screaming out at me a dozen at a time would really freak me out.
Oh, and add a bunch of time to your file transfers. The difference in speed from fireware and USB is extreme.
You work in a federal building, in a very federally-present city. These are times of war, and you are working in a highly sensitive building.
What alarms me more than your feelings of loss of rights is that you weren't always subjected to at least an occasional search.
Welcome to federal employment. Those of us who share your employer accept the responsibility, knowing full well that it comes with the job.
...that Microsoft stays out of the medical electronics industry. BSOD to the extreme.
"The goal of X windows is to retain backward compatibility all the way back from it's initial implementation."
I'll probably get modded Troll for this but I'm serious about this question:
How is the above statement (if it is indeed fact) different than Windows and all the flack that it received for years about being overly backward-compatible through DOS?
Might a forking of XFree86 to drop much of this backward compatibility be warranted here?
Last time I checked even if someone walks through your unlocked back door to steal your prized possessions it is STILL illegal, no matter how much you were "asking for it". Just as the "slut" doesn't deserve to get raped for dressing the way she does. Just like it's illegal to hack into even the most wide-open of servers.
Yes it's stupid to run a server without proper hardening. Yes, Microsoft has a record of sucking hind end when it comes to securing their operating systems. And if, after due warning a server admin doesn't patch the holes, his server is hacked, and then used to hack or DDOS others, then maybe the owner of the server can be held liable for damages. However, trespassing is still illegal no matter how stupid the sysadmin is.
The laws that we live by protect both the intelligent and the blithering idiots. Be thankful for that.
Sorry, but the phrase "Land of the Free" appeared in some country artists' song awhile back and therefore the RIAA must insist that the U.S. of A. no longer uses the phrase in reference to itself. Given the current state of legal affairs I doubt that you'll have the stomach to ever want to use the phrase without a healthy dose of sarcasm again.
She's Canadian. We take no responsibility for her jagged little tantrums.
Or maybe considering his past comments on not wanting to come to America anymore due to DMCA fears, he's just doing it to spark more debate. You know, get all the /. folks up in arms about the DMCA again and how it's keeping free information from being free. That'd be my guess, but YMMV.
Both you and I know that the link was really there. I just hated the thought of some poor third-world server bearing the brunt of the /. effect.
Now say it with me: "There is NOTHING to see there. Do NOT click on the link."
Think about the children, for crying out loud.
Luckily no links were put up in the BBC article to the schools web server. Otherwise the /. effect could have literally burnt the server up.
I've got some leftovers in there that are really borderline.
The post says nothing about Internet access. It is simply referring to the creation of a network to connect homes to each other for gaming, communications, file sharing, etc.
Internet access is a whole different conversation entirely.
Uh, there may be a reason why that IBM drive is so quiet.
Did you make it past the first page of the review? The second, and last, page has them for sale here.
"are you pissed yet? you should be living on the moon by now."
Hold on there cowboy, I just got broadband in my neighborhood. Listening to those static-filled conversations that astronauts have with Houston Control even a 3Com modem couldn't hold THAT signal.
Looks like those jpg's of Senator Gregg and his mistress that I intercepted and then attached to my recommendations that secure email encryption is a Good Thing seemed to have done the job.
Sometimes you've gotta relate to them on the lowest common denomenator.
Minimum average download speed > 3K/sec (sorry 14.4 modem users!)
Maximum connections per IP series (correct me if there is a better term for XXX.XXX.XXX.*)=2
Also, put a sign up at P2P software homepage of choice that says "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Any IP Series Through Our Software".
Doesn't seem to be a problem to me.
The guy who posted this story is probably someone who was selling the plans either on eBay or on the `net for $10 a pop and figured "If you can't beat them, /. them".
Well, it worked.