WTF does this have to do with health care? All this shows is that the bureaucrats running the schools are able to read and implement laws without understanding them in the least. The law (put forth by the right-wing Texas government, if you are trying to play that card), requires that schools provide a nutritional lunch for students. It explicitly exempts parents from having to conform to this requirement. It is a rule that is not meant to be enforced on anyone but the school itself, and here they are turning it into a zero-tolerance rule on candy. All this is showing is that the idiot fuckups running the schools are treating students like criminals for being kids.
Thanks, I would have thought the sci-fi comedy show, Red Dwarf, was seriously suggesting this was possible. I can now sleep soundly thanks to your enlightening post.
Non-8-bit bytes are not just a thing of the past. SATA bandwidth is measured in 10-bit bytes. Granted, this is due to the encoding scheme, which contains synchronization information so that a separate clock signal is not required.
Octet has the same meaning in english, it means a group of 8 things. However, the word byte does not mean 8 bits(though that is by far the most common), it means a sequence of bits processed as one unit of information. It can also mean a unit of information in a computer that stands for a letter, number, or symbol. There are some architectures that use a 10-bit byte, including measurements for SATA bandwidth. Are those called "octets" in france? That might cause even more confusion.
Your problem is that you are expecting AOL to write software that is not broken. Why are you using AIM instead of one of the many free and/or open source alternatives that offer equal or greater features on the same network, in addition to other networks like GTalk, Yahoo, and MSN?
A few examples: -Pidgin (Windows/*nix using GTK, OSS) -Adium (OSX using native Cocoa and based on Pidgin, OSS) -Miranda-IM (Windows, OSS) -Trillian (Windows/Mac/iPhone, Basic=Freeware/Pro=Payware)
Dells stopped using proprietary RAM and most other proprietary components on desktops around the P4 era. If you read the issue you linked, it is for a P3 system. There were a couple early P4's with proprietary motherboard/power supplies, but they did use standard Rambus RAM (not saying it was good, just not Dell proprietary). I'm not sure when they cleaned up their act on the laptop side, or if they even did. I do know the Dell laptop my work issued me is using standard DDR2 laptop RAM.
Thanks, just tried that. It gave me the original results again at first. Then I clicked the "Did you mean:" option, it gave me the original result. Any subsequent clicks give me the changed results.
Strangely, clicking on the "Did you mean:" option returns a different list (or order) than the first query. Or, at least, it did for me on the first (uncached) attempt.
Same here. Any google-algorithm wizards know whats going on?
Maybe I'm a freak, but I have actually read an excerpt from one of the Twilight novels (I have a Kindle and downloading samples is very easy). It really is as terrible as the uninformed haters make it out to be, possibly worse. I also enjoy many things of dubious quality, my reading, gaming, television and movie preferences would make a critic in the field squeal. Its all about being honest with yourself, and giving things a fair shake. And, I'm sorry, but Twilight is awful.
Really? Have you read even an excerpt of any of the Twilight books? They make R. L. Stein look like the next Charles Dickens. They are romance novels written by a Mormon. I refuse to believe that anyone over 12 years old can enjoy Twilight without having some sort of mental disability.
My understanding is that under his contract of employment, he was specifically not allowed to divulge the password except to those with specific clearance. If I am incorrect and someone can provide a link with more information I would greatly appreciate it. In this case, if they had brought on a civil suit he could use the contract as evidence in his favor, and might be able to counter-sue for breach of contract (would being forced to breach your contract constitute a breach of contract on their part?). So, to avoid that they threw a bunch of criminal charges at him to see what would stick. It looks like one of them did.
To make a counter-point to your justifications on why features were removed, lets make some justifications on why the features you list were added:
- Media bar in-game Feature parity, 360 has had this since launch IIRC.
- Trophies Feature parity, 360 has had Achievements since launch.
- Divx Feature parity? 360 released an MPEG4 codec that covers most Divx formats around the same time, can't remember who was first.
- PlayStation Home I'll give you this one. However, I've personally never met a PS3 owner that actually uses or cares about this, although I have to say it seems like Sony put a lot into it.
Thanks for the info, I thought the Graphics Synthesizer was still in the hardware of all of the pre-slim PS3s, and I had not checked if it is in the slims. However, my understanding is that there are PS3s that do not have BC even though they have the hardware, and the only justification is that they wanted to monetize on the higher-priced SKU. Also, has anyone tried to figure out how much they are actually saving on production by removing the PS2 hardware?
People were banned for hard drives? How could they tell? My understanding of the HD replacement hack was you would buy a retail version of the HD, and replace the firmware with the 360 version, since the hardware was otherwise identical. Did they check serial numbers or something?
I thought the ban was for those that replaced the DVD firmware with a hacked version, which only adds the capability of playing backup discs, or "backup" discs, depending on your viewpoint. Since it did not enable region unlocking, or homebrew, it is hard to justify.
Actually, he is correct in that BC was never fully software. The Emotion Engine chip was removed on those units and emulated in software, but there was other PS2 hardware in the unit. I have not checked into this, but is that other PS2 hardware still floating around on the Slims and/or the later model fat PS3s? The claim from Sony that I read on why they removed the BC on newer models was that it wore out the drive faster than using it with BluRay discs. Why did they not remove the DVD playing features as well then?
Then again, I was not trying to insinuate in my post that it was fully software, I just listed it as a software feature since I have read that some units still had the hardware but the feature was disabled in software. I guess I could have put "(hardware/software)" instead?
I find it strange that the maligned Microsoft (and for good reason), keeps taking steps to improve the 360 both in features and extending the warranty to take care of a common issue, while Sony, who started off with a decent system has been systematically removing features with little to no return.
What has been lost on the PS3: - Emotion Engine (hardware) - SACD playback (software) - USB 2.0 ports (hardware) - Full PS2 backwards compatibility (software) - Other OS Linux (software): retroactively disabled on older hardware as well now with the new update - SD and CF slots (hardware)
What has been gained: - Media bar in-game - Trophies - Divx - Anything else?
-NOD32/eset has a long history of doing extremely well in most antivirus testing that I've read about. However, it is not free.
-AVG used to be an excellent free AV, then a mediocre one, then a malicious one, then mediocre again, and now I hear it is still improving.
-Avira has an excellent free AV that I have been using regularly since AVG started to slide downhill. The downside is an ad that comes up for the pay one when it updates.
-I have also heard some good things about Avast (free), Windows Security Essentials (free, shockingly), and Trend Micro (not free).
I noticed that most new exits built in the past year or two in my area are pass-only. So don't downmod the parent as being paranoid. We need as many people as possible using cash-only so that it would be too much of a loss in profits for them to drop the cash lanes.
Yeah, it sounds like the satellite is to facilitate a network link between between the cameras that determines the route being taken by tagged plate, and then calculating the average speed that it took. Sounds far too expensive for just catching a few more speeders. It also has serious privacy implications. This would mean that your vehicle is being tracked wherever it goes. I do not like the idea of that.
Too bad that a human cop driving behind you would instantly recognize that you have something obscuring the visibility of your plates. I'd be willing to be there is a heavy fine in most jurisdictions for doing so. Great idea otherwise. Now if only there were some way to obscure it such that only cameras would be unable to read the plate.
Thanks for clarifying. No harm done. I also agree that it is pretty insignificant for most people, but many of us nerds find it interesting and it could be very important for those researching human evolution.
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WTF does this have to do with health care? All this shows is that the bureaucrats running the schools are able to read and implement laws without understanding them in the least. The law (put forth by the right-wing Texas government, if you are trying to play that card), requires that schools provide a nutritional lunch for students. It explicitly exempts parents from having to conform to this requirement. It is a rule that is not meant to be enforced on anyone but the school itself, and here they are turning it into a zero-tolerance rule on candy. All this is showing is that the idiot fuckups running the schools are treating students like criminals for being kids.
The malware does not have to be running with administrative privileges in order to perform this attack. Otherwise, it is still pretty meh.
Thanks, I had a logic parser error and missed that somehow.
Thanks, I would have thought the sci-fi comedy show, Red Dwarf, was seriously suggesting this was possible. I can now sleep soundly thanks to your enlightening post.
Non-8-bit bytes are not just a thing of the past. SATA bandwidth is measured in 10-bit bytes. Granted, this is due to the encoding scheme, which contains synchronization information so that a separate clock signal is not required.
Octet has the same meaning in english, it means a group of 8 things. However, the word byte does not mean 8 bits(though that is by far the most common), it means a sequence of bits processed as one unit of information. It can also mean a unit of information in a computer that stands for a letter, number, or symbol. There are some architectures that use a 10-bit byte, including measurements for SATA bandwidth. Are those called "octets" in france? That might cause even more confusion.
Your problem is that you are expecting AOL to write software that is not broken. Why are you using AIM instead of one of the many free and/or open source alternatives that offer equal or greater features on the same network, in addition to other networks like GTalk, Yahoo, and MSN?
A few examples:
-Pidgin (Windows/*nix using GTK, OSS)
-Adium (OSX using native Cocoa and based on Pidgin, OSS)
-Miranda-IM (Windows, OSS)
-Trillian (Windows/Mac/iPhone, Basic=Freeware/Pro=Payware)
And there are plenty of others.
Dells stopped using proprietary RAM and most other proprietary components on desktops around the P4 era. If you read the issue you linked, it is for a P3 system. There were a couple early P4's with proprietary motherboard/power supplies, but they did use standard Rambus RAM (not saying it was good, just not Dell proprietary). I'm not sure when they cleaned up their act on the laptop side, or if they even did. I do know the Dell laptop my work issued me is using standard DDR2 laptop RAM.
Thanks, just tried that. It gave me the original results again at first. Then I clicked the "Did you mean:" option, it gave me the original result. Any subsequent clicks give me the changed results.
Strangely, clicking on the "Did you mean:" option returns a different list (or order) than the first query. Or, at least, it did for me on the first (uncached) attempt.
Same here. Any google-algorithm wizards know whats going on?
Maybe I'm a freak, but I have actually read an excerpt from one of the Twilight novels (I have a Kindle and downloading samples is very easy). It really is as terrible as the uninformed haters make it out to be, possibly worse. I also enjoy many things of dubious quality, my reading, gaming, television and movie preferences would make a critic in the field squeal. Its all about being honest with yourself, and giving things a fair shake. And, I'm sorry, but Twilight is awful.
Really? Have you read even an excerpt of any of the Twilight books? They make R. L. Stein look like the next Charles Dickens. They are romance novels written by a Mormon. I refuse to believe that anyone over 12 years old can enjoy Twilight without having some sort of mental disability.
My understanding is that under his contract of employment, he was specifically not allowed to divulge the password except to those with specific clearance. If I am incorrect and someone can provide a link with more information I would greatly appreciate it. In this case, if they had brought on a civil suit he could use the contract as evidence in his favor, and might be able to counter-sue for breach of contract (would being forced to breach your contract constitute a breach of contract on their part?). So, to avoid that they threw a bunch of criminal charges at him to see what would stick. It looks like one of them did.
To make a counter-point to your justifications on why features were removed, lets make some justifications on why the features you list were added:
- Media bar in-game
Feature parity, 360 has had this since launch IIRC.
- Trophies
Feature parity, 360 has had Achievements since launch.
- Divx
Feature parity? 360 released an MPEG4 codec that covers most Divx formats around the same time, can't remember who was first.
- PlayStation Home
I'll give you this one. However, I've personally never met a PS3 owner that actually uses or cares about this, although I have to say it seems like Sony put a lot into it.
- Dynamic themes
Animated backgrounds, kinda neat.
- Netflix
Feature Parity, 360 has had netflix for a long time, and does not require a disc to use.
- Photo Gallery
Not familiar with this one, doesn't sound very exciting, though.
- Life with PlayStation
Folding@Home meets the weather and news channels from the Wii and a pretty screensaver.
- and so on.....
Care to elaborate on any of these or are these the only additions you thought were worth mentioning?
Trying not to turn this into a 360 vs. ps3 pissing match, but features removed from 360:
-third-party memory units over a certain size (very much a dick move, microsoft)
-hacked dvd drive will ban you
Some of the features added since launch:
-MPEG4 playback (software)
-NXE (software)
Much improved interface and avatars added.
-Netflix (software)
-Install game to hard disk (software)
-USB mass storage devices can now be used as a memory unit (software)
-XNA studio/Indie games (software)
-XBox Live parties (software)
-HDMI (hardware)
-uPNP playback? (software)
Can't remember if that was added later or if it was original.
-Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, and Zune Marketplace integration (software)
-Games on demand (software)
-Windows Live messenger (software)
Thanks for the info, I thought the Graphics Synthesizer was still in the hardware of all of the pre-slim PS3s, and I had not checked if it is in the slims. However, my understanding is that there are PS3s that do not have BC even though they have the hardware, and the only justification is that they wanted to monetize on the higher-priced SKU. Also, has anyone tried to figure out how much they are actually saving on production by removing the PS2 hardware?
People were banned for hard drives? How could they tell? My understanding of the HD replacement hack was you would buy a retail version of the HD, and replace the firmware with the 360 version, since the hardware was otherwise identical. Did they check serial numbers or something?
I thought the ban was for those that replaced the DVD firmware with a hacked version, which only adds the capability of playing backup discs, or "backup" discs, depending on your viewpoint. Since it did not enable region unlocking, or homebrew, it is hard to justify.
Actually, he is correct in that BC was never fully software. The Emotion Engine chip was removed on those units and emulated in software, but there was other PS2 hardware in the unit. I have not checked into this, but is that other PS2 hardware still floating around on the Slims and/or the later model fat PS3s? The claim from Sony that I read on why they removed the BC on newer models was that it wore out the drive faster than using it with BluRay discs. Why did they not remove the DVD playing features as well then?
Then again, I was not trying to insinuate in my post that it was fully software, I just listed it as a software feature since I have read that some units still had the hardware but the feature was disabled in software. I guess I could have put "(hardware/software)" instead?
I find it strange that the maligned Microsoft (and for good reason), keeps taking steps to improve the 360 both in features and extending the warranty to take care of a common issue, while Sony, who started off with a decent system has been systematically removing features with little to no return.
What has been lost on the PS3:
- Emotion Engine (hardware)
- SACD playback (software)
- USB 2.0 ports (hardware)
- Full PS2 backwards compatibility (software)
- Other OS Linux (software): retroactively disabled on older hardware as well now with the new update
- SD and CF slots (hardware)
What has been gained:
- Media bar in-game
- Trophies
- Divx
- Anything else?
Sure it is x.org and not the video driver? When you leave it on console-only, is it using the nomodeset switch for the kernel?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1311112&page=8
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/474930
There are also some intel video related information here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904
Go to add/remove programs and uninstall it. If that doesn't work or it leaves shit behind follow this:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=kb50602
Then, you will need to get something new.
-NOD32/eset has a long history of doing extremely well in most antivirus testing that I've read about. However, it is not free.
-AVG used to be an excellent free AV, then a mediocre one, then a malicious one, then mediocre again, and now I hear it is still improving.
-Avira has an excellent free AV that I have been using regularly since AVG started to slide downhill. The downside is an ad that comes up for the pay one when it updates.
-I have also heard some good things about Avast (free), Windows Security Essentials (free, shockingly), and Trend Micro (not free).
I noticed that most new exits built in the past year or two in my area are pass-only. So don't downmod the parent as being paranoid. We need as many people as possible using cash-only so that it would be too much of a loss in profits for them to drop the cash lanes.
You're from the Department of Redundancy Department aren't you?
Yeah, it sounds like the satellite is to facilitate a network link between between the cameras that determines the route being taken by tagged plate, and then calculating the average speed that it took. Sounds far too expensive for just catching a few more speeders. It also has serious privacy implications. This would mean that your vehicle is being tracked wherever it goes. I do not like the idea of that.
Too bad that a human cop driving behind you would instantly recognize that you have something obscuring the visibility of your plates. I'd be willing to be there is a heavy fine in most jurisdictions for doing so. Great idea otherwise. Now if only there were some way to obscure it such that only cameras would be unable to read the plate.
Thanks for clarifying. No harm done. I also agree that it is pretty insignificant for most people, but many of us nerds find it interesting and it could be very important for those researching human evolution.