If anyone can show me how to have myself logged in to a GUI environment, then back-out to a point that allows others to use my system with their own envirnment, then I'll concede your arguement. But I've never seen such a thing, and when I've asked in somewhat knowledgeable circles, nobody's been able to help me.
I want something that works like WinXP's user switching. I want my active apps to remain untouched. I want my session to remain secure, while allowing other users to run about in their own graphical envirnment. As is my understanding, since the X server takes over the framebuffer, you can't run additional instances, and the one already running has either my or root's permissions.
Then again, the last tiem I tried this stuff was nearly two years ago, and there may have been fabulous advances.
Their drivers have been spotty along the way. I've had a WinTV-FM PCI forever, and there have been some rough patches. For example, the transition from VFW to WDM took a few tries to get right. The integration between their various apps (in particular the IR remote util and the WinTV app) could use a little work, too.
That said, it's been a wonderful card. Worked really well in BeOS back when I ran that all the time, and was rather well-supported in Linux variations from four years ago.
That, and because they don't want to be providing patches to those who are not members of XBL, as non-members present no continuing revenue stream. The assumption is that if you're not using Live, you're not using the multiplayer portion anyhow, so there's no reason you'd need to update.
I don't care about it all being in one place, but I do appreciate the smaller memory footprint, and I really enjoy alt-clicking links in my mail client and choosing "open link in new tab."
On cheap (consumer) UPSes, yes. On high-end equipment, you're running off the inverter the whole time, so there's no gap in power when the AC goes down. The rest of the time, you're running off the AC-DC-AC circuitry as the battery is continuously charged.
My hat's off to these brave pioneers, searching for viruses in the wilds of the Yukon. (Or is it the Netherlands?) I imagine it must have been like the guy who found the first dinosaur skeleton. All these hecklers saying they don't exaist, then BOOM justification for all that research money spent digging through centuries of sediment.
No, now really. Isn't the proper term something more like "released," "written," or perhaps "invented?"
The problem is.fvwmrc,.bashrc, and the like are all ONE file format - a "flat file" AKA plain text..doc and.ppt are legitimate, separate, file formats. As are the respective OOo formats, and the KOffice formats, but ware we talking about an OS here or applications? The original poster's point was retarded.
And if you're not going to count Word's format as a "useful" format, then there are a great many businesses that might take issue with you saying their files don't exist. Because you don't have the resources to decipher their documents is your own problem. A lock doesn't become any less a lock when you refuse to give out the key.
IIRC, the reason they use copper is because it melts at a relatively low temperature. The projectile heats up the core into a stream of molten metal that pierces armor much more effectively than a solid slug.
So in fact the farthest planet from the Sun HAS CHANGED in the last 21 years.
Why this is the case is left as an excercise for the reader...
OOOOHH! Oh! I know this one.
For those who didn't pay attention in school, it's all related to pollution. See, all this global warming is making our atmosphere less dense (since hot gases expand, and believe me I know all about hot gases.) Since it's less dense, the amount of "gravity waves" released from out planed are less dense, too. The lower gravity affect Pluto, letting it slip further away from Earth than Neptune. So Pluto became the furthest planet back in '99 or so.
You may be asking why Pluto went farther away, but Neptune did not. That has to do with global temperature, too. Pluto is colder, so it's more dense, and relies more on the extra gravity from Earth than Neptune.
Now you know, and you're ready to pass that junior high science final you've been putting off all this time.
Also most employees spend more than 20% of their work time on personal goals anyway.
Like reading Slashdot?
My personal goal was to read all of the Internet. I was close up until a few years ago, when all those damn bloggers came around. Now I'm not sure I'll ever catch up.
It could, because when you're outputting optical, there is no DAC - it's all digital being converted to PCM before output.
Anyhow, it's a moot point - this hardware uses what appears to be an optical/electical combo jack similar to the line out on many Sony MiniDisc portables. It has electrical contacts to output analog over a 1/8-in miniplug, and an LED to output digital over a mini-TOSLINK cable. When you're using the optical connection, the signal doesn't hit a DAC until it gets to your receiver.
That really does extend the automobile analogy quite well.
You don't see many tricked-out BMWs on the road, but there sure are quite a few tweaked Fords and Hondas. The typical Mac user buys a computer that looks good and works fairly well out-of-the-box, while the PC user either wants to have a machine that they can customize to death, or just wants a computer at the lowest possible cost/highest perceived value.
So, according to your logic, it would make perfect sense for Microsoft to add an icon to Word for DB2 files, just in case they add support for the format later. Riiiiight.
Why would Apple create icons for a file format they don't support? (iTunes can play Vorbis files, but only with the help of third-party QuickTime extensions. There is currently no native Ogg support in QuickTime.)
And the "cheaper to do it now" line is a bit dull. Yes, your logic may work, it was easier to pay the artist to do all the icons at once instead of in separate batches. But it's only cheaper and simpler to make an icon now instead of later...if there will be a later, thereby hinting at future Ogg Vorbis support.
Mine's 648, but I bet that's because we're not using legit versions of Windows XP Corporate - the normal (requiring activation) versions of Home and Pro surely use different PIDs.
Because they obviously paid some artists for their (admittedly, minimal) time to create an icon specifically for.ogg files, and that icon was included in the release build of iTunes. If they weren't working on it or interested at all, why would they even make an icon?
Unless they were hoping to block Rio sales by implying future Ogg support without actually saying a thing. Observe the geek, who wants Vorbis support. Ogg-using geek thinks about getting a Rio Karma, but then hears news that "Apple might be working on.ogg support" and instead decides to either hold off on the Rio or to actually buy an iPod instead. So it's either something they're working on, or a clever marketing ploy. Neither would surprise me.
Note that seek time is not access time, which is the number that really matters.
For example, my (10,000 RPM, Ultra 160 SCSI) Atlas 10K III drive has a measured access time of 7.9 ms, while Fujitsu's MPG3204AH-E (7,200 RPM ATA-100) drive clocks in at 14.8 ms. (These numbers were aquired from storagereview.com, whom I consider the best in the business with disk testing.)
Theoretically, these drives should be 3 ms apart - but there's a 7-ms discrepancy! The Fujitsu drive takes nearly twice as long to access data, when rotational latency only accounts for half that.
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If anyone can show me how to have myself logged in to a GUI environment, then back-out to a point that allows others to use my system with their own envirnment, then I'll concede your arguement. But I've never seen such a thing, and when I've asked in somewhat knowledgeable circles, nobody's been able to help me.
I want something that works like WinXP's user switching. I want my active apps to remain untouched. I want my session to remain secure, while allowing other users to run about in their own graphical envirnment. As is my understanding, since the X server takes over the framebuffer, you can't run additional instances, and the one already running has either my or root's permissions.
Then again, the last tiem I tried this stuff was nearly two years ago, and there may have been fabulous advances.
Their drivers have been spotty along the way. I've had a WinTV-FM PCI forever, and there have been some rough patches. For example, the transition from VFW to WDM took a few tries to get right. The integration between their various apps (in particular the IR remote util and the WinTV app) could use a little work, too.
That said, it's been a wonderful card. Worked really well in BeOS back when I ran that all the time, and was rather well-supported in Linux variations from four years ago.
Not true, as there have even been instances of AutoRun worms on MacOS. MacAddict apologized quite a bit for that one...
That, and because they don't want to be providing patches to those who are not members of XBL, as non-members present no continuing revenue stream. The assumption is that if you're not using Live, you're not using the multiplayer portion anyhow, so there's no reason you'd need to update.
I don't care about it all being in one place, but I do appreciate the smaller memory footprint, and I really enjoy alt-clicking links in my mail client and choosing "open link in new tab."
Which kind of unlimited?
The cell-phone-plan unlimited, where it's unlimited as long as you are e-mailing only other Hotmail users?
Or perhaps the broadband unlimited, where it's unlimited, as long as you stay within the 'reasonable' limits?
Can you tell I'm a bit jaded to 'unlimited' deals?
On cheap (consumer) UPSes, yes. On high-end equipment, you're running off the inverter the whole time, so there's no gap in power when the AC goes down. The rest of the time, you're running off the AC-DC-AC circuitry as the battery is continuously charged.
Well damn if that's not amazing.
My hat's off to these brave pioneers, searching for viruses in the wilds of the Yukon. (Or is it the Netherlands?) I imagine it must have been like the guy who found the first dinosaur skeleton. All these hecklers saying they don't exaist, then BOOM justification for all that research money spent digging through centuries of sediment.
No, now really. Isn't the proper term something more like "released," "written," or perhaps "invented?"
Absolutely wrong!
The 51st state is Denial, and I happen to be a resident.
FYI, do yourself a favor and don't. Their software is crap; significantly better solutions are available for free.
For example, DVD backup can be done much better by the stellar DVD Shrink. For games, one might consider GameCopyWorld.
The problem is .fvwmrc, .bashrc, and the like are all ONE file format - a "flat file" AKA plain text. .doc and .ppt are legitimate, separate, file formats. As are the respective OOo formats, and the KOffice formats, but ware we talking about an OS here or applications? The original poster's point was retarded.
And if you're not going to count Word's format as a "useful" format, then there are a great many businesses that might take issue with you saying their files don't exist. Because you don't have the resources to decipher their documents is your own problem. A lock doesn't become any less a lock when you refuse to give out the key.
IIRC, the reason they use copper is because it melts at a relatively low temperature. The projectile heats up the core into a stream of molten metal that pierces armor much more effectively than a solid slug.
So in fact the farthest planet from the Sun HAS CHANGED in the last 21 years.
Why this is the case is left as an excercise for the reader...
OOOOHH! Oh! I know this one.
For those who didn't pay attention in school, it's all related to pollution. See, all this global warming is making our atmosphere less dense (since hot gases expand, and believe me I know all about hot gases.) Since it's less dense, the amount of "gravity waves" released from out planed are less dense, too. The lower gravity affect Pluto, letting it slip further away from Earth than Neptune. So Pluto became the furthest planet back in '99 or so.
You may be asking why Pluto went farther away, but Neptune did not. That has to do with global temperature, too. Pluto is colder, so it's more dense, and relies more on the extra gravity from Earth than Neptune.
Now you know, and you're ready to pass that junior high science final you've been putting off all this time.
Go get 'em, Tiger!
The RAM limitation was fixed in 4.5, which is a relatively recent release.
and less need for a large cache (big pipeline means frequent cache hits)
Don't you mean that a big pipeline means a bigger penalty for cache misses? Pipeline length has no effect on the cache hit ratio.
Also most employees spend more than 20% of their work time on personal goals anyway.
Like reading Slashdot?
My personal goal was to read all of the Internet. I was close up until a few years ago, when all those damn bloggers came around. Now I'm not sure I'll ever catch up.
Not to mention, what's the gimmick of this device? Play music over your wireless LAN and through your home stereo.
If they're close enough to sniff my WLAN, then they're going to be hearing my music anyway. Trust me. =)
It could, because when you're outputting optical, there is no DAC - it's all digital being converted to PCM before output.
Anyhow, it's a moot point - this hardware uses what appears to be an optical/electical combo jack similar to the line out on many Sony MiniDisc portables. It has electrical contacts to output analog over a 1/8-in miniplug, and an LED to output digital over a mini-TOSLINK cable. When you're using the optical connection, the signal doesn't hit a DAC until it gets to your receiver.
Wow, just re-read this, and before I get myself in trouble, let me clarify.
I'm using a legit copy of Windows XP, but it's not the corporate/volume-licensed version. It's normal/comsumer Pro.
That really does extend the automobile analogy quite well.
You don't see many tricked-out BMWs on the road, but there sure are quite a few tweaked Fords and Hondas. The typical Mac user buys a computer that looks good and works fairly well out-of-the-box, while the PC user either wants to have a machine that they can customize to death, or just wants a computer at the lowest possible cost/highest perceived value.
So, according to your logic, it would make perfect sense for Microsoft to add an icon to Word for DB2 files, just in case they add support for the format later. Riiiiight.
Why would Apple create icons for a file format they don't support? (iTunes can play Vorbis files, but only with the help of third-party QuickTime extensions. There is currently no native Ogg support in QuickTime.)
And the "cheaper to do it now" line is a bit dull. Yes, your logic may work, it was easier to pay the artist to do all the icons at once instead of in separate batches. But it's only cheaper and simpler to make an icon now instead of later...if there will be a later, thereby hinting at future Ogg Vorbis support.
Mine's 648, but I bet that's because we're not using legit versions of Windows XP Corporate - the normal (requiring activation) versions of Home and Pro surely use different PIDs.
Because they obviously paid some artists for their (admittedly, minimal) time to create an icon specifically for .ogg files, and that icon was included in the release build of iTunes. If they weren't working on it or interested at all, why would they even make an icon?
.ogg support" and instead decides to either hold off on the Rio or to actually buy an iPod instead. So it's either something they're working on, or a clever marketing ploy. Neither would surprise me.
Unless they were hoping to block Rio sales by implying future Ogg support without actually saying a thing. Observe the geek, who wants Vorbis support. Ogg-using geek thinks about getting a Rio Karma, but then hears news that "Apple might be working on
Note that seek time is not access time, which is the number that really matters.
For example, my (10,000 RPM, Ultra 160 SCSI) Atlas 10K III drive has a measured access time of 7.9 ms, while Fujitsu's MPG3204AH-E (7,200 RPM ATA-100) drive clocks in at 14.8 ms. (These numbers were aquired from storagereview.com, whom I consider the best in the business with disk testing.)
Theoretically, these drives should be 3 ms apart - but there's a 7-ms discrepancy! The Fujitsu drive takes nearly twice as long to access data, when rotational latency only accounts for half that.
Psh, like I'm going to take UNIX advice from some guy whose claim to fame is that he runs a night club.
I mean, I go to the neighborhood bar when I have Windows problems, but it's certainly not for advice on how to solve said problem.