No, it's not. I've probably done ten or fifteen installs of IE5, and every time, I choose thee CUSTOM install option, which allows you to pick and choose whatever packages you need. You only need to download what you're going to use. The base install is only (I Think) 8mb, and that's all you need to download.
And with IE5--there is no active desktop to install...if you don't have it, you can't install it. (unless you choose to reinstall IE4)
But Hawking also said in the interview he didn't see us creating Warp Engines either. What you suggested proposes we could create devices like these that would enable us to travel from place to place, and that obviously would be the way to go...although Hawking seems to be strict on thinking that we will never be able to do such things and have to run around in rockets for our course of evolution.
It's an interesting turn, because I read once that while on Star Trek: The Next Generation's set, he was toured by the Engineering deck and motioned toward the warp core and said "I'm working on that..." I guess he gave up.
Such a pity. When these systems were announced only a few short months ago(what was it, the spring??)they seemed so incredible. The idea, bring x86 into the true graphical workstation business, with WINDOWS no less, what a concept. And then at the time, people yelled that the Visual Workstations should have been running Linux, not Windows, and perhaps SGI suddenly realized the mistake it had made, and then they started supporting Linux whole-heartedly, right?
Well...perhaps.
I think the truth is that these machines failed not becuase of SGI or anything they might have done....I think we might blame Microsoft for this one. Why? Well to start off with, the Visual Workstations were designed FROM THE START to use Windows 2000, and it shows too, with the machines having Firewire, USB, and a multitude of other features that Win2k supposedly supports(or will support). Unfortunately, in true M$ fashion, their product was late(so late, in fact, that it won't be around until February!), and SGI had to hack NT4.0 so at least the input devices would work under MS's operating system(both the keyboard and mouse are USB, which NT4 does not support). This still leaves most of the other high end features of the Workstations left to rot while SGI waited patiently for 2000 to be released.
But then May comes around(at the time of the Visual Workstations' announcement, Win2000 was slated for a May/June 1999 release), and MS delays shipment once again....they are left stuck with a half disabled system that is supposed to be their new Flagship! So what to they do? They turn to their only option, jump ship from Windows and try Linux.
Over the next four months, SGI pours quite a bit of funding into Linux development and resources, but by August/September, they realize the Visual Workstation is a failure, with incomplete Linux support, a half broken Windows implementation, so they admit it is a failure and let their stillborn child go.
What a shame...the Visual Workstation's could have been so much, had MS delivered Win2000 on schedule(like about two years ago!). I'd bet the Visual Workstations would have been released a year earlier too, and done MUCH better in that market than they did in the one of this year.
I mean, it's good that Red Hat is doing this, putting a little bit back to the community, but just $1.00 back to the FSF? Honestly, if I'm paying $30, I expect that at least $15 of it should go, considering the forementioned $6 for CD pressing, and let's say about $5 for anything else, that's still $19 left unused that could be going into the FSF.
Besides which, could someone clarify this for me? I thought that the GPL prohibited people from charging more than press and distrobution costs for a product, that's why anyone who makes a RedHat CD and sells it can only sell it for the price of the CD-R. Wouldn't that make this whole thing a violation(I won't even touch RedHat's regular price for it's distro!).
It just seems that this is just an attempt by Red Hat to get points with a community they've mostly alienated already. Red Hat is a corporation, and even worse, it is one that is following MS's lead to the top.
FYI- The ATI DVD software is a software decoder, but uses special features of the video card to make it seem better....but the decoding is still done by your CPU. As for the Special Features problem, try this: from the main DVD menu, go to the Audio setup(In the Matrix menu-where you can pick subtitles, etc in the movie), and then try the Special Features...it doesn't freeze when I do it that way. It's bizarre, but it works!
I have a Hitachi GD2000 and have no problems...just make sure your decoder is up to spec, I know there have been reported problems with ATI's Software player as well as XingDVD...
Um, if you look at the specifications for a Soverign class ship, it is indeed smaller than the older Galaxy class. The Galaxy class was also classified as an Explorer, not a Cruiser or Warship, and ships designated as Explorers are the largest in the fleet. The Soverign is longer in overall length, but in number of decks and sq. footage, is much smaller.
Well if I remember correctly, what the aliens had said was that they had spread their genetic code on planets that had already developed primitive life, so that would make that after the sequence in "All Good Things..."
Not to nitpick too much, but it was a Sovereign class Starship that got controlled with a joystick(in Insurrection. The Sovereign is quite a bit smaller and more agile than the Galaxy class, but still much larger than the Defiant. Cheers
Sounds like the NASA channel....usually they have a view of space, 'cept when there's a misssion or something, then they display details on that. It's pretty standard actually, a lot of cable systems I know of have it.
From what I undestand, it looks like the RIAA has been thinking mostly of portable players in this manner, or standalone players, not computers. An example would be a Diamond Rio type device, that is designed to play the SDMI format, not a normal PC.
Actually, MS's site is already compliant. The article says that the sites have to be able to be viewed by handicapped, etc. If you look at www.microsoft.com in lynx, it actually comes out quite well(not to mention their own text-only page), but the graphical version actually does well in Lynx. I was impressed.....
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No, it's not. I've probably done ten or fifteen installs of IE5, and every time, I choose thee CUSTOM install option, which allows you to pick and choose whatever packages you need. You only need to download what you're going to use. The base install is only (I Think) 8mb, and that's all you need to download.
And with IE5--there is no active desktop to install...if you don't have it, you can't install it. (unless you choose to reinstall IE4)
Julius X
Palm already has a cell-phone. Qualcomm makes a phone that runs PalmOS and runs Palm-apps, it's called the pdQ smartphone.
Check it out here.
Cheers.
But Hawking also said in the interview he didn't see us creating Warp Engines either. What you suggested proposes we could create devices like these that would enable us to travel from place to place, and that obviously would be the way to go...although Hawking seems to be strict on thinking that we will never be able to do such things and have to run around in rockets for our course of evolution.
It's an interesting turn, because I read once that while on Star Trek: The Next Generation's set, he was toured by the Engineering deck and motioned toward the warp core and said "I'm working on that..." I guess he gave up.
Actually, Win98 is Windows 4.19. Windows Millennium(AKA Windows 98-Millennium Edition) has a version number of 4.90.
LOL! Someone moderate this up! ...dreaded blue eye of death indeed....
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
Such a pity. When these systems were announced only a few short months ago(what was it, the spring??)they seemed so incredible. The idea, bring x86 into the true graphical workstation business, with WINDOWS no less, what a concept.
And then at the time, people yelled that the Visual Workstations should have been running Linux, not Windows, and perhaps SGI suddenly realized the mistake it had made, and then they started supporting Linux whole-heartedly, right?
Well...perhaps.
I think the truth is that these machines failed not becuase of SGI or anything they might have done....I think we might blame Microsoft for this one. Why? Well to start off with, the Visual Workstations were designed FROM THE START to use Windows 2000, and it shows too, with the machines having Firewire, USB, and a multitude of other features that Win2k supposedly supports(or will support). Unfortunately, in true M$ fashion, their product was late(so late, in fact, that it won't be around until February!), and SGI had to hack NT4.0 so at least the input devices would work under MS's operating system(both the keyboard and mouse are USB, which NT4 does not support). This still leaves most of the other high end features of the Workstations left to rot while SGI waited patiently for 2000 to be released.
But then May comes around(at the time of the Visual Workstations' announcement, Win2000 was slated for a May/June 1999 release), and MS delays shipment once again....they are left stuck with a half disabled system that is supposed to be their new Flagship! So what to they do? They turn to their only option, jump ship from Windows and try Linux.
Over the next four months, SGI pours quite a bit of funding into Linux development and resources, but by August/September, they realize the Visual Workstation is a failure, with incomplete Linux support, a half broken Windows implementation, so they admit it is a failure and let their stillborn child go.
What a shame...the Visual Workstation's could have been so much, had MS delivered Win2000 on schedule(like about two years ago!). I'd bet the Visual Workstations would have been released a year earlier too, and done MUCH better in that market than they did in the one of this year.
R.I.P. Visual Workstations...we hardly knew you.
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
At last an explanation!
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
I mean, it's good that Red Hat is doing this, putting a little bit back to the community, but just $1.00 back to the FSF? Honestly, if I'm paying $30, I expect that at least $15 of it should go, considering the forementioned $6 for CD pressing, and let's say about $5 for anything else, that's still $19 left unused that could be going into the FSF.
Besides which, could someone clarify this for me? I thought that the GPL prohibited people from charging more than press and distrobution costs for a product, that's why anyone who makes a RedHat CD and sells it can only sell it for the price of the CD-R. Wouldn't that make this whole thing a violation(I won't even touch RedHat's regular price for it's distro!).
It just seems that this is just an attempt by Red Hat to get points with a community they've mostly alienated already. Red Hat is a corporation, and even worse, it is one that is following MS's lead to the top.
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
FYI- The ATI DVD software is a software decoder, but uses special features of the video card to make it seem better....but the decoding is still done by your CPU. As for the Special Features problem, try this: from the main DVD menu, go to the Audio setup(In the Matrix menu-where you can pick subtitles, etc in the movie), and then try the Special Features...it doesn't freeze when I do it that way. It's bizarre, but it works!
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
I have a Hitachi GD2000 and have no problems...just make sure your decoder is up to spec, I know there have been reported problems with ATI's Software player as well as XingDVD...
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
Are you talking about John Williams' Score? Now, the dialogue and stories may not be the best, but the score is still top notch.
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
Um, if you look at the specifications for a Soverign class ship, it is indeed smaller than the older Galaxy class. The Galaxy class was also classified as an Explorer, not a Cruiser or Warship, and ships designated as Explorers are the largest in the fleet. The Soverign is longer in overall length, but in number of decks and sq. footage, is much smaller.
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
Well if I remember correctly, what the aliens had said was that they had spread their genetic code on planets that had already developed primitive life, so that would make that after the sequence in "All Good Things..."
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
Not to nitpick too much, but it was a Sovereign class Starship that got controlled with a joystick(in Insurrection.
The Sovereign is quite a bit smaller and more agile than the Galaxy class, but still much larger than the Defiant. Cheers
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
Sounds like the NASA channel....usually they have a view of space, 'cept when there's a misssion or something, then they display details on that. It's pretty standard actually, a lot of cable systems I know of have it.
Cliff Palmer, Jr.
From what I undestand, it looks like the RIAA has been thinking mostly of portable players in this manner, or standalone players, not computers. An example would be a Diamond Rio type device, that is designed to play the SDMI format, not a normal PC.
Actually, MS's site is already compliant. The article says that the sites have to be able to be viewed by handicapped, etc. If you look at www.microsoft.com in lynx, it actually comes out quite well(not to mention their own text-only page), but the graphical version actually does well in Lynx. I was impressed.....
They did say in the article that the image could be semi-tranparent as well as fully opaque. So you should be good walking around with it :)
They did say in the article that the image could be semi-tranparent as well as fully opaque. So you should be good walking around with it :)