I've had a TiVo for over a year now, and I get so used to it that I get ticked when I can't pause my car radio or the TV in the bedroom.
It truly changes the way you watch TV. I don't rush home to view West Wing or Friends anymore. If I'm at work or out with some friends, I just catch the shows when I get home.
Only problem? Tuesday nights, 8pm. 24 on Fox, and NYPD Blue on ABC. So I watch 24 live and catch Blue time-shifted. It would be pretty tight to have a dual-cable tuner PVR.
Both of these websites had great startup deals (free $$ to get 'em hooked), but they just couldn't get the repeat business to cover their early losses. I got a TiVo out of the first, and all new peripherals (webcam, printer, keyb/mouse) out of the second for pennies on the dollar.
Online shoppers are just too fickle. There's no "get 'em hooked" for online ecommerce, there's only "keep 'em hooked".
The guy was a hero in his actions that day. He was the coffee clerk who donned body armor and held up on his end. What the guy did afterwards has no bearing on that day's story.
I find what he did afterwards to be morally and horribly revolting, but it shouldn't tarnish his actions as a Ranger that day.
Well, there's SystemC, which gives you a C-like syntax to describe logic at a stratospheric level. I tried playing around with it a little bit and it seems like it would be great if you had to crank out very small blocks, running at very slow speeds, multiple times a day.
But, if you're doing any kind of sizable project (like designing parts of supercomputers, for instance) then you'll just have to bite the bullet and learn how to design logic. VHDL is a little screwy, but Verilog is a breeze to learn and use. Just like you can't fake being a programmer, you can't fake being a logic designer. Just learn the background, there's no way around it.
Maybe/. needs to post more of the article in the blurb, since it's becoming known that the intelligent masses can comment on stuff before reading wtf it's about.
People assume that Ultraviolet Lithography and Silicon are competitors, when in fact UV Lithography is the process that helps shrink featuresize.
All this disruption for a campaign that killed five people?
I'm sorry, but if one of those people were a close family member, then you'd care more about personal safety than some damn compact flash cards. I can't believe I actually had to read that.
The employer appeared to bend over backwards to her, and when they started giving a little, she tried taking a lot.
My company does what it can to help as well, with Herman-Miller chairs, ergonomic keyboards, mousepad wrist rests, and workstation furniture that is fully adjustable. You can't do much more than that imo... since cubemates would get irrated at a voice recognition system that interprets verilog and C++.
"always... symbol at... symbol left parenthesis... posedge... variable see ell kay... symbol right parenthesis... begin... newline...":P
Well DirectX is a high-level interface to low-level drivers, so it's quite possible that the kernel interface for such things is different. Afterall, win98 has to be different somehow, right? Like, besides USB.
Possibly because Win95 kinda marked the end of true DOS, and Win95 has a follow-on that's fully compatible. I'd imagine there's still some apps out there that *only* run on DOS, and are still mission critical stuff.
It's like the space program. they use woafully outdated things because all weird behaviors are *known* so they can have effective workarounds.
Ebay that sucker, quick! I still have a 486 with IBM's PC-DOS 7 installed. That was the finest DOS I've ever played with. There was a small applet that allowed you to dynamically load.sys files (normally done through config.sys) at anytime. Sweet, huh?
I found myself doing stuff like this before big exams too, but in my case I think it was a chance to do something other than the *really*big* thing I had to do. I think it's just procrastination.
Madison, WI users of Bresnan (used to be TCI) Cable's @home service were switched to Charter Pipeline. Here's to hoping that other cable providers were smart enough to get in front of this disaster.
It'll be harder for the GCN. When the PS2 was released there was only the Dreamcast; now there's the PS2 and the Xbox. Competition is up a bit over last year.
People are all up in arms lately about how the US is imposing its will on the world, and then Jon Katz steps up and informs us that we're not imposing enough will on other countries since the US is helping to censure their citizens.
Saudi Arabia is going to censure their citizens whether we help them or not. US companies are just being Johnny-on-the-spot by supplying a demand. Nothing more, nothing less. There's no hidden conspiracy here.
Well, while it doesn't explain why Xbox games are already on the shelf, it does explain why GameCube games were shipping rather early.
The PS2 launch was painful not only for the lack of hardware, but for the intermittant lack of software too. Those wanting Madden 2001 with their PS2 couldn't get one on opening day because they were in relatively short supply. No one thought that 80% of PS2 owners also wanted to be Madden 2001 owners. So, MS and Nintendo are planning on solving this by having the software out there first so the only thing people need to worry about is grabbing the hardware. Besides, if there is a shortage, already owning DoA3 will keep you from buying a Gamecube instead out of frustration.
I'm not sure I care who wins, but I'm not going to attempt to make a statement like you are. I'll probably get an XBox because MS seems willing to put their weight (and $$) behind it. The Console Wars of 2002 are all about the games. If you want Nintendo to win, it should be because they've got better games, not because they're not Microsoft.
on the Bill are here. Here's some snippits on why he voted no:
The Founders who wrote our Constitution and Bill of Rights exercised that vigilance even though they had recently fought and won the Revolutionary War. They did not live in comfortable and easy times of hypothetical enemies. They wrote a Constitution of limited powers and an explicit Bill of Rights to protect liberty in times of war, as well as in times of peace.
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We in this body have a duty to analyze, to test, to weigh new laws that the zealous and often sincere advocates of security would suggest to us. This is what I have tried to do with this anti-terrorism bill. And that is why I will vote against this bill when the roll is called.
Protecting the safety of the American people is a solemn duty of the Congress; we must work tirelessly to prevent more tragedies like the devastating attacks of September 11th. We must prevent more children from losing their mothers, more wives from losing their husbands, and more firefighters from losing their heroic colleagues. But the Congress will fulfill its duty only when it protects both the American people and the freedoms at the foundation of American society. So let us preserve our heritage of basic rights. Let us practice as well as preach that liberty. And let us fight to maintain that freedom that we call America.
He voted no because he felt people were losing some of their basic constitutional rights in order to "shore up" our security. While I voted for the guy in the last election and don't agree with his Nay Vote on this Bill, at least the guy had the guts to stand up for what he believed in.
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I've had a TiVo for over a year now, and I get so used to it that I get ticked when I can't pause my car radio or the TV in the bedroom.
It truly changes the way you watch TV. I don't rush home to view West Wing or Friends anymore. If I'm at work or out with some friends, I just catch the shows when I get home.
Only problem? Tuesday nights, 8pm. 24 on Fox, and NYPD Blue on ABC. So I watch 24 live and catch Blue time-shifted. It would be pretty tight to have a dual-cable tuner PVR.
This fact was confirmed 3 days ago at my local Best Buy.
Tin Box for Linux, in fact.
Both of these websites had great startup deals (free $$ to get 'em hooked), but they just couldn't get the repeat business to cover their early losses. I got a TiVo out of the first, and all new peripherals (webcam, printer, keyb/mouse) out of the second for pennies on the dollar.
Online shoppers are just too fickle. There's no "get 'em hooked" for online ecommerce, there's only "keep 'em hooked".
The guy was a hero in his actions that day. He was the coffee clerk who donned body armor and held up on his end. What the guy did afterwards has no bearing on that day's story.
I find what he did afterwards to be morally and horribly revolting, but it shouldn't tarnish his actions as a Ranger that day.
Well, there's SystemC, which gives you a C-like syntax to describe logic at a stratospheric level. I tried playing around with it a little bit and it seems like it would be great if you had to crank out very small blocks, running at very slow speeds, multiple times a day.
But, if you're doing any kind of sizable project (like designing parts of supercomputers, for instance) then you'll just have to bite the bullet and learn how to design logic. VHDL is a little screwy, but Verilog is a breeze to learn and use. Just like you can't fake being a programmer, you can't fake being a logic designer. Just learn the background, there's no way around it.
When in Rome...
Here I was expecting to see some research from the Badger state, but once I read the article I was kinda relieved. :)
I mean, we've all taken our laser pointers and attempted to reach the moon, but this guy gets paid to do it. Kudos, I guess.
Maybe /. needs to post more of the article in the blurb, since it's becoming known that the intelligent masses can comment on stuff before reading wtf it's about.
People assume that Ultraviolet Lithography and Silicon are competitors, when in fact UV Lithography is the process that helps shrink featuresize.
I'm sorry, but if one of those people were a close family member, then you'd care more about personal safety than some damn compact flash cards. I can't believe I actually had to read that.
Rigging a poll is what happens when CowboyNeal wins. :)
So what happens if you don't have Discovery? I do now, but for a while my TiVo was recording off Basic cable (local stuff) only.
The employer appeared to bend over backwards to her, and when they started giving a little, she tried taking a lot.
:P
My company does what it can to help as well, with Herman-Miller chairs, ergonomic keyboards, mousepad wrist rests, and workstation furniture that is fully adjustable. You can't do much more than that imo... since cubemates would get irrated at a voice recognition system that interprets verilog and C++.
"always... symbol at... symbol left parenthesis... posedge... variable see ell kay... symbol right parenthesis... begin... newline..."
Sounds right. I was using OS/2 Warp for about 2 months after that until the allure of "win32" applications got to me.
That and all OS/2 had was Bootp stuff for connecting to the internet.
Well DirectX is a high-level interface to low-level drivers, so it's quite possible that the kernel interface for such things is different. Afterall, win98 has to be different somehow, right? Like, besides USB.
Possibly because Win95 kinda marked the end of true DOS, and Win95 has a follow-on that's fully compatible. I'd imagine there's still some apps out there that *only* run on DOS, and are still mission critical stuff.
It's like the space program. they use woafully outdated things because all weird behaviors are *known* so they can have effective workarounds.
Ebay that sucker, quick! I still have a 486 with IBM's PC-DOS 7 installed. That was the finest DOS I've ever played with. There was a small applet that allowed you to dynamically load .sys files (normally done through config.sys) at anytime. Sweet, huh?
I found myself doing stuff like this before big exams too, but in my case I think it was a chance to do something other than the *really*big* thing I had to do. I think it's just procrastination.
Madison, WI users of Bresnan (used to be TCI) Cable's @home service were switched to Charter Pipeline. Here's to hoping that other cable providers were smart enough to get in front of this disaster.
It'll be harder for the GCN. When the PS2 was released there was only the Dreamcast; now there's the PS2 and the Xbox. Competition is up a bit over last year.
Rumor has it that Xbox had 300k initially, whereas Gamecube sent out 700k.
Both of these, of course, pale to the 20 Million PS2 units out there.
Saudi Arabia is going to censure their citizens whether we help them or not. US companies are just being Johnny-on-the-spot by supplying a demand. Nothing more, nothing less. There's no hidden conspiracy here.
The PS2 launch was painful not only for the lack of hardware, but for the intermittant lack of software too. Those wanting Madden 2001 with their PS2 couldn't get one on opening day because they were in relatively short supply. No one thought that 80% of PS2 owners also wanted to be Madden 2001 owners. So, MS and Nintendo are planning on solving this by having the software out there first so the only thing people need to worry about is grabbing the hardware. Besides, if there is a shortage, already owning DoA3 will keep you from buying a Gamecube instead out of frustration.
I'm not sure I care who wins, but I'm not going to attempt to make a statement like you are. I'll probably get an XBox because MS seems willing to put their weight (and $$) behind it. The Console Wars of 2002 are all about the games. If you want Nintendo to win, it should be because they've got better games, not because they're not Microsoft.
Like /. offering Subscriptions too?
Well, how about we send MPAA or RIAA lawyers? The entire US Patent Office (assuming sending an entire office to Mars isn't patented yet)? JonKatz? :)
Only if we get to vote on who gets sent there first. :)