My friends and I hold LAN parties frequently in our own homes, and have found that one can usually fit 4-5 computers/monitors on one socket. Only when you start putting more on do you sometimes run into problems.
One of the more interesting features of ASP.NET is that different browsers requesting the same document will actually receive different documents, as ASP.NET renders them for a specific browser. Of course, this is completely wrong way to do things and destroys the idea of web standards conformity, but if MSFT pulled it off, it could mean the end of cross platform AJAX issues.
Of course, I would bet against that actually happening.
I keep a hotmail account around for legacy purposes, and because it's tied to my MSN Messenger account I still get friends sending email to it.
Far too often, their legimate emails wind up in the Spam folder and get missed by myself. It isn't that their spam filter is too aggressive either, as plenty of spam still hits the inbox. It seems that any message where a large number of people are CC'ed (ie, inviting a bunch of friends to an event) are flagged as spam.
I'd rather have more spam hit the inbox than legimate emails hit the spam box.
If you try and stop piracy at a LAN, firstly, you will fail, because you can't stop it, and secondly, you'll be looked at as "nazi organizers" and ultimately lose the respect of your attendees.
Have an official policy of "no file sharing". Post it on your web site, release forms, whatever. Then stop. You've cleared yourself. Don't ask, don't tell. You aren't under any obligation to start acting as the MPAA/RIAA's gestapo.
As one can expect from Google, the interface is great, but in my parts (Edmonton, Canada), the map detail is lacking beyond highway level.
Strangely, though, it does provide street-level directions, however, in one case (going across the city to a friend's house), it gives directions that are horribly and humourously out of the way and would take about 50% more time.
At the start of this school year, I faced a similar predicament, knowing that I would be commuting with public transit for about 2 hours each day, through downtown and whatnot. I bought a Targus backpack that is designed for laptops (http://www.targus.com/ca/cases_notebook_backpacks.asp). Cost me about $90CDN, but it is a nice quality backpack, and does not give away the fact that I am carrying a laptop (like your average messenger bag-type laptop case might).
Although my medium sized city is not really know for crime, I certainly have not gotten mugged yet. (except perhaps by HP Service, but that's another story altogether:)
UT2003 is probably the worst, with a quick nVidia "The way it's meant to be played" splash screen before the game loads. Not even in-game, this is blatant advertising.
An interesting quirk of this is that the splash screen is actually a UT map file, so with a little creative editing, you can change the nVidia logo to anything you wish. Least to say, my machine now proudly displays that ATI is the way it's meant to be played:)
I'm going to have to agree with this. I was recently in the same situation you were, flowcharting for a technical school class. I really wanted to use something open source, but after trying a couple packages (Dia, for one), I found that Visio is just plain better.
I have faith that someday, Dia will reach it's level, but unfortunately, us poor students don't have the time to wait for it's development, nor the time to help much with it's development.
Apple used to have a product called "Apple Network Assistant". It was everything that ARD is, but for OS 8 and 9. I've used it for administering a school network of a couple hundred macs of various ages, and it works great. It really simplifies software installation, among other things. ARD seems like simply an OS X version of ANA.
This news is interesting, as less than a month ago I wrote an article for K5 entitled "A Visit from the Software Gestapo", talking about the possibilities of companies taking piracy laws into their own hands.
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My friends and I hold LAN parties frequently in our own homes, and have found that one can usually fit 4-5 computers/monitors on one socket. Only when you start putting more on do you sometimes run into problems.
He should be fine.
One of the more interesting features of ASP.NET is that different browsers requesting the same document will actually receive different documents, as ASP.NET renders them for a specific browser. Of course, this is completely wrong way to do things and destroys the idea of web standards conformity, but if MSFT pulled it off, it could mean the end of cross platform AJAX issues.
Of course, I would bet against that actually happening.
I keep a hotmail account around for legacy purposes, and because it's tied to my MSN Messenger account I still get friends sending email to it.
Far too often, their legimate emails wind up in the Spam folder and get missed by myself. It isn't that their spam filter is too aggressive either, as plenty of spam still hits the inbox. It seems that any message where a large number of people are CC'ed (ie, inviting a bunch of friends to an event) are flagged as spam.
I'd rather have more spam hit the inbox than legimate emails hit the spam box.
If you try and stop piracy at a LAN, firstly, you will fail, because you can't stop it, and secondly, you'll be looked at as "nazi organizers" and ultimately lose the respect of your attendees.
Have an official policy of "no file sharing". Post it on your web site, release forms, whatever. Then stop. You've cleared yourself. Don't ask, don't tell. You aren't under any obligation to start acting as the MPAA/RIAA's gestapo.
Parent has a strangely very good idea.
As one can expect from Google, the interface is great, but in my parts (Edmonton, Canada), the map detail is lacking beyond highway level.
Strangely, though, it does provide street-level directions, however, in one case (going across the city to a friend's house), it gives directions that are horribly and humourously out of the way and would take about 50% more time.
If you can load MP3 and AAC and any music you have onto an iPod, why wouldn't they do the same for this?
If you are doing this just to make money, stop. Try and run all the numbers... plain and simple, you will not make much of a profit, if any.
This leaves your windows somewhat vulnerable to being goatse'd.
iPhoto has nearly identical functionality to Picasa. Actually, it would probably be safe to say that Picasa borrowed concepts heavily from iPhoto.
At the start of this school year, I faced a similar predicament, knowing that I would be commuting with public transit for about 2 hours each day, through downtown and whatnot. I bought a Targus backpack that is designed for laptops (http://www.targus.com/ca/cases_notebook_backpacks .asp). Cost me about $90CDN, but it is a nice quality backpack, and does not give away the fact that I am carrying a laptop (like your average messenger bag-type laptop case might).
:)
Although my medium sized city is not really know for crime, I certainly have not gotten mugged yet. (except perhaps by HP Service, but that's another story altogether
UT2003 is probably the worst, with a quick nVidia "The way it's meant to be played" splash screen before the game loads. Not even in-game, this is blatant advertising.
:)
An interesting quirk of this is that the splash screen is actually a UT map file, so with a little creative editing, you can change the nVidia logo to anything you wish. Least to say, my machine now proudly displays that ATI is the way it's meant to be played
I'm going to have to agree with this. I was recently in the same situation you were, flowcharting for a technical school class. I really wanted to use something open source, but after trying a couple packages (Dia, for one), I found that Visio is just plain better.
I have faith that someday, Dia will reach it's level, but unfortunately, us poor students don't have the time to wait for it's development, nor the time to help much with it's development.
100% open source just isn't practical sometimes.
Cover your ceiling with them. All you need is a simple thumbtack. I'm currently up to about 250.
Apple used to have a product called "Apple Network Assistant". It was everything that ARD is, but for OS 8 and 9. I've used it for administering a school network of a couple hundred macs of various ages, and it works great. It really simplifies software installation, among other things. ARD seems like simply an OS X version of ANA.
This news is interesting, as less than a month ago I wrote an article for K5 entitled "A Visit from the Software Gestapo", talking about the possibilities of companies taking piracy laws into their own hands.
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