Wasn't reliability one of Dell's excuses for not making an AMD based system? At this rate they are running out of excuses. I know the quote on that is out there somewhere.
The aforementioned quote from Michael Dell can be found here.
Fox News had this article about a new law in Pennsylvania where consumers might soon have the law on their side when battling frustrating computer glitches.
"Frustrating computer glitches"? Does that mean that if^H^Hwhen their copy of Windows starts to crash left and right, they'll have the law on their side? Hmmm...watch out, Microsoft. 1 million+ lawsuits are on the way;).
Well, considering ID has a history of releasing the code to their no longer profitable engines (wolf3d, doom, and most recently, Quake I), I'd say they're not your traditional proprietary software company.
They have also released the source code to a large portion of Quake 3, minus the 3d engine plus a few other things. They're keeping the 3d engine proprietary for now (which is understandable given its profitability), but they're encouraging users to modify the rest of the game through mods and such. Again, "not your traditional proprietary software company."
More likely, someone flamed them for the hypocrisy (or politely pointed it out:]).
A good way to "point this out" to them (even though they already took it down) is in court. Uhhh...Judge Kaplan, if they can link to it, why can't we? With luck, and if the defendants can prove that the link was there, it **might** be possible to prove some sort of bias.
All you get in your browser is an empty box with either an "image not loaded" icon or a "broken image" icon.
What would be even nicer is if the program returned a 1x1 transparent GIF instead of just dropping the connection. That way, you won't know the banner was supposed to be there in the first place because you won't see the 'broken image' icon or the frame.
By transparent, I mean 10 mm of transparency - not exactly enough to make me Inside Out Boy. Yet.
10 mm = 1 cm. That's enough to see blood vessels, bones (in many places), and all sorts of other fun stuff that lies beneath the skin. You won't be IOB yet, but you'll have a fun time grossing other people out.
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If memory serves correctly. Didn't someone have an input device that connected to your fingers? Moving your fingers around in certain ways to communicate.
Out of curiosity, what would this input device register if the only finger being moved around in "this certain way" was the middle one?
Am I the only person here who would probably just type the damn URL in, rather than go to the trouble of picking up the thing and scanning the page?
This made me realize something -- if you type the URL in as opposed to scanning a barcode representation of it, wouldn't you be more likely to remember the product name, given that there is probably at least part of it in the URL? And wouldn't this tend to increase the possibility of buying it?
Could it be deployed in a cellular-like fashion, so when I drive cross-country, I could access my mp3s on my machine back home?
Great idea, but due to the possibility of someone intercepting the data, you'd have the RIAA on your ass:\
Could this be deployed in a car-to-car fashion?
Again, an interesting idea to most (including myself), but probably not to the RIAA. Incidentally, will this be a "tune-in-and-listen-to-what-I'm-listening-to" sort of thing or will it be a "listen-to-whatever-I-have-that-you-want" sort of thing? The second one could get rather complicated, especially with the driver trying to simultaneously drive and page through a list of MP3s trying to decide which one to listen to. It's hard enough trying to find a radio station to listen to:P
Unfortunately, you're forgetting that FM is broadcast, and you don't have the power to broadcast the signal from your laptop (receive only)
Sure you do. Cellphones broadcast relatively strong FM signals, so why can't laptops? Of course it would require a complex network of antennas (perhaps use existing cell towers?).
Microsoft has addressed the installation problems by forcing OEMs to not include installation media with a new computer. Now when Windows gets out of whack, the user should just buy a new computer. Everyone wins!
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft ends up in some sort of legal trouble for doing this. What happens when the user is installing something and needs their WinXX CD? Or what happens if they need to reinstall WinXX altogether? I've heard of providing "image CDs" to allow for this, but what if they need to install their copy of WinXX on another computer with different hardware, e.g. if the original computer is being converted into a Linux box? The customer is then screwed out of having something that they have a LEGAL RIGHT to have. Sure, MS is doing this because of illegal piracy, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Then for example you could connect to your linux server from your basement 100 stories underground when nuclear warheads are going off above you.
Two small problems with that:
1. Your Linux server had better be in a reinforced building strong enough to withstand a nuclear blast.
2. Even if it was in such a building, the radiation from the nuclear blast would interfere with the wireless communication.
In the interests of keeping this post on-topic, this is different from wireless/packet radio in that light and radio waves are two very different things. Light waves are on a *much* higher frequency, and as such aren't as prone to interference from man-made radiation (such as the nuclear blasts that sips brought up). But, the tradeoff is of course that there are line-of-sight issues.
Don't like the President's speech decrying the conglomeration of all the television and cable corporations? Fire up the voice synth software, and rewrite the speech, as he gives it
I can just see (hear) it now...
"I did have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky..."
"I did inhale..."
Just imagine the fun people would have using something like this against President Clinton.
50 Least Influential Movies
Posted by Hemos on Sat August 19, 01:36 AM from the dept.
Uh-oh. This one is from "the dept." Either Hemos forgot to fill something in when he posted this, or...or.... this one is from "The Department." (Kind of like The Man).
Myth: Windows offers superb stability.
Fact: Windows offers superb BSODs. Myth: Windows is a very secure operating system.
Fact: Windows is a very INsecure operating system.
And so on and so on...
Yea, right, you have to live near a large technology hub in order to get broadband. Sure. That would explain Greensboro, NC's triad.rr.com. Sure.
Not really. You just have to live in a town where the infrastructure for broadband is present. For DSL, this would require A) special equipment at the phone station, and B) phone lines that support the frequencies that DSL uses (which most do). For cable, the cable office needs to have equipment that is capable of sending and receiving data without interfering with the CATV signal. Just because someone lives in a not-so-small town doesn't mean that broadband will be available. But the opposite holds true -- living in a small town does not necessarily condemn one to the use of dialup.
Defendants, on the other hand, are adherents of a movement that believes that information should be available without charge to anyone clever enough to break into the computer systems or data storage media in which it is located.
"Without charge to anyone clever enough to break in..."? What is this judge thinking? I *PAID* for the DVD, the least the MPAA could do is let me watch it. And as far as needing a "licensed" player -- you don't need a licensed player to play CDs, tapes, or VHS movies -- so why all the fuss over needing such players for DVDs?
Seems a lot of modern-day judges have no idea what they're talking about when they make rulings on large technoligical issues. Another example than this one would be the Microsoft split-up -- the OS company will still have a monopoly. =================================
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Wasn't reliability one of Dell's excuses for not making an AMD based system? At this rate they are running out of excuses. I know the quote on that is out there somewhere.
The aforementioned quote from Michael Dell can be found here.
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If domains aren't property, will InterNIC/register.com/etc. still be able to keep them away from customers as they have been doing?
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Fox News had this article about a new law in Pennsylvania where consumers might soon have the law on their side when battling frustrating computer glitches.
;).
"Frustrating computer glitches"? Does that mean that if^H^Hwhen their copy of Windows starts to crash left and right, they'll have the law on their side? Hmmm...watch out, Microsoft. 1 million+ lawsuits are on the way
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Well, considering ID has a history of releasing the code to their no longer profitable engines (wolf3d, doom, and most recently, Quake I), I'd say they're not your traditional proprietary software company.
They have also released the source code to a large portion of Quake 3, minus the 3d engine plus a few other things. They're keeping the 3d engine proprietary for now (which is understandable given its profitability), but they're encouraging users to modify the rest of the game through mods and such. Again, "not your traditional proprietary software company."
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...what does Hollywood know about the computer industry?
Judging from the "look at me, I can upload a virus to an ALIEN computer system" drivel depicted in Independence Day, not much.
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More likely, someone flamed them for the hypocrisy (or politely pointed it out :]).
A good way to "point this out" to them (even though they already took it down) is in court. Uhhh...Judge Kaplan, if they can link to it, why can't we? With luck, and if the defendants can prove that the link was there, it **might** be possible to prove some sort of bias.
=================================
All you get in your browser is an empty box with either an "image not loaded" icon or a "broken image" icon.
What would be even nicer is if the program returned a 1x1 transparent GIF instead of just dropping the connection. That way, you won't know the banner was supposed to be there in the first place because you won't see the 'broken image' icon or the frame.
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By transparent, I mean 10 mm of transparency - not exactly enough to make me Inside Out Boy. Yet.
10 mm = 1 cm. That's enough to see blood vessels, bones (in many places), and all sorts of other fun stuff that lies beneath the skin. You won't be IOB yet, but you'll have a fun time grossing other people out.
=================================
If memory serves correctly. Didn't someone have an input device that connected to your fingers? Moving your fingers around in certain ways to communicate.
Out of curiosity, what would this input device register if the only finger being moved around in "this certain way" was the middle one?
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Am I the only person here who would probably just type the damn URL in, rather than go to the trouble of picking up the thing and scanning the page?
This made me realize something -- if you type the URL in as opposed to scanning a barcode representation of it, wouldn't you be more likely to remember the product name, given that there is probably at least part of it in the URL? And wouldn't this tend to increase the possibility of buying it?
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Could it be deployed in a cellular-like fashion, so when I drive cross-country, I could access my mp3s on my machine back home?
:\
:P
Great idea, but due to the possibility of someone intercepting the data, you'd have the RIAA on your ass
Could this be deployed in a car-to-car fashion?
Again, an interesting idea to most (including myself), but probably not to the RIAA. Incidentally, will this be a "tune-in-and-listen-to-what-I'm-listening-to" sort of thing or will it be a "listen-to-whatever-I-have-that-you-want" sort of thing? The second one could get rather complicated, especially with the driver trying to simultaneously drive and page through a list of MP3s trying to decide which one to listen to. It's hard enough trying to find a radio station to listen to
=================================
Unfortunately, you're forgetting that FM is broadcast, and you don't have the power to broadcast the signal from your laptop (receive only)
Sure you do. Cellphones broadcast relatively strong FM signals, so why can't laptops? Of course it would require a complex network of antennas (perhaps use existing cell towers?).
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Linuxen just don't have a "/Program Files" concept down
/usr/bin for?
Then what is
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Microsoft has addressed the installation problems by forcing OEMs to not include installation media with a new computer. Now when Windows gets out of whack, the user should just buy a new computer. Everyone wins!
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft ends up in some sort of legal trouble for doing this. What happens when the user is installing something and needs their WinXX CD? Or what happens if they need to reinstall WinXX altogether? I've heard of providing "image CDs" to allow for this, but what if they need to install their copy of WinXX on another computer with different hardware, e.g. if the original computer is being converted into a Linux box? The customer is then screwed out of having something that they have a LEGAL RIGHT to have. Sure, MS is doing this because of illegal piracy, but two wrongs don't make a right.
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...what the mouse does when looking at pr0n?
From article - It vibrates (or rather feed-back) as you move your cursor over "texturized" pictures.
Thus you have the answer. It vibrates. *g*
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She reported that she felt quite flattered by the open stares from patrons.
What she didn't know was that the patrons weren't really staring; after seeing one glimpse of her, they were blinded.
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Then for example you could connect to your linux server from your basement 100 stories underground when nuclear warheads are going off above you.
Two small problems with that:
1. Your Linux server had better be in a reinforced building strong enough to withstand a nuclear blast.
2. Even if it was in such a building, the radiation from the nuclear blast would interfere with the wireless communication.
In the interests of keeping this post on-topic, this is different from wireless/packet radio in that light and radio waves are two very different things. Light waves are on a *much* higher frequency, and as such aren't as prone to interference from man-made radiation (such as the nuclear blasts that sips brought up). But, the tradeoff is of course that there are line-of-sight issues.
=================================
Don't like the President's speech decrying the conglomeration of all the television and cable corporations? Fire up the voice synth software, and rewrite the speech, as he gives it
I can just see (hear) it now...
"I did have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky..."
"I did inhale..."
Just imagine the fun people would have using something like this against President Clinton.
=================================
50 Least Influential Movies
Posted by Hemos on Sat August 19, 01:36 AM
from the dept.
Uh-oh. This one is from "the dept." Either Hemos forgot to fill something in when he posted this, or...or.... this one is from "The Department." (Kind of like The Man).
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Myth: Windows offers superb stability.
Fact: Windows offers superb BSODs.
Myth: Windows is a very secure operating system.
Fact: Windows is a very INsecure operating system.
And so on and so on...
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Last time I checked the emacs rpm was bigger than xfree86, thats pretty damn sad.
Hence the expression "eventually malloc()s all computer storage."
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although I have to say The Garbage Pail Kids movie and Mac & Me both had a profound impact on my childhood
;)
"Mac & Me"? What about "PC & Me"? Surely there can be a PC equivalent of a Mac movie
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Yea, right, you have to live near a large technology hub in order to get broadband. Sure. That would explain Greensboro, NC's triad.rr.com. Sure.
Not really. You just have to live in a town where the infrastructure for broadband is present. For DSL, this would require A) special equipment at the phone station, and B) phone lines that support the frequencies that DSL uses (which most do). For cable, the cable office needs to have equipment that is capable of sending and receiving data without interfering with the CATV signal. Just because someone lives in a not-so-small town doesn't mean that broadband will be available. But the opposite holds true -- living in a small town does not necessarily condemn one to the use of dialup.
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Defendants, on the other hand, are adherents of a movement that believes that information should be available without charge to anyone clever enough to break into the computer systems or data storage media in which it is located.
"Without charge to anyone clever enough to break in..."? What is this judge thinking? I *PAID* for the DVD, the least the MPAA could do is let me watch it. And as far as needing a "licensed" player -- you don't need a licensed player to play CDs, tapes, or VHS movies -- so why all the fuss over needing such players for DVDs?
Seems a lot of modern-day judges have no idea what they're talking about when they make rulings on large technoligical issues. Another example than this one would be the Microsoft split-up -- the OS company will still have a monopoly.
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wouldn't it be a better title if it was "Episode Two: The Rise of the Merchandising Empire"
Or "Episode 2: The Fall of Jar-Jar Binks and his Pathetic Race"
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