you might need to know what an ethernet crossover cable is to move your old files over if you don't have access to a network
That's one thing I like about Apple. My iBook's ethernet port is auto-sensing. I can plug it into a hub, then use the same cable to plug it into another computer. It switches modes automatically, eliminating the need for a crossover cable.
Huh? Can someone explain this to me? Has potpurri become that popular among teenagers? I mean, I know I'm 23 and a geek, but I didn't think I was that out of touch with popular culture (no matter how much I may try to be).
Look up the word "Placebo", what cheap "drug dealers" sell to punk kids who want to "rebel" and be "cool". In other words hosing the kids who want drugs.
This looks like tongue-in-cheek sarcasm, but I'm replying anyway.
The recording industry has been being killed off since home recording came out in the 70's. Every. single. year., profits have declined!
The recording industry has been producing crappier and crappier music since the 70's. No surprise here.
Last year was the worst of all, with their profits somewhere down around that of the buggy whip industry.
I didn't buy a CD at all last year. There is a good reason for this: nothing but third-rate poptarts dancing around with their implants and/or shaved chests. Not impressive from a musical standpoint. Give me decent music like Moses Mayes and Metalwood and I'll buy it, but you can't get it easily outside of jazz festivals.
So don't you come crying this geek lament about home recording not hurting anything.
It may account for SOME. But certainly not much. The recording industry has been sucking for a long time now.
In many cases, the only way I can use the music I purchased is by downloading it from the 'net because CD's are too easily damaged..
When I buy a new CD the first thing I do is convert it to MP3s and copy it onto a CDR. Then I keep the original in its case where no damage will come to it. When the CDR is too fscked up to use again, I burn a new one.
Not if you're downloading an MP3 version of a song you own, rather than ripping it yourself.
Why would you do that? Even with broadband it's faster to rip it yourself than to search for it and download it.
My Metalwood Live CD (Which is harder to find on P2P than in a record store) took about 15 minutes to turn into MP3s. To search and download it probably would have taken 2 hours due to stupidity of lusers who use such networks.
Pil and Coke, even. But no MD. Pil is good, it's an aquired taste that you develop when you live west of Ontario:)
Coke is a good source of caffiene. Pil is a good source of booze, but not as good as some Euro beer, or Crown. Crown is good when mixed with just about anything.
Not really, 42% of voters voted for the liberals, which got them a majority somehow. But something tells me that Cretien will come out of this looking and smelling like a bed of roses.
It's like Canadian Bacon. Both sides of the 49th get made fun of. Of course, most people wouldn't recognise it if somebody is makeing fun of them like that.
Not to mention the fact that Canada is going to beat the USA 5-2 in the World Cup final at the end of the month. The devil is also reporting to be giving out free sleigh rides, and IBM just sold ice to the eskimo!.
(blinks) Isn't that sort of like "The Germans, not including The French" ?
No. To a European, "America" == North and South America, including Canada, Mexico, USA, Peru, French Guiana, etc.
I love it when a European tells me that an average American is so badly schooled that the average European better knows their American history. After asking them who Malcolm Little is, which they never know, and after patiently listening to how some hollywood movie has history all wrong (what a shocker, that), I usually give them an example of classy European geography like this, and send them on their way.
1) Who is Malcolm Little? 2) It's a matter of perspective, a European considers all of North and South America to be "America", Americans and Canadians consider the USA to be "America".
It's like in Canada, somebody from BC would tell you that the "west" is BC and Alberta, somebody from Alberta will tell you it's BC, Alberta, and maybe Saskatchewan. And somebody from SK will tell you that the "East" is Ontario and Quebec, where somebody from Ontario or Quebec will tell you that they're "Central" Canada, when technically they are not, the centre is in Manitoba.
Time for dadragon to compare the feature to feature price of the new consumer eMac to the old student eMac. Prices for students come from the University of Saskatchewan's computer store (ccs.usask.ca), consumer prices are from Apple's online store (Canada) All prices are Canadian Dollars.
Consumer: CDRW 128mb ram 40gb HD Firewire Geforce2MX 32mb $1794
Well, the difference is $185. An external DVD reader costs more than $185, but an internal one is less. I think the consumer model is a better value, but the student model will likely go down in price at the next price update, so I think this will be my next desktop.
The only potential problems are firewire stuff and the modem. The firewire controller might be supported, but the devices probably won't be.
The modem in new iBooks and Powerbooks anyway are essentiall "MacModems" in the "WinModem" sense. Hardware interfaces for software synthesis of modem noise.
I have a Late-2001 iBook (20GB/128mb/600mhz). Its hard drive is an IBM Travelstar 30GN. I was wondering if notebook hard drives are standard or not, so if in a few years I could upgrade it?
I was thinking about putting the 48gb model in this notebook in November when my warranty expires. Is something like this feasable?
For entry level, try the G3 iMac, or the eMac if you're a student.
I think the eMac will be my next desktop. It's got everything I want from the LCD iMac, but it costs CDN$500 less than the equivalent iMac. It also doesn't look nearly as stupid as the old G3 iMac.
I'm a little unclear on what you think a fundamentalist is. Are you saying that a fundamentalist is what most fundamentalists are not?
I'm saying it's a steriotype to which most people can relate (I'm using my personal aquantances as the representative here, it's not good research). When somebody calls themselves a fundamentalist that's the image which comes to somebody's head, it's not what the people actually do.
Don't you think it's possible that someone who considers the Scripture to be the final authority (a fundamentalist) might by means of that Scripture conclude that salvation is by faith in Christ alone (a conservative Christian)?
I was giving a the definitions I use to describe myself and others. I was merly clarifying what I meant when I said I was a conservative Christian by creating a contrast from fundamentalist.
Both fundies and conservatives believe in Scripture as the final authority, and salvation through faith in Christ. The distinction between the two is subtle: A fundamentalist says it's wrong because the bible says so. A conservative says because it's wrong the bible says it's wrong. The difference in beliefs is "what" vs "why".
Again, those are the definitions I use. You may see it differently. As I said, it's faith that saves.
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you might need to know what an ethernet crossover cable is to move your old files over if you don't have access to a network
That's one thing I like about Apple. My iBook's ethernet port is auto-sensing. I can plug it into a hub, then use the same cable to plug it into another computer. It switches modes automatically, eliminating the need for a crossover cable.
Huh? Can someone explain this to me? Has potpurri become that popular among teenagers? I mean, I know I'm 23 and a geek, but I didn't think I was that out of touch with popular culture (no matter how much I may try to be).
Look up the word "Placebo", what cheap "drug dealers" sell to punk kids who want to "rebel" and be "cool". In other words hosing the kids who want drugs.
This looks like tongue-in-cheek sarcasm, but I'm replying anyway.
The recording industry has been being killed off since home recording came out in the 70's. Every. single. year., profits have declined!
The recording industry has been producing crappier and crappier music since the 70's. No surprise here.
Last year was the worst of all, with their profits somewhere down around that of the buggy whip industry.
I didn't buy a CD at all last year. There is a good reason for this: nothing but third-rate poptarts dancing around with their implants and/or shaved chests. Not impressive from a musical standpoint. Give me decent music like Moses Mayes and Metalwood and I'll buy it, but you can't get it easily outside of jazz festivals.
So don't you come crying this geek lament about home recording not hurting anything.
It may account for SOME. But certainly not much. The recording industry has been sucking for a long time now.
In many cases, the only way I can use the music I purchased is by downloading it from the 'net because CD's are too easily damaged..
When I buy a new CD the first thing I do is convert it to MP3s and copy it onto a CDR. Then I keep the original in its case where no damage will come to it. When the CDR is too fscked up to use again, I burn a new one.
Why don't you do the same?
Not if you're downloading an MP3 version of a song you own, rather than ripping it yourself.
Why would you do that? Even with broadband it's faster to rip it yourself than to search for it and download it.
My Metalwood Live CD (Which is harder to find on P2P than in a record store) took about 15 minutes to turn into MP3s. To search and download it probably would have taken 2 hours due to stupidity of lusers who use such networks.
Pil and Coke, even. But no MD. Pil is good, it's an aquired taste that you develop when you live west of Ontario :)
Coke is a good source of caffiene. Pil is a good source of booze, but not as good as some Euro beer, or Crown. Crown is good when mixed with just about anything.
I'm noticing a lot of Mountain Dew in those pictures, so that inspired me to ask:
Did somebody smuggle a shitload of the stuff from the states, or are hackers working while drinking a beverage with no caffiene or alcohol?
For thoses that don't know, Canadian laws prohibit adding caffiene to any fruit flavoured drink (ergo MD here has no caffiene).
However, on news:de.comp.os.unix.bsd he is _the_ most helpful person wrt OpenBSD...
:)
That's only because I can't speak German
What time would it be at?
20:33-20:45 local time. Don't look directly at it.
This eclipse is visible from all parts of the earth starting around nightfall. Depending on your lattitude the eclipse will last up to 17 hours.
;)
17 hours?!? Where's that? The south pole? Where I am now night lasts about 5 hours (10:30pm - 3:30am)
BTW, when does the eclipse [the one where the MOON blocks light] start in CST? I want to look at it and go blind
Not really, 42% of voters voted for the liberals, which got them a majority somehow. But something tells me that Cretien will come out of this looking and smelling like a bed of roses.
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look here
It seems that the Savage4 is supported. Is the Savage4 DDR not or something?
How long would it take XFree86 to add it?
Oh good. Us Canadians can pirate American ISPs too :)
Not that I'd need to, as most communities in my province have broadband, but still.
The problem with "linux_chick4" is that she hasn't yet upgraded to v2.4.
She's therefore too old for me.
I know that. That's why it would never happen, sorta like pigs flying and such. Humour is lost on this one......
It's like Canadian Bacon. Both sides of the 49th get made fun of. Of course, most people wouldn't recognise it if somebody is makeing fun of them like that.
Not to mention the fact that Canada is going to beat the USA 5-2 in the World Cup final at the end of the month. The devil is also reporting to be giving out free sleigh rides, and IBM just sold ice to the eskimo!.
(blinks) Isn't that sort of like "The Germans, not including The French" ?
No. To a European, "America" == North and South America, including Canada, Mexico, USA, Peru, French Guiana, etc.
I love it when a European tells me that an average American is so badly schooled that the average European better knows their American history. After asking them who Malcolm Little is, which they never know, and after patiently listening to how some hollywood movie has history all wrong (what a shocker, that), I usually give them an example of classy European geography like this, and send them on their way.
1) Who is Malcolm Little?
2) It's a matter of perspective, a European considers all of North and South America to be "America", Americans and Canadians consider the USA to be "America".
It's like in Canada, somebody from BC would tell you that the "west" is BC and Alberta, somebody from Alberta will tell you it's BC, Alberta, and maybe Saskatchewan. And somebody from SK will tell you that the "East" is Ontario and Quebec, where somebody from Ontario or Quebec will tell you that they're "Central" Canada, when technically they are not, the centre is in Manitoba.
Time for dadragon to compare the feature to feature price of the new consumer eMac to the old student eMac. Prices for students come from the University of Saskatchewan's computer store (ccs.usask.ca), consumer prices are from Apple's online store (Canada) All prices are Canadian Dollars.
Student:
Combo dvd/cdrw drive
128mb ram
40g HD
Firewire
Geforce2MX 32mb
$1979
Consumer:
CDRW
128mb ram
40gb HD
Firewire
Geforce2MX 32mb
$1794
Well, the difference is $185. An external DVD reader costs more than $185, but an internal one is less. I think the consumer model is a better value, but the student model will likely go down in price at the next price update, so I think this will be my next desktop.
The only potential problems are firewire stuff and the modem. The firewire controller might be supported, but the devices probably won't be.
The modem in new iBooks and Powerbooks anyway are essentiall "MacModems" in the "WinModem" sense. Hardware interfaces for software synthesis of modem noise.
Can't comment on cache sizes but...
Ram-bus speeds:
G4 tower - 133mhz
Xserve - 266mhz
iMac - 100mhz
eMac - 100mhz
Late 2001 iBook - 100mhz
older iBooks - 66mhz
I have a Late-2001 iBook (20GB/128mb/600mhz). Its hard drive is an IBM Travelstar 30GN. I was wondering if notebook hard drives are standard or not, so if in a few years I could upgrade it?
I was thinking about putting the 48gb model in this notebook in November when my warranty expires. Is something like this feasable?
For entry level, try the G3 iMac, or the eMac if you're a student.
I think the eMac will be my next desktop. It's got everything I want from the LCD iMac, but it costs CDN$500 less than the equivalent iMac. It also doesn't look nearly as stupid as the old G3 iMac.
I'm a little unclear on what you think a fundamentalist is. Are you saying that a fundamentalist is what most fundamentalists are not?
I'm saying it's a steriotype to which most people can relate (I'm using my personal aquantances as the representative here, it's not good research). When somebody calls themselves a fundamentalist that's the image which comes to somebody's head, it's not what the people actually do.
Don't you think it's possible that someone who considers the Scripture to be the final authority (a fundamentalist) might by means of that Scripture conclude that salvation is by faith in Christ alone (a conservative Christian)?
I was giving a the definitions I use to describe myself and others. I was merly clarifying what I meant when I said I was a conservative Christian by creating a contrast from fundamentalist.
Both fundies and conservatives believe in Scripture as the final authority, and salvation through faith in Christ. The distinction between the two is subtle: A fundamentalist says it's wrong because the bible says so. A conservative says because it's wrong the bible says it's wrong. The difference in beliefs is "what" vs "why".
Again, those are the definitions I use. You may see it differently. As I said, it's faith that saves.