Another feature looking a lot like the boost feature on old 486 tower when it had the boost option, who was stupid enough to leave it at slow?
DOS didn't have gettimeofday(), games timing was base on cpu speed. I remember taking 'turbo' off to slow down a older games that was running too fast, or slow down a difficult game...
But the same question can be asked today. If your cpu is know to be overclockable and stable, who is stupid enough to leave it at slow? Even today, there is reason to leave it at slow. More speed is not always the solution, sometime less speed is better and some other time less heat is better...
There is advance polls. Vote by mail. If working schedule don't have 3 consecutive hours to vote, your employer is forced by law to allocated time. Also, he may not deduct that time off your pay or impose any penalty.
If you can't find time to vote, you are just uninterested and rightly deserve to remain silent.
Very useful for getting out of a situation where you don't want to talk but at the same time don't wish to be rude.
Taking a call while been with peoples use to be rude. Usually the person receiving a call ask to be excused, leave and then take the call. Maybe i am old-fashioned but i think you can do just that without a noisy gadget.
1. You pay for Windows X+1 to get the patch that are, for no technical (read valid) reason, unavailable on the previous Windows release. If DirectX source was available peoples could, for example, back port DX11 to Windows XP for free. It's only a front-end API to the driver; as long as the DX11 capable hardware is present, there is no reason to not be able to use it. Microsoft is just bullying peoples into paying again for something they already have. This is why you won't ever get real source code from Microsoft.
2. As for the old DirectX games that are buggy on Windows 7, this is noting new. In order to steal the lead from OpenGL, Microsoft have screwed over developers, partners and gamers with their fail DirectX implementation. But worry not, with Windows 8, they have promised improved compatibility... GOTO 1;
u dont pay for directx......
And no, you do pay for DirectX when you buy Windows. And you pay again, each time you buy a 'Games for Windows' branded game.
agreed i wish mirco$oft would release old directx versions that run buggy (or is it the software using it) on windows 7, i can think of 1 game that current runs better emu then on "compatibly mode"
Are you crazy? Peoples could fix the bugs and will never pay for upgrade again !
Things became better in the US not because of the government, but because of Union organization and dollars and cents.
Unions worked only because the government enforced the freedom of assembly. The corporations fought unions with intimitation, beating and starvation. Without government protection, union could not exist.
Same thing will happen in China as the US falls apart and becomes France [...]
When the US will fall apart it will become like noting else. Noting like that happened before, any wild speculation could be possible. But if similarity must be drawn, it will be closer to the soviet union. Certainly not France, that is noting like the US.
Well played, +2 insightful for trolling hate for France and hate for 'big' government...
The "parental lock" was ever intened to be difficult to get around. It is only an ass-cover for the publisher. It don't need to be efficient, it only need to be present. If anyone complain, the publisher blame the 'evil hacker' that got around.
Calling GPL "free software" is probably the biggest lie the FSF ever told. It's restricted to hell and back.
The restriction are need to protect the freedom of the next person. It is like a bill of rights.
If you prefere hoarding all the freedom for you alone, then do not use GPL software. No one is forcing you to share and help your neighbours. Just dont expect any of them to help you.
For the bill to become meaningful, the State of Texas will need to settle upon a legal definition of the term 'theory'. If it means 'reduction to established scientific knowledge by scientific methods and reasoning', intelligent design is not a theory. If it means 'belief', this is already covered by the First Amendment.
More importantly, if they admit it mean 'belief' (because the other option don't make any sence) they got no place in science class. This will clear up the confusion they cultivated around their cult. Eventually they will have no choice but to found a chunch and shut up about their 'alternative theory'. The problem will be solved and everyone will be happy...
This put creationism on same level then all the other cults out there. I am in favor of banning discrimination against creationists if that keep their 'teaching' outside of science class. They just need to go found a church for their meeting and prayer to the intelligent designer.
What happened here is censorship. What you describe is merely legal censorship. Because it is legal, it dont mean it is the right thing to do.
There is no recourse against legal corportate censorship. But peoples are free to complain and presure them anyway they see fit. Bloging, writing articles, posting comments are all acceptable way for the public to communicate its disagrement. It is up to them to see if, considering the shitstorm, that unpopular move was worth it.
No one sued Flickr over some "VIOLATE MY FREE SPEECH AMENDMENTS! OMG!" claim, WTF is your problem?
They should take a hint from Ubuntu. Their names always raise some complaint, but they are funny, intriguing and more importantly they sound like new stuff. Cat ++; is meh.
Everyone had the "impression" that the child was still in the scene while Randall was ordering the pornography. Not that i agree, but that all these retarded legislators need. Normaly the "and the depiction meets either of the following conditions:" should be fine.
I am not suprise there is multiple romaji method, it only match the diversity and complexity of the Japanese language. The fact that there is many romanji method do not invalidate the sytem. Native japanese writing system, wich also come from china and maybe korea, faild in the exact same way. This is why they got so many writing system.
You and the anonymous coward are both worng. Considering there is so many version of "japanese", there is a direct way to converting "some" Japanese to roman letter.
Please stop with that silly, and offtopic, argument.
Medical records are not meant to be public information. In order to "steel" data, it must have been kept locked in first place. They also have no legitimate use outside of the patient doctor relationship.
And the saying is "copyright infringement is not theft", not "copying".
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Another feature looking a lot like the boost feature on old 486 tower when it had the boost option, who was stupid enough to leave it at slow?
DOS didn't have gettimeofday(), games timing was base on cpu speed. I remember taking 'turbo' off to slow down a older games that was running too fast, or slow down a difficult game...
But the same question can be asked today. If your cpu is know to be overclockable and stable, who is stupid enough to leave it at slow? Even today, there is reason to leave it at slow. More speed is not always the solution, sometime less speed is better and some other time less heat is better...
Very true. You can claim it was artful, except that you also have committed several murders and claiming artwork will not help you in court.
Art is in the eye of the observer. Lot of things can be art, but artistic claim never take you off consequences of your actions.
It's just like the Grand Canyon is the European name for it, while its proper name, given by Native Americans, is Weemoteeuktuk.
Cultural insensitivity aside, I think Grand Canyon is easier to remember.
Not to the Hopi inhabitant of the region. And by the way, 'Weemoteeuktuk' is bullshit. The real name is Ongtupqa.
There is advance polls. Vote by mail. If working schedule don't have 3 consecutive hours to vote, your employer is forced by law to allocated time. Also, he may not deduct that time off your pay or impose any penalty.
If you can't find time to vote, you are just uninterested and rightly deserve to remain silent.
Very useful for getting out of a situation where you don't want to talk but at the same time don't wish to be rude.
Taking a call while been with peoples use to be rude. Usually the person receiving a call ask to be excused, leave and then take the call. Maybe i am old-fashioned but i think you can do just that without a noisy gadget.
1. You pay for Windows X+1 to get the patch that are, for no technical (read valid) reason, unavailable on the previous Windows release. If DirectX source was available peoples could, for example, back port DX11 to Windows XP for free. It's only a front-end API to the driver; as long as the DX11 capable hardware is present, there is no reason to not be able to use it. Microsoft is just bullying peoples into paying again for something they already have. This is why you won't ever get real source code from Microsoft.
2. As for the old DirectX games that are buggy on Windows 7, this is noting new. In order to steal the lead from OpenGL, Microsoft have screwed over developers, partners and gamers with their fail DirectX implementation. But worry not, with Windows 8, they have promised improved compatibility... GOTO 1;
u dont pay for directx......
And no, you do pay for DirectX when you buy Windows. And you pay again, each time you buy a 'Games for Windows' branded game.
agreed i wish mirco$oft would release old directx versions that run buggy (or is it the software using it) on windows 7, i can think of 1 game that current runs better emu then on "compatibly mode"
Are you crazy? Peoples could fix the bugs and will never pay for upgrade again !
Porn stolen from a 'cybercrime unit' are most likely to be child pornography. In your place, i would not claim ownership of that USB drive...
In fact, leave your phone at home and use that as evidence that you where not on the crime scene. It surly work both way... i think.
I can't believe they have shutdown Symentec. I am forwarding this to everyone!
Things became better in the US not because of the government, but because of Union organization and dollars and cents.
Unions worked only because the government enforced the freedom of assembly. The corporations fought unions with intimitation, beating and starvation. Without government protection, union could not exist.
Same thing will happen in China as the US falls apart and becomes France [...]
When the US will fall apart it will become like noting else. Noting like that happened before, any wild speculation could be possible. But if similarity must be drawn, it will be closer to the soviet union. Certainly not France, that is noting like the US.
Well played, +2 insightful for trolling hate for France and hate for 'big' government...
I got high hope for SuperWii. Just like the NES became SuperNES. What a amazing decade of gaming!
The "parental lock" was ever intened to be difficult to get around. It is only an ass-cover for the publisher. It don't need to be efficient, it only need to be present. If anyone complain, the publisher blame the 'evil hacker' that got around.
However they may do so for the low low sum of $15 million.
Personally, i would agree to EA's new EULA for only $1 million. Not that i play the game, but i would click the 'accept' button for that low amount!
Calling GPL "free software" is probably the biggest lie the FSF ever told. It's restricted to hell and back.
The restriction are need to protect the freedom of the next person. It is like a bill of rights.
If you prefere hoarding all the freedom for you alone, then do not use GPL software. No one is forcing you to share and help your neighbours. Just dont expect any of them to help you.
For the bill to become meaningful, the State of Texas will need to settle upon a legal definition of the term 'theory'. If it means 'reduction to established scientific knowledge by scientific methods and reasoning', intelligent design is not a theory. If it means 'belief', this is already covered by the First Amendment.
More importantly, if they admit it mean 'belief' (because the other option don't make any sence) they got no place in science class. This will clear up the confusion they cultivated around their cult. Eventually they will have no choice but to found a chunch and shut up about their 'alternative theory'. The problem will be solved and everyone will be happy...
This put creationism on same level then all the other cults out there. I am in favor of banning discrimination against creationists if that keep their 'teaching' outside of science class. They just need to go found a church for their meeting and prayer to the intelligent designer.
No, a revolution is a one full turn. It bring new authorities in control.
What happened here is censorship. What you describe is merely legal censorship. Because it is legal, it dont mean it is the right thing to do.
There is no recourse against legal corportate censorship. But peoples are free to complain and presure them anyway they see fit. Bloging, writing articles, posting comments are all acceptable way for the public to communicate its disagrement. It is up to them to see if, considering the shitstorm, that unpopular move was worth it.
No one sued Flickr over some "VIOLATE MY FREE SPEECH AMENDMENTS! OMG!" claim, WTF is your problem?
Whenever they show an IP address, all octets are > 255.
That is for the same reason most fictional phone number start with 555.
What if multiple people share the same computer?
The kids get to see pornography advertisments because you browser for porn last night. Fun for the whole family!
They should take a hint from Ubuntu. Their names always raise some complaint, but they are funny, intriguing and more importantly they sound like new stuff. Cat ++; is meh.
(a) "Appears to include a child" means that the depiction appears to include, or conveys the impression that it includes, a person who is less than 18 years of age, and the depiction meets either of the following conditions:
Everyone had the "impression" that the child was still in the scene while Randall was ordering the pornography. Not that i agree, but that all these retarded legislators need. Normaly the "and the depiction meets either of the following conditions:" should be fine.
(B) The reasonable person would find the depiction, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Because i am a reasonable person and "i find it to be fucking hilarious" is suffisent artistic value to me.
Japanese is spoken in a dozen of dialects, they also use four different writing system.
I am not suprise there is multiple romaji method, it only match the diversity and complexity of the Japanese language. The fact that there is many romanji method do not invalidate the sytem. Native japanese writing system, wich also come from china and maybe korea, faild in the exact same way. This is why they got so many writing system.
You and the anonymous coward are both worng. Considering there is so many version of "japanese", there is a direct way to converting "some" Japanese to roman letter.
Please stop with that silly, and offtopic, argument.
Medical records are not meant to be public information. In order to "steel" data, it must have been kept locked in first place. They also have no legitimate use outside of the patient doctor relationship.
And the saying is "copyright infringement is not theft", not "copying".