Synapse would be fine if it would actually *play* something when you loaded a playlist into it and press play, instead of sitting there, without producing a single sound. Like many others around here, I appreciate your project; it has led me to search for something with similar functionality that actually works, and with my existing media player (wa3), too.
Apparently with advanced use of wires you can have 100% accurate branch prediction. I have also heard it whispered that it is extremely environmentally friendly when formed from plantation trees... used in conjunction with the new fab process "chipper", one tree can produce thousands of "chips" suitable for use with "boards", which are made from the same substance.
tell DeBeers that if you have a plethora of something that you can't still sell it for a whole bunch. And then wait for them to laugh.
See, there's this whole supply vs demand thing going, and if you do not dump your entire inventory on the market (or are not willing to sell it for less than the current market price) then you can still sell it for whatever the going rate is. (ala DeBeers with the diamond mines and cut/polished diamonds).
and give out your email address how? Sure, I can hand you a floppy disk, or even a CD. They're a dime a dozen. But then I would have to carry cd's or disks with me everywhere I went if I wanted the same degree of flexibility with regards to divulging my email address. I couldn't give it out over the phone, or fax it to anyone.
I understand that increased securities result in decreased freedoms, there are better solutions out there. While I find the solution moderately attractive because it makes storing extremely large email lists a little more costly, anything that you gain from having large addresses is easily negated, by any modern advanced compression algorithm (such as bzip2, or even zip).
Although dictionary attacks would be reduced, it doesn't completely disable spam. If it did, Compuserve would be in AOL's position right now; they pioneered the nonsensical email address.
My God. I did this too... (Coincidently, I was also in Australia).
At work one day we had a power supply that would work intermittantly. I would power it on, it would go for a few minutes, and then power off. I figured it was just a short, so I turned off the computer, pulled out the power supply, and proceded to open it up. It is now that I tell you that at this point in time, I was in the main server room of a large corporation in Mascot (Corner of Kent and Coward).
I pressed various place with my plastic handled screw-driver trying to identify any broken relays or other such things. After about ten minutes, I finally admitted to myself that I knew absolutely nothing about power supplies, or electronics in general. I plugged it in and turned it on to test it, just to make sure it still worked. No problem. I turned it off.
I started to close it back up. It was around this time that I put my (bare) finger on the lid in an effort to hold it closed to put the screws in. BANG. When *I* came to, the lights in the server room were out. It was eerily quiet. Apparently while trying to cheap out of a $20 power supply, I had taken the business to its knees... I had forgot to unplug the power supply.
Later inspection of the power supply (now dead) showed that the case had arc-welded closed, and my fingerprint was burned onto the outside. I kept it as a souvineer until I left for the USA.
To xerox is also an Americanism, by and large. It is not nearly as prevalent in other countries. (Case Study: Australia, where most of the time, a person would photocopy/copy something, not xerox it).
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(I know ten women like this customer, though. Think of how casual she was in saying her little "baked apple" thing. Didn't faze her much. This is a woman with serious money and no sense. She miplaces four cell phones a year, at least.)
It is unlikely that she is that kind of person... You should try being a little less judgemental.
Quoth the article: We told her that the cost of the screen alone would be around $1000 if not more, so she...
decided to leave the machine with us to discard of.
It's not about the software vendor. It's about software released as GPL that is not able to be compiled/ran as provided.
Merits and demerits of the GPL aside, I believe as it is worded that this would not be acceptable under that license...
What it comes down to for me is that it's my computer. It's my hardware. I should get to decide what runs on it, not someone else. If I don't have a way to override what someone else thinks about what should run on my computer, then I'm voting with my wallet. I'm not going to buy hardware like that until it is the ONLY thing available.
Ignoring the fact that NVidia's flagship is the 4600 and not the 4200, while the 9700pro is ATI's flagship, and that there is significant price differences between the 4200 and 4600... let's take a look at your idea of a few extra bucks.
280- 110 --- 190
A few extra bucks?!!? If that's a few extra bucks then Enron just smudged away "a few thousand"...
My point was that this is entirely legal. If I want to release my (copyrighted, naturally) works encased in lucite and locked with a padlock, I am free to do so. The fact that this frustrates attempts to make noninfringing use of my works is not legally significant.
The only problem I have with this is that the DMCA specifically outlaws the creation of keyblanks; disabling me from getting a copy of the key I purchased to that padlock in case I lose the original.
Sure, it says if I can make a key. [17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1)(B)]
But in order to do so, I must know how to mine the ore, refine it, forge it into a keyblank, make a key-cutting machine, and finally, duplicate said key. And that is assuming you don't use one of those keys with a circuit inside them, in which case I need to mine the silica to make the chip too. (along with all the fabbing goodness). [17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(2)(A)]
And that is what is so wrong with this law. It may not be constitutionally wrong (I do not have enough knowledge to make that decision), but it is reserving rights (or exceptions thereof) to a very, very few people. (in the case of the padlock, possibly *none*).
That is not a law that serves the majority; that is not how a democracy is supposed to function. That is a law that was bought by corporations with moneys accepted by corrupt polititians wanting to make the quick buck at the american peoples expense...
My favorite part is that they will not let you take your own camera up there, you must buy one of their pre-shot photos if you want something to remember it by.
All in all, a complete scam, and a very large waste of money. Go to bennelong point instead, and imho you will get a much better view of the harbor anyway, free.
Butterscotch is superior to vanilla when analyzed at a compound level.
In fact, butterscotch is superior in all aspects. Butterscotch tastes better, due to its ingredients it is healthier. Recent studies show that butterscotch *looks* better too. The only thing that vanilla is better than butterscotch at is hit/miss ratio of the trash can. And that is because butterscotch actually gets eaten; recent surveys indicate that butterscotch pudding is preferred 100% to 0% over vanilla pudding.
Butterscotch also contains a larger feature set than vanilla. When distilled, butterscotch makes a great, long-lasting chew-candy. When frozen, it makes a fantastic jawbreaker, when heated, it results in a glorious milkshake.
In conclusion, your must see what is obvious: Butterscotch is Better Because it Begins with a B, and because they don't make Apple pudding. If you weren't so closed minded to new ideas, you would have seen this a long time ago. I hope that this simple explanation corrects your longstanding error in judgement.
I am so fucking sick of people invoking morality... And none of it, none of it, justifies putting up roadblocks to research that will, almost certainly, in the not-too-distant future, save lives.
9 times out of ten, any moral/ethical issue arrising from cutting edge biotech is most likely to be concerned with an issue *other* than creating life. In fact, it's much more likely to be about human embryonic stem cell research, and that should always have its morality questions or ethical issues invoked. We should never justify killing new lives as "saving lives". That's just backwards.
However, in response to your argument, you can never take too many precautions when attempting to create new life. I do not believe that even with the best of planning a scientist can be absolutely sure of the outcome of such a project. You still have to weigh up the risks. And with those risks are going to be questions related to ethical and morale issues. It doesn't even have to be about "Playing God". It could be "Do I want to risk wiping out all life on this planet to try and find a cure for cancer?"
There are other moral and ethical issues at stake with cutting edge biotech than "playing God"; and it is usually those that are being called into question.
Stop using your own pet peeve to create a baseless, needless rant.
yeah. like calculating the precise angle and velocity to jump in order to avoid a phaser shot that was just fired. Damn but if I could move faster than the speed of light as well as Mr Shatner did (regularly) on Star Trek...
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In fact I liked 9 better than 10.1 until 10.2 was released.
and so, logically, when 10.2 was released, you liked 10.1 better than 9?
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Synapse would be fine if it would actually *play* something when you loaded a playlist into it and press play, instead of sitting there, without producing a single sound. Like many others around here, I appreciate your project; it has led me to search for something with similar functionality that actually works, and with my existing media player (wa3), too.
But anyway, thanks for trying.
Apparently with advanced use of wires you can have 100% accurate branch prediction. I have also heard it whispered that it is extremely environmentally friendly when formed from plantation trees... used in conjunction with the new fab process "chipper", one tree can produce thousands of "chips" suitable for use with "boards", which are made from the same substance.
Amazing stuff, really.
BTW,
Have you thought about disabling AC in the pre-live period?
Just a thought.
Otherwise we wouldn't be able to argue. And that would suck. We'd all just be posting "frist psot" or "yeah."
<AOL>me too!</AOL>
tell DeBeers that if you have a plethora of something that you can't still sell it for a whole bunch. And then wait for them to laugh.
See, there's this whole supply vs demand thing going, and if you do not dump your entire inventory on the market (or are not willing to sell it for less than the current market price) then you can still sell it for whatever the going rate is. (ala DeBeers with the diamond mines and cut/polished diamonds).
and give out your email address how? Sure, I can hand you a floppy disk, or even a CD. They're a dime a dozen. But then I would have to carry cd's or disks with me everywhere I went if I wanted the same degree of flexibility with regards to divulging my email address. I couldn't give it out over the phone, or fax it to anyone.
I understand that increased securities result in decreased freedoms, there are better solutions out there. While I find the solution moderately attractive because it makes storing extremely large email lists a little more costly, anything that you gain from having large addresses is easily negated, by any modern advanced compression algorithm (such as bzip2, or even zip).
Although dictionary attacks would be reduced, it doesn't completely disable spam. If it did, Compuserve would be in AOL's position right now; they pioneered the nonsensical email address.
My God. I did this too... (Coincidently, I was also in Australia).
At work one day we had a power supply that would work intermittantly. I would power it on, it would go for a few minutes, and then power off. I figured it was just a short, so I turned off the computer, pulled out the power supply, and proceded to open it up. It is now that I tell you that at this point in time, I was in the main server room of a large corporation in Mascot (Corner of Kent and Coward).
I pressed various place with my plastic handled screw-driver trying to identify any broken relays or other such things. After about ten minutes, I finally admitted to myself that I knew absolutely nothing about power supplies, or electronics in general. I plugged it in and turned it on to test it, just to make sure it still worked. No problem. I turned it off.
I started to close it back up. It was around this time that I put my (bare) finger on the lid in an effort to hold it closed to put the screws in. BANG. When *I* came to, the lights in the server room were out. It was eerily quiet. Apparently while trying to cheap out of a $20 power supply, I had taken the business to its knees... I had forgot to unplug the power supply.
Later inspection of the power supply (now dead) showed that the case had arc-welded closed, and my fingerprint was burned onto the outside. I kept it as a souvineer until I left for the USA.
Three Cheers For The Darwin Candidates!
To xerox is also an Americanism, by and large. It is not nearly as prevalent in other countries. (Case Study: Australia, where most of the time, a person would photocopy/copy something, not xerox it).
(I know ten women like this customer, though. Think of how casual she was in saying her little "baked apple" thing. Didn't faze her much. This is a woman with serious money and no sense. She miplaces four cell phones a year, at least.)
It is unlikely that she is that kind of person... You should try being a little less judgemental.
Quoth the article:
We told her that the cost of the screen alone would be around $1000 if not more, so she... decided to leave the machine with us to discard of.
do you have any articles/whitepapers to back up that forth driving video cards claim? I'd be interested to see them...
Quoth the poster:
Thanks for the answer.
Quoth the (AC) replier:
Too bad it was probrably bullshit.
I was one of those moderators. Not everything is a conspiracy.
It's not about the software vendor. It's about software released as GPL that is not able to be compiled/ran as provided.
Merits and demerits of the GPL aside, I believe as it is worded that this would not be acceptable under that license...
What it comes down to for me is that it's my computer. It's my hardware. I should get to decide what runs on it, not someone else. If I don't have a way to override what someone else thinks about what should run on my computer, then I'm voting with my wallet. I'm not going to buy hardware like that until it is the ONLY thing available.
Hi, I'd like you to meet my friend "point".
Yes. The answer is wrong.
Ignoring the fact that NVidia's flagship is the 4600 and not the 4200, while the 9700pro is ATI's flagship, and that there is significant price differences between the 4200 and 4600... let's take a look at your idea of a few extra bucks.
280-
110
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190
A few extra bucks?!!? If that's a few extra bucks then Enron just smudged away "a few thousand"...
this is a far cry from ideal for a media PC.
The cpu has nowhere near enough processing power to perform multimedia functions, and this is deliberate.
The CPU/Board is intended to be used in embedded devices... things like routers and firewalls, etc; not for dvd players and game consoles.
What do I stand to gain from Mandrake by buying?
You answered your own question earlier in your comment:
"I use Mandrake, and I actually like it quite a bit."
It sounds to me like you gained without buying. How about supporting the company that made that gain possible? What more to you gain from RedHat?
My point was that this is entirely legal. If I want to release my (copyrighted, naturally) works encased in lucite and locked with a padlock, I am free to do so. The fact that this frustrates attempts to make noninfringing use of my works is not legally significant.
The only problem I have with this is that the DMCA specifically outlaws the creation of keyblanks; disabling me from getting a copy of the key I purchased to that padlock in case I lose the original.
Sure, it says if I can make a key. [17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1)(B)]
But in order to do so, I must know how to mine the ore, refine it, forge it into a keyblank, make a key-cutting machine, and finally, duplicate said key. And that is assuming you don't use one of those keys with a circuit inside them, in which case I need to mine the silica to make the chip too. (along with all the fabbing goodness). [17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(2)(A)]
And that is what is so wrong with this law. It may not be constitutionally wrong (I do not have enough knowledge to make that decision), but it is reserving rights (or exceptions thereof) to a very, very few people. (in the case of the padlock, possibly *none*).
That is not a law that serves the majority; that is not how a democracy is supposed to function. That is a law that was bought by corporations with moneys accepted by corrupt polititians wanting to make the quick buck at the american peoples expense...
and at $150 a pop, boy did you spend it!
My favorite part is that they will not let you take your own camera up there, you must buy one of their pre-shot photos if you want something to remember it by.
All in all, a complete scam, and a very large waste of money. Go to bennelong point instead, and imho you will get a much better view of the harbor anyway, free.
Aaaaah, so the "$4,300 O.B.O" sign in their window is only there to confuse the "Big Brother" naysayers!!!
I'd been wondering.
Cause $4,300 (or best offer) for some of those cars is outrageously high!
Thanks. My sentiments exactly; I was just trying to think how to put it... superb job.
Butterscotch is superior to vanilla when analyzed at a compound level.
In fact, butterscotch is superior in all aspects. Butterscotch tastes better, due to its ingredients it is healthier. Recent studies show that butterscotch *looks* better too. The only thing that vanilla is better than butterscotch at is hit/miss ratio of the trash can. And that is because butterscotch actually gets eaten; recent surveys indicate that butterscotch pudding is preferred 100% to 0% over vanilla pudding.
Butterscotch also contains a larger feature set than vanilla. When distilled, butterscotch makes a great, long-lasting chew-candy. When frozen, it makes a fantastic jawbreaker, when heated, it results in a glorious milkshake.
In conclusion, your must see what is obvious: Butterscotch is Better Because it Begins with a B, and because they don't make Apple pudding. If you weren't so closed minded to new ideas, you would have seen this a long time ago. I hope that this simple explanation corrects your longstanding error in judgement.
I am so fucking sick of people invoking morality ...
And none of it, none of it, justifies putting up roadblocks to research that will, almost certainly, in the not-too-distant future, save lives.
9 times out of ten, any moral/ethical issue arrising from cutting edge biotech is most likely to be concerned with an issue *other* than creating life. In fact, it's much more likely to be about human embryonic stem cell research, and that should always have its morality questions or ethical issues invoked. We should never justify killing new lives as "saving lives". That's just backwards.
However, in response to your argument, you can never take too many precautions when attempting to create new life. I do not believe that even with the best of planning a scientist can be absolutely sure of the outcome of such a project. You still have to weigh up the risks. And with those risks are going to be questions related to ethical and morale issues. It doesn't even have to be about "Playing God". It could be "Do I want to risk wiping out all life on this planet to try and find a cure for cancer?"
There are other moral and ethical issues at stake with cutting edge biotech than "playing God"; and it is usually those that are being called into question.
Stop using your own pet peeve to create a baseless, needless rant.
I would hesitate a guess that deceleration trauma was, in fact, the result of the failure...
unless you count don't count "not going up" as a failure in the lift-off sequence of a rocket.
I find your methods of deduction and data creation^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hanalysis interesting though... did you study under Jan Hendrik Schön?
yeah. like calculating the precise angle and velocity to jump in order to avoid a phaser shot that was just fired. Damn but if I could move faster than the speed of light as well as Mr Shatner did (regularly) on Star Trek...
In fact I liked 9 better than 10.1 until 10.2 was released.
and so, logically, when 10.2 was released, you liked 10.1 better than 9?
Just checking.